Android 15 tutorial with Google Services Raspberry Pi 4 and 5

[@chrisbloem6639]

nvm seems path had to be android folder and not adb

[@TommyGunz_]

Here's a useful tip , i'm not on windows 11 still on win10, but it should still work the same. While in Command Prompt, if you highlight text , you can right click and it will copy the text. Ctrl C will also work. Also to bring up Command Prompt , you can also just type "cmd".

[@gregoryaul2005]

That's cool I have the a 13 installed konsta kan he had a script to flask storage expansion.👍👍

[@rilkeda]

That SDCard Holder is amazing btw.

[@seanriley8523]

As always another great video great work 👍

[@tafkawac]

Do I have any intention of doing this? No. Did I watch the whole video? Yes. Great Tutorial @leepsp

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

An AOSP based ROM is a perfectly good OS to try on a Pi, though I personally will always prefer Linux. However, the moment you install Google Play Services on the device is the moment you're forced to log in with a Google account and then you're tracked by Google. (You can technically use the device without logging in but you're still tracked to an accuracy of 2 meters.)

[@glabifrons]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 That's funny. None of my Raspberry Pi devices have a GPS.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@glabifrons "That's funny. None of my Raspberry Pi devices have a GPS." Correct - that's why you need to go do some research on "wi-fi triangulation" to understand how the tracking works. "Wi-fi triangulation" through a wi-fi interface in promiscuous mode is far more accurate than GPS and isn't blocked by buildings.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@glabifrons PS. You also need to go read up on GPS because you clearly don't understand how that works. You can't be tracked through GPS directly because a device only uses a GPS signal from a satellite to work out its location - it would need to re-broadcast its location at regular intervals to a third party for that third party to track it. And one could easily block such signals.

[@glabifrons]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 I'm more than familiar with Assisted GPS (as it used to be and sometimes still is called). Anyone concerned about privacy using a Pi to run Android wouldn't be running it over WiFi to begin with. Ethernet is the right answer here. If you think WiFi is extremely secure, perhaps you're the one who needs to do some research. As to me not understanding how GPS works, it seems you are the one who doesn't understand that Google's apps can query the GPS coordinates from the device just the same way it can query the AGPS coordinates from the device. GPS receivers don't transmit at all.

[@Sorbus79]

Very helpful, thank you. How come there's not an easy installer for Raspberry Pi? Surely it's common enough hardware for Google or rpi themselves to provide an iso and support it?

[@i_got_worms7106]

I would love an rpi official Android build..

[@lionux6506]

Cool 👍🏻 Thanks 😊

[@Quast]

Now I'm actually curious. If you have Google Play installed on a system does that automatically come with Widevine for FullHD content or do you only get the very basic version of Widevine (what was it 720p)?

[@WarkWarbly]

The widevine you're referring to comes from the official chrome images. At least that's where I rip from for things like libreElec and the other mediacenter style distros.

[@Reactionnuvideoz01]

Cool i will re write mine ❤😮 thanks is this the one compatible with tablet android 15 ? For games?

[@montecorbit8280]

At 0:37 Playing KZbin.... I understand you don't want a copy strike, That is why you use a video that is not copyrighted, or has more open copyright. A lot of KZbinrs use "Big Buck Bunny" for this reason. One famous one uses something called "Crab Rave" but I don't know if that's private to them or not. Another uses test videos that I believe LG puts out for their screens....you might want to check that out. Wikipedia says the first is open, if memory serves me....

[@leepspvideo]

@@montecorbit8280 I usually just play one of my videos

[@kjell-thoreheimdal7526]

why are you downloading a appstore(and putting it on a usb stick) to install edge to download a zip file from github? just extra steps

[@leepspvideo]

@@kjell-thoreheimdal7526 I was going to use a device id app but they are no longer reliable with Android 15. The installation at the beginning of the video was successful installing play store and activating with a device id app. I switched to the adb method

[@rabinAbraham-v6v]

Hello mate thanks for the Video is there no way you can clone this android 15 with android and Google play store installed for us to download so that we can write it with the imager like how you do it with KDE plasma? Thanks

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

He has left instructions in the video comment on how to find the image. He has shown in previous videos how to install and use Raspberry Pi Imager to create an image onto an MicroSD card.

