Today a friend of mine wanted to install a .apk file on his Android phone and he did not have a clue on how to do this.
So.. After some hours PHP coding here I created an online tool for him (and other newbies).
Basically the users selects the .apk he wants to install, and points his Android camera to the given QR code.
Please have a look at http://bit.ly/e4mLXu , and let me know what you think.
Some things like About and FAQ are still missing, but will be added later this week.
Thank you.
It's a good concept but the site layout is so unnecessary, you don't need all those unneeded images and links in the website that has nothing to do with its function.
armoguy94 said:
It's a good concept but the site layout is so unnecessary, you don't need all those unneeded images and links in the website that has nothing to do with its function.
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Thank you for your input.. I guess that I did go over the top a bit on the design.... But I was really in my zone when doing the page layout
I'm re-doing it at the moment, and I will try to keep it as KISS as possible.
Once again thank you for your input.
Awesome idea. A friend of mine just got her first Android phone, and is pretty clueless about installing APKs, even though I rooted her phone and walked her through it with Root Explorer. This will make it much simpler for her.
Good idea! Can save some time. It`s already saved in my favorites!
file manager, astro..
this is for first class rookies
Sorry but have I missed something here??
Why on earth would ANYBODY really actually need to use this? (no offence) Has your friend lost the plot?
Why would you go through all this instead of simply installing a file manager liek ASTRO via the market?
a) Copy apk to sd card/phone
b) install ASTRO File Manager from market.
c) Install apk
How difficult is that?
If I have missed something here please explain because I cant think of any scenario where this would be an advantage.
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Sorry but have I missed something here??
Why on earth would ANYBODY really actually need to use this? (no offence) Has your friend lost the plot?
Why would you go through all this instead of simply installing a file manager liek ASTRO via the market?
a) Copy apk to sd card/phone
b) install ASTRO File Manager from market.
c) Install apk
How difficult is that?
If I have missed something here please explain because I cant think of any scenario where this would be an advantage.
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unless that not everyone knows those steps.
TheATHEiST said:
Sorry but have I missed something here??
Why on earth would ANYBODY really actually need to use this? (no offence) Has your friend lost the plot?
Why would you go through all this instead of simply installing a file manager liek ASTRO via the market?
a) Copy apk to sd card/phone
b) install ASTRO File Manager from market.
c) Install apk
How difficult is that?
If I have missed something here please explain because I cant think of any scenario where this would be an advantage.
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I have not looked at it yet, but this allows you to do it without connecting the phone to the pc right?
Logical order for your instructions
a) Install ASTRO File Manager from market.
b) Copy apk to sd card/phone
c) Install apk
repeat steps b and c for other .apks
It is a great idea,and nicely done. but i will stay with the other method.
i think its great especially when you forget your usb cable, i never leave home with out but i forgot it, surfing thru xda and didnt feel like opening xda app on phone just download upload install, also, when paw server is down i guess, nice work.
Oops... The site is getting a lot of attention at the moment as it made the XDA's frontpage!
I guess that it's time to start putting together a FAQ for the site.
Things like:
Q: Sorry but have I missed something here??
Why on earth would ANYBODY really actually need to use this? (no offence) Has your friend lost the plot?
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A: I have not looked at it yet, but this allows you to do it without connecting the phone to the pc
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its great especially when you forget your usb cable.
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will be in it
Thank you all for the input.
Dblfstr said:
I have not looked at it yet, but this allows you to do it without connecting the phone to the pc right?
Logical order for your instructions
a) Install ASTRO File Manager from market.
b) Copy apk to sd card/phone
c) Install apk
repeat steps b and c for other .apks
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Err how is that any more "logical" then what I said?
It doesn't make a difference which way around you do a&b so one order isnt any more or less logical then the other.
Your logic fails
deolarte said:
i think its great especially when you forget your usb cable, i never leave home with out but i forgot it, surfing thru xda and didnt feel like opening xda app on phone just download upload install, also, when paw server is down i guess, nice work.
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Ok so if you where not at home and didnt have a USB cable, you could simply email the apk to yourself or use your friends card reader/card slot/dongle etc. There are a million different ways that are much quicker then this. Not trying to dis OP/site etc just suprised that this has been made front page news?
