Per request Im posting some Asus native widgets:
Notes:
For email to work, copy: Email.apk, EmailWidget.apk and Exchange.apk into system/app dir OVERWRITING exisiting files(backup exisiting apks if you wish). Change permissions to rw-r-r. Reboot. Widget will appear under 'Widgets' section.
For date/time and weather to work, copy: weather.resized.ics.apk and DeskClock.apk into system/app folder. Change permissions to rw-r-r. Reboot. Widget will appear under 'Widgets' section.
For TaskManager to work, copy: taskmanager.apk into system/app folder. Change permissions to rw-r-r. Widget will appear under 'Widgets' section - no need to reboot for this one.
I have some more Asus native apps/widgets/wallpapers - if anyone wants let me know.
the rest:
Thanks for these. Would love to see the others please!
Cheers
Nice. I'm going to try these out when I get home.
Can't seem to reposition the emailwidget file into the system/apps drawer
Cullers said:
Can't seem to reposition the emailwidget file into the system/apps drawer
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I dont quiet get what you are saying. Are you saying you cant place the file in the system/app directory on your sd card?
With the exception of the emailwidget file, all the asus files moved smoothly into the system/app folder. Whenever I try and put the emailwidget file in, it says 'transfer failed'. As said, everything else is in the folder.
Cullers said:
With the exception of the emailwidget file, all the asus files moved smoothly into the system/app folder. Whenever I try and put the emailwidget file in, it says 'transfer failed'. As said, everything else is in the folder.
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Hmm. Thats odd. If everything else moved fine, I dont see why that one wouldnt. Is that the only file that REPLACES another one? Maybe the original needs to be removed first. Back it up and delete it. Then try again.
I love xda.
I get what I want and share what I can do.
AsusTaskManager for dark backgrounds:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23950448/Apps%20Modified/AsusTaskManager.apk
i can't get the email app to work....it wasn't installed so when I try to install this new one it says "not installed". That means the widget won't appear either =S
Try to install it with a root explorer like Rom Toolbox.
Paste it to system/app.
ace9988 said:
i can't get the email app to work....it wasn't installed so when I try to install this new one it says "not installed". That means the widget won't appear either =S
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You don't really install it - get yourself some file explorer; 'root browser' is the best IMO. Then go to system/app and delete the 3 original email apks(back them up first if you want). Copy the 3 email apks attached to this post to system/app, change permissions on all 3 files to rw-r-r reboot and the email widget should be there.
I will post some more Asus stuff tomorrow. The thing I'm looking for is Asus quick settings status bar widget. If anyone has a port please upload.
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i know we usually don't install this kind of stuff, but it won't work for any reason. the app doesn't even show up in the app drawer.
i pasted it into system/app and changed permissions like the instructions said. The weather and clock worked fine, the email wont =S
Hmmm the only thing I can think of is perhaps your explorer app makes a backup of original apk by default without overwriting the original - check if you have something like email-backup.apk in your system/app folder. Also see what the modified date says on those apks. Don't forget to reboot.
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it works now, i installed the apk on a different ROM i'd made a nandroid of earlier, which is what i'll stick with.
PS: Would you do this with Sense widgets/apps aswell in the future?
here are a few more:
copy BatteryWidget.apk to your system/app folder, change permissions to rw-r-r, reboot.
Simply install dayscene apk
move to system/app
Should these work on the CM9 Nightlys?
cdzo72 said:
Should these work on the CM9 Nightlys?
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They're working for me. I have the 04/04 nightly installed.
mistabelmont said:
here are a few more:
copy BatteryWidget.apk to your system/app folder, change permissions to rw-r-r, reboot.
Simply install dayscene apk
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mistabelmont said:
move to system/app
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Can someone post a screenshot of what these look like?
File names didnt transfer. I'm talking about the BatteryWidget, asusdayscene and the Mycloud
Related
Here is an apk for Google Talk that I have hacked to work on the NC. Rename /system/app/Talk.apk to something else and stash this one in there.
http://www.muffinworld.net/android/nookcolor/Talk.apk
You WILL need a different keyboard other than the stock one! This one is great:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9826968&postcount=11
Known Issues:
App exits immediately if you tap on a contact's avatar. This is because the contact management dependencies are not available on the NC.
