Does anyone know where i would put the APK and odex files in a Captivate to get this working?
you would need to put them in /system/app which requires root. that should work if you're running stock rooted. if you're running a deodexed system then you'll need a deodexed .apk or it will start rebooting.
I moved the apk's I wanted to install into the system/app directory, changed the permissions, pushed the r/w button to remount the system and then tried installing the apps.
Here is where I'm at now, magic smoke live wallpaper installed fine but when I try to select it as my wall paper, it force closes. Not sured if I need another file. I then tried to install ocean waves, dandilion, and luminescence live wallpaprs but the installation failed on all 3 of those...
Any help is appriciated, thanks
Eazail70x7 said:
I moved the apk's I wanted to install into the system/app directory, changed the permissions, pushed the r/w button to remount the system and then tried installing the apps.
Here is where I'm at now, magic smoke live wallpaper installed fine but when I try to select it as my wall paper, it force closes. Not sured if I need another file. I then tried to install ocean waves, dandilion, and luminescence live wallpaprs but the installation failed on all 3 of those...
Any help is appriciated, thanks
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Usually for me, I just copy the apk's into system/app, change the permissions, and reboot. Which apps are you trying to install?
Some apps will install im /system/app folder some will het fc's,and some apps will get fc's in regualar install but install fine in /system/apps folder.A tip:Sometimes an app gets fc when in system app folder however if you mod that file(change icon color,etc.) It will work fine!I dont know why that is maybe something to do with signature.
Moved to general as not development
mattallica76 said:
Usually for me, I just copy the apk's into system/app, change the permissions, and reboot. Which apps are you trying to install?
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Magic smoke live wallpaper from the vibrant dump and sprintandroidextention (sp?).
Eazail70x7 said:
Magic smoke live wallpaper from the vibrant dump and sprintandroidextention (sp?).
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Make sure you change the permissions of the files to match the permissions of other files in the system/app folder.
ive done that. The wallpaper is installed but when I try to view it in the wallpaper selecter, it forcecloses
Do I need an extra file?
This is a very simple way to replace the default wallpapers in your custom ROM with Asus's tree wallpapers for ICS. It's pretty much useless but I really like the tree wallpapers and I hate using the gallery to set up my wallpaper because of cropping/resizing issues.
What you need: WinRar
1. Pull your ROM's default launcher apk from /system/app - it should be something like launcher.apk, launcher2.apk. It's trebuchet.apk for CM9 by ricardo.
2. Copy the apk to your computer. Open it with WinRar. Navigate to \res\drawable-sw600dp-nodpi
3. You should see a bunch of wallpapers in there. If no wallpapers, you got the wrong .apk
4. Rename each Asus tree wallpapers(download them herehttp://www.mediafire.com/?d4py6a42cpz6ees) to exactly match the ones in the apk.
5. Drag and drop the renamed Asus wallpapers into the apk, replacing the original ones.
6. Copy the modified apk to /system/app, replacing the original.
7. Reboot
8. Now the Asus tree wallpapers will show up in the default wallpaper list.
Should this still work?
Sorry for digging up such an old thread...
Tried the below steps to modify the launcher2.apk in the TeamEOS JB 4.2 ROM. I'm getting an error when I try to perform step 6. It throws some error about not being a writable file system. But I checked the properties on /system/app and it says it's writable.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong??
horndroid said:
This is a very simple way to replace the default wallpapers in your custom ROM with Asus's tree wallpapers for ICS. It's pretty much useless but I really like the tree wallpapers and I hate using the gallery to set up my wallpaper because of cropping/resizing issues.
What you need: WinRar
1. Pull your ROM's default launcher apk from /system/app - it should be something like launcher.apk, launcher2.apk. It's trebuchet.apk for CM9 by ricardo.
2. Copy the apk to your computer. Open it with WinRar. Navigate to \res\drawable-sw600dp-nodpi
3. You should see a bunch of wallpapers in there. If no wallpapers, you got the wrong .apk
4. Rename each Asus tree wallpapers(download them herehttp://www.mediafire.com/?d4py6a42cpz6ees) to exactly match the ones in the apk.
