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Rooted device can not see "copy protected" android applications

Hello,
I'm running leaked version of 2.2 but apparently issue with any device which is rooted. I'm trying to get "Good for Enterprise" and market does not show it's as avaialble. Good support confirmed that they turned on "copy protection" on their application published to market. here is part of what SDK says
"Forward-Locked Applications
To forward lock an application, set copy protection to "On" when you upload the application to Market. Market will not show copy-protected applications on developer devices or unreleased devices."
Anybody has any idea how to circumvent this?
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artisticcheese said:
Hello,
I'm running leaked version of 2.2 but apparently issue with any device which is rooted. I'm trying to get "Good for Enterprise" and market does not show it's as avaialble. Good support confirmed that they turned on "copy protection" on their application published to market. here is part of what SDK says
"Forward-Locked Applications
To forward lock an application, set copy protection to "On" when you upload the application to Market. Market will not show copy-protected applications on developer devices or unreleased devices."
Anybody has any idea how to circumvent this?
G
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This was in the known issues thread on the first page of the forum, it should resolve the issue by tricking the market into thinking you are running JH7, a released firmware.
Originally Posted by j101399j
#1 Backup your current build.prop just in case.
Using rootexplorer on the phone or on your PC with droid explorer, create a copy of the one in your /system folder.
Fastest way it to use the build.prop file located in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=4341. Download and unzip the file.
2. Then using rootexplorer on the phone or on your PC with droid explorer, replace the one in your /system folder.
3. Reboot your phone
If you want to edit the file yourself:
1. Use rootexplorer or droid explorer, navigate to /system and look for the build.prop file.
2. Copy it to your sdcard or copmputer.
3. Mount your usb drive,
4. Locate the file on your sdcard, then right click it and select open with
5. Select notepad;
6. add the # to the current fingerprint and add the new fingerprint line
7. Then using rootexplorer on the phone or on your PC with droid explorer, replace the one in your /system folder.
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Thanks. That did it.

Great to hear, that is why among many other reasons this place rocks.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Here is correct link for build.prop if somebody needs it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8417664&postcount=434

MIUI Desire
hey guys,
I tried your fix to a HTC Desire with MIUI XJ Custom rom and it hasnt worked so far...i think there's a lot more to be changed in this build.prop file than just the fingerprint line.
but thanks for the tip of where to start...
if you know anything else please let me know...
cheers

[Q] Move ringtones to internal memory

Hello, I would like to move my ringtones to the internal memory because I've noticed that since I started using Swap, It delays the ringtone from starting. This is what I observed, Randomly the ringtone starts after 2 or 3 vibrates, other times its not at all and uses the stock beeping ringtone (I guess since the SD is being used, it cant go in it and get the ringtone) So bottom line, My ringtones take a few seconds to ring after a few vibrates. I already know that I have to convert them to .ogg, but does anyone know another way to make the system pull up the ringtone faster?

I would like to know that myself. Im sick of having my default ringtone going when i selected a custom one for one of my contacts. whats the best settings for the ogg files too as this may be helpful to us both

Krician said:
Hello, I would like to move my ringtones to the internal memory because I've noticed that since I started using Swap, It delays the ringtone from starting. This is what I observed, Randomly the ringtone starts after 2 or 3 vibrates, other times its not at all and uses the stock beeping ringtone (I guess since the SD is being used, it cant go in it and get the ringtone) So bottom line, My ringtones take a few seconds to ring after a few vibrates. I already know that I have to convert them to .ogg, but does anyone know another way to make the system pull up the ringtone faster?
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traumatism said:
I would like to know that myself. Im sick of having my default ringtone going when i selected a custom one for one of my contacts. whats the best settings for the ogg files too as this may be helpful to us both
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Alright... So you wanna do this, here is what you will need:
*ADB Installed and working
*Root Manager of some sort
*Format Factory -This is freeware, so it's not warez.
1st, Download and install Format Factory. This is the program I use for everything. If you have one of your own preference, it can be substituded.
**Do a custom install, as this will try to install adbars otherwise. (You have been warned.)
2nd, Open Format Factory and click "All to OGG".
3rd, Select your ringtones and click "ok". On the next screen, click "Start"
4th, Open your Root Explorer program, I use Android Commander
5th, With your Root Explorer program, navigate to your newly created OGG files (normally found in Documents/FFOutput on your PC) in the Root Explorer.
6th, Move these files to /system/media/*** on your phone. And you are done.
Please note: ""***" represents the respective folders. i.e. "ringtones", "notifications", etc.
Hope this helped you. Click "thanks" if it did. - Any questions, ask.
EDIT: DO NOT change the OGG settings in Format Factory. They work fine at default. Once you get used to, and comfortable with doing this, then play with the settings to get your desired file size and quality.

