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replacing system files

a few days ago i posted a question about turning a update.zip file to an .apk file. it worked but i couldnt install the live wallpaper because it was trying to overwrite a system file (the stock nexus LWP). im not familiar with adb so i tried using root explorer to delete the original file and replace it with the .apk of the wallpaper i wanted. unfortunately it didnt work. can someone provide the steps necessary to replace a system file like a stock wallpaper with a custom one? it would be a big help.

did you delete or just overwrite the original file?

Couldn't get the problem, same as asked by Chugga.......you can't delete or overwrite/merge the existing file??
BTW: I'm using ESFile explorer and enabled "Root explorer" and "Mount File System" in settings/root settings and never had any issues modifiying system content.
Cheers.....LinChina

Correct, either rename the original file or delete it.

I think this is more of a developer problem, i believe he has an apk file which replaces files. Like an update.zip file replaces files he turned his into an apk. But in order for the apk to overwrite system files you must call su permissions in the onCreate method.

Oh, I thought he turned a flashable.zip with a live wallpaper into and installable apk.
What is the reason behind making an flashable.zip into an apk?
^---That is curiosity and not judgment.---^
Wow, just realized the date of this thread...
"25th August 2010, 01:04 PM"
Problem is surely resolved.

Dblfstr said:
Oh, I thought he turned a flashable.zip with a live wallpaper into and installable apk.
What is the reason behind making an flashable.zip into an apk?
^---That is curiosity and not judgment.---^
Wow, just realized the date of this thread...
"25th August 2010, 01:04 PM"
Problem is surely resolved.
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Thanks for pointing that out no longer paying attention to thread xD

Dblfstr said:
Oh, I thought he turned a flashable.zip with a live wallpaper into and installable apk.
What is the reason behind making an flashable.zip into an apk?
^---That is curiosity and not judgment.---^
Wow, just realized the date of this thread...
"25th August 2010, 01:04 PM"
Problem is surely resolved.
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He was doing it for 10 posts and opened tonnes of threads from August 2010
See here

Nigeldg said:
He was doing it for 10 posts and opened tonnes of threads from August 2010
See here
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SMH -.-

Nigeldg said:
He was doing it for 10 posts and opened tonnes of threads from August 2010
See here
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Dang, why not offer real help? I guess if you don;t know hwat you are doing you can't offer real help.
Speaking of real help. Have to figure out this problem with an updater script that is causing a bootloop now.

Dblfstr said:
Dang, why not offer real help? I guess if you don;t know hwat you are doing you can't offer real help.
Speaking of real help. Have to figure out this problem with an updater script that is causing a bootloop now.
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I saw that figured I'd let you take over ^-^
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elesbb said:
I saw that figured I'd let you take over ^-^
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Figured it out. There were some Syntax errors, some undefined locations, and an unsigned apk. All is well now.

Just got an OTA update

I just got a new OTA update. It is still showing 3.1, but the build is now 8.4.4.11-20110711.
If you can't get the update to flash successfully try this method below.
bitter1 said:
www.mediafire.com/?nj4zf138i2vffr5
I'm running the rooted stock 3.1, prefer not to have to restore to get this to work. Hoping to get a version that doesn't brick me.
The link above has the file.
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woonie said:
I renamed dlpkgfile.zip to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip and moved it to root on microSD card. Power off eeepad then hold volume down & power button. Then press volume up when you see the text on the top left of the screen. It'll install the update. I'm now on 8.4.4.11. Cheers.
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Same here, now when i power on the tablet say on the boot screen, asus powered by nvidia tegra

Where are u located
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

kaylord84 said:
Where are u located
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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Wisconsin, USA

I just got it too im in Chicago
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

In my case, Mexico. i get new apps, like TegraZone Games, Videos(name of the app).

I cannot install the update. When it reboots to install, I get the Android thingy with a big yellow triangle with an exclamation point in it. I suppose the reason I cannot install is because I am running Netformer 1.5.

run aLogCat and get the OTA link please.
When/if you see the notification that you have an update available -- stop everything and run the aLogcat app.
Send the log file to yourself via email (that's built into the app)
Look through the log file on your computer, searching for a URL
Try any URL's that you find on your computer's browser
When you find one that downloads a zip file, save the zip file to your computer
Shout from the rooftops, and share that URL
Then upload and mirror it somewhere
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or if you want you can just email me the log file and ill obtain the OTA link. pm me if you want my email to email it to.

the video app is google movies
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also the gps is now 3.2
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i need this.... only bad thing about root and custom roms... say goodbye to ota, thanks to you guys we can get it though...

