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Koush Auto Browser without commands.

Well i know many of you have done this but i havnt seen it posted in this thread so here it goes just in case. * Longer Process* but skips dealing with all the commands.
To get auto rotate browser without going through all the command process.
1. Download Koush auto rotate browser here, http://www.koushikdutta.com/2008/12/auto-rotate-for-android-browser.html.
2. Open the browser.apk file, I use winrar.
3. Copy all files from that zip.
4. Open any theme of your choice using winrar, goto app and open the browser.apk
5. Open the browser.apk in winrar and paste the files that you have copied from Koush's browser.apk
6. Save, Now you must autosign your update.zip by following this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3178676
7. Now put the update.zip that you just signed into the root of your sdcard.
7. Turn off phone and boot using home+power
8. Now hit alt+s to update, when finished reboot and walaah!
*This is for the people who are not comfortable using command prompt, works like a charm, has been tested on my phone using jf 1.31 rc30
? Has anyone els tried this and succeeded ?

Not understanding # 2, I went and downloaded the browser, it's an .apk not a zip file?

just fyi, the koush's browser does not need the odex file removed. it is just unnecessary, so why not remove it?

Edit your link for autosigning

chief2842 said:
Not understanding # 2, I went and downloaded the browser, it's an .apk not a zip file?
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It is an apk file but opens up as zip

momentarylapseofreason said:
Edit your link for autosigning
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autosign link now fixed, thanks for the heads up.

diaztradeinc said:
4. Open any theme of your choice using winrar, goto app and open the browser.apk
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ok- G1 newbie here- by theme you mean JF RC30/ADP1/RC8 etc?- YES is the answer to that-
now do i just zip the folder with the pasted files in it? Do i add it to archive? I did that, then chose RAR format and then changed name of file to Browser.apk. Is this correct?

crap! just realised i need java installed for this to work....... will try later..... still not sure if i did the rezipping procedure properly....

am i supposed to rename the "updated_signed.zip" file to "update.zip"?

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am i supposed to rename the "updated_signed.zip" file to "update.zip"?
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Yes you do, let me know how it works out for you.

actually, it hasnt worked out for me. ive done everything 5 times and it wont work.

stogchris81 said:
actually, it hasnt worked out for me. ive done everything 5 times and it wont work.
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Have you tried rebooting your phone after the update?

Well, I didn't before now, lol. Howerver, still a no go..

If his file is an apk, why can't you open the update, and replace the whole browser.apk file, then just resign it?

ill try it.
Has that worked for you?

hondamx525 said:
If his file is an apk, why can't you open the update, and replace the whole browser.apk file, then just resign it?
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Yes that's what I have done and its worked with all themes I have applied it to
I don't know why it wouldn't work for you, maybe your missing a step?

Me? i was just making a recommendation, i haven't tried it. Because he said to open the apk, and replace certain files.

Changing Market App Icons

Hello,
I did some searching before posting this and have come up with little results that are working for me. I have been able to change my stock icon apps using the method on androidcentral (sorry, can not post links yet). However, trying the same thing with Free Market Apps, I have been unsuccessful.
I am able to get the com.*.*.apk file off of my phone, and can extract the res folder, but after editing and pushing the file back onto the phone, the application is "uninstalled." I believe that I have to sign the apk file again, which I've tried doing with no success.
What I do not understand, is the app Bettercut has the ability to change these Market App Icons, so I thought we should be able to do so as well. If anyone has any knowledge of how to do this, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks

Hey you
Change your graphics. Uninstall the app from your phone, put the edited .apk on your sd card and install it with astro (or another app that installs apk files). If you update from market you'll lose customizations.

Hiya.
Yeah, I tried that, but I keep getting unable to install. I do have non-market apps checked, but still no luck. I'm basically just editing the graphic from the com.*.*.apk file, opeing the com.*.*.apk file with 7zip, placing the new graphic in the res/drawable folder, closing 7zip, then I put the com.*.*.apk file onto my SD card (after uninstalling original app) then use astro to install. Doing this is not working. I thought I might have to sign the apk file, rename it or something. Not really sure at this point.

ccapasso said:
Hiya.
Yeah, I tried that, but I keep getting unable to install. I do have non-market apps checked, but still no luck. I'm basically just editing the graphic from the com.*.*.apk file, opeing the com.*.*.apk file with 7zip, placing the new graphic in the res/drawable folder, closing 7zip, then I put the com.*.*.apk file onto my SD card (after uninstalling original app) then use astro to install. Doing this is not working. I thought I might have to sign the apk file, rename it or something. Not really sure at this point.
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I got it to work by pushing the .apks back through adb and not using a File Manager. I changed a bunch of my Market icons without any problem. No fc's or install failures.

So say for example you were to change the Market Icon for Spare Parts. I assume you did the following:
Pulled com.androidapps.spare_parts.apk from /data/app
Edited the app_icon.png file within the res/drawable folder
Uninstalled Spare Parts
Pushed com.androidapps.spare_parts.apk back to /data/app
Or did you do it differently?
Thanks again for all the help on this. Not sure exactly what is going wrong on my end.

I never uninstalled the apk. I just drug a copy of the .apk to my computer, edited the image, and then pushed it back over the original one. Im in no way any kind of expert, but it worked when I did it.

Hmm. So are you going into /data/app and pulling the com.androidapps.spare_parts.apk (for example), editing, then pushing back w/ out signing or anything? I assume you are pushing back the same file, name exactly the same and everything.
So for example you would have pulled com.androidapps.spare_parts.apk from /data/app, edited the png within the apk file, then pushed com.androidapps.spare_parts.apk back to /data/app and it worked?
No rebooting, signing or anything?
I'm using Fresh 1.1 with MCK and again, do not have SD card partitioned for apps2sd yet.
Thanks again.

Yep, that's what I did. No updating, signing, nothin. I did reboot after I was all done. And I dont mess around with that apps2sd business either. So it should be the same.

gomorrah said:
I never uninstalled the apk. I just drug a copy of the .apk to my computer, edited the image, and then pushed it back over the original one. Im in no way any kind of expert, but it worked when I did it.
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Wow that worked pretty nicely! I was trying to change the little slide bar that moves as you change screens. I kept upzipping the file and modifying it, then rezipping and trying to reinstall. 7zip lets you modify the .apk with out opening it up...glad this subject came up and you answered this!

Ok. Step by step here is what I did just now:
1. adb pull /data/app/com.androidapps.spare_parts.apk C:\Users\Chris\Desktop
2. Used 7zip to open the apk file.
3. Moved my app_icon.png file into the res/drawable folder and overwrote the current one
4. adb push C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\com.androidapps.spare_parts.apk /data/app/
5. adb shell
6. reboot
Doing this did not work. It only made the icon on my home screen for Spare Parts go away, and the app is no longer listed as being installed. I can still see the file in my /data/app/ directory, but it is not installed or showing up anywhere.
Any ideas?

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Ok. Step by step here is what I did just now:
1. adb pull /data/app/com.androidapps.spare_parts.apk C:\Users\Chris\Desktop
2. Used 7zip to open the apk file.
3. Moved my app_icon.png file into the res/drawable folder and overwrote the current one
4. adb push C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\com.androidapps.spare_parts.apk /data/app/
5. adb shell
6. reboot
Doing this did not work. It only made the icon on my home screen for Spare Parts go away, and the app is no longer listed as being installed. I can still see the file in my /data/app/ directory, but it is not installed or showing up anywhere.
Any ideas?
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Try pulling the original icon and editing it. Just make it a solid black square. Then put it back in and push to the phone. Sounds like your new icon changes the filesize enough that it needs resigned.

I replaced the built in browser and it stopped working

So basically I copy and pasted a replacement apk into my system/app folder and then restarted. However the app dissapeared. I replaced it again with a backup but it still doesn't show up. What do I do?

invinciblegod said:
So basically I copy and pasted a replacement apk into my system/app folder and then restarted. However the app dissapeared. I replaced it again with a backup but it still doesn't show up. What do I do?
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Check permissions, make sure it is set to 755 which reads as rw-r--r-- in root explorer which I recommend. That'd be the easiest way to do that unless you have terminal emulator and know how to use it.
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[Q] replacing the H+ icon

Ive been messing around in the framework for a little while now, replacing icons and such. I have managed to replace all my notification icons with custom ones that i am making, but i cant seem to find the H+ icon. all the other ones are in drawable-hdpi(3g h ect)
can someone please shed some light on this

gjc5500 said:
Ive been messing around in the framework for a little while now, replacing icons and such. I have managed to replace all my notification icons with custom ones that i am making, but i cant seem to find the H+ icon. all the other ones are in drawable-hdpi(3g h ect)
can someone please shed some light on this
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They are in the rosie. Apk
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Were in Rosie.API are they? I found some + icons but not the h+ ones

I believe they are actually in framework-res.apk.

Gene Poole said:
I believe they are actually in framework-res.apk.
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Negative they are definetly in the Rosie.apk unless they changed the location in sense 3.0. It should be in the same folder as it would be in framwork-res.apk.
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SystemUI.apk (system/app). I change mine all the time.
*Drawable-HDPI, btw

Simba501 said:
SystemUI.apk (system/app). I change mine all the time.
*Drawable-HDPI, btw
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thats on a non inspire based rom correct?

