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Hey everyone. I'm new here, and I'm hoping you all can help me.
I just upgraded to WM6, and I'm having difficulties personalizing a few things. On WM5 I used to make complete custom skins for the phone and the today screen. Complete with custom buttons for the phone that changed colors when you pressed them. Now that I "upgraded" (HA!) to WM6, it says I'm not allowed to change those bitmaps to ones of my own!
I've read thread after thread, and found a few that said something about Total Commander letting you change the files, but I just couldn't get that to work either.
Does anyone have an answer for this? I would be forever grateful.
Thanks.
Michael

Have you tried to soft reset and then changing file if not they maybe rename the old file and copy the new file. I suggest first to soft reset and before opening any other app replace your files.

Yeah, I have actually tried that, but it won't let me rename the file. I can highlight the name, but it won't change.
I'm thinking about trying to just go back to WM5, is that possible?

To revert back you would just need a wm5 rom. What files are you trying to replace...maybe I can help.

Thanks, I would really appreciate that.
I'm trying to replace these files:
Bkgnd_Land.bmp
Bkgnd_Port.bmp
EsBtnDn_Land.bmp
EsBtnDn_Port.bmp
EsBtnUp_Land.bmp
EsBtnUp_Port.bmp
indialer_down_l.bmp
indialer_down_p.bmp
indialer_downdis_l.bmp
indialer_downdis_p.bmp
indialer_downsel_l.bmp
indialer_downsel_p.bmp
indialer_lb.bmp
indialer_ls.bmp
indialer_pb.bmp
indialer_ps.bmp
indialer_up_l.bmp
indialer_up_p.bmp
indialer_updis_l.bmp
indialer_updis_p.bmp
indialer_upsel_l.bmp
indialer_upsel_p.bmp
indialer_zoom_l.bmp
indialer_zoom_p.bmp
indialer_zoomsel_l.bmp
indialer_zoomsel_p.bmp
NmBtnDn_Land.bmp
NmBtnDn_Port.bmp
NmBtnUp_Land.bmp
NmBtnUp_Port.bmp
smartdial-down-arrow.bmp
smartdial-up-arrow.bmp
VbBtnDn_Land.bmp
VbBtnDn_Port.bmp
VbBtnUp_Land.bmp
VbBtnUp_Port.bmp
_Carrierlogo.gif
Carrierlogo.gif
cingular_banner.gif
welcomehead.96.png
They're in the "windows" folder.
I've tried using Total Commander, and the other was SDA Application Unlock. Maybe I just don't know how to go about using those programs in the correct manner.

I tried to replace these files and I was successful. What I did was use task manager to close as many processes as possible and then through my Windows Explorer replaced the files. If the system does not allow you to change something it's only because it is in use. Try closing as many processes as you can it should work. Once finished soft reset your device and you should be good to go. I replace many of these files myself so if you can't it must be something that is using the file.

Ok, I tried what you said, but I kept getting errors for apparrently end the wrong processes. I'm not too computer saavy, so who knows what I was turning off. Any Idea what programs might have been using them? Should I take a screenshot of my list of processes for you to please check out for me?

Place a screen shot here of your processes after doing a soft reset and I might be able to tell you which to close.

Ok, here's what I got going on... Thanks again, I REALLY appreciate it!
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4329/processeszk1.jpg

That looks like the processes from windows not the phone.

oooooohhhhh, ok! How do I get into that on the phone? I'll go check the forums to see if I can figure it out...

Batteryguard defaults needed

Hello. I managed to mess up the power settings of my device with Battery Guard and was stupid enough to not make a backup of the initial settings. Could someone PLEASE post the defaults xml? Thanks

Have you tried searching that thread for the defualts?
This question belongs in that thread anyways.

Thank you for your reply.
I searched that thread and even posted a request there... No responses there. And the subdevice power configurations are device specific and probably can be modified without that tool in the registry manually. That is why I tried asking here

darfri said:
Thank you for your reply.
I searched that thread and even posted a request there... No responses there. And the subdevice power configurations are device specific and probably can be modified without that tool in the registry manually. That is why I tried asking here
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Which .XML contains the default power settings?

