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install default camera instead of HTC one?

I love the speed of Cyan's Rom, but I hate the HTC camera. Video is always choppy. I don't think I had this problem with the default camera.
Is it possible to swap the cameras?

bittermormon said:
I love the speed of Cyan's Rom, but I hate the HTC camera. Video is always choppy. I don't think I had this problem with the default camera.
Is it possible to swap the cameras?
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ADB commands to switch out the .apk's of the camera and camcorder with the "default" camera from another build (most likely JF's because that's all Google)

lukekirstein said:
ADB commands to switch out the .apk's of the camera and camcorder with the "default" camera from another build (most likely JF's because that's all Google)
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ummm, thanks for the reply, but did you mean to list the ADB commands? have playd a little with this in the past but haven't had any luck, so any help would be appreciated. As for now I think I am going to reformat to ext2 and play with Haykuro's Ion r1 for a day or 2.

if you ALREADY HAVE the camera.apk you want to install...then good. IF NOT, go download JF1.51 and pretty sure it will have the Google version camera.apk...MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS! This is a simple procedure, so please pay attention and do this carefully, Its not my fault if your phone gets bricked. That being said, i have done this more than once and never bricked my phone. THAT being said, I CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU THE SAME RESULTS, SO PLEASE! PLEASE! BACKUP YOUR DEVICE AND YOUR DATA BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS!
First go into terminal on your device and type:
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2, /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/camera.apk
rm /system/app/HTCAlbum.apk
this removes the HTC versions from your phone. Then just go ahead and push the google version camera.apk. The adb commands are:
Code:
adb push /exact/path/to/your/camera.apk /system/app
remember, DO NOT type "/exact/path/to..." replace this line with the path on your computer where you have the camera.apk, for example,
/Desktop/Android/camera.apk is where mine would be...
then thats it. FYI, the HTC version has a separate gallery, the HTCAlbum.apk...THE GOOGLE VERSION DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE .APK FOR THE GALLERY. once you have pushed to google camera.apk you SHOULD have the camera and gallery and all...Good Luck!
-BMFC

bmfc187 said:
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!!
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Where's the fun in that??
bmfc187 said:
FYI, the HTC version has a separate gallery, the HTCAlbum.apk...THE GOOGLE VERSION DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE .APK FOR THE GALLERY.
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I think that's what threw me off in the first place. Thanks for the help, I think I'll give it a shot after I get sick of Ion.

bittermormon said:
Where's the fun in that??
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If you mess up sometimes you're screwed

bmfc187 said:
once you have pushed to google camera.apk you SHOULD have the camera and gallery and all...Good Luck!
-BMFC
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Ok so here's the problem I have had in the past, and am still having. I backed up and remover the HTC CAmera and HTCAlbum, but even after I push Camera.apk from JF's ROM, it doesn't show up. No Camera and no Gallery.

Having the same problems. I'd also like to restore the stock camera application, but after replacing the apk and so files from the JF1.51 build (and rebooting), neither Camera nor Gallery appears in the app drawer.
Any thoughts?

rogers dream
hi!
does anyone know if this procedure will work fine on a Rogers Dream? Should replacing the apk files work okay?
Thanks!
silvrhat

silvrhat7 said:
hi!
does anyone know if this procedure will work fine on a Rogers Dream? Should replacing the apk files work okay?
Thanks!
silvrhat
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Nandroid Backup, do it and if it fails just restore backup. There's no reason it shouldn't.

I'm running Cyan 4.0.2 and I'm trying to push the camera.apk from the rooted T-Mobile builds and when I push the files and try to install the apk it says it can't be installed on this phone. Do I need to push the .odex files also? Another thing, what are the commands for console to delete the data/data files for the htc stuff?

Anyone know why I can't push the stock camera to cyan 4.0.2?

How are you going about it? Are you using console or are you trying to use the package installer?

