[Q] HTC stock browser on Cyanogen - General Questions and Answers

I searched for this and couldn't find anything really. Sorry if this isn't the place for it but I am new here, and like the video says I'm a NOOB.
Well I just rooted and I am now running CyanogenMod 7 on my HTC Incredible.
I've tried many browsers and I always went back to the stock browser that came on the phone. But now that it's running Cyanogen it is gone and I beliece running Chrome (which I hate)
I did back up my phone before root. I have extracted the apk from the backup, but it won't let me install it on Cyanogen.
Is there a way to do this? Like an override?
Or can I edit the apk somehow to be able to run on Cyanogen as a new browser? What I mean here is like create a new program, separate, such as Opera where I can just install the apk like that. Hope that makes sense.
Thank you in advance.

oneandcounting said:
I searched for this and couldn't find anything really. Sorry if this isn't the place for it but I am new here, and like the video says I'm a NOOB.
Well I just rooted and I am now running CyanogenMod 7 on my HTC Incredible.
I've tried many browsers and I always went back to the stock browser that came on the phone. But now that it's running Cyanogen it is gone and I beliece running Chrome (which I hate)
I did back up my phone before root. I have extracted the apk from the backup, but it won't let me install it on Cyanogen.
Is there a way to do this? Like an override?
Or can I edit the apk somehow to be able to run on Cyanogen as a new browser? What I mean here is like create a new program, separate, such as Opera where I can just install the apk like that. Hope that makes sense.
Thank you in advance.
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I want the HTC browser also. Having the worst time figuring it out.

Same here.. Htc browser rocks but want it on CM7..

Does anyone know about this?

You can try unzipping the ROM and placing the apk in the correct spot then zip it back up before flashing it. Not sure if the browser is locked down like "sense". If that is the case then nothing will work.

You can't just move the apk. It relies on the Sense framework which is HEAVILY integrated into HTC ROMs. This has been an age old question, "How can I get _______ on [non-HTC ROM]?"

I forgot to mention that I tried just placing it there. I know that doesn't work, but it was at least worth a try.
Is there any way to edit the apk? I have no idea how to do this, but if I can possibly do it can someone direct me where to go/what to do? .....or do it for me?

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[Q] can someone help me please

ok here goes.......
I've updated to d107, im using noob's new rom, everything is fine EXCEPT I cant for the life of me get rid of the ****ing asphalt demo. I have root manager, root explorer, titanium, everything (licensed versions also if that even matters) and everytime I try to delete/remove and reboot that simple bastard is still there. I mount as r/w in two of the above mentioned programs and still nothing....is there something that im missing or something else that i should be doing? it just figures, I can re-install this that and the other rom,update,removed apps etc without any kind of problem ive seen mentioned on here, but when it comes to that demo (my now arch nemesis) I cant remove it!!! thanks for the help everybody.
specialk0324 said:
ok here goes.......
I've updated to d107, im using noob's new rom, everything is fine EXCEPT I cant for the life of me get rid of the ****ing asphalt demo. I have root manager, root explorer, titanium, everything (licensed versions also if that even matters) and everytime I try to delete/remove and reboot that simple bastard is still there. I mount as r/w in two of the above mentioned programs and still nothing....is there something that im missing or something else that i should be doing? it just figures, I can re-install this that and the other rom,update,removed apps etc without any kind of problem ive seen mentioned on here, but when it comes to that demo (my now arch nemesis) I cant remove it!!! thanks for the help everybody.
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no need to mount....just use root manager and delete the apk and odex if it is present....cannot remember if it is......should be gone...I have removed it numerous times already...belive me it works...
ok thanks man, I'll give it another try...cant figure out for the life of me why this isnt working....I know that i'm surely missing something so simple.
on another note, flyers huh?.....kidding they had a hell of run last year. being from pittsbugh i love the penguins. hopefully we can win another one
i have no idea!!!
tried exactly what you said and its still there - went into titanium looked at properties of app - said only this: libasphault5.co
looked for it in corresponding folder and no luck.....I may have missed a step or uninstalled it incorrectly? still working on it
wow pretty stupid on my part - over complicating as usual.....all fixed - thanks again!

