There are two ways to get your Widgets back when they disappear.
1. Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > HTC Sense > Clear data.
This works, but you loose all the modifications you did to your home screens to get them the way you like.
Or
This method will preserve your screens without losing anything.
2. Use an app like Root Explorer (paid app but well worth it). Goto the following directory /system/app ,make the directory r/w, Click on the com.htc.MusicWidget.apk and tell it to install. Then go to the HTCClockWidget.apk and tell it to install.
If any other htc widgets are missing it is safe to come back and install them too if need be.
Now go to your home screen long tap on were the clock goes and install the clock, then go to were ever your music widget is and do the same. Also for any other HTC Widgets that may be missing.
Walla all fixed and your screens are still intact.
Thanks I needed this.
scirio said:
Thanks I needed this.
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My pleasure. I got sick and tired of having to set things up all the time as I am always jumping from rom to rom.
I don't have HTCWeather.apk or HTCClock.apk in /system/app
I do have HTCWeatherWallpaper.apk and HTCClockWidget.apk though.
So I guess i can't do this unless I push the weather and clock apps in adb push style. Anybody know where I can find those? I imagine my widgets and music player widget disapeared because they didnt come with the rom...
scirio said:
I don't have HTCWeather.apk or HTCClock.apk in /system/app
I do have HTCWeatherWallpaper.apk and HTCClockWidget.apk though.
So I guess i can't do this unless I push the weather and clock apps in adb push style. Anybody know where I can find those? I imagine my widgets and music player widget disapeared because they didnt come with the rom...
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Just install HTCClockWidget.apk and your clock will be back
I updated the first post to clarify a bit better on which files to install. You can install any of the htc widget files without hurting anything
Which apk handles the Wifi/Bluetooth/Airplane/GPS toggle widgets? Those I lost and use all the time.
EDIT: must be HTCsettingwidgets.apk
duh.
EDIT2: Confirmed. that's the one.
scirio said:
Which apk handles the Wifi/Bluetooth/Airplane/GPS toggle widgets? Those I lost and use all the time.
EDIT: must be HTCsettingwidgets.apk
duh.
EDIT2: Confirmed. that's the one.
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I never had to redo that one. It came back on it's own when I did the clock and music. But I guess your mileage may vary from mine a bit.
jeb0921 said:
There are two ways to get your Widgets back when they disappear.
Or
This method will preserve your screens without losing anything.
2. Use an app like Root Explorer (paid app but well worth it). Goto the following directory /system/app ,make the directory r/w, Click on the com.htc.MusicWidget.apk and tell it to install. Then go to the HTCClockWidget.apk and tell it to install.
If any other htc widgets are missing it is safe to come back and install them too if need be.
Now go to your home screen long tap on were the clock goes and install the clock, then go to were ever your music widget is and do the same. Also for any other HTC Widgets that may be missing.
Walla all fixed and your screens are still intact.
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Is there any way to do this without Root Explorer, or a free alternative? Or maybe some adb shell commands?
e30user said:
Is there any way to do this without Root Explorer, or a free alternative? Or maybe some adb shell commands?
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Never tried it in adb. I am sure you probably could. just be a matter of making the system/app directory r/w. Then installiing the apps. Since you don't wipe, or clear the data, it is still there so your stuff remains.
Any adventurous souls who really know their way around adb want to take it on. I am sure we would all appreciate it. maybe even write a script to do it for us.
I'm getting "application not installed" when I try to install the widgets, even though I made /system/app and the files themselves r/w (and /system is mounted rw). What am I doing wrong?
Same thing here. Running DamageControl 2.07
not to be a ****, but losing is spelled 'losing', and where is spelled 'where'.
ah, and the clock w/ weather widget is called
HTCClockWidget (obvious I guess, but this is the one I was looking for (and doesn't have a com. prefix))
jonnythan said:
I'm getting "application not installed" when I try to install the widgets, even though I made /system/app and the files themselves r/w (and /system is mounted rw). What am I doing wrong?
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same issue
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I'm getting "application not installed" when I try to install the widgets, even though I made /system/app and the files themselves r/w (and /system is mounted rw). What am I doing wrong?
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Same here...used to work fine this way before -_-
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Never tried it in adb. I am sure you probably could. just be a matter of making the system/app directory r/w. Then installiing the apps. Since you don't wipe, or clear the data, it is still there so your stuff remains.
Any adventurous souls who really know their way around adb want to take it on. I am sure we would all appreciate it. maybe even write a script to do it for us.
