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Misnamed apps? Wrong versions? Fix here

Taking some advice I saw on the BAW forum one step further, I deleted the entire /data/boot-cache directory (after doing a nandroid backup of course).
Took about 3-4 extra minutes to boot up, presumably to recreate the contents of the directory, but now all of my apps are showing the correct version, correct icon, and correct name. Haven't run into any issues yet.

I didn't want to suggest this just in case something else would mess up. If you have a lot of bad apps this is perhaps faster than deleting each one.

gilroykilroy said:
I didn't want to suggest this just in case something else would mess up. If you have a lot of bad apps this is perhaps faster than deleting each one.
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Hey there you are! Hah.
I did have a lot of bad apps and had some trouble finding the proper directories for a few. I had just done a backup so I thought I'd give it a try.
I also figured this was the perfect place to suggest it for people to try - around here people are smart enough to do real backups before they start deleting things

Is this with just rooting the phone or after you install the custom rom?

goku14238 said:
Is this with just rooting the phone or after you install the custom rom?
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I haven't touched the custom ROM yet. You do need to root the phone to do this, and it must be done from a shell.

goku14238 said:
Is this with just rooting the phone or after you install the custom rom?
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Just rooting the phone.

So this fixes the issue of my chompSMS thinking its name is "com.p1.chomps..."??

Negrito said:
So this fixes the issue of my chompSMS thinking its name is "com.p1.chomps..."??
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It should, yes. I had a bunch of apps misnamed in that way (EasyMoney, Spades, a few others) and it fixed them.
One of them, Buka Lite, reverted back, though.

I tried this out and all the programs I'd been having issues with were fixed. I rebooted. Still fixed.
But then I installed three updates and after reboot, the same issue came back again. There must be another cache store somewhere...maybe Android Market related, or at least the Android package manager. Either way, I guess some more digging is in order.

mercado79 said:
I tried this out and all the programs I'd been having issues with were fixed. I rebooted. Still fixed.
But then I installed three updates and after reboot, the same issue came back again. There must be another cache store somewhere...maybe Android Market related, or at least the Android package manager. Either way, I guess some more digging is in order.
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I think there's just a bug with the way the phone handles the cache. Did the versions go back to what they were before you deleted the cache, or what they were after you deleted the cache and before you updated the apps?

Looks like the versions didn't revert. Last night, I used aTrackDog to send myself a list of all my apps. I can't remember the three that I updated today, but the two I do remember, Flixster Movies and Handcent did not revert.
Lastnight:
Movies,2.0.1
Handcent Sms,2.9.12
Now:
Movies,2.1.0
Handcent Sms,2.9.13

Well, I decided to remove Dolphin browser since I noticed it kept opening up and running in the background (active, at least that's what Taskiller says). Of course, the next reboot caused all the icons to get messed up again.
So, I thought to look for other cache directories. Does anyone think that deleting /data/dalvik-cache in addition to the /data/boot-cache directory might help? Is it safe to try it out? I'm assuming it'll just get repopulated automatically.

mercado79 said:
I tried this out and all the programs I'd been having issues with were fixed. I rebooted. Still fixed.
But then I installed three updates and after reboot, the same issue came back again. There must be another cache store somewhere...maybe Android Market related, or at least the Android package manager. Either way, I guess some more digging is in order.
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After you install any updates you will have to continue to remove the /data/boot-cache version until HTC/Sprint fixes the bug.

gilroykilroy said:
After you install any updates you will have to continue to remove the /data/boot-cache version until HTC/Sprint fixes the bug.
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Would uninstalling the original, then installing the newest version alleviate the issue? As opposed to just update the app...

Negrito said:
Would uninstalling the original, then installing the newest version alleviate the issue? As opposed to just update the app...
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Nope. I even tried uninstalling, rebooting twice, then installing again. Reverted on next boot.

jonnythan said:
Nope. I even tried uninstalling, rebooting twice, then installing again. Reverted on next boot.
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Damn. It sounded good in theory.