5. Drag and drop the renamed Asus wallpapers into the apk, replacing the original ones.
6. Copy the modified apk to /system/app, replacing the original.
7. Reboot
8. Now the Asus tree wallpapers will show up in the default wallpaper list.
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Hello to erveryone!How can i get 5x5 grig in my phone?Im with touchwiz with omega 7.I dont want to chang the launcher because i like touchwiz.
Thank you and sorry for my bad english!
ntinosterpsis said:
How can i get 5x5 grig in my phone?Im with touchwiz with omega 7.I dont want to chang the launcher because i like touchwiz.
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Not sure if you want to modify your own TW launcher or locate one that is already modified for 5x5. A forum search would find threads for both approaches.
Here is a summary of what you'd need to do to effect the change yourself. If you find this confusing, then you should search the forum for a more detailed tutorial.
Backup your phone.
You will need apktool to decompile the launcher, /system/priv-app/TouchWizHome.apk
Copy the framework packages to the apktool directory, i.e.
/system/framework/framework-res.apk
/system/framework/twframework-res.apk
Open a command prompt
Add the frameworks to the apktool configuration:
Code:
apktool if framework-res.apk
apktool if twframework-res.apk
Decompile your launcher
Code:
apktool d TouchWizHome.apk
Go to the TouchWizHome.apk/res/sw360dp-xhdpi folder
Open integers.xml and change the grid to 5x5
Code:
<integer name="home_cellCountX">5</integer>
<integer name="home_cellCountY">5</integer>
To shrink the icon sizes, edit dimens.xml
Recompile the package
Code:
apktool b TouchWizHomeNew.apk
The recompiled package will be unsurprisingly named TouchWizHomeNew.apk
Open both the original TouchWizHome.apk in your apktool folder and the recompiled one with winrar.
Copy over the "res" and "resources.arsc" files from the recompiled apk to your original launcher apk, overwriting the files that are there. This is done to preserve the apk signature.
Copy the modified TouchWizHome.apk (not TouchWizHomeNew.apk) to your priv-app folder, overwriting the original.
Confirm that the apk has 0644 permissions.
Reboot to recovery mode and clear your system cache.
Reboot.
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fffft said:
Not sure if you want to modify your own TW launcher or locate one that is already modified for 5x5. A forum search would find threads for both approaches.
Here is a summary of what you'd need to do to effect the change yourself. If you find this confusing, then you should search the forum for a more detailed tutorial.
Backup your phone.
You will need apktool to decompile the launcher, /system/priv-app/TouchWizHome.apk
Copy the framework packages to the apktool directory, i.e.
/system/framework/framework-res.apk
/system/framework/twframework-res.apk
Open a command prompt
Add the frameworks to the apktool configuration:
Code:
apktool if framework-res.apk
apktool if twframework-res.apk
Decompile your launcher
Code:
apktool d TouchWizHome.apk
Go to the TouchWizHome.apk/res/sw360dp-xhdpi folder
Open integers.xml and change the grid to 5x5
Code:
<integer name="home_cellCountX">5</integer>
<integer name="home_cellCountY">5</integer>
To shrink the icon sizes, edit dimens.xml
Recompile the package
Code:
apktool b TouchWizHomeNew.apk
The recompiled package will be unsurprisingly named TouchWizHomeNew.apk
Open both the original TouchWizHome.apk in your apktool folder and the recompiled one with winrar.
Copy over the "res" and "resources.arsc" files from the recompiled apk to your original launcher apk, overwriting the files that are there. This is done to preserve the apk signature.
Copy the modified TouchWizHome.apk (not TouchWizHomeNew.apk) to your priv-app folder, overwriting the original.
Confirm that the apk has 0644 permissions.
Reboot to recovery mode and clear your system cache.
Reboot.
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Thank you very much my friend .that's very difficult so I do a search to forum !!Thank you for your time! ![emoji1][emoji1]
ntinosterpsis said:
How can i get 5x5 grig in my phone?
