I cannot push via adb right now due to the lack of an at home PC............ I don't think my ps3 can do it since Sony took the happy out of it with their last few firmware updates.
If you have the apk, why cant you just install it using a file manager? Or, if you want it in /system/app/ you can download estrongs file manager, which has root access then just copy the apk into that directory.
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Hi,
Have a newbie question for you all..
Is there any reason why i couldnt take apks from one firmware and apply it to another.
For example superuser.apk from one hero and add it to another hero firmware which hasnt got it...i would be using Linda File Manager
I did this with the biz card scanner from a hero rom and put it in CM4.0.4
Download the rom that has the apk file.
Open the rom as a zip file.
Find the apk file and copy it to your sdcard.
Download Appsinstaller from the market and use it to install the apk on your sdcard.
This will NOT work with all apk files and make sure you have a backup before you try it.
sleepymonk said:
Hi,
Have a newbie question for you all..
Is there any reason why i couldnt take apks from one firmware and apply it to another.
For example superuser.apk from one hero and add it to another hero firmware which hasnt got it...i would be using Linda File Manager
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"SuperUser whitelist" is available on the market for free, so you might as well get it from there.
If it wasn't on the market you could use Fingerlickin's method. Some apk's need to be pushed using the terminal and many apks on Hero are directly tied in to the HTC Framework so can't just be pushed to cupcake builds.
I installed this from the market on my legend rom. I have created a nandroid backup of that rom and I'm now rockin the nonsense rom from team-slide (great rom by the way!). However I'm trying to find this on the market now and it seems like it is nowhere to be found. I've tried a variation of searches with no luck. So I thought, well I'll just restore my legend rom backup and adb pull the file from there. It was located in the /data/app as a .zip file while the other apps were .apk. Anyhow I was able to pull the file and its now on my computer. I then did a restore to my nonsesnse rom but I'm unsure how to get the zip file back on the phone. I can adb push it on there but it doesn't 'install' it per sey. Any ideas on how to get this app back on the nonsense rom?
You can place the apk on the sd card and then on the phone you can use astro to install it. If that doesn't work you can connect to the pc and use the "adb install" command.
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Part of the problem is that I don't see an apk file. The file is actually .zip in the /data/app path. The other files in the /data/app path are .apk files. Am I missing something here or is the apk file in another path? When I unzip the file on my computer there are multiple folders. If I had the actual apk then I might be in business. Any suggenstions on where it might be hiding?
go to app private in the backup that u got the zip from there should b the apk
update - app private had the apk, installed and working fine, thanks for all the help. So is it safe to say if it is a zip file the apk will always appear in app private? Why make this different from the other apks? Is it just developer specific i guess?
If I want to change an .apk file on my phone is using the Push adb command the same as just using Root Explorer removing the file I want to replace and just copying new one in its place? Are the results the same either way?
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It depends?
90% of the time unless I'm told to specifically copy over the existing and reboot is just copy the app to my phone and use ES File Explorer and have it install that way.
The other method (since I'm cheap and lazy... well ok and broke) is using ADB / SU to copy the app into the directory and reboot the phone.
you could do that , you could also put all the files that you need on your sd card...download super manager and move them from sd to /system/app or whatever you need to do ...
I was wanting to try a different Camera.apk. I was able to use Root Explorer rename the current camera file(so I still had) and then copied new one in it's place and it did fine.
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Install any file manager from the Android Market (I recommend OI File Manager or Astro) and use it to browse to the Root Explorer .apk file and install it.
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I dont have a File Manager. Where can i get one? without using Android Market. cause at the moment i dont have Wifi connection.
HI, maybe its a noob question but i dont know how to do it, i wanna take gallery3d.apk from gingercruzt7.4 and install it on stock rom, iv been using a root explorer and iv been set permission to file but it says that file cant be installed........any solution for this....
1. Copy apk to SD
2. Use "root app remover" to uninstall oryginal system apk
3. use "file manager" to install new apk like any other
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sometimes apks form different roms not working!
Backup (CWM or xRecovery) b4 you try it
Ok, this one not work....where can i find this apk which work on stock rom....