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Hello:
i tried to change my Bootanimation but with no Luck.
1. i tried to make a "theme" via Online Kitchen; got a file (about 6mb) flashed it via Recovery but Botscreen stayed at white "HTC-Briliant"
2. i tried to manualy delete the bootaniamtion.zip at /data/app/local with androidmate (free)--> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10041079&highlight=bootanimation#post10041079
3. i tried to make my own update.zip ( http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-create-android-update-zip-package/)
script:
Code:
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:data\app\local data\app\local:
show_progress 0.1 10
4. tried to change the bootimage.zip in NEO's Reflext.Rom by deleting all unneccesary stuf and changing the bootanimation-zip
--> got stuck after Recovery so i had to reflash the whole ROM..
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why i'm not able to change this bootanimation ?
can someone provide me a funktional Update-zip for this ROM
(or a HowTo for doing it myself?)
i would like to test these Bootimages:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=648555
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905538 (android particle2)
PLEASE Help
EDIT: i also tried via
Terminal Emulator
- Connect your phone to your computer via USB
- Copy the downloaded file to your sdcard
- Disconnect phone from computer
- Open Terminal Emulator on your phone and enter the code below (press enter after every line)
su
cp /sdcard/480x800_AndroidGlow1.zip /data/local/bootanimation.zip
reboot
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EDIT:
Try putting it into /system/customize/resource
thats where the bootanimation (and the boot sound..) was located on my desire rom.
tried this but:
1: i found no "resource" folder under /system/customize..
2. after creating this folder and copying bootanimation.zip nothing happens
it seems like NEO put it on a special place in his ROM so i cant't figure out..
Test this route: /system/etc/customer/bootanimation.zip ;-)
System/sd/app/local remplace the bootanimation.zip and reboot.
It worked !!
Thanks ASIER
the System/sd/app/local .. did the trick
why does neo uses this folder-structure.. weird ..
(and also thx to raa_ for his help)
does it make sense if i say, i don't have a /system/sd/app/local folder??? the sd part is nowhere to be found
any idea?
edit. found it on my Desire it was under /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
cheers
i think it depends on the ROM you are using!
i use the ReflextSense 1.7 from NEophyte.360
that uses the "unusual" path as postet before.
"normal" Sense ore SenseHD Roms are using different locations as you found out..
it is sad that there's not a standard-path for all roms !
Asier said:
System/sd/app/local remplace the bootanimation.zip and reboot.
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I have the reflext 1.7 rom on my desire and i have no folder named app in system/sd
neo2006pf said:
I have the reflext 1.7 rom on my desire and i have no folder named app in system/sd
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are you sure youre on the system-"partition" ?
i first set the System to Read/Write in SPareparts and afterwards used ESData explorer (in the program you have to enable ROOT funktions..)
--> menu/settingsroot options --> mount filesystem
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click on the button on the very left (sd-icon) and it should change into a "house"
the path should be a "/"
afterwards choose SYSTEM/SD/APP/Local
in this folder there should be bootanimation.zip, downanimation.zip, shutdown.zip and "placeholder"
hope it helps
I cant find my bootanimation.zip anywhere,Im using insertcoin 1.8f(trying to update to 1.8h with no luck )
this Thread describes Changing BOOTANIMATION in ReflextSense (1.7)
i think insertCoin uses an different Folder for Bootanimation.zip than this rom.
you could try one of these options:
get shure you hav read/write acces to your Root.. (as i described in de Posting before..)
search the "insert coin" thread for Bootanimation.zip
ask in the Thread about the neccesary "Path"
try to download a "change bootanimation" zip from online kitchen or from the forum..
apply the zip via Recovery and if it works !! ... open the zip and analyse the script file (which Path it uses..)
i hope it helps..
klefreak said:
are you sure youre on the system-"partition" ?
i first set the System to Read/Write in SPareparts and afterwards used ESData explorer (in the program you have to enable ROOT funktions..)
--> menu/settingsroot options --> mount filesystem
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click on the button on the very left (sd-icon) and it should change into a "house"
the path should be a "/"
afterwards choose SYSTEM/SD/APP/Local
in this folder there should be bootanimation.zip, downanimation.zip, shutdown.zip and "placeholder"
hope it helps
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I had the right path but was using a software that can't see the folder system/sd/app. I managed to replace the bootanimation.zip with SUFBS. Thank you for your help though.
After I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 my Gmail Widget went missing. Please help me getting in it back.
