Hi all,
I personally really like the default Launcher2.apk from froyo, however unfortunately Cyanogen has now only included ADW.Launcher in cm6. After upgrading to cm6-rc1, I'm having trouble locating a copy of a Launcher2.apk from froyo.
As my phone's bootloader is not unlocked, it'll be a large hassle for me to go back to stock, and upgrade just to get Launcher2.apk...
I was wondering whether someone could post their stock /system/app/Launcher2.apk from an FRF91 install, to save me the trouble.
If you have adb installed, the command should just be:
adb pull /system/bin/Launcher2.apk
Cheers, Xanium
remote object '/system/bin/Launcher2.apk' does not exist
Just pull it from a stock rom and push it back overwriting ADW.
Mine had trouble seeing it. I tried a version I compiled myself from AOSP, as well as a resigned one from a deodexed FRF91 rom without success. I'm sure I missed something. I don't know what though. I've replaced the launcher in older CM versions with my own modified one without issues.
If you download CM6 from ROM manager you can choose to install with ADWLauncher or Launcher2
Launcher2.apk and Launcher2.odex are located at system/app. not at system/bin
theherodrownd said:
If you download CM6 from ROM manager you can choose to install with ADWLauncher or Launcher2
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Really? Awesome. I guess I'll have to try that.
Here is a stock AOSP build of Launcher2.apk.
EDIT: Rom Manager didn't allow me to select launcher. The file I linked to above worked fine though. Just reboot and it will default to Launcher2. The ADWLauncher entry in the Settings app will disappear as well.
I made an update.zip (for hdpi-devices) to make replacing the launcher easy for future upgrades. It just adds Launcher2.apk and removes ADWLauncher.apk.
Launcher2 just keeps FC on my G1. I'm using CM6-RC1.
I installed like:
adb .\Launcher2.apk /system/app/Launcher2.apk
adb reboot
Phone boots but launcher just keeps crashing. Do I have to do some kind of wipe to get this to work? Does anyone have Launcher2 working on CM6-RC1?
EDIT: Perhaps I need to uninstall the old ADW launcher? I rm'd it from /system/app but another post suggested using pm unsinstall com.android.launcher. I haven't tried that.
neolith_god said:
Launcher2 just keeps FC on my G1. I'm using CM6-RC1.
I installed like:
adb .\Launcher2.apk /system/app/Launcher2.apk
adb reboot
Phone boots but launcher just keeps crashing. Do I have to do some kind of wipe to get this to work? Does anyone have Launcher2 working on CM6-RC1?
EDIT: Perhaps I need to uninstall the old ADW launcher? I rm'd it from /system/app but another post suggested using pm unsinstall com.android.launcher. I haven't tried that.
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You need Launcher2 built from AOSP for mdpi. The one in my post is for hdpi. I forgot to mention that.
I get an error in Amon-Ra Recovery when trying to flash your zip file (nexus one, CMod RC2/nightly), Blunden.
Code:
E: can't open /sdcard/replace-launcher-signed.zip (bad)
Any ideas? I tried the manual uninstall of ADW and installation of Launcher2.apk but Launcher2.apk says it won't install.
Never mind. I downloaded your AOSP-compiled version of launcher.apk and it worked without a hitch. I must have had a corrupted file when I tried to install before. Thanks for posting the files!
no you cant
blunden said:
I made an update.zip (for hdpi-devices) to make replacing the launcher easy for future upgrades. It just adds Launcher2.apk and removes ADWLauncher.apk.
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Any chance to re-upload the File?
Seems that mediafire refuse the request?!
Thanks!
Download Super manager from the market not astro or anything and put the Launcher.apk on your SCcard and then open super manager tap on the red square with the sdcard on it and u will see Launcher with the Launcher icon, tap it and press install and your good
hope this helped
Download works fine again
Thanks!
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can someone help me do this. i dont really like the advanced launcher..help!
settings>applications>manage applications>Advanced Launcher
Clear defaults.
press home, and select home as the default.
i cant install the original tho. it says its already installed an only gives me the option to uninstall or launch in astro.
k1293 said:
i cant install the original tho. it says its already installed an only gives me the option to uninstall or launch in astro.
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When you are in manage applications, there is no home?
i cant find the advanced launch under manage aplications?
Cyan doesn't include advanced laucher... you installed a theme for it. Flash the template and it will revert back to the original.
or adb install -r launcher.apk, or replace it with the other.
yes i realized its the original but i want the original 3 screens and 4 icons per row
You can try pushing the launcher from Dwang's ROM. No guarantee it will work though. I do not know which .xml's were edited for that, but it should work
Hi,
I don't like the look and feel of ADWLauncher so I want to revert back to the stock launcher. It came by default with CM 5.0.8.
Also, how can I customize the trackball colours on different notifications? I can't find a way to do so.
hackm0d said:
Hi,
I don't like the look and feel of ADWLauncher so I want to revert back to the stock launcher. It came by default with CM 5.0.8.
Also, how can I customize the trackball colours on different notifications? I can't find a way to do so.
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Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > ADW Launcher > Clear Defaults
The next time you hit the home key it should give you a choice. Pick the standard home and select "always use this".
Trackball colors can be changed with "Trackball notifications" from the market.
MSigler said:
Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > ADW Launcher > Clear Defaults
The next time you hit the home key it should give you a choice. Pick the standard home and select "always use this".
Trackball colors can be changed with "Trackball notifications" from the market.
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That's the reason I made the thread. There is no "Uninstall" option, only "Clear Data" in it's place, and the Launch by Default option says "No defaults set." and the "Clear defaults" button is greyed out.
What can I do to get rid of this?
I think you have to push the stock launcher. you can't uninstall it because that's the standard launcher. you can find the launcher in /system/app !! DON'T DELETE IT
You can only remove ADWLauncher with Adb.
Adb remount
Adb shell rm /system/app/ADWLauncher.apk
However the default launcher is not on Cyan ROM. So you need to get it from somewhere and adb push it before removing the ADW
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Sindroid said:
You can only remove ADWLauncher with Adb.
Adb remount
Adb shell rm /system/app/ADWLauncher.apk
However the default launcher is not on Cyan ROM. So you need to get it from somewhere and adb push it before removing the ADW
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^ This. Or use another alternative like launcherpro, etc.
Where can I find the stock launcher?
hackm0d said:
Where can I find the stock launcher?
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Easiest way is to find a stock rom zip file, unzip it, and look in system > app
Should be a launcher.apk in there. Install it like any other apk.
here's launcher2 i pulled from cm5071 works flawless
http://www.mediafire.com/file/4e1hyt2zmog/Launcher2.apk
i put in 508 and resigned it runs like butter for me
I tried installing it, but the installation fails. Then I tried pushing it via adb, but it says "failed to copy 'Launcher2.apk' to '/system/app/Launcher2.apk': Read-only file system"
hackm0d said:
Hi,
I don't like the look and feel of ADWLauncher so I want to revert back to the stock launcher. It came by default with CM 5.0.8.
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Again....http://twitter.com/kmobs/status/16636599355
adb remount? before pushing?
edit: or do what rori~ just posted
hackm0d said:
I tried installing it, but the installation fails. Then I tried pushing it via adb, but it says "failed to copy 'Launcher2.apk' to '/system/app/Launcher2.apk': Read-only file system"
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Thanks for that. I'll try it out now.
Also, how do I change the trackball notification light? It flashes green by default on a new SMS and I would like to change that.
hackm0d said:
Thanks for that. I'll try it out now.
Also, how do I change the trackball notification light? It flashes green by default on a new SMS and I would like to change that.
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Get Trackball Alert Pro (Market)
rori~ said:
Get Trackball Alert Pro (Market)
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So there's no way to do it in the ROM itself? No settings?
rori~ said:
Again....http://twitter.com/kmobs/status/16636599355
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Doesn't work. Still says it's a read-only file system.
I had problems with this too. When i pushed launcher2 to my n1 on cm 5.0.8 i kept getting fcs
To fix it i pull spareparts.apk and launcher2.apk from cm 5.0.7.1
And pushed it to /system/app
After that no more fcs
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Doesn't work. Still says it's a read-only file system.
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adb remount.
Have you tried LauncherPro?
I didn't like the ADW either but the LauncherPro is million miles better than stock and way smoother.. and it is more identical to stock than ADW as well.
What i did was i just installed it from the market and then i just deleted
ASW from the system via adb.
Always type "adb Remount" before doing anything except doing shell commands.
This is one of the reasons I'm not running a custom ROM, just 2.2, I HATE ADWLauncher, and all these ROMs use it as default, if they could at least keep the stock launcher in there and give us a choice easily, would be nice.
