If I flash a zip on my phone and I don't like it or it doesn't work, is there anyway I can just remove with out reflashing
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That is why you make a nandroid backup. You can't just undo flashing something
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Only way to uninstall zips is to plug your phone into your computer and find the zip file and hit delete but it is best to always check the ROM out before you back it up get it set up the way you like then back it up but always back up your stock ROM that way you can go back to it
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peppersu812 said:
Only way to uninstall zips is to plug your phone into your computer and find the zip file and hit delete but it is best to always check the ROM out before you back it up get it set up the way you like then back it up but always back up your stock ROM that way you can go back to it
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That doesn't uninstall anything, it just deletes it off your sd card. Like the other guy said, Do a nandroid before you flash anything because flashes can't be undone. you can flash over it but you can't undo a flash.
That's basically what I was saying
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Not even lol. Deleting the .zip file is the file itself, it's already flashed to the phone. You could boot with no SD and still have your.zip flashed. Basically, you have to reflash the rom if you don't have a backup.
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That's basically what I was saying
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Haha that's nothing like u were saying bro lmao
@OP
Open the zip,
find the files it modifies inside system folder
Open ur roms zip file with 7z or similar
Find the needed files
Replace into zip overwriting with the originals ofc, follow the layout.
Put on SD
boot to CWM
Disable signatures
Flash zip
Clear cache/fix permissions if necessary, you haven't described what your flashing..
Reboot.
Done.
But if you don't make a backup of it and restore it's still on there?
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But if you don't make a backup of it and restore it's still on there?
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If it ads files then yes technicly but by replacing the main files it wont be initiating only as the otigionals.. u can delete extras with a delete command in updater-script..
And yet again u didn't specify what you were "restoring"
Guess I need to be more specific lmao
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Yes you can remove by deleting apk just like copying apk will install (as long as it is folder you have write access to and you restart the phone).
Also keeping a copy of any apk will allow reinstall later just enable non market sources in settings use file browser select apk for install while running OS and it does not require a restart to use the app by the way). You have to use app such as titanium backup to backup your apps settings and data though.
You can also un/install using adb
Adb install blah.apk
(Google for options)
As well. Just like if you copy apks in to a ROM zip (right directories don't just drop in root; Google if needed) before flash they will also install when ROM zip is flashed (may need to re-sign but these days that usually is not required).
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When I put my backed up apps into a zip folder and try to flash it it says faild to flash and blah blah......and when i try to put it inside the rom like system-app it dosent flash my apps just the ones I didn't put in
Any advice
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What did you use to back the apps up?
App backup & restore
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You have to use the app to restore your backed up apps. Not flash them...
I used the app to backup my apps than I took those backed up apps and put them inside a. Zip folder or a rom like cyanogenmod inside the system-apps after that I put the zip file on my sdcard and rebbot to recovery when I try to flash it says error
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Again, You have to use the app to restore your backed up apps. Not flash them...
Barry:// said:
When I put my backed up apps into a zip folder and try to flash it it says faild to flash and blah blah......and when i try to put it inside the rom like system-app it dosent flash my apps just the ones I didn't put in
Any advice
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Whatever app you used to back them up with is what you use to resore them. As far as installing things via recovery, you can't just throw a bunch of apps into a zip file, you need to script things accordingly as well. If you're wanting to go that route, for whatever reason, look into how to create an update.zip
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Does anybody have the emoji keyboard 4.2 file? I have searched and downloaded the file at least 5 different times from multiple places but whenever I go to flash the zip the installation is aborted error with the zip and I get the dead android figurine. Has this been happening to anybody else? I want the emoji 4.2 keyboard.
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Does anybody have the emoji keyboard 4.2 file? I have searched and downloaded the file at least 5 different times from multiple places but whenever I go to flash the zip the installation is aborted error with the zip and I get the dead android figurine. Has this been happening to anybody else? I want the emoji 4.2 keyboard.
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Have you checked the zip to seeing there's an apk inside? You may need to manually push it to /system/app and set permissions
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Just out of curiosity, do you have to be rooted and running a custom rom to use the Emoji keyboard? Also, Will this allow you to see Emoji everywhere they are use ei Twitter, instagram?
Yes the zip has an apk inside but I didn't push it to system because it also has libs and other files inside that I don't know how to install and where to put.
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Yes the zip has an apk inside but I didn't push it to system because it also has libs and other files inside that I don't know how to install and where to put.
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You can probably push all those too, that's what flashing is... the directories are in the zip
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I have pushed all the files in the zip except Idk where the files in the META INF folder go.
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Never mind I tried it and it worked without needing to push meta inf. however the keyboard is not what I thought it would be.
