Crash Bandicoot Files - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anybody know the name of any file name for the game that is downloaded to the sd card?
Why? Well, when cleaning up my sd card, I copied all game data I had to my pc (including filepaths and everything, to know exactly where to put it back).
For some reason I can't find it on my pc. I just need something to search for. If not I'll just download the files again. I don't want any illegal files or links or anything, just any searchable file name to see of it is still there.
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Do you mean the file folder found in /sdcard/Android/data?

Solar.Plexus said:
Do you mean the file folder found in /sdcard/Android/data?
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Possibly. I know that's where most data is stored. Some games are in a game folder. I don't know where I copied it to my pc though. I've found most of what I copied and, for some reason, they're in completely different places. I can't find where I put the Crash files though.
They're either gone (or I didn't copy them before formatting my sd card) or in a folder I can't find. I just need a specific file name to search my pc for. I can't get the download via 3g trick to work again, so can't download til I connect to WiFi (which I'm never connected long enough to do so).
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Or were the files for this already on the sd card? Can't remember.
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/sdcard/Android/data/
then the Crash Bandicoot data is:
com.sony.playstation.NCUA94900_1
That's for me at least.

Thanks. I think I remember now, I formatted without backing it up. I might download it again; I might not. I'm not a big gamer, just wanted to give it a try.
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Solar.Plexus said:
Do you mean the file folder found in /sdcard/Android/data?
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yes, i want these files urgently.
give me the apk file and the zpak file also.

zohaib anwar said:
yes, i want these files urgently.
give me the apk file and the zpak file also.
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NO. Warez is illegal here. READ THE TERMS & AGREEMENT.

chery2k said:
NO. Warez is illegal here. READ THE TERMS & AGREEMENT.
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Excuse me, but quoting Wikipedia:
"Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar interest using a darknet."
It can't be warez because he already paid for the game when he bough his phone, so he didn't avoid paying fees or royalties.

skyx26 said:
Excuse me, but quoting Wikipedia:
"Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar interest using a darknet."
It can't be warez because he already paid for the game when he bough his phone, so he didn't avoid paying fees or royalties.
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Thats just funny XDA doesn't think that way why dont you post Crash files then and see what happens.

chery2k said:
Thats just funny XDA doesn't think that way why dont you post Crash files then and see what happens.
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Buddy use your logic. If you bought and Xperia PLAY and I bought a Xperia PLAY, then we both pay for Crash Bandicoot game and for any other file installed in the phone. You are legally entitled to make ANY backup for the software you bought with your hardware, in fact you are legally entitled to protect your hardware any way you considered fitting. If for any reasong you didn't do a backup what happens?, you lost any right over your property?. That's stupid, it's like saying you bought a house and because you didn't buy an insurance you are no longer owner of your house when you broke a door.
If your lost your backup why I can't give you mine if we bought the same product?. The only way to call this piracy is if the file hash from your file is different than mine.
Considering that here are FTF files, and those files can be extracted into sin files, and sin files can be unpacked, aaaaaand unpackaged files can be used in any way... basically that's piracy because a Motorola user can download a FTF file, extract system.sin, unpack it's contents and add any apk to his phone without paying for it.
XDA is just covering their asses... in a not so good way.
Now, you can say whatever you want, but this is NOT exactly piracy/warez. In fact, if you search for it, you will find Crash Bandicoot apk several times.

if you link warez I will report. also this forum is public meaning people who didn't pay for it such as other phone users can download it aswell making it warez
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fma965 said:
if you link warez I will report. also this forum is public meaning people who didn't pay for it such as other phone users can download it aswell making it warez
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just want to be sure . how about posting a warez file via private message in xda ?

fma965 said:
if you link warez I will report. also this forum is public meaning people who didn't pay for it such as other phone users can download it aswell making it warez
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Buddy you are a fool, did you read what I say about FTF files?
Go ahead, report this post, and by the way report all posts where FTF files are post, and all posts where people ALREADY post their crash bandicoot apk...
I will not post anything, no because of your silly threat but because all apks related to PlayStation Suite need to be paired with SD card data, so he will not do anything with my apk without my sd data.

