Can we reorganize the applications inside the 'Gapps_ ics_ xxxxxx.signed zip'?
I mean can we eliminate or add some more applications inside of CWM flashable zip file, instead of working with TitaniumBackup to restore our own favorite applications after every wipe Rom Flash ?
I mean just deleting or adding some xxxxx .apk files...
Do you think it works ?
You could probably just make your own gapps zip with titanium so you could always flash the ones you want
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I did not know TB has such feature though I have been using it for a long time..
I use it w/ batch feature to restore my apps after every flash.
I will try to find out how to create CWM flashable zip file contains my favorite apps.
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I found 'create update zip' under settings.
I created zip file from user apps but the file created is only 3 mb though I have araund 100 apps installed and backedup by TB.
it seems it made only for itself not all the other backedup apps..
Am I wrong ?
How to all together apps?
Titanium can only make an update.zip which flashes Titanium.
Feel free to use 7zip to add or remove apks directly from the gapps zip.
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Titanium can only make an update.zip which flashes Titanium.
Feel free to use 7zip to add or remove apks directly from the gapps zip.
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Sorry for the confusion, I guess I just assumed that with all of TB features "create update.zip" would do more than just flash itself. Guess I should try a feature before suggesting it - duh
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Hello Everyone!!!
I have samsung galalxy pop/mini gts5570 running Cyanogenmod 7 with Clock work mod recovery. I just wanted to know is there a way to make my own flashable zip file containing all the mostly needed & used application. Since, I have to manually install each app after upgrading or changing my rom, i just though why not install them from a single zip file.
So, anyone can you help me in making my own flashable zip file. Please provide me the directory structure of the file, i will pack the apks myself ... Or if there is any other way to do so plz tell me ...
Thank YOu!!!
Can't you restore with Titanium Backup or something the like?
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Ditamae said:
Can't you restore with Titanium Backup or something the like?
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I know it can be done with titanium but it is also cumbersome selecting apps and then reinstalling ...
I want to flash them at once from cwm 4.0.0.5 recovery...
yagya said:
I know it can be done with titanium but it is also cumbersome selecting apps and then reinstalling ...
I want to flash them at once from cwm 4.0.0.5 recovery...
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Gotcha. The ROM I'm using allows users to customize many of the apps that are installed during flash... even allows us to install our own personal set of apps. This is done with a text doc on the SD card. I know you said you wanted to flash through recovery, but it's sorta the same idea.
Man why don't ya use the batch option in TB and by that option u can backup / restore all your apps in one click to use batch use menu button
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I know titanium has batch option that can do it. But I wanted make zip so that I can flash it in CWM recovery this way my files will be organized in one place and it will be fast too.
You can try using app2zip.
using titanium backup pro
I already using titanium back up pro..look optoion,,and make flashable zip..and when it finish the file name is update.zip.. now U just flash your own app+data
Hey guys im flashing joker's cm9 beta. With this you have to flash gapps. This is all working great with no complaints. However, I was wondering how I would edit the gapps file to so that I can add in some apps that I like to use ie Titanium back up, root explore....
I have tried unzipping the file and adding in the the apps to the /system/app folder. However after flashing the gapps while the app is there it will crash when i try to run it. If install from the apk over it, then the programs work fine.
Thanks for the help!
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Hey guys im flashing joker's cm9 beta. With this you have to flash gapps. This is all working great with no complaints. However, I was wondering how I would edit the gapps file to so that I can add in some apps that I like to use ie Titanium back up, root explore....
I have tried unzipping the file and adding in the the apps to the /system/app folder. However after flashing the gapps while the app is there it will crash when i try to run it. If install from the apk over it, then the programs work fine.
Thanks for the help!
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There will have to be some codework done in order for it to actually install, you cant just toss some apks in there. AFAIK atleast.. I personally would just backup all your apps with TI and then all you have to do is install TI and restore them all. Its how I personally do it. If your hellbent on having them there on your first flash you *might* be able to put them in the /system/apps folder of the actual rom before flashing. Not 100% sure that'd do the trick but ive installed a few apps that way myself.
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There will have to be some codework done in order for it to actually install, you cant just toss some apks in there. AFAIK atleast.. I personally would just backup all your apps with TI and then all you have to do is install TI and restore them all. Its how I personally do it. If your hellbent on having them there on your first flash you *might* be able to put them in the /system/apps folder of the actual rom before flashing. Not 100% sure that'd do the trick but ive installed a few apps that way myself.
