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[How To] Install AmazonMP3 on Haykuro, Dude's, and JF's Firmware

Hi everyone, as many of you guys have noticed, the newer firmwares do not come with the Amazon MP3 application. For those of you who want this, here is a tutorial on installing.
First, download the com.amazon.mp3.zip file uploaded, and place it on your desktop. DO NOT OPEN IT OR EXTRACT IT. Change .zip extension to .apk. For those of you who do not know how to do that, hit Start> My Computer> Organization> Folder and Search Options> and Uncheck "Hide Extentions for Known File Types". Then, delete the .zip extension and type in .apk. Have your G1 ready and plugged in, as you will be using ADB to install this program.
Open up command prompt and type:
cd desktop
adb install com.amazon.mp3.apk
exit
It should now be installed!
For those of you who do not have ADB installed for whatever reason, place the com.amazon.mp3.apk onto your SDcard. Then, using a file manager on your G1 (I use OIfilemanager) navigate to the location where the file is placed and install.
Also, the com.amazon.mp3.apk can also be extracted directly from RC and JF 1.4x builds.
NOTE TO MODS: I understand that Amazon MP3 is not an open source application. Therefore, if for any reason if you guys do not feel that uploading this apk is allowed, feel free to remove this post.

Paying $1 per mp3 can add up over time

With RC 33 i wanted to removed this program, now that JF 1.50 removed automatically, do you believe that i will tried this? But thanks anyway...
PS- People DL music MP3's on theirs PC' for free, Amazon Sucks!

Sometimes I find Amazon MP3 useful for previewing a CD while I am at the library.
By the way, there is no need to distribute the apk here when anyone can just extract it themselves legally from an official update.zip

jashsu said:
Sometimes I find Amazon MP3 useful for previewing a CD while I am at the library.
By the way, there is no need to distribute the apk here when anyone can just extract it themselves legally from an official update.zip
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Yeah I understand that, I'm just saving them the trouble of having to do it themselves. However, when you say "legally" do you mean distributing this apk is illegal? If so I will remove it.

SolemnWishing said:
However, when you say "legally" do you mean distributing this apk is illegal? If so I will remove it.
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It's not expressly forbidden. The general stance on xda is as long as the software in question isn't payware, then it is okay (of course a mod is free to make a judgement otherwise). However, everyone should have a RC33 or somesuch build lying around that they can extract the file from themselves anyway.
Seems that most folks don't appreciate the usefulness of Amazon MP3 as a source of track preview. I just wish that it still integrated into ShopSaavy and CompareEverywhere. Used to be you could scan a barcode of a CD and it would pull up the CD on Amazon MP3. If anyone knows how to make this work with current software versions, let me know.

Thank you for the explicit directions. This worked great on my G1 and my friend's using a mac.

Well, I guess that means we will wait for a mod to say something... next in line.. PDFviewer.
Okay, PDFviewer will not work on my JF1.50 build. Just for fun I also tried to push the H build camera and the H build dialer. The pushed camera resulted in the camera app disappearing all together along with the camcorder, gallery and picture frame widget. The H build dialer caused the phone to be completely unresponsive.
Remember, always use a Nandroid backup when attempting risky procedures

SolemnWishing said:
Well, I guess that means we will wait for a mod to say something... next in line.. PDFviewer.
Okay, PDFviewer will not work on my JF1.50 build. Just for fun I also tried to push the H build camera and the H build dialer. The pushed camera resulted in the camera app disappearing all together along with the camcorder, gallery and picture frame widget. The H build dialer caused the phone to be completely unresponsive.
Remember, always use a Nandroid backup when attempting risky procedures
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If you want to extract features from Haykuro's H build for 1.50 installation, I suggest you hook up ddms so you can get realtime debugging and see what libraries/functions are being called that are causing problems. It should work in the emulator too.
By the way PDFViewer's dependencies have been well established, but the program checks some unknown properties of the build and will refuse to run for non-HTC builds. Decompiling the dex might lead to clues as to what it is and how to workaround it or patch the apk. I'm actually hoping it will just run unmodified on the official T-Mo 1.5 rom expected any day now.

jashsu said:
If you want to extract features from Haykuro's H build for 1.50 installation, I suggest you hook up ddms so you can get realtime debugging and see what libraries/functions are being called that are causing problems. It should work in the emulator too.
By the way PDFViewer's dependencies have been well established, but the program checks some unknown properties of the build and will refuse to run for non-HTC builds. Decompiling the dex might lead to clues as to what it is and how to workaround it or patch the apk. I'm actually hoping it will just run unmodified on the official T-Mo 1.5 rom expected any day now.
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hehehhe! We can always dream can't we...

lol HTC dream.. well, I do not know how to work apps, or port them or anything, so that is pretty much out of the question. Ill just stick with the obvious ones.

Much thanks!! I wanted Amazon back.

thanks
works on JF flawless. no issue yet. Thanks.

I installed the Amazon MP3 apk night before last and found that the search function wouldn't open its search box. I uninstalled and then pushed it to /system/app via adb and now it works just fine. FWIW, I have apps on SD (the symlink version).

That is good, and does anyone know if the Teeter game from the original Haykuro H build requires some sort of special resource or something? As the game installs, but force closes on startup.

thank you very much for this... anybody got a fix for myfaves???

jashsu said:
If you want to extract features from Haykuro's H build for 1.50 installation, I suggest you hook up ddms so you can get realtime debugging and see what libraries/functions are being called that are causing problems. It should work in the emulator too.
By the way PDFViewer's dependencies have been well established, but the program checks some unknown properties of the build and will refuse to run for non-HTC builds. Decompiling the dex might lead to clues as to what it is and how to workaround it or patch the apk. I'm actually hoping it will just run unmodified on the official T-Mo 1.5 rom expected any day now.
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hehehe. the properties aren't unknown. It's a library, and 2 framework files.

TheDudeOfLife said:
hehehe. the properties aren't unknown. It's a library, and 2 framework files.
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So you have PDFViewer working without the "Only for HTC devices" nag screen?

Haha mind enlightening us??

someone run some diffs on thedudes libs and framework files =P!

To "ROM" cookers: How to avoid receiving a C&D letter...

The answer is simple: do not include any non-open source apks or code that you have not explicitly received permission to distribute.
Instead, after building your entire update.zip, strip out all the proprietary software. Then, create a .bat and/or .sh file that will perform the following tasks:
- Download the official update.zip from the google.com site.
- Extract the required apks, obexes and jars.
- Add them to the correct locations in your update.zip
- Sign the update.zip (so include signapk.jar with your script)
- Rename the file update.zip
Name your zip as "incomplete-update.zip" (or something of the sort) and include your completer script with the file. Users will run the script and receive a complete update.zip as you had intended to distribute. THAT'S IT! A completely license-abiding way to distribute cooked "roms" without infringing on Google's licenses.

