If your copy of Plants vs Zombies is crashing at the main menu (where you can set player names, click 'Adventure', etc..) when you choose to start a game, I've discovered the fix.
Open up a file manager app and browse to /system/app. I'm almost willing to bet that you will NOT find "SisoDrmProvider.apk".
PvZ needs this file installed to play properly, and it was either removed in a custom ROM you're running, or by you at some point in the past.
Unfortunately, it cannot be installed like a normal APK.
To re-install it, you need root access on your phone.
Download the file from this post to your PC, put it somewhere you can find it, and do this:
1) Connect your phone (with ADB Debugging enabled) to your PC.
2) Open a command prompt window.
3) Type these commands, one line at a time, to unlock the directory we'll be needing to write to:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
exit
exit
Yes, the second 'exit' is intentional. After the 'su' command, you may get a popup on your phone asking to grant su root access. Allow it.
Then, type this command in:
Code:
adb push C:\SisoDrmProvider.apk /system/app
Replace the "C:\" with wherever you downloaded the file to. You should get a message about some number of bytes pushed (around 18k) in some fraction of a second.
And one final set of commands to re-lock the area of the phone we were writing to. This is important, don't skip it:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system
exit
exit
This should leave you back the Windows command prompt. Type exit one more time and it should close.
Reboot your phone and PvZ should now work properly!
Nice find. Plant Vs Zombie didn't work for me period. It would crash whenever I clicked on the app no matter what I did. I ended up just wiping my phone and putting bonsai and well, it works flawlessly.
Never knew people had problems with PvZ o_o. It's worked for me since the day I got it.
Yep, some ROMs removed DRM content from running in the background because it caused noticable battery drain. It's recommended to freeze them with an app such as TI and then when you want to use a game that requires it, unfreeze the app.
Overstew said:
Yep, some ROMs removed DRM content from running in the background because it caused noticable battery drain. It's recommended to freeze them with an app such as TI and then when you want to use a game that requires it, unfreeze the app.
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I can understand that, but for me, doing that every time I want to play a certain game would annoy me greatly. Also, if this file has been removed, it can cause various music players to lock up on certain files.
Overstew said:
Yep, some ROMs removed DRM content from running in the background because it caused noticable battery drain. It's recommended to freeze them with an app such as TI and then when you want to use a game that requires it, unfreeze the app.
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Or you can just kill the service. It won't run again unless you turn on your service after having no 3G or being in Airplane mode.
Works the same either way. Saves my battery life a LOT.
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Never knew people had problems with PvZ o_o. It's worked for me since the day I got it.
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Not for me, lol. I removed the file I talked about in the OP and PvZ ceased to run properly. After spending a while troubleshooting it, I found the fix, so I'm sharing it here.
thanks for this! i really didnt want to start the game over but whats strange is it was working before and i had the drm frozen so not sure why the game froze when i got to level 4-9? (i think), anyhow defrosted the drm, restarted and game works again!
Hi. I know this forum is not for it, but I have the same problem with my Xperia Neo V MT11i .431 ICS 4.0.4, it crashes on startup screen, right after the popcap logo, the EA logo doesn't have the chance to appear. Last time it happened I fixed it by updating it from 2.5.x to 2.6.1 but now there's no updates for it, so after seein this post I was wondering whether or not this fix would work for me.
Please say yes
Thanks anyway!
Alexei.Robles said:
Hi. I know this forum is not for it, but I have the same problem with my Xperia Neo V MT11i .431 ICS 4.0.4, it crashes on startup screen, right after the popcap logo, the EA logo doesn't have the chance to appear. Last time it happened I fixed it by updating it from 2.5.x to 2.6.1 but now there's no updates for it, so after seein this post I was wondering whether or not this fix would work for me.
Please say yes
Thanks anyway!
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I have no idea if it will or will not work for your specific phone. I only that it works on a 1st generation (circa 2010) Sprint/Samsung Epic 4G.
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The problem: After installing AOSP 1.6, I noticed protected apps weren't showing in Market, including some I had bought in 1.5. I restored my 1.5 backup and found the same thing. Instructions on this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605028) were able to get my apps back in 1.5, but upon reflashing 1.6 I was back to square one.
