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Re-install AccountAndSyncSettings.apk

I accidentally deleted the AccountAndSyncSettings.apk file. Does anyone have a backup of the file? Please help. Thanks in advance.

Snag it from a stock .zip rom in the development section. Just extract and find it (Same data structure as your filesystem).

i am also having the same issue. I have already found the stock rom from and moved the apk file with root explorer, but it won't allow me to install. Any input on how you solve this would be great.

Sorry for reviving the thread. Could someone post the AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and odex for the stock rom. I tried downloading the stock rom file but couldn't find the files that I need. Thanks so much!

Use the search feature, I posted this link for a pretty long period now.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?r1mrbtsep2k84kb
This includes AccountAndSync.apk/odex so remove that if you don't want it.

Thanks so much, I put the files back and it's fixed now. You're a life saver!

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Did you get Accounts and Sync option back on your menu list under Settings? I have accountandsyncsettings.apk under the System/app folder but there is still no menu option.

xoulsinz said:
Thanks so much, I put the files back and it's fixed now. You're a life saver!
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Hi, could you explain how exactly you managed to re-install the .apk, because I already replace it, rebooted and tried installing it manually, but it wont install or show up in the list of applications under settings, and I'm trying to update OTA to gingerbread and it keeps saying that "AccountandSyncSettings.apk was not found". I would really appreciate your help.

How do I stop new Firmware from downloading?

Just read that the new version of kitkat will be out soon. For Note3 Verizon.
I have a rooted phone. My main concern is not to let the firmware automatically download. How do I stop it from downloading

Do you have a link to the article?
Galaxy Note 3

susieq29 said:
Just read that the new version of kitkat will be out today or tomorrow. For Note3 Verizon.
I have a rooted phone. If I want the Verzion version do I need to unroot to download it when it comes out?
Do I need to stop it from automatically downloading on my phone so nothings happens?
Can I go into Kies and get the new software and install it manually?
What do you suggest. My main concern is not to let it download automatically and do any damage to my phone.
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IS this a trusted source? Its hard to believe Verizon will be pushing out an update anytime soon for this device.
I guess it remains to be seen!
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susieq29 said:
Just read that the new version of kitkat will be out today or tomorrow. For Note3 Verizon.
I have a rooted phone. If I want the Verzion version do I need to unroot to download it when it comes out?
Do I need to stop it from automatically downloading on my phone so nothings happens?
Can I go into Kies and get the new software and install it manually?
What do you suggest. My main concern is not to let it download automatically and do any damage to my phone.
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It can't install automatically without your permission (shouldn't).
My suggestion to get the update is Odin back to 100% full stock image. Then you can take whatever OTA is at your hearts desire. Then you know everything is so fresh, so clean :good:

Then we just wait for word on root ?
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kickenwing13 said:
Then we just wait for word on root ?
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That's what I'm going to do. I hear a lot of interesting things about 4.4.2 - how it breaks SD Card access etc... I am VERY happy with 4.3 with the rom I've chosen and will happily await a Clean Rom 4.4 before I even think about 4.4.
I have 4.4.2 on my Nexus 7 2013 tablet and it's good - hopefully it'll mean even better battery life. Pretty happy with the 2x battery life increase after I've rooted. Here's to hoping for more in 4.4.2.
Fyi - googled and I can't find anything about 4.4 coming to Note 3 via Verizon. Back when I had Droid 1 and HTC Thunderbolt us rooters got ICS way before it came out to the carriers. lol.

OP, do you have a link?
I disabled both Knox and the OTA update in MJE by using a root file explorer (Solid Explorer) and changing file permissions to 0000 ("---------") of a couple .apk/.odex files in /system/app (followed by rebooting) :
ContainerAgent{.apk,.odex}
ContainerEventsRelayManager{.apk,.odex}
KLMSAgent{.apk,.odex}
KnoxAgent{.apk,.odex}
KnoxAttestationAgent{.apk,.odex}
KnoxStore{.apk,.odex}
SDM{.apk,.odex}
FWUpgrade{.apk,.odex}
LocalFOTA.apk
This allows them to be restored at any time by chmod'ing them back to mode 0644 ("-rw-r--r--"). I suppose this is similar to "freezing" in TiBu. The first group are Knox-related and last three are involved in the OTA, but it might be sufficient to only disable the SDM{.apk,.odex} files.
cheers

how do I disable SDM{.apk,.odex} files. using root file explorer. I found the files I do not see anyway to disable them?

susieq29 said:
how do I disable SDM{.apk,.odex} files. using root file explorer. I found the files I do not see anyway to disable them?
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Rename them to .bak files.

