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[Q] APKs won't sideload via adb or a file manager

So I am trying to load a couple of apks I have and it's been no go. On my Epic I usually just dropbox, open, and install. I tried that and initially got the security message. That is already taken care of via nookcolor tools. So that isn't the issue. My issue is every time I go to install I go to Astro, open the file via the "open app manager," it takes me to the info install page...I click install and it loads into the package installer, excellent...and then it just stalls and the progress bar runs and runs but never progresses. This has happened with every apk I have now tried.
Okay...so I figured I'd just go the little more involved (very little, no need to be that lazy, right) route and adb install. Well carp. All goes well, I adb install blahblah.apk and it starts rolling..."570kb blah..etc pkg /blah/temp/blah"...and just hangs there...never to give me the gratifying "success" message. Again, I have tried this with different apks that I know work and the same results. I restored to stock and rerooted, just in case. Same
I am running stock rooted (manualnooter) at this point, just got the nook day before yesterday (one of the many who jumped at the refurbs). Market apps download fine. I'm a blue dot, if that makes any diff. Likely not but meh.
I have searched and googled and not found the answers...but I know I am missing something elementally simple. My luck I'll look like an idiot and it will be a "did you check to see if you had any gas?" broken down car scenario. I'm okay with that, as long as I'm running again. I'm pretty sure I checked all the out of gas scenarios but I likely missed one or two so... any help is much appreciated. Thanks a ton...
I should know better than trying to write before coffee

Well, My answer is not a "check gas" answer. It's pretty dang weird.
1. Download ES Explorer from the market.
2. Start ES Explorer, hit Menu>Settings. Goto Root Options (NEW) and tick both check boxes. Hit allow when it asks you to.
3. Go back twice, until you see your sd card contents. Find the APK on there and select and hold. Hit copy and then hit the 1st button on the row of buttons (it's an icon of an sd card OR a Home icon) If you see a data folder, go in to it. If not, hit the 1st button again.
3. Once in the data folder, go into the app folder. Pull up the little white tab on the bottom. Tap the APK you wanted to install. It will copy. Once you see the APK's icon in the folder, hit the home button and restart. That should have installed it but it is a slow method. Note that you can Multi-Select APK's by pressing the Multi-select button and pasting them all in the /data/app/ folder.

are you sure you have side loading checked
Settings > applications should be the top box.

fnordsnafu said:
So I am trying to load a couple of apks I have and it's been no go. On my Epic I usually just dropbox, open, and install. I tried that and initially got the security message. That is already taken care of via nookcolor tools. So that isn't the issue.
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I think he already took care of that. And he is on stock, so there is no Applications setting.

ikingblack, thank you, thank you!
Not sure why but by doing this it somehow unsnafued the package installer as well (fingers crossed). I went through your instructions with a known good apk that would not install for anything before. And there it was after the copy, paste reboot etc. Not too much to ask for...still was confused as to the why of the normal package installer method not working. So I decided to give it (package inst) a go with another known working apk (I had just tested it on my epic) that previously wouldn't install, repeatedly, and now it installed just like it should. Scratching my head in wonder. It shouldn't be the reboot, as I have do so many times...the only difference is the install instructions and adding ES (I'm leaving astro behind I think). All I know is it is working and I am a happy camper (tent is in the back yard...) Thanks again! cheers!

Sure. Also, you can select all the APK's using the 2-file icon at the top and tapping the APKs, then press-and hold on one of the APk's and then go to data app, and keep tapping the APK's you wanna copy. And then reboot. Enjoy your Nook!