I wish google or HTC would contact me, I would say huh, what, me no speak spanish.... lol

Only if that would actually stop lawyers. God I hate lawyers. If that defense worked MMOGlider.com would still be working.

TheArtiszan said:
Only if that would actually stop lawyers.
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It would, atleast in this case.

TheArtiszan said:
Only if that would actually stop lawyers. God I hate lawyers. If that defense worked MMOGlider.com would still be working.
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Glider actually had a detrimental effect to the community, these mods don't. Horrible comparison.

afflaq said:
Glider actually had a detrimental effect to the community, these mods don't. Horrible comparison.
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One man's detriment is another man's free market. It's a tough question.
Disclaimer: I hated MMOGlider and the people who use it, and wish they would've died in car crashes.

jashsu said:
The answer is simple: do not include any non-open source apks or code that you have not explicitly received permission to distribute.
Instead, after building your entire update.zip, strip out all the proprietary software. Then, create a .bat and/or .sh file that will perform the following tasks:
- Download the official update.zip from the google.com site.
- Extract the required apks, obexes and jars.
- Add them to the correct locations in your update.zip
- Sign the update.zip (so include signapk.jar with your script)
- Rename the file update.zip
Name your zip as "incomplete-update.zip" (or something of the sort) and include your completer script with the file. Users will run the script and receive a complete update.zip as you had intended to distribute. THAT'S IT! A completely license-abiding way to distribute cooked "roms" without infringing on Google's licenses.
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This would work. But, it seems to me you could also take a similar approach that works like this:
1) Strip the proprietary code out of the update before signing.
2) Sign and distribute the update.
3) People install the update and return to the recovery screen.
4) Drop into terminal mode and run a script that downloads and installs the missing proprietary code in the proper places.
5) Reboot and enjoy.
Any reason that wouldn't work equally well (but be somewhat simpler)?

stellarman said:
This would work. But, it seems to me you could also take a similar approach that works like this:
1) Strip the proprietary code out of the update before signing.
2) Sign and distribute the update.
3) People install the update and return to the recovery screen.
4) Drop into terminal mode and run a script that downloads and installs the missing proprietary code in the proper places.
5) Reboot and enjoy.
Any reason that wouldn't work equally well (but be somewhat simpler)?
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It doesn't seem like it would be a good idea to boot into the OS with major parts missing (esp stuff like framework.apk). However, if it can be worked around then yes, that would be a method too. Any variation on the theme of "partial update.zip plus files from a locally downloaded official update" would be good.
Is it more work to do this than just to distribute a fully complete (but not license compliant) update.zip? Yes. But it not only protects the cook from being C&D'd, it also helps to legitimize the "ROM" cooking scene.

You are still distributing the the unlicensed files, you are just providing a different way to distribute them. instead of including them directly in your ROM, you are supplying a script that adds them to your ROM.

Man all this is too much.... I might get rid of my G1. Google is always trying to ruin the good things for us. -__-"

jashsu said:
It doesn't seem like it would be a good idea to boot into the OS with major parts missing (esp stuff like framework.apk)
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The framework.apk is APL and part of the Android source. To see what you get without the Googlebits, just run the emulator.
I think the easiest is to have the updater copy the proprietary bits from the phone to your SD card, perform update, then copy back. then reboot.

jashsu said:
It doesn't seem like it would be a good idea to boot into the OS with major parts missing (esp stuff like framework.apk). However, if it can be worked around then yes, that would be a method too. Any variation on the theme of "partial update.zip plus files from a locally downloaded official update" would be good.
Is it more work to do this than just to distribute a fully complete (but not license compliant) update.zip? Yes. But it not only protects the cook from being C&D'd, it also helps to legitimize the "ROM" cooking scene.
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Read my post again. I am not suggesting that you try to boot without the parts. I am saying to use the terminal WITHIN Recovery. Do the step of re-adding the proprietary bits BEFORE you leave Recovery and reboot.

Actually people, let's not forget that perhaps Cyanogen had to modify some closed-source apps like Market and Camera on several occasions, right? To avoid crashes due to resource-id changes?
So just downloading older binaries might not always work?
--Tim

I sent a twitter to Cyanogen about this last night. Downloading every time would be slow and a waste of bandwidth. I think you could do it one of two ways.
1) add a script to cm-recovery that is executed with ALT+G the extracts the apks, etc from an official google dist file on the sdcard and copy them to the proper locations.
2) add a script (which does the extraction, etc. from a zip on the sd) someplace into update.zip. cm-recovery looks for that script and if it exists then it will automatically execute after the normal update routine is complete
3) a combination where the script is in update.zip but the users has to hit ALT+G to execute it.
I think #2/#3 would be most flexible because you wouldn't have to change recovery image for different ROMs and all ROM developers could have a custom script in their update.zip to fit their needs.

rewrite those applications if they haven't already been rewritten in one way or another many dialers, a couple marketplaces, youtube, all the apps could be developed just like messenger and browser come on lets just get around google and create the missing apps

kanstin said:
I sent a twitter to Cyanogen about this last night. Downloading every time would be slow and a waste of bandwidth. I think you could do it one of two ways.
1) add a script to cm-recovery that is executed with ALT+G the extracts the apks, etc from an official google dist file on the sdcard and copy them to the proper locations.
2) add a script (which does the extraction, etc. from a zip on the sd) someplace into update.zip. cm-recovery looks for that script and if it exists then it will automatically execute after the normal update routine is complete
3) a combination where the script is in update.zip but the users has to hit ALT+G to execute it.
I think #2/#3 would be most flexible because you wouldn't have to change recovery image for different ROMs and all ROM developers could have a custom script in their update.zip to fit their needs.
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Anything that requires a user to press more keys is dumb. The problem Google has is that their apps are being redistributed by rom makers.
Lets take a look at how Google circumvents the same restrictions for HTC binaries: http://source.android.com/documentation/building-for-dream
Remember they are advocating circumventing HTC's proprietary licenses by running a script to copy these files. We need to do the same thing, and as long as we are coping the files, using the phone as the SOURCE, the process can be transparent to the user.
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Also has anyone thought about the fact that HTC proprietary files are being redistributed also? The phones are UNUSABLE without these files.

fauxhawk said:
Anything that requires a user to press more keys is dumb.
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Yeah, it is dumb. Option #2 runs the script automatically and and Option #3 requires pressing ALT+G. Option #3 is in case the lawyers get really nasty; there is no way they can say that option is in violation because it requires user intervention (pressing ALT+G).

would this approach at distribution impact the optimization and tight fit of the ROM?