I tried doing what you said, but although I successfully managed to push the files, they still don't appear in the ringtone/notifications menu

SleeperService said:
I tried doing what you said, but although I successfully managed to push the files, they still don't appear in the ringtone/notifications menu
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did you make sure the phone looked for new media, or restart ya phone? i had to do it with mine

I was going to say that I had checked the phone after restart and they still weren't showing up - but I double checked again and now they are. Thanks! I'm not sure how to check for new media, though - is there a procedure for this?

Been trying this using ES File Explorer but keeping getting a message that paste failed. Any ideas where i'm going wrong.
I have S-Off and root

you can try this, it a little easier if you have the tools but yoo have to reflash the rom so be sure to backup your apps, contacts blah blah blah...
1. unzip the 'rom.zip' file, open the folder and look for the system/media/audio folder
2. now you can add & remove ringtones, notifications, alarm sounds that you want or dont want...
3. zip the rom file back up
4. sign it with an auto sign program... (very simple to use)
5. flash rom and enjoy your customizations
6. restore your backed up contacts and apps...
(you can also remove some unwanted stock apps to save space, be sure not too remove system required apps though lol)

Cheers Idrifta, ended up getting it to work using Root Explorer.

o nice!!! haha good to know... better than my method lol

The following worked for me.. Check this
I followed a link and it worked for me on jfltetmo running on cm11-m9 and having twrp v2.8.4.0. I explained the steps in my answer here: How to install a ringtone into internal memory?. All the credit for the steps go to villo-2.

[Q] Moving apks from my phone to the gtablet

I've given up trying to get full access to the Market. But I was able to find some of the apks on my Droid and was able to bring some of them over using a usb thumb drive. However, not all the apps I had downloaded to my Droid was visible. My question is do some apps delete their apks when done installing? I did have some that gave me a parse error when trying to install them on my tablet. Is there a hidden directory where I can find all the apks of the apps I've downloaded? e.g xplane, rush hour to name a few? Thanks. Or... is there a way to download the apk from Market to my PC directly? I'd be so happy if I could just get full access to google market!

Reggie777 said:
I've given up trying to get full access to the Market. But I was able to find some of the apks on my Droid and was able to bring some of them over using a usb thumb drive. However, not all the apps I had downloaded to my Droid was visible. My question is do some apps delete their apks when done installing? I did have some that gave me a parse error when trying to install them on my tablet. Is there a hidden directory where I can find all the apks of the apps I've downloaded? e.g xplane, rush hour to name a few? Thanks. Or... is there a way to download the apk from Market to my PC directly? I'd be so happy if I could just get full access to google market!
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The apks are usually in your data/apps or data/apps-private. You should be able to get to these directories using RootExplorer on your phone if its rooted. Then get yourself a free Dropbox account which allows you to transfer files to any device you installed Dropbox on.

Look in these two locations. In the second one (/mnt/asec) you'll see the folder name of the app and inside that folder is the pkg.apk so you'll probably want to rename after you move it.
/data/app
and
/mnt/asec/(name of app)

Have you tried these methods yet?
Reggie777 said:
I've given up trying to get full access to the Market. But I was able to find some of the apks on my Droid and was able to bring some of them over using a usb thumb drive. However, not all the apps I had downloaded to my Droid was visible. My question is do some apps delete their apks when done installing? I did have some that gave me a parse error when trying to install them on my tablet. Is there a hidden directory where I can find all the apks of the apps I've downloaded? e.g xplane, rush hour to name a few? Thanks. Or... is there a way to download the apk from Market to my PC directly? I'd be so happy if I could just get full access to google market!
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Bluetooth File Transfer might help.
I put this link up a few days ago because I had the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930036
Also, This video really worked for me with getting full market (roughly 98.9% really)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l-nySibzeA&feature=related

