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Mms.apk ... replacement? needed? hmmmm**RESOLVED**

I am running the cyanogen 4.1.999 and I was wondering if anyone here would know IF the Mms.apk would have to remain in the update file/rom in order for the ROM to work or flash. I would rather just use handcent sms instead ... reason is that there is a blacklist feature on handcent sms that hides the messages from a person on that list until you unblacklist them BUT you can ALWAYS still see the messages if you open the regular built in text message app .... which kind of defeats the purpose.
SO really I was wondering...
if the Mms.apk would cause the ROM to fail install if it was gone
If the Mms.apk HAS to be in the ROM for the text messages/picture messages to work
See about leaving out the Mms.apk and just install handcentsms and use it from there .. or if the text/picture messages just would not work at all with that Mms.apk file gone .. not real sure how tied into the framework/phone it is
any help on these questions would be great ... hope this is in the right spot for these types of questions.
RESOLUTION: after trying to remove the Mms.apk file before the flash with NO success I let it in and then I removed it from the terminal on the phone using this code
Code:
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mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/Mms.apk
also, It may ask you if you want to delete it .. if it does then type y for yes and hit enter then it should go back to the comand prompt when done.
after doign this you HAVE to reboot the phone. I can still send and recieve text and picture messages just fine with no wierd actions from the phone at all. The stock message app is now gone from the phone completely and I am now using the handcentsms app from the market as the only source for text application.

Nandroid and try it out is the best thing i can say, though you would have to remove the mms.apk from both cm4.1.999 and the htc image.

david1171 said:
Nandroid and try it out is the best thing i can say, though you would have to remove the mms.apk from both cm4.1.999 and the htc image.
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well I just tried to take it out of the update file ... by the way I am using that all in one update that someone posted on there .. I didnt think about the htc image .. not real sure if this one has it in there ..
anyhow I tried to flash and it aborted due to the Mms.apk was missing it said .. hmmm .. wonder if there is any way to get this to work

Strapt said:
well I just tried to take it out of the update file ... by the way I am using that all in one update that someone posted on there .. I didnt think about the htc image .. not real sure if this one has it in there ..
anyhow I tried to flash and it aborted due to the Mms.apk was missing it said .. hmmm .. wonder if there is any way to get this to work
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you did resign it didn't you? other than that i wouldn't know, sorry.

New Facebook App 1.1.2 on Cyan 4.2.8 Install error!

Getting
"Package file was not signed correctly"
Is this because i had a non market version of facebook installed before?

DownloaderZ said:
Getting
"Package file was not signed correctly"
Is this because i had a non market version of facebook installed before?
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Yes. Uninstall and try again.

I am also getting an install error.
I have tried to uninstall the existing 1.1.1 version using the Expsetup but still won't install.
I'm thinking that clearing all associated data for facebook would help but don't know the directories etc that I would need to delete.
phil

That did it, thanks!
Chahk said:
Yes. Uninstall and try again.
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Where to get Facebook 1.1.2?

I unistalled V1.1.1 but still cant install new version 1.1.2!!! went to aplication manager and found a file that says com.facebook.katana but doesnt let me do anything with it.
Any ideas?

If you're having problems uninstalling, that's because you used an update.zip and it is installed in the system/app folder. You have to use terminal or adb to mount the folder as rw to remove it.
My question, though, is it better than the one from droid? Cuz if not then I don't want to waste my time updating...

mrandroid said:
Where to get Facebook 1.1.2?
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Android Market.

Anyone mind upping the APK? Removed all traces of FB from my phone and packages.xml and it still refuses to install.

Jonno12345 said:
Anyone mind upping the APK? Removed all traces of FB from my phone and packages.xml and it still refuses to install.
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http://www.myhangoutonline.com/downloads/?did=15

Most importantly would be to ask how do you get your system back to normal so you can install updates later.
I know at one time I messed with my prop file to install the Nav at one time. I wonder if that could be a problem. I removed the Facebook app, but it told me it wasn't compatable so I wonder if it that prop file is affecting anything.

