Renaming an APP and changing its ICON - General Questions and Answers

Please someone needs to do this for me, I have tried everything. Literally every script, program, adb command. Nothing has worked. I either end with a apk that cant be installed, or i get an error in my progress.
I am trying to change ES File Explorer icon to the cm10 one and name it to it aswell.
The zip contains the ES app, icon to use, and I want the app to be called File Manager.
If anyone can do this it would be much appreciated. I thought this was going to be easy but ive been trying for over an hour and a half now.

http://www.guidingtech.com/12252/rename-android-apps-change-icons/
This may help

Thanks n e way. Tried it, the program would error trying to save it.
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Boatiy said:
Thanks n e way. Tried it, the program would error trying to save it.
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did you try this app? It might work.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jy.iconchanger.ad&hl=en
of you can try a launcher like apex that supports, icon and name changes
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher&hl=en
click thanks if helped

I was able to compile an it with the icon changed. But i cant seem to change the name.
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Facebook 1.3.1

Does anyone have a link or the apk for Facebook 1.3.1
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mjohnson4580 said:
Does anyone have a link or the apk for Facebook 1.3.1
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It's in the market.
mjohnson4580 said:
Does anyone have a link or the apk for Facebook 1.3.1
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hahaha he cant be serious
playya said:
hahaha he cant be serious
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Besides 1.3.2 is out now
mrmomoman said:
Besides 1.3.2 is out now
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Maybe he likes the old version.? Who knows..
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I'm having an issue with Facebook not updating from the market, I'm running the last Fresh Rom.
If anyone can help me by droping the facebook.apk file, maybe if I run the file from my sd card it could work.
Did you try uninstalling FB and then download from the market? I has a similar issue and this worked for me.
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sombdy, it's not leting me uninstal facebook, tell how to do it in another way, thanks for the help.
The Rubenator said:
sombdy, it's not leting me uninstal facebook, tell how to do it in another way, thanks for the help.
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Download ES File Explorer.
Once installed hit Menu -> Settings
Then scroll to bottom and select Root options.
Check both Root Explorer and Mount File System
You may be prompted with an SU request, allow.
Hit back twice to get to folder directory.
It will probably be at the SDCARD root.
Hit the " / " icon, top left, this will get too the root area of your phone memory (or whatever its called)
Find the system folder, tap it.
Find the app folder, tap it.
Find the Facebook.apk file, long press and hold it, then select delete.
Reboot phone
go to market, download/install latest facebook.apk
something along those lines.
Perfect, thank you guys it work perfect that way, ijust finish downloading the 1.3.2 version.

