[MOD!] GMail Application (GB + HC + ICS!) [EXTERNAL APP ACCESS ENABLED!]

[MOD!] GMail Application (GB + HC + ICS!) [EXTERNAL APP ACCESS ENABLED!] - Android Apps and Games

UPDATE 3
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Added modified GMail v3.2.1 for HC and GMail v4.0.3 for ICS based ROMs. Make sure you download the right one for your OS (GB, HC, or ICS).
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Hey guys, for those of you who didn't know, the Gmail application now RESTRICTS access to your emails by third party apps. This basically means that any app that needs access to your email database (for example, Pure Messenger Widget) will be LOCKED OUT and therefore Gmail will be disabled in said application.
So I went ahead and modified the latest Gmail apk to ALLOW EXTERNAL ACCESS to re-enable support for apps that require it. Hope this helps anyone who needed it.
Install Instructions (YOU MUST BE ROOTED!)
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0) DOWNLOAD CORRECT VERSION FOR YOUR OS AND RENAME TO Gmail.apk
1) Open Root Explorer (or any other root file manager you like)
2) NAVIGATE to /data/app
3) DELETE com.google.android.gm-1.apk (it might say com.google.android.gm-2.apk for some people or it may not exist at all)
4) NAVIGATE to /system/app
5) Mount Read/Write
6) DELETE Gmail.apk
7) COPY new modified Gmail.apk into /system/app
8) CHANGE permissions to Owner = read/write, Group = read, Others = read.
---(The following may not be necessary but its HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)---
9) REBOOT into Recovery
10) Wipe Cache/Dalvik-Cache/Fix Permisions
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11) REBOOT!
NOTE: Some apps may require you to uninstall and reinstall the program before it is able to see the change in Gmail (for example, Pure Messenger Widget)
DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON!

That is sweet, thanks!

Great job, this night i try it.
You are reading my firm

No problem, I actually had this posted in the X10 section since last year when I had my X10 (now i have an SGS II).
Someone PM'd me requesting the ICS version, so i did it and thought it would make sense to move it to the main thread so everyone can use it.

Related

[APPS] GApps package [not continuing, last update Jan 13,2011]

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With Cyanogen Mod 7, you can choose which Gapp you need when you set up the first Gmail account, as a CM 7 user I no longer update this gapps package.
By the way, the gapps package is only to be used with CM6.
Good day!
Download folder: http://www.mediafire.com/?qn47py0cn8y3h
Please report if you encounter any error, thanks!
2011-01-13
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Rom Manager 3.0.0.7
File Manager 1.14 rc-1 CM version
(I forgot if there's anymore... maybe a YouTube or FaceBook I can't remember)
* traditional Market is included instead of latest Market 2.2.7, if you would like to use new Market please grab it from any of the following links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888330
http://android.shk-desktop.com/LeoGingerBread/Vending-2.2.7-signed-testkeys.update.zip (from LeoGinger's thread)
2011-01-13 Googlewares
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This package contains most of popular Google softwares, it provides your Android more Google experience.
Please make sure that you have at least 14.5MB more free space on /system partition (Find it out by executing "df -h" in Terminal)
Google Books, Google Buzz, Google Chrome To Phone, Google Gesture Search, Google Listen, Google Goggles, Google Reader, Google Scoreboard, Google Shopper, Google Sky Map, Google Translate, Google Youtube Remote
*This contains only additional Google softwares, standard Google Android softwares are not included in this package.)
(old changelog removed)
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If you have already installed your ROM and have been using it for a while, you may also try this more convenient way to move updated apps from /data/app to /system/app if you have Titanium Backup installed :
Originally Posted by crachel
Update the gapps from market
Open Titanium Backup
Find the updated app (it will say "(Updated)")
Long press app, select "Integrate Update into ROM"
Wait
TB will move it from /data/app to /system/app
or you could manually move the files with Linux commands.. both options, IMHO and no offense whatsoever to the effort put in to these packs, are better than waiting for update zips.. use the market as it was intended
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Thanks to Carig for providing the above procedure
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By the way. It's easy to make an update package by yourself!
Here are the steps that I used:
1. Download any gapps update pack
2. On your phone, update Google apps
3. Find your updated google apps' APK files in /data/app, copy & paste them onto your SD card
4. (optional) if you Want to immediately apply your update pack after making it, uninstall updates of all your updated Google apps from Market
5. copy updated APKs from your SD card to your computer
6. use any Zip file manager (e.g. 7-zip, a free one), open the old Google apps update package (the zip file)
7. Carefully re-name your downloaded APKs to the names in the update package (e.g. rename com.google.android.gm-1.apk -> Gmail.apk)
8. copy and paste your new APK files into the Zip archive
9. (optional) sign your package, using Zip Signer (freeware on Android Market) or using this tutorial:
http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/