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Edit: I tried this but with no luck. I even tried rebooting to see if that would help and it did not. Does anyone know of a guide how to create gapps or how to edit a build of one?
Yeah, that's what I have been doing with TI. It would just be faster if it was already there and I wouldn't have to navigate to it. Install and then have it install all my apps. I will try putting the apps in the rom and see if that works. I was hoping there was some tutorial on how to make your own gapps or how to edit an existing one. It would have been awesome if there was a program that made the gapps for you haha.
I'd like to know as well. I am about to try the rom thing myself, but it would be quite handy to add into the gapps file and use it instead of the rom, then I could switch roms and still have gapps file with my chosen installs without having to adjust each rom file and just adjusting a single file for all.
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I tried adding apps to the rom zip file and for whatever reason I can't add to it. I can remove from it, just not add to it.
That happens with certain zips. Extract the zip, add in the files you want and zip it again at the root folder level (select all the folders and send to compressed zip folder in Windows). That's how I always do it to avoid errors if I want to add anything to a zip.
Take a look here to learn how to make your own flashable zips - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31624265
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I'd like to know as well. I am about to try the rom thing myself, but it would be quite handy to add into the gapps file and use it instead of the rom, then I could switch roms and still have gapps file with my chosen installs without having to adjust each rom file and just adjusting a single file for all.
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I tried adding apps to the rom zip file and for whatever reason I can't add to it. I can remove from it, just not add to it.
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All you have to do is open it with 7zip. Youll be able to drag/drop as you please.
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Hi
Is does anyone know of a flashable zip i can use through recovery that will backup all downloaded apps in /data/app and the application data that goes with the applications
Thanks in advanced
Titanium Backup has this option and there is a new App that seems promising
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Atm App2zip does not work for all the devices, it's still experimental and not widely tested, so first of all, especially before backing-up something important, make some test to see whether it works for you (e.g. open App2zip and put in the flashable zip some apps you don't really care, uninstall them and then restore the zip via CWM recovery).
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App2zip allows to backup applications directly to a zip file flashable via CUSTOM recovery, you can build your own update.zip on the fly, no need for PC.
ROOT REQUIRED!
Building your flashable zip is easy:
1) Choose the apps to be included in the zip file
2) Click GO! and wait until the zip is done. That's it!
Even system apps can be included in the zip file but make sure they don't have dependencies and they don't share data with other system apps (otherwise they won't be restored properly).
Restore via stock recovery is not supported yet.
Special thanks to:
michaelg117 (for the idea), Fnorder (signapk script), people in "flashable app backup" thread.
Google Play Link
Feel free to use this thread for any comment or report, if the app does not work for you please tell which device and ROM you're on. Thank you!
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Thanks for the quick replies I am currently using backup pro to do this but I was wondering if there was a script of a zip that could pull them in recovery to the sdcard and one to push I can create a zip to do this but it means entering every app data location manually I was looking for one that would pull the app and then the data based on the apps name I can send you a copy of the zip
But in short it creates the required folders copes every thing in /data/app and the I have to add lines like so e.g.
com.adobe.reader
For it to copy the data as well
Thanks again
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CWM eating lots of space on my External SD card.
Since I flashed custom ROM, I always use to take backup before upgrading to new version or when ever needed but I don't need all of them I need just current backup.
I have following folder in
Clockworkmod folder
---backup ----StockROM (2GB) ----LatestROMNexus5 (17mb)----blobs (4.14GB)
See attachment. I gess the blobs folder having junk files.
Can anyone help me to delete unwanted files from CWM?
iAnoop said:
CWM eating lots of space on my External SD card.
Since I flashed custom ROM, I always use to take backup before upgrading to new version or when ever needed but I don't need all of them I need just current backup.
I have following folder in
Clockworkmod folder
---backup ----StockROM (2GB) ----LatestROMNexus5 (17mb)----blobs (4.14GB)
See attachment. I gess the blobs folder having junk files.
Can anyone help me to delete unwanted files from CWM?
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As long as you're absolutely positive you don't need the it, you can always use a file manager like Solid Explorer to delete redundant backups, zips,etc.
I suggest you make a copy of the blobs folder to your root directory, then copy to your computer as a back up.
Then slowly delete files one at a time see what each does to your phone till your blobs folder is empty, it maybe time consuming but you will not lose any important files.
Any good file explorer will allow to delete files.
Look at a post by "D3VIOUS".He explains what to do/not to do.
Youll find it by searching for "blobs".
