Hello everyone today I bring to the table a constantly updated guide.
In my free time I will add to this guide my many methods of creating a stock os out of Nubias OS whilst retaining nubias gaming suite,lights, etc. I know many feel cheated on antutu scores because Nubia presented 510k and most people couldnt even attain 450k on a RM3S.
Well the ones I have worked on easily hits 515k in the max optimal conditions, whilst hitting 505k-510k in concurrent runs or runs in regular conditions. YES the phone thermal throttles, eventually leaving a reduced score of 450k-470k, HOWEVER that is higher than the current reported average of 435k.
Todays method shall be called Method #1
METHOD #1
REMOVE WOODPECKER- Nubias tracker
Background: it logs information from your phone including sensitive personal app information. This program (binary) runs 24/7 and dumps logs to root and to internal storage. If youre connected to internet data or wifi, it will connect to nubias servers amd start dumping information, I have reproducible evidence through a packet dumper.
This program runs from the moment you first boot your phone till when its broken or out of battery. Unless removed. Yes I know you can opt-out but that is simply a facade, it ALWAYS runs anyway.
Removal- a10-a11
1.Obtain a root file explorer or use twrp to perform the steps below
2. Using your explorer navigate to root and put in the search wood
3.Wait for it to load the files and remove them ALL, delete them, shamwow them.
4. If there are files that arent removable change their permissions to none, these are created by woodpecker on boot and will be gone when done.
5.Repeat 2, 3, and 4 but use Wood (to be clear perform the search with a capital W, it matters for some explorers.)
5. Open your init.rom.rc it is located in the root directory remove the lines that are associated with woodpecker. You can remove freezerd lines as well for less agressive ram management but will require additional steps.
6.Enter your vendor build.prop and change woodpeckers line to false, it is the only line containing the word woodpecker.
7.Reboot and perform a search, you will see no woodpecker files show up.
8.System ram usage will decrease by an average of 200mb, Phone temps idle lower(by a very small amount admittably), network usage will decrease.
For those thinking is this illegal? Unfortunately not, Nubia is operating on the same legal grounds any other company data harvesting is. Feel free to research.
A9- Same as above but woodpeckers permissions must be set to none, then after a reboot it is deletable.
Done.
Method #2
I really recommend reinstalling the game launcher and home launcher as user apps as well, or modifying your preferred launchers code to call nubias recents(attached to nubia launcher)but it will require the nubia launcher installed ideally as a user app not system user 0. This is the current only working method to use a custom launcher with RECENTS on Nubia A11 OS I will update this more indepth when I next log in.
6/01/2021
Method #3 A10-A11 (Android 10 & 11)
Tcpdump has been added as a binary in all RM3 & 3S A11 updates and some A10 it is highly recommended to remove permissions, and delete the bin. It will be located in your system bins. You can also search for it with tcpdump entered in a root explorer.
I will continue to add more in my free time!
Wouldn't removing the woodpecker app do the trick?
Interested on this. However, I'm unable to find init.rom.c even using search. Could you give what's the partition name / folder where it is located?
danishajaz said:
Wouldn't removing the woodpecker app do the trick?
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Nope, its simply there to fool you, regardless theres a woodpecker in the system bin.
leipnacht said:
Interested on this. However, I'm unable to find init.rom.c even using search. Could you give what's the partition name / folder where it is located?
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What rom version are you using? If you cant locate the init file that creates it on boot, maybe youre on A9, for A9 removing the file in system bin should be enough from my memory but I dont have an A9 available to test it out right now, you could always look through the inits there arent many, youll find many more things that you may want to change as well. Anyways let me know which rom youre running and ill be glad to debug further
Updated for Tcpdump removal, nubia secretly snuck this binary into their rom, there is absolutely no reason at all they should have a binary capable of sniffing ALL OF YOUR INTERNET TRAFFIC preinstalled.
SilentDevGuy said:
What rom version are you using? If you cant locate the init file that creates it on boot, maybe youre on A9, for A9 removing the file in system bin should be enough from my memory but I dont have an A9 available to test it out right now, you could always look through the inits there arent many, youll find many more things that you may want to change as well. Anyways let me know which rom youre running and ill be glad to debug further
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This was last March 2021 so it's probably A9.
