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Android Market and AOSP

Hello, all,
I have recently taken an interest in developing Android 2.1 ROMs. So far, my work on 2.1 has been going well, except I cannot seem to get Android Market to install. I have tried re-signing the apk file, but the result is the same.
Can someone help me out on this? This has probably been answered before, but I cannot find anything truly relevant to this question. Any help is greatly appreciated.

someone needs to close this thread before this flame war gets any bigger

tekgek said:
Hello, all,
I have recently taken an interest in developing Android 2.1 ROMs. So far, my work on 2.1 has been going well, except I cannot seem to get Android Market to install. I have tried re-signing the apk file, but the result is the same.
Can someone help me out on this? This has probably been answered before, but I cannot find anything truly relevant to this question. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Have you tried just pushing with adb? By development do you mean cooking or compiling your own?

Please be respectful of others ...
I taken the time to cleanup this thread and move to Q&A where it should have been. If someone has an answer post a reply; plans to respond using trolling tactics are ill-advised.
If the thread goes OT again, a moderator will be forced to close it and likely remove it ... would be nice if it didn't have to come to that.
Regards,

I am building this directly from AOSP, from scratch. Thanks to the mod for cleaning up the flame war, by the way

Oh, from AOSP. How are you adding them in? AOSP does NOT include the Google Apps by default, I'm not expert in ROM building but I am sure there are some .libs needed (I know GTalk requires some) and possibly need the other Google Apps as well.

And this is why I love this place . What you said about libraries and what carz12 said about adb helped a lot.
Here is what I knew:
AOSP does not include the Google Apps, including the market. The market is somewhat difficult to install to an aosp build, and I think needs to be resigned with another RSA key.
What the forum helped me figure out:
The advice about trying the adb shell gave me some help. When I tried to push the market app to the phone, I got this:
./adb install alpha-1-signed/system/app/Vending.apk
898 KB/s (1274068 bytes in 1.384s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/Vending.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY]
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This tells me that I am missing some libraries. But I'm also missing some other stuff. I'll recompile from source, install the libraries, and report back after I flash this to the phone. Until then, if anyone thinks any of my conclusions are wrong, please tell me so I don't waste my time, or yours.
EDIT: For all of you who are currently viewing this thread, how many of you would like a very fast (possibly faster than OpenEclair), stable, no-frills Android 2.1 ROM? I would like your opinions, because this will give me a good idea of how many people would be interested in this kind of thing.
Tekgek

tekgek said:
And this is why I love this place . What you said about libraries and what carz12 said about adb helped a lot.
Here is what I knew:
AOSP does not include the Google Apps, including the market. The market is somewhat difficult to install to an aosp build, and I think needs to be resigned with another RSA key.
What the forum helped me figure out:
The advice about trying the adb shell gave me some help. When I tried to push the market app to the phone, I got this:
This tells me that I am missing some libraries. But I'm also missing some other stuff. I'll recompile from source, install the libraries, and report back after I flash this to the phone. Until then, if anyone thinks any of my conclusions are wrong, please tell me so I don't waste my time, or yours.
Tekgek
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It's good to know that you are missing libraries
Your best bet is to compile your rom, and then compare it to a rom that already has the google apps included (WesGarner build, CSDI, etc...) and see what libs are missing from yours, add them in and then try again

I was having the same problem too. I am gonna try this too.
And ya besides the libraries, the aosp build doesn't include some of the framework files and permission files too, like the framework files relating to gtalk and google maps should be added as well to the system/framework folder and the permission files in system/etc/permissions relating to gtalk and maps should be added as well.

I tried with all the missing libraries but with no luck...there must be some other files tooo. Gonna continue on Thursday.

Did you try resigning the apk file?

Not really. I am gonna try that too. Got coll tomorrow so may be later tomorrow. By the way did you got the video working?? I tried pushing some libraries from supereclair. But not workin till date. it works in his build though.

College is more important than android, imho. whenever you get the chance .
I hope to get video working in the future, but not right now. My primary computer (the core i7 rig I use for all my computer work) needed an OS reinstall, so I have made no progress since my post on ADB. My fist priority is to get the basics working, then I'll work on the other issues, like video playback and the camera. However, as of right now, I am re-downloading the source, and hopefully building it in the very near future, expect an update tomorrow, and maybe even a finished product (keep in mind that this is ALPHA, so don't expect anything wonderful).