[@leepspvideo]

@@rabinAbraham-v6v Konstakang doesn’t want others to share his builds

[@lee99bay]

❤

[@The_BrickYT]

Im curious, do you think it's possible to run android 15 on a radxa zero 3w 8gb? Im not sure but i think it's possible.

[@leepspvideo]

@@The_BrickYT for Arm devices you need a specific build for your device. I have no doubt it’s able to run Android

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

I recently purchased an older Android phone in an eBay job lot, it was a Samsung phone, I can't remember the model name. It wasn't supported under any of the custom ROMs like Lineage OS and I wasn't willing to install the Samsung stock ROM on it because I only use de-Googled Android. I found a web page that gave me instructions on downloading a standard AOSP build and then patching it to include custom firmware that you'd need for the cellular modem (and possibly wifi) for the phone. When I installed it, it worked perfectly fine with all of the hardware detected properly. A Radxa Zero has much less dependent firmware than a phone does so a similar technique might work for that - I can maybe just recommend doing a search for "AOSP Radxa Zero" and see what that comes up with. I do work on a large number of SBCs but your Radxa one is one that I don't own, plus I much prefer Linux to Android and install that on devices unless there is no other option (like that Samsung phone). Sorry I can't help any more with this but I hope I've given you a few pointers.

[@paultsui6094]

amazing

[@alimirolyaee7543]

excellent

[@gforce7431]

Do you have a fix for the graphics bugging out? Sometimes things don't render properly in apps and games

[@leepspvideo]

@@gforce7431 I haven’t experienced that. Try Konstakangs page

[@TimelessX974]

can you tell me if this procedure could also work on Android BoxTV with GREVA Android TV Box 11.0 , 8K TV Box RK3566 CPU 8GB RAM 128GB ROM ?

[@leepspvideo]

@@TimelessX974 Arm devices need a specific build for your device. The supported devices are shown on Konstakangs page in a dropdown menu

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

Do a search for "AOSP [model of device]" and see if that search finds anything. As I explained in another comment here, I installed the base Android Open Source Project ROM on an unsupported Samsung phone and it worked very well - and it wasn't that difficult to do. Like Linux, AOSP appears to support a large amount of hardware by default, so if you can get the default AOSP ROM onto it, that may also work for you.

[@nikobellic570]

Combine this with the new Touch Display 2 and you've got yourself an android tablet

[@patrolmaverick]

I'm having trouble at the command prompt step where you enter the "cd adb" line. I get a message "The system cannot find the path specified", despite following and double checking everything according to the video. What would cause this?

[@leepspvideo]

@@patrolmaverick it’s different if you aren’t using an sd card. See the comments section

[@gamingtech451]

Kde plasma on Wayland doesn't work after recent raspberry pi os update (Labwc) as default.but works with plasma x11

[@leepspvideo]

@@gamingtech451 I saw the update. I haven’t experimented yet.

[@gamingtech451]

@@leepspvideo it just freezes after reboot once updated

[@leepspvideo]

@@gamingtech451 thanks, is that my Kde build or your own?

[@gamingtech451]

@@leepspvideo it's my own build

[@gamingtech451]

@@leepspvideo it's my own build

[@74357175]

When running Android on a Pi, is it possible to access the GPIO pins for some basic scripting?

[@leepspvideo]

@@74357175 I think it’s been mentioned on Konstakangs page

[@Chaingangitup]

One thing I notice is the device does not sleep and wake up with touch. Is this something that can be resolved?

[@leepspvideo]

@@Chaingangitup I haven’t tried, check Konstakangs page for more tips

[@hssnov]

Wow

[@chrisbloem6639]

I'm getting the path is not specified error for the adb

[@leepspvideo]

@@chrisbloem6639 one of the comments suggested turning Wi-Fi on and off

[@adamowen7892]

does anyone know how to turn on the ethernet settings? i have it plugged in and as long is its dhcdp and has internet it works fine but i have another use for this and would like to set an ip.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

I don't know how to do this on Ethernet because I don't run Android currently on any device with an Ethernet interface, only Wi-Fi. To do it in Wi-Fi, it's "Network and Internet" -> "Internet" -> "Wi-Fi" and then click on the Wi-Fi network you want to set a static IP address. I can only assume that when you have an Ethernet interface, it must appear in that same "Internet" sub-menu so you can set it there. The other way you can do it is make the change on your router - there's usually a setting on there for it to hand out the same DHCP IP address to a specific MAC address.

