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[OOPS!] bootloop due to adb push /data/app/<file>.apk, can not delete :(

Hello guys,
I probably did a stupid thing. I could'nt install an apk and figured that I could just push it to my android and see what happens. I didn;t think I would get in a bootloop though .
I had astrid.apk, it's modified so it is transparant. I could not install it in Android.
What i did:
Reboot in recovery
Did the fake flash to start Clockwork mod
Connect the Android to my pc with an USB cable
adb push astrid.apk /data/app
I read that about 1.2MB was written so I guess that went right.
Did I forget a / ?
Is the map app overwritten?
Well, next thing I did was a reboot and now I'm stuck in a bootloop.
I tried to delete the file (rm /data/app/astrid.apk, rm -r /data/app/astrid.apk). But it could not find file or directory.
I did this from the shell i starten with adb shell. And I tried it with adb shell rm ...
Did I screw up that /data/app map? What to do now?
edit:
I can do cd data. But when I do cd app (when in /data) then it says "you can't cd to app"...

it's adb shell, and while you are in there, press cd /data/app. while in the data folder, press 'ls' to list all entries. usually apk's have different names and stuff. look for the app and then press rm /data/app/... .apk
Make sure you are in recovery and have system mounted.

djind said:
it's adb shell, and while you are in there, press cd /data/app. while in the data folder, press 'ls' to list all entries. usually apk's have different names and stuff. look for the app and then press rm /data/app/... .apk
Make sure you are in recovery and have system mounted.
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"can't cd to /data/app"
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edit:
I think I have overwritten the whole app map with the file astrid.apk, d*mn.
"adb push astrid.apk /data/app"

I would say, just wipe and start over..
This is how I usually do the stuff:
adb remount
adb shell
cd /data/app
ls
look for app to remove
rm ....apk
I am no pro, wipe is easy!

I made a complete nandroid backup this afternoon, I just did a partial restore, "data" and everything works fine again!
Thanks for helping. Lesson learned:
Linux != Windows (a whole map is easily overwritten with a file).

I doubt that you have overwritten a folder with a file. But good that everything is ok now.

djind said:
I doubt that you have overwritten a folder with a file. But good that everything is ok now.
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I did a cat /data/app and i saw a lot of strange things, also strings and it was clear i saw the contents of astrid.apk. SO I really think I did.

[Q] youtube app porting help!!! please!!!

can someone please post DETAILED isntructions to put froyo or gingerbread youtube app thing on samsung epic 4g. ive tried so many time and cant do it. and i delted the stock youtube app with titanium but cant install the other app and i dont wanna pay for root explorer cuz idk if its gonna help at all. i tried using the cmd promt but it says permission denied everytime and it also says adb is not recognized as an internal storage.. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP MEEE I DONT HAVE A YOUTUBE AP AT ALL NOW!!!!!

betterment66 said:
can someone please post DETAILED isntructions to put froyo or gingerbread youtube app thing on samsung epic 4g. ive tried so many time and cant do it. and i delted the stock youtube app with titanium but cant install the other app and i dont wanna pay for root explorer cuz idk if its gonna help at all. i tried using the cmd promt but it says permission denied everytime and it also says adb is not recognized as an internal storage.. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP MEEE I DONT HAVE A YOUTUBE AP AT ALL NOW!!!!!
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The new YouTube.apk just needs to be placed in '/system/app'. What I did was remove the original YouTube.apk and put the new one in its place and voila. Here is the method adapted for Windows (I think it's all right for Windows). This is also assuming you rooted with a one click root that included the remount script and that you have adb on your computer (the one click rooter should have adb included with it).
1. in the cmd prompt, go to the folder where you have adb and type:
Code:
adb.exe shell
2. inside shell:
Code:
$ su
# remount rw
# mkdir /sdcard/backup
# cp /system/app/YouTube.apk /sdcard/backup
# rm /system/app/YouTube.apk
# exit
$ exit
3. now in the cmd prompt again:
Code:
adb.exe push \path\to\YouTube.apk /system/app
4. Reboot the phone.

