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Sprint TV installable file

Accidentally uninstalled my Sprint TV app from the phone. How can I get it back? Does anyone have the app in an installable file?

Here ya go. Put the widget on here too if you need it.

Sprint TV
I know it is noob question but where do the tv apk's have to be put for them to work?

Johnbhutch said:
I know it is noob question but where do the tv apk's have to be put for them to work?
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anywhere on the sd card will work, use a file explore program like astro and just click the file and hit the install button. make sure first to go under settings-applications and make sure there is a check mark for unknown sources. that lets you install any apk from your sd card.
you could also just push the file usiong adb but thats more complicated if you're new

tkrechel said:
anywhere on the sd card will work, use a file explore program like astro and just click the file and hit the install button. make sure first to go under settings-applications and make sure there is a check mark for unknown sources. that lets you install any apk from your sd card.
you could also just push the file usiong adb but thats more complicated if you're new
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I tried that but I am getting and error when it trys to load I will have to play with it

thanks for the apps I was searcing everywhere for the sprint tv app thanks!!!!!!!!!!

where do we find the Sprint Nav and the voicemail app?

thanks, lets me keep up with the world cup madness

[Solved][Help] Req. the Contacts app

Well, I deleted one app too many from my Defy. Titanium Backup is wonderful, but it backs up ONLY DATA for system apps, so I'm hosed UNLESS...
Could someone mail me the original Contacts app? It's data backup is named 'Contacts-2.1-update1' with the internal name 'com.motorola.blur.contacts'. I think that's all I'd need. There's also 'ContactsUnconnected-2.1-update1' and 'Work-Contacts-2.1-update1' so it wouldn't hurt to get them too.
BTW, the symptoms? When I try to dial by tapping on a contact name the call fails, a red stop sign flashes over the signal strength bars, and an alarm message is posted saying something to the effect that the network service is not available. To make a call I need to do a long press and choose Call from the menu. Ouch!
So, please, anyone who knows how to do it (I use Ghost Commander, a free app, which has a Send built in) send this app to 'Mars-On-Earth at dslextreme dot com'.
Thanks a bunch!

Sign up as a developer at Motorola, it's free. Then you can download "Motodev Studio" which among other things, will let you accesss /system/app
Otherwise, reflash the rom using RSD Lite, there's a guide for it here:
http://android.modaco.com/content/m...ering-bricked-firmware-on-your-motorola-defy/

Sorensiim said:
Sign up as a developer at Motorola, it's free. Then you can download "Motodev Studio" which among other things, will let you accesss /system/app
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Are you saying the "Motodev Studio" includes the original app files?

MarSOnEarth said:
Are you saying the "Motodev Studio" includes the original app files?
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MOTODEV Studio does not contain app files. It is Motorola's developer tools for Android phones. Sorensiim is referring to the DDMS perspective that ships with it. DDMS allows you to extract files off the phone and there is an Eclipse view in MOTODEV Studio.
If you already have the Android SDK installed, you can run the DDMS desktop application from sdk/tools (on windows, it's a .bat file).

Sorensiim said:
Sign up as a developer at Motorola, it's free. Then you can download "Motodev Studio" which among other things, will let you accesss /system/app
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Do you even have to sign up for anything?
I haven't and yet I was able to find this download page by Googling 'MotoDev Studio'.
Anyway, I just wanted to double-check/see if I understood things correctly, does MotoDev Studio let you delete/uninstall apks from the handset?
Could it be used as a simpler method of doing this.

Motodev studio gives you a nice graphical interface to pushing and pulling files, for instance, one could push the contacts apk to the phone.
If you sign up, it will even download the latest Android SDK for you

@Sorensiim, @ericcl:
Thanks, but my problem is I deleted the app. Erased, puff, gone. I do have the tools to put it back, I don't have anything to put in there. And there is in /system/app and what is the native Contacts application binary. SO, would some kind soul grab the binary off of their healthy system and send it off to me. Please.