I love how quickly people try to smash an idea just cause it's not their way...what if the user doesn't have a file manager installed? Left their USB cable? Doesn't want to login to a webmail account for security reasons? There are tons of reasons to use this...I say scale it up, and somehow work out longer time periods for the QR codes (Maybe only for registered users?)...besides, it's always nice to have some functional PHP code that could be used in other projects.
I just used this and it is awesome! thank you thank you thank you!
sorry, but its useless. also harder and takes longer time than just copying to sd.
not everybody gets the idea of Astro/File manager.
this is just another way to get to the goal.
sometimes, even if you try to show them a better way of doing things, they still prefer another way which may seem not logical/takes a longer time.
This is a neat idea. it might not appeal to everybody, but it may help somebody.
I don't get this either. I email the apk to my gmail and there's an option in Gmail on your phone for you to install the app.
Hey, i found great use for this. I downloaded a couple of APKs and needed to quickly dl them, and install them. Too lazy to connect to my computer or email it. So much faster.
One cosmetic issue: when I upload an apk the name changes to a crazy long string. Any way to shorten that? I realize you can't keep the original apk name but a simple numbering system (each new upload +1 id kind of a thing) or whatever else might work better. It's not required, but just my input love it!
niceeee!!! this is exactly what i wanted!
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I got my self the hero, and my wife the Moment. I am slightly jealous of the hardware she has..but that aside, I am in love with my Hero.
However, she does have one app that i really want and the market place does not have. I assume this is an app installed by sprint.
It is Photo and Video uploader. You set an email address or other location and after a video or photo is taken, it automatically uploads the photo to the predetermined destination. GREAT FOR BACKING UP PICTURES! But, her camera hardware blows. 3.2 MP and it is sooo slow. So picture quality is no where near that of the Hero's 5 MP.
So the real question here - -
Can I ADB into her phone and just take the .APK and ODEX file for this app and push it to my phone? Is it that easy???
Some apps are that easy. Give it a try and find out! The worst thing you'll get is some force closes.
However most stock apps require files from /system/lib that help run that apk. And they don't have the same naming convention therefore you won't know which one(s) it is amongst the 100s there. But I always say try and see what happens.
And if it works upload that .apk for the rest of us!
Thinking out loud here...well..you get the point.
Could I copy all of system/lib and only copy the files that dont already exist?
That could be a giant waste of space though, and it could still rely on a file that I have, not just one that isn't there....
Also since I am not "installing" the app, could Apps2SD hinder me? I am not entirely sure how a2sd works other than tricking the phone into using the SD card as a partition and unioning it with the existing part.
I love how open android is supposed to be, but how the darn manufacturers kill us with the different platform crap.
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And if it works upload that .apk for the rest of us!
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Am I aloud to do that? I have seen XDA Mods get on to some people about uploading APK's. I guess I should read the EULA for that app before I do?
Kcarpenter said:
Thinking out loud here...well..you get the point.
Could I copy all of system/lib and only copy the files that dont already exist?
That could be a giant waste of space though, and it could still rely on a file that I have, not just one that isn't there....
Also since I am not "installing" the app, could Apps2SD hinder me? I am not entirely sure how a2sd works other than tricking the phone into using the SD card as a partition and unioning it with the existing part.
I love how open android is supposed to be, but how the darn manufacturers kill us with the different platform crap.
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Copying the ../lib/ over and not replacing existing files could work. lol. As for apps2sd... you kind of have two ways you can try installing this. Without copying the lib and all that just try putting the apk on to your sdcard and browsing to it using astro or linda (a file manager) and click on the apk and installing it. See if it errors out or fails. If it does, THEN try copying it and the odex to /system/app (if it has an odex I'm pretty confident you won't be able to install it using package manager). If that still fails then you can go crazy and trying copying the lib ha.
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Am I aloud to do that? I have seen XDA Mods get on to some people about uploading APK's. I guess I should read the EULA for that app before I do?
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I don't remember if I read it on here or ppcgeeks but I believe officially the only stock apk's not allowed is quick office. But don't quote me on that.
So I hooked up to the Moment through ADB last night.
Found out really quickly that I can SU with it....
