froyo quickoffice problem - Captivate General

Upgraded to froyo from stock rom. I had quickoffice,which was free with the first att update. Now the icon is frakked and it says "this file is read only". The actual program seems to work fine, but i cannot fix the icon and quickoffice does not show up in the uninstaller. On the android market it does not recognize my phone having it installed, and i cannot get it free anymore (says $9.99). Anyway to fix this?

I had the same thing happen. I went to the quickoffice website and submitted a trouble ticket for it. May not help, but it was worth a shot.

same here, app works fine, just the icon is screwed up
mine shows in the app market, but as already installed and unable to locate on the phone to uninstall it
It's not that big of a deal to me

kb0npw said:
I had the same thing happen. I went to the quickoffice website and submitted a trouble ticket for it. May not help, but it was worth a shot.
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I submitted a trouble ticket and got the following back as a response:
The thing is that due to OEM decision the version you have now installed may be shipped with a limited number of features.
You may wish to purchase the full version of Quickoffice that support this feature. You'll be able to cancel the purchase within 24 hours, in case the app doesn't meet your requirements.
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After a factory reset, Quick Office functions fine again and the icon is back to normal.

I think I'll just live with a messed up icon rather than a factory reset.

Does anyone have a link to the appropriate QuickOffice APKs with install instructions? I just installed Cog4.1 which is great but Quickoffice isn't there and the Market doesn't seem to know that we get it with our Captivates for free. It used to on other Froyos and Eclairs but not this one.

ianwood said:
Does anyone have a link to the appropriate QuickOffice APKs with install instructions? I just installed Cog4.1 which is great but Quickoffice isn't there and the Market doesn't seem to know that we get it with our Captivates for free. It used to on other Froyos and Eclairs but not this one.
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If you read a few posts above yours, a ticket was sent and they replied. It looks like the captivate no longer gets the full version for free any more

zelendel said:
If you read a few posts above yours, a ticket was sent and they replied. It looks like the captivate no longer gets the full version for free any more
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I saw that but it sounded very much like a canned answer. And it doesn't really make sense bcuz...
Didn't AT&T promote the fact that QuickOffice came with the phone? That and most of us have had several pre-release versions of Froyo already on our phones and were still able to download it. And finally, AT&T has already paid for my license (as have I by buying the phone). Seems more likely that AT&T forgot to flip a bit somewhere.
Or maybe that's just my own rationalization bcuz I don't want to shell out $10 for it.

ianwood said:
I saw that but it sounded very much like a canned answer. And it doesn't really make sense bcuz...
Didn't AT&T promote the fact that QuickOffice came with the phone? That and most of us have had several pre-release versions of Froyo already on our phones and were still able to download it. And finally, AT&T has already paid for my license (as have I by buying the phone). Seems more likely that AT&T forgot to flip a bit somewhere.
Or maybe that's just my own rationalization bcuz I don't want to shell out $10 for it.
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Yes at first they did, but the last I heard before I stopped working for them was that with the new batch that came with 2.2 already we were not supposed to say that it came with it, but hey we all know AT&T.

pietro_spina said:
I think I'll just live with a messed up icon rather than a factory reset.
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Well I just couldn't live with the busted icon.
So I pulled the Quickoffice.apk out of the /system/app folder and reinstalled it... Now it has it's lovely icon back and still works fine.
Code:
adb pull /system/app/Quickoffice.apk
adb install -r Quickoffice.apk
(the "-r" means reinstall)
you can also get the app out the factoryfs.rfs in this copy of the official froyo update
If you run linux just mount the .rfs (see command below) browse to the /system/app folder in your favorite file navigator and copy the file out. If you don't run linux.... why not?
Code:
sudo mount -o loop factoryfs.rfs /mnt

pietro_spina said:
Well I just couldn't live with the busted icon.
So I pulled the Quickoffice.apk out of the /system/app folder and reinstalled it... Now it has it's lovely icon back and still works fine.
Code:
adb pull /system/app/Quickoffice.apk
adb install -r Quickoffice.apk
(the "-r" means reinstall)
you can also get the app out the factoryfs.rfs in this copy of the official froyo update
If you run linux just mount the .rfs (see command below) browse to the /system/app folder in your favorite file navigator and copy the file out. If you don't run linux.... why not?
Code:
sudo mount -o loop factoryfs.rfs /mnt
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It's actually in the Cognition 4.1 zip so I assume it came with the leaked ROM. Re-installed it with ADB and all is good again. Thanks.

The response was incorrect. You have 15 minutes to cancel and get a refund, not 24 hours.
Plus, the update broke the icon. They should fix the icon instead of playing the blame game.

My problem isn't just the icon...it appears to be totally gone and I can't redownload it from the market as it is a paid app...how do I get it back?

garak0410 said:
My problem isn't just the icon...it appears to be totally gone and I can't redownload it from the market as it is a paid app...how do I get it back?
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It is contained in the ZIP of the Cognition 4.1 ROM if that is what you are using. Once you have located the APK in the ZIP, copy it to your PC and then you can reinstall it using ADB from the command line as was suggested earlier:
Code:
adb install -r Quickoffice.apk

You might be better off to do a clean reset with Odin 1 click, and then a clean update to 2.2. I have Cognition 4.1 and my Quickoffice seems to be working fine after the update.

