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I tried both I like the Touchwiz4 on the debloated but miss apps like Buddies Now and and the feeds and updates widgets. Is there wasy to get those on the debloated >?
Or Get touchwiz 4 on bloat then i can i guess i can just get rid of the bloat i dont want.
Any suggestions

If there are things in the bloat you want, the best thing to do right now is to install the bloat and use Titanium to freeze out what you don't want.

babyjake said:
I tried both I like the Touchwiz4 on the debloated but miss apps like Buddies Now and and the feeds and updates widgets. Is there wasy to get those on the debloated >?
Or Get touchwiz 4 on bloat then i can i guess i can just get rid of the bloat i dont want.
Any suggestions
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Nitro's Eclipse GB thread has download links for removed stock apps like that in the OP, I think you just need to extract them from the .zips and put in /system/app with root explorer then install
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

babyjake said:
I tried both I like the Touchwiz4 on the debloated but miss apps like Buddies Now and and the feeds and updates widgets. Is there wasy to get those on the debloated >?
Or Get touchwiz 4 on bloat then i can i guess i can just get rid of the bloat i dont want.
Any suggestions
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Get the bloat and manually de-bloat what u don't want in /system/app
Then throw in this TW4

d-loko said:
Get the bloat and manually de-bloat what u don't want in /system/app
Then throw in this TW4
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Perhaps a silly question, I'll ask anyways. What is different about that TW4?
Thanks,
Jason

d-loko said:
Get the bloat and manually de-bloat what u don't want in /system/app
Then throw in this TW4
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Im kinda new to this is there a tutoral or something I can look at as I dont want to remove something that will screw something up and also how to install the TW4 as i tried to do it via recovery or threw a pak installer and it failed thanks

babyjake said:
Im kinda new to this is there a tutoral or something I can look at as I dont want to remove something that will screw something up and also how to install the TW4 as i tried to do it via recovery or threw a pak installer and it failed thanks
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The easiest way, at least for me, to get an app into /system/app is to use Root Explorer to copy the apk into /system/app.
To do this:
-In Root Explorer, copy the apk file you want to put in /system/app
-Navigate to the /system/app directory
-Tap the Mount R/W button on the top right
-Tap Paste
-Scroll down to the pasted apk, long press on it and select Permissions (you'll see 9 check boxes when you do this)
-Check the Read and Write buttons for User, and only the Read boxes next to Group and Others, then tap OK (once you're done, the read/write permissions under the app name should be the same as all the other apps listed (rw-r--r--))
-Reboot.
edit: Super Manager is a free app that can do this as well

anoninja118 said:
The easiest way, at least for me, to get an app into /system/app is to use Root Explorer to copy the apk into /system/app.
To do this:
-In Root Explorer, copy the apk file you want to put in /system/app
-Navigate to the /system/app directory
-Tap the Mount R/W button on the top right
-Tap Paste
-Scroll down to the pasted apk, long press on it and select Permissions (you'll see 9 check boxes when you do this)
-Check the Read and Write buttons for User, and only the Read boxes next to Group and Others, then tap OK (once you're done, the read/write permissions under the app name should be the same as all the other apps listed (rw-r--r--))
-Reboot.
edit: Super Manager is a free app that can do this as well
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where do i get root explorer ? do you have link

babyjake said:
where do i get root explorer ? do you have link
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it is a paid app from the market, 4 bucks I think... but what it does is well worth it, and if you don't want to or can't pay there is Super Manager (a free app) that will do basically the same thing but looks pretty different UI wise

Ok so i got root explorer when i past the tw4launcher in system/apps it doesnt appear any ideas

babyjake said:
Ok so i got root explorer when i past the tw4launcher in system/apps it doesnt appear any ideas
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it should be there, you may need to reboot the phone for it to show up
also it should be an .apk and you can mount as r/w first so it'll let you put it there
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

anoninja118 said:
it should be there, you may need to reboot the phone for it to show up
also it should be an .apk and you can mount as r/w first so it'll let you put it there
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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hmm not sure what im doing wrong but i rebooted as well and its not there

Basically all i want to do is get touchwiz 4 on the bloated verison of ep1w for seome reason beyond me for some reason nothing i do allows me to copy the file into the system app i checked permissions as well it says it copies and then i go into the system app folder press paste and nothing appears even after rebooting phone anyone have any idea at all
thanks