There is a "non permanent" hack out there to become root, but I tried it and still couldn't mount the file system to copy from it.
Any ideas guys?
From what I understand the Moment uses an FS16? file System? Something Odd that non of the other droids seem to be using.
Just an Idea, thought I would throw it out there.
Does the temporary root allow for running applications as root an the device itself?
There is an app in the market called root explorer that allows copy/paste/cut/delete from the system/app folder.
It may be possible to use that app to copy the needed filed to your sdcard and then extract them from there.
This would all be contingent on the app being able to mount the directory as r/w though, so who knows, worth a shot though i guess.
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Just an Idea, thought I would throw it out there.
Does the temporary root allow for running applications as root an the device itself?
There is an app in the market called root explorer that allows copy/paste/cut/delete from the system/app folder.
It may be possible to use that app to copy the needed filed to your sdcard and then extract them from there.
This would all be contingent on the app being able to mount the directory as r/w though, so who knows, worth a shot though i guess.
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This root doesn't allow you to run Root apps. not sure why, seems like root would be root.
After some reading, the root method that is being used on the Moment is not the safest. Apparently if you skip a step you have a brick. And with no Nandroid backup at the moment(pun?) I would HATE to attempt it. Apparently though Root sticks until you reboot. There is an INit. script that runs and resets the permisions.
I know, "Don't skips steps and you'll be ok"
I may get brave and try it tonight...
as far as I can tell you cannot install this app on the hero. I'm not sure what the app is called and unless it starts in the /data folder it is under the system dumps
http://www.4shared.com/file/149766091/c3a7ee61/momentsystem.html
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as far as I can tell you cannot install this app on the hero. I'm not sure what the app is called and unless it starts in the /data folder it is under the system dumps
http://www.4shared.com/file/149766091/c3a7ee61/momentsystem.html
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ROCK ON! Thanks for the link to the dump, I hadn't thought about looking around in one of these.
I will post what I find out.
WOOT IT WORKS!!!!!
So any how the application is in that Dump under apps, its only an APK
xms-android-1.0.42-prod.apk
If you are interested in what it does:
You setup predetermined "places" Flikr, FB, EMAIL, what ever.
Any picture or video you take automatically gets put in an upload queue and it sent to your predetermined places.
I am using it for back up, I have 2 kids and sometimes the cell phone is the quickest way to snap a great picture. Keeping these pictures in mutltiple places, like your 7 gig google account, is a nifty way to backup.
I am waiting for a Mod to get back to me if I can post the APK or not. I don't want to get in trouble.
wonder if their youtube app has better picture quality than ours?
BrianDigital said:
wonder if their youtube app has better picture quality than ours?
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I will let you know in a few minutes. As soon as I get done with my WiFi teether I will compare the two. Pretty sure they should be the same.
EDIT: I am not sure if it is hardware or not. Running the same youTube video side by side - Our HERO has better color quality, Deeper blacker. The Moment has slightly sharper edges to the pictures, not quite as blurry. the moment does not go "Full Screen" for videos either which could be contributing to the sharper look to things. My assumption would be that this is a difference in the hardware. Quality of youTube videos seems to have diminished over the years anyways, none of the really look "good" any more. Probably in an effort to save bandwidth.
However, if you want to take a look personally, I will post the APK for you. Just please don't blame me if you forget to back up the original and want to revert....I love disclaimers.
I was trying to use that picture uploader, for me it stalls on picking a new location. Wonder if it is because I am on gutted rom and missing some pointers somewhere
BrianDigital said:
I was trying to use that picture uploader, for me it stalls on picking a new location. Wonder if it is because I am on gutted rom and missing some pointers somewhere
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I am using MoDaCo + Optimizations w/ ZipAlign. Not sure if its worth the switch for you or not.
I have never used Gutted so I do not know what it offers/doesn't have.
Gutted is as vanilla as our Rom can get. It's quick too
that's pretty cool and sounds like a great idea for backing up pics so what all would I need to do to get this and install it I have root access already
Kcarpenter said:
WOOT IT WORKS!!!!!
So any how the application is in that Dump under apps, its only an APK
xms-android-1.0.42-prod.apk
If you are interested in what it does:
You setup predetermined "places" Flikr, FB, EMAIL, what ever.
