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[Idea] Editing G1 Files for themeing w/o root

Sorry if wrong section, but wasn't sure where I am suppose to post this but here it goes.
I was looking in linda file manager & I noticed that I could copy files from my phone memory & copy apps like Camera and Browser & was wondering if I copied the .apk to my sd card & edited & signed the file, then replaced the .apk using linda file manager. Would it work??? and if so I have found the framework-res.apk & was wondering if you could mod that, sign it and replace it??? any thoughts???

zayg1 said:
Sorry if wrong section, but wasn't sure where I am suppose to post this but here it goes.
I was looking in linda file manager & I noticed that I could copy files from my phone memory & copy apps like Camera and Browser & was wondering if I copied the .apk to my sd card & edited & signed the file, then replaced the .apk using linda file manager. Would it work??? and if so I have found the framework-res.apk & was wondering if you could mod that, sign it and replace it??? any thoughts???
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See those question marks? Perfect indicator for the Q&A section, but anyways to answer your question- No. You would need read/write access which is not possible without root, AFAIK.

[Q] How to connect/access g2x thru computer

I have hellfire phoenix v1.9 running on my g2x. I wanted to add a ringtone from my computer into the g2x.
I have installed the android platform driver and then when I connect, I see drives E and F, but cannot explore them.
I searched and found a suggestion to turn on usb storage--but I find no options on the hellfire phoenix v1.9 to do this.
Also, toggling the usb debugging mode does not change anything.
All I am trying to do is to find the native ringtone folder and add my ringtone which I made in a .ogg format.
Please help

The simplest way for you to do this is put the file on your SD card and using either root explorer or ES file manager. You'll want to mount system as writeable via the settings and go to System\media\audio\ringtones\
Note you don't have to make the .ogg files it will still work with MP3's except alarms for some reason. You will also need to reboot before it shows up in your list.

Sorry, but I cannot understand when you say,
--You'll want to mount system as writeable via the settings and go to System\media\audio\ringtones\---
Is there a way to move this .ogg or .mp3 file into the ringtones folder (which exists in System\media\audio\ringtones. I can see all the ringtones once I use file explorer.
Even if I copy the file into a external sd, since it is not as intuitive as cut/copy and paste into the folder--how is this done.
What I was hoping was to be able to open this folder thru the computer when connected thru USB and just drag and drop it into the folder of ringtones. If this is not possible assuming the ringtone I want moved is called vintage.ogg , can this be done with ADB commands? Please help

sksriniv said:
Sorry, but I cannot understand when you say,
--You'll want to mount system as writeable via the settings and go to System\media\audio\ringtones\---
Is there a way to move this .ogg or .mp3 file into the ringtones folder (which exists in System\media\audio\ringtones. I can see all the ringtones once I use file explorer.
Even if I copy the file into a external sd, since it is not as intuitive as cut/copy and paste into the folder--how is this done.
What I was hoping was to be able to open this folder thru the computer when connected thru USB and just drag and drop it into the folder of ringtones. If this is not possible assuming the ringtone I want moved is called vintage.ogg , can this be done with ADB commands? Please help
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Normally it's read only, as in you can look but you can't touch. Writable means you write to it, you can alter or otherwise put information/files there.
And, yes it's as simple as copy and paste, unless you don't know what you're doing in the first place.
Using ES file explorer is the simplest method. Even if you use ADB you still would have to give it the command to mount the system as writable. If you Droid explorer you still need to have the system mounted as writable.

I don't know if it works on all roms, but Gingerbread based roms if you make a directory named ringtones in the Root of the SD card the phone should read it from there, or it does on mine.

Yes, I did everything--thought it was going to work, but it failed.
Steps I took--
Copied a sound.ogg file into the ext sdcard
Installed ES file explorer and under preferences set permissions to write (because I am rooted)
Copied the file from edt sd card
then switched to the systems\media\audio\ringtones folder, was able to see all the ringtones currently present.
Pasted my sound.ogg file---it said "multiple operations completed, but failed to paste sound.ogg Unclear why..
Should I have rebooted after setting permissions to write, before executing the copy and paste operation?
Thanks for the prior help--but need some more..

Use an app called software data cable......works like a charm.....remember u need to be on the same network......it uses FTP service.
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I use a really useful app called Airdroid which you can find on the Google market. It allows you to establish a Wifi connection through your computer's web browser to your phone. I then transfer whatever music, files, shows or anything I want through it.

