What I'm trying to do is push the Palm Pre style Launcher.apk from xROM on Cyanogen 4.1.
I can sucessfully push the launcher from both adb and copy from the terminal, but I'm always left with a black homescreen. I would have thought that since Cyan and xROM were both built from the google source that there would be no problems with compatibility...
AdrianK said:
What I'm trying to do is push the Palm Pre style Launcher.apk from xROM on Cyanogen 4.1.
I can sucessfully push the launcher from both adb and copy from the terminal, but I'm always left with a black homescreen. I would have thought that since Cyan and xROM were both built from the google source that there would be no problems with compatibility...
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pushing Launcher sometimes doesnt work .. try sticking it in an update.zip and flashing it
Seriously?! I've pushed Launchers before on a few ROMs and never had problems. Oh well, maybe I should try replacing the graphics in cyans launcher then resigning & pushing?
AdrianK said:
Seriously?! I've pushed Launchers before on a few ROMs and never had problems. Oh well, maybe I should try replacing the graphics in cyans launcher then resigning & pushing?
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that would probably yield better results.
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can anyone show me how to install launcher.apk. i try it and the phone say it can't be installed
use adb
adb remount
adb pull launcher.apk C:\
adb push launcher.apk
adb shell reboot
That should do it
sorry i am a noob. what is adb? by the way. what does launcher.apk for. i downloaded the theme from cyano 4.0.1 and the launder.apk
ok i found the info about adb from your sig. but still don't really know the purpose of launcher.apk =P, phone is running without it at the moment
quanzt said:
ok i found the info about adb from your sig. but still don't really know the purpose of launcher.apk =P, phone is running without it at the moment
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The launcher is what manages your home screens (Think explorer.exe in WIndows...)
I believe that Cyanogen included the extended launcher separate. So you don't need it if you don't want to adjust how many home screens you have or have a hidden app folder. His ROM comes with the standard Cyan launcher.
Hey themers and modders,
I saw somewhere there was a transparent HTC_IME in a theme.
thing is, I dont remember what theme it is.
So my request it for someone to make the HTC_IME from here
thanks in advance.
agreed... that would be nice. i'm actually working on getting it now, if i do i'll post it here
WOuld be nice to se a screenshot of what you are talking about.
Wicked,
Nice, keep us posted here if you make any progress.
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WOuld be nice to se a screenshot of what you are talking about.
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Would love to post it. but I can't find the original theme that had the IME. I can't remember the name. and I can't remember if its in here or the Dream Theme forum.
edit : found the original thread with the transparent HTC_IME
link
its the 8th picture in the first post.
thing is, i am not sure if its based on the original HTC_IME (that requires htc framework files) or the one modified to run on its own (like the one i linked to in my OP).
I have this one, its stock with 50% opacity added to the background. If you need it completely transparent I can do that for you just let me know.
http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=167&p=911#p911
i got a 100% transp. background HTC_ime.apk
100% transp HTC_ime
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H5K3B26T
goa200 said:
100% transp HTC_ime
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H5K3B26T
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Is this the HTC based one or the stand alone modified version?
Beast84 said:
Is this the HTC based one or the stand alone modified version?
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the one i pushed to Amon_ra's donut rom 1.6.2 so should be the standalone i take it
Tbh i think i extracted it from amon_ra's rom then just simply edited it
goa200 said:
the one i pushed to Amon_ra's donut rom 1.6.2 so should be the standalone i take it
Tbh i think i extracted it from amon_ra's rom then just simply edited it
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Sweet gonna try it out now, thanks!
i cant get it to install. i keep getting "application cannot be installed" error.
anyone can enlighten me?
str4vag said:
i cant get it to install. i keep getting "application cannot be installed" error.
anyone can enlighten me?
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Code:
adb pull /system/app/HTC_IME.apk c:\
adb remount
adb push HTC_IME.apk /system/app/HTC_IME.apk
adb shell reboot
edit: be warned that i forgot to change the landscape background since the rotatation doesnt work for me i didnt bother editing that file. if need be i can do it easily, just lemme know.
The one I posted will install like any ol apk
goa200 said:
Code:
adb pull /system/app/HTC_IME.apk c:\
adb remount
adb push HTC_IME.apk /system/app/HTC_IME.apk
adb shell reboot
edit: be warned that i forgot to change the landscape background since the rotatation doesnt work for me i didnt bother editing that file. if need be i can do it easily, just lemme know.