You need to reinstall using the .apk manually. Download a root explorer (ES File Explorer is a good free one). Go in settings and give it root access + mount for writing. Then, go into the /system/app folder, find the Gmail.apk file and open it. Hit uninstall, then install. If this doesnt work, rename the Gmail.apk to something like Gmail.bak, reboot, and then rename it back to Gmail.apk.
You can do this off adb / term. as well if you know how
gmail missing now?!
Okay, I went to try this, and uintalled Gmail.apk, but now it's gone so I can't re-install it. Ack! Help! Please!
Okay, for anyone else who makes the same mistake and doesn't back up the apk before installing... reflash the rom for the full ota update, and it brings back gmail! yay!
caboos3 said:
You need to reinstall using the .apk manually. Download a root explorer (ES File Explorer is a good free one). Go in settings and give it root access + mount for writing. Then, go into the /system/app folder, find the Gmail.apk file and open it. Hit uninstall, then install. If this doesnt work, rename the Gmail.apk to something like Gmail.bak, reboot, and then rename it back to Gmail.apk.
You can do this off adb / term. as well if you know how
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Hmm, I've tried this and still no. Even tried the re-flash with OTA update, no luck. When I select/open the Gmail.apk, it doesn't give me an uninstall option, just install. Here's what I've tried:
1. Open gmail.apk to reinstall (no uninstall option)
2. Rename gmail.apk to gmail.bak, reboot, rename back to gmail.apk, no luck (tried reboot after rename back to .apk, too)
3. rename to Gmail.bak, reflash with OTA update (which does bring back the gmail.apk)
Other thoughts?
Thanks!
slotbumwaller said:
Hmm, I've tried this and still no. Even tried the re-flash with OTA update, no luck. When I select/open the Gmail.apk, it doesn't give me an uninstall option, just install. Here's what I've tried:
1. Open gmail.apk to reinstall (no uninstall option)
2. Rename gmail.apk to gmail.bak, reboot, rename back to gmail.apk, no luck (tried reboot after rename back to .apk, too)
3. rename to Gmail.bak, reflash with OTA update (which does bring back the gmail.apk)
Other thoughts?
Thanks!
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Ok, solved it by:
In a terminal
su -
cp /system/app/Gmail.apk /sdcard/Gmail.apk
rm -fr /system/app/Gmail.apk
reboot
Open ES File Explorer
Open (install) /sdcard/Gmail.apk
Voila!
I apologize for this (seemingly) really easy question, but: How do you do this?
"Go in settings and give it root access + mount for writing."
[I have rooted my device, and suffer from the same problem; I installed ES File Explorer too.. I've been in the Settings, and don't see 'root access' anywhere]
armondob said:
I apologize for this (seemingly) really easy question, but: How do you do this?
"Go in settings and give it root access + mount for writing."
[I have rooted my device, and suffer from the same problem; I installed ES File Explorer too.. I've been in the Settings, and don't see 'root access' anywhere]
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1. Tap the Menu icon (next to the Task Switcher icon when you open ES FE)
2. Tap 'Settings'
3. Scroll to the bottom and select 'Root options (NEW)'
4. Check both boxes (Root Explorer and Mount File System)
Hey there, I just saw your post.. this part about:
"reflash the rom for the full ota update" to bring back gmail - I was under the impression that I already flashed the ROM for the 3.1 OTA.. did I not? Or do I just have to do it again?
Just putting the Tab into Downloader Mode and select the 'left' option, and select the 3.1 OTA file again ?
armondob said:
Hey there, I just saw your post.. this part about:
"reflash the rom for the full ota update" to bring back gmail - I was under the impression that I already flashed the ROM for the 3.1 OTA.. did I not? Or do I just have to do it again?
Just putting the Tab into Downloader Mode and select the 'left' option, and select the 3.1 OTA file again ?
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Not sure which guide you followed, but I followed this:
galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-hacks/how-to-root-galaxy-tab-10-1
I re-flashed with hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip, but I don't think you need to if you backed up your Gmail.apk to /sdcard
If you didn't back up the Gmail.apk file and it's gone, you'll need to either re-flash with this file (under step 5 in the page I linked to) or reset to factory.
Hi, I've tried everything stated here it doesn't work.
I can't rename the apk. file as it says it's a file system read-only.
