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Rooting/Hacking BlueStacks - BETA information added! (Updated 12/6/2013) - Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]

New update (Thanks FalcionX!):
FalcionX said:
Root Package:
http://www.mediafire.com/?otl79weytj7qm9b
REG: (1280x720,1024mb RAM)
http://www.mediafire.com/?oqn3l345ynbxawr
If someone want to change the resolution use registry editor
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Install NFO:
(Win key + R)
"%Program Files%\BlueStacks\HD-Quit.exe" (WinX86)
"%Program Files(x86)%\BlueStacks\HD-Quit.exe" (WinX64)
Copy files from this package to ""WINDOWS_DRIVE""\ProgramData\BlueStacks\...
Import to registry "1280x720 & 1024ram.reg" or not...
Start Bluestacks
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Archived OP (Meant for the old Beta build)
New updates for Bluestacks Beta(Note: Please PM me if I missed out on any threads/updates!)
Coming soon! Syncing between BlueStacks and your Android phone! Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/tfew5
Bluestacks Beta available here:
http://cdn.bluestacks.com/bstk-download-success-2.htm
BlueStacks Modding Community on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/185729648172160/
Rooting Bluestacks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24194320&postcount=3
Market/Play Store installation for Bluestacks:
Method 1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24194190&postcount=1
Method 2 (Use if method 1 fails): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24194289&postcount=2
Editing Bluestacks "boot" animation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24689548&postcount=1
Archived OP (Meant for the Alpha build)
Bluestacks Alpha is out today and with some snooping, I managed to install some apks both from the phone and directly from the computer. Perhaps someone wants to try to give it a root and a soft honeycomb keypad? (I am also currently trying to root it) EDIT: Root and soft keypad hacks available below!
Bluestacks available here:
http://bluestacks.com/download.html
BlueStacks Modding Community on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/185729648172160/
GizmoStack for the newbies:
http://freestacks.me/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=9
How to install apks from the computer (WARNING: Apps installed this way CANNOT be removed):
1) Right-click on the .apk file and click on "Open with..."
2) Click on "Browse..."
3) Navigate to "C:\Program Files\BlueStacks" or for 64-bit computers, "C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks"
4) Double-click on "HD-ApkHandler.exe"
5) Click on "Ok"
Bluestacks will install the .apk file and notify you when its done.
What I have found out so far:
1) Not rooted EDIT: Rooted but not of any use (Update #8)
2) Its a full Android emulation, with Android itself installed on a emulated sdcard
3) Its soft-buttons are mapped to Android's hardware buttons, but the home button is removed, and apps are run using a custom launcher/windows sidebar gadget EDIT: Temporary fix using Button Savior (find it on alternative market) (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18625951&postcount=67)
4) Android market can be synced onto the computer if its a custom rom (not tested for standard roms with the original market as I have a HD2) but does not work as there is not way to add an account to it EDIT: It appears to be blocked from accessing Google's servers. (Appears to be fully working, but requiring an account) "RE"EDIT: See updates below for instructions on how to get market to work. (Update #2)
5) Custom homescreens can be installed, although it only runs when you somehow find the homescreen selection menu (I installed a apk through my computer, and when I removed it via Astro File Manager's uninstall, the icon for the app stayed in the Windows Sidebar Gadget and selecting it allowed me to choose between homescreens, widgets work on custom homescreens.
6) Settings can be accessed via a custom launcher (See attached screenshot: Bluestacks.jpg)
7) Attached screenshot contains the phone info and Android version
Updates for newly discovered hacks (NOTE: Pictures are ommited from the quotes due to lack of space, to view the pictures, click on the OP links! Also, if I missed out on anything or any post, feel free to point it out!):
1) Removing Fullscreen (OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18358866&postcount=17):
bbto said:
it can, but need to edit regitry, so do at your own risk.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\FrameBuffer\0
inside change FullScreen to 0 (default is 2)
then change width and height(decimal or hex), then restart computer
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2) Enable Market (See attached files: Market.zip) (OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18336028&postcount=7):
Notes on app installations:
a) Some users reported installation failures from the market, and the workaround is to tap/click retry a couple of times (OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18377956&postcount=16)
b) Installation of certain apps may fail with the error "INSTALL_FAILED_CPU_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE" as BlueStacks currently doesn't support binary translation and there is no workaround to this yet (OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18376033&postcount=15)
oneshotblu said:
Hi, I was able to run market (and other G-apps) on Bluestack.
Root is not necessary.
Extract and install the files in this order (click on .apk file -> "open as" -> choose HD-ApkHandler.exe from bluestack installation dir. to install):
GoogleServicesFramework.apk
OneTimeInitializer.apk
SetupWizard.apk
Talk.apk
Vending.apk
Gmail.apk
Maps.apk
Using an home replacement setup your account and.. you are in!
Saluti
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3) Virtual SD Card size can be increased by changing SDcard.fs size (See attached files: DATA.IMG Maker.rar) (EDIT: New OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18432723&postcount=33 Old OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18407665&postcount=21):
matury said:
sorry for the mess in pictures... but I had a hard time remembering what I did last night but you'll be ok
and remember if I helped you say Thanks
Ok first you need to install Bluestacks Cloud in your phone, after u set it up and all, you need to install AWD Launcher and sync it with BC (Bluestacks Cloud), install it in ur computer... and open it, after that B will ask you to set a default launcher, choose AWD, then you have a full home Android... done with that.
Un rar DATA.IMG Maker.rar to desktop
(remember to stop any progress with Task Manager related to Bluestacks, even sidebar.exe)
Next step. navigate to "C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Android" and make a backup of SDCard.fs like this SDCard.fs.bak - then rename the SDCard.fs to SDCard.ext3
Next: open Resize SD.bat, as seen in picture inside the folder " DATA.IMG Maker"
Next: check " fine file" and navigate to "C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Android" and open SDCard.ext3
In the pic I didn't check "resize file only no rezide2fs", but you have to check it or click it on...
Next: check the "resize file only no rezide2fs" " you can resize it to 100GB ++ if want it and click "Resize File" ... wait till done. PIC
Next: after finishing the process... and drag amd drop on top of "mke2fs.exe" and type " Y " and Enter... wait for it to finish as seen in PIC and then.... just change the extension back to .fs like this SDCard.ext3 to -----> SDCard.fs
Next start the Bluestacks Gadget in start menu... wait for it to load and open AWD launcher .. PIC 6 and PIC 7
Next: you gonna see in top Notification bar a lil SD card... that's what we want! just click it and format your sd card and your [email protected]! PIC 10 thru 13
just click format
deleting...
and done! 10GB SD Card
In logs theres alot of information about what the process does and when, also info on the kernel and staff like that, I think I can edit the HD-Service.exe ... it handles kernel loads and much more... I think can be edited with Restorator 64bits witch I have ....but like I said before I have a 32bit *****ty netbook.. I cant run Restorator.. till next week (getting Alienware) and I can continue the Development of Hacking Bluestacks. I dont know much about Andoid Linux, but I know alot about Windows, I can provide my help on anything, count on me with that
Oh, and ext2explore.exe is an ext2 (I think ext3 too) partition explorer for windows
Hope I helped you all
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Pre made SD images available here: http://www.mediafire.com/?qwesrn41kpcjoup
Mateo Varnerin (On Facebook) said:
here ya go everyone. 1gb and 2gb blank sdcards for bluestacks. made and tested by me. the downloads preddty small but the uncompress to the size you need. to install alls you need to do is switch it out with the one you have right now. note that these are blank so you may need to copy stuff over from your old one useing the guides found on this page.
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4) Using BlueStacks without the desktop gadget (OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18336656&postcount=7):
torturedsoul802 said:
[/COLOR]Since it hasn't been posted here yet, you can use BlueStacks without the gadget, jumps right to your launcher.
Create a shortcut to HD-Frontend in the BlueStacks directory, add the android argument.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks\HD-Frontend.exe" android
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5) The widget list can be edited (OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18333866&postcount=5):
TheManii said:
You can edit the widget app list by editing
%localappdata%\bluestacks\gadget\apps.json
then removing and replacing the gadget.
The json file is a text file and entrys can be removed, rearranged.
You could add too but it's faster to use the HD-ApkHandler.exe to build the entry and merely rearranging it.
Removed all the bundled apps from the list this way
Installing a 3rd party launcher gives you about what you'd expect from a launcher
The included rom has no gapps support, you would need to re-include the gapps frameworks/stuff before market will work. Which would require editing the system image or rooting and manually replacing them.
The filesystem is located in
%ProgramData%\BlueStacks\Android
Data.fs is a standard ext img
Root.fs is a ext img that contains
System.sfs which is a squashfs img that contains
System.img which is a ext img that contains system\
There already is a xbin\su which might be a dummy to block it from being rooted.
You likely cant edit the system partition without rebuilding it offline and restarting the vm as squashfs is a readonly format, not to mention that it's a FS in a FS in a FS.
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6) Using BlueStacks as your alternate Android development emulator (OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18424953&postcount=1):
riveraju said:
You can do this VERY EASY! but I'll recommend that you first install Launcher Pro or ADW (you can sync the app using the BlueStacks Android app) then set as your default home. Once you have done that you can open Launcher Pro trough the gadget at any time.
Then open Eclipse go to your "Device Manage" tab and under "Android Remote Device" add a new entry like this:
Name: (whatever you want to name it)
Host: 127.0.0.1
Port: 5555
And you are done! BlueStacks is WAYYYYYYYYYY faster to lunch apps that the regular android emulator. I did a small app for testing/debug and it installed/lunch/debug just fine on BlueStacks.
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7) BlueStacks kernel files (OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18418324&postcount=28):
methodbeat said:
Can you edit kernels?
should i post the kernel files?
here you go : mediafire.com/?v8bnwdx0e10zmmc
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8) Rooted (But still not of any use) EDIT: Fixed root! (Update #9) (OP1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18452584&postcount=37 OP2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18457744&postcount=42):
chevyowner said:
How to Root BlueStacks alpha
1. Navigate to C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Android
2. Use Task Manager stop any process related to Bluestacks.
3. Rename Root.fs to Root.fs.bak
4. Extract Root.fs from RootMod.zip to C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Android
5. You Should Have Root, Enjoy
Note: The su binary I used auto grants root access.
RootMod.zip
Credit goes to http://www.android-x86.org/ for compiling the su/busybox binarys
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TheManii said:
With the way root.fs is organized it wouldnt matter if system was remountable in RW mode, squashfs by design is read-only.
Even if you could modify system i wouldnt expect bluestacks to be able to rewrite/rebuild the root.fs
The only way (currently known) would be to rebuild the filesystem offline. If bluestacks supported something like unionfs to overlay on top of it it would be possible to change it, but it would be on an overlay file and not directly modifying rootfs.
If you could make it so bluestacks could mount root.fs and have system\ directly in that instead of inside root.fs/system.sfs/system.img that would make it act like a normal modifying partition.
They might be intentionally using squashfs to make it harder to modify, given that bluestacks is ment for pcs and squashfs is more approporate on resource limited systems it sounds reasonable.
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9)Fixed with working root! (OP1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18548301&postcount=59 Old OP2:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18562346&postcount=61 OP2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20445538&postcount=91)
chevyowner said:
well i managed to get /system rw mountable while bluestacks is running, but i broke the gadget somehow.
EDIT: i have system.img mounted from %ProgramData%\BlueStacks\Android to /system it is not in the Root.fs>system.sfs>system.img format anymore. Doing this requires at a minimum editing the windows registry and replacing initrd.img.
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chevyowner said:
BLUESTACKS-mod-v3.zip
WARNING
THE DEFAULT PATHS ARE FOR WIN7
CHANGES
Less changes to initrd and ramdisk from stock
INFO
This will add R/W access to /system
I Have Removed ALL Bluestacks Preinstalled Apps, Installed ADW FREE, and Android Market.
The "All Apps" button has been changed to a "HOME" button see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20233810&postcount=90
YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL STEPS FOR THIS TO WORK
RUN IS THIS ORDER
reg-changes.reg
MOD-V3.exe
MOD-V3-P2.exe
UNMODDING
Launcher.exe tries to restore the stock "All Apps" button.
undo-registry-changes.reg tries to make Bluestacks load the stock file system.
CREDITS
CdRsKuLL for the home button tweak
I think that is all
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10)Turn the app key into a home key! (OP: http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20233810&postcount=90)
CdRsKuLL said:
HOW TO TURN THE APP KEY INTO A HOME KEY
ok, got it sorta working.. maybe someone would like to improve on it for me....
So.. in brief the new version asks you to select an app from it's own launcher.. Swapping a file will allow it to go straight into android...
ok, how to do it.
1. Goto....C:\Users\YOUR USER ACCOUNT\AppData\Local\BlueStacks\Launcher folder
2. Rename launcher.html to launcher.html.bak (just to be safe )
3. Open up notepad and paste in the below code
Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head></head>
<body onload="refreshUI()">
<script src="js/jquery-1.5.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/slides.min.jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/jscript" language="jscript">
function refreshUI() {window.external.RunApp("", "", "")}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Save this as a new launcher.html and copy it into the launcher folder above..
Thanks
CdRsKuLL
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Wow! This is very usefully...
do you know how to launch the program without to use the desktop gadget?
On my work computer my system administrator set a restriction on gadget usage
... any trick?