Thank you very much. It works well.
I'm curious... what did you modify to get the Talk.apk to work?
Could you post a link on how to replace the keyboard? I think you rename the new one latinime.apk and place it somewhere...
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No, you need to go to /system/app/ and rename LatinIME.apk to something else and then install the multitouch keyboard APK I linked to and reboot. That's it.
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Here is an apk for Google Talk that I have hacked to work on the NC. Rename /system/app/Talk.apk to something else and stash this one in there.
http://www.muffinworld.net/android/nookcolor/Talk.apk
You WILL need a different keyboard other than the stock one! This one is great:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9826968&postcount=11
Known Issues:
App exits immediately if you tap on a contact's avatar. This is because the contact management dependencies are not available on the NC.
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All hail the Muffin Man!
This got Talk to work...thank you...but the keyboard is being truncated. I am only seeing the top 2 rows...
rxr said:
This got Talk to work...thank you...but the keyboard is being truncated. I am only seeing the top 2 rows...
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That's why you need to switch keyboards
I am using smart keyboard pro and the talk apk you posted doesnt work. I even tried changing the permissions and nothing happened.
Ellerbestyle said:
I am using smart keyboard pro and the talk apk you posted doesnt work. I even tried changing the permissions and nothing happened.
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Did you also apply the hack to enable Gmail and Android Market previously posted by Mistar Muffin? I believe those steps are a prerequisite to get GTalk to work.
Hmm...this is where I am...gmail/market all set, original talk application didn't work, so I renamed the talk apk's to end in bak, so they wouldn't be running in the background.
I've renamed the other two back to normal, and have slid the apk from this thread over into system/apps. I can't install it from the unit (not allowed anymore since the gmail/market install)
Talk doesn't appear in my app list. Is it because I haven't installed the apk? Assuming this is the case, if I install it using adb when I get home, that should clear thigns up, correct?
graymulligan said:
I've renamed the other two back to normal, and have slid the apk from this thread over into system/apps. I can't install it from the unit (not allowed anymore since the gmail/market install)
Talk doesn't appear in my app list. Is it because I haven't installed the apk? Assuming this is the case, if I install it using adb when I get home, that should clear thigns up, correct?
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OK. I'm going to assume that you have remounted the /system filesystem as read-write since you say that you renamed the original Talk.apk. Really no need to rename it as it is not an original system binary and it doesn't and will never work.
So, with /system read-write, copy the NEW Talk.apk into /system/app
Change it's permissions to 755 (rwx-rx-rx).
Reboot.
works great. thanks, muffin!
johnopsec said:
OK. I'm going to assume that you have remounted the /system filesystem as read-write since you say that you renamed the original Talk.apk. Really no need to rename it as it is not an original system binary and it doesn't and will never work.
So, with /system read-write, copy the NEW Talk.apk into /system/app
Change it's permissions to 755 (rwx-rx-rx).
Reboot.
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can permissions be changed within root explorer?
on vending.apk, for example, long press to get to the permissions option. Theres a 3x3 grid with 'read' 'write' 'execute' as columns and 'user' 'group' 'others' as rows.
edit: dont mean to get off topic but my market worked when i checked all the boxes in the row 'user' then rebooted. so maybe that works for talk as well.
johnopsec said:
OK. I'm going to assume that you have remounted the /system filesystem as read-write since you say that you renamed the original Talk.apk. Really no need to rename it as it is not an original system binary and it doesn't and will never work.
So, with /system read-write, copy the NEW Talk.apk into /system/app
Change it's permissions to 755 (rwx-rx-rx).
Reboot.
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I renamed them to .apk, from .bak. I had changed them rather than moving or deleting them, and meant that I had renamed them to their original names. Which still makes no sense...lol.
I didn't think to change the permissions...I had it sitting at rwx-r-r, swapping to rwx-rx-rx did the trick. Thanks for putting up with stupid questions, your help is greatly appreciated.