Any picture or video you take automatically gets put in an upload queue and it sent to your predetermined places.
I am using it for back up, I have 2 kids and sometimes the cell phone is the quickest way to snap a great picture. Keeping these pictures in mutltiple places, like your 7 gig google account, is a nifty way to backup.
I am waiting for a Mod to get back to me if I can post the APK or not. I don't want to get in trouble.
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Wow... that's a really cool program... and just so you know, you can "install" it using adb and it still works fine
Code:
adb install xms-android-1.0.42-prod.apk
Then it will install in /data/apps (or if you have apps2sd, on the sdcard under /system/sd/apps)
Works great on the Sprint Hero and MoDaCo ROM
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I am waiting for a Mod to get back to me if I can post the APK or not. I don't want to get in trouble.
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The only rule regarding it would be
6. Do not post warez.
If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, either pay or find your cracks and serials somewhere else. We do not accept warez nor do we permit any member to promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained.
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which your app doesn't fit in to. Posting it is not outside of the rules and should be fine.
Hey just curious if anyone else does this but me.
Well a few days back I was too lazy to walk to my bedroom and get my USB cable off the charger. So I paired the phone w/ the BT on my PC and started pushing .zips. So now whenever I DL a new Kernel/Modem/Theme etc... I just use BT to push it to the phone and then just installing everything through CWM right out of the BT folder on the phone.
I know this is no technilogical discovery or anything, just seeing if anyone else is doing this
I use it once in a while as well, when my USB cable is far away. However i only do that with small updates (kernels), as I find BT too slow for anything else. For a few MBs it is faster then going to find my cable.
Yea, the bluetooth transfer is really convenient and I do use it for random files I want to grab off my cpu, but in your case with downloading CWM flashable files, why not just go to the website and download directly to your phone and eliminate the extra steps of pairing and transferring? Is it a download speed problem? No wifi?
I ask only because I used to use the bluetooth to transfer files, but the bigger the file, the longer the transfer time, and with my chronic case of A.D.D., I'd be waiting for it to finish transferring to my phone, then play angry birds to pass the time, then go out to smoke, and with my amazing luck and skill I'd take one step outside of my bluetooth range, interrupt the transfer process at like 96% and kick myself in the ass lol.
I just find it easier to enable wifi, navigate to the download page and get the files I need, downloaded straight to my phone so all I'd have to do is get into CWM and flash it, or open Androzip and extract the files that I need.
vunuts said:
Yea, the bluetooth transfer is really convenient and I do use it for random files I want to grab off my cpu, but in your case with downloading CWM flashable files, why not just go to the website and download directly to your phone and eliminate the extra steps of pairing and transferring? Is it a download speed problem? No wifi?
I ask only because I used to use the bluetooth to transfer files, but the bigger the file, the longer the transfer time, and with my chronic case of A.D.D., I'd be waiting for it to finish transferring to my phone, then play angry birds to pass the time, then go out to smoke, and with my amazing luck and skill I'd take one step outside of my bluetooth range, interrupt the transfer process at like 96% and kick myself in the ass lol.
I just find it easier to enable wifi, navigate to the download page and get the files I need, downloaded straight to my phone so all I'd have to do is get into CWM and flash it, or open Androzip and extract the files that I need.
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I have actually tried that, but for some reason when I go to these DL pages and try to start them it tells me "File Not Supported by this device" or something along those lines.
There must be a work around for this, just not sure how. And in the true fashion of laziness, I haven't really bothered to look for it
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
DeMarzo said:
I have actually tried that, but for some reason when I go to these DL pages and try to start them it tells me "File Not Supported by this device" or something along those lines.
There must be a work around for this, just not sure how. And in the true fashion of laziness, I haven't really bothered to look for it
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
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The fashion of laziness lol. Nicely put.
Are you browsing the forum with the xda app or an internet browser? I ask because I believe I had a problem downloading certain files from the xda app and also had a problem trying to upload files and pics. And everytime I used the browser, whether it was opera, dolphin, stock browser, or xscope, I had no problem downloading whatsoever.
Well Just tried to do it through my stock browser on the phone to DL FB2 Kernel and Perception 10.2 just for ****s and gigs...