Thanks everybody
Just followed my previous steps as outlined. Being a noob, I had to do things gingerly, not to screw up. As I guessed, I have to reboot, before the ability to write takes effect (on es file explorer). Then it is just a matter of copy and paste.
Thanks all

How to get in-call recording on i337

This is using Grgsiocl's modified SecPhone.apk. It allows you to record calls from your phone while also changing your old phone to the international version (Black-ish instead of the white of the US models). He provided a zip, which I was afraid of flashing since he wrote the code for the i9500 and not the US variants. Oh, by the way this is for Deodexed roms, so make sure you have one of those. That's kind of important. Also with that said, you need to be rooted, but if you're already Deodexed then I assume you're already rooted.
So here's what I did:
1) First download his zip file: http://www.mediafire.com/?13pezaa8reobrno
2) Then I opened up his zip and went hunting for the apk (it's in the Apps folder within the System folder)
3) Copy it to your phone or sd card. I keep all of mine in a folder labeled Roms where I put Roms and other flashable mods in. DO NOT RENAME IT. ***Remember where you put the file since you'll be using it shortly. Write it down if you have to.***
4) Once that is done put your sd card back into your phone if out or unplug your phone from your computer
5) Open a root explorer, there are a lot of options on the Play store. I use Rom Toolbox, others use ES File Explorer and what not.
6) In your root explorer of choice make sure you're in the root of your device and not in an internal or external memory area.
7) Locate the "System" folder and open it
8) Then navigate to "Apps"
9) Look for the app called "SecPhone.apk" (sometimes they'll leave out the ".apk" and just have the app name depending on what file explorer app you're using.
10) Copy that application (some require you to press and hold down on the app in order for the explorer to allow you to copy)
11) Copy that application to your internal or external memory card anywhere other than where you have the modified "SecPhone.apk" file so it doesn't override it. There, you just backed it up if the new APK doesn't work for you. You want to copy it and not move it since if you move a crucial system file it can create a rather annoying "error" loop. I've had it happen to me multiple times and the only way to fix it is usually reflashing a rom. Very annoying.
12) Now locate the modified "SecPhone.apk" and also get to where you can copy it.
13) Once you have it selected and ready to copy it you are going to copy it in the root\system\app folder and when prompted you will override the one that is currently there.
14) Once the modified APK is in place you'll need to reboot into recovery.
15) In recovery you will do three things: wipe Dalvik Cache, Fix Permissions and reboot your phone. If you don't do this the app won't work after 1 use, speaking from experience.
16) Once your phone is rebooted you can test out your new and modified SecPhone.apk app and have fun recording calls.
!!!!!!REMEMBER RECORDING CALLS ISN'T LEGAL IN ALL STATES AND IT IS PROPER ETIQUETTE TO LET THE OTHER PERSON KNOW THAT THE CALL MAY BE RECORDED. SO ANY NEGATIVE OUTCOME (LEGAL OR OTHERWISE) THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM THIS ISN'T MY FAULT NOR GRGSIOCL'S!!!!!!
It saves the calls to your internal memory in a folder called "Sounds".
-Enjoy
Many thanks to Grgsiocl and his work.
The original thread is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268146

I haven't tried this, but I suggest doing a nandroid before any of it or at least copy and rename the original "SecPhone.apk" with a .bak and keeping it another location incase it needs to be put back again.

I think I will try this but not for call recording but because I would like to have the dark theme phone dialer.

geoldr said:
I think I will try this but not for call recording but because I would like to have the dark theme phone dialer.
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Dialer is still light. Call progress screen is dark. And I couldn't get it working on my i337 with a deodexed stock ROM. Starts recording but eventually crashes phone app. I think there's a lib file we also need for this to work right.

ookba said:
Dialer is still light. Call progress screen is dark. And I couldn't get it working on my i337 with a deodexed stock ROM. Starts recording but eventually crashes phone app. I think there's a lib file we also need for this to work right.
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Oh okay thanks for letting me know.

or you can just do it the eazy way!
just flashed any international 9505 rom with call recording on your att gs4.

Which ROM do you recommend. Do you have to flash a kernel too?
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redstar299 said:
Which ROM do you recommend. Do you have to flash a kernel too?
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just flash the rom you like the most, but i usually stay away from rom that "remove this and remove that!".
it' like buying a Whopper, i dont want the lettuces and tomato removed for me! if i dont like lettuces or tomato, i can remove it myself!
yeah, i also flashed 9505 kernal.
phone recording on international rom is a hit or miss.. meaning it' like a car engine, sometime it starts and sometime it wont starts. or try to reboot your phone.

[Q] Turn off camera shutter sound

Any idea how to turn the camera's shutter sound off? I can't find it in the camera menu.

supa2001 said:
Any idea how to turn the camera's shutter sound off? I can't find it in the camera menu.
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If you have root look in system/build.prop/ and change this line (or something similar) value to 0: ro.camera.sound.forced=1 -----> ro.camera.sound.forced=0. Haven`t tried it myself on the N5 though.

you can also delete or rename the sound files in /system/media/audio/ui. The filenames are self explaining and start with camera_ or video_; they are .ogg filetype.