Link issues
The "talk.apk" link doesn't work for me; I've tried copying and pasting the link on both Google Chrome and also on IE9, chrome says the site doesn't exist and IE does nothing (acts as if I just clicked the refresh their default homepage).
does anyone know how to put the samsung galaxy s2 widgets on to the sgp 5.0 u.s version
what exactly do you have in mind?
I want to put the same Widgets and from the Samsung galaxy s2 to the sgp but I don't know how or even putting the touchwiz4.0 launcher would be nice
exodus454 said:
what exactly do you have in mind?
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http://www.tutebox.com/3776/mobile/install-touchwiz-4-0-on-any-samsung-phone/
TW4
So I got the TW4 installed on my YP-G70... but how do I get the gestures to work?
cvcduty said:
So I got the TW4 installed on my YP-G70... but how do I get the gestures to work?
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When you reboot your device, do all the settings from the launcher go back to default again? Because I had that problem with that TW4 launcher on my YP-G1, so i stopped using it.
cvcduty said:
So I got the TW4 installed on my YP-G70... but how do I get the gestures to work?
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Can you tell me how you got the tw4 launcher on your yp-g70?
heat361 said:
http://www.tutebox.com/3776/mobile/install-touchwiz-4-0-on-any-samsung-phone/
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klin1344 said:
When you reboot your device, do all the settings from the launcher go back to default again? Because I had that problem with that TW4 launcher on my YP-G1, so i stopped using it.
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I use ADW EX as my default launcher so the fact that TW4 settings were reset didn't bother me.
heat361 said:
Can you tell me how you got the tw4 launcher on your yp-g70?
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I used the directions from the linked site (first quote).
Download and extract the zip file.
You must be rooted.
You will see basically two files in app directory and lib directory.
Using Root Explorer, I made a copy of the twlauncher30.apk and twlauncher30.odex from system/app to my external card for safe keeping for just in case.
Now using root explorer, delete the old twlauncher30.apk and twlauncher30.odex files and copy and paste the new twlauncher30.apk (TW4) to system/app folder. Change the permissions of the file to match the other files. It should be rw-r--r--. Note that you must be in r/w mode to delete and paste and change permissions in this folder.
Now copy and paste the /lib file from the download to system/lib (same deal... you must be in r/w mode). Change the permissions to match the other files in this folder.
Now reboot and you should be seeing the new TW4 launcher in action.
I am not sure how to activate the gestures still though...
cvcduty said:
I use ADW EX as my default launcher so the fact that TW4 settings were reset didn't bother me.
I used the directions from the linked site (first quote).
Download and extract the zip file.
You must be rooted.
You will see basically two files in app directory and lib directory.
Using Root Explorer, I made a copy of the twlauncher30.apk and twlauncher30.odex from system/app to my external card for safe keeping for just in case.
Now using root explorer, delete the old twlauncher30.apk and twlauncher30.odex files and copy and paste the new twlauncher30.apk (TW4) to system/app folder. Change the permissions of the file to match the other files. It should be rw-r--r--. Note that you must be in r/w mode to delete and paste and change permissions in this folder.
Now copy and paste the /lib file from the download to system/lib (same deal... you must be in r/w mode). Change the permissions to match the other files in this folder.
Now reboot and you should be seeing the new TW4 launcher in action.
I am not sure how to activate the gestures still though...
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I got it to work but I don't like because it Is not optimized for the yp-g70 can you upload the original yp-g70 tw launcher for me please?
heat361 said:
I got it to work but I don't like because it Is not optimized for the yp-g70 can you upload the original yp-g70 tw launcher for me please?
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PM me. I can email you the file.
This is not my work..i found it on another site
-Download the .Zip archive wich contains the needed files from
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ej2nryn3pilemvx/Google%20NOW%20package.zip
-Extract it to your pc
-Use Root Explorer or something similar
-Copy the three folders from extracted archive on your sd card
-Copy Velvet.apk from the "app" folder to system/app and set the permissions to rw-r--r--
-Copy the lib files from the "lib" folder and paste them to system/lib(set the permissions to every file to rw-r--r--)
-Copy and paste usr/srec from the Google Now Package to system/usr/srec and set the permissions to rw-r--r-- for every file in every folder!