I'm pretty certain that the OP was able to solve his/her problem....what happened here is that a new user necroed a thread (this seems to be happening ALOT recently) asking for files that are in ftfs already.....
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Related

Is it ok to post free apps that you have modded?

Well I have a couple apps that I am modding to my liking. I'm modding the actual apk file itself. Is it ok to post them when finished, or could that be an issue
If they are free I don't see why not.
Free does not always equal open source or give you the right to distribute.
You should email the developer to make sure.
I just figured it would get deleted by a Mod due to the fact it wasn't my work originally. I got a couple I know people will like.
Fancy Widget, working on a clear Pandora (couple versions actually), and Some more that I come across.
ViViDboarder said:
Free does not always equal open source or give you the right to distribute.
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Right that what I was thinking.
ViViDboarder said:
Free does not always equal open source or give you the right to distribute.
You should email the developer to make sure.
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I second this. An e-mail to the dev would be the best idea.
Wonder how Pandora would respond to a bad grammer, spelling, and sounding email? Hey look at this email this no body actually thinks we will give him permission to distribute our program, just changed to his liking. haha
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Wonder how Pandora would respond to a bad grammer, spelling, and sounding email? Hey look at this email this no body actually thinks we will give him permission to distribute our program, just changed to his liking. haha
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Haha, post it here and I'm sure we can proof read it for you.
Pandora was only a small start-up not too long ago. Although I think your chances are VERY slim on getting them to give you permission to redistribute their APK. Think about it, what if you started putting in a virus and everyone blames it on Pandora?
If you have a clear theme you want people to use, you're probably better off packaging something yourself that requires users to download the official APK for Pandora and modify the contents themselves.
What I just described is pretty common practice as it puts the modification of the content in the end users hands which is (arguably) within their rights.
So posting a zip of some original images (not modified versions of theirs) and instructions on downloading their APK and making the modifications is the safest way to do it.
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Haha, post it here and I'm sure we can proof read it for you.
Pandora was only a small start-up not too long ago. Although I think your chances are VERY slim on getting them to give you permission to redistribute their APK. Think about it, what if you started putting in a virus and everyone blames it on Pandora?
If you have a clear theme you want people to use, you're probably better off packaging something yourself that requires users to download the official APK for Pandora and modify the contents themselves.
What I just described is pretty common practice as it puts the modification of the content in the end users hands which is (arguably) within their rights.
So posting a zip of some original images (not modified versions of theirs) and instructions on downloading their APK and making the modifications is the safest way to do it.
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Yeah I know they wouldn't give me permision haha. I don't know how to even create a virus. But your point is clear to me. So my easy install of clear Pandora will just sit in a folder for personal use.
enragedpaza said:
Yeah I know they wouldn't give me permision haha. I don't know how to even create a virus. But your point is clear to me. So my easy install of clear Pandora will just sit in a folder for personal use.
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How about posting a not-do-easy install?
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I've never looked into the structure of apk files but I thought it was compiled code? How are you modifying it?
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How about posting a not-do-easy install?
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Lol meaning? Or I could look into metamorph.
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Minjin said:
I've never looked into the structure of apk files but I thought it was compiled code? How are you modifying it?
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I'll let you know when I'm on my pc.
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i've seen plenty of roms that have pandora (themed) included. would what you're wanting to do be any different?
i've even seen an "adless" version of pandora floating around somewhere before.
madsquabbles said:
i've seen plenty of roms that have pandora (themed) included. would what you're wanting to do be any different?
i've even seen an "adless" version of pandora floating around somewhere before.
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All I wanted was a transparent Pandora. I made every widget 50% transparent. I know there is metamorph and there is a theme/skin floating around that will do it. But, I dont like having to go through the process of downloading Metamorph, download this, download that. Just wanted to have it as a apk. I haven't used Metamorph since nexus one sold it 2 months after buying it. Might have changed since then, but it used to fail on doing some skins.
you should just make the theme, and let people morph it themselves. a theme is not the same as distributing the application.

