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news and weather app

I really like the google news and weather app that is on my phone. Is there any way to get it working on the Fire? I tried placing the apk in my /system/app folder and changing permission but upon reboot it was not showing up in my app drawer. There must be more involved.
Anyone know?
Thanks

Beautiful Widgets has some nice weather apps but they are not from Google.
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Evo_Shift said:
I really like the google news and weather app that is on my phone. Is there any way to get it working on the Fire? I tried placing the apk in my /system/app folder and changing permission but upon reboot it was not showing up in my app drawer. There must be more involved.
Anyone know?
Thanks
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I know what you mean. I pulled the APK from my HTC Inspire 4G and sideloaded it on KF. It even works with-out rooting. You have to give it a zip code to make it work, but thats no big deal.

If you don't want to type a zip code in and want to use geolocation you could install a modaco custom rom. The rom has built in network location and play store. You should only do this if you have already rooted and installed twrp. What you have now is probably fine.
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meebner said:
I know what you mean. I pulled the APK from my HTC Inspire 4G and sideloaded it on KF. It even works with-out rooting. You have to give it a zip code to make it work, but thats no big deal.
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So it sounds like you got it working then. Would you mind uploading the apk you used? Are you using a stock ROM by chance or something else on the Fire?

If you have play store you could download it and get the version for the kindle fire

Evo_Shift said:
So it sounds like you got it working then. Would you mind uploading the apk you used? Are you using a stock ROM by chance or something else on the Fire?
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This is not mine, but it is from HTC. Give this allready posted version a try...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677269
Let me know if that works for you?

meebner said:
This is not mine, but it is from HTC. Give this allready posted version a try...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677269
Let me know if that works for you?
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Thanks, I will grab it and try it out when I flash back to a stock type rom. I am trying out CM7 right now and it has the app installed. Hopefully this one will work with a stock rom.
Thanks

Well I got it installed on the stock rooted rom I am running but it will not show up in the app drawer I can open it through titanium backup though. Seems weird it will not show in the app drawer. Unfortunately I have no way that I know of to get it to my favorites and not have to go through titanium backup to open it. Wiping dalvik and cache didn't work, nor did clearing the launcher data.

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Phone APK for LCD Density changes

Hello!
I recently figured out how to change the DPI of my phone, and around 180/160 makes my phone look awesome. Unfortunately this leads to a couple of problems, including market compatibility which was fixed from a thread in this forum.
I googled around looking for a fixed phone apk (it crashes at 180 and below) but couldn't find it. Does anyone here have it?

whosgotlag said:
Hello!
I recently figured out how to change the DPI of my phone, and around 180/160 makes my phone look awesome. Unfortunately this leads to a couple of problems, including market compatibility which was fixed from a thread in this forum.
I googled around looking for a fixed phone apk (it crashes at 180 and below) but couldn't find it. Does anyone here have it?
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Try Dialer One or ExDialer from the market. Both work fine with different dpi's.

rkub said:
Try Dialer One or ExDialer from the market. Both work fine with different dpi's.
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If you do that can you freeze the phone.apk and everything works fine?
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Voiid said:
If you do that can you freeze the phone.apk and everything works fine?
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I think you can... Never worried about that, just set dialer one as the default when asked and that's all I do... You should just give em a try, takes 10 secs to dl and install...

Search the cm9 thread for phone.apk
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OFWGKTADGAF said:
Search the cm9 thread for phone.apk
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Found it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26395922&postcount=1252
Did what they said, but didn't work - I have DPI set to 200
and now I have no cell signal/data.
Gonna try a titanium backup of original phone apk - that didn't work
Guess I'm down to reinstall the rom
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Wooot!!! I had forgotten I did a nandroid backup 3 days ago. Saved me a lot of headache. All is back to normal.

nest75068 said:
Found it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26395922&postcount=1252
Did what they said, but didn't work - I have DPI set to 200
and now I have no cell signal/data.
Gonna try a titanium backup of original phone apk - that didn't work
Guess I'm down to reinstall the rom
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Wooot!!! I had forgotten I did a nandroid backup 3 days ago. Saved me a lot of headache. All is back to normal.
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I ended up using ROM toolbox to set the DPI to 182. It doesn't crash then and it's close enough

rkub said:
Try Dialer One or ExDialer from the market. Both work fine with different dpi's.
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yup. exdialer is perfect. give it a try!

the phone.apk works for me. you have to use root explorer to drag it to system/app and then give it correct permissions

OFWGKTADGAF said:
the phone.apk works for me. you have to use root explorer to drag it to system/app and then give it correct permissions
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I like how i get no thanks love ...
No but really the modified phone.apk has always worked for me
CM9 Skyrocket

Requesting S3 Alarm Clock APK

After rooting my S3, I got a little over zealous uninstalling all the bloatware. As such, I mistakenly deleted the alarm clock (ya know, the one that works with S Voice). Does anyone have the apk for the stock touchwiz alarm clock? The only downloads I can find are modded versions ported for other phones.
Thanks in advance.

