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Well, I deleted one app too many from my Defy. Titanium Backup is wonderful, but it backs up ONLY DATA for system apps, so I'm hosed UNLESS...
Could someone mail me the original Contacts app? It's data backup is named 'Contacts-2.1-update1' with the internal name 'com.motorola.blur.contacts'. I think that's all I'd need. There's also 'ContactsUnconnected-2.1-update1' and 'Work-Contacts-2.1-update1' so it wouldn't hurt to get them too.
BTW, the symptoms? When I try to dial by tapping on a contact name the call fails, a red stop sign flashes over the signal strength bars, and an alarm message is posted saying something to the effect that the network service is not available. To make a call I need to do a long press and choose Call from the menu. Ouch!
So, please, anyone who knows how to do it (I use Ghost Commander, a free app, which has a Send built in) send this app to 'Mars-On-Earth at dslextreme dot com'.
Thanks a bunch!
Sign up as a developer at Motorola, it's free. Then you can download "Motodev Studio" which among other things, will let you accesss /system/app
Otherwise, reflash the rom using RSD Lite, there's a guide for it here:
http://android.modaco.com/content/m...ering-bricked-firmware-on-your-motorola-defy/
Sorensiim said:
Sign up as a developer at Motorola, it's free. Then you can download "Motodev Studio" which among other things, will let you accesss /system/app
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Are you saying the "Motodev Studio" includes the original app files?
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Are you saying the "Motodev Studio" includes the original app files?
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MOTODEV Studio does not contain app files. It is Motorola's developer tools for Android phones. Sorensiim is referring to the DDMS perspective that ships with it. DDMS allows you to extract files off the phone and there is an Eclipse view in MOTODEV Studio.
If you already have the Android SDK installed, you can run the DDMS desktop application from sdk/tools (on windows, it's a .bat file).
Sorensiim said:
Sign up as a developer at Motorola, it's free. Then you can download "Motodev Studio" which among other things, will let you accesss /system/app
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Do you even have to sign up for anything?
I haven't and yet I was able to find this download page by Googling 'MotoDev Studio'.
Anyway, I just wanted to double-check/see if I understood things correctly, does MotoDev Studio let you delete/uninstall apks from the handset?
Could it be used as a simpler method of doing this.
Motodev studio gives you a nice graphical interface to pushing and pulling files, for instance, one could push the contacts apk to the phone.
If you sign up, it will even download the latest Android SDK for you
@Sorensiim, @ericcl:
Thanks, but my problem is I deleted the app. Erased, puff, gone. I do have the tools to put it back, I don't have anything to put in there. And there is in /system/app and what is the native Contacts application binary. SO, would some kind soul grab the binary off of their healthy system and send it off to me. Please.
Get the apk from here lad
http://modmymobile.com/forums/639-m...motorola-defy-system-boot-recovery-dumps.html
Download the system.zip and extract the apk from there
Oh and a tip - dont delete apks rename them to say .bak especially if you are messing about trying to see whats safe to delete, that way you can just change the name back
Higgsy is saving the day! Yey!
Higgsy said:
Get the apk from here lad
http://modmymobile.com/forums/639-m...motorola-defy-system-boot-recovery-dumps.html
Download the system.zip and extract the apk from there
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Thanks a bunch!
Higgsy said:
Oh and a tip - dont delete apks rename them to say .bak especially if you are messing about trying to see whats safe to delete, that way you can just change the name back
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Good call! [ & embarrassed]
Rats! This is so close, maybe close enough, but the ROM dumps are for the UK model. The USA Defy has newer software (it appears. The US version is 2.1-update1) and the apps seem structured differently. In the USA ROM there is just one Contacts app, on the UK one it seems to be split in two, *Data and *Provider app. Hmm.
Hi, sorry for the language..
Id deleted some apps yesterday and i have no menu anymore... so i think i just failing during my choose. When i restart the phone i only can have access to my account on motoblur... and it doesn't work as well cause he cannot connect or something more, i don't know what happened.