Thanks man, it's so useful to me everytime I flash a nightly : )

Thanks a lot!

Thanks very useful

thankyou very much

I would love to see a program which can work with exchange Group adress lists. That together with a nice email widget is moving me towards sense all the time.

Good Stuff! Thanks

what abt market?

If it's not already on /data, will this move it?
Prob a stupid question...
What if we already have GApps installed and we don't want to wipe?

Maps 4.7 is out.

Thanks guys, new pack is now up, including updated Maps, soundback and Terminal Emulator, rebased on CM's gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip.
This update package will not automatically remove updates which you already done in Market, but it's easy to remove them. Just go to Market and "uninstall updates" to all your updated system apps.
I'm currently learning how to make update script, I hope I'll implement that feature later.

Thanks for your work, I'll keep an eye on this thread too
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

i'm a beginner, how can install these package ?
can i just install i from ROM Manger ( withou wiping and backup ) ?

Motlaq said:
i'm a beginner, how can install these package ?
can i just install i from ROM Manger ( withou wiping and backup ) ?
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I believe ROM manager will do this, so will amon_ra recovery.

maybe include voice search
edit: it was already included

houzuoguo said:
please suggest any other application, which you think is a must-have for Nexus One and should be put into /system/app
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Appwidget Picker: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780828
Gallery 3D Hi-res mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804161
Maybe not for everybody:
Email.apk without forced security: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775007
I prefer market apps not be duplicated in /system
Facebook 1.4.1
Twitter 1.0.5
Maps 4.6.0 (note that there is a system framework component/jar that needs to remain)
Street View 1.6.0.6
Youtube 2.0.26
Gmail 2.3
Android Terminal Emulator 1.0.17
Adobe Reader 9.0.2
Google Voice

britoso said:
Appwidget Picker: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780828
Gallery 3D Hi-res mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804161
Maybe not for everybody:
Email.apk without forced security: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775007
I prefer market apps not be duplicated in /system
Facebook 1.4.1
Twitter 1.0.5
Maps 4.6.0 (note that there is a system framework component/jar that needs to remain)
Street View 1.6.0.6
Youtube 2.0.26
Gmail 2.3
Android Terminal Emulator 1.0.17
Adobe Reader 9.0.2
Google Voice
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Thanks a lot,
Now I'm on holiday so I'll give them a try I'm very new to Android development.
I had few problems with the Terminal Emulator, I can not simply replace AndroTerm.apk with newer version, it will force close if doing a clean installation (flash rom then immediately flash the update package)
I'll look into this problem....

Hey guys
New pack is now up
includes updated Google Voice, Voice Search and YouTube.