Get the apk from here lad
http://modmymobile.com/forums/639-m...motorola-defy-system-boot-recovery-dumps.html
Download the system.zip and extract the apk from there
Oh and a tip - dont delete apks rename them to say .bak especially if you are messing about trying to see whats safe to delete, that way you can just change the name back

Higgsy is saving the day! Yey!
Higgsy said:
Get the apk from here lad
http://modmymobile.com/forums/639-m...motorola-defy-system-boot-recovery-dumps.html
Download the system.zip and extract the apk from there
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Thanks a bunch!
Higgsy said:
Oh and a tip - dont delete apks rename them to say .bak especially if you are messing about trying to see whats safe to delete, that way you can just change the name back
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Good call! [ & embarrassed]

Rats! This is so close, maybe close enough, but the ROM dumps are for the UK model. The USA Defy has newer software (it appears. The US version is 2.1-update1) and the apps seem structured differently. In the USA ROM there is just one Contacts app, on the UK one it seems to be split in two, *Data and *Provider app. Hmm.

Hi, sorry for the language..
Id deleted some apps yesterday and i have no menu anymore... so i think i just failing during my choose. When i restart the phone i only can have access to my account on motoblur... and it doesn't work as well cause he cannot connect or something more, i don't know what happened.
I'm so disappointed. Must I install system.zip by the pc ? I'll try that when it finishs to dl but...
EDIT : Flashing the rom, i success... omg so much fear thank you for your guide

MarSOnEarth said:
Rats! This is so close, maybe close enough, but the ROM dumps are for the UK model. The USA Defy has newer software (it appears. The US version is 2.1-update1) and the apps seem structured differently. In the USA ROM there is just one Contacts app, on the UK one it seems to be split in two, *Data and *Provider app. Hmm.
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the uk version is 2.1 update 1 too. The moto apps are the same as far as I know/have read? then again I have never seen the US system/app.
There are many Dev's who have reflashed the UK .sbf (because the us one is not available) - fixed the 3g and wifi calling and say its the same
in my dump I have
contactsdata.apk
contactsprovider2_0.apk
contactsunconnected.apk
Think we need another US user to check their system/app and let us know what they have.

Higgsy said:
the uk version is 2.1 update 1 too. The moto apps are the same as far as I know/have read? then again I have never seen the US system/app.
There are many Dev's who have reflashed the UK .sbf (because the us one is not available) - fixed the 3g and wifi calling and say its the same
in my dump I have
contactsdata.apk
contactsprovider2_0.apk
contactsunconnected.apk
Think we need another US user to check their system/app and let us know what they have.
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Ok I just pulled back the system/app dump JBoogie3 posted from the Tmobile US rom from Here
It has exactly the same 3 contact apks as the uk rom. So not too sure where you are getting there was only 1 lol.

Higgsy, you just beat me to posting that link to the US ROM dump.
Now, the discrepancy in naming stems from how different utilities display the app names. In TitaniumBackup the file I junked is called 'Contacts-2.1-update1' with domain 'com.motorola.blur.contacts', and I'm still not quite sure what is its file system name. TitaniumBackup does not display it.
I ran a diff on the file list in JBoogie3's ROM dump and my Defy's file system (in the attachment) and the most likely match for the above file would seem to be the BlurContacts.*
Which begs the question, what file manager do you guys use? What for SMB access? FTP? Is it one and the same utility, or separate.
So far SwiFTP (a server on the phone) has been solid for me, and with WinSCP (on a PC) it's been a good combination at home. What's good/can be trusted on (standalone) Android?

root explorer (application) will let you show whats actually in system/app - titanuim aint gonna show you this. Titanium IMO is only good for backing up user apps
Also you can use motodev studio and browse system/app via that
Or good old adb
Theres probably a 101 other ways too - these are my suggestions.
EDIT: an FTP client is not the way forward for sure

oh and blurcontacts.apk also resides in both the UK and US system/app, so thas the one you've deleted and need to replace.
I would either install root explorer or motodev studio (easiest way for you) and check your system/app against the dump and replace any files as required

