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[PROJ] Get AOSP Dialer/Contacts easy install

This is just a thread to get this started, I know a lot of people hate the sense dialer and want to change. I also know that AOSP dialer/contacts has been put into custom roms. What we need to do is make something where people can put the AOSP dialer/contacts into stock without too much trouble.

I don't have any help to include but I'd be interested in this as well. I love the AOSP style contacts/phone app.

Can you not simply do an adb install mms.apk and install an AOSP MMS handler? Both should use implicit intents, so when "launching" a messaging application, Android should ask you how to handle the action--and theoretically let you choose "MMS" every time.
Have you given that a shot?
EDIT: I can't test as I'm running an early build of Froyo.
EDIT 2: Attached Mms.apk from Eclair. Try placing it in C:\Mms.apk and do the following from the terminal:
adb install C:\mms.apk

with the hero all i did was push them to the system app folder and reset default.

Shidell said:
Can you not simply do an adb install mms.apk and install an AOSP MMS handler? Both should use implicit intents, so when "launching" a messaging application, Android should ask you how to handle the action--and theoretically let you choose "MMS" every time.
Have you given that a shot?
EDIT: I can't test as I'm running an early build of Froyo.
EDIT 2: Attached Mms.apk from Eclair. Try placing it in C:\Mms.apk and do the following from the terminal:
adb install C:\mms.apk
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adb install Mms.apk
1067 KB/s (263733 bytes in 0.241s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/Mms.apk
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]
Also, that's for MMS, we're wanting dialer/contacts

mrono said:
adb install Mms.apk
1067 KB/s (263733 bytes in 0.241s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/Mms.apk
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]
Also, that's for MMS, we're wanting dialer/contacts
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In Settings -> Application Settings, do you have "Allow Unknown Sources" checked? Here's a package with Contacts & Phone, you can try both.

I flashed the modded Mms.apk from nexus apps section and it worked fine until I realized it has a lot of mms issues on the EVO
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Shidell said:
In Settings -> Application Settings, do you have "Allow Unknown Sources" checked? Here's a package with Contacts & Phone, you can try both.
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I do, giving that zip a try right now
-edit- I tried rocking a contacts and phone from somewhere else(i think a nexus one aosp build) awhile back and it just went to hell.
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Code:
C:\Users\Mrono\My Documents\downloads\Eclair Apps>adb remount
remount succeeded
C:\Users\Mrono\My Documents\downloads\Eclair Apps>adb install phone.apk
887 KB/s (582849 bytes in 0.641s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/phone.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]
C:\Users\Mrono\My Documents\downloads\Eclair Apps>adb uninstall phone.apk
Failure

Damn, that's frustrating. Looks like the system is securing certain applications.
I definitely understand your frustrations; I migrated to a early build of Froyo immediately because I vastly prefer Stock AOSP over Sense UI.
On that note, I'm a bit surprised we have yet to prepare an Eclair AOSP build for the EVO. Perhaps one of us should undertake that project, so we can have a clean, Sense-free build for others to use?

Shidell said:
Damn, that's frustrating. Looks like the system is securing certain applications.
I definitely understand your frustrations; I migrated to a early build of Froyo immediately because I vastly prefer Stock AOSP over Sense UI.
On that note, I'm a bit surprised we have yet to prepare an Eclair AOSP build for the EVO. Perhaps one of us should undertake that project, so we can have a clean, Sense-free build for others to use?
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From what i've gathered it's possible to build an aosp eclair, but pointless as HTC STILL hasn't released the source code so it would be like the current froyo builds, broken camera and other things. So why bother build something that's as broken as froyo when froyo is better.

True enough. HTC customized enough of their Eclair build to make the EVO functional that it probably would be an exercise in futility as compared to Froyo.
I suppose my recommendation becomes to try some Froyo (Avalaunch?) and be patient on the kernel.

Just want to store the apk here is well. I'll pay to get this done.