I'm so disappointed. Must I install system.zip by the pc ? I'll try that when it finishs to dl but...
EDIT : Flashing the rom, i success... omg so much fear thank you for your guide
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Rats! This is so close, maybe close enough, but the ROM dumps are for the UK model. The USA Defy has newer software (it appears. The US version is 2.1-update1) and the apps seem structured differently. In the USA ROM there is just one Contacts app, on the UK one it seems to be split in two, *Data and *Provider app. Hmm.
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the uk version is 2.1 update 1 too. The moto apps are the same as far as I know/have read? then again I have never seen the US system/app.
There are many Dev's who have reflashed the UK .sbf (because the us one is not available) - fixed the 3g and wifi calling and say its the same
in my dump I have
contactsdata.apk
contactsprovider2_0.apk
contactsunconnected.apk
Think we need another US user to check their system/app and let us know what they have.
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the uk version is 2.1 update 1 too. The moto apps are the same as far as I know/have read? then again I have never seen the US system/app.
There are many Dev's who have reflashed the UK .sbf (because the us one is not available) - fixed the 3g and wifi calling and say its the same
in my dump I have
contactsdata.apk
contactsprovider2_0.apk
contactsunconnected.apk
Think we need another US user to check their system/app and let us know what they have.
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Ok I just pulled back the system/app dump JBoogie3 posted from the Tmobile US rom from Here
It has exactly the same 3 contact apks as the uk rom. So not too sure where you are getting there was only 1 lol.
Higgsy, you just beat me to posting that link to the US ROM dump.
Now, the discrepancy in naming stems from how different utilities display the app names. In TitaniumBackup the file I junked is called 'Contacts-2.1-update1' with domain 'com.motorola.blur.contacts', and I'm still not quite sure what is its file system name. TitaniumBackup does not display it.
I ran a diff on the file list in JBoogie3's ROM dump and my Defy's file system (in the attachment) and the most likely match for the above file would seem to be the BlurContacts.*
Which begs the question, what file manager do you guys use? What for SMB access? FTP? Is it one and the same utility, or separate.
So far SwiFTP (a server on the phone) has been solid for me, and with WinSCP (on a PC) it's been a good combination at home. What's good/can be trusted on (standalone) Android?
root explorer (application) will let you show whats actually in system/app - titanuim aint gonna show you this. Titanium IMO is only good for backing up user apps
Also you can use motodev studio and browse system/app via that
Or good old adb
Theres probably a 101 other ways too - these are my suggestions.
EDIT: an FTP client is not the way forward for sure
oh and blurcontacts.apk also resides in both the UK and US system/app, so thas the one you've deleted and need to replace.
I would either install root explorer or motodev studio (easiest way for you) and check your system/app against the dump and replace any files as required
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root explorer (application) will let you show whats actually in system/app - titanuim aint gonna show you this. Titanium IMO is only good for backing up user apps
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As I found out the hard way. It only backs up data for the sys apps.
Higgsy said:
Also you can use motodev studio and browse system/app via that
Or good old adb
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I've got both downloaded (but not yet installed).
Higgsy said:
Theres probably a 101 other ways too - these are my suggestions.
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And I thank you for it.
Higgsy said:
EDIT: an FTP client is not the way forward for sure
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Right, the file permissions, but a good FTP utility is always good for /sdcard and backups, right? ;-)
Higgsy said:
oh and blurcontacts.apk also resides in both the UK and US system/app, so thas the one you've deleted and need to replace.
I would either install root explorer or motodev studio (easiest way for you) and check your system/app against the dump and replace any files as required
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Again, thanks for the suggestions. Slowly I'll settle in with my workflow.
MarSOnEarth said:
Right, the file permissions, but a good FTP utility is always good for /sdcard and backups, right? ;-)
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yeah it fine for transferring between sdcard etc i have one set up myself - I use Andftp
Higgsy said:
Ok I just pulled back the system/app dump JBoogie3 posted from the Tmobile US rom from Here
It has exactly the same 3 contact apks as the uk rom. So not too sure where you are getting there was only 1 lol.