I had this issue with Google Sky Maps and it worked to let me back in. What was displaying after a day or so renamed itself to 'End User License Agreement' and wouldn't let me get past the EULA screen, only offering the option to force close.
The only caveat is that now Sky Maps is still named 'End User License Agreement', but it at least let's me in.
Odd

I tried removing both boot-cache and dalvik-cache. Didn't make any difference...eventually, the errors return if/when you update or install an app.

this must be a bug with the hero. i had the Moment and no apps renamed themselves at all. reset after reset the apps were fine. i reset my hero once and it messes up the apps

Doh! Doesn't seem like there's any easy perm fix in sight... hope it doesn't happen w/ 2.0 and Sense...

install voice search on leaked froyo?

anyone been successful installing the new google voice search program from the market on their dinc with froyo installed?
i can download it fine, but it keeps telling me that installation was unsuccessful.
i'm running one of the leaked froyo roms so i though it should work. perhaps not?

Hmm does unmounting the SD card then installing work?

byproxy said:
anyone been successful installing the new google voice search program from the market on their dinc with froyo installed?
i can download it fine, but it keeps telling me that installation was unsuccessful.
i'm running one of the leaked froyo roms so i though it should work. perhaps not?
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Works fine for me. I have the the 8/1/10 leaked Froyo Rom installed on my Inc. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742242
Just like the post above says, you may need to unmount your sd card storage, in settings, to get it to install.

Cyanogen said:
Yes I know the new Voice Search won't install on CM because of different signatures. Should be fixable.
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His tweet earlier today, may stop some people from pulling out hair.

still no dice when i unmount.
is there a log or something that would tell me why i keep getting "installation unsuccessful"?

mpadgett said:
His tweet earlier today, may stop some people from pulling out hair.
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ahhhh... this must be my problem. okay. hopefully someone will post an apk that can be installed. i'm not on CM, but the ROM i'm running obviously must have the same issue.

I got it to install and can get most commands to work. however, emailing force closes on me.

It works perfect for me 7/27 leak

Dangit, running 2.15 radio, 8/1 Froyo, and the new voice search still FC's on me for mail, and now note to self.

You have the 8/1 rom installed right?
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I also can't get it too install on the 8/1 leak

Works fine on my DI running Skyraider 2.2.

I got this to install just fine on the 8/1 leak.
However, it does not seem to interact with the applications I have installed. For example: "Listen to Deftones", "Set an alarm for 8am", etc. Each time I use these commands, it tells me that the applications required are not found.
I certainly do have plenty of music apps, as well as vanilla clock, etc...
Any ideas? Anyone get this to work properly on sense?

Installed it from Market- works fine- don't overhype it though... it's good.. but it still doesn't do what i want it to do 100%

I got it to install fine. I am using Aiccucs latest rom. I also deodexed the files before mounting system and then pushing them to my phone. I was getting errors when i tried to download and install through the market.

supremex3 said:
Installed it from Market- works fine- don't overhype it though... it's good.. but it still doesn't do what i want it to do 100%
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Yeah, it doesn't recognize what I say half the time.

760hacker said:
I got it to install fine. I am using Aiccucs latest rom. I also deodexed the files before mounting system and then pushing them to my phone. I was getting errors when i tried to download and install through the market.
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Can you post your deodexed files? I'm running the same rom.

Running good on adrynalyne's b2 franken rom installed it right from the market it is also working well with swype with the mic!

Deodexed Files for new Google Voice Search
These files were ripped and deodexed from the droid 2. You must mount system before pushing to /system/app.

yea, mine installed just fine, and works great too!

Anyone using Visidon Applock- face recongnition locking app

Anyone using Visidon Applock- face recongnition locking app on their charge. I had a Nexus S 4g and it worked great, but because of signal issues, I went back to Verizon. Went with the Charge. I have rooted the charge and am running gingerbread, but the apps market will not let me download this program. I think current version is 1.5 and should work just fine on my Charge...if I can get the download. What you do is take a picture of your face. Then you can use it to unlock either the phone, or apps on the phone by showing the phone your face. Works great.
Anyone able to provide me with the apk ver 1.5? I found and downloaded ver 1.1 but it is missing a signature file.
Thanks

There is a market fix in one of the sections here, after you install and run it, it will show up in the market. I have the file but am at work right now and can't seem to find the thread for it. When I get home I will upload the file for you if you havn't found the market fix. I have already installed fix on my phone and looked in the market for this file and it is there and works with this phone.