-Reboot and it should work
This it will also change the Google search bar to the Jelly Bean look
Works great... But i had to reaname the "Valvet.apk" to: "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk"
(before I renamed the already existing "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk" in system/app to "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk.bak")
Hey there... For some reason i cant changer the permission of the folder to rw-r--r--.
Each time i change the folder's permission to that all the files in that particular folder is missing...
guyderam said:
Hey there... For some reason i cant changer the permission of the folder to rw-r--r--.
Each time i change the folder's permission to that all the files in that particular folder is missing...
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you must change the permission to each file in the folder.
Are the cards showing too??2
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Yasharkhan said:
Are the cards showing too??2
Sent from my LT26i using xda premium
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i only use the weather one and it shows up!
-TNS- said:
Works great... But i had to reaname the "Valvet.apk" to: "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk"
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You don't need to rename the Valvet.apk, just rename GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk to ...bak or remove it
Great but I have a problem: when i say listen to *songname* it starts loading to play but then it restarts and give me a option to play song? Is it possible to autoplay song?
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Just installed on my Xperia Tablet S, works well but at the top left on the homescreen where you have the Google Search and Mic icons, now has two Google Search icons. Also fixed in portrait mode, grr.
I'm a month late, but I made a flashable .zip :good:
Working on my Xperia pro :good:
Remember that any modification is your own responsibility
http://www.mediafire.com/?5832f6o1xn19d29
THIS NEEDS UP TO 4O MB ON SYSTEM/APP (among other system folders)
I tried the flashable zip but it get an installation aborted on every attempt to install it.
Could it be my recovery? I'm on ics stock kernel.
Verstuurd van mijn LT26i met Tapatalk
cachanilla86 said:
I'm a month late, but I made a flashable .zip :good:
Working on my Xperia pro :good:
Remember that any modification is your own responsibility
http://www.mediafire.com/?5832f6o1xn19d29
THIS NEEDS UP TO 4O MB ON SYSTEM/APP (among other system folders)
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Tried downloading twice and getting same error "installation aborted"
LiveSquare said:
Tried downloading twice and getting same error "installation aborted"
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I've tried the .zip mode too on my SXS but looks like won't work (aborted). Try the manual way
Alexmontboik said:
I've tried the .zip mode too on my SXS but looks like won't work (aborted). Try the manual way
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the manual way will work for sure
tried by me...and worked on Xperia S stock ICS and CM9.1
aresbv2000 said:
the manual way will work for sure
tried by me...and worked on Xperia S stock ICS and CM9.1
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Mm...I feel manual mode is bit too much time consuming as there are too many files to set permission and afraid of missing something there!
Thanks
Can someone make a flash-able zip please? :fingers-crossed:
Works perfectly on my U
Tapatalked !
https://www.box.com/s/njlypzx4wmjgduwvnfx9
I made this flashable zip myself, it works on my device!
How well does this work?
!!!!!!!!!THIS THREAD IS STRICTLY FOR MODS, AND MODS ONLY, THERE WILL BE NO ARGUING ON THIS THREAD!!!!!!!!!
Users, i am not dev, but i want to help.....do here is this thread.
On this thread feel free to post how-to's, non play store apps etc. So long as its mad based/related. Questions are allowed!
So lets get to it!
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Mod what?
Android>iOS... Android FTW!
so to load a new launcher for root users:
1. Root Your Device!
2. Using a root explorer like es file explorer or root explorer mount system R/W
3. Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it, and just copy it into you /system/app/ folder
4. Re-name the "Launcher.apk" application in the /system/app/ to "Launcher1.apk"
5. Voila you can now use any launcher in the system app folder-->note you may need to reboot
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craby1925 said:
so to load a new launcher for root users:
1. Root Your Device!
2. Using a root explorer like es file explorer or root explorer mount system R/W
3. Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it, and just copy it into you /system/app/ folder
4. Re-name the "Launcher.apk" application in the /system/app/ to "Launcher1.apk"
5. Voila you can now use any launcher in the system app folder-->note you may need to reboot
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There is no need to rename the launcher.apk. After another launcher is installed you will be given the choice of which launcher you want to set as default, you can change back to stock launcher by clearing the defaults of the custom launcher. Better to not change system files if you dont have to. After you move the new launcher to system/app folder change the permissions to rw-r--r--.
onemeila said:
There is no need to rename the launcher.apk. After another launcher is installed you will be given the choice of which launcher you want to set as default, you can change back to stock launcher by clearing the defaults of the custom launcher. Better to not change system files if you dont have to. After you move the new launcher to system/app folder change the permissions to rw-r--r--.
