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Add/remove APK's from ROM ZIP

Has anyone got a guide on how to remove/add APK's from a ROM ZIP file? I found a few roms but they have some stuff that i dont require.
Is it done by using themepro?

Bit of a pointless thread when I've already answered your question...should've waited for me before doing this!!

how is this pointless? i too would love to know how!!!!!!

It was pointless as I already answered the question in the ROM thread it was first put in. As I'm in work I couldn't reply instantly...
Basically:
Unzip ROM, remove APK(s) from /system/app, add APK(s) to /system/app (or /data/app if you want them to be removable), rezip ROM, flash it

thank you for your fast response. just one quick question... when zipping back up, do i just use "store" ?

No you can use medium compression for a rom.
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superliam said:
thank you for your fast response. just one quick question... when zipping back up, do i just use "store" ?
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I just rezip it using the stock Windows 'Compressed Folders' option - seems to work fine

thanks you for the replies

Or open the archive in the Winrar and delete / add files directly.

I have extracted the ZIP, removed a few apks and then rezipped it but i cant install the new rom.
I am doing it through Rom manager/clockworkmod but it fails to install. Anyone know what im doing wrong?

If I'm already running a ROM can I remove files from the zip file and flash the same ROM and by this way get rid of the unwanted apps? Or do I need to perform a wipe first?
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Laban said:
If I'm already running a ROM can I remove files from the zip file and flash the same ROM and by this way get rid of the unwanted apps? Or do I need to perform a wipe first?
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you can just use adb to remove the .apk's no need to reflash

AndroHero said:
you can just use adb to remove the .apk's no need to reflash
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Don't know anything about that, so for me the easiest would be to flash the same ROM again. But will it work as I described it?
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I found this
http://www.askabouthugo.com/mobile-technology/how-to-remove-unused-android-apps-from-custom-rom/

Laban said:
Don't know anything about that, so for me the easiest would be to flash the same ROM again. But will it work as I described it?
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Sorry for digging such a old thread. For those who might be searching for the same reason, please note...
1. Removing the APKs from the ROM and Reflashing it won't make those Apps go Away from the Device. You need a Clean Wipe before and after the Flash. Sometimes you will need to Clear the Dalvik Cache as well.
2. Removing the APKs using ADB will not take out the APPs completely. You will also need to remove the corresponding .ODEX files if its Stock DEODEX files if otherwise.
3. In most cases, the editing the ROM typically requires you to Sign the ZIP file again. So you'd need the Manufacturer's Signing Key unless your device allows for unsigned ROMs.

just delete the app and flash, then see if everything is working

Tried deleting and reflashing
EddyOS said:
It was pointless as I already answered the question in the ROM thread it was first put in. As I'm in work I couldn't reply instantly...
Basically:
Unzip ROM, remove APK(s) from /system/app, add APK(s) to /system/app (or /data/app if you want them to be removable), rezip ROM, flash it
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First, I am so new to this that noob is not a good title for me. I plan on learning all this, but for certain reasons, I need to get the Camera functionality off my HTC One M8. I figured that getting the software off would be easier and quicker than trying to disassemble the glue factory inside the phone. So I went to the unlockr to learn how. (Probably a mistake on my part.) According to him all I need to do is
2. In the app folder you will see all the .apk files for all the applications you have currently in the ROM. Simply delete the ones you do not want to remove them from the ROM.
3. To add applications, simply copy any .apk file for the applications you want to add into the app folder.
Then rebuild the ROM in Kitchen (99) and load it up. Now I have tried just removing camera.apk in Viper, InsertCoin, and Android Revolution. Everytime the ROM will not load, but the unmodified Viper, InsertCoin, and Android Revolution ROMs will load just fine. Should one of the files be edited? Or is there another way to disable the camera aside from tearing it apart. Any assistance while I try to learn this will be greatly appreciated.
As you can see, I have tried just deleting and reflashing, but the ROM won't install.