Copy the old camera file from an old rom. I found one with the JF1.5 build.
mount /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
rm -r /data/app_s/HTCCamera.apk
rm -r /data/app_s/HTCCamera.odex
mv /sdcard/Camera.apk /data/app_s
This will delete the HTC camera and put the old one back. The ODEX file should be created once the .apk file installs. Hope this helps!

it says HTCCamera.apk couldn't be found

What rom are you using?
EDIT: Try this -- Using Cyan4.0.1 (I assumed that you were using JacxHeroski1.5r2..my bad!)
[cpde]mount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
rm -r /system/app/Camera.apk
rm -r /system/app/Camera.odex
mv /sdcard/Camera.apk /system/app[/code]

I'm using 4.0.2 (pretty much the same as 4.0.1) but shouldn't I have to remove the gallery.apk also? What about the folders in /data/data? Should I remove those too?

I'm looking at the file structure and can't find there is a /data/data. As far as the gallery you shouldn't need to (didn't realize that it was updated.) But if you'd like to push that it would be:
Code:
mount /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
rm -r /system/app/HTCCamera.apk
rm -r /system/app/HTCCamera.odex (may or not be there)
mv /sdcard/Camera.apk /system/app
I've been looking and cannot find anything regarding a Gallery/Album.apk. But it should be able to use the Gallery that's already installed. Let me know how it goes.

ThR1LL said:
I'm running Cyan 4.0.2 and I'm trying to push the camera.apk from the rooted T-Mobile builds and when I push the files and try to install the apk it says it can't be installed on this phone. Do I need to push the .odex files also? Another thing, what are the commands for console to delete the data/data files for the htc stuff?
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They're folders i believe.
Try "rmdir foldername"

bmfc187 said:
if you ALREADY HAVE the camera.apk you want to install...then good. IF NOT, go download JF1.51 and pretty sure it will have the Google version camera.apk...MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS! This is a simple procedure, so please pay attention and do this carefully, Its not my fault if your phone gets bricked. That being said, i have done this more than once and never bricked my phone. THAT being said, I CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU THE SAME RESULTS, SO PLEASE! PLEASE! BACKUP YOUR DEVICE AND YOUR DATA BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS!
First go into terminal on your device and type:
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2, /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm -r /system/app/camera.apk
rm -r /system/app/HTCAlbum.apk
this removes the HTC versions from your phone. Then just go ahead and push the google version camera.apk. The adb commands are:
Code:
adb push /exact/path/to/your/camera.apk /system/app
remember, DO NOT type "/exact/path/to..." replace this line with the path on your computer where you have the camera.apk, for example,
/Desktop/Android/camera.apk is where mine would be...
then thats it. FYI, the HTC version has a separate gallery, the HTCAlbum.apk...THE GOOGLE VERSION DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE .APK FOR THE GALLERY. once you have pushed to google camera.apk you SHOULD have the camera and gallery and all...Good Luck!
-BMFC
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This is what I tried to do at first but it kinda failed
nolimit78 said:
I'm looking at the file structure and can't find there is a /data/data. As far as the gallery you shouldn't need to (didn't realize that it was updated.)
I've been looking and cannot find anything regarding a Gallery/Album.apk. But it should be able to use the Gallery that's already installed. Let me know how it goes.
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i think i figured out the data command its like
Code:
rm -r /data/data/com.android.camera
rm -r /data/data/com.htc.album
or something like that

App for removing stock apps

Hello,
I did a search and could not find anything. Is there an app available on the Market to remove stock apps from Android? I know there is a terminal command I can use but I have to input the command every time Cyan releases a new build.
Just wondering if there was an easier solution.
Thanks!

Resign the rom after you extact what you don't want, or any root explorer will delete the files after you change it to r/w instead of read-only.

also with root access just go into terminal and mount your phone as rw and remove them that way

There is an app called .... SU something or other. It is a file browser with read/write permissions. You can install/uninstall all sorts of apps, including system apps, or so says the creator.
I haven't tried it yet since it is a paid app and I can do them for free through terminal... but it seems like a good app!
here is the link to the thread he has here on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530271

Try GScript

Ssantos6981 said:
There is an app called .... SU something or other. It is a file browser with read/write permissions. You can install/uninstall all sorts of apps, including system apps, or so says the creator.
I haven't tried it yet since it is a paid app and I can do them for free through terminal... but it seems like a good app!
here is the link to the thread he has here on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530271
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Thanks, I will look into that. Sounds like that is exactly what I am looking for.