I have noticed that it gives you full access to the file system though, I installed root explorer and I can view/edit anything. The only problem is that the mount r/w button doesn't work, which makes sense since it's not actually rooted.

Any one figure out how to get market to work. I pushed the new market, but I forgot that the apk is non modified.
I have been waiting for months for the app to be released so I could really enjoy my Dell touchscreen. Its turned it into a giant tablet.
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You can edit the widget app list by editing
%localappdata%\bluestacks\gadget\apps.json
then removing and replacing the gadget.
The json file is a text file and entrys can be removed, rearranged.
You could add too but it's faster to use the HD-ApkHandler.exe to build the entry and merely rearranging it.
Removed all the bundled apps from the list this way
Installing a 3rd party launcher gives you about what you'd expect from a launcher
The included rom has no gapps support, you would need to re-include the gapps frameworks/stuff before market will work. Which would require editing the system image or rooting and manually replacing them.
The filesystem is located in
%ProgramData%\BlueStacks\Android
Data.fs is a standard ext img
Root.fs is a ext img that contains
System.sfs which is a squashfs img that contains
System.img which is a ext img that contains system\
There already is a xbin\su which might be a dummy to block it from being rooted.
You likely cant edit the system partition without rebuilding it offline and restarting the vm as squashfs is a readonly format, not to mention that it's a FS in a FS in a FS.

Market !
I was able tu run the market..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18336028&postcount=7
Saluti

Were you able to actually click an app? Keep getting network errors here...
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Since it hasn't been posted here yet, you can use BlueStacks without the gadget, jumps right to your launcher.
Create a shortcut to HD-Frontend in the BlueStacks directory, add the android argument.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks\HD-Frontend.exe" android

oneshotblu said:
I was able tu run the market..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18336028&postcount=7
Saluti
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I was able to load everything but the vendor apk, there's a parsing error. Any ideas?
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That'll happen if you already have Vending.apk installed

Any luck in finding out if it can be ran in windowed mode?
Thanks

I'm trying to get the app to not load in full screen. I would like it to open in, or be able to move to, a secondary monitor.
Any help is appreciated.

matchosan said:
I'm trying to get the app to not load in full screen. I would like it to open in, or be able to move to, a secondary monitor.
Any help is appreciated.
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I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18358866&postcount=17

lnot allowed
when try to install apps not supported it gives error "INSTALL_FAILED_CPU_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE" so far with Z4ROOT and TuneIN radio..
any ideas?
Also anybody knows how to edit the SD image to enlarge it to 512MB or 1GB.. or to even open it to copy from pc to virtual SD?
PS for a launcher, AWD is one of the best..(in speed) 1.**MB install it thru cloud service and set it to default home.

My install does not work because of an error trying to create the windows sidebar folder. I'm on Windows 7.

Check services, make sure Windows Gadgets is enabled
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matury said:
when try to install apps not supported it gives error "INSTALL_FAILED_CPU_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE"
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BlueStacks currently doesn't support binary translation, ergo your error. Fixes to come, one could only assume.