Update:
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I started fresh to test things out, trying both AOSP 1.6 and gbhil's modded AOSP 1.6. I wiped, then flashed and booted, then flashed gbits and booted, then setup my google creds, then rebooted and flashed superuser, then installed busybox then rebooted.
That's my baseline. From that point, I observed:
- Market showed a limited amount of apps. One time My Downloads had all my apps, but upon trying to install one I got a "Download unsuccessful" error. I'm assuming when the download was initiated my fingerprint was sent out, and then Market filtered My Downloads to reflect that unofficial fingerprint. Meaning, most apps were missing again.
- I updated build.prop with the fingerprint from stock 1.5 (see below for instructions). I downloaded a random app (Twidroid Free) so it'd send out my "new" fingerprint, and thus remove the filter limiting my apps. Soon after all apps were appearing again. Be patient here, sometimes it doesn't update instantly. One gave a download error, but trying to install it again solved it.
- Just to test, I edited my build.prop back to whatever was default with the 1.6 rom I was using, then rebooted. My Downloads still showed everything, but as soon as I installed any random app, that unofficial fingerprint was sent out and my apps were limited again.
I don't know enough about Market to know the repercussions of what I did - does it think I have 1.5, so will it be showing me only 1.5 compatible apps? Either way, I'd rather have access to all 1.5 apps than only some 1.6 apps. And aren't most (not all, but most) 1.5 apps backwards compatible with 1.6 anyway? So the only real downside is 1.6+ apps will be hidden. If someone has the fingerprint for an "official" 1.6 device, they could change their fingerprint to that and conceivably have the best of both worlds (protected apps AND 1.6+ apps).
How To Change Your Build Fingerprint:
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1. Connect your phone.
2. Pull /system/build.prop | For Mac users: ./adb pull /system/build.prop ./
3. Using your favorite editor, find the line that starts with ro.build.fingerprint and put a # in front of it.
4. On a new line, put: ro.build.fingerprint=sprint/htc_heroc/heroc/heroc:1.5/CUPCAKE/85027:user/release-keys
5. Save the file.
6. Remount the filesystem as read/write | For Mac users: ./adb remount
7. Log into the phone | For Mac users: ./adb shell
8. Exit the shell by typing: exit
9. Now push the file back. | For Mac users: ./adb push ./build.prop /system/build.prop
10. Reboot | For Mac users: ./adb reboot
11. Go to Market, and install something to send out the new fingerprint.
12. Within a few minutes you should see all apps. If not, try rebooting. If still not, try clearing Market's cache (Settings->Applications->Market->Clear Cache)
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Hope this helps someone.
-TM
This affects the MoDaCo rom I installed, and the AOSP 1.6 rom I was playing around with. Things like WeatherBug Elite, and tons of other stuff are hidden from the Market. In the case of MoDaCo, which I installed overtop my existing 1.5 stock (after backing up of course) the apps ran fine since they were grandfathered in from the stock rom, but still weren't listed in the marketplace. I'd really appreciate any help, as these speedy roms are useless if I can't run any of my apps on them.
search is king
this should help you
Link here
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Can you please post the code for this. I'm having a hard time getting this to work. Thanks
dathryl said:
Can you please post the code for this. I'm having a hard time getting this to work. Thanks
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Code for what? What problems are you having?
Newbie question, how do you "pull" the file. I'm on shell but don't know what to input in order to edit the file.
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Newbie question, how do you "pull" the file. I'm on shell but don't know what to input in order to edit the file.
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You need to have ADB installed (which you do if you've rooted your phone, as ADB is required to do so). So you'd need to go into a command prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Mac), navigate to your adb/tools directory (that has adb.exe in it) and type "adb pull fileonyourphone fileonyourcomputer". Obviously replace fileonyourcomputer with the actual paths and filenames of what you're pushing/pulling. When you push the file back to the Hero, you swap the syntax, so it'd be "adb push fileonyourcomputer fileonyourphone".
OK, sorry again for noobness...
He says adb remount as read write, how do I do that?
He says log in to the phone...how do I do that on the shell?
So just to be sure, this fix will allow me to download the apps that I just can't find on the market that my friends with stock Heros can, right?