gremlyn1 said:
The new YouTube.apk just needs to be placed in '/system/app'. What I did was remove the original YouTube.apk and put the new one in its place and voila. Here is the method adapted for Windows (I think it's all right for Windows). This is also assuming you rooted with a one click root that included the remount script and that you have adb on your computer (the one click rooter should have adb included with it).
1. in the cmd prompt, go to the folder where you have adb and type:
Code:
adb.exe shell
2. inside shell:
Code:
$ su
# remount rw
# mkdir /sdcard/backup
# cp /system/app/YouTube.apk /sdcard/backup
# rm /system/app/YouTube.apk
# exit
$ exit
3. now in the cmd prompt again:
Code:
adb.exe push \path\to\YouTube.apk /system/app
4. Reboot the phone.
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ok i get to remount rw but the when i type in the nect code it says
mkdir falied for /sdcard/backup read-only filesystem

I install it using terminal emulator.
All I do is type
Su
#rm /system/app/YouTube.apk
#cp /sdcard/DirectoryWithTheYoutubeApp/YouTube.apk /
system/app
Or after you rm, just use the "My Files" app and go on your sdcard and click YouTube.apk and it'll install and work fine. But remember to sign out of youtube before you close it by going to your page and clicking sign out or else it'll keep force closing after you start it up.
I hope I helped...
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

you guys are gonna freaking kill me. ALL THE TROUBLE I WAS HAVING WAS BECAUSE I HAD MY SDCARD MOUNTED THE WHOLE TIME I WAS TRYING TO DO THIS THE MINUTE I TRIED IT WITHOUT IT BEING MOUNTED IT WORKED...IM SO DUMB!!!!! LOL BUT THANKS FOR THE HELP ALL OF U!!!!!! U GUYS ROCK!!!! N SO DOES THE NEW UTUBE APP .....BTW I UNDERSTAND UR NOT SUPPOSED TO SIGN IN TO IT RIGHT???

I just uninstalled the original, put the modded youtube.apk in the SDX backup folder and installed (restored) it with SDX stock app remover. Simple, fast and no typing required.
Glad you got it worked out though.

me 2!!! this app rocks

Glad it's working! Having the SD card mounted while trying to adb is a common mistake and always a good first troubleshooting check.

Any way to get cwm back on without usb?

Well as a previous thread I made ive been having a crap load of issues with my usb not syncing with my comp. Some how I have the stock samsung backup with viperrom and dk28 modem.
What else can I do?
I need to atleast get an updated clockwork back on and i cant locate a thread for that without using odin or cwm 2. ect
My phone isnt bricked but it feels like it might as well be. i tried the app anycut to see if I could mass storage so I could atleast go back to stock to see if that was the issue but that didnt help.
I really could use some help as Im at my wits end with this.
Brief rundown:
flashed truly epic rebirth rom
phone goes haywire during low batt
usb mounting no longer works but still charges
installed drivers 5 times and nothing
tried my laptop but same error message
tried flashing other roms by directly downloading from phone and flashing through cwm 3
tried reseting back to stock with noobl thread but all of those aborted due to ext4 script
tried to remove ext4 script by changing clockwork versions
now stuck with stock clockwork and no where to go
downloaded anycut as its supposed to over ride issues with storage
rom manager doesnt work at all when trying to install clockwork. Keeps giving me an error.+
Phone still charges but
come on devs. there's got to be a solution to this or I missing something really easy lol

OK, im gathering that you are having issues with the Drivers, unless its a physical connection issue, like the other thread where the 'tooth' in his micro usb on the phone was not connecting, he bent it back... I would look at that last.
Ok, short of a cardreader and a DI18 update.zip...
Odin to DI18... this will get you back to start...
OK, known USB/driver issues:
Installing drivers, get them off this site, from a thread where others have success, just in case. I am assuming youre on winXP 32bit or whatever is normal... OK, so installing drivers... install drivers with phone unplugged from PC, then after the install, plug the usb into a motherboard USB port, not front, not PCI, not a hub... on the board itself. The PC should recognize it, and start going thru install thingys, of course ignore the install wizard if you have it enabled. What worked for me to get the last half of the drivers to install... I think modem is the one it tends to hang on, if it sits there forever, quickly disconnect the phone and reconnect it.... it should kick it back into installing drivers... you can check for drivers in your device manager in settings... look to make sure theres no ?s and make sure there is adb device...
next, to be sure, using the same USB port, start Odin, THEN plug in the phone, it should come up with a COM port in yellow and you should be able to flash from there, see Odin threads from there.
Oh and dont use the charging cable, thats all its good for, charging. I use a fat old USB from my old berry.

Well I tried everything you posted minus the get a new cord. I might get that tomorrow but it doesnt make sense as I went to sprint and the guy plugged his phone in with my cord and it worked just fine for him.
i remember seeing a update zip file that can be loaded on to the sd and updated through the stock samsung clockwork but i cant seem to find it anywhere?
noobl thread on reflashing without odin didnt do a thing and i honestly think it should be taken down as its posted in the wiki but there's got to be another file here someplace. no hate on noobl but there was so many people having issues with those zips

I keep posting these instructions for people, but apparently no one can find them. If you want cwm 2.5.1.0 instead of cwm 3, get the files from the one-click v2.5.5 instead. Oh and standard disclaimer: you shouldn't do this if you aren't comfortable using the command line on your phone and if you screw up, I'm not responsible.
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The first thing you need is the OneClickRootCWM3.zip. You need a few files out of it.
Below is a copy of the code from the run.bat that does all the clockwork stuff. We're going to be translating this into something you can do without a computer.
Code:
:Redirector
echo Installing clockworkmod redirector
adb push recovery /system/bin/recovery
adb push recoveryfiles /system/bin/recoveryfiles/
adb push recoveryres /system/bin/recoveryres/
adb shell busybox chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryfiles/*
adb shell busybox chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryres/*
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/recovery
adb shell sync
goto:Clockwork
:Clockwork
echo Installing clockworkmod recovery...
adb push redbend_ua /data/local
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
adb push zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
adb shell /data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
If you paid attention to the code, you probably noticed which files we want. They are:
recovery
recoveryfiles/* (the whole folder)
recoveryres/* (the whole folder again)
redbend_ua
zImage
Put these files somewhere easy to find on your sdcard, such as a folder named cwm.
Now, open a terminal on your phone. We'll start with the redirect, just like the one-click does. If you put the files in a folder called cwm, then enter the lines below one at a time into the terminal.
Code:
remount rw
cp /sdcard/cwm/recovery /system/bin/
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryfiles /system/bin/
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryres /system/bin/
##Then you *may* have to copy the subfolder in recovery res by doing the following
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryres/* cp/system/bin/recoveryres/
busybox
chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryfiles/*
chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryres/*
exit (to exit busybox and drop back to toolbox)
chmod 0775 /system/bin/recovery
sync
I don't remember for sure, but your phone may reboot now. If it does, then enter "remount rw" again so that you have write access to the system. Now to finish installing cwm.
Code:
cp /sdcard/cwm/redbend_ua /data/local/
chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
cp /sdcard/cwm/zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
/data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
That last line calls redbend_ua with the "restore" flag and puts "/data/local/tmp/zImage" into the place where the recovery belongs, or "/dev/block/bml8" The phone should reboot now and you will have your new recovery.
Then if you want to clean up the left over stuff
Code:
rm /data/local/redbend_ua
rm /data/local/tmp/zImage
Have fun.

DiGi760 said:
I keep posting these instructions for people, but apparently no one can find them. If you want cwm 2.5.1.0 instead of cwm 3, get the files from the one-click v2.5.5 instead. Oh and standard disclaimer: you shouldn't do this if you aren't comfortable using the command line on your phone and if you screw up, I'm not responsible.
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The first thing you need is the OneClickRootCWM3.zip. You need a few files out of it.
Below is a copy of the code from the run.bat that does all the clockwork stuff. We're going to be translating this into something you can do without a computer.
Code:
:Redirector
echo Installing clockworkmod redirector
adb push recovery /system/bin/recovery
adb push recoveryfiles /system/bin/recoveryfiles/
adb push recoveryres /system/bin/recoveryres/
adb shell busybox chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryfiles/*
adb shell busybox chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryres/*
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/recovery
adb shell sync
goto:Clockwork
:Clockwork
echo Installing clockworkmod recovery...
adb push redbend_ua /data/local
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
adb push zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
adb shell /data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
If you paid attention to the code, you probably noticed which files we want. They are:
recovery
recoveryfiles/* (the whole folder)
recoveryres/* (the whole folder again)
redbend_ua
zImage
Put these files somewhere easy to find on your sdcard, such as a folder named cwm.
Now, open a terminal on your phone. We'll start with the redirect, just like the one-click does. If you put the files in a folder called cwm, then enter the lines below one at a time into the terminal.
Code:
remount rw
cp /sdcard/cwm/recovery /system/bin/
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryfiles /system/bin/
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryres /system/bin/
##Then you *may* have to copy the subfolder in recovery res by doing the following
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryres/* cp/system/bin/recoveryres/
busybox
chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryfiles/*
chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryres/*
exit (to exit busybox and drop back to toolbox)
chmod 0775 /system/bin/recovery
sync
I don't remember for sure, but your phone may reboot now. If it does, then enter "remount rw" again so that you have write access to the system. Now to finish installing cwm.
Code:
cp /sdcard/cwm/redbend_ua /data/local/
chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
cp /sdcard/cwm/zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
/data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
That last line calls redbend_ua with the "restore" flag and puts "/data/local/tmp/zImage" into the place where the recovery belongs, or "/dev/block/bml8" The phone should reboot now and you will have your new recovery.
Then if you want to clean up the left over stuff
Code:
rm /data/local/redbend_ua
rm /data/local/tmp/zImage
Have fun.
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So will this work when i currently have the stock samsung backup?
Basically i download the OneClickRootCWM3.zip directly from my phone then go into say astrofiles and remove the files you mentioned and put it in a file named cwm and go to android terminal emulator from there?
If i can get this to work and get back to cwm3 what do you suggest I do next to get the phone back to stock since the usb mount work and I can't even use odin? all the flash zips from noobln thread didnt work.

