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[Q] Swype after CM

I am trying to help a friend out here with this one. I am trying to put swype back on my buddies slide and I am running into major problems. First off, I want to say I was able to do this on my G2 without any problems.
Ok, I have the libSwypeCore.so file and the Swype.apk file. When I try to push the libswype core file I get an out of memory error. I get another error when I try to install the apk, but I just can't remember it now.... too tired.
Has anyone who has been successful with this point me in the right direction?

rraxda said:
I am trying to help a friend out here with this one. I am trying to put swype back on my buddies slide and I am running into major problems. First off, I want to say I was able to do this on my G2 without any problems.
Ok, I have the libSwypeCore.so file and the Swype.apk file. When I try to push the libswype core file I get an out of memory error. I get another error when I try to install the apk, but I just can't remember it now.... too tired.
Has anyone who has been successful with this point me in the right direction?
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Are you pushing the .so file and the .apk file while the phone is in recovery? That's the only way we can do push and install stuff using adb on the slide without special overlays and whatnot, because we are still s-on. You can't modify /system while the phone is out of recovery. If you are doing this while in recovery and you're still getting an error, I don't know what to tell you. I doubt that it's actually out of memory, so maybe a more experienced person on the matter can further troubleshoot. Sorry that's all I could offer
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

Wow, I did not know that. Thanks for the info. When I get his phone back I will try to push while in recovery. Makes sense now.
Push the so and install the apk just like I would do with the G2 right?
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rraxda said:
I am trying to help a friend out here with this one. I am trying to put swype back on my buddies slide and I am running into major problems. First off, I want to say I was able to do this on my G2 without any problems.
Ok, I have the libSwypeCore.so file and the Swype.apk file. When I try to push the libswype core file I get an out of memory error. I get another error when I try to install the apk, but I just can't remember it now.... too tired.
Has anyone who has been successful with this point me in the right direction?
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Check your private messages.
Sent from my HTC Espresso running CM6.

This is odd. On the slide you don't need the .so file. Just the swype.apk and it works. Did they change things? I'm using the 195 nightly so I'm using froyo.

With the newer swype betas it isn't required.
Sent from my HTC Espresso running CM6.

What versions can I run on the newest Cyanogen Mod? I tried some of the newer ones and kept getting force close. Im currently using 1.60.36.8214.

ImHuge07 said:
What versions can I run on the newest Cyanogen Mod? I tried some of the newer ones and kept getting force close. Im currently using 1.60.36.8214.
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I'm on version 2.15.56.14870 and it works fine but its also the latest beta
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I am having the same problem.
I just upgraded my old slide to cm6.1 so I can give it to my dad.
I tried what we do on the g2 (putting the swype libSwypeCore.so in /system/lib/ and then installing the apk but I get errors)
How or what do I need to do to go about restoring swype on my slide?

As mentioned, are you pushing the files when in Recovery,? If not, you have to be in Recovery to push files to anything in /system.

fermunky said:
As mentioned, are you pushing the files when in Recovery,? If not, you have to be in Recovery to push files to anything in /system.
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Yes I pushed them in recovery and i verified the lib is in /system/lib
When I try and do the adb install swype.apk I get a dex error (probably cause the swype.apk is from a odexed rom and cm6 isn't)
nevermind, I fixed it. Swype works now.

nikol4s said:
Check your private messages.
Sent from my HTC Espresso running CM6.
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If it was a solution you PM'd him, it would be nice to publicly post it so that others could benefit from your solution, I don't know why you felt a need for secrecy.
ratchetrizzo said:
Yes I pushed them in recovery and i verified the lib is in /system/lib
When I try and do the adb install swype.apk I get a dex error (probably cause the swype.apk is from a odexed rom and cm6 isn't)
nevermind, I fixed it. Swype works now.
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How did you end up fixing it? I'm sure others would love to know, and also, I was about to say, if it is an odexed APK it can't run without it'd .odex file, so you would have to use the ROM kitchen to de-odex the apk to use it with a deodexed rom. How did you end up fixing it anyway, if it wasn't by deodexing it?

I got the Swype_1.60.36.8214_HVGA.apk (which is the one that works on the slide in cm6.1).
I had to manually make room on /system for the libSwypeCore.so file though since /system was full (I moved Youtube.apk and a couple other non essential .apks to /data/app) then I opened the apk in 7zip, extracted the .so file, manually put it in /system/lib and THEN installed the .apk and swype worked just fine.
Anyway, it works now and my 70 year old father is happy with his first android experience (a white mytouch slide running cm6.1 @844mhz)

Well if you every have issues with it installing when you flash the rom or if you do it with adb I made a zip to do it. It's handy if you don't have computer around with adb installed (like me - damn work computer). I'll remove the actual Swype.apk so I don't get any lashings from the mods.
This might help next time you some one tries to install swype since it gets picky sometimes. Also, Swype 1.6* is HUGE (12MB), you may want to open the apk and take out a lot of the files since it's multi language and I'm sure most of us only use one, maybe two languages.