KingDavid63 said:
i need this.... only bad thing about root and custom roms... say goodbye to ota, thanks to you guys we can get it though...
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If people stop accepting the OTA / ignoring me and did what I said in the previous post about aLogCat I could go into the zip and dig some things out of it for rooted/custom ROM'd users.
Just do it before you actually take the OTA. It will be most appreciated.

How do you run logcat from the terminal or adb?
I'm running a rooted stock ROM and the OTA is downloading now...

gee one said:
How do you run logcat from the terminal or adb?
I'm running a rooted stock ROM and the OTA is downloading now...
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just download aLogCat from the market
When/if you see the notification that you have an update available -- stop everything and run the aLogcat app.
Send the log file to yourself via email (that's built into the app)
Look through the log file on your computer, searching for a URL
Try any URL's that you find on your computer's browser
When you find one that downloads a zip file, save the zip file to your computer
Shout from the rooftops, and share that URL
Then upload and mirror it somewhere
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you can send the log to yourself or me via menu -> share
if you want to give it to me, inbox me and ill give you my email
or you can hit menu -> save and upload the .txt in /sdcard/alogcat/ via attachment on XDA or where ever you want.

Can someone post a screenshot of the software screen please?

Wait, an OTA update already? Dang, ASUS is fast.

I don't know, if the posters here are to be believed, Asus has already abandoned the TF.

JCopernicus said:
I don't know, if the posters here are to be believed, Asus has already abandoned the TF.
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Um. No they haven't? ASUS' twitter have said 3.2 has gone through testing and it should be out soon.
Obvious troll is obvious.

JCopernicus said:
I don't know, if the posters here are to be believed, Asus has already abandoned the TF.
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Why are you saying that?

Cool, just updated too!

Clean ROM for the D803

Hi all,
I just picked up my D803 (Rogers) today and noticed the massive amount of bloatware on here. Does anyone have a solid ROM built yet for the D803 that'll clean this up and optimize things for me?
Also, sorry if this is the wrong subforum to place this in. I didn't think placing it in the Android Dev forum was appropriate as I thought that was just for ROM devs to post their stuff.

twistededge said:
Hi all,
I just picked up my D803 (Rogers) today and noticed the massive amount of bloatware on here. Does anyone have a solid ROM built yet for the D803 that'll clean this up and optimize things for me?
Also, sorry if this is the wrong subforum to place this in. I didn't think placing it in the Android Dev forum was appropriate as I thought that was just for ROM devs to post their stuff.
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Not sure if D802 ROM's work for our Canadian carrier D803 device but you can disable most of the bloat, which I did. Running stock ROM with bloat disabled has been great so far.

lexi250 said:
Not sure if D802 ROM's work for our Canadian carrier D803 device but you can disable most of the bloat, which I did. Running stock ROM with bloat disabled has been great so far.
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I can? How? Do I need to root to disable most of that bloatware? I've bricked a device in the past and don't want to go through that again, so I'm very hesitant to load any firmware that isn't specified to D803.

Go with the Bell version of Clean ROM. All Canadian phones are D803. It has much less bloat. The rest you can deal with, with apps such as Titanium. You can also deactivate most of the apps from the app menu.
Sent from my LG-D803 using Tapatalk

twistededge said:
Hi all,
I just picked up my D803 (Rogers) today and noticed the massive amount of bloatware on here. Does anyone have a solid ROM built yet for the D803 that'll clean this up and optimize things for me?
Also, sorry if this is the wrong subforum to place this in. I didn't think placing it in the Android Dev forum was appropriate as I thought that was just for ROM devs to post their stuff.
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If you can get me the build.prop and boot.img from D803 I can convert my clean ROM for you. Are you can try to flash the international version for the 802
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483040

AndroidUser00110001 said:
If you can get me the build.prop and boot.img from D803 I can convert my clean ROM for you. Are you can try to flash the international version for the 802
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483040
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I would be happy to, but as I'm new to all this, I need a hand figuring out how I even go about finding those files to send you. I've yet to even root my phone. Do I need to do that first and then open a file explorer?

twistededge said:
I would be happy to, but as I'm new to all this, I need a hand figuring out how I even go about finding those files to send you. I've yet to even root my phone. Do I need to do that first and then open a file explorer?
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If you have rooted your phone by now… Which I imagine you have…
…you can just get ES File Explorer (free) from the Play Store, browse over to /system/ and "share" the file called build.prop to yourself.
Send it to your pc somehow (email, dropbox, whatever). Open it in notepad or textedit or a plain text editor of some variety. (you can even rename the file build.txt to make it easy to open.) Copy the contents of the text file and paste them at Pastebin come back to this thread and post the address for it on pastebin.
It would be awesome to get a clean rom for the Canadian version of the LG-G2. Also, I have been looking for days for the rogers build.prop as well.
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http://pastebin.com/WA7qMSnu
For others looking for this: here is a link to the build.prop from the stock Bell rom. (D803B10A)
http://pastebin.com/z5MkbggN
For others looking for this: here is a link to the build.prop from the stock Rogers rom. (D803R10C)