DroidX Multi-touch keyboard for Froyo

Hey guys,
I got this keyboard working for the Eris(And any other ARMv6 phones), and figured you guys might want it as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764021
Wrong forum.
No its the right forum. Just a genuine link to a post he's already made.
And it works.
this is my fave KB, hands down.
heading over to the other thread to see what this is all about.
curious? is this flashable? or "pushed"?
EDIT: I see now (and below) that this is a push. @ work, no ADB shell here... looking forward to your flashable. ;-) when you get around to it, no hurry man. and thanks for your work!
kingdazy said:
this is my fave KB, hands down.
heading over to the other thread to see what this is all about.
curious? is this flashable? or "pushed"?
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pushed right now, though I'll likely make it flashable shortly.
thank you thank you
You can copy with terminal or root explorer, you don't have to adb
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does the spacebar fully function in this one? i heard there was problems with another droidx keyboard that was released not too long ago. thats why i didn't download it. can someone confirm?
I just tried to install this using the instructions, and I must be missing something. I pushed both files to the right directories and they show up there, but I see any option to actually use the keyboard. It doesn't show up under settings->keyboards or when I try to choose the input method from an input box. Any ideas?
The multi touch on it doesn't work right anyways. It gets all screwy when I try and use it, pushing wrong letters and crap. Like I hold shift, hit y and it types b
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CRUISECONTROL said:
I just tried to install this using the instructions, and I must be missing something. I pushed both files to the right directories and they show up there, but I see any option to actually use the keyboard. It doesn't show up under settings->keyboards or when I try to choose the input method from an input box. Any ideas?
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Did you reboot? I was having the same issue but after a reboot it showed up.
hey can somebody be so kind and put up a pic of this keyboard..
thank you in advance....
chinkster said:
does the spacebar fully function in this one? i heard there was problems with another droidx keyboard that was released not too long ago. thats why i didn't download it. can someone confirm?
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I've not had any issues with the spacebar. I've been using this keyboard regularly since yesterday with working multitouch and space
Works great, multi-touch and all. Thanks!
When I try to install it I just get a "application not installed" what am I doing wrong
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zachslavin said:
When I try to install it I just get a "application not installed" what am I doing wrong
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You have to push the apk over the default LatinIME.apk in /system/app
nightwing878 said:
You have to push the apk over the default LatinIME.apk in /system/app
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What do you mean "over"? I've pushed the apk to /system/app and the libjni_latinime.so to /system/lib. Now what?
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I've even removed the android keyboard all together (so now I have no latinime.apk). Still won't install. Downloaded twice with same result.
Edit: nevermind i fixed it. Had to delete the LatinIME tutorial then reboot. The spacebar doesn't work half the time though. Ahhhhh!
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danaff37 said:
The multi touch on it doesn't work right anyways. It gets all screwy when I try and use it, pushing wrong letters and crap. Like I hold shift, hit y and it types b
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That's because the Hero screen doesn't support multiple inputs crossing axis. Download a multitouch Visualizer from the market and you'll see what I mean.
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wjason said:
Did you reboot? I was having the same issue but after a reboot it showed up.
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Yeah, I've done this a few times now. Whenever I type a few letters now on the default android keyboard now it FCs, though.
edit: Just removed the tutorial and it didn't change anything. Do I need to rename the file included in the OP and completely replace the LatinIME.apk?

Netflix?

Has anyone found a way to get Netflix working yet in the infuse?
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Try this put it on the sd then install
http://www.mediafire.com/?k0iwa8c4tvaxr9s
Doesn't work. Says Netflix is not supported on this device.
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Mine I loaded from my cappy from tibu backup LOL.... It says that message but I can still login and password.
The Netflix screen looks so sexy. They need to get this damn app running already
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I don't have a netflix account. You can spoof the build.prop for another device and it will work fine. Easy stuff
slider2828 said:
I don't have a netflix account. You can spoof the build.prop for another device and it will work fine. Easy stuff
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Can you post which lines to edit in build.prop or thread discussion link? This is confirmed?
Netflix now has an app for android. I think it is only on HTC phones tho. It works great on my Droid inc.
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jermo133 said:
Netflix now has an app for android. I think it is only on HTC phones tho. It works great on my Droid inc.
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We already extracted it of there. Works on Samsung no problems, just need to spoof the build.prop device name. Not too tough.
slider2828 said:
We already extracted it of there. Works on Samsung no problems, just need to spoof the build.prop device name. Not too tough.
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Have you done it? I have and i can login but when i try streaming it says device not supported. I edited the lines as was posted in other forum. I used device Samsung S 4G.
It doesn't work
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JasjarMan said:
Have you done it? I have and i can login but when i try streaming it says device not supported. I edited the lines as was posted in other forum. I used device Samsung S 4G.
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I'll try the free login and sign up at home....
slider2828 said:
I'll try the free login and sign up at home....
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Awesome. Let us know if you get it to stream video .
I can't seem to get my system to mount R/W with ES File Explorer, so I can't edit the build.prop.
Furthermore, I have to manually change the "home" settings in ES to the /system folder in order to even navigate to it, then I can't even see the file even though all files are supposed to be shown (through settings) so I have to search for it.
Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?
EDIT: Noticed that when it is mounted as R/W, build.prop is not listed at all, but it is when it isn't mounted as R/W.
DeRock13 said:
I can't seem to get my system to mount R/W with ES File Explorer, so I can't edit the build.prop.
Furthermore, I have to manually change the "home" settings in ES to the /system folder in order to even navigate to it, then I can't even see the file even though all files are supposed to be shown (through settings) so I have to search for it.
Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?
EDIT: Noticed that when it is mounted as R/W, build.prop is not listed at all, but it is when it isn't mounted as R/W.
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get terminal emulator and try to chmod the file you will also need busy box
$ su
# chmod 755 /system/build.prop
Spoofing does not work i have tried.
eroracing said:
Spoofing does not work i have tried.
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Tried too sigh.... sucks.... Maybe gotta wait on GB coming out.... sucks
it works on sgs with gingerbread. without gingerbread it only seems to work on qualcom chipsets
I had the same problem with es file explorer. I guess np Netflix for us
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netflix
can someone please post step by step please