Shidell said:
In Settings -> Application Settings, do you have "Allow Unknown Sources" checked? Here's a package with Contacts & Phone, you can try both.
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did anyone get this working
i pushed the apps to /system/app in adb and rebooted started up and told me com.htc.dialerstorage has stoped working
and i had no reception with no contacts app and no phone app at all
so had to push the ones that i had before back on to it
(did and adb pull before pushed them over)

no luck... I cant even get android to acknowledge the apk. I can see it in the directory after an adb push but it's like nothing is installed in terms of OS recognition.

Any update on this? This is the only reason i use cyanogen instead of sense

These should work...Put them in /system/app and change the permissions to match the other apps in /system/app
command for correct permissions: chmod 644 /system/app/{name of app}.apk

snandlal said:
These should work...Put them in /system/app and change the permissions to match the other apps in /system/app
command for correct permissions: chmod 644 /system/app/{name of app}.apk
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Has anybody successfully installed the AOSP dialer/phone using this method? Every time I mess with these apks I get serious phone problems and have to restore a Nandroid. Just wanted to see if this in fact works before I try again.

Like what kind o f problems?...using root explorer, when i first put those 3 apks in the /system/apps folder i got force closes...rebooted...changed permissions and rebooted again...i have both htc's phone and aosp's phone on my phone...using fusion's rom

snandlal said:
These should work...Put them in /system/app and change the permissions to match the other apps in /system/app
command for correct permissions: chmod 644 /system/app/{name of app}.apk
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Can anyone confirm? I'd love to get rid of Sprints crap

Will flash from cyanogen to Fresh 3.1.0.2 and let you know if this works

[Q] Installing .apk in CM7 on SGS2

Ok, so I have spent the last week searching for an answer to this problem, and I'm hoping someone will be able to help me out and others who may have similar problems.
With a rooted SGS2 and stable CM7 rom, I wanted to install the stock messaging app as I liked the "bubble" GUI better. Further, I found a copy of a camera app with higher bitrates/other improvements that I wanted to install as well. but every time I install them, I get "application not installed" with a check mark.
My method was:
Checked to install apps from unknown sources
Uninstalling old app (after backup)
Copying new apps to system/app to replace
Using root explorer in r/w to install them (didnt work)
So then tried:
Signing the apps using Signaptik/Zipsigner
Changing permissions to same as stock apps
It seems nothing that I try to install in system/app will install. Actually, any of these apps, no matter their location, will not install. Why is this? I'd really like the better camera app and my old mms.apk back!
Cheers!
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The camera.apk I want to install was built for SGS2, the mms.apk I wanted to install is stock from sgs2

Enable non-market apk installation.
Go to Settings – Applications – tick the “Unknown Sources” checkbox at the very top. Accept the warning which pops up by tapping on OK.
If you downloaded the file on PC, transfer it to phone.(sd card)
Open the file explorer (if you don’t have one, download any file manager from the android market) and browse to the location where you’d transferred the file.
Tap on the file to install it.

They won't install because they have dependency on a framework or application that does not exist in CM7.
Try installing them with ADB
adb install <apkname>
It will give you the full error message.

[Q] 4.3 camera/gallery working for anyone?

Is the new camera working for anyone here?
I got the 4.3 camera/gallery apk from a few different sources and none of them complete the install process, they end with App not installed.
I'm using a 4.2.2 PA ROM and I'm allowing unknown sources. People with others phones have been saying it works. Someone I talked to said we may need a modified version of it for our build prop.
This was also happening with the Sunbeam live wallpaper from 4.3

a_rocklobster said:
Is the new camera working for anyone here?
I got the 4.3 camera/gallery apk from a few different sources and none of them complete the install process, they end with App not installed.
I'm using a 4.2.2 PA ROM and I'm allowing unknown sources. People with others phones have been saying it works. Someone I talked to said we may need a modified version of it for our build prop.
This was also happening with the Sunbeam live wallpaper from 4.3
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I got the camera to work. I used ROM Toolbox Pro to delete the stock camera and gallery apps, copied the downloaded apk to /system/app and then set the permissions to rw-r--r-- and rebooted. At least I think that should work, I did a bunch of different things (wrongly), but I just reflashed CM so I need to do it again. The menus in the app don't quite work right on some things from what I tried, specifically under the 'Scenes' option.

rpr69 said:
I got the camera to work. I used ROM Toolbox Pro to delete the stock camera and gallery apps, copied the downloaded apk to /system/app and then set the permissions to rw-r--r-- and rebooted. At least I think that should work, I did a bunch of different things (wrongly), but I just reflashed CM so I need to do it again. The menus in the app don't quite work right on some things from what I tried, specifically under the 'Scenes' option.
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Thanks, that worked. I guess I didn't think of that because people were saying it just installed.
As for the scenes I think the icons are right but the words are wrong.