bcrider83 said:
There is a market fix in one of the sections here, after you install and run it, it will show up in the market. I have the file but am at work right now and can't seem to find the thread for it. When I get home I will upload the file for you if you havn't found the market fix. I have already installed fix on my phone and looked in the market for this file and it is there and works with this phone.
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I will look for the market fix...not sure what I am looking for...but I will search. Thanks for the reply. And yes, the market fix would be the best solution...as it will allow me to download other GB apps.
Thanks Again,

I think I found it. Is it called build.prop.
You have to edit the file to make it look like a Nexus S....which makes sense to me...because that is what I had before and it worked.

wetwaterdog said:
I think I found it. Is it called build.prop.
You have to edit the file to make it look like a Nexus S....which makes sense to me...because that is what I had before and it worked.
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no, the file I am talking about does it all automatically, you have to install this app, run the fix from in the app, restart from w/in the app, then when it powers on you can erase the app if you want to. This will enable all apps in the marketplace.

bcrider83 said:
no, the file I am talking about does it all automatically, you have to install this app, run the fix from in the app, restart from w/in the app, then when it powers on you can erase the app if you want to. This will enable all apps in the marketplace.
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Thanks...but too late....LOL....
I found the file build.prop which I would guess is the manual way to adjust what your fix does. I went into root explorer and renamed the original file to old...then like a dumb ass...turned off the phone before I had pushed the new file to the system folder. Anyway...I just re-flashed GBE....no big deal. and will take a look at your "fix" now.
Thanks Again.
lesson...don't drink and work on your charge...it's a bad combination.

Thanks for this post I have heard about thia app and never.put much into it, I stumbled upon this and bam! Up and running, thanks allall
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This is what I found and what I ended up doing. Download the file and then replace build.prop in /system folder.
I did install your fix.apk...got an error on download via qr....but got the file and used adb to install. Not sure which one worked....
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just un- installed your fix.apk. then tried to install visidon again....all worked well. So I am pretty sure this manual mod is the same. Yours is much easier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15674768#post15674768

Works great!
GummyCharged 1.5

thanks for the fix .apk.
worked perfect on my 2.3.4 gummy charge.

thanks for the fix .apk.
worked perfect on my 2.3.4 gummy charge.
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No problem, happy to help. I would give credit to the person who created the app, but I can't find the thread anymore.
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wetwaterdog said:
Anyone using Visidon Applock- face recongnition locking app on their charge. I had a Nexus S 4g and it worked great, but because of signal issues, I went back to Verizon. Went with the Charge. I have rooted the charge and am running gingerbread, but the apps market will not let me download this program. I think current version is 1.5 and should work just fine on my Charge...if I can get the download. What you do is take a picture of your face. Then you can use it to unlock either the phone, or apps on the phone by showing the phone your face. Works great.
Anyone able to provide me with the apk ver 1.5? I found and downloaded ver 1.1 but it is missing a signature file.
Thanks
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This app is awesome, best thing to keep my roommates off my facebook status, can wait till google+ takes off

[Mod] Google Play Multi DPI fixed

I have tried multiple play store fixes from around the web and seemed to receive multiple force closes and various other issues when trying to launch Google play and Google apps. So, I decided to take the time to actually fix the files for the rom that I am currently using. Therefore, if you are someone who modified the DPI of your phone manually, happens to be running the Alpha for CM9 (or are willing to try with other roms) you can download the Vending.apk and GoogleServicesFramework.apk from this thread here and see if it helps you too. I should mention that you have to Clear data on the Google Play Store after replacing the files so it can again work properly.
I know many people are going to just say "why didn't you just download LCDModderPro, since it has the market fix?" Simple answer, because I wanted to do it myself. That is one of the great things about Android, it's open source and you can modify things to meet your needs. So why did I post this if I just wanted to do it myself? Well, once it was done I figured I might as well share... below are the links if anyone finds it to be useful.
Google Play 3.5.16:
My attempt at a CWM flashable zip: http://d-h.st/L5B
The files if you just want to copy them to /system/app yourself: http://d-h.st/AhT
The original files in case something goes wrong: http://d-h.st/5FS
Google Play 3.5.19
CWM Flashable Zip: http://d-h.st/d0t
The files if you just want to copy them to /system/app yourself: http://d-h.st/JGo
Google Play 3.7.13:
CWM flashable zip: http://d-h.st/fvz
The files if you just want to copy them to /system/app yourself: http://d-h.st/GfI
I am requesting that only people more experienced try this one ^^ out. I am trying something different this time around and I only actually edited a couple of lines, literally one in both the GoogleServicesFramework.apk and one in Phonesky.apk. It has been working for me for three days now, if you have an issue or it fails to work let me know.
Don't forget to clear data for the Google Play store after installing

Do what you do bro lol
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Why didn't you just download LCD Modder Pr..... Oh..... Nevermind....