apk files from android market

Is there a way to download apk files from the market directly on to your pc? I dont have wi-fi at home and i dont have an unlimited data package on my XPlay so the data charges to download things from the market is quite expensive. It would certainly make life easier if I could just transfer the apk's via usb
No, nothing official at least
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Is there a way to download apk files from the market directly on to your pc? I dont have wi-fi at home and i dont have an unlimited data package on my XPlay so the data charges to download things from the market is quite expensive. It would certainly make life easier if I could just transfer the apk's via usb
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Not officially no, but illegally yes. i wouldn't go into details here as it can you banned though.
but at the moment no you can't google assumes we all have wi-fi and if apps were offline available it might lead to piracy on paid apps
Why don't you go to a mates house and downloads apps or school/college/uni or a library, or a wi-fi enabled internet cafe
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Not officially no, but illegally yes. i wouldn't go into details here as it can you banned though.
but at the moment no you can't google assumes we all have wi-fi and if apps were offline available it might lead to piracy on paid apps
Why don't you go to a mates house and downloads apps or school/college/uni or a library, or a wi-fi enabled internet cafe
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I think thats what im gonna have to do. Either that or buy a wireless router :/ I might do a bit of research on some of these "frowned upon" methods of doing it first though
If you don't want a proper wifi network why don't you just get a USB wifi dongle for your PC and share the internet connection to your phone. If you're PC already has wifi built in as most do you don't need to buy anything.
Hi,
you can download a few free apps over here - apkmarket.de
just copy the file on sdcard & install it with a filemanager on your device ;-)
cheers,
Tut Tut Tut that's illegal and it can get you banned from xda
I think
Why is this illegal? I can't find any paid apps on this site..
Dont think it is if there just free downloadable applications
correct me if i'm wrong
Lybserv said:
Why is this illegal? I can't find any paid apps on this site..
Dont think it is if there just free downloadable applications
correct me if i'm wrong
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Well if there all free it shouldn't be a problem thought it was something like apkt**.com
Lybserv said:
Why is this illegal? I can't find any paid apps on this site..
Dont think it is if there just free downloadable applications
correct me if i'm wrong
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Best place for free apps is getjar.com. They have a section called "gold apps" too. With there gold apps, they have done deals with the app devs to provide you selected paid apps for free.
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Well if there all free it shouldn't be a problem thought it was something like apkt**.com
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there is a method to get .apk from the android market (http://market.android.com). But just a disclaimer, this doesn't apply to every app on the market.
Just click the app author's name and it will show you the list of other apps the author has on the market. On that page, there is a link saying "visit website for <author>", follow that link. If the author has his website tied directly to sites.google.com, at the bottom of that page there are options to download the .apk of his apps directly to your PC. Of course this mostly happens to apps which are free to begin with.
But just in case, you can also try going to the author's official website and check if they offer their apps as direct .apk download. HTH

