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How to Change Music Widget in any Cupcake Build

Always perform a nandroid backup before attempting any mods.
This is a tutorial on how to change the music widget to the one of your liking. It doesn't matter if you have the Dude build and want the G build widget or have the G build and want the 1.5Hr1 widget. This will work for any cupcake (Android 1.5) user who is not happy with their current music widget. I use a windows PC and I am not a Linux guru so I'm not going to attempt to tweak my tutorial for Linux users. Hopefully it's not to hard for them to figure it out from this. (I think it's just file path differences, maybe?)
First step is to have ADB commands working on your computer. Follow this link if you don't know how to do this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
Now that you have ADB, you have to download the appropriate music player/widget that you prefer.
This one is for installing the dark blue music widget with the off-center play/pause button and the transparent record and needle logo. My personal favorite for looks, but has a play/pause with a easy to miss touch area.
http://rapidshare.com/files/227653807/Music_fancy_widget_G_build.apk
This one is for installing the plain white and pale blue music widget with rectangular shape and the large play/pause button with it's large touch area.
http://rapidshare.com/files/227653907/Music_standard_build.apk
This third option is for future development. You can "harvest" a third music widget/player from a third source that doesn't yet exist using the ADB pull command. Lets say your using build X, but build Y has a theme available and you love the themed music widget on themed build Y. What you do is perform a nandroid backup of your current build so you can return to it later and install build Y and then theme it. (Don't waist your time setting up your settings because you won't be on this build for long. Just make sure USB debugging is enabled in settings > Applications > Development so you can use ADB.) You can skip this step if you have access to a friends phone who's already running the music player/widget you want. Connect the USB cable to the phone and go into where you run your ADB commands in Command Prompt on your PC. Type in this command.
adb pull system/app/Music.apk c:\your_path_here
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The "system/app/Music.apk" part of the command is case sensitive. This will create the Music.apk with the widget you want at the path you specify. Next you can use Fastboot to restore your nandroid backup of build X. (Nandroid saves everything. It's as if you never left.)
Next step is to rename the downloaded file "Music.apk". It's case sensitive and take note of the folder path it's in.
Next, enter the following ADB commands from the appropriate place in Command Prompt. (Start > Run > type "cmd")
adb remount
adb shell rm -r system/app/Music.apk
adb push c:\your_path_here\Music.apk system/app
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"system/app/Music.apk" and "system/app" parts are both case sensitive.

saying no such directory, would apps to sd card cause that, and ifso what would i instead need to put in?

i never knew there was a difference between the music widgets...
whats different about them?
the gui??

pgiuoco said:
saying no such directory, would apps to sd card cause that, and ifso what would i instead need to put in?
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On the last step, adb push, dont just put your directory, put in the file name also, Music.apk. For example, i put the file on my C directory to make it easy, so I typed "adb push c:\Music.apk system/app" without the "".
FYI - I have Apps2SD and I used the above command. Guess that doesn't make a difference, assuming because the symlinks say so? I'm such a Linux noob!!!!

bigballa said:
i never knew there was a difference between the music widgets...
whats different about them?
the gui??
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Yes, different looking gui, the Dark Blue is very nice!
P.S. Nice write up!

setzer715 said:
On the last step, adb push, dont just put your directory, put in the file name also, Music.apk. For example, i put the file on my C directory to make it easy, so I typed "adb push c:\Music.apk system/app" without the "".
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Wow, that was a BIG OOPS! Thanks for catching that. I fixed the original post.

Has anyone found a way to do this via Terminal Emulator? I'm at work so I wanna do this now instead of waiting till I get home.

djdeviance said:
Has anyone found a way to do this via Terminal Emulator? I'm at work so I wanna do this now instead of waiting till I get home.
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I'm not a frequent Linux user, but I know a couple of commands. You could download the apk file to your sdcard and try this. This method is not recommended!
su
rm -r system/app/Music.apk
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This will delete your old music player. Next, you can just install the new music player apk through Apps Installer or whatever you use in it's place. This will allow you to use the new music player as if it was any other 3rd party app. However, I recommend uninstalling it and doing it through the ADB push when you get home.

yeah the app installer method didn't work for me

pgiuoco said:
yeah the app installer method didn't work for me
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Did you delete the original Music.apk first? Do you have cupcake, or are you using JF RC33 like it says in your sig? This music player has a widget embedded and needs cupcake. If neither of these is the problem, then just use the adb push commands in the first post. I don't recommend using apk installer. I just posted that to help out someone who was too impatient to get home to his pc.

testing567 said:
Did you delete the original Music.apk first? Do you have cupcake, or are you using JF RC33 like it says in your sig? This music player has a widget embedded and needs cupcake. If neither of these is the problem, then just use the adb push commands in the first post. I don't recommend using apk installer. I just posted that to help out someone who was too impatient to get home to his pc.
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Haha ended up doing it at home anyways. =D Yeah i was kinda doing nothing at work. So as usual I started fidgeting with my phone.

the steps given in the first post work perfectly...!!!
i am on ADP1.5H A2SD...Gud Work...THNX..!!

If someone could post screenshots of the different UIs, that'd be great.

For some reason, when I pushed the Music.apk it worked fine, but when I tried to do the same thing with the CalendarProvider.apk, it didn't....

This method works for me as well. How do you take screenshots with the new builds?
CalendarProvider.apk... Just do a normal .apk installation.

Does this only work for Rooted phones as when I try it I get permission denied
Code:
C:\android\tools>adb shell rm -r system/app/Music.apk
rm failed for system/app/Music.apk, Read-only file system
C:\android\tools>adb shell
$ su
su
su: permission denied
$

jayaustn said:
If someone could post screenshots of the different UIs, that'd be great.
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i second this idea

moosefist said:
i second this idea
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I third it

music.apk
can someone post some different download links for the two different music.apk builds? rapidshare has always hated me and will still not let me download either of them saying that my ip address is already downloading something. thanks.

Can someone post pics of all the music widgets in order to compare them?

HTC PDFviewer working on JF and Haykuro builds!

I"ve been whinging about this for awhile. A champion called strazzere has managed to patch the pdfviewer.apk. And has been tested on the JF build and Haykuro builds and also the latest SPL
Check it out his awesome work - http://strazzere.com/blog/?p=266
Original thread at apps forum - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=506595&page=4
Instructions
1. Download referenced files
http://www.strazzere.com/android/libpdfreader.so
http://www.strazzere.com/android/FilePicker.apk
http://www.strazzere.com/android/PDFViewer.apk
2. Copy all files to your sdcard
3. Install the patched pdfviewer.apk either using your standard file explorer (Astro, Lina, etc) or using:
adb install /location_of_your_file/PDFviewer.apk
4. Copy the refenced files to the correct location, either adb shell or terminal emulator punch in:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp /sdcard/libpdfreader.so /system/lib
# cp /sdcard/FilePicker.apk /system/app
Enjoy =]
Problems and Fixes
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If you have any initial problems, try redownloading the files because they may be corrupted.
FilePicker does NOT need to be "installed (going through Linda/Astro file manager or adb install)" so to speak, just following the above steps and copying it to correct place is sufficient.
A JF complete image with Pdfviewer included:
savethechicken said:
if anyone wants it I have compiled JF1.5 with this Pdfviewer and the new Better Terminal (old one removed) app already installed you just have to ALT + S. I have tested it on my device and it works perfect. I didn't do anything special and am taking no credit for the ROM as I just copied the files into the right spots and resigned the .zip file.
I tested it twice... both times flashed without any problems
If you choose to use it just like any other ROM update.
Rename update.zip
boot into recovery
alt+s
home+back
**should not have to wipe**
PDFJF1.5.zip
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Enjoy =]

Yeah, hey...does that come in a shiny noob edition?

You mean without using adb?

tr.slate said:
Yeah, hey...does that come in a shiny noob edition?
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Follow the link and download the 3 files: libpdfreader.so, FilePicker.apk, PDFViewer.apk.
Open the terminal and enter the following:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp /sdcard/libpdfreader.so /system/lib
# cp /sdcard/FilePicker.apk /system/app
# reboot
When the phone restarts, use a file explorer of your choice to find and install PDFViewer.apk via package installer.

Gonna try this later

works great!
thanks!

glad you like it thanks for the rehash smurphete, and thank you for retaining the credits

thx for this.