KCRic said:
Well if you every have issues with it installing when you flash the rom or if you do it with adb I made a zip to do it. It's handy if you don't have computer around with adb installed (like me - damn work computer). I'll remove the actual Swype.apk so I don't get any lashings from the mods.
This might help next time you some one tries to install swype since it gets picky sometimes. Also, Swype 1.6* is HUGE (12MB), you may want to open the apk and take out a lot of the files since it's multi language and I'm sure most of us only use one, maybe two languages.
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Do you think it would work with the Swype.HVGA.2.15.56.14870-English_only.apk?
Or is it just something I should try for myself?

SefEXE said:
Do you think it would work with the Swype.HVGA.2.15.56.14870-English_only.apk?
Or is it just something I should try for myself?
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Yeah it will work as long as the phone will accept the apk, some swype versions are not well liked by our phone. You'll need to drag and drop your swype apk into the system-app folder then install.
Just use an archive explorer like winrar or 7zip to open (without extracting) the zip. Find your swype file, then drag and drop it into the app folder (inside the system folder). You can use adb to install it but I just flash it in clockwork.

ratchetrizzo said:
I got the Swype_1.60.36.8214_HVGA.apk (which is the one that works on the slide in cm6.1).
I had to manually make room on /system for the libSwypeCore.so file though since /system was full (I moved Youtube.apk and a couple other non essential .apks to /data/app) then I opened the apk in 7zip, extracted the .so file, manually put it in /system/lib and THEN installed the .apk and swype worked just fine.
Anyway, it works now and my 70 year old father is happy with his first android experience (a white mytouch slide running cm6.1 @844mhz)
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I'm thinking the reason you couldn't push the file via adb was because you never mounted the system while in clockwork recovery.
Sent from my HTC "Iced Glacier" using XDA App

TrueBlue_Drew said:
I'm thinking the reason you couldn't push the file via adb was because you never mounted the system while in clockwork recovery.
Sent from my HTC "Iced Glacier" using XDA App
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That could be. I forget to do that sometimes
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide

All right, now I've got a problem.
I tried flashing the zip that KCRic and I must have downloaded a bum Swype, or one that just doesn't work... But now when I start my phone, it force closes right off the bat, and from there I can't remove it by going into Manage Applications. Everything there is greyed out.(Except Move to SD card, which doesn't work anyways)
Is there some other way I can get rid of it? Maybe thru ADB... Or an easier way? Haha.

SefEXE said:
All right, now I've got a problem.
I tried flashing the zip that KCRic and I must have downloaded a bum Swype, or one that just doesn't work... But now when I start my phone, it force closes right off the bat, and from there I can't remove it by going into Manage Applications. Everything there is greyed out.(Except Move to SD card, which doesn't work anyways)
Is there some other way I can get rid of it? Maybe thru ADB... Or an easier way? Haha.
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Yeah the phone is s-on, meaning /system is read only. You have to reboot into clockwork recovery, go to partitions, mount /system, then in command prompt, type adb shell, then rm /system/app/apkname.apk, whatever the name of swype is obviously replacing apkname.

[Q] Stock Android Browser

I came from a droid 1 and liked the stock android browser. I downloaded CyanogenMod and saw the Browser.apk in the app folder. Is this the stock browser or the HTC browser? When I tried to install it, it said ""this is a system application. do you still want to replace it" The thing is, I would like to run both browsers, so I can have the choice. I dont want to ruin my HTC Browser just in case I need it.
Can you help me load both on my phone?
I am running 2.3.3.
Thanks.
Ryan

ryanerb said:
I came from a droid 1 and liked the stock android browser. I downloaded CyanogenMod and saw the Browser.apk in the app folder. Is this the stock browser or the HTC browser? When I tried to install it, it said ""this is a system application. do you still want to replace it" The thing is, I would like to run both browsers, so I can have the choice. I dont want to ruin my HTC Browser just in case I need it.
Can you help me load both on my phone?
I am running 2.3.3.
Thanks.
Ryan
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It's a different browser but your phone thinks they are the sane
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knipp21 said:
It's a different browser but your phone thinks they are the sane
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ok, so can i run both on the phone ,or is it going to be one or the other?
if its one or the other, anywhere i can get the default htc sense apk so that once i push the stock browser, i can revert to the htc browser. no, i am not rooted, and dont think i need to be now. sure, if i was rooted, i might be able to grab the apk from my phone, but since im not, is there anywhere to grab the apk on the net? i guess i could query anyone with a nandroid backup of the stock rom which might include the stock htc browser.

