Galaxy S II Missing settings.apk - Galaxy S II Themes and Apps

Hi guys, i am new to xda. I have a problem with my Samsung Galaxy S II with stock jelly bean 4.1.2 (***LSW firmware version). I accidentally deleted my settings application (i converted it to user app by using rom toolbox and it disappeared). I have no backups so i was looking for someone who could extract a new "Settings.apk" compatible with my device and firmware version so that i could reinstall it. Thanks in advance to everyone!

xevidroid said:
Hi guys, i am new to xda. I have a problem with my Samsung Galaxy S II with stock jelly bean 4.1.2 (***LSW firmware version). I accidentally deleted my settings application (i converted it to user app by using rom toolbox and it disappeared). I have no backups so i was looking for someone who could extract a new "Settings.apk" compatible with my device and firmware version so that i could reinstall it. Thanks in advance to everyone!
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download the firmware from here http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100, then flash with ODIN 1.85, hope it help

Isn't there a way to just install the settings.apk without having to reflash the whole rom?

xevidroid said:
Isn't there a way to just install the settings.apk without having to reflash the whole rom?
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have you look into your root folder then data/app to find setting.apk, or use titanium backup to convert back to system app

Yes, as i said in the first post i have no backup and the system/app folder doesn't contain any settings.apk. It disappeared completely. I also looked for it on the web but no one seems to have uploaded it online. This is the reason why I have posted here.

Please can anybody help me? I can't believe no one has got this phone here on xda..

xevidroid said:
Please can anybody help me? I can't believe no one has got this phone here on xda..
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If nobody can help you. Try it yourself. Download the firmware and find a way to extract the files. (can be done, cuz the phone can too)

Hi, I have linked the SecSettings.apk from stock 4.1.2 xxlsw.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9h3seu88m8yh35b/SecSettings.apk
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Thank you very much! But i'm not missing "SecSettings.apk" i miss "Settings.apk". Don't you have one in your root folder?

There is no Settings.apk in any folders. Is your ROM definitely Stock Samsung 4.1.2?
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I looked for SecSettings in my folder and i think i confused it with SecSettingsprovider..so maybe the settings app is just called secsettings (unlike many other phones) i'll try to install your apk!

I downloaded your application and it seems to be what I was looking for! But I can't install it in way! How do I install it?

Use a root explorer and copy it to /System/app and set permissions in the usual manner
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I moved the apk to system/app and set the permissions, then rebooted, but it seems that it doesn't work. I tried in many ways. I installed it from rom toolbox, from root explorer, from "system app installer", but despite every operation and installation gives me a succes message as response, nothing happens. There is the file in system app, but every attempt to open the settings fails with a force close and there is no icon in my app drawer.

Do you have the secsettings.odex in your /system/app?
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No I don't have any SecSettings.odex, I only have apk, even after the reboot.

Copy both the SecSettings.apk from the previous link and the SecSettings.odex from this link, set permissions and reboot again.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8y5m880tvzg0trx/SecSettings.odex
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It didn't work. I used every combination on this world for the permissions before rebooting (including rw-r--r-- and also rwxrwxrwx) but nothing happens, the app doesn't result to be installed. (I attached a screenshot of my file manager showing that the files actually are in the root folder)

Hmm.. I'm stumped then. I can only suggest you reflash your firmware
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I just read on google news that a new update is starting to roll out for the s2..do you think updating will solve the problem? Either by using OTA (if it still works without settings) or kies..

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[Q] REQ: Samsung Digital Clock Widget .apk

I edited the original APK to have a translucent background. When I signed and adb installed it, I got a user information error or something. Long story short, I managed to delete the original and the modified version. I didn't make a backup in TI either. Any help would greatly appreciated. I screwed the pooch!
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http://db.tt/Od4AfXW5 here's the link i copied the one out of my root system folder
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banksmi09 said:
http://db.tt/Od4AfXW5 here's the link i copied the one out of my root system folder
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Thanks buddy! Worked by replacing in system/app...
- Z
I believe since it is a system app you have to change the permissions before you install it via adb.
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don't know if he gave you a stock or a clear
here's mine with clear background
http://www.multiupload.com/UXPU06DBMI
is the stock DIGITAL CLOCK .apk with the background set to clear.
from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298589
if you have the stock and want the clear without having to mess with it here it be.

