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Root Manager Deleted Market.apk!

Alright, so I have a rooted Vibrant on stock ROM. I used Root Manager to delete the bloatware on the phone. Worked great. However, when I used the delete data function, it took out all my apps including market.apk! So I can't get Rom Manager from Kousch to run a Naidroid restore, and I can't get the phone to sync up with Odin in download mode. Is there an update packet I can use to install the stock (with root) ROM with the install packages function in recovery mode? Maybe Eugene373's ROM? Thanks for any ideas.

I pulled the vending.apk out of Eugenes stock Vibrant rom. Copy and paste the .apk back to /system/app.

There's a Vibrant dump floating around the development section. Just get all the missing APK/ODEXs you want back out of it and copy them to /system/app.

Update: Turns out I got impatient and tried the Odin method to flash my ROM. That was a BIG mistake, put my phone into a brick cycle where I could not get phone into recovery or finish an Odin flash. I took it back to a local T-Mobile store and a friend hooked me up with a swap out. I have the new phone rooted and running ClockWork Mod. Will probably not try the Odin route again. Way too risky. Mods can close this thread or keep it up as a warning for novice android fans. Thanks for the dump and spare apk. This will be helpful in the future.

Great job
ultra spikey said:
I pulled the vending.apk out of Eugenes stock Vibrant rom. Copy and paste the .apk back to /system/app.
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I found another vending.apk, but I guess they are different because I wasnt able to find some apps with that market on my SGS Vibrant. After I used his .apk, problem solved.
MAKE SURE YOU USE THE RIGHT VENDING.APK (MARKET).

How to find the system/app folder on vibrant, and how to paste? Please,, I'm a noob

ashvincj said:
How to find the system/app folder on vibrant, and how to paste? Please,, I'm a noob
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You need super manager, root explorer or astro file manager ...along those lines to see the folders
Sent from my Bionix V powered Vibrant

Thanks but how do I copy the vending.apk to the system/app folder?

ashvincj said:
Thanks but how do I copy the vending.apk to the system/app folder?
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use root explorer (paid)
or
Astro File Manager (free)
put the .apk in sd card first though
then copy it over.
@guy who said ODIN is way to risky..
BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

ya I downloaded the apk file but when I tried to paste it says thet is a error in parsing the file,, wat to do?

Market force close
i Have An Optimus T? And i Z4rooted No Custom Rom And My Market iS Gone iDownload a market 2.2.6 apk and installed it but it force closes!!!
-im still rooted
-cant boot into recovery
-dosnt update any of my apps

Theinsinity said:
i Have An Optimus T? And i Z4rooted No Custom Rom And My Market iS Gone iDownload a market 2.2.6 apk and installed it but it force closes!!!
-im still rooted
-cant boot into recovery
-dosnt update any of my apps
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Cool .

[Q] Does Rom Manager do me any good?

I installed unrevoked 3 to root my phone and then downloaded Rom Manager. Rom Manager wants to install ClockworkMod Recovery, but it already got installed with unrevoked. Should I let it reinstall it? Is there any reason for me to use Rom Manager on my phone if I have unrevoked 3 rooting?

Unrevoked 3 gives you clockworkmod so you can flash a new ROM. After flashing a Rom, clockwork goes away. ROM Manager gives you access to clockwork at all times. Also, you can download and flash CM6 from it. I shouldn't even have to mention the fact that it keeps track of all your nandoid back-ups. So really, how many times will you be changing ROMs, and how many back-ups will you have? If you flash ROMs alot, keep ROM Manager. Otherwise, you might not need it.
Hope it helps ~ Pete

PiratePetey said:
Unrevoked 3 gives you clockworkmod so you can flash a new ROM. After flashing a Rom, clockwork goes away. ROM Manager gives you access to clockwork at all times. Also, you can download and flash CM6 from it. I shouldn't even have to mention the fact that it keeps track of all your nandoid back-ups. So really, how many times will you be changing ROMs, and how many back-ups will you have? If you flash ROMs alot, keep ROM Manager. Otherwise, you might not need it.
Hope it helps ~ Pete
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Clockwork does not "go away" after flashing with Unrevoked once you've flashed a ROM. It replaces stock recovery.

Yea, I actually agree because I just used Clockworkmod to flash CM6 without using RomManager at all. I even made my backup with Clockworkmod - not RomManager. I fail to see why I need RomManager at all and again I'm looking for advice as to what it does that I can't do with clockworkmod directly (backup, flash rom, unmount, etc.)

Does ROM Manager Do Me Any Good?
echodun said:
I installed unrevoked 3 to root my phone and then downloaded Rom Manager. Rom Manager wants to install ClockworkMod Recovery, but it already got installed with unrevoked. Should I let it reinstall it? Is there any reason for me to use Rom Manager on my phone if I have unrevoked 3 rooting?
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This reflects my opinion only:
I installed ROM manager, and yes it does have some pretty cool features that can be run from a single screen. Like you, I noticed that it immediately wanted to install clockwork Mod, the exact same version I was already running. I noticed after installing it that it also self installed multiple files and folders. My concern is purely from a security perspective. The icon for the app itself speaks volumes to me! After uninstalling it, I noticed that several files and a folder with an app called download.apk remained on the phone. Along with several other files and folders in the clockwork folder.
Personally, I would be very reluctant to make any credit card purchases or do any smartphone banking after installing this app. I re-rooted and re-flashed my ROM, including re-formatting the SD partition and extended partition, all cache, and wiped the phone to make sure I eliminated every element of ROM manager.
I have found that I can do almost everything through ClockworkMod, but I have to manually download anything I want to flash first.
Again, this reflects my opinion and preferences.

echodun said:
Yea, I actually agree because I just used Clockworkmod to flash CM6 without using RomManager at all. I even made my backup with Clockworkmod - not RomManager. I fail to see why I need RomManager at all and again I'm looking for advice as to what it does that I can't do with clockworkmod directly (backup, flash rom, unmount, etc.)
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Theres nothing you can do with rom manager that you can't do manually with clockwork or terminal emulator. Clockwork just makes doing those things more convenient. I always flash roms and do nandroids via clockwork and I don't use the other features enough to make rom manager useful for me.

