[Tutorial] How to flash gapps / install update from SD

[mrtisoy]

I would recommend trying a different pack, or several. Can't guarantee it will solve your issue, but it might be worth a try.

Thanks for your help with this. I believe I have figured out the problem and the solution. I only have one phone to work with, so I don't know how general the problem is. But I'll post the solution to my problem here in case anyone else experiences it. I believe everything is fully functional now.

I flashed Gapps for 4.3 from a couple of sources, including the one you linked to and the problems were the same. Separately installing the apks listed in my last reply got me part of the way there, but Contacts wouldn't sync. I finally found a thread that matched my symptoms and the solution was to install the GoogleContactSyncAdapter.apk. As a source it suggested the Gapps.zip. So I unzipped my previously downloaded Gapps.zip and found not only GoogleContactSyncAdapter.apk but also the apks I listed above. But when I tried installing the apk I got the error, "There was a problem parsing the package." It turns out that about ten of the apks in the zip installed when I flashed Gapps, but wouldn't run. The other programs that were running didn't show the "parsing" problem. I downloaded and unzipped Gapps for 4.2 and found the same packages (except for GoogleOneTimeInitializer.apk) and they didn't have the "parsing" problem. So I manually installed them into /system/app, set the proper ownership and permissions and now everything works.