If I move the file to my sd card would that do the same thing as disabling them? Would it mess up my OS not to have it in my system file.
I do not see how to rename any file? Please explain the process of renaming.

susieq29 said:
how do I disable SDM{.apk,.odex} files. using root file explorer. I found the files I do not see anyway to disable them?
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I haven't used root explorer, but I know that both Solid Explorer and ES File Manager have a way to change the file permissions mode - usually by press-and-hold on the file name, and then select "Properties" or some such from the pop-up menu.
You can also rename them if you want as suggested above (but obviously don't delete the {.apk | .odex} suffix so you won't get the two of them confused) - for instance Foo.apk -> Foo.apk.bak and Foo.odex -> Foo.odex.bak
[Edit] Also: Some root-aware file explorers make you manually remount /system in rw mode before you do anything, and some take care of it for you. If your permission changes / renaming operations fail, it's because of that. (Solid explorer just does it for you).
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If I move the file to my sd card would that do the same thing as disabling them? Would it mess up my OS not to have it in my system file.
I do not see how to rename any file? Please explain the process of renaming.
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Usually there is a menu in your file explorer which is brought up by long-pressing on an individual file name. I would recommend you leave the files in place and either rename them or make them unreadable (mode 0000) - moving them to the SD card and back will destroy the SElinux extended attributes of the files (if any). Then a couple months from now you won't need to remember where they are. They won't do any harm just sitting there.

Do I take out work apk and put in bak instead?

Got it thanks

susieq29 said:
If I move the file to my sd card would that do the same thing as disabling them? Would it mess up my OS not to have it in my system file.
I do not see how to rename any file? Please explain the process of renaming.
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If you have root you can download fx file manager and the root add on from the play store or a similar root file manager. This will allow you to rename the files you need. You can move or delete them if you want. All the custom ROMs remove them without issue. Another option would be to purchase Titanium Backup Pro and freeze the apps with that. That is my preferred method with a stock rooted rom because all you have to do is unfreeze them and then unroot to take the OTA. With that in mind I would heed the advice of others and stay away from KitKat until a root method is confirmed if you value having root access.
Edit @bftb0 beat me to the answer when I was typing...

Just changed it and the app became a blank. When I put back the app and took away the bak the app did not appear again it is still a blank what do I do to get it back in system tray. Right now it is a blank page?

Misterxtc said:
With that in mind I would heed the advice of others and stay away from KitKat until a root method is confirmed if you value having root access.
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+1
There will be plenty of lemmings that rush to the sea, afraid that they are going to miss something by not downloading an update on day one.
So, wait a week or two to see if any of them make it back to shore with their root privileges still intact. Their pain will be your gain. You'll also have the benefit of reading review articles on-line that will tell you if there is anything compelling in the update; my guess is that your phone already works quite well.
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susieq29 said:
Just changed it and the app became a blank. When I put back the app and took away the bak the app did not appear again it is still a blank what do I do to get it back in system tray. Right now it is a blank page?
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Extremely confusing and vague language "changed it", "the app became a blank". also "system tray" and "put back". Huh?
Don't use pronouns such as "it". Nobody knows which "it" you are talking about.
It is possible that your file browser needs to "refresh" it's listing after a file name change. Sometimes file managers have an explicit "refresh" in their menu, or in other cases, you just visit a different folder in the file manger and then return back to (e.g.) /system/app folder to get the refresh to occur.
Hopefully all you are doing is manipulating file names.

Titanium will not work with Note 3. It actually semi bricked my phone. I was told not to Install it. The app whose name I changed then changed back is still there the original icon is just not there. I think everything is OK but got nervous not seeing the icom

I think the icon just disappeared. I first changed the name as you suggested adding bak. The icon disappeared but it showed a blank page icon.Then I wanted to make sure I could put it back so I removed the bak. After I removed the bak then rebooted. The icon never appeared again? When I open file manager and look at it the symbol is a question mark.

bftb0 said:
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There will be plenty of lemmings that rush to the sea, afraid that they are going to miss something by not downloading an update on day one.
So, wait a week or two to see if any of them make it back to shore with their root privileges still intact. Their pain will be your gain. You'll also have the benefit of reading review articles on-line that will tell you if there is anything compelling in the update; my guess is that your phone already works quite well.
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I learned my lesson on my last phone. It was a S3 with an unlocked bootloader. I HAD to get the update despite the warnings not to. Within 10 minutes after that I tripped knox trying to get root and the wifi stopped working. That mistake cost me $400.00 for the phone N3 I have now. Verizon was "kind" enough to give me $300.00 off any new phone despite my mistake. No more going down that road for me. Yes, I am quite happy with this phone, even with the locked bootloader.
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susieq29 said:
Titanium will not work with Note 3. It actually semi bricked my phone. I was told not to Install it. The app whose name I changed then changed back is still there the original icon is just not there. I think everything is OK but got nervous not seeing the icom
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Trust me it works fine and won't brick your phone if you use it properly. At worst you would have to Odin back to stock if you deleted important files by mistake.