I'm using the CN ROM and it's on Android 11 now and has root access by Magisk
I can now see the init.rom.c file
What's the name of file explorer you are using?
I tried deleting using FX File Explorer it says can't delete, file is read-only
Also I tried deleting using adb shell and even used su root, can't delete it
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RED MAGIC 3
ROOTED ANDROID 11 CHINA ROM
USE
MIXPLORER,,APK
GO TO ROOT FOLDER SEARCH TYPE
''WOOD''
GO TO THE LOCATION OPEN FOLDER OR FILE
AND
SLECT FILE PROPERTY
CHANGE PERMISSION
644 rw-r-r
THEN DELETE
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Description
I wrote a small application to allow easily changing the VM heap size (no more adb pull, edit, adb push). People on CM ROMs may be familiar with a similar option, but here is a little tool for those who are not running CM. As it modifies a variable which can affect the stability of the system, be careful with how you use it More about the VM heap size is written in the application itself. And of course, if I made any mistakes or if something is incorrect please correct me.
Requirements
root
system write
busybox (1.17.x recommended)
Appearing In
Japanese Jellyfish (ZTE Blade/Orange San Francisco)
If you wish to bundle this application in your firmware feel free to, but let me know if you do and please link back to this page
Download (Android Market):
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Translating VM Heap Tool
English files which can be translated have been attached (txt files), and the following fields which I will mention do not need to be translated. Once you translate something you may just attach the files in your post or add them in code tags. Of course please mention the language that you translated it to so I can appropriately add it to the application and update.
Do not translate: heapSizeUnit, aboutHeap, defaultHeap, currentHeap, version, thread, heapSizeValues. These just hold key values which should not be translated. Also please don't translate "RPLACE" inside the texts, as this is replaced inside the application on run-time.
Values are stored as
Code:
<string name="aboutHeapTitle">What is the heap?</string>
where the string's name is clearly defined, "aboutHeapTitle", and the value which should be translated is inside the <> and </> tags. Values which are used in similar situations will have a common prefix, for example:
"progress..." - used on a progress dialog to display the message
"toast..." - the little grey messages that you get at the bottom of your screen and with which you can't interact
"dialog..." - used as the title on a dialog box
and so on...
Thank you to all those who are willing to help, your contributions will be noted
great app, wont have to manually erstart on droid inc. wont restart when pushing the button.
ACD168 said:
great app, wont have to manually erstart on droid inc. wont restart when pushing the button.
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Thanks, so the Incredible has the same problem as the Desire then... If you install ROM Manager it will restart. I'm afraid that has something to do with superuser and how the phone is rooted (correct me if I'm wrong), so some devices will restart while others will not. Sadly Google doesn't allow applications to restart the device, so it has to be done in a roundabout way which may not always work...
Awesome, now everyone can break apps by lowering the heap below the expected 24 megs!
khaytsus said:
Awesome, now everyone can break apps by lowering the heap below the expected 24 megs!
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Yes, but I hope that most people will be smarter and try to use something like 32
The "apply" and "quit" box cover the "new heap size" box on hTC Hero
skymera said:
The "apply" and "quit" box cover the "new heap size" box on hTC Hero
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OK, thanks for letting me know. I'll see what I can do about it, but for now you can use your trackpad (or w/e it's called) to move the focus on the button and press it.
skymera said:
The "apply" and "quit" box cover the "new heap size" box on hTC Hero
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Should be fixed now with version 1.1, as well as support for Android 1.6 and above. Apologies that it took so long.
Icon help, anyone...?
Very nicely done!!!
Thanx!!!
The app is force closing on startup on a rooted orange San Francisco (ZTE-Blade) with stock rom.
Andy.
g1dtf said:
The app is force closing on startup on a rooted orange San Francisco (ZTE-Blade) with stock rom.
Andy.
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Do any other rooted apps crash, such as Root Explorer, ROM Manager, etc?
Rom Manager and System App Remover both run ok, not got Root Explorer so can't try that.
