hey,
I wanted to extract "Torch" application from "Azure" Rom and few other applications. as Torch is the only working app which did really enable the LED for HTC Legend.
I actually opened the ZIP package to path \azure-1.0.1.zip\system\app where the applications are stored, every app comes in APK and OBEX files. I extracted few APKS, non of them worked.
I am seeking some help for extracting the application from the ROM.
Thanks in advance!
lamppu is a good LED torch. You need root to use it, look in market
TheGrammarFreak said:
lamppu is a good LED torch. You need root to use it, look in market
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I have looked in market, but it doesnt seem to exist there. However, do you know anyway to extract the application as working APK file?
Any other LED torches that works with LEGEND?
*EDIT: well, I found it, its named Lamppu. but anyway it didnt work, although my phone is rooted! why is that?
Try Extended Controls, there is a Torch Widget which worked on my HTC Legend. (NOTE:Root access Required For this very Widget)
omar.elhelw said:
hey,
I wanted to extract "Torch" application from "Azure" Rom and few other applications. as Torch is the only working app which did really enable the LED for HTC Legend.
I actually opened the ZIP package to path \azure-1.0.1.zip\system\app where the applications are stored, every app comes in APK and OBEX files. I extracted few APKS, non of them worked.
I am seeking some help for extracting the application from the ROM.
Thanks in advance!
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If you find a ROM that has both .apx and .odex in the app-folder you will not get it to work by only extracting the .apk file.. You need both of the files in order to include them in another ROM..
Use a backup program like Titanium backup or MyBackup pro: they will extract for you.
XtremeHTM said:
Try Extended Controls, there is a Torch Widget which worked on my HTC Legend. (NOTE:Root access Required For this very Widget)
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I already tried using Lamppu, but it didnt work on my rooted phone!
Have any idea what might be the reason?
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whitetigerdk said:
If you find a ROM that has both .apx and .odex in the app-folder you will not get it to work by only extracting the .apk file.. You need both of the files in order to include them in another ROM..
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That makes sense...but who would I merge the .apk and .obex together to be in one .apk file so I can install it?
Or maybe you know some way I can install these files?
Help would be really appreciated.
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robto said:
Use a backup program like Titanium backup or MyBackup pro: they will extract for you.
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You mean like after loading the custom ROM, I backup the application I want then restore them after I load the custom I want?!
This is just long process of backing up your data then load custom rom, then back to the old rom, then root then restore...
I thought there might be easier and shorter ways?!
Any help would be appreciated. Gracias!
Anyone to help?????
try the kitchen method.
Scout around in the .zip to find the package you want, copy the .apk to your ADB directory and then, with the phone plugged in:
Code:
adb install [I]path-to-package[/I].apk
I actually opened the ZIP package to path \azure-1.0.1.zip\system\app where the applications are stored, every app comes in APK and OBEX files. I extracted few APKS, non of them worked.
I am seeking some help for extracting the application from the ROM.
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To be honest you've answered your own question. What you've done is the easiest way to pull an app from a ROM. So if your issue is something else it may be an idea to re-write your question (again, I know. Sorry).
I also apologise for mis-interpreting your question the first time 'round. I hope my help in this post is better.
TheGrammarFreak said:
Scout around in the .zip to find the package you want, copy the .apk to your ADB directory and then, with the phone plugged in:
Code:
adb install [I]path-to-package[/I].apk
To be honest you've answered your own question. What you've done is the easiest way to pull an app from a ROM. So if your issue is something else it may be an idea to re-write your question (again, I know. Sorry).
I also apologise for mis-interpreting your question the first time 'round. I hope my help in this post is better.
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Your help so much appreciated mate!
Well, the last conclusion I got to is, the .apk and .obex files are actually one file but they were divided to 2 files just to make them work better, so if you take the .apk file only it wont work as it will be missing the other .obex file.
Anyway, I am also guessing there is a way to merge the 2 files back, I read a little about "de-odex" but I couldnt really get the best help I could get. I will post the solution once I get to it.
Thanks again for your help mate!
omar.elhelw said:
Your help so much appreciated mate!
Well, the last conclusion I got to is, the .apk and .obex files are actually one file but they were divided to 2 files just to make them work better, so if you take the .apk file only it wont work as it will be missing the other .obex file.
Anyway, I am also guessing there is a way to merge the 2 files back, I read a little about "de-odex" but I couldnt really get the best help I could get. I will post the solution once I get to it.
Thanks again for your help mate!
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You will have to use the kitchen do deodex the files.. Search the entire forum for "Chefs Central"
whitetigerdk said:
You will have to use the kitchen do deodex the files.. Search the entire forum for "Chefs Central"
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I tried the "de-odexing" method of the Android Kitchen, but it didnt seem to be working fine. Error message of "There is a problem prasing the package." ???
omar.elhelw said:
I tried the "de-odexing" method of the Android Kitchen, but it didnt seem to be working fine. Error message of "There is a problem prasing the package." ???
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I know it's a pain, but de-odexing the whole rom might help. Unless you already did this, in which case something is wrong with your download I imagine.
Swyped from my HTC Legend
TheGrammarFreak said:
I know it's a pain, but de-odexing the whole rom might help. Unless you already did this, in which case something is wrong with your download I imagine.
Swyped from my HTC Legend
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I havent tried deodexing the whole rom actually. I will certainly do this and try.
I have another question to you though, from where can i get Swype? lol
I know it's a pain, but de-odexing the whole rom might help. Unless you already did this, in which case something is wrong with your download I imagine.
Swyped from my HTC Legend
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I havent tried deodexing the whole rom actually. I will certainly do this and try.
