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to all themers(of cyanogen roms): if you theme the google apps, please make it known in your threads that you have done so. like a warning.
clearly google apps can not be restored anymore by simply flashing the rom, because theyve been removed from it. there are a couple ways to restore them.
1. nandroid
not the best because if you like the theme, either you better keep that old nandroid around for when you get tired of the theme, or it becomes incompatible with updates, OR your screwed. most people wont keep around old nandroid backups. so this method while it works, isnt very pratical
2. bkmo
he if you go to his signature and dowload his file, you can just flash that, then flash your rom, then reboot. now its supposed to work, but for me, i kept losing my auto rotation. i tried everything to fix it(evne the old code in the cyanogen stable thread) but nothnig fixed it. i did not try a wipe. thats because if im gonna wipe, i might aswell use the 4th method. not sure if this is just me, but you could try this, if it works, great! if not, look down
3. daveid
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=569825
the problem here should be obvious. if you do it this way, then you have to rely on this guy to continue to update his rom for every update cyanogen releases. and look, not to be mean, but 4.1.9999 has been out a while and this has not been updated. so its an option, not a good one, but its there lol.
EDIT: according to daveid, you can flash his update and still flash the cyanogen updates with no problems. so my guess now is this is the easiest way to restore, and actually the original way, cause his is just a normal cyanogen rom.
4. cyanogen!
just start over with the cyanogen way. wipe, flash the htc recovery, flash rom, and your done i chose this way because what better way to use than the way by the maker of the rom? its gonna work for sure. unless YOU screw up. oh and as for the rom, you dont need to literately start over from 4.1.99. just get whatever is the latest rom. unless cyanogen specifically says to start over. doubt that
5. you caan just try what david1171 said about 2 posts down. i havent tried it and dont care much for it cause im done with themes anyway(they just slow my phone down, or least the ones with advanced launcher do). but if it works, it works
thats all i can think of for how to restore themed google apps. if theres any other way, post it! just remember, if you flash a theme with themed google apps, and you lose the nandroid backup before you flashed that theme, be ready to deal with it. hope this helps
btw, i posted this cause i didnt want people asking me how to restore them. i like helping, but i dont have time. so its easier to just make this post, and let people post other/better methods of doing this. so, if you guys still dont understand, ask the people that posted down there, because they know more than me abuot this. ask them
One of the themes to look out for is m_blend sir mez theme has google themed apps I currently have this problem now great theme though
nandroid is the best way to go. you do know that before it was implemented into the recovery image (making it possible for even the dumbest people to restore a nandroid) the only way you could nandroid was through fastboot on a computer, that is why you store things on a computer.
make a folder on your computer, and every time you flash a new rom and get it set up the way you want it, then nandroid and store it on your computer.
you act like it is so hard to pull the apps from the htc file and restore them in recovery without flashing anything
Code:
mount sdcard
mount system
cp /sdcard/appname.apk /system/app/appname.apk
(do as many times needed for every google app themed)
reboot
What apps?
I don't see what the big deal is here. There are only a couple of apps in the HTC image that could possibly be themed here. Like youtube, maps and gmail are the only ones that come to mind. What else is there? Let me know and I will make an update to just restore those apps. In fact the apps folder from HTC has 55 files, and in Cyanogen there are 44.
sahurbari said:
One of the themes to look out for is m_blend sir mez theme has google themed apps I currently have this problem now great theme though
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You was warned with a pic of the market being red. I like to theme everything to match.
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You was warned with a pic of the market being red. I like to theme everything to match.
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slow burn.
4.1.9999 has been out a few days, jesus christ people have a little freaking patience. I will re-up the single flash and theme template when I have time, I work a full time (over 40 hours a week) job, am married, and buying our first house. It is absurd to think that all I spend my time on is updating crap to make your life easier.
