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[Q] Captivate with Darky's 9.3 swype problems

Hi there, I would have posted in the captivate android dev darky's thread but apparently I need 10 posts for that or something stupid.
I was on Darky's 9.2 and was all working well and then swype told me the license had expired so I thought I may as well update to 9.3 because I thought that might fix my swype. Updated to that and selected the swype option in the darky app etc and that didn't seem to work, swype still says I need a new license. I signed up for the swype beta and downloaded that but in order to install the new swype I have to uninstall my current version. How do I go about doing this? If I go settings/manage apps/all/swype the uninstall option is greyed out. How do I uninstall it?
Thanks

Use titanium backup
CM7

mcord11758 said:
Use titanium backup
CM7
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I backed up my old swype from when I was using cognition and just tried to restore that but it said swype crashed.

I meant delete current version then sign up for beta and dl
CM7

Oh I see, didn't see the uninstall but. Cool thanks will try that now.

I now go through all the steps in the swype installer and at the end it says application not installed.

Did you try both dl versions?
CM7

You mean full and english/spanish? Yup.
I found this:
http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/showthread.php/3922-Application-Not-Installed-Have-lost-Swype
Ok first things first;
1: Your Rooted and have a Root file explorer
2: You have 2 files that you downloaded, Swype.apk and libSwypeCore.so
Remove original swype.apk from /system/app then remove the libSwypeCore.so from /system/lib.
Restart phone
Now add your new swype.apk to /system/app and the libSwypeCore.so to /system/lib
and restart just to make sure
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I tried deleting libSwypeCore.so through root explorer but it said read only, how do I delete this?

Top there I'd a button in root explorer r/o or r/w. Click it, try again
CM7

Okay, I deleted that file and it still didn't work so I restarted my phone and it installed and now works perfectly. Thanks

Glad it worked
CM7

They need to put their app in the market like everyone else. It's rather ridiculous.

MikeyMike01 said:
They need to put their app in the market like everyone else. It's rather ridiculous.
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+1 enough already
CM7

Arabic Swype on Captivate!
I've actually encountered several woes when it comes to Swype on my Captivate but using Darky's ROM is still worth it in my opinion!
What adds to my troubles is the fact that I use Arabic on my Swype keyboard so the BETA by itself is no good.
However for those in my situation the solution goes something along the lines of:
1- Remove anything Swype related on your phone (Swype.apk/Swype Installer/LibSwypeCore.So) so you can have a fresh start with this.
LibSwypeCore.so is found in /system/lib/
2- Sign up and install the Swype BETA
3- After installing the BETA go to : /data/data/com.swype.android.inputmethod/swypedata/
4- Make a copy of "license.dat" file.
This is essential as without it you will most likely receive "This package of Swype is configured for another device" error.
5- Place the copy somewhere convenient like /mnt/sdcard for example.
6- Uninstall the Swype BETA,Swype Installer and delete the LibSwypeCore.So
7- Get the Swype.apk & LibSwypeCore.So that comes with Darky 9.3
8- Place the Darky LibSwypeCore.so in /system/lib
The rest of the guide is dedicated to adding arabic to the Swype package
9- First get a hold of a swype package that already has Arabic on it (Dr.Akrim Gingerblue ROM for example)
10- Rename the Darky Swype.apk to SwypeD.zip
11- Rename the Arabic Swype.apk to SwypeA.zip and extract its contents
12- Go to the extracted folder then navigate to \assets\files
13- Search for and select all files containing Arabic
14- Copy the selected files and paste them into SwypeD.zip\assets\files
Note: Do NOT extract the SwypeD.zip as repacking it would require signing which is a hassle I like to avoid.
15- Now go to \assets\keyboards in the SwypeA extracted folder
16- Search for and select all files containing Arabic
17- Copy the selected files and paste them into SwypeD.zip\assets\keyboards
18- Lastly, go to SwypeD.zip\assets\files\languages.lst and open the file in notepad.
19- add Arabic to the language list so it should look something like:
"Arabic,EnglishUS,Russian,Hebrew,EnglishUK"
20- Repeat the above process to helplanguages.lst
21- Rename SwypeD.zip back to SwypeD.apk or whatever you like (Swype.apk)
22- Place this newly modified apk in /system/app
23- Enjoy
EDIT: IF The method above does not work there is an alternative method of simply changing your Model Number (via editting the build.prop file found in /system/ and replace any mentions of "SGH-i897" with "GT-I9000"
This will allow you to use any Swype package that provides arabic with no problems.