Alright, I got it... mostly. The market appears installed, now all I need to do is make it not crash. Whenever I select the market app, I get a white screen, and then the home screen. I'm also getting a force close on the gapps process. What am I doing wrong

How did you got market show up???
The gapps framework file is also missin in the /system/framework folder in AOSP build.
Did you tried pushing the missing file?

I downloaded openeclair, pulled all the apps that had the word google in them, resigned the the market with another key, integrated them into a rom package, flashed, and voila, the market appears. I also added in a couple framework files, but I think I'm still missing something. Do you know what the name of the file is? I'm not sure what or where it is.

tekgek said:
I downloaded openeclair, pulled all the apps that had the word google in them, resigned the the market with another key, integrated them into a rom package, flashed, and voila, the market appears. I also added in a couple framework files, but I think I'm still missing something. Do you know what the name of the file is? I'm not sure what or where it is.
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ya its com.google.android.gtalkservice.jar

okay, added it in, still getting a force close on the gapps. Where to go now???

As i mentioned earlier there are some files missing in system/etc/permissions. Did u tried pushing those files.

All permission files are in place, all gapps are resigned. The framework is in place. The setup wizard i also resigned, which now crashes. If anyone has any suggestions please post them. I am at my wit's end here.

HTC Battery widget theme

Hey
I've recently started to play a little with theming other peoples lovely work to fit to my phones theme
I just tried the official HTC battery widget, but after i finished my work and wanted to try it out, i saved everything, re-signed the apk, uninstalled the one that was on the phone, placed my new apk on sd card and tried to install it using a file explorer, but after i click install i get the installing screen, followed by "Application not installed", is this because it's an official htc file that it won't let me install it from other places that the add widget menu, or did i do something wrong?
Regards
Rapo

Really?
278 views and no a single one who knows the answer or don't mind to test it out you self to see if it works for you?

You can't sign system apk's with test keys. Use the same META-INF folder that was used in the original apk - copy and paste it.

I've tried both with and without resigning, and nothing worked.
It's not a system file, it's pulled from the SD Card, since it's the widget you can download xtra from the "Get more HTC widgets"
That's why I don't understand why it won't install :/

Push it through adb there should be no errors ther

Just tried pusing the apk trough adb, but didn't see any changes, so tried rebooting phone, and it just started to loop at the boot screen
So had to pull battery and make a nanRestore..
So still needs a solution for how to get the edited htc battery widget to work..

What ROM are you using? An official one from HTC or Modded?

Using SenseHero 2.1 B5.1
The normal one works without problems, but i wanted to edit the color of it to make it fit my theme

Just had a mate looking at it, who knows quite a bit more than me about this, and no matter what he tried he couldn't get it to work either.
So it seems like HTC have made their widgets copy proof
But if anyone knows a way to get around this, please let me know

[SOLVED] How do I reinstall some bloatware w/Odex (Daily Briefing)?

I searched and found lots of threads on removing the bloat, not many on how to reinstall. I am going to flash a friend's phone to Cognition Froyo Beta6 and I know she uses this app.
I have successfully reloaded other removed .apk's using the Sideload Wonder Machine. However, this particular application won't install successfully (I'm testing it out on my phone just to see if it can install; I'm running Cog Beta5.5). After it tries to install I get a line saying Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT].
In DG's list of removed bloatware there are two files for Daily Briefing: InfoAlarm.apk and InfoAlarm.odex. Maybe the odex file is the problem? Do I do anything with that file? Drop it in /system/apps before trying to install the apk file? Any help appreciated.

Just get the genie widget. It is much better in my opinion and does the what the daily briefing widget did plus some. Just a thought.

Thanks, I will take a look at Genie Widget.
For what it's worth, I did finally figure out how to reload Daily Briefing. I'll post how I did it here since it may help someone else who is trying to reload an app that includes an odex file.
I used Root Explorer to put both of the files in system/app. Then I adjusted the permissions for the .apk file to: User; read, rewrite, execute - Group; read, execute - and Others; read, execute. I did not "install" the app. I just rebooted the phone and it was there. I don't know for certain, but I would expect this to work for other apps that have a corresponding odex file.