I have another question to you though, from where can i get Swype? lol
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Search, I might post the link when I'm home. Swype HVGA
Swyped from my HTC Legend
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Search, I might post the link when I'm home. Swype HVGA
Swyped from my HTC Legend
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Thanks!
heres the DL link
http://goo.gl/xKSk
Hi there, I'm planning on changing my icons here and there and since the apkreplacer in the zip crap doesn't seem to function for me I thought I'd just modify the apk files but I remember reading before that before sent again, they need to be signed.
What is everyone's best recommendation for doing this? What's the best and safest way to push them back to phone? I want to replace 1 icon each on those 3 files.
No one really knows whether these files should be signed or not?
Use apk manager .its useful for all your needs including signing.search for it in xda.
jaison thomas said:
Use apk manager .its useful for all your needs including signing.search for it in xda.
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Thanks but what about sending the files back? Do I need to set any permissions for them or I just send them normally like I do with framework-res.apk and all those.
Hey guys,
I was wondering if you guys have the fonts from the stock Samsung ROM? Particularly the "Samsung Sans".
Cheers!
hidea said:
Hey guys,
I was wondering if you guys have the fonts from the stock Samsung ROM? Particularly the "Samsung Sans".
Cheers!
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Are these what you need (attached)? I used Titanium Backup to rip them out as backups and extracted the apks from the backups. They "should" still work...
Aou said:
Are these what you need (attached)? I used Titanium Backup to rip them out as backups and extracted the apks from the backups. They "should" still work...
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oh thank you!! They are indeed the right font(s)!
Samsung Sans is drop dead pretty. Far prettier than Roboto. Cheers!
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By the way, how did you extract them with TiBackup? Would love to learn, in case in the future I need to do further extracting!
hidea said:
oh thank you!! They are indeed the right font(s)!
Samsung Sans is drop dead pretty. Far prettier than Roboto. Cheers!
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By the way, how did you extract them with TiBackup? Would love to learn, in case in the future I need to do further extracting!
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You're welcome.
It's probably easier to just run some shell commands to copy the apk's out to the SDcard, but this is what I did with TiBu:
Searched for "font" to narrow it down to just these 5 items
Batch backed them up as usual
Connected phone to PC and browsed the phone for the TitaniumBackup folder.
Inside, you'll see three files associated with each app - the one we want is the .apk.gz
Extracted the contents of the file - it contains only an apk with a really long filename
Grabbed the "real" name of the .apk from TiBu by touching the app name in the list, and then touching the name of it highlighted in yellow. This gives the apk name among other info.
Rename the really-long-named apk that was extracted with the name obtained in the previous step.
Can somebody give me the font Samsung Sans in ttf format (not apk)? I cannot find it in the web.
asbozh said:
Can somebody give me the font Samsung Sans in ttf format (not apk)? I cannot find it in the web.
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I know this wan an old post but for anyone wanting to know how to get them in ttf format in the future just extract them from the apk files using 7-Zip
Can i have The stock folder s4 samsungSans?
Does anybody have the default font of samsung? (They called it droidsans) i'm using a zenfone btw.
i'm trying to get the live wallpaper from my previous Galaxy Note to work (Ocean Weather or Windy Weather). I have allowed unknown sources. It gets all the way as far as the install screen (where it shows the permissions), i click install... it attempts to install and then i get "the application was not installed".
I tried an apk i exported myself using ES Explorer; and one that someone had posted a while back, that was taken from a GS2.
Either way... these were some of the coolest and most useful LWP around (and they were FREE) why oh why would google/verizon/samsung drop them?
Anyone know how to get these to work? Or does this require root?
armedmetallica said:
i'm trying to get the live wallpaper from my previous Galaxy Note to work (Ocean Weather or Windy Weather). I have allowed unknown sources. It gets all the way as far as the install screen (where it shows the permissions), i click install... it attempts to install and then i get "the application was not installed".
I tried an apk i exported myself using ES Explorer; and one that someone had posted a while back, that was taken from a GS2.
Either way... these were some of the coolest and most useful LWP around (and they were FREE) why oh why would google/verizon/samsung drop them?
Anyone know how to get these to work? Or does this require root?
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I've taken some live wallpapers from the Note 2 and have them working on the Note 3. Try copying and moving the apk from wherever you have it on your phone/sd card to system/app and setting the permissions. Reboot and it should work.
chino0131 said:
I've taken some live wallpapers from the Note 2 and have them working on the Note 3. Try copying and moving the apk from wherever you have it on your phone/sd card to system/app and setting the permissions. Reboot and it should work.
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thanks... just tried that.. .got an error about read-only file system... to copy into system/app do you need to be root?
armedmetallica said:
thanks... just tried that.. .got an error about read-only file system... to copy into system/app do you need to be root?
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Yes, you do. Sorry, missed that part in the first post.
chino0131 said:
Yes, you do. Sorry, missed that part in the first post.
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np - thanks for the reply. it's just annoying that they took this out.
informative AND cool factor.
I have a twrp back up on an SD card is there any way to pull tasker out of there? It has years of my profiles I've created and don't want to start over
I think you can change the extension in Windows and extract them. Can't remember the details but if you google extracting TWRP image I'm sure you will find what you are looking for.
Exodusche said:
I think you can change the extension in Windows and extract them. Can't remember the details but if you google extracting TWRP image I'm sure you will find what you are looking for.
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cool ty i will try that
galaxy s4 nutjob said:
cool ty i will try that
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You will have to find the location the app stores all its saved profiles. I would first check root/data/data or anywhere else Android apps store saved information.