Hey all,
I need alittle help, And yes I looked but nothing is giving me a clear answer in my searches and doesnt seem to be helping me find a way to do this to test things out.
I have been really annoyed with the 2.5 HTC Message Bug/Lag/Error/Whatever, and I have been searching thru the EU rom for hours/days, and I wanted to try some things out, but I've run across a problem. I am testing out possibly seeing is maybe the problem is maybe xml pages, so I want to play around with them and find the association as to why hitting the send key loads the msgs instantly while not doing so takes forever to load. I have a spare tp2 to do testing. But when I try to replace xml pages, it will deny me from doing so. for example, I was trying to replace the htcMsgbox.xml but everytime I try I get this error:
A system file name "htcmsgbox" already exists replacing old file with new file, I say yes, then I get this msg: "Cannot copy "htcmsgbox" access denied.
Obviously its a system file and cant be replace by normal means, so my question is how does one replace these files? I tried total commander to try and open the file to edit it, but that failed too. So can someone tell me how it can be done if at all? I even tried going into the bootloader to see if I could replace files, but that didnt work too, and searching here unless you hit the right keyword isnt giving me an answer.
I guess my question is how to replace any system file be it XML or exe, I know some can be done by disabling Manila, but how of the others?
Thanx for the response.
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I don't think it's possible.
I believe that the only way to get at those ROM-locked files, is to open it up in a kitchen...and even then I'm not sure that everything is accessbile
Would the SDKCert cab allow me to replace the XML pages? I would think that when you reboot the phone and go to the home screen the Msging app isnt loaded so why would the xml pages be locked from being changed, when there is other xml pages for other apps in the system not loaded and you can alter them? I am not a programmer right off the bat, but I noticed little stupid things which knowing how Windows works would cause programs or aml pages that would normally seem okay because it runs, window would run it slower because it cant translate something that didnt even have anything to do with the mail xml page or the program, and I found a couple of xml pages that have these stupid errors and thought of replacing them to see if that could be the case, I can copy them off the phone fine, but I cant replace them to test my theories out.
Help!
AngelDeath said:
Hey all,
I need alittle help, And yes I looked but nothing is giving me a clear answer in my searches and doesnt seem to be helping me find a way to do this to test things out.
I have been really annoyed with the 2.5 HTC Message Bug/Lag/Error/Whatever, and I have been searching thru the EU rom for hours/days, and I wanted to try some things out, but I've run across a problem. I am testing out possibly seeing is maybe the problem is maybe xml pages, so I want to play around with them and find the association as to why hitting the send key loads the msgs instantly while not doing so takes forever to load. I have a spare tp2 to do testing. But when I try to replace xml pages, it will deny me from doing so. for example, I was trying to replace the htcMsgbox.xml but everytime I try I get this error:
A system file name "htcmsgbox" already exists replacing old file with new file, I say yes, then I get this msg: "Cannot copy "htcmsgbox" access denied.
Obviously its a system file and cant be replace by normal means, so my question is how does one replace these files? I tried total commander to try and open the file to edit it, but that failed too. So can someone tell me how it can be done if at all? I even tried going into the bootloader to see if I could replace files, but that didnt work too, and searching here unless you hit the right keyword isnt giving me an answer.
I guess my question is how to replace any system file be it XML or exe, I know some can be done by disabling Manila, but how of the others?
Thanx for the response.
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You generally can overwrite ROM files with the same file name in the same directory. If you want to modify a file, copy it to your storage card, change the properties to not be "read only", then copy it back to the former location.
This won't work for any system files that are actually in use.
In your case, it appears that "htcmsgbox" is being used by the system. I think you might be able to get past this particular one by disabling the HTC notifications system. Do a search - it is a registry mod.
Okay the notification system you wouldnt be by chance talking about the events notification for sms mms email reminders would you? And I made the change on my desktop then copied it back to storage and then tried to overwrite the file, but I did change the attrib back to read only before trying to copy it back...
Most of the XML pages used by HTC is in use
sigh....
Is there a way to get a listing of the system files so i can edit certain ones from adb. Namely the keypad file. I just know where to look on the device. Thanks
never mind figured it out
I am no far a experienced person in terms of android. Just got my phone a few days ago.
I found the fix to make Spare Parts work on some new Beta Gingerbread ROMs ( it crashes ) but I cannot figure out how to find where it is installed or where I can edit the files.
My phone is rooted, did search after the filename on internal memory and SD Card, nothing found.
I have to actually edit the xml file from the application.
Where can I do that? Because it is only a line which has to be edited ?
If not possible, then please tell me how can I create a .apk file after editing it on my PC.
Thanks alot
I have a telus fascinate T959d, rooted, unlocked, and running darky's rom 8.0
I have the double back button issue, and have been trying to fix it. I did a search, and found this link "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062983"
I got file expert, browsed to the specific folder, only to have 2 problems
1) cypress-touchkey.kl and aries-keypad.kl dont exist, instead i have melfas-touchkey,kl and s3c-keypad.kl (qwerty.kl is there though)
2) I cannot edit the files in file expert, just view them. I also tried opening them as text in thinkfree write, but couldnt save them.
Thanks for any help! the phone is running amazingly, but not having a Home button is quite a game ruiner.
2) I don't use "file expert" but with "root explorer" you can switch between "read only" and "read/write".
Can you do this on File expert ? Maybe it's the problem.
i managed to edit it with ES file explorer, but with only QWERY.kl and not the other two I'm kind of at a loss as to what to do. so far one problem solved! but the other seems more daunting
Sorry i can't help you with this (i have a sgs) but i'm glad to see that you solved one.
well I sorta got something, not at all what I wanted though. I edit 158 BACK in the melfas file and changed it to HOME, that changed my drop down button to HOME... so progress I supposes, not a fix at all, but something... Anyone else have input?
another update:
i've run clockworkmod>advanced>key test and founf my menu= 158, home = 28, back =28, search =107
im going to reflash to factory and export my files to SD for reference
I had an issue and lost some of my texts stored in Onedrive but had a recent backup however it always fails before completion due to the number of messages. It seems the file can be read as an XML file so I wonder if that makes it possible to be edited so I can split the messages and restore in smaller chunks. Any possible solution? Thanks.
contacts*messages backup cant do the job?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/contacts-message-backup/9nblgggz57gm
No, it's the output file i want to edit, the app just dumps everything into one file.
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