I've had quite a few apps that would never convert to system apps. I've found these all to have lib files.
To convert them do the following:
1. Determine lib file location using link2sd.
2. Navigate there in Root Explorer.
3. Move lib files to system/lib
4. Convert to system app using link2sd.
5. Reboot.
Hope this helps somebody out.
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Update.
If you get an update to an app, check the update in Link2sd for new lib files.
If none listed integrate update into system and reboot.
If listed move new lib files to system/lib overwriting the old ones. Now integrate update into system and reboot.
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Can someone tell me what im doing wrong im running maddoggin rom
I have downloaded many copies of it from searching all over xda for one that might work
So i have tried with root explorer i change the system app folder to RW then i copy the apk into system app folder change permissions to RW r r and then exit and do a reboot and nothing its not in the app drawer
With super manager i enable root access then copy the apk then i go into system app folder change yge system to RW then i paste the apk then i exit and do a reboot and nothing and thats the exact same process ive done to push many other apks and all have work
Can someone post a copy that they know for sure works and tell me what im missing on how to install it properly.
Try this one
I got it from caukins from
http://db.tt/8L9P3glb
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Thanks that one worked
Could someone upload this file again? The link is dead. Thanks!
(Preface for noobs : /system and /data are two different partitions. Freeying up /system won't get you more intrenal memory, but /data does. Old apks rest in /system and updated versions placed in /data. You can replace the old apks using newer versions)
I heared Titanium Backup PRO does something like, but you can do this with any File Explorer with ROOT access. Its works 100% for Android Gingerbread 2.3.x , try on other versions.
### Do it on your own risk, I am not responsible for anything ###
1. Update the desired app to the latest version from Google Play Store
2. Open File Manager, Enable ROOT_ACCESS, remount /System as writable
3. Goto /system/app and backup the desired apk to sdcard
4. Goto /data/app and copy updated apk
5. Paste into /System/app
6. Note down the filename of old apk and delete the old apk
7. Rename the new apk into the old filename
8. You may encounter a FORCE CLOSE if the app was running in background
9. The updated apk in /data/app will be removed automatically
10.Restart your device, Done!
I replaced Playstore, Maps, Google Search ect..
Example: For PlayStore, updated apk will be com.android.vending-1.apk, and old apk is vending.apk
Hit thanks it it works, Thanks
Update title with "not noobproof", this is complicated and dangerous for people who don't know what they're doing.
Bazinga
Or download systemcleanup from market and have it done automatically
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if you use Link2SD there is option 'integrate update into system' at every updated app
baluuu said:
Or download systemcleanup from market and have it done automatically
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441Excelsior said:
if you use Link2SD there is option 'integrate update into system' at every updated app
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Totally agree. those apps are very very simple and clean.
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After reading this:
Or download systemcleanup from market and have it done automatically
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i have downloading the app and i must say it works perfectly :good:
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i have downloading the app and i must say it works perfectly :good:
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Yeah, you can create full backup also (app+app data)
Very useful and free app
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you can also move apps to system partition to save space on data partition
just select 'convert into system app' in link2sd and then reboot
I deleted system app, livewallpapers.apk and livewallpaperspicker.apk. so failed to ota 4.1.2,
I have get 2 apk from cm 9.10.
my problem is how to install 2 apk to system/app?
ps: my gn is stock rom 4.1.1, rooted.
wangycol said:
I deleted system app, livewallpapers.apk and livewallpaperspicker.apk. so failed to ota 4.1.2,
I have get 2 apk from cm 9.10.
my problem is how to install 2 apk to system/app?
ps: my gn is stock rom 4.1.1, rooted.
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I don't think that will work. You need the apps from a Google stock image, with the associated odex files if you deleted those too.
Extract these file you miss from ROM zip file /system /app folder.
Use something like Root Explorer copy them to /system /app.
Most importantly, set permissions, I don't which was exact, but I always set to 777.
And reboot, you will see
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what's the different between |system\app and \data\app.
Under \system\app there's bunch of apk ****.apk
Under \data\app there's com.***.***.apk
Thanks
System/app are system apps. Data/app are user apps.
The apks on data are like that because that's the name that they were compiled (or something like that).
So do we need both for out to run?
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You need system apps so system can work. Data apps are the ones you download and install.
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System/app contains all the apks that come with the rom. For android these are system apps which cannot be uninstalled without root permission.
Data/app contains the apks of the apps you as a user have installed. These can be uninstalled normally at without any special root app.
Data/data contains the data of both system and user apps. Each folder in it corresponds to an app.
Data/dalvik-cache contains the dalvik cache created by the phone for user and system apps both. For system apps it is created the first time you start the phone after flashing. That is the reason first boot takes time. For user apps I think dalvik cache is created when it is installed.
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I want to install Touchwiz based rom on my phone(e.g. Kyrillos v9). But I can't flash anything because all flashable zips flash the files into system/app/ folder. So I want to move system apps into "system/app/" folder. How can I move the apps into system/app folder from preload/symlink/system/app?
System will be formatted and then contents will be flashed to /system (cmiiw) xD just follow instructions and flash, dont worry about preload
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