This is pretty much the same idea I had last night.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=564303

camalot said:
You are still distributing the the unlicensed files, you are just providing a different way to distribute them. instead of including them directly in your ROM, you are supplying a script that adds them to your ROM.
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But you are not distributing these files. The update.zip you supply has absolutely no intellectual property which you are not entitled to distribute. Even the script, the IPR for it would be with the dev who write it. Now it might well be illegal - and personally I'd debate whether it is, but let's leave that for now - to *RUN* that script. But that's not the dev's concern and everything he supplied would be his own IPR.
Say you had a friend who worked for Google. It's the same as the difference between this friend emailing you a copyrighted MP3, versus you using Google to search for the same MP3 and then clicking on a link that appears. In the latter case Google hasn't distributed anything - they've merely provided the means for you to find the file on-line. YOU are then the one who breaks the law by downloading it. In the former case, it's your friend - and possibly Google as the people who provide the email system - who break the law.
Any dev who provided a script to download what is needed from a place on the internet and extract them from a zip would be very difficult to C&D.

[UPDATED][ROM MODS] Potential speed increases for AT&T Inspires with Custom ROM's

Good morning everyone. I will be splitting this topic into two parts. The first post will be my a FAQ and my anecdotal evidence supporting my claim and how I came to this conclusion, and the second will be the instructions on how to duplicate. I didn't put the instructions in the first post because I want people to actually read this part first before jumping in and then asking the same questions over and over again.
FAQ
Q. Does this work everywhere, all the time?
A. No. As with any cellular technology, results will vary greatly. I know this works where I am. I make no promises that it will work where you are.
Q. I can't get more than X speed, help!
A. If you have followed these steps TO THE LETTER then I already have done everything possible. The only way YOU will see better speeds is to either connect to WiFi, move to an area with better infrastructure, build your own tower with fiber connection, or get a Femtocell.
Q. I'm running JimBob's SuperDeluxeAwesomestMegaWhooptieXXL ROM, does this work with it?
A. Most likely. As with ANY system change, make a full backup before attempting any changes. I am not responsible for you bricking your device.
Q. Can I ask a question that was answered either in the OP or right above where I asked?
A. I like turtles.
OK, on to my reasoning.
First, I have looked at each thread promising better speeds. All have, in my experience, been on the right track. However, none have really brought it all together to truly work perfectly. I was pretty happy with my 4mbit own connection.
Until the update from HTC came out. I hit 7-8mbit regularly where I was hitting 4 max before. Even in high traffic areas like Downtown Fort Worth, I had averaged 1.5-2 throughout the day on any custom ROM. With the new update, 4-5 average.
I wondered what the differences were that caused custom ROM's to not be able to achieve full speeds, when I could nandroid restore to the stock updated ROM and get those blazing speeds without ANY modification connected to the same towers.
So, I decided to "merge" my ROMs.
All of a sudden, 8mbit down on RCMix 6.1. 8mbit down on AR. 8mbit down on CM7(Edit: Only on versions which support the HTC RIL's, not all older versions do).
Holy smokes.
Second post with instructions en route.

Instructions
Prerequisites:
A basic knowledge of flashing ROMs and Radios on the HTC Inspire 4G and ADB commands
S-Off HTC Inspire 4G with CWM Recovery and AT&T service
MicroSD card inserted in phone
Root capable file explorer (I prefer Root Explorer, as it can set permissions)
Download the following three files and extract to the location of your choice on your SD Card: MultiUpload(Updated 05-13-2011)
EDIT: for testing, please download This instead, it should place the telephony.db FOR you. Please report back any permissions issues, or if it even works...
Steps:
NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE BEGINNING!
1. Place PD98IMG.zip(12.39a.60.19x_26.06.06.30_M) on root of SD Card (location: \mnt\SDCard) Reboot into bootloader to install updated Radio(If necessary, if you have already flashed this radio you do NOT need to reflash radio.)
2. Once radio is installed, reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery, go to mounts and mount /system, and install the Speed Boost .zip from CWM. This includes the (verified)updated RIL files for the radio as well as propeditor for the next step.
3. Once rebooted, Prop Editor should now be present in your app tray. Open and grant Root Access. Once you have completed that, BACK UP YOUR build.prop and copy to your ADB location on computer (this way you can recover if this step gets a little messed up, reboot recovery and ADB push build.prop /system)
4. Using Prop Editor, make the following changes and additions to your prop file(Note: Any line not expressly mentioned here SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED OR TOUCHED):
Code:
ro.ril.ecc.HTC-GCC=999,112,997
ro.ril.ecc.HTC-WWE=999
ro.ril.ecc.HTC-ELL=92,93,94
ro.ril.enable.a52.HTC-ITA=1
ro.ril.enable.a53.HTC-ITA=1
ro.ril.enable.a52=0
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=14
ro.ril.hsupa.category=7
ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.disable.fd.plmn.prefix=23402,23410,23411
ro.ril.enable.sdr=0
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2
ro.ril.enable.amr.wideband=0
ro.ril.att.feature=1
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1
ro.ril.radio.svn=3
ro.ril.enable.prl.recognition=1
*media.a1026.enableA1026=1
*htc.audio.hac.enable=1
*Ignore on CM7 based ROMs. It will eat your battery.
5. Reboot phone TWICE.
6. [EDIT: Not needed on CM7 sourced ROM's after nightly build 57, MIUI, Inspired Ace by gtg465x, see step 6a] Open your Root File explorer of choice, then copy telephony.db and navigate to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases and rename existing telephony.db to telephony.db.old, then paste the new telephony.db in that location, and set permissions to rw-rw----. Reboot phone. *see below if phone.apk crashes on reboot
6a. Change APN's to match what is in THIS thread by henrybravo.
Be sure to hit his Thanks button too!​
7. Once phone is rebooted, go to settings, wireless and networks, mobile networks, and access point names. Select the locked APN (Note: WiFi Hotspot still works)
This should complete the modifications, speeds should be much better.
* - If you get crashes in Phone.apk, reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery, choose Advanced, and Fix Permissions. This will cause a temporary issue in which Contact pictures do not appear in the Messaging app. To fix this,get a terminal emulator, then do these steps:
su
chmod 666 /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/files/*
This will fix this issue after reboot.
Many thanks to:
henrybravo, for the telephony.db method
IsraelR for the original build.prop thread
Any others I left off the list are purely unintentional. Please PM me and let me know!

I'm using the Inspire on Straight Talk, an AT&T MVNO. The APN settings won't work for me, should I just use what I have and apply the other steps in the process?
Also, thanks for the work!

What radio is it?

entropism said:
I'm using the Inspire on Straight Talk, an AT&T MVNO. The APN settings won't work for me, should I just use what I have and apply the other steps in the process?
Also, thanks for the work!
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Skip the telephony.db as well, it only has AT&T settings in it.
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Flashing now, hoping it works. AT&T around here fluctuates like crazy, and it's a lot worse with the Inspire. I can get 400k/300k one minute, 4mb/2mb the next. Right before I started flashing this, I was getting 900k/300k.

harlenm said:
What radio is it?
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Whoops, thought I copied and pasted it into there. 12.39a.60.19x_26.06.06.30_M - The AT&T updated radio from the OTA update.

Definitely not seeing prop editor installed after flashing the speed boost zip (flashed twice). Going to edit it with a text editor under Root Explorer and see how it goes.

entropism said:
Definitely not seeing prop editor installed after flashing the speed boost zip (flashed twice). Going to edit it with a text editor under Root Explorer and see how it goes.
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Hmm, I will check it. It did on the two test Inspires I have used. Text editor will work fine.
Edit - Reuploading files.

If some of the ro.ril lines of code aren't in my build.prop, should I be adding them manually? These lines were missing:
Code:
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2
ro.ril.att.feature=1
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1
ro.ril.radio.svn=3
Edit: Running CM 7.0.2, CM kernel.

entropism said:
If some of the ro.ril lines of code aren't in my build.prop, should I be adding them manually? These lines were missing:
Code:
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2
ro.ril.att.feature=1
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1
ro.ril.radio.svn=3
Edit: Running CM 7.0.2, CM kernel.
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Yes, this is part of the update we are doing.

I have not tried yet but since no one has and probably will not, at least for awhile lol. Just wanna say thank you for putting the time and effort into, in my oppinion , such a huge project
Will probably take a bit to get all the little kinks of diffrent roms,devs , peoples set ups . Again thank you and thanks for the huge tech support hours you will be putting in,
Sent From My HTC Inspire 4G @ 1.5Ghz

entropism said:
If some of the ro.ril lines of code aren't in my build.prop, should I be adding them manually? These lines were missing:
Code:
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2
ro.ril.att.feature=1
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1
ro.ril.radio.svn=3
Edit: Running CM 7.0.2, CM kernel.
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Redownload the mod and rerun the CWM flashable .zip, the updater script in there was the wrong one, my fault!

Kizzmiazz said:
I have not tried yet but since no one has and probably will not, at least for awhile lol. Just wanna say thank you for putting the time and effort into, in my oppinion , such a huge project
Will probably take a bit to get all the little kinks of diffrent roms,devs , peoples set ups . Again thank you and thanks for the huge tech support hours you will be putting in,
Sent From My HTC Inspire 4G @ 1.5Ghz
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Haha, I am ready for the hours. Fortunately, my method SHOULD work for any ROM for the Inspire, as it only affects certain files. We shall see, I suppose!

Locked APN?
I didn't come up with a locked APN after the procedure. They are all currently unlocked. I started with two:
MMS and MediaNet
I now have 4, they are "Entitlement", "MEdia Net", "MEdiaNet", and "MMS"
Not sure which to pick.
EDIT: It appears that my MediaNet and your Media Net are the same APN, and I am unable to choose Entitlement. I guess that answers that?

ou4me said:
I didn't come up with a locked APN after the procedure. They are all currently unlocked. I started with two:
MMS and MediaNet
I now have 4, they are "Entitlement", "MEdia Net", "MEdiaNet", and "MMS"
Not sure which to pick.
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Choose menu then reset to default.
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id10terrordfw said:
Choose menu then reset to default.
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I'm not sure that was what was needed. I ended up with the default APN from my UltimateDroid ROM, which has some missing parameters and has always been very slow. In fact, I went from no appreciable speed increase with the procedure and 4 APNs to now quite a speed decrease. I'm going to add back the MediaNet APN. Let me know if I need any of the others added in there. ie: Entitlement.

ou4me said:
I'm not sure that was what was needed. I ended up with the default APN from my UltimateDroid ROM, which has some missing parameters and has always been very slow. In fact, I went from no appreciable speed increase with the procedure and 4 APNs to now quite a speed decrease. I'm going to add back the MediaNet APN. Let me know if I need any of the others added in there. ie: Entitlement.
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You shouldn't, the new telephony.db should have provided two new APN's at that point. That is the purpose of copying it over.

Speeds are just as bad, if not worse for me. Granted, do NOT use my experiences to see if you should install this or not, as I'm not using AT&T for my service, I'm using Straight Talk.
Results after installing this:
700k down, 590k up
1300k down, 85k up
698k down, 590k up
426k down, 852k up
1543k down, 136k up
937k down, 137k up
468k down, 140k up

entropism said:
Speeds are just as bad, if not worse for me. Granted, do NOT use my experiences to see if you should install this or not, as I'm not using AT&T for my service, I'm using Straight Talk.
Results after installing this:
700k down, 590k up
1300k down, 85k up
698k down, 590k up
426k down, 852k up
1543k down, 136k up
937k down, 137k up
468k down, 140k up
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Did you reinstall the zip in the new download?

Request for a Tutorial on comparing two ROM's

Is there anyone out there who has the knowledge on how to tweak/make ROM's willing to do a quick (I don't know if that is realistic) tutorial on just how to compare to different ROM's? For instance a video or a step-by-step process on how to take one ROM (let's say the Stock ROM of the Droid Charge Gingerbread version) and compare this to a heavily modded ROM (let's say Infinity ROM or Humble)... I'm curious just how the devs do this; many have advised to start here to see how ROM's work, what's different and where the location of different parts are.... Please help thanks..
My initial thread

Hmm good question. Sure most will point you to several links to read different threads. Each Rom depending on what they change are usually an effort by several people. Thats were credit to certain people are given. Some start with a stock ROM and do some tweaks but alot of theme work. Guess thats why you are asking. Think there is so much going on in the back round with what we dont see it would be hard to compare, such as lines of code etc... Dont know if that is the correct answer but figured I would try.

I know, the reason I'm asking is because I've been given advice to start here and the names of programs needed, but I'm not learned enough to use the programs the correct way yet... Figured I'd ask-whats the harm?
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Programs:
Linux if you want to extract files from factoryfs.rfs files
7zip or File-roller (or other archive utility)
apktool (or smali/baksmali)
diff (win-diff or kdiff3 also works, can also use git)
Notepad++ or gEdit
andriod-sdk with platform-tools (for adb)
Any dependencies of the above
After that, it's as "simple" as de-compiling various files (with apktool/baksmali) and comparing them. Then use a text editor to add/remove things that you want/don't want from the de-compiled files, or swap out images. After the changes are made, recompile and test. It is a very time consuming process, especially if you run into issues, as problems aren't always easy to track. Logcat will definitely become your friend.

andrewjt19 said:
I know, the reason I'm asking is because I've been given advice to start here and the names of programs needed, but I'm not learned enough to use the programs the correct way yet... Figured I'd ask-whats the harm?
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You came to the game kind of late. There're so many roms/kernels etc..and the history of them. It will take you months to catch up. I suggest that we would provide you the most current one and it's new/just release you can read up on it. When you look at a rom, alway start on the first page, this is where developer will provide details/description about what has changed for the rom. I would recommend the most current, stable, fast and it's a new release. The TweakStock Rom. This rom when you're using with Go Launcher (Go launcher set to smooth and with some animation, will give you the fluid of Iphone 4S. Start from thread one and see what dev has taken a stock rom and upgraded/tweaked up until today. Good luck. If any question you can post here and we will try our best to help out.

Thanks fellas, I appreciate the advice and I will let you know how I do. One problem I kept running into was in this procedure:
1. Opened kdiff
2.file browse rom a (stock gb in this case) both files still in .tar.md5 format
3. File browse rom b (humble or infinity)
4. Open/compare
5.force close
Second attempt removed .md5, left
.tar, same problem.
Third attempt unpacked and zipped, repeated steps 1-5. Force close.
Fourth attempt, tried to open just the .rfs files and repeated steps 1-5. this time I got a bunch of symbols... laid it to rest...........
So based upon the replies so far, I can see that I was trying to oversimplify a whole; each file must be extracted and browsed individually.
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[TOOL] ApkSpy v1.8 - Resurrected (APK: view manifest on PC and/or Install APK via PC)

APKSPY - RESURRECTED​
First:
I want to thank @ido for the original application -- It was his idea (and his code I've hacked :cyclops and modified.
Second:
Since Ido seems not to be active anymore I'll re-publish the application here.
Unless for some reason Ido will specifically ask me to remove it.
The original post
ido said:
ApkSpy is a simple tool I hacked up tonight which allows you to easily view the manifest of an APK (screenshots attached - not up to date though) just by double clicking it. (It can even associate with the .apk filetype, yay!)
ApkSpy relies on the aapt.exe tool from the android SDK, so you must have that installed (or just copy aapt.exe from somewhere, that's the only file needed to run ApkSpy).
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Third:
Requires Microsoft©® .Net Framework v4
(Kind of since I've done it some time ago and waited for Ido [the orignal developer] to respond and allow or disallow me to re-publish... So, I don't remember all the changes I've already done...)
v1.8.19 CHANGELOG:
Fixed some Date parsing function (zipped file with no time stamp) in ZipStorer (by @Jaime Olivares) maybe causing some of the error reported here...
v1.8 CHANGELOG:
Changed Icon - CONTRIBUTED BY @Jarmezrocks
Removed unneeded tabs (System, Batch Rename, Log)
Minimize / Maximized restored back
v1.7 CHANGELOG:
(Actually 4.1.7.870, but the first and the last parts are internally used :fingers-crossed:)
Try to automatically find adb.exe and aapt.exe in ApkSPY directory or in PATH variable: If failed finding any of the executables, the user is asked to manually locate them
(★ Currently the location is not saved... ★).
Check if the ADB server is running and Start or ask if to Restart ADB server
Tidy up the code
Refining the original libraries written by Ido related to ADB and AAPT
Some more minor code updates
Revised most of the "General" tab (other tabs ware not touched) of the UI:
Grouped and ordered controls on form
Added DropDown of devices attached (★ Not automatically updating upon plugging... ★)
Added some control over ADB actions
Added status bar that some other details are shown, e.g. device type (Nexus, I9100...), OS version (4.1.2, 4.4.2...) and OS build (KOT49H, KVT49L...)
Added (nice looking) information panel with clickable links (for actions on the form) and coloring
Other changes (I can't recall right now, since I've done it some time ago and waited for a response from Ido for permission to republish)
(★ Maybe I'll add an option for this later, depending on my -- not to much -- free time and requested by users .... ★)
Known bugs:
Sometimes ADB fails to return build.prop property for the status bar (however it has not caused any critical problem, so (I think) it can be safely ignored) -- haven't been able (yet) to find the exact state it is happening
Please take the time to look at the application ABOUT tab
Any Other ideas are welcome!
If you like it, Don't forget to Thank me
If you enjoy using this application as much as I have enjoyed re-writing it
please donate to show your appreciation​

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Nice
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Good news
Bug report, every time I open this program, this dialog pops up, after click OK, this program works well.
PS, aapt.exe is in the same dir with ApkSpy