Texas_Dave said:
First, I am so new to this that noob is not a good title for me. I plan on learning all this, but for certain reasons, I need to get the Camera functionality off my HTC One M8. I figured that getting the software off would be easier and quicker than trying to disassemble the glue factory inside the phone. So I went to the unlockr to learn how. (Probably a mistake on my part.) According to him all I need to do is
2. In the app folder you will see all the .apk files for all the applications you have currently in the ROM. Simply delete the ones you do not want to remove them from the ROM.
3. To add applications, simply copy any .apk file for the applications you want to add into the app folder.
Then rebuild the ROM in Kitchen (99) and load it up. Now I have tried just removing camera.apk in Viper, InsertCoin, and Android Revolution. Everytime the ROM will not load, but the unmodified Viper, InsertCoin, and Android Revolution ROMs will load just fine. Should one of the files be edited? Or is there another way to disable the camera aside from tearing it apart. Any assistance while I try to learn this will be greatly appreciated.
As you can see, I have tried just deleting and reflashing, but the ROM won't install.
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Why have you dug up a redundant post in the Desire forum for a question about the M8?

Why I have dug up a reduntant post
EddyOS said:
Why have you dug up a redundant post in the Desire forum for a question about the M8?
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EddyOS, I dug up this post for several reasons. First you must have missed my noob comment regarding myself. Second, to stay on the good side of the xda moderators, I was reading all the please read before posting posts, which all say do a search first. The search dug up this post. Third everywhere I tried to post my question, the first thing that was mentioned on the forum was do not post questions here. Fourth, my mistake, I didn't realize I was on the HTC Desire forum, I take full responsibility for that. Fifth, I was just looking for help by getting pointed in the right direction in order to figure out how to fix my issue, and simply wanted to reply to a post on how to fix my problem that it didn't work for me. Obviously I now know it was the wrong platform and by your response, I take it that these two platforms will not have similar issues. Finally if I have offended your sense of what's right and wrong, I most sincerely apologize. I will confine myself to reading and not posting so as not to commit anymore faux pas.

Texas_Dave said:
EddyOS, I dug up this post for several reasons. First you must have missed my noob comment regarding myself. Second, to stay on the good side of the xda moderators, I was reading all the please read before posting posts, which all say do a search first. The search dug up this post. Third everywhere I tried to post my question, the first thing that was mentioned on the forum was do not post questions here. Fourth, my mistake, I didn't realize I was on the HTC Desire forum, I take full responsibility for that. Fifth, I was just looking for help by getting pointed in the right direction in order to figure out how to fix my issue, and simply wanted to reply to a post on how to fix my problem that it didn't work for me. Obviously I now know it was the wrong platform and by your response, I take it that these two platforms will not have similar issues. Finally if I have offended your sense of what's right and wrong, I most sincerely apologize. I will confine myself to reading and not posting so as not to commit anymore faux pas.
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If you have a question regarding the M8, then this is the forum you want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8
In here, you will find the Q&A section and you can then post your question and people can assist you further

[Q] Problem with XDAndroid.

Hello, I have an AT&T Tilt 2 and when I want to boot off xdandroid 2.2.1 I did the .cab file, soft reset, startup.txt, went into the program, update, boot. It types a bunch of codes, and stops at misc_register(): OK. And it stays there as long as I can see! It won't go any further, however, when I restart the phone, it boots normally in to WinMo. I'm running the stock shipped ROM. Does that have anything to do with it? I'm not getting any errors or anything, just stuck at that. And I know it's not me not waiting, because I've sat it down for 2 hours straight! Please help I really want Android on my Tilt 2.
P.S. I've tried RAR and CAB, also the Reference & Froyo!