I dont want to download game date through game

I installed Real Racing 2 on Nexus7. It required me to download addition 400MB data. It's really slow if I accept to download by game. I already downloaded data from Internet, how can I make the game detect this and dont ask me for downloading?
P/S: Sorry mods if I post in wrong topic. I cant find the answer for this in XDA.
You'll have to download the data to play the game. Shadowgun is the same way, as are several other games.
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andr0i said:
I installed Real Racing 2 on Nexus7. It required me to download addition 400MB data. It's really slow if I accept to download by game. I already downloaded data from Internet, how can I make the game detect this and dont ask me for downloading?
P/S: Sorry mods if I post in wrong topic. I cant find the answer for this in XDA.
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Can you not side load the data into where it looks for the files?
If youve downloaded it already i dont see why that wouldnt work...
I would imagine you would have to be rooted and have a good idea of where things like that are done though
mount folder
andr0i said:
I installed Real Racing 2 on Nexus7. It required me to download addition 400MB data. It's really slow if I accept to download by game. I already downloaded data from Internet, how can I make the game detect this and dont ask me for downloading?
P/S: Sorry mods if I post in wrong topic. I cant find the answer for this in XDA.
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If you have a pc you can try to setup an FTP server there and back it up. I find some games located in /sdcard/Android/data. You can use a es or fx file explrer to copy the files. Theres also a tool called storage analyzer that shows where most data is. Ultimately you can seamlessly mount a linux drive using sshfsAndroid cifs etc and store backups etc there.(becareful not to mount everything because the media manager will try to find everything). Unlimited storage.
Downloading data is the best defense game companies have against pirated, side loaded software.
Just let the game download it's data, and be thankful that you are doing your part to keep pirates at bay.
Sounds like the OP pirated the apk and data off the Internet. He installed the apk but doesn't know where to copy the data to. If that's what it is, his post is against XDA rules.
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Downloading data is the best defense game companies have against pirated, side loaded software.
Just let the game download it's data, and be thankful that you are doing your part to keep pirates at bay.
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And also people with ****ty mobile data caps.