So... give me till the weekend like I posted in my thread. You will have a 4.1.9999 update (and theme template). And my update doesn't keep you from following Cyanogen's normal update path. Not sure where that came from. The backuptool.sh that I have removed is in the update itself, it does not reside on the device.
ehh screw it, it was pretty simple to modify the theme template, so a new version is up. Check my thread for links.
for some reason i couldnt do a back up with nandriod now that i have flashed htc rom and cyanogen rom i have no problems but for some reason after i flashed the theme i couldn't restore or do backups but like i said everything is fine now
david1171 said:
nandroid is the best way to go. you do know that before it was implemented into the recovery image (making it possible for even the dumbest people to restore a nandroid) the only way you could nandroid was through fastboot on a computer, that is why you store things on a computer.
make a folder on your computer, and every time you flash a new rom and get it set up the way you want it, then nandroid and store it on your computer.
you act like it is so hard to pull the apps from the htc file and restore them in recovery without flashing anything
Code:
mount sdcard
mount system
cp /sdcard/appname.apk /system/app/appname.apk
(do as many times needed for every google app themed)
reboot
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thats why i said if there was another way to post it because the ones above were the only ones i knew about. so thanks for post it! and remember not everyone is a code person and knows that stuff, easy for you, "wha?" to others lol
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I don't see what the big deal is here. There are only a couple of apps in the HTC image that could possibly be themed here. Like youtube, maps and gmail are the only ones that come to mind. What else is there? Let me know and I will make an update to just restore those apps. In fact the apps folder from HTC has 55 files, and in Cyanogen there are 44.
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mainly the market. market just annoyed me since i wasnt using m_blend anymore so it was all out of whack.
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You was warned with a pic of the market being red. I like to theme everything to match.
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wasnt there when i got the theme, but good thing you put it there! now people should know. thats as long they dont think the rom will restore it lol
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4.1.9999 has been out a few days, jesus christ people have a little freaking patience. I will re-up the single flash and theme template when I have time, I work a full time (over 40 hours a week) job, am married, and buying our first house. It is absurd to think that all I spend my time on is updating crap to make your life easier.
So... give me till the weekend like I posted in my thread. You will have a 4.1.9999 update (and theme template). And my update doesn't keep you from following Cyanogen's normal update path. Not sure where that came from. The backuptool.sh that I have removed is in the update itself, it does not reside on the device.
ehh screw it, it was pretty simple to modify the theme template, so a new version is up. Check my thread for links.
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if it came across that i was rushing anything my bad but i wasnt. i dont even use yours so dont really care how long you take lol.
and it doesnt? i said that cause thats what bkmo told me, ill change my thread then cause now your way is the best! thanks!
Not nandroid, bart.sh
I've been off straight nandroids for awhile now. I only use bart.sh (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562292) to backup/restore. This completely and totally solves the problem. PERIOD. This thread can now be close. LOL.
Found the following on Sirmez's theme xda page.. i flashed it, worked fine, removed his themeing...
If you dont like my Market and want to remove the theme fine heres the theme template, flash it and your free:
http://www.mediafire.com/?yx3kvmzzytw
(flash this to get you back to 4.2.1 as it was before)
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Found the following on Sirmez's theme xda page.. i flashed it, worked fine, removed his themeing...
If you dont like my Market and want to remove the theme fine heres the theme template, flash it and your free:
http://www.mediafire.com/?yx3kvmzzytw
(flash this to get you back to 4.2.1 as it was before)
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I flashed this, and then my gmail app would just force close. Had to nandroid myself back, so now I still have themed google apps :\ I'll try pushing the apks via adb another time.
Hi guys, great community here. I've learned so much already from reading and the knowledge of the community is pretty impressive.
I have run into an issue though. I'm running CM7 and applied a theme via ADW's theme chooser, but I recently switched to LP instead and therefore am not using the theme anymore. I applied the theme's lock screen icons via Metamorph though, and they did not revert back to the stock ones when I switched to LP. Now they don't really flow with everything else and I'd like to change them back, but I'm not really sure how. Unfortunately my Clockwork backup was after I applied the theme or way back when I installed CM7 and I would rather not have to spend the time to set everything back up. Is there a way to get the lock screen icons back at this point without reverting back? I don't exactly know what I'm looking for in terms of files either, so I'm a little lost here.
