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Replacing .apk files?

I would like to use this Phone.apk file in this ROM.
Do I just unzip the ROM, replace the .apk, rezip the ROM, sign the .zip, and flash?
Is there only one Phone.apk file to replace?
Last thing I want is a paper-weight
Thanks!

I just thought of this: could I just install the .apk via a file manager (as long as unknown sources are checked)?

NViouz said:
I would like to use this Phone.apk file in this ROM.
Do I just unzip the ROM, replace the .apk, rezip the ROM, sign the .zip, and flash?
Is there only one Phone.apk file to replace?
Last thing I want is a paper-weight
Thanks!
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First, you're not going to brick your phone.
Second, I don't know how CSDI works. Try it and find out.
NViouz said:
I just thought of this: could I just install the .apk via a file manager (as long as unknown sources are checked)?
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No. Maybe if you remount /system in read-write, even then it's probably easier to try it by just replacing and resigning.
I know in donut, you can just replace it without any problems (like other system apps depending on it). Don't know about anything else.
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1. unzip and copy Phone.apk to /sdcard
2. remount system rw
3. cat /sdcard/Phone.apk > /system/app/Phone.apk
4. rm /system/app/Phone.odex (only do this if there is a Phone.odex file)
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There's what the thread says about installing it, have you tried? (Nandroid in case that ROM doesn't like it.)

[Q] Flashable Stock Browser file?

Hello everyone!!
So i got myself a WiFi Xoom and rooted it. By mistake uninstalled the stock browser with titanium backup and now its gone from the system. Can any of you please provide me with a flashable file so i can flash it via recovery and restore app?
I tried getting the apk from one of the system dumps on the developer section but when i try to install it i get the message "App not Installed".

did you move the apk to system/app and give it correct permissions rw/r/r?

Droid-Xer said:
did you move the apk to system/app and give it correct permissions rw/r/r?
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I tried to copy the apk to the system/app folder using ES file exlorer but it does not let me, and i dont know how to set the correct permissions.

Use RootExplorer, it does all mentioned stuff

Put the apk into this file. Put it in the system/app folder and flash in recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041205
Sent From My Evo

bwcorvus said:
Put the apk into this file. Put it in the system/app folder and flash in recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041205
Sent From My Evo
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Thanks!!!!! this worked very well. Thanks to all that replied.

I've Lost My Browser
EDITED:::Nvmd, replaced browser.apk with the ones from system dump, as mentioned in OP, and that resolved my issue of not being able to use the stock browser.

need (my files) app on captivate

does anyone know if there is a .tar file or something so i could flash the my files app on my cappy that usually comes on the cappy with the official firmwares? i just need some kind of file to do that because i dont like astro and es file manager, etc. even a link to somewere where this has been done before would help, thanks.

Why use that when the others have a **** ton more functionality? Like root file exploration.
Do you have any .tar stock firmware package? Open that archive with 7zip and go to /system/app and drag it out...then use a root file explorer (lolz oh the irony) to drop it in /system/app
Or use adb to push it there
Or get a theme cwm zip package and delete all the files out of the folders (not touching the meta-inf folder) and drop it in /system/app and flash that.

studacris said:
then use a root file explorer (lolz oh the irony)...
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I did indeed LOL

hmm...i think im gonna get the cwm package and just do that, do you have any link on one of those, if not then how can i get or look one of those up?

any theme zip will do, just not a ROM zip that has a kernel and modem in it you don't need top flash the theme zips ate just system apk files you can delete out and add your apk in. Make sure only that apk is in it though.
Hold on...I'll hey you a link where i posted a test zip you can use.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22271929&postcount=1403
In that post is a cwm zip, open that archive with 7zip go to /system/app delete what's there and drop that apk in. Then flash that in recovery.

ya well it didnt work..

Ya well you give more detail we can help.... "It didn't work" isn't very helpful for trouble shooting...

it said that the installation was aborted

What version of cwm do you have?
Or are you on an aosp ROM?

Just use a root explorer, go in and unzip any file that has it in it, then go to the extracted folder, long press on it and hit COPY, then back out until your at SYSTEM and paste it, then look for the file in SYSTEM and long press on it and choose permissions, then change it so it matches the SAME PERMISSIONS in SYSTEM/APP, then once you have the permissions correct long press on it and move it into SYSTEM/APP and hit PASTE. them REBOOT the phone and it will be in there and working. NO NEED to try flashing it in cwm. This MAY sound like a lot of work but it is VERY EASY AND FOOL PROOF.
Sent from MY SPH-P100 running ICS

OI File Manager. Looks almost exactly like my files.