Someone recommended a new twitter client (twicca) but I couldn't open it on the market and I'm assuming it's because I'm running AOSP 1.6.
Thanks.
I just did this, and it seemed to work, but when Weatherbug Elite was downloading the phone went into the "Android" boot screen and just looped it over and over. After a battery pull it still won't boot up, and it keeps getting stuck at the boot screen. Is there anyway to fix this?
sure is nice to have sufbs back.
thanks for this.
Thanks, worked like a charm.
So I'm rooted on my Evo and as far as I can tell I've flashed the stock rom that should allow me to uninstall the bloatware, however, I dont see any uninstall options for that crap like facebook.
Anything I'm doing wrong?
I followed this guide to root and flash. I've tested my root using the "Terminal Emulator" and typing "su" and it returned a "#"
Thanks XDA, I love most of you
You know you need to uninstall from your computer using adb
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I've installed Android Debug Bridge but I was under the impression that rooting my phone would allow me to do things on my phone, such as install and uninstall what I want.
Could you explain the process more or send me to a link that does?
If you want to do it in android you either need console program or a file manager. Root explorer us the best one and easiest. Looks just like a typical explorer, tap the rw/ro button for read only or read write and delete away.
You have to have completed the second part of unlocking nand. Otherwise your only option is using a computer and adb in recovery.
They dont make this easy do they? I would have figured Android to be very open for things like this, I'm starting to feel like I have to "jailbreak" again, only this time it's to remove crap.
This seems like so much work to get rid of facebook and sprint tv.
It took me 10 minutes total including the file downloads. Its a one time thing and there is a learning curve with any new platform.
Aridon, is there a free explorer you'd recommend? I dont mind buying software, just want to make sure I'm not mistaken before I buy something that is worthless to me.
You get a trial on any purchased software in android. After its installed if you go backto market and pull it up again there will be a refund option. So no risk. I think its for 24 hours.
As for a free one I'm not sure when I first started messing around with android I bought it because people said it was the best. I don't have any regrets.
Just remember to tap the top button for rw. Long press brings up options. Menu had an option for multiple file select and other goodies. its very powerful.
Aridon, thanks for everything, just 1 more question. I bought it, and the program is slick. I went to /system/app and deleted facebook, is that all I need to do?
Cause I still see it in the menu
I may have done a bad thing, my phone just reset itself.... I need a trainer to be with me at all times.
So after that restart, the files I thought I deleted are back.
Yes just go into system/app, make sure it says rw up top which means read write access, then select the file, general an .apk and .odex and delete. Not all files have both and some roms don't have any .odex files.
I'll be up for another 30 min or so and I'll keep an eye on this thread in case you have any questions.
Ok that means the second part where you unlocked nand wasn't done correctly. Make sure you go slow, download the files again because they are different and watch for errors.
The only hiccup I had was when I copied the new recovery and other files to my sd and tried to adb push it gave me some kind of can't find file error. I had to reboot and it was fine. It send after the boot I could go back in and adb the files it must have been some kind if a refresh error on the sd while in recovery.
Edit. I'm responding on my evo and in bed so excuse errors.
Go to sleep, I'll resume this thread tomorrow if I'm still having trouble. You Sir, are a life saver. This is why XDA is THE FORUM for anything mobile.
Good night then.
I know it can be a bit of a pain to do this but I promise you it will be worth it. Things have only just started and the custom roms are already awesome. Once we get the source code things are going to be insane over here.
Got it! Everything is working well. However, now my voice mail says it can not download messages.... Rebooted and it's all good.
Facebook and Twitter Free! Also, no more Sprint crap.
Life is good, again.
Another terminal substitute is Android Commander, out is naturally a file explorer that allows transfer and deletion off whatever you want. This program runs in your pc.
As Was mentioned above, root explorer is the easiest way.
Aridon said:
If you want to do it in android you either need console program or a file manager. Root explorer us the best one and easiest. Looks just like a typical explorer, tap the rw/ro button for read only or read write and delete away.
You have to have completed the second part of unlocking nand. Otherwise your only option is using a computer and adb in recovery.
