Good morning everyone..
I, I'm sure like many of you, am constantly changing roms and tinkering with my phone.
I am getting to the point that I don't want to do it anymore because of all the work of re-installing all my apps...
I have created a folder on my sdcard that i put all my installers into and usually just run through that to install everything...
What I was wondering is would it be possible to create a script, put it in my directory, launch it through terminal and it will install any/all apk's in that folder?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
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well you can set it to tranfer all the apks into /data/app. Though im not sure if your phone will actually view them as installed. Otherwise make a script that pushes them with the *.apk wild card.
TitaniumBackup anyone?
Yup! Titanium backup is the way to go.
I recommend the Pro version though, It does everything automatically without needing user input.
Actually I found this at the market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.infolife.installer
It is a sdcard batch installer... Was exactly what I was looking for...
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Btw, thank you everyone for your thoughts on this.
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Hey guys,
Im sure many of you know about the problems which can be caused backing up apps and restoring them to different android versions (problems with force close, reboots, general instability / compatibility).
I found this great free app which makes a list of all your apps you have installed into an XML on your sd card (so it wont get wiped when flashing your phone) and will allow you to open the XML and select an app and it will take you to the market place page for your selected app to download it again.
I find the market place 'my apps' will only remember my paid apps after changing roms and this is a much more reliable way and safer way to get your apps back, plus its just easier to have all your old apps in a list ready to download and not searching for ages right?!
I flash my phone quite regularly and with this app you can be sure you get the correct version of your apps not restoring one that's not compatible and cause problems.
Here's the App Brain link http://www.appbrain.com/app/zemna-applist-backup/net.zemna.android.applistbackup. I don't expect this to changes lives buts its a helpful tool, for free!
I'm not the dev for this app and take no credit for his / hers / their work! Feel free to hit 'THANKS' if this is useful to you.
Enjoy ;-)
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to be honest not much usefull,but still appreciated...!!
I found it good, each to their own opinions I guess. Just thought I'd share cos my market never shows my free apps after flashing and its just easier to use this than spend ages searching for the all again, there're just there in a list ready to download
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Many thanks,,
Very useful for me
gregbradley said:
Many thanks,,
Very useful for me
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Hit 'thanks' on the OP, glad to of helped ;-)
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Hit 'thanks' on the OP, glad to of helped ;-)
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Already done
easiest way is to copy /data/app to your sd card. then copy all the apks from there to your computer and put them into flashtool's "/custom/app" folder. then after flashing your new rom, click "customize" in flash tool. bam, all your apps are installed without having to wait for downloading.
biggest downfall is losing app's saved "data". ei highscores and settings.
you can back these up by copying the program's data folder from /data/data to your sd card. the data folder for the program will look like this:
come.rovio.angrybirds (angry birds)
inside the data folder you will find different data files, some will be settings, highscores, etc. it will be different for every program. once you reinstall the app. you can copy JUST the data files to replace settings, scores, etc. don't copy the entire folder or you will get FC's.
That makes sense although iv never tried it. In theroy you could use the flashtool to put all the apps back on the phone and then with titanium back up restore data only and it not cause problems?
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why not just use titanium backup? there's a free version. it needs root, but if you're flashing roms so often, you would already have root. you can back up everything, and batch restore everything. better than clicking 1 app at a time imo
tookieboy said:
why not just use titanium backup? there's a free version. it needs root, but if you're flashing roms so often, you would already have root. you can back up everything, and batch restore everything. better than clicking 1 app at a time imo
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I see where your coming from but backing up and restoring apps between different versions of android isn't really a good idea and there is different versions of apps for different android versions which is where the compatibility issues and stability problems come in.
The idea of this is it saves all your apps and you can download the right version for your particular configuration on your phone.
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tookieboy said:
why not just use titanium backup? there's a free version. it needs root, but if you're flashing roms so often, you would already have root. you can back up everything, and batch restore everything. better than clicking 1 app at a time imo
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i hate restoring with titanium. you have to confirm each individual reinstall.