MikeyMike01 said:
They need to put their app in the market like everyone else. It's rather ridiculous.
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u get this working on ur rom? Every theme I try wrecks my swype

Temporary Fun (:

Seeing as some of the framework needs to be modded for a pre-rooted version of the 1.2 ROM I figured I would throw a little zip together with some stuff to play with. Its nothing special. Instructions:
1. Download the attached zip file to your computer and extract it onto your desktop, your documents, your "taxes 1993" folder, "kittens folder", or wherever you want for that matter.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT CWM FLASHABLE, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
2. Download one of Nemith's ROMs from here.
3. Use winrar, archive manager or any other software you have that can open up zip files and open the rom you downloaded in step 2. Once thats open, click on "system", then "bin".
4. Go back to the files you downloaded and extracted in step 1 and you will see something called 'su' simply drag and drop the 'su' file into that "bin" folder you opened in step 3. It might take a minute to add it to the zip archive so be patient.
5. Once that is done, click the back button in winrar or whatever your using so you will now be in the "system" folder and no longer in /system/bin. You should see a folder called "app", click on it. Once thats open, drag and drop the apks that were included in the zip into there and give them a second to be added in.
6. Once that is done, your free to add any additional apks that you either downloaded or have backed up from a previous setup. (extract some from root explorer before flashing the update if you would like, then copy those on there.)
7. Now that you have all the apks you want added in there, close the zip, put it on your sdcard and flash that bad boy up.
Note: I included 2 launchers in there, VTL and ADW free. You can add both of them if you want and try them out or just pick one or the other. The apk that says something about gojimi is the VTL launcher. Also, feel free to add apps that require root since you have root access thanks to that business with su earlier. This doesnt have the market because BN is gay and their custom framework needs to be hacked, (thank you for the Nook though. ) also, youll need to select one of the custom launchers if you wanna use all of the apps you added. Superuser.apk and the nookcolor tools utility are included in the zip.
I believe this is not considered warez since all the files included are free, mods feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Once again, this doesnt have market, just a guide to adding apps and being able to use root.
Hit thanks if I helped you.

RileyGrant said:
Seeing as some of the framework needs to be modded for a pre-rooted version of the 1.2 ROM I figured I would throw a little zip together with some stuff to play with. Its nothing special. Instructions:
1. Download the attached zip file to your computer and extract it onto your desktop, your documents, your "taxes 1993" folder, "kittens folder", or wherever you want for that matter.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT CWM FLASHABLE, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
2. Download one of Nemith's ROMs from here.
3. Use winrar, archive manager or any other software you have that can open up zip files and open the rom you downloaded in step 2. Once thats open, click on "system", then "bin".
4. Go back to the files you downloaded and extracted in step 1 and you will see something called 'su' simply drag and drop the 'su' file into that "bin" folder you opened in step 3. It might take a minute to add it to the zip archive so be patient.
5. Once that is done, click the back button in winrar or whatever your using so you will now be in the "system" folder and no longer in /system/bin. You should see a folder called "app", click on it. Once thats open, drag and drop the apks that were included in the zip into there and give them a second to be added in.
6. Once that is done, your free to add any additional apks that you either downloaded or have backed up from a previous setup. (extract some from root explorer before flashing the update if you would like, then copy those on there.)
7. Now that you have all the apks you want added in there, close the zip, put it on your sdcard and flash that bad boy up.
Note: I included 2 launchers in there, VTL and ADW free. You can add both of them if you want and try them out or just pick one or the other. The apk that says something about gojimi is the VTL launcher. Also, feel free to add apps that require root since you have root access thanks to that business with su earlier. This doesnt have the market because BN is gay and their custom framework needs to be hacked, (thank you for the Nook though. ) also, youll need to select one of the custom launchers if you wanna use all of the apps you added. Superuser.apk and the nookcolor tools utility are included in the zip.
I believe this is not considered warez since all the files included are free, mods feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Once again, this doesnt have market, just a guide to adding apps and being able to use root.
Hit thanks if I helped you.
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awesome!!!
so no market means no gapps either?
what about amazon appstore?

This is great. I already have it up and running with a bunch of other apks and a third party launcher using this same method, but the nook color tools and root will be helpful too (enabling the installation of "unknown apps" will be very good).

