I recently put together a battery icon and boot loader in UOT Kitchen, if I install the file I edited form zip will it format anything or just change what ever I edited?
I'm running RMK Gingerbreadsense
It should just change what you've edited, but make a backup just in case.
If you flash the .zip it won't modify any other files that are not inside the .zip
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speaking of this kitchen, i was trying to change my boot animation and found a 'bootanimation.zip' file on my phone....
although kitchen is asking me to upload a system.ui file or some com.htc.resources.apk file
the system file is on my phone but keeps saying it's "read only" and won't let me do anything with it.. and the other file doesn't seem to exist.
that and "kitchen's list" doesn't even show the rom i'm using anyway.
what gives?
[EDIT] actually any of the .apk files in the system/apps folder say "read only".
[EDIT 2] - i found the com.htc.resources.apk file, but i can't get around the 'ready only' on the systemui.apk file - is there a way to remove read only status?
[EDIT 3] - damn terminal won't even allow it: "Unable to chmod /system: Read-only file system"
I have a copy of all the roms I use so I just extracted RMK Gingersense and got the files, put on desktop, then uploaded them with out a problem. I haven't installled customized files though lol I don't want to brick or ruin anything. Might just end up doing it though.
To the person with the read-only problems: were you using root explorer when you were browsing those system folders? You have to mount R/W, there's a button on the upper right.
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To the person with the read-only problems: were you using root explorer when you were browsing those system folders? You have to mount R/W, there's a button on the upper right.
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that worked. thank you!
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OTA froyo, rooted, s-off.
I know the location of the "droid" sound is at "/system/customize/resource/VZW_Droid.mp3", and I've got a file I want to replace it with, but astro file manger can't seem to do it.
Does anyone know how to do this?
I've attached the sound I want to replace it with, in case any of you like it. It's the turret from portal.
just use root explorer to paste over the sound file in the resource folder.. i just tried it with the "i see you" turret sound.. worked but the timing is off..
rename the file to android_audio.mp3
do adb in recovery
adb push android_audio.mp3 /system/customize/resource
you do the above from the directory on your pc where the android_mp3 file is stored..
if this does not work then try putting the boot animation zip file (file name renamed to bootanimation.zip) and android_audio.mp3 to /system/media folder
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just use root explorer to paste over the sound file in the resource folder.. i just tried it with the "i see you" turret sound.. worked but the timing is off..
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It tells me that I "Cannot paste here because the file system is read only".
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Sorry, the way to fix it was obvious. just hit the r/w button at the top right.
And root explorer is amazing. It's worth the money!
And to make it sync up, you need a few seconds of silence at the beginning of the sound file. Check out the one I attached to see how much time it needs
I searched around and couldn't find a definative answer. How can I take my backed up copy of swype from my g2 nandroid backup (or the official rom) and install it after installing cyanogenmod"
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If you want you could always download the stock rom (check dev forums) and take the Swype.apk out of /system/apps. You're also going to need to get the libSwypeCore.so from /system/lib good luck.
*thanks nvigrass, wasnt sure where it was
it is in /system/lib
here's a thread with some instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837599
I ended up figuring it out with the first post, after figuring out how to open the /system/ nandroid img.
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How Do you take swype.apk out of system/apps?
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If you want you could always download the stock rom (check dev forums) and take the Swype.apk out of /system/apps. You're also going to need to get the libSwypeCore.so from /system/lib good luck.
*thanks nvigrass, wasnt sure where it was
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How do you do that? And what program do you have to use since System is an .img file thanks.
Brazildiogo732 said:
How do you do that? And what program do you have to use since System is an .img file thanks.
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have u heard of google?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=extract+.img+in+windows
Thanks
waffleman911 said:
If you want you could always download the stock rom (check dev forums) and take the Swype.apk out of /system/apps. You're also going to need to get the libSwypeCore.so from /system/lib good luck.
*thanks nvigrass, wasnt sure where it was
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sundar2012 said:
have u heard of google?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=extract+.img+in+windows
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hey thanks man . i got MagicISO but it is not letting me explore the system file, i can't even open it..what'd you use?