[@adamowen7892]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 it wont let me click on ethernet. it shows the interface and as long as it can automatically get all the settings its working. but i want it to be configured with a static address. anyone know how to do this? everything i read says it should be but it doesn't seam to be. i have tried both android 14 and 15 now both with same results.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@adamowen7892 I can't really help you a lot more because, as I said in my first reply, I don't have any Android devices currently that have Ethernet interfaces on them - otherwise I could check it myself. I do remember putting a fixed IP address on a device once (I think it was to run an SSH server on it) and I thought I programmed the static IP address somewhere under the "Developer Options" - but that was some time ago, on a much earlier Android release, and I can't find such a setting looking in "Developer Options" on a couple of devices that I have now and that are running Android 13. It may also be that you have to install a terminal app within Android and then use Linux commands to set a static IP address. Sorry I can't help you any more with this.

[@MichaelSmith-us9ch]

@@adamowen7892 You would normally set a static ip in the dhcp server. This is usually found in your router.

[@adamowen7892]

@@MichaelSmith-us9ch the issue is im using this raspberry pi to run the side screen on a hyte y70 touch. i would like to use a usb to network so i can make a local network to share stats off the computer. i can do it on a phone and it works fine. there has to be a way to make sit so i can get to the settings. or turn the setting son. im so close to making this perfect.

[@Electo_Fisher]

C:\>cd adb The system cannot find the path specified. thats the problem

[@leepspvideo]

@@Electo_Fisher I think someone mentioned a fix in the comments

[@Electo_Fisher]

@@leepspvideo bro pl help me i am working with it

[@Electo_Fisher]

@@leepspvideo i am a beginner pl guide me

[@leepspvideo]

@@Electo_Fisher the comment mentioned nvme being different location. I was using an sd card

[@Electo_Fisher]

you have to rename the folder to adb

[@wiggy1time67]

Do GeForce now and gamepass work with it. Might be perfect for what I need

[@leepspvideo]

Game streaming is usually fine

[@wiggy1time67]

@@leepspvideo what ram version do you recommend?

[@leepspvideo]

@ NVIDIA recommends 4GB minimum on Windows devices. So 4GB should be enough if you are just game streaming. If the budget allows probably safer to get 8GB

[@ayushroutray9110]

Hey Guys I brought my raspberry pi 5 recently and i flashed android 15 as per shown in the video now its bootlooping after i added some tweaks now its stuck in bootloop how can i fix it ?

[@leepspvideo]

@@ayushroutray9110 try a different display or reflash the image. Are you using an sd card, usb or nvme?

[@ayushroutray9110]

@leepspvideo USB , first I tried on a higher refresh rate monitor and then a basic monitor still it's black screen and also it's many times I re flashed still the same!!!

[@leepspvideo]

@ did you select usb boot in config?

[@ayushroutray9110]

@@leepspvideo what worked for me was! hdmi_safe=1 hdmi_mode=16(For force 1080p) And I disabled disabled_overscan=0 Done it's working now!!!

[@SgtCreepyGaming]

when i attempt to adb i get error target machine refused? adb and ssh are ticked on

[@leepspvideo]

@@SgtCreepyGaming have you got some sort of security blocking it?

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

You may need to open up "Developer Options" and then allow ADB to run in there. To enable "Developer Options" you find the "Build Number", usually under "About Phone" or "About Device" and then tap that item 8 times - it will tell you that you're opening up "Developer Options" as you tap it.

[@SgtCreepyGaming]

@@leepspvideono security..i’m thinking maybe something to do with the mesh wifi they are on? I will try on a different network when i get home from work. Thanks for this video!! Always count on you to bring the cool stuff!