seoulseek80 said:
So will this work when i currently have the stock samsung backup?
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Yes. This is how the one-click installs cwm over stock backup.
Basically i download the OneClickRootCWM3.zip directly from my phone then go into say astrofiles and remove the files you mentioned and put it in a file named cwm and go to android terminal emulator from there?
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Get the files below I mentioned below the first code block and put them in a folder called cwm.
If i can get this to work and get back to cwm3 what do you suggest I do next to get the phone back to stock since the usb mount work and I can't even use odin? all the flash zips from noobln thread didnt work.
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What were you flashing the zips with? They don't work with anything but cwm, so if you don't have cwm...

DiGi760 said:
Yes. This is how the one-click installs cwm over stock backup.
Get the files below I mentioned below the first code block and put them in a folder called cwm.
What were you flashing the zips with? They don't work with anything but cwm, so if you don't have cwm...
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I was flashing the roms with cwm3 but i mean flashing back to stock with odin as there doesnt seem to be a way to flash back to stock with cwm3.

You probably want to use the "ReRFS" dk28 rom to convert back to RFS, then try flashing noob's di18.

DiGi760 said:
You probably want to use the "ReRFS" dk28 rom to convert back to RFS, then try flashing noob's di18.
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ok. Ill look for a link for that. in your opinion do you think its possible that reverting back to stock everything might fix this usb mounting issue? I litterelly tried everything else. i mean could have one of the roms messed up the internal phone usb

A rom shouldn't ruin your usb, especially not the roms we have available to us. Having the same issue in different roms would lead me to believe it is a hardware problem. It may just be coincidence that it started after you flashed a rom. If you have the same problem when you make it to di18, then there really isn't anything software can do for you. You'll have to take it to a service center and have them order a refurb from asurion.

Well good news is that sprint will issue a new phone to me through mail as it is a manufacturer defect and not a human error since I'm in the 1 year manufacturers warranty. i thought for a second i was screwed without that service plan but hopefully this fix you posted might help somewhat. well also since I dont want to send in a rooted phone anyways lol

Hehe did you actlly try the usb "tooth" fix? It was something wrong with mine, turned out to be some other guys problem as well. I have an inkling its a common issue. Caused by nothing more than the simple innocent act of unplugging your phone. I'm on my phone, so I can't find the post. If you're on a computer search through my posts to find the thread.
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700

squshy 7 said:
Hehe did you actlly try the usb "tooth" fix? It was something wrong with mine, turned out to be some other guys problem as well. I have an inkling its a common issue. Caused by nothing more than the simple innocent act of unplugging your phone. I'm on my phone, so I can't find the post. If you're on a computer search through my posts to find the thread.
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700
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Wow squshy I wish i could thank you a thousand times. It wasn't the actual tooth but the copper contact that was bent up. So i sat there with my wifes eyebrow pluckers and pulled it and down and boom it works.
It was hardly noticeable but I wouldnt have looked unless you said something. lol
Thanks bro!