1. I installed ADW launcher EX and
2. Got Market to work, thanks to following post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18336028&postcount=7
The apps can be downloaded. It gives error everytime, but press RETRY a couple of times and you will be able to install the app.
I downloaded the Dropbox and installed many apps from there. The apps which are not supported in the above MARKET (its old version of market), failed to open (like Glow Hockey Pro failed but Air Hockey was installed successfully).
Apparently this device is HTC MAGIC or HERO. The android vrsion running is 2.3.4 but all the wallpapers are from 1.5. It doesnt support Flash, and doesnt allow advanced apps to run.
Also I tried to update MARKET but it failed to install.
3. I entered Android Initial Setup mode, finger pressed the Android logo but it didnt go further.
4. I tried to root it with GingerBreak, but dont know how to reboot.

Any one able to get a honeycomb our ics launcher to work properly? I can't get the widgets to work.
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sagerox said:
Any one able to get a honeycomb our ics launcher to work properly? I can't get the widgets to work.
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I only tried analog clock in widgets. Works for me. Will try more widgets tonight.
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Its working, the launcher just doesn't fully work. The carousel doesn't fully work, and force closes sometimes.
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sagerox said:
Any one able to get a honeycomb our ics launcher to work properly? I can't get the widgets to work.
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got both ics and honeycomb launchers running perfectly
ICS -> imgftw.net/img//193712949.jpg
HC -> imgftw.net/img//678130062.png

Related

Since we currently can't write to /system while Android is running, the AdFree app is unfortunately unusable. However, here is the hosts file that the app supplies you with, so you can still put it into your phone manually.
Download the attached file, unzip it and place the hosts file on your sdcard. Then, open up a command prompt, load up your recovery menu (using the instructions in toastcfh's guide) and type:
Code:
adb shell
mount /system
mount /sdcard
cp /sdcard/hosts /system/etc/hosts
exit
Now you're AdFree

As in AD free while on the web only? Or does this block the ADs that are displayed within certain programs? Like Spare Parts for example.

VoXHTC said:
As in AD free while on the web only? Or does this block the ADs that are displayed within certain programs? Like Spare Parts for example.
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Everytime the phone goes to download an ad, it gets blocked. So in both the browser and inside apps.

a) not development
b) i already did this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695196&highlight=adfree

I'm guessing this requires root?
Also, those commands can't work AFAIK, because mount needs two arguments.
Or am I missing something here? I'm new.

I have actually had 0 problems running adfree right out of the box. Installed, ran and bam no ads. Didn't have to modify nothing through ADB.

superevilllama said:
I have actually had 0 problems running adfree right out of the box. Installed, ran and bam no ads. Didn't have to modify nothing through ADB.
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U running 2.2? BC I see lots more adds since 2.2, it blocks some but not most.
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You know, to my embarassing discovery, I never noticed (as I found this thread from google) but this is the forum specifically for EVO.
I'm running a DX (so 2.1), so that may be the problem. But still, I wouldn't think such things would be different in the OS. Guess the package it differently. Oh well. Not gonna bother rooting my toy just yet, hehe. Sorry bout the confusion.

AdFree is working perfect on CM7 nightly 23 & 25 & MikFroyo 4.5 but it does not work if you have BusyBox 1.18.3 but works perfect with BusyBox 1.17.1. I did not test other versions but I think the problem is related to BusyBox 1.18.3 by today 03/19/11.

Still there are ads running on some apps
like moneycontrol, and more.
Gregalous said:
Since we currently can't write to /system while Android is running, the AdFree app is unfortunately unusable. However, here is the hosts file that the app supplies you with, so you can still put it into your phone manually.
Download the attached file, unzip it and place the hosts file on your sdcard. Then, open up a command prompt, load up your recovery menu (using the instructions in toastcfh's guide) and type:
Code:
adb shell
mount /system
mount /sdcard
cp /sdcard/hosts /system/etc/hosts
exit
Now you're AdFree
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earth08 said:
Still there are ads running on some apps
like moneycontrol, and more.
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Its not updated, try absolute system tools from the Android Market. It downloads an updated script

If anyone is interested I created an app (Warning: requires ROOT) that allows you to enter one or more URLs and/or file paths and merges them and installs them as hosts. You may find the source-code here: https://code.google.com/p/android-ad-blocker/
I'll try to fix bugs for it but I can't promise I'll have time.
Edit: I made a new version because the old one had some issues transferring large files. You may find it here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8443626/android-ad-blocker.apk

Adfree works fine, Am I missing something? I just ran it, it updated my host file. I checked again and it said it's the latest version
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karilofyore said:
If anyone is interested I created an app (Warning: requires ROOT) that allows you to enter one or more URLs and/or file paths and merges them and installs them as hosts. You may find the source-code here: https://code.google.com/p/android-ad-blocker/
I'll try to fix bugs for it but I can't promise I'll have time.
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Can u help me... on how to use ur app
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Can u explain this process... where is the guide from toast...
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acme64 said:
Adfree works fine, Am I missing something? I just ran it, it updated my host file. I checked again and it said it's the latest version
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x2 im confused

@ acme64 : Some people in market comments complained that it doesn't work fine anymore and it's a root app with closed source. Since it was simple to write a similar tool I did it for myself mainly.
@ Don74y3 : The way to use the application is to put a URL to a hosts file. You may use for example the one in the screenshot (I can't put the link here because of forum rules but use Google to search for "hosts file winhelp2002" and from the first link, take the address from "To view the HOSTS file in plain text form") and then click "Apply". What the program does is get that file and put it in your (rooted) Android phone. That file in turn lets the phone avoid domains that serve ads or malware. The app can take more URLs and merge them, but that's not necessary. After clicking "Apply" it is recommended to reboot the phone to make sure the changes go into effect. You will see that the pages load faster and without ads.
P.S. I'm not affiliated with the guys that make that hosts file, though I'm grateful for their work.

Unable to figure out system mount point.
Can you please help with this?

MattSkeet said:
Unable to figure out system mount point.
Can you please help with this?
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Hi, the programs tries to figure out where the /system partition is mounted on your phone (this is because it has to switch it to read-write, put the hosts file and switch it back to read-only). I wrote the program to parse the output of the "mount" command.
Unfortunately it seems that on your phone the output is far different than what I expected. I don't know how to fix this unless you can send me the output of that command on your phone - by PM for example. To do this use adb (try to Google for how to get Android Debug Bridge) with your phone connected: run "adb shell" from a command prompt and at the shell prompt type "mount" without quotes and send me the output - at least the line that contains "/system".

Hi,
I have a different question.
I used adFree but then decided that I actually wanted see the ads on my apps.
I removed AdFree but the ads are still gone.
Is there a way to bring them back?

Tired of having to redownload and reinstall all of your apps when you reflash your phone? SaveMyApp can help.
This script will setup your phone so that after your flash to your favorite rom, all* of your apps will be install on the first boot. These apps will show up in the market too!
Also, the script will allow you to backup your /data/data folder to your sdcard and then restore it after your reflash. The /data/data is where Most of your user data is stored. This is not guaranteed to fully restore everything. This also does not backup your Google, Android, or Motorola settings; this is to improve compatibility with roms.
*The /preinstall folder is limited to 120MB, so if you have more then of apps this script will not fully work.
This should work with all phones, however it has only been tested on the Droid 2/X.
If you want to test this script on a different phone, let me know the /preinstall size and if it worked or not.
v0.1.4.2 - 11/17/2010
-Improved backup and restore of data
-Improved script usability
v0.1.4.1 - 11/17/2010
-Improve safety of removing /preinstall/app
v0.1.4 - 11/16/2010
-Added option to clear the /preinstall/app folder
-Added messages to support clear /preinstall/app
v0.1.3 - 11/12/2010
-Added backup of /data/data
-Added messages to support Data Backup
v0.1.2 - 11/11/2010
-Added Backup /data/app-private
-Show /data/app size, prompt user for continue
-Additional messages added to improve user experience
v0.1.1 - 11/10/2010
-First Release
-Backup and Restore /data/app
Installation:
WARNING: This steps must be completed as listed, failure to do so may result in unexpected errors which I am not responsible for.
1. Enable USB debugging and make sure Sdcard is mounted on phone
1. adb push apps.sh /data
2. adb shell
3. cd /data
4. chmod 775 apps.sh
5. ./apps.sh
a. Follow the onscreen directions
6. Reboot and proceed to wipe and reflash
7. On boot, wait between 5 and 10 minutes depending on how many apps you have before logging into your account. (30 apps takes about 4-5 minutes)
8. Login to your account
9. Droid 2/X Bootstrapper -> Bootstrap Recovery
10. Enable USB debugging and make sure Sdcard is mounted on phone
11. adb shell
12. tar -xzpf /sdcard/savemyapp/backup.tgz
FAQS:
Market isn't showing apps!
settings->applications->Manage Applications->All->Market->Force Stop, Clear data
Why is there a MACOSX file when I extract the archive?
Because I am lazy and I zipped it using Mac's built in archiver.
The script isn't working right away!
Redownload the newest script, just to make sure
Disclaimer:
You may repost this, but you must quote it as is.
I will only be responding to the threads I started on the Xda-Developers forums.