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Would you need to rename the new launcher to anything special, or is setting these permissions and/or placing into this directory enough?
4Bn0rmL said:
Would you need to rename the new launcher to anything special, or is setting these permissions and/or placing into this directory enough?
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Nope, I just got a special/stupid kfhd, that wouldn't work unless launcher was renamed.
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Alright,
1st, device spoofer will cause BOOTLOOPS!!!! so don't buy!
(I learned this the hard way)
so this isn't really a mod but if you boot-looped your device by messing with build.prop than here is a quick fix:
1.Make sure you have adb set up nice for your fire by following the amazon developers @ https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/getting-started.html AND that you have the orignal build.prop file
Make sure you read the entire page verbatim, especially if your a mac user, because all the answers are either on the page or in the links
2.You either will need to have temp root or have already been rooted.
3. Make sure the device is actually reaching adb, check this by waiting until the sparkly kindle fire logo comes up, and then doing adb devices
4. Down to Business: Turn on the fire and wait until you reach sparkly kindle fire logo.
5.Navigate to platform-tools folder and place your original build.prop file there
6.type
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
mv build.prop /system/build.prop
exit
exit
reboot
7. If you already kept a backup of the original build.prop file on the device, than change the mv line to
Code:
mv /system/build.prop.bak /system/build.prop
-->and there ya go, post if you have problems
craby1925 said:
so to load a new launcher for root users:
1. Root Your Device!
2. Using a root explorer like es file explorer or root explorer mount system R/W
3. Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it, and just copy it into you /system/app/ folder
4. Re-name the "Launcher.apk" application in the /system/app/ to "Launcher1.apk"
5. Voila you can now use any launcher in the system app folder-->note you may need to reboot
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Hi,
Will this replace this awful carousel thing ? And therefore, redirect the home button ?
Sorry, i'm not a native english speaker, i don't understand the "Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it".
Does it mean that i copy the new launcher's apk file to /system/app/ ? And do i have to install the new launcher ?
Thanks
iCoN3o said:
Hi,
Will this replace this awful carousel thing ? And therefore, redirect the home button ?
Sorry, i'm not a native english speaker, i don't understand the "Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it".
Does it mean that i copy the new launcher's apk file to /system/app/ ? And do i have to install the new launcher ?
Thanks
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Download a launcher from the play store
With a file manager move the apk from /data/app/ folder (It will be named differently than you are used to, usually has the company or developers name instead) to /system/app/ folder then reboot.
No need to change permissions as they are the same coming from /data/app/ folder
onemeila said:
Download a launcher from the play store
With a file manager move the apk from /data/app/ folder (It will be named differently than you are used to, usually has the company or developers name instead) to /system/app/ folder then reboot.
No need to change permissions as they are the same coming from /data/app/ folder
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Thanks ! It worked perfectly. Goodbye carousel !!!
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Are there any alternates to the soft button bar like a stock jb one or something? Or can we not do that because of the odex? I know it's systemui.apk I tried installing a cm9 systemui.apk on my kf2 and system/app rwrr but on reboot all I got was black screen. I backed it up and restored it with adb so I know what i'm doing... for the most part. Sorry for an y random spaces or periods... swype doesn't like furious tapping on the kf2. Needless to say, I have swype as default keyboard and launcher pro as launcher.
Well, I tried the same wpthing with a similar result. My best guess is that it works off of framework res so...until there are custom ROMs we have to wait. But, I've been toying with an idea: if the favorite button on the saftbar was rewritten to display recent apps, e.g. that it always displays 8 apps from data list x, and data list x is a list constantly updated saying the most recent app. Then the app could be themed minorly to have the window over window PNG and voila: a little bit better stock ROM. My problem is that I'm not a coder of any kind, so its a slow process.