thanks, keep this updated

Thanks very much.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

[HOW TO] Clean up system/app

On the german "android-hilfe"-forum the users managed to delete the default apps from the system/app folder. I'm going to translate it to english and post it here. Original thread: android-hilfe.de
All changes are done at own risk. I'm not responsible for a bricked phone. If you don't know what you do, stop reading here.
First of all you need to root your mobile: [HOW TO] Root Motorola Defy.
If you rooted with z4root: you need the androidSDK to go on with the next steps. So have a look at the link above and get the tools and information need to go ahead.
After that you need to:
1. type in the command line on your PC
Code:
adb shell
2. now you need to get super user rights:
Code:
su
3. you need to remount the system partition
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
4. change to the /system/app directory and you can now rename/delete all files in there
I hope you make a copy of this folder, so you can always revert back to factory default. A hardreset doesn't restaure the deletet apps, so be carefull. Also you need to check on your own IF you can really delete a app or not. I don't know what features you use.
Successfull deletet apps:
- amazon
- adservice
- arcphotoworkshop
- arcvideoeditorlite
- bluremail
- blursnmessagingengine
- blurupdater
- cardock
- contactsunconnected
- es musica
- fota
- friendfeed
- hilfe center
- hiphop official
- kpt (kodak perfect touch)
- homesyncwizard
- livewallpapers
- livewallpaperspicker
- magicsmokewallpaper
- messageswidget
- newswidget
- protips (tips für den startbildschirm)
- quickcontactwidget
- quickoffice
- revolvertv
- socialmessaging
- sprachwahl
- statuswidget
- stk (sim-tool-kit)
- toggle widgets
- truecountry
- ttsservice
- visualizationwallpapers
- universalinbox
- weatherwidget
- workcontacts
Taken from android-hilfe.de
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Stand by for more information

It will be great!

is it posible to replace any of the "blured" apps?
Code:
BlurAlarmClock - AlarmClock (whats special with blured AlarmClock?)
BlurCalendar - Calendar
BlurContacts - Contacts (I only want google contacts and groups)
BlurEmail - Email (what's the difference between default?)
BlurHome - I Assume this is MotoBlur launcher (Wild Guess; it's really bad idea to remove this)
BlurPhone - Dialer?
is it posible to stop services from starting?
I have this services started, I have removed ALL widgets on ALL motoblur-homescreens and rebooted my phone and using ZeamLauncher. Still I have a few services started that I don't like to have started.
FeedReciverService - Social networking (com.motorola.blur.friendfeed)
WeatherService - Weather (com.motorola.blur.home.other)
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Considering the name of the services I don't use them. I have no Social Networking stuff on my phone and no weather widget.
When and where do services start? if apps can start services when needed (I assume they can) is it posible to track down which services an app starts?

Ok, a couple of noob-ish questions here...
Sqoerk said:
First of all you need to root your mobile: [HOW TO] Root Motorola Defy
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I've done this, though not through the method listed in the thread that's linked-to.
I used z4root, which was significantly simpler but I'm wondering if it's left me poorer equipped to do what comes next.
Sqoerk said:
1. type in the command line
Code:
adb shell
2. now you need to get super user rights:
Code:
su
3. you need to remount the system partition
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
4. change to the /system/app directory and you can now rename/delete all files in there
I hope you make a copy of this folder, so you can always revert back to factory default. A hardreset doesn't restaure the deletet apps, so be carefull. Also you need to check on your own IF you can really delete a app or not. I don't know what features you use.
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Ok, so now we seem to have jumped forward a bit.
I assume by command line we're doing this on a PC, right?
If so, is there a particular mode I should select when connecting the handset?
And one last one - you list 'adservice' as something that's safe to remove, does what I suspect and kill off adverts on the handset?

Step666 said:
Ok, so now we seem to have jumped forward a bit.
I assume by command line we're doing this on a PC, right?
If so, is there a particular mode I should select when connecting the handset?
And one last one - you list 'adservice' as something that's safe to remove, does what I suspect and kill off adverts on the handset?
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If you used the rooting method I've linked to, there wouldn't be a jump
Anyway you are right, its the command line from the PC. But you need the androiSDK for this commands. The adb.exe can be found in the tools subfolder. Go to the rooting method I've linked to and just get the infos missing here.
I don'T think that adservice will kill ALL your ad's on your phone. Those are included IN the games or apps. Have a look at adfree on the marked. This will work on your rooted phone.
Thanks for your respond...I've changed the first post a little bit.

