Browser.apk between Roms - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey Guys, I was just wondering about the Browser.apk between roms... I was originally using SuperCSDIv4 and it worked really well, but for a change I just flashed Super D 1.10.3 last night.
The only issue I have is the default browser in Super D 1.10.3 - I'll save a bit of typing by just saying that they are different, and I dont know any dev info on either one but I love the SuperCDSIv4 one better, does anyone have an idea on how to install the superCSDIv4?
I have tried "adb rm" for the old browser.apk, and then "adb push" for the new browser.apk, but it FCs each time I try to open it. I have also tried copying the Browser.apk to the SD card and installing it with astro; but again, the install FCs.
Am I missing something here? any help much appreciated!

you might wanna try xScope browser, the devs are awesome (i think it costs like $2.99 but theres a lite version)

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HTC pdfviewer on android1.6.

I use the pdfviewer from htc quite often, as it is really the only pdf viewer that works well with mathematical typesetting. This was the only thing that disappointed me with the official 1.6 release, and would love to install it. I know I need to push FilePicker.apk to /system/app and PDFViewer to /system/app, in addition I know that I need to push a new libpdfreader.so file, this is where I do not know how to procede. Since Akirah has the pdf viewer on his rom, I am tempted to just push files from his rom. Is there a reason this would not work? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I have the same problem on official firmware ADP1... any ideas ?
when I try run it, I get "force close"
im going to try and push this. i will report back my results
ok the .so file goes into system/lib i just pushed the files and im rebooting now. when its done i will report back
ok it fc, but i think we might need the framework i just need to know witch ones to push
yeah I am definitely missing the pdfviewer any help would be appreciated, heck tell me what I can do to contribute
yes i miss the pdfviewer from htc too. i've install other pdf viewer but it doesn't work with gmail too.
anyone have the solution either enable any pdfviewer to associate with gmail or put back htc.pdfviewer into donut?
i am using this 1.6 rom at the moment. since it's the most stable one so far. others 1.6 rom just keep crashing or with minor problems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567023

how do you skin the default keyboard?

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
sassyness77 said:
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!
jonesyruless said:
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.
jairomeo said:
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?
jairomeo said:
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

Help please???

ok, so i am very new to this metamorph thing. I have recently dl the paid version, aslo have dl andexplorer. i am currently using a
samsung galaxy spica with i570xxjce(2.1) with LkMod v. 2.5.1
of which has root (su) and busybox.
The problem i am having when attempting to load the Metamorph app is, i'm being told that "some file could not be extracted and set up. please make sure you have enough free space in /system and that busybox is installed."
I have installed Root Explorer. Deleted many different stock apps and ringtones. Still the same message. I am trying to figure out this using connectbot for terminal commands. Ive google'd the snot out of everything and still nothing. I have read many forums and still nothing also. Is there anything else i need to know?
Please help me
Thank you,
Len
wow 45 views so far and no one can point me in the right direction? awesome!
johnnywhojr said:
ok, so i am very new to this metamorph thing. I have recently dl the paid version, aslo have dl andexplorer. i am currently using a
samsung galaxy spica with i570xxjce(2.1) with LkMod v. 2.5.1
of which has root (su) and busybox.
The problem i am having when attempting to load the Metamorph app is, i'm being told that "some file could not be extracted and set up. please make sure you have enough free space in /system and that busybox is installed."
I have installed Root Explorer. Deleted many different stock apps and ringtones. Still the same message. I am trying to figure out this using connectbot for terminal commands. Ive google'd the snot out of everything and still nothing. I have read many forums and still nothing also. Is there anything else i need to know?
Please help me
Thank you,
Len
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FIRST OFF, MORPHS ARE SPECIFIC TO ROMS. you MUST HAVE THE ROM INSTALLED THAT THE MORPH IS COMPATABLE WITH. thats NUMBER ONE. since most of the most COMMON MORPHS ARE FOR CYANOGEN/SUPER D, that is ONE reason why its not working. i am 99 percent positive you CANNOT load a super d/cm rom on a samsung.
well i appreciate the reply. But Stephan is working with me to get his program to work with samsung.
I have samsung galaxy spica rooted with leshaks 2.02, is there any chance I could use Buuf 2.51 theme on my Spica. I really love this theme and dying to get it on my mobile.