SolsticeZero said:
Why didn't you just download LCD Modder Pr..... Oh..... Nevermind....
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Ha! I guess that little rant wasn't totally necessary...

Thank you for sharing! I personally used LCD Modder Pro, but it's good to know another way to get it done!! Thanks again!

Good work. there is option if we dont wanna use lcd modder pro....

Thanks, works great. I like the fact that I can get Google Play working without the use of an extra application. I'll hope you keep this updated.

PlagueBoy said:
Ha! I guess that little rant wasn't totally necessary...
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Yeah, I was just messin with ya, dude. Great work, by the way. This is a lot more convenient.

Google Play Version 3.5.19
I downloaded and installed the newest Google Play store version (3.5.19) and it appears that google has changed the display metrics from DPI to Height/Width. I am waiting to see if the old problem of apps becoming unsupported reoccur with the new version. As of now, after clearing data and toying with the DPI some more, I still have access to all my downloaded apps and the error hasn't occurred. I will update if it proves necessary...

PlagueBoy said:
I downloaded and installed the newest Google Play store version (3.5.19) and it appears that google has changed the display metrics from DPI to Height/Width. I am waiting to see if the old problem of apps becoming unsupported reoccur with the new version. As of now, after clearing data and toying with the DPI some more, I still have access to all my downloaded apps and the error hasn't occurred. I will update if it proves necessary...
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Oh nice, I hope the issues will be a thing of the past so we can run custom DPI with no hassle. Thanks for the fix, its appreciated.

PlagueBoy said:
I downloaded and installed the newest Google Play store version (3.5.19) and it appears that google has changed the display metrics from DPI to Height/Width. I am waiting to see if the old problem of apps becoming unsupported reoccur with the new version. As of now, after clearing data and toying with the DPI some more, I still have access to all my downloaded apps and the error hasn't occurred. I will update if it proves necessary...
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I can confirm this. Just installed 3.5.19 running 200dpi. Cleared data and rebooted. New version shows all my apps where before "incompatible" apps would not appear. Finally done with this mod

elitrix said:
I can confirm this. Just installed 3.5.19 running 200dpi. Cleared data and rebooted. New version shows all my apps where before "incompatible" apps would not appear. Finally done with this mod
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Yup. That is what I am seeing here as well. There should be a need to update the original post/files then. If people still want to use 3.5.16 until it is officially pushed to our phones then this will help, otherwise download 3.5.19 and you shouldn't have to worry about your DPI... as far as I can tell anyway.

I wish I would have found this before buying the LCD Density Modder Pro
Lol
Thanks for the hard work and the alternative approach to the app on the market! And thanks for the heads up about the new market
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PlagueBoy said:
I downloaded and installed the newest Google Play store version (3.5.19) and it appears that google has changed the display metrics from DPI to Height/Width. I am waiting to see if the old problem of apps becoming unsupported reoccur with the new version. As of now, after clearing data and toying with the DPI some more, I still have access to all my downloaded apps and the error hasn't occurred. I will update if it proves necessary...
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After flashing and trying different roms for a bit, I realized that Market 3.5.19 ultimately ended up having the same issues. I went ahead and updated the APK and updated the OP with the new link for the download. It is a CWM zip, don't forget to clear data after the install.
I have only tested this on CM9 and AOKP roms, it should still work on others… but I thought I should put it out there that I have only personally tested it on those two roms.

PlagueBoy said:
After flashing and trying different roms for a bit, I realized that Market 3.5.19 ultimately ended up having the same issues. I went ahead and updated the APK and updated the OP with the new link for the download. It is a CWM zip, don't forget to clear data after the install.
I have only tested this on CM9 and AOKP roms, it should still work on others… but I thought I should put it out there that I have only personally tested it on those two roms.
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Yeah i can confirm this. 3.5.19 seemed to work for one day or so. But what ended up happening was that the apps just wouldn't show up at all. I normally use dropbox to test it but that always worked on this new market. Dolphin browser, Draw something, app quarantine wouldn't show up in a search. My phone is running sky ics 4.0.3, dpi 180.
EDIT: omg thank you! You are awesome! Thank you for doing this! You are faster with updates then LCD Density Modder pro, they are lagging it with updates. He is still running 3.5.15, amazing! You rock!
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I just flashed the 3.5.19 CWM flashable zip you made and it worked great! As soon as i rebooted clear the data and amazing. I cant thank you enough! Thank you
If we wanted to do it our selfs, could we extract your zip and take the files? Just wandering for future references.