Works great on jf's build, thanks for sharing.
Go Lakers!!!

strazzere...
AWESOME!!!!
works great thanks!!!

thanks alot
Thanks for the great I used download crutch and the second set of instructions using the terminal worked fine. Never undertood using adb when all can be done right from the phone no pc needed.

works great! thanks!

Awesome! Thanks guys!

Cool that he got it working on JF 1.5, but the HTC PDF viewer is so slow, RepliGo Reader on the Market render pages much faster.

I was using repligo before this came out...I think repligo and htc pdfviewer render pretty much the same speed. Biggest annoyance about repligo is that it renders one page at a time. Look at one lecture slide. Next page....wait....wait...wait....rendered...damn not the slide i want...maybe its page 5.....go to page 5.....wait...wait...wait....
Whereas pdfviewer renders multiple pages at a time. But repligo is completely pwns pdfviewer when you zoom in and out, no loading time at all.
And repligo costs $$$ && think of us poor souls in countries without paid apps...well legitimately anyways

Im sorry, did i miss something? the pdf viewer i pulled from either a haykuro build or one from thedudes a long time ago has been working fine on any build ive used. im on jf1.5 now and it works with no problems

Thanks for this, been wanting it. Works great.

There is yet another way to do this from your PC, maybe easier for some.
1. Download the files to your /sdk/tools folder.
2. At a command prompt enter the following commands:
a. adb remount
b. adb push libpdfreader.so /system/lib
c. adb push FilePicker.apk /system/app
d. adb push PDFViewer.apk /system/app
All done.
Thanks to all who contributed to this, it actually opened a pdf that I couldn't previously view on my phone!

Nice work on this. I messed around with the bytecode of this thing for hours trying to remove the calls into com.htc.protection but eventually got frustrated and gave up. Glad someone with more patience picked this up.

Anybody try it on an HTC 1.5 f/w?

Installing APKs and Odex files

A friendly forum member provided me with some files to install for applications included in most roms available... voicedialer and footprints.
I succesfully installed VoiceDialer.apk by following these commands..
1. adb push VoiceDialer.apk /data/local/tmp
2. adb shell pm install /data/local/tmp/VoiceDialer.apk
3. adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/VoiceDialer.apk
Tried it right away, and it indeed worked. I usually just install apps from the downloaded file manager but figured I'd expand my horizons and try it this way. I don't recognize this way of doing it, I thought it was basically adb push /system/apps_s (or something like that), but this is all I could find quickly on how to do it.
None the less, I tried the same thing with Footprints, and was given this error via adb..
"Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT]"
Google result..
"Installation return code: this is passed to the IPackageInstallObserver by installPackage(android.net.Uri, IPackageInstallObserver, int) if the new package failed while optimizing and validating its dex files, either because there was not enough storage or the validation failed."
All chinese to me
So I tried installing Footprints via linda file manager.. and get the genreal "footprints could not be installed on this phone"
I also have .odex files for both the footprints app, and the footprints widget app.. i don't know if odex files are necessary though, as the system might create them on their own
Can anyone help me with how to install Footprints? I Don't understand why Voice Dialer installed but Footprints is no go..
Thank you.
edit: forgot to mention.. voicedialer does not seem to work quite right. I tell it exactly what to do.. "call joe blow on mobile" and it still pops open an option screen for joe blow, and if i click on one of the options it force closes. But saying "open calendar" seems to work. Just not phone numbers i guess?

Any ideas anyone?

Try
adb remount
adb push Footprints.apk /system/app/Footprints.apk
adb push Footprints.odex /system/app/Footprints.odex

What'st he difference between system/app and system/app_s? Is app_s just a different link to the app directory or is it something different?

giberish
isnt footprints a thing from hero? it might be the fact you are using a non hero rom? alot of hero apps seem to be closely tied in with hero overlay making it unusable for a non hero rom. which rom are you using?

redmdc said:
isnt footprints a thing from hero? it might be the fact you are using a non hero rom? alot of hero apps seem to be closely tied in with hero overlay making it unusable for a non hero rom. which rom are you using?
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Yes forgot to mention.. I am using a hero rom.. jacxheroski 1.4 32a with new kernel

bonesy said:
Try
adb remount
adb push Footprints.apk /system/app/Footprints.apk
adb push Footprints.odex /system/app/Footprints.odex
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This worked, thanks. Pushing to app_s seems to cause error, no errors with doing it this way.