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So with Android - one simply deletes the application rather than un-installing it? That doesn't cause problems with the system thinking the application still exists somewhere?
DrawnToScale said:
So with Android - one simply deletes the application rather than un-installing it? That doesn't cause problems with the system thinking the application still exists somewhere?
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It depends on where it is installed. /system/apps do not allow you to just uninstall you have to delete it. One this is done its gone. Obviously if you delete phone.apk you are going to have issues or if you delete a process that is running you may get a force close but for the most part unless you delete an app like people or dialer you are fine. After the single force close everything works properly.
Some custom roms moved programs to /data/app which allows them to be removed the other way.
I updated my new kindle fire, then rootet it successfully.
After that i installed the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 and made it the default launcher.
But this failed, when i now start the kindle fire i get caught into the loop of this error:
! Sorry
The application Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 (process androd.process.acore) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. [Button: force close]
Which i can press, and then the loop starts again.
I am a noob, so please how do i get rid of this launcher ? I could need a reset or factory default or whatever, but the normal ways dont work, because i cant reach them anymore. Any Ideas how to fix this ?
/edit: I have access to my device with adb shell. so i think i can somehow change the default launcher, if someone tells me which file to change because i have no idea which is the right.
You need to figure out what the package name is "adb shell pm list packages" without quotes. Once you figure out what the package name is you can "adb uninstall name.of.package"
Hard reset it with power button.
Guide - How to hard reset Kindle Fire?
Fyi.....I just tried the hold power for 20 seconds hard reset, and it doesn't work......
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I've had this problem with a different launcher and posted my solution here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361138
... don't worry... you can fix it... all you need to do is install another launcher or uninstall the ICS launcher... and you may be wondering how you can do that if you can't get to a usable screen.
You can still install/uninstall apps using the adb service you used while rooting. FoxDog66 mentioned how to do this if you know the package name. In my case, I could not find out the package name of the offending package, so what I did was install another launcher via the same method I installed my google apps to the sys/apps folder. with another launcher installed, I get a choice again which launcher should run when turning on.
I suggest you try foxdog's suggestion first, but if you can not find the package name then get another launcher.apk install file like GOlauncher or ADW Launcher and push or install that app the way you see google apps being pushed via the following method:
Download GOlauncher http://61.145.124.93/soft/3GHeart/golauncher/v2.68/go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk
now make it a system app:
adb remount
adb push c:\androidApps\go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk /system/app/go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk
adb reboot
After reboot you should be able to choose your launcher of choice. Don't make anything default until you know you like it!!!
Now that GO Launcher just installed via my method makes it a system app. You can't uninstall system apps in the normal way, so use a program like Titanium Backup to make that pushed launcher app a NON-system app (moves it and makes it easy to uninstall the way other apps do). Titanium Backup is just a great program to have if rooted.
Good Luck.
how to uninstall buggy launcher which is set to default
Thanks for helping me.
Yes thats exactly my problem and i am now trying to follow your instructions.
The hardware reset works, but it will not get rid of the launcher.
So i try to find out the right application name to uninstall it. But *blush* i have not idea which is the right name and i dont want to uninstall something randomly.
I have some very basic skills with linux which i uses 10 years ago or so, so i am able to make a list which i attached here.
OK, i am now trying to do this:
adb remount
adb push c:\androidApps\go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk /system/app/go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk
adb reboot
but "adb remount" gives me back a
remount failed: Operation not permitted
I need to look closer how to install and uninstall packages now.
/edit: what i can do is:
adb shell
$
su
#
so this looks like to me that i am superuser. I also see the file system, and i can do some stuff with this shell, but its very limited because this shell is different from the shells i knew long time ago.
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ok, found something:
i am in the file system in
/data/app
here i have 3 apk:
net.adisasta.androxplorer-1.apk
mobi.SyndicateApps.ICSv2-1.apk
mobi.SyndicateApps.ICS-1.apk
and i think this is the package i installed.
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OK folks. SUCCESS..
I just did adb uninstall mobi.SyndicateApps.ICSv2 and i immidiatly got success and got rid of the fail launcher.
VERY NICE and a warm THANK YOU for helping me.
I think i will try more now -- hehe.