Canadoc said:
awesome!!!
so no market means no gapps either?
what about amazon appstore?
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Amazon App store should work now that you mention it. Just download the apk online and put it in there. Hahah Im working on a full rooted rom but I figured Id give you all something easy to do for now.

do all apk have to into system app as i think amazon installs to data folder

You can sideload the Amazon app (or download it through the browser) after you do the steps in the OP. After it boots, open Nook Color Utils (tools?) and then uncheck and check the unknown apps option at the top. After that you should be able to download and install or sideload anything into data/app.

Canadoc said:
do all apk have to into system app as i think amazon installs to data folder
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You can push to /data/app also.
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elessarelfstar said:
You can sideload the Amazon app (or download it through the browser) after you do the steps in the OP. After it boots, open Nook Color Utils (tools?) and then uncheck and check the unknown apps option at the top. After that you should be able to download and install or sideload anything into data/app.
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doesnt work. won'tinstall from a web download
also titanium backup cant find root so this doesn't work. not sure what value su has

In the stock 1.2 zip thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050520&page=5
I suggested loading one of the one-click root apps into the ROM? Does that work?

I did try installing with z4root in system/apps and it didn't work. Though that may have been because it needs to run from data/app (maybe?). Don't know. Haven't tried it that way yet.

RileyGrant said:
Seeing as some of the framework needs to be modded for a pre-rooted version of the 1.2 ROM I figured I would throw a little zip together with some stuff to play with. Its nothing special. Instructions:
1. Download the attached zip file to your computer and extract it onto your desktop, your documents, your "taxes 1993" folder, "kittens folder", or wherever you want for that matter.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT CWM FLASHABLE, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
2. Download one of Nemith's ROMs from here.
3. Use winrar, archive manager or any other software you have that can open up zip files and open the rom you downloaded in step 2. Once thats open, click on "system", then "bin".
4. Go back to the files you downloaded and extracted in step 1 and you will see something called 'su' simply drag and drop the 'su' file into that "bin" folder you opened in step 3. It might take a minute to add it to the zip archive so be patient.
5. Once that is done, click the back button in winrar or whatever your using so you will now be in the "system" folder and no longer in /system/bin. You should see a folder called "app", click on it. Once thats open, drag and drop the apks that were included in the zip into there and give them a second to be added in.
6. Once that is done, your free to add any additional apks that you either downloaded or have backed up from a previous setup. (extract some from root explorer before flashing the update if you would like, then copy those on there.)
7. Now that you have all the apks you want added in there, close the zip, put it on your sdcard and flash that bad boy up.
Note: I included 2 launchers in there, VTL and ADW free. You can add both of them if you want and try them out or just pick one or the other. The apk that says something about gojimi is the VTL launcher. Also, feel free to add apps that require root since you have root access thanks to that business with su earlier. This doesnt have the market because BN is gay and their custom framework needs to be hacked, (thank you for the Nook though. ) also, youll need to select one of the custom launchers if you wanna use all of the apps you added. Superuser.apk and the nookcolor tools utility are included in the zip.
I believe this is not considered warez since all the files included are free, mods feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Once again, this doesnt have market, just a guide to adding apps and being able to use root.
Hit thanks if I helped you.
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This is unbelievable! Thanks so much for this.
I use my nook for 70% reading + 30 % for emailing and web browsing.
I installed CM7 on emmc, but the battery sleep issue is killing (goes from 100 to 0% in a day) + I cannot use the stock Nook reading App. The Nook market app sucks compared to the stock nook app.
I was ideally looking for a solution which would allow me to use the stock nook reader + email + good web browser.
So can I sideload apps such as Dolphin HD browser and Any email client, using this method? Is there any limit to sideloading apps in the system/app folder? I do have a bunch of apk's that I would love to use.
Thanks in advance!

