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Removing stock email app ok?

I only use gmail for mail and I'm running latest ACS rom. Can I remove stock email app with no ill results?
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I did, and so far nothing out of the ordinary has happened.

Its OK to remove. I always do as I use Gmail as well.
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The only ill result I could think of is for any future (haha yeah) official updates which check stock apps. Is there an easy way to put it back? Where are general instructions for deleting and reinstating stock apps anyway?

DroidApprentice said:
The only ill result I could think of is for any future (haha yeah) official updates which check stock apps. Is there an easy way to put it back? Where are general instructions for deleting and reinstating stock apps anyway?
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I just use Root Explorer, move the .apk from system/app to a folder in my sd card I named backup.
Re-installing is as easy as dragging back to system/app and fixing permissions.

The easy fix is to just rename the email file and add .old to the orig name so you can find it again. Reboot and your set to go.
Sent from Bonsai 7.0.3

Top Nurse said:
The easy fix is to just rename the email file and add .old to the orig name so you can find it again. Reboot and your set to go.
Sent from Bonsai 7.0.3
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Ha. My thought process before even asking was "It can't be 'Windows' simple, can it?" Guess so. XD
Do you need to use CWM to fix permissions when reversing that?

DroidApprentice said:
Ha. My thought process before even asking was "It can't be 'Windows' simple, can it?" Guess so. XD
Do you need to use CWM to fix permissions when reversing that?
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No it's a long press then go to permissions and change it so that the first column has all 3 checked, then the next column has only the top checked and the last has nothing checked.

063_XOBX said:
No it's a long press then go to permissions and change it so that the first column has all 3 checked, then the next column has only the top checked and the last has nothing checked.
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Mega n00b asks: using what to do this...?

Root Explorer.

The stock email app is the first thing I remove from any ROM I'm about to flash. I've always preferred K-9 Mail.

Use the sdx app remover. It automatically backs it up when removing
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stock messaging app

I deleted my stock messaging app by mistake. Is there anywhere to find an apk or do i need to revert to stock?

What rom do you have?
people people said:
I deleted my stock messaging app by mistake. Is there anywhere to find an apk or do i need to revert to stock?
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mramirezusa said:
What rom do you have?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
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Stock Froyo, 2.2.2 i think

I did a factory reset from the settings and It did not show up on there.
What do I need to do to get this back?

You may have to factory reset if the developers here cannot find the apk.
Google "Atrix External Hard Reset".
but I recommend trying out Handcent, GoSMS Pro, or ChompSMS (my favorite) first. On further thought, I don't know if these will have any dependence on the stock messaging app being present to operate. I don't know if they use shared libraries or not.

There is a copy in the GingerBlur Bloatware restore zip.
http://briefmobile.com/gingerblur-rom-for-atrix-4g
That is Deodexed though.

just an idea here... i would try if i was at a good computer... can you rip one of these apart and pull the apk from it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944

yeah on other phones i know you can rip the apk out of the ROM and install it to your device. is this possible on motorola ROMs?

if this is not answered by the time i get home from work i will try to extract it myself. i can haz subscribed.

okay ignore my suggestion. its not easy if possible at all to pull anything out of an sbf... ouch
EDIT: is this what you are looking for? let me know if it works.

gh123man said:
okay ignore my suggestion. its not easy if possible at all to pull anything out of an sbf... ouch
EDIT: is this what you are looking for? let me know if it works.
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Unfortunately it isn't installing.

gahh... im of no use. if i come up with something ill get back to you... sorry

people people said:
Unfortunately it isn't installing.
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You have to push it to /system/app/
Just copy messaging.apk there with root explorer(mount rw) and set permission to 644 rw-r--r--. Then reboot.
Or try this.
Here is the bloatware zip with messaging.apk in it (removed other apps from it). Install with the old cwm recovery if you still have it.

GerardAnthony said:
You have to push it to /system/app/
Or try this.
Here is the bloatware zip with messaging.apk in it. Install with the old cwm recovery if you still have it.
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yes. :facepalm: i woke up this morning and realized how dumb i am. its a system app. (i really wasnt thinking yesterday) so you need an update.zip or some other way of pausing it over. (update.zip is probably the most reliable imo) if you dont wanna push the whole bloat restore. i can build you an update.zip for just the messaging app. let me know if i can help

browser in qslide apps for vzw g2

As all of us vzw g2 owners know, verizon left out the browser app in favor of chrome. But they didnt enable qslide with chrome. We do have the stock browser in a flashable zip but it doesn't show up in qslide. Untill now lol. I take no credit for this i just figured it out through trial and error. Ok first flash the stock browser zip from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452399 then copy this browser apk https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lbyXDReetfdmg2Zm8tU0dRd1k/edit?usp=sharing to system and reboot, bingo stock lg browser in qslide. Don't forget to hit thanks if this helps you out.