Andy.
martino2k6 said:
Do any other rooted apps crash, such as Root Explorer, ROM Manager, etc?
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Forced close for me to on ZTE-Blade Stock/Root.
What happens if you write the following two commands in a terminal emulator or adb?
Code:
ls /system/bin/su
ls /system/xbin/su
If you have rooted the san fran with stock rom and this will not work, root again. Worked for me no probs, even if it says you are rooted. Just root again. It appears that when the San Fran is turned off then on, it unroots (with original rom" Well, that is what I have found after testing. I have stock rom rooted and have picked out all the Orange "tat"
Hope that helps.
System Write Required
Just tried running the app, but ran into an error: "System write required". I have root, adb is installed and recognize Android is read only by default, so I assume that I have to change permissions to include write?
Guilden_NL said:
Just tried running the app, but ran into an error: "System write required". I have root, adb is installed and recognize Android is read only by default, so I assume that I have to change permissions to include write?
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You can't change that without using a rooting method which unlocks NAND on your device. The application already remounted the partition to write, but wasn't able to write to it because you most likely don't have NAND unlocked.
martino2k6 said:
You can't change that without using a rooting method which unlocks NAND on your device. The application already remounted the partition to write, but wasn't able to write to it because you most likely don't have NAND unlocked.
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Well guess us Slide owners can't use this until we have s-off. No system r/w for us yet
No love on the MyTouch 3G getting NAND unlocked for Write. Ah well, the MT3G is truly a dog so I am not going to spend anymore time with it. It'll do the job for now, and I use the Nexus One as my main phone anyway.
Thanks for the tip though! At least I know where the issue is on this device.
kapslock4 said:
If you have rooted the san fran with stock rom and this will not work, root again. Worked for me no probs, even if it says you are rooted. Just root again. It appears that when the San Fran is turned off then on, it unroots (with original rom" Well, that is what I have found after testing. I have stock rom rooted and have picked out all the Orange "tat"
Hope that helps.
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Didn't work but used clockwork and installed custom ROM and worked
Sent from my BladeVillain using XDA App
Its a free Root Explorer without Ads and without network use.
When busybox and root modes are enabled, you can make dumps of your nand partitions and export Kernel and initramfs (Menu/Tools)
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https://market.android.com/details?id=fr.wdscript.yaffsexplorer
You can report here bug and feature requests...
Example : Dump and Rename The /cdrom partition (p17)
change dump file ext from .raw to .iso and you get your Windows drivers (MotoHelper 2.0.44 Driver 4.9.0 - 27 Jan 2011)
Version 1.9.9.8 attached
Awesome thanks, will def check this out.
useful tool
How can i dump the roofs?
can i restore it after backup?
Thank you.
This tool execute this command :
dd if=/dev/block/<partition> of=/sdcard/<partition>.raw ibs=8192 obs=8192 conv=notrunc
So you can do the reverse command (not in the tool because dangerous)
Update v1.1 : You can create yaffs images now
Epsylon3 said:
This tool execute this command :
dd if=/dev/block/<partition> of=/sdcard/<partition>.raw ibs=8192 obs=8192 conv=notrunc
So you can do the reverse command (not in the tool because dangerous)
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Do you know, how to dump and remount the rootfs?
Thank you.
in fact, i dont know... rootfs is mounted before android (initrd on some devices)
Epsylon3 said:
in fact, i dont know... rootfs is mounted before android (initrd on some devices)
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Ok, thank you.
Ok, been using this for a while now; couple suggestions.
1. Copy feature needs to work more like Root Explorer.
---- So when you long-press and copy a file, two buttons popup, Paste and Cancel - Maybe you could even add a third to paste quickly to a favourites folder without leaving working directory ?
2. Be able to change text size of file browser. I have big fingers heh.
3. Have a Mount/Unmount button similar to the Mount R/W in Root Explorer.
--- I find I cant copy anything to anywhere, am I just missing something ?