ryanerb said:
ok, so can i run both on the phone ,or is it going to be one or the other?
if its one or the other, anywhere i can get the default htc sense apk so that once i push the stock browser, i can revert to the htc browser. no, i am not rooted, and dont think i need to be now. sure, if i was rooted, i might be able to grab the apk from my phone, but since im not, is there anywhere to grab the apk on the net? i guess i could query anyone with a nandroid backup of the stock rom which might include the stock htc browser.
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Since you can't replace system apps without root..and can't root since your on 2.3..I would say no you are out of luck..
If someone could modify the cm7 browser apk to another name throughout the apk, you might be able to do it.
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[APP] AOSP Browser for ALL Sense 4+ ROMS

This is AOSP FLASHABLE ZIP
Installation instructions
1-download the zip file and copy it to your sdcard
2-go to recovery and flash the browser
3-wipe cache&dalvik
4-after booting you must go to app settings and wipe data for browser from all apps or you will allways get force close
5-hit thanks
FAQ as yossi2010 request
1)EXPECTED OTA problems or will it be a smooth sail?
1-OTA problems only with stock rom
anyway to revert?
2-to revert make a backup or reflash your rom WITHOUT WIPING
can i just put the browser.apk in system?
3-you can overwrite it but better through recovery
will it overwrite the current sense browser or will it just add to the bunch?
4-it will overwrite the stock browser​

Is it pulled from Android 4.2.2 or 4.1.2?
E: working on viperx.

AW: [APP] AOSP Browser for ALL Sense 4+ ROMS
Thx, searched a long time for it. Do you if it's possible to sync with chrome bookmarks? I know it was possible on aokp roms.
Thx
Sent from my renovated X-piece

FROM 4.1.1
TToivanen said:
Is it pulled from Android 4.2.2 or 4.1.2?
E: working on viperx.
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It is pulled from 4.1.1 as sense 4+ runs on 4.1.1

Yes
dstyled said:
Thx, searched a long time for it. Do you if it's possible to sync with chrome bookmarks? I know it was possible on aokp roms.
Thx
Sent from my renovated X-piece
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Yes you can

I've just flashed this and I can't find my Google bookmarks only 'local'. How do I get my Google bookmarks back?

try to sync
Arkangel786 said:
I've just flashed this and I can't find my Google bookmarks only 'local'. How do I get my Google bookmarks back?
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try to sync google account and bookmarks as when you wipe browser data everything related to browser is wiped

You're a star!!!! Thanks!! All working now.
AOSP browser is IMO the best browser for android by miles.
Just quick question for you.....I like to change roms about once a week. Can I remove the stock HTC browser apk from my Rom zip and place this apk in there or would I have to flash your zip as I have just done?

yup
Arkangel786 said:
You're a star!!!! Thanks!! All working now.
AOSP browser is IMO the best browser for android by miles.
Just quick question for you.....I like to change roms about once a week. Can I remove the stock HTC browser apk from my Rom zip and place this apk in there or would I have to flash your zip as I have just done?
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yes you can

135 downloads and 10 thanks what is this
thanks is free I think

Thanks for this, have always been using the Chrome browser, but stock is miles ahead. Works perfectly fine too.

Is there no exit setting on this browser?
Sent from my HTC ONE X

Closing the last tab is the same thing as closing the app i think.

few qs
few q: 1)EXPECTED OTA problems or will it be a smooth sail?
anyway to revert?
can i just put the browser.apk in system?
will it overwrite the current sense browser or will it just add to the bunch?
thanks.
ok tried some stuff myself...
seems to work.
to lazy ppl who dont wanna go to recovery to do such a simple thing:
1)just push the apk to system/apps and rename the odex and the apk of the sense browser to odexb and apkb
2)give it 664 premissions(-rw -rw -r) and reboot) have fun
3)oh and dont forget to delete the browser data and cach in all apps.or it will just force close.
works great so far.(few mins of testing(flash works fine)
thank you for the apk!
finally a normal tabbing experience(not the horrible 3d thingy with the x to exit...) now i just hope no ota problems.(i think what i did is revertable...)