Related

Modified TC5-RC8 update

Update: Here's an updated update. This update updates your phone so that it is updated. Note: if you apply this update over the previous update, it updates the update that you had previously updated your phone with, so that you have the most recent update.
This one contains the same stuff as my RC30 v1.2 update. Go read the notes for it over in that thread
Plus! You now get a voice dialer, amazon MP3, and all 4 IM types available on the US firmware (aim, gtalk, windows live and yahoo).
Note: to get the other IM providers, you have to delete the improvider settings after you install the update. Open a terminal and type the following command as root:
rm -r /data/data/com.android.providers.im
Then reboot the phone, and you should have all 4 IM providers available.
And now, for something completely different. A man with 3... err. nevermind, it's just the download link.
http://jf.nyquil.org/update_TC5-RC8_full_xda-dev_v1.2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/166186996/update_TC5-RC8_full_xda-dev_v1.2.zip
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.php?f=24&t=190&rb_v=viewtopic (see forum post for actual link to file)
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As usual, this can only be installed if you have already installed the modified recovery image. If you are running the official RC30 or RC8 build, you won't be able to use this.
To install, rename the file to update.zip, put it on the sd card, and reboot the phone into recovery mode (home + power). Once the recovery mode comes up, press alt+L to turn on the text display, and alt+S to apply the update.
This build can be installed by anyone that has the modified recovery image - it will run on both US or UK phones. Note though, some of the functionality in the US version is missing in the UK version: Voice dialing, myfaves, amazon mp3 store, chat messages via SMS.
And there might be other miscellaneous issues with running this build on a US phone.. possible MMS issues, etc. If you do encounter anything, feel free to post about it (it's good to know what works and doesn't), but don't expect it to be fixed . I may be able to fix some stuff.. but I can't work miracles
For all you people out there that aren't on t-mobile, installing this should fix the myfaves issues that y'all have been having (sending SMSs to t-mobile.. etc.)
Note: you can freely switch between the modded RC30 and modded RC8 build. If you install one and don't like it, you can always switch back.
Big thanks to SGTDavePwnage for finding the download, and for testing out the update! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443713
Thank you, sticky while it's hot!
pof said:
Thank you, sticky while it's hot!
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Ooo. hot AND sticky! I'm gonna have to go pick up some cinnamon rolls now.
Thanks pof
Ooh I'm so going to try that.. no MyFaves..
I'm still nowhere on making my own build... My Ubuntu has decided that I wasn't entitled to networking anymore.. (i hate that thing)
Thanks for your hard work!
No network for you! 1 year!
Just throw Ubuntu on a VM, you'll be building android in no time
Thanks JESUSFREKE, you did magic !
Well, I did screw up my network driver while trying to update the ATI ones.. but don't ask.
So I just updated my phone with your update and..... it seems to work
It took an awful lot of time to reboot so I got scared but it finally came up fine. I still have root of course (thanks so much)
Wifi ok, Camera ok, motion sensor ok.
Data.. I only get Edge, but that could be my provider not having 3G coverage here. To be verified. I don't use it much anyway since in my country the cheapest data plan is $40 for 50Mb.. :|
The dialer does not automatically format number in US format!! Yippee... I know it's a small thing but it was bugging me.
All contacts got lost (of course since they were managed by MyFaves). But syncing worked. With some errors in the background but apparently not too significant.
SMS ok. I'm not sure what you're calling SMS Chat. The SMS app still looks like a chat. I assume it's some T-Mo US feature that I won't miss.
And most important of all Mario Simulator still works fine . Seriously I can't find anything that doesn't work.
There is a new app "web'n'walk" from T-Mo which can not be removed through the normal application manager. If it's not replacing any android service i guess that a little remount and busybox mv should do the trick.
