I really want the game "Let's Golf." Gameloft won't make it available for Tegra 2 devices and all the .apk's for other devices don't translate well.
The new Asus tablet is supposed to have it, which matches the hardware and screen specs of the xoom, which leaves me to assume that it would work on the xoom.
Does anyone know how to pull that app off the tablet and put it on my xoom?
Adb pull /system/data/golf.apk C:\some\folder
Adb push C:\some\folder\golf.apk /system/data/golf.apk
Adb reboot
Of course change your directories accordingly...or you can use root explorer....
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I'm going to be completely honest, I have no idea what that means
Sure that would be classed as piracy.
I have a acer A500 and Im sure it's a demo. Havent played it yet though.
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I'm going to be completely honest, I have no idea what that means
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You need Android SDK Tools a USB lead and your phone, you can download the Android SDK from here. You use the commands Kcarpenter mentioned to push and pull using ADB via Command Promt in Windows.
And like he said, it's easier to use Root Explorer, assuming the Xoom has S-OFF it should be easy enough.
You can also use ES File Explorer to backup the apk to an sdcard then transfer from there to the Xoom.
BUT, I know from personal experience that Gameloft games download content after you install. I don't know if this will work with a pirated apk. Because essentially you are pirating a paid game if you do this.
Which is illegal and im sure should not be discussed on XDA...
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[Review & How-to] Use ADB Wirelessly and How to Remove Carrier Bloatware from Android
I think this could go in a few of the different forums, but I'll stick it in here and the mods can decide.
I’m getting excited about all the apps that are letting me do things wirelessly on Android. SwiFTP made things a lot easier with its ability to set up your phone as a server that you can connect to from your PC. Today, we’ll take a look at adbWireless, which in essence does the same thing, but adds the ability to use adb wirelessly. The most important thing, for many, that this will allow you to do is remove carrier bloatware, that is, get rid of preinstalled apps. In today’s video, I’ll show you how to use adbWireless and how to remove preinstalled apps so that you can have your phone running in tip top shape.
How to Remove Carrier Bloatware from Android
"How to use an app" and promoting of great app finds belongs in the "themes and apps" forum. Hacking the phone outside of just using an app is what belongs here.
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sombdy said:
"How to use an app" and promoting of great app finds belongs in the "themes and apps" forum. Hacking the phone outside of just using an app is what belongs here.
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Exactly, which is part of the video. Did you watch it. There's a whole hacking section about removing bloatware. Thats part of development, no?
I don't know if I'd consider remounting the fs to be development. Nevertheless, good job showing the newbs.
I'll make one small addition though - if you can't delete anything from /system/app, exit the adb shell and run:
adb remount -ro
That mounts the filesystem as read / write so that you can make changes. I'd suggest doing:
adb remount -r when finished.
ALSO - Why the hell do you mention Terminal for Mac, and Command Line for Windows, but leave the Linux crew out???
Doward said:
I don't know if I'd consider remounting the fs to be development. Nevertheless, good job showing the newbs.
I'll make one small addition though - if you can't delete anything from /system/app, exit the adb shell and run:
adb remount -ro
That mounts the filesystem as read / write so that you can make changes. I'd suggest doing:
adb remount -r when finished.
ALSO - Why the hell do you mention Terminal for Mac, and Command Line for Windows, but leave the Linux crew out???
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touche my friend my bad lol.
and yeah its not development per se, but definitely not any of the other topics.
and good point. now that i think of it, i'm not sure why it let me do it since i didnt remount as read/write
Very nice app. I will be trying it soon.
There is actually another very simple way to remove bloatware that doesn't require a computer.
First off, you must have a rooted phone.
Then install titanium backup and allow superuser permissions.
Go into settings and enable chuck Norris mode.
Then just find any app you want gone, click it and press uninstall.
Just offering another way to solve the same problem. Great app tho. It will definitely be worth trying.
Clay333 said:
Very nice app. I will be trying it soon.
There is actually another very simple way to remove bloatware that doesn't require a computer.
First off, you must have a rooted phone.
Then install titanium backup and allow superuser permissions.
Go into settings and enable chuck Norris mode.
Then just find any app you want gone, click it and press uninstall.
Just offering another way to solve the same problem. Great app tho. It will definitely be worth trying.
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Yeah Chuck Norris mode for TB came out after I made this vid. Definitely gonna include it in my TB review
@ OP, nice find!! i got tired of that having to plug in just to run ADB, using this from now on. Do you know if it breaks anything by removing required apk's?