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I have also tried and it failed
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circuit.007 said:
I have pushed all the files in the zip except Idk where the files in the META INF folder go.
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I had it working perfect on my s2.I just flashed it in cwm and it worked.I tried it on my s3 but no luck.
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(Out of topic).... does anyone tried the 4.2 camera??? I have install it but it fc everytime im running blazing beast 3
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This it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33673517#post33673517
Let me know if you get it to work! I'd love to use it with instagram and everything
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This it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33673517#post33673517
Let me know if you get it to work! I'd love to use it with instagram and everything
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I can't get it to work... I tried flashing and it kept aborting... and I extracted the apks and got to install it but it just force closes... I'm running ParanoidKangDroid V1.40... has anyone got it to work?
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This it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33673517#post33673517
Let me know if you get it to work! I'd love to use it with instagram and everything
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What is the best way to install this on the phone ?
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I installed it from the aroma package no problem. Using stock JB.
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Ningcube89 said:
I installed it from the aroma package no problem. Using stock JB.
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Where did you get the aroma package from ?????
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Still wonky on our device
beyako said:
(Out of topic).... does anyone tried the 4.2 camera??? I have install it but it fc everytime im running blazing beast 3
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I don't think they've worked all the kinks out of that cam for all roms yet. Current workaround is to tap to focus before each shot, or shoot in action mode. See if that works for ya.
I am still waiting for some one to point me towards the zip file
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Working fine here on my end. Very nice too. I dig it.
For those of you having trouble flashing... just extract the two .apks from the zip with a file explorer, and also the lib file... we'll make this simple and I'll tell you just copy all files to the directories indicated below:
Copy the two apks to /system/app/ directory...
Now copy the lib file to /system/lib/ directory...
Reboot to recovery, wipe cache and dalvik cache, then fix permissions.
Success.
cobraboy85 said:
Working fine here on my end. Very nice too. I dig it.
For those of you having trouble flashing... just extract the two .apks from the zip with a file explorer, and also the lib file... we'll make this simple and I'll tell you just copy all files to the directories indicated below:
Copy the two apks to /system/app/ directory...
Now copy the lib file to /system/lib/ directory...
Reboot to recovery, wipe cache and dalvik cache, then fix permissions.
Success.
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Did that it seems to have added itself. I assume I need 4.2 keyboard to actually use it though correct?
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Do people read? Lol. A guy posted the link to it. Craze I think. Just download the TW version and you're good to go.
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Well I was deleting stuff to clean up and ended up deleting it by mistake. But I downloaded the apk and it wont install, I even pushed it to the application folder in the system part of the phone and it doesnt work. What do I do?
Also if I factory reset do I lose root? Im on stock jb rom and kernel, just rooted. Thanks guys
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durps said:
Well I was deleting stuff to clean up and ended up deleting it by mistake. But I downloaded the apk and it wont install, I even pushed it to the application folder in the system part of the phone and it doesnt work. What do I do?
Also if I factory reset do I lose root? Im on stock jb rom and kernel, just rooted. Thanks guys
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You shouldn't loose root by a factory reset, how did you install the rom if you flashed it the.apk can be taken out of the zip file using root explorer or an app like root explorer the apk you downloaded may not be compatible I'm going too upload my apk and ill post the link in a second you can't just click to install the apk has too be put into system/app folder
Here is the link
http://db.tt/H9dS2wkW
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durps said:
Well I was deleting stuff to clean up and ended up deleting it by mistake. But I downloaded the apk and it wont install, I even pushed it to the application folder in the system part of the phone and it doesnt work. What do I do?
Also if I factory reset do I lose root? Im on stock jb rom and kernel, just rooted. Thanks guys
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Don't factory reset, because it won't fix your problem. Factory reset doesn't touch the system partition, where the file was deleted from.
Make sure after you copy the file to the system partition, then set permissions for the file, otherwise it won't work. Using root explorer, set permissions so that they are the same as all the other apps in the apps folder.
Then reboot and that should fix your problem.
Thanks guys, I installed using rootexplorer and it worked!
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Im using cwm recovery and I have 4 roms backed up and I want to delete them.I looked in the files folder and I couldn't find the roms on my device or sd card.I can only find the roms is when I boot into recovery and go to backup and restore but theres no way to delete the roms in recovery. I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain the process on deleting my backed up romd. Thanks
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xda23 said:
Im using cwm recovery and I have 4 roms backed up and I want to delete them.I looked in the files folder and I couldn't find the roms on my device or sd card.I can only find the roms is when I boot into recovery and go to backup and restore but theres no way to delete the roms in recovery. I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain the process on deleting my backed up romd. Thanks
If you are using ROM manager then Open the app ->click on Manage and Restore Back up -> Click on the back up you want to delete -> it'll give you option to delete.
