Is there anyway to get the setup files you download from the market? I'm after the Software Data Cable. I found most of the setup files in /data/app but for some reason that setup file wasn't in there or the app-private folder.
Yes I know I can re-down load them all, but I prefer to have my set up files on hand
thanx in advance
CRAP......wrong section to post this in...sorry everyone :/
No one knows???? :\
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I was just clearing out my SD card when I noticed in a folder called "download" on the root of the card there was a lot of apk files called "downloadfile-1.apk" with different numbers in place of the 1. Does anyone know where these come from and if I'm ok to delete them? Thanks.
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These are Android packages for the apps you have downloaded probably through some application.
These are safe to delete as your actual apps installed will live elsewhere. It is safe to say if your not noticing anything not installed and you don't know what they are, these can be deleted. If you need them again and you have paid for them, the market should have these information stored with your google account and can be downloaded again if needed.
If you really want to, you can transfer them to your home pc for backup. You can find out what they are using the android software development kit if you so wish, using a program called aapt.
Thanks for the advice. Very helpful.
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Hey guys, i have a question
I did delet the system app FMRadio.apk cause i found one what was themed. Now when i am gonna install it it doesnt allow me this. It says didnt install. Can anyone give me some tips how i can push that file to the system apps please?
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burakweischdu said:
Hey guys, i have a question
I did delet the system app FMRadio.apk cause i found one what was themed. Now when i am gonna install it it doesnt allow me this. It says didnt install. Can anyone give me some tips how i can push that file to the system apps please?
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Download SGSTools!
Delete the program with SGSTools, and install the new.
burakweischdu said:
Hey guys, i have a question
I did delet the system app FMRadio.apk cause i found one what was themed. Now when i am gonna install it it doesnt allow me this. It says didnt install. Can anyone give me some tips how i can push that file to the system apps please?
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Try with root explorer, or QtADB-on PC
Thx goranek, but i tried with rootexplorer and it didnt allow me :/
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Bator i will try it now ! Thx
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Your welcome
u must have root privileges and must enable R/W mode
if u don't know how to install using root explorer
paste the app to system/app
Did you try just to push the .apk with rootexplorer to system/app/ ?
Cause system apps don't need to install in the normal way I think.
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Did you try just to push the .apk with rootexplorer to system/app/ ?
Cause system apps don't need to install in the normal way I think.
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yes u cannot install the system apps just push it (some original apps are possible-thinkfree office- but are not considered as system apps)
got same problem with talk u cannot install it just push
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Delete the program with SGSTools, and install the new.
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Y you can set RW to system with SGS tools:
Apply script--> mount_system_rw.q.txt
tada you can move anything to system/app
when you move apps to system/app folder, you need to set permissions to rw-r--r--
This can be done by setting permissions as:
Read Write Execute
User Check Check Blank
Group Check Blank Blank
Others Check Blank Blank
Apps should then work
Thank you all guys, now i know how to move them or change them, thanks a lot!! Thanks thanks thanks ^^
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Y you can set RW to system with SGS tools:
Apply script--> mount_system_rw.q.txt
tada you can move anything to system/app
Yea, found that out thx ^^
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After the ICS update, we now have a "vendor" directory within our system folder.
This folder seems to hold duplicates of folders found within the "system" directory (which includes the "app" directory, containing bloatware and copies of apps from "system/app").
My questions are:
What is the purpose of the "vendor" directory?
And, can the "vendor" directory be safely deleted all together? (I did give this a go, and up to now, do not seem to be experiencing any side effects.)
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Vendor directory is there since gingerbread. That is where sony put all miscellanous files. For example all apk's inside the vendor/app are only being used by setup guide. If setup guide is launched for the 1st time it copies all the contents inside vendor directory and being copy pasted to it's respective directories.
It was mainly made for the use of the factory reset in the settings app in the phone. Wherein if you do a factory reset the phone delete's all the data it contains and return back the 3rd party files back in case you uninstalled it.
Oh, I never noticed it while I was on GB. The only reason I noticed it this time was because I had bloatware running from the vendor dir (such as Lets Golf).
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Yes. If you were a ROM developer and want to integrate some optional apps(let users have the right to uninstall it if they want to) then the best place to put it is in the vendor directory.
How does that work then? As with the bloatware I had, I had to use root explorer to remove it from the vendor directory to stop it from being available on the device, the option to uninstall in the settings menu wasn't available.
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I'm not sure if it was a bug or what but that's not the case on GB. Probably sony intended it to be like that or they have done some minor errors.
Anyways I don't see any good reason why the likes of let's golf be considered as a system app. It won't even work unless you download it's game data.
Ah I see.
Yeah, I'm with you on that one, totally not cool of them to make a game a system app .
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Due to vendor app partitions.
We get very less space around 40 kb in system partitions
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To get rid of this f***** use less partition .
Flash arc s fw.
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Is there no other way of completely removing the partition without having to flash an S rom?
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92jacko said:
Is there no other way of completely removing the partition without having to flash an S rom?
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MOD ----> Move or Delete
Why he ask 4 questions in 1 thread and put it to General...
The answers are also questions so move!!!
Anyone knows where can the backup folder be? I searched on CWM folder but it's not there. I'm trying to move the backup files to my computer.
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theedon323 said:
Anyone knows where can the backup folder be? I searched on CWM folder but it's not there. I'm trying to move the backup files to my computer.
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/data/media/clockworkmod/backup
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nbeebe24 said:
/data/media/clockworkmod/backup
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Not there either. I've searched every folder. It's only shows when I go into recovery.
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theedon323 said:
Anyone knows where can the backup folder be? I searched on CWM folder but it's not there. I'm trying to move the backup files to my computer.
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Mount>shell>emulated>cwm>backup
nbeebe24 said:
/data/media/clockworkmod/backup
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my data folder on root is empty
heat361 said:
Mount>shell>emulated>cwm>backup
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Mnt>shell is empty on my stock ROM
I had cwm made many backups and just changed to twrp but my internal storage is all filled up and I cannot field the previous backups to delete... Any help?
I am having this same problem too and am searching for solution... I have asked all over the forum and also googled but to no avail. Help please....
Need to search harder...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38857026&postcount=18
But my /data folder is empty. I use root explorer and couldn't find anything in /data folder. Was previously looking for WPA_supplicant for my ap list also....
I am currently using root explorer and es explorer v3. ES explorer v3 doesn't have the root settings. I'll download the stable version from play store and try.
Update : I've got it working. This means only es explorer can see CWM backup and wpa_supplicant
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Need to search harder...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38857026&postcount=18
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Yes it does as I'm using it! Seriously, follow EVERY instruction on my post and look at the pictures
I did some testing on my own. Root explorer works too. Just need to toggle r/w from root location. Data folder populated after that. As for the latest es explorer v3, toggling root explorer will enable data folder contents to be viewed.
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When I download and install an app (from the play store for example), I assume it comes down as an APK file which (I assume again) gets deleted.
Is there a way to recreate a .APK file from the installed app so I can save them all somewhere? Some tool maybe?
thanks
Alan
Just look in /data/app you'll find all your user installed apps as apks.
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vogonpoetlaureate said:
Just look in /data/app you'll find all your user installed apps as apks.
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Thanks - do I need to be rooted to access /data /app? when I look in /data with ES File Explorer, it tells me the directory is empty.
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alan sh said:
Thanks - do I need to be rooted to access /data /app? when I look in /data with ES File Explorer, it tells me the directory is empty.
Alan
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Yes /data and subdirectories are only readable by root/system user.
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