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[SOLVED] Reinstall Launcher.apk after Root?

Hey can someone please tell me how to reinstall the original home (Launcher.apk) i tried installing via astro with no luck.
where do i have to push the file too? can someone post instructions, thanks.
EDIT: NVM this is what i did and it worked:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/apps/Launcher.apk of=/system/app/Launcher.apk
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/apps/Launcher.odex of=/system/app/Launcher.odex
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/Launcher*
adb shell reboot

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changed your title to signal an available solution, hope you don't mind

BULL3TPR00F said:
Hey can someone please tell me how to reinstall the original home (Launcher.apk) i tried installing via astro with no luck.
where do i have to push the file too? can someone post instructions, thanks.
EDIT: NVM this is what i did and it worked:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/apps/Launcher.apk of=/system/app/Launcher.apk
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/apps/Launcher.odex of=/system/app/Launcher.odex
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/Launcher*
adb shell reboot
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Where do have I to enter those command line please ?

in any cmd prompt

Draken Korin said:
Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general
changed your title to signal an available solution, hope you don't mind
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yeah sorry about the wrong section, i figured it would be helpful in the dev section for people who had just finished rooting and wanted to reinstall the original home.
but thats cool, and no problem with the title change.

I don't know if you want it or not, but the free ADW launcher is quite a lot nicer. More features and feels really fast.

BULL3TPR00F said:
in any cmd prompt
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I get a adb not found...
I'll try with another terminal app...
And the ADW launcher with the root is horrible (and the icon to show all hap is deleted when I put my finger on T_T)), I installed zeam launcher for the moment...
There isn't a way to exec all those command live at one time ? (like .bat for windows)

Vilam said:
I get a adb not found...
I'll try with another terminal app...
And the ADW launcher with the root is horrible (and the icon to show all hap is deleted when I put my finger on T_T)), I installed zeam launcher for the moment...
There isn't a way to exec all those command live at one time ? (like .bat for windows)
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You will need the Android SDK to be able to use adb... and your phone has to be in 'debug' mode (Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging should be checked)

Hi i just used root explorer and copied the two files to system/app/
then changed permission to rw-r--r--
then rebooted phone and it worked

Im sorry

Hello,im sorry for asking all theese questions lately but i am really confused.could someone post how to adb push and adb shell from like the first cmd line.because i do
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
adb remount
Remount failed no such file or directory
extra info. i am rooted i have recovery and su i have samsung driver installed usb debugging checked.thank you everyone i really appreciate all the help.

Can Any1 Help?

II5StarII Swag said:
Can Any1 Help?
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Adb push is to send something to the phone. You needt to put that file in your tools directory on the computer, then navigate there as you demonstrated properly.
Adb push FILENAME /Location/
To access the shell
Adb shell
$ not root access
# root access
To mount the file system with th adb remount command, you need busybox installed. Otherwise you have to mount it from the shell (sorry don't have the long ass command memorized, but its all over here)
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Guys need help adb is driving me crazy!!!

Right guys,
Im trying to list the apk's in /data/app through adb so i can pull one of them!
I keep getting an error opendir failed permission denied!
BUT!!! I can get into /system/app fine with no problems.
Im running darkyy's 9.5 with his new kernel. Could this be a problem?
Its strange how i can get in system/app but not data/app
I have never had this problem in the past.
Code:
C:\Users\Paul>cd c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb shell ls /data/app
opendir failed, Permission denied
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>

zolah said:
Right guys,
Im trying to list the apk's in /data/app through adb so i can pull one of them!
I keep getting an error opendir failed permission denied!
BUT!!! I can get into /system/app fine with no problems.
Im running darkyy's 9.5 with his new kernel. Could this be a problem?
Its strange how i can get in system/app but not data/app
I have never had this problem in the past.
Code:
C:\Users\Paul>cd c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb shell ls /data/app
opendir failed, Permission denied
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>
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Either :
adb root
adb shell ls /data/app
or
adb shell
su
ls /data/app
Reason /system is accessible is because system is ro by default. So they allow you to browse it knowing u won't be able to do anything w/o root. Whereas /data is rw and hence they restrict you, unless you have root.
Fyi : Wrong section to ask questions.