LayCraft said:
If you have rooted your phone by now… Which I imagine you have…
…you can just get ES File Explorer (free) from the Play Store, browse over to /system/ and "share" the file called build.prop to yourself.
Send it to your pc somehow (email, dropbox, whatever). Open it in notepad or textedit or a plain text editor of some variety. (you can even rename the file build.txt to make it easy to open.) Copy the contents of the text file and paste them at Pastebin come back to this thread and post the address for it on pastebin.
It would be awesome to get a clean rom for the Canadian version of the LG-G2. Also, I have been looking for days for the rogers build.prop as well.
---------- Post added at 10:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:57 PM ----------
http://pastebin.com/WA7qMSnu
For others looking for this: here is a link to the build.prop from the stock Bell rom. (D803B10A)
http://pastebin.com/z5MkbggN
For others looking for this: here is a link to the build.prop from the stock Rogers rom. (D803R10C)
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Hello,
Is this thread still active?
I just pasted my G2 Rogers' KitKat D803B20F at http://pastebin.com/MKTHQdhS. Could somebody help create a clean ROM for a Canadian G2?
P.S.: Oops, how to get/extract boot.img from my G2?

I've got the kitkat OTA zip file for dual sim version[download link provided]

The file name is Blur_Version.14.85.4.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.03.zip
If someone need this zip, I can upload it.
It is from a friend. For myself, I haven't received the push yet. But since I have already root my phone, I can't update my phone using this zip file.
As far as I know, you need put this file into /Cache and reboot to apply this update. If I flash stock rom to my phone, then I can't access the /Cache directory.
So either way, this file is useless to me.
Is there anyone can find a way to apply this update?
download link: https://app.box.com/s/8a7h7kqs8r73aqezgfyn
Here is one mirror by Allewar
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w3lg9b3g2b8utp7/Blur_Version.14.85.4.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.03.zip
another mirror by jparasu
http://d-h.st/WM6
and standalone install method by jparasu, too.
KITKAT 4.4.2 for MOTO G DUAL SIM ASIAN RETAIL
Step1: Download the zip from above link and place it in your SD CARD
Step 2: Restart your Phone, it will now prompt your for a update, Click on update!
Step 3: If step 2 didnt work, switch off your phone
Step 4: Press Volume Down (Press this first) and Power Button for 3 to 5 seconds
Step 5: Navigate to Recovery..
Step 6: Select update from SDCARD option
Step 7: Select .Zip which you downloaded and place in your phone
Step 8: Sit back and relax it takes 5 to 10 mins to update
Step 9: Restart your phone.. You have got Kitkat!! Enjoy.

allan163 said:
The file name is Blur_Version.14.85.4.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.03.zip
If someone need this zip, I can upload it.
It is from a friend. For myself, I haven't received the push yet. But since I have already root my phone, I can't update my phone using this zip file.
As far as I know, you need put this file into /Cache and reboot to apply this update. If I flash stock rom to my phone, then I can't access the /Cache directory.
So either way, this file is useless to me.
Is there anyone can find a way to apply this update?
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omg please upload it!
I really want it and I'll be sharing it with some friends too
THANK U

Allewar said:
omg please upload it!
I really want it and I'll be sharing it with some friends too
THANK U
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+1

Allewar said:
omg please upload it!
I really want it and I'll be sharing it with some friends too
THANK U
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Ok, I will upload it, by the way, can you find a way to apply this update?

allan163 said:
Ok, I will upload it, by the way, can you find a way to apply this update?
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My phone is unrooted so I guess i'll just have to copy it to my sd card and reboot.
I don't know what is the procedure for rooted phones tough.
But you can always unroot, update and then root again =p