Can you tell me if your phone started crashing when doing this??

If you miss the framework, then yes it will crash.

bunny0007 said:
If you miss the framework, then yes it will crash.
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what's the framework? Pardon for my noobness. =p

briggs81 said:
What'st he difference between system/app and system/app_s? Is app_s just a different link to the app directory or is it something different?
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Hey glad it worked, just for future purposes....theres no such thing as /system/app_s/....it doesnt exist....its either :
/system/app/
or
/data/app_s/

i accidently deleated com.htcworld clock. I have both the apk and odex files but have no idea how to get them back on my phone. i dont have any of the sdk files from when i rooted either. anyone know how to get that file back on my phone?

Droid 2 THEMED Swype

Download v0.2 here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AE4KBC1W
By downloading this you take full responsibility for your actions
original swype.apk if needed http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1S7SILS4
*optional (using astro or root explorer) Navigate to your system/app folder, find the existing swype.apk, make a copy to a back up location.
Rename the download to Swype. Place this on your sd card, navigate to it with astro or your fav file browser, open the apk and choose uninstall to uninstall other version. Then choose install.
if it doesnt uninstall....
Open terminal emulator on your X
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
rm /system/app/Swype.apk
reboot
After reboot verify its gone.
Reopen Terminal Emulator
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/Swype.apk /system/app
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
exit
Open a text box and verify.
This cannot be done by copy and paste in root explorer.
Credit goes to ME

About to try this, I'll let you know if it works.

Worked great thanks bad4u6669!

Worked great, although I had to use the terminal commands. Out of curiosity, is there any reason why I had to resort to using the terminal commands? The installer just failed to install.

Mikerrrrrrrr said:
Worked great, although I had to use the terminal commands. Out of curiosity, is there any reason why I had to resort to using the terminal commands? The installer just failed to install.
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You don't have to install. Just set permissions and reboot once you drop it in the system apps folder. That assumes you have deleted or renamed the original file.

Straight install typically wont work because the file is edited and it knows it. So you have to force it in there, dont take no for an answer!!!

Worked like a charm =). Best part is the caps lock button has a green indicator to differentiate between it and the shift. Thanks again!

This is a nice upgrade from the homely blue and grey. Thanks.

Nice, looks MUCH better than the blue "Swype -X-"
Works well too

I noticed the Swype icon is just a bit too low in the button
And in the edit panel (Swype from the Swype icon button to the "abc" button) the text is white and hard to read

So the swype icon you hit to bring up the options sits too low in its little box? Possible screen shot.
In the edit box that pops up, what color should it be changed to? One that still goes with the theme but at the same time makes the text readable.
Let me know, get me some screen shots, I'll work on it later.

Okay, the install failed and the terminal commands didn't work. It moved the modified Swype.apk to system/app but it still fails the install.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
EDIT: I didn't uninstall the first Swype. There was no uninstall option in the App Manager. Both the one that Root Explorer pulls up and the one in Settings/Applications.
EDIT 2: Okay, I reinstalled stock Swype and uninstalled it. Now I'm going to try the terminal.

cypherx82 said:
Okay, the install failed and the terminal commands didn't work. It moved the modified Swype.apk to system/app but it still fails the install.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
EDIT: I didn't uninstall the first Swype. There was no uninstall option in the App Manager. Both the one that Root Explorer pulls up and the one in Settings/Applications.
EDIT 2: Okay, I reinstalled stock Swype and uninstalled it. Now I'm going to try the terminal.
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Your not trying this with root explorer are you?

bad4u6669 said:
Your not trying this with root explorer are you?
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It's okay, I just got it to work.
Also, I can send you screenshots of what the other guy was talking about if you like.

