Sorry i have a lot of questions.
Can i make ordinary apps to system app?
If possible where can i get them and move it to system/app.
And if i move a app to system app.. will they still update normally?
Yes, just move them from data/app to system/app, reboot, done.
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XperienceD said:
Yes, just move them from data/app to system/app, reboot, done.
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What a quick reply.. i tested it and it works like FTW.. lmao
THANKS
one more question.. since i started moving apps... some of them are not in the data/app..
where are they?
One of the vendor folders.
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Don't forget to set permissions to rw-r--r-- after moving to /system/app.
Read for All.
Write for Owner.
Execute for Owner.
Someguyfromhell said:
Don't forget to set permissions to rw-r--r-- after moving to /system/app.
Read for All.
Write for Owner.
Execute for Owner.
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They should already be set as they're already on the phone.
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Thanks but i have a small problem.. some of the app cant be move it says "failed to move" and when i try to move it again it seems that it is been moved because it ask me to overwrite it.
But after reboot the app is still not a system app.
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arcsuser said:
Thanks but i have a small problem.. some of the app cant be move it says "failed to move" and when i try to move it again it seems that it is been moved because it ask me to overwrite it.
But after reboot the app is still not a system app.
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Sounds like a problem with permissions. I just had a similar problem myself. New to rooted Android, so there may be a better fix.
I installed SuperSU so that I could get away from Superuser, and when I started it up, it recommended updating the binaries. However, updating failed even after I granted root with Superuser. I checked out permissions, and had rwx-r-rwx. After trying with several apps, each with root access, I finally managed to change permissions to rwxrwxrwx. Reupdated SuperSU, and it worked. Then reset my permissions, and done. The app that managed to change permissions was ROM Toolbox Pro, for what it's worth.
I think you'll find it much easier using inteks' SystemCleanup app: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359611
If you want to odex the app, it will move and odex at the same time, you can move to /system/app or /vendor/app and back. One very nice feature is that it will even prompt you when an app you have in /system has been updated through Google Play, and you can update + odex the system apk.
Highly recommended!
I dont understand what ur saying guys (2 guys above me)
arcsuser said:
I dont understand what ur saying guys (2 guys above me)
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I was saying there's an app, called SystemCleanup, that you can use to move whatever apps you like to system. It handles a lot of things for you (permissions, etc.)
arcsuser said:
Thanks but i have a small problem.. some of the app cant be move it says "failed to move" and when i try to move it again it seems that it is been moved because it ask me to overwrite it.
But after reboot the app is still not a system app.
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Were the apps running or cached at the time?
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Were the apps running or cached at the time?
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The apps arent running that time.
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I've looked everywhere that I can think of, or but can find what I'm looking for, and so here goes.
I was wondering if there is an apk available for the ICS Peoe app?
Roland
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This is the AOSP contacts apk.
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This is the AOSP contacts apk.
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Thanks. I've tried installing it & it won't install, so it looks like I'm stuck with the SE Contacts app.
Roland
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Don't install it, use root explorer or similar, move it to /system, change permissions and then move to apps.
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sinkster said:
Don't install it, use root explorer or similar, move it to /system, change permissions and then move to apps.
sinkster©
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OK thanks, what do permissions need to be set to? Will I be able to remove the stock Sony Contacts app as well? Roland
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Using root explorer, it's x x, x, x from top down. Use your file manager to check permissions on another app and use the same.
sinkster©
Use jj's rom its all almost aosp looking and feel it has aosp contacts
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And then?
What do I do after setting permissions & moving to /system/app? I can't find any way to open it, and it still won't install ("Parsing Error")
Thanks!
You reboot your phone and it should replace the stock app.
I followed the instructions.
1. Copy Contact.apk inside system/app
2. Changed permission to rw-r-r which is same for other apps
3. Rebooted, I see get my xperia stock contacts.
I am sure I missed something, when I try to install from system/app it does not install.
siddharthmenon said:
I am sure I missed something, when I try to install from system/app it does not install.