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tried that. ADB cannot find HTC_IME.apk in /system/app/ i dont even see touch input/htc_ime in my apps list in settings.
brandenk said:
The one I posted will install like any ol apk
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if you can make its 100% it will be awesome. i will try and use yours.
Here you go: http://www.4shared.com/file/141156029/8c9e6832/HTC_IME-kspec-clear.html
brandenk said:
Here you go: http://www.4shared.com/file/141156029/8c9e6832/HTC_IME-kspec-clear.html
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awesome stuff. thanks man.
brandenk said:
The one I posted will install like any ol apk
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still get the this application cannot be installed on this phone error
danfozzy said:
still get the this application cannot be installed on this phone error
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Same for me...
danfozzy said:
still get the this application cannot be installed on this phone error
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- download astro file manager from the market
- put a copy of htc_ime.apk on your sd card
- select this file in astro, then select app manager
- press the 'uninstall' button
- select the htc_ime.apk file again
- this time, install it
this will remove the existing version which is causing the conflict and let you reinstall the new themed version.
for CM 4.2.3.1 just push the apk to /system/app/ using adb. reboot and you're done
i know some themes change it, but i like the theme i have already. i just want to change the keyboard to a more pleasant look. is there somewhere i can find different ones to download or flash onto my rom? i don't want to use betterkeyboard app, etc.
Here You Go Buddy.
Well i skinned the stock keyboard pretty easily with a few easy techniques.
First check out my theme Ivory http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=612315 To see if that's what you want. I hope your familiar with themeing or this might be confsing.
-I took the latinIME.apk from cyanogens last rom
-Opened it as a zip and navigated to the res drawable folders
-downloaded the better keyboard skins i wanted (simple black and green)
-pulled the different drawable files from the betterkeyboard apps and replaced the stock cyanogen ones
-resigned apk and flashed inside my theme
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Well i skinned the stock keyboard pretty easily with a few easy techniques.
First check out my theme Ivory http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=612315 To see if that's what you want. I hope your familiar with themeing or this might be confsing.
-I took the latinIME.apk from cyanogens last rom
-Opened it as a zip and navigated to the res drawable folders
-downloaded the better keyboard skins i wanted (simple black and green)
-pulled the different drawable files from the betterkeyboard apps and replaced the stock cyanogen ones
-resigned apk and flashed inside my theme
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haha thats EXACTLY what i tried to do yesterday night! except i got the acore force close thing, & im sure it's because i didn't sign it first. i had an easy auto-sign program but i deleted it a few days ago :| & now i can't find it on here anymore!
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haha thats EXACTLY what i tried to do yesterday night! except i got the acore force close thing, & im sure it's because i didn't sign it first. i had an easy auto-sign program but i deleted it a few days ago :| & now i can't find it on here anymore!
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haha what are the odds well at least your on the right track!
I would go for editing HTC_IME.apk, just a personal preference i guess, but i think its better, and have played around with editing it a bit myself, and its pretty easy, but you need to be able to do *.9.png files.
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haha what are the odds well at least your on the right track!
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okay i found it. but im still geting te acore force close): what could i be doing wrong?
hmmmm.
jonesyruless said:
okay i found it. but im still geting te acore force close): what could i be doing wrong?
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Im not sure, are you using stricstons signing tool? how are you flashing it?
What ROM are you trying it on? The new CM ROMs the keyboard is now in the LatinIME.apk instead of the framework-res.apk, but if you are using one of the other ROMs, that may not be the case.
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Im not sure, are you using stricstons signing tool? how are you flashing it?
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i dont think so, im using a modded apk signing tool i found on here, i lost the link.
and im doing
cp /sdcard/LatinIME.apk(the one i made) /system/app
in terminal emulator.
then after that the keyboard just dissappears. if i restart after that, the keyboard never shows up. if i just try to go back, i get acore force close repeatedly.
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What ROM are you trying it on? The new CM ROMs the keyboard is now in the LatinIME.apk instead of the framework-res.apk, but if you are using one of the other ROMs, that may not be the case.
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yea i know, im on cyanogen's latest.
You may want to try getting Stericson's signing tool. If it is disappearing signing could be the main issue. Since you edit it on your PC, why don't you just push it through adb after signing instead of copying it to your sd and then having to use the terminal?