Thanks for this, it fixed it, but I don't know why.
I suffered this issue on my dell streak.
It was working fine a couple of days ago when I installed GetJar.
Suddenly today for no reason I can determine:
All APK's I tried the install button in the package installer was not grayed out, but it would not respond when pressed.
I've just been setting up my streak again and installing a lot of software. I'm guessing something must of gone wrong.
Someone on another post suggested JuiceDefender may have caused it but I've not installed that recently.
In my case I did:
(1) Installed esFileExplorer
(2) Copied an apk to the folder /data/app/ as described above
(3) restarted the phone
This did not install the app for me.
(4) Tried running the apk file again. Suddenly the Install button is clickable again?! The app then installed just fine.
(5) Tried a different apk (without copying to /data/app/)
Now that will install fine?!
This is really weird. I can't replicate the issue now (which is good!)
but I also can't tell which action fixed it.
As said above it may have been installing esfileexplorer and giving it root access.
It may have been the act of copying the file that reset something.
It wasn't the reboot, at lease not on its own as i'd already tried it.
Regardless, thanks for the info.
If anyone sees this issue again you might want to just try installing esfileexplorer and see if apk's will then install.
This might help us identify which bit of the process is creating the fix.
Just found another suggestion if anyone is interested:
Some suggests using the 'Fix permissions' option of Titanium Backup. I have no way to test this.

Just flashed Darky's 10.2 RE on my phone and I encountered a few problems...

Okay so I've went ahead and flashed Darky's 10.2 Resurrection edition on my sgs i9000m. It's amazingly fast! Got a Quad score of 1975 and no more weird colours, and I can get into cwm recovery . However there are a few problems that I would really like to fix!
1- I can't get into the darky's launcher. It would constantly force close, so I went ahead and deleted it. Is there some way I can get it back and actually be able to go on it?
2- Speaking of force close, A LOT of my apps won't open and end up being force closed. What's up with that exactly?
3- Speaking again of apps, A LOT of my apps got uninstalled, most of which were very useful like Allshare and Swype. I'd like to get them back. I noticed in my files that most of them are sitting in the "uninstalled" folder in Darky, but everytime i try and reinstall them, they say "Application not installed." Please help
4- I cannot connect my phone to my computer, the computer will not recognize it for some reason and neither will kies (i need to sync my contacts).
For now these are the major problems I've encountered. Will someone please be kind enough to help me fix at least some of them?
Many thanks!
-Roma

you should flash Darky's 10.2 Extreme Edition over your 10.2 RE. Brings you back what you are missing right now.

k1ngbee said:
you should flash Darky's 10.2 Extreme Edition over your 10.2 RE. Brings you back what you are missing right now.
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okay if you're sure

k1ngbee said:
you should flash Darky's 10.2 Extreme Edition over your 10.2 RE. Brings you back what you are missing right now.
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question: Exactly how do I do that now that my computer won't recognize my phone (drivers) ?

you can try to reinstall kies to your pc which automatically installs the necessary drivers.

roma17 said:
Okay so I've went ahead and flashed Darky's 10.2 Resurrection edition on my sgs i9000m. It's amazingly fast! Got a Quad score of 1975 and no more weird colours, and I can get into cwm recovery . However there are a few problems that I would really like to fix!
1- I can't get into the darky's launcher. It would constantly force close, so I went ahead and deleted it. Is there some way I can get it back and actually be able to go on it?
2- Speaking of force close, A LOT of my apps won't open and end up being force closed. What's up with that exactly?
3- Speaking again of apps, A LOT of my apps got uninstalled, most of which were very useful like Allshare and Swype. I'd like to get them back. I noticed in my files that most of them are sitting in the "uninstalled" folder in Darky, but everytime i try and reinstall them, they say "Application not installed." Please help
4- I cannot connect my phone to my computer, the computer will not recognize it for some reason and neither will kies (i need to sync my contacts).
For now these are the major problems I've encountered. Will someone please be kind enough to help me fix at least some of them?
Many thanks!
-Roma
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1. Reflash usually helps, or you can flash Extreme Edition as pointed out by another user. If you are not really familiar with the Resurrection edition, I suggest you stick to the standard Extreme Editions which has everything.
2. Reflash usually solves this
3. Those apps are purposely taken out of the Resurrection Edition because Ficeto wants the ROM to be as light as possible, and he only keeps apps that he uses on them. You can, however, get them all back using Nitrality from the market.
4. KIES won't connect because you don't have MTP installed. Get this from the Nitrality app from the Market.
If you wanna flash EE over RE, you can simply download EE and transfer to your phone via usb mass storage mode, (first time run it''ll automatically install the drivers) or via KIES Air. After that, flash via CWM
Hope that helps!

