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help: how to add removable apk to roms?

I wasn't able to find info about this until now. But I need to know how to make the apks I include in a rom removable. I guess, maybe, I have to copy into a different folder instead or /system/app. is it right?
thanks

you have to install it in data directory not in system directory. so data/app

ok, thanks, but, if it doesn't exist, should I create it?

no u should not create it because then it wouldnt be a proper directory for your rom, the rom may not recognize it, i think.
which rom are you on? most rom has a data directory, that is where third party apps are installed and where apps downloaded from the market is also installed

this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=556962&highlight=enomther

ok i see what u mean when there's no data directory. what you should test out first is go to market and download an app. then see where that app is install. see if it created a data directory or not. it should...

I had a look using root explorer, and there is a folder in the root called /data/app , and there inside are every installed apk, even the ones I installed by astro...
and there is another one called /data/data where I find folder of every app too
ANd another one called /data/app-private (there I found one apk that I downloaded from market.
I try to download a new one

Yup put your apks in data/app

on a related note, is there any way to flash unsigned ROMs? like if I want to drop .apk 's into the data folder of a rom before flashing?

The_Chrome_Coyote said:
on a related note, is there any way to flash unsigned ROMs? like if I want to drop .apk 's into the data folder of a rom before flashing?
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I think no, but have a look for a program called autosign.
It very easy

NguyenHuu said:
Yup put your apks in data/app
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but it only appear in my phone,not in the files of the rom.
Anyway I'm going to ask enomther, the creator of the rom, maybe he can help me

joshuas_79 said:
but it only appear in my phone,not in the files of the rom.
Anyway I'm going to ask enomther, the creator of the rom, maybe he can help me
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ok your running a reg rom system, thus meaning 1.5/1.6 non hero. i can teach you step by step on how to set up "signing .zip's". its super super convenient!! i promise and its not to hard. just pm me if you need help. its way way easier to flash a rom with whatever apk you want then to push them and hope you pushed them to the right spot.

Swipe .APK

I extracted the .APK file for Swipe just in case anyone needs it. I am planning on using it once custom roms come out and i need to reinstall swipe. I have not tested this, so it may not work.
Mediafire

would you be able to extract the touchwiz apk file for me i was able to backup all my apps via FTP except that one and its no longer on my system please any help would be great

ericos123 said:
would you be able to extract the touchwiz apk file for me i was able to backup all my apps via FTP except that one and its no longer on my system please any help would be great
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How did touchwiz get deleted? If all you did was a system restore it should still be there. I was trying to backup some system apps also with Titanium Backup, but for whatever reason they did not have .APK files, so it was a little out of my league to figure out how to do it.

nbs11 said:
How did touchwiz get deleted? If all you did was a system restore it should still be there. I was trying to backup some system apps also with Titanium Backup, but for whatever reason they did not have .APK files, so it was a little out of my league to figure out how to do it.
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i had uninstalled it lol because i was using launcher pro so i have every apk file i need except that one

Is there anyway to get the stock android brower on the evo?

Not rooted

Easy, but takes some bandwidth.
big790 said:
Not rooted
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Simply download a froyo asop rom. Any will work except cyanogenmod. Extact the zip, go into system app, and look for browser. Drag and drop onto root of your sd, get some sort of file manager app from the market, and install it. I think this will work, but i have never tried it.
Until you drag the file onto your sd, this is all on the computer.

Can I get the link to download the file

can someone post up the link to download the stock browser please

big790 said:
can someone post up the link to download the stock browser please
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I will once I get home and test it out to see if it works. Check back in 30 minutes.

..........thanks

im pretty sure it wont work. i put the browser.apk on the sd card and when i went to astro to install it, it asked me to uninstall the current browser. so i think the only way it might work is if you rooted the phone and then pulled the sense browser and pushed the aosp browser

o i see thank anyway

pushing the browser.apk doesnt work either

how about you just rename the browser.apk thats already in the system\app folder and any odex file in the \system\app folder then install it with the installer app from the market or install command via adb......
hhmmm ????

How to install apks from .zip

Sometimes I find helpful apps on the internet using my pc. When I download them, they come as an apk, which i put into the root of my sd card. I use a file manager to find it, click it, then install it. EASY.
Well, lately I've run into a few that only come as a .zip. Most of them look like they have the same stuff in them. Anyways, how would I install an apk that comes as a .zip? Do i do it like how I flash stuff, by going into recovery and installing zip from sd?

If it is a flashable zip you can flash it. Otherwise, extract the apk from the zip and install.

Can I delete apks and zips from my root folder that i have installed, to make space and keep it neat, without it hurting the functionality of the stuff? For example, I put a ROM's zip in the root, and flashed it. can i delete that zip now?