deleted most of the stuff above...
CMP_AmazonFR_InternalFM_1.0.179.apk
what is exactly are?...
- bluremail
- blursnmessagingengine
- blurupdater
not sure.. i'd like to have blur email ... afterwards.. .so.. is it the app..?

crazyVII said:
deleted most of the stuff above...
CMP_AmazonFR_InternalFM_1.0.179.apk
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That's the (awesome!) music player app

Deleting Blur
If you delete all the blur stuff, believe me I want to, how do you setup and get emails?

nickzee said:
If you delete all the blur stuff, believe me I want to, how do you setup and get emails?
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I havn't deblured my phone, but I've added the 2.1 Mail.apk ...
The motorola mail app just synced my exchange once each time I've configured it. If you're interested in the apk....pm me or quicksearch at google

4. change to the /system/app directory and you can now rename/delete all files in there
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So when I try to access the /system/app directory I get a "permission denied" message. I am rooted. Any advice?

blur... now you see it now you don't. ... goodbye

Homesicktexan said:
So when I try to access the /system/app directory I get a "permission denied" message. I am rooted. Any advice?
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U did the remount? If not, follow all steps again. If you tried to access /system/app directly from you phone with a filemanager: it won't work until you use rootexplorer (payware).

You can use Titanium backup too (free)
Amazing how responsive the phone becomes after removing some of the bloat.

Interesting Topic, is this about deblurring or are there any more Motoblur Tasks running in the Background after the process?
I really want to get rid of Motoblur, (in my opinion it is just useless Crap running in the Background and collecting data) but I would still like to have my Android Updates. Is there any way to do this?

For you guys who have been de-bluring your phones which apps have you removed? It would be interesting to know which apps that are safe to remove and which that are not or have dependencies to other blur-apps. Thanks in advance!

Probably there's only a try and error you can do. I'e posted a list of apk's which are save to remove without going into bootloops. But there's no garuntee that this meets ALL your whishes of services to remove or to stay.
I think that you can give jboogie a try. Also you can try to make a nandroid backup befor starting to remove things. A titanium backup won't help, as it won't backup your system APKs. Don't rely on this.
If you miss a APK (cause you deleted it to fast) feel free to ask, I copied mine all to my SD Card.

Titanium backup will back up the data (edit: not apps) to your SD card and won't restore them to the system/app folder. (so be warned)
Personally I went for:
ESMusica (Didn't notice any difference)
HipHopOfficial (Didn't notice any difference)
TrueCountry (Didn't nitice any difference)
Social Networking 2.1 update 1 (big speed boost)
Social Status 2.1 update 1 (big speed boost)
Social Messaging service update 1 (big speed boost)
Social Messaging update 1 (big speed boost)
AmazonMP3 (nice speed boost)
News 2.1 update 1 (nice speed boost)
Weather 2.1 update 1 (nice speed boost)
CarDock 1.0 (Didn't notice any difference)
Sticky note 2.1 update 1 (Didn't notice much difference)
Browser Message 2.0.2 (Didn't notice much difference)
Connected Music player (nice speed boost) - Spotify + powerAMP user
At this stage the phone was running lag free, so I don't bother with anything else. (esp with custom ROMS on the horizon back then )

Sounds very interesting.
Would be really great if someone could put together a real Noob Tutorial.
I am not familiar with ADB

Here's what I renamed. I just changed the .apk file extension to .fix (just something easy to remember if I want to do a search and change them back)
AdService
ArcPhotoworkshop
ArcVideoEditorLite
blur-services
BlurDemo
BlurEmail
BlurEmailEngine
BlurSNMessagingEngine
ClockWidget
FriendFeed
NewsWidget
SocialMessaging
SocialShare
StatusWidget
VisualVoicemail
WeatherWidget
I have not experienced any problems yet. If I do I'll post what I find.

can i get some help here? how exactly do you change to /system/app? is it as simple as typing "/system/app"? and then what happens does ADB list all the files in there or is there another command you ahve to use?