Okay here is what I did and it worked. Using SU File manager (found in the market if you search "root explorer") and on the stock ROM, copy the lib and apk files from /system/app and /system/lib. I copied them to the root of my sd card. Wipe everything and install CM and the addon. Grab SU File manager again and find the lib file on your SD card. copy it. There are two little buttons on the top of SU File manager with an S and a D. I pressed both of them to mount system and data as read/write. Go to system/lib and paste the lib file. Verify that it is there and since there are so many files sort by size its like 998kb. Then just use SU File Manager or astro or whatever to find Swype.apk on your sd card. Install it from there. With Astro click it and "open app manger." Then go to keyboard settings and enable it as an input method. Go to swype settings and it should not FC if you did this stuff correctly. Set your settings and enjoy! Oh yea dont forget to uninstall and refund SU File manager
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hey thanks man . i got MagicISO but it is not letting me explore the system file, i can't even open it..what'd you use?
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If you are using windows, there is a command prompt application called unyaffs.exe that extracts the whole thing in windows. Might even work in linux with wine
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Okay here is what I did and it worked. Using SU File manager (found in the market if you search "root explorer") and on the stock ROM, copy the lib and apk files from /system/app and /system/lib. I copied them to the root of my sd card. Wipe everything and install CM and the addon. Grab SU File manager again and find the lib file on your SD card. copy it. There are two little buttons on the top of SU File manager with an S and a D. I pressed both of them to mount system and data as read/write. Go to system/lib and paste the lib file. Verify that it is there and since there are so many files sort by size its like 998kb. Then just use SU File Manager or astro or whatever to find Swype.apk on your sd card. Install it from there. With Astro click it and "open app manger." Then go to keyboard settings and enable it as an input method. Go to swype settings and it should not FC if you did this stuff correctly. Set your settings and enjoy! Oh yea dont forget to uninstall and refund SU File manager
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I actually paid for root explorer because its useful enough to be worth the money and someone took their time to write the application. I did use Root Explorer to go in and paste the files into the appropriate directories after getting them extracted.
Opening System
jkoenig00 said:
Okay here is what I did and it worked. Using SU File manager (found in the market if you search "root explorer") and on the stock ROM, copy the lib and apk files from /system/app and /system/lib. I copied them to the root of my sd card. Wipe everything and install CM and the addon. Grab SU File manager again and find the lib file on your SD card. copy it. There are two little buttons on the top of SU File manager with an S and a D. I pressed both of them to mount system and data as read/write. Go to system/lib and paste the lib file. Verify that it is there and since there are so many files sort by size its like 998kb. Then just use SU File Manager or astro or whatever to find Swype.apk on your sd card. Install it from there. With Astro click it and "open app manger." Then go to keyboard settings and enable it as an input method. Go to swype settings and it should not FC if you did this stuff correctly. Set your settings and enjoy! Oh yea dont forget to uninstall and refund SU File manager
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Hey! When you go about opening /system/apps and system/lib, where do you go to open it? And How do you open it? The only system I've seen cannot been opened Idk how to do it and I'm seriously confused, thanks!!
Brazildiogo732 said:
Hey! When you go about opening /system/apps and system/lib, where do you go to open it? And How do you open it? The only system I've seen cannot been opened Idk how to do it and I'm seriously confused, thanks!!
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What app are you using? You need to use a root explorer app like SU File Manager or Root Explorer.
thanks! got the files! i am about to intall! thanks!!
Got the Files, but no luck :/
jkoenig00 said:
Okay here is what I did and it worked. Using SU File manager (found in the market if you search "root explorer") and on the stock ROM, copy the lib and apk files from /system/app and /system/lib. I copied them to the root of my sd card. Wipe everything and install CM and the addon. Grab SU File manager again and find the lib file on your SD card. copy it. There are two little buttons on the top of SU File manager with an S and a D. I pressed both of them to mount system and data as read/write. Go to system/lib and paste the lib file. Verify that it is there and since there are so many files sort by size its like 998kb. Then just use SU File Manager or astro or whatever to find Swype.apk on your sd card. Install it from there. With Astro click it and "open app manger." Then go to keyboard settings and enable it as an input method. Go to swype settings and it should not FC if you did this stuff correctly. Set your settings and enjoy! Oh yea dont forget to uninstall and refund SU File manager
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I got the files, but its not working on Desire Z rom... All it does is force close.. any ideas, anyone?!
you need to make sure the Swype Lib file copied into the /system/lib directory. Even if the app says it copied it, restart the app and navigate to the /system/lib directory and make sure the file is there. Then install swype normally. If the lib file is not successfully copied, swype will FC all the time.
not letting me paste!