The one that you save before making any tweaks.... don't tell me that you did the same mistake. IF you haven't changed anything it goes like this: Open the APP, click on the 4th icon below (the green circle with battery drawing on it) then on the upcoming page DRAG the low icons stripe as left as possible, there you'll see a cylinder drawing with a floppy disc and a pen. Pushing it'll take you to the file save dialogue. You can save it there as a *.bck file (batteryguards own format?) or as an provisional xml. That is the way you'll output the file.
BTW it is great but dangerous app. I managed to tweak the standby time to approximately 22days based on calculation of 2*24 hours drain when the phone was laying still on a normal coverage. After that I wanted more but that was the point where I messed up something

darfri said:
The one that you save before making any tweaks.... don't tell me that you did the same mistake. IF you haven't changed anything it goes like this: Open the APP, click on the 4th icon below (the green circle with battery drawing on it) then on the upcoming page DRAG the low icons stripe as left as possible, there you'll see a cylinder drawing with a floppy disc and a pen. Pushing it'll take you to the file save dialogue. You can save it there as a *.bck file (batteryguards own format?) or as an provisional xml. That is the way you'll output the file.
BTW it is great but dangerous app. I managed to tweak the standby time to approximately 22days based on calculation of 2*24 hours drain when the phone was laying still on a normal coverage. After that I wanted more but that was the point where I messed up something
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Sorry, I don't use this program, I thought that there was an XML I could extract from a ROM that would have the stock power settings.
Sounds like you'll probably have to hard reset to get them back.

No, I just need a backup file from someone who did that clever move at start or a person who would install this program to raphael, save the xml/bck file, uninstall the app (if he wants) and send me the xml/bck

darfri said:
No, I just need a backup file from someone who did that clever move at start or a person who would install this program to raphael, save the xml/bck file, uninstall the app (if he wants) and send me the xml/bck
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Which format do you prefer?

Wow... you did it! THANKS! I think bck would be the best!

darfri said:
Wow... you did it! THANKS! I think bck would be the best!
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I posted it to the other thread. Good luck.
I'll have to check that program out before I uninstall it.
Thanks.

Thank you again! I think this program is the best battery drain minimizer if you know that your device is changing the power states correctly. Now that you have the backup file try the settings there. I think the worst thing that can happen is that your device wont wake up from standby. But you'll surely get it running with soft reset and then can load the initial bck/xml file

Install App From another Android?

I got my self the hero, and my wife the Moment. I am slightly jealous of the hardware she has..but that aside, I am in love with my Hero.
However, she does have one app that i really want and the market place does not have. I assume this is an app installed by sprint.
It is Photo and Video uploader. You set an email address or other location and after a video or photo is taken, it automatically uploads the photo to the predetermined destination. GREAT FOR BACKING UP PICTURES! But, her camera hardware blows. 3.2 MP and it is sooo slow. So picture quality is no where near that of the Hero's 5 MP.
So the real question here - -
Can I ADB into her phone and just take the .APK and ODEX file for this app and push it to my phone? Is it that easy???

Some apps are that easy. Give it a try and find out! The worst thing you'll get is some force closes.
However most stock apps require files from /system/lib that help run that apk. And they don't have the same naming convention therefore you won't know which one(s) it is amongst the 100s there. But I always say try and see what happens.

And if it works upload that .apk for the rest of us!

Thinking out loud here...well..you get the point.
Could I copy all of system/lib and only copy the files that dont already exist?
That could be a giant waste of space though, and it could still rely on a file that I have, not just one that isn't there....
Also since I am not "installing" the app, could Apps2SD hinder me? I am not entirely sure how a2sd works other than tricking the phone into using the SD card as a partition and unioning it with the existing part.
I love how open android is supposed to be, but how the darn manufacturers kill us with the different platform crap.

thedudejdog said:
And if it works upload that .apk for the rest of us!
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Am I aloud to do that? I have seen XDA Mods get on to some people about uploading APK's. I guess I should read the EULA for that app before I do?

Kcarpenter said:
Thinking out loud here...well..you get the point.
Could I copy all of system/lib and only copy the files that dont already exist?
That could be a giant waste of space though, and it could still rely on a file that I have, not just one that isn't there....
Also since I am not "installing" the app, could Apps2SD hinder me? I am not entirely sure how a2sd works other than tricking the phone into using the SD card as a partition and unioning it with the existing part.
I love how open android is supposed to be, but how the darn manufacturers kill us with the different platform crap.
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Copying the ../lib/ over and not replacing existing files could work. lol. As for apps2sd... you kind of have two ways you can try installing this. Without copying the lib and all that just try putting the apk on to your sdcard and browsing to it using astro or linda (a file manager) and click on the apk and installing it. See if it errors out or fails. If it does, THEN try copying it and the odex to /system/app (if it has an odex I'm pretty confident you won't be able to install it using package manager). If that still fails then you can go crazy and trying copying the lib ha.
Kcarpenter said:
Am I aloud to do that? I have seen XDA Mods get on to some people about uploading APK's. I guess I should read the EULA for that app before I do?
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I don't remember if I read it on here or ppcgeeks but I believe officially the only stock apk's not allowed is quick office. But don't quote me on that.