You should be able to download a stock rom and search the zip. Normally they are located in the \system\app directory. Make sure you match permissions with other system apps.
halgy said:
After rooting my S3, I got a little over zealous uninstalling all the bloatware. As such, I mistakenly deleted the alarm clock (ya know, the one that works with S Voice). Does anyone have the apk for the stock touchwiz alarm clock? The only downloads I can find are modded versions ported for other phones.
Thanks in advance.
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Ptraillz said:
You should be able to download a stock rom and search the zip. Normally they are located in the \system\app directory. Make sure you match permissions with other system apps.
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Yep, worked like a charm. Thanks!

Same here!
halgy said:
Yep, worked like a charm. Thanks!
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Where did you find the stock rom? I did the exact same thing with the debloating.
Haha

killerfooty said:
Where did you find the stock rom? I did the exact same thing with the debloating.
Haha
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I downloaded "BeansStockR3.1". Since I am a new member, I can't post a direct link, but it was the only google result when searching for exactly that. Also, I PMed you a link directly to the ClockPackage.apk.

halgy said:
I downloaded "BeansStockR3.1". Since I am a new member, I can't post a direct link, but it was the only google result when searching for exactly that. Also, I PMed you a link directly to the ClockPackage.apk.
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Do you mind PM'ing me a direct link to the ClockPackage.apk?! =D
I typically put all these apk's in a box or dropbox account. Comes in handy for sharing with friends n stuff.

Here's a dropbox for 4.0.4 ClockPackage
http://db.tt/8KIV01Ft
And if needed the 4.1.1 from JellyWiz Rom
http://db.tt/NdBL72bh
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Tried installing the apk on my Galaxy S3 and it wont intall. Am I doing something wrong?

craigrn16 said:
Tried installing the apk on my Galaxy S3 and it wont intall. Am I doing something wrong?
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Same here. Tried to push it to system app and got clock force closes had to remove to fix.
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inline6power said:
Same here. Tried to push it to system app and got clock force closes had to remove to fix.
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Hi there, this is how i fixed my alarm problem
firstly download the clock apk relavent to your phone, i think that there are 3 different ones provided in this thread.
Secondly you need to download something from the play store called "Rom toolbox pro" its £3 but if you ask in the forums here someone can probably point you to a free one that does the same thing.
make sure your phone is rooted, install and run Rom toolbox pro. click on Root Browser, navigate to where you put the APK on your phone, copy and move it to root/system/app. Once you have moved the apk find it in the app folder, click and hold it for a couple of seconds. A menu should popup with options, click on "permissions" set them so they are like this. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2pphiyo&s=6 If you are using a different app you will need to set your permissions accordingly, yet again im sure there is someone on here clever enough to help with that.
Now just restart your phone, the APK will run on boot.
These are the exact steps i followed and they worked for me. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2h353dl&s=6
I hope you have the same luck
Steve

[APP] Google play store v 4.0.25!

Google updated the play store to a newer version with a complete new ui!
Get it now.
Note : The start up page with suggestions and stuff might not work until play store is officially updated in the country you live in.
Install as a normal app.
See post #3 for Download link.

Links not working for me:/
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Or try http://db.tt/QZPAxDDZ

First link is broken for me too. Dropbox worked.
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Awesome, I've been looking forward to this. Thanks! :good:

Hey just wanted to know since we typically update apps when it shows on playstore would there be any issues for getting updates using this unreleased ver? especially our purchased apps? & also when it would be released as an update officially? Any way to revert back without any side effects just in case?