Amazon is indeed missing. I wonder if people who care about it could just copy the .apk and .odex file over and get it back. I don't care about it so I won't try. People still buy music?
I've been looking at logcat while writing this and I couldn't see any crazy SMS behavior.
So all in all a good upgrade for non T-Mo users with a US phone. For what it's worth I recommend it.
re: rc8 mod
nice work ppl
JesusFreke said:
Here's your TC5-RC8 build, complete with root access. Get it while it's hot!
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Hopefully I'm not being stupid - but is this the one for the UK? Whats the difference between RC30 and TC5-RC8 ?
Thanks for your hard work. T-Mobile in the UK have pushed out their update today - it keeps asking me if I want it (which I keep saying no) but need to make sure I get the correct image!
Yes, this is for the UK. (but will work on US handsets)
It is the new update that is currently being pushed out by T-mobile uk (but modified to keep root)
Functionally its not that different to RC7.
Think of it as the equivalent to RC30 (with all the nice US bits removed)
If i already installed the Modded RC30 update using the step by step in this forum..
do i just put this on my SD card and go into recovery mode and hit Alt+S
or do i have to do all the steps again?
i do not know if i have root or not... i tried a chmod on a font file and it wouldn;t let me.. even when i put "su"
said it was a read-only file system
knowledge_6 said:
If i already installed the Modded RC30 update using the step by step in this forum..
do i just put this on my SD card and go into recovery mode and hit Alt+S
or do i have to do all the steps again?
i do not know if i have root or not... i tried a chmod on a font file and it wouldn;t let me.. even when i put "su"
said it was a read-only file system
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Assuming you have correctly installed the modded RC30, you just need to rename the zip to update.zip and put this on your SD card and go into recovery mode and hit Alt+S.
To check if you have root, try re-mounting (mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system)
thanks once i find a wifi connection i shall try it before i update. I am not on tmobile and mainly want this update to prevent text messages being sent out..
Work = WPA2 enterprise wifi ; <
knowledge_6 said:
thanks once i find a wifi connection i shall try it before i update. I am not on tmobile and mainly want this update to prevent text messages being sent out..
Work = WPA2 enterprise wifi ; <
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Wi-Fi connection?? if your talking about telnet'ing the device, try installing the terminal from the marketplace instead and give it a go that way.
ahh alright.. i have the terminal emulator so i shall try that
tried it and i got
"operation not permitted"
did i F'up on installing the modded RC30?
when went into recovery mode when installing the RC30 update it said testkeys at the top ; <
dammit
EDIT: nevermind stupid mistake didn't tye SU
just a heads up..
this erases all your contacts.. so make sure u back it up.. good thing i had it all on my sim card..
the RC30 update kept my contacts intact ..
knowledge_6 said:
just a heads up..
this erases all your contacts.. so make sure u back it up.. good thing i had it all on my sim card..
the RC30 update kept my contacts intact ..
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Yes, the Uk software doesnt use MyFaves (which controls contacts on US software).
That will be one side affect of switching between regions.
You can still re-sync with google and it will re-download them tho.
SGTDavePwnage said:
Yes, the Uk software doesnt use MyFaves (which controls contacts on US software).
That will be one side affect of switching between regions.
You can still re-sync with google and it will re-download them tho.
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ahh i see.. : > thanks for the help!
works well .. my first call i couldn;t press end .. the call wouldn't disconnect .. but the 2nd and 3rd call i was able to..
i just imported contacts from my sim.. i don't use gmail haha
I have to take my G1 back and probably get an updated one.
I got my black UK G1 out of a T-Mobile shop last Friday and by Sunday they stopped selling them because there was a "bad batch" meaning my dad had to get the white one. Anyhoo...i have a dead pixel (which i can't stop looking at) so i took it back to the shop today but they still don't have black ones so i'll have to wait till Monday...but...i presume i'll end up with an updated one...