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Yeah Chuck Norris mode for TB came out after I made this vid. Definitely gonna include it in my TB review
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"How to use an app" and promoting of great app finds belongs in the "themes and apps" forum. Hacking the phone outside of just using an app is what belongs here.
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dude, let the mods be mods. Why does everyone try and be the forum police?
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Yeah Chuck Norris mode for TB came out after I made this vid. Definitely gonna include it in my TB review
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Oh Ok, I didn't realize it had been updated to include it. Either way I was not trying to down your thead/video, the wireless ADB is nice. I have actually used it a few times since I was the video and really like it. Great find!!
System apps can also be deleted through root explorer. JUST BE CAREFUL and have a backup before you start playing around in the system folder.
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I think this could go in a few of the different forums, but I'll stick it in here and the mods can decide.
I’m getting excited about all the apps that are letting me do things wirelessly on Android. SwiFTP made things a lot easier with its ability to set up your phone as a server that you can connect to from your PC. Today, we’ll take a look at adbWireless, which in essence does the same thing, but adds the ability to use adb wirelessly. The most important thing, for many, that this will allow you to do is remove carrier bloatware, that is, get rid of preinstalled apps. In today’s video, I’ll show you how to use adbWireless and how to remove preinstalled apps so that you can have your phone running in tip top shape.
How to Remove Carrier Bloatware from Android
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Why is the wireless connection required?
Do the phone and the adb computer need to be on the same subnet?
Can this be done over ip?
I saw adbwireless on a blog this morning. The obvious use for me was to put the android-sdk folder on a USB drive that I keep on my keyring so that if I need to do something from another PC, I don't have to download and find the sdk. I can then connect the phone wirelessly after launching a cmd prompt from the USB drive. Makes it great for my work laptop, where I don't want those files sitting around to be scanned.
Thanks for the info on the app it works great. The only problem I had was in the adb command. Could never use it on my macbook pro always had to go the darkside to do adb commands. After watching your video noticed that you placed a ./adb connect ip: port. I was missing the ./ to get the adb commands to work. So not only did this show me a great app but also taught me how to use adb in terminal.
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I saw adbwireless on a blog this morning. The obvious use for me was to put the android-sdk folder on a USB drive that I keep on my keyring so that if I need to do something from another PC, I don't have to download and find the sdk. I can then connect the phone wirelessly after launching a cmd prompt from the USB drive. Makes it great for my work laptop, where I don't want those files sitting around to be scanned.
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I LOVE your use of this. Great tip!!! I'm gonna set this up asap
islandreamer said:
Thanks for the info on the app it works great. The only problem I had was in the adb command. Could never use it on my macbook pro always had to go the darkside to do adb commands. After watching your video noticed that you placed a ./adb connect ip: port. I was missing the ./ to get the adb commands to work. So not only did this show me a great app but also taught me how to use adb in terminal.
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I'm glad I could help! Yeah its a minor little thing, but it makes everything work
genius! Loading this up as we speak as well
Andy S said:
I saw adbwireless on a blog this morning. The obvious use for me was to put the android-sdk folder on a USB drive that I keep on my keyring so that if I need to do something from another PC, I don't have to download and find the sdk. I can then connect the phone wirelessly after launching a cmd prompt from the USB drive. Makes it great for my work laptop, where I don't want those files sitting around to be scanned.
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I have a Viewsonic G Tab that I flashed to Cyanogen 7. Now when I plug the device into my computer, it only reads the SD card I inserted (not the phone's internal memory). Plus, I can't use any file explorer programs to copy and paste from the SD card to the phone's memory. This is making things like flashing a different rom or adding the marketplace pretty much impossible. Any help? I'm new to rooting tabs, but I've hacked quite a few phones.
If there's a dev out there that has an answer that gets me up and running, I'd be more than happy to donate.
jskrenes said:
I have a Viewsonic G Tab that I flashed to Cyanogen 7. Now when I plug the device into my computer, it only reads the SD card I inserted (not the phone's internal memory). Plus, I can't use any file explorer programs to copy and paste from the SD card to the phone's memory. This is making things like flashing a different rom or adding the marketplace pretty much impossible. Any help? I'm new to rooting tabs, but I've hacked quite a few phones.
If there's a dev out there that has an answer that gets me up and running, I'd be more than happy to donate.
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I have read other reports of this, though i don't have a solution for this problem, you could try something else.
When you are connected over usb, use adb from the android sdk and try "adb push file_on_computer file_on_device" to get some files on there.
