Unrelated to the epic...I rooted my sisters phone while she was visiting over the weekend. She had to leave before I could flash CM7 on her phone so I'm doing it remotely right now. Her phone is old and has no support really so I'm asking here. When I try to boot in CWM it won't. I have figured out why but cannot fix it remotely. Is there a way to get gapps installed without going through CWM? Like download the .apk files individually and install them so she can at least log into her google account until I can fix it?
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danipoak said:
Unrelated to the epic...I rooted my sisters phone while she was visiting over the weekend. She had to leave before I could flash CM7 on her phone so I'm doing it remotely right now. Her phone is old and has no support really so I'm asking here. When I try to boot in CWM it won't. I have figured out why but cannot fix it remotely. Is there a way to get gapps installed without going through CWM? Like download the .apk files individually and install them so she can at least log into her google account until I can fix it?
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I think maybe you could download the gapps zip, extract it somewhere, and copy the apk files into the /system/app folder on the root of the phone. You'd have to use a file manager on the phone with root access, I recommend ES File Explorer, if you use this one then you have to tic a couple settings: Up to Root, Root Explorer, and Mount File System. After you copy the files into the system/app folder (ON THE PHONE, NOT ON THE SD CARD) then reboot the phone and should hypothetically be working.
Without having gapps, she will need to install amazon app store to get es file explorer, unless you want to track down the apk for it for her. As long as her browser is working she should be able to download the amazon app store without any trouble.
Thank you! Will give it a try.
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Hm it keeps saying copy failed which sounds like there is no root but there is and things can be deleted. Anyone good with adb know if it can be flashed that way?
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Install each apk individuallyusing adb
masaidjet said:
Install each apk individuallyusing adb
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Weird. It installed googleservicesframework but nothing else. I still can't write anything to the root but I can delete. Its like I have half a rooted device. But I get an "install parse failed no certificates error" when I try anything else.
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I had nothing to do with the creation of this app. I am just posting the link on here for others to make life a little easier. It force closed the first time I ran it, but it worked perfect the second time. Uber props to the developer!
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...over-your-swype-after-installing-cyanogenmod/
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This works great! Just like u said tho force closes 1st time then works on 2nd. Thanks for the link!
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Help some1
Is there a way to get swype back if u failed to do nandroid back up b4 flashing cyan? Some how this is my situation i made a back up but its gone so now im stuck n i need my sywpe.
Your gonna need to somehow find the swype apk. I would help u out but I dunno how to extract it from a prior backup sorry bro
byno1 said:
Is there a way to get swype back if u failed to do nandroid back up b4 flashing cyan? Some how this is my situation i made a back up but its gone so now im stuck n i need my sywpe.
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byno1 said:
Is there a way to get swype back if u failed to do nandroid back up b4 flashing cyan? Some how this is my situation i made a back up but its gone so now im stuck n i need my sywpe.
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k0shi said:
Your gonna need to somehow find the swype apk. I would help u out but I dunno how to extract it from a prior backup sorry bro
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If you have root explorer you can do it easily. If you do not have it, you should. Worth every penny if you don't understand adb yet.
Anyway, with root explorer, you just download a swype enabled rom. Open root explorer and navigate to the swype enabled rom on your sdcard. Make sure R/W access is checked at the top of root explorer. Locate the app directory and longclick on the swype apk. Select extract and it will extract the file to your system/extracted folder or something like that. I believe it tells you where it puts the file so keep an eye out. Now locate the library directory and find the swype library file and extract. At this point you just need to copy the files to your system app and library directories. When you have the files placed in their respective directories, navigate to the swype apk file and install it from within root explorer. Now your golden. Make sure to enable swypw in you keyboard settings.
Hope this is legible enough to help.
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Root programs that I've uninstalled via root uninstaller?
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Can you elaborate a bit more?
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Can you elaborate a bit more?
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I've removed some programs through root uninstaller. Such as gmail. I didn't make backups.
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Probably have to wipe data and reinstall roms or try flashing a Gapps package.
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some apps, such as gmail, can be downloaded from the market. For others have you tried pulling the apks from your rom.zip and placing them in /system/app?
While it is normally fine to remove certain system apps (I routinely strip down every rom I install of certain apps), getting them back can be a pain sometimes if you're not sure how to do it. Another way to achieve the same goal is to 'freeze' all the apps you don't want to use. They won't show in the app list and they won't run in the background but they will still be there if you ever need them.