In a terminal
su -
cp /system/app/Gmail.apk /sdcard/Gmail.apk
rm -fr /system/app/Gmail.apk
reboot
Open ES File Explorer
Open (install) /sdcard/Gmail.apk
Can someone further explain this steps? maybe I did something wrong.
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It's fine I made an mistake, on the es file explorer, I thought I gave it access but apparently I did not. Thank you.
When I followed Step 5 again, the menu I got was:
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- Yes - Install /sdcard/update.zip (not the <samsung_root.zip> file like it's supposed to be)
- No
- No
I even recopy/pasted the .zip file from my laptop into the root folder of the Tab 10.1, and redid it - same listing. I'm not sure why it's not showing the file again..
Closed before found a new tip.
For Unroot User
Use adb and pull this to your pc.
Code:
/data/data/com.maxmpz.audioplayer/databases/folders.db
And then, after finish flash rom. Use adb push back to that folder
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For Root User
Use File Explorer and head to (I'm use Solid Explorer)
Code:
/data/data/com.maxmpz.audioplayer/databases/
Copy "folders.db" to your safe place and then, flash your rom. Finally, open File Explorer and pull this file back to
Code:
/data/data/com.maxmpz.audioplayer/databases/
Set permission to -rw-r--r-- and REBOOT your phone.
#How to Set Permission for files : Here
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#Thanks maxmp for this knowledge
thats a pretty nice one ma8
and Thank u for linking My Guide in OP
Your welcome
I have successfully created my own bypass to get viper4android to work. Always create a full backup before attempting =)
1. Download viper4android APK
2. Download Root Explorer from the playstore
3. Install Both Apps
4. Launch Root Explorer
5. In root explorer go to /system/lib/soundfx and copy the folder to /data/ (make a soundfx folder)
6. Also copy /system/etc/audio_effects.conf to the /data/soundfx/ folder
7. Using root explorers menu you can create a shortcut (symbolic link) make a shortcut of the /data/soundfx/ folder and a shortcut of the /data/soundfx/audio_effects.conf
8. Boot into TWRP
9.Mount the system partition
10. Rename /system/lib/soundfx to /system/lib/soundfx2
11. Copy soundfx shortcut create earlier to /system/lib/ it will look like a "file" to TWRP
12.Rename the /system/etc/audio_effects.conf to /system/etc/audio_effects.conf1
13. Copy the audio_effects shortcut into /system/etc/ (be sure its name matches the old exactly)
15. Reboot
16. Launch Viper and install driver
I haven't dealt with LPA yet (hasn't had an issue) nor have I done any other modifications at this time which are avail on the viper4android thread.
I was just thinking about symbolic links to get around this S-OFF/ON issue and it appears they work and technically as a workaround we could symbolically link everything in system to another location and access it all. This could easily be put into ROM builds now at least as well!
Build.Prop may be useful to move out via sym link as well
It's not a matter of being s-on or s-off.. It's a matter of having write protection removed then you can do all of that. S-off just allows you to flash any partition on the device.. (radio, hboot etc..) plus you can flash any ruu you want as long as you change to supercid
There is a kernel module in dev and it's working great on my device.
On M7 it seems to me that the S-OFF also disables write protection system on stock rom
Envoyé de mon HTC Butterfly s en utilisant Tapatalk
migascalp said:
On M7 it seems to me that the S-OFF also disables write protection system on stock rom
Envoyé de mon HTC Butterfly s en utilisant Tapatalk
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But you don't need s-off to disable write protection. You just need a kernel with it disabled or the kernel module which flair posted in the development section. I'm using it and am able to write to the system fine and I'm s-on. The title of the thread should be something like "with write protection on" not s-on.
I just wanted to clarify that with S-OFF this module is useless
migascalp said:
I just wanted to clarify that with S-OFF this module is useless
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You don't need to clarify that to me. I'm very well aware of that. My point was that for this topic you don't need s-off for this to work.. You just need write protection off. Whether that be with with s-off or with a module.. This working is not dependant on s-off.. It's dependant on write protection being off. That is my point.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
For anyone who wants the stock kernel with write protection off just use this JMZM8 Kernel and then just install busybox like regular and boom Viper4Android, literally made my M8 sound so much better (not that it wasn't already awesome)
worked with htc 816 running indian stock, which still has no s-off at the moment,
had to go to twrp recovery terminal command, to make the symbolic links or move directories....
viper4android made a lot of difference in this particular model.
the next thing would be to make viper4a a system app, since it tended to close and thus lower the volume, usually after some time.
helloicanseeu said:
worked with htc 816 running indian stock, which still has no s-off at the moment,
had to go to twrp recovery terminal command, to make the symbolic links or move directories....
viper4android made a lot of difference in this particular model.
the next thing would be to make viper4a a system app, since it tended to close and thus lower the volume, usually after some time.
