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Help! My Locations app has disappeared!

Hi guys,
I just recently bought a HTC Desire HD and have been enjoying it very much.... I have rooted and S-off, but have yet to install recovery clockwork ....
That aside, yesterday I started moving some stock app files to a folder on the sd card (so I can remove it from my phone, plus back it up just in case) with root explorer (r/w mounted), I didn't move the HtcLocationService.apk. All went ok...
But just this morning I noticed my locations icon on my phone's interface has turned into the green android image...meaning the program is gone! It cannot be found in my programs at all.
I have tried to do the "reinstall locations" in the settings, but it says "unable to find an activity to handle this action", and I've tried to go straight to the HtcLocationService.apk to install it (not even sure if it is the right application) and it says "application not installed".
I am really stumped, and would like Locations back on my DHD!!
Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks in advance

What stock apps did you uninstall? Some apps are bound to eachother. Locations is probably bound to navigation or footprints or maybe another app. So if you uninstalled that, that could be the cause.
If it's really gone, then probably the only way to reinstall it is installing the stock ROM again (or a custom one). You probably can't install it again because locations needs some other stock app (if my hypothesis are right).

I took out stuff like friendstream, Plurk, Twitter, FieldTest, Flickr, HTC_IME, EasyCard, Laputa, KKBOX, plus phone provider apps (since I'm with TaiwanMobile, myfone) so TWM_City/Market/Movie/Music etc....
I've since moved the files back into system>apps, but it hasn't changed anything....is there any possibility I could get Locations back???

I can't think of an idea to reinstall Locations that easy. You can just install the official ROM again. You don't even have to be rooted then.
Have a look at this thread. If you deleted .apk files of the 2 lowest lists, then you could try to reinstall them first. Otherwise I don't know. maybe someone else.
I would have reinstalled the official ROM again. Just to make sure everything works correctly again. (and then start over removing apps :') ).
But maybe someone else knows a better solution

Thanks for you quick reply!
Can you point me to a thread that would explain the process of installing an official rom (where i would download the rom, etc)? Plus is there a way I can back up all my games, apps and settings, so I don't have to reinstall every app and game again?
would a Factory reset help? Sorry for all the questions, but I'm hoping I get this resolved

First of all: I found this thead for installing system .apk's. Maybe that can help. But it seems pretty comlicated .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701
A factory reset should restore everything, (ofcourse I was tthinking to complicated :') ).
All apps you installed from the market will be reinstalled if you login with you google account again. It can take a while. It also remembers wich apps you bought. It won't however save any data (like saves for games).
For other apps (and all apps if you want to backup the data), you could download titanium backup (also available in the market). Keep in mind though that for restoring any backups made with this app, you need root acces again.
The facotry reset will remove your personal data. Only your sdcard and simcard will keep their info.
I hope all is clear what I told . So no ROM download needed. :')
Let us know if it has worked

Hey again,
I just factory reset my phone, using settings. Locations has not been restored , also some gadgets was not working (may be the widgets I have removed before). The front page weather animation is gone! Only the time left...(how would I get that back?)
Any other suggestions will be appreciated!

go to locations in settings... u will find a tab "reinstall locaton" make sure u r on wifi...and it will install it back...it happnd with me and got it back instantly

[Q] Market Problem

Hello,
i found nothing about, therefore i will ask it.
I made a couple of CWF flashes and downgrades, and as i was on a Raidroid only temporarily for Radio S-OFF & Super CID the market logged my phone and overwrited me all my app settings with the standard ones (facebook, google, adobe - 5 or 6 apps before there were 20 or more). All my other downloads are not listed in the market website anymore.
The apps & settings i became back with Titanium Backup Pro also the Market Links. When i go on my android into the market and my apps, are all there and i can update it. But if i install a new ROM it will not download it automatically new from the market. Short question: Is there a way to force Google to actualize my downloade apps as it has done where i was on Raidroid ?
Thanks!
Stefan
Sorry for my english is complicated and i am german

How to remove Huawei stock apps - a very short guide

My U8800 has a ton of junk that I don't want.
They are located in these places:
/system/app/
/cust/unicom/cn/app/
Use root explorer, find the ones you don't want, rename them to "name.apk.bak" and your done.
Be careful in the system/app/ folder, it has important system files.
Also, I found this on hiapk:
我知~~~root了后,联通的垃圾软件在 /cust/unicom/cn/app 里面~~~~好似有2个app不能删~~~
ChinaUnicomCustomize.apk和GPMS.apk不能删.....今日早上就是把ChinaUnicom的那个删了....然后不停重启....
囧.....
If I understand it correctly, deleting the ChinaUnicomCustomize.apk and GPMS.apk, will cause problems. If someone can translate better, that would be great. BaiduSearch.apk also should not be deleted. It caused problems for me.
/cust/unicom/cn/app/ can also be accessed via download mode
Any questions, just ask. If you know of other places that have bloatware, let me know.
I suggest you uninstall a few, backup, uninstall, backup...repeat.
You never know what may be important!!!!

typci said:
My U8800 has a ton of junk that I don't want.
They are located in these places:
/system/app/
/cust/unicom/cn/app/
Use root explorer, find the ones you don't want, rename them to "name.apk.bak" and your done.
Be careful in the system/app/ folder, it has important system files.
Also, I found this on hiapk:
我知~~~root了后,联通的垃圾软件在 /cust/unicom/cn/app 里面~~~~好似有2个app不能删~~~
ChinaUnicomCustomize.apk和GPMS.apk不能删.....今日早上就是把ChinaUnicom的那个删了....然后不停重启....
囧.....
If I understand it correctly, deleting the ChinaUnicomCustomize.apk and GPMS.apk, will cause problems. If someone can translate better, that would be great. BaiduSearch.apk also should not be deleted. It caused problems for me.
/cust/unicom/cn/app/ can also be accessed via download mode
Any questions, just ask. If you know of other places that have bloatware, let me know.
I suggest you uninstall a few, backup, uninstall, backup...repeat.
You never know what may be important!!!!
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You translate it correctly, but I recommend you get a overseas ROM (like B136), it is much cleaner.