mobius911 said:
Thanks, I will take a look at Genie Widget.
For what it's worth, I did finally figure out how to reload Daily Briefing. I'll post how I did it here since it may help someone else who is trying to reload an app that includes an odex file.
I used Root Explorer to put both of the files in system/app. Then I adjusted the permissions for the .apk file to: User; read, rewrite, execute - Group; read, execute - and Others; read, execute. I did not "install" the app. I just rebooted the phone and it was there. I don't know for certain, but I would expect this to work for other apps that have a corresponding odex file.
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Thanks for your instructions mobius911. This got me going in the right direction for my issue, which was reinstalling a couple other AT&T apps - AT&T Navigator and Family Map. I got the original AT&T APKs from designgears' list of removed apps in his Cognition mod [http://www.ponack.net/designgears/removed-apps-froyo/]. I knew which one was for AT&T Nav ("ATTNav") but I had to search to find out which APK was the right one for Family Map [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8420365&postcount=62]. Then I used Droid Explorer [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=558108] to install the APKs into system/app. It was pretty easy to do once I figured it out but jeez, it sure took me a while to get there.

deanhatescoffee said:
It was pretty easy to do once I figured it out but jeez, it sure took me a while to get there.
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That should be the slogan for XDA/Android newguys everywhere. I applaud you, and would give you a cookie if I could.

mobius911 said:
I searched and found lots of threads on removing the bloat, not many on how to reinstall. I am going to flash a friend's phone to Cognition Froyo Beta6 and I know she uses this app.
I have successfully reloaded other removed .apk's using the Sideload Wonder Machine. However, this particular application won't install successfully (I'm testing it out on my phone just to see if it can install; I'm running Cog Beta5.5). After it tries to install I get a line saying Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT].
In DG's list of removed bloatware there are two files for Daily Briefing: InfoAlarm.apk and InfoAlarm.odex. Maybe the odex file is the problem? Do I do anything with that file? Drop it in /system/apps before trying to install the apk file? Any help appreciated.
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You by any chance have both files still for daily brief? Want to get them back on my phone.

i followed the instructions on root explorer and i get stuck in a boot loop upon reboot. any ideas?

I figured something out with this. I just bought the Samsung Desk dock and wanted DeskHome to work. It has an icon for Daily Briefing and I actually like the program. I am running Cognition 2.3b4 and it does not have the Daily Briefing on it. I had tried backing it up with Titanium backup, but it did not restore correctly.
Anyway, onto the meat of the matter. Cognition v2.3b3 actually DOES have an .apk for the daily briefing in it and it does not require the odex to work. I am assuming Designgears modified it. If you download the Cognition v2.3b3 and extract it to a folder somewhere, you can browse to system - app and find the InfoAlarm.apk there. Then use Root Explorer to copy it into the system - app folder on your phone. Reboot, and you will have Daily Briefing.
This is pretty much the same thing that deanhatescoffee did, but I was unable to find a link to where the extracted .apk files were.
Here is a link to Cognition v2.3b3.
.megaupload.com/?d=1L8GHQQG
ACK! I guess I am a new user so I can't post links? Anyway add an http and www up above and that's the link.

G.Hook said:
I figured something out with this. I just bought the Samsung Desk dock and wanted DeskHome to work. It has an icon for Daily Briefing and I actually like the program. I am running Cognition 2.3b4 and it does not have the Daily Briefing on it. I had tried backing it up with Titanium backup, but it did not restore correctly.
Anyway, onto the meat of the matter. Cognition v2.3b3 actually DOES have an .apk for the daily briefing in it and it does not require the odex to work. I am assuming Designgears modified it. If you download the Cognition v2.3b3 and extract it to a folder somewhere, you can browse to system - app and find the InfoAlarm.apk there. Then use Root Explorer to copy it into the system - app folder on your phone. Reboot, and you will have Daily Briefing.
This is pretty much the same thing that deanhatescoffee did, but I was unable to find a link to where the extracted .apk files were.
Here is a link to Cognition v2.3b3.
.megaupload.com/?d=1L8GHQQG
ACK! I guess I am a new user so I can't post links? Anyway add an http and www up above and that's the link.
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For simplicities sake...
www.megaupload.com/?d=1L8GHQQG

Thank you very much!