Put the original build.trout.prop file back in the /system folder. Deleted the old Sholes/droid version via the market and it installed without a hitch.
It doesn't seem to like a modified prop file.
To me personally it looks just like the droids version except the white bar at the top is fixed.
Heres the line you want to change back.
ro.build.fingerprint=tmobile/kila/dream/trout:1.6/DRC83/14721:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys
or upload this buid.trout.prop file to your /system folder. Just drop the .txt from the end.
EDIT.
After fighting a bit with the prop file I ended up just reflashing the rom that I originally installed which over wrote the modded prop file. Now I'm back to the orginal file and then I used the APK provided here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5147596&postcount=16
After that I uninstalled it via the market and reinstalled it now I'm back to where I should be.
So you could use that stock prop file, but after 5 or so tries it was sorta mixed results.

Anyone got the apk? I tried the site posted above but nothing happened.

Beast84 said:
Anyone got the apk? I tried the site posted above but nothing happened.
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I just went to the main site and clicked download, however it refuses to install on my G1 with no traces of facebook on it. So annoyed right now

i reinstalled Ver. 1.1.1 and unistalled aqain from aplication manager, went to the market and installed Ver 1.1.2 and works fine. really no diference besides the top blue bar is complete.

here you go. I pulled the 1.1.2 apk from my phone after installing

BSDADON said:
I just went to the main site and clicked download, however it refuses to install on my G1 with no traces of facebook on it. So annoyed right now
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The website just hangs for me
nephron said:
here you go. I pulled the 1.1.2 apk from my phone after installing
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Thanks for that. I shall try this now

mrandroid said:
http://www.myhangoutonline.com/downloads/?did=15
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Greatly appreciated.. This will help out many.

what commands in terminal to mount the folder as rw to remove it?
i used a script to switch my build.trout, but i used the script to switch back to the old one and i can't get FB to install. i never did anything to mod these for the nav and FB a few weeks ago.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5081309&postcount=7036
thanks in advance.
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found a fix by just coping the new facebook to the system/app folder, duh. works fine =]

elingreen said:
found a fix by just coping the new facebook to the system/app folder, duh. works fine =]
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Thanks for the tip...solved my problem...

[Q] logsprovider

So I am using a rom right now that I'm really happy with, except for one thing- I don't like seeing SMS and MMS in my call log. Is there anyway to replace the logsprovider.apk file with one that will exclude these message from the log? Thanks!

Wrong section, what rom are you running

sorry. I am actually running the 2.2 leak (JI6) that you can flash from ODIN, but I flashed Hardcore's Speedmod kernel 34A and JL3 modem and removed all the bloat. It's just branded enough (I like the GalaxyS boot animations), but it's still fast and smooth and good on battery. I just hate seeing a billion text messages in my call log!

bgf183 said:
So I am using a rom right now that I'm really happy with, except for one thing- I don't like seeing SMS and MMS in my call log. Is there anyway to replace the logsprovider.apk file with one that will exclude these message from the log? Thanks!
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Drop the attached logsprovider.apk in system/app and reboot.

What is the easiest way to access that folder? I'm having trouble with that part...

Root explorer
Free, super manager

Moved to Q&A as not android development

Ok, so I put the .apk in the system/app folder and rebooted. The logsprovider.odex still shows a much older date and messages are still showing up in my call log. Do I have to do something with the odex?

bump...having the same issue

Mine actually says "application not installed" when I go to install it after moving it to system/app

Pretty sure adam uploaded a deodexed version. You need the apk and odex files in order for it to work on a stock rom. I am not sure which rom the logs provider is from but assuming adam has grabbed the firmware from samsung as a starting point for a rom he would have what you need and know which.

newter55 said:
Pretty sure adam uploaded a deodexed version. You need the apk and odex files in order for it to work on a stock rom. I am not sure which rom the logs provider is from but assuming adam has grabbed the firmware from samsung as a starting point for a rom he would have what you need and know which.
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...and it needs to be deodexed to edit it.
Besides, there's no benefit to an odexed ROM.

I'm using the Captivate with the leaked Froyo 2.2 update (I897UCJI6). In root explorer, I do have the modified LogsProvider.apk as well as LogsProvider.odex (which has not been modified or changed, etc). What do I do from here?

bump please

Drop log provider apk, in system/app

It's already there. The problem is that when I try to install it, it doesn't work. It says "Application not installed."