Still getting the same msg. Maybe it's my ROM? Running FF 1.5 (Today) w/ FB 2.03 Kernel and Themed w/ Generation X by Team Phoenix. Maybe it's my ROM?
Yea, can never rule out that it could be the rom, or you just had a bad flash... Meaning that everything appears to be running like it should, but once you start digging into the phone and start trying features that you normally don't use on a daily basis, that's where there's a bug.
So you can try and figure out if it's a file problem from the website, which I highly doubt, or you can bite the bullet, flash to stock, master clear, flash your rom of choice again and pray for the best.
Or, before you do all that funky jazz, get the dolphin browser from the market and install, navigate and try to downlaod.
Just for ****s and giggles.
Never tried bluetooth but I use the app called SwiFTP that is free from the market. Basically you can FTP to your phone from your computer over wifi.
Hi,
just one short noob question.
If a got a mod that changes some files and another one changing different files but in the same *.apk - i.e framework-res.apk - existing one is completly overwritten by installing second *.apk?
And the only way is to pull existing one from phone and replacing new files inside manually?
Thanks + Greets
idephili
Hi,
i thought answer were quite easier...
I come from windows 6.5 and there it is possible to change single manila files per cab-installation.
On android it looks for me that only the whole apk is substitued, so differents mods replace each other.
Some hints please.
Greets
idephili
Yes, the whole apk is substituted. The only way to "merge" apk's is to flash in recovery instead of installing or pushing. Editing apk's are simple tho. I guess the hardest part would be figuring out what part changes what you are looking for.
Thanks.
Does this mean: creating two update.zip´s with 2 different i.e. systemUI.apk will merge? And is it the point "apply update from sd-card" or just "install zip from sd-card"?
I made some mods for my own but are still not skilled in creating these update.zip-files, using the push method.
For me it´s equal, i know the changements but for publishing them it´s difficult. People want to keep their just made changes. But when it works in this "merging-way" i´ll start skilling..;-)
Greets
idephili
Upon further thinking, I don't believe that merging apk's is possible. Especially for system app simply from the way android views apk's. They are actually zips so they wouldn't be able to transfer info from one over to another without unzipping, merging, zipping, signing, and installing. Didn't mean to get your hopes up but if you would like to try, you would install zip from sd card. Apply zip from sd card assumes you have an update.zip in the root of ur sd. Most mods are pretty easy to spot and manually merge into what you want. I know its a lil frustrating but hey, it'll be worth it right? I'm not an android expert by any means but id like to help u if u need it.
Thank you.
The point ís that i can´t believe that android seems to be in this point more impractical than WindowsMobile 6.5 where can change every single by cab-install.
On android it looks like that u have to merge different mods - referring to the same apk - for your own cause only complete replacement is possible.
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idephili
Yeah, makes me kind of miss Windows Mobile. I can always fire up my HD2 I guess. It kinda sucks that you can't merge, but who knows? Maybe someone will come up with an app to do so in some fashion. Until then, you may use ninjamorph on your phone and edit apks like that. I know it doesn't really solve the problem entirely but if you are away from a computer and need to edit still, that will be your best bet. You can even sign the zip if you have to with signapktic. This was a really good question by the way. I'm surprised no one has come up with a solution as far as I know.
I hope you haven't abandoned this thread and check back. I have a solution to your problem. I had it on my phone the whole time too. Its name is Metamorph. It will allow you to have your apk. And then replace only select files within it without overwriting other changes. I'm so sorry for making you think it wasn't possible. It came to me at lunch that that's the reason metamorph was created in the first place. Hope this helps you.
Hi,
i put a bit of metamorph to pc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232479
Greets
idephili
HI,
at my work we use tablets for logging our work.
tablets are connected to wireless.
tablets are allready rooted.
I'm trying to get wireless password from them, I want to go online from my device.
my plan was:
plug sd card with terminal apk in and install it.
then retrieve it from terminal. easy though.
however there is no file explorer so I can not install terminal apk .
any ideas guys?
How about installing the terminal.apk or file manager from pc?Using app Injector...:thumbup:
Good luck..
bretahrnek said:
HI,
at my work we use tablets for logging our work.
tablets are connected to wireless.
tablets are allready rooted.