.PaNiNi. said:
also with root access just go into terminal and mount your phone as rw and remove them that way
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Thats what I have been doing. I want to avoid having to run the terminal commands every time I flash a new cyan update.
Looking for a more automated solution.
Thanks though!

.PaNiNi. said:
also with root access just go into terminal and mount your phone as rw and remove them that way
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What are the comands exactly thru terminal emulator to remove stock apps like amazon?

g1g said:
What are the comands exactly thru terminal emulator to remove stock apps like amazon?
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su
mount -o rw,remount /system
rm -r /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
rm -r /data/data/com.amazon.mp3
exit
exit

I would say use GScript to do it, but an app could be work. Select the programs you want to remove then it runs the scripts to remove it then reboot your phone. But you want to be careful removing certain apps, it could make your phone unstable or not work.
Never really saw the need to remove these apps other than not seeing them. Never saw a big difference in performance of my phone.

I've used GScript and the following script to remove useless (to me, anyway) apps from every Cyanogen ROM with no problem.
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
rm /system/app/AlarmClock.apk
rm /system/app/Calculator.apk
rm /system/app/Development.apk
rm /system/app/Email.apk
rm /system/app/Mail.apk
rm /system/app/LatinIME.apk
rm /system/app/Music.apk
rm /system/app/Talk.apk
rm /system/sd/app/teeter.apk
reboot
There's no noticeable boost in performance, other than a few MB increase in free space and a tidier app drawer, I don't know if any of the apps use system resources unless they're opened. It's mainly for aesthetics. AFAIK, these are the only apps you can delete without crippling the phone's essential functions. I know you can remove /system/app/LatinIME.apk ONLY if you use HTC_IME.apk and never try to uninstall it. The log collector in Cyanogen's ROMs is also safe to delete as long as you don't care about easy log collecting (ie not having to use logcat in terminal or adb).

try this app
antirock said:
Hello,
I did a search and could not find anything. Is there an app available on the Market to remove stock apps from Android? I know there is a terminal command I can use but I have to input the command every time Cyan releases a new build.
Just wondering if there was an easier solution.
Thanks!
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try this it works for me REMOVED LINK TO A KNOWN WAREZ SITE

Can anyone tell me how to remce IM I just don't like that app and can't FIGURE IT OUT plz help

tuppaacc said:
Can anyone tell me how to remce IM I just don't like that app and can't FIGURE IT OUT plz help
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You can't. From what I have experienced, you can remove IM.apk with no problem, but not ImProvider.apk, as removing it breaks the ROM (massive FC's). The icon for the app still shows up in the app drawer, as it's part of ImProvider.apk, but clicking it does nothing. Your best bet it to use Irrenhaus's Advanced Launcher and just hide the icon.

rob.turner said:
You can't. From what I have experienced, you can remove IM.apk with no problem, but not ImProvider.apk, as removing it breaks the ROM (massive FC's). The icon for the app still shows up in the app drawer, as it's part of ImProvider.apk, but clicking it does nothing. Your best bet it to use Irrenhaus's Advanced Launcher and just hide the icon.
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Yeah! I remove the im.apk but the icon still there thanks anyways I almost removed the improvider.apk but I read in some other forums it would damage my rom. Thanks for the heads up tho

erase message app?? factory one!?
is there any way you can delete the original message (white envelope) without fuccin up my messages.. im using handcent sms... and i use my blacklist..but i hate tha other messaging program since it still shows it
i dont wanna use private sms.. so dont mention it..
anywho..just get at me!

