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[Q] Write and Go (Samsung default app) for download

Hi, I´m using Darky´s Gingerbread ROM and there isn´t any "Write and Go" application.
I want this application back because it´s really easy to post something to the facebook wall. Could you please someone copy this application from the system and put it here for download for me?
EDIT: Please I need it :/ the installer apk from /system/app would be just fine

Alien7 said:
Hi, I´m using Darky´s Gingerbread ROM and there isn´t any "Write and Go" application.
I want this application back because it´s really easy to post something to the facebook wall. Could you please someone copy this application from the system and put it here for download for me?
EDIT: Please I need it :/ the installer apk from /system/app would be just fine
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Here you go: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6524760/WriteandGo.apk
I have got it from XWJS5 in Romkitchen.

Thanks, but it seems it isn´t working for me. I get "Application not installed." error message :/

I think you have to copy it directly in /system/app/ with rootexplorer (after mounting system R/W)

Sine. said:
I think you have to copy it directly in /system/app/ with rootexplorer (after mounting system R/W)
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I tried it, it doesn´t copy anything.

Try to download it from Romkitchen as an update.zip then flash it with CWM!

quick question Gerusz,
when i goto romkitchen, click on galaxy s, then on generate, then on the apps tab, then select only flash and go, it tells me that if i dont select a launcher my phone wil be unusable. How to i create an update.zip that ISN"T trying to replace my entire ROM?
thanks in advance!

Hey I have the same problem, using darky rom and i couldnt find this app anymore. Any solution yet? been searching for quite some time

I know this is an old thread, but just thought that you guys on darky ROM should know that all of these apps are available and installed on your phone on your SD card. They will be in a folder for darkyROM and they will be saved in system/apps within that folder. You use and always should use the darkyROM tool available from the market and it will add or remove any system app you want and it backs them up (so if you remove something you shouldn't you can re-install again) and also it does the same for user apps too. It has now been suceeded by the darkyOTA application though which provides Over The Air updates for ROM related stuff. All support and info is located on the darkyROM forums to check out

how to replace system/app apk?

Hi guys,
I have a verizon cdma 7" gtab.
I downloaded and extracted the latest system apk from the P1000XWJMK rom.
I tried to update some of the applications just by copying the new ones using root explorer.
To experiment I tried with:
- AlarmClock.apk: after replacing the apk the application disappears and does not work
Then I tried to put files of the Touchwiz Calculator (that is not present in the CDMA version) but nothing.
I also tried to install that but I get an error.
Can anybody help?
Shouldn't that apk be interchangable?
Thanks,
Lorenzo

i think , i said i think , they may work if you settle the permission as
read ( check the 3check box )
write ( check the 1st one only )
and un-check all the others
try it now and reboot if its going to work it will work like this , if it doesn't work , means it wont fit probably they will work

k0sh said:
i think , i said i think , they may work if you settle the permission as
read ( check the 3check box )
write ( check the 1st one only )
and un-check all the others
try it now and reboot if its going to work it will work like this , if it doesn't work , means it wont fit probably they will work
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Thanks for the answer but I already tried by changing permissions and rebooting.
Nothing

You should try using 7zip and open archive, modify the contents and push back via Root Explorer... you ever tried that approach?

Trying to upgrade X8, gingerbread Xrecovery etc

hi,
I'm trying to install gingerbread or the best version on my firmware 2.1 Xperia X8 but I am stuck :
I cant get Xrecovery installed on my X8 as I cannot locate the the folder SDCARD. When I connect my Xperia X8 to my computer a load of folders appear but they are not SDCARD or root etc How do I copy files over to this directory if I cannot locate the correct folders ?
I got a free version of Root folder on my X8 and can see the right folders on my phone there but have been unable to get to them on the PC and thus copy the necessary files over. Any ideas ? Its quite frustrating !
I think I have 2 steps left, copy Xrecovery over and then copy the latest Android over and I should have a better phone.

You should just use FlashTool to root your phone..
I prefer FlashTool because with it you can root, unlock bootloader and flash kernels all-in-one..