[Q] Windows 7 Not Seeing Hidden Files/Folders

Have had my Note II for a couple of days now. When I connect my phone to my computer and go into Windows Explorer I can see the "Card" and the "phone" and I can see files and folders on both. What I cannot see is any hidden folders/files (i.e. those that begin with a period).
I was able to see hidden folders on my old Galaxy S under Windows, but not the Note 2 for some reason.
I can, however, see the hidden files using "File Manager" from the google play store.
I have tried reinstaling the drivers (v1.5.14 and v1.5.16) several times. No help.
Have tried turing debug mode on and installing drivers. Nope.
Tried turning debug mode off and installing drivers. Nada.
Obviously, I am missing something somewhere. Any hints?
turn on view hidden folders in win 7
It's on. If I take the SD card out of my phone and put it in the pc, launch Explorer, the hidden (.) files and folders show up just fine.
If I put the SD card back in the phone, connect the phone to the computer, launch Explorer, I cant see the hidden files.
why do you need to see them natively in the phone?
there is nothing there that you should need to mess with...
Do you suppose it might be that the phone is not rooted?
yes, that is probably why..but, once again, what are you looking for that you need to see in the hidden folders/files?
Have a couple of directories on my SD card that I dont want scanned for photos/music,etc. Have a .nomedia file in those directories (I think) but they are still showing up in my pictures on my phone. Also, I have a directory from my old phone (.Fav.Apps and .eMail.History) that I wanted to be able to get to from my PC. I wound up just renaming the .Fav.Apps to _Fav_Apps and .eMail.History to _eMail_History which allowed me to see the directories. But still cant see the .nomedia files. Guess I'll just root the phone with ChainFires root and see what happens. Thanks.
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why do you need to see them natively in the phone?
there is nothing there that you should need to mess with...
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Because it's his phone and he wants it that way.
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LittleRedDot said:
Because it's his phone and he wants it that way.
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what are you, his mother?
considering how many times you screwed up your phone, you should be the LAST person who offers ANY advice on ANYTHING..
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what are you, his mother?
considering how many times you screwed up your phone, you should be the LAST person who offers ANY advice on ANYTHING..
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How many times have I screwed up my phone? And you're acting more like his mother than I am. Grow up
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Hey dot. Whats that?
×××some ppl×××
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Hey dot. Whats that?
×××some ppl×××
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You heard me
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Uhhhhh. I withdraw the question.
I would also like to know how to see hidden files on my android through windows 7. I have my Doggcatcher program backed up but i cannot transfer the files to my new phone through the USB using Windows 7 and the drive is not removable (GNex to Nexus 5)
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My friend ...
Download winrar....
Then use it's interface to see any files you want ...
Including those files that will nuke your phone if desired ...
Tread lightly in there unless you are sure of what your doing...
Happy hunting ...g
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All this mother talk forces me too remind everyone that I ....
Am your daddy....LOL
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I'm shocked how incompetent these replies are...
"turn on view hidden folders in win 7"
"Do you suppose it might be that the phone is not rooted?"
Seriously guys, do you even understand the problem/question OP asking at all?
"Download winrar....
Then use it's interface to see any files you want ..." - WHAT??? WinRAR won't even see the phone at all!
You remind me of phone tech support who uses cards to "give support" and have no clue what you talking about.
By default THE PHONE doesn't show all the files because it connected as media server (MTP or PTP), that's why it might requires a driver, unlike usb mass storage type that doesn't.
If you need see all files you'll need another program such as Droid Explorer on computer or usb mass storage app on phone. Neither of them is perfect, the app for example only allows mount SD card, but not internal storage.
I got the files needed. I zipped the folder with the files i needed then transferred the zip file to my other phone and it worked.
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[email protected] said:
I'm shocked how incompetent these replies are...
"turn on view hidden folders in win 7"
"Do you suppose it might be that the phone is not rooted?"
Seriously guys, do you even understand the problem/question OP asking at all?
"Download winrar....
Then use it's interface to see any files you want ..." - WHAT??? WinRAR won't even see the phone at all!
You remind me of phone tech support who uses cards to "give support" and have no clue what you talking about.
By default THE PHONE doesn't show all the files because it connected as media server (MTP or PTP), that's why it might requires a driver, unlike usb mass storage type that doesn't.
If you need see all files you'll need another program such as Droid Explorer on computer or usb mass storage app on phone. Neither of them is perfect, the app for example only allows mount SD card, but not internal storage.
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Thanks for the insult ...much appreciated ....and I'm sorry to say that you are in fact wrong about not only my post...but the abilities of a program you must not spend a lot of time with..
My conscience is clear ...but I'm not so sure about a few others in this thread....g
Edit: read and learn....
Winrar is possibly one of the best file viewers/managers there is...and operates within the windows environment..
Now where did I put those pesky flash cards that my boss gave me when I hired on yesterday...
Oh...and pay particular attention to the portion of the article that explains the viewing of hidden files from within a mass storage device...and the ability to repair them in place as well...
I'm not opposed to being criticized...but I am opposed to being called incompetent ...which I clearly am not...g
http://www.downloadatoz.com/howto/how-to-view-hidden-files-using-winrar-4-0-,9888.html
http://www.techresorts.org/2013/01/winrar-hidden-file-viewer.html?m=1
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Oh...and pay particular attention to the portion of the article that explains the viewing of hidden files from within a mass storage device...and the ability to repair them in place as well...
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Ok, I admit, I was harsh and yes, you can use WinRAR to view WINDOWS hidden files, and only on mass storage devices, which by the way I don't see where this topic switched directly to mass storage as you trying to claim it has)
However you seem to fail understand the difference between windows hidden files and android as what the OP is having problems with. They are different things in most cases and WindRAR would not help at all, especially if you use your phone to see the files, not a card reader.