[Q] Is this possible?

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?
Ianlikescake said:
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.
skate4lyph said:
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.

New Market .apk

Just found this on Android Central
Grab the new market apk while its hot
Either get it from the source link on the post or I've attached it below.
Put it on your SD card and then use file explorer to find it and install.
I just installed it on mine and seems to work pretty good. Nicer look than the old market.
How did I know that the Eris would be one of the first places for new apks.
Thanks!!!
wow thanks will try it out.
imma bout to try it
EDIT: It doesnt install with MP3[SPEED] rom that sux
Just flashed this and all i can say is AWESOME! No bugs as of yet.
Rick
emaninthenation said:
imma bout to try it
EDIT: It doesnt install with MP3[SPEED] rom that sux
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Try this:
This should pull the market apk currently on your phone and save it on your computer as a backup:
adb pull /system/app/com.android.vending.apk com.android.vending-backup.apk
Then push the new apk. This should rename the file as the previous apk and push it to your system/app folder:
adb push com.android.vending-1.apk /system/app/com.android.vending.apk
Then reboot:
adb reboot
Then try launching the market.
I am going to load it on a GB and XTRSense5 tonight and see how it works. any one else have any input on this ?
Input about how it runs? I am running GSB 3.7 Odexed and it is very stable. It takes a little time to load initially, but after that, I find the user experience much better than the previous market design.
synesthete said:
Try this:
This should pull the market apk currently on your phone and save it on your computer as a backup:
adb pull /system/app/com.android.vending.apk com.android.vending-backup.apk
Then push the new apk. This should rename the file as the previous apk and push it to your system/app folder:
adb push com.android.vending-1.apk /system/app/com.android.vending.apk
Then reboot:
adb reboot
Then try launching the market.
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will do. I'll report back later
I'm pretty new to rooting seen, so I appoligize if this question is dumb. But, on my Eris, all I have is a vending.apk file. So, is this the file that I need to replace with the new market apk?
It should run with either name, but I would make sure that you don't have more than one in there. That should be the one that you replace, though.
badjedi said:
I'm pretty new to rooting seen, so I appoligize if this question is dumb. But, on my Eris, all I have is a vending.apk file. So, is this the file that I need to replace with the new market apk?
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Arabic Accent"My friend my friend" just get on this forum on your phone, click the link, when its finished downloading just click the notification that says its done downloading and it will let you install.
no need to have a rooted device.
This apk works on my Eris running Tazz ginger-sense 2.3.3
I can't complete the last request. I don't seem to have that same .apk
No way for me to backup
Running MacRom MR7
sjpritch25 said:
I can't complete the last request. I don't seem to have that same .apk
No way for me to backup
Running MacRom MR7
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It's listed as Vending.apk in your screenshot. Same thing happened on my phone (GSB 3.7), and it worked fine after I replaced and rebooted.
Noob, first time posting...
Came to this site on my phone (via xda app). Downloaded file. Hit "open" and it went through the install process but finished with "Not Installed". Any thoughts.
Rooted Eris, Froyo 2.2.1, CM7, KaosFroyo V39
Edit: Never mind. Did the adb pull/push after flashing GSB CM7. Everything works great.
Has anyone seen this......
I can search the Market for games, books, and movies and find results. When I search for apps, I get no matches for my search. I've tried this with multiple versions of the market and multiple ROMs.
I've got content filtering set to show all.
Any suggestions.
Same here. Works perfect.
emaninthenation said:
This apk works on my Eris running Tazz ginger-sense 2.3.3
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