Hey, not sure if this really belongs here, or in General, but since its semi-hacking the system, I'll post here first.
It seems, so far, that Touchwiz isn't nearly as deeply integrated as Sense is, and that at least some of Samsung's Modified Apps can just be backed-up, deleted, and replaced with the stock apps from Android 2.1 (using apps ripped from CM5.0.8 for Nexus 1 for my attempts.)
So, I thought I'd start a list of stock Android 2.1 apps that people have made work on the vibrant. I know a lot of people are waiting for CM or other custom roms and alternate recovery images, but in the mean time, lets start customizing!
I have confirmed the following to work, but only after the original touchwiz apps are deleted from /system/app, then the stock apps are installed via the standard installer to /data/app and cp over to /system/app then reboot
Music.apk
DeskClock.apk
Calendar.apk
CalendarProvider.apk
GenieWidget.apk
Mms.apk (NEW! added 7/21/2010)
Another pleasant surprise, is that I now have the default Calendar, music, and news & weather widgets on my vibrant!
Again, adb push didn't work for anything since I can't remount with r/w access yet, but a su adb shell allowed me to busybox cp them to /sytem/app once they were installed.
I've tried the same method with the CM5.0.8 LiveWallpapers with no success, so maybe someone else has some suggestions?
My next step is to test out bringing the original phone.apk and contacts.apk/contactsprovider.apk over
7/21/2010
Got the default messaging app from CM 5.0.8 brought over, still having tons of trouble with the default dialer and contacts/contacts provider, samsung has buried their signature for these deep in android somewhere, even outside of /data/system/packages.xml so any attempt to install the CM versions even after removing the Touchwiz apps fail.
7/22/2010
Pushed ADW Launcher to system, works like a charm! However, removing the TouchWiz30Launcher apk/odex and replacing with adw or launcher pro generates constant FC's for me, so sadly, it looks like it has to stay installed for now.
cheers everyone!
where did you get the N1 files? I have been meaning to try this as well.
cojonesx said:
where did you get the N1 files? I have been meaning to try this as well.
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I just downloaded CM 5.0.8 for the N1, and have been pulling the apk's out of /system/app
cheers!
I actually installed the News & Weather app yesterday by just putting it on the SD Card and using ASTRO to install.. nothing special for that app.
zephiK said:
I actually installed the News & Weather app yesterday by just putting it on the SD Card and using ASTRO to install.. nothing special for that app.
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Where did you download it from?
zephiK said:
I actually installed the News & Weather app yesterday by just putting it on the SD Card and using ASTRO to install.. nothing special for that app.
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I was about to say the same thing, I just did an ADB install for this, didn't need to delete anything from data/app or anything.
It's cool to hear that the other stuff works though.
quickex99 said:
Where did you download it from?
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The Gapps for 2.1, same CM Nexus thread.
Here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623496
Sorry for the confusion about 'news and weather' I just meant I was unable to adb push the apk directly to system. It installs fine by default to /data/app but I wanted it in /system/app to survive resets, hence the busybox cp.
So far no luck with contacts/contactsprovider =(
Every version I try give me an install failed error, regardless of removing all traces of the samsung versions, even their references in /data/system/packages.xml
So is the music app from CM5.08 elliot's music mod?
XDA mobile
Docavelli said:
So is the music app from CM5.08 elliot's music mod?
XDA mobile
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I'm honestly not sure how to tell if it is.
I pulled the Music.apk straight out of the /system/app dir from the CM 5.0.8 update for the Nexus 1.
cheers
can anyone provide News and Weather widget from stock OS. I think its the best news app.
Grab the 'Google Apps' addon for CM 5.0.8 for the nexus one, unzip it, and copy 'GenieWidget.apk' to your phone to install it.
cheers!
s0niqu3 said:
Grab the 'Google Apps' addon for CM 5.0.8 for the nexus one, unzip it, and copy 'GenieWidget.apk' to your phone to install it.
cheers!
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thanks. i thought it had a different name......
I just did a google search for "download geniewidget.apk." It's much faster.
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its says failed install for me. you know what that could mean? i uninstalled the calendar but it wont let me install.
Any word on if the stock launcher works? I don't really like ADW or Touchwiz
decepticon said:
Any word on if the stock launcher works? I don't really like ADW or Touchwiz
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Hi again.