MoneyAddyct said:
It's already there. The problem is that when I try to install it, it doesn't work. It says "Application not installed."
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Do not install. Reboot. Have someone send to a text, should be fixed

I did that, too. I cleared out all of the old text messages from the log, rebooted, and they're still being listed. Someone just sent me a text about 10 minutes ago actually and it's there in the Log.

WTF???? I successfully deodexed my ROM but I still can't get the LogProvider.apk to install. It still says "Application not installed."

MoneyAddyct said:
WTF???? I successfully deodexed my ROM but I still can't get the LogProvider.apk to install. It still says "Application not installed."
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Where is it telling you that? Details please.
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ROM: Paragon RC5.1 1200 mhz/100hz kernel

[Q] Willingly uninstalled a default app (how could i be soo dumb)

Please help me, i have a Galaxy S gt-i9000 with froyo (rooted) and i downloaded some custom dialer/ contacts and sms packs (it looked nice so i thought .. why not give it a try) but one of the apps said that its recommended to remove the default app so that it wont cause any conflicts. i wanted to uninstall the default dialer app but i ended up uninstalling the "Phone" app .. and now i cant use the contacts widget.. touching a contact wont pop up the menu with options (call, video call, send sms ..)
i wanted to check if i can try anything in Kies (restore or something) but my phone doesn't seem to be recognized anymore in Kies :|
Is there anything to be done?
any advice is deeply appreciated.

i have attached phone apk for you to install. you just need to unzip it and place it under /system /app and then reboot. make sure system is mounted RW
if that fails, reflash the ROM.

thank you for the prompt answer.
i downloaded the zip but i cant get to the root folder .. i mean .. i can only connect the phone in storage mode ...
should i try using a card?

sonofsin said:
thank you for the prompt answer.
i downloaded the zip but i cant get to the root folder .. i mean .. i can only connect the phone in storage mode ...
should i try using a card?
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You need either Root Explorer (paid) or Astro File Manager (free) from the market. Storage mode is fine, just copy the unzipped apk from your pc to the internal storage, then use one of the apps above to move it to /system /app.
Make sure you mount /system /app as rw or it wont paste.

ok so i copied it in /app ... asked me if i want to replace .. canceled and tried to run the phone apk that i already had ... it said App not installed.. so i copied and replaced the one from you .. and tried to run .. still no result :|
the phone apk is there ... but i think the dialer app is the one actually missing .. could you please add the dialer app as well?

sonofsin said:
ok so i copied it in /app ... asked me if i want to replace .. canceled and tried to run the phone apk that i already had ... it said App not installed.. so i copied and replaced the one from you .. and tried to run .. still no result :|
the phone apk is there ... but i think the dialer app is the one actually missing .. could you please add the dialer app as well?
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Is this what you're looking for?

i got that one as well ... the one with the green square and a white phone in it .. i think called simply dialer i think.. ok a big favor: can you please add every file related to phone* and dialer* in a rar/zip please.
right now i have from dialer: dialertabactivity.odex (i think there should be a dialer.apk here as well)
and from phone: Phone.apk, Phone.odex, Phone_Util.apk, Phone_Util.odex, PhoneErrService.apk, PhoneErrService.odex, PhoneSetupWizard.apk, PhoneSetupWizard.odex
pff .. i erased the contacts.apk as well :| i just figured that one out :|

sonofsin said:
i got that one as well ... the one with the green square and a white phone in it .. i think called simply dialer i think.. ok a big favor: can you please add every file related to phone* and dialer* in a rar/zip please.
right now i have from dialer: dialertabactivity.odex (i think there should be a dialer.apk here as well)
and from phone: Phone.apk, Phone.odex, Phone_Util.apk, Phone_Util.odex, PhoneErrService.apk, PhoneErrService.odex, PhoneSetupWizard.apk, PhoneSetupWizard.odex
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Yep, it's the one with the green square, no Dialer.apk on my phone, just DialerTabActivity (apk&odex)Ok I've added a few into this rar, most you probably have, but I found 2 contact ones you didn't mention, so maybe they will help, these are all I have on my laptop that are related to the phone I think, see if they help.