Canadoc said:
doesnt work. won'tinstall from a web download
also titanium backup cant find root so this doesn't work. not sure what value su has
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Works for me, try adb shell
Cd /system/app
Chmod su 4755

imjimmy said:
This is unbelievable! Thanks so much for this.
I use my nook for 70% reading + 30 % for emailing and web browsing.
I installed CM7 on emmc, but the battery sleep issue is killing (goes from 100 to 0% in a day) + I cannot use the stock Nook reading App. The Nook market app sucks compared to the stock nook app.
I was ideally looking for a solution which would allow me to use the stock nook reader + email + good web browser.
So can I sideload apps such as Dolphin HD browser and Any email client, using this method? Is there any limit to sideloading apps in the system/app folder? I do have a bunch of apk's that I would love to use.
Thanks in advance!
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Yes you can do all of that! And I dot think you'll run into any problems unless you have like 600 Mbs of apps. Hahaha

How to flash this?
Please excuse the Noob questions.
How do I go about flashing this? Do I just insert the sd card and boot? Do I hold the n and power buttons? Some other way?
Also, will this all be wiped out if B&N force-upgrades over wifi?
Thanks in advance.

Problem installing CM7 google Apps Update.zip

Hi guys , I installed CM7 Rom (from 2.1 JFD) through Rom Manager, it works good, i put update.zip on card, but ddnt put google apps .zip file.
CM7 installed correctly. when i tried to put googleAppsUpdate.zip on card (and removed th CM7Update.zip ) and restarted in recovery from rom manager , i got An Exclamation White triangle Above and Android Man Symbol. and no progress !!!
wht is wrong ?? and how can i Install google Apps update ??

I'm kind of confused here bud, but update.zip is clockwork mod not cm7. By putting the update.zip and applying it via recovery, that would have installed clockwork recovery, and from there you would have needed to install the cm7 zip via recovery to flash cm7. The Google apps zip can be downloaded through your ron manager or via cm7 server, then it needs to he flashed the same way via clockwork recovery (install zip from sdcard).
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Here comes the fire!!! :-D simple beginner mistake lol
Galaxy S Vibrant CM7.1

google apps....are apps!
you can extract all the apps from the zip, and push them to system/app.
if you cant do that, try mounting system in recovery before you flash....if this was the hd2 forum, you will be hot Cheetos right now...flamed! lol

dapoharoun said:
google apps....are apps!
you can extract all the apps from the zip, and push them to system/app.
if you cant do that, try mounting system in recovery before you flash....if this was the hd2 forum, you will be hot Cheetos right now...flamed! lol
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seems easy , but how exactly is system/apps ??
when i decompress the .zip i found 2 folders:
-META-INF
-system
each of , contains another files and folders , can you tell exactly where to put in details ?
thx

This belongs in the Q&A, NOT in the Vibrant Android Development

tarreq said:
seems easy , but how exactly is system/apps ??
when i decompress the .zip i found 2 folders:
-META-INF
-system
each of , contains another files and folders , can you tell exactly where to put in details ?
thx
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First fo all, this is in the wrong forum.
Second of all, I really believe you are probably trying to flash a version of gapps that is not correct for your device.
But either way...
The two compressed folders are
-META-INF
-system
decompress the system folder..maybe put it on your desktop or something. Inside the system folder is a series of different folders. Look for the one that is named "Apps" take that folder and place it on the root of your SDcard. Now, go back onto your phone and use Root explorer to manually move each of the apks from that app folder that you would like...and move them to system>apps. fix the permissions on the apk once you move it so that it has the same permissions as every other apk already in the folder and once you are done moving whichever apps you'd like on your phone and fixing the permissions, reboot your phone.

[REQ] need the old music player stock.ver with notification control

SOLVED! !!
just booted overcome rom 4.1 series 7 on p1000gsm , but i hate the music player they ported . i need the old stock player with notificarion bar control and lock screen widget , . . . . . and plz help this noob by guiding me thru installation ,

Download the Removed_Apps_v4.1.0 from the Overcome Thread (first page, first post).
Then extract the MusicPlayer.apk to your PC, connect the Tab via USB to your PC and copy the MusicPlayer.apk to the internal SD of your Tab.
Disconnect the USB connection. On your Tab, copy the MusicPlayer.apk to /system/app/ . For this, use a RootExplorer, e.g. the free ES File Explorer and enable first the Root Mode and second the write permissions for the file system in the settings. After copying, i changed the file permissions for MusicPlayer.apk to "rw- r-- r--" (long press on MusicPlayer.apk and then choose "file settings" or so, don't know in english), but just because all the other apps in /system/app/ are set in this way. Don't know, if it is necessary. But it works for me.

