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Lost market apk

I don't have ES or Astro either, so when I do get the apk I won't be able to browse and install it. Any tips?

If you have an update.zip try to unzip it and taking out vending.apk (or something) that's what I did at least.
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You can always install through adb if you have the Vending.apk. Just put the .apk into the tools directory of your SDK and type:
Code:
adb install Vending.apk
(Never tried this, but it should work??)

"adb install Vending.apk" will put the Market into /data/app, it's preferred to have it in /system/app.
So all you have to do is:
Code:
adb remount
adb push Vending.apk /system/app

gu1dry said:
"adb install Vending.apk" will put the Market into /data/app, it's preferred to have it in /system/app.
So all you have to do is:
Code:
adb remount
adb push Vending.apk /system/app
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Is the remount necessary? I've never quite understood what that does. I know it is required to successfully push files, but I've installed just fine without remount.
Also, thanks for the tip on how to install to other directories. I didn't know this was possible, but it makes sense

adb remount, makes /system writable.

Hi there,
I've the same problem, accidently deleted my market.
I've root and everything, though a very minor understanding about the adb.
Could some of you helpful guys give me some step by step instructions, please?

[Q] RESTORING Stock Apps

So I deleted a few apps and am curious as to how I go about restoring them to the phone if I say, deleted them by accident. I made a backup of all of the apps on my pc in the SDK Tools subdirectory so they are all there. Also, will installing an .odex file be the same as an .apk file? Do I need to restore the .odex files or will they automatically be rebuilt?

How did you perform this backup? With adb? Then it will be easy to put the apps back. You should just be able to use adb with the install command. Just type in adb at the command prompt and read the help instructons for install. Not sure if the install command takes care of the .odex files. You could try it and then copy them over manually if they dont get copied. I am sure once you boot the phone the default .odex will be built, just a quess on that though.

anika200 said:
How did you perform this backup? With adb? Then it will be easy to put the apps back. You should just be able to use adb with the install command. Just type in adb at the command prompt and read the help instructons for install. Not sure if the install command takes care of the .odex files. You could try it and then copy them over manually if they dont get copied. I am sure once you boot the phone the default .odex will be built, just a quess on that though.
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I would think that pushing the files back to the original location from recovery would be the safest bet. ADB install will install it to /data and I would think that the apps being system apps originally then they don't have the signatures anyway to allow an ADB install.

I think you're right
I believe I originally used ADB to put them in Android SDK Tools/Desktop/~ folder. When I tried installing them back I don't believe it worked. I specifically remember receiving an error when trying to install the .odex file about a database issue. Assuming it's a system file I'm trying to restore, does someone have the syntax for the push command or how I go about doing that?

If you have the .apk and .odex files on your computer, or really backed up anywhere, you can install them a few ways:
ADB Method
#Prerequisites:
Make sure you have the APK files in AndroidSDK/tools.
1. Connect the phone to your computer
2. Launch a command prompt and enter the following commands:
cd C:\AndroidSDK\tools
Replace "C:\AndroidSDK\tools" with the path to the tools folder in your SDK installation.
adb install filename.apk
Replace "filename.apk" with the name of the file you're trying to install.
Actually, **** it, the ADB method works anyway, why list a bunch lol
No wait, these are original files so you should probably put them back in their original location.
Just use "adb push filename.apk /system/app", replacing filename.apk with your filename, of course..

Push it
Okay, thanks for the tips. So I guess when you have files in the system/app directory on the phone it knows automatically to look there for program installs. This is good to know.

[Q] i want swype back please!!!!

Just did everything to my g2 at once today, and lost one of my fav features; swype...i have cyanogenmod-6.1.0-RC3-vision... i went and downloaded the stock rom and pulled the apk file from it and when i installed it, it kept force closing. i even tried pushing it via abd but kept getting errors.. can someone please help

You need to grab libSwypeCore.so from /system/lib and push it to same directory on new ROM.
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Just download the apk provided by oldsk00lz to recover swype from your clockwork backup. It worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841603

what are the commands? i have a stock rom downloaded and have the swpe file s sitting on my desktop ready to go..i have the swype.apk and libswypecore.so...i tried transferring them to the app file on the root of my phone and system/lib via astro manager but it wont let me

what page is it on?

Tman0604 said:
what are the commands? i have a stock rom downloaded and have the swpe file s sitting on my desktop ready to go..i have the swype.apk and libswypecore.so...i tried transferring them to the app file on the root of my phone and system/lib via astro manager but it wont let me
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the first line of code changes your system to READ/WRITE I use root explorer to change it back to READ-ONLY or just reboot.
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
adb push libSwypeCore.so /system/lib
adb install Swype.apk
for the code I wrote to work for you the files need to be in the same folder that the adb.exe runs out of. this is usually located in the tools folder in the android SDK otherwise you have to type the full path ie
this is on windows 7 on my computer so file path will be different for you
Code:
adb push C:\users\etnie\downloads\G2\libSwypeCore.so /system/lib
hope that helps

[Q] Google Books on GT 10.1 from Google I/O

I can't speak for all GT 10.1s, but the one I received at Google I/O certainly does not have Google Books installed and it's not available in the Market. It comes with Kindle pre-installed, so I'm guessing Samsung has inked a deal with Amazon, but uhh... what about choice? I have several books from both Amazon and Google and use both applications on my Xoom, but now I'm curious why I can't use Google Books on my new tablet. Do I need to try to get the Google Books APK off my Xoom or what? Anyone else found a solution, besides reading their purchases online?
EDIT: The attached file is what finally worked for me. Thanks to smaskell for the link.