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you need to make sure the Swype Lib file copied into the /system/lib directory. Even if the app says it copied it, restart the app and navigate to the /system/lib directory and make sure the file is there. Then install swype normally. If the lib file is not successfully copied, swype will FC all the time.
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Cool! thanks guys! I found how to do everything, but its not letting me paste into /system/lib :/ any sugestions? :/
it says "this folder is read only" and its refering to the /system/lib ..what do i do?
Open terminal emulator and type this
mount -o remount,rw /system
Then try again.
[G2/HTC Vision]
Still not working
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Open terminal emulator and type this
mount -o remount,rw /system
Then try again.
[G2/HTC Vision]
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After I put that in, it comes up "mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type device directory] and it still doesnt let me paste into the lib folder...whats happening? lol
I tried searching and didnt find what I was looking for
Can someone explain how to make a .txt file? I was wanting to modify my power widgets in MikFroyo and I am lost as to what program to use to make it. Thanks for the help
You can use any word processor, the easiest one is probably notepad or wordpad. When you save the file make sure to select .txt as the file type
If you mean on your phone, get es file explorer from the market. Then you just hit: menu new and name it with a .txt at the end of the file name
Ok, so I got how to make the .txt file but using ES file explorer it wont let me paste/move it into the system>customize directory... It just says "copy failed"...
Also, the permission set on the existing widget.txt file are set to read only so I cant just modify that one...
I got it to copy one time and upon reboot the phone stuck at the white HTC EVO screen.. had to android back to pre-messed up copied file...
Anybody already done this and know what I'm missing?
The reason it is not copying is because the system is mounted read only.you can try going into settings in es and go to root options at the bottom. Those options don't work on all roms but you can check it out and see. Mount as read write and then you should be able to copy to system
elegantai said:
The reason it is not copying is because the system is mounted read only.you can try going into settings in es and go to root options at the bottom. Those options don't work on all roms but you can check it out and see. Mount as read write and then you should be able to copy to system
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Alright, so I used the "experimental" feature to copy the .txt file into the system>customize directory and it actually worked, I have my power widgets the way I want them now..
But, I tried it again a little bit ago and ES file Exlp wouldnt let me use that feature... It kept saying that "mounting failed, this feature wont work on your phone."... Any idea what's up with that?
thanks for the help BTW
Ahoy! Simply put, I'd like to install a new boot animation on my rooted HTC Desire HD running Android Revolution HD 3.0.
I've searched how to do this but I don't exactly understand.
I understand that I can 'push' the new bootanimation.zip to data/local via ADB, but some guides/installation tutorials have simply said 'copy bootanimation.zip to data/local.'
I'd much prefer to be able to simply copy the .zip to data/local and not have to deal with ADB as I have not yet used it, but how do I do this? Am I misunderstanding?
I thought 'copy to data/local' would be as simple as using for example, Astro File Manager and copying the new bootanimation.zip from my SDcard to data/local, however there is no 'local' folder inside of the 'data' folder and the option to create a new folder is greyed-out.
Long story short:
What's the simplest method of installing a bootanimation?
Can I simply 'copy bootanimation.zip to data/local?' If so, how?
If I have to use ADB to install the bootanimation, what is the exact process of doing this?
I'm sure this has been asked before, but my searches confused me more than cleared anything up. Thank you for any help in advance!
You need a program like root explorer(es file explorer with root access should work too) for the copy/paste method because the bootanimation.zip isn't stored at your sd card but at the phones internal memory.
At the root of your phone you should see folders like sdcard, dev, root and many more. One of them is called data. In this folder there is one called local. There should be a file called bootanimation.zip. just replace this file with your bootanimation.zip.