getihga54 said:
Download the Removed_Apps_v4.1.0 from the Overcome Thread (first page, first post).
Then extract the MusicPlayer.apk to your PC, connect the Tab via USB to your PC and copy the MusicPlayer.apk to the internal SD of your Tab.
Disconnect the USB connection. On your Tab, copy the MusicPlayer.apk to /system/app/ . For this, use a RootExplorer, e.g. the free ES File Explorer and enable first the Root Mode and second the write permissions for the file system in the settings. After copying, i changed the file permissions for MusicPlayer.apk to "rw- r-- r--" (long press on MusicPlayer.apk and then choose "file settings" or so, don't know in english), but just because all the other apps in /system/app/ are set in this way. Don't know, if it is necessary. But it works for me.
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well man.thanks i almost flashed it back to stock , what rom are you using btw , do you know how to change the notification bar to stock , overcome's bar aint cool . . .

At the moment, i'm using Overcome 4.1.0. It works good for me, like the previous version of Overcome did.
You can change to stock theme, this includes the notification bar. Just download the Overcome_7_Series_v4.1.0_Stock_Theme_Patch_v2.zip from the Overcome thread and copy the zip to internal SD. Then boot into CWM and install zip from internal sd. Reboot and you have Overcome with stock theme.

getihga54 said:
At the moment, i'm using Overcome 4.1.0. It works good for me, like the previous version of Overcome did.
You can change to stock theme, this includes the notification bar. Just download the Overcome_7_Series_v4.1.0_Stock_Theme_Patch_v2.zip from the Overcome thread and copy the zip to internal SD. Then boot into CWM and install zip from internal sd. Reboot and you have Overcome with stock theme.
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im also using the same rom , and flashed the theme patch , its all good now ,
but i think theres a battery issue in this rom , because i havent installed any app other than opera and facebook , but still my battery drains at 1% every 3-4 minute , i wiped the stats and all , but im just not getting the juice , hey can you guide me how to callibrate the battery ? plz .
btw thanx . . .

How do I "rip" the gallery from a ROM (zip)

Hi, I want to know if I can rip the AOSP gallery from a installed ROM (or ROM zip).
I also need the editor to work.
Who can help me out on this matter?
Thanks for your replies!

franatic08 said:
Hi, I want to know if I can rip the AOSP gallery from a installed ROM (or ROM zip).
I also need the editor to work.
Who can help me out on this matter?
Thanks for your replies!
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For ROM zip you would need to unzip it using 7-zip, then navigate the system/app folder and find what might be a folder called "gallery" everything you need should be inside that folder. For an installed ROM just use a file explorer app and navigate to the system/app folder then copy and paste the gallery to the root of your internal storage. All this assumes the gallery is in the same location as the photos app is on my stock ROM.

Awesome, found it.
I usually backed it up using ES Explorer, but that broke the editor.
The lib folder is now included, so I should be good to go. Will try later!
Thanks!

BladeRunner said:
For ROM zip you would need to unzip it using 7-zip, then navigate the system/app folder and find what might be a folder called "gallery" everything you need should be inside that folder. For an installed ROM just use a file explorer app and navigate to the system/app folder then copy and paste the gallery to the root of your internal storage. All this assumes the gallery is in the same location as the photos app is on my stock ROM.
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The unzip will not completely work with the changes google is making. The newer compiled roms are compiled into images and not like they used to be.

franatic08 said:
Hi, I want to know if I can rip the AOSP gallery from a installed ROM (or ROM zip).
I also need the editor to work.
Who can help me out on this matter?
Thanks for your replies!
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Forget about ripping it from a sysimage. Install it as an application from specially modified sources;
https://github.com/lbdroid/android_packages_apps_Gallery2
Or if you trust me, binary; https://github.com/lbdroid/Android-Binaries/blob/master/Gallery2.apk

zelendel said:
The unzip will not completely work with the changes google is making. The newer compiled roms are compiled into images and not like they used to be.
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doitright said:
Forget about ripping it from a sysimage. Install it as an application from specially modified sources;
https://github.com/lbdroid/android_packages_apps_Gallery2
Or if you trust me, binary; https://github.com/lbdroid/Android-Binaries/blob/master/Gallery2.apk
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I already encountered the image thing you both mention.
Luckily I was able to pull it from the installed ROM.

Got it working now. Editor works just fine.
Last thing though...
Each time I hit the edit button, the pop-up for "select action" shows up. It only displays the editor to select.
Is there any way I can get rid of that?
Setting a default action for it somehow, somewhere?

This selection menu