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you can try and copy the app or push it in recovery to System/app. if you put it manually in not push via adb be sure to set the right permissions if the recovery doesn't set them automatically ! it should work even without s-off
One-M8-Master said:
you can try and copy the app or push it in recovery to System/app. if you put it manually in not push via adb be sure to set the right permissions if the recovery doesn't set them automatically ! it should work even without s-off
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will try to make it work .... meanwhile from what i gathered in a htc 816 facebook group, most indian pple buying this particular model seems to have no clue about making the most out of its audio properties ... the 816's true selling points were its larger 5.5 " size, great audio output, and relatively low cost compared with other htc flagship models.
One-M8-Master said:
you can try and copy the app or push it in recovery to System/app. if you put it manually in not push via adb be sure to set the right permissions if the recovery doesn't set them automatically ! it should work even without s-off
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done ... went to twrp recovery,
moved "com.vipercn.viper4android_v2-1.apk" from ""/data/app" to "/system/priv-app"
moved "com.vipercn.viper4anddroid_v2-1/libV4AJniUtils.so" from to "/data/app-lib" to "/system/lib/"
should be working fine, havent extensively tested it out yet though,
reported as a system app, and viper driver is running.
I Can't Get data/soundfx Shortcut to Transfer to /System/lib
In the opening instructions, #11 says that we have to transfer the data/soundfx shortcut to /system/lib. Everytime I try it with TWRP it just says failed. If I try it with root browser,
it will say successful until the phone is rebooted. Any help would be appreciated. I am a newbie to these things.
BaltColts said:
In the opening instructions, #11 says that we have to transfer the data/soundfx shortcut to /system/lib. Everytime I try it with TWRP it just says failed. If I try it with root browser,
it will say successful until the phone is rebooted. Any help would be appreciated. I am a newbie to these things.
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u need to install twrp recovery for htc 816.
get it from "TeamWin Projects" website.
after successfully installing twrp, boot into recovery mode, use twrp to move data/soundfx shortcut to /system/lib, etc...
hope u get to install viperfx successfully and make full blast of the great audio output of this big value music machine, makes a near perfect combo with my music angel cube speakers(as far as mine human ears tell me), anyone using this combo too?
later htc models based on mediatek chipsets seem to have horrible audio outputs ... maybe even iphone 6 and samsung note4 cant beat htc 816 where mp3 output is concerned
background: htc 816 doesnt has s-off, so its always s-on, which means if u try to write to the "/system" folder, the phone will trigger a reboot immediately, to prevent any modifications to the folder. root browser will not be able to write to /system folder, even if the phone has root access, due to this s-on protection. The only way to edit /system folder is to boot to twrp (in recovery mode).
blewis540 said:
I have successfully created my own bypass to get viper4android to work. Always create a full backup before attempting =)
1. Download viper4android APK
2. Download Root Explorer from the playstore
3. Install Both Apps
4. Launch Root Explorer
5. In root explorer go to /system/lib/soundfx and copy the folder to /data/ (make a soundfx folder)
6. Also copy /system/etc/audio_effects.conf to the /data/soundfx/ folder
7. Using root explorers menu you can create a shortcut (symbolic link) make a shortcut of the /data/soundfx/ folder and a shortcut of the /data/soundfx/audio_effects.conf
8. Boot into TWRP
9.Mount the system partition
10. Rename /system/lib/soundfx to /system/lib/soundfx2
11. Copy soundfx shortcut create earlier to /system/lib/ it will look like a "file" to TWRP
12.Rename the /system/etc/audio_effects.conf to /system/etc/audio_effects.conf1
13. Copy the audio_effects shortcut into /system/etc/ (be sure its name matches the old exactly)
15. Reboot
16. Launch Viper and install driver
I haven't dealt with LPA yet (hasn't had an issue) nor have I done any other modifications at this time which are avail on the viper4android thread.
I was just thinking about symbolic links to get around this S-OFF/ON issue and it appears they work and technically as a workaround we could symbolically link everything in system to another location and access it all. This could easily be put into ROM builds now at least as well!
Build.Prop may be useful to move out via sym link as well
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Will this method work without busybox?