RAD7 said:
Hey just wanted to know since we typically update apps when it shows on playstore would there be any issues for getting updates using this unreleased ver? especially our purchased apps? & also when it would be released as an update officially? Any way to revert back without any side effects just in case?
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Settings>Manage apps and uninstall updates for Play Store
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RAD7 said:
Hey just wanted to know since we typically update apps when it shows on playstore would there be any issues for getting updates using this unreleased ver? especially our purchased apps? & also when it would be released as an update officially? Any way to revert back without any side effects just in case?
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There won't be any issues with updating the app. ( I'm not sure about paid apps, but they should be fine too I guess) They are rolling it out at some places, it will be available to everyone soon.
And follow what altered said to remove it.

After latest update/flash to PA3.15 I got the new market after a couple reboots. :thumbup:
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new play store is great, at first i hated the white UI so decided to find an inverted one and it looks way better than original app , some screenshots below
btw haven't had any problems with payed apps
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If you don't want to have to deal with downloading this and installing the apk, you can get it to update on its own by going to manage apps then play store services, and then clearing the data. After you have done that, open up the play store and it will have updated on its own.

Anyone have a link to download the inverted version?

aguacateojos said:
Anyone have a link to download the inverted version?
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I found one, but for some reason it just FCs on my phone. Its a CWM flashable zip.
Try if it works for you. http://db.tt/dMlJzMzX
Or just google for it. There are many sites offering it.

you need to unnistall play store's updates, then go and delete any play store files from within /data/app folder then place downloaded Phonesky.apk inside system/app folder if prompt say yes on replace file , if not , delete vending.apk ,set permissions , reboot and enjoy , just disable all internet connections during that process
Edit : found it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231787
Edit2: follow my directions flashable zip doesn't work for us, extract phonesky.apk from zip file
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How can I get the full play store? I only have the apps section.
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DemosZevasa said:
How can I get the full play store? I only have the apps section.
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? It works for me. Did your country have movies, music etc supported before?

Lifehacker7 said:
? It works for me. Did your country have movies, music etc supported before?
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I moved to Florida recently. Where I was didn't...
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My play store automatically updated to 4.0.26 and broke the inverted version of .25 booo
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Barclays bank app running on rooted phones

The Barclays mobile banking app was working on rooted phones until the last update, there is a few work around but the easiest way is to install the last update & unclick auto update in Google play. This is for anyone who has already made the mistake & updated already I can help.
Please don't mirror the download, if you wanna include this in your post just include the link to my post, thanks.
1. Uninstall your app.
2. Download the last working update below.
3. Open & update via a file manager (something like root explorer)
4. & the most important thing.... thank me on this post (Optional) :thumbup:
5. (Optional) Give the bank app a email or comment on Google play so we might get future updates for Rooted users like I did!
Barclays banking app version 1.3.3
Download link-
http://www.mediafire.com/?6fc51lu9xed4d6x
Enjoy & click thanks or like if this helps
Also there is another method available here by another xda member, the link for his page is here if you would rather use his way go here-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43495297
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you haven't even mentioned how to make the 1.3.3 version work as it still requires the guide i wrote on the other thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42346990&postcount=186
Don't forget to thank this guy " http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43287742&postcount=213 " for being the first to post the 1.3.3 APK
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fma965 said:
you haven't even mentioned how to make the 1.3.3 version work as it still requires the guide i wrote on the other thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42346990&postcount=186
EDIT: [sarcasm]Yeah thank him for re-uploading a file some 1 else already posted in the other thread and not even posting how to make the 1.3.3 app work as it still needs to be "installed" correctly.[/sarcasm]
So what if i backup my own version and upload it here, is that mirroring, Lol what a stupid thing to say. It's not like it's your app.
EDIT 2: Don't forget to thank this guy " http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43287742&postcount=213 " for being the first to post the 1.3.3 APK
Not trying to be *****y but this guy doesn't deserve credits for just uploading a APK which was posted 2 pages back in the above thread and he clearly knew about that thread as has posted in it, The guy i linked above who uploaded it first deserves thanks and so do i for putting the small guide together and so do the people who i gathered the information from.
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He does deserve credit & if anyone wants to use his way they can go there, I'm just helping out like we do here on Xda forums, I had the same problem after updating & used my own solution which I provided in post 1, uploaded your own apk isn't mirroring, all my info was my own also my apk. You don't need the guide to make this work like you did, you just unclick auto install & use the 1.3.3 version like I did, I reinstalled mine from titanium after I found the new update unusable on my rooted device.
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Your method will only work if they already had the data for the app, but yet there is no mention of this, Fresh install will require the above guide and considering there is no mention of "having to have it installed before" or "how to fix barclays mobile banking app" then it implies that this will make it work on rooted phones just by downloading your APK when this is simply not the case.
Also i know uploading my own apk isn't mirroring however technically it is as the CRC would be identical on both APK's and it seems kinda stupid saying don't mirror but yet they can easily upload the same APK and you wouldn't know.

