So currently I'm rooted with the WebTop mod.
I'm the kind of person who likes to have directions that are exact and specific. So if somebody could write something up for me, that'd be great.
What I need to do is this:
1. Un-do webtop mod
2. Run script so I can keep root (kinda shakey on this one)
3. Update, I know how to do this
And anything else I might need to get the update and still keep root permissions on my phone.
Thanks alot.
just flash the SBF 1.26
Well thanks, ever though that wasn't exactly detailed.
What exactly would that do? Put me back to factory settings? Because I don't really want to do that, I'm sure there's an easier way.
To undo webtop mod:
If you are currently rooted and, like me, have no idea about adb, then download Root Explorer from the market. No it is not free, yes it is worth it.
Go to sdcard->webtop mod backup
take the .backup or .bak extension off all files leaving them .odex and .apk
Copy these files into the system/app folder.
Reboot.
Webtop mod undone.
As far as I know there is no way to keep root after the mod. Although I have not signed in since last night, so in 24 hours something may have changed.
Thanks alot for that, I'll try it out now, since I have Root Explorer.
And here's the root script: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013931
I just have no idea what to do lol, so if somebody wants to explain it...
Notacop said:
To undo webtop mod:
If you are currently rooted and, like me, have no idea about adb, then download Root Explorer from the market. No it is not free, yes it is worth it.
Go to sdcard->webtop mod backup
take the .backup or .bak extension off all files leaving them .odex and .apk
Copy these files into the system/app folder.
Reboot.
Webtop mod undone.
As far as I know there is no way to keep root after the mod. Although I have not signed in since last night, so in 24 hours something may have changed.
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Hmm. Actually I'm not sure which files to remove. Here's the ones that are in WebTop Mod Backup:
- DockProvider.apk.bak
- DockProvider.odex.bak
- DockService.apk.bak
- DockService.odex.bak
- PortalApp.apk.bak
- PortalApp.odex.bak
Notacop said:
To undo webtop mod:
If you are currently rooted and, like me, have no idea about adb, then download Root Explorer from the market. No it is not free, yes it is worth it.
Go to sdcard->webtop mod backup
take the .backup or .bak extension off all files leaving them .odex and .apk
Copy these files into the system/app folder.
Reboot.
Webtop mod undone.
As far as I know there is no way to keep root after the mod. Although I have not signed in since last night, so in 24 hours something may have changed.
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Bump - unresolved.
Could someone help? I want to do this tonight.
Related
I've been going crazy trying to get DI07 on this thing. Out of a bonehead move of trying to save some space pre-update, I've managed to delete my SprintZone.apk from system/app. Needless to say, my update stalled because it required the apk to be there for everything to go as planned.
I've gone as far as hard resetting the phone just to get the over the air prompt back... and nothing.
I've read threads about how to attain the update manually and have my update.zip in the proper placement for recovery.
I also have my needed sprint apk ready... though even though i have the application installed, it still gives me a discrepancy when i run the update.
I've read that it must be in a very specific directory in order for the process to work. As far as I've read, everything points to system/app.
I've become so frustrated that it's pushed me to root the device and purchase root explorer from the market.... so there's only one thing left to do right? Just copy over the file?
The thing is.. I'm not able to copy anything over because as far as its told me, its a read only directory.
I've fiddled with permissions, but even then, they revert back to normal.
Is there any possible way i can copy my sprintzone.apk over to that directory? Preferably without the need for a computer?
Any kind of input or guidance would be much appreciated.
Thank you for reading.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk
What file browser are you using? Root explorer may work
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
Moved the htclockscreen.apk and the odex files from system/app with Root Explorer to get the stock froyo lockscreen going, but I need to restore the htc lockscreen. Moving them back didn't do anything, they're in the right place, but the system doesn't recognize it. I still have the stock froyo lockscreen. I mounted the system r/w, it just won't run as it should. I've even done a full system restore on my phone, no change there. Any suggestions?
Lesson: ALWAYS NAND BACKUP BEFORE SCREWING WITH SYSTEM!
Solved the issue, make sure you have the right permissions for both the htclockscreen.apk and htclockscreen.odex files, then reboot. Permissions should be rw-r-r. Thanks to g351427 for double checking that for me. I had it on the .apk, but forgot the .odex.
Not sure, but if its an apk, you should be able to find the lockscreen in application management. If so, clear default and see what happens.
The thing is, the lockscreen should be something way more imbedded into the phone than an apk, so your whole post doesn't really make any sense.