Deleted some Google Talk files on rooted G1 and messed it up!

I want to start off by first appologizing for posting this in the wrong area (if I did), as I understand it's important to place the post in as specific as a topic as possible.
Two days ago I went in and deleted a few .apk files that had to do with GTalk, not realizing all those apps talk to each other to do certain tasks. I have not been able to download from the market OR sign into Google Talk since.
I found a forum last night where somebody had the exact same problem. Some guy posted a link to the files to put back on the phone. But since I can't download apps, I can't get a file manager to install the .apk files I downloaded onto my PC. I've tried using SDK and it is SUPER confusing. Please help as I am so frusterated I want to cry and pull my hair out.
Thanks in advance.
I am using a windows 7 laptop
Rooted G1 with CyanogenMod
adb is not difficult, if you are rooted would be more simpler.
try this
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783901
Sorry for bringing back an old thread, but I have ran into a similar problem on a US a854 milestone, I just recovered my phone from a bad experience trying to flash to 2.2, anyway i rooted again this evening and used root explorer to delete bloatware, unfortunately i uninstalled gtalk(google talk) and now I cant download from market. I need to find a way to get gtalk back. I do not have a back up and if someone can tell me how to create a nandroid back up I would be greatly appreciative, but I need to get gtalk back first
thanks in advance
JB
UPDATE, I found some talk.apk files on this forum and got me squared away.....for the record there here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773272

[Q] [ROM] Clemsyn's Ultimate 6 ROM missing "My Cloud"?

I know that this would be better served in his thread, but I'm a newby to posting althought I got one of the first Transformers, but I have just installed Clemsyn's new Ultimate and "My Cloud" seems to be missing. Just wondeing if anyone else has had this issue.
I have formatted everyting and of course formatted my external SD card in the process which of course had my titanium backup.. but I digress..
Anybody else have this issue.
FYI I'm sure this is just me and Clemsyn's Roms are the best in my opinion.. They make this thing fly.
I just did a factory reset and then re-installed a fresh download of his ROM so I'm now thinking it's just not me but that it's supposed to be gone? I really liked that Asus was including that..
Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Open the stock zip up and look for the apk in /system. Pull the APK and put it on the TF and install it
Thank you very much for the quick response..
I downloaded the firmware and of course it hasn't been broken down so that you can edit it so I was unable to get to a /system folder.
Downloaded prime 1.9.1 and saw the .apk located there.
I enabled side loading to install it and when I try I get the blurb screen that says it's going to modify stuff and then I get
X Application not installed.
Any ideas? I PM'ed Clemsyn and haven't heard back yet, but I can only think this was excluded by accident as I wasn't able for find a reference for it.
Any ideas on how I can get it installed?
Thanks again.
Ha.. Saying that you have to install that APK made this seem WAY more complicated than it is. You simply have to drop it into the App folder and reboot the device... So easy to do that I'm actually ashamed I had an issue with it. ;-)
FYI a You Tube video showed the very simple steps.
Thanks ;-)

Hulu Plus not supported on Skyrocket...WAHT!