So I hooked up to the Moment through ADB last night.
Found out really quickly that I can SU with it....
There is a "non permanent" hack out there to become root, but I tried it and still couldn't mount the file system to copy from it.
Any ideas guys?
From what I understand the Moment uses an FS16? file System? Something Odd that non of the other droids seem to be using.

Just an Idea, thought I would throw it out there.
Does the temporary root allow for running applications as root an the device itself?
There is an app in the market called root explorer that allows copy/paste/cut/delete from the system/app folder.
It may be possible to use that app to copy the needed filed to your sdcard and then extract them from there.
This would all be contingent on the app being able to mount the directory as r/w though, so who knows, worth a shot though i guess.

rockcrawler said:
Just an Idea, thought I would throw it out there.
Does the temporary root allow for running applications as root an the device itself?
There is an app in the market called root explorer that allows copy/paste/cut/delete from the system/app folder.
It may be possible to use that app to copy the needed filed to your sdcard and then extract them from there.
This would all be contingent on the app being able to mount the directory as r/w though, so who knows, worth a shot though i guess.
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This root doesn't allow you to run Root apps. not sure why, seems like root would be root.
After some reading, the root method that is being used on the Moment is not the safest. Apparently if you skip a step you have a brick. And with no Nandroid backup at the moment(pun?) I would HATE to attempt it. Apparently though Root sticks until you reboot. There is an INit. script that runs and resets the permisions.
I know, "Don't skips steps and you'll be ok"
I may get brave and try it tonight...

as far as I can tell you cannot install this app on the hero. I'm not sure what the app is called and unless it starts in the /data folder it is under the system dumps
http://www.4shared.com/file/149766091/c3a7ee61/momentsystem.html

nelson8403 said:
as far as I can tell you cannot install this app on the hero. I'm not sure what the app is called and unless it starts in the /data folder it is under the system dumps
http://www.4shared.com/file/149766091/c3a7ee61/momentsystem.html
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ROCK ON! Thanks for the link to the dump, I hadn't thought about looking around in one of these.
I will post what I find out.

WOOT IT WORKS!!!!!
So any how the application is in that Dump under apps, its only an APK
xms-android-1.0.42-prod.apk
If you are interested in what it does:
You setup predetermined "places" Flikr, FB, EMAIL, what ever.
Any picture or video you take automatically gets put in an upload queue and it sent to your predetermined places.
I am using it for back up, I have 2 kids and sometimes the cell phone is the quickest way to snap a great picture. Keeping these pictures in mutltiple places, like your 7 gig google account, is a nifty way to backup.
I am waiting for a Mod to get back to me if I can post the APK or not. I don't want to get in trouble.

wonder if their youtube app has better picture quality than ours?

BrianDigital said:
wonder if their youtube app has better picture quality than ours?
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I will let you know in a few minutes. As soon as I get done with my WiFi teether I will compare the two. Pretty sure they should be the same.
EDIT: I am not sure if it is hardware or not. Running the same youTube video side by side - Our HERO has better color quality, Deeper blacker. The Moment has slightly sharper edges to the pictures, not quite as blurry. the moment does not go "Full Screen" for videos either which could be contributing to the sharper look to things. My assumption would be that this is a difference in the hardware. Quality of youTube videos seems to have diminished over the years anyways, none of the really look "good" any more. Probably in an effort to save bandwidth.
However, if you want to take a look personally, I will post the APK for you. Just please don't blame me if you forget to back up the original and want to revert....I love disclaimers.

I was trying to use that picture uploader, for me it stalls on picking a new location. Wonder if it is because I am on gutted rom and missing some pointers somewhere

BrianDigital said:
I was trying to use that picture uploader, for me it stalls on picking a new location. Wonder if it is because I am on gutted rom and missing some pointers somewhere
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I am using MoDaCo + Optimizations w/ ZipAlign. Not sure if its worth the switch for you or not.
I have never used Gutted so I do not know what it offers/doesn't have.

