Hi friends, I was trying a mod to get facebook to sync my contacts which required me to delete contact storage and replce contacts provider.apk in system/priv-app but after rebooting I was getting 'com.android.systemui has stopped' error so i had to go into recovery mode and delete contacts app completely from 2-3 locations like data/data, system/app to get my phone working again but now I am getting force close when I open people app.
I tried installing gapps but it doesn't have people app built in, plz help. And I am currently travelling so I cannot download ROMs and extract files as was suggested somewhere.
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himanshujdr said:
And I am currently travelling so I cannot download ROMs and extract files as was suggested somewhere.
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Well you'll have to. Its best to flash an entire rom. Lesson learned here I think. Dont mod on the go.
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Lesson learned indeed but isn't there a gapps package with people app?
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himanshujdr said:
Lesson learned indeed but isn't there a gapps package with people app?
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No, system apps are all in the rom, not in Gapps.
Hi,
Try to flash the zip in attachment (wipe Dalvik cache just in case) for Contacts.apk. If you have not a custom recovery extract the file, move it to /system/priv-app, set the correct permissions like the other system apps (rw-r--r--) and reboot.
I gues you are deodexed? Because here it's deodexed...
You still have ContactsProvider.apk or not? I put it in the zip file, delete it if you still have it in /system/priv-app.
Or if you have moved it in another locaton, keep it in the zip but delete it on your phone.
The next time don't forget to make a backup...
Here's 442 stock odex of you need it
Thanks, the odex zip worked, it didn't flash but i pasted the 4 files n set permissions and it worked.
Thanks a lot
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Does anyone know how to pull wallpapers out of a custom rom? I am trying to find the AOKP Wallpapers, so I could have them on any rom
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KingVekxin said:
Does anyone know how to pull wallpapers out of a custom rom? I am trying to find the AOKP Wallpapers, so I could have them on any rom
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If you unzip the rom package and go under system/apps/ there is an apk file in there called swagpapers.apk . I believe that is the wallpaper package. All you would need to do is copy that .apk file and then paste it in system/apps/ for any rom you want to use them in.
scott.hart.bti said:
If you unzip the rom package and go under system/apps/ there is an apk file in there called swagpapers.apk . I believe that is the wallpaper package. All you would need to do is copy that .apk file and then paste it in system/apps/ for any rom you want to use them in.
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Correct me if i am wrong but also don't forget to set the permissions to - rw-r-r. Once copied under system/app
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Correct me if i am wrong but also don't forget to set the permissions to - rw-r-r. Once copied under system/app
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You shouldnt have to mess around with the permissions..
If placing it in the system/app folder, you will need to edit permissions...
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NunHugger said:
If placing it in the system/app folder, you will need to edit permissions...
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Im assuming you mean if your transferring from SD card? I unzip the ROM, past the apk in the folder and rezip and sign the ROM... So i dont have to change any permissions.
scott.hart.bti said:
Im assuming you mean if your transferring from SD card? I unzip the ROM, past the apk in the folder and rezip and sign the ROM... So i dont have to change any permissions.
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You can't install system apps from Internal/External SD card. You would have to drag and drop it under system/apparently and set the permissions.
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You can't install system apps from Internal/External SD card. You would have to drag and drop it under system/apparently and set the permissions.
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OK... Then im confused... Because when i drag and drop it and rezip and resign the ROM, thats all i have to do... I definitely do not change permissions and have no issues...
I believe the term for this is Beating a dead horse.
scott.hart.bti said:
OK... Then im confused... Because when i drag and drop it and rezip and resign the ROM, thats all i have to do... I definitely do not change permissions and have no issues...
I believe the term for this is Beating a dead horse.
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Setting permissions only applys to an installed ROM. Perhaps a person has trouble on the latest update with the browser apk of your ROM, he then would just rip out the browser apk from the previous release. And throw it in with the correct permissions (from previous), to see if it fixed any issues.
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[Q] HELP WITH >>> [ROM] [PORT] G2X-SINGH-UI v2.10.08 (MIUI Blazing Fast) 8/14/12
Is there a way to flash the “dictionary” in? Also when I screen shot it appears as if it captures the picture but never shows up in my files. IDK if this has anything to do with but when I reboot it says that all screen shots will be move to SD card to free up space. I’ve went through all my files I’m sure it’s not there even did a search. I wiped the caches and user data and reloaded the rom a few times already... Any help would be greatly appreciated… Some guy posted a link for a LatinIME.apk but when I flash that it fails in regards to the fix for the dictionary..
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Is there a way to flash the “dictionary” in? Also when I screen shot it appears as if it captures the picture but never shows up in my files. IDK if this has anything to do with but when I reboot it says that all screen shots will be move to SD card to free up space. I’ve went through all my files I’m sure it’s not there even did a search. I wiped the caches and user data and reloaded the rom a few times already... Any help would be greatly appreciated… Some guy posted a link for a LatinIME.apk but when I flash that it fails in regards to the fix for the dictionary..
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Your not supposed to flash the apk, you just replace the LatinIME.apk in the systems folder with the one he provided.
Hope this helped!
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Screenshots should show up in MIUI > screen_cap
russell956956 said:
Your not supposed to flash the apk, you just replace the LatinIME.apk in the systems folder with the one he provided.
Hope this helped!
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I places in the root of the miui folder and the root my my device and rebooted still nothing.. Do you know where to place it exactly? Thanks in advance..
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lilaliend said:
Screenshots should show up in MIUI > screen_cap
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The folder is there but nothing is in it. I tried deleting it and renaming it .old but that didnt work either.. Really weird it does the screen capture but the files dont show up..