How did you get it to finally work, posting this will help people wo might run into the same problem.
Screenshots would be nice.

bad4u6669 said:
How did you get it to finally work, posting this will help people wo might run into the same problem.
Screenshots would be nice.
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I'll do a writeup in a second.
What I did:
1. Email MegaUpload link to my phone because USB wasn't playing nice.
2. Save as Swype.apk
3. Move it to /sdcard (was in /sdcard/downlaods)
Here's where I go wrong.
4. Delete Swype.apk in /system/app
5. Move modified Swype.apk to /system/app
6. Try install and terminal.
Here's where I fix it.
7. Delete modified Swype.apk in /system/app
8. Download original Swype.apk (I somehow lost the backup I saved >.<)
9. Place in /system/app.
10. Install
11. Go to Settings/Applications
12. Uninstall Swype
13. Use terminal
14. ??????
15. Profit!
I edited the screenies into the last post but here they are again.
You can see the Swype icon is a little too low in the first pic.

the second image with the text wont show, can you re upload?

bad4u6669 said:
the second image with the text wont show, can you re upload?
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I quick pulled it down when I realized there was a phone number in it. I re-uploaded with it edited.
Here it is again.
You get to this menu when you Swype from OPT to ABC.
You should note the Swype logo is misaligned in portrait mode as well as landscape.

Yes, the last few screenshots explain exactly what I was trying to say
Swype icon sits too low, edit panel text is hard to read

AHHHH i see now, ok 2 options, leave that one keyboard as stock XSwype, so it will be gray and blue, or shade those keys gray(or some other color). Swype itself puts the images there when the keyboard is loaded. Its not like all the other keyboards where the letters are part of the image. Changing just one part of the code is beyond my capabilities...

Root Explorer not copying

Hi,
I tried to copy an API to /system/app, but when I did that, the screen just blinks, and the file is not pasted into the directory.
I had temp root, and had remounted R/W.
I eventually was able to do the copy by using ES Explorer, but not with RE itself.
Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong?
Thanks,
Jim

Don't know if this helps but... I recently tried to do some copying of files using AndRootFile, and RootExplorer. And like you they did not "take". I finally figured out that after I selected a file to copy, I would use the back arrow button to move to the target folder. This was the problem. When I used the Parent folder icon instead to move back out of the folder, and move to the destination folder without using the back arrow button. the file copied just fine. Hope this helps.

Reggie,
Thanks for the suggestion, but, no, I wasn't using the "back" to get to the /system/app directory. I was clicking on the parent dir, etc.
Jim

I also am having that problem. I tried both the back buttons and the parent directory. Ive tried factor data reset as well. I wander if it has anything to do with the update yesterday?

Until we/someone figures why, you can use root explorer to mount, then the built in es explorer to do the copy...
Jim

I've been doing some stuff w/command line, and I noticed that my stock Gtab doesn't have a native 'cp' command, so you have to use 'busybox cp' instead. I wonder if that's why the RE copy/paste doesn't work?
Jim

SOLVED - it was no native 'cp'
jimcpl said:
I've been doing some stuff w/command line, and I noticed that my stock Gtab doesn't have a native Cp command, so you have to use 'busybox cop's instead. I wonder if that's why the RE copynpasre doesn't work?
Jim
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Hi,
I just tried a test, where I created a softlink for 'busybox cp':
ln -s /system/bin/busybox /sbin/cp
I then was able to use RE to copy/paste into /system/app !
CAVEAT: I don't know if busybox is on Gtab by default...
Jim

At the command line us cp vs Cp. If you want to copy an entire directory, use cp -R /indirectory /outdirectory .

NMCBR600 said:
At the command line us cp vs Cp. If you want to copy an entire directory, use cp -R /indirectory /outdirectory .
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Hi,
That was a typo on my part. The 'cp' command (lowercase c) was really missing in my Gtab .
I've been experimenting w/alternate keyboards, and keep making typos ...
Jim
P.S. I fixed the typos ...

jimcpl,
I was just working on putting Market onto my stock machine and I am having the exact same problem. So far as I can see I have set it up right and followed procedure -- but files just won't move.
Now that I have read y'all's comments, I will try again a time or two.
Rev

butchconner said:
jimcpl,
I was just working on putting Market onto my stock machine and I am having the exact same problem. So far as I can see I have set it up right and followed procedure -- but files just won't move.
Now that I have read y'all's comments, I will try again a time or two.
Rev
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Hi,
BTW, to create the softlink (using ln), you'll need to use adb shell. Or, you could use a terminal, if one's installed (kind of catch 22, since you'd need market to get a terminal).
Otherwise, what might work is:
- z4root to get root
- root explorer to make /system R/W
- kill then restart es file explorer and use that to copy the apks to /system/app
Jim

SIGH ... softlink doesn't survive a reboot
It looks like the softlink that I created disappears after a reboot... then RE can't copy again.
Sorry...
Jim