I am currently running powerwashed gb v 2.0 beta3. It has the stock version of swype (or close to it...) and i hate it. I have disabled it, used antTek file explorer to delete swype.apk in root/sys/app and also the swypecore in root/sys/lib and ALSO the swype folder in data/data. swype is still on my phone. I am confused! My superuser has granted anttek permission and blah blah, but the files will not delete no matter what i try to do. i just want to update to the newest beta version of swype since the stock one is horrible. any help would be greatly appreciated.
I would have posted this in Dev section, but too few posts on my account and it has denied me...
here are my specs
Current Device: Samsung Fascinate
Current ROM: PWGB EH09 ROM v2.0b3
Current Radio: EC09
Current Kernel: Stock EH09 Kernel
Thank you to anyone who can help! And a BIG Thank You to the devs who put this rom together. So far it is the best I have ever used (and i've tried them all...i think... lol) anyway thanks again!
EDIT: Before doing any of this, naturally, i kill the running swype process and delete the swype installer...
Dont post this type of thing in Dev. Section...this has nothing to do with development.
i figured as much. maybe q+a would be better?
btw, do you have any advice for my swype issue?
I used Titanium Backup to remove swype 2. Worked ok for me. Was able to install swype 3 beta after that
Are you giving the program R/W ability within the folder?
Make sure you pick something like Android Keyboard before you try and uninstall.
FDro said:
Are you giving the program R/W ability within the folder?
Make sure you pick something like Android Keyboard before you try and uninstall.
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thank you sir! I actually deleted the anttek file explorer...cuz its no good... paid for root expl. and did just what you said and now i have the excellent swype beta working on my phone! thank you again!
if you think removing swype was a pain...
I replaced the bootanimation.zip in /system/media...and change the name of original bootanimation.zip & still it played original and the new zip had no affect on boot up at all.
I placed a new bootanimation.zip in /data/local and still same result.
I changed the permissions using Terminal Emulator and also tried the same with a file manager to no avail.
I even deleted the original bootanimation zip and also the one I was trying to install and the phone still booted up as if nothing was ever changed. I eventually bumped something on the screen while changing hands when file snooping and maybe deleted something so I reflashed the PWGB rom again and started over.
I have issues with the USB settings magically being set to "Samsung KIES" [almost]everytime I plug it into my PC, even though I set to MASS Storage or ALWAYS ASK before hand.
any fix on that would be appreciated..
OH BY THE WAY, I LOVE THIS PWGB ROM, I REALLY DO!!!!
***********as of 10/21/11 I give up on trying to change the bootanimation... I have spent too long on that project for nothing.
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I have a question. Hopefully someone could possibly help me? I have onyx r2.2 running flawless. But I really like the Multi-touch keyboard from GothicKanged Froyo. So I downloaded the whole update.zip of GothicKanged and pulled that apk from the rom but when I try to install it, it prompts me telling me that it will replace another keyboard but all my data will be saved, I click okay and it tries to install but doesn't. I also tried using root explorer and placed the apk into /system/apps and it shows as an option but it won't ever load up and just force closes.
Any suggestions?
1st let me say that I am tired of not having 2.2 and not having things work with 2.1. Yes i know I did not read feel free to point and laugh. I have don't be best to find a fix before posting but can't find a fix.
I installed new gingerbread keyboard from the fallowing article and link. http://www.droid-life.com/2010/12/06/download-gingerbread-keyboard-for-rooted-devices/
Ok so I now have the voicesearch force close message.
I reinstalled the LatinIME.zip from post one from the fallowing article.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8606369#poststop
This installs and the phone boots but still force close for stock keyboard.
Please advice on if I can fix this. I don't have root file explorer. If i must learn to use ADB now would be a good time for me to get my feet wet.
If you are lucky, someone with dev experience might pop on and tell you how to reset your keyboard from a shell. I have no clue whatsoever.
If I had your problem, I would either do a fresh rom install like black hole or super clean with a data clear, or I would try to troubleshoot if I were in the right mood.
To do the latter, I would open up the update that messed me up, and look at the files involved or possibly even the install script. Once I recognized the install package for the keyboard, I would open a shell (or root explorer) and ls /system/app and /data/data. If o found any matches... I would probably delete them (well knowing that I might brick my phone). I would only even consider this risk if o knew I had two keyboards installed. Then I would cross my fingers and reboot.
Shyeah right. Actually I would just restore a backup with cw recovery and call it a day.
Swyped w/ XDA App. When in doubt, mumble.
Maybe try downloading and installing a new keyboard from/with Rom Manager? Sonofskywalker3 has a few keyboards on there to install. I'm pretty new myself but thats what I'd try.
or do what soba said and install a fresh rom with a data/cache wipe.