CtrlAltDelIrl said:
You should just use FlashTool to root your phone..
I prefer FlashTool because with it you can root, unlock bootloader and flash kernels all-in-one..
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well i got the phone rooted. It says so when I run it again and the Super User is installed. So too is busybox. I don't know what Flashtool can do that isnt already done.
However I cannot get to SDCARD folder from my PC ! Some examples on the web just show files being dragged and dropped but I don't have the folders listed.

CtrlAltDelIrl is not really reading your post.
First, you don't have to locate the folder SDCARD. What you see in your computer is the SD card. Later when browsing from your phone and you see the folder SDCARD, what you're actually seeing is a link from within the internal memory of your phone to your card.
Second, just use x8toolbox to install X Recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117100. While you're at it, install also CWM Recovery since all of the recent ROMs need it to be properly installed.

Fortun said:
CtrlAltDelIrl is not really reading your post.
First, you don't have to locate the folder SDCARD. What you see in your computer is the SD card. Later when browsing from your phone and you see the folder SDCARD, what you're actually seeing is a link from within the internal memory of your phone to your card.
Second, just use x8toolbox to install X Recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117100. While you're at it, install also CWM Recovery since all of the recent ROMs need it to be properly installed.
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Great, Yes I am stuck at finding the correct folder on my phone. If I can't get access to it via PC I cannot copy files over.
I don't know what X Recovery is or much about x8toolbox . I downloaded a lot of files and they don't do a whole lot. I was looking for a straightforward solution
I

There is no sdcard folder.....the first page with lots of folders that appear when u open u r memomry card on pc is sdcard or root....
Xrecovery is a custom recovery used to flash roms......
Sent from my E15a using xda premium

binhari said:
There is no sdcard folder.....the first page with lots of folders that appear when u open u r memomry card on pc is sdcard or root....
Xrecovery is a custom recovery used to flash roms......
Sent from my E15a using xda premium
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Thanks very much for the response. Yes it helps. I just see a list of Xperia X8 folders on my PC which don't do what I need.
I can't figure out what I need to do in order to get to the SDCARD or ROOT folder ? The only thing that is similar is hidden system folders in Windows but its so easy just to view hidden folders. I am thinking I have to do something similar to get at my Xperia X8 SDCARD and ROOT folders.
Xrecovery sounds like its the right application to get installed for me. If I got it installed I could put on a new Android operating system. However I first need to get at the correct folders in order to copy XRecovery over.
Any one have any ideas ?

Copy the three xrecovery files.....to u r memory card.....access to memory card using root explorer and copy the xrecovery files and paste it in
phone memory/system/bin
Sent from my E15a using xda premium

dude it worked !! Thanks so much, I was looking at that till midnight last night
I got XRecovery up on my Xperia X8 and doing the next steps now.
Thanks again !

i got ginger dx copied over to the sdcard and launched it. It looks like it froze mid way through the boot up with nothing happening from a graphical point of view (it started with lots of stars moving around).
I tried doing a restore but it says nothing was found. What should I do it with ?
trying to mount the sdcard from the phone results in "Unable ot open ums lunfile"
Is there some way I can restore the phone and try coping over the GingerDX v28b again without losing all data

i had to delete all my data but got GingerDX to work. It feels a lot better than the 2.1 Android on the phone

if you think gingerbread is nice, try ics it's......wow

Before unlocking u r bootloader please read the tutorials carefully or else it can brick u r phone.....
Sent from my E15a using xda premium

binhari said:
Before unlocking u r bootloader please read the tutorials carefully or else it can brick u r phone.....
Sent from my E15a using xda premium
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that's what i've provided
for unlocking bootloader i would recommend flashtool, cause you can't do pretty much wrong and it's easy
(but don't forget to be below 11w29 )

