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Removed Dialer (I know...) No data, please assist.

So upon removing some of the bloat on my Droid 3, I broke mms and contacts. I successfully installed AOSP 2.3.5 mms so I thought I'd try to install stock contacts. I ended up backing up BlurPhone and BlurContacts and then deleting them and replacing them with the AOSP .apks... Now I have no data, and I can't restore the backups I made. I even pulled BlurPhone and BlurContacts from the Droid 3 system dump and pushed them to /system/app to no avail. Any ideas how to unbork my phone? Thanks.

Androidsims said:
So upon removing some of the bloat on my Droid 3, I broke mms and contacts. I successfully installed AOSP 2.3.5 mms so I thought I'd try to install stock contacts. I ended up backing up BlurPhone and BlurContacts and then deleting them and replacing them with the AOSP .apks... Now I have no data, and I can't restore the backups I made. I even pulled BlurPhone and BlurContacts from the Droid 3 system dump and pushed them to /system/app to no avail. Any ideas how to unbork my phone? Thanks.
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Factory Reset perhaps? Honestly, I'm a bit confused why you would do that to your device when we don't even have an SBF to restore to. Do you want an expensive new paper weight?

I had a temporary lapse of intelligence. I'm at work right now but I will attempt to push all system files back to the phone and do a restore. If that doesn't work, I've heard of people successfully flashing an Atrix SBF so I'll try that next. IF neither of those work, I'll beg Verizon to exchange it or I make an insurance claim, lol.

Yep I did the same thing. This could help, its a backup of the entire /system/app folder
media fire ...../?xntww3x2h2xow24
I can't figure out what I'm supposed to push back there to get functionality back. I know you have to repair perms after pushing.

Androidsims said:
I had a temporary lapse of intelligence. I'm at work right now but I will attempt to push all system files back to the phone and do a restore. If that doesn't work, I've heard of people successfully flashing an Atrix SBF so I'll try that next. IF neither of those work, I'll beg Verizon to exchange it or I make an insurance claim, lol.
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I believe what you may have heard about was people flashing the Atrix preinstall partition in an effort to find a root exploit (which ultimately turned out to be a dead end). This is entirely different from flashing an Atrix SBF. If you attempt to do this, you're almost certain to brick your phone.
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RandomEncounter said:
I believe what you may have heard about was people flashing the Atrix preinstall partition in an effort to find a root exploit (which ultimately turned out to be a dead end). This is entirely different from flashing an Atrix SBF. If you attempt to do this, you're almost certain to brick your phone.
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That is what i meant, the root.img. Sleepy, sorry.
Still no headway with this thing... might be stopping by Verizon tomorrow.

First off, did you push the odex files for those 2 apks as well? I don't know the significance of them, but if they were in the system dump, it's probably a good idea to put them in the /system/app directory.
Second, did you fix the permissions and owner of the files you pushed?

Javier78 said:
First off, did you push the odex files for those 2 apks as well? I don't know the significance of them, but if they were in the system dump, it's probably a good idea to put them in the /system/app directory.
Second, did you fix the permissions and owner of the files you pushed?
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Yes and yes.

...Huh. Well, I'm not entirely sure what to do then (I've never dealt with the dialer). My best advice would be to play dumb when you go exchange it.
Sorry!

For me I think I'm going to just leave it like it is until the first custom ROM appears.

There are some bloatware that is ok to remove. I removed most of the ones that you can just re-download from the Market like: NFLMobile, ZumoCast, GuidedTours, Slackerradio, Citrix, BlockBuster, and MyVerizon. I did not touch a lot of the main VZW apps that they put on out of fear of some other part of android being tied to them. But random apps like the BlockBuster and SlackerRadio are fine to remove.

Why not just install a 3rd party dialer such as GoDialer or something until we get an sbf?
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You might check to see if they were disabled with package manager. Enter pm list packages -d from the command line.
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[Q] Stock ROM (SBF) Available for Droid 4?

I ... may have bricked my Droid 4. I won't go into details unless somebody asks, but I don't think it's necessary. I AM able to get to the recovery mode though, I just have nothing to recover from.... I misplaced my back-up.
So, I need SOMETHING to flash my phone to. 4.0/2.0/I don't care, I just need any rom/SBF to make this bad boy boot again. Anybody have anything?
I saw and downloaded the first thing that shows up when you google "droid-4-system-dump-wallpapers-ringtones.html" (link doesn't work because I'm new) But, I was unable to make anything of it.... What do I do?

