Hey everyone!
This is my first time ever posting on XDA. I have been running custom ROMs for a while now and I love the clean, for the most part feature rich ROMs that strip all the bloatware out that these manufacturers force on their users.
There has been one thing that has been bugging the crap out of me and that's as the title states getting a Gear 2 Neo watch to work with "Gear Manager" now simply named Samsung Gear.
A little background:
I first attempted this on CM 12 (Lollipop Android), and there was endless thread of people attempting the same thing with different ROMs getting mixed results with a variety of either different version of the gear manager App and all different version of associated plugins. (All attempts I tried all failed, just couldn't get the gear software on my phone to find the watch, either when the phone was BT paired to the watch or not.)
So after giving up from complete frustrations. I decided my phone needed a cleanup (was getting really buggy from multiple app installs and who knows what else) I generally have root mode disabled whenever humanly possible. Lucky CM releases great night version of their ROM that can be easily installed an upgraded using CWM or in my case TWRP.
So Now I'm on the latest build of CM13 (Marshmallow Android) and as most of you know Samsung released the gear app to work on other versions of Android (But no their own hardware with custom ROM installed).
So The App installed and all I get is the "You've modified you OS that is incompat... blah blah blah, gear app won't run". Quickly searching this the latest post basically stated that all they did was change their build.prop file to say htc instead of samsung. I made these changes, re-installed gear app. Now it loads (At least some progress) but still no matter what I do the dang app refuses to find the watch.
Can someone please provide a clear step by step what I need to do to get my Gear 2 Neo, to work on my S5 running CM 13? I really don't want to back to TouchWiz :S
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Hello all!
Over the past few months, I've noticed a few quirks that came with the ics os on the tablet (Camera freezing, usb drama, ect.); So I rooted it, and loaded cyanogen 9.1. The only problem now is that I enjoyed the stock samsung media player better than apollo or any of the other music apps out there. I've tried to load the .apk and system files, but it fails to install every time.
Any information why or why not this is possible is greatly appreciated.
(If it matters, its the GT-P5113, but I doubt that has anything to do with it)
Akamaru890 said:
Hello all!
Over the past few months, I've noticed a few quirks that came with the ics os on the tablet (Camera freezing, usb drama, ect.); So I rooted it, and loaded cyanogen 9.1. The only problem now is that I enjoyed the stock samsung media player better than apollo or any of the other music apps out there. I've tried to load the .apk and system files, but it fails to install every time.
Any information why or why not this is possible is greatly appreciated.
(If it matters, its the GT-P5113, but I doubt that has anything to do with it)
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The stock rom and the CM rom have different framework.
The stock apps tend to need custom libs added to the ROM in order to run the apps. This is done on purpose to specifically prevent you from doing what you're trying to do, which is take Samsung's apps and put them on another device. (I know it's the same device, but it's no longer a Samsung device for all intents and purposes.) They didn't do this to stop you from using their apps on custom ROMs so as much as to stop you from taking their apps and putting them on say an HTC device. Their apps only work on stock Samsung ROM's so you hav eto buy a Samsung device in order to use their apps that you want. All phones and tablets with custom version of Android are set up like this, with the exception of the Google Nexus devices that are bone stock Android.
Apps from stock roms can be ported sometimes, but it takes a lot of work and a lot of developer know how to figure our how to port the libs and make them compatible with the customer ROM. It's not as simple and just copying files.
In other words, get used to a different media player. You're not ever going to see the stock one on a CM rom.
Thta said, you don't have to use the one that came with CM either. There are like 9 billion media players on the Play Store. Try a bunch out. You may find one you like even better than the stock Samsung one.
Good day XDA Forum!
I've been a long time stalker (through Google results, mostly) but I come to you today with a targeted question that I haven't found the answer to anywhere else (yes, I searched the forum along with a fair amount of time Googling).
In short, I recently purchased the Galaxy S5 (previous phone, S3); for what it's worth, I'm with Verizon. I've rooted it and am running the AllianceRom.
In just a few days of using it, I noticed (in my opinion) how horrendous the stock camera app is - there's no macro mode, no scenes (firework/sunset/snow/etc), and worse, no way to tweak shutter speed or white balance (to attempt to make up for no scene modes). I tried a half dozen apps from the Play Store, but they're ad-ridden and still lacking functionality.