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You don't install it, you just replace it.
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You don't install it, you just replace it.
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Great, but some how I can't find the default contact.apk to replace
Perhaps my mistake, using Xperia Pureness rom, possibly its moved somewhere else.
Look in the themes and apps section, I've uploaded the apps folder for situations like this.
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Okay I found out that this rom is using PhoneBook.apk for contacts.
I tried removing PhoneBook.apk and keeping just Contacts.apk reboot
Renamed Contacts to PhoneBook reboot
But in vain.
Permissions are same.
Now restored PhoneBook.apk until I find a solution to get Contacts.apk to run.
I am posting here because I wan't able to post on the ROM page. I am a long time reader but have, for the first time, found a question I need answered that I haven't been able to find by simply reading. I am running a JB Rom (4.1) and this particular rom came with Google Chrome as the default browser. I want to keep the Rom but install the default Android browser. I have downloaded the apk and moved it into my system apps but I can figure out how to get it to install. Any help on this issue would be much appreciated. Thanks.
You need to make sure the permissions are the same as the other system apps and then reboot.
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You need to make sure the permissions are the same as the other system apps and then reboot.
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How do I do that ? I have tried fixing permissions in Recovery, but other than that I'm not sure how to do it.
honestjim said:
How do I do that ? I have tried fixing permissions in Recovery, but other than that I'm not sure how to do it.
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Root explorer or es file manager find the /system/app should be browser.apk then hold on it and select properties and change the permissions. Should be the first row completely checked then the next row should only have the first two checked.
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ÜBER™ said:
You need to make sure the permissions are the same as the other system apps and then reboot.
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Nevermind, I figured out how to fix the permissions. Thanks for your help.
im using jedi mind trick jb rom.. but i realy love the jellybean stock music player..
Apollo or Google play?
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Apollo or Google play?
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no.. the original music player.. stock music player..
edwarddlr said:
no.. the original music player.. stock music player..
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He is talking about the touchwiz music player
Here you go. Confirmed working on Jedi Mind Trick JB. Pulled from Stock JB 4.1.2 Rom.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/280305qc1w13ih8/MusicPlayer.apk
Push this apk to system/app and fix permissions.
xXchrizhurtyXx said:
Here you go. Confirmed working on Jedi Mind Trick JB. Pulled from Stock JB 4.1.2 Rom.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/280305qc1w13ih8/MusicPlayer.apk
Push this apk to system/app and fix permissions.
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What are the permissions to be set at? I pushed this and the stock file manager to system apps, fixed permissions via recovery, but neither work. When I use Root Explorer to check the apks they show different permissions from all the other system apps. MusicPlayer and SecNoteMyFiles show rwxrwxr-x while the other apks show rw-r-r-- I guess I need to manually change them?
EDIT - Actually what happens is they don't show in the app drawer, so I tried to install them from the system app folder, but I keep getting an error "Application not installed".
bobbyphoenix said:
What are the permissions to be set at? I pushed this and the stock file manager to system apps, fixed permissions via recovery, but neither work. When I use Root Explorer to check the apks they show different permissions from all the other system apps. MusicPlayer and SecNoteMyFiles show rwxrwxr-x while the other apks show rw-r-r-- I guess I need to manually change them?
EDIT - Actually what happens is they don't show in the app drawer, so I tried to install them from the system app folder, but I keep getting an error "Application not installed".
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make the apk match the other apks in system (rw-r-r)
then reboot the device.
xXchrizhurtyXx said:
make the apk match the other apks in system (rw-r-r)
then reboot the device.
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No go for me. They just don't want to work. I don't know why. I was on the stock ROM via ODIN. Everything worked. I pulled five apks from the system app folder. Three of them work, but the MusicPlayer and FileManager don't. I tried them both ways. I left the permissions as is, rebooted, and nothing. I did what you said, and still nothing. Got me. I'm running Jedi Mind Trick JB 3.