[@SgtCreepyGaming]

UPDATE: Thanks so much for this video! After some tinkering I saw that for some reason if I disabled wifi and then reenabled it, it would not connect. After a couple of reboots I finally got it to connect, went straight to windows and followed the rest of the steps and was able to get services up and running! Again, thank you for the awesome content! Your videos are the exact type of stuff I love to play around with. Keep up the good work sir!

[@SgtCreepyGaming]

UPDATE 2: I spoke too soon. I was assuming that after a couple hours the play store would activate but it’s been over 24 and still nothing. I tried entering my id again and it says already registered? Any suggestions?

[@louismiguel8432]

which can run netflix pi 4 or 5

[@leepspvideo]

@@louismiguel8432 both may work, but not at a good resolution Can this replace your TV streamer? Android 13 TV Raspberry Pi 5. kzbin.info/www/bejne/haKznqatpdp1l7c

[@miguelestrada3585]

Some aplication For iptv on rapsberry pi 4 no Android

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

VLC will let you play network video streams. If you want something with a front end to it then there's a four letter application starting with "k", ending in "i" with "od" in the middle that should work. (If I mention its name here, YT will probably delete the comment.)

[@marcusk7855]

Its a shame it wont run Netfix though.

[@leepspvideo]

@@marcusk7855 Konstakang has instructions for widevine. Might be worth trying some diff apk’s

[@vladmocanu9802]

I noticed with this build aethersx2 and drastic crash when launching a game, also vulkan with dolphin causes some major graphical issues, i wonder if vulkan is bugged with this build ? i remember vulkan worked fine with the latest lineageos build but aethersx2 and drastic still crashed.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

My usual warning applies here - adding Google Services to any version of Android means that you have to log in with a Google account to use the device. Doing so activates tracking through Google Play Services which then gives Google full access to the device and your location, using wifi triangulation. Well done, another surveillance device for Google that you paid the money for - they'll be very happy with that arrangement.

[@michaelbuddy]

yeah I don't get why people want the play store spyware, gapps etc. Using F-droid, side loading and aurora store are plenty for me. newpipe for example is better than having the youtube app. kodi can be installed from several other places, so can vlc and other browsers. seems like the subscription based apps should be able to be side loaded, but maybe gapps is required for some of them.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@michaelbuddy Absolutely, and it just goes to show how "deranged" the YT algorithm is, because if I mention that YT client app on F-Droid in my comment now, it will be removed by YT - but I do use it and it's a great app.

[@RodiArslan]

İ can need stock rom

[@leepspvideo]

@@RodiArslan meaning?

[@RodiArslan]

​​@@leepspvideolineage is is custom ROM but I can need stock

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

There is no such thing as a stock Android ROM on a Raspberry Pi. A stock ROM means "the ROM that came with the device by default", so it applies to tablets and phones. For tablets, it will be the ROM that Samsung, Google or other tablet manufacturer puts on the tablet by default. For phones, it will be the same kind of manufacturer ROM as for tablets but if the phone is a contract phone, then the stock ROM will also include apps from the mobile phone provider also. All versions of Android originate from AOSP (Android Open Source Project) which, as its name suggests, is a completely Open Source version of Android that is the basis for Lineage, Calyx and Graphene OS ROMs on various devices - these remain as Open Source ROMs. However, when Google takes AOSP as a baseline build, it strips off a lot of the Open Source software and installs its own closed source replacements. This forces the user to log in with a user account (AOSP does not do that) and it enables Google Play Services which essentially turns it into a surveillance device for Google that means they can track you at all times to an accuracy of 2 metres. (Apple devices also do the same thing.) As far as I have experienced, stock ROMs are mostly, if not always, based on Google Android after Google has added closed source components to it - so the device will track you by default. I hope that explains it in clear enough language for you, I'm assuming English isn't your first language.

[@RodiArslan]

​@@terrydaktyllus1320 Ok

[@simidachong9191]

I've successfully setup the OS, but there is not sound when I play the youtube videos

[@leepspvideo]

@@simidachong9191 Raspberry Pi settings have audio controls, mine comes through hdmi or my usb soundcard

[@asf130thecompany7]

All I'm gonna say is Cyberdeck enyone? ;D

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

Not with Android but with Linux.