I only use ROM Manager for the fix permissions option.

i also think you can rename your backups with ROM Manager, but i still dont use it.
How would we do this otherwise? If i remember correctly, its not as simple as renaming the folder

It doesn't even give me the option to uninstall from the GUI. Did you have to remove it via command line or is there a better way?

Typing fix_permissions into terminal emulator will rum fix permissions.
dexmix said:
i also think you can rename your backups with ROM Manager, but i still dont use it.
How would we do this otherwise? If i remember correctly, its not as simple as renaming the folder
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You can mount your sd card as storage and rename then with your computer. You can also do it via astro or some other file manager on your phone.
Jimmeh83 said:
It doesn't even give me the option to uninstall from the GUI. Did you have to remove it via command line or is there a better way?
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What I do is delete the apps I don't want before I install the rom. Just unzip it, go into the apps folder and delete the apps you don't want and then rezip it all. You can do this on your computer our with astro. Otherwise you have to use cmd prompts.

What I do is delete the apps I don't want before I install the rom. Just unzip it, go into the apps folder and delete the apps you don't want and then rezip it all. You can do this on your computer our with astro. Otherwise you have to use cmd prompts.
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Righto, thanks.

CallMeAria said:
What I do is delete the apps I don't want before I install the rom. Just unzip it, go into the apps folder and delete the apps you don't want and then rezip it all. You can do this on your computer our with astro. Otherwise you have to use cmd prompts.
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Nice! If I'd have known it was that easy, I would have been doing that all along. So will this work both ways, could I just as easily add an APK that I wanted?

armyengineer51 said:
Nice! If I'd have known it was that easy, I would have been doing that all along. So will this work both ways, could I just as easily add an APK that I wanted?
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Yep you just paste the .apk's into the /system/app folder before you re-zip the rom. I have a couple apps that I add before I install a rom.

CallMeAria said:
Yep you just paste the .apk's into the /system/app folder before you re-zip the rom. I have a couple apps that I add before I install a rom.
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Fan-freakin-tastic, thanks for that little tidbit!

[THEME] B137 Simple Grey Theme

Just to share my simple grey theme with you guys
To install (DO IT IN YOUR OWN RISK):
1. Download the zip file.
2. Install the zip file with Clockwork Recovery.
or
1. Download the zip file.
2. Extract the framework-res.apk to /system of the device.
3. Modify the permission to 644 (rw-r--r-- in Root Explorer).
4. Move the file to /system/framework/.
* Added V2 version, only small color changes implemented, see screenshot_16.
* Added V2_bat version with stock battery, see screenshot_17.

It looks great ill give it a try
Thank you.
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This looks and works very nice. Thanks

Do You happen to have same theme in black? One that works with 137 FLB ROM or on Void? levibukos Minimalistic theme looks great, but clock doesn't show, as you mentioned in his thread. Would greatly apprichiate it.
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Looks great, I'll try.
cm7 biiiiitch

Was this theme meant to work on Stock Roms, installed via Clockwork Recovery?
I've tried both B160 and B138, both crash on startup... Everything force closes, messaging, market, ril, everything...

katu2006 said:
Was this theme meant to work on Stock Roms, installed via Clockwork Recovery?
I've tried both B160 and B138, both crash on startup... Everything force closes, messaging, market, ril, everything...
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I tested it with stock B138SP04 (Esthonia) and it worked. Are you trying with the same ROM? Have you tried with the second installation method?

I haven't tried the second method...as the Rom became unusable, I had to reinstall. I've tried with B162 as well, no joy. Does it have to be rooted?

[Q] Liberty 3 V2.0 Themes

I see that it says in the developer threads that you can go in recovery and apply zip LIbertyxthemex.zip, but I can not find the zip. I have the paid toolbox.
Do I have to download the zip. I see other themes but not that zip. Thanks

If I'm correct, I think you need to have the paid version of the "customizer" app. Not the toolbox. The free customizer app comes pre loaded on the ROM but if you want to apply Liberty themes, you need the donate version which is on the Market. Again, dont hold me to it, but that is what I did in order to theme it.

missing market on mikes rom

Just flashed mikes ics and i dont have any of the gapps icons in the menu
any help?

Re: APPS
Download this:
http://cmw.22aaf3.com/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
Put it in root of your sd card,go to recovery and go to flash or install update.zip
choose that zip file and then reboot, and that is it.
If that doesn't work then unzip that file on pc and go to system/app copy all or just apk's you want to sd card and use astro file manager to install it....
Say thanks if works....

aaa801 said:
Just flashed mikes ics and i dont have any of the gapps icons in the menu
any help?
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have you tried creating or signing accounts in account and sync settings.once you successfully log in. the app market icon will just appear. i had experience also like what you said.