I've installed GB keyboard and it works fine for me. Stock DJ05.
I would try simply disable it in the settings.
What exactly you do to get FC?
I installed a 2.1 APK and it went fine. I just lost my original keyboard. No Biggie.
Im having a problem with my mytouch 4G. I rooted my phone the other day and all was going well, then I decided to delete some of the factory apps that I dont ever use. well.. Im guessing I deleted an app or apk. file that I needed, because now I cant change themes, when I click on "themes" it just gives me this error "Unable to find an activity to handle this action" I was thinking it might have to do with the "my modes.apk" but im a noobie at all of this so im really not to sure and im looking for help from the big dawgs.. lol... Here are some steps I have already tried taking. I tried restoring it by doing a system reset, well after doing so I realized I didnt do a backup ugh!! So.. I found the factory rom and tried flashing it so that it would install the apps. or apk. files that im missing... I thought that would be the easiest solution, just to start fresh. When I started I re-downloaded the terminal emulator so I that I could flash the factory rom, but now it wont give me "su" permissions it says "permission denied" again nothing! and noticed I didnt have the Superuser permission app. so I downloaded it off the market thinking maybe it would help but its just black like its not detecting anything. why? that this point I tried dropping the rom zip into the root and booting in reboot mode, I noticed it said wrong img. and didnt do nothing. Am doing something wrong? Other then this my phone works like a champ. Thats why I am asking if anybody can send me the "My Modes apk. file from there my touch 4G. PLZ!!! HELP!!! if you know what the heck is wrong.....these are the apk. files I deleted.
AmazonMp3 - amazonmp3.apk
App Pack - AppPack.apk
Asphalt 5 - Asphalt5.apk
Monopoly - Monopoly_Classic.apk
Quick Office - Quickoffice.apk
Rock band - rockband.apk
Screen share - TwonkyMobile_T-Mobile.apk
Stocks - Stock.apk
T-Mobile TV - T-MobileTV.apk
Talk - Talk.apk
Video chat - Qik.apk
Demo Video - TMOUS_myTouchdemo.apk
Car dock - DockPanel.apk
Mail - Mail.apk
News - HtcGreader.apk
PDF Viewer - PDFViewer.apk
My modes - ProfileManager.apk
GMail - Gmail.apk
Software info.
Android Version - 2.2.1
My Touch4G
PLZ!!! HELP!! IF YOU CAN AND THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!
Yes, the my modes app controls your themes in stock rom so you need it if you want to switch themes.
If you flashed the TMOUS rom to fix the missing apps problem, you unfortunately unrooted your phone. That's why superuser app isn't responding. There is a nandroid of a stock install which would have been better to use as it wouldn't have undone root. That's too late, it sounds. You need to re-root after flashing TMOUS rom. All should be ok after that.
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no.. I was still rooted after I deleted but I have fixed my problem. I was being dumb and wasnt installing the right superuser app. lol, so after doing so I got super user permissions and just flashed the phone back to the factory rom. thanks for the suggestion anyway.
I currently have Bionix-V 1.2.1 + Overstock 1.4 on my phone. When I use the camera shooting a picture, I don't get the picture on screen as it used to, and sometimes the phone either freezes or automatically reboots . Does this occur to anyone? What could be the source of the problem, the ROM or the kernel?
Another question is that, if I upgrade my ROM from Bionix-V 1.2.1 to 1.3.1, would I be able to retrieve the login information such as passwords for accounts such as Gmail (presumably from the Titanium backup)?
Thanks in advance.
I recommend flashing the new Bionix. I never have a problem with my camera. In the camera setting go under review and check off and put it onto on. That will give you a review of each pic you take. As long as you download it right and flash it right, don’t disable voodoo, there shouldn't be any problems. As far as TB only restore apps plus data. Don't restore system apps cause it will mess with your system. It will not save your passwords but as soon as you flash it just go into accounts and sync and put your info in and you should be good to go. If you want a theme I highly recommend Scarlet Leftovers with Flip animations. It makes your Vibrant look badass.
Bionix 1.3.1 w/Overstock 1.4.1
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In the camera setting go under review and check off and put it onto on. That will give you a review of each pic you take.
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I just checked: Review has been ON all the time. So for unknown reason something is not working correctly with the camera.
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As long as you download it right and flash it right, don’t disable voodoo, there shouldn't be any problems. As far as TB only restore apps plus data. Don't restore system apps cause it will mess with your system. It will not save your passwords but as soon as you flash it just go into accounts and sync and put your info in and you should be good to go. If you want a theme I highly recommend Scarlet Leftovers with Flip animations. It makes your Vibrant look badass.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll keep this in mind when flashing the new ROM version.