yossi2010 said:
few q: 1)EXPECTED OTA problems or will it be a smooth sail?
anyway to revert?
can i just put the browser.apk in system?
will it overwrite the current sense browser or will it just add to the bunch?
thanks.
ok tried some stuff myself...
seems to work.
to lazy ppl who dont wanna go to recovery to do such a simple thing:
1)just push the apk to system/apps and rename the odex and the apk of the sense browser to odexb and apkb
2)give it 664 premissions(-rw -rw -r) and reboot) have fun
3)oh and dont forget to delete the browser data and cach in all apps.or it will just force close.
works great so far.(few mins of testing(flash works fine)
thank you for the apk!
finally a normal tabbing experience(not the horrible 3d thingy with the x to exit...) now i just hope no ota problems.(i think what i did is revertable...)
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1-OTA problems only with stock rom
2-to revert make a backup or reflash your rom
3-you can overwrite it but better through recovery
4-it will overwrite the stock browser

RedBlackPellet said:
1-OTA problems only with stock rom
2-to revert make a backup or reflash your rom
3-you can overwrite it but better through recovery
4-it will overwrite the stock browser
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I didn't overwrite it so I guess I'm fine with other even though I'm stock.
Just delete and rename again...
and of course I man stock... If I was non stock I wouldn't need any ota updates I like it manually.
I keep the stock only cos I want sense 5 when it comes...

Thanks a lot. I've been looking for a good stock browser for quite a while now with no success.

I flash aosp browser but i have FC all time. Where is a problem? I go to restore my backup
sent via htc one x power by ARHD

BrunoSlivar said:
I flash aosp browser but i have FC all time. Where is a problem? I go to restore my backup
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Clear browser data in application management.
Sent from my IceCold One X using xda premium

It works. Tnx
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[Q] Google talk wont load on Mildwild ROM

I have installed the MildWild ROM on my old Desire (which my partner uses). This one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453287
I have tried installing the Google Talk app from that page plus also other apk versions from various places but none seem to work. They either fail to install or force close when started. All other apps are fine and the ROM is quite good, stable and quick.
Can anyone help with a fix please. Or link to a guaranteed gtalk apk.
Cheers
Gregsy

Gregsy said:
I have installed the MildWild ROM on my old Desire (which my partner uses). This one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453287
I have tried installing the Google Talk app from that page plus also other apk versions from various places but none seem to work. They either fail to install or force close when started. All other apps are fine and the ROM is quite good, stable and quick.
Can anyone help with a fix please. Or link to a guaranteed gtalk apk.
Cheers
Gregsy
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are you flashing the zips in recovery? Try downloading the zip from the page, extract it and take the apk out of it. Then using a root explorer, move the apk into /system/app and change the permissions to rw-r-r

chromium96 said:
are you flashing the zips in recovery? Try downloading the zip from the page, extract it and take the apk out of it. Then using a root explorer, move the apk into /system/app and change the permissions to rw-r-r
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No, I was just doing a normal apk install, I didn't realise it was a system app. I will try this when I can.
Thanks very much. :good:

[Q] Selected launchers won't start on fresh install

Hi all,
It's been a while since I've come across a problem that Google couldn't help me with, and my search skills have not turned up any results...so I'm turning to the community again.
I recently decided to try out some Jelly Bean roms on my Desire after being a long time MildWild user. The rom that I found best suited was CyanoMod007 (JB 4.2.2 | Int2Ext+ | A2Ext+) [STOCK | CM7] [v21 | 19/05/13]. However this uses the trebuchet launcher which is a bit too slow for my liking.
I experimented with Apex launcher, essentially removing Trebuchet from the zip file and inserting Apex in its place and that worked fine.
However, I also wanted to try Nova Launcher and Smart Launcher. Following the same procedure as with Apex, I went through and reflashed my device, but in both these instances, Nova Lanucher and Smart Launcher failed to start.
I'm not sure why this is the case, as far as I could tell they should be working properly, but all I seemed to get was the popup telling me "Unfortunately, xxx Launcher, has stopped."
Could anyone shed some light on the situation?

Did you set the right permissions?