Ok so it says not enough space to paste the file in system/app

ok so i got TW4 on there but now when i try to use the widgets like buddies and weatherclock etc says problem with them loading hmm anyone know how to fix that actuall it says Problem loading widget

Bloated/Debloated
Ok,
This is getting a tad frustrating. I been playing around with both debloated and bloated trying to customize what I want and what I dont want. I Finally figured out how to use Root Explorer and I still can not get certain widgets to work together.
Im trying to get TW4 with the Bloated Widgets , Buddies Now, Feeds & Updates, & Weatherbug Clock. If I installed TW4 on the system/app and then try to load the Widgets they will not load properly. That is on Bloated
I tried to install the the APK's or place them in system/app on Deblaoted and that didnt work either. Is there something Im doing wrong here.
Any help advise is greatly appericated

[Q] serendipity 7 - Camera

So, I just flashed the serendipity 7 ROM to my phone today, I love it. It's fast and doesn't drain the battery. Infused seem to drain the battery quickly.
Anyway, the power button to take a picture seemed to work this morning, now it doesn't. Is there some way to get it working again? I have installed lots of apps, but I don't think any of them mess with the camera. I installed the samsung quick office, music, clock and video player. (I downloaded the 4, not sure if I installed all of them.) I used the Android Sideload Wonder Machine, not sure if that is the source of the problem or not. Any help would be appreciated.

The power button doesn't work to take pictures in S7. I remember reading this somewhere and can verify it didn't work for me after flashing S7. What I did to get it working is:
(FIRST, make a nandroid backup just in case!!)
1. Using your favorite file explorer (Root Explorer for me), go to the system/app folder on your phone
2. Mount the directory as R/W.
3. Rename the camera.apk in this folder to something like camera.apk.bak
4. Find a copy of the Infused v2 ROM, unzip it, go to system/app, and copy that camera.apk.
5. Go back to the system/app folder on your phone, make sure it's still mounted as R/W, and paste the Infused camera.apk into the directory.
6. Change the permissions on the camera.apk to match the permissions of the original camera.apk.
7. Next, mount the system/app folder on your phone as R/O.
8. You may have to delete and remake any shortcuts to the camera app you have on your home screens.
This worked for me and has worked perfectly all day, but I've only used it for a day. I won't swear that it won't mess something up in the future. I have taken approx. 10 photos since changing this with no problems, but you never know. Make a nandroid backup just in case, and save the camera.apk.bak in case it does FUBAR something.
PS: I wrote this as if you're a total noob. If you're not, I apologize. Wasn't trying to be condescending, just thorough. lol

02ranger said:
The power button doesn't work to take pictures in S7. I remember reading this somewhere and can verify it didn't work for me after flashing S7. What I did to get it working is:
(FIRST, make a nandroid backup just in case!!)
1. Using your favorite file explorer (Root Explorer for me), go to the system/app folder on your phone
2. Mount the directory as R/W.
3. Rename the camera.apk in this folder to something like camera.apk.bak
4. Find a copy of the Infused v2 ROM, unzip it, go to system/app, and copy that camera.apk.
5. Go back to the system/app folder on your phone, make sure it's still mounted as R/W, and paste the Infused camera.apk into the directory.
6. Change the permissions on the camera.apk to match the permissions of the original camera.apk.
7. Next, mount the system/app folder on your phone as R/O.
8. You may have to delete and remake any shortcuts to the camera app you have on your home screens.
This worked for me and has worked perfectly all day, but I've only used it for a day. I won't swear that it won't mess something up in the future. I have taken approx. 10 photos since changing this with no problems, but you never know. Make a nandroid backup just in case, and save the camera.apk.bak in case it does FUBAR something.
PS: I wrote this as if you're a total noob. If you're not, I apologize. Wasn't trying to be condescending, just thorough. lol
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Thank you, your explanation makes sense, and I am a total newbc lol. I'll do it tonight. Thanks!
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How do I change the permissions?
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If you have root explorer just long press on the file. It should have an option for permissions. The folder that the app is in has to be mounted as R/W to be able to change the permissions. I don't know specifically how to do it in other file managers. If you don't have root explorer yet, it is definitely worth getting. It's the best file manager I've used.
The exact permissions you need to set are:
All 3 rows should have Read checked, only the "Owner" should have Write checked, and nobody should have Execute checked. Make sure the file is already pasted into the system/app folder before you try to change permissions.