Its a new feature in cwm6.
Blobs folder contains ALL your backups!
Choose the "Free unused backup data" in recovery, should only delete the unused stuff but maybe worth backing up just in case. Personally this blobs malarkey started to annoy me so I just changed the default backup file type back to tar files (also in recovery).
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Hayth said:
Choose the "Free unused backup data" in recovery, should only delete the unused stuff but maybe worth backing up just in case. Personally this blobs malarkey started to annoy me so I just changed the default backup file type back to tar files (also in recovery).
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Thanks , "Free unused backup data" does the job... 4.14 GB to 1.36 GB.
iAnoop said:
Thanks , "Free unused backup data" does the job... 4.14 GB to 1.36 GB.
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Np
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As the topic states, there are a bunch of prebundled apps that come with cyanogen I'd like to remove & replace (listed below); is it as simple as removing them from the .zip and adding the ones I want? Or is there more to it?
Also the apps I want to add, can I also include their backup data from the /data folder or does that have to be done after?
I think its just as simple as, extracting the zip files, removing the apks, and adding the ones I want, then repacking the zip?
Replace:
- Apollo with Poweramp
- Trebeck (or w/e it is) with Nova Prime
- AOSP Keyboard with SwiftKeyboard
- a custom kernel (just copy/replace the kernel zips files with whatever comes in cyanogens zip?)
- some others, but you get the gist
Remove:
- DSP Manager
- Exchange Services
- Email
- News & Weather
- some others (I know about the list(s) of safe apps to delete [1][2])
Add:
- Fonts
- Apps that I always install on a fresh install (Titanium Backup, Busybox, ROM Toolbox, etc)
I know about This Thread explaining how to build your own ROM, but I feel like that is more complicated process for (what seems simple) what I want to do.
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I have done this with mr-cook's cooked ROM but have never tried it on a cm one. Sammy roms you just cut and paste the apk into the preload folder. I don't see why couldn't do that with the gapps zip. If it doesn't work you can just wipe and start over.
Also you can use titanium back up pro to do the same thing within the ROM
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I have done this with mr-cook's cooked ROM but have never tried it on a cm one. Sammy roms you just cut and paste the apk into the preload folder. I don't see why couldn't do that with the gapps zip. If it doesn't work you can just wipe and start over.
Also you can use titanium back up pro to do the same thing within the ROM
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i would put them in the /preload folder? i thought i would put them with the other .apks (/system/app/)?
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i would put them in the /preload folder? i thought i would put them with the other .apks (/system/app/)?
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That is if you were using a Samsung based ROM. I don't think cm will be the same but like i said you can try it.
On a Samsung ROM it would need to be placed in preload/symlink/system/app in the zip file before you flash it. I don't think cm has this file.
You could try putting it in the system app file But like i said if it doesn't work, the worst thing that could happen is the ROM doesn't flash, doesn't boot, or it boots and you get a bunch of fc of apps. All you have to do is wipe and start over.
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is it as simple as removing them from the .zip and adding the ones I want?
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Yes.
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Also the apps I want to add, can I also include their backup data from the /data folder or does that have to be done after?
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Not as easy as the apps as it would require changes to the updater script. Plus it could cause issues.
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I think its just as simple as, extracting the zip files, removing the apks, and adding the ones I want, then repacking the zip?
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Actually your better off if you just use 7zip or WinRAR and open the zip instead of extract it. Navigate to the system apps folder and delete or add what your need to. It's as simple as drag and drop.
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Add:
- Fonts
- Apps that I always install on a fresh install (Titanium Backup, Busybox, ROM Toolbox, etc)
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The fonts I have no clue. These apps would require changes to the updater script to put them in data where they belong.
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mr-cook said:
Yes.
Not as easy as the apps as it would require changes to the updater script. Plus it could cause issues.
Actually your better off if you just use 7zip or WinRAR and open the zip instead of extract it. Navigate to the system apps folder and delete or add what your need to. It's as simple as drag and drop.
The fonts I have no clue. These apps would require changes to the updater script to put them in data where they belong.
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great thank you mr-cook!
and the .apks that i put in the system/app folder, (specifically Nova launcher), i put the install .apk correct, as thats the only .apk i have for it.
And I also want to replace Browser.apk with Chrome; same procedure as the rest?
I guess its really just a trial-and-run scenario instead of asking questions... best way to learn
for those curious, or come across the same question: it worked out perfectly.
As far as the fonts go, I just added them to the system/fonts folder- worked as planned!