Just to help others avoid the same fate can you please let us all know what you did?

zeroibis said:
Just to help others avoid the same fate can you please let us all know what you did?
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Well, in hindsight it was kind of dumb. I rooted it, and began to remove all of the VZW sponsored apps. Once I did that, it cleared out a lot of memory (storage AND ram) but seemed to come with the downside of preventing my "settings" activity opening up. As in, whenever I hit "menu" then "Settings" from the main launcher, it would force close behind the scenes (logcat showed the stack trace for the settings activity).
I spent the next day trying to fix that issue, copying "settings.apk" from that link I mentioned earlier to my root director, but that didn't fix it. So, I went and tried copying entire folders over. This is the embarrassing part... I hit a 'delete' button on the "system/apps" folder, got about 30 force close windows, and am now stuck in a bootloop.
Doing the "power + both volume buttons" still gives me the recovery menu, but I don't have anything to recover to, as I was stupid and didn't think to make a backup.

Dwebtron said:
Well, in hindsight it was kind of dumb. I rooted it, and began to remove all of the VZW sponsored apps. Once I did that, it cleared out a lot of memory (storage AND ram) but seemed to come with the downside of preventing my "settings" activity opening up. As in, whenever I hit "menu" then "Settings" from the main launcher, it would force close behind the scenes (logcat showed the stack trace for the settings activity).
I spent the next day trying to fix that issue, copying "settings.apk" from that link I mentioned earlier to my root director, but that didn't fix it. So, I went and tried copying entire folders over. This is the embarrassing part... I hit a 'delete' button on the "system/apps" folder, got about 30 force close windows, and am now stuck in a bootloop.
Doing the "power + both volume buttons" still gives me the recovery menu, but I don't have anything to recover to, as I was stupid and didn't think to make a backup.
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No files are floating around at this time. You really screwed yourself over on this one. Go back to Verizon and beg. You chose to void your warranty.

Dwebtron said:
Well, in hindsight it was kind of dumb. I rooted it, and began to remove all of the VZW sponsored apps. Once I did that, it cleared out a lot of memory (storage AND ram) but seemed to come with the downside of preventing my "settings" activity opening up. As in, whenever I hit "menu" then "Settings" from the main launcher, it would force close behind the scenes (logcat showed the stack trace for the settings activity).
I spent the next day trying to fix that issue, copying "settings.apk" from that link I mentioned earlier to my root director, but that didn't fix it. So, I went and tried copying entire folders over. This is the embarrassing part... I hit a 'delete' button on the "system/apps" folder, got about 30 force close windows, and am now stuck in a bootloop.
Doing the "power + both volume buttons" still gives me the recovery menu, but I don't have anything to recover to, as I was stupid and didn't think to make a backup.
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I'm curious about this too - I deleted a bunch of vzw garbage. I did make a copy of of everything with titanium backup first but when I tried re-installing one of them it just hung while another re-installed fine.

I had a similar issue with one app - I had to go into /system/app and change it form RO to RW. Once Read/Write was enabled, Titanium was able to restore the app.

I have been playing it safe and only freezing the apps, not deleting them. I have had no FC or any odd behavior. I figured with an allocated 3 gb to applications, at this time gaining an extra 100MB of storage space is superfluous...especially with no SBF available.

As mentioned above, try going to the VZW store and getting an exchange. I'm certain an .sbf will be released at some point but it could be weeks/months before that happens.
And for future reference/anyone else reading this thread...never delete system apps! Just freeze them. Yes they will still be taking up space, but they won't be using any memory and they won't show up in your launcher so it's basically the same thing...except with freezing it is 100% reversible and will still allow you to receive updates.

Can someone upload these files from D4:
/system/build.prop
/system/default.prop

Freeze Apps
SGMD1 said:
As mentioned above, try going to the VZW store and getting an exchange. I'm certain an .sbf will be released at some point but it could be weeks/months before that happens.
And for future reference/anyone else reading this thread...never delete system apps! Just freeze them. Yes they will still be taking up space, but they won't be using any memory and they won't show up in your launcher so it's basically the same thing...except with freezing it is 100% reversible and will still allow you to receive updates.
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What is the best way to freeze apps? I know you can do this with Titanium Backup. Do you need the pro version in order to do this? Are there other apps out there that also allow you to freeze apps?

kwyrt said:
What is the best way to freeze apps? I know you can do this with Titanium Backup. Do you need the pro version in order to do this? Are there other apps out there that also allow you to freeze apps?
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You do need the Pro version of Titanium Backup to freeze apps I believe. There are free apps that will do it (i.e. Bloatware Killer) but I am not really familiar with them.