Same happened to me when I tried a different Sense Launcher. Something gets broken when you push files back. You would need to flash a ROM again, only catch is there is none. Good luck!
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk
Found a thread in the Hero forums, apparently with the Hero you can flash it as an update. If I post the htclauncher.apk and htclauncher.odex, could someone make a signed zip? I'm at work, can't sign it myself here. I'll try flashing it, see if it works.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/kykrreu5sinncz6/HtcLockScreen.apk
http://www.mediafire.com/file/s283v3r410224hl/HtcLockScreen.odex
Please post questions in general section.
Clockwork will flash unsigned updates...
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
kitsunisan said:
Moved the htclockscreen.apk and the odex files from system/app with Root Explorer to get the stock froyo lockscreen going, but I need to restore the htc lockscreen. Moving them back didn't do anything, they're in the right place, but the system doesn't recognize it. I still have the stock froyo lockscreen. I mounted the system r/w, it just won't run as it should. I've even done a full system restore on my phone, no change there. Any suggestions?
Lesson: ALWAYS NAND BACKUP BEFORE SCREWING WITH SYSTEM!
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I was wondering if you are S-ON or S-OFF, and if you changed the permissions of the apk and odex after moving them back to the app folder.
Rsotbiemrptson
S-off, fully rooted. Ran fix_permissions from recovery, still no change.
Got a favor to anyone with Root Explorer, could you look at HTClockscreen.apk in system/app, long click it and hit permissions? What checkboxes are filled in?
kitsunisan said:
S-off, fully rooted. Ran fix_permissions from recovery, still no change.
Got a favor to anyone with Root Explorer, could you look at HTClockscreen.apk in system/app, long click it and hit permissions? What checkboxes are filled in?
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rw-r--r--
Should be the same as all the other files in the app directory.
That's what I figured. I have both the apk and odex set to that, still nothing. Was planning on exchanging this thing, might be a problem.
****, nevermind, I did forget to change the odex file, I guess. HTC lockscreen is back. I switched the odex and rebooted, it's back up and running. Thanks g351427.
Sorry misunderstood your post.
A while back when I didn't know what I was doing, I downloaded Root Explorer and went into /system/app to delete some At&t bloatware. I was dumb not to rename the extension or 'freeze' them, so now when I update it gets stuck on error AttMusic40.apk (which is one of several At&t apps I removed). So anyways, I need the original Bravo apps so I can move them back over to /system/app, that way the update can complete it's self.
Thanks in advanced
NVM. Found HERE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955075&page=13
That BDX is already on it (thanks)
Sorry for the n00b behavior.
I also did something quite stupid. I changed my boot animation without saving a back up. If someone can give me the original to animation. Or just the sound file that goes with it? I would really appreciate it. thanks
Ok guys here you go. This is from a system dump someone linked me to a while back of 2.1. It looks good and legit so I am posting it up on a server and giving you the ability to grab whatever you need AND see how it supposed to be stock.
enjoy.
http://46.4.232.120/bravo/
(if you find this useful consider buying my donation version of my app
Any chance you could zip the apps, taking forever to download them one at a time
this is where I am stuck, I went and looked at that guys linked dump, but can't find attmusic40.apk or any of the other bloatware apps that I deleted.
I tried the factory reinstall, but it didnt restore the att bloatware I deleted, how can I get a hold of those files?
is there an image of the 2.1, or a work around the file check to install 2.2
edit: nm, I used the 2.2 stock sbf.
Greetings all. The rooting with SalsichaNooter 0.4 went well. One thing I didn't understand, however, was how to replace the Vending.apk on with Nook with the new one supplied.
The relevant link is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351719
Could someone explain how I do this? So far, I have copied the new file to the /media folder. That is as far as I've gotten.
Thanks.
Well, you must replace the Vending.apk in data/app. Use Root Explorer
Root Explorer
Thanks, Platinum_Lotus. I am wondering, though, why, with my paid version of Astro, I can't seem to do what you suggest. I can definitely copy the new Vending; I just can't paste it, overwriting what is already in apps.
Is there some permissions issue that I need to address? Or will RE bypass permissions somehow?
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Thanks, Platinum_Lotus. I am wondering, though, why, with my paid version of Astro, I can't seem to do what you suggest. I can definitely copy the new Vending; I just can't paste it, overwriting what is already in apps.
Is there some permissions issue that I need to address? Or will RE bypass permissions somehow?
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Perhaps install the apk using Astro (if you can) or ES File explorer / ADB. If it says install blocked, you need to open Nook Color Tools and uncheck then check the box.