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I'd like to thank Higgsy for much advise, and JBoogie3 for posting the US ROM dumps from which I got the needed apps. Through many twists and turns my goof up has been remedied. And I really mean twists and turns, the latest being that even after the deleted apps had been copied back to their place they were still not being recognized, until after I realized that all but the restored apps in /system/app were owned by 'root', while the restored apps were owned by 'sdcard_rw', or something similar. chmod and chown'ing finally got it all working.
Thanks again.
Hi All,
I was wondering if I could put out a request for some APKs. I would like to have live wallpapers on Bonsai and have tried putting livewallpaper.apk and the picker into my Epic but I don't have Root Explorer and I can't seem to change the permissions on those files. Right now all of the APKs I found have Read Yes Write Yes and the other one No. All of the APKs in my app directory have Read Yes Write No and other one No. Could someone post those APKs with permissions set like that? I don't know if that is my exact problem or if it is worth it to buy RE for only that purpose.
TIA,
DD
I believe its been mentioned before that ES File Explorer brings most of the Root Explorer functionality for free. I could be wrong though since ive never tried it myself. Worth a shot though if its just a permissions issue.
doggiedog said:
Hi All,
I was wondering if I could put out a request for some APKs. I would like to have live wallpapers on Bonsai and have tried putting livewallpaper.apk and the picker into my Epic but I don't have Root Explorer and I can't seem to change the permissions on those files. Right now all of the APKs I found have Read Yes Write Yes and the other one No. All of the APKs in my app directory have Read Yes Write No and other one No. Could someone post those APKs with permissions set like that? I don't know if that is my exact problem or if it is worth it to buy RE for only that purpose.
TIA,
DD
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U can also use sdx stock app removal app, just put the apk in the adx folder on the SD card and go Into the app then to manage backups and got restore
Set From My 3.0.1 Bonsai Epic 4g
Thanks. I have tried everything. I could not change the permissions using sdx or ES File manager. All I could do with those programs was access the system directories. Unless I am doing something wrong, I will either need to get Root Explorer and change the permissions or get altered livewallpaper apks.
I think the frankenstine rom thread has a flashable zip for live wallpapers
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doggiedog said:
Thanks. I have tried everything. I could not change the permissions using sdx or ES File manager. All I could do with those programs was access the system directories. Unless I am doing something wrong, I will either need to get Root Explorer and change the permissions or get altered livewallpaper apks.
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U don't need to change permissions in the sdx app removal app...
Set From My 3.0.1 Bonsai Epic 4g
OK. I think I may be confusing some people.
I would like to have Live Wallpapers in Bonsai since it's been removed. I did some research and found that you need to install the livewallpaper apks into the system/app directory. I did that using ES File Manager and rebooted. It didn't work. I did some more research and a few people had the same issue. The solution was to make sure the permissions in the livewallpaper apks was exactly the same as the permissions as the other apks in the apps directory. The apks in the directory all have Read Yes, Write No and Hidden No. All of the livewallpaper apks I found had permissions set up as Read Yes, Write Yes and Hidden No. I figure if I change the Write from Yes to No, it might work. I'm not 100% positive which is why I don't know if it's worth it to buy Root Explorer just to experiment. I'm hoping someone can provide me with the livewallpaper and livewallpaperspicker apks with altered permissions that have those settings.
Estewa_619, I will try that ROM. Thanks!
Tried the Frankenstein ROM livewallpaper apks and it still didn't work. The permissions are still set up as Read Yes, Write Yes and Hidden No.
doggiedog said:
OK. I think I may be confusing some people.