[Q]Creating an Update.zip, AND?

ok, so maybe im slow or stupid & yes ive searched & searched, but no luck for me.
im trying to make some "flashable" update,.zip files to install to the system/app section of my htc cdma hero, & ive read & read, & researched, but im still at a loss.
so can anybody please in "noob/dummies" terms explain on how to do this, what files i need, b/c i see these "manifest.mf, cert.sf, & cert.rsa" files inside the update.zip files, & then theres the update-script file, & the apk.
how/where do i make/get these files, etc.
im ADHD & dyslectic, so please make it as simple as possible to follow.
also, how do i uninstall system apps & all the apps folders/cache files w/ adb, ive tryed but get "failed" error, i mean i can go in w/ root explorer & delete these, but it seems like a pain to track it all down, i just dont want to remove the app, but uninstall them completely, & not leave any junk behind.
thanks a million!
im trying to swap out some system apps (same apps), just different versions & size, & i tryed to just replace them w/ root explorer & reboot, but it doesnt work.
im on cm6.1 stable if that helps

jcj77d said:
ok, so maybe im slow or stupid & yes ive searched & searched, but no luck for me.
im trying to make some "flashable" update,.zip files to install to the system/app section of my htc cdma hero, & ive read & read, & researched, but im still at a loss.
so can anybody please in "noob/dummies" terms explain on how to do this, what files i need, b/c i see these "manifest.mf, cert.sf, & cert.rsa" files inside the update.zip files, & then theres the update-script file, & the apk.
how/where do i make/get these files, etc.
im ADHD & dyslectic, so please make it as simple as possible to follow.
also, how do i uninstall system apps & all the apps folders/cache files w/ adb, ive tryed but get "failed" error, i mean i can go in w/ root explorer & delete these, but it seems like a pain to track it all down, i just dont want to remove the app, but uninstall them completely, & not leave any junk behind.
thanks a million!
im trying to swap out some system apps (same apps), just different versions & size, & i tryed to just replace them w/ root explorer & reboot, but it doesnt work.
im on cm6.1 stable if that helps
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Check out http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barebones for a great guide on using adb to uninstall system apps.
As for update.zip info, I'm just starting to break into it myself. For a noob, I would suggest using the attached update.zip template (a read me is included ), and then you will need to sign the update. Two easy options:
1) Search the market for signapktic by Stericson.
2) Check out this amazing program: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/android-development/126517-pc-ppcgeeks-android-apk-zip-signer.html

jcj77d said:
so can anybody please in "noob/dummies" terms explain on how to do this, what files i need, b/c i see these "manifest.mf, cert.sf, & cert.rsa" files inside the update.zip files, & then theres the update-script file, & the apk.
how/where do i make/get these files, etc.
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Those three files are created when you sign the zip. If you just want the apks flashed to the system then you don't need to modify the script file in that template - as for the framework.jar/apk part of the instructions, you can ignore those because that part was added bc the zip was initially created for themers
If you're interested in doing more than flashing to /system, such as flashing to /data or /sdcard, or removing items with a flash zip then check out my old post HERE - as a forewarning some of the stuff can get pretty technical
Otherwise follow the above post and you should be set both signers he/she listed are pretty easy to use

kyouko said:
If you're interested in doing more than flashing to /system, such as flashing to /data or /sdcard, or removing items with a flash zip then check out my old post HERE - as a forewarning some of the stuff can get pretty technical
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LOL, I wasn't sure exactly where I got that .zip template from (That was a looong night of Google'ing and reading ) And the blog that you linked to is where I learned a lot of what I was after. Thanks! Now, if I can just figure out a way to create an update-script that will flash MY memory with all there is to know about Linux...

The Fer-Shiz-Nizzle said:
Check out http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barebones for a great guide on using adb to uninstall system apps.
As for update.zip info, I'm just starting to break into it myself. For a noob, I would suggest using the attached update.zip template (a read me is included ), and then you will need to sign the update. Two easy options:
1) Search the market for signapktic by Stericson.
2) Check out this amazing program: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/android-development/126517-pc-ppcgeeks-android-apk-zip-signer.html
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thanks, i know how to sign

[Q] bundling system apps into pre-existing custom roms?