Well, I have tried. I noticed that the permissions on the app folder looked Linux-like (I *am* a newbie), and eventually figured out how to change permissions (it seems, only temporarily) so that I could copy the new vending.apk to the app folder. Before that, I renamed the old vending app.
So now, I have no access to the Google Marketplace whatsoever. And, the permissions have reverted to read-only. I do not understand.
I wish one of the heavier hitters here could help me out. I'm about ready just to quit.
(Note: I got back into the Nook and just used Linux commands to delete the new Vending & rename the old one to Vending. Now I have the crippled Android Market.)
Background: Really not loving the default New Contact icons and the random colors. Should be easy enough to change. What I tried (and failed miserably...)
MODest ROM 11 (Twiz/stock 6.01-based)
Flashpoint 5 Kernel
Copied SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA.apk from
/system/priv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA/
to my Win7 PC.
Used 7-Zip to unpack the file to a temporary folder.
Found the .qmg files I didn't like.
Found a .qmg that would be a passable replacement for the ones I didn't dig.
Made 11 copies of that image in a working folder.
Renamed each copy to the exact name of each of the 11 files I wanted to replace.
Dragged those 11 files back into the open .apk in 7-Zip
On the Phone, in Root Explorer:
Made a copy of SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA.apk in the same folder:
/system/priv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA/
deleted the original
Copied my mod'd apk back into this folder and set the perms.
Rebooted.
No Phone or Contacts on home screen or in Apps
Tried to 'install' the apk from Root Explorer.
Wouldn't install
Tried to delete cache & Dalvik from TWRP.
No Joy.
Tried to do a partial Nandroid restore of Contacts and sec.phone from Titanium (nothing there called /systempriv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA)
No Joy.
Nandroid restore from TWRP.
Back to normal.
Okay, what did I do wrong, and how can I change the icons?
Should I have used APKTook instead of 7-Zip, created a new signature, etc?
Should my mod'd apk somehow be flashed from recovery rather than copied to a system folder?
Is this some perverted Samsung-ism that would have worked fine on any other phone on the planet?
Thanks for reading.
ForestCat said:
Background: Really not loving the default New Contact icons and the random colors. Should be easy enough to change. What I tried (and failed miserably...)
MODest ROM 11 (Twiz/stock 6.01-based)
Flashpoint 5 Kernel
Copied SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA.apk from
/system/priv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA/
to my Win7 PC.
Used 7-Zip to unpack the file to a temporary folder.
Found the .qmg files I didn't like.
Found a .qmg that would be a passable replacement for the ones I didn't dig.
Made 11 copies of that image in a working folder.
Renamed each copy to the exact name of each of the 11 files I wanted to replace.
Dragged those 11 files back into the open .apk in 7-Zip
On the Phone, in Root Explorer:
Made a copy of SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA.apk in the same folder:
/system/priv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA/
deleted the original
Copied my mod'd apk back into this folder and set the perms.
Rebooted.
No Phone or Contacts on home screen or in Apps
Tried to 'install' the apk from Root Explorer.
Wouldn't install
Tried to delete cache & Dalvik from TWRP.
No Joy.
Tried to do a partial Nandroid restore of Contacts and sec.phone from Titanium (nothing there called /systempriv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA)
No Joy.
Nandroid restore from TWRP.
Back to normal.
Okay, what did I do wrong, and how can I change the icons?
Should I have used APKTook instead of 7-Zip, created a new signature, etc?
Should my mod'd apk somehow be flashed from recovery rather than copied to a system folder?
Is this some perverted Samsung-ism that would have worked fine on any other phone on the planet?
Thanks for reading.
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That apk took me a long time to figure out too. It's one of the apps you I had to modify for multi dpi. The only way I know of is to change the compression when you're putting the app back together and even then it took a couple tries. There's probably a better way but the compression change seems to work well enough.
I don't know if 7-zip has this option, but with winrar you can change the compression to "store". You should know right away whether or not it worked. You'll see the little phone icon in the bottom left of the lock screen. You may still have to do a factory reset to see your changes (probably not though) but the app should work without it.
By the way, you can swap those image files for .png files if you'd like. Just delete the corresponding .qmg or .pio file.
I saw your post in the rom thread about theming TouchWiz. You should check out @supergrobi94's theming threads. He's put together an impressive collection of options for 6.0.1 and 5.1.1 and there's also a [how to] section that uses the vrtheme zip that will modify the res folder of a specific app without having to break it down. I'm not sure how active he is these days but he's always been very helpful with requests and questions in the past if you need it.