Google Search by Voice v1.4.1 install fails

Searched the forum and wiki and can't find anything on this.
Trying hard not be a 'compleet newb'....
Problem: I've tried to download and install the latest update (v1.4.1) to Google Search by Voice. It fails saying it is not correctly signed. I am not able to uninstall it via the Market software. The existing version is present and still works.
I was thinking of manually uninstalling it and then attempting a re-install from the market. Has anyone had any success getting this update to install on CM 4.2.7.1?
I'm running Cyanogen 4.2.7.1 on my HTC Magic 32B, applied over the flashed and clean-installed 1.6 rooted base - no CM Updater. (Seems to give a better, more stable result - may affect the behaviour of the update).
this stupid error happens because of the test keys or the userdebug keys thay cyanogenmod uses. I would download it somewhere online and use adb to replace the old one wiht the new one. It should work.
Yes I have the same problem with same model phone etc. etc.
I understand the workaround will be the same as Google maps 3.2.1 update but I cannot find up to date "Google search by voice" apk. I was wondering if anyone knows a source that mirrors up to date apps, or could even link a tut about how to get apk's copied out of the phones /tmp folder?
Thanks
I'll check out the package name in the Applications settings and see if I can find it anywhere or somehow capture it. Later....won't have any time until this evening.
linuxluver said:
I'll check out the package name in the Applications settings and see if I can find it anywhere or somehow capture it. Later....won't have any time until this evening.
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That's great I didn't think of that, ill whip out those quotation marks and asterisks for google too. Also later...... 00:20 is not the right time for this....... so tempted......!!!
I fixed the maps.apk problem by going into adb and uninstalling maps.apk and then removing all traces of it. Then I went to marketplace and i downloaded it as normal and it now works perfectly.
Try that with voice search
Do we know what the package name is? Usually something like "com.google.android.apps.xxx" Could try uninstalling through adb. Then re-download from the market?
hello, could u plz share the installer? its not available on the marketplace in my country.
thanks very much
success
Ok, I managed to get Google Search by Voice updated to 1.4.1. I'm no pro and it took ages but it works.
Could a mod advise whether I am allowed to post a link to the apk?
I would be happy to post the steps i took but its not something i have done before and worse still, i used cmd not putty (noob error #1!). So the commands and the order i used them in are lost.
Should have used ubuntu..............
the concept consisted of updating the app and simultaneously using this command while it was downloading
Code:
cp /cache/downloadfile-9.apk /sdcard/download
"9" is only because it is the 9th apk i have downloaded and once the install fails the OS deletes the apk.
(for anyone else it would be different. go into /cache and type ls at the prompt to see what your next number will be)
then rename downloadfile-*.apk to VoiceSearch.apk, remove the original in the phone using adb and replace with the updated app.
I will post again tomorrow with clearer instructions but would much rather post a link to the apk I got, if it is permitted
hmmm. doing an 'adb shell rm /system/app/VoiceSearch.apk' and reinstalling from the market still gives you the unsigned error?
jayzusfk said:
hmmm. doing an 'adb shell rm /system/app/VoiceSearch.apk' and reinstalling from the market still gives you the unsigned error?
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yes it will still give an unsigned error.
that is why you need to copy the apk which android market downloads to /cache before it deletes it, i copied it to /sdcard/download. then install via adb afterwards.
you have to manual install the apk to avoid unsigned error, once you have done this any future updates through market will be fine. Maps updated fine to 3.3 after i manually installed 3.2.1
How?
anthortic said:
yes it will still give an unsigned error.
that is why you need to copy the apk which android market downloads to /cache before it deletes it, i copied it to /sdcard/download. then install via adb afterwards.
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Any advice on how you did that? I can imagine sitting with finger poised over the enter button in an adb shell.......is that what you did? Or is there a more certain, simple way?
Thanks.
linuxluver said:
Any advice on how you did that? I can imagine sitting with finger poised over the enter button in an adb shell.......is that what you did? Or is there a more certain, simple way?
Thanks.
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lol that is exactly what i did. up, enter, up, enter, up, enter until the shell spat out that "downloadfile-9.apk does not exist" or however it puts it.
anthortic said:
lol that is exactly what i did. up, enter, up, enter, up, enter until the shell spat out that "downloadfile-9.apk does not exist" or however it puts it.
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heyb buddy, i have been expecting you for the whole days, would plz share the apk file. thank you lol
themaskfly said:
heyb buddy, i have been expecting you for the whole days, would plz share the apk file. thank you lol
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Can a mod please advise? I'm not out to break google's copyright, they know where i live! they know e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g!
anthortic said:
Can a mod please advise? I'm not out to break google's copyright, they know where i live! they know e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g!
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well actually its pretty safe to share the google apps, since its free.
the link is for ur reference
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=596281
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5098879&postcount=10
thank you much appreciated themaskfly
for my reference
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c2bec0e7155dcbb5ab1eab3e9fa335ca9bf4984cd4e3a7d4
a link to the folder containing google search by voice 1.4.1 (VoiceSearch.apk) as well as the original taken from Cyanogen 4.2.7.1 (VoiceSearch.apk.bak)
However it will not install using android interface, adb only.
Its been a pleasure to help, I have been using this site as reference for ages and it is nice to give something back
anthortic said:
thank you much appreciated themaskfly
for my reference
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c2bec0e7155dcbb5ab1eab3e9fa335ca9bf4984cd4e3a7d4
a link to the folder containing google search by voice 1.4.1 (VoiceSearch.apk) as well as the original taken from Cyanogen 4.2.7.1 (VoiceSearch.apk.bak)
However it will not install using android interface, adb only.
Its been a pleasure to help, I have been using this site as reference for ages and it is nice to give something back
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thx for the sharing, u r AWESOME
Where id VoiceSearch.apk come from?
anthortic said:
yes it will still give an unsigned error.
you have to manual install the apk to avoid unsigned error, once you have done this any future updates through market will be fine. Maps updated fine to 3.3 after i manually installed 3.2.1
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I downloaded the VoiceSearch.apk file and adb pushed it into /system/app on my phone and it works perfectly. The market sees it as installed and valid.
But I inspected my "normal" load phone (which has voice search) and nowhere could i see anything resembling "VoiceSearch.apk".
Where is this file on an un-rooted phone?
anthortic said:
yes it will still give an unsigned error.
that is why you need to copy the apk which android market downloads to /cache before it deletes it, i copied it to /sdcard/download. then install via adb afterwards.
you have to manual install the apk to avoid unsigned error, once you have done this any future updates through market will be fine. Maps updated fine to 3.3 after i manually installed 3.2.1
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good to know for the future. thanks.