I had the same #4 problem: MTP Application missing.
After using Nitrality, I check Mtp Application, select "apply changes".
It asks me to confirm installing MTP App
I push "yes continue"
It says performing operations...
After 3 seconds it says "Batch operation completed"
But nothing changes, since Kies doesn't find the phone and if I restart Nitrality, I find that MTP App is not checked as if it has been installed...
I found even the MTPApplication.apk but when I try to install it, it says "app not installed"
(my system comes from a darky 9.4 >> wipe all with a dark 10.2 resurrection)

hemimeros said:
I found even the MTPApplication.apk but when I try to install it, it says "app not installed"
(my system comes from a darky 9.4 >> wipe all with a dark 10.2 resurrection)
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You are not supposed to install it but move it to /system/app folder.

sorry for the question, but where is that folder?
I don't have a system folder and don't have a App folder in /sdcard
where should I put the MTPApplication.apk?

Having the same problem.
I also moved MTP Application to sdcard/system/app and still doesn't work ..

Step 1: Download root explorer
Step 2: Open root explorer
Step 3: Copy the mtp apk
Step 4: Navigate to /system/app (not /sdcard/system/app, not /sdcard/app)
Step 5: Paste the mtp app
Step 6: profit
Worst case scenario:
Step 1: Get a $20 micro sd. Put it in your Pc's card reader and copy Darky's Extreme Edition file there
Step 2: Put the card in your phone
Step 3: using any file manager copy the Darky EE zip onto the root dir of you *internal sdcard*
Step 4: Flash
Step 5: profit
Easy enough you just need to read the instructions a bit more.

I did that. Still not working.
On the phone I see MTP application on screen and notification "Connected"
On Samsung Kies it's not connected. It keeps showing "Connecting..." for few minutes and after that I get error message "Cannot start service on the device. Please disconnect then reconnect the device."
I did that, but .. still not working.

Try putting the phone in USB debug mode. That will give you access to normal USB mass storage mode (meaning you don't need MTP, your computer will see the phone like a normal USB stick), and then you can copy over Darky EE Edition and flash it.
If nothing else works, start over from a stable stock GB ROM or Froyo ROM.
EDIT: oh and why don't you try syncing your contacts to gmail? Makes getting your phone up and running a breeze and they're always backed up to Google's Servers. You'd need a DOUBLE failure to ever lose your contacts (Google failing AND your phone failing at the same time, which is very very unprobable). If you got em on Kies, just export them to csv and then import them to gmail. Every time I flash, I just enter my google account and wham, 2 minutes later all my mail and contacts are already on the phone.

[BUG] [CM11] cm updater cannot download

For about a month now the cm updater will not download updates. It notifies me of them, but if I tap the download button it won't start the download. It's not a problem with my Internet as I can download the files from the cm download page using Opera. Also, if I put the downloaded file into /sdcard/cmupdater it detects it and lets me install it. I've got working supersu and have tried running the sdcard fix app. Any help/suggestions?
Thanks.

Turns out this isn't a bug with CMUpdater, but with the whole ROM not being able to write to /sdcard as I documented in a new thread here.

Need help ASAP!!! cant intsall gapps and it seem there is no solution!!!

I just installed slim 6.0.1. after trying to install the gapps I got error 70(Insufficient storage space available in System partition) and the instalation was canceled.
I rebooted the phone and saw there were installed only some basic apps with no use. So I tried to download from the AOSP browser a smaller gapp package, but
every time i hit the download button the browser crashed. Same thing happend with other downloads too.
SO I dont have any apps in my phone and I cant download any.
I need desperately some help ASAP!!!!
PS: cant sent files throu usb cause pc doesnt detect phone (propably brocken pins in phone's usb port)
edit: i was able to push gapps from pc via adb

Does the phone work properly with a stock rom? It happens with other custom ROMs?