First!
I'm just holding a parking spot for this post!

What a great idea...thank you for developing this, im so tired of re downloading my apps back and setting everything up...done it about 10 times in the past month between sbfing and updating the fission rom several updates in a row so thank you...will most definitely be using this when I flash roms in the future. Thanks again
Sent from my DROID2 using XDA App

Excellent program! I'm having trouble getting it to work unfortunately. When apps.sh begins to copy files from /data/apps, I get errors saying "No space left on device" after every single file it tries to copy. This is of course not true since this D2 has over 6 gigs free on the system storage.
I am running this through the window's command prompt, but I don't see much in the code that won't run on windows aside from "du" which isn't even relevant unless my app + app-private folders combined size is over 120 MB (it's not).
I'm also running Epic 2.5 if that has anything to with this.
Any ideas? Am I just doing this terribly wrong?
Thanks!

tildaSparky said:
Excellent program! I'm having trouble getting it to work unfortunately. When apps.sh begins to copy files from /data/apps, I get an error saying "No space left on device." This is of course not true since this D2 has over 6 gigs free on the system storage.
I am running this through the window's command prompt, but I don't see much in the code aside from "du" which can't run with windows.
Any ideas? Am I just doing this terribly wrong?
Thanks!
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If you read the first post it states the /preinstall folder can only hold only 120mb so it you have more than that to backup it won't fully work..I'm guessing that's were the apps are being saved...
Sent from my DROID2 using XDA App

turkeybuzzard said:
If you read the first post it states the /preinstall folder can only hold only 120mb so it you have more than that to backup it won't fully work..I'm guessing that's were the apps are being saved...
Sent from my DROID2 using XDA App
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Apps are normally saved in /data/app this script copies those apks to /preinstall so that after a wipe they will automatically be installed on the first boot. Yes /preinstall is limited to about 120MB.
tildaSparky said:
Excellent program! I'm having trouble getting it to work unfortunately. When apps.sh begins to copy files from /data/apps, I get an error saying "No space left on device." This is of course not true since this D2 has over 6 gigs free on the system storage.
I am running this through the window's command prompt, but I don't see much in the code aside from "du" which can't run with windows.
Any ideas? Am I just doing this terribly wrong?
Thanks!
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Do you get the "No space left on device" message instantly or after some apks were copied to the /preinstall folder?

Here's what I get
Working…
cp: /preinstall/app/com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk: No space left on device
cp: /preinstall/app/com.google.android.apps.translate-2.apk: No space left on device
cp: /preinstall/app/com.google.android.gm-1.apk: No space left on device
cp: /preinstall/app/com.google.zxing.client.android-2.apk: No space left on device
etc.
=(

tildaSparky said:
Here's what I get
Working…
cp: /preinstall/app/com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk: No space left on device
cp: /preinstall/app/com.google.android.apps.translate-2.apk: No space left on device
cp: /preinstall/app/com.google.android.gm-1.apk: No space left on device
cp: /preinstall/app/com.google.zxing.client.android-2.apk: No space left on device
etc.
=(
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How big is your /data/app folder?

OK! I sort of have it fixed. In that I'm not getting my original error.
What I did (which in retrospect was not such a hot idea) was delete the /preinstall/ folder and then created a new one with the subfolders /app/ and /md5/. The logic behind was that I saw the script had nothing in it to clean out the original preinstall folder, and I noticed that it had silly things like NFS in it. As I said, in retrospect I should have just deleted specific items from the folder, but that's what I get for acting without thinking too much.
How bad do you think it is that I remade the preinstall folder from scratch?
Now my preinstall folder is properly populated (I think). But the data won't back up for some reason. I think it might have something to do with the if statements being broken. I'm gonna go ahead and modify your script to bypass the if/else statements and see what happens.
SaveMyApp v0.1.2
By csscmaster3
Your app folder takes up
du: not found
If your app folder is more then 114MB I don't recommend continuing
do you want you to continue? (y/n)y
y
[[: not found
Working…
ignore No such file or directory error if you get it
tee: not found
SaveMyApp has completed your apps
Do you want to backup your data? (y/n)y
y
[[: not found
SaveMyApp has completed.
As an aside my app folder is 28 MB and my app-private folder has only the apkinstaller.

tildaSparky said:
OK! I sort of have it fixed. In that I'm not getting my original error.
What I did (which in retrospect was not such a hot idea) was delete the /preinstall/ folder and then created a new one with the subfolders /app/ and /md5/. The logic behind was that I saw the script had nothing in it to clean out the original preinstall folder, and I noticed that it had silly things like NFS in it. As I said, in retrospect I should have just deleted specific items from the folder, but that's what I get for acting without thinking too much.
How bad do you think it is that I remade the preinstall folder from scratch?
Now my preinstall folder is properly populated (I think). But the data won't back up for some reason. I think it might have something to do with the if statements being broken. I'm gonna go ahead and modify your script to bypass the if/else statements and see what happens.
SaveMyApp v0.1.2
By csscmaster3
Your app folder takes up
du: not found
If your app folder is more then 114MB I don't recommend continuing
do you want you to continue? (y/n)y
y
[[: not found
Working…
ignore No such file or directory error if you get it
tee: not found
SaveMyApp has completed your apps
Do you want to backup your data? (y/n)y
y
[[: not found
SaveMyApp has completed.
As an aside my app folder is 28 MB and my app-private folder has only the apkinstaller.
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The NFS removal is a good call, I will append the script to check the /preinstall folder and prompt to remove the files there
The reason you are having trouble with this script looks it be like because you are not running it on the phone itself...meaning to say you are not running it via a terminal emulator on the phone nor are you running it via adb shell. The backup uses tar, which isn't on windows by default.

Actually I'm running everything through the adb shell. It's puzzling to me too. My terminal emulator for some reason doesn't have root access. At this point I think I'm just going to SBF anyway.
At any rate, I just decided to pull /data/data/ from my phone onto my HD and I will replace it after I reflash and install my programs, but before I log into my google account. Do you see any reason for this not to work?

tildaSparky said:
Actually I'm running everything through the adb shell. It's puzzling to me too. My terminal emulator for some reason doesn't have root access. At this point I think I'm just going to SBF anyway.
At any rate, I just decided to pull /data/data/ from my phone onto my HD and I will replace it after I reflash and install my programs, but before I log into my google account. Do you see any reason for this not to work?
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Hmmm, you might have to check your superuser app to see if you accidently are denying su access. In adb shell do you have a $ or a #?
Backing up the /data/data folder to your HD then restoring might not work because I am not sure if it will retain the owner, permissions, etc.

I had a # in my shell. There was something slightly wonky about my root I think. At any rate my backup method didn't work so well (as you predicted) - it caused timeriffic to force close when I tried to load in my old settings via /data/data/.
I will try using this again once I've got my shiny new Fission 2.1 set up as I want.
Thanks for your attentiveness!

I'm guessing this script should be run AFTER all of the applications have been installed. Is this correct?

wsfanatic said:
I'm guessing this script should be run AFTER all of the applications have been installed. Is this correct?
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That is correct
Sent from my DROID2 using XDA App

Ooooo this is getting popularrrr

Is this D2 specific, or would it work on any phone?

theimpaler747 said:
Is this D2 specific, or would it work on any phone?
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It works with the D2 and should work with the DX, anything else is use at your own risk, if it does work let me know though

csscmaster3 said:
It works with the D2 and should work with the DX, anything else is use at your own risk, if it does work let me know though
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Might risk it and try it on my hero Regardless, nice work

theimpaler747 said:
Might risk it and try it on my hero Regardless, nice work
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The only problem I could forsee would be the /preinstall folder being different or something, if you do end up trying the script could you let me know the size of the /preinstall folder?

