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Update stock apps possible?

Is it possible to update apps in a stock ROM when its rooted?

If there's an update for an app you can just install the APK and it'll update the existing app

I want to update the Gmail app in my stock 2.2 with 2.2.1 version. But it wont let me. Any ideas on how?

EddyOS said:
If there's an update for an app you can just install the APK and it'll update the existing app
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Not quite. If the application is in the /system partition, the update will be installed in /data and will superseed the version in /system. You will then have two versions of the app on your phone, one in /system and one in /data. This because /system is read-only. Android will know to run the new version.
This is how it works from the Market (the recent Google Search update comes to mind). Not sure how you would go about replacing the GMail app, though...

You could just push the app through adb. Install the android sdk, change into the Tools directory of the sdk, copy gmail.apk in this directory, boot your phone into recovery and connect USB. Then open command prompt in tools directory and Type:
adb shell mount system
adb push gmail.apk system/app

registered1 said:
You could just push the app through adb. Install the android sdk, change into the Tools directory of the sdk, copy gmail.apk in this directory, boot your phone into recovery and connect USB. Then open command prompt in tools directory and Type:
adb shell mount system
adb push gmail.apk system/app
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What happens to the old gmail.apk which already is there?

elmalote said:
What happens to the old gmail.apk which already is there?
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It gets overwritten. If you want to backup it first, you pull it first to have a Backup:
adb pull system/app/gmail.apk gmail_old.apk
Then you have a backup in your tools directory.

registered1 said:
It gets overwritten. If you want to backup it first, you pull it first to have a Backup:
adb pull system/app/gmail.apk gmail_old.apk
Then you have a backup in your tools directory.
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And will the new one be installed by itself?

elmalote said:
And will the new one be installed by itself?
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Yes, after rebooting the new ver should be installed. Probably you also have to format dalvik cache- just try it.

registered1 said:
Yes, after rebooting the new ver should be installed. Probably you also have to format dalvik cache- just try it.
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Ayt thanx a lot

Or you just flash the GMail package from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7681025&postcount=2

mmaacc said:
Or you just flash the GMail package from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7681025&postcount=2
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Nice! Thanks!!

well flashing the zip didn't work and now my Gmail is completely gone
Any ideas on how to get it back?
Sent from my HTC Desire

Did a nandroid backup, advanced restore and selected restore system. Got it back again. It's obviously not possible to update stock apps
Sent from my HTC Desire

HOW do I install boot animations

Could someone please give me the best way to install boot animations on my Evo,I've seen nice ones that I would love to install on my phone,and yes.. my phone is already fully Rooted.. Thanks
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

There are a couple of ways to accomplish this. Some are already set up as a flashable zip you can flash in recovery. You can search through the Themes and Apps sections for others, but I use this way:
Be sure to have the Android SDK installed on your computer.
Download, and place the bootanimation.zip file in the TOOLS folder of the SDK.
Then the following ADB CODE:
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
adb push SPC_animation_final.mp3 /system/customize/resource
adb reboot
You're all set!
If there is no corresponding mp3 file, no need for the 3rd command line

bender1077 said:
There are a couple of ways to accomplish this. Some are already set up as a flashable zip you can flash in recovery. You can search through the Themes and Apps sections for others, but I use this way:
Be sure to have the Android SDK installed on your computer.
Download, and place the bootanimation.zip file in the TOOLS folder of the SDK.
Then the following ADB CODE:
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
adb push SPC_animation_final.mp3 /system/customize/resource
adb reboot
You're all set!
If there is no corresponding mp3 file, no need for the 3rd command line
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wouldn't that location be different depending on if it's a sense or aosp rom?

fachadick said:
wouldn't that location be different depending on if it's a sense or aosp rom?
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That I am not sure of, as I have always used sense based ROMS for the 4gees.
I know that Pushboot has a separate batch file for CM6, so I am fairly sure that there is a different dir.

Root Explorer works well for me when ADB is not available.
Just download, rename appropriately, and move to /system/customize/resource (or wherever your ROM stores these things).

fua1 said:
Root Explorer works well for me when ADB is not available.
Just download, rename appropriately, and move to /system/customize/resource (or wherever your ROM stores these things).
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That's what I did way back when. I ran a search in astro for bootanimation.zip first (to find the old one that I was replacing), because I didn't know where to move it to back then.
wow. dejavu.
Sent from my blah blah blah blah

Thank you guys a million!! I use the root explore method,and it work perfect,but I still wanna say thanks to everyone for your help
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

[Q] Swype and Cyanogen

So I've got the Cyanogen 6.1
My swype expired, will they have the new Swype in Cyanogen 7?
I know people can't post their beta's here anymore, I'm just trying to figure out how I'm supposed to buy/get it?