I cant install the zips from recovery! It starts the install, then goes to 'finding update blah bla" ... 'installing update blah blah" installation aborted

Wodensman said:
Can I delete apks and zips from my root folder that i have installed, to make space and keep it neat, without it hurting the functionality of the stuff? For example, I put a ROM's zip in the root, and flashed it. can i delete that zip now?
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Yes you can and also those zipped apps some are cracked apps which I believe it's against rules to discuss but for the rest that do come zipped just extract them your pc and look for the apk and put it on your SD card and install
-sent from my POS i897
no camera, no power button but at least I got miui lol

Installing: /sdcard/"file that im trying to install"
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation Aborted...
WTF?

erikmm said:
Yes you can and also those zipped apps some are cracked apps which I believe it's against rules to discuss but for the rest that do come zipped just extract them your pc and look for the apk and put it on your SD card and install
-sent from my POS i897
no camera, no power button but at least I got miui lol
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Thanks for chiming in, Erik. I'm talking about legit apps, no cracked. I cant find an apk file in any of the zips I have.

Wodensman said:
Can I delete apks and zips from my root folder that i have installed, to make space and keep it neat, without it hurting the functionality of the stuff? For example, I put a ROM's zip in the root, and flashed it. can i delete that zip now?
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Could still use an answer for this.
Also, to give you guys an example of what I'm talking about:
I'm trying to test the security of my home network in various ways. I downloaded DroidSheep, which comes as a ZIP. There is no apk file in the zip. Trying to 'flash' it, isn't working. I'm getting the messages i posted earlier.

Wodensman said:
Could still use an answer for this.
Also, to give you guys an example of what I'm talking about:
I'm trying to test the security of my home network in various ways. I downloaded DroidSheep, which comes as a ZIP. There is no apk file in the zip. Trying to 'flash' it, isn't working. I'm getting the messages i posted earlier.
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Lol well I don't wanna "chime" anymore lol your flashing something that might not be for this phone get the zip unzip it open app folder and the apk should be there also make sure its for GB
-sent from my POS i897
no camera, no power button but at least I got miui lol

Alright, thanks. I'll look into it.
Can I delete Final-Fixed.zip off my SD card without it messing stuff up? Same with the install files for the kernel, and booster?

Wodensman said:
Alright, thanks. I'll look into it.
Can I delete Final-Fixed.zip off my SD card without it messing stuff up? Same with the install files for the kernel, and booster?
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Yes once installed the zips aren't necessary
-sent from my POS i897
no camera, no power button but at least I got miui lol

BIG THANKS.
I finally figured out what to do, about the installing. If i download a zip file, that comes like these that i can't get to install..... it's because I was supposed to click the d/l link from my phone! It's all good now!

While you can delete zips after installation, it's always a good idea to keep your ROM zip on the SD card. That way if you decide to play around with stuff that you don't know alot about, and mess up your phones functionality, you can reflash without needing a computer.
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I prefer to have a recovery backup. I never leave the ROM installation on my SD.
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itzik2sh said:
I prefer to have a recovery backup. I never leave the ROM installation on my SD.
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I do both. I like to keep 2 backups and at least the ROM I'm on.
I currently have 6 ROMs on my SD. Plus a few movies. And my music collection. A few kernels. Maybe 50-60 apps. Yeah, as you can see I put everything on there LOL and I still have 18.5GB free out of 29.7 available (32GB card).
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sometimes you can just rename the file extension .zip to .apk then just install as normal.

[GT-P6210] [XXMD3 De-Odexed & ZipAligned]

Please make a nandroid backup first!!!
Did not include Root, in case there's one derp that doesn't want this rooted. If you were rooted, you may need to re-root after flashing this. Preferrably after booting this.
ALSO: I highly recommend complete removal/uninstall of Xposed for safety.
Flash in custom recovery that is compatible with jellybean.(CWM 6.0.2.7+) or TWRP 2.5.0.0
This update.zip will wipe your /cache and /data/dalvik-cache and /preload/symlink/system/app's automagically.
Keep calm as it is extracting and be patient on reboot and enjoy...
This is entire /framework, /system/app and /preload/symlinks only, nothing removed so file size is beefy at 405MB. Also included Books and Videos .apk's from CSC in case they weren't already there.
Try to go easy on my hosting sites so they don't get suspended, I may host it at another if I need to.
Should anything go wrong, simply advanced restore /system only.
LINKS:
Mega.NZ
FileDropper
DropBox

reserved. just in case

I have downloaded your Rom and had a look it it before to flash. I saw that there is no /lib, no /bin, no /xbin and no /etc folders.
Is it intentional? Without the jb libs some apps like let's say Google now won't work. Not that I am a fan of Google but I mean, are you sure that it's ok to flash this Rom?