[WIP-Tutorial] Installing AOSP apps in your favorite ROM

Myself and apparently many others like the AOSP apps better than the sense apps. I find the interface for the AOSP messaging, calendar, browser, calculator, and dialer/contacts applications to be more attractive and in some cases more usable. I really liked Bugless Beast 0.4 since it featured these applications, but I have had a hard time with the bug that keeps disk drive from working, and there are various reports of some syncing and battery issues. The EVO-NonSense series has been great too, but I use HDMI out sometimes and like having some of the sense stuff installed. Big thanks to both BuglessPete and tjohnsonjr for their AOSP work.
(7/18/2010) I have attached some of the files I have been using, see descriptions at the bottom of the post.
So since it took a little digging for me to figure out how to do this (even though to advanced users this is easy) I thought it might come in handy for other new users. Additionally I'm hoping by posting this someone can help me figure out how to get the dialer/contacts stuff working, I have the others working fine.
I've done the below on DamageControl, and I think another (baked snack maybe, can't remember). I'll probably throw together an update.zip that can patch these in place later, but I'd rather get the dialer/contacts part figure out first.
Setup:
1. You will need a fully rooted (toast root part 2, NAND unlocked) phone, and adb up and running. There are several explanations for both parts, but the ones listed in the "useful threads" sticky are joeykrim's for adb and toast's part 1 and part 2 for root.
2. I have been using the apk's from BuglessPete's bugless beast 0.4 ROM. The thread for it is available here.
Once you unzip the file, you will find the needed apks in the /system/app folder.
Note: Please donate to pete, he doesn't even have an EVO yet and is doing some great work. Hopefully if he has a phone to work on he can get some of these small bugs squashed and keep the development for BB going.
3. Backup your phone. If you don't know how to reboot into recovery and restore from a nandroid backup, you do not want to do this yet, especially if you want to try help me figure out how to get the dialer running. The idea with the dialer is to try different things until something works. In all likelihood you will hit a point where things are FCing so much you can't do anything. You will almost certainly need to restore from a Nandroid backup at some point.
Important: More than likely anything I list here can't break a phone in a way that a nandroid restore won't fix, but I can not and will not be accountable for any problems with your phone.
Which files:
One nice thing about adding files this way is you can pick and choose what to use. If you like the stock messaging but want the AOSP calendar, you can do just that.
Calculator: Calculator.apk
Calendar: CalendarProvider.apk and Calendar.apk
Default "Navigator" application: CarDock.apk <- you can keep both
Internet: Browser.apk and HTMLViewer.apk <- doesn't show previews of each tab, but allows up to 8 instead of 4. There may be other functionality gained or lost, I dunno.
Clock: DeskClock.apk (can exist beside HTC clock, and can be installed without this procedure)
Messaging (SMS, Text): Mms.apk <- Many people have trouble with this one.
####### Not Working! See post #2 ########
# Phone: Phone.apk, ContactsProvider.apk, Contacts.apk
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To install:
I think you can use adb to do this install with the files still on the computer, but I go ahead and throw all the needed apks onto my sdcard, typically in a folder. Also, if you need to be in the Android SDK's /tools directory to use adb (this depends on your configuration) do that. Connect your phone, and make sure it is in "Charge Only" so the sdcard stays mounted. To make sure adb sees the phone properly issue:
Code:
adb devices
and you should get a return listing the device ID. If so we will mount the /system partition as read-write:
Code:
adb remount
Log into the phones local shell:
Code:
adb shell
you are now on the phones command line and file system, not on your local machine. Now we can start installing files. I'll use Calculator in this example, and I have the apk in a folder on the sdcard called AOSP_apks:
Code:
install /sdcard/AOSP_apks/Calculator.apk /system/app
You can do a couple at a time, and you must do more than one at a time when installing a provider like CalendarProvider.apk and Calendar.apk.
Once you are done, exit the phone's shell, and reboot the phone:
Code:
exit
adb reboot
The change may show up immediately, but the phone and applications aren't designed to change these core functions on the fly, so make sure to reboot the phone. Once it reboots you will probably notice the AOSP icon has replaced the former, and you have the AOSP skin and/or functionality.
Post #2 will deal with progress so far on the dialer/contacts.
(added 7/17) Notes on different apks: The BB Launcher2.apk has his skin on the google search widget, or grab the apk from something else like DC for stock. Launcher.apk from BB is the one with the wide drawer and (I think) 9 screens.
Music.apk from DC is the modded music app from Cyanogen. It has some very nice UI tweaks.
Attached:
- Music.apk used in Cyanogenmod from DC
- Calendar, CalendarProvider, Browser and HTMLViewer from BB 0.4
- CarDock, Calculator, and MMS from AOSP EVO-NonSense
Contacts/Dialer Progress: I'm sure some of the more advanced developers know the answer to this, so ideally someone can fill me in. In the meantime I'll report my findings here, and if others can add feedback to the thread on what they have done, I'll update this post. Hopefully in the long run there will be a straightforward explanation for this I can add to the above post.
I have installed the three files listed above (ContactsProvider.apk, Contacts.apk, and Phone.apk) which seems to install the right bits, but I get FCs.
Later on I added Telephony.apk and FutureDialService.apk, which didn't improve anything. Finally I noticed that Bugless Beast didn't have HTCDialer.apk, so I removed that as well. I think this was the point things went from the dialer and contacts applications FCing to non-stop FCs that kept me from doing anything on the phone.
Attached are the three apps I'm sure are involved for the Contacts/Dialer, pulled from tjohnsonjr's AOSP EVO. More files may be needed, but I'm still trying to figure out which.
The Dialer/Contacts apk used to work, I believe on ROMs that are not based off the newest OTA. Since it worked for me, but stopped once I started using ROMs based of the newest OTA. Anyways great post.
I installed the files and I cant see them. They're in the folders but its like they're hidden from the OS.
I tried to do this before since I love BB but the wake bug in v4 was killing me. I always got install errors. Did you delete the Mms.apk first.. THEN install Mms.apk and reboot? Or did you just install over it? I got errors either way. Also it totally disabled texting on my phone even after reinstalling the HTC Mms.apk.
I had to clean cache/reset then reflash my Nand backup and even then my texting was still broken until I sent one to my wife and then magically I got the 10-15 test "texts" I had sent.
RikusHaven said:
The Dialer/Contacts apk used to work, I believe on ROMs that are not based off the newest OTA. Since it worked for me, but stopped once I started using ROMs based of the newest OTA. Anyways great post.
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Thanks and thanks. This is interesting. Of course BB is based on the older ROM, so maybe that is why BB works but this doesn't. I'll have to grab an older ROM and try that. It may be an issue of grabbing a newer build of the dialer or something.
warmachine69 said:
I installed the files and I cant see them. They're in the folders but its like they're hidden from the OS.
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Did it overwrite the existing files? Or do you totally not have whatever you installed, AOSP or sense? Which ROM and version?
MikeBrWade said:
I tried to do this before since I love BB but the wake bug in v4 was killing me. I always got install errors. Did you delete the Mms.apk first.. THEN install Mms.apk and reboot? Or did you just install over it? I got errors either way. Also it totally disabled texting on my phone even after reinstalling the HTC Mms.apk.
I had to clean cache/reset then reflash my Nand backup and even then my texting was still broken until I sent one to my wife and then magically I got the 10-15 test "texts" I had sent.
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Were you able to successfully do the adb remount first? The way I did it just overwrote the existing Mms.apk.
Also what ROM and version are you running?
laydros said:
Thanks and thanks. This is interesting. Of course BB is based on the older ROM, so maybe that is why BB works but this doesn't. I'll have to grab an older ROM and try that. It may be an issue of grabbing a newer build of the dialer or something.
Did it overwrite the existing files? Or do you totally not have whatever you installed, AOSP or sense? Which ROM and version?
Were you able to successfully do the adb remount first? The way I did it just overwrote the existing Mms.apk.
Also what ROM and version are you running?
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BBv3 and yes the remount worked.. I am currently in my 84th hour of a long battery duration test so I can't plug it in and try it right now since it will wipe my stats. However it would give some "parse" error and then fail to install. If I forced it by just cp'ing the apk and chmod'ing the exec permissions it would fail horribly.
84th hour of a battery duration test? details please?
MikeBrWade said:
BBv3 and yes the remount worked.. I am currently in my 84th hour of a long battery duration test so I can't plug it in and try it right now since it will wipe my stats. However it would give some "parse" error and then fail to install. If I forced it by just cp'ing the apk and chmod'ing the exec permissions it would fail horribly.
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Was it something like
Code:
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION]
If so, I had the same error when I didn't have the /system partition fully mounted as read-write. Did you get any errors from the "adb remount" command?
davebu said:
84th hour of a battery duration test? details please?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7154719&postcount=993
This is my post talking about it.. I am on hour ~91 of the test.. still running with 8% battery left... BBv3 rocks!
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Was it something like
Code:
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION]
If so, I had the same error when I didn't have the /system partition fully mounted as read-write. Did you get any errors from the "adb remount" command?
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Hmmm maybe I did and didn't notice it.. I am down to 8% right now so by mid day my battery will probably die. I am hoping to make the 100Hr on one charge mark, after that I will try again and note any errors.
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Hmmm maybe I did and didn't notice it.. I am down to 8% right now so by mid day my battery will probably die. I am hoping to make the 100Hr on one charge mark, after that I will try again and note any errors.
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ok so I just redid your steps and I didn't get the error code this time (maybe my remount didn't work the last time I tried it). But now I get FC everytime I try and launch the text app. I installed over the Htc mms.apk =(
Anyone got an HTC Mms.apk handy they can post so I don't have to restore nand?
If you have the AOSP apps available, could you please post them all in .zip folder in the OP?
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ok so I just redid your steps and I didn't get the error code this time (maybe my remount didn't work the last time I tried it). But now I get FC everytime I try and launch the text app. I installed over the Htc mms.apk =(
Anyone got an HTC Mms.apk handy they can post so I don't have to restore nand?
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NVM I extracted it from an old nand backup. So, for me at least the Mms.apk from AOSP causes FCs and won't run at all . Put the HTC Mms.apk back and it works fine. =( Urgh any hints?
edited to add the HTC Mms.apk incase someone does what I did and kills it, so they dont' have to go through the process of trying to extract it.
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NVM I extracted it from an old nand backup. So, for me at least the Mms.apk from AOSP causes FCs and won't. Put the HTC Mms.apk back and it works fine. =( Urgh any hints?
edited to add the HTC Mms.apk incase someone does what I did and kills it, so they dont' have to go through the process of trying to extract it.
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The only issues I've had with the AOSP Mms.apk was the lack of actual mms functionality.
thanks for the apk so I could go back
I[E said:
The only issues I've had with the AOSP Mms.apk was the lack of actual mms functionality.
thanks for the apk so I could go back
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Interesting that you say that, since I had some MMS texts in my cache. Wondering if when the AOSP version couldn't deal with them so it just FC'ed instead.
So I tried that, deleting ALL my texts so it wouldn't have some MMS collision or something. But that didn't work either, HTC Mms.apk works fine.. the AOSP.apk FC's. Could the OP or something with a working AOSP Mms.apk post it maybe it's my copy. Mine has an MD5 of : 441e3b8863bc3ab88ce6ad9bc1671f22
I have mms messages in my cache too. The AOSP apk shows them fine, just can't send new mms messages. Maybe your file is corrupt?
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I going to upload all the AOSP apks that I include in my ROMs when I get home tonight.
Can you tell us how you got contacts.apk to work? I'm trying with FreshRom and I pulled the Contacts.apk from your Rom and it won't recognize the file when I push it using adbshell. The file is in the app folder but android ignores it.
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I have mms messages in my cache too. The AOSP apk shows them fine, just can't send new mms messages. Maybe your file is corrupt?
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Does does your md5 match mine?