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You may want to try getting Stericson's signing tool. If it is disappearing signing could be the main issue. Since you edit it on your PC, why don't you just push it through adb after signing instead of copying it to your sd and then having to use the terminal?
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the thing is though that i used the same signing tool to edit a graphic on a different app & it worked just fine.
i don't have/really know what adb OR sdk is & terminal is the easiest way i know how to do it. i mean does it really make a difference?
its been confirmed that it's not my signing tool because i used the same tool to edit a different app, a battery widget i downloaded from the market. & it worked fine. anyone else can help me?
lets get this working buddy,
Alrighty maybe try flashing the keyboard in an update.zip, just put the latinIME.apk into a folder named app. Then copy a meta inf folder from another theme download, you can use mine. Then send that to a compressed folder, resign and try to flash it. I would try that, I have never had good luck pushing with adb and pulling stuff, I stick with the easy way
yesssss i finally got it to work! it turns out i didnt need the signing tool at all. i took the latinime.apk file from a theme with a skinned keyboard, then i ONLY replaced the keyboard png's, and kept the meta-inf how it was. thanks guys for trying to help
I'm using the vanilla sms program. can I remove the stock hero dialer and use the vanilla one? when I go into my epst settings and have to enter my msl, I get a blak dialer of sorts.
edit: can we use somethign from an eris or similar device?
edit2: i downloaded the 'nexus-like' dialer from this post. havent pushed it yet, pretty sure its for gsm
what rom are you running. CM6 is all AOSP so the stock android dialer is in there. I attached both phone and contacts. Just adb push xxxxx.apk /system/app or adb install xxxxx.apk
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what rom are you running. CM6 is all AOSP so the stock android dialer is in there. I attached both phone and contacts. Just adb push xxxxx.apk /system/app or adb install xxxxx.apk
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im using nfinites .6odex version with a darch oc kernel. i pushed the vanilla messages app and it worked alright. will this work the same way and do i need to delete the originals in the phone via adb prior to pushing? long sentence. thank you thank you
well I tried pushing those over after I deleted phone.apk. couldn't find anything called contacts.apk to delete. I pushed them both and neither seemed to work. in fact phone.apk did not work. seemed like it couldn't find service...
I attached both phone and contacts.
Are these apk's the ones that come with CM6 RC1 already ?
In all of the AOSP-apps-on-Sense discussions I've read through, people have always have trouble getting contacts/phone working.
c00ller said:
In all of the AOSP-apps-on-Sense discussions I've read through, people have always have trouble getting contacts/phone working.
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yeah, they didnt work for me...
I was wondering if it would be possible to take the Messaging .apk from a 2.1 ROM, and push it onto a 2.2 ROM, replacing the 2.2 Messaging app. I don't really like the 2.2 one, as it lags for me, and I can't really change the font sizes or anything.
Also, is it possible to take a 2.1 LatinIME.apk and do the same thing? These are the only two things that I don't really like about Froyo ROMs, because they are both slow on my phone.
Thanks!
I'm no dev or anything so I'm not 100% sure but I think it can be done. I just don't know if it would run I read somewhere where people tried to push apps from a different build and it FC's when the app starts. Also, I was looking into getting the froyo messager on a donut rom to see how it would run and i found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752604. I opened it up to see what files we're flashed to get this and it's just the mms.apk. So I'm guessing what you said can be done by getting the mms.apk from a Eclair rom and push it into your system/app/ folder, The question is will it run though?
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I'm no dev or anything so I'm not 100% sure but I think it can be done. I just don't know if it would run I read somewhere where people tried to push apps from a different build and it FC's when the app starts. Also, I was looking into getting the froyo messager on a donut rom to see how it would run and i found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752604. I opened it up to see what files we're flashed to get this and it's just the mms.apk. So I'm guessing what you said can be done by getting the mms.apk from a Eclair rom and push it into your system/app/ folder, The question is will it run though?
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I think I'm just gonna try it. I'll adb pull the original MMS.apk first, and if the pushed one doesn't work, I'll just push the original back in.
EDIT: Nope, doesn't work.
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I think I'm just gonna try it. I'll adb pull the original MMS.apk first, and if the pushed one doesn't work, I'll just push the original back in.
EDIT: Nope, doesn't work.
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It was worth a shot.