Again, just use the Advanced Launcher (I swear I'm not affiliated with the project in any way, it's just an awesome mod) and hide it, and be sure to turn off message retrieval and notifications in the stock messaging app's options. Deleting any stock app that has to do with core functions of the phone (IM, messaging, browser, phone, etc.) is never a good idea, you're just asking for problems if you do. The apps listed in my other post in this thread are pretty much the only stock apps you can delete without causing problems.

saprano614 said:
try this it works for me REMOVED LINK TO A KNOWN WAREZ SITE
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First and final warning.
Read the rules of this forum prior to posting links to apps

I would LOVE to be able to remove the Music program. If I have my bluetooth headset on with phone and media enabled it plays a file every time I hang up. It drives me NUTS. If I disable the BT media it doesn't happen, but then I don't hear the notifications in the headset...
Does anybody know if it's okay to remove the stock music program?
Thanks again for all the help on here.
Siegel

I finally got adb working and tried:
adb uninstall Music.apk
and I just get a failure.
I apologize for my total noobness, but I saw this:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
rm /system/app/AlarmClock.apk
rm /system/app/Calculator.apk
rm /system/app/Development.apk
rm /system/app/Email.apk
rm /system/app/Mail.apk
rm /system/app/LatinIME.apk
rm /system/app/Music.apk
rm /system/app/Talk.apk
rm /system/sd/app/teeter.apk
reboot
How do I use that?
Thanks,
Siegel

New voice search from Google installation (2.2 only)

Has anyone been able to install this yet? I'm running CM6 8-10 and I get an installation failure everytime. I tried what the EVO guys are doing by removing the Voicesearch.apk, rebooting, and installing the new one from the market but no beans.

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...hl__+google++search__fromsearch__1#entry38003

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...hl__+google++search__fromsearch__1#entry38003
tested and works using cm6
curse you sparticuz!! you win this round...

cyclonebee said:
Has anyone been able to install this yet? I'm running CM6 8-10 and I get an installation failure everytime. I tried what the EVO guys are doing by removing the Voicesearch.apk, rebooting, and installing the new one from the market but no beans.
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all i had to do was:
adb shell
rm /system/app/VoiceSearch.apk
rm /system/app/GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
then REBOOT (didn't work otherwise), then install Voice Search (the new voice command app) and Google Search (the widget). credit goes to pugsby in the evo sub-forum.
still can't get chrome-to-phone to install though ("installation unsuccessful") even after manually removing the version that was already installed and rebooting. not sure why that's happening.

Sparticuz said:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...hl__+google++search__fromsearch__1#entry38003
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I don't have permission to leave comments on the referenced site, but I needed to change the last instruction from:
pm uninstall com.google.android.googlequickSearchBox
to:
pm uninstall com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
(note the lower case letters) in order for it to work for me ...

mercado79 said:
all i had to do was:
adb shell
rm /system/app/VoiceSearch.apk
rm /system/app/GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
then REBOOT (didn't work otherwise), then install Voice Search (the new voice command app) and Google Search (the widget). credit goes to pugsby in the evo sub-forum.
still can't get chrome-to-phone to install though ("installation unsuccessful") even after manually removing the version that was already installed and rebooting. not sure why that's happening.
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That's odd you can't get chrome2phone to work. I just downloaded it and plugged in my info and was good to go. Took a few secs to send to my phone.
Should've checked the market before I uninstalled my search, not that I use it much, because now the voice search and google search don't show up. Can't follow the QR codes because googles doesn't work. And uninstall and reinstall of googles fixed the FC problem.

hayabusa03rx said:
That's odd you can't get chrome2phone to work. I just downloaded it and plugged in my info and was good to go. Took a few secs to send to my phone.
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I can't even get Chrome to start up on my fairly new HP desktop running a valid Win 7 install. I have a hunch I've been infected as at about the same time I lost the ability to launch Chrome I started getting daily MS Security Essentials warnings that problems were found and I should do a reboot (daily now) but Symantec NIS isn't reporting anything unusual ...

Avast! Avast! Avast!
dhero1 said:
I can't even get Chrome to start up on my fairly new HP desktop running a valid Win 7 install. I have a hunch I've been infected as at about the same time I lost the ability to launch Chrome I started getting daily MS Security Essentials warnings that problems were found and I should do a reboot (daily now) but Symantec NIS isn't reporting anything unusual ...
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Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

raz699 said:
Avast! Avast! Avast!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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Microsoft Security Essentials is detecting and supposedly fixing a daily Win32/Alureon.H attack, and ask me to reboot daily as a result. They also report system access attempts originating from China every few days.
Avast (at least the free version) it is then!