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I currently have Bionix-V 1.2.1 + Overstock 1.4 on my phone. When I use the camera shooting a picture, I don't get the picture on screen as it used to, and sometimes the phone either freezes or automatically reboots . Does this occur to anyone? What could be the source of the problem, the ROM or the kernel?
Another question is that, if I upgrade my ROM from Bionix-V 1.2.1 to 1.3.1, would I be able to retrieve the login information such as passwords for accounts such as Gmail (presumably from the Titanium backup)?
Thanks in advance.
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I think it is the overstock kernel. I had problems with the camera when Bionix v 1.3.1 was first released because Sombionix included the overstock kernel with it. He has since changed it back to KB1, which I reflashed and have had no problems at all. Just my thoughts. Good luck.
Daily Briefing lost!
I have tried upgrading to both Gingerbread and TouchWiz editions of Bionix-V 1.3.1, but I can't find Daily Briefing any more!
1) Is it because I forgot to back up my previous launcher?
2) Does Daily Briefing only work with TouchWiz? Or it also works with others like Launcher Pro?
3) Where can I retrieve Daily Briefing?
Thanks in advance!
mj56gt said:
I have tried upgrading to both Gingerbread and TouchWiz editions of Bionix-V 1.3.1, but I can't find Daily Briefing any more!
1) Is it because I forgot to back up my previous launcher?
2) Does Daily Briefing only work with TouchWiz? Or it also works with others like Launcher Pro?
3) Where can I retrieve Daily Briefing?
Thanks in advance!
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I have the same problem, I am only using the Bionix-V 1.3.1, no overstock. I just checked their website and downloaded the Samsung Widgets that you have to download if you want to have the widgets. You also must use the touchwiz version.
But I looked into the zip file and I didn't see the Daily briefing, no wonder why we don't have it. It kinda sucks I think that and program monitor were the only useful widgets by Samsung.
Edit: I found out that the app is called infoalarm.apk and I tried to install one version but it didn't install.
If you are not on the touchwiz version you can download the touchwiz launcher from sgs tools then pull any of the Samsung apps from an older rom and place them in the system/app folder on your phone using root explorer.
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If you are not on the touchwiz version you can download the touchwiz launcher from sgs tools then pull any of the Samsung apps from an older rom and place them in the system/app folder on your phone using root explorer.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I followed your instruction, installed TouchWiz Launcher, put InfoAlarm.apk and InfoAlarm.odex under /system/app/, then went in the directory with Root Explore and tried to install it, but the installation still failed. Did I do something wrong?
Being that they are system apps you just use root explorer to move them to the system/app folder. You do not need to install them. Just make sure you have it set to read write. Once they have been moved to the system/app folder just reboot and the widgets should work. Also make sure you pulled the apps from a deodex rom.
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Being that they are system apps you just use root explorer to move them to the system/app folder. You do not need to install them. Just make sure you have it set to read write. Once they have been moved to the system/app folder just reboot and the widgets should work. Also make sure you pulled the apps from a deodex rom.
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Thanks again for the help! I have the files like this, but it still doesn't work:
-rw-rw-rw- shell shell 6956979 2010-10-25 12:09 InfoAlarm.apk
-rw-rw-rw- shell shell 439256 2010-10-25 12:09 InfoAlarm.odex
I tried to change them to
-rw-r--r-- root root
but could not do it because of a complaint: Unable to chmod InfoAlarm.apk: Read-only file system
You need to use a deodex not the odex apk file. You can download it here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A5TSE252
Also try using Root Explorer or su file manager from the market. They may cost a couple of bucks but are very handy apps to have.
I just now did it using the apk file I uploaded and it worked for me.
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You need to use a deodex not the odex apk file. You can download it here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A5TSE252
Also try using Root Explorer or su file manager from the market. They may cost a couple of bucks but are very handy apps to have.
I just now did it using the apk file I uploaded and it worked for me.
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After struggling in pushing the file to /system/app/ with adb for quite a while, finally I made it work! I really love Daily Briefing, and I'm so happy to see it back! It seems working under Launcher Pro too. HUGE thanks to you, dude! Really appreciate your kindness...
Just have had my first smartphone for a month now, and have learned/achieved the following: rooted, flashing ROMs and kernels, unlocked, etc. Not bad, I guess.
Glad you got it to work and glad you are enjoying the Vibrant... I love this phone and I am still learning new stuff every day. lol
I was one of the many Evo users who's flash video was killed after the last Flash Player update. After much searching, couldn't find a single thing on why so many of us were having this problem so decided to do a little tinkering.
In my phone, I found a 2nd "libflashplayer.so" file under \system\lib\ which was also a different size from the one under \data\data\com.adobe.flashplayer\lib.
