I want to say thanks to everyone involved in this hobby. I want to try changing to the other launcher that comes in the Octaine rom, cant remember how to bring up the choices again on the home screen. any help would be great.
Download home switcher app from market
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When you install a new launcher from the Android Market I think it will ask you which you want to use when you press the Home button.
If it has already asked you and you would like to change to another already installed launcher, you will need to go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications then select the "All" tab. Scroll down to your launcher app in the list and select it. On this page, look for a button that says "Clear Defaults".
After that, you should be able to press the home button and get a list of launcher from which you can choose.
Thanks guys, didnt think it could be very difficult
download the launcher of your choice. use root explorer to go to your cache folder (immediately after you download it from the market). copy this apk to your sd card. rename download.apk to launcher.apk (or whatever you want). copy this to your computer. open the rom.zip. delete the current launchers in system/app. drag the launcher.apk that you got from your phone to the system/app in the rom.zip. flash rom.
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Hey guys
I just wanted to share with you something that the wonderful CrushD made for me/us
I take no credit, all i did was request that he do it for us, and he generously did
To install:
You can use Root Explorer to rename the original SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk in system/apps to SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk.bak. Then, just copy and paste the new version into that same folder, and you are set
Without any further a-do: This weatherbug Clock modification looks the same as the default TouchWiz clock, except when you click the clock itself, it sends you to the ClockPackage (where your alarm and such are! ). if you want to go to the weatherbug app itself, either use the bottom icon on the ticker , or click the "weatherbug" text at the bottom of widget itself
http://www.mediafire.com/?xzhjx6jfasuri1b
The apk wont install for me is there something I'm doing wrong. I downloaded the apk and I start to install it through the sd card but it fails do I have to delete the stock apk?
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Yeah, I should have put this in the thread... It won't install normally, so all you have to do is use root explorer (or even adb if you don't have that) to rename the original In system/app then copy this one in, and your set
If you need the adb commands, just ask I'll upload a quick tutorial into the original post
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Just finished applying the Weatherbug Clock Modification after installing the "3.30.11 Clean Continuum DL17".
Here's what I did:
-Get "Root Explorer" and install it on your phone (cost me $ but well worth it)
-Downloaded the file from the link above to your PC.
-Attached phone to PC, copy the downloaded file to SD card on the root
-Unmount SD card from PC. Unplugged cable from phone.
-Open Root Exploreron phone;
--click Mount R/W, click system, click app, long hold on SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk
--click rename, add .bak extension to the file, clicked ok
--scroll back to top, click Parent Folder, click Parent Folder again
--click sdcard, long hold on SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk. select copy
--drill back to /system/app, and select paste
-I restarted phone just for the heck of it. Now I tap the weather icon in the ticker and PRESTO! IT WORKS.
I'm not a Dev but I can follow directions. Maybe this can help someone else also. Just wanted to do my part to help.
disclaimer: You may not have to use or pay for "Root Explorer" to make this work. You might have something else that will do the same thing. Just make sure you have R/W access and the same capabilities.
Many thanks to CrushD for modifying the .apk file and trailblazer101 for help pushing the Mod out to US.
Glad it worked for you
if anyone would've asked I would've uploaded a quick free guide to do it, but no one asked I didn't want to type up the adb commands
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FC
I'm getting force closes after this process on the clock but not the weather app
Can we get a screenshot?
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Can we get a screenshot?
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^^^
This.
Well...
i went ahead w/o a screenshot. A couple things, first there was no SamsungWidget in my system/app to begin with so i just copied and pasted from the sd card. Didnt notice a difference in the button... haven't restarted though one sec... yeah no difference.
May have something to do with that I am using the gingerbread them?? I have asd launcher and launcherpro, (LP) as my default and when I long press my home screen I dont have the options for Samsung widgets anymore anyway soo.... hmm...