I would like to try ICS but I don't know where I can get it. Some steps outlining where to put etc would be a help. I like gingerbread, its easier to type and the phone seems to work quicker. Although there are a few things :
Using the phone now I can't get into my Wallpapers saved on my SDCARD. It has to exit from pictures and puts up an message that an error occurred and try resetting the SDCARD. How can I do this and does it wipe anything ?
My contacts from my phone chip don't seem to be appearing either, maybe it wiped them or maybe there is some error. Any ideas ?
When using the camera I get the following error :
xperia x8 gingerbread the application camera (process com.android.camera) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again

aindriu80 said:
I would like to try ICS but I don't know where I can get it. Some steps outlining where to put etc would be a help. I like gingerbread, its easier to type and the phone seems to work quicker. Although there are a few things :
Using the phone now I can't get into my Wallpapers saved on my SDCARD. It has to exit from pictures and puts up an message that an error occurred and try resetting the SDCARD. How can I do this and does it wipe anything ?
My contacts from my phone chip don't seem to be appearing either, maybe it wiped them or maybe there is some error. Any ideas ?
When using the camera I get the following error :
xperia x8 gingerbread the application camera (process com.android.camera) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again
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bout 'resetting the sdcard' i think that the phone wants you to format the sdcard, but i've got no idea why... never had that problem...
your contacts were stored in your data-partition, so your full-wipe deleted them, your only chance is that you sync'ed them with the google-servers
and about your camera, i've got no idea never had any problems with it
which version of gingerdx did you flash? (i've had gingerdx a pretty long time too )
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sorry, just saw that you said v28b
give v25 a try, i like it much more than v28b
i also think that it has a slightly better performance

I am only using Ginger bx a day or so.
I do have contacts left but I can do anything about what it deleted. I use google+ but I don't think it backed anything up.
The thing is that the camera doesn't work either does the picture viewer. To get the background picture changed I had to use Astro. GalleryDx would stay open

as i said, give v25 a try, for me it worked better than v28b
gallerydx is a bit buggy (scrolling aso), you could try a gallery from market or from another rom (or earlier release)

is that an older version ? have you an url where i can download it and follow some steps
I downloaded other apps and they view my pictures ok (my pictures were saved but my numbers werent?) but the GalleryDx app that came with Ginger bx just doesn't work

yes, it's an older version (just better )
and your pics are still there 'cause they were stored on your scdard
http://code.google.com/p/gingerdx/downloads/list thats the link to all gingerdx versions, just download v25
BUT you don't need to do a full-wipe, just install the zip via cwm and your done :good:
if you want to you can wipe cache but its not needed

[Q] [Solved] Custom 4.3 (201) mac address problem

Sorry to post here, i'm newbie on this forum so can't submit on XZ dev forum... (hope is the right place).
Installed eXistenZ ultra 3.0.0 after full wipe then 3.1.5 on OTA.
Very Great ROM but I have a wifi issue (that seems common to all ROM based on indian 201 pre-rooted i tried) :
my MAC address changed from B4:XX:XX:XX:XX:CA (own original one) to 18:00:2D:38:EE:C9 (forced by ROM ?)
This forced MAC is the same on each IN201 based ROM i tried and seems to be the same for many XSP using these ROMs.
Is there a way to fix that (that could be a major security issue in some places) ? Tried to delete/recreate some symlinks to mac_addrX but no effects and i'm not enought skilled to go much further...
Tried to search on the forum but was not lucky...
Any help or advice is welcome... thx in advance
Rems38
edit : Solved ! see solution 2 posts below...

rems38 said:
Sorry to post here, i'm newbie on this forum so can't submit on XZ dev forum... (hope is the right place).
Installed eXistenZ ultra 3.0.0 after full wipe then 3.1.5 on OTA.
Very Great ROM but I have a wifi issue (that seems common to all ROM based on indian 201 pre-rooted i tried) :
my MAC address changed from B4:XX:XX:XX:XX:CA (own original one) to 18:00:2D:38:EE:C9 (forced by ROM ?)
This forced MAC is the same on each IN201 based ROM i tried and seems to be the same for many XSP using these ROMs.
Is there a way to fix that (that could be a major security issue in some places) ? Tried to delete/recreate some symlinks to mac_addrX but no effects and i'm not enought skilled to go much further...
Tried to search on the forum but was not lucky...
Any help or advice is welcome... thx in advance
Rems38
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Hi Rems38,
Did you find a solution to this problem?
I am having the exact same problem with an Android v4.3 ROM (a pre-rooted ROM but as far as i know not the eXistenZ ultra 3.0.0) i used to upgrade my Xperia SP from android v4.12 to Android v4.3.
The mac address you mentioned in your post is the exact same mac address that i have now i.e.
18:00:2D:38:EE:C9
However if i use the service menu on the xperia sp -
i.e. open the phone app and dial
*#*#7378423#*#*
then go to > Service Info >WLAN MAC address what i see there is not the above MAC address (18:00:2D:38:EE:C9), which it appears now from your post is something to do with the ROM, and is also not what is in /data/etc/wlan_macaddr0 and the two should really be the same.
However what i see by going to > Service Info >WLAN MAC address is my actual hardware mac address (i know this because the first thing i did when i got my xperia sp 6 months ago was to record everything about it before making any changes to it) which is not the same as 18:00:2D:38:EE:C9.
I have tried using other methods to change this mac address or get the phone to acknowledge the actual hardware mac address to no avail.
Any comment or help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers mate.