Just wondering what dpi are you guys using? I tried toying with dpi values on atrix, wanted to get a reference of what the range to look for the sweet spot on the skyrocket
Also i just tried flashing and could not even make it to the boot animation. I'm running the sky ice off the latest leak.
Admittedly i wasn't sure if i was to change the DPI first, reboot, and the flash, or flash clear data then change DPI. I'm back to a nandroid backup, if someone could shed light on this it would be of great help.
Thank you

s.sharm01 said:
Just wondering what dpi are you guys using? I tried toying with dpi values on atrix, wanted to get a reference of what the range to look for the sweet spot on the skyrocket
Also i just tried flashing and could not even make it to the boot animation. I'm running the sky ice off the latest leak.
Admittedly i wasn't sure if i was to change the DPI first, reboot, and the flash, or flash clear data then change DPI. I'm back to a nandroid backup, if someone could shed light on this it would be of great help.
Thank you
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I think, at least I found, when doing the math that the native DPI of the phone should be 207.32 and CM9/AOKP tends not to like DPI being set on an odd number, so 208 is what I have settled on. Although, as Voiid mentions he is running 180 and elitrix mentions 200, just find something that works for you!
As for your issue, I haven't been able to replicate it on my phone. You didn't clear the cache/d-cache in CWM after install did you? I have heard there are times when ICS has issues after doing so... if you did that it could be your problem. As for the proper way to do things, well, I have flashed this at many different times with different roms. I recommend clearing data in apps manager after the flash though, that way it has to resend the DPI information mimicking a first boot or launch of the Google Play store. Try downloading the files them selves, extracting them and manually copying them into the /system/apps folder in something like root explorer. Don't forget to change permissions to rw-r-r.
Voiid - I have uploaded the files in non-cwm flashable format so you can just have the modded files and the link is in the OP. However, for future reference, yes you can just extract the files from the app folder in the CWM zip and use them moving forward as updates come along.

Thanks for the reply Plague. The problem i am having seems to be with dpi modder app. I tried changing the dpi to 200, 180 and 210 and all of them sent me into a bootloop (not actually sure if it was a bootloop because the phone never got passed the samsung logo, i'm assuming it was still on). Either way i resolved the issue by using rom toolbox and changing the dpi to 200. Then i flashed the modded play store and its working great. Thank fully i am crazy about having nandroid backups so i didn't loose anything.

PlagueBoy said:
I think, at least I found, when doing the math that the native DPI of the phone should be 207.32 and CM9/AOKP tends not to like DPI being set on an odd number, so 208 is what I have settled on. Although, as Voiid mentions he is running 180 and elitrix mentions 200, just find something that works for you!
As for your issue, I haven't been able to replicate it on my phone. You didn't clear the cache/d-cache in CWM after install did you? I have heard there are times when ICS has issues after doing so... if you did that it could be your problem. As for the proper way to do things, well, I have flashed this at many different times with different roms. I recommend clearing data in apps manager after the flash though, that way it has to resend the DPI information mimicking a first boot or launch of the Google Play store. Try downloading the files them selves, extracting them and manually copying them into the /system/apps folder in something like root explorer. Don't forget to change permissions to rw-r-r.
Voiid - I have uploaded the files in non-cwm flashable format so you can just have the modded files and the link is in the OP. However, for future reference, yes you can just extract the files from the app folder in the CWM zip and use them moving forward as updates come along.
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Thank you PlagueBoy for the answer and the help!
s.sharm01 said:
Thanks for the reply Plague. The problem i am having seems to be with dpi modder app. I tried changing the dpi to 200, 180 and 210 and all of them sent me into a bootloop (not actually sure if it was a bootloop because the phone never got passed the samsung logo, i'm assuming it was still on). Either way i resolved the issue by using rom toolbox and changing the dpi to 200. Then i flashed the modded play store and its working great. Thank fully i am crazy about having nandroid backups so i didn't loose anything.
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Yeah I had this issue too! Changing the dpi with LCD Modder Pro caused my phone to not boot too. I am not sure why though some apps that change dpi do that on this phone. On my old phone, the HTC aria, LCD modder worked. So idk. I just use root explorer and go to /system/ open build.prop as a text (make sure the folder is writeable) and change the dpi from within that my self. The line says
ro.sf.lcd_density=240
Its like in the center of the file.
You can change that number to whatever just make sure its a feasible number.
And then save it and reboot.
But you said rom tool box works so thanks for the heads up!
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Will this fix works on a galaxy s i9000
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Possibility of Gmail Downgrade on Android L?