Rooting
You will need:
A source of Better Terminal Emulator.apk (3.38 works) (From now on called BTE)
A working android dual-boot
How to:
Somehow get BTE onto your netbook
Install it using the provided file manager. (DON'T WORRY THAT PACKAGE INSTALLER CRASHES. THAT IS NORMAL. JUST CLICK FORCE CLOSE AND PICK BTE FROM THE LAUCHER.)
There's no need to install the plugin, just click OK and open and close BTE until it opens a green text on white background.
Exit BTE for now and download busybox
Re-open bte and type cd /sdcard/downloads then cat busybox > /system/xbin/busybox
Get Root Explorer from somewhere and install it with file manager
Open it. Test whether busybox works by clicking the mount r/w button. If it changes, your netbook is rooted!
Installing Apps that give "application not installed" in the package installer
Get the app you want and find it in root explorer
Long click the APK and click copy
Right click > more > home
Click mount r/w at the top (MUST BE ROOTED AND HAVE BUSYBOX INSTALLED, SEE ABOVE)
Go to /data/app and click paste
Find your apk and long click and click rename. Name it com.publisher.appname
Long click on the apk and click permissions
Tick the 1st two boxes on the first row, the 1st one in the second row and the 1st. one on the third row.
Go to your launcher (I use GO Launcher EX) and see if it's installed. The app may still force close. If it has not installed, wait a while and see if it appears or try copying it to /system/app and back again
Installing Market & GApps Progress
Installing Market & GApps so far progress:
Installing GApps from CyanogenMod 5 (Android 2.1) & Toshiba Tablet's Market
WORKING!!!!!!! Download! (How to is in the .zip). Note: You cannot search or browse categories, so I will include the Appbrain app for those purposes.

The market opens, but crashes on search or clicking apps. If you click on a recommended app and click install it doesn't download. Does anyone want a tutorial or know how to stop it crashing?
Sent from my Acer Aspire One D255 Netbook with dual-boot Android 2.1 - Rooted

I'm about to try ripping a whole /system/app folder from LG's official GT540 2.1 and see if the market will install
Sent from my Acer Aspire One D255 Netbook with dual-boot Android 2.1 - Rooted

Help
Hi thanks for the guide I've come across a problem though. I've installed BTE and got to the stage
Re-open bte and type cd /sdcard/downloads then cat busybox > /system/xbin/busybo
But when I type in the second line it says that it cannot create the directory because it is read only.
Any thoughts on why it is doing this?
Thanks

nunbean said:
Hi thanks for the guide I've come across a problem though. I've installed BTE and got to the stage
Re-open bte and type cd /sdcard/downloads then cat busybox > /system/xbin/busybo
But when I type in the second line it says that it cannot create the directory because it is read only.
Any thoughts on why it is doing this?
Thanks
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This page seems to show you how to mount system r/w, so this should work. Just do the checking from the page first.
Sorry I was late, I only got back from Spain yesterday and had no internet in Spain

Hi,
Thanks that guide fixed the problem. Tried to install Angry Birds though and it installs through the method given but when I run it it forces close. Have i done something wrong or will it never work on the Acer netbook?
Thanks again

nunbean said:
Hi,
Thanks that guide fixed the problem. Tried to install Angry Birds though and it installs through the method given but when I run it it forces close. Have i done something wrong or will it never work on the Acer netbook?
Thanks again
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It won't work, I've tried also. By the way, don't update to the newest patch, it kills half the apps.
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App

Edited startpost with MARKET!
Sent from my D255 using XDA App

D257
Quinny899, thank you for writing this up. I just bought a Acer Aspire One D257 which dual boots into Android 2.3.1. I tried to follow your instructions but I ran into the same Read-only file system error as nunbean. I tried his solution but i don't seem to have adb, su permission, or applications>developer>usb debugging available to me.
Any suggestions? Have you had any luck hooking your D255 to another computer and running adb?
Thanks

szimman said:
Quinny899, thank you for writing this up. I just bought a Acer Aspire One D257 which dual boots into Android 2.3.1. I tried to follow your instructions but I ran into the same Read-only file system error as nunbean. I tried his solution but i don't seem to have adb, su permission, or applications>developer>usb debugging available to me.
Any suggestions? Have you had any luck hooking your D255 to another computer and running adb?
Thanks
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With me su is provided. Skip that step and try copying it to/ system/ xbin using root explorer
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App

Sadly, that doesn't work either. Acer/Insyde must have locked it down a bit in between versions. System/xbin is rwxr-xr-x

szimman said:
Sadly, that doesn't work either. Acer/Insyde must have locked it down a bit in between versions. System/xbin is rwxr-xr-x
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Try putting with on /sdcard and running:
cd /sdcard
su
In bte
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App

cd /sdcard
Permission denied
When I "ls -la" it says that sdcard -> /mnt/sdcard
sdcard is lrwxrwxrwx and mnt is d---------
When booted in Windows the Android partition shows up as D: but only gives me access to /qdisk (which is drwxrwxrwx). I have a SD Card in the netbooks SD Card slot and a USB thumbdrive plugged in. Both are accessible via the File Manager that shipped with the OS and apps such as Gallery, but I haven't been able to find them through BTE.
Thank you so much for helping out with this process. I'm still trying to figure out what Acer/Insyde changed between our two computer models.

szimman said:
cd /sdcard
Permission denied
When I "ls -la" it says that sdcard -> /mnt/sdcard
sdcard is lrwxrwxrwx and mnt is d---------
When booted in Windows the Android partition shows up as D: but only gives me access to /qdisk (which is drwxrwxrwx). I have a SD Card in the netbooks SD Card slot and a USB thumbdrive plugged in. Both are accessible via the File Manager that shipped with the OS and apps such as Gallery, but I haven't been able to find them through BTE.
Thank you so much for helping out with this process. I'm still trying to figure out what Acer/Insyde changed between our two computer models.
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They changed the mount points as you're using 2.2/2.3 & I'm using 2.1
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App

D257
I've been thinking about getting a D257. Am is reading this thread right?
i.e.,
as things stand, I would not be able to get root and I would not be able to install google apps and google market?
Thanks

EyeTech said:
I've been thinking about getting a D257. Am is reading this thread right?
i.e.,
as things stand, I would not be able to get root and I would not be able to install google apps and google market?
Thanks
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No, this only works for D255s, sorry
Sent from my D255 using XDA App

All done and sorted.
However when trying to install another app I have run out of system disk space (135.17MB Used, 396k free)
Is there any way to make the system disk larger without having to prune it? Or install to sdcard?
Cheers

stevefwt said:
All done and sorted.
However when trying to install another app I have run out of system disk space (135.17MB Used, 396k free)
Is there any way to make the system disk larger without having to prune it? Or install to sdcard?
Cheers
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I'm working on an apps2sd method.
You can move to /x-root/app or /sdcard/app (make the folders and move the app apk into it first)
The main code is:
ln -s /data/app/com.whatever.app.apk /x-root/app/com.whatever.app.apk
-or-
ln -s /data/app/com.whatever.app.apk /sdcard/app/com.whatever.app.apk

I've been looking to port newer android versions (possibly honeycomb) to the various android netbook devices, but I need the imgs from the 2.3 devices. Can anyone help by posting the imgs in their downloads for android drive (from windows)
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

Any news for d257 ?
I stuck on 2.3.1 ;/
All what i can without root is looking desktop and mozilla, no app's ;/