There is a very specific reason why I'd not like to use busybox, so this may end up being a very good solution for me.
fade2black101 said:
Will this method work without busybox?
There is a very specific reason why I'd not like to use busybox, so this may end up being a very good solution for me.
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What's wrong with busybox? its a hidden process only used when an app like V4A calls for it, other then that it has no negative effect. why avoid it?
Besides this thread is disinfo, all this is not required to get V4A working, Go to this thread Here and follow instructions.
hi,
I have completed those steps, but the viper4android keeps asking me to install the driver.
I have tried also the steps from helloicanseeu. But still, not working.
please help me, because installing viper4android is never been this hard on my previous device. thank you.
i got stuck after flashing viper . stuck on htc logo then reboots back to recovery..
oulixeus said:
hi,
I have completed those steps, but the viper4android keeps asking me to install the driver.
I have tried also the steps from helloicanseeu. But still, not working.
please help me, because installing viper4android is never been this hard on my previous device. thank you.
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Which phone u using? What stock rom? I was using stock indian on htc816.
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XskipperX said:
i got stuck after flashing viper . stuck on htc logo then reboots back to recovery..
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U followed the steps by blewis?
Why it is so complicated..???.if s-on, unlock bootloader and flash a custom kernel (elementalx). In install options just choose to set SElinux permissive. Then, install driver for Viper and reboot. That is it. If s-off, start with kernel installation...
People are talking about that s-off gives full access to system partition - true but not correct. Unlocked bootloader gives write access to system folder, while s-off in addition allows to change partitions, bootloader, etc.
Sent from my HTC One M8 using XDA Free mobile app
uvt_novice said:
Why it is so complicated..???.if s-on, unlock bootloader and flash a custom kernel (elementalx). In install options just choose to set SElinux permissive. Then, install driver for Viper and reboot. That is it. If s-off, start with kernel installation...
People are talking about that s-off gives full access to system partition - true but not correct. Unlocked bootloader gives write access to system folder, while s-off in addition allows to change partitions, bootloader, etc.
Sent from my HTC One M8 using XDA Free mobile app
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Welp, it's so complicated because NONE of the instructions seem to work for a huge number of us. I've tried like 5 "failsafe" methods but they just fail and fail.
ONE time I had it working and was all psyched, and then I restarted the phone at some point and that was the end of that. Never worked since.
Edit: Sorry for not maintaining this thread for a long time (rl stuff) but after all I really recommend you switching to LineageOS. It's very straightforward, you have full Play Store and Amazon access and a smooth, nice, customizable and clean android. Also you don't have to worry about your device getting incompatible to the Play Store^^ or bricking your device by accidental updates.
Srsly, don't do anything below here. It's old and not supported anymore. Also before doing anything to your tablet: Unlock the Bootloader here
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like
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You need specify that need to change the extension exactly
Potato_of_Doom said:
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
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Worked great but for some reason on my kindle hdx 7" running 4.5.2 when I booted up the SetupWizard came up to select my language and then when I clicked the big arrow it dumped me into the wireless settings screen and I was stuck. I had to eventually remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk. You might want to recommend users not including this as well on the off chance it causes the same problem I had. After I fixed this I just clicked on the play store and it prompted me to login.
Potato_of_Doom said:
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
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do i put <app etc framework lib priv-app> in /system dir
candiflan said:
do i put <app etc framework lib priv-app> in /system dir
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Yes you can copy everything, just look out for /priv-app/PrebuiltGMSCore.apk (If you try to copy it you'll get a memory error)
@awinston
Thats strange. On my kindle it worked without any issues
Potato_of_Doom said:
Yes you can copy everything, just look out for /priv-app/PrebuiltGMSCore.apk (If you try to copy it you'll get a memory error)
@awinston
Thats strange. On my kindle it worked without any issues
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Got it thanks
awinston said:
Worked great but for some reason on my kindle hdx 7" running 4.5.2 when I booted up the SetupWizard came up to select my language and then when I clicked the big arrow it dumped me into the wireless settings screen and I was stuck. I had to eventually remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk. You might want to recommend users not including this as well on the off chance it causes the same problem I had. After I fixed this I just clicked on the play store and it prompted me to login.
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How did you remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk
After doing this to get gapps, I am receiving license error when attempting to play amazon instant videos. Any ideas?
Edit: obviously did something to drm as I can't access kindle books either.