Try a clean bundle. Format the card using the HP tool. Full format, FAT32.
Also, try this bundle. It's the newest of the new.

thephoneguru said:
Hello, I have an AT&T Tilt 2 and when I want to boot off xdandroid 2.2.1 I did the .cab file, soft reset, startup.txt, went into the program, update, boot. It types a bunch of codes, and stops at misc_register(): OK. And it stays there as long as I can see! It won't go any further, however, when I restart the phone, it boots normally in to WinMo. I'm running the stock shipped ROM. Does that have anything to do with it? I'm not getting any errors or anything, just stuck at that. And I know it's not me not waiting, because I've sat it down for 2 hours straight! Please help I really want Android on my Tilt 2.
P.S. I've tried RAR and CAB, also the Reference & Froyo!
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Greetings,
I too have a Tilt 2. In the past I've had many problems with xdandroid and other android ports. I personally prefer to use the manual installation, that way I can control what and where things are placed. I'm currently running the the latest FRX04 release on my Tilt2. Here is how I got it working.
1..Download the RAR package.
2..Format your SD Card (not a quick format)
3..Copy the andboot directory to your SD Card
4..Replace the startup.txt with the one attached here.
5..In WinMo run Haret and let it do it's thing.
6..Once in Android test all your apps.
This worked for me, but until I switched to a newer SD Card I would have random reboots and hang ups.
Post any more complications you have I may be able to help you.

dcmedic said:
Greetings,
I too have a Tilt 2. In the past I've had many problems with xdandroid and other android ports. I personally prefer to use the manual installation, that way I can control what and where things are placed. I'm currently running the the latest FRX04 release on my Tilt2. Here is how I got it working.
1..Download the RAR package.
2..Format your SD Card (not a quick format)
3..Copy the andboot directory to your SD Card
4..Replace the startup.txt with the one attached here.
5..In WinMo run Haret and let it do it's thing.
6..Once in Android test all your apps.
This worked for me, but until I switched to a newer SD Card I would have random reboots and hang ups.
Post any more complications you have I may be able to help you.
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ooooooh!
I will try this startup for my tilt2!
I am having issues like screen landscaping wrong way sometimes etc.
I will report back. Perhaps we get them to pack your startup in the file under "Tilt 2 ATT GSM" or something!
What SD card did you end up getting?
Thanks!

Prodeje79 said:
ooooooh!
I will try this startup for my tilt2!
I am having issues like screen landscaping wrong way sometimes etc.
I will report back. Perhaps we get them to pack your startup in the file under "Tilt 2 ATT GSM" or something!
What SD card did you end up getting?
Thanks!
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I already had multiple sd cards, Tiad brought it up to try and change my sd card in a conversation the other day, but I'm using a SanDisk 2GB. My SanDisk 4GB is about 4 years old and believe they do wear out. Older cards aren't good for what we need here, since they are basically or on board device storage.
As for the landscaping, sometimes if a hold the phone flat it will switch to landscape left or right, but I usually do not have a problem when I'm holding it in the orientation I'm needing.
That is the same startup file I have used through out 3 different builds. FRX03, FRX04, and FROYO X. I did have overclocking in there, but come to find out it didn't help, I feel that it probably was the cause of a few of my restarts.
I hope everything works out for you. Report back..

dcmedic said:
I already had multiple sd cards, Tiad brought it up to try and change my sd card in a conversation the other day, but I'm using a SanDisk 2GB. My SanDisk 4GB is about 4 years old and believe they do wear out. Older cards aren't good for what we need here, since they are basically or on board device storage.
As for the landscaping, sometimes if a hold the phone flat it will switch to landscape left or right, but I usually do not have a problem when I'm holding it in the orientation I'm needing.
That is the same startup file I have used through out 3 different builds. FRX03, FRX04, and FROYO X. I did have overclocking in there, but come to find out it didn't help, I feel that it probably was the cause of a few of my restarts.
I hope everything works out for you. Report back..
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will do!
which exact package are you using now?
link appreciated if not already posted above.
Is it a good idea to delete the ts-calibration file as in XDAndroid2.2Froyo.012211 ?
Any other cleanup measures?