4. Select multiple files, and copy, delete, zip, move . . . . . to favourites ?
5. Compress files or folders and save zip to a saved favourites without leaving working directory.
6. Load apk icons maybe; easier to find things sometimes.
7. Show favourites picker on program startup. I'm always working in the same directories.
A built in text editor with line numbers would be awesome. Maybe an sqlite editor addon too ?
I like what this looks like so far; I really like that you can see symlinks, the dropdown with recent paths, nandroid dumps of any partitions (nice), and the favorites are cool. Just hoping it can take over for root explorer.
Keep up the great work so far. Will be keeping on eye on this for sure.
Thanks for your report
First, i dont want to copy Root Explorer or all these slow and "3 lines" explorers... So no image/movies preview... This tool is focused on system files exploration
Apk icons maybe but not in my prority (filter by name is nice), line size : not for the moment (maybe a zoom or something later)
The multiselect on click is almost ready (for files), to keep folder navigation
the Mount/Unmount will be in tools menu later (in mounted devices menu) i need to make a new window for that... but that need work (and could make lot of reports from unknown devices, like chinese ones)
Compression.... yea hmm v2.0
Hm. I tried this, but it is a lot slower than Root Explorer. Perhaps this is because it shows a lot more objects, or due to it having a lot of features I do not directly associate with a program to manage files. Still, I can not say that having more competition is a bad thing, so keep up the good work
its because the tool use a terminal process to list folders, and a new one on each refresh... I think i can optimize that if i keep the shell process opened.
but Root enabled, its 5x slower (220ms instead of 40ms)... i think there could be a problem with superuser tool, will try to uninstall it to check...
johnw.xda said:
Do you know, how to dump and remount the rootfs?
Thank you.
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to remount In fact like others :
Code:
mount -o rw,remount,relatime -t rootfs rootfs /
This feature will be available in some minutes (v1.3.0)
But to dump... you need to skip /proc /tmp and /sys
Hi.
I´m using your app in a Samsung galaxy S.
I lost one file and I want to recover it from a CWM backup.
Your app lets me read the backup, but I cant save the needed file ...
Is there a possibility to extract it from the backup?
Thanks in advance
Its the next step yaffs extraction...
sorry, not for the moment (but soon)
just made an update v1.3.2 which really enhance exploration speed...
I hope you release it soon
Thanks
I can't Dump Partition. A circular thing shows up then it disapear and no text saying records in+out and that it finished (like in the screenshot). And there is no file on my SD card and yes I have plenty of space.
Tried several of the small 512k partitions and the Boot and Recovery partitions.
I'm running rooted froyo 3.4.2-155, few bloat APK's removed.
this feature uses busybox "dd" applet, try to set another busybox in setting window
you can search for them in other apps, do a search in /data/data/
Namiga said:
Hi.
I´m using your app in a Samsung galaxy S.
I lost one file and I want to recover it from a CWM backup.
Your app lets me read the backup, but I cant save the needed file ...
Is there a possibility to extract it from the backup?
Thanks in advance
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Done... in v1.5.0 Single file or Folder for the moment... (file/folder context menu)
full extraction will be possible in next version... not linked
ROOT ACCESS IS REQUIRED.
I've written a simple app which modifies KitKat devices to allow user-installed applications to write to the MicroSD card on devices with two storage locations.
Background information on the underlying problem is available here: https://plus.google.com/+TodLiebeck/posts/gjnmuaDM8sn Please ensure you understand the problem and that your device has it before installing this app. This app is quite useless if your device doesn't suffer this issue.
[[[[ THIS IS A BETA RELEASE. WHILE I HAVE TESTED THIS ON MULTIPLE DEVICES MANY TIMES, PLEASE RESTRICT YOUR USE OF THIS APP TO DEVICES YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO REFLASH FROM SCRATCH. I do not expect this to occur, but this is release #1 of this app, and it modifies a configuration file as root. That said, my test devices still work even when I deliberately corrupted and deleted the target file in testing. ]]]]
This app is entirely free. It doesn't have any ads, (but it does have a few Play Store links on its final screen to my other free apps).
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It will be going on the Play Store pending your feedback, but I wanted to post it here first. Please let me know if you encounter any issues.
