Gapps Android 7.1.2 Nougat | Free Access |

She was about to throw it away. But then she discovered the world of custom ROMs. After some research, she found a stable, lightweight custom ROM based on (LineageOS 14.1). The instructions were clear: "First, wipe your device. Second, flash the ROM zip. Third, flash GApps ."

For a moment, she panicked. "How do I install anything ?" she thought. She couldn't download a browser because... there was no browser that could download an APK easily. She had essentially turned her smart tablet into a dumb Linux machine with a touchscreen. gapps android 7.1.2 nougat

She didn't know what GApps were. She skipped the third step. She was about to throw it away

The Resurrection of the Nexus 7 (or: How GApps Saved My Favorite Tablet) The instructions were clear: "First, wipe your device

Her tablet rebooted into a beautiful, clean version of Nougat. It was fast! But then she hit the home screen. There was no Play Store. No Gmail. No Google Maps. No Google Calendar. No way to sync her contacts. The "Settings" app had no "Google" section. She couldn't even sign into her Google account.