You are supposed to flash OVER stock ROM. Quite simple really. It is not intended to be a stand alone ROM. I maybe should have made that more clear, edited OP now. Thanks.
Some people think there is slight improvement by deodex/zipalign,
It does help theming/mods, as .odex editing is a pain, I have tried tab UI Mod using odex and it doesnt work, However after deodex I can mod things like Tab UI fairly easy.
Thats the main reason I deodexed these this time, I had to have Tab UI.

I see, so I will have too download stock jb first.
Ok, I 'll do it tomorrow and then I'll report here, because now I'm busy with other stuff.
Thanks for deodexing the Rom, it will save me some time!

Works fine. Thank you.

marincax said:
Works fine. Thank you.
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Thank you sir for your response, and you are welcome.

Ok, I have installed everything and it works, thank you.
But how can I download the unwanted apps that are in the /prelod folder?
Everytime I try it says read only file system...

You need to be rooted, otherwise you should be able to disable them in settings, but not delete them unless you are rooted.

chrisrotolo said:
Please make a nandroid backup first!!!
Did not include Root, in case there's one derp that doesn't want this rooted. If you were rooted, you may need to re-root after flashing this. Preferrably after booting this.
ALSO: I highly recommend complete removal/uninstall of Xposed for safety.
Flash in custom recovery that is compatible with jellybean.(CWM 6.0.2.7+) or TWRP 2.5.0.0
This update.zip will wipe your /cache and /data/dalvik-cache and /preload/symlink/system/app's automagically.
Keep calm as it is extracting and be patient on reboot and enjoy...
This is entire /framework, /system/app and /preload/symlinks only, nothing removed so file size is beefy at 405MB. Also included Books and Videos .apk's from CSC in case they weren't already there.
Try to go easy on my hosting sites so they don't get suspended, I may host it at another if I need to.
Should anything go wrong, simply advanced restore /system only.
LINKS:
Mega.NZ
FileDropper
DropBox
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what this version change? Could u in clear way tell me? humm i read sth but is like "bla bla bla" u know

chrisrotolo said:
You need to be rooted, otherwise you should be able to disable them in settings, but not delete them unless you are rooted.
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I am rooted. Actually I found a way to do it, I just unzipped your Rom, removed what I didn't need, then repacked it and flashed it.
But in the preload/Internal_SdCard/Samsung folder there are many other unnecessary files like images, sounds and video.
How can I delete them? Because all together they weight like 90 mb..

If youre rooted, grab a real file explorer like root explorer mount system r/w and just delete
Otherwise you might try adb or even terminal, but I suggest a file explorer.
Agree, they are total dead weight.

chrisrotolo said:
If youre rooted, grab a real file explorer like root explorer mount system r/w and just delete
Otherwise you might try adb or even terminal, but I suggest a file explorer.
Agree, they are total dead weight.
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Strange, my every day file explorer can delete files in data and system but didn't manage to mount rw preload. So I followed your advice and used another one. And I deleted everything of course.
Thanks!
Apart from that the Rom is nice, much better than ics. I had to remove the usual bloatware, more than 150 apks, but that's another story

installed p6210 version on my p6211 and i got once freez, maybe cuz cpu was really in use (downloading, surfing in net) hmm how u think, i will write if this happen again. anyway thanks kris i hope u will build multi window mod too good luck

If the guys over at TAB 2 forums (current WIP) make any progress and have good info/documentation, I'll give it a shot.
Really liking PA (4.2.2) though

Works great man!!! thanks!

Sorry
chrisrotolo said:
Please make a nandroid backup first!!!
Did not include Root, in case there's one derp that doesn't want this rooted. If you were rooted, you may need to re-root after flashing this. Preferrably after booting this.
ALSO: I highly recommend complete removal/uninstall of Xposed for safety.
Flash in custom recovery that is compatible with jellybean.(CWM 6.0.2.7+) or TWRP 2.5.0.0
This update.zip will wipe your /cache and /data/dalvik-cache and /preload/symlink/system/app's automagically.
Keep calm as it is extracting and be patient on reboot and enjoy...
This is entire /framework, /system/app and /preload/symlinks only, nothing removed so file size is beefy at 405MB. Also included Books and Videos .apk's from CSC in case they weren't already there.
Try to go easy on my hosting sites so they don't get suspended, I may host it at another if I need to.
Should anything go wrong, simply advanced restore /system only.
LINKS:
Mega.NZ
FileDropper
DropBox
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Dear, your new link blocked in my country can you please reupload into putlocker or mediafire? thanks.

Please do for the new firmware.
Here's the link:
http://yadi.sk/d/cvbdlvNj6Sr6g

marincax said:
Please do for the new firmware.
Here's the link:
http://yadi.sk/d/cvbdlvNj6Sr6g
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any changes in new firmware? improvements? humm