[Temp] Fix for missing apps on froyo

in your build.prop replace the current text with this: you can get things like tv.com back
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ro.build.description=passion-user 2.2.1 FRG83 60505 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion/mahimahi:2.2.1/FRG83/60505:user/release-keys
i would upload one for people to flash but as some many people are on diff roms/kernels it would just cause more issues then its worth best way to go about fixing it is pulling the file from your phone (or the zip from teh rom your on). swapping out the text and pushing it back to /system
all credit goes to Decad3nce for the fix
Didn't s work for me...
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
you may have to reboot
Worked for me! Thanks.
Sent from Froyo!
Thanks worked great!!
shabbypenguin said:
in your build.prop replace the current text with this:
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Wouldn't you like to be more specific? Your current instructions technically mean to replace the entire file with just those three lines...
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
Please note that users of Quantum Rom already have this fix applied, since 1.3
(Used the epic 2.1 key in 1.3, 1.4+ use the nexus one key)
Thanks shabby xD
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Here's what I did from my PC with adb. (I have adb in my PATH so adjust the commands for wherever you might have adb.exe)
adb pull /system/build.prop
Then I edited the 2 lines on my PC with notepad++ and saved. Then I put it on my sdcard, remounted /system readwrite and copied it over to /system/build.prop and then rebooted.
adb push build.prop /sdcard/build.prop
adb shell
su (if your ROM didn't already drop you in to root, and check your phone for the superuser popup)
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cat /sdcard/build.prop > /system/build.prop
reboot
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didnt work for me. I been trying to get the PayPal 2.2 to show up on the market but its a no go.
Im using Froyo also.
anyway we could just get the paypal.apk??
This didn't work for me either. Trying to get Pocket Blu installed, but it isn't working. TV.com isn't showing either. FWIW I have the new Market app if that means anything.
Any ideas?
Milkman00 said:
This didn't work for me either. Trying to get Pocket Blu installed, but it isn't working. TV.com isn't showing either. FWIW I have the new Market app if that means anything.
Any ideas?
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Did you reboot your phone?
yes, and after rebooting a rechecked my build.prop file to make sure it took, and it was correct
Nevermind, I got it to work...
The end of the second line was missing the s. Put the s in, and it works perfect.
Can I get some clarification on this? I am using Mammon 1.0.3.1 and cannot get my sprint football ap to work.
Would this be an example of what this would fix?
Could the MSID number in my phone being different from my phone number be the reason it doesn't think this is a SPrint phone?
Thanks for posting a fix but it also didn't seem to work for me. I have been trying to load a program called Laser Appraiser from maket with no avail. Can anyone find it in their market?
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Thanks for posting a fix but it also didn't seem to work for me. I have been trying to load a program called Laser Appraiser from maket with no avail. Can anyone find it in their market?
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Laser Appraiser shows up for me.
Milkman00 said:
Laser Appraiser shows up for me.
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Thanks, Hmm I think I'll just wait for the latest froyo release and see if that helps
I tried downloading it and saving it to my SD card, but it's a protected app. I use AppMonster, which backs up all the apps for when I do flashing, but it doesn't do protected ones. Sorry man, I tried.
sorry i havent replied, most of the roms out there SHOULD have this baked in... i know acs and quantum do and the cm rom should but ill ask noob just to be sure.