Higgsy said:
root explorer (application) will let you show whats actually in system/app - titanuim aint gonna show you this. Titanium IMO is only good for backing up user apps
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As I found out the hard way. It only backs up data for the sys apps.
Higgsy said:
Also you can use motodev studio and browse system/app via that
Or good old adb
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I've got both downloaded (but not yet installed).
Higgsy said:
Theres probably a 101 other ways too - these are my suggestions.
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And I thank you for it.
Higgsy said:
EDIT: an FTP client is not the way forward for sure
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Right, the file permissions, but a good FTP utility is always good for /sdcard and backups, right? ;-)

Higgsy said:
oh and blurcontacts.apk also resides in both the UK and US system/app, so thas the one you've deleted and need to replace.
I would either install root explorer or motodev studio (easiest way for you) and check your system/app against the dump and replace any files as required
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Again, thanks for the suggestions. Slowly I'll settle in with my workflow.

MarSOnEarth said:
Right, the file permissions, but a good FTP utility is always good for /sdcard and backups, right? ;-)
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yeah it fine for transferring between sdcard etc i have one set up myself - I use Andftp

Higgsy said:
Ok I just pulled back the system/app dump JBoogie3 posted from the Tmobile US rom from Here
It has exactly the same 3 contact apks as the uk rom. So not too sure where you are getting there was only 1 lol.
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I'd like to thank Higgsy for much advise, and JBoogie3 for posting the US ROM dumps from which I got the needed apps. Through many twists and turns my goof up has been remedied. And I really mean twists and turns, the latest being that even after the deleted apps had been copied back to their place they were still not being recognized, until after I realized that all but the restored apps in /system/app were owned by 'root', while the restored apps were owned by 'sdcard_rw', or something similar. chmod and chown'ing finally got it all working.
Thanks again.

[Q](SOLVED) Personal Audio files

Hi All,
I've taken a look around and can't seem to find anything relating to this so I'm gona ask.
I've just got my DHD and love it but I have never used Android before so it's taking some getting used to. ( I'll get there I'm sure )
My question is I have an MP3 file I'd like to use for my notifications ( comes from my HTC Touch HD ) but for the life of me I can't seem to put it in the media folder that the DHD uses. I can find it using the ES file search thing but it won't let me copy in to it?
Do I need to get admin rights? Rooting or whatever its called?
Sorry if it's a daft question. but its annoying the bejesus outa me.
Thanks in advance
JD

I think you have got to place the mp3 in a folder on the root of your sdcard called "notifications".
Hope that works!

Hi CD993,
Thanks for the reply but..
I can't find any folders on the sdcard other than the ones i've made from having it in my Touch HD.
I can however find the Notifications folder in audio on the phones memory. This has all the MP3's that the phone uses. But still I can't paste to it. Just says copy failed.
I'm just wondering if I need to "jailbreak it" or root....something something to be able to add to the root folders.

put your phone in settings,connect to pc,select disc drive now your computer willl see your sdcard as a drive look at your my computer and either go into my mobile at the bottom or go into the sdcard on my computer it comes up as Idrive as copy your mp3 file into your mobile here disconnect your mobile and search for it in your mp3 files through your media music app.you may have to reboot your mobile once disconnected from the computer so the file gets noticed.
if this is not what your looking for then sorry but I dunno.

Hi Magpie,
Thanks but no.
I already have the MP3 on the sdcard but I can't seem to copy it to the system/media/audio/notifications. This is where the phone reads the sounds that it plays when you receive email/txt etc.
Maybe I should just flash a new ROM although this appears harder than it is with the touch HD on winmo lol
Thanks for the reply anyways
JD
Edit:
I've since managed to Root the phone "give me root admin rights" but still am unable to copy files to the phones root folders.

Im sure you just put the mp3's in a folder on your sdcard called notifications e.g. sdcard/notifications/ringtone.mp3

cd993 said:
Im sure you just put the mp3's in a folder on your sdcard called notifications e.g. sdcard/notifications/ringtone.mp3
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Hi CD993,
Maybe there is a problem with my sdcard? I don't have such a folder on it. I have a music folder data folders google folders I've looked through them all and can't find a notifications folder on the sdcard?
Should the DHD be using the sdcard as its main source for audio etc?