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Create a ReinstallWidget.bat file and add these lines into:
adb remount
adb shell cd /system/app
adb shell install /system/app/Calendar.apk
adb shell install /system/app/DCSWeather.apk
adb shell install /system/app/com.htc.WeatherWdiget.apk
adb shell install /system/app/HtcClockWidget.apk
adb shell install /system/app/htcbookmarkwidget.apk
adb shell install /system/app/htccalendarwidgets.apk
adb shell install /system/app/com.htc.MusicWidget.apk
adb shell install /system/app/HtcContacts.apk
adb shell install /system/app/htccontactwidgets.apk
After creating the file, let me know if it works. No risk here if it's already installed, ADB will just report the app is already installed and do nothing else.
Haven't tried this myself, but it may work.
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Same here.
I'm so bored of clearing and rebooting.....
This is getting rediculous. I have done FULL wipes of every option, reflashed, cleared sense, tried to reinstall using root explorer, and still can't get the damn things back...
EDIT: Funny...reboot one more time...and they are all back...so much bull...but I am happy to have it working again.
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This is getting rediculous. I have done FULL wipes of every option, reflashed, cleared sense, tried to reinstall using root explorer, and still can't get the damn things back...
EDIT: Funny...reboot one more time...and they are all back...so much bull...but I am happy to have it working again.
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I'm also getting sick of it.
I'm now stuck in a loop with HTC Photo Frame. Add Widget --> Choose Album --> Choose Picture --> Saving Picture --> Choose Album --> Choose Picture etc etc etc etc etc etc etc
I'm just going back to my stable 2.06
**EDIT. So WTF. My 7th attempt at adding a pic, and it works......what's wrong with this ?
its funny how its working for everyone all of a sudden. some sort of a conspiracy I tell you.
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ughh this is what happens when i get tooo adventurous
okay, exactly what happened,
i tried to edit the icons of some after market applications and put them onto a theme update for myself,
i got the apps off of my phone using appmanager,
one of which was hello im!
well that hello im app install unsuccessfully, only shows up in atrackdog and the applications list under settings, and refuses to be uninstalled, i even tried to download the real hello im! again over it but because it refuses to uninstall i get an error!
what have i done?
cd /data/app (or /system/sd/app if you've got apps on sdcard)
rm com.corruptapp.apk (probably com.helloim.apk)
no such file or directory
according to astro it reads com.multiplefacets.aol but that didnt work either
does anyonee know?
i really really dont want to start over and reset my phone because of this
backup your apps, and wipe your phone, then just install the one's that work, sincce you tried the easy solutions that seems to be the most likely to work now
or you can just use fschk in linux os....
sadly im runnin vista
okay i tried this
cd /system/app
rm HelloIM!.apk
and it actually found it, because that is where it is
but refused to delete it saying it is a read-only file system
YESSS I WINNNN!
MWAHAHAHAHA
i used the same technique that is used to manually delete the stock sounds and by doing so i was able to remount the system as read/write and delete that sucker!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=474939&highlight=delete+system+files&page=2
Awesome. Glad you got it without wiping.
First Note: These apps will become uninstallable! (much like any other stock rom apk) and must be deleted using the console, somehow.. anybody care to shed some light on how?
Hopefully someone can add more to this or use this info to build a much more thorough how-to, but for now here's what I've got...
Instead of building your own update.zip you can modify your alt+w wipe data to reinstall the downloaded/backed-up apks of your choice. This can also be used to install 3rd party apks without having access to any other installer, for instance if you wipe then find yourself without any access to the internet/market or a computer.
To do this you must first have the apps on the sd. I used astro to backup apps which puts the apks in /sdcard/backups/apps
I'm doing this on IonR2, your system apps may be elsewhere, mine are located in /system/app, you'll need to know where they are for this to work.
Power off your phone and do this (enter the bold stuff only, replace my directories with yours):
home+power (enter recovery)
alt+x (to go to console)
hit enter (cause the prompt says so..)
/ # mount sdcard
/ # mount system
/ # cd sdcard/backups/apps (or cd to where ever your backed up apks are)
/sdcard/backups/apps # ls *appname* (this may be useful for finding the exact *.apk name)
/sdcard/backups/apps # install -cp org.appName.com.apk /system/app (remember to capitalize where necessary)
at this point it should hang for a second then return to the "/sdcard/backups/apps #" prompt, if so the apk has successfully been added.
/sdcard/backups/apps # reboot (or install more apks if you like)
home+power then alt+w to test if you so desire. now your backed up apk should reinstall itself if you ever have to do an alt+w wipe again..(weather the apk is on the sd card or not)
I know, not very thorough but wth, I figured someone might find this as useful as I did(or be able to expand on it a bit, data, app settings etc). Also cool if you happen to have no net connection, no pc access and a wiped phone with no real useful/fun apps...
u only have to do this once, and it'll flash the new roms WITH these apps installed? how do we 'clear' these apps if we don't want to have them installed when we wipe?