I'm trying to get wireless password from them, I want to go online from my device.
my plan was:
plug sd card with terminal apk in and install it.
then retrieve it from terminal. easy though.
however there is no file explorer so I can not install terminal apk .
any ideas guys?
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If you can access mails, mail terminal apk to yourself and open & install in Tab. Isn't that simple enough ??
what are the pre installed apps you have in tablets ?
appviz said:
If you can access mails, mail terminal apk to yourself and open & install in Tab. Isn't that simple enough ??
what are the pre installed apps you have in tablets ?
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quite simple solution, thank You for that, however I can not use mail/gmail
it is quite simplified and a loads of things had to be taken away.
well I think that I will have to take it home with me and plug it to computer ...
bretahrnek said:
quite simple solution, thank You for that, however I can not use mail/gmail
it is quite simplified and a loads of things had to be taken away.
well I think that I will have to take it home with me and plug it to computer ...
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:laugh: please let everyone know if u find out any better alternative...
The ldea is learning and sharing.... And encouraging each other:good:
USB or Bluetooth is the best option for it IMO =)
still not sorted yet,
not having enough time...
Solid explorer has root access but gives me a message that it can't access this directory since Android 11. Is there another way to access the file described in this article to enable the "backup while charging only" option?
/data/data/com.google.android.apps.photos/shared_prefs
How to bring back the Google Photos Backup while Charging Option
How to bring back the Google Photos backup while charging only feature that Google removed. Requires root access to bring back backup when charging.
www.xda-developers.com
First off, used to be a huge Solid Explorer or nothing fan till I gave MiXplorer a shot. You should try it out. It's free on XDA, and the version on the Play Store(useful so you don't have to go finding it every time) is more like a donation and comes with all the plugins from the XDA thread bundled with it in one install.
Second, try installing this module, then see if you can access the directory again.
Curiousn00b said:
First off, used to be a huge Solid Explorer or nothing fan till I gave MiXplorer a shot. You should try it out. It's free on XDA, and the version on the Play Store(useful so you don't have to go finding it every time) is more like a donation and comes with all the plugins from the XDA thread bundled with it in one install.
Second, try installing this module, then see if you can access the directory again.
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This is a magisk module? Is it only for mixplorer or does it work with solid explorer too?
EDIT: The question above still stands but I was able to access the file and edit it without that zip file installed through micplorer. Thank you. Changing the value did bring the charging option up in Google photos, but the current version of the photos app is quite a bit newer since the time this article was written. The option is stuck on and is not a toggleable function like it used to be on my pixel 2 xl. That's okay though. I never mess with it anyways.
It is astonishing Google removed the option in the first place, yet again making something less usable and less user friendly by implementing something a Google nerd thought was a good idea and not the masses.
Curiousn00b said:
First off, used to be a huge Solid Explorer or nothing fan till I gave MiXplorer a shot. You should try it out. It's free on XDA, and the version on the Play Store(useful so you don't have to go finding it every time) is more like a donation and comes with all the plugins from the XDA thread bundled with it in one install.
Second, try installing this module, then see if you can access the directory again.
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Agreed. I've been using MiXplorer for a few years on various devices, rooted and non-rooted. It's the best file manager there is, IMO
Schroeder09 said:
This is a magisk module? Is it only for mixplorer or does it work with solid explorer too?
EDIT: The question above still stands but I was able to access the file and edit it without that zip file installed through micplorer. Thank you. Changing the value did bring the charging option up in Google photos, but the current version of the photos app is quite a bit newer since the time this article was written. The option is stuck on and is not a toggleable function like it used to be on my pixel 2 xl. That's okay though. I never mess with it anyways.
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Looking at the description of the module, I guess it wouldn't have made a difference now that I think of it, lol.
It's for when you have to grant apps access to folders on the /SD card/ such as the data folder. Sometimes, it won't let me do that even though it's the correct path, and this module just gets rid of that whole thing.
I use SD Maid to clean up a bunch of junk files and empty folders as well as other stuff, but it needed access to the /SD card/Android/data/ but Android wouldn't let me grant it, so this is where that module comes in to play.