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change file name?

hey guys,
i downloaded the new cyanogen v3.5.3 off the browser on my phone and tried to change the file name to update.zip. but when i try flash it in recovery, it's listed as /sdcard/update.zip even though i only saved as update.zip. is it not possible to download the update from your phone? or is there a terminal move command that i could do?
thanks

How can I extract contacts from Android files ?

If I saved all my Android files on my computer from a previous build, can I somehow get the contacts out of them files ? perhaps there's a file that contains all contacts ?

log into your gmail and extract them that way

That's the weird part, for some reason the number I'm looking for wasn't logged by Gmail, and that's why with the current build I didn't have his number imported as the rest.

The contacts are stored in a SQLite3 database file so the file format is ".db"
The development tool Android Debug Bridge (ADB) can be used to extract the file from an EMULATOR
ADB can also extract the file from a phone but it must be rooted first AND the ADB drivers must be installed on your machibe as well
(Rooting is NOT for beginners though)
The contacts.db file is stored in the protected system memory, the file path is:
data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db

itsme_4ucz said:
The contacts are stored in a SQLite3 database file so the file format is ".db"
The development tool Android Debug Bridge (ADB) can be used to extract the file from an EMULATOR
ADB can also extract the file from a phone but it must be rooted first AND the ADB drivers must be installed on your machibe as well
(Rooting is NOT for beginners though)
The contacts.db file is stored in the protected system memory, the file path is:
data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db
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If I understood correctly this file should be in the SD card, but I cannot find one, nor the directory /com.android.providers.contacts/ .

Your phone doesnt think its on the sdcard. It thinks its on the phone itself.
For my adb uses I use a program called android commander. It will allow you to navigate to that file.

Try using root explorer app, it will get you there...

My issue is not with the contacts on my working phone system, but on the files I copied before I've change to a new build. I thought there may be a chance it's on one of those files, but it sound much complicated then that.

If you don't want to try itsme_4ucz's solution, why not copy the files back to your phone and sync again with Gmail?

Because for some reason the build didn't load, that was the reason why I switched builds in the first place.
I don't want to root my phone for that, I'm pretty noob

I could be wrong, but...
Wouldn't that file be in the data.img file system image? If so, you can mount that file in Linux, or most likely Windows, then browse to the location mentioned above.
That'll at least get you there, but you still have to get the data out. Perhaps copy that one to the phone's current file system. If not, I'm sure someone will come up with something if the above posts don't work.

[Q] Modifying Stock Keyboard

Hey all,
I was wondering whats the process to modify the stock multi-touch keyboard for the Droid 2? I was able to do it with the multi-touch keyboard that Punk.Kaos ported to the Eris, using some Windows batch files for extracting the apk source, compiling, signing, etc. I just can't remember for the life of me what that little program was called. Any ideas?
Thanks!

it would be nice since the space bar is soooo small i keep pressing . instead of space 70% of the times

Alright, I was able to get the program I was thinking of, it is called APK Manager. But the keyboard is a odex file... Which I don't know how to extract the XML files from... Yet.

I'd de-odex before you try to extract. It will be a lot easier. There's the method I used here.

What exactly is de-odex'ing? How will it affect my phone?

Deodexing just means that all of the stray .odex files will be put back into the correct .apk files this is done mostly for theme purposes in order to edit the services.jar file which has to be de-odexed before it can be edited. It won't corrupt anything if you do it right nothing should change on the outside the phone devs leave the .odex files out for loading reasons but nothing significant should change but you might experience a slightly slower boot up process but like I said nothing significant. Most ROM's now are de-odexed though.