How it works: The /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml is modified to specify that all applications which have the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission are registered as members of the Android UNIX group "media_rw". Membership in this group is necessary to write to the MicroSD card.
In Android 4.3, most all devices granted access to the media_rw group to apps. In Android 4.4, they do not. This app simply restores the old behavior. From what I've observed this method (granting permission via platform.xml), also appears to be the preferred means of restoring SD card access on XDA and elsewhere.
This app is designed to abort if it sees absolutely anything that it does not expect. Please let me know if the app does not work for you, and what type of device/ROM/etc you're using. If the modification is unnecessary (due to media_rw access being already present) this app will make no modification.
The original platform.xml will be backed up in /system/etc/permissions as "platform.xml.original-pre-sdfix" (unless that file already exists).
Download
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
Direct download: http://android.nextapp.com/sdfix/r7/SDFix_r7.apk
The installed app is named "NextApp SDFix".
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Awesome!! Will try, hope it will work
Edit:
Sorry but how can i test it?
When downloading something from dolphin and next -browser it doesnt show sdcard1
Have a break, Have a KitKat (powered Samsung Galaxy S²)
erdal67 said:
Awesome!! Will try, hope it will work
Edit:
Sorry but how can i test it?
When downloading something from dolphin and next -browser it doesnt show sdcard1
Have a break, Have a KitKat (powered Samsung Galaxy S²)
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Most ROMs won't have this problem, it 's generally only an issue with factory firmware on KitKat (e.g. TouchWiz updates to KitKat). What ROM are you running?
The free version of FX File Explorer (links in my signature) should show both media card and internal storage if everything works, and you should be able to create a new folder under the "media card" catalog. If MicroSD access if prevented, attempting to create a new folder under "media card" will fail.
Got the issue on my TabPro 8.4, pending for maintenance so can't root yet, but really great thanks for saving the day.
Sent from my SM-T320 using xda app-developers app
Thanks, all good on SM9005 stock Kit Kat
Now available on the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
Thanks for this free app.
I'm going to visit your other apps.
Nice work !!
Nice work !! Working on my S4 I337M
Thank you for your app, but you should modify it to clearly state that the device requires a reboot for the changes to take affect ( apop up or something because nobody will read the text after "Completed"), you can also make a button to reboot it directly.
That's my input. Thank you again.
Does anyone has the original platform.xml file for i9505..... I edited it but kept no backup.....
Congrats on your front page story!
Fix Your SDCard Issue On KitKat http://www.xda-developers.com/android/fix-your-sdcard-issue-on-kitkat/
Thanks ,I'm trying now
tliebeck said:
I've written a simple app which modifies KitKat devices to allow user-installed applications to write to the MicroSD card on devices with two storage locations.
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Thanks!
Cool app. Thanks.
Nice!!!
Thanks for this good job
Worked perfectly, thank you!!
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On stock Note 3 KitKat rom I have a crash when the please wait text pops up. Tell me if you need some kinda logs. Just tell me where they are and I will post them.
Okey I found the cause... I had edited the file and I deleted them and all was fixed. Sorry!
Since this requires root access I assume it will not work with AT&T 4.4.2 1337 NB1 builds? :crying: or did I miss a root process for that build? Thanks
hene193 said:
On stock Note 3 KitKat rom I have a crash when the please wait text pops up. Tell me if you need some kinda logs. Just tell me where they are and I will post them.
Okey I found the cause... I had edited the file and I deleted them and all was fixed. Sorry!
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If you can make it crash, would greatly appreciate a logcat. Either just do "adb logcat > log.txt" and send me the output, or use a logcat app from the Play Store. Definitely don't want it to crash/force close under any circumstance, it's supposed to be friendlier than that.
The critical section of the logcat data should contain "nextapp.sdfix" and have a stack trace in it.
A stack trace looks like this:
Code:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid code point: -2147482938
at java.lang.Character.checkValidCodePoint(Character.java:1591)
at java.lang.Character.toChars(Character.java:2056)
at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:537)
at com.android.inputmethod.latin.RichInputConnection.sendKeyEvent(RichInputConnection.java:392)
at
Thanks for the report, but don't tear your phone apart trying to reproduce it.