Is it possible to install all the apps in your backup directory at once, with some sort of batch command?
These apps will become uninstallable! (much like any other stock rom apk) and must be deleted using the console, somehow.. anybody care to shed some light on how?
@ Lieu10ant, yeah, you only have to do once/updated rom, this modifies the base install. the newely added apks will be installed every time you alt+w (wipe). If you apply an update.zip this process will need to be redone(I'm pretty sure, haven't tried).
@ lukekirstein, I'm sure there's a way but I'm not sure how. Really hoping someone more knowledgable jumps in here with a bit more info :/
I've added a file manager(with backed up apps installer) and wifi tether because I always need/use em and never really planned on uninstalling em..
Im pretty sure you would have to use "rm" and individually remove all apps you dont want.
instead of backing up your apps, just run apps to sd and never reinstall any apps again
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Im pretty sure you would have to use "rm" and individually remove all apps you dont want.
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you would mount the system again from the recovery console and 'rm' each app you don't want. You would want to be careful not to batch delete stuff.
sonikamd said:
These apps will become uninstallable! (much like any other stock rom apk) and must be deleted using the console, somehow.. anybody care to shed some light on how?
@ lukekirstein, I'm sure there's a way but I'm not sure how. Really hoping someone more knowledgable jumps in here with a bit more info :/
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Wouldn't it be a nice thing to make them uninstallable? That would, in theory, make them a lot more stable like the stock apps and can only be updated, not modified. You can probably delete them through console in recovery or even through ADB if you wanted to. It'd definitely be impossible to do it through some basic installer or the package uninstaller while the phone is running normally. The same process as a stock app.
I know you can't do it while the phone is running (bummer :/) but I was hoping it's possible when the phone is off.
@ Breakthecycle2, cool, I figured rm through console after mounting but haven't tried so wasn't 100% on that one.
@ Sirus20x6, I prefer this method to apps2sd, mainly because everything's stored in the phone's internal memory. Although I know most folks now seem to be using an apps2sd of some sort.
@ lukekirstein, yeah. That's why I do it this way, but some may want them uninstallable so I figured I better make a point to inform those folks
Wouldn't this decrease your internal memory since these apps are being saved to the phone so you can later wipe?
jusplainmike, I would assume so. Something to keep in mind.
Would a nand be better?
sonikamd said:
I'm doing this on IonR2, your system apps may be elsewhere, mine are located in /system/app, you'll need to know where they are for this to work.
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(10c)
perhaps, depends on what you want I suppose. I wipe clean every so often just to get a fresh start, speed things back up etc. Sometimes while installing themes I wipe multiple times and also just want a clean slate.
This is definitely not the way to go for a complete backup-restore. Just seems a good way to reinstall a few missing by stock apps after a wipe.
lol soulife i know, i know
I believe apps2sd is the best bet for keeping apps after a wipe or fresh install.
retort
sonikamd said:
lol soulife i know, i know
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The only reason is because you push a market app to internal memory it read only. If there's an update you have to open terminal or adb and rm and push the update back. Plus if you flash a new update it will wipe them out. With a2sd however you can update them no hastle, and even if you flash a new build, with a2sd the reinstall themself. Much more convient as long as you smart with your partitioning.
I think you guys may be doing this the hard way. If you are wiping and moving to a compatible ROM, just leave the sd card as it is and the new ROM should be able to find and install the apps as long as it has apps2sd built in.
If you are moving to an incompatible ROM you will have to remove old sd app directory first.
rm -r /system/sd/app
then you should be able to just copy over your entire apk backup directory to your sdcard as follows.
cp- a /sdcard/yourdirectoryname /system/sd/app
and if you are installing a ROM that has app2sd built in, it should find all the apps and install them.
If the ROM you use does not have apps to sd, then you will be able to use Lucid script to move apps from phone to sd card app directory (with already copied apps) and link directory
Tru, I just don't use apps2sd. My sd is constantly getting mangled for one reason or another..
uh, by doing this you're filling up your /system folder which actually needs memory to improve. and you can uninstall them by
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm/system/app/nameof.apk
on another note wouldnt wiping while having info in the system ; wipe?
anyways
Even though I keep killing with Task Manager the Amazon MP3 Store application, it keeps coming back, how I can stop it from auto running all the time or even better to fully remove it from the phone ?, thanks
I fully removed it from the adb shell using rm -f. I think it's stored somewhere in /data/app. Anywais, just look for the apk and remove it.