Not that I would pay for Hulu, but I watch their free content sometimes. This is a travesty.
yea I noticed this yesterday too...disappointing.
HULU works on the skyrocket........
just use one of the deodexed roms(like this one-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341616), which will let you edit the libs of the Flashplayer. use the Libflashplayer.so hack that is on xda replace it and give it the proper premission and BAM!!!! you got hulu
have been watching hulu on my phone since melvin dropped his first rom.
if for some reason you just cant manage to find the Hack i will post it up for you and give credit to the Dev.
the2rrell said:
HULU works on the skyrocket........
just use one of the deodexed roms(like this one-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341616), which will let you edit the libs of the Flashplayer. use the Libflashplayer.so hack that is on xda replace it and give it the proper premission and BAM!!!! you got hulu
have been watching hulu on my phone since melvin dropped his first rom.
if for some reason you just cant manage to find the Hack i will post it up for you and give credit to the Dev.
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Yeah, but.. Would be nice if it worked on Stock Rom.
fonewiz said:
Yeah, but.. Would be nice if it worked on Stock Rom.
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it IS a stock rom, its just deodexed(allows manipulation) but its str8 stock even has all those crap apps that you might like stock kernel as well.
the2rrell said:
it IS a stock rom, its just deodexed(allows manipulation) but its str8 stock even has all those crap apps that you might like stock kernel as well.
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I know that but what I consider stock is a ROM that hasn't been messed with at all.
I normally run Cyanogen Mod 7 but it's not available yet.
No, I don't like the crap bloatware apps.
Thing is, I will not die without Hulu and it's not enough reason for me to grab the first thing that comes along and install it.
I am actually enjoying the stock rom on this phone. Can't do everything I am used to but, I have to say that it's been pretty nice.
I will likely consider Cyanogen when it comes out for this phone but I am going to have to think pretty hard at this point. That rom has caused nothing but issues for me on multiple phones in regards to GPS which I rely on quite a bit. I know there are fixes and I got my GPS working after a lot of hassle on my Evo but never had success fixing it on my Inspire. Been nice having my GPS working without an issue on my Skyrocket. So... At this point, I just don't want to mess with the stock rom until I have a chance to evaluate it more.
My phone is rooted and that seemed to be all I needed to edit the needed files in the past but I guess not in this case.
Didn't Hulu come out recently and say they are supporting all Android devices now or was that Netflix?
fonewiz said:
I know that but what I consider stock is a ROM that hasn't been messed with at all.
I normally run Cyanogen Mod 7 but it's not available yet.
No, I don't like the crap bloatware apps.
Thing is, I will not die without Hulu and it's not enough reason for me to grab the first thing that comes along and install it.
I am actually enjoying the stock rom on this phone. Can't do everything I am used to but, I have to say that it's been pretty nice.
I will likely consider Cyanogen when it comes out for this phone but I am going to have to think pretty hard at this point. That rom has caused nothing but issues for me on multiple phones in regards to GPS which I rely on quite a bit. I know there are fixes and I got my GPS working after a lot of hassle on my Evo but never had success fixing it on my Inspire. Been nice having my GPS working without an issue on my Skyrocket. So... At this point, I just don't want to mess with the stock rom until I have a chance to evaluate it more.
My phone is rooted and that seemed to be all I needed to edit the needed files in the past but I guess not in this case.
Didn't Hulu come out recently and say they are supporting all Android devices now or was that Netflix?
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I agree the Stock rom on the SR is great thats why im not even worried about not having 5 or 6 roms to choose from. i thinks its pretty nice as is. but i like to be able to edit certain files. and i think all you need it root explorer and you CAN edit pretty much everything on the phone.
but i didnt notice that you cant edit the build.prop, or the libs. i had to pull the build prop and edit on my comp and push it back.
and CM7 is a buggy nice little rom one of those things were you deal with the problems cuz its so damn nice. same with miui.
the2rrell said:
I agree the Stock rom on the SR is great thats why im not even worried about not having 5 or 6 roms to choose from. i thinks its pretty nice as is. but i like to be able to edit certain files. and i think all you need it root explorer and you CAN edit pretty much everything on the phone.
but i didnt notice that you cant edit the build.prop, or the libs. i had to pull the build prop and edit on my comp and push it back.
and CM7 is a buggy nice little rom one of those things were you deal with the problems cuz its so damn nice. same with miui.
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What did you change in the build.prop? The manufacturer, the model screen settings? I have done this on multiple devices including my Honeycomb tablet. My HoneyComb tablet (Acer A100) is running stock rom and I know I was able to edit the build.prop on that just using ES Explorer.