02ranger said:
If you have root explorer just long press on the file. It should have an option for permissions. The folder that the app is in has to be mounted as R/W to be able to change the permissions. I don't know specifically how to do it in other file managers. If you don't have root explorer yet, it is definitely worth getting. It's the best file manager I've used.
The exact permissions you need to set are:
All 3 rows should have Read checked, only the "Owner" should have Write checked, and nobody should have Execute checked. Make sure the file is already pasted into the system/app folder before you try to change permissions.
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Thank you for all your help! It's working just fine. My icon disappeared automatically and I just had to bring it back to the front screen, no problem. Thanks!

steadly2004 said:
Thank you for all your help! It's working just fine. My icon disappeared automatically and I just had to bring it back to the front screen, no problem. Thanks!
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Yes sir. Happy I could help.

Is it true you lose front camera functionality and HDMI out with S7? :S

[Q] Galaxy S2, installing camera hack by potatoman

Hi all,
Apologies for such a newbie question. I can assure you I have been searching for a couple of hours trying to find the answer but have had no luck.
I have a Galaxy S2 and would like to install 'Potatomans' camera hack to record video at a higher bitrate.
I have followed steps to 'root' the phone which has worked fine but I am having trouble installing the camera hack....
Firstly, I can't rename camera.apk using 'File Expert' (Error: 'could not rename') and there is no option for me to press 'mount' in the top right. (I heard this mentioned as a solution for the problem while searching). So how do I rename camera.apk?
Secondly, When 'Potatomans' instructions say 'copy the file over to system/app' does this mean using a client like Kies or SuperOneClick? As I downloaded the .rar file on my laptop but not sure how to get it into system/app on the S2.
Many thanks,
George

Pet Troll said:
Hi all,
Apologies for such a newbie question. I can assure you I have been searching for a couple of hours trying to find the answer but have had no luck.
I have a Galaxy S2 and would like to install 'Potatomans' camera hack to record video at a higher bitrate.
I have followed steps to 'root' the phone which has worked fine but I am having trouble installing the camera hack....
Firstly, I can't rename camera.apk using 'File Expert' (Error: 'could not rename') and there is no option for me to press 'mount' in the top right. (I heard this mentioned as a solution for the problem while searching). So how do I rename camera.apk?
Secondly, When 'Potatomans' instructions say 'copy the file over to system/app' does this mean using a client like Kies or SuperOneClick? As I downloaded the .rar file on my laptop but not sure how to get it into system/app on the S2.
Many thanks,
George
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Use "root explorer" to copy your original camera.Apk to a safe location then replace it with the hacked one.
or read up on ADB and use that method.
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conantroutman said:
Use "root explorer" to copy your original camera.Apk to a safe location then replace it with the hacked one.
or read up on ADB and use that method.
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply (thanks button clicked!)
I have done that but i cannot get it to work, the icon disappears after replacing camera.apk, it has also dissapeared from the applications menu.
When i click on camera.apk (in root explorer) and select 'install' it says 'application not installed' and camera still doesnt work.
Also I have tried replacing the camera mod with the original camera which i renamed camera.apk.bak, this too doesn't work, same result as above when selecting 'install' through root explorer.
Aby ideas? Could really do with getting my camera working, even if it is just the standard one.

Hmmm..
Not entirely sure what may have gone wrong here...
Are you sure that the hacked camera.apk is compatible with the ROM your using?
As for reinstalling the original, if replacing it (after correctly renaming back to camera.apk) doesn't work then you may need to wipe/reset...
If the hacked camera.apk is compatible with your ROM then the easiest thing to do is swap these files over in the actual ROM zip itself before putting it on your SD card and flashing it.

conantroutman said:
Hmmm..
Not entirely sure what may have gone wrong here...
Are you sure that the hacked camera.apk is compatible with the ROM your using?
As for reinstalling the original, if replacing it (after correctly renaming back to camera.apk) doesn't work then you may need to wipe/reset...
If the hacked camera.apk is compatible with your ROM then the easiest thing to do is swap these files over in the actual ROM zip itself before putting it on your SD card and flashing it.
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Thanks again for the reply
I have no idea what ROM I have or whether it is compatible. looking in my phones setting it does have a number ending in KG3, I think is a ROM number I have read about on this forum?!
After backing up my images/messages using KIES, what would be the best way to wipe/reset. Does 'restoring to factory settings' using the phones menu actually reset the program files?
Alternatively should I reset it through KIES (if thats even possible).
I think I would end up messing more things up if I tried to swap the files over in the zip file! So will just leave it if its not compatible with my ROM.