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fmkilo said:
Are there any alternates to the soft button bar like a stock jb one or something? Or can we not do that because of the odex? I know it's systemui.apk I tried installing a cm9 systemui.apk on my kf2 and system/app rwrr but on reboot all I got was black screen. I backed it up and restored it with adb so I know what i'm doing... for the most part. Sorry for an y random spaces or periods... swype doesn't like furious tapping on the kf2. Needless to say, I have swype as default keyboard and launcher pro as launcher.
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I could try to edit it for you. I don't have a Kindle Fire HD, so you'll have to upload me the framework-res.apk and test it for me. Make sure you backup before you test it though.
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Has anyone figured out or tried to replace or disable stock search and get Google search to work. I've tried a few things with no luck. I would also like Google now.
For Google search, it's really tedious.
For it to work you have to rename the stock search to iforgothenameofit.apk.bak
Than you have to grab the Google search app from jelly bean gapps via goo.I'm, and push it to the system/app folder with permissions rw-r--r--
Than you have to push all the framework files, permission files, basically any other non-apk file to the folder of which it belongs.(you can get this from the whole zip file that you got from goo.I'm
MAKE SURE THAT EVERY FILE YOU PUT IN THE SYSTEM DIRECTORY HAD PERMISSION RW-R--R--
*This can actually be done with a root explorer fairly easily
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I used root explorer to move some system apk & its corresponding odex file from /system/apk to sdcard. I rebooted and found that I have moved some essential app like the stock dialer (it wasn't possible to figure out from the apk name). So now the dialer was gone. I then moved them back from sdcard to /system/app using root explorer thinking that it would undo the mess.
However the apps didn't come back, for example the dialer. The phone still tells me that there is no dialer.
What do I need to do?
Maybe you copied framework or something that dialler need to work... Try put bac all files. If that doesn't help see if the dialer is inn apps.
Gregrin said:
Maybe you copied framework or something that dialler need to work... Try put bac all files. If that doesn't help see if the dialer is inn apps.
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I didn't move anything from any other directory. I moved back each and every file to /system/app that I had moved from it earlier. Still no luck.
I didn't delete anything in this process. I don't see dialer in app drawer either.
Reboot?
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Markuzy said:
Reboot?
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Yes, umpteen number of times.
Fix permissions. if u copied everything back to original location, it should work. then remove ONLY unwanted apps
RavinduSha said:
Fix permissions. if u copied everything back to original location, it should work. then remove ONLY unwanted apps
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Yes, you are so right.
The apk permissions have screwed up after all the moving. I issued ls -l command in adb shell and this is what I found out.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3973 May 7 2012 HTMLViewer.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8784 May 7 2012 HTMLViewer.odex
----rwxr-x 1 system sdcard_r 562553 Feb 9 04:31 LatinIME.apk
----rwxr-x 1 system sdcard_r 327896 Feb 9 04:31 LatinIME.odex
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14569 May 7 2012 LiveWallpapersPicker_gles20.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21392 May 7 2012 LiveWallpapersPicker_gles20.odex
LatinIME.apk is the keyboard with screwed up permission.
Now how do I fix it? What command do I issue?
fix permissions in recovery. or in connectbot or another shell program:
chown root:root /system/app/*.apk /system/app/*.odex
chmod 644 /system/app/*.apk /system/app/*.odex
reboot
You can also change permissions in Root Explorer itself. Hold down on the files, choose permissions and tick the first column and the first box of the second one. Leave the rest blank and press ok. That's it. If it still doesn't show, reboot. Fixing permissions in recovery does exactly this, but for all files in /system/app, /data/app and /data/data. Every time you copy something to /system or /data, you have to set the right permissions. Either in a root explorer app, adb shell, terminal emulator or fixing permissions in recovery.
LatinIME is the stock Android keyboard btw.
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calisro said:
fix permissions in recovery. or in connectbot or another shell program:
chown root:root /system/app/*.apk /system/app/*.odex
chmod 644 /system/app/*.apk /system/app/*.odex
reboot
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Issued the above commands. They all now show the same as others and are back.