Let me know what to change and I will give it a whack, after backing up the build.prop file and making a nandroid
fonewiz said:
What did you change in the build.prop? The manufacturer, the model screen settings? I have done this on multiple devices including my Honeycomb tablet. My HoneyComb tablet (Acer A100) is running stock rom and I know I was able to edit the build.prop on that just using ES Explorer.
Let me know what to change and I will give it a whack, after backing up the build.prop file and making a nandroid
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i just wanted to edit the DPI.......but had no luck with RootExplorer. or Prop editor.
i had to use note pad on my PC.
the2rrell said:
if for some reason you just cant manage to find the Hack i will post it up for you and give credit to the Dev.
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I've been looking all over for the Libflashplayer.so Hack... I can't find one that applies to Flash 11.
Anyone find the link?
jmreed97 said:
I've been looking all over for the Libflashplayer.so Hack... I can't find one that applies to Flash 11.
Anyone find the link?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119530 <<<<Thanks Slider
here is a full thread about how to use it......just ignore the apk and stage fight.
all you need to do is grab the .so file and insert into the data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib and change the permissions
and your done
the2rrell said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119530 <<<<Thanks Spider
here is a full thread about how to use it......just ignore the apk and stage fight.
all you need to do is grab the .so file and insert into the data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib and change the permissions
and your done
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I did that, no luck. I double and triple checked the instructions. I did not do the stagefright thing or use the APK available.
fonewiz said:
I did that, no luck. I double and triple checked the instructions. I did not do the stagefright thing or use the APK available.
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what permissions did you give it?
are you on the STOCK rom?? if so thats the problem<<
the2rrell said:
what permissions did you give it?
are you on the STOCK rom?? if so thats the problem<<
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I have it permissions specified in the post.
Yes, I am on Stock but I didn't see that running a custom ROM was required.
Thanks for the help.
fonewiz said:
I have it permissions specified in the post.
Yes, I am on Stock but I didn't see that running a custom ROM was required.
Thanks for the help.
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It shouldnt be......
may i ask what files you are seeing in the Lib folder on the com.adaobe.flashplayer.
you shouuld have four files in there already right? i have seen it where it is empty sometimes and that means this wont work. ALSO if you unistall flash and reinstall flash 11 it repopulate the lib folder and i have had luck with this as well. once you get it will stick though. you wont have to this every reboot or anything.
the2rrell said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119530 <<<<Thanks Spider
here is a full thread about how to use it......just ignore the apk and stage fight.
all you need to do is grab the .so file and insert into the data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib and change the permissions
and your done
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Sweet! Thanks!
It's working great for me.
FYI - this is on top of the SkySTOCKeteer rom.
the2rrell said:
It shouldnt be......
may i ask what files you are seeing in the Lib folder on the com.adaobe.flashplayer.
you shouuld have four files in there already right? i have seen it where it is empty sometimes and that means this wont work. ALSO if you unistall flash and reinstall flash 11 it repopulate the lib folder and i have had luck with this as well. once you get it will stick though. you wont have to this every reboot or anything.
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On my skyrocket flash 11 is already installed and i ve updated it to 11.1. however i cant seem to find the "com.adobe.flashplayer." folder at all
ive attached a picture of my folders.
syairahhanis said:
On my skyrocket flash 11 is already installed and i ve updated it to 11.1. however i cant seem to find the "com.adobe.flashplayer." folder at all
ive attached a picture of my folders.
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thats the Internal SD....you have to go through Data/Data/Com.adobeflashplayer.lib/Lib<<<<you will find it in there.
but i believe you have to be on a DEODEXED rom....not the stock unless you know how to pull a lib file from the phone extract and edit. then push it back(this meathod is harder)
syairahhanis said:
On my skyrocket flash 11 is already installed and i ve updated it to 11.1. however i cant seem to find the "com.adobe.flashplayer." folder at all
ive attached a picture of my folders.
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You also need root access. I used root explorer (from the market) to access the appropriate folder on my phone.
jmreed97 said:
You also need root access. I used root explorer (from the market) to access the appropriate folder on my phone.
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this is true, but even with root on the stock rom(odexed) i dont think you can edit the lib files.
im pretty sure.