Reggie 777, thanks for asking this question. I've been trying to figure out the same thing and asked about it in another thread but didn't get a clear answer.
So, to the experts: do you have to be rooted to do this? I've looked in both of the locations that tcrews mentioned and don't see much, if anything. I'm using Astro FileManager, if that helps.
Thanks

wordweaver27 said:
Reggie 777, thanks for asking this question. I've been trying to figure out the same thing and asked about it in another thread but didn't get a clear answer.
So, to the experts: do you have to be rooted to do this? I've looked in both of the locations that tcrews mentioned and don't see much, if anything. I'm using Astro FileManager, if that helps.
Thanks
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Astro doesn't show the files in /data and you'll need to be rooted and use something like Root Explorer. I just tried Astro and once I go in to /data I see nothing (and my phone is rooted). Using Root Explorer I see all the folders under /data and go into the folder app. I see my apps installed internally there and in /mnt/asec I see my apps installed to SDcard there.

wordweaver27 said:
Reggie 777, thanks for asking this question. I've been trying to figure out the same thing and asked about it in another thread but didn't get a clear answer.
So, to the experts: do you have to be rooted to do this? I've looked in both of the locations that tcrews mentioned and don't see much, if anything. I'm using Astro FileManager, if that helps.
Thanks
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No root neccessary to use Bluetooth File Transfer method.
I can only guess you need root for the method on the video because you do need to have an OS with GAPPS and Android market installed.
Root is needed to use Root explorer methed.
The Z4root1.2.2 app is a good tool to root without unlocking the bootloader and you can still keep your stock OS. However I'm assuming GAPPS may not work correctly with the stock TAPNTAP OS so getting full Google Android market with that OS is prolly not going to happen.

Thanks to everyone for the help. I am processing and digesting the info and playing around with the suggestions.
Thanks to sjmoreno for telling me where the apps are. And also tcrews. I would never have thought of looking in /mnt/sec. I was actually able to find the apks I was looking for... xplane. et al. Now I'm fiddling with the bluetooth transfer. Got the phone and tablet paired... connection is not working yet. But I'm still trying.
Thanks too to tekrhino for the bluetooth suggestion. Got the transfer program for my Droid. I'm learning how to use it. Seems easy to set up, but won't actually send anything... Still exploring it.
The video on the Market fix doesn't work for me because no matter what I do, Market does not show up in the running apps section of settings. It doesn't even show up in system apps. It only shows up in the downloaded section.
As they said in Galaxy Quest... "Never Give Up. Never Surrender." Thanks everyone.

I use TitaniumBackup syncing with dropbox, but really the market fix isnt hard... Running tntlite larest.

+1 for dropbox. You can also use astro to backup the apk's. They are stored in a folder named backup on the root of your SD card.

I use the program AndroZIP from the Market on my phone.
Do an application backup (part of the app) to my SDCard (it creates a app_backup folder on your SDcard)
Then, you can do bluetooth transfer, or plug phone and gTablet into PC with USB cables, wait for the drives to show up, and move the APK files over. Works well. No root required.
Since my phone is not rooted, I am not sure if this is grabing every application, but it seems to be. I was able to transfer whatever I wanted over from my phone to the tablet this way.

+1 titanium backup and dropbox.
Dropbox is handy but not necessary. Titanium is a must have purchase if you enjoy flashing new roms and don't feel like manually restoring all your apps and settings every time.
If you can download titanium to your Gtab your done. Dl titanium on your phone and backup your apps. Grab the file off your phones SD And move it to your Gtab. Open titanium on your Gtab and select the apps you want to install. You can even save app data this way and continue saved games from your phone ;-)

Reggie777 said:
Thanks to everyone for the help. I am processing and digesting the info and playing around with the suggestions.
Thanks to sjmoreno for telling me where the apps are. And also tcrews. I would never have thought of looking in /mnt/sec. I was actually able to find the apks I was looking for... xplane. et al. Now I'm fiddling with the bluetooth transfer. Got the phone and tablet paired... connection is not working yet. But I'm still trying.
Thanks too to tekrhino for the bluetooth suggestion. Got the transfer program for my Droid. I'm learning how to use it. Seems easy to set up, but won't actually send anything... Still exploring it.
The video on the Market fix doesn't work for me because no matter what I do, Market does not show up in the running apps section of settings. It doesn't even show up in system apps. It only shows up in the downloaded section.
As they said in Galaxy Quest... "Never Give Up. Never Surrender." Thanks everyone.
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Make sure both devices have BTFT installed, that way you won't have any any problems with FTP OBEX protocals.
The app works great and reduces the extra steps you need to take with TB and DB with having to move apk's between the source device to your pc then from your pc to the target device. BTFT is a good source device to target device app.

Fix Search key for De-Bing (requires root)

I still don't have the long press search fixed, but the search key, I do.
1. If you haven't done so already, remove or rename BingSearch.apk and BingVoiceRecognitionService.apk (I renamed mine by adding .bak to the end just in case).
2. Uninstall Google Voice and Google Search if you already have them installed (or delete them from the /DATA/APPS directory).
2. Find a Froyo ROM (I used Kaos Froyo because I was an Eris user), unzip, and pull "QuickSearch.apk" and "VoiceSearch.apk" from the SYSTEM/APPS directory and put them into your Revolutions SYSTEM/APPS directory (I used "Root Explorer" to do this).
3. Reboot, hit the search key and watch the magic happen!
If anyone has thoughts on the long search key press, let me know. As of right now, I'm still looking into it.
Something to note is that this doesn't work properly with the stock home interface. I found that interface laggy and crap anyhow, and I think most of you have changed it already, but just throwing that out there. If interested, I'd give GO Launcher EX a try (that's what I'm using).
Edit: The long search button functionality is buried in the android.policy.jar file. Until we get a recovery going, I don't think I'm gonna go there
If you have any issues with bad voice recognition, try this:
sir2545 said:
Its not the app. I just went through this when I got the Charge. Go to your Google dashboard and go to speech and click anonymize recognition. This deletes the voice recordings stored from your previous phone. Mine was coming up with kkkkk stuff when I first got the Charge. I guess different devices pick up your speech in a different manner. Try it and see if that fixes your issue.
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New update to this procedure: DON'T UPDATE voice search after this. If you do, uninstall the update because the voice recognition goes nuts on the latest version.

majorpay said:
I still don't have the long press search fixed, but the search key, I do.
1. If you haven't done so already, remove or rename BingSearch.apk and BingVoiceRecognitionService.apk (I renamed mine by adding .bak to the end just in case).
2. Uninstall Google Voice and Google Search if you already have them installed (or delete them from the /DATA/APPS directory).
2. Find a Froyo ROM (I used Kaos Froyo because I was an Eris user), unzip, and pull "QuickSearch.apk" and "VoiceSearch.apk" from the SYSTEM/APPS directory and put them into your Revolutions SYSTEM/APPS directory (I used "Root Explorer" to do this).
3. Reboot, hit the search key and watch the magic happen!
If anyone has thoughts on the long search key press, let me know. As of right now, I'm still looking into it.
Something to note is that this doesn't work properly with the stock home interface. I found that interface laggy and crap anyhow, and I think most of you have changed it already, but just throwing that out there. If interested, I'd give GO Launcher EX a try (that's what I'm using).
Edit: The long search button functionality is buried in the android.policy.jar file. Until we get a recovery going, I don't think I'm gonna go there
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Got it working as well.
Also used Root Explorer. Didn't uninstall anything- used the preexisting APK for googlequicksearchbox.apk or whatever it was called, renamed it to QuickSearch.apk and put it in /system/app after mounting the folder.
Worked on reboot.