On custom roms yull be able to
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You can also switch your phone state to silent or vibrate only. This will kill the noisy camera sound as well.

Sceetr said:
You can also switch your phone state to silent or vibrate only. This will kill the noisy camera sound as well.
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What he said.
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gee2012 said:
If you have root look in system/build.prop/ and change this line (or something similar) value to 0: ro.camera.sound.forced=1 -----> ro.camera.sound.forced=0. Haven`t tried it myself on the N5 though.
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Can't find any line with camera in it.
xdafalter said:
you can also delete or rename the sound files in /system/media/audio/ui. The filenames are self explaining and start with camera_ or video_; they are .ogg filetype.
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I renamed the 3 files, but sound still present.

supa2001 said:
Can't find any line with camera in it.
I renamed the 3 files, but sound still present.
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Are you sure renaming was a success. Try a reboot, after that: is the sound still there and are the files still renamed?

xdafalter said:
Are you sure renaming was a success. Try a reboot, after that: is the sound still there and are the files still renamed?
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Yeah, I even moved the files to other folders, and sounds still there.
I renamed the 2 camera_xxx.ogg and 1 video_xxx.ogg in media/UI folder.
Which files did you rename?

supa2001 said:
Yeah, I even moved the files to other folders, and sounds still there.
I renamed the 2 camera_xxx.ogg and 1 video_xxx.ogg in media/UI folder.
Which files did you rename?
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Exactly those. This is weird, you are rooted on bootloader is unlocked?
How did you move the files?
What is the exact path of the files?
Maybe, if they are still in an indexed dir the media scanner still finds them.
For me this was working on several devices...

xdafalter said:
Exactly those. This is weird, you are rooted on bootloader is unlocked?
How did you move the files?
What is the exact path of the files?
Maybe, if they are still in an indexed dir the media scanner still finds them.
For me this was working on several devices...
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I moved it to audio folder instead of UI using Root Browser.
The exact path of the 3 files are system\media\audio\UI
I renamed by adding a 1 in front of the filename.
Thanks!

Another way. Tested and verified on Nexus 5
In terminal when rooted
su
mount -o "rw,remount" /system
cd /system/media/audio/ui/
mv camera_click.ogg camera_click.bck.ogg

Not working when using HDR mode . ?!?!?

i've renamed, moved and deleted all three audio files (camera_click.ogg , focus and video), and i still have the shutter sound when using the camera AND hdr mode.
Why ?

Any progress on shutting the sound on HDR mode?

Ok guys if you want to disable the HDR shutter sound you have do some extra steps.
What you need are:
A computer PC/Mac will be fine. ZIP file explorer software (I recommend 7-zip freeware and rich format support)
Rooted Nexus 5 Debugging Mode turn on
Root Explorer App from play store
1. Launch Root Explorer and local to /system/app/ look for GoogleCamera.apk file copy it and move to SD card partition (I copy to Download folder on SD card partition which is easy to find)
2. Connect the nexus 5 to your pc/mac copy the Googlecamera.apk from SD card partition to your PC. After that rename the GoogleCamera.apk to other name on your phone.(after modifity the apk and load back to the phone it won't replace the original apk incase issues we can alway replace the original apk back to system)
3. Open Googlecamera.apk on your computer with zip software you should see a list of file and folders, open "res/raw" folder you will see few files, search for following 2 files "hdr_plus_capture_done.ogg" "hdr_plus_capture_start.ogg" what you have to do is create a empty file on your computer and rename as this two file name with the same file format. After created the empty file just drag it to the apk file that we open with the zip software. When it done you should see two file with 0 byte.
4. Copy the modified Googlecamera.apk back to the sdcard partition location. disconnect the phone from your computer.
5. Launch the root explorer on your phone and copy and paste the modified Googlecamera.apk back to /system/app/ also please remember to change the file permission to rw-r-r. open the apk and click install (it will end up Not installed)
6. Reboot the phone and open the camera app and test shot with HDR+ mode it should be silent now.
Enjoy.