Prodeje79 said:
will do!
which exact package are you using now?
link appreciated if not already posted above.
Is it a good idea to delete the ts-calibration file as in XDAndroid2.2Froyo.012211 ?
Any other cleanup measures?
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I'm using the same package as arrrrrgh posted in Post #2. I just left the touch screen calibration file that came with the package. No other clean up, other than full format to fat32 with your preferred utility.

dcmedic said:
I'm using the same package as arrrrrgh posted in Post #2. I just left the touch screen calibration file that came with the package. No other clean up, other than full format to fat32 with your preferred utility.
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OK cool, I will give that load a shot tonight.
As of now I am using: XDANDROID.2.2.1.AOSP.FRX03.21.11.10.FULL_PACKAGE
My screen issues are gone now with those tweaks! thanks so much!!!
Although now this thing seems dog slow.
I took out my line "clock-7x00.a11=500" which I think is just stock anyway.
You do not use this command as you noted issues overclocking. Thus yours should be stock speed too right?
This thing is sloooooow now from earlier with my old 'incorrect' stock config in the RAR package.
I also have the weird typing issue in which I press c once (on the hard keyboard slideout), but cccc appears. I think if I type a word super slow, it works better.
So if i type cingular at a decent pace, it will type out 'ccccingularrr'
Any leads on that?

you may need to delete your data.img file and rebuild it with the new startup.txt. that way android is running at stock speed during the setup. shot in the dark.
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Prodeje79 said:
OK cool, I will give that load a shot tonight.
As of now I am using: XDANDROID.2.2.1.AOSP.FRX03.21.11.10.FULL_PACKAGE
My screen issues are gone now with those tweaks! thanks so much!!!
Although now this thing seems dog slow.
I took out my line "clock-7x00.a11=500" which I think is just stock anyway.
You do not use this command as you noted issues overclocking. Thus yours should be stock speed too right?
This thing is sloooooow now from earlier with my old 'incorrect' stock config in the RAR package.
I also have the weird typing issue in which I press c once (on the hard keyboard slideout), but cccc appears. I think if I type a word super slow, it works better.
So if i type cingular at a decent pace, it will type out 'ccccingularrr'
Any leads on that?
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Holy crap dude... search. You've asked so many questions that have been answered previously, seriously.
With that said, all the issues you describe are all related to the system_server bug. Just make a call to voicemail (or any call really) and it'll clear up. We're looking into the cause and a potential solution.

dcmedic said:
Greetings,
I too have a Tilt 2. In the past I've had many problems with xdandroid and other android ports. I personally prefer to use the manual installation, that way I can control what and where things are placed. I'm currently running the the latest FRX04 release on my Tilt2. Here is how I got it working.
1..Download the RAR package.
2..Format your SD Card (not a quick format)
3..Copy the andboot directory to your SD Card
4..Replace the startup.txt with the one attached here.
5..In WinMo run Haret and let it do it's thing.
6..Once in Android test all your apps.
This worked for me, but until I switched to a newer SD Card I would have random reboots and hang ups.
Post any more complications you have I may be able to help you.
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Hello, thank you for the quick response. I did exactly what you said. And once I tap Haret it codes and stops at misc_register(): OK still... Any other suggestions? Thank you agian.

it probably doesn't matter, but is your phone all unlocked etc and able to be flashed with any winmo rom?
using olipro?
just trying to think of any differences with our phones.

Prodeje79 said:
it probably doesn't matter, but is your phone all unlocked etc and able to be flashed with any winmo rom?
using olipro?
just trying to think of any differences with our phones.
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What is unlocked? Isn't that where T-Mobile would be able to use it?? If not, please explain. Sorry for my stupidness. lol
Is it like jailbreaking and/or rooting?