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Perhaps what you want. Full refund if not.
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That's it !!!Thank you my friend !!I will try it !!
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Perhaps what you want. Full refund if not.
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How I will install this ??I try the instructions from over but it can't install .
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ntinosterpsis said:
How I will install this ??I try the instructions from over but it can't install .
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If you were trying to install it with the package manager e.g. by clicking on it.. it doesn't work like that. This is a replacement system app that needs to be moved to the correct directory, rather than installed per se.
Backup your phone just in case anything goes wrong.
Your phone needs to be rooted, so that you have access to the system files.
Use a root file browser to copy the new launcher to /system/priv-app/TouchWizHome.apk, overwriting the existing file.
Check that the launcher has 0644 permissions.
Wipe your system cache and reboot.
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I try all of this but it doesn't work .When I reboot my phone a pop up window appears and ask me to choose a launcher .but the only choices is simple touchwiz nova and next launchers.
Otherwise when I put the original touchwiz when I put the home button a pop up window appears with next nova simple touchwiz and full touchwiz. I do a reboot in recovery I wipe dalvik cache other dalvik and when I reboot I choose the touchwiz and everything is good
ntinosterpsis said:
I try all of this but it doesn't work .When I reboot my phone a pop up window appears and ask me to choose a launcher .but the only choices is simple touchwiz nova and next launchers.
Otherwise when I put the original touchwiz when I put the home button a pop up window appears with next nova simple touchwiz and full touchwiz. I do a reboot in recovery I wipe dalvik cache other dalvik and when I reboot I choose the touchwiz and everything is good
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You didn't mention earlier that you had a custom launcher installed. Your custom launcher has probably disabled the stock launcher. Revert or uninstall the custom launcher, so that your phone is using the 100% stock launcher. Then move the one in this thread into the priv-app folder.
If you didn't explicitly install a custom launcher, then your Omega ROM may be packaged with a modified or renamed launcher. You can search the Omega support thread and/or search the forum to find out if that is the case.
Or try one of the other 5x5 modified TW launchers in the forums.
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You didn't mention earlier that you had a custom launcher installed. Your custom launcher has probably disabled the stock launcher. Revert or uninstall the custom launcher, so that your phone is using the 100% stock launcher. Then move the one in this thread into the priv-app folder.
If you didn't explicitly install a custom launcher, then your Omega ROM may be packaged with a modified or renamed launcher. You can search the Omega support thread and/or search the forum to find out if that is the case.
Or try one of the other 5x5 modified TW launchers in the forums.
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I cant find any moded touchwiz.I will try to ask in omegas thread to take an answer.
Hi, i tried the steps, but i can't see the touchwiz i can only see google launcher and easy touch wiz, i even changed the permissions to look like rw-r--r--
Am i missing some thing.... I really loved your launcher
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Instructions in Post No. 7
You didn't say anything about overwriting the original file or wiping your cache. Did you do those?
Backup your phone just in case anything goes wrong.
Your phone needs to be rooted, so that you have access to the system files.
Use a root file browser to copy the new launcher to /system/priv-app/TouchWizHome.apk, overwriting the existing file.
Check that the launcher has 0644 permissions.
Wipe your system cache and reboot.
Enjoy.
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Hi, thx 4 reply, yes i changed the permissions to -rw-r--r-- and over written the original file, and "wipe cache partition"
After reboot still can't see the launcher
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You're not providing nearly enough detail to discern what is going on with your phone. What does can't see the launcher mean? If you couldn't see the launcher you wouldn't have a homepage. But somehow, I doubt you would have neglected to mention that if it was the case.
You didn't spell out what you did step by step, confirm the path and name of your existing launcher, provide before and after screenshots or anything else that would give us crucial details to either see what went astray or where you made a misstep. Your signature says that you are using a Nexus.. are you installing this on a S5 or N5?
The launcher has worked fine for dozens of people. A few in this thread have had difficulties, but it's impossible to know why because of the lack of details. If you expect constructive help, you need to provide exhaustive detail of your situation.