St.Jimmy! said:
I fully removed it from the adb shell using rm -f. I think it's stored somewhere in /data/app. Anywais, just look for the apk and remove it.
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I just remove it using Titanium Backup, great tool, I also removed, Mail, VPN, Music, etc.
brosen said:
Even though I keep killing with Task Manager the Amazon MP3 Store application, it keeps coming back, how I can stop it from auto running all the time or even better to fully remove it from the phone ?, thanks
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Original post @ Modaco
http://android.modaco.com/content/g...-mp3-store-or-other-stock-apps-rooted-device/
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adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
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If you are using enom's ROM , the option for removing amazon MP3 , and other built-in apps .. is under spareparts :
Application Options
Built-in Applications ..
checkmark and done !
You also can remove it with "Root Explorer" from the market too...
Or SUFBS I hardly ever bother with commands anymore
You can also remov it with Android mate. (marked)
pvillasuso said:
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adb shell rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
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Thanx..removed
rori1 said:
Thanx..removed
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Can someone walk me through this? I have a stock N1 I've been using for a couple weeks and would love to get rid of some of these crappy programs I never use, without voiding the warranty.
johnstevens said:
Can someone walk me through this? I have a stock N1 I've been using for a couple weeks and would love to get rid of some of these crappy programs I never use, without voiding the warranty.
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You can't without rooting.
sergioalvarezmac said:
You also can remove it with "Root Explorer" from the market too...
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Anyone care to explain how to do this? Is it as simple as just deleting the apk's?
InFlicT666 said:
Anyone care to explain how to do this? Is it as simple as just deleting the apk's?
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Yep.
If you want to completely remove it, rm the apk, the related /data/data/.. folder, the related dalvik-cache object and remove it from packages.xml.
But for a quick removal just del the apk (and .odex if exists).
Or you could just get root manager from the market (paid app) which allows you to uninstall system apps
Can someone please explain to me why programs like the Amazon MP3 store come back after reboot each time I've deleted it. I've deleted it via Root Manager, android mate, titanium backup and all the other methods listed in this forum. Each seem to be rid of the files with out issue. Then I reboot ...and the program is BACK. Clearly there is something I'm missing when i reboot the system reverts back before I deleted it. I just want this sprint bloatware gone
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Can someone please explain to me why programs like the Amazon MP3 store come back after reboot each time I've deleted it. I've deleted it via Root Manager, android mate, titanium backup and all the other methods listed in this forum. Each seem to be rid of the files with out issue. Then I reboot ...and the program is BACK. Clearly there is something I'm missing when i reboot the system reverts back before I deleted it. I just want this sprint bloatware gone
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Sounds to me like the old days of my Blackberry, and things getting pushed to your device OTA without permission, lol. I haven't had that issue though, sorry.
GinjiVitis said:
Can someone please explain to me why programs like the Amazon MP3 store come back after reboot each time I've deleted it. I've deleted it via Root Manager, android mate, titanium backup and all the other methods listed in this forum. Each seem to be rid of the files with out issue. Then I reboot ...and the program is BACK. Clearly there is something I'm missing when i reboot the system reverts back before I deleted it. I just want this sprint bloatware gone
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That...doesn't sound right.
GinjiVitis said:
Can someone please explain to me why programs like the Amazon MP3 store come back after reboot each time I've deleted it. I've deleted it via Root Manager, android mate, titanium backup and all the other methods listed in this forum. Each seem to be rid of the files with out issue. Then I reboot ...and the program is BACK. Clearly there is something I'm missing when i reboot the system reverts back before I deleted it. I just want this sprint bloatware gone
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Sounds like you're not mounting the file system for writing before trying to write (delete) to the file system.
Very interesting thought. I figured since I'm not familiar with these root file system programs yet I could easily have it set to read only instead of write but after some digging I do have the software set to allow write permissions. I found some posts regarding this deleted program respawning issue. the general consensus is its the systems NAND protection. Im going to work on disabling that and trying again. thanks for the great suggestion though.
tipe this on your termina without the quotes if you dont have a terminal get one at the market.
"su"
"mount -o rw,remount /system"
"rm -r /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk"
"pm uninstall com.amazon.mp3"
In root explorer I went in to /system/apps and deleted .com.amazon.mp3.apk. Is that fine or is there anything else I need to delete to uninstall it?
ok I know I am not the brightest bulb here but I cant seem to get facebook sync to work anymore... I have removed a good handful of apps from the system but left the facebook ones alone. I have even tried to repush them back with no luck. and yes I have wiped the phone a few times with no change.
does anyone know what files are required for it to actually work?