You do not need to do hardSPL unlocking to use Android from the SD card.
I would imagine with NAND builds you would... but since this all runs off the SD card, no need for HSPL.
Assuming you're using that build that was posted in post #2, it should work just fine - did you make any changes to it, or just extract it to the root of your SD and hit haret.exe...?

thephoneguru said:
What is unlocked? Isn't that where T-Mobile would be able to use it?? If not, please explain. Sorry for my stupidness. lol
Is it like jailbreaking and/or rooting?
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well mainly just the hard SPL unlocking. Not the sim.
very easy.
see the stickies here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=490
mainly:
Hard-SPL Unlocker for Rhodium (AT&T Tilt 2) Released and Updated! New FAQ added!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550131
and flashing...
[Resources] Flashing your First GSM Rhodium Rom (For Noobs)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550540
if you do this don't forget to task 29!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=649191
I use the energy rom GTX:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562773
I just backed up all my contacts on my SD card with pimbackup and restored them to the new rom....

Again, to thephoneguru - you do not need to do that ^^.
Only if you want to install a custom WinMo ROM, or if you're flashing to full Android (which is not recommended at the moment!) do you need to do HSPL.

arrrghhh said:
You do not need to do hardSPL unlocking to use Android from the SD card.
I would imagine with NAND builds you would... but since this all runs off the SD card, no need for HSPL.
Assuming you're using that build that was posted in post #2, it should work just fine - did you make any changes to it, or just extract it to the root of your SD and hit haret.exe...?
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I did not make any changes at all I just put the androot directory on the root of my sd, went to the file explorer and tapped haret.exe. Also, the sd card was just formatted (non quick format) to FAT32.

arrrghhh said:
Again, to thephoneguru - you do not need to do that ^^.
Only if you want to install a custom WinMo ROM, or if you're flashing to full Android (which is not recommended at the moment!) do you need to do HSPL.
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well we get the picture!
its the only difference I can think of in our phones.
I say give it a shot, it is so simple!

Prodeje79 said:
well we get the picture!
its the only difference I can think of in our phones.
I say give it a shot, it is so simple!
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How is it so simple? Can you explain the procedure? Thank you.

thephoneguru said:
How is it so simple? Can you explain the procedure? Thank you.
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He posted a lot of links on how to do it... Post #15?
It won't have any effect on your issue tho. It'll only enable you to flash custom ROMs if you so choose to do so.
Let's focus on your issue. Can you tell me where it stops? Does it always stop at the same place? Have you tried different kernels? Any different builds? Have you tried the newest FRX04 build?

[Q] How do I Mod Stock ROM? (Rooted)

I am rooted and I like the stock ROM from Sprint. But I like some of the elements of Sense 3.0. Is there any way to port some of the elements i.e. the lockscreen, the battery percent, the app drawer, recent apps in the taskbar, etc.? I have tried simply moving the .apk files between ROMs but that does not work. Are there any .zips I can flash to achieve what I want without changing the actual ROM? Or is there a way I can edit my current ROM and make a .zip from that and flash essentially making my own ROM? I have searched and none of the flashing I have found or done has worked aside from just changing ROMs.

start here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
you will learn a lot

Looks interesting. I'll take a look this weekend. It will take a while to get Ubuntu running on my machine. Well not really but I really don't have the spare time over the next couple days. Thanks for the post.

nickelghandi said:
Looks interesting. I'll take a look this weekend. It will take a while to get Ubuntu running on my machine. Well not really but I really don't have the spare time over the next couple days. Thanks for the post.
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Its not hard, I dual boot between ubuntu and linux. A word of advice: IF you want the windows partition to see the ubuntu partition, you need to use ext 2 or 3, it won't see it if its in ext 4.

Yeah. I've used Ubuntu before, as well as many other distros. Ubuntu is the most simple probably. I'll post when I have the kitchen up and running. Again thanks for the help.

alaman68 said:
start here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
you will learn a lot
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:thumbup: this ^

If you mean thank it I already did.

Does anybody know any way to manually insert gapps as an apk?