There is a batch mode you know and just leave it to do its thing automaticly. Batch restore brings everything back, I only had to confirm once at the start of the process
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I use android injector from a windows based pc, very handy
The Gingerbread Man said:
There is a batch mode you know and just leave it to do its thing automaticly. Batch restore brings everything back, I only had to confirm once at the start of the process
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batch mode asks me every app
thanks for recommending this app, as it is really useful
i do not recommend tb/mybackup if you are switching between android versions as some apks might not be compatible
using this you can link to the market really easy and it ensures you having apps installing in the right way =)
boooo...
use Titanium Backup and be happy
XteNce said:
boooo...
use Titanium Backup and be happy
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You should read the OP again, TB isn't always the best choice. Especially between different roms and versions of android.
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I use TB and restore just the app, no data.
For games like AB there are back up apps available on the AM and I've not had any problems using this method!
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The Gingerbread Man said:
You should read the OP again, TB isn't always the best choice. Especially between different roms and versions of android.
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hmm, I have never had any problems while restoring apps + data using TB on any roms
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hmm, I have never had any problems while restoring apps + data using TB on any roms
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Your lucky then I guess. Really the idea of this is if your changing your android version though, ie; going from 2.1- 2.2 ,2.2 - 2.3 or down grading your android version. It helped me anyway....
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Thoughts on how soon we'll see this? Apparently it was announced today for Nexus S devices.
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As soon as the nexus s gets it we should to. It should work on cyanogenmod. Since it uses proper api.
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Hopefully the ffc camera quality isn't as crappy as the back one with CM. This sounds great though. Third party camera apps are hit or miss and the other user must have that app installed too. At least everyone has Google Talk on their phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1055591&page=2
sweet. thanks for the link. gonna test it now. =)
In class but this should work.
Created a new folder called 'system' in c:\android-sdk\tools. Obtained the odexed framework folder and placed that in the system folder. Then created a folder called app in the system folder and placed the Google talk app and talk odex inside.
c:\android-sdk\tools\system\app
baksmali.jar -d ../framework -x talk2odex
This produced an out folder will all the decompiled .smali files etc. From there I was able to get to the Launcher.smali that i wanted, but to recompile to a classes.dex file you simply run the following command: smali.jar out
This produces an 'out.dex' that you can rename to 'classes.dex'
You would still have to push the correct libs as well. Let me know if it worked.
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You can get the app to work. That's all this thread is about not installing the update.
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i thought it was a just a simple as installing the .apk. sounds like you need to manually push all files via adb?
EDIT: straight installing the .apk doesnt work. just gets application not installed. gonna try root explorer method.
Yes or root explorer most likely work
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You got to get it to run with the Kernal and such I believe..
makes sense. tried both methods and it failed me. hurray for nandroid backup.
I am testing this out now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13321615#post13321615
Tested: It works. =]
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Tested: It works. =]
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Just to clarify, you actually made a video call and it worked?
I tested it myself it works thanks to hazamatic
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looks like it installed perfectly. if anyones willing to help me with testing it out, my gtalk is tdheeroyuy. thanks in advance.
FCing on my CM 7 (latest) release. Can see that people are online with video, and make a call - call rings at their end but Talk FCs on me.
Opens for me but then I get endless loop of it trying to connect....this was same for both deodexed app and .zip install through recovery
Try formatting the whole system installong from scratch should work.
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Thought this would help those people who are interested. Make sure you read all the info about installing, and dont ask me because i take no credit or responsibility besides sending you a link
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...s-all-new-interface-better-controls-and-more/
Have fun its pretty cool and worked for me
First!!!!! I grabbed mine from there earlier. Looks great and haven't had any problems with it so far.
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If this does not install for you (it probably will not) go to "system/app" and delete the music apk. (you need to be rooted) Then reboot and it should install fine.
I was able to install the app (by placing it in the system folder) with no trouble at all but I was wondering if it was recommended to rename/delete the stock music player app or will these two applications not conflict?