Anyone know a way to fix? Thanks
candiflan said:
How did you remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk
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Never mind I rename SetupWizard.apk to SetupWizard.apk.old this is what I did
adb shell "su -c 'mount -o rw,remount /system'"
adb shell "su -c 'mv /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk.old'"
adb shell "su -c 'mount -o ro,remount /system'"
Is there a recommendation on installing the gapps via this method, versus the HDXposed method?
It sounds like this is easier and slightly less risky.
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Potato_of_Doom said:
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
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Doesnt work on my Apollo. I downloaded GAPPS 036 (320DPI) and follow your steps. But it doesn't work and I cannot copy phonesky.apk, i have to manually install it. I copied system folder using ES Explorer. Do I have to set permit for files??
Thanks
tuanda82 said:
Doesnt work on my Apollo. I downloaded GAPPS 036 (320DPI) and follow your steps. But it doesn't work and I cannot copy phonesky.apk, i have to manually install it. I copied system folder using ES Explorer. Do I have to set permit for files??
Thanks
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I had issues when I tried ES Explorer. I used Root Explorer with no issues. Also, make sure to set perms to RW R R to match other files in all the directories.
tuanda82 said:
Doesnt work on my Apollo. I downloaded GAPPS 036 (320DPI) and follow your steps. But it doesn't work and I cannot copy phonesky.apk, i have to manually install it. I copied system folder using ES Explorer. Do I have to set permit for files??
Thanks
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Did you get an error message?
Notifications not working
Anyone else having problems not receiving notifications? I am not receiving notifications about updates from google play and I am not receiving notifications from apps where they have been enabled. I took a quick look at some test apps on the store and I never receive the notifications through those apps either. Below is a log cat from a test notifications app. I did some reading and it seems to suggest maybe the individual apps are not configured correctly but I will need to keep digging. Will keep digging, just not very familiar with c2dm so wanted to ask.
03-03 11:17:24.787 2024-4230/? I/GCM﹕ GCM message com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester 0:1425403044280977%c5da679ff9fd7ecd
03-03 11:17:24.797 2024-2024/? W/GCM-DMM﹕ broadcast intent callback: result=CANCELLED forIntent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE pkg=com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester (has extras) }
03-03 11:17:24.797 937-966/? W/BroadcastQueue﹕ Permission Denial: broadcasting Intent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE flg=0x10 pkg=com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester (has extras) } from com.google.android.gsf (pid=2024, uid=10003) requires com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND due to receiver com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester/.broadcast.GCMReceiver
Potato_of_Doom said:
Did you get an error message?
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@riggsandroid: I tried root explorer and set permissions, same results.
@Potato_of_Doom: It closed without message. On the first boot, I can log in my account but after the home screen loading, PlayStore closed without warning. next time playstore close without warning (very fast). It is seem another Google service still working except playstore. I can log in to my play games account and load Clash of clans data without problems.
tuanda82 said:
@riggsandroid: I tried root explorer and set permissions, same results.
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@tuanda82 I had similar issues when I didn't remember to install the GMS Core apk after moving all files over. Just a thought.
awinston said:
Anyone else having problems not receiving notifications?
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Discovered a fix. I had to install Xposed and HDXposed. This leads me to wonder whether the technique used to install gapps with HDXposed might not be the better and safer solution if notifications only work with HDXposed. Anyone else have notifications working without HDXposed installed? After looking through the HDXposed code it looks like this is probably the only solution but maybe I am missing something.
candiflan said:
do i put <app etc framework lib priv-app> in /system dir
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I don't want to confuse anyone, but you really don't want to overwrite the folders, just add files to their corresponding location within their like-named partition directories.
If you are comfortable with adb shell commands, I find it easiest to actually move all the folders from the zip into the data or a newly created system folder & then use batch scripts that take advantage of the * wildcard call, such as *.apk, to change ownership & permission setting to 644 for all files at one time. I don't have time to list it all out all the steps right now, but if you have been playing with adb for a while, you probably already know what I am talking about. You can also do the same thing, live in the system folder, but I personally like to segregate the new files so I can check several & then move them all over at once, after I am confident all the changes were made via the shell commands.
Potato_of_Doom said:
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
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There's another way to get working playstore:
You need enough system store to flash gapps by recovery. To get this, change some system apps to user apps (for example by titanium backup). Don't do this with 'really' system apps, but there are many Amazon apps, you can change (for example kindle reader, music, audible). You can still use these apps after change. Then you can flash with twrp a small gapps package.