You can send files over FTP using your Wi-Fi connection. As for your problem, try formatting system, then flash the ROM again. Take care that the updating script might throw you an Error Code - 7, because it failed to detect the info of the device. Google how to remove that part from the script in the zip and transfer the modified zip over Wi-Fi. Also, you might want to flash the nano package and get all other apps you need from the Play Store.

(Guide) De-chinese Stock KIW-AL10 (3GB VERSION) and make it Google friendly

This is a guide to debloat the KIW-AL10 and make stock Chinese usable.
First download Minimal adb and fastboot from here and install it.
Download HISuite and use that to install huawei drivers
Next Make sure developer options by hitting build number 7 times then open developer options and make sure usb debugging is activated in the developer options.
Plug phone into computer and install drivers, any unknown device will be adb so right click and select choose driver from list then select android devices then adb interface, always choose the older driver version for this phone.
One you have that installed you need to unlock your bootloader a great guide is here
Once you have unlocked the bootloader download install twrp using minimal adb and fastboot
First reboot into fastboot..
First check the device is present. using the command :adb devices
then boot into bootloader using the command : adb reboot-bootloader
if that doesn't work turn off device then switching on quickly hold down the volume down button while inserting the cable into the device
The device should then have a white screen with a robot and say unlocked in green writing
find the recovery image you downloaded and if its a different name rename it twrp.img so you know which one it is, files everywhere can get quite messy !
Now right click on the minimal adb link on the desktop and click open file location..
Now put the twrp.img file into the folder with the minimal adb files and close the window.
now flash the recovery using the command: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
Voila if everything is sucessful your phone now has twrp recovery !
Next use the following command: adb reboot recovery, if that doesnt work force a shutdown by holding the power button then let the phone boot while holding down the volume up button, it should boot into recovery.
Next MAKE A BACKUP THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WHEN ITS DONE COPY IT TO A SAFE DRIVE DO NOT KEEP IT JUST ON YOU SD CARD IN CASE YOUR CARD DIES ! BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS PHONE AND THE FACT THAT YOU CANT FLASH NON VOLTE ROMS ON THIS PHONE THIS IS YOUR ONLY WAY OF RESTORING THE PHONE SO GUARD IT LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT !
Now get a cup of coffee and have a break its not good to rush things
Now to root your phone..
Finish your coffee.
Download supersu from here
Put the zip onto your phones sd card and boot into recovery, select install and select the supersu zip and let it install, once done reboot the phone, it may reboot a few times thats normal dont panic, once the phone has finished booting check you have the su app installed, if so now we can do the rest of the stuff.
Next download google play store from here and install it
After opening the play store and signing in you will probably be told to update google services, let it do it then reboot the phone
Next using the play store download root explorer
Next stage is to make the dialer English. and remove yellow pages.
Using root explorer navigate to /cust/alltelecom/cn/prop
hard press on the file local.prop and select open in text editor using the 3 dots on the top right
Look for the following lines of code ro.product.locale.region=CN or similar
Change this to ro.product.locale.region=GB (or whatever your location is such make sure the country code is in CAPS )
Save the file
Now navigate to /system and open build.prop in text editor and change the following lines of code so they end in County matching code not cn
Example
ro.product.locale.region=GB (or whatever your location is such )
ro.product.locale.language=en (or whatever your location is such )
ro.product.locale.region=GB
Go slow there is lots of lines there but you will see them if you take your time
select save and exit from root explorer then reboot.. viola the chinese and yellow pages is gone !
After reboot you may get a baidu warning about location tracking, dont panic we will kill that bugger next !
Next install system app safe remover from the play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp&hl=en_GB I always use this as its simple and keeps a backup of the removed app (just in case of problems)
Use that to remove all the chinse apps from the system including hivoice or it will interfere with google assistant, they are self explanatory
as they are all in chinese !
Next remove hi app
hi care
huawei id
network location (this is the one causing the nag screen dont worry work it will still work.
then reboot phone, there should be no more warnings about baidu location.
Now to get services google working.
You my have notice that despite installing a google account you contacts havent synced. we will fix that now..
To get google contacts to sync you need to install google contacts sync adaptor 6.0.1 from here
After you have installed it open up system apps and check it permision contacts is allowed, also open the battery setting and check it runs at boot and while screen is off, if there are no options for that ignore that bit and exit.
while you are there check google play services permission are all on especially contacts then reboot
Now install the google app from the app store
next install google assistant from the play store
now install google photos from the play store
Next install google chrome from play store
next install google calendar from the play store
next install google plus from the play store
next install google maps from the play store
next install youtube from the play store
Next install gboard from the play store
Then when all is done reboot the phone
After reboot check all the permissions of the apps and make sure all the google apps run at boot and keep running after screen off or they wont sync etc then reboot again.
Change horrible huawei keyboard to gboard in language settings
Open the google app and setup google and check your contacts have synced. set up the rest of your settings
Get a decent launcher as the huawei one sucks I use nova launcher prime its worth every penny but the free one is still good
Open settings app and click advanced, here you can change default launcher and select default app setting then select assistance and voice input, selectassist app as google select use text from screen and select use screenshot
I think that pretty much it, the rest you should be able to do yourself, have fun and good luck, any questions just ask.
I wrote this guide as there is very little info on the AL10,
Happy modding !