New update to this procedure: DON'T UPDATE voice search after this. If you do, uninstall the update because the voice recognition goes nuts on the latest version.
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Its not the app. I just went through this when I got the Charge. Go to your Google dashboard and go to speech and click anonymize recognition. This deletes the voice recordings stored from your previous phone. Mine was coming up with kkkkk stuff when I first got the Charge. I guess different devices pick up your speech in a different manner. Try it and see if that fixes your issue.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA Premium App

Triskite said:
Got it working as well.
Also used Root Explorer. Didn't uninstall anything- used the preexisting APK for googlequicksearchbox.apk or whatever it was called, renamed it to QuickSearch.apk and put it in /system/app after mounting the folder.
Worked on reboot.
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Yup, this works. Copied and pasted both into system/app, changed the googlequicksearchbox.apk and the voice search one to QuickSearch.apk and VoiceSearch.apk. , deleted from data/app, rebooted and all good.

nick99wj said:
Yup, this works. Copied and pasted both into system/app, changed the googlequicksearchbox.apk and the voice search one to QuickSearch.apk and VoiceSearch.apk. , deleted from data/app, rebooted and all good.
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so does voicesearch activate with longpress search button for you?
if so, can you post your voicesearch.apk? it's not working for me for some reason

[Q] Hosed up my contacts after root and app un-install --Help please--

---Solved---
So, I pulled a noob move and uninstalled a number of apps using titanium backup without understanding the repercussions of each. After uninstalling a few at a time, I would reboot my device and everything seemed fine. Little did I know, after uninstalling most, if not all, of the bloat I am unable to click a contact's picture to bring up the submenu and select call or text or whatever.
I didn't write down a list of items that I uninstalled and I should have frozen the apps prior to uninstall. I'm not a complete idiot and stayed away from obvious apps that shouldn't be uninstalled and what I thought was ALL motroblur stuff.
Long story short, I get a "com.motorola.contacts" stopped unexpectedly error(force close prompt) after trying to view a contact. I can look through all of the dialer menus showing contacts and recent calls and whatnot but I can't view a specific contact in detail. The searching I've done seems like there are a number of apps that use com.motorola.contacts and I believe I still have all of them installed but apparently not since there isn't a ton of detail on the latest motoblur that the D3 runs.
Does anyone have an idea of what apps use this process on the D3?
Thanks.
Problem solved.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16998796&postcount=5
Thanks again Javier

Same situation here. I'm guessing it was the yahoo contact storage, but I'm not entirely sure. I tried pushing the yahoo app back into the system folder, but it still throws the error, even after resetting the phone.
Keep in mind that the entire system has been dumped, so I think it's as easy as grabbing the necessary apks from the system dump and put it back on the Droid 3.

It might be the best idea to reference the original list and restore what's missing then:
http://pastebin.com/HEtYBmuz

I got this same message. I defrosted all and redid. I think its the authenticators that's causing them, I re freezed stuff I didn't want and everytime I finished I checked to see if my contacts were working. They are as of now :]
Sent from my DROID3 using xda premium

As it turns out, I was partially correct. The files that were missing were "YahooContacts.apk", "YahooContacts.odex", "blur_yahoo.apk" and "blur_yahoo.odex" (I've attached them for your convenience). Move these files onto the SD card, and using root explorer, move them to "/system/app". The important part: Once you move these files to this directory, you must change their permissions and their owner. Here are the steps if you are using root explorer:
1. Mount the directory as R/W in the top right corner.
2. Press and hold the file, and go to permissions. Change the permissions so that the Owner has read and write privileges, Group has read privileges, and Others have read privileges. Do this for the other files you copy over (This is important! These won't be recognized as system apps if the permissions are messed up).
3. Press and hold the file again, and change both the owner and group to root. Do this for all the files you copy over as well.
4. Reboot.
This pretty much solved the problem for me. Now I know better than to go uninstalling willy-nilly.