So I deodexed my phone so I could work on the LatinIME.apk package. Using the APK-Manager for Linux, I was able to (0) pull the APK from my phone. Then I (9) decompiled the APK, edited the XML files as I wanted.
Now, from here I'm not entirely sure which direction to take. I tried running (13) Compile APK / Sign APK / Install APK, but I got an error saying something on how the signatures didn't match up. Then I tried running (3) ZIP APK (5) Zipalign APK then (8) ADB push, but now I don't even have the keyboard on my phone anymore.
How can I go about doing the correct way to compile my modified code and install it on my phone?
Here are the options I can do, if you're not familiar with APK Manager:
Code:
------------------Simple Tasks Such As Image Editing----------------------
0 Adb pull
1 Extract apk
2 Optimize images inside (Only if "Extract Apk" was selected)
3 Zip apk
4 Sign apk (Dont do this if its a system apk)
5 Zipalign apk (Do once apk is created/signed)
6 Install apk (Dont do this if system apk, do adb push)
7 Zip / Sign / Install apk (All in one step)
8 Adb push (Only for system apk)
-----------------Advanced Tasks Such As Code Editing-----------------------
9 Decompile apk
10 Compile apk
11 Sign apk
12 Install apk
13 Compile apk / Sign apk / Install apk (All in one step)
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14 Batch Optimize Apk (inside place-apk-here-to-batch-optimize only)
15 Sign an apk (inside place-apk-here-for-signing folder only)
16 Batch optimize ogg files (inside place-ogg-here only)
17 Quit
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Anyone? I would love to get my stock keyboard back!
Sent from my DROID2 using XDA App

[Q] How to install SMSBackup?

I found this SMSBackup app in the forum but don't how this can be deploy to my Samsung Focus 1.3 as the files extracted are not .xap. Please help, thanks

What's ROM you used on your phone? Make sure your phone was unlocked!
If you used DFT or Mi7 ROM, you can install direct this app by IE (send app over email or upload it to dropbox etc...)

I'm using Interop unlocked Samsung Focus v1.3 currently updated to 7740. I have WP7 Root Tools installed as well. When I unzipped the smsbackup files in my pc, there are folders and files, but I didn't how should I put them onto my phone. thanks

SMSBackup will be installed as the same as WP&RootTools which you had installed. Make sure that you have had the SMSBackup.Xap file and don't unzip this file!
In oder to install .xap file, you can use:
- Tom XAP Installer (see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860964)
- Application Deployment (must install window phone sdk)

Thanks for your advice. But when I save the file from the link below, the file is with a zip extension. Shall I change the extension to xap and then deploy? thanks again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21458382&postcount=1

I have seen this link is SMSBackup V0.6-en.xap file. Please download this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=906966&d=1329531637

Thanks so much. I finally changed the extension of the downloaded file from zip to xap and it works, though don't know why the extension is zip in the first place. Thanks again.

same problem
Ya, im having the exam same problem. Everytime i download the .xap files from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448197 they are recognized as .zip. Then my deployer obviously wont work. Could you please repost the patch you had up. Its a deadlink now thanks

[APP][MOD][ICS] Download and save .zip attachment from ICS stock Email client

I've seen a few postings from people nagging about not able to save .zip attachment from the ICS stock email client app. I've patched the attached Email.apk to allow download and save zip files. FYI: The Email client is version 4.1 and is taken from the AOKP M6 build.
What you need and how to apply:
1. You need root access on your phone
2. Make a backup of your original Email client.
3. Download and apply the attached zip file with CWM Recovery
Note: Since this is a security modification, use it on your own risk.

It works. Thank you!

bulldog64 said:
I've seen a few postings from people nagging about not able to save .zip attachment from the ICS stock email client app. I've patched the attached Email.apk to allow download and save zip files. FYI: The Email client is version 4.1 and is taken from the AOKP M6 build.
What you need and how to apply:
1. You need root access on your phone
2. Make a backup of your original Email client.
3. Download and apply the attached zip file with CWM Recovery
Note: Since this is a security modification, use it on your own risk.
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Hi mate, can you mod attached mail apk (it's from HTC sensation ICS 4.0.4) to work on TMO galaxy S3.
I tried yours but it doesn't sync properly on GS3. Thanks