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No go for me. They just don't want to work. I don't know why. I was on the stock ROM via ODIN. Everything worked. I pulled five apks from the system app folder. Three of them work, but the MusicPlayer and FileManager don't. I tried them both ways. I left the permissions as is, rebooted, and nothing. I did what you said, and still nothing. Got me. I'm running Jedi Mind Trick JB 3.
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It works for me..
You sure you pushed it to system/app and set the permissions to rw-r-r? did you reboot?
Tried to install and it said app did not install
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You don't install. You push the file to system /app and fix permissions
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thanks man its working
xXchrizhurtyXx said:
It works for me..
You sure you pushed it to system/app and set the permissions to rw-r-r? did you reboot?
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Yes. I tried it several times. It just won't show in my apps I guess. Do I set perms before or after pushing to sys/app?
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Yes. I tried it several times. It just won't show in my apps I guess. Do I set perms before or after pushing to sys/app?
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After.
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After.
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First I want to thank you, and say sorry for making you help me so much, as I'm now realizing it would have worked if I just used your version from the beginning. I've been trying to get the one I pulled from my stock ROM when I was running it. It seems my APK is not the right one. Yours worked the very first time. It's also bigger than mine by about a MB. Where did you pull it from? I pulled mine directly from the system/app folder.
Also since mine didn't work for this, or my File Manager APK, would it be possible for you to share that too? Or tell me where to get it? Thanks again.
Follow the white rabbit....
bobbyphoenix said:
First I want to thank you, and say sorry for making you help me so much, as I'm now realizing it would have worked if I just used your version from the beginning. I've been trying to get the one I pulled from my stock ROM when I was running it. It seems my APK is not the right one. Yours worked the very first time. It's also bigger than mine by about a MB. Where did you pull it from? I pulled mine directly from the system/app folder.
Also since mine didn't work for this, or my File Manager APK, would it be possible for you to share that too? Or tell me where to get it? Thanks again.
Follow the white rabbit....
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I pulled it from a downloaded stock deodexed 4.1.2 rom.
I use ES Explorer.
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I pulled it from a downloaded stock deodexed 4.1.2 rom.
I use ES Explorer.
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Ah, I think that was it. I pulled mine from my stock odexed ROM. I just pulled the File Manager from a stock deodexed ROM, and it works. Now I have all my apps again. Thanks again for the help. :good:
Ok, so I know there has been a lot of talk about this already. I searched and read numerous posts but I am still having problems. I dont know if I am reading old threads about this or what but this is what i have done. I downloaded "wallet installer". Im not sure how old the version was but it did in fact change the build prop to say nexus. I installed google wallet and now the "setup tap and pay" tab was finally there. I added a card to set it up and the card was added fine. But then it says "tap and pay failed". I don't know how to fix this problem at this point. I have even tried getting an older version of google wallet, but that did not work either. I tried the xposed installer, but it didnt work either. Is it possible to get this working on our phones?
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I was having the same issues as you. I would install the GW Installer, reboot to find my device ID changed to GNex, install GW from the market and set up Tap and Pay, then Restore my build.prop in the GW Installer only to find out that the TnP feature wouldn't survive the build.prop restore. (I think the problem stems from an old version of GWInstaller and the new version of GW.apk. Installer needs updated I believe)
I did it probably 6 times and failed each time. But, in the end I used Loserskater's modded version (which is the latest) and it works fine. Just uninstall any version you have of GW and then push his modded version to /system/app and set permissions, reboot. Open up GW and set up TnP and your are good to go from there.
My Google Wallet physical card should arrive today in the mail. Right in time for Christmas shopping.
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Ok, so I know there has been a lot of talk about this already. I searched and read numerous posts but I am still having problems. I dont know if I am reading old threads about this or what but this is what i have done. I downloaded "wallet installer". Im not sure how old the version was but it did in fact change the build prop to say nexus. I installed google wallet and now the "setup tap and pay" tab was finally there. I added a card to set it up and the card was added fine. But then it says "tap and pay failed". I don't know how to fix this problem at this point. I have even tried getting an older version of google wallet, but that did not work either. I tried the xposed installer, but it didnt work either. Is it possible to get this working on our phones?