Ok rockratt...first of all...when i tried putting the file in system...
It said failed, and also what do you mean to fix the permisions?
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App

It failed because you need to mount that partition r/w instead of the default r/o...should be an option for that on the root file explorer you used.

juggalo4life760 said:
Ok rockratt...first of all...when i tried putting the file in system...
It said failed, and also what do you mean to fix the permisions?
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As studacris said make sure to set it to read/write. When using ROOT EXPLORER you will see a button towards the top the probably says MOUNT R/W click on it and then paste it to SYSTEM( the reason I say to paste it to SYSTEM first so you can change the apparently permissions before moving it into SYSTEM/APP since it will ask to overwrite a version of itself if it is already there. To change the permissions just long press, choose permissions, then click the appropriate boxes to make it have the correct permissions before placing it in.
Sent from My KickAss CM7 Captivate

Pasting to /system and Changing permissions shouldn't be needed.
And if it is..boot into recovery, go to advanced, and fix permissions

I think I screwed up..

I have canned a lot of apk's recently.
Now I notice when my wifi scans it won't show any networks/SSID's. But if I manually enter one, it will connect.
Any ideas? It may not be related to the apk's I don't know

An apk file is an installation file - it installs an app. Once the app is installed you can delete the apk. So I doubt one has anything to do with the other.

Rukbat said:
An apk file is an installation file - it installs an app. Once the app is installed you can delete the apk. So I doubt one has anything to do with the other.
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Isn't the apk and the program one in the same? If you remove an apk from browsing with root explorer it will remove the program off your phone.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

wdkingery said:
I have canned a lot of apk's recently.
Now I notice when my wifi scans it won't show any networks/SSID's. But if I manually enter one, it will connect.
Any ideas? It may not be related to the apk's I don't know
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run a factory reset. simple as that.

pham818 said:
run a factory reset. simple as that.
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When you delete a system apk it deletes it from recovery as well.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I467 using Tapatalk

Agent said:
When you delete a system apk it deletes it from recovery as well.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I467 using Tapatalk
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I know. I know in the long run I may be boned, as I have no hard reset basically. I would how it will end..

wdkingery said:
I have canned a lot of apk's recently.
Now I notice when my wifi scans it won't show any networks/SSID's. But if I manually enter one, it will connect.
Any ideas? It may not be related to the apk's I don't know
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Download UrDroid from the development section. Open the zip and goto /system/app and copy them to your SDcard into a folder (so you don't clutter the root of your storage)
Reboot into safe strap
Click on mount
Select /system
Back out
Goto advanced
Select file manager
navigate to the folder on your SDCard
Copy them into your /system/app folder
When your done fix permissions and reboot
If your nice, pm me and I will make you a flashable zip
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Is there a way to accomplish this without safestrap? That's the only step of your process I don't have

wdkingery said:
Is there a way to accomplish this without safestrap? That's the only step of your process I don't have
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Not for it to be right. But safe strap is uninstallable.
if you're already rooted then you can run safestrap
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Agent said:
Isn't the apk and the program one in the same? If you remove an apk from browsing with root explorer it will remove the program off your phone.
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If that were the case, I'd have very few apps on my phone. I always delete the apk file (as soon as I back it up to my normal backup locations, which are on devices other than the phone).
An apk is actually a zip file with a different extension. (Rename it .zip and open it in Winzip - you'll see.) It's an installer. Once the app has been installed you no longer need the installer.
If you've deleted apk files and had your apps disappear, you're doing something in addition to removing the apk files. (I normally put apk files on the root of my external SD card, so I don't need a rooted program to delete them.)

wdkingery said:
Is there a way to accomplish this without safestrap? That's the only step of your process I don't have
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I've added/deleted/modified files in /system/app with just root file explorer, back before safestrap existed for the N3 - you do not need safestrap to fiddle with /system/app - you can do it with root file explorer (remember to set the permissions correctly - 644 iirc).

Need Conservations.apk and odex

Hello everyone!
Recently I rooted my phone and begun to tweak it. So I decided to integrate all updated system app to system partition . After that the camera wasnt working so I restored a nandroid backup. Everything was good until I tried to open the SMS app. It crashed imidiately. I wiped its data, cache and dalvik but it didn't work. Then using root explorer I navigated to priv - apps and see if was anything wrong with the permisions. Everything was ok so i decided to delete the odex File and reboot. But after the reboot the SMS app was missing although the APK was still there. I am on stock kitkat locked bootloader. Any help please?

Delete .odex files without deodex? You need to deodex first, also some apps need libs... You need to extract it from apk and copy to "system/lib"

DorianX said:
Delete .odex files without deodex? You need to deodex first, also some apps need libs... You need to extract it from apk and copy to "system/lib"
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So what to do now?

Cmon guys.... Can anyone upload those two files for stock kitkat please?

I'm on lollipop so I can't pull it and send it to you...