Stock FroYo Mail App

Anyone replaced the horrible TW Mail app with the stock FroYo one yet? Is it even possible?

mfriedman79 said:
Anyone replaced the horrible TW Mail app with the stock FroYo one yet? Is it even possible?
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No but I did replace it with the one from the Galaxy Tab. I prefer that one over the standard Captivate TW email.apk.

I have the Captivate with Froyo installed. When I reply to an email, it sends a message, but none of the content is kept and the addressee gets an empty message. The see nothing from me, but do see the original email message. Anyone else see this problem? How do I get the one for the Galaxy Tab to see if it corrects the problem?

Gunz52 said:
I have the Captivate with Froyo installed. When I reply to an email, it sends a message, but none of the content is kept and the addressee gets an empty message. The see nothing from me, but do see the original email message. Anyone else see this problem? How do I get the one for the Galaxy Tab to see if it corrects the problem?
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Yep same problem. Have to go back to touchdown for now for email because it's a little annoying having to send new emails to any replies just to have text actually show up.
Gonna have to look for the Tab email app and try that.
theMaginator did you find the apk in a thread or pull it out yourself? Can you provide a link to any instructions you used or link the apk yourself for the Tab email app?
Thanks

Glad to know I'm not the only one.

mfriedman79 said:
Yep same problem. Have to go back to touchdown for now for email because it's a little annoying having to send new emails to any replies just to have text actually show up.
Gonna have to look for the Tab email app and try that.
theMaginator did you find the apk in a thread or pull it out yourself? Can you provide a link to any instructions you used or link the apk yourself for the Tab email app?
Thanks
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Yes there is a thread on the development side. Ill post a link shortly.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

mfriedman79 said:
Anyone replaced the horrible TW Mail app with the stock FroYo one yet? Is it even possible?
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Gunz52 said:
I have the Captivate with Froyo installed. When I reply to an email, it sends a message, but none of the content is kept and the addressee gets an empty message. The see nothing from me, but do see the original email message. Anyone else see this problem? How do I get the one for the Galaxy Tab to see if it corrects the problem?
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mfriedman79 said:
Yep same problem. Have to go back to touchdown for now for email because it's a little annoying having to send new emails to any replies just to have text actually show up.
Gonna have to look for the Tab email app and try that.
theMaginator did you find the apk in a thread or pull it out yourself? Can you provide a link to any instructions you used or link the apk yourself for the Tab email app?
Thanks
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theMaginator said:
Yes there is a thread on the development side. Ill post a link shortly.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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You guys can follow the instructions here to get this working as expected.

Reply Work Around
If the directions to patch this are a little intimidating, which they are to me, I tried a simple test and it seems to work.
When you hit the button to reply, there is a "delete" circle and hash next to the original message. Hit that, deleting the original senders text, then type your reply as you normally would. This has worked on every email I have replied to this evening.
This isn't a pretty fix, but it is easy for the time being.
Regards.

FYI the instructions to replace the Email app linked to above don't explicitly mention that you need to be rooted to be able to do it. It isn't really all that difficult to do though, you just need to download the Android SDK and then the rest is just copy and pasting into the command prompt.

jneilliii said:
You guys can follow the instructions here to get this working as expected.
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Hmm system didn't show any mail app after I tried that, but after jumping through some of the links provided in the link you gave I was able to find one that appears to work. Will have to see how it goes.
Thanks.
As for the GalaxyTab app, while it is definitely the best looking Android App i have tried so far, it had some issues with exchange support for me, so had to try something else.

Whenever I try this line
cp /sdcard/Email.apk > /system/app/Email.apk
I get this
cp: not found
How do I get around this?

BUS DR1V3R said:
Whenever I try this line
cp /sdcard/Email.apk > /system/app/Email.apk
I get this
cp: not found
How do I get around this?
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Make sure you have busybox installed. may have to try 'busybox cp' instead of just cp.
Also for me it didn't recognize the > command so I had to remove that, but it also could be why it didn't work for me. The other instructions showed the command as 'cat /sdcard/Email.apk > /system/app/Email.apk' which could also be the difference on why it didn't work.
Sadly I got another stock app working, but it has not GAL search. wondering if its the 2.1 app by mistake.
EDIT: I am mistaken. No button like stock to search GAL, but it does appear to auto search it when entering a name.
Oh well. the search continues.