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Hey thank you for the help.
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TheKid1 said:
Ok, so I know there has been a lot of talk about this already. I searched and read numerous posts but I am still having problems. I dont know if I am reading old threads about this or what but this is what i have done. I downloaded "wallet installer". Im not sure how old the version was but it did in fact change the build prop to say nexus. I installed google wallet and now the "setup tap and pay" tab was finally there. I added a card to set it up and the card was added fine. But then it says "tap and pay failed". I don't know how to fix this problem at this point. I have even tried getting an older version of google wallet, but that did not work either. I tried the xposed installer, but it didnt work either. Is it possible to get this working on our phones?
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Hey thank you for the help but. I am assuming that link you gave i am going all the way back to the beginning page. There are 3 downloads. All of which say application not installed after i download....unless im not downloading the right one.
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Hey thank you for the help but. I am assuming that link you gave i am going all the way back to the beginning page. There are 3 downloads. All of which say application not installed after i download....unless im not downloading the right one.
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Ok. These are not apps that you install in the traditional way (ie Package Installer). What you want to do is go the the OP of that thread I linked and download this one (com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel-2.0-R141-V14-MODDED.apk). Then using a file explorer like Root Explorer or ES, you copy that apk and open /system/app and paste it there. Once you do that, longpress on the app and set permissions to 644 (rw-r-r). Once that is done, back out of your file explorer and reboot. Then your GW will be installed. Upon reboot, you'll see it say, Updating Apps 1 of 1.
Open you app drawer, fire up the app and set up TnP.
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Hey thank you for the help but. I am assuming that link you gave i am going all the way back to the beginning page. There are 3 downloads. All of which say application not installed after i download....unless im not downloading the right one.
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Ok i downladed that apk. If i go to my regular download app i see the apk but i can copy or move it from ther so i went into ES and i went to sdcardo/dowloads but dont see the apk there. Where woukd it be?
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Based on your signature, are you doing this on Tapatalk? If so, then your apk is in your tapatalk default download folder (wherever you have that located) and not in the normal "downloads" folder.
I meant i "cant" copy from the regular download manager. But i dont see the apk in ES
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Don't use the Download Manager.
Where is your tapatalk folder located? Give me the pathway.
Edit: Do you have a Tapatalk icon in your notificaiton bar stating that you downloaded the app?
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I meant i "cant" copy from the regular download manager. But i dont see the apk in ES
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I dont know what tapatalk is but i got a notification that it was downloaded, yes. While in ES, i searched for the apk and found it but then i tried moving it, but it wouldnt move to the system/app file. I dont know.
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It says copy task failed when i try to "copy to" or move task failed when i try to "move to". Maybe its doing this because i searched for the file in ES instead of locating in manually?
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Ok then. So you found the app. That is good. The reason why it won't move to /system/app is probably becuase you need to mount the /system partition in the file explorer. Since I don't use ES, I can't help you with that.
With Root Explorer, there is a button on the top left that stated "Mount R/O or Mount R/W". You need to mount your /system/app as RW.
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Here is how to mount it and where to find the settings to do so with ES.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2279194
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Refer to my post just before your last one.
In your screen shot, look at the Blue !, See the very end where it says Read-Only file system? That is what I mean about you needing to make it Read-Write.
Lol..so close, yet so far. I think that link you just sent explains how to get the ES app. Im confused because after reading that thread i dont see where it explains how to make the wallet apk file writeable to be able to copy and paste to system/app using ES.
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Would you be able to help me better if i purchased root explorer? I will do that if so.
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I see two selections for R/o and R/w....i can make "path" r/o and r/w.....and i can also make "system" r/0 or r/w. So i do r/w on both or no?