Javier78 said:
As it turns out, I was partially correct. The files that were missing were "YahooContacts.apk", "YahooContacts.odex", "blur_yahoo.apk" and "blur_yahoo.odex" (I've attached them for your convenience). Move these files onto the SD card, and using root explorer, move them to "/system/app". The important part: Once you move these files to this directory, you must change their permissions and their owner. Here are the steps if you are using root explorer:
1. Mount the directory as R/W in the top right corner.
2. Press and hold the file, and go to permissions. Change the permissions so that the Owner has read and write privileges, Group has read privileges, and Others have read privileges. Do this for the other files you copy over (This is important! These won't be recognized as system apps if the permissions are messed up).
3. Press and hold the file again, and change both the owner and group to root. Do this for all the files you copy over as well.
4. Reboot.
This pretty much solved the problem for me. Now I know better than to go uninstalling willy-nilly.
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Javier, thanks a ton, you saved my ass. Also, this finally gave me an excuse to purchase Root Explorer.
As far as you know, is there any risk to setting these files with such high permissions?
Also, do we know what the chances are, of getting rid of these files all together or is that going to require a custom ROM?

As far as I can tell, these are the standard permissions set for every system app. There shouldn't be any risks.
As for getting rid of all these files...that may require a custom ROM. Not entirely sure.
Oh, and it was nothing, really. I'm just glad I got myself out of that mess.

followed instructions, still not working
i restored the yahoo stuff, changed permissions and owner to -rw-r--r-- and root; changed group to root as well. rebooted and contacts is still crashing. could there possibly be more apps associated with contacts than just yahoo? i put blur_email back as well but that hasn't helped things.

to: PyroHoltz
YOU saved my freakin' butt man!! Holy, I didn't think someone was as stupid as I was, let alone as smart as you are to have found a resolution ontop of doing the same stupid thing!!! Thanks you are a LIFE SAVER... I owe you sexual favors from a hot chic... thanks a million

Javier78 said:
As it turns out, I was partially correct. The files that were missing were "YahooContacts.apk", "YahooContacts.odex", "blur_yahoo.apk" and "blur_yahoo.odex" (I've attached them for your convenience). Move these files onto the SD card, and using root explorer, move them to "/system/app". The important part: Once you move these files to this directory, you must change their permissions and their owner. Here are the steps if you are using root explorer:
1. Mount the directory as R/W in the top right corner.
2. Press and hold the file, and go to permissions. Change the permissions so that the Owner has read and write privileges, Group has read privileges, and Others have read privileges. Do this for the other files you copy over (This is important! These won't be recognized as system apps if the permissions are messed up).
3. Press and hold the file again, and change both the owner and group to root. Do this for all the files you copy over as well.
4. Reboot.
This pretty much solved the problem for me. Now I know better than to go uninstalling willy-nilly.
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This process worked perfectly for my Droid 3. I know i deleted yahoo contacts the day earlier. Follow the process and ur contacts will be up and running like normal.

scyang said:
i restored the yahoo stuff, changed permissions and owner to -rw-r--r-- and root; changed group to root as well. rebooted and contacts is still crashing. could there possibly be more apps associated with contacts than just yahoo? i put blur_email back as well but that hasn't helped things.
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I couldn't get it to work either until I tried this http://www.droidforums.net/forum/te...tacts-wont-display-droid-x-w-gingerbread.html
See post #3. After doing this, I pulled battery, turned back on. It boot-looped once, then started up. Took a minute to load, but viola! My contacts worked again!

Hi Javier78,
Thanks in the first place for such a great post. I also had the forced closed contacts problem and i took all the steps that are needed but the problem still exists.
I placed the 4 Yahoo files in system/app with Root Explorer, changed the things that you said and also the owner to root.
Then i removed the battery, put it back in but i still have the forced closed problem.
What did i do wrong in the first place?
Cyaankali
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Thanks tech515,
You made my day with a solution like that.
Greetz Cyaankali

Hi guys, i have done exactly what you said, the files are in system/app with the good permissions and owner settings, but after my reboot the Contacts application still force close, and YahooContacts.apk ect. are not installed. Do you have any idea?

Nevermind, found the problem. I needed the exact files for my Atrix 4G with the same android version.