Thanks!
EDIT: I have now figured this issue out. Did some more research and found that framework-res.apk was where I needed to begin my search and I extracted it from my phone and found the overwritten icons. Simply pulled a fresh CM7 framework-res.apk and pushed it to my phone using ADB. What a great tool! Just figured I'd add this information so that if other people had a similar issue they'd know where to start as it's not exactly clear what to do. Then again, if I'd only made more frequent backups it would've been so much easier, so now I know.
Hey I don't really know how to use adb yet and was hoping there was maybe a .zip for the default lockscreen so you could just apply the default one via metamorph? Hope thats possible. XD
You can just reflash your current rom over the top to get everything back to normal. No need for a special zip.
My current rom wipes everything lool
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For the past couple of weeks, I've had notifications from "Device Management" telling me that I'm eligible for an update. However, when I try to do the update, my phone reboots and because I rooted my phone with the help of ClockworkMod Recovery, I'm getting an error saying from CWM saying:
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
and then when I reboot the phone, "Device Management" tells me that the installation was aborted.
How can I apply these updates to my phone with my phone being rooted and having CWM installed? I don't mind if I have to re-root afterwards. I just don't want to have to do a factory reset. Also, must I remove CWM?
Same issue on Rogers model
dansushi said:
For the past couple of weeks, I've had notifications from "Device Management" telling me that I'm eligible for an update. However, when I try to do the update, my phone reboots and because I rooted my phone with the help of ClockworkMod Recovery, I'm getting an error saying from CWM saying:
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
and then when I reboot the phone, "Device Management" tells me that the installation was aborted.
How can I apply these updates to my phone with my phone being rooted and having CWM installed? I don't mind if I have to re-root afterwards. I just don't want to have to do a factory reset. Also, must I remove CWM?
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I had the exact same issue today with my Rogers i747!
I have no idea what to do. I'm bumping this up instead of making a new thread so hopefully we'll hear back.
Hey, I figured since no one else has answered I'd throw my hat into it. If all you did was root then the only way I know of to get the updates is to Odin back to stock wiping root & cwm. Since your still stock doesn't Samsung or att have a data backup app? I'd do that then Odin then update if it still asks you to do it then re-root. Hope that helps a bit and if there's a better method hopefully someone's adds to my lil bit.
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cjsspape said:
Hey, I figured since no one else has answered I'd throw my hat into it. If all you did was root then the only way I know of to get the updates is to Odin back to stock wiping root & cwm. Since your still stock doesn't Samsung or att have a data backup app? I'd do that then Odin then update if it still asks you to do it then re-root. Hope that helps a bit and if there's a better method hopefully someone's adds to my lil bit.
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Actually no. Just unroot using the su or superuser app. Then reboot and install update a lot easier but if you have a custom recovery then yes use Odin.
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Yea they said they have cwm which is what's giving them the error
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Yea they said they have cwm which is what's giving them the error
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Hey actually I ran the Kies update instead of OTA and it did it perfectly. All it did was unroot the phone, change Device Status to Normal and revert to Android recovery.
I'm honestly surprised it worked out.
I don't like that I have so many unfrozen apps back, but I do want the Jelly Bean official release soon so I'll hold a bit longer before rooting again.
Ya can always re-root then do that same thing again?
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Ya can always re-root then do that same thing again?
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I don't know, can't really guarantee, but I sure hope I can!
I had asked about this as well before. Maybe somebody should do a write up on the easiest way to get the OTA update on a rooted phone with CWM. And what I mean is the easiest way to change what needs to change and get back to the same point you were before with apps installed and settings, calendars and all that. I want to be able to get my phone back to exactly the way it was before, EXACTLY, except for now being on JB So far the only thing I have seen is, flash unrooted stock rom for you phone, get update and restore apps with titanium. But I dont know if this gets everything back to normal including calendars and everything.