[MOD] Sense/Non-Sense Email.apk With no PIN requirement. *Now with Sense 3.0*

I just moved over from the Captivate to the Atrix (Returned) and now am on the Inspire 4G.
*Non-Sense Version*
I hate typing in my PIN, and so here is an Email.APK Modified to ignore Exchange Security Policies, and With the Device ID changed from "Android" to "ActiveSync" to bypass corporate blocking of android devices.
Works Great on CM7 RC1.
Download the file HERE
Install with root explorer, and set permissions to RW-R--R--
or do
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount -w /system
adb push Email.apk /system/app/Email.apk
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/Email.apk
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*NEW* Sense 3.0 Version
I modified the Sense 3.0 Mail.apk file so that it does not require a PIN to login to the device, while keeping all other security policies in tact.
I really hate typing in a PIN every time I login to the phone.
Installation is Simple
Download the file HERE
Either do the following from a computer with ADB:
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount -w /system
adb push Mail.apk /system/app/Mail.apk
adb reboot
or replace the original file with root explorer, and set the permissions.
Enjoy.
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Is this the same as the Email.apk from the Galaxy Tab? Or could it be even newer?
Nicely done. I'm also interested in what you used as a base for this. It looks just like my boss's email on his galaxy s. Looks very different than my Mail app that came on my Inspire. No biggie, just different.
Thanks! I really wish I could MOD some of these .apk's ... I'm not sure why Google has yet to implement a SELECT ALL feature for the INBOX. Luckily HTC has an EMPTY trash button....that is after you individually select one at a time to delete.
Sorry for the rant...
Good upload my man!
Here's the only flaw I've found with this...
If I want to search my Company Directory under People, it asks me to set up my Exchange ActiveSync account... doing this forces me to adhere to the security policies, even if I choose to not sync any information with my phone. Any way to work around this using your Email.apk?? Searching my company directory is just about a must-have for me.
Edit: It seems that this Email put the "Corporate" account under my Accounts & Sync instead of Exchange ActiveSync. Any way to use this Corporate acct to search my corp directory??
Any update for this to work with the Gingerbread ROMs?
I couldn't get this to work with my company's exchange. Maildroid, touchdown both work but not this nor the stock mail app. Actually, I tried this when I was running CM7. The stock CM7 email app wouldn't even communicate with my company's exchange server (just failed out). I then installed this and it did the same thing.
Now I'm running Android Rev. 3.1 and the stock email app will communicate and then ask what I wish to sync. After that it fails when it tries to finish the setup. Would this remedy the problem?
I am on AR4 BETA 2 and miui (I alternate often). This works great on both. Thanks again.
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Ive been using this for a while now, but I've found that its a huge CPU hog. anyone else notice this? I may have to go back to my stock email app =(
How to change the device type in the code? Where is it?
nice to see another person that went cappy -> atrix -> inspire.
gotfolk said:
nice to see another person that went cappy -> atrix -> inspire.
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why did you drop the atrix and go to the inspire?
email.apk Modification Advice
Please forgive my inexperience with Android code so I'm hoping you can provide a little direction. I own a Samsung Intercept by VM which just recently was provided with the Froyo update. I can't stand having to enter a Pin Code to activate my Corporate Account which was not necessary when I had Eclair. I decompiled the email.apk file and found a xml file named device_admin which I copied to a Word doc and attached since there was a misinterpretation that I was adding a link which I don't have the privilege to do at this time. I was curious if I could eliminate the need to enter a Pin Code if I changed "false" to "true" in the 2nd line of the device_admin file? I thought with your experience you could tell me if I was on the correct track.
Fenny said:
I just moved over from the Captivate to the Atrix (Returned) and now am on the Inspire 4G.
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Off topic but..why did you return the atrix?
There is a better way of removing Exchange Security. It involves easily modifying the existing Email.apk that is already on your ROM. This method works on Sense and AOSP, Gingerbread or Froyo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655649
It is simple. Pull Email.apk from your ROM, run an executable that modifies it in about 10 seconds, reboot into recovery, then push the .apk file back to your ROM, reboot, then setup your Exchange account. Full instructions in the above link. I've done this method on many ROMs and it works every time. Takes about 2-3 minutes.
Thanks for the direction. The only problem is the executionable file that was attached to the link you provided has been removed. Do you know another place that it could be found?
thanks
marathondon said:
Thanks for the direction. The only problem is the executionable file that was attached to the link you provided has been removed. Do you know another place that it could be found?
thanks
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I've just shared the original .zip file on my dropbox account, HERE it is.
Is there any way to do this on a mac? Or could you post the modded email apk?
Froyo Unlock not Compatible with VM Samsung Intercept
Unzipped Unlocker on desktop and dropped Email.apk into Put_apk_here folder and then ran exe. The error I got can be seen in the attached jpg file. Thanks for trying to help.
marathondon said:
Unzipped Unlocker on desktop and dropped Email.apk into Put_apk_here folder and then ran exe. The error I got can be seen in the attached jpg file. Thanks for trying to help.
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You'd be better off posting this in the support thread for the email unlocker, link is in my post above.
edit: disregard , I see that you posted it there too.

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