Books works fine on the 10.1. Just grab it off another device. My guess is that the market may not know the 10.1 yet as it is not really released now aside from IO.
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I wasn't able to install the tablet version but I did manage to push it to /system/app/ and it works.
1. get root access
2. download busybox
3. adb push busybox /sdcard
4. adb push BooksTablet.apk /sdcard
5. adb shell
6. cd /sdcard
7. su
8. mount -o remount,rw /system
9. ./busybox cp busybox /system/bin - yes, I'm using busybox to copy itself
10. busybox cp /sdcard/BooksTablet/apk /system/app
and you're good to go!

I'm still struggling with this and I've tried installing (via adb, adb shell, and via Astro / app manager) both a BooksTablet.apk (with and without BooksTablet.odex) from a stock Xoom dump and with a copy from my Honeycomb 3.1 Xoom. Am I missing something? Installing always fails and simply putting the files in place does nothing as well (with a reboot). Anyone have any more ideas? I'm out at this point and it seems as if it should be so simple from what you guys are saying! Thanks for the help!

have you tried a deodexed version of the apk?

I have not and cannot seem to find these files anywhere and am not sure how to deodex the files I have. I tried the 1.2.7-dev version of baksmali with no luck. Any other thoughts or perhaps a link to the files you used that seemed to work? Thanks!

I used the one from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071047
works like a charm

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Perfect! Thanks for the link, one of the two files in that thread worked like a charm! In case anyone else is looking for it, I've attached the file that worked for me.

Each time I try installing the BooksTablet.apk file provided above, it fails on the device. When I try installing it via "adb install BooksTablet.apk" it constantly fails with the error "INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES"
I took a look at the logcat output and it seems to be having an issue finding the "fallback_covers.png" file in the assets folder.
I tried renaming the apk to .zip and poking around and I was not able to find this file.
Anyone else having this issue when installing the Google Books app?
I searched around regarding the error message on installation and the solution is to uninstall the app and reinstall it. But because I don't have the app installed to begin with then this isn't an option.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

yeah, I had the same problem. The only way I got it to work was by pushing it to /system/app. see my earlier post for details.

Ok so I tried following the same steps however, I was having some odd problems. I installed Titanium backup since it automatically installs busybox or so I've been told. When I actually try copying however, the adb shell throws an error saying busybox isn't installed which is odd.
Because of this the cp command also isn't available. Instead I copied over the BooksTablet.apk file from the sdcard to the system/app folder by using the following command:
dd if=/sdcard/Download/BooksTablet.apk of=/system/app/BooksTablet.apk
This command executes successfully however, the google books app still isn't available to launch from the app drawer. I verified that the BooksTablet.apk is actually in the system/app folder however, I still cannot launch it. Any other suggestions? Or did I just completely miss something. Thanks again for the help.
All the best,
Nader

nadewad said:
Ok so I tried following the same steps however, I was having some odd problems. I installed Titanium backup since it automatically installs busybox or so I've been told. When I actually try copying however, the adb shell throws an error saying busybox isn't installed which is odd.
Because of this the cp command also isn't available. Instead I copied over the BooksTablet.apk file from the sdcard to the system/app folder by using the following command:
dd if=/sdcard/Download/BooksTablet.apk of=/system/app/BooksTablet.apk
This command executes successfully however, the google books app still isn't available to launch from the app drawer. I verified that the BooksTablet.apk is actually in the system/app folder however, I still cannot launch it. Any other suggestions? Or did I just completely miss something. Thanks again for the help.
All the best,
Nader
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Did you try navigating to the apk and launching it?

nadewad said:
Ok so I tried following the same steps however, I was having some odd problems. I installed Titanium backup since it automatically installs busybox or so I've been told. When I actually try copying however, the adb shell throws an error saying busybox isn't installed which is odd.
Because of this the cp command also isn't available. Instead I copied over the BooksTablet.apk file from the sdcard to the system/app folder by using the following command:
dd if=/sdcard/Download/BooksTablet.apk of=/system/app/BooksTablet.apk
This command executes successfully however, the google books app still isn't available to launch from the app drawer. I verified that the BooksTablet.apk is actually in the system/app folder however, I still cannot launch it. Any other suggestions? Or did I just completely miss something. Thanks again for the help.
All the best,
Nader
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While I did have BusyBox installed, I can only vouch for the last thing I did that wound up working since I'd tried so many different things before getting the right APK. So once I had the file in the first post (and of course a rooted GT 10.1), I opened a shell, mounted the /system directory for read/write, chmod'd the app directory to 777, pushed the APK into the /system/app folder and then chmod'd the directory back to 644 (IIRC?). So the steps would have been:
1. adb shell
2. su
(if you get a permission denied error, make sure you leave your screen on and accept the prompt by Superuser Permissions, I forgot this on the freshly rooted tablet the first time)
3. mount -o rw,remount /system
4. chmod 777 /system/app
(now either exit the shell or open a new command prompt)
5. adb push BooksTablet.apk /system/app/BooksTablet.apk
(now back in your su'd adb shell)
6. chmod 644 /system/app
(you'll probably want to note what permissions were there previously as I'm going from memory)
There was no need to launch the APK or issue an install command (it fails anyway), the Books app appeared right away in my app drawer but got a FC after only a moment of it being opened the first time. After a reboot, everything has been working just like on the Xoom!

Q Easiest way to remove bloatware?

Hi. Can someone tell me the easiest way to remove bloatware like soundhound, amazon mp3 etc. My phone is rooted BTW.
Thanks

You'll need the android sdk installed on your computer but then:
adb remount
adb shell
cd system/app
rm whateveryoulike.apk
It goes without saying that a backup is a good idea before you start deleting stuff. Some things you can delete no worries but others may be dependencies etc. But as far as bloatware is concerned you shouldn't have a problem.

Or if you don't have the sdk installed you could install a file manager like astro file manager from the market and browse and delete the apk's directly on your phone. They're in /system/app/ anyway.