SdCard/Sounds/Notifications
SdCard/Sounds/Alarms
SdCard/Sounds/Ringtones
SdCard/Sounds/UI
Make the folders as you need them. Then you will be able to find them in the Sounds tab in the menu.
jadeddave said:
Hi CD993, Should the DHD be using the sdcard as its main source for audio etc?
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If you have root access you should be able to write them to the main memory using a program like Root Explorer. You can find system sounds in /System/Media/Audio.

Kalavere said:
SdCard/Sounds/Notifications
SdCard/Sounds/Alarms
SdCard/Sounds/Ringtones
SdCard/Sounds/UI
Make the folders as you need them. Then you will be able to find them in the Sounds tab in the menu.
If you have root access you should be able to write them to the main memory using a program like Root Explorer. You can find system sounds in /System/Media/Audio.
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Hi Kalavere,
you are a star! Easy when you know how I guess Now I know how to do that it's time to learn to flash ROMS to droids...Wish me luck not to brick it lol

jadeddave said:
Hi Kalavere,
you are a star! Easy when you know how I guess Now I know how to do that it's time to learn to flash ROMS to droids...Wish me luck not to brick it lol
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Flashing Android ROMs is so much easier than WM. It's getting the root that is the *****. It took me ages to work out how to install the ADB drivers when I first got my Desire.
Flashing ROM's just replaces two folders, so if you are updating from one AOSP ROM to another, maybe even Sense I don't know I don't use it, generally speaking you don't need to wipe the phone and you keep all of your apps.

cd993 said:
Im sure you just put the mp3's in a folder on your sdcard called notifications e.g. sdcard/notifications/ringtone.mp3
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Hi cd993,
I realise now you were saying the same thing
Sorry for my noobish dismissal
JD

Kalavere said:
Flashing Android ROMs is so much easier than WM. It's getting the root that is the *****. It took me ages to work out how to install the ADB drivers when I first got my Desire.
Flashing ROM's just replaces two folders, so if you are updating from one AOSP ROM to another, maybe even Sense I don't know I don't use it, generally speaking you don't need to wipe the phone and you keep all of your apps.
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Hi Kal,
Yes as far as I'm aware I have root perms. i used VISIOnary? and followed a thread on here When I open cmd promt or whatever its called on linux and type su it gives me the # which apparantly means i have rooted it?
Yet I was unable to copy to that folder on the phones main memory.
That ADB driver I'm afraid i've not even looked into it yet all I know is my win 7 failed to install it when I plugged the phone in for the first time.
I've gotten as far as using titanium back up for apps etc. Just need to do some more research I guess I'm new to android
anyway thanks for all your help people. i'm sure i'll have more questions in the appropriate threads as time goes by. Thanks all
JD

Personal Audio Files for Yahoo! Mail
Everything you all have said works, if I put something in mnt/sdcard/media/audio/notifications I am able to then see the files under the Sounds Setting.
My issue is needing Yahoo Mail to see the notification. For that I need to copy the files to /system/media/audio/notification and for that I am not able to change the permissions. I have tried ES File Explorer and I am not even able to move up from sdcard. I have also tried total commander and I get "Error writing to target file! /system/media/audio/notifications/yahoo.mp3
Can someone please help. I really like the Yahoo! application.

Setting Yahoo Notification
Root explorer will allow you to change the directory from Read Only to Read Write. It can be purchased from Play (Market) or acquired by other means as I did.
Copy the file to /system/media/audio/notification using root explorer.
Reboot.
Tada...

[Q] Message Tones

Hello
Can someone please tell me where default message tones are saved in Note 2?

xircoms said:
Hello
Can someone please tell me where default message tones are saved in Note 2?
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System/media/audo/notifications

B3311 said:
System/media/audo/notifications
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Can't find any system folder via my files manager??

xircoms said:
Can't find any system folder via my files manager??
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Notification folder does exist on the main storage, however it only has 1 file. Actual messages tones are not present

I'm guessing that you're not rooted?

here:
trying to post pic, can;t
Anyway, I have all 15 files in system/media/audio/notifications.