As far as the wallpaper goes, push it to /system/app using a root explorer, set permissions to rw-r--r-- and reboot. Worked fine for me that way.
Sent from my SGH-I727

I've never seen a better camera than the stock touchwiz one so I stopped trying camera apps for a long time.... That's if you are on a touchwiz rom.

mahanddeem said:
I've never seen a better camera than the stock touchwiz one so I stopped trying camera apps for a long time.... That's if you are on a touchwiz rom.
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Wow what great insight you have I'm so glad you were here to not answer the op's question or further the actual discussion.
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I found some direction on xda that went like this.
1. Rename old gallery2.apk to gallery2.apk.old.
2. Rename new camera apk to gallery2.apk and copy it to /system/app
3. Reboot
4. Install renamed new camera apk from original folder.
I tried flashing zip and pushing it to system/app but when I tried to edit a picture the gallery would crash. This way above didn't crash and everything worked with a few following exception. One thing I notice with the 4.3 camera is that when you use the video camera its zoomed in and pixelated. Another issue is when your in panorama mode and turn your phone to landscape or vise versa to portrait it crashes.
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Apart from the scenes being labeled wrong I also found out today that going to photosphere mode crashes the app.
I'll try another method of installing.
It's pretty weird that someone I know installed it on an AT&T ROM with no trouble :/

Replace downloadproviderui and downloadprovider apk on a stock rom

Hello I had a question about replacing the download manager on the stock samsung rom with the one from cyanogenmod in an effort to use stock apps. I am indeed rooted, and I have copied both files from priv-app and app directories to their designated locations and also set their permissions to rw-r-r. However, unlike other apps i've installed just fine using this method such as lockclock and gallery, these apps dont appear to be installed after doing this. Are their other dependencies I might be missing that are preventing this from working?
I am on the 4.4.2 stock samsung rom and I am trying to use apps from the m7 cm 11 build based on 4.4.2 as well.

bumping my own thread, if its a simple no you cant no biggie XD

[APP][Updated 2015-11-12] HTC One A9 Camera/Gallery/Editor for Marshmallow GPE

I pulled the Camera (Camera2), Gallery (HMS_Gallery_GP) and Photo Editor (HMS_PhotoEnhancer_GP) apps from LlabTooFeR's A9 dump (link). I wanted to see if they'd work on my GPE-converted HTC One M8 running Android Marshmallow 6.0 (MRA58K).
Update: I've uploaded a new version that I hope works without needing to flash the APK afterwards. Additionally, at least for me, the Photo Editor is now working, including some of the Duo effects that haven't worked on my GPE for a long time. UFocus and Foregrounder don't appear to be working correctly, but at least they don't FC.
Flashable zip. I use TWRP2. Root is required.
Please note: It's been pointed out to me that the standard GPE image leaves very little space in the system partition. Not enough for the HTC apps, which are sort of large. If you're seeing that the zip isn't flashing correctly, please clear some space on your system partition (removing unwanted System G/Apps), before flashing.
Thanks to Arkaydez for some debugging.
Thanks to danial.aw for pointing out issues with GPE system partition size.
Post back with your experience. I'd like to know if it's working for everyone.
Download (Version 2)

Just flashed, Camera app showed up but force closes. Neither the Gallery or Editor app are installed.

j91hernandez said:
Just flashed, Camera app showed up but force closes. Neither the Gallery or Editor app are installed.
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Thanks for giving it a try and feeding back. Feeling like helping me debug it?
Here's my experience when I flash it:
- When the phone restarts, there is a permission request waiting for the Gallery app.
- When you start the camera app, it requests three permissions.
- The applications and their associated libraries are installed to:
/system/priv-app/Camera2/
/system/priv-app/HMS_Gallery_GP/
/system/priv-app/HMS_PhotoEnhancer_GP/
Does your experience reflect that?
Thanks!