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i went ahead w/o a screenshot. A couple things, first there was no SamsungWidget in my system/app to begin with so i just copied and pasted from the sd card. Didnt notice a difference in the button... haven't restarted though one sec... yeah no difference.
May have something to do with that I am using the gingerbread them?? I have asd launcher and launcherpro, (LP) as my default and when I long press my home screen I dont have the options for Samsung widgets anymore anyway soo.... hmm...
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Lol, Samsung Widget's are for Samsung Touchwiz Launchers only...
If you wanna know what it looks like, it looks exactly like the original
If you want help getting the launcher back after installing the Clean Rom, just ask
Well what are the differences, kinda new obviously. Can you get on the irc?
I have a stock Sensation, temp-rooted, and have a couple of themed apps I like (TweetDark, Transparent G+). Using root explorer, I navigate to downloads on my SD, select the APK and select install. It prompts that the app will replace an existing one, keeping user data (normal). It asks me to accept permissions (normal). It says installing (normal). Then is says Application Not Installed with a Done button (definitely not normal). I have third party apps allowed, and it let me install an APK that wasn't an overwrite, so why can't I install my themed APKs? Any suggestions/information would be most helpful.
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I have a stock Sensation, temp-rooted, and have a couple of themed apps I like (TweetDark, Transparent G+). Using root explorer, I navigate to downloads on my SD, select the APK and select install. It prompts that the app will replace an existing one, keeping user data (normal). It asks me to accept permissions (normal). It says installing (normal). Then is says Application Not Installed with a Done button (definitely not normal). I have third party apps allowed, and it let me install an APK that wasn't an overwrite, so why can't I install my themed APKs? Any suggestions/information would be most helpful.
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you cant because the stock rom is .odex you need to de-odex the rom or apk for it to work or backup both the apk and .odex files to your sd now delete the .odex file install your apk and reboot
Thanks for your answer. I was afraid it would be something like that. The phone's a loaner as part of a T-Mobile feedback program so I don't want to muck with it to much.
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I found out one easy way to upgrade touchwiz to touchwiz 4 or touchwiz 4.5 on your 4g--
1. Download Tw4launcher.apk --it's available on xda.
2. Put TW4launcher.apk on your sdcard.
3. Now use market to install a different launcher and an app called "home switcher."
4. Use home switcher to switch to the different launcher temporarily. If you don't do that first, tw4 will not install.
5. Using root explorer or something similar that allows you to install apps from the sdcard, browse to the sdcard, right click on TW4launcher.apk and install it.
6. Use home switcher to switch back to tw4.
If the rom you've just installed is trying out some funny kind launcher because the dev likes 'em, you don't have to install any second launcher, of course.
not so easy way with later gb builds
The first method used to work in froyo but not gb. Here is the alternate method for getting TW4 to work. Only tested in KH2 deodexed.
1. Make sure you have another launcher installed! The deodexed build has a generic launcher called “Launcher.”
2. Unzip ICBINB (for froyo, the later ones don’t have TW4.)
3. Copy TW4Launcher.apk from ICBINB\system\app to somewhere.
4. Rename TW4Launcher.apk to TouchWiz3.0Launcher.apk.
5. Copy it to sdcard
6. Using root explorer or something similar, copy and save Touchwiz3.0Launcher.apk from system/app to a folder on the sdcard called oldtw3 or something like that in case you screw up, so you can restore it. Don’t copy it to the root or you will erase the renamed TW4Launcher.apk you just put there.
7. Delete Touchwiz3.0Launcher.apk from system/apps.
8. Exit root explorer. The phone will jump to the other launcher.
9. start root explorer again.