Pinball_ _Wizard said:
here:
trying to post pic, can;t
Anyway, I have all 15 files in system/media/audio/notifications.
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Yea phone is not rooted for instance if its not then these files aren't visible?

xircoms said:
Yea phone is not rooted for instance if its not then these files aren't visible?
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I think so. I was unrooted for about 20 seconds 2 years ago, but AFAIK you can't alter anything in /system without root.

xircoms said:
Yea phone is not rooted for instance if its not then these files aren't visible?
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hi,
i am also not rooted, but i use " es file explorer" and files are visible.
navigate in es file explorer, press favorite icon in left hand corner, top ,
the press ,(the second icon top ) " / " etc .
i am also able to copy sounds to sd and then to pc if i want.
good luck

willcor said:
hi,
i am also not rooted, but i use " es file explorer" and files are visible.
navigate in es file explorer, press favorite icon in left hand corner, top ,
the press ,(the second icon top ) " / " etc .
i am also able to copy sounds to sd and then to pc if i want.
good luck
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Thanks for the correction.

HTC m8 factory sounds location

I upgraded to the new HTC-10 and I really miss the old alarm sound (abraft) so much so; that I want to get a copy from my old m8.
I poked around with it attached to my PC but I cant get to any of the system level sounds. Any idea on how to do this? The closest thing I could find to helpful is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50931506#post50931506
However the files provided do not have "Abraft" which is what im looking for.
Thanks in advance!

hvguy said:
I upgraded to the new HTC-10 and I really miss the old alarm sound (abraft) so much so; that I want to get a copy from my old m8.
I poked around with it attached to my PC but I cant get to any of the system level sounds. Any idea on how to do this? The closest thing I could find to helpful is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50931506#post50931506
However the files provided do not have "Abraft" which is what im looking for.
Thanks in advance!
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Hi, hvguy...
The audio file you're looking for is located in...
Code:
/system/media/audio/alarms
See attached screenshot.
I've extracted abraft.mp3 from my rooted M8 where you'll find it as a zipped attachment to this post. Just download, unzip it and enjoy.
Hope this helps...
Rgrds,
Ged.

GedBlake said:
Hi, hvguy...
The audio file you're looking for is located in...
Code:
/system/media/audio/alarms
See attached screenshot.
I've extracted abraft.mp3 from my rooted M8 where you'll find it as a zipped attachment to this post. Just download, unzip it and enjoy.
Hope this helps...
Rgrds,
Ged.
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AWESOME! I poked around and there is literally nothing there on my phone using the internal memory. However mine isnt rooted, possibly thats the issue.
Thanks again!

hvguy said:
AWESOME! I poked around and there is literally nothing there on my phone using the internal memory. However mine isnt rooted, possibly thats the issue.
Thanks again!
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You're welcome, @hvguy. Glad to help.
Yeah, you wouldn't have found it in the normal Internal Storage... System media files are found in the /system partition.
And it turns out you don't need root to access and copy them; you just need an Android File manager capable of reading the /system folder. Such as, for example, ES File Manager.
I've just done a bit of tinkering with ES File Manager on my rooted M8, and with Root Access denied to it, as well as disabling the Root Explorer setting in ES File Manager, I was still able to navigate to /system/media/audio/alarms and copy any file I so chose.
I replicated this behaviour with another Android file manager called Dual File Manager, which haven't seen an update in two years and has never had root support. You just navigate your way UP the directory tree, out of Internal Storage and then drop back down into /system and navigate your way into the /media sub-folder and locate the /audio sub-sub folder.
I'm just so used to having root, I never normally give this sort of detail a second thought... About what is and what is not read accessible on non-rooted devices. I know /data/data isn't, but I'm pretty certain the whole of /system is readable without root and files can be copied from it.
However... I digress; this was only meant to be a short post .
Enjoy your new HTC-10, @hvguy and being woken up every morning by Abraft .
Rgrds
Ged.