I got this errors:
1:
2:
Error in property: [email protected]@usrdata

cmlx said:
Good news
Bug report, every time I open this program, this dialog pops up, after click OK, this program works well.
PS, aapt.exe is in the same dir with ApkSpy
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Hey dude,
I am not sure what you are doing wrong on your PC but it's certainly not the app as it works perfectly fine on my computer? Out of interest and for the sake or helping the new dev I thought I would raise a few points just to eliminate any finger pointing. There's a wishy-washy area when it comes to building/hacking things that were originally someone elses work...so yeah one can easily make great improvements yet open the door to bugs at the same time too. Anyway...thought I'd ask this:
Does aapt sit on your path? I know you said it is in the same directory, however just like a batch script in Windows it needs to "CD" or change directories to the %~dp0 if it is to understand what an executable is that happens to be sitting in the same directory as it's self. So this is is kinda directed at the new dev now. What I think is happening is that aapt is assumed to be in the system path when quite often it is not (i.e. those on XDA who have not yet played with the Android SDK properly). Put simply unless the application knows it is in the same directory as your executable it won't at all understand what aapt is. Does that make sense?
@dmagician , I would make sure that the apkspy app can do a check (even if it is a string search for the first few lines returned from aapt.exe), a simple if statement before throwing that error ....actually it would likely be an 'if not' statement. I don't have any of the code in front of me atm but I can help you out if you like? I was hacking this app myself sometime ago when ido first released it just using reshacker.
Note: If you are stuck and don't have source code you technically could write a full AutoIT wrapper for this app that could do all the checks and more and then bundle everything up into the one exe still. Check out the newer WinAPI stuff for AutoIT and in particular "Run binary" (yes that's correct you can just about run anything repackaged now and not need to deploy the original exe's or even libraries....they can all be stream fed to AutoIT @Compile time and need not be typically "installed" like you used to have to do. Anyway...I am waffling on shoot me a PM man.
@cmlx, to overcome your ApkSpy woes, and until dmagician can put his finger on what the cause is or what ido did when building it ages ago.....then you will firstly need to be patient (props to dmagician to figuring sh!t out so far) but till then where ever you have dumped the ApkSpy and aapt.exe on your system; just copy the address and put it on your system path. To do this 1) right click on My Computer or Computer if you are on Win 7 or 8. 2) Choose properties. 3) Advanced System settings and then at the bottom of tab you will see 'Environment Variables', click it and you will see some "User" and "System" options. Depending on your User access rights on the system you are running on (hopefully you are running as Admin surely?) then you can choose to edit your main system path or create a new variable in your user settings called 'path' Note User variables are always postfix to system variables but should always work anyhow.
Disclaimer: cmlx, if however you have already got an aapt.exe already existing on your system path but it is dodgy then you have to ensure that the good aapt.exe in your app directory is placed on path BEFORE the dodgy one....just sayin. Cause your system searches till it finds what it wants and then doesn't search anymore. Simple but can stuff people up quite often....and likely your case. Nowdays we tend to work from the known application location and not from a "Global environment path" when we know that there are going to be conflicts...and I can assure you that aapt is possibly the worst and most modified binary out there LOL. Hence this is also a note to the dev to ensure that ApkSpy reads from the current directory.....or like I am suggesting, wrap aapt up in the main application as well and that way there is no confusion EVER.
And I am done.....
Oh wait no I am not....sorry bug reports LOL :good: you thought I was all praise eh? Got another thing coming man
OK....so um the red boxes should explain everything. A picture says a thousand words (and yeah I needed at least 1 picture for this god damned long arsed post - sry). Um why in gods name would you remove the minimise and expand buttons? WTF? Anyway...it works but errrm yeah it doesn't wrap the text anymore? and it cuts the words off lol.
Other than that....I only really have one suggestion and it isn't even really a suggestion as I have kind of already made it so I can just give it to you if you want it? And that is that most people (well I can't say most as I am not speaking for everyone) tend not to like how apps take over their system. This isn't your fault at all in anyway as the first dev thought it was a good idea back then.....and back then hardly anything in Windows knew what a freakin apk was so it was a GOOD thing.....However now, every man and his dog wants to steel .apk extension for himself. I myself tend to be all over the shop with apks so I tend not to want to have any particular Windows app take it away from my control. I use WinZip as the main app for simple double click open as I want to see the contents of apks without needing to decompile them (great for theming) however I have apk shell extensions displaying the apks main icon to explorer, so if I set WinZip as default I get a nice lumping hunk of gold turd/box running rampet all over my Windoze bro ......so if you like I can show you my code that allows me to have default apps for specific tasks without interfering with anyones existing sh!t It looks neat too as you can right click any apk and just choose from a dropdown list what particular app you want at the time. If one has the need to use more apps then they need only put those apps in a list. There is nothing worse than double clicking an apk to find that Bluestacks or some other rubbish Windoze crApp has taken offf with your apk.
Lastly I thought I'd ask, Why no config file? Why store everything in memory? I know it's only small....but seeking for things everytime it is executed is a pain in the arse and not good practice. At the very least if you have no idea how to make an exe totally portable then you could reference a config file in the same directory....Or do as most do and write entries to the registry all neat and tucked away. If we get paranoid about "portable-ness" then we write to temporary space in the registry and make sure we clean up upon closing and/or inspect at runtime. simple!
I have plenty of AutoIT scripts that do exactly that too, so if you are stuck for ideas let me know. Anyway I have rambled enough, good luck and I will keep reporting bugs haha
Edit: That's waaaay too many emoticons. Oooops someone is a little high aren't they?
PS: I have attached my PNG of the icon I used for this bugger waaaaaay back....it's less generic and feel free to take it and abuse it and do as you please.

cmlx said:
Good news
Bug report, every time I open this program, this dialog pops up, after click OK, this program works well.
PS, aapt.exe is in the same dir with ApkSpy
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Yes, I know of this one (and I've specifically wrote about it in the OP), it is NOT related to AAPT executable but to the way ADB is acting (sorry, out of my hands... :angel:
Explanation
The error comes from the application when trying to query the "ro.build.id" property via adb ('ADB shell getprop "ro.build.id" ') command.
I've came across this one but cannot determine the exact situation it is happening (as it can occur when first launching of the app, but after the app is loaded, clicking on refresh does not show this error)...
[ I've tried it on with the (only) two devices I own (1st dev. is stock (only the kernel is changed) 4.4.2 Nexus 4, 2nd dev. is S2-i9100 with customized RR ROM)and it seems to happen ONLY on the S2...]
It looks that in times, the getprop is being executed before the whole "build.prop" is being processed by ADB (This one I cannot control since it is happening on the ADB shell side [running on the device] -- unless MAYBE doing some [UGLY] delay after first initialization of ADB, which is, by far NOT best practice of process handling according to the literature)...

CyberianIce said:
I got this errors:
1:
2:
Error in property: [email protected]@usrdata
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Which came first, the "SpkSpy spy stopped working" or the "Error in property" (if anyways related)?
Was it on the same run or two different runs?
As of the 1st one:
I do not have enough information from your post to check it up...
I'll post a new version which shows the exception details
As of the 2nd one:
Can you send me a copy of your /system/build.prop (so i'll be able to dig trough it and check it)?
It looks like my name-value splitter character exist as part of a given value in your build.prop .