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I would wipe data if it doesn't work reflash the rom.
Some of the stuff you may have removed may be best resolved by reflashing the build that you're using. For example, I use Gmail and another mail app, no need for Exchange or the stock email. I used to not back these up so when I actually needed to test something it was off to ODIN my phone again . Now I use TB and back it up before I remove it.
This is very simple to fix. It should never be a pain to accomplish either.
1: Find the apps you want to restore in the rom you flashed (if you don't have the original .zip, download it or a similar rom). Use 7zip or WinRAR to open the rom file.
2. Copy the apps you want to your sdcard.
3. Use Root Explorer or similar app to move or copy the apps to /system/app (you will need to make sure your file explorer can mount the /system in rw)
4. Reboot and enjoy
Basically you just want to pull the apps from a copy or the rom you flashed or a similar one (ICS>ICS GB>GB). Then move those apps to /system/app and reboot. The phone will reinstall them when it boots back up.
Help a brother out i restored my phone to factory settings and when i did the MTP-APP became corrupt or something , it would not start so i managed to find one i downloaded it used and fpt app to put it on the phone , i uninstalled the old version and tried to install the new one and it wont work , all i get is an incredibly helpful and informative message that states "Application not installed" ANY HELP FROM ANYONE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED:crying:
If you got new app as u mentioned copy it in /system change permissions to r-w-r-r then move it to apk folder
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when i try to copy it to /system i get an error "java.io.FileNotFoundException: /system/MTPApplication.apk(Read-only file system)"
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when i try to copy it to /system i get an error "java.io.FileNotFoundException: /system/MTPApplication.apk(Read-only file system)"
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are you rooted?
Yes. Is it anything to do with the program I am using to move it maybe? I'm using Airdroid? And thank you for your help
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Did ya get anything sorted
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use adb and type adb push filename directory (sorry if this is wrong trying to remember)
I've finally managed to get it to to the app folder in system and permissions are set as instructed but still won't install. Last hair is ready to be pulled out
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I've finally managed to get it to to the app folder in system and permissions are set as instructed but still won't install. Last hair is ready to be pulled out
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If you pushed into /system/app, then you're done!
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still not working , but i have some progress, now the cony pc companion does recognise the model of phone but still doesnt allow me to do anything with the phone and the phone still doesnt appear in My computer but it does not show in Disk Management as a removable drive that has nothin in it
The ultimate goal is to get DooMKernal and Cyanogenmod 9 onto the phone , is this possible without usb? circumventing my current problem, the only reason i am so keen to get it sorted is to do this, the factory reset caused all manor of other issues , screen lock doesnt work, if someone is saved as a contact in the phone they cant ring me , it auto diverts to voicemail, at this point i would be happy to be able to revert to the factory rom and start again
~~UPDATE~~
VICTORY IS MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://androxyde.github.com/
WAS ABLE TO USE THIS AFTER I INSTALLED THE DRIVERS THAT COME WITH IT
now to break it again
I switched ROMs from AOKP to AOSPTW or whatever its called. YouTube in the market said it couldn't update because the file was signed incorrectly or something. I uninstalled YouTube using titanium backup and now Google play says "incompatible update" or something. When I try to restore my backup it keeps going and never restores. Any help in getting YouTube back without having to flash anything, or reflash anything?
Use a file browser, open up the ROM zip, navigate thru the files until you get to the system/apps, copy the you tube all and paste it into your system/apps. Make sure you fix the permissions. Reboot and you'll have it back. It was purposely signed the way it was to make it work with the ROM. If you read his thread he explains it several times. Or, you can reflash the ROM wiping only dalvic and cache.
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Thank you.
No problemo.
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I have pacman 4.3. I am having problem installing some apps, not all apps, i kept trying to reinstall but always say installation failed. I also tried to install these apps on another phone, they work, but not on my phone. I tried to clean cache on market, google account etc, no luck. Anyother suggestion?
Please help.
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Alright, i firgure out the problem and how to fix it.
Download the apk you want to install, put the apk file under data/app or system/app. You need es file explorer or root explore to do so. After that go to your twrp or cwm recovery and do fix permission.
Hope this helps!
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