Daneshm90 said:
Either :
adb root
adb shell ls /data/app
or
adb shell
su
ls /data/app
Reason /system is accessible is because system is ro by default. So they allow you to browse it knowing u won't be able to do anything w/o root. Whereas /data is rw and hence they restrict you, unless you have root.
Fyi : Wrong section to ask questions.
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I am rooted with superuser...

zolah said:
I am rooted with superuser...
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The default superuser timeout is 10 secs, either increase it or keep looking at your screen.
PS : Have you tried a an app called Mount R/W? works great.

zolah said:
I am rooted with superuser...
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Im confused, what are you implying by that response ?
To me that statement was equivalent to "The sky is blue"

Daneshm90 said:
Im confused, what are you implying by that response ?
To me that statement was equivalent to "The sky is blue"
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..... sigh
You was telling me that i have to have root and su to be able to poke around in /data... i said i am rooted with su obviously as im on custom rom...

zolah said:
..... sigh
You was telling me that i have to have root and su to be able to poke around in /data... i said i am rooted with su obviously as im on custom rom...
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Yes, but by default, if u dont run
adb root....ur not running the shell in root mode
Also on most roms if u run :
adb shel
u'll see $......
when u type su
u see #
So to enter # mode u need root but still need to execute either adb root or adb shell n then su.
Hope that clears it.

install android commander and forget about command line for simple listing and coping tasks
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This is what i get ...
Code:
C:\Users\Paul>cd c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb root
adbd cannot run as root in production builds
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb shell
/ $ su
su
ls /data/app
ls /data/app
Permission denied
/ $ ls /data/app
opendir failed, Permission denied
/ $

zolah said:
This is what i get ...
Code:
C:\Users\Paul>cd c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb root
adbd cannot run as root in production builds
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb shell
/ $ su
su
ls /data/app
ls /data/app
Permission denied
/ $ ls /data/app
opendir failed, Permission denied
/ $
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I dont see a # anywhere in there...
Are u accepting the dialog on ur phone when u type su ?
There shud b a popup on ur phone once u do that.

Am I being daft or is root explorer 10 times easier than using adb for this?
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woolf clubs said:
Am I being daft or is root explorer 10 times easier than using adb for this?
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Maybe he's trying to learn how to navigate using adb. Very useful skillset to acquire imho.
But yes for general purpose, a gui is better.

the plot thickens...
Ill fill you guys in from the start in a short story..
Updated to darkyy v9.5 from v9.3
I thought the phone went a bit funny when it loaded the first boot as on the boot animation it vibrated like crazy and the animation started again as it was going to loop but then the phone loaded...
Been using the phone a few days and everything fine and wanted to pull an app from /data/app
All the above stuff happened and it wouldnt let me.
I thought something wasnt right so i took out the battery for a few minutes and put it back in and went into download mode and plugged my phone into computer to see of odin would still recognise it ok...
My windows vista computer started installing device drivers???? ive had this phone 7 months and plugged in about 100,000,000 times lol
Odin recognised my phone so i rebooted and tried again and now it works fine...
Something weird going on there which is concerning me with it installing new drivers...
This is what i get now and used to get before when i used adb...
Code:
C:\Users\Paul>cd c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb shell ls /data/app
FasterFix.apk
Vending.apk
com.adobe.flashplayer-1.apk
com.android.wallpapersetandsave-1.apk
com.darkyrom.darkyconfig-1.apk
com.ebproductions.android.launcher-1.apk
com.google.maps.apk
com.google.youtube.apk
org.projectvoodoo.controlapp-1.apk
circular_battery_indicator.apk
com.androidapps.spareparts.apk
com.haxor-1.apk
com.sgsinfo.apk
com.sgstoolbox.apk
de.Fr4gg0r.SGS.Tools-1.apk
neldar.bln.control.free-1.apk
ymst.android.homeswitcherfroyo-1.apk
com.android.vending-1.apk
com.handcent.nextsms-1.apk
com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup-1.apk
com.pants.sc.lite-1.apk
com.navigon.navigator_select-1.apk
org.adwfreak.launcher-1.apk
com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer-1.apk
com.anddoes.fancywidget.pro-1.apk
adw.creativethemez.gingerbread-1.apk
com.quoord.tapatalkxda.activity-1.apk
c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>
Thank you for all the responses by the way...
Any one have any idea what could have happened?

woolf clubs said:
Am I being daft or is root explorer 10 times easier than using adb for this?
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For what i was doing no because i wanted to just quickly pull an apk, decompile it and edit something and compile it and push it back...
Daneshm90 said:
Maybe he's trying to learn how to navigate using adb. Very useful skillset to acquire imho.
But yes for general purpose, a gui is better.
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I know how to navigate with adb very well. I just couldnt figure out why i was being blocked from entering /data/app...
I even have a video tutorial in my sig that i made showing how to use adb and its commands...
Seems a quick battery pull did the trick although i still now dont know why new drivers where auto installed on reboot to my pc