you got a DialerTabActivity apk?
i copied all and overwrite them but still cant install the apps back. i would of wanted to keep my apps and stuff ... is there any other way to reinstall the default apps that i stupidly uninstalled? (Contacts, Dialer, Phone) dont know if it helps .. but i used the "Uninstaller for Root" app

sonofsin said:
i got that one as well ... the one with the green square and a white phone in it .. i think called simply dialer i think.. ok a big favor: can you please add every file related to phone* and dialer* in a rar/zip please.
right now i have from dialer: dialertabactivity.odex (i think there should be a dialer.apk here as well)
and from phone: Phone.apk, Phone.odex, Phone_Util.apk, Phone_Util.odex, PhoneErrService.apk, PhoneErrService.odex, PhoneSetupWizard.apk, PhoneSetupWizard.odex
pff .. i erased the contacts.apk as well :| i just figured that one out :|
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Ok here's everything I could find on my phone, let me know if any of them help ok

the fact that i copy them in apps doesn't make them appear in the menu (i think that i still have to install them) and i always get the application not installed error when i try to run the apk to install.

sonofsin said:
the fact that i copy them in apps doesn't make them appear in the menu (i think that i still have to install them) and i always get the application not installed error when i try to run the apk to install.
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Ok, I could be wrong here, but I'm fairly sure I read somewhere on here that you need to MOVE system apps, not COPY them, so go to system/app/ again and delete the ones you copied, then Move them from root of your sd to system/apps again. Then maybe try a reboot. I'm not sure this will solve it, but it's probably worth a try...

well ... no wireless here ... no wap on my sim ... cant get astro at the moment seems that everything i thought i was doing was bogus .. the file manager was saying that it was pasting/ copying/ deleting but it wasn't ... I'll replay tomorrow after downloading astro and after i actually do everything suggested
Thank You Very Much For The Help and hope you didn't lose all your patience .. i will be back tomorrow

sonofsin said:
well ... no wireless here ... no wap on my sim ... cant get astro at the moment seems that everything i thought i was doing was bogus .. the file manager was saying that it was pasting/ copying/ deleting but it wasn't ... I'll replay tomorrow after downloading astro and after i actually do everything suggested
Thank You Very Much For The Help and hope you didn't lose all your patience .. i will be back tomorrow
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Sorry, I assumed you were using Astro, or Root Explorer.
Astro is free on the market so it should be ok for me to post it here (if not, someone tell me ok?).
Gimme a few minutes to upload it...

ok .. i'll wait as much as it takes .. just to get this bastard working

Hey, happy to help, if I'm actually helping lol. That's what the sites for
Ok I've attached Astro, but I'd recommend buying Root Explorer, it's what I use. Also I've included a pic of the permissions needed by each of the files I put in the rar. I don't know about Astro, but in Root Explorer you just long press the app to get to permissions menu. You may not even need them, I'm not sure. Will check back tommorrow to see if you're making any progress.

ok thanks once again .. and good night
well astro cant edit permissions .. or at least not the free version .. or maybe they changed it in newer versions (in case there are any)

sonofsin said:
ok .. i'll wait as much as it takes .. just to get this bastard working
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Lol, know how you feel, soft bricked mine twice when I started messing around with kernels and themes, but thanks to this site and it's members I've been able to solve any problems so far.

sonofsin said:
ok thanks once again .. and good night
well astro cant edit permissions .. or at least not the free version .. or maybe they changed it in newer versions (in case there are any)
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Damn, that's a pity, that was the latest version from the market, think you should buy Root Explorer if you can.
Permissions aside, did you successfully move the files with Astro?
If you did, dont try to install them, try a reboot first, I think that's what I did when I put the email.apk from SGSII into my SGS.
Sorry I didn't solve your problem tonight, will try again tommorrow if you want

i couldnt even move them cause the app dir is read only ... same for the files ... so unless i can get an app that can edit permissions i cant try moving/rebooting .

Google Dialer with caller ID and contacts

This is a repost from the Moto X Pure section. LINK
Follow the instructions to backup and then flash the AOSP dialer and contacts in TWRP. This worked perfectly for me on my Turbo.

Works great. Thanks!

I'm considering flashing this. Then I got to looking at these apps in the play store. Of course it shows that they're incompatible with all my devices, but my question is to ask if after flashing this, has anyone tried updating to the updated apps that are in the Play Store? Of course if I don't get a response in the next few minutes, I'll probably give it a shot anyway. After a nandroid, naturally.

