First of all: hi everyone! This is my first posting on XDA o/
ITT I have a very specific question about applying Potatoman's Camera.apk mod, but, as I'm a freshman, I'm not allowed to ask it in the proper thread. The requirement to have 10 posts before being allowed to take part in the dev forums is a little over protective imo, but well...
About the issue:
I tried to replace the original Camera.apk with the modified version as described by Potatoman in the specific thread. However, as soon as I rename the original Camera.apk into Camera.apk.bak, the Camera application icon disappears from the application list. That might not be to bad in the first place, but putting the modified .apk into the /system/apps folder does not re-create the icon. So, I can basically put the modified .apk where it belongs, but I have no way to start the application.
Also trying to install the modified Camera.apk from the /system/apps directory does not work (says "installation failed" and seems to do nothing).
I have no clue what's making the icon disappear on renaming the .apk in the first place. Also I'm not sure if it is possible to create an icon link to the modified Camera.apk manually. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Here some additional facts that might be relevant:
CF-rooted
KF2 kernel + ROM
using ES File Explorer for r/w access to /system/apps and general file handling
reboots do not help...
oops
just noticed the sticky "If your thread can be phrased as a question, it belongs in Galaxy S II Q&A".
I wasn't aware of that when I started this thread. I just saw many threads with the [Q]-tag here and put mine here as well...
@moderation: please feel free to move this over to the Q&A forum (or to close it :I)
I thought I'd post a little something I found. I accidently deleted a video I took but with the tutorial in post 4 of the following link I was able to recover my video in very little time and for free using my computer!
Note, although it was a video I selected "search all lost files" and it created the directories of my sdcard. I then navigated to the directory it was in and BOOM there it was!
http://androidforums.com/droid-support-troubleshooting/59996-new-gallery-need-recover-deleted-video.html
All credit goes to the author of post no.4 of the above link, I just thought I'd share their good advice!
is it safe to delete the folders in /data/data that correspond to the apps deleted in /system/app?
Didnt know how to search about this and I dont know why it would be necessary but if its not being used, I would think there would be some benefit to cleaning up the crap.
EDIT: apparently its safe. I backed up first also found other corresponding files and deleted those. Don't remember where they were located exactly.
Hi, (first post!)
i'm not the most experienced android user, which you probably would have been able to work out after reading my problem... here goes
i got super excited after rooting my Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet (32gb ROW), and i started removing apps that i didn't need. Now i can't update, because the update searches for some files and makes sure they exist before it proceeds (as far as i understand, anyway). I deleted my mms package (mms.apk and mms.odex i think?) and this is where it aborts the update.
any advice? anyone have the backup i need?
i've read about modifying the updater script, and while i'm capable of following instructions, i have no idea how to do that. perhaps someone can modify it to bypass the mms app checks?
sorry for lack of forum etiquette, more of a lurker than a poster
Anyone who can help you (sorry, not me) will need info about your system, so give them something to work with, but don't post your serial number.
what else would be useful?
i've uploaded a list of my stuff in system/apps/
RAR archive (or mirror) files of /system/app from 0089_ROW (192.62Mb) may be useful to someone. and separately RAR archive files of MMS from 0089_ROW
No, your system info - model, software level, etc. - and any errors messages you're getting.
In the zip file for the update, unzip it and you'll find an "updater-script" which you can modify with any text editor (wordpad, notepad, etc). Take note of the errors you're getting while trying to install the update. then comment out those checks in the updater-script by adding an "#" in front of that line.
For example, if you update fails because you deleted the email.apk. Go to the line where the updater-script says something like "get-prop assert check ........email.apk" and put an # infront of that line. Zip it all back and flash.
thanks for all the replies guys!
i replaced my missing files thanks to Driver'z. i've seen threads with other people begging for files to no avail, but you've managed to get your hands on it
thanks for the tips everyone
Glad you got it fixed.
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darkhandsome18 said:
In the zip file for the update, unzip it and you'll find an "updater-script" which you can modify with any text editor (wordpad, notepad, etc). Take note of the errors you're getting while trying to install the update. then comment out those checks in the updater-script by adding an "#" in front of that line.
For example, if you update fails because you deleted the email.apk. Go to the line where the updater-script says something like "get-prop assert check ........email.apk" and put an # infront of that line. Zip it all back and flash.
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This is the first time I've clearly understood how to do this. Thanks for being so clear about the steps to take. :good: