I'm using the Serendipity ROM and it has been awesome for me. My only complaint is the reskinning of the GMail application. Is there a way I can revert this back to the stock look?
Also is there an easy, free way to have full screen contact images when receiving or on a phone call?
Uninstall Gmail with titanium backup/SDK
Reboot
Install Gmail from market
If you are familiar with adb:
adb shell
su
(accept superuser prompt on phone)
rm /system/app/Gmail.apk
Now you can go in the Market and download the original from there.
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edit: Nicely done Mikey. (and nice ROM while I'm at it)
adb shell
su
busybox mount -o rw,remount /system
rm /system/app/Gmail.apk
reboot
I used titanium backup to remove gmail. That's actually a pretty awesome it lets me uninstall anything i want. Anyways, Gmail is gone. Now that I try to install from the market place i get, "Install unsuccessful". When I click that it says "Incompatible Version".
You didn't reboot.
It appears I need to learn how to read directions. Thanks a ton. Now everything is nearly how I wish it could be.
Do you possibly know of a free solution to my second question?
Nope. 10char
Besieged said:
I'm using the Serendipity ROM and it has been awesome for me. My only complaint is the reskinning of the GMail application. Is there a way I can revert this back to the stock look?
Also is there an easy, free way to have full screen contact images when receiving or on a phone call?
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http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/communication/full-screen-caller-id-free_idug.html
speaking of serendipity gmail...
i just flashed 5.12 and i am not getting push notifications for gmail
i have to manually refresh the app to fetch emails
tried uninstalling and reinstalling gmail but that did not work
steelcity said:
speaking of serendipity gmail...
i just flashed 5.12 and i am not getting push notifications for gmail
i have to manually refresh the app to fetch emails
tried uninstalling and reinstalling gmail but that did not work
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settings>accounts and sync
Is it on?
xdahgary said:
settings>accounts and sync
Is it on?
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yes it is on
ok this is weird
when i turned wi-fi off the emails pushed through
i turned it back on sent an email.. nothing
turned wifi back off and it pushed again
I really dont know why it would do that the wifi has a strong connection and is working with everything else (web, apps)
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I installed facebook from the market and now it won't uninstall. I am using Cyanogen 4.2.5 and the Nabzihero 2.8 theme on a MT3G.
So, a little back story. I installed the theme a week ago. I noticed the the sterricson lock screen conflicted with SMS popup, so I decided to change back to the stock theme. I went and reflashed the rom and when I did android said that Facebook wasn't installed, but he market says it is.
I rolled back to my latest nandroid backup and the app works again, but it won't let me uninstall it. Neither through the market or the application screen in settings. I'm at a loss as to how to get the app off my phone. I'm sure there's a way through the terminal, but I don't know how.
ok, so first, sometimes the market and android conflict - now depending on your nandroid, did the rom have facebook app included? if so, this will be why you cant update/remove and why market says its there -
some roms have it included thus it is located in /system/app which will not allow you to delete it through the app manager.
plug your phone into your computer and do the following from terminal/command prompt
adb remount
adb shell
rm /system/app/Facebook.apk
then, reboot and you will be able to install facebook from the market
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ok, so first, sometimes the market and android conflict - now depending on your nandroid, did the rom have facebook app included? if so, this will be why you cant update/remove and why market says its there -
some roms have it included thus it is located in /system/app which will not allow you to delete it through the app manager.
plug your phone into your computer and do the following from terminal/command prompt
adb remount
adb shell
rm /system/app/Facebook.apk
then, reboot and you will be able to install facebook from the market
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This helps out a lot. It turns out that the theme I had installed did have facebook in it. That's fixed it, though. Thanks a bunch!
Ok so I use handcent for the blacklist feature but when I blacklist someone the messages for that person still show up on stock. I tried Removing the stock messenger with titanium pro. That works except I can't receive any mms after I remove the stock messenger. ... someone help?
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Oh if it helps I tried that scenario on 2 differnt roms. . Senseless and irc3
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Go into the settings on Stock and turn off auto-retrieve, ignore Stock and use Handcent.
Handcent's blacklist only works for itself, to the best of my knowledge.
Ok will do.. kinda annoying I can't remove stock though...
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Nope didn't work. They still pop up there even with auto retrive turned off...
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If you have Root Explorer app, you can go into /system/app and remove Mms.apk and it will get rid of your stock messenger and still allow Handcent to work. That's what I do everytime I flash a new rom. Works great!
zwade01 said:
If you have Root Explorer app, you can go into /system/app and remove Mms.apk and it will get rid of your stock messenger and still allow Handcent to work. That's what I do everytime I flash a new rom. Works great!
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Or you can do it via adb commands if you dont want to purchase the app. Adb is very simple. Open a cmd window in your /tools/ dir
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/app
rm -r Mms.apk
now its removed. If you want to see what other apks are there, just type ls before you type the rm command.
Going to try tonight thanks guys. And just to clarify this will remove stock messenger bit still allow for mms through handcent?
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ok used root explorer to delete mms.apk got rid of stock and handcent will send mms but i can not receive and mms though.. very annoying.. if i want a pic message i have to restore then at end of the day delete mms.apk again just because i use the blacklist feature... please someone help... do i need to do a mms fix ive seen around?
I do believe if you do an apn backup while you CAN receive and send mms messages, then delete mms.apk and restore apn's you will be set.
I just removed Twitter via ADB and the entire process went by smoothly, like always. Problem is, Twitter is still installed on my phone. It still works and all but it says I removed it.