Crap, I am not a programmer, and haven't gotten into using adb. I don't expect a full explanation of what adb is and how to get it and other android sdk stuff on my computer, as I know there are tons of posts and resources on this and other forums that will get me there.
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Crap, I am not a programmer, and haven't gotten into using adb. I don't expect a full explanation of what adb is and how to get it and other android sdk stuff on my computer, as I know there are tons of posts and resources on this and other forums that will get me there.
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Searching is always better , but i will give you some hints:
Download the SDK here
Install it.
Open the windows command prompt. (press windows button + R, type "cmd" , press enter)
If you installed it to "C:\android" go to "C:\android\platform-tools" inside the command prompt.
Type adb -h to see all available commands.
If you have further questions, google them, if you still have questions, come here and ask .
Cool, thanks. I bought this to try and save a few (hundred) bucks over the Xoom, and got the added bonus of getting to tweak it, which I kind of enjoy, I was just hoping to not have to learn this much stuff.
On a related note, if I get the device back to factory stock, do you know if I can download an app to my Android phone's SD card, drop the card into my Viewsonic, and load the apk from there? Loading the Android market on this thing sounds complicated (though it'll be child's play if I can bring it back to life).
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Cool, thanks. I bought this to try and save a few (hundred) bucks over the Xoom, and got the added bonus of getting to tweak it, which I kind of enjoy, I was just hoping to not have to learn this much stuff.
On a related note, if I get the device back to factory stock, do you know if I can download an app to my Android phone's SD card, drop the card into my Viewsonic, and load the apk from there? Loading the Android market on this thing sounds complicated (though it'll be child's play if I can bring it back to life).
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Well if you want tweaking you will have to learn a bit .
Depends on the app. If it is copyprotected or is using the licensing service i don't think you can copy it over.
Cyanogen came with a copy of ROM manager pre-installed on boot. A lot of features were limited to the full version, but I managed to do some reformatting and stuff (I wish I knew exactly what I did) and managed to get a different ROM installed and all seems to be working well.
I don't mind learning, but I either have to do it while I'm at work, which takes me off the sales floor, or at home, and I have a new kid to take care of, so the less learning I *have* to do, the better. But the nice thing about Android is that it is for the most part fairly resilient, and I've yet to encounter a software problem I couldn't fix.
OK.... Ive been an HTC Desire owner for a year and regularly flash ROMs but ive managed to be able to distance myself from the whole adb 'thing' thanks to Unrevoked (ie a 1-click-root).
Being an owner of a Transformer now Id love to be able to root the beast and carry on with Flashing and tweaking but the whole rooting thing now scares me a little
ive done a fair amount of googling and I believe it requires install of software and drivers but most guides are for Android 2.1/2.2 etc and I know 3.0 is a different ballgame ..... Im also running windows 7 64 bit which seems to make things more complex. I fo have a dual boot to ubuntu but ive only really been using that to play around - im no Linux expert !!
Anyone know if there is likely to be a one-click-root developed for Honeycomb ?
adb - or the initial setup of adb - scares me
ADB setup isn't that hard, there are loads of guides on the internet already. I'm running W7 x64 and I didn't really run into any problems getting ADB up and running.
ADB isnt as hard as it sounds, its worth it to learn since there so much you can do with it. its just a matter of knowing what code to use and most of the time its posted and you just have to copy and paste. i prefer to use ADB sometimes instead to scripts that way you know exactly whats going on.
but im sure there will be easier ways to root if you just wait, there's still a huge shortage and im sure lots of people that want to develop for the TF are still waiting to get their hands on one.
ADB isn't all that daunting and besides, learning new things is enjoyable My hesitancy to root rests in some of the issues that folks are having. My screen wouldn't wake up once, I had to reboot to get my TF going again. I'm waiting now
to make sure the unit is solid and stable running the stock configuration. I don't want to root only to have the thing decide to become a paperweight 3 days later.
Using ADB should not be beyond anyone who has rooted and installed bits before. I think it is the lack of GUI and reassuring responses and prompts that people miss and are used to.
if you are following this guide and ADB is responding well, you can even cut and paste the commands into your command window (on PC you can) and this helps prevents missing spaces and syntax problems.
Bottom line though - if you are not comfortable doing it, don't risk it.
lol.... OK.... ive had a go ..... and i think it has worked
didnt help that my 'installing archives' in the Android SDK Manager is now hanging due to the washing machine in the garage catching fire and blowing the fuses therefore causing my connection to the web to break halfway through downloading
... and now im having problems downloading blob5 as it says im running concurrent downloads ....