S Voice from the SIII working on the Infuse

http://www.mediafire.com/?m7mu6pdt0b63dul
Working great on my AOKP rom.
Pre-reqs: Google Play Store account, Android phone with a mic, apps from unknown sources checked. Also, you will likely need an ICS rom. YMMV if you are on a different Android OS.
1) Download the .rar file from the link.
2) Download ES File Explorer from the Play Store.
3) Open ES File Explorer.
4) Using ES File Explorer, navigate to wherever you downloaded the .rar.
5) Click on the downloaded .rar file.
6) Will open in ES File Explorers in-app ES Zip Explorer.
7) Click on the .apk file.
8) When it asks if you want to install, select install.
9) Voila, there will be the icon in the app drawer, or you can long hold the search button.
Article on the S Voice on the Galaxy Nexus: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/05/20/full-hands-on-with-samsungs-s-voice-for-the-galaxy-s-iii/
For those having trouble with the voiceback, here's something from the article:
Every left-pointing speech bubble you see in the pictures (except for "Say 'Hi Galaxy'" and the initial "What would you like to do") are read aloud with a Text To Speech engine. There's no TTS built in, it uses whatever you have on your phone, which in my case is the dreary default Google TTS. Maybe the GSIII comes with something nicer.
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I'd like to try it, not sure how to install a rar. file time to do some searching.
jmoss1972 said:
I'd like to try it, not sure how to install a rar. file time to do some searching.
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Installing a rar?? You've to extract it na??!!
Lol I figured it out
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so i cant figure out how to install this... any help would be appreciated! thanks in advance
Deputy13 said:
so i cant figure out how to install this... any help would be appreciated! thanks in advance
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I havent personally looked at it but I'm assuming its an apk in a rar file. Download the rar on computer, open it, plug in your phone, open your system/app folder, put it in there, disconnect your phone, use a root explorer to go to that same app folder, click the apk and install it
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This thread has the apk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26294496
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Thanks guys for the help still fairly new to all this. got the roms and kernel flashing and all that down pat.
For those having trouble, its in a rar file. Use es file explorer and you can open the rar and install the apk directly from inside the app. You don't need to use the computer to extract it.
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Can someone please do a step-by-step?
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Crinkypops said:
Can someone please do a step-by-step?
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Pre-reqs: Google Play Store account, Android phone with a mic, apps from unknown sources checked. Also, you will likely need an ICS rom. YMMV if you are on a different Android OS.
1) Download the .rar file from the link.
2) Download ES File Explorer from the Play Store.
3) Open ES File Explorer.
4) Using ES File Explorer, navigate to wherever you downloaded the .rar.
5) Click on the downloaded .rar file.
6) Will open in ES File Explorers in-app ES Zip Explorer.
7) Click on the .apk file.
8) When it asks if you want to install, select install.
9) Voila, there will be the icon in the app drawer, or you can long hold the search button.
I got it installed, but it just force closes on me. I am running AOKP Uniporn if that's an issue.
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Here is an apk (removed)
Skip the set up or it fc on you if you already did the set up clear app data and your good to go
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I got it working but mine is a mute or something and won't talk to me
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jmoss1972 said:
I got it working but mine is a mute or something and won't talk to me
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It doesn't talk part of the things that won't work for us.
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Bubonic78 said:
It doesn't talk part of the things that won't work for us.
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That weird for you guys.... i did the one the op provided and i am on nun's aokp and i hear voices fine. If i open certain apps and such it force closes, but for me mostly it runs great.
Works pretty well on my Infuse running CM9. I don't hear it talk as others have reported but it's cool. Not sure how useful it will be but I like the direction we're heading.
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Sometimes it'll talk and sometimes it won't. I think it needs more files from the S3. I know it works for sure if you ask for the weather. That's when it'll sound like a depressed Siri. Might be because I live in a rainy city, so the weather is always depressing.
I have only tried using it to open a few apps but it looks like we need the specific S3 app for it to work properly. Taking a picture does not work, opening the camera does not work. But you can get it to check facebook, open facebook, and open the calculator.
Here is a modded version of S Voice.
http://db.tt/EC9DtiFH
Have fun :thumbup:
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whats include in your moded version?