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Lol..so close, yet so far. I think that link you just sent explains how to get the ES app. Im confused because after reading that thread i dont see where it explains how to make the wallet apk file writeable to be able to copy and paste to system/app using ES.
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The link that I posted was to show you how to use ES file explorer to mount /system.
You don't need to do anything to the Wallet app other than copy/paste.
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Would you be able to help me better if i purchased root explorer? I will do that if so.
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That is your choice. All you would have to do is re-read this thread and follow the instuctions I posted earlier.
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I see two selections for R/o and R/w....i can make "path" r/o and r/w.....and i can also make "system" r/0 or r/w. So i do r/w on both or no?
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Yes. Make system RW. Then copy yout Wallet apk after you do that to /system/app. Longpress to set permissions to 644 (rw-r-r) and reboot.
Let's get someone else in here that might know more about ES.
Paging @Perseus71
Ok i got it to copy to system/app. When i long press it highlighta the app. Then i go to properties and i see permissions but it doesnt give me option to write anything. It has a change button.
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Hi,
I would like to put the McAfee app back on my G3. The find my phone feature looked reasonable when I was running the stock ROM.
Can anyone post it? I assume its not just the normal McAfee app from the playstore.
Thanks
Odexed (Stock). Unzip and push to system/priv-app/
FYI, there is a thread with system dumps etc if you search.
nobnut said:
Odexed (Stock). Unzip and push to system/priv-app/
FYI, there is a thread with system dumps etc if you search.
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Thanks very much, all working.
nobnut said:
Odexed (Stock). Unzip and push to system/priv-app/
FYI, there is a thread with system dumps etc if you search.
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Does this work on n5??
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There's only one way to find out.
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There's only one way to find out.
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I copied the apk to the location specified and installed from there, but got the app not installed problem... Also, tried changing permissions to RW r r
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nldxda said:
I copied the apk to the location specified and installed from there, but got the app not installed problem... Also, tried changing permissions to RW r r
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Did you copy the .odex file also and change its permissions?
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Did you copy the .odex file also and change its permissions?
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Just tried copying that file as well and changing permissions to RW r r, and also RW RW RW ...
Not sure what I'm doing with the permissions but still.. App not installed..
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nldxda said:
Just tried copying that file as well and changing permissions to RW r r, and also RW RW RW ...
Not sure what I'm doing with the permissions but still.. App not installed..
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Did you reboot after copy and changing permissions, then just run the app from normal app icon, no need to install.
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daveaus said:
Hi,
I would like to put the McAfee app back on my G3. The find my phone feature looked reasonable when I was running the stock ROM.
Can anyone post it? I assume its not just the normal McAfee app from the playstore.
Thanks
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I would like to have the ability to remove McAfee completely from my device without having to root to do so.
I would like that too but the only think I managed so far (still rooted) is to deactivate through "phone administrators" under "security"
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I put in the folder but app not opening..have error and close. Someone can prnt a screen of permission I hava to put?
Someone can post the permission I vhave to put in the files?
I can fixed
Hi there. I have a D855 installed FulmicsRom-5.0. I wanted to install McAfee to my phone. The provided apk works but it's not have some futures i needed. Newer versions, like v30c stock include, have private photo taking of intruders etc. I tried to install the one from my v30c twrp backup (extracted to PC); but it don't work. Always displays "Sorry, McAfee has stopped" or something like that. Is there a way to install my McAfee version (namely version 4.5.0.7066)? Any help is appreciated. Here is the relevant files from /system/priv-apps folder: ( Oopsss... i can not post my dropbox link to the zip)
What permissions you put? I have fulmics 5.2 and error when open app
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I install this apk and works fine here now...
http://www.coolapk.com/apk/com.wsandroid.suite
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alemones said:
I install this apk and works fine here now...
http://www.coolapk.com/apk/com.wsandroid.suite
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Thank you very much. That does it!
nobnut said:
Odexed (Stock). Unzip and push to system/priv-app/
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Can you please give a more detailed explanation?