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ok I know I am not the brightest bulb here but I cant seem to get facebook sync to work anymore... I have removed a good handful of apps from the system but left the facebook ones alone. I have even tried to repush them back with no luck. and yes I have wiped the phone a few times with no change.
does anyone know what files are required for it to actually work?
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Did you remove friendstream? Did you do a nandroid backup?
Bxsteez said:
Did you remove friendstream? Did you do a nandroid backup?
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ya i did both.. friendstream didnt hurt me before since i did the wipe tho
I had sync issues when i removed friendstream.apk but i could still sync facebook it just constantly had the sync icon. You can try pushing the friendstream.apk back in. U should be able to leave out the widget if you want
Bxsteez said:
I had sync issues when i removed friendstream.apk but i could still sync facebook it just constantly had the sync icon. You can try pushing the friendstream.apk back in. U should be able to leave out the widget if you want
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thanks, i will give that a try
EDIT: worked like a charm
Could someone please post the apk for the friend stream app. mot the widget , just the app. Thanks
sezaro21 said:
Could someone please post the apk for the friend stream app. mot the widget , just the app. Thanks
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there you go
Tried to install this...unable to install. How do you install this?
ncwildcat said:
Tried to install this...unable to install. How do you install this?
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You have to push this into the system/app folder while in recovery with the system folder mounted.
Bxsteez said:
You have to push this into the system/app folder while in recovery with the system folder mounted.
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Thanks very much. Tried to install the zip from recovery just now - fail. Will try this method
anyone help with the steps to push it back?
kregstrong said:
anyone help with the steps to push it back?
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I'm not sure where you stored the friendstream.apk but i'm going to assume root of your c drive.
You have to boot your phone into recovery mode and then go to partitions and mount /system and then on your computer in the command line prompt type
adb push c:\FriendStream.apk /system/app/
Does anyone have the Sense Facebook apk (and odex, if it's needed)? I removed it and can't seem to find it posted anywhere.
Been trying to do this for a few days, can't get it to work.
I'm trying to modify the SMS Unread count widget so that the Widget is White instead of green. I can get it into the apk fine, but I can't get the app to install after I modify it. I have no idea why. If i push it with adb, it doesn't install, if I try to install it on the phone, it won't install.
I attached my image, the original apk and my modified apk. Make sure to rename it if you try to do anything.
Thanks for any help.
could be a simple reason why its not installing.
Dumb question 1, did you uninstall old app or are you pushing over it?
Dumb question 2, are you trying to push to /data/app?
Is this app just an unread sms widget?
1. I tried pushing over it as well as uninstalling.
2. That's where I was pushing it to, yes.
Tried it both ways, can't figure it out.
Edit: I should note that it will start to install, then say installation unsuccessful.
To mount the data use..
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/userdata /data
cp........blah blah
reboot
you cant remount the data, you need to reboot.
If that doesnt work, mount the data again then remove, reboot, then push the app to /system/app. Had to do that with some apps.
Let me know.
Got it to work by pushing it to /system/app/ instead of /data/app/. Thanks for your help! You helped me achieve this =). White instead of green.
The Messaging and Gmail icons are widgets that show unread count in a bubble at the top right.
Glad to help
But im confused. Your using an extra app to do something launcher pro does by default?
Is that one of the options within launcher pro? I've always used this widget because I'm used to ADW. I'll have to check it out.
Question, why did it only work within /system/app/ and not /data/app/?
Edit: Just tried it and that actually works well too. I thought it only worked with the default icon for Messaging within LP. Now I have options at least
data/app doesnt like to play nice, did you try the mounting code for data i gave? Someone had to point me to it.
I did try your code, the file went there, but wouldn't function. Pushed it to /system/app/ and it was in the widgets option after long press on homescreen.
The X is a fussy little s.o.b
gnomesarealive said:
I did try your code, the file went there, but wouldn't function. Pushed it to /system/app/ and it was in the widgets option after long press on homescreen.
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It's a market app, so you can't just push it to /system/app. You have to uninstall the old one, then re-sign the modified APK, then install it using ADB install.
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It's a market app, so you can't just push it to /system/app. You have to uninstall the old one, then re-sign the modified APK, then install it using ADB install.
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Not true. I have pushed many apps. I still have yet to use adb on my x.
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Did you sign the apk with release keys. If not it will fail to install after you modify it.
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nope, never have, i have pushed apps to both system and data. What do you mean by signing though in case i run into it.