GantMan007 said:
So I've got the Cyanogen 6.1
My swype expired, will they have the new Swype in Cyanogen 7?
I know people can't post their beta's here anymore, I'm just trying to figure out how I'm supposed to buy/get it?
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Cyanogen usually wont include things like swype or even google apps to avoid lawsuits. But newest stock sense 3.70 for evo's come with newest swype free

If it isn't open source, it won't/can't be included. Swype is not open source, and its developers have not made it available via an open source type license such as the GPL.
As such it will probably never be included in Cyanogen Mod releases. Too bad, I think it is a kick-ass keyboard!
I don't blame cyanogen either.
Swyped on my PC36100 using tapatalk!

If you find the apk for swype online (say...Google?) you could install it just like an application

I assume this is kosher as I am not providing the files, only explaining how to get them from the resources publicly available on this board.
The way I did it was to use unyaffs to pull Swype.apk and libSwypeCore.so out of the system.img file of the latest stock ROM. After getting the files I used the below to put them into the /system/app and /system/lib directories.
First I installed cygwin with only the default tools, then downloaded unyaffs compiled for windows. Copy unyaffs into the path for cygwin.
Grab the system.img file out of the 3.70 stock rom and place it in a folder easily accessible to your cygwin installation.
Start Cygwin and cd to the directory with the system.img file and run;
Code:
unyaffs system.img
This will extract all the files from the img file. Copy the Swype.apk from the app folder and the libSwypeCore.so from the lib folder to someplace easily accessible to adb.
Then I opened an adb shell session and mounted the /system as rw;
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
Then I pushed the Swype.apk and libSwypeCore.so to the correct directories;
Code:
adb push ./Swype.apk /system/app/Swype.apk
adb push ./libSwypeCore.so /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
On my system it set the permissions as -rw-rw-rw for some reason so I chmoded that to -rw-r--r-- synced the filesystem and rebooted. From the adb shell again;
Code:
chmod 644 /system/app/Swype.apk
chmod 644 /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
sync
reboot
I am not sure if I needed to chmod the files, but I wanted to make sure they looked the same as the others in the directories. Hope that helps. Also, this method worked for Myn's RLS4 as well.

GantMan007 said:
So I've got the Cyanogen 6.1
My swype expired, will they have the new Swype in Cyanogen 7?
I know people can't post their beta's here anymore, I'm just trying to figure out how I'm supposed to buy/get it?
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PM me
EVO on Tapatalk

isnt the swype beta currently open so you can get the official beta

dsw10482 said:
isnt the swype beta currently open so you can get the official beta
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Yuppppp
Swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO

If you're in the Swype beta and try to install the beta on CyanogenMod or any other EVO ROM, you get the "Swype is now available in the latest OTA!" error. I've nagged Swype about it and Neatchee from Swype responded.
In the meantime, here's a dirty little hack to get the Installer to run:
Run the following commands from your Android SDK/platform-tools folder in the Command Prompt:
Code:
adb shell
su (only if you see a $ instead of a #)
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /system/build.prop /system/build.prop.BAK
exit
exit (only if you had to run "su" just above)
adb pull /system/build.prop
open the build.prop in a text editor like nano, Notepad++, Notepad, or gedit, and change
Code:
ro.product.model=PC36100
to
Code:
ro.product.model=PC36101
Run
Code:
adb push build.prop /system/build.prop
adb reboot
and wait for your phone to restart. Run the Installer, and afterwards, run these commands:
Code:
adb shell
su (only if you see a $ instead of a #)
mount -o remount,rw /system
mv /system/build.prop.BAK /system/build.prop
exit
exit (only if you had to run "su" just above)
adb reboot
Enjoy!

piscesjoey said:
PM me
EVO on Tapatalk
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Either follow the direction up top or reFlash your phone to original rom.
Asking for an app through PM constitutes a ban just as if you posted the apk in a post.
Warning issued.

Mikey1022 said:
Either follow the direction up top or reFlash your phone to original rom.
Asking for an app through PM constitutes a ban just as if you posted the apk in a post.
Warning issued.
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Haha, are you the damn internet police, stop making **** up. no where did he ask for anything, all he said was pm me. An actually since swype is officially on the evo, I don't think its in violation posting it in the evo forum though I may be wrong.
Sent from my Evo using Tapatalk

Just get in on the beta.

p-slim said:
Haha, are you the damn internet police, stop making **** up. no where did he ask for anything, all he said was pm me. An actually since swype is officially on the evo, I don't think its in violation posting it in the evo forum though I may be wrong.
Sent from my Evo using Tapatalk
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as far xda is concerned it is still against the rules, there was a forum post about it when swype came to the evo, its allowed to be included in sense based roms, but not on its own

subcypher said:
Just get in on the beta.
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You can get on the beta, but it wont install on the EVO without the trick posted above because it says that the platform is officially supported now and wont install.