I was able to get the contacts to install and initiated, and the dialer installed, according to Aroma, but for some reason, it wouldn't initiate. I suspect it's something to do with it being CM. I recall that CM somehow broke the dialer compatibility, back in either 10 or 11...
Sent from my DROID Turbo via Tapatalk. Now with that cyanogenmod goodness.

The original write up didn't pan out for me. I renamed the stock dialer and contacts, extracted the ones from the .zip and put them in the folder where dialer and contacts were. System>priv-apps>Dialer/Contacts. I then rebooted and they seem to be working, time will tell. There doesn't appear to be the oft desired Call Blocking. I think that's only on the newer versions, Marshmallow only. The newest versions of these apps that are on the Play Store won't work either, as they're MM only.

Wynnded said:
The original write up didn't pan out for me. I renamed the stock dialer and contacts, extracted the ones from the .zip and put them in the folder where dialer and contacts were. System>priv-apps>Dialer/Contacts. I then rebooted and they seem to be working, time will tell. There doesn't appear to be the oft desired Call Blocking. I think that's only on the newer versions, Marshmallow only. The newest versions of these apps that are on the Play Store won't work either, as they're MM only.
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I did the same thing. On CF's 1.2.5 odex ROM, renamed the existing dialer.apk and contacts.apk, flashed the zip, and it worked.

GeoFX said:
I did the same thing. On CF's 1.2.5 odex ROM, renamed the existing dialer.apk and contacts.apk, flashed the zip, and it worked.
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Flashing the .zip wasn't panning out for me. When I did it that way, I didn't have a dialing app. I could go to contacts and initiate a call from there, and it would ring through, but there wasn't an interface for the ongoing call. I couldn't close the line. I removed the .apks from the .zip and placed them in the appropriate folders then rebooted. Really only had one incoming call, yesterday, and it was fine. I don't think that we have video call though, not that I've ever used it, but I didn't notice the icon for it.

Can somebody help me out? I'm trying to figure out the difference between the 5.1 stock contacts and the Google contacts zipped with the Google dialer in the OP. I'm comparing the 2 side by side on my phone and I swear I cant find a difference. I know the Google dialer has differences I am specifically asking about the contacts app. Thanks.

koftheworld said:
This is a repost from the Moto X Pure section. LINK
Follow the instructions to backup and then flash the AOSP dialer and contacts in TWRP. This worked perfectly for me on my Turbo.
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couldn't get this to work on my droid. i tried the OP way by deleting the folders and letting the flash repopulate them, but the problem is that the zip's folders aren't 'contacts' and 'dialer', but rather 'googlecontacts' and 'googledialer'. i tried to flash and then to rename the contacts and dialer apks, and replace them with the new ones, but i still didn't have a dialer to speak of on my phone after reboot.
anyone find another way that works? i would really love to have this dialer...

I renamed the .apks inside of the Contact and Dialer folders to .bak, then flashed this file.
By the way, I believe that these Google .apks have been updated, but I don't have a clue how to make a flashable .zip. Anyone want to have a go at it?

Wynnded said:
I renamed the .apks inside of the Contact and Dialer folders to .bak, then flashed this file.
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this is where my hangup is. the folder structure in my system is priv-apps>dialer>dialer.apk; in the flashable zip it's priv-apps>googledialer>dialer.apk
whether or not i rename the original file or delete it entirely, the new dialer apk just isn't routing to the same directory. guess i'll have to be patient and keep on with what i have...

midnitemass said:
this is where my hangup is. the folder structure in my system is priv-apps>dialer>dialer.apk; in the flashable zip it's priv-apps>googledialer>dialer.apk
whether or not i rename the original file or delete it entirely, the new dialer apk just isn't routing to the same directory. guess i'll have to be patient and keep on with what i have...
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Odd, in the flashable .zip, and as installed, mine drills down as: priv-app>GoogleDialer>GoogleDialer.apk. The structure is the same when I drill down into the .zip file that I keep because I have to rename and flash it again after ROM updates. I can't help you beyond that. Beyond my abilities.

If you are running CM 13, download the latest version of gapps stock from open gapps project. You will have Google Dialer. They have white listed our device"quark" as compatible.
Once flashed make sure that you set the app as default in your app settings.
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