Great! Although the icon works fine for me. What I'd like to see is Mobile hotspot in quick settings...

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As all of us vzw g2 owners know, verizon left out the browser app in favor of chrome. But they didnt enable qslide with chrome. We do have the stock browser in a flashable zip but it doesn't show up in qslide. Untill now lol. I take no credit for this i just figured it out through trial and error. Ok first flash the stock browser zip from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452399 then copy this browser apk https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lbyXDReetfdmg2Zm8tU0dRd1k/edit?usp=sharing to system and reboot, bingo stock lg browser in qslide. Don't forget to hit thanks if this helps you out.
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Where in the System do we put the apk? Also do we have to rename the apk?

Put the apk in system/app. I renamed it to browser.apk just for my own convenience. You don't have to though.
To the o.p., thanks this worked perfectly.
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

garywojdan81 said:
Put the apk in system/app. I renamed it to browser.apk just for my own convenience. You don't have to though.
To the o.p., thanks this worked perfectly.
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
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Yea i actually just put it in system/app and clicked the button to overwrite the old one, glad it works for u bro although I have no idea why lol

blazewit said:
Yea i actually just put it in system/app and clicked the button to overwrite the old one, glad it works for u bro although I have no idea why lol
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Honestly I am pretty sure you don't have to flash the browser zip before putting the apk in the system/app folder. Just rename the apk you provided to LGBrowser.apk and put it in system/app, also changing the permissions to match the other system apps. The zip is simply flashing the same file without the qslide properties that are built into the apk you have linked to. For some reason those properties were not included in the zip scott posted for the LG browser. Great find overall! Just wanted to clarify that people dont need to flash the zip... just use the apk you provided named correctly with the correct permissions in the system/app folder and reboot. Sweetness!!!

dajmanjt said:
Honestly I am pretty sure you don't have to flash the browser zip before putting the apk in the system/app folder. Just rename the apk you provided to LGBrowser.apk and put it in system/app, also changing the permissions to match the other system apps. The zip is simply flashing the same file without the qslide properties that are built into the apk you have linked to. For some reason those properties were not included in the zip scott posted for the LG browser. Great find overall! Just wanted to clarify that people dont need to flash the zip... just use the apk you provided named correctly with the correct permissions in the system/app folder and reboot. Sweetness!!!
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Not my experience. I tried pushing & renaming just the apk when Scott first posted it. Fixed permissions, reboot & the icon didn't even show up. Booted back into twrp to wipe cache/dalvik & fix permissions from there & when I rebooted the icon was present but gave an immediate FC when selected. I gave up on it & grabbed the aosp browser from the play store.
This has been the only way I could get the stock lg browser to work at all. Having it in qslide is just icing on the cake.
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

garywojdan81 said:
Not my experience. I tried pushing & renaming just the apk when Scott first posted it. Fixed permissions, reboot & the icon didn't even show up. Booted back into twrp to wipe cache/dalvik & fix permissions from there & when I rebooted the icon was present but gave an immediate FC when selected. I gave up on it & grabbed the aosp browser from the play store.
This has been the only way I could get the stock lg browser to work at all. Having it in qslide is just icing on the cake.
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
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The key to your statements is you were using Scott's apk which is not this apk posted. Compare the apk in Scott's zip to this one. I am talking about pushing this apk into the system without flashing Scott's zip. But if you needed Scott's zip flashed first and then pushing this apk I suppose there must be something going on in the background I'm not aware of. In my experience they are different apks. Scott's zip flashes the first browser version into system/app folder and then all we are doing is then pushing this second version apk and overwriting it. So basically the first step is unnecessary imho. But whatever works thanks to the op for this other apk.
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dajmanjt said:
Honestly I am pretty sure you don't have to flash the browser zip before putting the apk in the system/app folder. Just rename the apk you provided to LGBrowser.apk and put it in system/app, also changing the permissions to match the other system apps. The zip is simply flashing the same file without the qslide properties that are built into the apk you have linked to. For some reason those properties were not included in the zip scott posted for the LG browser. Great find overall! Just wanted to clarify that people dont need to flash the zip... just use the apk you provided named correctly with the correct permissions in the system/app folder and reboot. Sweetness!!!
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I tried just pushing the apk to system/app and rebooting and it didn't work for me that's why I said to do it the way I have it in the op. If it works for people with out the initial flash great, but if anyone gets force closes after just pushing the apk try flashing the zip 1st

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I tried just pushing the apk to system/app and rebooting and it didn't work for me that's why I said to do it the way I have it in the op. If it works for people with out the initial flash great, but if anyone gets force closes after just pushing the apk try flashing the zip 1st
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after flashing I did get the qslide app but when trying to go to google.com i get the error in the picture. it is also happening on Chrome browser now too. I cannot search google either from the browsers...any help?