Supergrobi94's theming threads:
This one has all the themes
This is the [how to] thread
kevintm78 said:
That apk took me a long time to figure out too. It's one of the apps you I had to modify for multi dpi. The only way I know of is to change the compression when you're putting the app back together and even then it took a couple tries. There's probably a better way but the compression change seems to work well enough.
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Ah, that makes perfect sense. But I'd never have figured it out myself, lol.
I'll dig into those theming threads, thanks.
kevintm78 said:
☆☆Edge Panel for ModestRom v11☆☆
DOWNLOAD-This will change your Contacts app to the S6 version and the IncallUI app to the Note 7 version because the people stripe will not work with the N4 contacts.
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OK, this is from the MODest ROM thread, but I think it's germain here.
SO.....
If I want to 'try out' that Edge Panel, is there a way to revert back to the stock apps in question other than restoring a nandroid backup or re-flashing the ROM?
I ask because I'm thinking that, at least in the case of the Note 4 and its well known memory problems, 'bulk' memory writes like ROMs, nandroid retores, etc., stress the device, so I'm trying not to do it more than I have to.
During my last episode(see above) putting the stock apk back in its original folder didn't work.
Is there a standard procedure for either android generically, or touchwiz specifically, for safely reverting back to the stock system apps after experimenting w/ custom stuff?
EDIT: Just tried something. In Root Explorer, went into:
/system/priv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA/
and simply renamed the .apk to .foo
Rebooted.
No Contacts, as expected, but no Phone either??? Not sure why.
Anyway, back into Root Explorer.
Rename .foo back to .apk
Reboot.
Still no Contacts or Phone, so something bigger at work here.
Before I have to restore Nandroid anyway (unless there's a better way???),
I flashed your EdgePanel.zip in TWRP to see if it would restore the Phone/Contacts apps.
Wiped the cache. Reboot.
Edge Panel is now there, but still no Phone or Contacts. WTF???
Last resort-TWRP- Factory Reset.
Now the Contacts/Phone are back (and all my other stuff is gone, lol)
So is whacking the Data a necessity here?
If so, it makes trying out things related to the phone/contacts a LOT more tedious...
Any workaround???
Thanks again.
ForestCat said:
OK, this is from the MODest ROM thread, but I think it's germain here.
SO.....
If I want to 'try out' that Edge Panel, is there a way to revert back to the stock apps in question other than restoring a nandroid backup or re-flashing the ROM?
I ask because I'm thinking that, at least in the case of the Note 4 and its well known memory problems, 'bulk' memory writes like ROMs, nandroid retores, etc., stress the device, so I'm trying not to do it more than I have to.
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No, it doesn't look like I ever made an easy way to go back. I had thought I did but I'm either overlooking it or it's not there. Feel free to rifle through my androidfilehost folders if you want to double check. All of my stuff is very organized so it could be buried in there somewhere.
If you still need a recovery zip let me know and I'll get one together. I'm actually going to make one anyway but if you need it right away I can get on it. I didn't realize that there wasn't a way back to stock.
ForestCat said:
During my last episode(see above) putting the stock apk back in its original folder didn't work.
Is there a standard procedure for either android generically, or touchwiz specifically, for safely reverting back to the stock system apps after experimenting w/ custom stuff?
EDIT: Just tried something. In Root Explorer, went into:
/system/priv-app/SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA/
and simply renamed the .apk to .foo
Rebooted.
No Contacts, as expected, but no Phone either??? Not sure why.
Anyway, back into Root Explorer.
Rename .foo back to .apk
Reboot.
Still no Contacts or Phone, so something bigger at work here.
Before I have to restore Nandroid anyway (unless there's a better way???),
I flashed your EdgePanel.zip in TWRP to see if it would restore the Phone/Contacts apps.
Wiped the cache. Reboot.
Edge Panel is now there, but still no Phone or Contacts. WTF???
Last resort-TWRP- Factory Reset.
Now the Contacts/Phone are back (and all my other stuff is gone, lol)
So is whacking the Data a necessity here?
If so, it makes trying out things related to the phone/contacts a LOT more tedious...
Any workaround???
Thanks again.
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That is strange that they are not coming back. You may just want to double check your permissions and that there isn't two of the same apps in your folder. At the time of making that Edge zip I was still using other programs to make zips for me and the major downside to that is having to name the new apps the exact same as the old so it would get overwritten so if it doesn't match you'll end up with two active apps in one folder.