Johnsonyc said:
Ok guys if you want to disable the HDR shutter sound you have do some extra steps.
What you need are:
A computer PC/Mac will be fine. ZIP file explorer software (I recommend 7-zip freeware and rich format support)
Rooted Nexus 5 Debugging Mode turn on
Root Explorer App from play store
1. Launch Root Explorer and local to /system/app/ look for GoogleCamera.apk file copy it and move to SD card partition (I copy to Download folder on SD card partition which is easy to find)
2. Connect the nexus 5 to your pc/mac copy the Googlecamera.apk from SD card partition to your PC. After that rename the GoogleCamera.apk to other name on your phone.(after modifity the apk and load back to the phone it won't replace the original apk incase issues we can alway replace the original apk back to system)
3. Open Googlecamera.apk on your computer with zip software you should see a list of file and folders, open "res/raw" folder you will see few files, search for following 2 files "hdr_plus_capture_done.ogg" "hdr_plus_capture_start.ogg" what you have to do is create a empty file on your computer and rename as this two file name with the same file format. After created the empty file just drag it to the apk file that we open with the zip software. When it done you should see two file with 0 byte.
4. Copy the modified Googlecamera.apk back to the sdcard partition location. disconnect the phone from your computer.
5. Launch the root explorer on your phone and copy and paste the modified Googlecamera.apk back to /system/app/ also please remember to change the file permission to rw-r-r. open the apk and click install (it will end up Not installed)
6. Reboot the phone and open the camera app and test shot with HDR+ mode it should be silent now.
Enjoy.
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Tried this; when I try and install the apk I get "X App not installed"

that is normal cause all the system app will not installed they are boot loaded. Actually I tested even you not install just go for reboot it will work too

It works perfect with Cataclysm 4.4.2 :good:

Can someone upload the modified camera apk ?
Johnsonyc said:
Ok guys if you want to disable the HDR shutter sound you have do some extra steps.
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Thank you, but i don't have the skill to do this.

[FIX] KITKAT Security FC

First, you need ROOT access to do this. It will fix the security force-close and enable the uninstall of apps.
1 - Download FIXV2 here - http://d-h.st/gMh
2 - Extract the file to your desktop and copy the files inside "FIRMWARE\IMAGE" folder to your phone.
3 - Download root explorer from play store and move those files to the firmware\image directory located on your phone.
4 - Long press each file and set permition to RW-R-R (0644) (You do this by selecting OWNER to read and write, GROUP to read and OTHERS to read.
5 - Reboot and try accessing settings.
Thanks to ferreinf for the link and how to do it, I just tried to do this as much newbie proof as possible.

have seen this problem in numerous ROM threads(haven't myself run into this), thanks for the heads up :thumbs up:
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scorthyn said:
First, you need ROOT access to do this. It will fix the security force-close and enable the uninstall of apps.
1 - Download FIXV2 here - http://d-h.st/gMh
2 - Extract the file to your desktop and copy the files inside "FIRMWARE\IMAGE" folder to your phone.
3 - Download root explorer from play store and move those files to the firmware\image directory located on your phone.
4 - Long press each file and set permition to RW-R-R (0644) (You do this by selecting OWNER to read and write, GROUP to read and OTHERS to read.
5 - Reboot and try accessing settings.
Thanks to ferreinf for the link and how to do it, I just tried to do this as much newbie proof as possible.
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Hi
Does this help to uninstall system apps as wel instead of deleting apk from system/app folder
Thanks.

smohanv said:
Hi
Does this help to uninstall system apps as wel instead of deleting apk from system/app folder
Thanks.
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No, it has nothing to do with what you want and there's absolutely no point in doing what wanna do either. You can not reclaim the free space to yourself and that would yet prevent you from installing OTA updates. The best way around this is to unable the system apps you don't wanna run.

Doublepranks said:
No, it has nothing to do with what you want and there's absolutely no point in doing what wanna do either. You can not reclaim the free space to yourself and that would yet prevent you from installing OTA updates. The best way around this is to unable the system apps you don't wanna run.
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Your description about this patch is confusing...
Read your description,
First, you need ROOT access to do this. It will fix the security force-close and enable the uninstall of apps.

scorthyn said:
First, you need ROOT access to do this. It will fix the security force-close and enable the uninstall of apps.
1 - Download FIXV2 here - http://d-h.st/gMh
2 - Extract the file to your desktop and copy the files inside "FIRMWARE\IMAGE" folder to your phone.
3 - Download root explorer from play store and move those files to the firmware\image directory located on your phone.
4 - Long press each file and set permition to RW-R-R (0644) (You do this by selecting OWNER to read and write, GROUP to read and OTHERS to read.
5 - Reboot and try accessing settings.
Thanks to ferreinf for the link and how to do it, I just tried to do this as much newbie proof as possible.
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firmware\image directory located on your phone.
Where is this directory on the phone? it does not exist, are we to just push the whole dir w/files to the phone? I agree, need alittle more info here please....
Good work if it does what it says....:good:

TheAxman said:
firmware\image directory located on your phone.
Where is this directory on the phone? it does not exist, are we to just push the whole dir w/files to the phone? I agree, need alittle more info here please....
Good work if it does what it says....:good:
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Worked for me to get the nexus g+ rom working fully... used root browsed in ROM Toolbox to copy the files to the relevant folder off root, and set all the permissions to rwx.