replacing with new Email.apk not working
When i try to follow the steps in the link posted, I get this....
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb pull /system/app/Email.odex
remote object '/system/app/Email.odex' does not exist
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

changeyez said:
When i try to follow the steps in the link posted, I get this....
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb pull /system/app/Email.odex
remote object '/system/app/Email.odex' does not exist
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Hmm you can always go through shell and verify the file is there.
adb shell
su
cd /system/app
ls | grep Email
That should show both the apk and odex files if they exist.
You can also try backing up via copying from adb as well, or just rename the files as I did for easy restoration.
adb shell
su
cd /system/app
mv Email.apk Email.old
mv Email.odex Email.odex.old
or
adb shell
su
cp /system/app/Email.odex /sdcard/Email.odex
cp /system/app/Email.apk /sdcard/Email.apk
Then just move the new Email.apk to /system/app

mfriedman79 - perfect. thanks!

Where is the Stock FroYo Mail App?

BUS DR1V3R said:
Whenever I try this line
cp /sdcard/Email.apk > /system/app/Email.apk
I get this
cp: not found
How do I get around this?
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mfriedman79 said:
Make sure you have busybox installed. may have to try 'busybox cp' instead of just cp.
Also for me it didn't recognize the > command so I had to remove that, but it also could be why it didn't work for me. The other instructions showed the command as 'cat /sdcard/Email.apk > /system/app/Email.apk' which could also be the difference on why it didn't work.
Sadly I got another stock app working, but it has not GAL search. wondering if its the 2.1 app by mistake.
EDIT: I am mistaken. No button like stock to search GAL, but it does appear to auto search it when entering a name.
Oh well. the search continues.
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Sorry about that guys, switched the command from cat to cp but forgot to take out the > sign. This has been fixed in the instructions.

There is a simplier way to do all this with root explorer. Delete email.apk and email.odex then move the new email.apk of your choice to system/apps and open to install.

Where can I find the default mail app for 2.1?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Anolog clock resets o reboot

Hi all,
Was not really sure where to put this apologies if its the wrong place.
I recently created my own analog clock, I'm using CM7 RC0, I simply replaced the clock background .png in the original desktopclock.apk, renamed it, signed it and then installed it through filemanager.
Now, it works fine! I was very happy, until I rebooted my phone today, got back onto the desktop and it had reset to the original anolog clock! Tried it again and sure enough everytime I reboot I have to reinstall the .apk!
Anybody have any idea why on earth this would happen?
Many thanks,
Sean

This was originally brought to my attention with the HTC_IME mod by Jonasl. I installed a themed version over the top of the one already installed by default in /system/app and on reboot the original (quite frankly ugly) keyboard was back...
for some reason I do not know, you have to manually un-install the previous version. Don't know why...
use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644909
to un-install the original apk for the clock, then push your app into /system/app using adb. reboot and it should all be sorted... I hope.

Great stuff, thank you for your help. Now I wonder how to do this using linux, I will look into it, at least I know what the problem is

wiiija said:
Great stuff, thank you for your help. Now I wonder how to do this using linux, I will look into it, at least I know what the problem is
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I'm on linux right now, and I did this to remove my stock messaging app not 3 hours ago...
Just open up your terminal and use adb, assuming you have the androidsdk on your computer...
If you don't it's going to be a little harder, you're going to have to find a root exploring file manager and delete the analog clock app from /system/app and then you're going to have to put the new one there AFTER rebooting.
If you want adb just ask and I'll tell you how to get it.
1. download the android sdk from http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r12-linux_x86.tgz
2. open up the .tgz and extract it to /home/-your_user_name/androidsdk
3. open up terminal and type
su
PATH=$PATH:/home/-your_user_name/androidsdk/tools
adb
adb devices <-------(make sure your device is connected and in debug mode. If that fails just boot into recovery)
qiuness said:
adb shell
su
cd /system/app
mount -o rw,remount /system
rm -r analogclock.apk
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4. install your new, themed app
abd push /path/to/your/app.apk /system/app
5. reboot.

Brilliant guys thank you very much, its all sorted, easy once you know how