Problem parsing package

In trying to install the YouTube apk on my android tablet. There's a pre loaded YouTube app on it but I think its causing a problem. Every time I try to install it it says ' there was a problem parsing the package'. Can someone help?
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Come on guys, this is preety general for an android problem. At least one person should have replied by now.
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Do you have the logcat of what the Package Manager said?
That error is usually caused when the download isn't complete, I.e. the file is not proper...
That said, if you were sideloading the app, and you believe that you have the complete file (.apk), then you can uninstall the original app, and place the new app in system/app, give appropriate permissions and reboot...
You need root acces for the abobe, and the method in general is referred to as the root explorer method...
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So I need to give it root access and then try to install the apk again but in the system app section? And to add there is this app on there called "video player" it basically functions like the Google YouTube app but not as good. But sometimes when I go to see the not-yet-installed YouTube apk on my SD card it has the "video player" icon. I don't have any problem with sideloading any other apk on there so could that be the problem?
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brokenAndroid93 said:
So I need to give it root access and then try to install the apk again but in the system app section? And to add there is this app on there called "video player" it basically functions like the Google YouTube app but not as good. But sometimes when I go to see the not-yet-installed YouTube apk on my SD card it has the "video player" icon. I don't have any problem with sideloading any other apk on there so could that be the problem?
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I can't understand what you're trying to say!
Refer the guide mentioned in my sig vv
And see the step: installing apks through root explorer
(The rest of the stuff isn't related to your device)
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Well I dont know how to root my particular device
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For some reason some app doesnt work for me too, so i get problem parsing package . I used to have parsing package problem with flash player on my atrix4g then after some time i installed it and it worked good im not sure if its coz they fixed anything thro updates or it just coz i made some changes into my device i still can't download google books on it but my friend who has the same device and android version can. what im trying to say is you could try older versions of the app or if you really need it you can install custom rom , btw i can't install youtube either on my atrix i still work with an old version that came with the stock .
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I can't understand what you're trying to say!
Refer the guide mentioned in my sig vv
And see the step: installing apks through root explorer
(The rest of the stuff isn't related to your device)
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Generic youtube app provided by manufacturer causing OFFICIAL one to never install. *simplified*
How old is the atrix? Sounds strange if you cant even install google books. Maybe that could be a problem with the phone, not just older software.
brokenAndroid93 said:
In trying to install the YouTube apk on my android tablet. There's a pre loaded YouTube app on it but I think its causing a problem. Every time I try to install it it says ' there was a problem parsing the package'. Can someone help?
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hey juz check if ur sd is protected with password or something. and its the reason y its showing... if sd is protected under developer options & phone is rooted it occurs. check that out n try and tht prob will be solved..it worked for me. check that out n reply.
im having a similar problem (maybe)
i hav a samsung star pro (g-7262)(android 4.1.2)...for eg, i shared the clock apk from an lolipop android devise...bt when i try installing it, it displays the parsing prblm...how am i supposed to do this? thnx in advance

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