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Sorry mate.
I'm trying this on my wife's S5 which is Australian version.
Steps
I'm using Google launcher as default.
First downloaded apk and over written it to the location mentioned.
Changed the permissions as mentioned
Cleared the defaults for Google launcher
Booted to recovery
Wiped cache
Restarted
Now I can only see the option select launcher after unlocking from restart
The only 2 options visible are Google launcher and easy touch wiz
Plz refer to below screen shots
Note - the original Touchwiz launcher is around 4 mb while the downloaded one is around 3 mb
And the old touchwiz works fine when I revert
Thx
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The extra detail helps enormously.
You didn't mention a lot of crucial facts earlier in the thread e.g. having installed a non-stock (Google) launcher already, Australian variant, odexed ROM, etc.
Ideally you should revert your phone to a stock launcher before installing this one as I have no idea what changes you made when installing the other launchers, nor did you describe them.
This launcher is also intended for a deodexed system, although if you remove the corresponding odex file e.g. remove both TouchWizHome.apk and TouchWizHome.odex and wipe the launcher cache and data from the Application manager and wipe the cache partition from recovery mode, I expect it should still work on your phone.
Your immediate obstacles are the presence of the odex file and possibly your modified system configuration expecting a launcher file name other than the stock TouchWizHome.apk.
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TouchWizHome.apk
fffft said:
The extra detail helps enormously.
You didn't mention a lot of crucial facts earlier in the thread e.g. having installed a non-stock (Google) launcher already, Australian variant, odexed ROM, etc.
Ideally you should revert your phone to a stock launcher before installing this one as I have no idea what changes you made when installing the other launchers, nor did you describe them.
This launcher is also intended for a deodexed system, although if you remove the corresponding odex file e.g. remove both TouchWizHome.apk and TouchWizHome.odex and wipe the launcher cache and data from the Application manager and wipe the cache partition from recovery mode, I expect it should still work on your phone.
Your immediate obstacles are the presence of the odex file and possibly your modified system configuration expecting a launcher file name other than the stock TouchWizHome.apk.
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Hello you could give me my TouchWizHome.apk for my S5 Mini G800f with 5x5 grid change please please
fffft said:
The extra detail helps enormously.
You didn't mention a lot of crucial facts earlier in the thread e.g. having installed a non-stock (Google) launcher already, Australian variant, odexed ROM, etc.
Ideally you should revert your phone to a stock launcher before installing this one as I have no idea what changes you made when installing the other launchers, nor did you describe them.
This launcher is also intended for a deodexed system, although if you remove the corresponding odex file e.g. remove both TouchWizHome.apk and TouchWizHome.odex and wipe the launcher cache and data from the Application manager and wipe the cache partition from recovery mode, I expect it should still work on your phone.
Your immediate obstacles are the presence of the odex file and possibly your modified system configuration expecting a launcher file name other than the stock TouchWizHome.apk.
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Hi fffft, am using xtrolite rom version 1.3.5 on my s5 sm g900h, i asked in xtrolite thread to do a sec launcher 5/6, no one answer.
How can i make my launcher 5/ 6 gird, realy i dont like stock launcher or nova and apex launcher.
Its will be very nice if you help me
Thanks
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sorry for bad english.
first go to playstore and
download the launcher of your preference
(recommend nova or apex)
install the launcher
download Es File Explorer
on Es File, go to apps page, backup launcher apk,
uninstall launcher
go to system/app
backup HwLauncher6.apk and HwLauncher6.odex
and remove
go to your backup folder, and copy/cut
the downloaded launcher apk
paste it in system/app
rename it to HwLauncher6
now the launcher icon would look like the
default huawei launcher
exit Es File
now your downloaded launcher would be your
default system launcher
(the system thinks thats the default huawei launcher)
huawei themes still work (unless you have xposed resource hook active)
icon packs work too
if any problem or question just ask in comments.
this is no longer a problem on the latest xposed
it is, if you want to use theming modules or any other module that use resource hooks