I would like to have Live Wallpapers in Bonsai since it's been removed. I did some research and found that you need to install the livewallpaper apks into the system/app directory. I did that using ES File Manager and rebooted. It didn't work. I did some more research and a few people had the same issue. The solution was to make sure the permissions in the livewallpaper apks was exactly the same as the permissions as the other apks in the apps directory. The apks in the directory all have Read Yes, Write No and Hidden No. All of the livewallpaper apks I found had permissions set up as Read Yes, Write Yes and Hidden No. I figure if I change the Write from Yes to No, it might work. I'm not 100% positive which is why I don't know if it's worth it to buy Root Explorer just to experiment. I'm hoping someone can provide me with the livewallpaper and livewallpaperspicker apks with altered permissions that have those settings.
Estewa_619, I will try that ROM. Thanks!
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This is very easy to solve. Go to midnight rom and download it to computer. Open up the midnight extras folder and you will find lots of zip files in there that are all flashable in CWM. Just extract the folder, then copy the live wallpaper zips you want onto your sd card, then flash in CWM.
Alternatively, what I normally do is download the rom you want to flash (Bonsai). Open it up on your pc. Navigate to system/apps. Paste the livewallper apks into that directory. Then flash normally. This will include any files you want in the system/app folder.
davidrules7778 said:
U can also use sdx stock app removal app, just put the apk in the adx folder on the SD card and go Into the app then to manage backups and got restore
Set From My 3.0.1 Bonsai Epic 4g
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Just used this method on bonsai 3.0.1 , worked just fine. Thanks!
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All I did was download the flashable zip from frankenstine post and I flashed it in cwm and it worked for me
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mis3 said:
This is very easy to solve. Go to midnight rom and download it to computer. Open up the midnight extras folder and you will find lots of zip files in there that are all flashable in CWM. Just extract the folder, then copy the live wallpaper zips you want onto your sd card, then flash in CWM.
Alternatively, what I normally do is download the rom you want to flash (Bonsai). Open it up on your pc. Navigate to system/apps. Paste the livewallper apks into that directory. Then flash normally. This will include any files you want in the system/app folder.
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7zip (windows) is what u want to use 2 open the zip but DO NOT EXTRACT it!!! Well in 7zip paste the apks u want into system/apps. Then close 7zip. Move the rom 2 ur sdcard and flash as u would normaly. U can also replace the boot/shutdown animation and a few other parts of the rom that you can add or subtract stuff from. I hope this help as not to sound offensive but u seem a bit newbish and 7zip isa great tool for viewing zip files w/o extracting them took me a good deal of time 2 find this handy tool, hope this helps ya out...
Sent from my Epic4G isn't that enough? *disclaimer* I may not know what I'm talikin bout, plz take w/ a grain of salt or sheen style it "I was banging 7 gram rocks and finishing em... because I'm me" -if thats winning I'm losing....
If any of u have the Android sdk installed, this is a 10 second push using adb - fwiw
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I tried all of the cut and pasting techniques. None of them worked. I came across this online:
Code:
adb push LiveWallpapersPicker.apk /sdcard/
adb shell
Code:
su
remount rw
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
exit
exit
I went into the dos shell and sure enough it worked!
Thanks for all the suggestions!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12014836&postcount=13
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Here are the .zips from the midNIGHT ROM extras folder... Flash one of these, should work.
But the adb method works just as well... Maybe even faster.
Moved to Q&A.
I have just installed the Pays-ROM Defy v6.0 Froyo with Ginger feeling in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943258.
I don't want to use the mms.apk(I cann't remember its name accurately) and delete it, but now I donn't have a text messaging app. So could you please tell me how to recovery it?
Thanks a lot!
BTW, I cann't find a file manager in the ROM.
if you deleted it, youll have to get it from someone else, or you could do a nandroid backup, re install pays ROM and copy the app to your memory card using root explorer or similar, then restore your old backup and install the apk from your memory card
stewi21 said:
if you deleted it, youll have to get it from someone else, or you could do a nandroid backup, re install pays ROM and copy the app to your memory card using root explorer or similar, then restore your old backup and install the apk from your memory card
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I have got the app folder from CG39.smg, but I don't know which app is for the Text Messagings.