I don't think anything is wrong with the system. It is OK to have a ? mark instead of the icon right?

[Q] Accidentally deleted Calendar.apk and Calendarstorage.apk

So I got a little crazy and deleted these apps without thinking. So basically can somebody give me a copy of the files and inform me how to properly put them back on my phone please? Thanks

damon7620 said:
So I got a little crazy and deleted these apps without thinking. So basically can somebody give me a copy of the files and inform me how to properly put them back on my phone please? Thanks
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Flash a stock firmware via Odin. And for next time apps you don´t want it only freeze. For example with Titanium backup or Link2SD

damon7620 said:
So I got a little crazy and deleted these apps without thinking. So basically can somebody give me a copy of the files and inform me how to properly put them back on my phone please? Thanks
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What version are you in? Did you root your phone? If you are in custom ROM you can extract from your ROM and use Root Explorer to put it to app or pri-app base where you extract from your ROM

[Q] NfcNci.apk nfc.odex deleted. Cant get NFC to work!

While attempting to install one of the modded NfcNci.apk files i deleted my originals and can't seem to find downloads for them. I installed new ones from another place on Xda but im unsure if they were correct for my device and now i cannot seem to get NFC to turn on at all. I may just be installing them incorrectly, or i have the wrong files. I have no idea.
thanks in advance for any help!

zakinabox725 said:
While attempting to install one of the modded NfcNci.apk files i deleted my originals and can't seem to find downloads for them. I installed new ones from another place on Xda but im unsure if they were correct for my device and now i cannot seem to get NFC to turn on at all. I may just be installing them incorrectly, or i have the wrong files. I have no idea.
thanks in advance for any help!
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why dont you pull them from a stock rom for our device? permissions you set to rw-r-r and is usually same as all the other apks in the folder
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elliwigy said:
why dont you pull them from a stock rom for our device? permissions you set to rw-r-r and is usually same as all the other apks in the folder
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A wonderful idea! I dont really have a clue how to do that though Point me in the general direction and I can learn the rest on my own, but i dont know where to begin.

zakinabox725 said:
A wonderful idea! I dont really have a clue how to do that though Point me in the general direction and I can learn the rest on my own, but i dont know where to begin.
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find the stock rom.. extract rom.. can be on phone or pc.. find apps you need and copy paste where they go in system folder and set permissions to rw-r-rand reboot
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zakinabox725 said:
A wonderful idea! I dont really have a clue how to do that though Point me in the general direction and I can learn the rest on my own, but i dont know where to begin.
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elliwigy said:
find the stock rom.. extract rom.. can be on phone or pc.. find apps you need and copy paste where they go in system folder and set permissions to rw-r-rand reboot
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If you use FX File Explorer and the root add on it will set the permissions for you on your apps. Other files like initd files and such need the permissions manually elevated but for apps like these it's automatic. Don't forget to reboot after copying the files over.

Misterxtc said:
If you use FX File Explorer and the root add on it will set the permissions for you on your apps. Other files like initd files and such need the permissions manually elevated but for apps like these it's automatic. Don't forget to reboot after copying the files over.
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okay so i copied the .odex and .apk from the stock rom, places them in my /system/app/ folder and gave them correct permissions and still cannot seem to get my NFC to turn on.? i must be doing something wrong but i am unsure what it is.

zakinabox725 said:
okay so i copied the .odex and .apk from the stock rom, places them in my /system/app/ folder and gave them correct permissions and still cannot seem to get my NFC to turn on.? i must be doing something wrong but i am unsure what it is.
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Sounds like you did the right thing. The permissions should be like the screenshot. If it's not working maybe other filed are missing, hard to say.
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Misterxtc said:
Sounds like you did the right thing. The permissions should be like the screenshot. If it's not working maybe other filed are missing, hard to say.
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so i think i figured out part of the problem. I didnt use the stock rom to pull them from, it was the syndicate rom ( i apparently dont know how to read when i click things). I have the G900VVRU1ANHA_G900VVZW1ANHA_VZW.zip which contains a .tar.md5 inside. Without flashing this, using odin, to my S5 how can i access the system files to pull the apk and odex? i tried one of the guides in a thread to open the tar.md5 as a .img.ext4 and then mounting the image using DiskInternals Linux Reader but it could not get the file to open after mounting it. Now im REALLY lost as to what i should do, and im just fingers crossed that replacing those 2 files is going to enable my NFC again. (im assuming so since its all that i touched, but my knowledge in this department is limited)
thanks again for all the help, i usually just search for days for answers but with this im coming up blank!