thenewak said:
after flashing I did get the qslide app but when trying to go to google.com i get the error in the picture. it is also happening on Chrome browser now too. I cannot search google either from the browsers...any help?
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Okay figured it out. I am running clean rom and idk if the scotts rom one works with this one or not. SO...I just took the LGBrowser apk from the op and dropped it in the system/app folder. That worked like a charm...and Now all browsers working and qslide etc. I would suggest a nandroid which is why I fixed mine also rename the LGBrowser.apk in the system/app folder to LGBroswer.bak or something before replacing it with the one in the op so if it gets jacked you can back it up. Anyways good luck to you all and thanks op.

thenewak said:
after flashing I did get the qslide app but when trying to go to google.com i get the error in the picture. it is also happening on Chrome browser now too. I cannot search google either from the browsers...any help?
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Ok so i did alittle googling and as far as i can tell i could be a problem with the site or your network especially if its a guest network. But one of the fizes seems to be clearing browser cache, cookies and history (id clear data in the app manager too for good measure) if that doesn't work google the first few words of the error cuz there were a ton of entries and one should have a fix that works for u. Either way i really dont see why just installin an apk would cause that so you may have some deeper issues with the network where your at?

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Ok so i did alittle googling and as far as i can tell i could be a problem with the site or your network especially if its a guest network. But one of the fizes seems to be clearing browser cache, cookies and history (id clear data in the app manager too for good measure) if that doesn't work google the first few words of the error cuz there were a ton of entries and one should have a fix that works for u. Either way i really dont see why just installin an apk would cause that so you may have some deeper issues with the network where your at?
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I tried it on 4g and my work WiFi. But either way it is working and thanks for the post just thought I'd post my experience with the fix.
Sent from my VS980 4G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

thenewak said:
I tried it on 4g and my work WiFi. But either way it is working and thanks for the post just thought I'd post my experience with the fix.
Sent from my VS980 4G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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So its fixed then or no? Also was/is it just google that spits out the xml erro or all sites?

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So its fixed then or no? Also was/is it just google that spits out the xml erro or all sites?
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Yes it is fixed, and it was only google sites. I tried www.google.com google.com then just tried typing in something to search and did the same since google is my default.

Hey i was wondering, do you think this could work in a AT&T g2? Cause this is the one thing missing on my phone that i just need man

curiousmileo said:
Hey i was wondering, do you think this could work in a AT&T g2? Cause this is the one thing missing on my phone that i just need man
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The att version doesnt have the stock browser either? I assumed it did. But yea It should, there is nothing device specific in the apk but i didnt put the zip together so the updater script might have a version check, but try it n let me no. The absolute worst case scenario is forced closes

Awesome dude. Confirmed it worked!
Manually copy apk over and change permissions to match other files, then flash the LGBrowser.zip. Then it shows up in QSlide apps and floats. So nice.
I've been missing this since I got my G2. I watched a video and seen the floating browser and QuickNotes. Ran and picked up my Verizon phone and found they removed the browser.
-sent from my LG G2 using XDA Premium 4

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The att version doesnt have the stock browser either? I assumed it did. But yea It should, there is nothing device specific in the apk but i didnt put the zip together so the updater script might have a version check, but try it n let me no. The absolute worst case scenario is forced closes
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so yea i tried it and it force closes. I flashed it first, then went and put it in my system/apps and over wrote the previous lg browser and then changed the permissions and then rebooted and i can see and press on it but it still force close. i dont know why.
editk so new issue. i tried to delete or remove anything that had to do with the lgbrowser in the system app and now it is in the qslide app but it opens up in the full app.. hmmm

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so yea i tried it and it force closes. I flashed it first, then went and put it in my system/apps and over wrote the previous lg browser and then changed the permissions and then rebooted and i can see and press on it but it still force close. i dont know why.
editk so new issue. i tried to delete or remove anything that had to do with the lgbrowser in the system app and now it is in the qslide app but it opens up in the full app.. hmmm
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What ROM are u running bro? I'll see if I can duplicate it on the ROM ur running so we can maybe figure out why its not working for u

[Q] Lg Gallery Application not Reinstalling

Hello all,
My device is an ls980 running rooted, stock kitkat. About a week after the ZVC update (kitkat), my Lg Gallery application stopped working. It would not open, giving me an error message saying that "gallery has stopped." So I tried an "uninstall" application from the market to uninstall the stock app, and then I attempted to restore/reinstall it again. Every attempt I have made has been unsuccessful and the app cannot be installed.
So my question is: how can I get the Lg Gallery application reinstalled and working properly?
Thank you, I appreciate anyone's help greatly.