Every time i edit an icon in frameworkres.apk i get a bootloop. What am i doin wrong?
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gho5t82 said:
Every time i edit an icon in frameworkres.apk i get a bootloop. What am i doin wrong?
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Are you unpakcing the apk, if not when you are putting new things in do you have it set to store?

mudknot2005 said:
thats on a non inspire based rom correct?
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Any ROM that has a SystemUI.apk.
In any instance where there isn't one, those icons are in the framework-res.apk.

Im not unpacking it. What do u mean by having it set to store?
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gho5t82 said:
Every time i edit an icon in frameworkres.apk i get a bootloop. What am i doin wrong?
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Hard to tell. What are you using to change the icons?

Simba501 said:
Hard to tell. What are you using to change the icons?
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I was trying to drag some icons from coredroid to virtuous unity's framework and systemui.apk's, using 7zip.

gho5t82 said:
I was trying to drag some icons from coredroid to virtuous unity's framework and systemui.apk's, using 7zip.
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You'll need to be on a laptop/pc to do this method. Before you get started, make sure you have a backup of the apk you're modding (placed on the sd card somewhere). Also wouldn't hurt to make a nandroid. In the event where you need to revert the old apk back, skip to the steps regarding moving the apk to the original folder.
Download APK manager, open it, place the desired system apk into the "place here for modding", run the script, and select the "don't clear out current projects" option.
Near the top you'll see "extract apk". Select this option, wait for it finish, and navigate to the original apk manager folder. Here you'll see a new folder, "out". This is where the apk you extracted is. Navigate to res > drawable-hdpi and replace the desired icons. Make sure the new icons are named to exactly what you're replacing (you should get a "do you want to overwrite" dialog). They should also be sized to what the original file is (or close to it). Once you're done, back out back to the apk manager folder. Run the script again, select optimize images, wait for it to finish, then run zip apk, then 1 (for system app). Your new apk will be in the "place here for modding" folder under the name of "repackaged-unsigned" apk. You'll need to put this on your sd card, move it to "system" first (this will allow you to change permissions), rename it to the original system apk that you're replacing. Change the permissions to rw-r-r (accessible in root explorer by long pressing the file and selecting permissions - first two boxes on the first line and only the first box on the next two lines). From here, move it into the folder where it's replacing the original apk, you should get a "do you want to overwrite", select yes. Scroll down to verify the apk has the correct permissions and that the last modified date is showing as recently. If you don't get an "overwrite" prompt, you need to move it back and correctly name it until you do get the prompt. Lastly, reboot. In some situations (e.g., modifying the Mms apk or other system applications), it would help if you cleared cache and dalvik cache (boot will take a long time). You should see your changes. Seems like a lot but it's very simple. Good luck.
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Simba501 said:
Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Seems as though the apk may be losing its system signature (when you edit it like that). You'll need to be on a laptop/pc to do this. Before you get started, make sure you have a backup of the apk you're modding (placed on the sd card somewhere). Also wouldn't hurt to make a nandroid. In the event where you need to revert the old apk back, skip to the steps regarding moving the apk to the original folder.
Download APK manager, open it, place the desired system apk into the "place here for modding", run the script, and select the "don't clear out current projects" option.
Near the top you'll see "extract apk". Select this option, wait for it finish, and navigate to the original apk manager folder. Here you'll see a new folder, "out". This is where the apk you extracted is. Navigate to res > drawable-hdpi and replace the desired icons. Make sure the new icons are named to exactly what you're replacing (you should get a "do you want to overwrite" dialog). They should also be sized to what the original file is (or close to it). Once you're done, back out back to the apk manager folder. Run the script again, select optimize images, wait for it to finish, then run zip apk, then 1 (for system app). Your new apk will be in the "place here for modding" folder under the name of "repackaged-unsigned" apk. You'll need to put this on your sd card, move it to "system" first (this will allow you to change permissions), rename it to the original system apk that you're replacing. Change the permissions to rw-r-r (accessible in root explorer by long pressing the file and selecting permissions - first two boxes on the first line and only the first box on the next two lines). From here, move it into the folder where it's replacing the original apk, you should get a "do you want to overwrite", select yes. Scroll down to verify the apk has the correct permissions and that the last modified date is showing as recently. If you don't get an "overwrite" prompt, you need to move it back and correctly name it until you do get the prompt. Lastly, reboot. It would help if you cleared cache and dalvik cache (boot will take a long time). You should see your changes. Seems like a lot but it's very simple. Good luck.
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Thank you very much for the detailed instructions, i will try this asap!

gho5t82 said:
Thank you very much for the detailed instructions, i will try this asap!
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Good luck! Report back!
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Simba501 said:
Good luck! Report back!
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I keep getting adb not found messages when i run the script. I have adb installed through sdk.

So I checked system/app and there is not a systemui.apk. I haven't been able to find that apk anywhere.

gho5t82 said:
I keep getting adb not found messages when i run the script. I have adb installed through sdk.
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Manually check via a root explorer on your phone. If you have one, entering it in adb is probably case sensitive. You'd have to enter it exactly as it appears. What ROM are you using?
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gjc5500 said:
So I checked system/app and there is not a systemui.apk. I haven't been able to find that apk anywhere.
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What ROM are you using?
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3D Android urinating on Apple Logo.

Friend sent me this a couple days ago, dont know where he got it buts a 3D twist on the whole android peeing animation. it looked almost at first like a 3D sprint bootanimation at first, then I laughed so hard I almost peed myself, ok maybe I did just a little and everytime I reboot my phone.
http://www.box.com/s/grav46kdvzj84tn3055a

Flash via CWM?
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Flash via CWM?
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Sorry, guess i should have mentioned how to install.
Just copy the above boot file to the following location: NEEDS ROOT
/system/media
If you have a bootanimation.zip file there I would recommend renaming it to something else, then pasting the above file to that folder, reboot and watch the Apple logo get the golden showers

Thanks!!!

I assume this is HDPI only right? I know a friend that has an Android phone, I don't know if he rooted it, but if he did, I'll recommend him this.

jgregoryj1 said:
Sorry, guess i should have mentioned how to install.
Just copy the above boot file to the following location: NEEDS ROOT
/system/media
If you have a bootanimation.zip file there I would recommend renaming it to something else, then pasting the above file to that folder, reboot and watch the Apple logo get the golden showers
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I can do it and i dont have root :S
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sorry please forgive the n00biness of this post but how do you get to /system/media ? i assume you can't do it with the standard "connect to usb" then searching the device on your computer? I DO have root...
thanks

If your using a file manager app like astro file manager of root explorer. Open that and scroll down past the SDcard folder and below that you should see the folder "System". Select that then scroll down to Media. Select that and paste the boot animation to that folder.
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rw-, r--, r--?

brochador said:
rw-, r--, r--?
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You shouldnt have to. I just flat out copied the file to that folder and and rebooted, and it worked. I didnt have to change permissions or anything. Just a straight copy & paste.

great work dude.
by the way.. i had a question.. how you guys create this animation in PNG? any special software to do it? i means you graphic is nice.. 3d effect, movement of the graphic.. and so on.. how to do it??? can some one give a hint???? tq very much

icmcomm said:
by the way.. i had a question.. how you guys create this animation in PNG? any special software to do it? i means you graphic is nice.. 3d effect, movement of the graphic.. and so on.. how to do it??? can some one give a hint???? tq very much
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I have never personally tried to make a boot animation myself. You can do a google search "how to create android bootanimation" that should give you some sites that can give you insight on how to create your own bootnaimation file. The 3D android urinating a friend sent me that one and I dont know if he made or found it.

My xperia is rooted but it will mot let me paste in the the systm/media folder.
SOMETHING ABOUT InSUFFICIENT PERMISSIONS..any ideas guys?

macthered said:
My xperia is rooted but it will mot let me paste in the the systm/media folder.
SOMETHING ABOUT InSUFFICIENT PERMISSIONS..any ideas guys?
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If you are using Root Explorer did you select the "Mounted as r/w, r/o"?
You might have to select the grey box up top that says mount r/w and press it until it says Mount R/O, then it will let you paste. Try that and see if that helps.

usiing astro , when i try and copy it into system/media i get this message
copy error java.iofilenotfoundexcepion./system/media/apple/destroy-edify.zip*(read onlyfile system)
its getting on my nerves now

macthered said:
usiing astro , when i try and copy it into system/media i get this message
copy error java.iofilenotfoundexcepion./system/media/apple/destroy-edify.zip*(read onlyfile system)
its getting on my nerves now
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I have never used Astro, try ES file mananger. Are you rooted? You have to be rooted to paste the bootanimation to the folder.

jgregoryj1 said:
I have never used Astro, try ES file mananger. Are you rooted? You have to be rooted to paste the bootanimation to the folder.
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Or even better, use File Expert

If your phone is rooted "Root explorer" is the best file manager app I have ever used. It has a text editor/viewer(for xmls and build.prop) and it organizes files you zip or unzip nicely into folders. It isnt free though. Oh and most importantly it allows you to change permissions when dealing with system apps/files like the bootanimation.zip in system/media.
Edit** thought it over & I dont remember if you have to change permissions for bootanimation, but I did.
Ios suckkss.

cyrusalmighty said:
If your phone is rooted "Root explorer" is the best file manager app I have ever used. It has a text editor/viewer(for xmls and build.prop) and it organizes files you zip or unzip nicely into folders. It isnt free though. Oh and most importantly it allows you to change permissions when dealing with system apps/files like the bootanimation.zip in system/media.
Edit** thought it over & I dont remember if you have to change permissions for bootanimation, but I did.
Ios suckkss.
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You shouldnt have to change permissions, I have never had to.

thx anyway.. i'm still searching