Okay, so i downloaded the /apps/ zip from this thread and copied them from my pc to my phone. Using ES File Explorer i moved them to the /system/app/ folder. They originally had rwx rwx r permissions after the move, i changed that to rw r r and rebooted. Post reboot, attempted to enable nfc through the quick menu to no avail, going into the setting and turning it on the slider turns to green but the NFC icon does not show in the notification panel, I cant scan any NFC tags, and after exiting settings and going back into them the NFC setting has reset itself to off every time. I am now at a complete loss of what to try next.
just a ps: when running syndicate rom in slot 1 (safestrap) i was able to get NFC turned on and working just fine.

lol were you on rom slot this whole time? rom slots do have issues at times such as nfc not working..
glad my rom works for you though!
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elliwigy said:
lol were you on rom slot this whole time? rom slots do have issues at times such as nfc not working..
glad my rom works for you though!
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no the rom slot works fine running syndicate, i installed it to slot 1 to try it out, but on stock slot where my stock rom is i have no NFC capabilities haha. if it was just nfc on rom slot not working id be pumped, lol, but its nfc not working on my stock slot where my stock rom is

zakinabox725 said:
so i think i figured out part of the problem. I didnt use the stock rom to pull them from, it was the syndicate rom ( i apparently dont know how to read when i click things). I have the G900VVRU1ANHA_G900VVZW1ANHA_VZW.zip which contains a .tar.md5 inside. Without flashing this, using odin, to my S5 how can i access the system files to pull the apk and odex? i tried one of the guides in a thread to open the tar.md5 as a .img.ext4 and then mounting the image using DiskInternals Linux Reader but it could not get the file to open after mounting it. Now im REALLY lost as to what i should do, and im just fingers crossed that replacing those 2 files is going to enable my NFC again. (im assuming so since its all that i touched, but my knowledge in this department is limited)
thanks again for all the help, i usually just search for days for answers but with this im coming up blank!
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If you are on NHA either if these will work. NHA DeOdex or NHA Odex You can use DeOdex files on a Odex ROM with no problems.

elliwigy said:
lol were you on rom slot this whole time? rom slots do have issues at times such as nfc not working..
glad my rom works for you though!
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On rom slot it does work, on stock slot running stock rom it doesnt

zakinabox725 said:
On rom slot it does work, on stock slot running stock rom it doesnt
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I would do a factory data reset from the settings menu and reinstall the stock slot. All the time you spend messing with this you could be all done by now.

Misterxtc said:
I would do a factory data reset from the settings menu and reinstall the stock slot. All the time you spend messing with this you could be all done by now.
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i thought about doing that, but with a factory reset wont i lose pretty much everything on my phone as of now? i forget just how deep one goes but re rooting and configuring seems like a lot of work if it can be resolved without doing so

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If you are on NHA either if these will work. NHA DeOdex or NHA Odex You can use DeOdex files on a Odex ROM with no problems.
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THANKS MAN! The deodex one from NHA worked! I am eternally grateful, im going to go teach myself what the difference between odex and deodex is now! haha thanks again man!

zakinabox725 said:
THANKS MAN! The deodex one from NHA worked! I am eternally grateful, im going to go teach myself what the difference between odex and deodex is now! haha thanks again man!
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lol stock roms are usually odex unless you flashed bean or another one floating around..
now that its working i recommend doing a backup of stock slot..
My rom will definately help you learn how to push apps n what not since its bare bone lol
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touchwizhome.apk - Could somebody quickly upload the stock launcher?

Title says it all, could somebody upload or link me the stock Touchwiz launcher, my backup became corrupt and I desperately need it.

Stock touchwiz home apk
Here ya go my friend. Hopefully i helped you.

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Here ya go my friend. Hopefully i helped you.
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Call me dull, but I need some more stock app help.
I once again ccidentally deleted my TBackup Files while working in CleanMaster, and am now in need of a new stock app, this time the camera.
I believe it is called samsungcamera2.apk

You should really keep a stock rom on hand that you can just unzip and take what you need. It would be a lot easier than waiting for someone to post what you ask for. That's just as important as keeping a current nandroid.

I got Nandroids I got stock rooms, but all these are either in .tar or .tar.md5

camera app
Pedroc1999 said:
Call me dull, but I need some more stock app help.
I once again ccidentally deleted my TBackup Files while working in CleanMaster, and am now in need of a new stock app, this time the camera.
I believe it is called samsungcamera2.apk
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Here, I found this in my app folder located in /system/app folder. Samsungcamera3.apk

Download a stock zip just to have on hand.

Thanks guys, so yes I will now make a good copy of my Titanium Backup Files

So I placed that in System/app, rebooted, cleared dalvik and now I got no camera app at all?