Is it possible to update to the newer market (i.e. 3.3.12) on a device that is not rooted? Can I just sideload the APK from the SDCard and have it replace? Or will it not replace since the current vending.apk is in /system/apps and there is no root access?
TIA
You may be able put it on your SD Card as you mentioned, and install from there.
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'kay i bought a new phone without realising it had not got the android market for downloading apps.
How do i put apps on my phone using an SD card. I cannot put astro file manager to install apps because i have no market.. So how do install the .apk files using a PC and SD card?
,thanks
i dont know how you dont have market, but if you have an internet connection on your phone root it and throw some custom roms on there.
else, look up a tutorial on setting up adb and then do
adb install file.apk
how can you buy an android phone without the market :S
visit theunlockr.com for a tutorial and root your phone. transfer any .apk to your sd card and then just 'open' them. Job done
I have spent the afternoon trying to re-root after applying the JH7 update I downloaded from AT&T. It kick the root out of my phone and I have tried everything to root the thing again... Unleash the Beast, the basic root, one click root... all I get is this when I go into recovery and click install packages:....
E:can't open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) Installation aborted
Help!!!
Problem solved... Interesting though. no matter how many times I tried to copy update.zip to the root of the internal SD card, it wouldn't copy. I mounted my phone, opened the the explorer, dragged and dropped/copied and pasted, the phone won't allow the file to be copied to the internal SD. I then took and copied the file to my external SD, then used ROOT EXPLORER to copy and paste into the root of the internal SD, then went into recover mode, re-install packages and then the file was found and installed. I'm not sure whether this has to do with AT&T's JH7 update or not. When I did update, my phone was no longer rooted and my ability to re-root in the normal fashion was gone. Is this something AT&T has done to try and prevent people from rooting??? I don't know, but now I know the easiest way... Use Root Explorer!!!
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Problem solved... Interesting though. no matter how many times I tried to copy update.zip to the root of the internal SD card, it wouldn't copy. I mounted my phone, opened the the explorer, dragged and dropped/copied and pasted, the phone won't allow the file to be copied to the internal SD. I then took and copied the file to my external SD, then used ROOT EXPLORER to copy and paste into the root of the internal SD, then went into recover mode, re-install packages and then the file was found and installed. I'm not sure whether this has to do with AT&T's JH7 update or not. When I did update, my phone was no longer rooted and my ability to re-root in the normal fashion was gone. Is this something AT&T has done to try and prevent people from rooting??? I don't know, but now I know the easiest way... Use Root Explorer!!!
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if what you say is true, then you will be unable to use your ~14GB of internal storage. I would make sure it is not your pc.
Ive been trying to mod the stock rom on my MyTouch 3g Slide so that it automatically uses a folder on the sd card as the data folder for apps using the inherent "everything is a file" rule from linux.
I do have SU permissions on the ADB.
My theory is this:
If I replace the folder "data" with a link to the folder on the sd card, then I should be able to have as many apps as I want, I would just need to get a bigger sd card eventually.
Another benefit of this is it will actually be superior to App2SD as ALL apps will not only be able to be on the SD but they will all work properly (so pandora will let me still use the widget)
I am however not that well versed in linux or in modding a folder to be a link and just look like a folder. Anyone want to help?
I also know that, at first, I would need to ADB pull all the files from the required folders and push them back onto the SD folder. I did it once now if only I could get the link working.
edit: I have noticed that certain changes to the filesystem in the stock rom rewrite themselves on reboot. (ex: I tried to change the permissions on the built in shell to root but when I rebooted it changed them back, worked until then though)
edit: another thing I could do is have multiple sd cards with entirely different roms on them and just switch SDs when I want to change roms. But that's a project for another time.
Xperia X10 is still running 1.6.
Apps2SD is a 2.1 minimum so, somebody started to work on exactly what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800555
I was able to get S-OFF and root my phone yesterday. It was surprisingly easy to do. Much easier than jailbraking an iphone, but that is a different story/forum.
My question: Once root is achieved can the su file that is placed on the SD card be deleted?
Of course, the SU zip is only for flashing. It's contents are copied to the system and afterwards the system will no longer access the zip files.
Thank you.
I just has my USCC Galaxy S3 replaced under warranty. To save my internal SD files, I used an ADB pull /storage/sdcard0 in recovery. When I got the new phone rooted and CM10 installed, I booted to recovery and used an ADB push to restore the files. The files all ended back on the SD card, but now my apps cannot write to the folders on the SD card. The permissions are set to 644, and I cannot change them. I have tried with chmod and through file managers to change to 777, and although they claim success, the permissions stay 644. I'm unsure where to go from here, but I really would like to keep these files on my device. Any ideas on how to fix these permissions? Thanks!
Try copying/moving files around using the phone's file manager, & see if the changes stick. Also try "adb shell" -> "su", and change permissions that way, & see if it sticks.
Make sure you have an updated busybox.
Well, I tried moving them with file manager, su and updated busybox, changing permissions, and then I finally decided to go into recovery, pull, and format /sdcard. Once I did that, my apps were able to use the card again. I then was able to copy over the files via usb mount to windows. This seems to be working so far.
Thanks!