Allewar said:
omg please upload it!
I really want it and I'll be sharing it with some friends too
THANK U
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even i in the area,i not yet get it,so pls upload it so everyone else in my forum can get it too,you'll have my thanks

kernelbase said:
+1
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+1, asap please! I assume that's the OTA for the Australien (Asien) variant, right?
JohnnyT

nickchk said:
even i in the area,i not yet get it,so pls upload it so everyone else in my forum can get it too,you'll have my thanks
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Since I'm a ''new" user here, outside url are blocked.
I need post at least 10 posts
please wait

johnnyt76 said:
+1, asap please! I assume that's the OTA for the Australien (Asien) variant, right?
JohnnyT
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no, it is for Asia area, as you can tell from the file name: Blur_Version.14.85.4.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.0 3.zip
area code 03 means HongKong and Taiwan

donate 1 post here. please upload faster. thanks

allan163 said:
Since I'm a ''new" user here, outside url are blocked.
I need post at least 10 posts
please wait
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Can you send me the link by PM? So I can post it here faster?
Or you can also send it by email
> allewar(at)outlook.com

nice one dude, wait for the upload. Thanks a ton

distinctly raiverea
allan163 said:
no, it is for Asia area, as you can tell from the file name: Blur_Version.14.85.4.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.0 3.zip
area code 03 means HongKong and Taiwan
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honestly if this is the file name you want to sell us the 4.3 firmware here.
thanks for trying anyway,
JohnnyT

more69 said:
donate 1 post here. please upload faster. thanks
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I mean I need at least post 10 posts. Thanks for supporting anyway.

btw isn't system version "14.85.4.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.03" Android 4.3? because I have a dual sim phone and it shows this version. Hopefully the OTA contains kitkat for this system versions.

johnnyt76 said:
honestly if this is the file name you want to sell us the 4.3 firmware here.
thanks for trying anyway,
JohnnyT
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first time using motorola? Moto name their update file base on previous firmware.

johnnyt76 said:
honestly if this is the file name you want to sell us the 4.3 firmware here.
thanks for trying anyway,
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Yeah. Just realised that's still jelly beans.

Here it is guys, the link to download I recieved by PM
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1bn6BUtL

Allewar said:
Can you send me the link by PM? So I can post it here faster?
Or you can also send it by email
> allewar(at)outlook.com
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Sure, I've sent you a PM.

Allewar said:
Here it is guys, the link to download I recieved by PM
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1bn6BUtL
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Thanks, downloading now. but baidu china abit slow at my place

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*note* This file is mainly here for rom developers looking to build a custom rom or extract files/patches to apply to other models. It can't be used to repair a bad update as patches will not apply twice.

nice, i hope someone can make it compatible with Y
and btw ... there are typos in your signature : 16 MB / 32 MB for your nexuses

keyra74 said:
nice, i hope someone can make it compatible with Y
and btw ... there are typos in your signature : 16 MB / 32 MB for your nexuses
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The signature reflects the specific models I purchased and the amount of ram/rom they had. As such it appears accurate to me.

it's 16 GB and 32 GB, if it was MB you wouldn't even install anything

How do you install this?

Sweet! So just flash in recovery?

neilownz said:
How do you install this?
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The short answer, and it's not intended to be ugly, is that if you have to ask it's not a file you should be installing.
It's easier to get it from the system updater....this is primarily intended for folks doing rom work or want to extract the patches to see what might be applied to the other models. It could be sideloaded via twrp for the specific firmware/model listed if they needed to for a particular reason.

famewolf said:
The short answer, and it's not intended to be ugly, is that if you have to ask it's not a file you should be installing.
It's easier to get it from the system updater....this is primarily intended for folks doing rom work or want to extract the patches to see what might be applied to the other models. It could be sideloaded via twrp for the specific firmware/model listed if they needed to for a particular reason.
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It died on verifying system because I don't have that Google bloat installed. Oh well.

Quick question. I've flashed .bin files via odin, what do I do here?

It's simply a renamed zip. Change .bin to .zip and you can open it.

@purple.epod and others....I'm uploading an unrooted system image with boot (we need the kernel to match the system) to mega and will post the url when it completes tomorrow sometime. That file can be used to flash via twrp to the latest version and skip all the interim steps. Keep an eye out for it.

Sorry for so many questions -_- Lol. But flash this? Or the one you're talking about uploading?

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Sorry for so many questions -_- Lol. But flash this? Or the one you're talking about uploading?
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The average user should use the file being uploaded in the system image thread. This url was for folks doing work on rom's.

@purple.epod and others....I'm uploading an unrooted system image with boot (we need the kernel to match the system) to mega and will post the url when it completes tomorrow sometime. That file can be used to flash via twrp to the latest version and skip all the interim steps. Keep an eye out for it.
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Okay, awesome, thank you!

how do i install this? TWRP or by the system update in storage?
EDIT: its giving me decryption error :/ i cant download it

Url/file removed and a request has been sent to the mod's to delete this thread.
Rom dev's if you need the latest update file to examine patches etc please contact me in PM.

Thread closed at user's request.