[Q] Messaging app question

Hello everyone, I have my Nexus 5and am using the 8sms messaging app as I prefer it over Hangouts. However as this is the first non HTC phone I have had for years, I would like to be able to put the stock HTC messaging app onto my Nexus 5. Now I have rooted phones before but find I quite like my nexus as is.
So my question is, to do the above will I need to root my Nexus or will I be able to find the HTC messaging app posted somewhere then just download and install it as I would with an app from the Play Store. Or is it not possible to run the HTC messaging app on the Nexus?
When I have rooted in the past it was only to be able to try a couple of differant roms and to use apps like Titanium Backup. I am not too technically minded so need an idiots guide really. I would be able to unlock the bootloader and root the phone no problem, it is finding the file for HTC messaging and putting it on the phone I will have problems with.
All suggestions will be recieved with thanks
Cheers
Nexus04
Download a stock-based HTC rom of your choice then pull the SMS app out. Then install as a normal APK.
Hi thanks for the reply. So if I find the stock HTC ROM should I download it to my PC then find the messaging SDK then just plug in my nexus 5 and copy it across to the phone? Or is it a little more complicated than that?
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Nexus04 said:
Hi thanks for the reply. So if I find the stock HTC ROM should I download it to my PC then find the messaging SDK then just plug in my nexus 5 and copy it across to the phone? Or is it a little more complicated than that?
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Yes it's as simple as that.
Assuming that the downloaded rom is a zip file, open it normally (without extracting) via 7zip or any zip extractor, find the messaging apk file which is usually inside the system folder, then drag the file to any location in your PC, then copy to your phone and install.
Make sure you're not using ART. I encountered problems in the past doing this on ART.
ej8989 said:
Yes it's as simple as that.
Assuming that the downloaded rom is a zip file, open it normally (without extracting) via 7zip or any zip extractor, find the messaging apk file which is usually inside the system folder, then drag the file to any location in your PC, then copy to your phone and install.
Make sure you're not using ART. I encountered problems in the past doing this on ART.
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Ok I headed over to the HTC One S forum (this is my previous phone) and tried to find a stock rom to download but all the links I have tried so far do not seem to work. Would a custom rom use the stock messaging app or would they use a custom one like 8sms? All the links to stock roms I have tried have failed so far. I dont know if it is because the roms i am looking at are old but am not having any luck here.
Like I said I need an idiot proof guide as these processes do not come easy for me. I presume on my phone I would drag the messaging apk(if I find it lol) into the system folder then just select it as the messenger of choice in settings?
Nexus04 said:
Ok I headed over to the HTC One S forum (this is my previous phone) and tried to find a stock rom to download but all the links I have tried so far do not seem to work. Would a custom rom use the stock messaging app or would they use a custom one like 8sms? All the links to stock roms I have tried have failed so far. I dont know if it is because the roms i am looking at are old but am not having any luck here.
Like I said I need an idiot proof guide as these processes do not come easy for me. I presume on my phone I would drag the messaging apk(if I find it lol) into the system folder then just select it as the messenger of choice in settings?
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What doesn't work? The messaging.apk you copied? or the zip file?
Err, I'm pretty sure it'd take a bit more than just copying the apk. I would imagine its very much incorporated into sense...
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mikep99 said:
Err, I'm pretty sure it'd take a bit more than just copying the apk. I would imagine its very much incorporated into sense...
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Yep. Needs frameworks probably. It wouldn't work even on a pure aosp rom on a HTC device... Historically that was always the case anyway
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mikep99 said:
Err, I'm pretty sure it'd take a bit more than just copying the apk. I would imagine its very much incorporated into sense...
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rootSU said:
Yep. Needs frameworks probably. It wouldn't work even on a pure aosp rom on a HTC device... Historically that was always the case anyway
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I never had a chance to do this on a non-nexus device so I'm downloading a stock htc rom to try it myself.
My apologies :/
Thanks for the input guys. Could you send me a link to the Stock HTC rom you are downloading because all the links I have been trying have failed so far. I cannot find one that will download without failing or error messages, very frustrating as I have spent hours looking through the varios HTC phone forums and cant find one link that will download sucessfully to my pc. I dont know if its my internet connection
@ej8989
Did you have any joy installing the HTC messaging app?
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@ej8989
Did you have any joy installing the HTC messaging app?
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I tried. I didn't succeed. Sorry about that. I even tried copying all HTC apps and some frameworks to figure out what could make it work. Nada.

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