Is there a custom B136 version?
Also, I use China Unicom, so 160 comes pre-configured with APNs, which is convenient.
Is the custom B158 version any good?

I believe you understand Chinese (but not 100% with the Cantonese above). I'm not in mainland China so I never tried Unicom ROM's. And the best China Unicom ROM around seems to be B160. You'd better take a look at those Chinese forums. They're playing with B137 these days.

Yeah, I've been looking at the Chinese forums. Unfortunately, most of the roms don't have google apps installed, which makes them worthless to me. Also, for some reason I could get Plants Vs Zombies to work on some of them.
The best I have found so far is the B136, with all stock apps removed, repartitioned, swap file, rooted and overclocked. It runs perfectly, and handles large games (like Plants Vs Zombies) perfectly.
I do plan to try the B137 and MyCatELB160V3, which if I read correctly has a patch to install goggle apps.
I did figure this out. Before you install a rom, delete all the apps in /cust/unicom/cn/app. Then you will have none of the stock apps. If you do it after the install, it may cause problems.

Good to know that. I never installed any cust apps for China Unicom. Actually I'm using Genokolar's B137 V7 ROM with google apps installed with his instructions. Also with his data repartition patch. It works great. That V7 ROM contains phone, contact and messaging apps from China Unicom, which I replaced with the official B137 apps.

HELP ME
i have 2.3.5 (B512) u8800+
i cant delete apps from and i cant mount as r/w
/cust/unicom/cn/app/
/data/cust/app/
i want to delete swype.apk so i can install beta
swype.apk is in /cust/unicom/cn/app/ , /data/cust/app/ but not in /system/app/
can anyone help me ?

Thanks D

simplistian said:
You translate it correctly, but I recommend you get a overseas ROM (like B136), it is much cleaner.
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although I'm on a different device, deleting either BaiduSearch.apk or ChinaUnicomCustomize.apk causes no problems at all. and I can flash a google service framework from the ones for CyanogenMod. It works fine, except for a few native Chinese apps ( such as Sogou Input Method, unfortunately )

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373146

firewall of droidwall and market app problame

Hallo, first let me say sorry for my bad english. I am writing from Italy, i have a problame with droidwall. I read the topic about the netfilter, but i didn't understand nothing, i am a new androidian. I need a simple guide for this, i really need to use droidwall. Help me.
Second, i have a problame with the market app, the icon is disapperared. Yesterday I installed gingerDx v17, then i upgraded to v18 without a factory reset. After i have decided to downgrade to the v17, this time i have made a factory reset, and then i lost the market app. I tried to install the latest version of the market using astro, and i noticed that the app is already installed, and astro showd me 3 options: uninstall/update/launch. I can't uninstall, i can't update, also i can't launch (if i press launch astro shows this, function not found com.android.vending). What to do now? I have tried with a factory reset, but nothing....
I have a backup of my original rom...

For second:
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thanks second problame is solved
could i freeze google apps to save battery? i used antek app manager to freeze dspmanger, could i do the same for other apps in gingerDX?

[Q] Android market keeps reverting to phone version

I recently updated my Iconia a500 to the lastest update(unrooted). Since then the honeycomb market first appears when i open it, however if I try to install an app it stays at waiting to install...if I go to my apps from the app it opens it in the pre honeycomb version which is presumably the phone version. After that the honeycomb version is nowhere to be found untill I reinstall it. What might be the solution to this?
Thanks in advance for your help guys.

Has your tablet always been stock and unrooted..
Did you install the new market on the tablet before acer updated your tablet to the new market.if So where did you d/load it from.. There is a market .apk on the internet that has something wrong with it that causes this.. It installs on your tablet. Not replacing the original Market app. This was asked alot back when the new market first came out.
you can go to where the aps are system/apps and see if there is more then one market app. delete them both .
i went into settings then privacy .untick the backup account and automatic restore data this stops google from restoring data files for both market apps .then find a Legit verson of the android market apk..
Do a search on google for this issue to get step by step instructions. I am writing this out of my memory and it could be a bit off.
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Thanks for your reply, my tablet has always been stock and unrooted, and for as long as I can remember has had the honeycomb market interface. Under manage applications there are two instances of the android market, the honeycomb one which can be uninstalled (uninstalls itself when I open the older version also) and the older version which doesn't have the option to be removed only remove updates.

im guessing the one that you can remove is a app that you installed..
I suggest you backup your files. to sd card..
Go to
settings
Privacy ..
and at the bottom you will see factory reset.. this will reset the tablet to total stock and remove the apps that did not come factory installed..
this should fix this issue.. for some reason a update did not remove the old market app or you installed it not knowing or forgot you did so...

Thanks for your help was hoping there was some other solution....I'm considering rooting it and installing a custom rom like what i did with my HTC sensation... once again thanks!!!

unfortunatley this need ROOT privilages.
Download "Market 3.4.4.apk" install with any File explorer app.
It's tuff to make the Market find outdated apps sometimes!
Doubtful : maybe there is a way to have a "market 3.4.4" made into a .zip file, rename to "update.zip" and boot into your stock recovery and it will add in ROM.