I have installed a new rom (ke7) and installed the hacked camera. The camera icon disappeared again but this time the camera WILL work if i access it through the 'gallery'.
So now all I need to do is work out how to create a camera shortcut onto the homescreen and app menu. Any ideas???

How to Add Apps to a Phone?

Ok not sure if this is the right place or what but im a go ahead anyway, i was looking at some custom roms and i notice that some roms had the DownloadproviderUI.apk i tried pulling it and putting it on my phone but nothing i keep getting error messages that the file cant be something.(sorry)
the apk was running on the Triumph and i have a Triumph but its on a custom rom im running a Stock and it cam from a CM7 so is it possible to port the apk file to Stock and how if anything?

The stock rom should have a apk handler with it also, are you trying to download apps from browser and install them? If so just go to settings. Then application . Click unknown resources hit ok, best to have a file explorer to find downloads and install
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henslo said:
The stock rom should have a apk handler with it also, are you trying to download apps from browser and install them? If so just go to settings. Then application . Click unknown resources hit ok, best to have a file explorer to find downloads and install
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No really like that, I know how to do that im talking about if i wanted to take a app from the CM7 roms apk file then add it to my SD card and download it to my phone (i know ill still have to do what you said also) but when i do it says "problem parsing the package" but it comes from a triumph rom so how doo i get this to work on the stock roms?

Hmm, just needing the DownloadproviderUI.apk from cm7? Extract from zip then try pushing it to system/apps and fix permissions, then reboot . Should work
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henslo said:
Hmm, just needing the DownloadproviderUI.apk from cm7? Extract from zip then try pushing it to system/apps and fix permissions, then reboot . Should work
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That Would work but how do i get it to stick to a rom? like if i added it to the System/app folder then flashed the rom? I got the ICS Keyboard to work by adding the LIB files within the app its self to the Rom then flashed and that works but this app isn't the same.

What from are you going to flash? If its a cm7, it'll be there won't have to do that. If you want to add your apps before you flash decompile add recompile zip then flash
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add them with android kitchen

There are a few things that are different with the APK's
if its just a plain old third party app APK, then putting it on the sd card and locating and installing with a file explorer of some sort should work fine
If its a system related app that must be in the system with permissions then theres 2 ways, sometimes one way doesnt work
a. simply open the rom's zip and add it to the system/app folder(sometimes after doing this you'll still need to navigate to the folder and hit install usually itll install itself)
b. the trickier one if a. doesnt work, have the apk on the sd, using a file explorer that will allow you to change permissions, change the system folder from read only to read/write move or copy the apk from the sd card to the system/apps folder, Install it, then switch the folder back to read only and reboot
also keep in mind that if your trying to bring an app from CM7 to Stock some probly just wont work, CM7 is gingerbread based while stock is froyo, gingerbread changed how things like texts, data, camera, and hdmi are read by the phone and how they function or where the files are so it may just not work

Tokens210 said:
There are a few things that are different with the APK's
if its just a plain old third party app APK, then putting it on the sd card and locating and installing with a file explorer of some sort should work fine
If its a system related app that must be in the system with permissions then theres 2 ways, sometimes one way doesnt work
a. simply open the rom's zip and add it to the system/app folder(sometimes after doing this you'll still need to navigate to the folder and hit install usually itll install itself)
b. the trickier one if a. doesnt work, have the apk on the sd, using a file explorer that will allow you to change permissions, change the system folder from read only to read/write move or copy the apk from the sd card to the system/apps folder, Install it, then switch the folder back to read only and reboot
also keep in mind that if your trying to bring an app from CM7 to Stock some probly just wont work, CM7 is gingerbread based while stock is froyo, gingerbread changed how things like texts, data, camera, and hdmi are read by the phone and how they function or where the files are so it may just not work
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How do you get a .apk to execute(or even see it on a sd card in stock device? without market/file browser?