How did you uninstall the stock gallery from the play store when it's not available on the play store and I'm sure the reason it's not installing is because the app needs to be placed in the system/priv-app folder and needs to be given the correct permissions
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I uninstalled the app using a "system app uninstaller" application. The APK file is still located in my system/priv-app folder, and I have even tried installing it from there using root explorer. What permissions need to be applied?

Jayriff said:
I uninstalled the app using a "system app uninstaller" application. The APK file is still located in my system/priv-app folder, and I have even tried installing it from there using root explorer. What permissions need to be applied?
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you apply the rw-r--r-- (0644) and then reboot, the phone should say android is upgrading and it should be working again

XxZombiePikachu said:
you apply the rw-r--r-- (0644) and then reboot, the phone should say android is upgrading and it should be working again
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Those permissions are already applied to the file, but the APK still refuses to install even after a full reboot.

Jayriff said:
Those permissions are already applied to the file, but the APK still refuses to install even after a full reboot.
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are both the apk/odex files there

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are both the apk/odex files there
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Actually the odex file is missing.

Then that's the problem
here's mine it should work no problem don't forget to add the permissions
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XxZombiePikachu said:
Then that's the problem
mine it should work no problem don't forget to add the permissions
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app
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I copied the odex file over to the priv-app folder and added the permissions, but after a reboot, the gallery still will not install.

Perhaps the file is somehow damaged?

Well here's my gallery apk
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XxZombiePikachu said:
Well here's my gallery apk
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Hmm, this is very odd. I continue to get the same error. I guess I will have to continue researching the issue for a solution.

Jayriff said:
Hmm, this is very odd. I continue to get the same error. I guess I will have to continue researching the issue for a solution.
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very odd indeed maybe you should find the apk/odex for your device or maybe placing them somewhere else like system/app

XxZombiePikachu said:
very odd indeed maybe you should find the apk/odex for your device or maybe placing them somewhere else like system/app
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I was able to get the app installed again (although it did it on its own after a reboot and some tinkering...); however, the gallery still cannot open as before.

[App] Google play music with material design...

Leaked app (play music) is now available for any one... ??
(I'm tested it on the latest lpv by Google) ?
Download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/d65msz5vhbwr497/Google Play Music_5.6.1640P.1480807.apk?dl=0

Android Lollipop Messanger App
And there is Lollipop Messanger app. Just install like normal APK and enjoy.
LINK

woocash304 said:
And there is Lollipop Messanger app. Just install like normal APK and enjoy.
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Thx ?

LINK
Few more Google Apps with material design.
Gmail, News & Weather and Keep doesn't work.

is anyone having issues getting the subscription piece to work with Music?

Will these work on KK or only L?

rtotheichie said:
Will these work on KK or only L?
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Messenger is working on kk
Enviado do meu Nexus 5 através de Tapatalk

anyone having issues setting up an exchange account? Gmail working perfectly but when I go to setup an exchange account, it fails.

Gmail isn't working...

Looks great thnks!

seangeezy12 said:
Gmail isn't working...
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I was able to get it to work, I changed the name to gmail.apk, moved it to the System/app folder
Change permissions to Check: Owner, Group and Others under "Read" and check Owner under "Write"

hoopsdavis said:
I was able to get it to work, I changed the name to gmail.apk, moved it to the System/app folder
Change permissions to Check: Owner, Group and Others under "Read" and check Owner under "Write"
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How do I get to permissions? And second I downloaded the new gmail.apk

seangeezy12 said:
How do I get to permissions? And second I downloaded the new gmail.apk
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Just put your finger on the app, after a second you'll see a menu popup with the Permissions option listed.

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Just put your finger on the app, after a second you'll see a menu popup with the Permissions option listed.
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I did that and I don't see it lol all that pops up is....nothing. All incan do is move the icon...no permissions at all

seangeezy12 said:
I did that and I don't see it lol all that pops up is....nothing. All incan do is move the icon...no permissions at all
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You have to do this in the system/app folder

Thank you!

hoopsdavis said:
I was able to get it to work, I changed the name to gmail.apk, moved it to the System/app folder
Change permissions to Check: Owner, Group and Others under "Read" and check Owner under "Write"
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are you using the new L preview? Tried what you said but couldn't get it to work. With L, all apps under /system/app has it's own folder. I tried under /app/ and /app/PrebuiltGmail neither works

Play music crashes when you select an album.

khanh1289 said:
are you using the new L preview? Tried what you said but couldn't get it to work. With L, all apps under /system/app has it's own folder. I tried under /app/ and /app/PrebuiltGmail neither works
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Yes, I'm using the latest L Preview. I just renamed to gmail.apk, moved to system/app and it worked. I just can't get the exchange account to setup.

Tried out the google play music but whenever i try to open an album it crashes, but besides that it looks great