I haven't tried deleting the touchwiz launcher yet, but I'm using launcherPro Plus (and playing with ADW too, I really like that ADW supports the touchwiz horizontal style 'paging' in the app drawer, and hope launcher pro eventually supports it too) and they both work quite well, and should work fine when pushed into /system/app too.
Will update if I'm brave enough to remove the TW launcher, probably not tonight though, just spent the last 3 hours trying to get the stock dialer & contacts, and it was an epic fail, samsung has buried the touchwiz dialer/contacts signature deep, so no matter what I try, I always get an Install_failed_update_incompatible error when pushing the stock apps to the phone.
This is the same error I first received with the calendar, but a simple settings->applications->manage applications 'uninstall' of the remaining TWCalendar and Provider, and a reboot cleared that error, sadly that's not the case with dialer and contacts.
Maybe a wipe would fix this, but I'll wait another day or so to see how the clockwork custom recovery pans out, plus I need to make sure nandroid works so I can backup before I try that.
It also might be linked to something buried in the TW framework, I don't know, but I'm so not brave enough to mess with frameworks yet.
cheers everyone
Root Explorer allows your mount and unmount system drives btw. I like using it over ADB bc I can do it on the bus or train while commuting.
If I want to install the Stock 2.1 Calendar App, do I need to install the Calendar provider apk as well? I know the answer seems obvious but I just want to check
The_Chrome_Coyote said:
Root Explorer allows your mount and unmount system drives btw. I like using it over ADB bc I can do it on the bus or train while commuting.
If I want to install the Stock 2.1 Calendar App, do I need to install the Calendar provider apk as well? I know the answer seems obvious but I just want to check
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I'm honestly not sure if the CalendarProvider.apk is necessary, but I replaced the touchwiz provider with it for good measure.
cheers.
Okay, I keep getting App not installed error, Ive removed TW Calendar and TW Calendar provider apk and odex from system, but I still get the error when trying to install Calendar.apk
CM6 is truly awesome, but guys like me miss stock apps like the Music, Browser, and Launcher apps. The replacement apps are great, but they don't feel solid enough ATM for some. You may argue that this isn't logical, but as a UX designer, I have reasons that you may or may not appreciate.
I can also use other ROMs, but other mod apps on CM6 like the DeskClock and WyContacts are cool for me. I also don't want to miss all other "invisible" stuff on CM6 like the Bluetooth HID support, FLAC support, trackball wake, etc.
I tried doing this myself by pushing the stock apks, renaming them to use the names of the mod apps, removing the mod apps, etc; but nothing worked.
Can someone bake CM 6 RC2 with all its goodness plus the stock Music, Launcher, and Browser apps? A ROM with both stock and mod versions of those apps would be cool, but if it's not possible, just the stock apps would do.
I can understand (and somewhat agree with you) about the stock launcher and browser... but why in God's name would you want that atrocity that they call a music app?
But, i'll give you +1 for stock launcher.
Out of curiosity; why not just get the apk and push/install it via adb (then set it as default on the device)? If it's just those three, seems simple enough. Am I missing something.
tasty-xda said:
Out of curiosity; why not just get the apk and push/install it via adb (then set it as default on the device)? If it's just those three, seems simple enough. Am I missing something.
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Yep.
I did that. Didn't work. Looks like those apps are tied to CM6's framework or something
anthro said:
Yep.
I did that. Didn't work. Looks like those apps are tied to CM6's framework or something
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I don't know about the browser and music apps (I MUCH prefer the stock ones), but I'm using the stock launcher2.apk on CM6.0 RC2 without issues.
Just do adb remount and adb push launcher2.apk /system/app/
If you want to remove ADW completely you can do adb remount and adb shell su rm /system/app/ADWLauncher.apk
anthro said:
Yep.
I did that. Didn't work. Looks like those apps are tied to CM6's framework or something
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I have tried to push the stock Music app to replace CM6's one and have no problems. Perhaps you can give it one more try?
Ok here it is just flash it in recovery. http://www.4shared.com/file/gVONv3gW/stock-signed.html
Stock launcher and music app are awful. LauncherPro and ADW are much better and faster than stock launcher.
limouren said:
I have tried to push the stock Music app to replace CM6's one and have no problems. Perhaps you can give it one more try?