The Task:
What I'd like to do, is restore the camera app from my S3 (Android camera version 1.5) to my S5 (version 3.0). I backed it up on the S3 using Titanium Backup, copied the zipped files to the S5, and tried to restore with Titanium. This lead me to what I'll call the "native" application installation screen (Do you want to install this app: Camera?). I hit install...and it just said "install failed". I've found many posts about going in the other direction (putting the S5 camera on S3/S4; why folks would want to, I have no idea) but this didn't lead me to reverse engineering the process in...well, reverse
Is there any way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? Please say, "Yes, here's what you do!"
Many thanks in advance,
-Snake
I have had a galaxy s4 verizon for a long time. I am rooted Anne ruining on hyperdrive rom. I am just plain sick and tired of the way touch wiz looks is just so dull. And yes I've downloaded stuff from the play store it's just all a load of crap. I saw that one of my buddies has an lg g3 and I enjoyed the experience I had with it. I loved his messaging app in particular and some of his other stock apps I'd there any way to get his lg stock apps to wotk for me. And can have the same features such as his pops up over his screen and he can quick reply. Maybe there is an easier way to do this. Also the phone app I would like to replace if possible.
This question has been asked and answered before: the stock apps from an LG phone are very likely specialized for the LG phone and its stock ROM. You can find the installation files for the applications you're looking to add (APK files) on a variety of websites, like APK4FUN or Aptoide. If your friend knows how, s/he can copy the APK from the LG and email it to you to install on your GS4. Regardless, they likely won't even install, and if they do, I can almost assure you that they will crash.
For example, I was transitioning from an LG G3 to a Samsung GS5 last year and copied the amazing stock LG QuickRemote app to my new Galaxy (a G900V). It managed to install, but crashed every time I tried to run it.
So, you can try to install and run LG stock apps on Samsung phones, but you'll likely fail. Hope that helps!
Anyone else notice that the My Places widget is gone with Android N? Frustrating as I was using the location based settings a lot between work, home, car,etc... Would not have done the upgrade yet had I known!
Same here - My Samsung Galaxy S6 just updated to Nougat, one of the most important features I use daily - the My Places widget that allowed me to manager shortcuts and settings BY LOCATION is gone. I need that functionality, there is NOTHING in Nougat that makes up for not having this feature. Had I known I would have never let my phone update. In the meantime I located and downloaded "com.sec.android.widgetapp.locationwidget.apk" but it will not install, says "conflicts with a package of the same name". So we know the darn thing is still on the phone - aside from rooting, does anyone have a way to make the install work or make the phone see and use the package that's already there? I was hoping to use the DeBloater by GatesJunior to locate it, but apparently there's no new version for Android 7, and it only sees two packages period. I posted in that original thread to ask if there will be an update.
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Same here - My Samsung Galaxy S6 just updated to Nougat, one of the most important features I use daily - the My Places widget that allowed me to manager shortcuts and settings BY LOCATION is gone. I need that functionality, there is NOTHING in Nougat that makes up for not having this feature. Had I known I would have never let my phone update. In the meantime I located and downloaded "com.sec.android.widgetapp.locationwidget.apk" but it will not install, says "conflicts with a package of the same name". So we know the darn thing is still on the phone - aside from rooting, does anyone have a way to make the install work or make the phone see and use the package that's already there? I was hoping to use the DeBloater by GatesJunior to locate it, but apparently there's no new version for Android 7, and it only sees two packages period. I posted in that original thread to ask if there will be an update.
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I would just downgrade back to Marshmallow! To many problems with Android N especially certain apps being gone and the damn battery dying super fast again! I went back to Marshmallow and now I have my 8 hour charge back instead of 3 or 4 hours on Nougat!
I want to download and actually be able to use an older version of handcent SMS messenger. It's more compact and basic yet new enough to support the modern themes and such. I have the same version, 6.9.5.9, able to run on my s5 neo, and even as far back as my old Samsung captivate glide. While it's still under "universal" architecture on apkmirror, it always crashes on the s7. Doesn't universal mean, you know, universal, as in works everywhere? Does anyone know of some sort of work around where I can get it actually working? It installs fine, but crashes upon opening instantly. Every time.
I know most want the newest and "best" but for me I'm cool with tried and true. I hope there's a way. I already had to give up on stock marshmallow as much as I preferred it as even a custom kernel led to a soft brick (and not working vibration like intended) so I've been trying to deal with Oreo best I can ... But I want to at least be able to use the apps I want looking the way I prefer.... The odd part is my old keyboard app works flawlessly and it's actually even older than the messenger I'm trying to install...
Help? Advice? Hacks?
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1. This is in the wrong section.
2. Maybe the app doesn't work with Oreo, what version of Android were you running on your s5?
3. Have you tried a different ROM?