Now I think the best way to do that is to use a binary script (osm0sis has great tutorials for this) to change the app getting replaced to a .bak file and then just copy the new app to the system, set perms, and reboot (dalvik cache/ cache needs to be wiped if it's a framework .jar file). But to each their own. If you can get the job done a better way then I would use what you're comfortable with.
My system to test apps isn't much difference than yours. I think the only thing I do differently is change the app to be replaced to .bak instead of .foo although I can't imagine there's much difference. There's been a few apps like the Contacts app that gave me a bunch of trouble when modifying them but I can't remember ever having trouble bringing back the stock app. I wish I had more insight on that situation for you. If push comes to shove I would reflash the rom zip over factory reset only because the factory reset won't correct the system partition problem, if that's what's going on in this case.
kevintm78 said:
If you still need a recovery zip let me know and I'll get one together..
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First, Merry Christmas!
Thanks very much. No rush on that, I'm OK on the Edge version for the minute.
What would be extremely useful if you have some time/curiousity would be to replicate my steps, ie renaming the untouched apk in a fresh MODest flash (i.e. break the contacts/phone function), and then see if you can get the whole thing working again without a factory reset, or if not, why. I see on xda, you & I are not the first ones to be tripping over this contacts.apk issue.
The other thing that would be telling is after successfully installing the Edge.zip, whether you can modify something (like a picture) within the contacts apk within the zip, reflash the zip and have contacts/phone still working with the change active.
I think there just HAS to be abetter way than Factory Resets.
Thanks so much again for the insights. I really want to become at least minimally competent at hacking my own ROMs together so I don't have to feel like such a noob/mooch on here, but I really do appreciate the help.
What are your weapons/platform of choice, or, if there are better tools for noobs learning the ropes, I'm all ears.
EDIT: Just found this. The last post is interesting...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/devs-only/recompile-seccontacts-apk-t3377142/page2
ForestCat said:
First, Merry Christmas!
Thanks very much. No rush on that, I'm OK on the Edge version for the minute.
What would be extremely useful if you have some time/curiousity would be to replicate my steps, ie renaming the untouched apk in a fresh MODest flash (i.e. break the contacts/phone function), and then see if you can get the whole thing working again without a factory reset, or if not, why. I see on xda, you & I are not the first ones to be tripping over this contacts.apk issue.
The other thing that would be telling is after successfully installing the Edge.zip, whether you can modify something (like a picture) within the contacts apk within the zip, reflash the zip and have contacts/phone still working with the change active.
I think there just HAS to be abetter way than Factory Resets.
Thanks so much again for the insights. I really want to become at least minimally competent at hacking my own ROMs together so I don't have to feel like such a noob/mooch on here, but I really do appreciate the help.
What are your weapons/platform of choice, or, if there are better tools for noobs learning the ropes, I'm all ears.
EDIT: Just found this. The last post is interesting...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/devs-only/recompile-seccontacts-apk-t3377142/page2
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I'm not exactly sure what's going on with your contacts app not showing back up. Ever since modestrom v8 (I think) I've been doing the multi dpi on SecContacts_M_OSup_Note_Legacy_USA and every time I would test it doing the same as your way. After a reboot if the modified app was no good, then I would just delete that new app and change the name of the old app back to .apk, reboot and it would work again. I can't remember running in to any problems where I would have to factory reset or reflash the rom to get things working again.
There has been a couple times where I've had to factory reset to get a color change to show up or if you're adding toggles to the QS drop down that also (sometimes) requires a factory reset to show up.
As far as the post you linked, that is exactly how I do it except I use winrar to open the newly compiled app and drag the changes to the original. When I drag the changes over I change the compression method from "normal" to "store". If I don't change the compression the app doesn't work for me. The apps that I've ran into where I had to change the compression are: secContacts, secCamera, secSettings, and framework-res.apk. Any other app that I've worked on can be dragged and dropped without compression changes.
Jar files don't need an original signature though (so long as signature verification has been disabled, which it has in modestrom). They can be decompiled, edited, recompiled, and copied to the system. It does require a dalvik cache/cache wipe though on all framework files except for the framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk
If you get a chance, you should start using apktool to decompile/recompile. It will make things easier for you in the long run and most of the time if you've made any mistakes in your edits apktool will catch it. If you're not familiar with apktool you can try using Tickle My Android or Advanced Apktool. You may also want to get Apktool by itself. I use all three of them. Android can be fickle and sometimes what works with one app won't work with another. What's nice about TMA and Advanced Apktool is that they'll do the drag and drop method for you, but when the compression needs to be changed that's when I use apktool by itself.
Sorry for the word vomit. Hopefully, this all makes sense.