vizionforever said:
How do you get a .apk to execute(or even see it on a sd card in stock device? without market/file browser?
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you cant, if it was a System apk then Sometimes, you can put it into the correct folder inside a custom roms Zip and itll install itself
otherwise you need to download some type of file manager so you can navigate thru the folders, then just clicking the apk should pop-up and install menu

[Q] Boot animation won't work

SGT 2 7.0 , rooted it last night with the tutorial here, cm10
Root checker says its good and I can install root apps
I'm dieing to install a custom boot animation and the moving the zip file into system/media folder just isn't working. I believe the other suggestion was to move the zip file, it Root Explorer, into the data/local folder thats not working either
Someone help a poor noob? Hey, I'm not that bad, I got this far on my own

As far as I know, the kernel maker has to support this feature, and it's not in the stock ROM. You have to go CM or similar for this feature.
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hmm
MultipleMonomials said:
As far as I know, the kernel maker has to support this feature, and it's not in the stock ROM. You have to go CM or similar for this feature.
Posted from my Galaxy Tab with CM10
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I'm pretty sre I'm on Cm10

Sorry, didn't see that. Use ES file explorer for the copying, it has good error messages. Make sure to enable mounting system in ES settings. You may need to download "mount system rw" from Play Store. You could also download Rom Toolbox Pro, which will do it for you, but it costs something like $5.
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meh
no luck there either and they make it look so easy haha. ah well, thanks anyways

donniegalaxy2 said:
no luck there either and they make it look so easy haha. ah well, thanks anyways
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Okay this could be a couple of things...
First if your new animation is already named bootanimation.zip it won't let you overwrite the existing one. Delete the existing CM10 bootanimation.zip file in the system/media directory. Now you should be able to move the new animation file to the target directory.
If that doesn't work make sure ES File Explorer has the rights to make these changes.
Go to ES File explorer settings.
3rd from the bottom it says root settings.
Click on that and check all 4 things in the next menu.
Super User should prompt you allow access for ES File Explorer. Grant it.
Reboot.
Now you should be able to move the file you want to the media folder in the system partition.
After you put in the new file you may have to update the file permissions as well. I forget what they are supposed to be but I usually just check everything as read/write for all permissions options on bootanimations.
If none of that works...I dunno...come back with more specific errors you are encountering. Specific error messages, etc.

sheesh
I've done every instruction, followed them to the letter and the default boot ani won't even go away although i can find no hint of any boot ani files anywhere. it appears to function as it should, deletes the files, moves the new ones, file permissions are ok... there's just no change whatsoever, it's kind of baffling. my tablet may be possessed by he devil.

Waitwaitwait. You're saying there is NO bootanimation.zip in /system/media and it still has the stock bootanimation? Try doing a system-wide search for bootanimation.zip using CM file manager. If it does come up, note its location. If there is no bootanimation.zip in the correct folder, Android will play one hardcoded into the kernel, an image of flashing "android" text. So if there is no animation in the right place and you still see the stock CM one, you are putting it in the wrong place.
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wowzers!
OK, so I realized that I didn't have cm file browser and did a search and finally did the nightly update. What a trip that was. It got stuck on the boot ani and wouldn't shut off or anything so I had to wait for the damn thing to run its battery dead. It starts and definatly has a different ani now. The whole new layout is messing me up bad, took me several hours just to get back online.
I have even more questions now.
BTW I'm on android version 4.1.4 now I believe.
For instance, apparently I still have all my apps installed because if I go to the store it says so and won't let me download them but I can't find them anywhere.
And some how I disabled that bar on the bottom that allows me to go back or switch windows and if I go into a program I can't get out of it because I can't switch windows.
HELP! AAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!

ok
I got the window switcher bar back, it was extended desktop option. Still can't see these apps I supposedly have instslled.

Oops. Sorry about that.
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If you have a titanium or cwm backup, wipe data and restore it.
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Try using ROM Toolbox Lite, it's a free app. It worked for me.

In Lineage OS 13 it's possible...
Like mentioned above - in LOS 13 from AndroidAndi it's possible to change/overwrite the existing bootanimation.zip contained in system/media. Done here with a nice Aurora Borealis bootanimation