Very useful
Very useful post, my first venture into phone modding, enabled me to use my KIW-AL10 with Google functionality and to avoid the worst excesses of the stock Chinese software. Thanks!

Ed_shred said:
Very useful post, my first venture into phone modding, enabled me to use my KIW-AL10 with Google functionality and to avoid the worst excesses of the stock Chinese software. Thanks!
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Thanks for the thanks ! glad it was of use to you, I wrote another guide which enables volte to be removed and put lineage os on instead which you may find useful, its a fairly lengthy process but foolproof and doesn't brick the phone which was my main concern as there is nowhere to download the stock roms for these 3gb variants, cheers

swukjay said:
Thanks for the thanks ! glad it was of use to you, I wrote another guide which enables volte to be removed and put lineage os on instead which you may find useful, its a fairly lengthy process but foolproof and doesn't brick the phone which was my main concern as there is nowhere to download the stock roms for these 3gb variants, cheers
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So, the phone worked ok for a month, but then started restarting itself all the time. I deleted loads of apps, but it didn't solve the problem. Now, I decided to try to solve the problem by installing a custom ROM, so first step was to wipe the phone with TWRP. After wiping, I no longer had root access, and now installing SuperSU doesn't work, I can install the .zip through TWRP recovery, but I still don't have root access afterwards, according to Root Checker. Any ideas? Thanks!

Ed_shred said:
So, the phone worked ok for a month, but then started restarting itself all the time. I deleted loads of apps, but it didn't solve the problem. Now, I decided to try to solve the problem by installing a custom ROM, so first step was to wipe the phone with TWRP. After wiping, I no longer had root access, and now installing SuperSU doesn't work, I can install the .zip through TWRP recovery, but I still don't have root access afterwards, according to Root Checker. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Repeated the process, ticked a few boxes in SuperSU, seems to be solved for now, thanks...

swukjay said:
Thanks for the thanks ! glad it was of use to you, I wrote another guide which enables volte to be removed and put lineage os on instead which you may find useful, its a fairly lengthy process but foolproof and doesn't brick the phone which was my main concern as there is nowhere to download the stock roms for these 3gb variants, cheers
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OK, so I have tried quite a few times to install Lineage OS 14.1 and Viper, with both they get stuck in a bootloop. Trying to install Lineage with this guide https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/kiwi/install, the 'format data' stage is not successful. I get a message saying ' E:Unable to wipe '/data' - unknown file system 'auto Unable to format to remove encryption '.
I'm not totally committed to a custom ROM, but I'd like this phone to work. Any ideas, either how to troubleshoot the ROM flashing issue, or to get the phone stable with the stock de-Chinesed stock ROM? Thanks!