b00b said:
Hi Rems38,
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Did you find a solution to this problem?
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Hi !
Yes after lot of tries I found something that worked for me (on my own pre-rooted Orange FR 4.3 201 but should work for all 201)
to correct this I did :
1/ have root
2/ mount rw /system (I did that with ES Explorer 3 + check root explorer + check rw for all)
3/ copy /data/etc/wlan_macaddr* to /system/etc/firmware/wlan/.
4/ go to /system/etc/firmware/wlan/
5/ if exists delete or rename macaddr*
6/ rename wlan_macaddr* to macaddr*
7/ reboot and check in service info menu : for me the 2 columns are now back to the same !
I guess on SEUS standard installation of 4.3 an install script do the correct symlink but on our 'custom' ROMs that use a 'generic' META_INF file, the updater-script does not...
I know that direct copy of these 4 files is not a really clean method but I firstly tried to do the job with a symlink(ln-s) + permission change (chmod) but that failed...(I had found somewhere on xda that somebody did that for another xperia ).
Hope this should help you...
Cheers.
Rems38

rems38 said:
Hi !
Yes after lot of tries I found something that worked for me (on my own pre-rooted Orange FR 4.3 201 but should work for all 201)
to correct this I did :
1/ have root
2/ mount rw /system (I did that with ES Explorer 3 + check root explorer + check rw for all)
3/ copy /data/etc/wlan_macaddr* to /system/etc/firmware/wlan/.
4/ go to /system/etc/firmware/wlan/
5/ if exists delete or rename macaddr*
6/ rename wlan_macaddr* to macaddr*
7/ reboot and check in service info menu : for me the 2 columns are now back to the same !
I guess on SEUS standard installation of 4.3 an install script do the correct symlink but on our 'custom' ROMs that use a 'generic' META_INF file, the updater-script does not...
I know that direct copy of these 4 files is not a really clean method but I firstly tried to do the job with a symlink(ln-s) + permission change (chmod) but that failed...(I had found somewhere on xda that somebody did that for another xperia ).
Hope this should help you...
Cheers.
Rems38
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Spot on! ...it worked perfectly
Thank you very much for your quick response and for logging on to give me this very clear and precise solution...appreciated!
:victory:

rems38 said:
Hi !
Yes after lot of tries I found something that worked for me (on my own pre-rooted Orange FR 4.3 201 but should work for all 201)
to correct this I did :
1/ have root
2/ mount rw /system (I did that with ES Explorer 3 + check root explorer + check rw for all)
3/ copy /data/etc/wlan_macaddr* to /system/etc/firmware/wlan/.
4/ go to /system/etc/firmware/wlan/
5/ if exists delete or rename macaddr*
6/ rename wlan_macaddr* to macaddr*
7/ reboot and check in service info menu : for me the 2 columns are now back to the same !
I guess on SEUS standard installation of 4.3 an install script do the correct symlink but on our 'custom' ROMs that use a 'generic' META_INF file, the updater-script does not...
I know that direct copy of these 4 files is not a really clean method but I firstly tried to do the job with a symlink(ln-s) + permission change (chmod) but that failed...(I had found somewhere on xda that somebody did that for another xperia ).
Hope this should help you...
Cheers.
Rems38
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Dude, you ROCK!
Saw your post and checked in my phone. Got the same MAC adress, although I don't know what the problem of a different MAC adress is, so if you could please elaborate? :$
Did your steps and got 00:XXXXXX MAC adress back, as stated in service menu
@niaboc79 you might wanna take a look at this