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locogemini87 said:
I places in the root of the miui folder and the root my my device and rebooted still nothing.. Do you know where to place it exactly? Thanks in advance..
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Placed*
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can i make a rom which has almost all the properties of a stock rom... bt a change in apps like messaging app and contacts app??? coz i really liked those from remICS v1.7
Yep. Just delete them and replace them in system/app
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BassBlaster said:
Yep. Just delete them and replace them in system/app
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Hi,
I'm not an android developement expert but have a question about your advice.
If we delete only the app from /system/app folder (and nothing more. via root explorer), won't it cause trouble?
I would like to give an example for clearing this issue in my mind. In windows, if we just delete the exe file from the Program Files, it doesn't mean we uninstalled the program. It still lefts dll files etc. Is it like this in android?
I asked this because I wanna uninstall the apk's in my custom rom like Google Player or DSP Manager. The developer installed them inside the custom rom, so they look like system apps and as a result I can't uninstall them...
replace them via root explorer and check the permission for new file then restart your device and it will work
rupid said:
Hi,
I'm not an android developement expert but have a question about your advice.
If we delete only the app from /system/app folder (and nothing more. via root explorer), won't it cause trouble?
I would like to give an example for clearing this issue in my mind. In windows, if we just delete the exe file from the Program Files, it doesn't mean we uninstalled the program. It still lefts dll files etc. Is it like this in android?
I asked this because I wanna uninstall the apk's in my custom rom like Google Player or DSP Manager. The developer installed them inside the custom rom, so they look like system apps and as a result I can't uninstall them...
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adroid system are module style, a apk consist of every thing needed to run the apps. but some app need extra lib file, if you can find the lib file used by a apk to run, than you can delete it form system/lib too.
Exactly what the post above said. Some system apps have .lib files (like windows dll) but i would leave them if i were you because your replacement apps might have dependancies on those lib files. Im not entirely sure.
Also, the libs are stored in system/lib
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chongns and BassBlaster both really helped me to clarify some details in my head. Thank you so much...
so?
BassBlaster said:
Exactly what the post above said. Some system apps have .lib files (like windows dll) but i would leave them if i were you because your replacement apps might have dependancies on those lib files. Im not entirely sure.
Also, the libs are stored in system/lib
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is it safe for me to remove the messaging app from stock rom?? and also the contacts app?? does it have lib files like you said?? i am really confused
shows parse error!! any way to saolve this?
You cant replace it with apps meant for only ics.
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nandujanuary02 said:
shows parse error!! any way to saolve this?
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You got this error after deleting what? I'm just curious..
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You got this error after deleting what? I'm just curious..
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nono ...i copied the apk files from an ics rom tried to put in gingerbread rom...and whie installing i got this error!!
Apps specially for ICS won't work in gb roms. These 2 version of roms are quite different.
Pls don't simply mess up with the roms version.
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Btw, if you back up your original rom's apk files, there is a chance to use them on your custom roms. It has a higher chance if your custom is based on your original rom.
For example, I backed up samsung's music player and photo editor apk on original DDLF2 and installed them on my custom Frankestain rom. Now I'm using them with no problems. I must mention, the original fm radio apk didn't work on custom rom, as it needen some special libraries/frameworks.
Hello,
At the moment i am flashing newest cm nightlies for sgr every day. I know that it belongs to custom roms like cm that they add their own apps to the rom. Some of them are very nice but for example i do not like trebuchet launcher and apollo music app. The problem is that i dont want to manually deinstall those apps every day/new nightly.
So I am asking if there is an app that checks your apps every reboot and deinstalls those unwanted apps automaticly.
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Royal Ranger said:
Hello,
At the moment i am flashing newest cm nightlies for sgr every day. I know that it belongs to custom roms like cm that they add their own apps to the rom. Some of them are very nice but for example i do not like trebuchet launcher and apollo music app. The problem is that i dont want to manually deinstall those apps every day/new nightly.
So I am asking if there is an app that checks your apps every reboot and deinstalls those unwanted apps automaticly.
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I am not aware of any such kind of app but here is what i recommend you to do.
delete those app(s) which you dont want, from system/app in the zip file of ROM (using computer ofcource)
then import that zip file to cyandelta(I assume you update daily via cyandelta..! )..then successive updates wont include that app(s)
Cool
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Nikhil said:
I am not aware of any such kind of app but here is what i recommend you to do.
delete those app(s) which you dont want, from system/app in the zip file of ROM (using computer ofcource)
then import that zip file to cyandelta(I assume you update daily via cyandelta..! )..then successive updates wont include that app(s)
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Yes i am updating with cyan delta . I will try this, thank you
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This works perfect
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I think the stock had specific ringtones but I'm not sure. I didn't use it for very long.
Ideally I would like to have both the motorola and CM ringtones available.
thank you
Custom roms remove the stock ringtones. I asked this question a while back but no one answered so I guess it isn't possible.
It is possible as far as I know, just copy them from the system folder and put them in the new one, give permissions and they should be there when you reboot
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Alexmessy said:
It is possible as far as I know, just copy them from the system folder and put them in the new one, give permissions and they should be there when you reboot
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Thanks for your reply. Could you clarify this? I couldn't find the system folder in the file explorer.
hechadnebiphyh said:
Thanks for your reply. Could you clarify this? I couldn't find the system folder in the file explorer.
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do you have root? you'll need for accessing those files.
system root > system> media
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Found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540884
Inside you can find the downloads for the stock ringtones in case you already installed CM or dont have root. (MEGA link works fine)
Errrr.... FYI you can read /system.... Just copy the files. You can't modify however. (Without root)
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