Wooow, Long one! But it is nice to know people are using (trying) it!
Jarmezrocks said:
Hey dude,
I am not sure what you are doing wrong on your PC but it's certainly not the app as it works perfectly fine on my computer? Out of interest and for the sake or helping the new dev I thought I would raise a few points just to eliminate any finger pointing. There's a wishy-washy area when it comes to building/hacking things that were originally someone elses work...so yeah one can easily make great improvements yet open the door to bugs at the same time too. Anyway...thought I'd ask this:
Does aapt sit on your path? I know you said it is in the same directory, however just like a batch script in Windows it needs to "CD" or change directories to the %~dp0 if it is to understand what an executable is that happens to be sitting in the same directory as it's self. So this is is kinda directed at the new dev now. What I think is happening is that aapt is assumed to be in the system path when quite often it is not (i.e. those on XDA who have not yet played with the Android SDK properly). Put simply unless the application knows it is in the same directory as your executable it won't at all understand what aapt is. Does that make sense?
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Hi
As I've replied to @clmx, This error is not related to AAPT (either executable [location or whatever] or results), but to the ADB command being used...
Jarmezrocks said:
@dmagician , I would make sure that the apkspy app can do a check (even if it is a string search for the first few lines returned from aapt.exe), a simple if statement before throwing that error ....actually it would likely be an 'if not' statement. I don't have any of the code in front of me atm but I can help you out if you like? I was hacking this app myself sometime ago when ido first released it just using reshacker.
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Sorry I did not understand... Check for what?
Jarmezrocks said:
Note: If you are stuck and don't have source code you technically could write a full AutoIT wrapper for this app that could do all the checks and more and then bundle everything up into the one exe still. Check out the newer WinAPI stuff for AutoIT and in particular "Run binary" (yes that's correct you can just about run anything repackaged now and not need to deploy the original exe's or even libraries....they can all be stream fed to AutoIT @Compile time and need not be typically "installed" like you used to have to do. Anyway...I am waffling on shoot me a PM man.
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I do not need the Auto-IT to wrap these files (although I am using it for other automation in windows), as I can do it right in the C# code (on one of my early versions these files was embedded...)
BTW, I know there are some antiviruses out in the wild that do not like the embedded executables -- but it can be done -- and probably will save some time to anyone using this app...
If it will be required / asked, I'll embed the 4 binaries (AAPT.EXE, ADB.EXE, and two DLL's AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll [I'm not sure both are required]) needed by the application.
Jarmezrocks said:
@cmlx, to overcome your ApkSpy woes, and until dmagician can put his finger on what the cause is or what ido did when building it ages ago.....then you will firstly need to be patient (props to dmagician to figuring sh!t out so far) but till then where ever you have dumped the ApkSpy and aapt.exe on your system; just copy the address and put it on your system path. To do this 1) right click on My Computer or Computer if you are on Win 7 or 8. 2) Choose properties. 3) Advanced System settings and then at the bottom of tab you will see 'Environment Variables', click it and you will see some "User" and "System" options. Depending on your User access rights on the system you are running on (hopefully you are running as Admin surely?) then you can choose to edit your main system path or create a new variable in your user settings called 'path' Note User variables are always postfix to system variables but should always work anyhow.
Disclaimer: cmlx, if however you have already got an aapt.exe already existing on your system path but it is dodgy then you have to ensure that the good aapt.exe in your app directory is placed on path BEFORE the dodgy one....just sayin. Cause your system searches till it finds what it wants and then doesn't search anymore. Simple but can stuff people up quite often....and likely your case. Nowdays we tend to work from the known application location and not from a "Global environment path" when we know that there are going to be conflicts...and I can assure you that aapt is possibly the worst and most modified binary out there LOL. Hence this is also a note to the dev to ensure that ApkSpy reads from the current directory.....or like I am suggesting, wrap aapt up in the main application as well and that way there is no confusion EVER.
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The application IS searching for AAPT and ADB executables; The order is
Application directory (where ApkSpy.exe resides)
PATH environment variable
Jarmezrocks said:
OK....so um the red boxes should explain everything. A picture says a thousand words (and yeah I needed at least 1 picture for this god damned long arsed post - sry). Um why in gods name would you remove the minimise and expand buttons? WTF?
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Mostly I like it this way, otherwise - No specific reason...
It will be back in the next version...
Jarmezrocks said:
Anyway... it works but errrm yeah it doesn't wrap the text anymore? and it cuts the words off lol.
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This Tab was NOT changed by me in any way... To be honest, I've thought of removing it completely -- But -- out of respect to Ido's work -- I've left it in.
I assume it is not wrapping due to Font size changed by me globally...
I'm seriously giving it second thoughts -- if it should stay at all (It was originally meant for batch rename of multiple APK's... I haven't used it even once...)...
I'm Really, REALLY, think of removing it completely (unless someone is / will be using it -- then I'll fix it all)...
Jarmezrocks said:
Other than that....I only really have one suggestion and it isn't even really a suggestion as I have kind of already made it so I can just give it to you if you want it? And that is that most people (well I can't say most as I am not speaking for everyone) tend not to like how apps take over their system. This isn't your fault at all in anyway as the first dev thought it was a good idea back then.....and back then hardly anything in Windows knew what a freakin apk was so it was a GOOD thing.....However now, every man and his dog wants to steel .apk extension for himself. I myself tend to be all over the shop with apks so I tend not to want to have any particular Windows app take it away from my control. I use WinZip as the main app for simple double click open as I want to see the contents of apks without needing to decompile them (great for theming) however I have apk shell extensions displaying the apks main icon to explorer, so if I set WinZip as default I get a nice lumping hunk of gold turd/box running rampet all over my Windoze bro ......so if you like I can show you my code that allows me to have default apps for specific tasks without interfering with anyones existing sh!t It looks neat too as you can right click any apk and just choose from a dropdown list what particular app you want at the time. If one has the need to use more apps then they need only put those apps in a list. There is nothing worse than double clicking an apk to find that Bluestacks or some other rubbish Windoze crApp has taken offf with your apk.
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The application is NOT taking over anything, Unless you've clicked the asterisk ("*") button on the System Tab...
Was it registered for you without clicking this button?
If so, I'll recheck the code (may be it's some residue from the original code).
BTW
As the previous part of the answer I've wrote -- this one was left in as of respect to @ido's work...
2nd BTW
I'd like to see that explorer extension (and [preferable] the code of it - if you are willing to share it) you ware writing about...
Jarmezrocks said:
Lastly I thought I'd ask, Why no config file? Why store everything in memory? I know it's only small....but seeking for things everytime it is executed is a pain in the arse and not good practice. At the very least if you have no idea how to make an exe totally portable then you could reference a config file in the same directory....Or do as most do and write entries to the registry all neat and tucked away. If we get paranoid about "portable-ness" then we write to temporary space in the registry and make sure we clean up upon closing and/or inspect at runtime. simple!
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Yep, I've thought of it... But... I was thinking, that (at least) everyone is as geeky as me dauuh , and the most are setting the path correctly...
It'll be added in next version (I hope... TIME, TIME!!!! :cyclops...
Jarmezrocks said:
I have plenty of AutoIT scripts that do exactly that too, so if you are stuck for ideas let me know. Anyway I have rambled enough, good luck and I will keep reporting bugs haha
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I prefer writing my own code (sorry, I'm a developer in heart and soul...) then using automation like Auto-IT...
Jarmezrocks said:
Edit: That's waaaay too many emoticons. Oooops someone is a little high aren't they?
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Jarmezrocks said:
PS: I have attached my PNG of the icon I used for this bugger waaaaaay back....it's less generic and feel free to take it and abuse it and do as you please.
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(@Jarmezrocks please see my PM to you.)
PHEW...
Long Answer, BUT HEY, I'm not the only one writing longies... :angel: (and i like referencing each and every part separately)...