Why reflash the rom just to install a launcher?
Install the launcher of your choice normally with the apk, or if you want it to be a system app you can use a root file explorer to place it into system/app. Also change the permissions to rw-r-r.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers appp

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Did you set the right permissions?
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To be honest with you I didn't realise you had to set permissions before adding a new apk. Whenever I've made my own modifications to roms I've always just swapped the apks out of the zip before sending it over to the phone to install.
I'll try to dig up a thread with some instructions.
chromium96 said:
Why reflash the rom just to install a launcher?
Install the launcher of your choice normally with the apk, or if you want it to be a system app you can use a root file explorer to place it into system/app. Also change the permissions to rw-r-r.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers appp
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Well, I went from an old Gingerbread rom to Jelly Bean, so I had to flash the rom. Once I got setup with jelly bean and saw it worked I thought it would be the best time to experiment with rom changes before I download all my apps and contact info etc so I've been making changes to the rom zips and installing them to see what works and what doesn't.
---Quick Edit---
After looking into the issue some more, I've managed to hack together a solution, though I'm not sure if this will cause issues down the line. It seems to be working fine at the minute.
Basically, I installed the rom with Apex, downloaded Smart Launcher and Titanium Backup, set Smart Launcher as the default launcher and removed Apex with Titanium.
While this does seem to work, I'm still trying to find some information regarding apk permissions when adding them to a zip file and why the apk wouldn't work from a fresh install, so by all means any comments on that front would be welcomed.

5nak3 said:
To be honest with you I didn't realise you had to set permissions before adding a new apk. Whenever I've made my own modifications to roms I've always just swapped the apks out of the zip before sending it over to the phone to install.
I'll try to dig up a thread with some instructions.
Well, I went from an old Gingerbread rom to Jelly Bean, so I had to flash the rom. Once I got setup with jelly bean and saw it worked I thought it would be the best time to experiment with rom changes before I download all my apps and contact info etc so I've been making changes to the rom zips and installing them to see what works and what doesn't.
---Quick Edit---
After looking into the issue some more, I've managed to hack together a solution, though I'm not sure if this will cause issues down the line. It seems to be working fine at the minute.
Basically, I installed the rom with Apex, downloaded Smart Launcher and Titanium Backup, set Smart Launcher as the default launcher and removed Apex with Titanium.
While this does seem to work, I'm still trying to find some information regarding apk permissions when adding them to a zip file and why the apk wouldn't work from a fresh install, so by all means any comments on that front would be welcomed.
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Any time you move an apk to /data or /system manually, you have to set rw-r-r permissions. You should just install the ROM and then use cmd or filemanager to replace Trebuchet with Apex or whatever launcher you want. Simply refrain from adding apks to pre-install zip files.
Why uninstall with Titanium when you can simply delete from /system/app? I think Titanium causes problems on some JB roms...

droid_<3er said:
Any time you move an apk to /data or /system manually, you have to set rw-r-r permissions. You should just install the ROM and then use cmd or filemanager to replace Trebuchet with Apex or whatever launcher you want. Simply refrain from adding apks to pre-install zip files.
Why uninstall with Titanium when you can simply delete from /system/app? I think Titanium causes problems on some JB roms...
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I initially tried to go to /system/app using Estrong File Manager before opting for Titanium as I wasn't sure if it would cause problems. However, when searching with the file manager I didn't find any apk's. Could this have been because I did it while the system was mounted i.e. phone turned on?
Apologies for what may seem like basic questions / understanding, but as you can see from my join date I've only had an android device from September of last year and the truth is after following the Noob proof everything guide for the HTC Desire and installing my MildWild gingerbread rom I never experimented with anything until now.

5nak3 said:
I initially tried to go to /system/app using Estrong File Manager before opting for Titanium as I wasn't sure if it would cause problems. However, when searching with the file manager I didn't find any apk's. Could this have been because I did it while the system was mounted i.e. phone turned on?
Apologies for what may seem like basic questions / understanding, but as you can see from my join date I've only had an android device from September of last year and the truth is after following the Noob proof everything guide for the HTC Desire and installing my MildWild gingerbread rom I never experimented with anything until now.
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That means that whatever File manager you're using doesn't have root capabilities. Try root browser https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en and you'll be able to access anything in / .
For some managers there is an option to mount system r/w. Try that too.

droid_<3er said:
That means that whatever File manager you're using doesn't have root capabilities. Try root browser https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en and you'll be able to access anything in / .
For some managers there is an option to mount system r/w. Try that too.
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Yup, you were right, the issue was I wasn't running the file manage with root mounted. Once I enabled the mount system r/w setting I had access to the apks.
So with that sorted I'm guessing that for future tests the best way of making edits to roms would be to install the rom, then using the file manager (un)install apks as I choose?

5nak3 said:
Yup, you were right, the issue was I wasn't running the file manage with root mounted. Once I enabled the mount system r/w setting I had access to the apks.
So with that sorted I'm guessing that for future tests the best way of making edits to roms would be to install the rom, then using the file manager (un)install apks as I choose?
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Well yeah. It takes more time than editing zips, but you won't usually get problems unless you delete an important apk.