Nanostray said:
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Got the same MAC adress, although I don't know what the problem of a different MAC adress is, so if you could please elaborate? :$
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Hi,
With the MAC change, you may have 2 problems :
- if you connect on a network that use mac filtering : with stock ROM you have your own MAC address so you can connect. when you try custom ROM, you will get the new 18:.....:C9 address so you will have to disable or update filtering, if you can (I could at home, but obvioulsy not at work...).
- If you want to connect 2 xperia SP with custom ROM on the same network your wifi router may really not like to see 2 times the same MAC... (I had this case at work and the router became crazy - my IT manager had to reboot it....
Nanostray said:
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Did your steps and got 00:XXXXXX MAC adress back, as stated in service menu
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Great to know I could be usefull.. THX :good:
Maybe somebody better skilled could help to tune the steps in a cleaner way ?
( Hard linking is a dirty manner of coding but I didn't success a better way ).
Rems38

rems38 said:
Hi,
With the MAC change, you may have 2 problems :
- if you connect on a network that use mac filtering : with stock ROM you have your own MAC address so you can connect. when you try custom ROM, you will get the new 18:.....:C9 address so you will have to disable or update filtering, if you can (I could at home, but obvioulsy not at work...).
- If you want to connect 2 xperia SP with custom ROM on the same network your wifi router may really not like to see 2 times the same MAC... (I had this case at work and the router became crazy - my IT manager had to reboot it....
Great to know I could be usefull.. THX :good:
Maybe somebody better skilled could help to tune the steps in a cleaner way ?
( Hard linking is a dirty manner of coding but I didn't success a better way ).
Rems38
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Well I even had a weirder thing. In the wlan folder of system section there were no files for macadress, just another folder
Verstuurd vanaf mijn C5303 met Tapatalk

Nanostray said:
Well I even had a weirder thing. In the wlan folder of system section there were no files for macadress, just another folder
Verstuurd vanaf mijn C5303 met Tapatalk
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Yes, for me almost the same (but that may vary on different ROMs) :
- one folder (named 'prima' -> this one contains some config files for the wifi driver - better to not modify I guess)
- only one file named macaddr0 ( in fact not a file but something like a broken symlink to /data/etc/wlan_macaddr0).
The procedure only delete this symlink and recreate a text file that contains the right MAC address...
I don't know if it is useful to copy the 4 macaddr files or if only 0 is enough...
Cheers from france
Rems38

rems38 said:
Yes, for me almost the same (but that may vary on different ROMs) :
- one folder (named 'prima' -> this one contains some config files for the wifi driver - better to not modify I guess)
- only one file named macaddr0 ( in fact not a file but something like a broken symlink to /data/etc/wlan_macaddr0).
The procedure only delete this symlink and recreate a text file that contains the right MAC address...
I don't know if it is useful to copy the 4 macaddr files or if only 0 is enough...
Cheers from france
Rems38
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In my case I copied the 4 mac addresess as that's the way it was originally when i freshly got the xperia sp with the stock 4.12 rom it came with and it all ok, so i guess it okay doing that too

[Q] [help] google play deleted !!!

Accedentally deleted my google play from my xperia z 4.4.4
cn any 1 hlp me hw to download and install to correct location..
actually confused what to rename "phonsky.apk" or "vending.apk"
n whether to copy in "/system/app" or "/system/priv-app"
plz any 1 guide me with proper steps.
( i tried to do my self bt the app is forced closed n even shows the error chech your internet connection and try again....
no problem in host file)
TIA...
sorry if posted in wrong section.

hitz101 said:
Accedentally deleted my google play from my xperia z 4.4.4
cn any 1 hlp me hw to download and install to correct location..
actually confused what to rename "phonsky.apk" or "vending.apk"
n whether to copy in "/system/app" or "/system/priv-app"
plz any 1 guide me with proper steps.
( i tried to do my self bt the app is forced closed n even shows the error chech your internet connection and try again....
no problem in host file)
TIA...
sorry if posted in wrong section.
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Download latest phonesky.apk and install it as normal app. Or did you delete google play services?

Thread closed
You posted a duplicate thread here before you opened this one.
The original was posted in the wrong section so I moved it for you as well..