10. Copy and paste the TW4Launcher.apk that you renamed TouchWiz3.0Launcher.apk from sdcard to system/apps.
11. Exit root explorer.
12. The phone may flash a dialog saying which launcher you want, if so, check “default” box choose TWLauncher.
13. If you don’t get the dialog, install home switcher from the market and use it to switch to TWLauncher.
When I copied TW4launcher.apk from the sdcard without renaming it and deleted TouchWiz3.0Launcher.apk, I only got to choose “Launcher”. “TWLauncher” wasn’t available. I think there may be something in KH2 deodexed that identifies the touchwiz launcher as TouchWiz3.0Launcher.apk.
so it seems its a system limitation when using dialer apps where the missed call notification doesn't get cleared when opening the dialer app.. the stock phone app needs to be opened in order to clear it...
i'm running cm7.1 on nexus s 4g.. just installed touchpal dialer.. i read on this site
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2007024/push-my-apk-to-system-app
that you could push the app into the system folder and that would address the problem.. i downloaded the app from the market so no idea how to get the apk..
i assume if i could get a hold of the apk.. i could use root explorer to change the persmissions, then move the file into system/app and then install the app??
any help would be appreciated.
p.s. all i really want is the search feature of these apps which stock dialer doesn't have.. which is a big oversight by google not to have this.. so if any other solutions are available.. great.. love to hear them
The apk should be somewhere in /data/app, there are also apps that let you backup apk files to sdcard.
Afterwards remount /system to read+write and push the apk file to /system/app.
do i need to uninstall the app from /data/app after? or should i leave that file in there
Using Root Explorer, find the apk in /data/app, long-press and select move. Navigate to /system/app, mount r/w (by pressing the button at the top), and paste. Long-press the apk again, select permissions and set to rw-r--r--, then mount r/o and reboot.
Voila! Your user app is now a system app. You can also use Titanium Backup to convert a user app to system app and vice versa. As I have the paid version I'm not sure if this feature is available in the free version.
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thanks.. seems to work now.. i'm surprised apps can't automatically install in that way to notifications can be dealt with.. guess they don't have permissions to install into system?..appreciate the help.. all works now!!
so seems doesn't like to work like that.. every time i reboot i get a force close popup... then i have to delete the app and restart.. had permissions set correctly and everything
Hi could some please post the att mms.apk and tw launcher from the att skyrocket in a zip format so i can flash them to my rogers phone. Thanks very much
This is not.the place to have this.
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download ANY ROM and extract it. it is located in /system/app. Use rootexplorer to replace the file and reboot... done!
thanks but how exactly do i do that i found them in file exploer but did not know what to do from their
download any ROM to a PC,
extract the files,
hook ur phone up to the PC and drag them over to a storage area,
purchase rootexplorer from the market,
launch root explorer and grant root access,
use rootexplorer to locate the files in the storage area,
Once found do a long tap and select "copy",
go back to /system/app via RE and hit the little "mount r/w" radio button,
choose paste at the bottom...
when i try to open system app for the rom it gives me the option to oper with zip viewer apk handler text etc which one do i use
also when i press mount rw i dont see a paste option
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also when i press mount rw i dont see a paste option
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And u wont until u have the file to copy/replace the one in system/app like the Guy above said u can use root explorer EXTRACT the rom then go to the extracted folder it will ask u to do so. Navigate to the system/app copy whatever files u need and paste them into the system app folder of ur phone and reboot
And ur done
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Here you go!
wow thanks guys one last noob question, where is the thank you buttom
never mind found it
Sorry when i paste the apk into system/ app then reboot it dosnt work so when i try long pressing then install it says problem parshing package
I never had much luck extracting on the device which is why I say do it on a PC. Drop the APKs on your desktop and then transfer them to your device. The use RE to copy/paste them in /system/app.
i downloaded the apk mms and tw launcher from a previous post and it still didnt work
when i paste the in system app it shows the name but no icon and they just stay at the top also when i reboot their is no change
and you are using rootexplorer, not some other program? at the top does it say "mount r/w" or "mount r/o"?
i press the button so it says rw then the other option comes up. when i paste the apk it shows up but no icon and when i reboot nothing.
im in rw mode when i paste mms.apk it shows up at the top but it dosnt have the icon then when i reboot no changes are made