I'm trying to get my ROM all smoothed out. It a catch 22 system. I can load the sony xperia walkman and get it functioning properly, or I can install gapps. If I do one I can't do the other for some reason. So, I went with the walkman. Now I'm trying to figure out how to turn the gapps zip into a good apk file to load with android tuner from my sd card. Is that even possible? I was able to manually install a few of the apk's from the zip file, but 90% wouldn't install. I assume because I haven't figured out how to install the supporting files. How can I get the play store functioning, even in a barebones state? There has to be a way... this is Android!!! Lol As I stand now, I have the play store icon, but it only loads for a fraction of a second. No message of any kind. It just doesn't work. Any suggestions would be nice. I'm on the Bleu Mynt ROM if that helps you any.

TheEvoNoob said:
I'm trying to get my ROM all smoothed out. It a catch 22 system. I can load the sony xperia walkman and get it functioning properly, or I can install gapps. If I do one I can't do the other for some reason. So, I went with the walkman. Now I'm trying to figure out how to turn the gapps zip into a good apk file to load with android tuner from my sd card. Is that even possible? I was able to manually install a few of the apk's from the zip file, but 90% wouldn't install. I assume because I haven't figured out how to install the supporting files. How can I get the play store functioning, even in a barebones state? There has to be a way... this is Android!!! Lol As I stand now, I have the play store icon, but it only loads for a fraction of a second. No message of any kind. It just doesn't work. Any suggestions would be nice. I'm on the Bleu Mynt ROM if that helps you any.
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You and that walkman app,hahahaha,your like me,"never give up",but anyway,open the zip file with the gapps inside and look at the folder structure,add the files to their respective folders on your rom,then you need to look at the updater script,which is in the META folder and see what needs to be symlinked and add the correct permissions for them to work correctly,you can also skip most of the bs,by just downloading what you need from the playstore,as far as gapps goes.Trial and error,you just have to keep playing with it until you get it right,it could be the rom,try a different rom also.

Diablo67 said:
You and that walkman app,hahahaha,your like me,"never give up",but anyway,open the zip file with the gapps inside and look at the folder structure,add the files to their respective folders on your rom,then you need to look at the updater script,which is in the META folder and see what needs to be symlinked and add the correct permissions for them to work correctly,you can also skip most of the bs,by just downloading what you need from the playstore,as far as gapps goes.Trial and error,you just have to keep playing with it until you get it right,it could be the rom,try a different rom also.
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There is no other ROM son.... I'm only going to have the best. Period. Thank you for the answer. I'll work on it later. I'm going to go do some extra work today so I can afford the Galaxy S4 I was talking about buying. Lol
EDIT-----> My extra work got cancelled, so I can play with this all day today.... Makes me happy.

I moved all the files except for the lang_pico file because I noticed it was all languages besides english. I left it out. Is this okay? Everything is in the proper place but the update-binary and updater script. It's encoded and I do not know the name of the code to research. Can you tell me what language it is, and if 7-7ip or Notepad++ needs a plug-in to read/write or otherwise edit the script? What do I need to research here?
EDIT-----> I'm looking for something called Update.zip Manager 3.0. Is this a tool that will help me?

TheEvoNoob said:
I moved all the files except for the lang_pico file because I noticed it was all languages besides english. I left it out. Is this okay? Everything is in the proper place but the update-binary and updater script. It's encoded and I do not know the name of the code to research. Can you tell me what language it is, and if 7-7ip or Notepad++ needs a plug-in to read/write or otherwise edit the script? What do I need to research here?
EDIT-----> I'm looking for something called Update.zip Manager 3.0. Is this a tool that will help me?
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Here use this to decompile and compile apk's.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213985

Thanks for that link. I can see I'm gonna have to do a lot more research before I embark on that journey. I need to get familiar with the terminology first. In the mean time, I found a pretty awesome ROM that loaded up everything I need with no problems, and it's very well put together. It's kinda plain, compared to the cool factor of the Blue Mynt theme, but it functions rather well. It's a good trade off. The ROM I have now is the Supersonic Unofficial CarbonROM by Wambo_Bombo. Have you seen this? My question is, do you have anything in the works coming down the pipe? I'd love to have something like this with your theme genius. Thank you for trying to help me sort things out with Bleu Mynt. I know you're a busy guy, and it was, and is appreciated. Let me know ASAP when you have a new release please.