Javier78 said:
As it turns out, I was partially correct. The files that were missing were "YahooContacts.apk", "YahooContacts.odex", "blur_yahoo.apk" and "blur_yahoo.odex" (I've attached them for your convenience). Move these files onto the SD card, and using root explorer, move them to "/system/app". The important part: Once you move these files to this directory, you must change their permissions and their owner. Here are the steps if you are using root explorer:
1. Mount the directory as R/W in the top right corner.
2. Press and hold the file, and go to permissions. Change the permissions so that the Owner has read and write privileges, Group has read privileges, and Others have read privileges. Do this for the other files you copy over (This is important! These won't be recognized as system apps if the permissions are messed up).
3. Press and hold the file again, and change both the owner and group to root. Do this for all the files you copy over as well.
4. Reboot.
This pretty much solved the problem for me. Now I know better than to go uninstalling willy-nilly.
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I have a question about step "3". I'm using "Root Explorer" on a Droid Bionic and I see no way of changing the owner and group to "root" as "Root" doesn't show up anywhere on the permissions screen. I'm thinking that this last step is preventing me from solving my problem.
Could someone set an old fart straight on how this is accomplished?
EDIT: Also, I just noticed that I uninstalled the Yahoo Mail Authenticator and most likely that is my problem. Does anyone have the files I can put back into the system folder?
Thanks,

Got it. My problem was I deleted the com.motorola.blur.provider.yahoo files needed. Once I obtained those three files it works fine now.

aurkachra said:
This process worked perfectly for my Droid 3. I know i deleted yahoo contacts the day earlier. Follow the process and ur contacts will be up and running like normal.
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Yes, thanks a lot to all of you, guys... just couple of additional tips from complete beginner as myself:
- In order to be able to copy files there, you must turn the "Airplane mode" ON.
- Even if the "Execute" permission is already turnd ON and seems tasty (after all, you are trying to EXECUTE these functions ... UNTICK it. otherwise it wont work. Simply do EXACTLY as you are told on the posts above.
Lastly: In my case Yahoo stuff was already there (previously I have frozen it using TB and then found here at XDA that I have to defrost it) ... I brought myself this error by freezing some other apps... if there was comprehensive list of what does what and if it is safe to freeze/uninstallit, it would be helpful.
My current culprits are:
Work Contacts
Dlna
GoogleServicesFramwork
BlurContacts
BlurContactsSync
SmartDock
KpiLogger
VoiceSearch
VoiceReadout
SimContactsAdapter
GoogleContactsSyncAdapter
... to name some of many.
- Things get even more difficult considering that different people use different services: myself, I have all my contacts on Exchange and synchronize using Touchdown - so I personally do not need Google stuff related neither to contacts, nor to calendar - but others live different life.

i am having the same problem with my rooted droid x2 i have tried the this process but no luck

scyang said:
i restored the yahoo stuff, changed permissions and owner to -rw-r--r-- and root; changed group to root as well. rebooted and contacts is still crashing. could there possibly be more apps associated with contacts than just yahoo? i put blur_email back as well but that hasn't helped things.
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Using Root explorer, try changing "BlurContactsSync.apk" to "BlurContactsSync.bak"
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alelks said:
I have a question about step "3". I'm using "Root Explorer" on a Droid Bionic and I see no way of changing the owner and group to "root" as "Root" doesn't show up anywhere on the permissions screen. I'm thinking that this last step is preventing me from solving my problem.
Could someone set an old fart straight on how this is accomplished?
EDIT: Also, I just noticed that I uninstalled the Yahoo Mail Authenticator and most likely that is my problem. Does anyone have the files I can put back into the system folder?
Thanks,
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If you're using root explorer, and you've successfully navigated your way to to the system/app section... select and continue to hold until the options menu displays, then you can scroll down to "change owner" (it's a few below permissions and properties, just keep scrolling until you come to it) then it's a simple drop option screen. The window doesn't look like you can scroll down, but you can. Also, someone posted a zip file for the yahoo apps, but those will only address certain sync issues (that most people in this post seem to be having). Be sure to have the unzipped files located on you "sdcard-ext" for moving. You'll have to move them one-by-one and change the permissions and owner/group settings for each once they're in system/app location.
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jneon1998 said:
i am having the same problem with my rooted droid x2 i have tried the this process but no luck
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Using Root explorer, try changing "BlurContactsSync.apk" to "BlurContactsSync.bak"
...I don't mind being redundant if it'll keep you sane

Having trouble changing it to .bak
Root explorer keeps saying it's a "read only" file
Any suggestions?
I'm an Atrix user on rooted 2.3.6 if that makes any difference ...