Changed step 4 to optional due to the comments lol.
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deanr1977 said:
Changed step 4 to optional due to the comments lol.
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LOL, Well now that is sorted we are all good

fma965 said:
you haven't even mentioned how to make the 1.3.3 version work as it still requires the guide i wrote on the other thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42346990&postcount=186
Don't forget to thank this guy " http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43287742&postcount=213 " for being the first to post the 1.3.3 APK
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good work
==========good work==========

Thanks for this ive installed it but cant seem to find it with ES?
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Iceax123 said:
Thanks for this ive installed it but cant seem to find it with ES?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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You can't find the app or the apk? If you can't find the app try a reboot? Or do you mean you can't find the apk? It should be in your downloads folder?
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deanr1977 said:
You can't find the app or the apk? If you can't find the app try a reboot? Or do you mean you can't find the apk? It should be in your downloads folder?
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Thanks it was the app i was struggling to find after installing it, as it happens i tried the other method and im now up and running.
Thanks
Andy

I cant get the Barclays mobile app to work on my rooted experia z does anyone know if this method still works?

I tryed to install this old version of apk but it doesnt work on rooted phone

@ x7nofate did you try this way which I wrote under here? Or may be if you clear the cache of the app? It will work?
@ xjacko the app still works on my rooted s3
Try install from the market, then open it up, it will say not supported on rooted phones or something like that, then Uninstall it, then download my link & copy it over to your phone, now find it via a file manager app (root explorer, es manager or something like that), install it (or push it to data/app via manager app & then reboot the phone) & then enjoy barclays bank app on a rooted phone, it's the version before so tick don't auto install from the play store or it will update next time you use wifi or mobile data. Or you can also use method 2 in this post by another xda member? Hope this helps you :thumbup:
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it doesnt work for me I tryed other method and still the some I can;t install it

x7nofate said:
it doesnt work for me I tryed other method and still the some I can;t install it
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That's strange? Working fine here
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deanr1977 said:
That's strange? Working fine here
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Please help, I installed the Barclay's app 2 days ago and today I uninstalled it and copied your modified apk to data/app but after copying and restarting my phone the play store auto updated the app.
Now I have barclays-1 and barclays-2 apk in data/app . I've tried deleting my cache and dalvik cache and installing then reuninstalling the official app
I then tried installing the modified apk and restarting but the app won't appear in all apps, please help :/
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woohoowoohoo!
Months ago I lost use of mobile banking on my rooted SG Note2, I only had Titanium Backup set to keep one old version, and foolishly ran a backup having auto-updated a bunch of apps and then realised the new version of BMB reported device was rooted.
I tried all sorts of things to get it to work.. I came across many guides suggesting what to do.. and none worked..
* I used the triangleaway fix to make device normal.
* I disabled adb.
* I disabled installation of non-market apps
* I tried hide root programs.
* I renamed the Superuser.apk app to something else
* I renamed /system/xbin/su to something else
* I ensured /system was read only.
* I scanned system and removed any files or apps which had the name "root" or "su" in them and thus might look like root.
I even got to the point where if it weren't for having an active root shell via adb I'd have lost root!.
but nothing worked.
Then I came across this thread. I removed the app installed from Google Play, downloaded the 1.3.3 apk from the link provided, and installed it.
Ironically downloading the banking app from a third party is perhaps the most dangerous thing you could do, and yet Barclays force you in to it!
At some point I imagine they will put something in the internet servers which will deliberately break 1.3.3 and force an upgrade
But in the meanwhile I am very very happy! I will no longer have to carry my PIN Sentry box around with me.

xjacko said:
I cant get the Barclays mobile app to work on my rooted experia z does anyone know if this method still works?
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I now have a rooted Xperia Z Ultra, and I have done everything to make this work yet it still says device is rooted. I restored the app from my Note 2 which is rooted and where the app works; so there must be something unusual that the Xperia flags up to tell Barclay's app its rooted.
If you have any ideas, please shout out so I can try them out. I did all the things I previously posted when I was trying to get the newer app to work.

What kind of fool would access their bank account from a hacked program hosted on mediafire uploaded by an unknown person who cannot even say what it is they have done to make it work?
Rofl.