Just tasted some blood now. Probably i will be soon here with the next problem. But i really appriciate your help. Hopefull soon i will be more into it and be able to help other noobs, too.
Also if someone needs german help because of language barrier, i can help translating.
Best Regards
Usurpine
Glad you got it fixed
A few tips.... adb remount just remount's the system partition read-write which isn't needed unless the app is installed to /system/app (it also does not work. It does work with doomlord's kernel, i think because of the insecure ramdisk)
The "./" part of your command just means to run in the current directory, if you have fastboot or adb in path then you don't need that part and you can also run the commands from any directory. if you don't have them in path then you would need to have what you wanted to flash, boot, whatever in the same directory as fastboot/adb. To check if something is in path (let's say fastboot) you can type "which fastboot" and it will either tell you where it is (something like ~/Android-sdk/platform-tools/fastboot) or it will say, couldn't find fastboot and it will list out a bunch of directories.
One last thing, you can chain commands together with "&&" so say i want to "fastboot boot newboot.img" i would plug my kindle in, press the disconnect button that pops up on the kindle then type in terminal "adb reboot && fastboot boot newboot.img" if/when the first command runs successfully then it will run the second command. If it does not run successful, it won't run the second command. Also, for me, adb reboot takes a few seconds to work and fastboot waits for the device for a few seconds also.
Hope this is useful, I'm not always good at explaining things. I'm also not a Linux pro lol these are just a few things i have learned that are pretty useful
Well, this is useful. Basically you are talking about how to work with linux. Once i understood that inside my kindle there is just a typical linux i can take one of my old linux books and use any command (like the && and other stuff).
I am not a pro with linux (forgot almost everything) but now i know how to look after it and be able (limited) to use it after some testing.
That said, i now was able to do a lot of funny stuff with my kindle, i installed tons of applications just to look how it works (and it works great) and uninstalled them after that.
Now i can watch movies, listen music, play games and can do almost everything what you normally cannot do with a kindle due to amazons restrictions.
What i want to know is how i can extend the linux inside my kindle so it is using a shell which can do even more stuff, like a ksh (korn shell) or something. A shell with commands like i can find in a "normal" linux installation. Is that possible ?
And how about installing a more linux like grafical userinterface ? Or use the kindle as a normal linux pc, just for fun ?
Ummm..... Have you looked at busybox? It is possible to port command line tools to Android. I've seen things like cURL and lynx that worked. Porting and compiling is a little out of my league (wish it wasn't lol, I'd like a updated cURL binary with https support) i know bash scripts work, I've written a few and "run-parts" (part of busybox) will run a directory of scripts.
You should get into (or look into) custom Android development and/or kernel development. There is a lot that can be done
Help, im a real newbie
usurpine said:
I updated my new kindle fire, then rootet it successfully.
After that i installed the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 and made it the default launcher.
But this failed, when i now start the kindle fire i get caught into the loop of this error:
! Sorry
The application Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 (process androd.process.acore) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. [Button: force close]
Which i can press, and then the loop starts again.
I am a noob, so please how do i get rid of this launcher ? I could need a reset or factory default or whatever, but the normal ways dont work, because i cant reach them anymore. Any Ideas how to fix this ?
/edit: I have access to my device with adb shell. so i think i can somehow change the default launcher, if someone tells me which file to change because i have no idea which is the right.
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Please help me, I really have no experience and I followed a link that made it look very easy to install the ICS Launcher. Now I keep getting that same page and it's driving me up the wall.
I have tried the adb so I can uninstall the faulty apk myself but my mac wont detect it even though it still mounts.
Iv done the adb devices but the list is empty.
Please help me in a very easy way to understand.
Just curious if anyone is willing to tackle this little gagdet. It needs some fine tuning and possibly a voodoo sound app would be awesome. It lacks the loudness like most android phones.
It looks interesting, but I would not personally buy it. It does not have enough features for me to use it over my phone.
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Well I purchased one and with the help of the other thread about the apk i was able to sync to my epic with all features including the calls/missed calls and acuweather. This was with the corded headset. I have no real reason to get the wireless. The only real problem that i have right now is the sound level of the player. Its very frustrating to have to use a program to up the db level in every song i put on it. It running some kind of android platform so someone has to have some ideas.