Hi all, who are interested in using Bluestacks (Bluestacks Mac alpha) rooted and writeable /system & /data!
If you havn't installed or used it before, the android app player Bluestacks alpha for MAc OS X is available here:
http://bluestacks.com/bstks_mac.html
The idea for rooting it came, when I read the thread of xRepinsSporx here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1571308. This is guiding tread for rooting Bluestacks for Windows.
So credits go to xRepinsSporx!
I've managed making full rooted Root.fs for the Bluestacks android app-player for MAC OS X.
The /system of bluestacks is rooted out of the box, but root-permissions are restricted.
So I've copied a new su file ('su.orig') and a symbolic link ('su') into /system/xbin. This was done under ubuntu-linux!
That works for me...
If you want try it, here is a
HOW TO:
(make sure, Bluestacks is not running!!!)
---Attention! this HOWTO is only useable on MAC OS X!---
I.
1. Download Root.fs_hacked.zip (rooted Root.fs)
II.
1. Unpack Root.fs_hacked.zip in a folder of your choice
2. In Finder-Menu go to "Go To'-cklick it once ; hold alt-key down for showing the user-library-folder;
Open Library-Folder; Go into the Folder Bluestacks App Player; Go into the Folder Android;
Rename the file Root.fs to Root.fs_backup (in case for having a backup!)
copy the unpacked Root.fs_hacked to here and rename it to Root.fs .
---- You have full rooted /system now! ----
3. Goto into Folder yourusername/Library/BlueStacks App Player/Runtime; make Alias For Bluestacks App Player.app;
Place this link where you want to (i.e. on Desktop or into the Launchbar);
Now you should activate personalized Home Launcher! (If you did not done it before)
I made it with Holo Launcher...
III.
1. Open Pulse in Bluestacks
2. Click an entry in Pulse; Click on Menu-Button, that goes to an WEBsite of an article; the hidden webBrowser of bluestack will open that;
in addressbar goto HoloLauncher (stable) download page http://hololauncher.com/download.aspx?t=STABLE and download and install it
3. Click on the colored Home-Button of Bluestacks and select Holo Launcher for ever.
Now you can install basic gapps for Bluestacks
IV.
1. open the web Browser
2. download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12364391/BluestackForMacApps/GoogleServicesFramework.apk; install it
3. download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12364391/BluestackForMacApps/OneTimeInitializer.apk; install it
4. download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12364391/BluestackForMacApps/SetupWizard.apk; install it
5. download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12364391/BluestackForMacApps/Talk.apk; install it
6. download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12364391/BluestackForMacApps/Vending.apk; install it
7. download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12364391/BluestackForMacApps/Gmail.apk; install it
6. download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12364391/BluestackForMacApps/Maps.apk; install it
At last goto Settings->Accounts-> add your Google-Account
You did it! - Congrats
What is working:
- root is granted for apps an the fly (without the use of Superuser.apk - this APk isn't working but not needed!)
(test it with titanium backup and/or root explorer)
- fully read/writeable /system, /data, /data/data
(you can test it by starting a terminal session in bluestack; after starting terminal you are at the $-prompt right(?), enter $ su - and you are the #-prompt - so you are rooted)
If Titanium Backup or other apps don't see your installed apps, then you have to change permissions for /data as following:
open terminal session
and enter
Code:
su
chmod 755 /data
(thanx Jainyankee1993 for his reply!)
- Homelauncher of your choice
- Market
- Synching Gmail
- installing most of apps you can see in your market account
(working apps i.e. here: Root Explorer; Titanium Backup; Adaway; Clocksynch...)
What is not working:
Contacts and Calendar won't synch! (So i use the Google website for my calendar and contacts for the moment )
The colored home button loses his function. (For getting home button function you can load 'button svoir' from market)
The stuff published here is for educational purposes only!
All you do with your Bluestacks installation on your MAC is done at your own risk!
BTW: if your full rooted Bluestacks is running as it should, you can delete the preinstall Bluetstacks-Apps-Folder link from the Launchbar...
(atached 2 screenshots here.)
regards bitstra

bitstra said:
Hi all, who are interested in using Bluestacks rooted and writeable /system & /data!
I've managed making full rooted Root.fs for the Bluestacks android app-player for MAC OS X.
If somebody is interested in my solution, I would share the Root.fs-file. If so feel free to pm me...
atached 2 screenshots here.
regards bitstra
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is wonderful news
you are a great
best regards

OP is updated with instructions for download and install
regards
bitstra

I can't find the address bar in pulse anywhere
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Jainyankee1993 said:
I can't find the address bar in pulse anywhere
Sent from my SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
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First click on a Pulse-Article
Than click on Menu-Button
Than click 'Open in Browser'
..u should see the address-bar
that's it...
bitstra

okay got evrything to work except my hom e button does not do anything. lol

Jainyankee1993 said:
okay got evrything to work except my hom e button does not do anything. lol
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... thats right - I've updated OP with that hint - thanx...
So we can use 'button savoir' from market!
regards
bitstra

Okay thank you. Sorry to keep bothering you but titanium backup for me just says searching for app data
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Jainyankee1993 said:
Okay thank you. Sorry to keep bothering you but titanium backup for me just says searching for app data
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Can you please open a terminal session and enter
Code:
su
ls -l /
an try to post the output here?
I think I have used chmod for /data to change permisssions
you can try
Code:
su
chmod 755 /data
for a fast shot...
thanx

here you go

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Jainyankee1993 said:
here you go
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Wrote this post before you posted the bigger screenshot (sorry).
the permissions for /data are looking good.
So make a
'ls -l /data/data' and ls '-l /data/app' the must have the sam permission values like your /data - line
my old eyes can't read your output.
Can you please write the single line from output for the /data folder?
Have tested the chmod command once more.
You can enter the command
Code:
chmod 755 /data
... and TB should show all your apps, i think!
bitstra

is chmod supposed to give me an output, because it isn't...
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bitstra said:
my old eyes can't read your output.
Can you please write the single line from output for the /data folder?
Have tested the chmod command once more.
You can enter the command
Code:
chmod 755 /data
... and TB should show all your apps, i think!
bitstra
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sweet okay. it works it would be cool if this could use the mac camera, hopefully this will happen in the future. thank you so much

Jainyankee1993 said:
is chmod supposed to give me an output, because it isn't...
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sweet okay. it works it would be cool if this could use the mac camera, hopefully this will happen in the future. thank you so much
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No, chmod returns without any output after setting permissions...
I'm pleased that it works for you.
(Will update the HowTo with the 'chmod' command for /data...)
You are right with the camera. The mic would also a nice gadget in using bluestacks...
But i don't think that bluestacks.com will build their emulator (Bluestacks App player) in this stage ...
So, who will try hacking the app player for using cam and mic?:laugh:
regards
bitstra

First of all, thank you very much and you're a genius.
Second, I can't seem to log in with my Google account, I fill in all data and then after it loading for 1-2 min I get a message saying "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server. This could be a temporary problem or your phone may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call Customer Care."
I've installed all the supplied apk (in the order they were mentioned) but nothing. Am I just a total n00b and forgot something or does this root not support the Market/Play store yet? I say Market because that's what the icon says on my Bluestacks, but that shouldn't be the problem because they're two different "apps" if I'm right.

Root.fs in use
Every time I tried to replace the root.fs file with the hacked root.fs, it says that it can't be completed because root.fs is in use. Please help!

When I do this and open up stacks it just crashes.

You can get contacts/calendar to sync by adding a corporate account under the contacts app. Then use use your gmail credentials and m.google.com as server.

There is no root.fs in /Users/<username>/Library/BlueStacks App Player/Android
There is root.sparsefs instead. is there any way to hack this?
Thanks for all
Best regards.

Need new root for Beta version
The Beta uses a different image format, "Root.sparsefs" containing two files "Map" and "Data", so it needs a new root.