I tried copy Conversations.apk and Conversations.odex to "SystemAppBackup" folder (I have SystemApp Remover installed), and then used SystemApp Remover' recovery function but it didn't work.
Try with Messaging.apk and Messaging.odex. (you can copy those files in your /system/app folder also using adb if you have Android SDK installed on your computer)
Currently I am at work and I don't have the usb cable with me, but when I'll get home I'll send you those files (if you don't get them by then)
Im pretty sure the app needed for sending sms' and settings is something like mms.apk, ill have a look in my system folder for ya
EDIT: yeah im pretty sure its mms.apk, id post mine up for you, but im on cyanogen so itd be a different app.
tuxtm said:
Try with Messaging.apk and Messaging.odex. (you can copy those files in your /system/app folder also using adb if you have Android SDK installed on your computer)
Currently I am at work and I don't have the usb cable with me, but when I'll get home I'll send you those files (if you don't get them by then)
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Thank you! I can get the two files and I will try it.
stewi21 said:
Im pretty sure the app needed for sending sms' and settings is something like mms.apk, ill have a look in my system folder for ya
EDIT: yeah im pretty sure its mms.apk, id post mine up for you, but im on cyanogen so itd be a different app.
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Thank you! I want to recovery the original text app and the mms.apk on cyanogen may be different.
yeah it would be, you could do as i first suggested
stewi21 said:
yeah it would be, you could do as i first suggested
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I tried in this way but the yaffs explorer I used cann't access the root under the Pays-ROM Defy v6.0, which works well under other stock rom. And before I found Root Explorer I have flashed another stock rom because I couldn't wait to stay with a rom cann't send and receive text message. Maybe the mms.apk is also OK.
Sorry for my poor English.
Hello all,
to make a long story short - after something got screwed up with a stock browser after numerous installs/reinstall of other browsers - I have decided to reinstall it. Made a backup with Titanium and uninstalled. However, it failed to restore the apk, when I tried that later. I searched the internet, but none of the available apk's work..
So, I would be extremely grateful if someone could copy and attach here the original browser apk and the browser.odex files (from what I have read, I simply have to place them into the /system/app folder and set the correct permissions).
Thank you all in advance.
My phone is a rooted defy with stock Froyo
version.34.177.3MB525.Retail.enGb
fw. 2.2.2
build no. JOREM_U3.4.2_177-3
resident123 said:
Hello all,
to make a long story short - after something got screwed up with a stock browser after numerous installs/reinstall of other browsers - I have decided to reinstall it. Made a backup with Titanium and uninstalled. However, it failed to restore the apk, when I tried that later. I searched the internet, but none of the available apk's work..
So, I would be extremely grateful if someone could copy and attach here the original browser apk and the browser.odex files (from what I have read, I simply have to place them into the /system/app folder and set the correct permissions).
Thank you all in advance.
My phone is a rooted defy with stock Froyo
version.34.177.3MB525.Retail.enGb
fw. 2.2.2
build no. JOREM_U3.4.2_177-3
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If you have made a nandroid backup extract it from there and push it to system/app and give the right permisions. Otherwise go to data/app copy it from there and do the same
I have been there.
Tried on the flashy and funky big brother's toys and screw it up.
I did that again with my GSM Galaxy Nexus by installing 4.2 apps like the Clock and Keyboard.
It worked great for days, only to find out my long awaited 4.2 system update fails because of actually having 4.2 apps before it arrived.
Since then I searched forums for the answers for couple of days in Galaxy Nexus forums, could not find one.
So, finally got it from Nexus 7 forum, thanks to DroidBonzai.
Here is the link to the post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991026
Once I extracted the system apk and odex files for both Clock and Keyboard, I could manually upgrade using the 4.2 update zip from the posts here. Here are the files for your use. I am attaching as a .rar file, extract them and use root explorer or ES explorer to copy it to the /system/app folder. This is not a flashable zip.