Well, it looks like someone has listened... I didn't see a thread anywhere else, so I'll post it here, some one has rooted the motoactv. the story, along with a link to a how to is available, just google it. I was gonna post a link, but I can't.
The Motoactv runs gingerbread. CWM has gained root on it and installed Google apps. It has a decent chip and ram for a small device. The bootloader isn't locked. More and more smart watches and wearable computers will be coming out. I'd like to see a custom launcher for this size screen as QCIF+ ain't exactly great for a lot of launchers. A custom rom that remapped the hardware buttons would be nice as well.
Cheers,
-M
XDA member since 2007
Hi People
I just rooted the MotoACTV with the tutorial provided by Wade, the guy that rooted the watch. But I am having problems installing the ggole apps on it. The guide does not explain very well how to install the gogle apps. I managed to install several apk via adb commands and they work ok. But I am missing the market and every default google ape. Can someone explain how to do this? I already downloaded google apps zip file from cynogen web page.
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Hi People
I just rooted the MotoACTV with the tutorial provided by Wade, the guy that rooted the watch. But I am having problems installing the ggole apps on it. The guide does not explain very well how to install the gogle apps. I managed to install several apk via adb commands and they work ok. But I am missing the market and every default google ape. Can someone explain how to do this? I already downloaded google apps zip file from cynogen web page.
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There are libraries in the unzipped file that need to be installed with the adb push command to get maps to work. The market needs a bunch of crap to work. You should push all the apk (except car home if you don't want it) once you have those over, restart and you download the rest of the apps from market.
Cheers,
-M
XDA member since 2007
This sounds intriguing can you run RunKeeper on the rooted device. I have the motoactv and love it for running but RunKeeper in my opinion is the best running app. Im anxious to hear more about this.
Thanks Dragon, but one more question before I keep trying this market stuff. Do I do the adb push command to the same exact directories as the zip has. Like for example: the zip file that I downloaded was for CM7 and it includes a lot more directories than simply the app directory. Do I have to push every single directory the zip has and create the ones that are missing within the watch. Can you please explain more in detail if possible. Thanks again for the help as this is the only thing I am missing from this "the market".
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Do I have to push every single directory the zip has and create the ones that are missing within the watch. Can you please explain more in detail if possible. Thanks again for the help as this is the only thing I am missing from this "the market".
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So, once unzipped you will see "META-INF" and "system" folders.
Inside "system" you will see:
app
etc
framework
lib
inside "app" you will see:
*CarHomeGoogle.apk
*FOTAKill.apk
GenieWidget.apk
Google Maps 5.12.0.apk
GoogleBackupTransport.apk
GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk
GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
GoogleFeedback.apk
GooglePartnerSetup.apk
GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
GoogleServicesFramework.apk
*LatinImeTutorial.apk
MarketUpdater.apk
MediaUploader.apk
NetworkLocation.apk
OneTimeInitializer.apk
*Talk.apk
Vending.apk
(*not really needed on MotoACTV but won't hurt to install)
I am doing this from a Mac using terminal, it has been a richard year since I have used CLI with windows but for Linux the commands will be the same ("dragon$" is just my terminal prompt).
dragon$ adb push ~/Desktop/gapps/system/app/Vending.apk /system/app
dragon$ adb push ~/Desktop/gapps/system/etc/permissions/features.xml /system/etc/permissions/
So, you see I have pushed the files to the corresponding directories that the files are found in the unzipped folders.
I cannot remember if adb push defaults to parent owner and permissions but if not you will have to change them to root/root and RW-R--R--
I followed CMW's guide to root mine, too.
dragon_76 said:
I'd like to see a custom launcher for this size screen as QCIF+ ain't exactly great for a lot of launchers. A custom rom that remapped the hardware buttons would be nice as well.
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A full custom would be great (but not needed for remapping hardware keys); Motorola's UI is really quite nice for the screen size, but won't show custom apps. Instead of the fake Honeycomb one, I prefer to use Zeam (with the launcher and grid set to 3x3 icons) -- I just think it works much better, without overlapping icons and so on.