Rooting and installing Google Play on the Proscan PLT7035-PL ** UPDATED **
*** Disclaimer ***
I am not responsible for bricked tablets, voided warranties, crashed computers and/or global thermonuclear war! This is what worked for me if you are unsure of anything in the following steps STOP NOW! There is no factory rom released for this tablet. If you brick it your possibly stuck until if and when they release an update!
These instructions assume you are competent to do the folling: get files on and off of your device using the mass storage driver, able to edit and understand changes to inf files, use command prompt, edit system user files and have enough patence to read all of the steps without skipping any. There are a few gotcha's that if are skipped will leave you pulling your hair out. Also these instructions are written for Windows. If your using Linux you shouldn't need my help anyways ..​
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This tutorial may also work on other Chinese generic tablets. You would only need get the hardware vendor and product ID's from the device info for step 2. For the purpose of this post I wont be getting into that but the information is out there.. GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND
Introduction
Its likely if you are reading you have recently visited Big Lots and scored a $69 7" tablet. Only to get home and find virtually NO information on rooting it or installing Google Play or GAPPs. I know I was in that boat but after a few hours of messing around I got it. I am writing this to hopefully help the hundreds of others I see out there asking for help on this.
Step 1 Download Stuff (Things to round up before you even think about starting)
Root with Restore by Bin4ry v15 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 .** UPDATE ** I attached the version I used to this post
ADB Drivers - You have several options here, milage may very.** UPDATE ** I attached USB drivers to this post. I had to seperate the 64 and 32 bit drivers to get the files under the 8 mb limit for uploads
install android SDK http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r21-windows.zip and follow instructions to get the google usb drivers. Search XDA there are several guides, I couldn't find the one I used as of writing this article but there are many out there.
Search google and find a zip with just the ADB drivers.
Download Super One Click Root and use the drivers in the tools directory of the zip. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Root Explorer - quick way to move and remount file systems rw with ease. I used v2.13.1. Google around and find an APK to install, just be careful there is another completely differnent package out there called "rooted explorer" it may work but I have not tried it. ** UPDATE ** I attached the version I used to this post
Google Apps for ICS - gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip is what I used from http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip ** Update ** I replaced the URL with a direct download link from goo.im enjoy!
**NOTE** SUPER ONE CLICK ROOT WILL NOT ROOT YOUR TABLET SO DON'T BOTHER TRYING!
Step 2 install and configure your ADB USB Drivers (Let the fun begin)
Extract your zip file containing the ADB USB drivers or Install the Android SDK and follow instructions on how to use the SDK manager to download the lastest drivers from google.
Once downloaded edit the inf file (usually named android_winusb.inf)
Add the following under the [Google.NTx86] heading and again under the [Google.NTamd64] heading: (one is for 32bit systems and the other is for 64 bit Systems)
Code:
;ProScan plt-7035
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_2207&PID_0010
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_2207&PID_0010&REV_0222&MI_01
After saving and exiting. Turn on USB Debugging on your tablet. It is under Settings => Developer Options and is the first option at the top make sure it has a check in the checkbox. Exit the developer screen by pressing back or the home key and plug in your tablet to a usb port on your computer using a micro-USB cable.
Device detection should at this point detect a few devices but at least 1 will fail without drivers. Possibly more on XP systems..
Under Device Manager => Other Devices you should have a device called "PLT7035-PL" use the usb drivers modifed above to install the ADB USB Drivers.
*** Important Note ***
At this point even with the ADB Driver installed ADB will not see the tablet. We have to create or edit the file c:\users\whatever your username is\.android\adb_usb.ini
If you have already run ADB at any time on your system the file and directory should already exist. If not you will need to create the directory and the file.
on a single line simply add this to a blank line in the file and save and exit:
0x2207
This tells ADB to look for that vendor code. (if you allready have ADB on your computer 'adb devices' should now show your tablet.
** UPDATE ** This is still necessary even if using the drivers attached to this post!​
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Step 3 Root your Tablet!
*** Warning ***
I almost bricked my tablet on this step due to an error with a faulty PlayStore I had tried to install just using the APK. It kept the tablet from rebooting properly during the root process! I recommend erasing all user data before continuing YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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Extract Root with Restore by Bin4ry v15 to the directory of your choosing.
From explorer on your pc double click the RunMe.bat and select option one.
This particular root uses the system restore function to gain root access. If everything goes right you should get a prompt on the table to restore an image.
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Press restore ON THE TABLET without entering a password or changing anything else and after a minute or two (maybe more) it should reboot.. Do some more stuff then reboot one more time and you should now have a rooted tablet.
Step 4 Copy root explorer and gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip to the internal storage of the tablet.
Make sure the tablet is plugged into your computer and turn On USB Storage.
Copy rootexplorer.apk and gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip to the Downloads folder via windows explorer and the removeable drive from the tablet.
Step 5 Install root explorer
ON THE TABLET: to applications => explorer => Internal memory => Download => rootexplorer.apk
This should bring up the apk installer and ask for permission to install rootexplorer. Follow the prompts until rootexplorer is installed.
Open root explorer. The first time you open it if everything is right you should get a prompt from SU to allow root access, hit grant. After that you might get a message that you need to close and reopen root explorer again, this is completely normal.
Step 6 Remount File Systems r/w
Once root explorer is open and has root access you should be in the root directory of the device.At the top you should see a message that says "Mounted as r/o" and a button to the right of it that says "mount as r/w".
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Click the button to mount / as rw.
The message at the top should change to "mounted as r/w" and the button should change to "mount as r/o"
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Scroll to the system folder and open it.
At the top you should see a message that says "Mounted as r/o" and a button to the right of it that says "mount as r/w".
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Click the button to mount /system as rw.
The message at the top should change to "mounted as r/w" and the button should change to "mount as r/o"
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Now click on the ../ Parent Folder icon on the top to go back to the root directory,
Step 7 Extract GAPPS
Scroll to and tap sdcard
Scroll to and tap Download
You should see the google apps file we copied earlier.
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tap and hold on gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip until the menu comes up and select "extract all" this will extract the zip file to /sdcard/extracted/gapps-ics-20120429-signed/
Step 8 Copy Google APPS to /system
Scroll to and TAP .. Parent folder at the top to go back a directory to /sdcard/
Scroll to and TAP extracted
Scroll to and TAP gapps-ics-20120429-signed
You should see 5 items, install-optional.sh, META-INF, optional, system and the ../ Parent Folder link.
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*** WARNING *** Do not click on the install-optional.sh bad things might happen!
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TAP and hold on the system folder until the menu comes up and select copy.
This will place a paste button on the bottom of the screen be careful not to hit it yet or you will have problems.
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TAP ../ Parent Folder until the directory at the top says / (you should have to go back 2 or 3 folders)
You should now see a bunch of folders in the root directory as well as the tablets system folder. There should NOT be a ".. Parent folder" visible.
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Now hit the paste button on the bottom left. You should get a warning massage saying "system already exist. Do you want to overwrite it?" hit yes
The file copy takes 1 to 2 minutes when it is done all that is left is to remount the / and /system folders r/o and reboot the tablet
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Step 9 Remount file systems r/o
At the top you should see a message that says "Mounted as r/w" and a button to the right of it that says "mount as r/o".
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Click the button to mount / as ro.
The message at the top should change to "mounted as r/o" and the button should change to "mount as r/w"
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Scroll to and TAP system
At the top you should see a message that says "Mounted as r/w" and a button to the right of it that says "mount as r/o".
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Click the button to mount /system as ro.
click the back icon on the bottom left until you have exited root explorer.
Press the power button on the top of the tablet and turn it off and back on.
If everything went right you should now have a fully functioning rooted tablet with Google Playstore...
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WASN'T THAT FUN!!?!?!

Ive tried this several times. It hasn't worked yet. Maybe I am doing it wrong, not sure. Ill keep trying but I am losing hope.
I am trying with a Proscan PLT7035-PL

worked ... Many thanks to amjtech ...
Here's how to do it:
Install Android SDK, then install Android SDK Tools, Android SDK Platform-Tools, Google USB Driver (download from google)
Install PdaNet for Android on PC.
Attach Proscan pad, check Settings->Developer options->USB debugging to on
XP install adb driver - if unsuccessful, need modify registry
regedit under HKLM/SYSTEM Permissions -> Advance, check replace permission entries on all child
(http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252428-45-installation-failed-access-denied)
Install USBDeview, run to see usb device attached, get device ID of PROSCAN pad (0x2207)
Add device ID to file adb_usb.ini in c:\docume~1\<user>\.android, also add google's id:
0x2207
0x18d1
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479311)
(http://androidforums.com/kindle-fir...k-how-get-adb-running-root-superoneclick.html)
Now device will show running
Install ICS Root Unlocker 1.0, run ... got rooted.
Download Root Explorer (2.21.1).apk, Google Play Store (3.8.16).apk, and gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip from 4shared
http://www.4shared.com/folder/k86VyEKK/_online.html
follow the rest of the instruction (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993013)
... reboot proscan ... voila !!!

Help me!! please!!
I pushed the reset button then right now it's stay at recovery mode ever and I don't what firmware name it's using.. Someone help me find the link to download firmware and teach me how to restore it!! thanks very, very much!!

Factory ROM
tnan0906 said:
I pushed the reset button then right now it's stay at recovery mode ever and I don't what firmware name it's using.. Someone help me find the link to download firmware and teach me how to restore it!! thanks very, very much!!
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Unfortunately as stated above there is no factory rom available for these tablets yet... I am looking into using rkflash or rkflashtool to download my rom prerooted so I have a backup and also can post a rooted rom for everyone. Most likely later this week I should have some time to figure out the rkflashtool and get it dumped.
I will post it here once it is done.
I'm going to say this now. I have a very busy schedule so I cannot guarantee when I will get this accomplished.
Also if this works for you please hit the thanks button.