[Q] How to install a stock application

Hi everyone ! I updated my Zte Blade to CM 7.1 and I realised that this ROM don't has the "Task Manager" application . I extracted the .apk from a stock ROM of Blade, but I cannot install it.
So, how can I install "Task Manager" on my phone ?
Thanks!

same question

stanangel said:
Hi everyone ! I updated my Zte Blade to CM 7.1 and I realised that this ROM don't has the "Task Manager" application . I extracted the .apk from a stock ROM of Blade, but I cannot install it.
So, how can I install "Task Manager" on my phone ?
Thanks!
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Same question

You can push it to your phone with adb.
Code:
adb remount
adb push your.apk /system/app/
adb shell chmod 0644 /system/app/your.apk
adb remount
Sometimes when running 'adb remount' for the secont time (to remount /system back as read-only) it fails for me but doesn't give any error message. So if you want to make sure your /system gets mounted back as a read-only, you can run
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system

This tutorial didn't work for me.I get no message on line "adb shell chmod 0644 /system/app/your.apk", but the rest seems work ok.

It's not supposed to output anything.Did the app work ok?
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I didn't succeed to install the application. This tutorial don't work for me.

stanangel said:
I didn't succeed to install the application. This tutorial don't work for me.
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Was the file copied to your device? It could be the app's not compatible with gingerbread? Anyway, there are lots of task managers in the market, you could try a few and pick you new favourite. You could also try 'adb install your.apk' and see if that works. Other than that, I'm out of ideas.

The file was copied in my device, but nothing happend on reboot.I'm sure that TaskManager works on Gingerbread.I'll try to find another Task Manager.Thank you!

I managed to install it. So i think the problem was because i tried with a TasManager.apk extracted from a 2.1 stock version. Today, i tried with a 2.2 version extracted from 2.2 Swedish Spring (TaskManager.apk).
You can use the tutorial below or try this:
1.Download and install Root Explorer on your phone.
2.Put TaskManager.apk on sd card.
3.Open Root Explorer and navigate to sd-card (where did you put TaskManager.apk).Long-press TaskManager.apk and choose move.
4.Navigate to system/app.
5.Mount R/W.
6.Paste it.
7.Long-press TaskManger and choose Permissions ( Change permissions to match all other apps in this folder (rw-r–r–) - first four checkboxes)
8.Mount R/O.
9.Reboot.
I think that' all...

Rooting my tablet

Apparently I am running OTA 2 or 2.5. I am not really sure which one. I did get some kind of system update from lenovo the other day.
I would like to install ADW Launcher EX, but I guess I need root for that as the market says it is incompatible with my device.
Funnily enough Go Launcher EX showed up as free in the Amazon App Store. I have that now ( not installed, but added to my account in case they make it not free). It will install if I want it to on my non-rooted setup.
So I guess my question how do I root this sucker?
Buil Info:
ThinkPad_Tablet_A310_02_0039_0089_02_US
Kernel: 2.6.36.3
Machine Type: 1838-22U.
Thanks in advance.
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This information is available in another thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23754510
Possible new way to ROOT

Moved To General​
Please do not post questions in the development section​

Anyone have an idea why the stock accuweather widget will work with stock home but not adw launcher?
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Ok I am not rooted thanks to that script.
However it would *NOT* run on my Windows 7 64-bit machine. Kept crapping out during the adb shell commands :
Code:
adb shell "/system/bin/mkdir /data/local/pwn"
adb shell "/system/bin/mkdir /data/local/pwn-bak"
adb shell "/system/bin/cat /system/etc/install-recovery.sh > /data/local/pwn-bak/install-recovery.sh.orig"
adb shell "/system/bin/mkdir /cache/recovery/pwn"
adb push su /cache/recovery/pwn
adb shell "/system/bin/rm /cache/recovery/log"
adb shell "/system/bin/ln -s /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /cache/recovery/log"
adb shell "echo \"/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache\" >> /tmp/recovery.log"
adb shell "echo \"/system/bin/mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache\" >> /tmp/recovery.log"
adb shell "echo \"/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache\" >> /tmp/recovery.log"
adb shell "echo \"/system/bin/mount -oremount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache\" >> /tmp/recovery.log"
adb shell "echo \"/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache\" >> /tmp/recovery.log"
adb shell "echo \"/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache/recovery\" >> /tmp/recovery.log"
adb shell "echo \"/system/bin/chown root /cache/recovery/pwn/su\" >> /tmp/recovery.log"
adb shell "echo \"/system/bin/chmod 4777 /cache/recovery/pwn/su\" >> /tmp/recovery.log"
So I busted out and dusted off my old Thinkpad T43 with Win7 Pro 32-Bit, installed the ADB driver and BAM! Root.
So a few Q's.
I had to manually install busybox. No big deal, but weird.
I installed Clockwork Mod Recovery to the internal flash but it detects my tablet as a transformer prime. Is this ok?
Finally, I am still unable to uninstall the damned social touch app. I've managed to remove almost all the other bloat crap but this app defies me. Suggestions anyone?
Thanks to the great community!