To get a shortcut to the wifi access point settings in zeam, press and hold in a blank area, and go to "add", then "shortcuts", then "settings", then "settings" again. This "settings" is the hidden wifi one.
I also remapped "Start" to menu fairly easily by modifying they G2-keypad.kl file under keylayout; nosit1 was able to do the same with music to home. The people in #motoactv on freenode.net are very helpful, including CMW.
More information on that:
/system/usr/keylayout/G2-keypad.kl
Change this line:
key 220 FITNESS WAKE_DROPPED
to this:
key 220 MENU WAKE_DROPPED
On a separate note, you'll want to backup your userdata partition, too. Otherwise, it can get corrupted and make the file loop at the motorola logo:
dd if=/dev/block/userdata of=/sdcard/userdata.img bs=1024
adb pull /sdcard/userdata.img userdata.img
Even when restoring that, there are a ton of force closes from com.motorola.gault.activity; you have to get past them to a custom launcher to factory reset.
@dragon_76
Does anything need to be done with the META_INF folder? I'm attempting to get Market working on my Motoactv but I'm still getting a Google Services Framework force close. I pushed over the gapps from CM6 (the ones under HDPI). Not sure if those were the right ones.
I think I need to factory reset and start over from the beginning. :/
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@dragon_76
Does anything need to be done with the META_INF folder? I'm attempting to get Market working on my Motoactv but I'm still getting a Google Services Framework force close. I pushed over the gapps from CM6 (the ones under HDPI). Not sure if those were the right ones.
I think I need to factory reset and start over from the beginning. :/
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No, that folder is for recovery mode installers.
Amazon app store works perfectly if you can't get Market to work. It takes a fair amount of trial and error with apps to find ones that are functional.
I can't recommend enough installing grafitti pro. I have it from Amazon FAOTD.
I have superuser.apk installed and I had to push my preferences from /data/data/ on my phone to my watch so as to autorespond "yes" to root requests and no notifications because the UI is a fixed size window.
After doing that I installed button saviour and my purchased key for the pro features to have only home and menu onscreen. (Button saviour needs root permission).
I use golauncher ex with 3x3 home screen and the notification bar hidden. I wish I could remove the dock but oh well.
Android is going into more types of devices, I wish Google would push scalable graphics. I am however very impressed with the amount of apps that work usably on a QCIF+ screen (Netflix!)
I also like the main launcher and if I could access an app like AltDrawer from it I would not have another home replacement installed. I will tear apart Launcher2.apk soon and see if there is a way to customize it.
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Okay so last night I attempted to root my motoactv but my adb for some reason say it cannot load the root.img, I had the same problem where it's couldn't load the recovery.img for my photon when attempting to apply CWM or twerp recovery. Fastboot devices definitely sees both my devices (no I didn't do them are same time, and the files needed are in the same file location as instructed) and I can even Fastboot reboot and have that work. Any ideas or suggestions?? Any help would be appreciated.
moonzbabysh said:
Okay so last night I attempted to root my motoactv but my adb for some reason say it cannot load the root.img, I had the same problem where it's couldn't load the recovery.img for my photon when attempting to apply CWM or twerp recovery. Fastboot devices definitely sees both my devices (no I didn't do them are same time, and the files needed are in the same file location as instructed) and I can even Fastboot reboot and have that work. Any ideas or suggestions?? Any help would be appreciated.
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Try downloading a new root image. Also try switching USB ports.
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dragon_76 said:
No, that folder is for recovery mode installers.
I have superuser.apk installed and I had to push my preferences from /data/data/ on my phone to my watch so as to autorespond "yes" to root requests and no notifications because the UI is a fixed size window.
After doing that I installed button saviour and my purchased key for the pro features to have only home and menu onscreen. (Button saviour needs root permission).
I use golauncher ex with 3x3 home screen and the notification bar hidden. I wish I could remove the dock but oh well.
I also like the main launcher and if I could access an app like AltDrawer from it I would not have another home replacement installed. I will tear apart Launcher2.apk soon and see if there is a way to customize it.
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Thanks, wasn't sure about the META-INF folder. Going to try installing button saviour. How did you "push" preferences from your phone to the watch? I have root/su on my Xperia Play so I should have the files there to push?