- Remember to copy the odex files as well to the /system/app folder, I had to find that out on my second attempt.
- For LatinImeGoogle (Keyboard), I deleted this one extra file libjni_latinimegoogle.so under /system/lib folder. Not sure if it is required to be deleted for upgrade to work. But, this was not present in 4.1.2, got created with 4.2 Keyboard app.
Let me know if anyone needs any other apks, since I have the 4.1.2 system image, I could extract it for them. But, please expect delays.
subramanianv said:
I have been there.
Tried on the flashy and funky big brother's toys and screw it up.
I did that again with my GSM Galaxy Nexus by installing 4.2 apps like the Clock and Keyboard.
It worked great for days, only to find out my long awaited 4.2 system update fails because of actually having 4.2 apps before it arrived.
Since then I searched forums for the answers for couple of days in Galaxy Nexus forums, could not find one.
So, finally got it from Nexus 7 forum, thanks to DroidBonzai.
Here is the link to the post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991026
Once I extracted the system apk and odex files for both Clock and Keyboard, I could manually upgrade using the 4.2 update zip from the posts here. Here are the files for your use. I am attaching as a .rar file, extract them and use root explorer or ES explorer to copy it to the /system/app folder. This is not a flashable zip.
- Remember to copy the odex files as well to the /system/app folder, I had to find that out on my second attempt.
- For LatinImeGoogle (Keyboard), I deleted this one extra file libjni_latinimegoogle.so under /system/lib folder. Not sure if it is required to be deleted for upgrade to work. But, this was not present in 4.1.2, got created with 4.2 Keyboard app.
Let me know if anyone needs any other apks, since I have the 4.1.2 system image, I could extract it for them. But, please expect delays.
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Thank you so much!!!
Can you get me the LatinImeDictionaryPack.apk and odex to?
And the /lib/libjni_latinime.so maybe to
Tnx!
Having some trouble
I have been having this exact problem because i installed the ported GoogleGallery.apk and I don't know how to extract the version from the 4.1.2 system image. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Keep getting status 7 error due to wrong Google gallery. I have put an older version back on but I think it is from 4.1.1 and not 4.1.2
Schonplayer said:
I have been having this exact problem because i installed the ported GoogleGallery.apk and I don't know how to extract the version from the 4.1.2 system image. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Keep getting status 7 error due to wrong Google gallery. I have put an older version back on but I think it is from 4.1.1 and not 4.1.2
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Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34051278#post34051278
Thanks
xanathar said:
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34051278#post34051278
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Thanks a lot. I got the files as well as followed the links to the Linux image tool and got the other ones that I had needed. Pushed them all to my phone and installed 4.2. Much appreciated
Hey guys I put the files in system\app and did the upgrade to 4.2
Everything went smooth but now the keyboard for typing is not available, only the vocal recognition.
Under preferences I have both vocal input and keyboard cheked but only the vocal is checked in blue and there's no way I can check/uncheck the other one!
Anyone please?
Some of those files need to Go into the system/lib directory. First thing you can do is install anouther keyboard like Swift X or look for the 4.2 Keyboard install zip on some other sites. To reinstall the stack keyboard it is the LatinInmeGoogle.apk that goes in the system/app folder and the the LatinInMeGoogle.odex I also had to put the libjni_mosaic.so in the system/lib directory. Hope that helps
Temp fix for android keyboard in 4.2 update after messing with 4.1 keyboard
Ok , I have a CDMA galaxy nexus. When they made a system dump file of the nexus 4 I hurriedly got a copy of the keyboard app just like everyone else. I ran in to some problems with the 4.2 update but fixed that eventually. Now eve time the phone reboots the keyboard app always crashes. I found a temp fix for it which is to go t system/app and install the latinimegoogle.apk. this is suppose to be the keyboard apk. That gets the keyboard working again. but what I came to realize is that in the system/lib folder there are 2 so files, libjni_latinime.so and libjni_latinimegoogle.so. Is that an issue?