Stuck
Humphrey1989 said:
Ive tried this several times. It hasn't worked yet. Maybe I am doing it wrong, not sure. Ill keep trying but I am losing hope.
I am trying with a Proscan PLT7035-PL
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How far are you getting? Were you able to get root?

Rom Backup
amjtech said:
Unfortunately as stated above there is no factory rom available for these tablets yet... I am looking into using rkflash or rkflashtool to download my rom prerooted so I have a backup and also can post a rooted rom for everyone. Most likely later this week I should have some time to figure out the rkflashtool and get it dumped.
I will post it here once it is done.
I'm going to say this now. I have a very busy schedule so I cannot guarantee when I will get this accomplished.
Also if this works for you please hit the thanks button.
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Thanks thanks thanks!! Please upload your backup from you for me! I think it will work because same products!! please as soon as possible!! Thanks you, thanks you very very much!!!

Confused as heck !!
OK, I am confused as heck here. I have the SDK installed. I have the USB Drivers installed. The PC sees the phone just fine, I can browse the internal storage and the external sd card with no problem. Windows XP Device Manager shows Android Phone, and under that the Android Composite ADB Interface.
PDANet works with the phone, no problem. However, adb devices never shows the device, and the Root program cannot find it either. At this point, I'm stumped. Any ideas what I need to do? I have put the android_usb.ini file in c:\Documents and Settings\myusername\Android with the necessary hex codes for the device and for Google. I'm going nuts here!
I know ADB is installed properly, because I can plug my phone into the PC and run adb devices, and it's detected just fine. It's just this tablet it can't find.
FIX: Not as obvious as it might have been, but here is the solution to my problem. I used the Search function to find the adb_usb.inf file - umm... it's in .android, not android. Once I added those ids, everything was fine.

No Market?
Achieved root, copied over the system folder from the zip, but no market. Did I miss something?

What about Recovery?
Just wondering if there is a recovery option as yet? That would be so helpful!
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spycom773469 said:
Achieved root, copied over the system folder from the zip, but no market. Did I miss something?
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Yeah, this happened to me too. And for some reason, when you go to the \system folder and look in apps there is another apps folder in there. I think there is something really odd going on with root manager possibly. I don't know what the deal is, but none of the Google Apps are running.
I've tried several older 4.0.x versions of GAPPS, and I will be danged if I can get any of them to work. I'm rooted OK, but that's all that worked thus far.

Good instructions! But failure... and then success
The instructions were great above! The pointer to the version of google play was bad, but I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934441 and after using Root explorer to do the appropriate permissions at / and /system, and on the renamed file, it works!
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Now that I got Google Play to work...
I am having an odd problem however - the installation of apps stalls at 0% for about 30 seconds, and then continues. And as the percentage is updated, I see app screens cycling. And little google play shopping bags start to stack up in my "task tray" area of the tablet.
Does anybody else have that problem? It's very annoying! It seems like the downloaded apps not only install but open, eating up precious memory.
Speaking of which, how is the flash memory used? (4 GB), and not having apps take up the 500 MB that's available?

jmasters said:
Speaking of which, how is the flash memory used? (4 GB), and not having apps take up the 500 MB that's available?
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It is 4GB shared. I haven't tried looking at the partition table.
There is only 2GB usable, it's on the TF card, I moved the apps there.
Not sure how to access the SD card to put apps there.
netizenmt said:
Yeah, this happened to me too. And for some reason, when you go to the \system folder and look in apps there is another apps folder in there. I think there is something really odd going on with root manager possibly. I don't know what the deal is, but none of the Google Apps are running.
I've tried several older 4.0.x versions of GAPPS, and I will be danged if I can get any of them to work. I'm rooted OK, but that's all that worked thus far.
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My GAPPS are working fine. I thought about killing that /system/system folder and manually placing the files via adb.
Try checking the permissions too, I think they need to be 644 or better.
I've put the Tablet away for now, I will tinker again later probably.
Sent from my DIRTY Jelly Bean EVO 3D

How to move apps internally to TF card?
spycom773469 said:
It is 4GB shared. I haven't tried looking at the partition table.
There is only 2GB usable, it's on the TF card, I moved the apps there.
Not sure how to access the SD card to put apps there.
How do you move your apps there? I'm aware of the app called something like app2SD, but the TF card isn't an SD card.
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jmasters said:
spycom773469 said:
How do you move your apps there? I'm aware of the app called something like app2SD, but the TF card isn't an SD card.
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If you go to the Apps tab under the system settings you will see a button that says "Move to TF Card"
Sent from my DIRTY Jelly Bean EVO 3D
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netizenmt said:
Just wondering if there is a recovery option as yet? That would be so helpful!
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Yeah, this happened to me too. And for some reason, when you go to the \system folder and look in apps there is another apps folder in there. I think there is something really odd going on with root manager possibly. I don't know what the deal is, but none of the Google Apps are running.
I've tried several older 4.0.x versions of GAPPS, and I will be danged if I can get any of them to work. I'm rooted OK, but that's all that worked thus far.
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You have to extract the zip file, remount the file systems as rw and copy the /system folder from the zip into the / of the device so that all the files goto their proper places... if you have /system/system it was not copied correctly...
as far as those not getting ADB to reconize the tablet.. a) make sure you have usb debugging turned on and b) you put the hardware id in the adb_usb.ini file.. See the ** important note ** in Step 2!

Unzipping Files
I have read and followed your directions to download the files, but, my unit keeps saying it can not open any zip files.
Do you have any idea why it may say this or how to get around this problem so I can continue as instructed?

unzip on your computer and transfer over, or use root explorer
bluetxsteel said:
I have read and followed your directions to download the files, but, my unit keeps saying it can not open any zip files.
Do you have any idea why it may say this or how to get around this problem so I can continue as instructed?
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You can unzip them on your computer and then transfer them over, or use root explorer on your tablet. You'll have to hold your finger on the .zip file for a few seconds and then the unzip option pops up.

Well, everyone be careful! When my Google Play would not install properly, I tried to clean the tablet up, ie, put it back to its original condition. Somehow, I managed to cause something to crash, and from then on, the tablet won't boot past the Android startup screen, although I can adb into it and it is still rooted, etc. What I've got now is a project tablet - HOW TO UNBRICK THE BRICK.

my bricked too
netizenmt said:
Well, everyone be careful! When my Google Play would not install properly, I tried to clean the tablet up, ie, put it back to its original condition. Somehow, I managed to cause something to crash, and from then on, the tablet won't boot past the Android startup screen, although I can adb into it and it is still rooted, etc. What I've got now is a project tablet - HOW TO UNBRICK THE BRICK.
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I hope you do so or some body find a way to unbrick this thing as for me i still have 26 days to return mine.i got to the part where I was about to paste the system I hit yes then everything locked up. I noticed before I hit yes it said do you want to merge and copy the files over not do you want to overwrite it but I still hit yes bad idea. can anybody tell me why I said merge and copy. well this is the second one I have bricks follow the steps perfect got all the way to the end and this is what happens so I took the first 1 back guess I'm going to take a second back also and try again until i figure out what I'm doing wrong.has anybody maked a rkimage or a .zip. update that will work to re cover this thing. I would be willing to try it out for you because I can.

netizenmt said:
Well, everyone be careful! When my Google Play would not install properly, I tried to clean the tablet up, ie, put it back to its original condition. Somehow, I managed to cause something to crash, and from then on, the tablet won't boot past the Android startup screen, although I can adb into it and it is still rooted, etc. What I've got now is a project tablet - HOW TO UNBRICK THE BRICK.
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try doing an ADB shell
then the following commands
su
wipe data
this will reset the user partition. I had something similar happen on mine.. BTW 'wipe all' will definitly brick your tablet so be carefull
If you still cannot get it I was almost in a car accident yesterday and my tablet went flying and broke the screen... If you confident with a soldering iron I now have a plt-7035 mainboard prerooted and playstore installed for sale for $25 including shipping.. it would involve soldering 6 wire and the wifi antenna if your up to it pm me,, I know its good as I was able to ADB into it and run su and wipe data to reset it..
-Andrew