Did you personally get the Google Apps working?
EDIT: Everything is forceclosing on me. :/ Installed the Stock Browser from my XP but that's forceclosing as well. Attempted to change the permissions of the applications but either it didn't work or it didn't help.
I couldn't figure out how to push preferences, but I was able to tell Superuser to allow all apps after remapping Start to Menu, then just doing Superuser > Menu > preferences. You could always do this to get Superuser working, get Button Savior working, and then revert it back.
(I made a step by step on Pastebin, but if you use Oneroot, it might do all this for you: http://pastebin.com/AZRemesV )
ldrn said:
I couldn't figure out how to push preferences, but I was able to tell Superuser to allow all apps after remapping Start to Menu, then just doing Superuser > Menu > preferences. You could always do this to get Superuser working, get Button Savior working, and then revert it back.
(I made a step by step on Pastebin, but if you use Oneroot, it might do all this for you: http://pastebin.com/AZRemesV )
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Thanks a lot. Just did a factory reset, figure I'll start from scratch. Did you get the Google Apps working after Superuser was configured? What Browser are you using? (Dolphin was forceclosing for me every time I went to type.)
EDIT: Got Superuser working, did the keyboard hack to make Start=Menu. Anybody know what button Music is mapped to in the configuration?
Going to fiddle around some more w/ Google Apps. Anybody have a walkthrough of installing the apps? IE Which ones you must do, don't have to do and what to do to get it working.
EDIT: It was WAKEkey 378. It was set to "MEDIA" so I changed it to "HOME". Works perfectly!
Hanging at the Red Moto Logo
Followed the instructions and had it working rooted, etc. Was going to change out the launcher. And obviously did something wrong. Now it just just hangs at the Red Moto logo. Can get it to power off and can still get it to the fastboot mode. Have tried reflashing the system and userdata, wiping the user data, etc. Any suggestion on what to try next?
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Followed the instructions and had it working rooted, etc. Was going to change out the launcher. And obviously did something wrong. Now it just just hangs at the Red Moto logo. Can get it to power off and can still get it to the fastboot mode. Have tried reflashing the system and userdata, wiping the user data, etc. Any suggestion on what to try next?
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Join our IRC at irc.freenode.com #motoactv
We have been working on this for a while. We are planning on working on a thread for this.
Currently I have Spotify and Sportstrack Pro running well. I'll start to compile a list of working applications.
If you're stuck in a boot loop, you'll need the userdata partition image. I'll edit my post with it once I'm on my computer.
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I want to root my A7+ WITHOUT installing someone elses custom rom. I just want it rooted long enough that I can push GAPPS onto it. Is there any special trick with Elocity A7+ ??
Will I only be able to do this with earlier versions from Elocity?
The reason I want to do it this way is twofold.
1) I want EVERTHING to keep working.
2) I don't want Superuser snoops.
I can work with ./adb shell on this Linux or it would be even better for someone to show me how to COMPILE the newly released source from Elocity.
Thank you all !!
Dan
as shown in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431967 you could use Z4root.apk
It allows for temporary root
Cheers !
Yes Thanks . I did Z4Root PERMANENT. Did my thing and then turned off root .
I remembered just before coming back to post here. I never used ./adb shell push this time. Couldn't get RW with ./adb so I just copied from GAPPS folder to /system/app/ using Root Explorer.
First time I copied TOO MUCH AND IT WAS IN ENDLESS LOOP.
I repaired and then copied the important stuff...Installed Gmail and then rebooted.
All is well after reboot. But I had to go through Wizard again. Now running everything !!
Dan
another thing that i find funny about this new setup is that bluetooth and foursquare only run when while im rooted????
if i turn off root they dont work
So as I said in my last post, BLUETOOTH only works while rooted. (after having rooted once) So, I wanted to use BLUETOOTH with a new keyboard. I removed Z4root, but left Superuser running in the background. Well , once again, everything seemed to run great for a week, but then things went south. I was getting a reboot loop type thing, about 5 times before it would finally boot up.
I'm not sure, but is suspect this leaves you wide open to a virus or other malicious garbage. So now I'm back to factory with no Gmail or Youtube but I'm finding workarounds.
Dan