need help with the android port

no one is answering in the android post so i'll ask here:
about the part when you need to open 2 terminals:
i didn't quite understand the terminals part.. (this is my first time that i'm using this thing..) can someone write it more spcific to me please?.
when i'm trying to go to my SD card on the terminal it says that there is no such thing... :S
and how to save the terminals on the SD card (if needed, if not what to do with them? (both of the terminals that need to be opened))
hope you'll help me.
thanks

You must first enable root account:
go to terminal and type in: sudo passwd root
then enter a new password you want for Root ac and retype it.
Once done. just log off from normal account and type in 'root' as username and newly created password as Password.
Now all you need to do with terminal is when you are done copying the files. open it up (Terminal) then type: cd media/XXX/
where 'XXX' is the name of your EXT2 partition.
Hit enter
then type in: chmod -R 0777 ./*
Press Enter.
Then Just type in: Sudo Sync
Press Enter.
That's it. done with the Terminal part! EXIT it.

OK thanks alot
but who do i save it?
cuz if i just exit it, it says it'll kill the terminal.

If you are a noob of this level then you should not install android on wave.

If its your first time using ubuntu, spend like an hour with it first.
Also, I think another alternative to logging in as root is to just type sudo nautilus in a terminal to open up the file manager as root. Then use sudo as well to chmod (sudo chmod -R 0777 ./*), and then finally sudo sync

badanoob said:
OK thanks alot
but who do i save it?
cuz if i just exit it, it says it'll kill the terminal.
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Yeah, do as other guys say. I think I gave you all that it is to it. Now you better be off reading stuff up online and practicing it on Ubuntu. Sorry, I thanked you by mistake.

[MOD] Moddifed framework for bluetooth tethering and bypass check UAMDL

Hello everyone.
I have been able to modify the framework-res.apk file to enable bluetooth tethering for UAMDL from T-Mobile
While I was making the changes in there I also removed from it the call to tethering provisioning and changed the csc files needed too.
So this is for stock UAMDL T-Mobile rooted roms.
I have included the files below to install it if you want.
It does go without saying to backup everything first.
Download from Google Drive
Use the following ADB commands to successfully copy over to the framework folder. Does need to be done via ADB.
Copy new framework-res-mod.apk to root of internal sd card.
adb shell stop (this will cause the screen on your phone to go black that is fine)
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system
adb shell cp /sdcard/framework-res-mod.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb shell chmod 644 /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb shell start (screen will come back on and look like phone is booting again)
after that you can use your favorite root file brower to copy and replace the files customer.xml and feature.xml in the system/csc folder.
If after this you are having problems with getting google play to install apps you might need to master reset.
I want to thank elesbb for help with getting this thing to be able to be compiled and also with the adb instructions to get it copied to the phone without needing a custom recovery but just root.

Awesome man. One question though, so wireless tethering works or only bluetooth tethering?

Yes.
Wireless hotspot, bluetooth (my main goal) and wired tether are working.

Ooops I goofed in the customer.xml file with the APN used for tethering.
I used apn epc.tmobile.com when it should be epc.t-mobile.com
For the time being you can adjust that I will upload a fixed copy tomorrow when I can be at my computer again.

Actually was able to edit and reupload from phone.
It is fixed now.

Apk File not shared for download.

Sorry about that.
Should be fixed.
Give it a try again.

this is what I get
c:\windows-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell stop <<<< phone screen doesnt go black
c:\windows-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system
mount: Operation not permitted
c:\windows-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell cp /sdcard/framework-res-mod.apk /system
/framework/framework-res.apk
cp: /system/framework/framework-res.apk: Read-only file system
c:\windows-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell chmod 644 /system/framework/framework-re
s.apk
Unable to chmod /system/framework/framework-res.apk: Read-only file system
am i missing something here?

Sounds like the kernel is not running in insecure mode.
Try installing and enabling insecure adbd with this app and try again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687590

TheArtiszan said:
Sounds like the kernel is not running in insecure mode.
Try installing and enabling insecure adbd with this app and try again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687590
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Thanks man we'll give it a shot after I get off work tonight and let you know how it happens
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium

So far I thought I had bluetooth working on this since it shows as a option in the tethering program but when go to pair with something it does not see or be able to use that profile for internet even though it is enabled on the phone.
Wasn't able to test at the time since I had to send in my tablet but have came to find out that this was not working.
I will continue to try and see what I missed or what I can find.
If anyone has a idea that would be helpful thank you.

Is it possible to implement mod on this Framework mate
http://www.mediafire.com/download/z98oy0q9axmcavv/framework-res.apk