Skrilax_CZ said:
Can someone upload these files from D4:
/system/build.prop
/system/default.prop
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http://db.tt/LymDelkf
That zip contains the 2 files you asked for. Anything else you need just ask and I can pull it for you. I havent done a dd of all the partitons yet but will be doing that as soon as I can.

cellzealot said:
That zip contains the 2 files you asked for. Anything else you need just ask and I can pull it for you. I havent done a dd of all the partitons yet but will be doing that as soon as I can.
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The link that I was referring to in the first post SHOULD have every file from the D4.

I meant if he needed any of the other partitions besides the system.
I wanted to give him exactly what he asked for because he is avery sharp guy who may help us out with this device.

Unfortunately I did the same (though not as bad...I just can't open any of my contacts). I changed the permissions for /system/apps but I still am hanging at restoring in Titanium Backup. Are there any other directories that should have changed permissions to get some of these apps restored?
Also, lesson learned....freeze no uninstall

mattlgroff said:
No files are floating around at this time. You really screwed yourself over on this one. Go back to Verizon and beg. You chose to void your warranty.
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Yeah so what? Why do people feel the need to post condescending comments for no reason? Its because of mistakes and screwups that the community progresses. There will be files floating around by the weekend, I'm sure.

I'm in the same boat... I bricked by droid 4... now waiting for a sbf file... someone said go to vzw and beg... has anyone ever tried that, after bricking your phone? what did you say? and did it work?
I'm just trying to figure out how to get vzw to replace this phone.
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reigndropz said:
Yeah so what? Why do people feel the need to post condescending comments for no reason? Its because of mistakes and screwups that the community progresses. There will be files floating around by the weekend, I'm sure.
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The files will be released by the weekend? YAY... how do you know?
Also what does it take/what has to be done for someone to release these sbf files?

jgardner said:
Unfortunately I did the same (though not as bad...I just can't open any of my contacts). I changed the permissions for /system/apps but I still am hanging at restoring in Titanium Backup. Are there any other directories that should have changed permissions to get some of these apps restored?
Also, lesson learned....freeze no uninstall
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That's the only path I had to change. Do you recall if you happened to have moved an app to a different path (perhaps to the sd-card) then removed it?
Are there multiple apps you are trying to restore? If so, have you tried restoring them one at a time?

im going to wait for the sbf files before any major modifications to my phone, then we can all start the fun
i just froze apps to prevent them from running, im not worried about space since i put in a 32GB SD card

I think it's very wise to wait for the firmware to be released, but it's worth noting that the term SBF is a mistaken reference to the old format for firmware files and that all dual core Motorolas have fastboot support now and RSD Lite has been modified to support this and uses xml.zip files that are sets of signed images rather than the Single Binary File(SBF).
This is a very important distinction to be made as the new format and boot menu provide many more options for controlling the flash process for the end user and it is ultimately much safer and more flexible.

[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
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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
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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
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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.

[Q] S-Voice on cappy?

Has anyone got S-Voice on their ICS Cappys yet? I don't have root explorer so haven't tried it and not sure if there' s a free way to change permissions....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26300180#post26300180

Ozark_8125 said:
Has anyone got S-Voice on their ICS Cappys yet? I don't have root explorer so haven't tried it and not sure if there' s a free way to change permissions....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26300180#post26300180
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I installed it last night. Didn't use root explorer or change permissions. Just downloaded and clicked to install. Have you tried it? Is your phone rooted?
My Captivate is rooted and running ICS.
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More info. This is the way I did it first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662806&highlight=s+voice
I also installed it the way the link you sent describes.
I will tell you that both versions are equally unstable on my phone. It will run but lots of FCs and having to clear cache. I don't think it's quite ready yet.

Works (sort off) for me. A replacement for rootexplorer can be ES file explorer (free). Solid looks better but doesn't work as well (for me at least).

[email protected] said:
I installed it last night. Didn't use root explorer or change permissions. Just downloaded and clicked to install. Have you tried it? Is your phone rooted?......I will tell you that both versions are equally unstable on my phone. It will run but lots of FCs and having to clear cache. I don't think it's quite ready yet.
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Granted - it's designed for the S3 - far cry from the S1..
I'll check out your other method. I didn't have root explorer, so tried installing then making it a system app via TiBu then reboot recovery & fix permissions. Didn't work though. Got a warning 'running low on space' (or system memory) on boot and then FC'd. One time, I got through the setup prompts until the end and then got FC'd.
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BTW - looking at the package name in TiBu said something about vlingo.somethingorother... so it's obviously something like vlingo which I didn't really ever use either. I do like the google voice to text transcription, but not sure how much better my life would be fulfilled by shouting 'Hey Cappy' at my phone all day.