Normally it can't damage your phone when your bootanimation has a wrong format or whatever. If the new file is broken, you'll get a black screen instead of an animation but the phone will boot anyway
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I see the folder you're talking about in both Astro and ES File Viewer, but this 'data' folder is empty by default. There's no bootanimation.zip and there's no 'local' folder.
I'm confused.
take a look at /system/media
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I see the folder you're talking about in both Astro and ES File Viewer, but this 'data' folder is empty by default. There's no bootanimation.zip and there's no 'local' folder.
I'm confused.
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Use ES File Explorer, and make sure that you enable root mode in settings. Use hiapk mode. Also remount /system and /data, that option is also in the settings.
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Use ES File Explorer, and make sure that you enable root mode in settings. Use hiapk mode. Also remount /system and /data, that option is also in the settings.
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Thank you. This worked perfectly. I wasn't aware I needed to do this. Thanks again.
Edit: I've encountered another problem. Whenever I now attempt to access my SD card via ES File Explorer, I get the error "SD Card Unmounted or not present." How do I rectify this? It works fine in Astro.
Edit 2: I attempted to unmount /system and /data simply by unticking the option in ES (i'm really only just starting to delve into this sort of thing now and don't know what I'm doing.) and it says 'failed to mount'. How do I fix this also? ;P
Edit 3: Re-installing ES File Explorer fixed the above two issues, but I assume it will do the exact same thing again. For the time being and a short fix, is re-installing the app each time OK? I don't exactly know what 'failed to mount' or 'SD Card unmounted or not present' errors mean. I get the idea, but I'm not sure if they're really doing any damage.
I found my original boot animation in '/system/customize/resource/' and replaced with a custom one. Worked!
Most UI sounds can be found and replaced simply in /system/media/audio/ui, but not so with the screen unlock sound. Replacing it is rather more involved. I'll assume some familiarity with using adb to move files around and rename them.
Tools you need: WinRAR, adb, zipalign
Procedure:
Create new unlock sounds named "lens_flare_unlock.ogg" and "lens_flare_tap.ogg". These can be oggs or mp3s but the files must be named exactly as stated with the .ogg extension.
Copy /system/framework/framework-res.apk to your computer and make a backup copy.
Rename your working copy to framework-res.zip
Double-click to open the file in WinRAR.
In WinRAR navigate to res/raw. You should see the files to be replaced.
Drag your replacement files into WinRAR and (here's the important part) in the Compression Method drop-down choose "Store".
Hit OK in WinRAR. Make sure the Size and Packed columns are the same for the replaced files. If they aren't you didn't choose 'Store' as the compression method.
Close WinRAR.
zipalign the file with this command: "zipalign 4 framework-res.zip framework-res.apk.mod"
Reboot the phone into recovery and plug it in. See this thread to get adb working.
Mount /system.
Use adb to push framework-res.apk.mod to /system/framework.
In /system/framework rename framework-res.apk (the original) to framework-res.apk.orig (so you have a convenient backup.)
Rename framework-res.apk.mod to framework-res.apk
chmod 644 framework-res.apk
Reboot and you should be good.
If your boot gets stuck after the T-Mobile animation something has gone wrong. To recover, reboot to recovery and use adb to rename framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk.mod and rename framework-res.apk.orig to framework-res.apk
If someone can tells us how to add files uncompressed using 7zip or Winzip that would be great. I used WinRAR because it's what I had.
You can also try replacing framework-res.apk using this method but I haven't.
thank you! ive been trying to figure this out! now if only I coudl find a way to change the actual lens flare to the lightning ive been seeing on youtube.
Synergy-7 said:
thank you! ive been trying to figure this out! now if only I coudl find a way to change the actual lens flare to the lightning ive been seeing on youtube.
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flash this if you are on touchwiz...doesnt matter what rom or version you are on...its just images that will push to the framework
Lightening Lockscreen
How would I go about replacing the key press tone for my device? Currently it's the stock water droplet sound. Would I need adb since it is a system file? Or is there another method that would allow me to override this?
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cant you just replace the ogg files and that would be that??
btw how do you get the file to your computer and back?
Man this seems tough
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