Help Installing Android Browser

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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ÜBER™ said:
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.

[Q] request. stock music player

im using jedi mind trick jb rom.. but i realy love the jellybean stock music player..
Apollo or Google play?
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iburnhearts said:
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.
bobbyphoenix said:
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?
bobbyphoenix said:
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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xXchrizhurtyXx said:
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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xXchrizhurtyXx said:
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:

Can someone post the McAfee APK?

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.
nobnut said:
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?
nobnut said:
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"
Error open
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/
FYI, there is a thread with system dumps etc if you search.
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Can you please give a more detailed explanation?

[Q] instal stock keyboard

Hi all
i have N-5100 note 8.0, with cyanogenmod 11 nightly ROM
i have the stock keyboard apk & odex files (SamsungIME.apk & SamsungIME.odex)
i'm tried to copy paste them in System/app (Failed for premmission)
i'm also tried this Method but no thing new, no samsung keyboard found in input methods
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228836
any way to install them or install stock samsung keyboard ?
anyone can help me ?
moha_moha20106 said:
anyone can help me ?
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I have the same problem.N5100 with chinese as default. I'd like to change that to samsung.
After pasteing you have to change the permissions of the pasted files to match the permissions of other files there.
I've never pasted apks, but changing the host file I have to fix permissions to rw-r--r--. Maybe you can paste, reboot into recovery and fix permissions to correct the permissions.
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All the Stock Samsung Apps need also Samsung framework and CM based Rom do not have is framework included. So this will never work.
The Sonos said:
After pasteing you have to change the permissions of the pasted files to match the permissions of other files there.
I've never pasted apks, but changing the host file I have to fix permissions to rw-r--r--. Maybe you can paste, reboot into recovery and fix permissions to correct the permissions.
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can you tell us the steps for that , and we can do it dear
thank you
User_99 said:
All the Stock Samsung Apps need also Samsung framework and CM based Rom do not have is framework included. So this will never work.
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so what we can do please to add the framework, i have the framework folder that inclode .jar files,
i extracted them from System/Framework folder, from the older system recovery
help us please if you can
User_99 has a valid point that I overlooked.
If you want to try anyway:
(This is for root explorer options/methods may vary with other apps but it should give you an idea.) After pasting the files long press them to bring up the options. Press permissions, make sure read and write are checked for owner, and only read for groups and others. Then reboot for good measure.
To fix permissions in recovery (instead of using the method above) it depends on the recovery you have installed. Cwm has a fix permissions option under 'advanced'. Twrp has one too but I'm not well versed in it to guide you to it. After running the fix permissions option reboot.
As user_99 stated tho, if they are tied to the stock framework it still won't work.
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Edit: typo.
The Sonos said:
User_99 has a valid point that I overlooked.
If you want to try anyway:
(This is for root explorer options/methods may vary with other apps but it should give you an idea.) After pasting the files long press them to bring up the options. Press permissions, make sure read and write are checked for owner, and only read for groups and others. Then reboot for good measure.
To fix permissions in recovery (instead of using the method above) it depends on the recovery you have installed. Cwm has a fix permissions option under 'advanced'. Twrp has one too but I'm not well versed in it to guide you to it. After running the fix permissions option reboot.
As user_99 stated tho, if they are tied to the stock framework it still won't work.
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Edit: typo.
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thanks dear, and we will gave it try, but do you suggest Root Explorer program or we can use any root explorer apk ?
You can use any file explorer that allows you access to root files.
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The Sonos said:
You can use any file explorer that allows you access to root files.
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now i did the steps right and also fixed the permissions from the TWRP recovery, but still not working
what the next steps or will i can try another method
Edit : i was added the .apk & .odex files in System\app folder
Nothing to do, only flashing and using a Samsung Stock Rom. Will never work on CM based Roms, never, ever! ONLY STOCK.
i just installed SwiftKey keyboard and it helped me
thanks a lot

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