2 days ago I just downloaded this A9 camera from Google Play. It installed normally, for first run it asked for permission and work great. But every next open cause FC. Anyway, I think that original camera app from M8 is better, it is also to download from GP and doesn't FC.

I flashed the zip and Apps isnt shown in the menu. So I opened the zip and installed the apk's manually. Camera and Photo Editor gave FC. Gallery is opened but didnt show any pic.
Didnt work for me.
My rom is GPE Android 6.0 - Build MRA58K.H6

saslann said:
I flashed the zip and Apps isnt shown in the menu. So I opened the zip and installed the apk's manually. Camera and Photo Editor gave FC. Gallery is opened but didnt show any pic.
Didnt work for me.
My rom is GPE Android 6.0 - Build MRA58K.H6
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You can't install the apks manually, unfortunately. They need to go into priv-app, since they require system permissions. That's what's causing the FCs. If you've installed them, and they're sitting in /system/app, you can move them (root explorer, etc.) to /system/priv-app. Then at least the camera and gallery should work.

grzybiarz91 said:
2 days ago I just downloaded this A9 camera from Google Play. It installed normally, for first run it asked for permission and work great. But every next open cause FC. Anyway, I think that original camera app from M8 is better, it is also to download from GP and doesn't FC.
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Interesting. Unfortunately, for me, when I go to Google Play, it tells me that both versions of the HTC camera (Camera and Camera2) are incompatible with my phone and won't let me install. I assumed that's because it was a GPE. If you download and install from APK Mirror, or install it from the market somehow, I think that it puts the APKs and libraries into /system/app, which will cause it to FC. The camera assumes it's pre-installed into /system/priv-app, and is therefore entitled to system permissions. When it's installed to /system/app, it makes system storage calls, which aren't allowed, and FCs.
That's why I thought the flashable zip would be the way to go.

I was able to avoid all the FC's by 1st flashing your zip and then installing the a9 cam apk from apk mirror. b

arkaydez said:
I was able to avoid all the FC's by 1st flashing your zip and then installing the a9 cam apk from apk mirror. b
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Link please

hoang555 said:
Link please
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Here's the APK Mirror link.

arkaydez said:
I was able to avoid all the FC's by 1st flashing your zip and then installing the a9 cam apk from apk mirror. b
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Thanks for that. I had previously installed the APK from APK mirror, so maybe there's some secret sauce missing from the zip. Does the Photo Editor work for you now, or does it still FC?

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How about slow motion video? Is it working?

WonderTwinPowersActivate said:
You can't install the apks manually, unfortunately. They need to go into priv-app, since they require system permissions. That's what's causing the FCs. If you've installed them, and they're sitting in /system/app, you can move them (root explorer, etc.) to /system/priv-app. Then at least the camera and gallery should work.
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hi...what i did was to push the latest camera downloaded from htc apk site, if i m not mistaken link was provided above, into /system/priv-app, and chmod folder to 755 n file to 644 n reboot. after rebootin, i open the camera but it FC. i reinstalled the same apk, n it works ok

I just installed the apk and it works for me

i installed the zip file .and then the file from apkmirror .The camera isn't FC-ing. but it doesn't save any picture when i take one. can it be due to converting my SD into internal ?
also, when i click "reset to default". it starts FC-ing

RhishabMukherjee said:
i installed the zip file .and then the file from apkmirror .The camera isn't FC-ing. but it doesn't save any picture when i take one. can it be due to converting my SD into internal ?
also, when i click "reset to default". it starts FC-ing
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I'm not sure. Have you tried the new (v2) zip? Did it prompt you for permissions for storage? The camera should have prompted you for 4 permissions, and the gallery for 1.

esqiro said:
How about slow motion video? Is it working?
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No. Although I don't know why. I'll look into it.

working great but i guess camera from m8 is much better...maybe cause its designed for our ultrapixel camera....

How different is it from the Sense 7 version?
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