TheEvoNoob said:
Thanks for that link. I can see I'm gonna have to do a lot more research before I embark on that journey. I need to get familiar with the terminology first. In the mean time, I found a pretty awesome ROM that loaded up everything I need with no problems, and it's very well put together. It's kinda plain, compared to the cool factor of the Blue Mynt theme, but it functions rather well. It's a good trade off. The ROM I have now is the Supersonic Unofficial CarbonROM by Wambo_Bombo. Have you seen this? My question is, do you have anything in the works coming down the pipe? I'd love to have something like this with your theme genius. Thank you for trying to help me sort things out with Bleu Mynt. I know you're a busy guy, and it was, and is appreciated. Let me know ASAP when you have a new release please.
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Read my sticky in android/general... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466228

This problem is finally resolved. I found this and it works consistently on every ROM that I couldn't load gapps and the walkman on before. They are called Zgapps. Check them out if you aren't familiar. Maybe you know somebody else who could benefit from them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240652
Thank you for being friendly and always trying to help me. I'm sure you get bombarded with questions, so I try to do things on my own first. I'm learning as fast as I can. I appreciate your help over the stumbling stones.

[REQ]HTC preloaded stuff

Hey guys, i just got a used M8 and the previous owner hard reset it before giving it to me..
So i lost everything from the internal sd, could someone upload a back up for me?
I'm looking mostly for the items in the following folders:
.data
.showme
DCIM
Download
Music
and the root of the sd..
Thanks in advance for any help!

Of course the previous owner deleted everything , but you lost it.....that's kinda weird because what is your stuff doing on another person's phone ! What you expect ?
If an app needs it's folder it will create it. Not sure what your problem is ?

I didn't had my stuff on the phone. I wrote that i want back the stock stuff that htc put's in storage, like stock photos, music etc..

Anyone?

anko184 said:
Anyone?
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Had this happen, as I factory resetted (from bootloader) because I was having random reboots. Wasn't expecting to lose all the preloaded media, to be honest I usually weed out any unwanted stuff anyway, but though that surely that stuff should survive a factory reset. Thankfully, after updating firmware the reboots appear to have gone.
Below is a thread for restoring T-Mobile preload I found, as I have the international model I wouldnt be using this but was going to have a look at the compressed archive to see if anything can be extracted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2714522

gsmyth said:
Had this happen, as I factory resetted (from bootloader) because I was having random reboots. Wasn't expecting to lose all the preloaded media, to be honest I usually weed out any unwanted stuff anyway, but though that surely that stuff should survive a factory reset. Thankfully, after updating firmware the reboots appear to have gone.
Below is a thread for restoring T-Mobile preload I found, as I have the international model I wouldnt be using this but was going to have a look at the compressed archive to see if anything can be extracted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2714522
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This archive only has some apk's and some png's for the camera effects. I already have those since i'm using a custom rom.
I just want to get back the preloaded pictures, music etc..

anko184 said:
This archive only has some apk's and some png's for the camera effects. I already have those since i'm using a custom rom.
I just want to get back the preloaded pictures, music etc..
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Ah, no use then. I just tweeted HTC UK to see what they say, worth a shot as I can't find these things anywhere else. I'll let you know what they say.:fingers-crossed:

gsmyth said:
Ah, no use then. I just tweeted HTC UK to see what they say, worth a shot as I can't find these things anywhere else. I'll let you know what they say.:fingers-crossed:
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Thanks mate, i really appreciate it!

anko184 said:
Thanks mate, i really appreciate it!
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HTC's response at the link below. I hadnt backed anything up as I thought this stuff was 'built-in' and store internally and so wouldnt be affected. I hadn't really set the phone up properly, which is also why I didnt try to back up anything. So unless someone who is possibly rooted can extract the files there doesnt seem to be any other way of getting them.
https://twitter.com/HTC_UK/status/508933586758553600