Just got my Sony Xperia Z3. Still messing around to get a feel of the UI.
Was not able to uninstall File Commander as I find the UI badly design. So installed ASTRO File Manager, tried deleting a file from ext SD card. pops up a notice saying that due to KitKat design, 'write' to ext SD card is prohibited.
I uninstalled ASTRO File Manager and installed SOLID Explorer, deletion from ext SD card was not allowed as well.
Tried deleting same file using File Commander and it worked
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Probably will try File Expert but expecting the same rejection.
It is a well known issue with KitKat and is brought in on purpose by google.
Basically in an effort to increase security protection to the user only system apps can write to the SDcard. There is a way around it but you need root. Just google "Write to SD card KitKat" for further information and how to revert it.
gregbradley said:
It is a well known issue with KitKat and is brought in on purpose by google. Basically in an effort to increase security protection to the user only system apps can write to the SDcard.
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You believe in Santa Claus, too ?
Google tries to force you into using their cloud services, that's all magic.
But it's correct: You need root to edit the file platform.xml. After doing that, everything is ok again.
But DO NOT ROOT, yet ! You'll lose all DRM keys (making the horribly bad Z3 camera even worse) and X-Reality. And believe me: You really do not want to lose that.
Chefproll said:
You believe in Santa Claus, too ?
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What does this mean?
Google tries to force you into using their cloud services, that's all magic.
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If you say so
But it's correct: You need root to edit the file platform.xml. After doing that, everything is ok again.
But DO NOT ROOT, yet ! You'll lose all DRM keys (making the horribly bad Z3 camera even worse) and X-Reality. And believe me: You really do not want to lose that.
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Yes I know, its an old issue and well known how to get around it. And trust me, if I want to unlock my bootloader I will.
The only way around it is to save files in your File Explorer's App folder. With FX Explorer, for example, save your files into Android/data/nextapp.fx/files/
You'll be able to write and delete all you want.
File Commander works across all folders because it's a system apk.
Presumably with root you could just convert your file manager app of choice to a system app with the likes of Titanium and it would then work ok? Or just use one that uses root anyway (like Root Explorer).
Work root you just add one line to platform.xml and then it works just like it did before
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3Shirts said:
Presumably with root you could just convert your file manager app of choice to a system app with the likes of Titanium and it would then work ok? Or just use one that uses root anyway (like Root Explorer).
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Of course, with root you can get around any software restriction. However, in 2 - 3 years it'll be moot (hopefully sooner). It's like when Android dropped the menu key and everyone was pissed. After 2 years no one cares about the lack of a menu key anymore.
I am really lost with this problem as i cannot find any other instance of it...
device: Redmi note 9S, not rooted, developer options enabled, Android 10, MIUI 12.0.4.0
in the android/data/ directory, under the com.[author].[app] files, i can't seem to find any apk files, it just appears to be empty except for an additional "files" folder that doesn't contain any useful files, while the tutorials i was following need access to a base.apk file that, in my case, does not exist. I need to know if this is a new version general android change, a device specific one ? where are the apps running from? are they all web shortcuts? if they use an apk file, where can i find it? I'm unexperienced in all those things, but I felt this would be the best place to get an answer.
LasevIX_ said:
I am really lost with this problem as i cannot find any other instance of it...
device: Redmi note 9S, not rooted, developer options enabled, Android 10, MIUI 12.0.4.0
in the android/data/ directory, under the com.[author].[app] files, i can't seem to find any apk files, it just appears to be empty except for an additional "files" folder that doesn't contain any useful files, while the tutorials i was following need access to a base.apk file that, in my case, does not exist. I need to know if this is a new version general android change, a device specific one ? where are the apps running from? are they all web shortcuts? if they use an apk file, where can i find it? I'm unexperienced in all those things, but I felt this would be the best place to get an answer.
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Go through your file manager settings and find the option to show hidden files.
@LasevIX_
An app's APK-file is housed in folder /data/data. The APK-file itself gets installed in folder /data/app as base.apk.