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That's really odd. I successfully pushed it with adb. I even checked with Astro and the apks really went to /system/app/. After pushing the three apks, they just uninstalled the apps (the mod apps were just uninstalled, and the stock apps still weren't installed).
d750 said:
Ok here it is just flash it in recovery. http://www.4shared.com/file/gVONv3gW/stock-signed.html
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Done! It worked! My Android experience feels complete again.
Can anyone explain why pushing the apks doesn't work, while d750's zip works?
Weird, i use nightlies and I rather some stock apps too. The new Music App comes with a "Video" app too which i hate so i remove it as well as:
/system/app
ADWLauncher.apk
Development.apk
Facebook.apk
Music.apk
RomManager.apk
SpareParts.apk
Term.apk
Twitter.apk
googlevoice.apk
com.amazon.mp3.apk
SuperUser.apk
/system/media.
bootanimation.zip
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That there is basically what i remove whenever i format and i install the updated versions of:
Facebook.apk
googlevoice.apk
Music.apk (stock 2.2)
Launcher2.apk
I'm still trying to figure out how to get com.amazon.mp3.apk to install without showing up in Downloads. I found a thread to mark it as a "System app" but it still shows up in Downloads after a while. Dunno what i'm doing wrong but i rather the newer version as well.
@shotta35
How do you go about installing Facebook.apk, googlevoice.apk, Music.apk (stock 2.2),, Launcher2.apk?
You just have to push those to /system/app or /data/app respectivly and they will "install". Or two of those you could grab from the market.
As others have said just use adb shell and remove those. The exit from that and do a adb push Facebook.apk /system/app and it will be installed there.
Hi
I accidently removed dialer 2.2.2 from the device using Titanium Backup, and i need to restore it in order for my phone calls to work.
I tried downloading some froyo Phone.apk but i cant install. It stops fast and syas "Application not installed" when i click it.
I put it in /system/app/ using adb. I didnt work either to install it through adb. It said cannot find file.
I need a original copy of Phone.apk and maybe some explanation of how to install it as it were before i removed it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960374 has a complete dump of 2X global version. You can find the dialer in there.
There are several threads about the joys of reinstalling system apps (usually ppl killed the launcher) among them are http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992945
EDIT: next time freez in stead of uninstalling... frozen apps will be restored by a simple factory reset. uninstalled won't.
Thx I am downloading and hoping it will work with the original Phone.apk
vivet said:
Thx I am downloading and hoping it will work with the original Phone.apk
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it should work.
I downloaded the package and pushed the Phone.lnk to the /system/app/ directory. After that i went to a file browser on the phone and tried to execute the Phone.apk file.
It came with the same message. Do i need to install through adb or hard reset?
vivet said:
I downloaded the package and pushed the Phone.lnk to the /system/app/ directory. After that i went to a file browser on the phone and tried to execute the Phone.apk file.
It came with the same message. Do i need to install through adb or hard reset?
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You don't need to install apk when putting in /system/app.
Copy apk to sd, download and install rootexplorer copy apk forom sd with rootexplorer go to system/app push button “mount R/W“ paste apk and reboot the phone. Done
Well isnt that the same as using adb.
I have the Phone.apk from the optimus 2x dump in the /system/app/ folder now, but i doesnt fix the problem. It doesnt seem to get installed when rebooting.
How can i see if its installed. I checked Titanium Backup, which still shows the Dialer 2.2.2 grey with strike-through (Data backed up, with no possiblity of restore).
How do i force it to "reinstall" upon reboot.
I tried restoring a widget that i removed, and that worked, so maybe the phone.apk is installed after i pushed it to /system/app, but something else is wrong.
What could be the problem? Missing data or something, which i need to restore somehow?
Isn't there a way to reflash the device with original rom?
Any ideas?
I downloaded the Global System.zip from this forum. I successfully went to the android recovery menu on the phone. I can choose to update the phone using System.zip on sdcard.
Is that the way to go?
have solved the problem?
Is possible to edit the phone.apk? the stock "incall" app is simple orrrrrrible
i too am missing my dialer app. whenever i touched the phone icon it would crash and go to home screen i thought if i uninstalled it and reinstalled it with titanium pro it would fix it. but it now wolnt let me reinstall. ive been searching the forum and trying different ways to fix the issue but nothing is working so far ... how can i get this is work?
Phone.apk
Did you guys figure this out? I installed