Hey guys,
I'm running Lollipop on my nexus 5 and totally hate the new Gmail app for various ui reasons. The rest of the OS I generally like. I'd like to downgrade to the previous 4.9 version of the app to get the old ui back, but just simply trying to install the apk doesn't seem to work. Since it's a system app, I was thinking about replacing the apk with root Explorer. What do you guys think? Possible to do?

Does the install fail? As with all previous versions, they've been installable.
You may just have to learn to live with it though or find an alternative app.

rootSU said:
Does the install fail? As with all previous versions, they've been installable.
You may just have to learn to live with it though or find an alternative app.
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Yeah the install fails. I figured it out though. First what I did was freeze the original app through titanium backup, and then it allowed me to install the old version. Has been working great since. Renaming the app in the system and then trying to install the old version didn't work - it installed, but just crashed right away.

hungry4cheese said:
Yeah the install fails. I figured it out though. First what I did was freeze the original app through titanium backup, and then it allowed me to install the old version. Has been working great since. Renaming the app in the system and then trying to install the old version didn't work - it installed, but just crashed right away.
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Oh. I didn't realise you still had the other version.
Yeah you can't have two apps the same. Its not based on package name either. So you can rename them all you want but that won't work

rootSU said:
Oh. I didn't realise you still had the other version.
Yeah you can't have two apps the same. Its not based on package name either. So you can rename them all you want but that won't work
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Well I uninstalled all updates to the lollipop version (5.0) and then tried to rename the gmail apk in the system so the system wouldn't recognize it anymore. That removed the app and allowed me to install version 4.9, but after installing all it did was crash. I undid my changes and then tried to freeze the app in TB, which worked and allowed me to install version 4.9apk, which works great now. And then I just told the market not to update it to 5.0. I'm a fan of the older design on this app. Much more usable. The rest is okay and I like the new design.

Android likes to wait until ram is full. Then it clear ram when it needs it. This leads to lag since unlike iOS the ui is on the same thread(stupid). Also, android uses garbage collection which uses more ram unlike arc.
So, clearing processes does help but then it just builds up again.
With keyboards running at 40mb and gmail at 60mb this is only going to get worse.
There is also cache clearing that might help... But which cache doesn't lose settings? I'm also beginning to think that a lot of photos can slow things but I don't really know why since that should be static storage and nothing to do with RAM

I would really like to know how you managed to install gmail version 4.9 on lollipop... I have a oneplus one and I just got the paid version of titanium backup to try what you said worked for you - freezing gmail then installing a 4.9 APK, and while it looks like the freezing worked, when I try to install 4.9 it just says "App not installed".. no details or anything else. What else can I try?

tamale said:
I would really like to know how you managed to install gmail version 4.9 on lollipop... I have a oneplus one and I just got the paid version of titanium backup to try what you said worked for you - freezing gmail then installing a 4.9 APK, and while it looks like the freezing worked, when I try to install 4.9 it just says "App not installed".. no details or anything else. What else can I try?
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Have you tried rebooting into recovery and wiping the dalvik cache and then trying to install and old version. I don't have a reason for an older version and right about now I don't really want to have to restore a backup if I bork it doing that
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The old gmail runs on dalvik I think, whereas lollipop uses art. It won't work
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I got it. Just had to use the built in downloads app to open the apk, not es file explorer. For some reason that worked!

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I got it. Just had to use the built in downloads app to open the apk, not es file explorer. For some reason that worked!
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Congrats! Just saw this. Glad you got it to work. I've sort of given up /in to Google at this point since my note 4 is not rooted. If it was I would downgrade again. Hope others find this thread still useful.