Hit the thanks button if I helped you
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xda23 said:
Im using cwm recovery and I have 4 roms backed up and I want to delete them.I looked in the files folder and I couldn't find the roms on my device or sd card.I can only find the roms is when I boot into recovery and go to backup and restore but theres no way to delete the roms in recovery. I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain the process on deleting my backed up romd. Thanks
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Yes get root explorer and go to the stored files and delete them or you can use es file explorer its a bit more friendly to navigate. Hope this helps.
Yeah like already mentioned, ROM Manager is the easiest way to manage your CWM backup files. You could also go into settings and switch backup location to extSD Card.
For those without ROM Manager, look in mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
You'll need a file explorer that can access root files.
xda23 said:
Im using cwm recovery and I have 4 roms backed up and I want to delete them.I looked in the files folder and I couldn't find the roms on my device or sd card.I can only find the roms is when I boot into recovery and go to backup and restore but theres no way to delete the roms in recovery. I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain the process on deleting my backed up romd. Thanks
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In addition to the above suggestions, DiskUsage (available on play store) also makes it easy to see and delete nandroids. I also use ROM Manager for some of my nandroid management but after it caused me a bootloop recently while flashing a ROM I am reducing my dependency on that particular app.
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So I'm new to the s3 I successfully rooted and installed cwm. I made a back up of my stock 4.1.2 ROM but when I installed a new ROM my back up went away. On my previous phones in cwm when you wipe data it didn't wipe any backup. Now it did. How can I prevent this from happening and and does anyone please have a 4.1.2 stock t mobile ROM cwm backup!? Would be very much appreciated
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What rom did you install? It's probably under /0 folder.
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Cm 10.2
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chrisram88 said:
What rom did you install? It's probably under /0 folder.
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And its not the 0 folder I've checked it and the device with es3 file manager
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tamalepirates said:
So I'm new to the s3 I successfully rooted and installed cwm. I made a back up of my stock 4.1.2 ROM but when I installed a new ROM my back up went away. On my previous phones in cwm when you wipe data it didn't wipe any backup. Now it did. How can I prevent this from happening and and does anyone please have a 4.1.2 stock t mobile ROM cwm backup!? Would be very much appreciated
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It should be on the root of the internal storage. To prevent this, stick to one version of the os. No one is going to give you their backup/nandroid. Go through the development section, there's a few 4.1.2 stock Roms with root.
chrisram88 said:
What rom did you install? It's probably under /0 folder.
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It would be under the /0 if op made the backup after flashing and booting up the ROM.
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Da Kine said:
It should be on the root of the internal storage. To prevent this, stick to one version of the os. No one is going to give you their backup/nandroid. Go through the development section, there's a few 4.1.2 stock Roms with root.
It would be under the /0 if op made the backup after flashing and booting up the ROM.
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What do you mean stick to one version of os. Does anyone have a backup without logging in to a gmail account. So its completely stock
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In my past experience with cwm wiping data always wiped the internal storage.. So one way to prevent it from happening is to make backups to the external sdcard instead of internal.. I don't know how it works now because I've been using twrp for a while now.. And there is stock ROMs in the development section, you can just download one and flash it
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Okay I have it some what fixed I found my backups in the ROM manager app. But can't find them through a file manager app. But my back up is in my phone some where but only accessible from ROM manager.
tamalepirates said:
Okay I have it some what fixed I found my backups in the ROM manager app. But can't find them through a file manager app. But my back up is in my phone some where but only accessible from ROM manager.
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Normally rom backup is secured and will not be wiped
You can download es file explorer and give root permission
Go to /device,- mnt folder - shell folder - you will find cwm folder and in that backup folder containing your all backup
Try it
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anil2653 said:
Normally rom backup is secured and will not be wiped
You can download es file explorer and give root permission
Go to /device,- mnt folder - shell folder - you will find cwm folder and in that backup folder containing your all backup
Try it
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How do I allow es3 root permission. I have es3 I've went to mnt/shell/ but shell is empty
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tamalepirates said:
How do I allow es3 root permission. I have es3 I've went to mnt/shell/ but shell is empty
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anil2653 said:
Normally rom backup is secured and will not be wiped
You can download es file explorer and give root permission
Go to /device,- mnt folder - shell folder - you will find cwm folder and in that backup folder containing your all backup
Try it
Never mind I found out how thank you man life saver! I'll back those up to an external SD card thanks so much
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