Its always the unexpected stuff that causes problems
I love the smell of an electrical washing machine fire in the morning
Yep, had problem getting blob5 too. Didn't like my IP address? Got it from work instead - Don't tell the 'IT Police' (Although I am sure their logs will grass me up)
can anyone provide an alternative link to blob5? won't let me download
You could try resetting your ADSL modem to obtain a new IP address - that might work. As I mentioned above the site decided I had abused my download limit (at my first attempt!) and blocked my current IP.
Assuming you are not on a static address?
I'm on static
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can anyone provide an alternative link to blob5? won't let me download
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Try this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3387763/CWM_BLOB_V5
cheers
that's done the trick
You're welcome.
I've just ordered myself a Transformer and will no doubt want to root it after a while, if there any particular ROM that's considered the 'best so far'?
from what I gather most of the roms are still very early days. at this point I'm after root for nandroid and some of the root apps.
ok... very noob question
the root guide says to copy the blob/files to your 'adb directory' ... which directory is that ? the android-sdk directory ? or a sub folder of that ???
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ok... very noob question
the root guide says to copy the blob/files to your 'adb directory' ... which directory is that ? the android-sdk directory ? or a sub folder of that ???
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copy it to platform-tools
android-sdk-windows/platform-tools/blob (all files + blob should be here)
also you can hold shift + right click platform-tools and choose open cmd window here.
Need to run two reader apps (two parallel texts for reading the original literature) on one screen. Two copies of the same program like Moon+ would be even more nice.
I'm fairly certain this is impossible as of now. Either their are no apps that can possibly come close to supporting this. Or, this it is merely a limitation of the current android operating system.
But for the record, this would be amazing and drool-worthy.
there's a UI system someone posted a while back that allows android to operate in a 3-viewport mode, where you have 1 big viewport, an 2 smaller viewports, each running a different app. and you can switch between them. there's also ixonos' thing...which is a windowed UI. i personally prefer the former, because it wastes less real-estate.
neither of them are available atm, but they will soon.
although i don't think you can run multiple instances of the same app.
oh yea, the adam ink has a multi-pane launcher as well, which works just like the first one i described, and that's already available...although it doesn't seem like it's very good.
either way though, android, and especially honeycomb is capable of multi-tasking, i think it's just a question of ui issues, and everyone is trying to find the best presentation for such a function.
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^I think you're talking about Onskreen's Cornerstone:
http://onskreen.com/
Looks promising but I think they're only shopping it to OEMs at the moment.
Yea, that would be a killer feature. Maemo Os does it beautifully, why can't android ?
+1 to this. Multiple windows in Android would be a very attractive feature.
dawgpound6985
Yes, thats what I found lately, but it's not available as .apk anywhere.
Need something reliable and easy to work with.
how to install UBUNTU in dual boot mode on Asus Eee Pad transformer
Hi,
Thanks a loto for your thread about Ubuntu on Android .
I just unrooted my Asus eee pad transformer and I want to use in dual boot with first O.S Android and second Ubuntu.
I download from internet the following folder zipped:
linux-flash-kit.tar.gz
Ubuntu.img
But I don't Know how to go on, could you help me?
At the moment I download in MicroSD memory ( 16 gb) Ubuntu .img and into " linux-flash-kit.tar.gz" I can see file like "flash-linux-android.sh".
Now I confused because on the web I can see a lot of information but, for example, in this last folder I can see only to start on ubuntu ( desktop) but on other topic I can see using APX mode on Windows but They use others files.
Could YOu help me to understand where I have to paste files and where i Can start installation?
Thanks a lot for your help.
I would be happy if there was just a file manager that had multiple windows for copying and pasting. I'm sure that could be done.
typci said:
I would be happy if there was just a file manager that had multiple windows for copying and pasting. I'm sure that could be done.
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Have you had a look at Total Commander for Android ?
It's an official android port of the classic two-pane file manager that and works great on the Transformer.
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=30417
(This post is useful as well as it details how to give the program full root access so you can even use it in place of something like Root Explorer
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ns-remount-rw-in-total-commander-for-android/)
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Could YOu help me to understand where I have to paste files and where i Can start installation?
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I believe you're in the wrong thread, mate.
there is nother one i have been using for sometime now..
Dual file manager XT
http://www.medieval.it/dualfm-android/menu-id-129.html
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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...