It also remained there after completely uninstalling the current version of Flash.
Installed the latest update and confirmed it as not working
Renamed the \system\lib\ file to "libflashplayer.bak" and flash instantly worked again! Putting the file back to normal instantly broke flash again too.
Also tried replacing it with the copy from \data\ (since it was the latest version) and flash still works just fine and didn't revert back to the older file after a reboot.
So - If any of you also have problems with the latest 10.2.157.51 version of Flash Player - check your \system\lib\ folder for this file and either rename or replace it and see if it solves this for you too
(Note - Always backup stuff first, and I am not liable if you fry your phone. ^_^)
It never ceases to amaze me up buggy and poorly controlled Flash is.
Thanks man.
Interesting i just updated flash NOW after trying twice before only to find video playback broken and it seems like they fixed it themselves now it is works, without doing anything on my end lol - Thank anyhow though!
Now you know why Steve Jobs doesn't want to see flash on Iphone or Ipad.
By the way - thx for the info.
To be fair, this is less adobe's fault, and more HTC's fault for putting the libraries in a read only filesystem. Even that would be alright if that path didn't superscede the ones in /data. I've been doing this on my own phone for a while now, and it does fix a lot of problems with flash. I wish more devs would take care not to put market apps that are subject to frequent updates in /system anyways. It doesn't really save any space in the long run.
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How are you guys renaming this file? When I try it says "insufficient permission". Tried with Astro.
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How are you guys renaming this file? When I try it says "insufficient permission". Tried with Astro.
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Found the answer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=609866.
Download Etrong file explorer and give it root access.
Wouldn't upgrading to 10.3 fix the issue even easier?
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Wouldn't upgrading to 10.3 fix the issue even easier?
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10.3 wasn't working for me either (I'm on the SprintLover's ROM), but after doing this, it works!
Thanks, OP!
I used ROOT EXPLORER to do this... thats the only program I know that works. it allows you to make the folder R/W instead of R/O then you can rename..
Im glad I found this.. now I am updates to 10.3 .. is there any difference in anything in 10.3 ?
Thanks! This fixed it on my EVO (running Fresh's 3.5.1 Froyo ROM), I used EStrongs file manager to make the necessary changes (you have to enable root options and mount system under settings first). Spent like half an hour trying to find a solution, since the search terms for the problem can be so generic ("Flash", "broken", "black box", etc. just returns a million different results).
WHY do some sites still say you need adobe flash when I go to them?? they worked with the old version.. could it be I have my browser agent set for desktop and the flash installed on the evo is reporting android?
My flash was also broken after the 10.2 (and 10.3) update. I used the method from the OP and it worked. Has anyone noticed though that after doing this fix if you have your "enable plugins" setting on your browser set to "on demand" that all flash content will say: "you need to update flash player to watch this video"? When the "enable plugins" setting is set to "always on" everything works flawlessly. I guess I should be happy that i got flash back at all but it kind of sucks because I like having my browser set to on demand so flash doesn't slow down my browsing experience.
At any rate big thanks to the OP
THANK YOU!!
This finally solved my problem, but in addition to renaming the libflashplayer.so file, I had to also rename libflashsnddec.so. Until I renamed the second file, Flash v10.3 kept giving me that blue Lego block with the question mark.
Thanks again!
Edit: Whoa...don't rename or delete libflashsnddec.so! Doing so causes both DolphinHD and the stock Android browser to abend on some websites (even simple ones like Amazon, etc.). I tried various combinations, uinstalls, reinstalls, clearing cache, backing out to an older version of 10.2 that worked previously, etc., and all ended up pointing to renaming/deleting libflashsnddec.so.
One question though. Would changing the .so to .bak affect when trying to update from the market? It worked like a charm by the way. Thanks.
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Using that fix causes the stock browser and Dolphin Browser HD to abruptly close without even a Force Close warning.
I replaced the lib in /system/lib with the one from the latest Flash Player update and also placed the lib in /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib which was actually empty before I put the file there.
Edit: Nevermind. Got it. Removed the APK from /system/app and installed via Market. This placed the libs in the right folder and then I just copied them to /system/lib.
Edit 2: Alright, I'm trying to get this fix to work for my ROM so people don't have to do this manually.
So, I put the files in /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib so they get copied over when the ROM is flashed by the updater-script. However if I do this while the install_flash_player APK is present in /system/app, it seems to erase the contents of that folder causing Flash Player to not work again. I need to find a way to make it so the libs stay in /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib.
Any suggestions?
does your "new" flash lib file read
01 OCT 09 6.87 MB
I moved the file to the proper folder using r/o and root explorer, and rebooted
both files are in place, but I still get the blue ? mark on certain sites