I can't uninstall via Titanium Backup or any other way because it says the APK can't be found. When I look for apps on my phone using "adb shell ls -1 /system/app/"
Twitter isn't on that list anymore and when I just try to remove via ADB anyway, it says file can't be found..
What's up? lol
push the file back to your phone in ADB then try to uninstall with TI. I had that happen with latitude before, it was pretty annoying.
If you go to the market does it say installed when you search for it?
Orangeandblue302 said:
push the file back to your phone in ADB then try to uninstall with TI. I had that happen with latitude before, it was pretty annoying.
If you go to the market does it say installed when you search for it?
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Thanks for the tip. It said it wasn't installed on the market so I re-downloaded it and un-installed it with TI. Thanks!
you're welcome, glad i could help!
If you want the latest Gmail that always displays images, I have it attached below.
I do not know if this can be installed as an "update" after uninstalling the updates that you got from the market, someone try it.
If that doesn't work, you will need root and to do the following:
adb push Gmail.apk /system/app
and then you will need to delete Gmail.odex from /system/app using Root Explorer or adb shell rm
This combined with the black Gmail mod would be awesome
+1 black gmail and this together would be pristine lol
Alright I'll see what I can do... Give me a few days lol
MaliceOmega said:
+1 black gmail and this together would be pristine lol
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By Golly i think i did it! Im nandroid restoring and sending myself a few emails with embedded pics
to test but dang was that an all day/night event restoring now will report back in a few. FINGERS CROSSED
nevermind FAIL
Just in case any of you are like me and prefer the 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) Email app better than the 3.0.0.1 (Honeycomb) Email app, I thought I would share the APK.
Some ROMs have the Honeycomb email app installed by default, and for me it does not play nice when you are not in a good data area or on WiFi.
Warning, this is intended for 2.3+ ROMs, not Froyo...
I installed it by following this process:
1. Use Titanium Backup to uninstall the Email app
2. Use Root Explorer to move the attached Email.apk into the /system/app folder in R/W mode
3. Reboot
4. Goto Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>Email to clear all app data
5. Setup your email account settings, and viola!
Someone else may have a better method. If so, speak up.
Hope this helps...
Email.apk is stock 2.3.3
Email.2.apk is what is delivered with CM7 as of 9/20/11
Just tried it...but doesn't seem to show up...now I have no email...rebooted and everything. I'm running GR-12.
When you copied it to system/app did you make sure you had the folder set to r/w?
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Yeah...just realized I wasn't in r/w mode so it never actually copied...I'm a little slow sometimes...rebooting now...
That did it! But...I was actually doing an experiment...while it didn't solve my issue, it made me think harder on what to try next and I figured it out so thank you!!!!
Just installed this, and finally my push notification started to work fine again! It had weird behavior on SGS II email apk. Thanks again!
deltatyger said:
Just installed this, and finally my push notification started to work fine again! It had weird behavior on SGS II email apk. Thanks again!
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That did it! But...I was actually doing an experiment...while it didn't solve my issue, it made me think harder on what to try next and I figured it out so thank you!!!!
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Awesome, guys!
Glad I could help.
I used adb to take the existing file, push it to /system/app/
Then mounted as rw
changed group to root (was showing sdcard)
chmod to 755
mv -p back to sdcard
remounted as ro
Then went to root explorer
mount as rw
ran Email.apk (ran as an installer)
when prompted I selected DONE (open will give FC)
mount as ro
Went to Titanium backup, where Email now showed in backup history. Clicked to install (Only choice was data only).
opened terminal emulator
su
sync
reboot
email now works
I may have done some un-needed steps, but that is what worked for me.
I made the stupid mistake of moving the original Email.apk to my SD card with a mv command and borked the ownership and group ownership, as well as the permissions of the file.
So far all is working great, and email push works just great!
Thanks!
JT
How can you tell what version is installed?
Edit: Got it.
I did your steps, with root explorer and titanium backup pro. I rebooted and everything worked. I go to enter my email and pass and it says force close? Any help?
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polynesianroots said:
I did your steps, with root explorer and titanium backup pro. I rebooted and everything worked. I go to enter my email and pass and it says force close? Any help?
Sent from a razor?
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I haven't seen this.
What ROM are you running?
I am running Serendipity 6.4 ROM.
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polynesianroots said:
I am running Serendipity 6.4 ROM.
Sent from a razor?
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Isn't that Froyo based? And your trying to run a GB email.apk
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Isn't that Froyo based? And your trying to run a GB email.apk
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I think that is the problem.
this is intended for those running a 2.3+ ROM.
Sorry for the confusion
joeybear23 said:
Just in case any of you are like me and prefer the 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) Email app better than the 3.0.0.1 (Honeycomb) Email app, I thought I would share the APK.
Some ROMs have the Honeycomb email app installed by default, and for me it does not play nice when you are not in a good data area or on WiFi.
Warning, this is intended for 2.3+ ROMs, not Froyo...
I installed it by following this process:
1. Use Titanium Backup to uninstall the Email app
2. Use Root Explorer to move the attached Email.apk into the /system/app folder in R/W mode
Someone else may have a better method. If so, speak up.
Hope this helps...
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thanks, worked awesome. solved my problem.
I know the warning says this is for 2.3+ ROMs, but is there any way to port it to Froyo?
Froyo uses a different framework. Custom apps like this can't be ported across rom versions.
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thanks for posting this for all , will try it out !
This one is the best stock email client of all, thank you..
Just wanted to say thank you for posting this.