Weirder and weirder.
Clockwork recovery crashes 50% of the time. I am not doing anything special except trying to make a ROM backup.
I would like to flash a clean, rooted, de-bloated image from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536693
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Temetka said:
I installed Clockwork Mod Recovery to the internal flash but it detects my tablet as a transformer prime. Is this ok?
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Have you installed the version from here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21916505&postcount=71
Finally, I am still unable to uninstall the damned social touch app. I've managed to remove almost all the other bloat crap but this app defies me. Suggestions anyone?
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I removed it using Titanium Backup. Had no problems with it.

No, I didn't use that one. I used the one from the market. How do I install the .img file? I didnt see an option when I boot into Lenovo's recovery.
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Temetka said:
No, I didn't use that one. I used the one from the market. How do I install the .img file? I didnt see an option when I boot into Lenovo's recovery.
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Download the right recovery for your TPT 16GB, 32GB or 64GB
You can find the instructions to install it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458212
Code:
adb push ventana_recovery.img /data/local/
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
echo "#!/system/bin/sh" > /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
dd if=/data/local/cwr_recovery_2.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

OK, Temetka,
First- the CWM 'app' you got from the market does nothing (that anyone here is doing). Uninstall and move on.
Second- CWM replaces your stock Lenovo Recovery 'BIOS', so when you boot to recovery mode, you'll see a top hat icon and lots of new options. You won't use Lenovo's anymore.
Third- Get your TPT's appropriate CWM image here(to be installed using ADB commands from your computer) downloaded to your PC
Fourth- follow these instructions (copied from here) to use ADB to install CWM Recovery into the recovery partition, replacing Lenovo's.
open command line and go to folder where the file is saved
Code:
> adb push NameOfCWMFile.img /data/local/
> adb shell
> su
> mount -o rw,remount /system
> echo "#!/system/bin/sh" > /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
> dd if=/data/local/NameOfCWMFile.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Shut down your tablet. Boot into Recovery (vol+, vol+, etc.). Using CWM options, choose reboot (this should clear a possible reboot issue while inside CWM).
Done - now you can...
'Backup' - create a Nandroid on your external SD-Card-- DO THIS FIRST!
'Restore' - install any other TPT nandroids (no-bloat_0089_US for example)
'Install image from SD-Card' - install CM9 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
...and much more

Thank you both. I have rooted and hacked the crap out of my Nook Tablets and Captivate. That being said it has all been done using Odin, SD card booting with CWM on the SD card and so on. I haven't really fiddled around with adb.
Later on this evening I will go ahead and give those instructions a shot. I'll probably just pull the trigger and install CM9 as well just to try it out and maybe help out with posting any bug reports and so on.
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Also the CWM I installed from the market is actually Clockwork Rom Manager.
I also installed Rom Toolbox which has helped me out with removing some of the bloat applications.
I followed that up with Titanium Backup and made a full backup on my spare 16GB card. Once I have CWM installed, I will make a full Nandroid backup of this system as it stands now. I am pretty happy with its performance now that I have been able to debloat it and run sd speed increase.
Since I am asking some questions, got 1 more for ya guys. I have used the V6 supercharger script on my Nooks and they have really given a nice noticeable increase in system performance and UI resposniveness. Has anyone here used it on a TPT, and if so what was the experience like?
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Ota 2.5 and root
Temetka said:
Apparently I am running OTA 2 or 2.5. I am not really sure which one. I did get some kind of system update from lenovo the other day.
I would like to install ADW Launcher EX, but I guess I need root for that as the market says it is incompatible with my device.
Funnily enough Go Launcher EX showed up as free in the Amazon App Store. I have that now ( not installed, but added to my account in case they make it not free). It will install if I want it to on my non-rooted setup.
So I guess my question how do I root this sucker?
Buil Info:
ThinkPad_Tablet_A310_02_0039_0089_02_US
Kernel: 2.6.36.3
Machine Type: 1838-22U.
Thanks in advance.
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