Can you just add a .bak extension on the stock apk instead of deleting it?
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Lockett said:
Can you just add a .bak extension on the stock apk instead of deleting it?
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if you want, either way it'll disappear
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I wasnt rooted. Just went into manage apps, deleted and then re installed. Did the same for and astro manager .apk I had.
Hi.
I was wondering if I can build my own ROM if I am a layman.
What I would like is to simply take the STOCK ROM, remove everything I don't like about it (basically some apps), add to it some apps that I must have, my own preferred launcher and... that's it!
Is this something very complicated?
Thanks
Well when i used to do them back in the day for windows mobile we called it a kitchen and you used that particular software to add your apps and etc to cook a rom and you became a chef but i think the politically correct term is dev now. Lol jist poking fun devs
Modaco custom kitchen might help but might just be for the P990 though. If you cant find a kitchen that is specifically for us then its probably out of reach for beginners. I would just nandroid your stock and backup specific apps with titanium.
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thank you!
what's nandroid? is it like doing a system image?
Basically but not quite... It backs up the rom and kernel but third party apps are not. those will have to be redownloaded or re-installed with titanium.
Paid apps will be remembered by google so it will be on your list of bought apps.
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fabricatedhero said:
Basically but not quite... It backs up the rom and kernel but third party apps are not. those will have to be redownloaded or re-installed with titanium.
Paid apps will be remembered by google so it will be on your list of bought apps.
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Thanks once more.
But isn't this the same as just re-flashing the rom then?
sorry just trying to figure this out since it's first time ive heard of it
Yes and no.. If your rooted and removed system apps or bloatware they wont be included if you hard reset or reflash as you call it.
You should nandroid before you remove anything. Rooting allows you to add or remove mostly anything you don't want
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fabricatedhero said:
Yes and no.. If your rooted and removed system apps or bloatware they wont be included if you hard reset or reflash as you call it.
You should nandroid before you remove anything. Rooting allows you to add or remove mostly anything you don't want
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This is good stuff!!!
So what app would you use to remove the unwanted bloatware???
Best all purpose would be titanium backup... Grt the paid version to support the dev
Remember if yiu unistall the bloatware like tmo "my account" it won't be there if you hard reset. When in doubt freeze it instead.
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Fyi, Modaco kitchen *is* only for the P990, those roms won't work on the P999.
Essentially, you open the update zip, change what you want, put it back together and flash it. From there, anytime you want to do something, just search google/xda for what you want to do and see if you can find instructions. More advanced changes will require you learn things like editing APK files (APK Multi Tool is useful here) or XML and even Smali files. I've even had to have a go at editing SQL files for a couple of things (such as removing the Tracfone homepage and adding locale support).
Really it's an open-ended can of worms ...
Sometimes the best thing is to modify your EXISTING install instead, if you don't plan on uploading/sharing. You can always make a backup via Nandroid if you mess up that you can restore.
Hello, this is my first post... I hope its in the right place.. haha OK so the issue I'm having is... well first is it even possible to install/use another UI's MMS.apk? For example if I want to use maybe Motorola's MMS.apk? So I have tried (through root explorer) and it wants me to install it... so I tried but it failed.. how can I get around that and make it work?
Thanks for any help!
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I'm probably wrong... change permissions on old apk to 774 then install.
Make a backup! Obviously
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Thanks for the quick reply! I tried that but it still failed! And I tried using the app wonder machine app on my computer and when I tried it said something like missing shared files or missing shared library or something like that...
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You don't need to install it...if you push it to system/apps and make the permissions correct you need to reboot in order for it to work. But most likely it's part of motoblur so it probably won't work.
Thanks! And that probably is part of it! Is there any way to get around it?
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Use titanium backup to backup and uninstall the default app. Then put the mms.apk in system>apps. Reboot. If that doesn't work the mms app you're trying to use isn't compatible. I'm currently using the inverted aosp ics mms apk on viper rom.