Gutted is as vanilla as our Rom can get. It's quick too

that's pretty cool and sounds like a great idea for backing up pics so what all would I need to do to get this and install it I have root access already

Kcarpenter said:
WOOT IT WORKS!!!!!
So any how the application is in that Dump under apps, its only an APK
xms-android-1.0.42-prod.apk
If you are interested in what it does:
You setup predetermined "places" Flikr, FB, EMAIL, what ever.
Any picture or video you take automatically gets put in an upload queue and it sent to your predetermined places.
I am using it for back up, I have 2 kids and sometimes the cell phone is the quickest way to snap a great picture. Keeping these pictures in mutltiple places, like your 7 gig google account, is a nifty way to backup.
I am waiting for a Mod to get back to me if I can post the APK or not. I don't want to get in trouble.
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Wow... that's a really cool program... and just so you know, you can "install" it using adb and it still works fine
Code:
adb install xms-android-1.0.42-prod.apk
Then it will install in /data/apps (or if you have apps2sd, on the sdcard under /system/sd/apps)
Works great on the Sprint Hero and MoDaCo ROM

Kcarpenter said:
I am waiting for a Mod to get back to me if I can post the APK or not. I don't want to get in trouble.
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The only rule regarding it would be
6. Do not post warez.
If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, either pay or find your cracks and serials somewhere else. We do not accept warez nor do we permit any member to promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained.
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which your app doesn't fit in to. Posting it is not outside of the rules and should be fine.

[TOOL] Online .apk installer (for the real newbie's)

Today a friend of mine wanted to install a .apk file on his Android phone and he did not have a clue on how to do this.
So.. After some hours PHP coding here I created an online tool for him (and other newbies).
Basically the users selects the .apk he wants to install, and points his Android camera to the given QR code.
Please have a look at http://bit.ly/e4mLXu , and let me know what you think.
Some things like About and FAQ are still missing, but will be added later this week.
Thank you.

It's a good concept but the site layout is so unnecessary, you don't need all those unneeded images and links in the website that has nothing to do with its function.

armoguy94 said:
It's a good concept but the site layout is so unnecessary, you don't need all those unneeded images and links in the website that has nothing to do with its function.
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Thank you for your input.. I guess that I did go over the top a bit on the design.... But I was really in my zone when doing the page layout
I'm re-doing it at the moment, and I will try to keep it as KISS as possible.
Once again thank you for your input.

Awesome idea. A friend of mine just got her first Android phone, and is pretty clueless about installing APKs, even though I rooted her phone and walked her through it with Root Explorer. This will make it much simpler for her.

Good idea! Can save some time. It`s already saved in my favorites!

file manager, astro..
this is for first class rookies

Sorry but have I missed something here??
Why on earth would ANYBODY really actually need to use this? (no offence) Has your friend lost the plot?
Why would you go through all this instead of simply installing a file manager liek ASTRO via the market?
a) Copy apk to sd card/phone
b) install ASTRO File Manager from market.
c) Install apk
How difficult is that?
If I have missed something here please explain because I cant think of any scenario where this would be an advantage.

TheATHEiST said:
Sorry but have I missed something here??
Why on earth would ANYBODY really actually need to use this? (no offence) Has your friend lost the plot?
Why would you go through all this instead of simply installing a file manager liek ASTRO via the market?
a) Copy apk to sd card/phone
b) install ASTRO File Manager from market.
c) Install apk
How difficult is that?
If I have missed something here please explain because I cant think of any scenario where this would be an advantage.
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unless that not everyone knows those steps.

TheATHEiST said:
Sorry but have I missed something here??
Why on earth would ANYBODY really actually need to use this? (no offence) Has your friend lost the plot?
Why would you go through all this instead of simply installing a file manager liek ASTRO via the market?
a) Copy apk to sd card/phone
b) install ASTRO File Manager from market.
c) Install apk
How difficult is that?
If I have missed something here please explain because I cant think of any scenario where this would be an advantage.
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I have not looked at it yet, but this allows you to do it without connecting the phone to the pc right?
Logical order for your instructions
a) Install ASTRO File Manager from market.
b) Copy apk to sd card/phone
c) Install apk
repeat steps b and c for other .apks

It is a great idea,and nicely done. but i will stay with the other method.

i think its great especially when you forget your usb cable, i never leave home with out but i forgot it, surfing thru xda and didnt feel like opening xda app on phone just download upload install, also, when paw server is down i guess, nice work.

Oops... The site is getting a lot of attention at the moment as it made the XDA's frontpage!
I guess that it's time to start putting together a FAQ for the site.
Things like:
Q: Sorry but have I missed something here??
Why on earth would ANYBODY really actually need to use this? (no offence) Has your friend lost the plot?
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A: I have not looked at it yet, but this allows you to do it without connecting the phone to the pc
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its great especially when you forget your usb cable.
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will be in it
Thank you all for the input.