I'm wanting to install the current version of the AOKP rom onto my note, but i noticed (after I flashed - boh) that there's an FC problem with the included launchers on that rom.
In the instructions they suggest using ADB to push novalauncher's apk file out to your device, but that seems needlessly complex to me when I could just (in theory) bundle the app into the .zip before I flash.
Is there any reason I can't insert the nova.apk into the AOKP.zip file (in /system/app as i understand it), zip it back up, flash the .zip as per normal AOKP instructions and proceed on my merry way?
Is it that simple? Do I need to mess around with chmodding the apk file or should the fact that it's in /system do that stuff for me?
FWIW I have tried this, but got some problems with having lost root between flashes (stupid ICS root) and that caused me some problems and a lot of high-heartrate moments trying to flash back to a working RocketRom build.
I'd rather do it 'properly' with accurate information about what I'm doing before I try again.
Appreciate the assistance.

I am to faceing the same problem but on other device
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium

sideways86 said:
I'm wanting to install the current version of the AOKP rom onto my note, but i noticed (after I flashed - boh) that there's an FC problem with the included launchers on that rom.
In the instructions they suggest using ADB to push novalauncher's apk file out to your device, but that seems needlessly complex to me when I could just (in theory) bundle the app into the .zip before I flash.
Is there any reason I can't insert the nova.apk into the AOKP.zip file (in /system/app as i understand it), zip it back up, flash the .zip as per normal AOKP instructions and proceed on my merry way?
Is it that simple? Do I need to mess around with chmodding the apk file or should the fact that it's in /system do that stuff for me?
FWIW I have tried this, but got some problems with having lost root between flashes (stupid ICS root) and that caused me some problems and a lot of high-heartrate moments trying to flash back to a working RocketRom build.
I'd rather do it 'properly' with accurate information about what I'm doing before I try again.
Appreciate the assistance.
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I open the ROM zip up and add .apks to the /system/app/ folder all the time..I also delete the ones I know I can and won't use..
There are some apps that won't work like this but its very uncommon..For example I can never include quickpic I always have to manually install it from the market.

sideways86 said:
I'm wanting to install the current version of the AOKP rom onto my note, but i noticed (after I flashed - boh) that there's an FC problem with the included launchers on that rom.
In the instructions they suggest using ADB to push novalauncher's apk file out to your device, but that seems needlessly complex to me when I could just (in theory) bundle the app into the .zip before I flash.
Is there any reason I can't insert the nova.apk into the AOKP.zip file (in /system/app as i understand it), zip it back up, flash the .zip as per normal AOKP instructions and proceed on my merry way?
Is it that simple? Do I need to mess around with chmodding the apk file or should the fact that it's in /system do that stuff for me?
FWIW I have tried this, but got some problems with having lost root between flashes (stupid ICS root) and that caused me some problems and a lot of high-heartrate moments trying to flash back to a working RocketRom build.
I'd rather do it 'properly' with accurate information about what I'm doing before I try again.
Appreciate the assistance.
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Well my problem is solved
Check the app name of apps ur adding they should not include space in them ( like xda primium.apk) if there r space then remove the space (like xdaprimium.apk) it should work fine
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium

MrDSL said:
I open the ROM zip up and add .apks to the /system/app/ folder all the time..I also delete the ones I know I can and won't use..
There are some apps that won't work like this but its very uncommon..For example I can never include quickpic I always have to manually install it from the market.
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Thanks man.
One more question - as far as launcher apps go, is there any way to set the default launcher in the .zip file?
If I delete the pre-existing launcher app from the rom in question and add nova.apk should it set itself as the default launcher app automatically?

sideways86 said:
Thanks man.
One more question - as far as launcher apps go, is there any way to set the default launcher in the .zip file?
If I delete the pre-existing launcher app from the rom in question and add nova.apk should it set itself as the default launcher app automatically?
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no you will prbably need to makea script to get it to work

How can i make the required script??
plz help
---------- Post added at 09:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:37 PM ----------
And ive heard "the TouchWiz launcher included in the rom has hardware acceleration for better graphics performance while the launchers we use like GO LAUNCHER etc depends totally on cpu. They consume cpu power only and no GPU"
IS THAT SO??????????????
that would not mean a good thing
cause GO launcher or n other launcher are way better than Stock TWiz launcher.

I don't want someone to do all the work for me, but if anyone could direct me to some kind of resource with the relevant syntax and such that'd be amazing.

sideways86 said:
If I delete the pre-existing launcher app from the rom in question and add nova.apk should it set itself as the default launcher app automatically?
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You can delete any launcher in the original zip and replace it with Nova and it will work. You don't need any script to do that, as suggested before.

thanks chasmodo - this worked flawlessly.