dmagician said:
PHEW...
Long Answer, BUT HEY, I'm not the only one writing longies... :angel: (and i like referencing each and every part separately)...
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Ahh yes. I write long messages sometimes when my medication has kicked in and I am high....not my fault I kinda need to get all the info out of my head in one go while I am awake.....or else there would just be zeds on the response zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz lol :laugh: (ref narcolepsy).
I commend you on your efforts at responding to such gibberish and making good sense of it! :highfive:
I have responded to your PM accordingly, and hopefully covered all you need? I have attached all info and sources etc.....well most of it...actually a fair bit of it you will have to workout your self but that is part the fun. Shoot me any questions if you need to...although I have a feeling that you will have mostly all of it covered as you are streets ahead of my knowledge already. I may have misjudged a little in my previous post (although hopefully not to make you feel any less than you actually are? please excuse me if I had said anything that may offended - being naive or what ever....you ARE definitely on the right track). As for the middle menu....I think you could easily remove it and not offend the original dev. It wasn't being used as you mention...and I think it could make way for more/better functionality don't you think? (discuss). However I would ensure all the things I mentioned in my PM first before going too deep and releasing on here.
Good move on bringing the buttons back. They were functional. But I DO like the single button close GUI myself on just about everything else....It looks clean. We have similar taste in that regard. It just isn't functional for me to pressing the task notification desktop link everytime I want to minimise the app LOL.
The rest I we can discuss via PM, this is pretty much only posted here as an open area for other forum members to provide input and opinion (or complaint....like how often it usually is, eh?).

CyberianIce said:
I got this errors:
1:
2:
Error in property: [email protected]@usrdata
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I'd got the same error!
For me it helped to copy two files to the install dir
"adb.exe" and "AdbWinApi.dll"
Both are installed with the well known MyPhoneExplorer into "Program Files\MyPhoneExplorer\DLL"
Hope it helps!

Feature Request
I use this tool for testing new APK builds on a project I am working on it. It allows me to quickly verify the version number and push to the device. However, since I am usually installing another version of an existing installed APK, I must manually uninstall before using APKSPY. Would it be possible to add a check box that would uninstall any previous versions? It would be really helpful.
Nevermind - I didn't fully read the message presented when it fail. It say uninstall/update and it allows the installation. HOWEVER, that brings up a question... Does it uninstall or does it update? There is a difference as you know.
Thanks,
Jonathan

Hi, I try to run this on Mac via Wineskin Winery, but no luck. Do I need something like .Net, or something else to run ApkSpy?
Thank you.

Ja_som said:
Hi, I try to run this on Mac via Wineskin Winery, but no luck. Do I need something like .Net, or something else to run ApkSpy?
Thank you.
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The only requirement is the Microsoft .Net 4.
(I'll add this to OP)

jmo said:
I use this tool for testing new APK builds on a project I am working on it. It allows me to quickly verify the version number and push to the device. However, since I am usually installing another version of an existing installed APK, I must manually uninstall before using APKSPY. Would it be possible to add a check box that would uninstall any previous versions? It would be really helpful.
Nevermind - I didn't fully read the message presented when it fail. It say uninstall/update and it allows the installation. HOWEVER, that brings up a question... Does it uninstall or does it update? There is a difference as you know.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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Yes I know there is difference between the two (update vs uninstall and install again).
It is updating the application (like using "adb install -r apk_file_name.apk"), not doing remove and install

Removed unneeded tabs (System, Batch Rename, Log)
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The unneeded Batch Rename tab was the only tab I needed really. :laugh: Luckily I found Ido's original version. It's ideal for renaming all those apk's I downloaded and still have the package name when I back them up to my PC.
I have an Asus Memo Pad 10 and an Asus Memo Pad 7 and neither are recognised by APKSpy. Not that it's a problem as I have no problem copying to and from them with Windows Exploder or Total Commander.
Other than that, it's been a handy little app for this tablet/smartphone virgin newbie.
Martin.

wolrik said:
The unneeded Batch Rename tab was the only tab I needed really. :laugh: Luckily I found Ido's original version. It's ideal for renaming all those apk's I downloaded and still have the package name when I back them up to my PC.
I have an Asus Memo Pad 10 and an Asus Memo Pad 7 and neither are recognised by APKSpy. Not that it's a problem as I have no problem copying to and from them with Windows Exploder or Total Commander.
Other than that, it's been a handy little app for this tablet/smartphone virgin newbie.
Martin.
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Hello.
1st:
I can -- if requested - re-add the Batch rename.
2nd:
I don't know why these two devices are not being recognized -- unless not being recognized by ADB itself -- since I'm spawning devices by parsing the resulting text of "ADB devices" command, So unless being unrecognized by ADB, there should be NO PROBLEM detecting ANY android device with ADB on...
if you have any exception messages thrown by the application, please post them here.

dmagician said:
Hello.
1st:
I can -- if requested - re-add the Batch rename.
2nd:
I don't know why these two devices are not being recognized -- unless not being recognized by ADB itself -- since I'm spawning devices by parsing the resulting text of "ADB devices" command, So unless being unrecognized by ADB, there should be NO PROBLEM detecting ANY android device with ADB on...
if you have any exception messages thrown by the application, please post them here.
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No need to re-add the tab just for me, but thanks for the offer. As I get to know my way around Android I'll probably need such things less and less.
Sorry, but I know nothing about ADB other than APKSpy needing it. As you can see from the attached pic, the Asus is recognised by Total Commander
Martin.

Hi dmagician,
Nice work, and a shout-out to Ido who originally created it.
I have a feature request:
Could you add the option to remove certain permission(s) and save the modified APK file?
There are many apps which I feel allow themselves way too much permissions, and this option could be very useful to tame them apps.
One more thing:
I noticed that APKSpy v1.8.2 doesn't work with the latest version of AAPT.exe (1432KB), from the Android SDK r24.
So I had to use a previous version of AAPT.exe (833KB), which worked.
Thanks,
Eric

Hey does anybody know where the name of the apk is in the XML files inside the apk?