p-slim said:
Haha, are you the damn internet police, stop making **** up. no where did he ask for anything, all he said was pm me. An actually since swype is officially on the evo, I don't think its in violation posting it in the evo forum though I may be wrong.
Sent from my Evo using Tapatalk
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Thanks Slim! I'm just reading this BS too bout how I made an infraction for asking the OP to PM me. I wasn't gonna post it on the forum publicly, which I know is an infraction for doing. It shouldn't even matter what is done behind the scene of PM's between users. Some of these mods on here let their title go straight to their head!
EVO on Tapatalk

dsw10482 said:
as far xda is concerned it is still against the rules, there was a forum post about it when swype came to the evo, its allowed to be included in sense based roms, but not on its own
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I still think its BS that I got called out by Mikey like this just for asking the OP to PM me, but I'm done with it, warning heeded.
EVO on Tapatalk

landaile said:
You can get on the beta, but it wont install on the EVO without the trick posted above because it says that the platform is officially supported now and wont install.
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That's odd. I just flashed my phone a short time back and Swype installed. I'm running CM 6.1.1. I'm not sure what day it was. When did this change happen?

Friday or Saturday is when I noticed it.

landaile said:
Friday or Saturday is when I noticed it.
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Boy, that will keep me from flashing.

It is really easy to get Swype back. Takes all of maybe 5 minutes if you already have a nandroid backup, and that includes downloading the files needed to do it and copying the system.img off the phone.
Follow the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890508 and then mount the system in rw, push the files, reboot.

Swype APK from 3.70 ROM

I am using Frost ROM and there is no update to 3.70 yet.. does anyone or was anyone able to pull the Swype APK that comes bundled with the 3.70 ROMs yet? If so, please help =D

Just go to a different ROM. Remember to NANDROID and Titanium Backup. Then you are safe.

Lol but I like this one!

I know I need the new APK myself and the ROM I'm using that I love hasn't been updated

Lessthantito said:
I know I need the new APK myself and the ROM I'm using that I love hasn't been updated
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Just donload a ROM that has it and extract the swype.apk and then install it on your ROM... Case closed.
It is still against XDA rules to post Swype for downloading unless it is contained in a ROM so nobody can just post it for you otherwise I would be happy to.

Remember...
Make sure you not only grab the Swype.apk but the Swype lib file as well. You can find that in /system/lib
Good luck!

cheapskate88 said:
Make sure you not only grab the Swype.apk but the Swype lib file as well. You can find that in /system/lib
Good luck!
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LOL, whoops, yeah, I forgot to include that. Good call!! Thanks.

If you do not mind hunting, I think the newest beta is much more accurate than the OTA version. This is even after playing with the accuracy/speed settings before people jump on that. I have a 3.70 rom, removed OTA, and flashed back beta and much happier.

I like the Beta much more than the official release for the EVO but I can't seem to get a working version of the beta for the EVO and I don't know how to extract the APK and Lib files from a ROM or I would already be using Swype, can anyone point me in the correct direction for instructions to do this?

Download the hboot.....zip file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
Pull out the PC36IMG-MR.zip file and extract its contect.
Follow the instructions in this thread to pull the swype files from the system.img http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890508
Then opened an adb shell session and mounted the /system as rw;
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
Then pushed the Swype.apk and libSwypeCore.so to the correct directories;
Code:
adb push ./Swype.apk /system/app/Swype.apk
adb push ./libSwypeCore.so /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
On my system it set the permissions as -rw-rw-rw for some reason so I chmoded that to -rw-r--r-- synced the filesystem and rebooted. From the adb shell again;
Code:
chmod 644 /system/app/Swype.apk
chmod 644 /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
sync
reboot

Missing Gmail

I deleted my gmail by mistake. Using root explorer. I cant download it from the market. Were can I get the apk to restore.

You could download one of the ROMs in the Dev section. Take the .apk out of there and push it to /system/app.
However, I'm not 100% positive it will work because of the .odex file.

I found one that was 2.3.5.2 and was modded for the go launcher ex notifactions. Works but not the same as the one that was installed. Its a different look basically. Why wouldnt google have this in the market.

Here's the stock image from google. You can pull it from there.
I take it you have the VZW GN : https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/mysid-icl53f-factory-65895fa8.tgz

yes verizon. i did try and pull the gmail.apk from a rom and tried to install and it wont.

how do i pull the gmail from that file u linked??

You should try pushing it with ADB.
Code:
adb push Gmail.apk /system/app

El Daddy said:
You should try pushing it with ADB.
Code:
adb push Gmail.apk /system/app
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i suck with adb. what do i need to do?

1) Put the .apk in the same folder as adb.exe (located in Android SDK\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools on my computer. Yours could be different.)
2) Open the command window directed at that folder. (Hold shift and right click then from the drop down window click "open command window here")
3) Then enter
Code:
adb push Gmail.apk /system/app
4) Then
Code:
adb reboot
I've attached the Gmail.apk

it says im a read only file system and will not push it.

The file you sent me is working now. All I did was install the apk file like any other apk using root explorer. Thanks alot for all the help.

Yeah I forgot you had to be rooted.
Glad it worked for you.

Iam rooted. Thats what is werid. Only way I can use root explorer is if im rooted.