Unfortunately the dialer still doesn't appear. Which apk is the dialer? My phone has gingerbread.
sashank said:
LatinIME is the stock Android keyboard btw.
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You are right. LatinIME is the keyboard. That too had got screwed up. But by changing permission, now its back.
However as I mentioned above the dialer is still absent. Under all applications, the dialer shows up. But not in drawer.
Is there any android application or windows tool to help identify which apk corresponds to which android application. Some apk files have no bearing to the actual application name. Hence all this mess happened.
Well if you open the apps folder in a root explorer, the icons of all the apps will show. So you can identify from there. It works this way in Solid Explorer for me. Also in system apps most of the apps are named according to what they are. Example, dialer is Phone.apk, contacts are Contacts.apk etc. For other Play Store downloaded apps, which names starting with com.xxxxx, you can see their icons too.
Dialer is Phone.apk in Gingerbread. The screenshot I've put below is of the /system/app folder in Solid Explorer. I think even Root Explorer shows icons like that.
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sashank said:
Well if you open the apps folder in a root explorer, the icons of all the apps will show. So you can identify from there. It works this way in Solid Explorer for me. Also in system apps most of the apps are named according to what they are. Example, dialer is Phone.apk, contacts are Contacts.apk etc. For other Play Store downloaded apps, which names starting with com.xxxxx, you can see their icons too.
Dialer is Phone.apk in Gingerbread. The screenshot I've put below is of the /system/app folder in Solid Explorer. I think even Root Explorer shows icons like that.
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I can see two apks in my phone with dialer icon.
Phone.apk (& Phone.odex)
TelephonyProvider.apk (& TelephonyProvider.odex)
How do I get back the dialer? This is a dual sim phone and only the stock dialer gives the option to select sim before dialing. None of the market dialers provide this option.
phone.apk is the file.
I like using fix permissions from recovery. it fixes every permission within few seconds.
RavinduSha said:
phone.apk is the file.
I like using fix permissions from recovery. it fixes every permission within few seconds.
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I have CWM v5.0.2.8. Pls let me know how to fix permissions from recovery.
ontherocks62 said:
I have CWM v5.0.2.8. Pls let me know how to fix permissions from recovery.
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advanced section. look through. it should be self explanatory.
ontherocks62 said:
Issued the above commands. They all now show the same as others and are back.
Unfortunately the dialer still doesn't appear. Which apk is the dialer? My phone has gingerbread.
You are right. LatinIME is the keyboard. That too had got screwed up. But by changing permission, now its back.
However as I mentioned above the dialer is still absent. Under all applications, the dialer shows up. But not in drawer.
Is there any android application or windows tool to help identify which apk corresponds to which android application. Some apk files have no bearing to the actual application name. Hence all this mess happened.
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the dialer is Phone.apk
calisro said:
advanced section. look through. it should be self explanatory.
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Fixed permission. Still dialer doesn't appear. :crying:
ontherocks62 said:
Fixed permission. Still dialer doesn't appear. :crying:
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reflash the rom. easy peasy. next time careful what you delete! sry guy.
if u have a backup just restore only system partition
RavinduSha said:
if u have a backup just restore only system partition
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I have a backup. Unfotunately, I took a backup after messing up. So after re-flashing it with the backup, it boots in the messed up state.
I downloaded one gingerbread Phone.apk yesterday. I renamed the Phone.apk and Phone.odex in my phone to Phone.apk.bak & Phone.odex.bak. Then copied the downloaded Phone.apk to /system/app. Then fixed permissions via recovery and rebooted.
To my horror, not only did the dialer didn't appear, but also the phone wouldn't detect the sim cards. It would say no connection available...
So Phone.apk is affecting other stuff too. So I deleted the new Phone.apk and renamed the .bak to its original names, fixed permissions via recovery and rebooted. The phone still wouldn't detect the sim cards.
Then I went back to recovery, cleared Dalvik cache & user data, and performed clear data & factory reset. After reboot, the phone started detecting the sim cards again.
So this leads me to believe that something else other than permissions has a role to play.