Example:
/data/app/[your_package_name]-[1,2,n]/base.apk
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@LasevIX_
An app's APK-file is housed in folder /data/data. The APK-file itself gets installed in folder /data/app as base.apk.
Example:
/data/app/[your_package_name]-[1,2,n]/base.apk
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yes, i know that path. my problem was that it isn't available/doesn't exist on my machine
Droidriven said:
Go through your file manager settings and find the option to show hidden files.
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I have done that already, but the apk files still don't show up.
also, I think this thread may benefit from further precisions:
the .apk files do not show up either in the phone's built in file manager, windows explorer or in ADB ls commands.
I am practically sure it isn't hidden files, I have all the settings for viewing them enabled.
if there's some secret setting that may provide access to those files, please do tell where.
after further checking, the app i was trying do copy to my computer reports an app size of 106MB, but the com.____._____ folder reports 21B, so i suspect it may be some sort of shortcut to another folder.
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Typically one makes use of ADB commands to pull an APK file ( Android must NOT be rooted ):
Step 1: Get location of desired app in Android's filesystem
Code:
adb shell "pm path com.example.someapp"
The output will look something like
package:/data/app/com.example.someapp-2.apk
or
package:/data/app/com.example.someapp-nfFSVxn_CTafgra3Fr_rXQ==/base.apk
Step 2: Using the full path name from Step 1, pull the APK file from the Android device to the Windows computer
Code:
adb pull /data/app/com.example.someapp-2.apk <PATH-ON-PC>
jwoegerbauer said:
Typically one makes use of ADB commands to pull an APK file ( Android must NOT be rooted ):
Step 1: Get location of desired app in Android's filesystem
Code:
adb shell "pm path com.example.someapp"
The output will look something like
package:/data/app/com.example.someapp-2.apk
or
package:/data/app/com.example.someapp-nfFSVxn_CTafgra3Fr_rXQ==/base.apk
Step 2: Using the full path name from Step 1, pull the APK file from the Android device to the Windows computer
Code:
adb pull /data/app/com.example.someapp-2.apk <PATH-ON-PC>
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I wasn't aware that you could use adb to find the location of apps, but the command you suggested gives an unexpected result (screenshot attached). it gives multiple results of files despite them being invisible to file explorers. Once i try to pull the package with the method you suggested, it gives an error as if it wasn't there. Did I type the wrong syntax? does the "pm path" command only give expected locations for files?
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for clarification, I am trying to access the netflix client APK in order to manually make it recognise widevine L1 certificates, as described in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/netflix-hd-on-tab-s2.3274295/#post-65001865 .
The NETFLIX APK you want to extract from Android is a so-called Split-APK. IMO you've to turn this Split-APK into a normal non-Split-APK.
How to:
How to turn a split APK into a normal non-split APK - Platinmods.com - Android & iOS MODs, Mobile Games & Apps
Hey guys, recently many modders contacting me about how to mod a split APK. We have already many tutorials about how to download or extract the split APKs, mod a split APK as it is and how to use a split APK installer to make the mod apply to the device. Here some examples of the mentioned...
platinmods.com
jwoegerbauer said:
The NETFLIX APK you want to extract from Android is a so-called Split-APK. IMO you've to turn this Split-APK into a normal non-Split-APK.
How to:
How to turn a split APK into a normal non-split APK - Platinmods.com - Android & iOS MODs, Mobile Games & Apps
Hey guys, recently many modders contacting me about how to mod a split APK. We have already many tutorials about how to download or extract the split APKs, mod a split APK as it is and how to use a split APK installer to make the mod apply to the device. Here some examples of the mentioned...
platinmods.com
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This will be helpful for teh future, thank you for directing me to that tutorial.
but it still requires to pull the apk, which i have not been able to do.
as described in my previous reply, ADB seems to be able to return the location of the apk, but can't pull it, as if it never existed.
According to the screenschot you provided earlier I think the package ( APK ) you want to pull is stored as
/data/app/com.netflix.mediaclient-YUY-VwSu3KeCc44bkA
shorthanded as
base.apk
but don't really know it: this is not my world.