MotoEmail.apk Security Exchange

I am not an expert in modifying code or developing apps, but I followed some steps and edited the MotoEmail.apk file to bypass the security requirements for an email account. I am using it now on a rooted Bionic running the official ICS OTA 6.7.246 with no problems.
Modifying the code is not too difficult, but I could not find a premodified .apk file for the Bionic that was up to date. If this post is worthless because there is already an .apk out there that I could not find then no worries, just thought I would put this file out there since I could not find it.
Again, use at your own risk because I am not an expert by any means. It works for me with no issues.
Using ADB, I pushed the .apk to my sd card, then moved it to my system/app directory, then changed the security permissions after it was in my system/app directory. For instructions on how to do the above, I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872128
The MotoEmail.apk file can be downloaded from: http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/70902260/file.html

jayboyyyy said:
I am not an expert in modifying code or developing apps, but I followed some steps and edited the MotoEmail.apk file to bypass the security requirements for an email account. I am using it now on a rooted Bionic running the official ICS OTA 6.7.246 with no problems.
Modifying the code is not too difficult, but when I could not find a premodified .apk file for the Bionic that was up to date. If this post is worthless because there is already an .apk out there that I could not find then no worries, just thought I would put this file out there since I could not find it.
Again, use at your own risk because I am not an expert by any means. It works for me with no issues.
Using ADB, I pushed the .apk to my sd card, then moved it to my system/app directory, then changed the security permissions after it was in my system/app directory. For instructions on how to do the above, I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872128
The MotoEmail.apk file can be downloaded from: http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/70902260/file.html
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CHEERING!
Just successfully applied this to my Motorola Razr M, running stock 4.0.4.
1) Rooted using this link http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/16/droid-razr-hd-razr-m-and-atrix-hd-all-rooted/
2) Using ES File Explorer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&hl=en) I backed up the old /system/app/MotoEmail.apk, copied in your new one, and set the permissions to RWX RX RX
Thanks so much! :good:
Ben.

Doesn't seem to be working for me. Can't click on email to open.
Copied over and running fine with no forced disk encryption - seemed perfect Brought up exchange email. Can see email fine, but can open it to read beyond preview. Stock ICS 6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en-US.

lundjohnson said:
Doesn't seem to be working for me. Can't click on email to open.
Copied over and running fine with no forced disk encryption - seemed perfect Brought up exchange email. Can see email fine, but can open it to read beyond preview. Stock ICS 6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en-US.
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Only thing I can suggest would be removing your accounts and try going through all the steps again. Someone else might be able to help further than I can because I do not know much, but I have been running this with no problems since i posted the link. If reloading it does not work then it could be some enhanced security coming from the exchange you are using. I am bypassing my school email security. I don't think this should affect anything at all, but its the only thing off the top of my head I can think of. If clearing everything and reloading the apk works please give a reply post.

does this support S/MIME? I downloaded a third party app to get my work email but the stock email app is so much better looking! I haven't rooted my bionic or really played with it since i switched from my X2 (which i messed with a little too much). If your apk does what i need it to do, this would push me to start playing with this phone more.

Radnarok said:
does this support S/MIME? I downloaded a third party app to get my work email but the stock email app is so much better looking! I haven't rooted my bionic or really played with it since i switched from my X2 (which i messed with a little too much). If your apk does what i need it to do, this would push me to start playing with this phone more.
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I am not sure if it covers that because I am not sure what exact security my school uses. You can try it and see if it works and if it doesn't just replace the apk file with the old one. It shouldn't take you that long if you are familiar with the basics of screwing with your phone.

jayboyyyy said:
I am not sure if it covers that because I am not sure what exact security my school uses. You can try it and see if it works and if it doesn't just replace the apk file with the old one. It shouldn't take you that long if you are familiar with the basics of screwing with your phone.
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FYI and for those like me working in the corporate world... your email app works flawlessly decrypting S/MIME! Thank you... I can now delete that ugly email app i had to download and be happy with my phone!

Any chance you could post the steps you followed to modify the APK? I am trying to find a modified version for a Moto Razr Maxx running JellyBean and not having any luck so I thought I could try moding it myself.
Thanks,