Different sound for Nfc.apk

Hello there!
I've been searching high an low for this, and can't seem to find a way to solve this: the sound the phone makes when detects an NFC tag is annoying! I know it is stored inside Nfc.apk and I tried (unsuccessfully) to modify that apk, but... would it be a way to modify it, maybe even easily, through the Xposed framework?
I'm no developer but I'm willing to put all the necesary information together and try to do it myself.
So please help me out here!
daniel_loft said:
Hello there!
I've been searching high an low for this, and can't seem to find a way to solve this: the sound the phone makes when detects an NFC tag is annoying! I know it is stored inside Nfc.apk and I tried (unsuccessfully) to modify that apk, but... would it be a way to modify it, maybe even easily, through the Xposed framework?
I'm no developer but I'm willing to put all the necesary information together and try to do it myself.
So please help me out here!
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Hi Daniel,
If I remember it right this is quite easy
Have a look at your NFC.apk (/system/app/) and change the standard sound files (/res/raw/start.ogg and /res/raw/end.ogg) to something silent ...don´t forget to backup your nfc.apk first ..
To make it short and clear: create a silent start.ogg and a silent end.ogg file and swap these files with the standard files within the NFC.apk....
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I've done just that and, for whatever reason, Nfc.apk keept on crashing afterwards. I might have done something wrong, dunno...
daniel_loft said:
I've done just that and, for whatever reason, Nfc.apk keept on crashing afterwards. I might have done something wrong, dunno...
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Hmm, are your .ogg files working ?
Not sure if you could have something else done wrong, but this method was discussed several times here on xda... So, perhaps have a look via search if someone else had the same issues.
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Really? I know it seems like your just tweaking an app, but systemically you're pirating someone's app, changing it, and expecting it to work. You'll need to re-sign it, at least (look for that).
Janis said:
Really? I know it seems like your just tweaking an app, but systemically you're pirating someone's app, changing it, and expecting it to work. You'll need to re-sign it, at least (look for that).
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Pirating someone's app by changing sound files in nfc.Apk? Are you serious? Have you read and understood the thread ? Nfc.apk is part of the firmware of your device ... NOT SOMEONE'S APP.
I think I know the difference between a firmware tweak and pirate apps pretty good, because a lot of people trying to pirate my apps every day and I wouldn't support any pirating.
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ascsa said:
Pirating someone's app by changing sound files in nfc.Apk? Are you serious? Have you read and understood the thread ? Nfc.apk is part of the firmware of your device ... NOT SOMEONE'S APP.
I think I know the difference between a firmware tweak and pirate apps pretty good, because a lot of people trying to pirate my apps every day and I wouldn't support any pirating.
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Yes, it came with your phone, but really, it is technically software (perhaps by an older definition), and someone, though on a time-clock, sat at a keyboard and punched it all in. You might be surprised how much freer a development environment we'd have if people started respecting the big, bad corporations much like they do individual developers. Ten years ago M$ eased up after a crack-down when they saw what was going on, for real, on XDA. I just think it's crap that there's a signing process in place to make swapping out a sound file that much more difficult, but you make my point really well. It needs to be there. What it gets down to is where you draw the line on what's pirating and what's not, and without that line being "as soon as the app is altered at all," we end up with a lot of fuzziness. So yeah, decompile, resign. Huge hassle to figure out how to do that the first time.
Janis said:
Yes, it came with your phone, but really, it is technically software (perhaps by an older definition), and someone, though on a time-clock, sat at a keyboard and punched it all in. You might be surprised how much freer a development environment we'd have if people started respecting the big, bad corporations much like they do individual developers. Ten years ago M$ eased up after a crack-down when they saw what was going on, for real, on XDA. I just think it's crap that there's a signing process in place to make swapping out a sound file that much more difficult, but you make my point really well. It needs to be there. What it gets down to is where you draw the line on what's pirating and what's not, and without that line being "as soon as the app is altered at all," we end up with a lot of fuzziness. So yeah, decompile, resign. Huge hassle to figure out how to do that the first time.
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Nope, I don´t think you got my point. You said "systemically you're pirating someone's app"...And that´s the point I do not agree. And I don´t draw a line between big corporations and individual developers. Pirating has nothing to do whether it´s some big bad corporation or a small independent developer, it only depends on the licensing model and btw. Android is open-source.
I don´t know if someone is running an asop rom or a heavy customized manufacturer rom... however the stock nfc.apk "someone, though on a time-clock, sat at a keyboard and punched it all in" was build with open source in mind, so changing some sound files within the nfc.apk and pirating (e.g. changing copy-right protection and use a paid app without paying ) is something completely different for me ...even if you have to use the same methods to achieve this ...

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