Dblfstr said:
I have not looked at it yet, but this allows you to do it without connecting the phone to the pc right?
Logical order for your instructions
a) Install ASTRO File Manager from market.
b) Copy apk to sd card/phone
c) Install apk
repeat steps b and c for other .apks
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Err how is that any more "logical" then what I said?
It doesn't make a difference which way around you do a&b so one order isnt any more or less logical then the other.
Your logic fails
deolarte said:
i think its great especially when you forget your usb cable, i never leave home with out but i forgot it, surfing thru xda and didnt feel like opening xda app on phone just download upload install, also, when paw server is down i guess, nice work.
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Ok so if you where not at home and didnt have a USB cable, you could simply email the apk to yourself or use your friends card reader/card slot/dongle etc. There are a million different ways that are much quicker then this. Not trying to dis OP/site etc just suprised that this has been made front page news?

I love how quickly people try to smash an idea just cause it's not their way...what if the user doesn't have a file manager installed? Left their USB cable? Doesn't want to login to a webmail account for security reasons? There are tons of reasons to use this...I say scale it up, and somehow work out longer time periods for the QR codes (Maybe only for registered users?)...besides, it's always nice to have some functional PHP code that could be used in other projects.

I just used this and it is awesome! thank you thank you thank you!

sorry, but its useless. also harder and takes longer time than just copying to sd.

not everybody gets the idea of Astro/File manager.
this is just another way to get to the goal.
sometimes, even if you try to show them a better way of doing things, they still prefer another way which may seem not logical/takes a longer time.
This is a neat idea. it might not appeal to everybody, but it may help somebody.

I don't get this either. I email the apk to my gmail and there's an option in Gmail on your phone for you to install the app.

Hey, i found great use for this. I downloaded a couple of APKs and needed to quickly dl them, and install them. Too lazy to connect to my computer or email it. So much faster.
One cosmetic issue: when I upload an apk the name changes to a crazy long string. Any way to shorten that? I realize you can't keep the original apk name but a simple numbering system (each new upload +1 id kind of a thing) or whatever else might work better. It's not required, but just my input love it!

niceeee!!! this is exactly what i wanted!

[Q] replacing allways all files from one apk?

Hi,
just one short noob question.
If a got a mod that changes some files and another one changing different files but in the same *.apk - i.e framework-res.apk - existing one is completly overwritten by installing second *.apk?
And the only way is to pull existing one from phone and replacing new files inside manually?
Thanks + Greets
idephili

Hi,
i thought answer were quite easier...
I come from windows 6.5 and there it is possible to change single manila files per cab-installation.
On android it looks for me that only the whole apk is substitued, so differents mods replace each other.
Some hints please.
Greets
idephili

Yes, the whole apk is substituted. The only way to "merge" apk's is to flash in recovery instead of installing or pushing. Editing apk's are simple tho. I guess the hardest part would be figuring out what part changes what you are looking for.

Thanks.
Does this mean: creating two update.zip´s with 2 different i.e. systemUI.apk will merge? And is it the point "apply update from sd-card" or just "install zip from sd-card"?
I made some mods for my own but are still not skilled in creating these update.zip-files, using the push method.
For me it´s equal, i know the changements but for publishing them it´s difficult. People want to keep their just made changes. But when it works in this "merging-way" i´ll start skilling..;-)
Greets
idephili

Upon further thinking, I don't believe that merging apk's is possible. Especially for system app simply from the way android views apk's. They are actually zips so they wouldn't be able to transfer info from one over to another without unzipping, merging, zipping, signing, and installing. Didn't mean to get your hopes up but if you would like to try, you would install zip from sd card. Apply zip from sd card assumes you have an update.zip in the root of ur sd. Most mods are pretty easy to spot and manually merge into what you want. I know its a lil frustrating but hey, it'll be worth it right? I'm not an android expert by any means but id like to help u if u need it.

Thank you.
The point ís that i can´t believe that android seems to be in this point more impractical than WindowsMobile 6.5 where can change every single by cab-install.
On android it looks like that u have to merge different mods - referring to the same apk - for your own cause only complete replacement is possible.
Greets
idephili

Yeah, makes me kind of miss Windows Mobile. I can always fire up my HD2 I guess. It kinda sucks that you can't merge, but who knows? Maybe someone will come up with an app to do so in some fashion. Until then, you may use ninjamorph on your phone and edit apks like that. I know it doesn't really solve the problem entirely but if you are away from a computer and need to edit still, that will be your best bet. You can even sign the zip if you have to with signapktic. This was a really good question by the way. I'm surprised no one has come up with a solution as far as I know.

I hope you haven't abandoned this thread and check back. I have a solution to your problem. I had it on my phone the whole time too. Its name is Metamorph. It will allow you to have your apk. And then replace only select files within it without overwriting other changes. I'm so sorry for making you think it wasn't possible. It came to me at lunch that that's the reason metamorph was created in the first place. Hope this helps you.

Hi,
i put a bit of metamorph to pc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232479
Greets
idephili