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I had asked about this as well before. Maybe somebody should do a write up on the easiest way to get the OTA update on a rooted phone with CWM. And what I mean is the easiest way to change what needs to change and get back to the same point you were before with apps installed and settings, calendars and all that. I want to be able to get my phone back to exactly the way it was before, EXACTLY, except for now being on JB So far the only thing I have seen is, flash unrooted stock rom for you phone, get update and restore apps with titanium. But I dont know if this gets everything back to normal including calendars and everything.
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You're best bet is to either revert complete to stock and wait for the official JB update, or keep up with ROM/Kernel updates on here and update manually.
Why do you want the OTA update so bad? Most of the stuff in them comes out way earlier in roms, kernels, modems, etc that are provided by the devs.
fizzer82 said:
You're best bet is to either revert complete to stock and wait for the official JB update, or keep up with ROM/Kernel updates on here and update manually.
Why do you want the OTA update so bad? Most of the stuff in them comes out way earlier in roms, kernels, modems, etc that are provided by the devs.
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Just because I want everything to work 100% stock is all. I know most the stuff is fine, but there is always some weird issues with the roms put out right now, you know like, bluetooth doesnt work, GPS is funky, NFC is jacked, those sorts of things. I know it just takes time and these guys rock once they get the kinks worked out. But for now Im liking the stock, as many are and this is the best way to get a 100% working phone with not a single thing not working correctly. Trust me I know I will be swapping to some other rom later on once i get bored and need a change on the phone, but for now its working well and Im not at that point yet.
So you said you want your phone EXACTLY like stock, but with JB. That's not going to really happen until you can get the official JB release from your carrier.
If you go back to ICS, there's plenty of great roms available. For 100% stable JB, you have to either wait, or learn how to compile a kernel and pack a rom yourself and spend all your free time getting it perfect
For me I've just not been wanting to risk anything beyond rooting, especially since my experience with my Captivate led to a bricking that needed warranty replacement. I like the stock stuff too on this phone (miraculous I know) and can certainly wait for JB update. I just didn't want to be led to have to factory reset just for a damn OTA update. Hell no update should ever be this intense.
Which is why I was concerned in my case for unrooting and allowing it to update.
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I had asked about this as well before. Maybe somebody should do a write up on the easiest way to get the OTA update on a rooted phone with CWM. And what I mean is the easiest way to change what needs to change and get back to the same point you were before with apps installed and settings, calendars and all that. I want to be able to get my phone back to exactly the way it was before, EXACTLY, except for now being on JB So far the only thing I have seen is, flash unrooted stock rom for you phone, get update and restore apps with titanium. But I dont know if this gets everything back to normal including calendars and everything.
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If you use Google, getting back your calendars should not be an issue at all. That's what I love about Android, makes it so easy to sync things up.
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So you said you want your phone EXACTLY like stock, but with JB. That's not going to really happen until you can get the official JB release from your carrier.
If you go back to ICS, there's plenty of great roms available. For 100% stable JB, you have to either wait, or learn how to compile a kernel and pack a rom yourself and spend all your free time getting it perfect
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That is sort of the point...OTA means the official update and what this entire thread is pretty much about...I know its not out yet, just want to know what needs to be done when the time comes. Im stock rooted now, I just will go to stock unrooted when they release the ATT update to JB and get the official build. Then root again and restore my stuff with Titanium.
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If you use Google, getting back your calendars should not be an issue at all. That's what I love about Android, makes it so easy to sync things up.[/QUOTE]
Dont get me started on this one...I put my calendar on this phone and used the S planner Samsung calendar that is default and there is no way to sync that with google..I wish there was so I could use it. There are a couple threads on this issue, you can sync google to the phone, but you cant sync s planner to google...
I second using Kies
I second using Kies to upgrade your Firmware and then apply the At&T updates. It does reset the root
I finally decided to root my S3.
I follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687 tutorial. I done step 1 & 2. It is really easy.
Also I don't notice any difference than before.
Now my phone was rooted. What should/can I do next?
PS: Sorry for the noob question. It is my 1st android phone.
Thank you!
Now you go into the market and buy Titanium Backup Pro and install it. There you can save various versions of your apps and their date. Take tthe failed Apex update this morning that is causing so many problems. You install the update, something goes wrong and you want to revert back to a previous build. With TiB, you can do that. You can also "freeze" apps that you don't use (ie Bloatware).
Antoerh thing that you may or may not want to do is install a custom recovery. There you can backup your entire ROM as a snapshot, so that in the case you get a little over zelous, you can restore your entire system. Just so you know, you will not get any OTAs with a custom recovery but usually the next day someone makes a flashable version.
But above all, the next thing that I suggest after you've attained Root, is a cold 6 pack (beer, soda, bottled water-whatever you like) a snack of some sort and start reading. Otherwise your next thread will be "Help, I think I bricked my phone".
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Now you go into the market and buy Titanium Backup Pro and install it. There you can save various versions of your apps and their date. Take tthe failed Apex update this morning that is causing so many problems. You install the update, something goes wrong and you want to revert back to a previous build. With TiB, you can do that. You can also "freeze" apps that you don't use (ie Bloatware).
Antoerh thing that you may or may not want to do is install a custom recovery. There you can backup your entire ROM as a snapshot, so that in the case you get a little over zelous, you can restore your entire system. Just so you know, you will not get any OTAs with a custom recovery but usually the next day someone makes a flashable version.
But above all, the next thing that I suggest after you've attained Root, is a cold 6 pack (beer, soda, bottled water-whatever you like) a snack of some sort and start reading. Otherwise your next thread will be "Help, I think I bricked my phone".
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1+ to the post above.
Rooting is very fun and comes with some very good perks, but also a lot of risk in bricking your device.
I would suggest reading over a guide made here on XDA: (Beginners) You have rooted your phone, now what can you do
Have fun, and most importantly please read and understand what you are doing BEFORE you do it :good:
I'm stock rooted with something like 110 apps frozen with TB. I had not upgraded to MA6 simply because I didn't feel like going through the brain damage of re-freezing the 110 apps. Freezing that many apps for all intents and purposes gave me a custom ROM based on how I use the phone. Many of the apps were replaced with apps from the Google store that I liked much better than what Samsung and Sprint thought I needed and worked for me. BTW, Touch Wiz is gone, replaced with a third party launcher.
Anyway, I got the upgrade notification this morning and my inference from this thread was that if I let it try to upgrade and fail that I wouldn't get the nag about the upgrade. I had read the instructions regarding Freeza's modified MA6 for rooted phones and had even downloaded the zip file. To make a long story short, CMW 6.0.2.3 asked a couple of questions one of which was did I want to keep root? I answered yes to both and lo and behold I'm now on JB 4.1.2 and MB1. Why was I able to apply the OTA update to a rooted phone? I did not wipe cache or Dalvik cache. Everything seems to be normal and I'm sitting here asking, "What happened?" Everything that I've read says this wasn't supposed to happen.
Additionally, does anybody know what the Sprint Hotspot file name is? I have TrevE's Mod. Does it need the Sprint app to work?
If on stock recovery the OTA will go through. You could have also just installed the modem from the ROM. It also sounds like you might prefer CyanogenMod since you have everything frozen and have a launcher running.
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The thing is, no one really knows why this happens. For some the OTA flashed fine with a custom recovery installed (like for you), but then for many others as well, it failed with a status 7 error. I have no idea myself why this would happen, you would think that there would be something in common among those who failed to apply it or among those who were successful, but it doesnt seem like theres anything in the overlap region, which is really strange. People were able to flash it while on stock rooted with custom recovery, others who were on stock rooted with stock recovery had to ODIN back to pure stock to apply. So like you can see, its just a really strange fluke it seems, and I dont think anyone really knows the answer