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Google Maps 3.2.0 and New Youtube App

OK, for those on any cupcake or donut build, I've included instruction to get the new Maps 3.2.0 and the new YouTube app from Eclair (Android 2.0).
1. Download the zip file. View attachment 2.0_Apps.zip
2. Extract and place Maps.apk and YouTube.apk on the root of your SDCard
I'm using CyanogenMod 4.2.2 with CM-Recovery 1.4
In CM 4.2.2 the apps are found in /system/app ***while the phone is on and operation, if it's off or in recovery the symlink won't be active so please make sure your phone is completely booted. Don't do this from Recovery Console***
If you're using a different rom... go through your phone and locate Maps.apk and YouTube.apk update the links below accordingly
Windows users (with ADB working)
1. Open a CMD (command promt window)
Type:
- adb remount
- adb shell
- rm /system/app/Maps.apk
- rm /system/app/YouTube.apk
- cd /sdcard
- cp Maps.apk /system/app
- cp YouTube.apk /system/app
Phone Users:
1. Open a Terminal Window:
2. Type the following:
- su
- mount /system -o remount,rw
- rm /system/app/Maps.apk
- rm /system/app/YouTube.apk
- cd /sdcard
- cp Maps.apk /system/app
- cp YouTube.apk /system/app
You don't need to reboot... Apps will show up immediately in your menu. (You'll need to put them back on your Home Screen if you had them there though)
You're done... enjoy!

Is this the new maps with turn by turn?

You might want to change from
rm /system/app/Maps.apk
rm /system/app/Youtube.apk
to
mv /system/app/Maps.apk /sdcard/Maps.apk.old
mv /system/app/Youtube.apk /sdcard/Youtube.apk.old
the youtube app isn't all that stable and it never hurts to keep a backup, also I believe you need to remove any .obex files for maps and youtube to avoid problems although I didn't see any under CM 4.2.2
edit: I also believe these don't work on 1.5 might be worth pointing out in the OP

persiansown said:
Is this the new maps with turn by turn?
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No just the one from the sholes dump, its faster to load and has layers for wikipedia, latitude and things like that
edit: more info here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=574329

will this in a Hero rom? thanks!

Moved to apps location

might have to give this a shot

Totally doesn't work for me:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\DamianV>adb remount
remount succeeded
C:\Users\>adb shell
# rm /system/app/maps.apk
rm /system/app/maps.apk
rm failed for /system/app/maps.apk, No such file or directory
# rm /system/app_s/Maps.apk
rm /system/app_s/Maps.apk
rm failed for /system/app_s/Maps.apk, No such file or directory
# cp Maps.apk /system/app
cp Maps.apk /system/app
cp: cannot stat 'Maps.apk': No such file or directory
# cp Maps.apk /system/app
cp Maps.apk /system/app
cp: cannot stat 'Maps.apk': No such file or directory
#

I tried a few different variations.

remember to remount first and make sure you have the correct directories.
some roms uses system/app, some roms uses data/app_s

NguyenHuu said:
remember to remount first
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Yeah I did do that...odd

do u have the origional file.. i made a booboo and didnt back up. forgot to backup origional file.

can u use a file explorer and browse and double check which directories the files are actually in? i see you tried both system/app and app_s. and i see you have lowercase for maps.apk. it could be uppercase, case sensitive.
for example your first cmd #rm /system/app/maps.apk, it should be Maps.apk
also for the copying part you need to do adb push, dont do it from shell. if you do from shell it would have to be from sdcard to that directory. i noticed in your log you didnt change directory to sdcard.

IronCross1788 said:
do u have the origional file.. i made a booboo and didnt back up. forgot to backup origional file.
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Hahah yeah I made the same mistake--was getting 'Cross-Linked' errors so I said ehh fudge it and just wiped the original out. After that I was able to get the new Maps.apk loaded up though and DAMN, definitely an improvement

I thought these apps wouldnt work on anything below android 1.6?

If you're having trouble finding the app and want to check the directory you're in you can use ls (that's LS) to list the contents of the current directory. ROMs store things in different places so if you haven't already try....
adb remount
adb shell
cd /data/
ls
At that point see if you have app, app_s, app-private etc then if you do you can ....
cd app or app_s etc
Then do..
ls Maps.apk (this is case-sensitive)
If you get nothing do
cd ..
That'll take you back one directory, so if you're in /data/app it'll put you in /data
With those few commands you can probably find it. I don't use Linux enough to know what if there's a 'find' command available in console. The other option that might be quicker would be to find the .zip of the ROM you're using, create a new folder for it, move the .zip file to the new folder and then extract it there. That way you can browse through directories more easily or use Windows / OS X / Linux search functions to find Maps.apk
Phew...

Dyonas said:
If you're having trouble finding the app and want to check the directory you're in you can use ls (that's LS) to list the contents of the current directory. ROMs store things in different places so if you haven't already try....
adb remount
adb shell
cd /data/
ls
At that point see if you have app, app_s, app-private etc then if you do you can ....
cd app or app_s etc
Then do..
ls Maps.apk (this is case-sensitive)
If you get nothing do
cd ..
That'll take you back one directory, so if you're in /data/app it'll put you in /data
With those few commands you can probably find it. I don't use Linux enough to know what if there's a 'find' command available in console. The other option that might be quicker would be to find the .zip of the ROM you're using, create a new folder for it, move the .zip file to the new folder and then extract it there. That way you can browse through directories more easily or use Windows / OS X / Linux search functions to find Maps.apk
Phew...
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Sound advise, one last thing for anyone who didn't know the remount command is
mount -o rw,remount /system (assuming your apps are in /system/app)
so full instructions for a CyanogenMod install from the sd card would be as follows
- su
- mount -o rw,remount /system
- cd /sdcard
- mv /system/app/Maps.apk /sdcard/Maps.apk.old
- mv /system/app/YouTube.apk /sdcard/Youtube.apk.old
- cp Maps.apk /system/app
- cp YouTube.apk /system/app
To revert back to old apps if you decide you don't like the new ones
- su
- mount -o rw,remount /system
- cd /sdcard
- cp Maps.apk.old /system/app/Maps.apk
- cp Youtube.apk.old /system/app/Youtube.apk

Breakthecycle2 said:
Totally doesn't work for me:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\DamianV>adb remount
remount succeeded
C:\Users\>adb shell
# rm /system/app/maps.apk
rm /system/app/maps.apk
rm failed for /system/app/maps.apk, No such file or directory
# rm /system/app_s/Maps.apk
rm /system/app_s/Maps.apk
rm failed for /system/app_s/Maps.apk, No such file or directory
# cp Maps.apk /system/app
cp Maps.apk /system/app
cp: cannot stat 'Maps.apk': No such file or directory
# cp Maps.apk /system/app
cp Maps.apk /system/app
cp: cannot stat 'Maps.apk': No such file or directory
#
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If you have a2sd, try mapping to /system/sd/app or /system/sd/app_s
Make sure you remount before doing so.

hey guys!
for those who are having problems...
I just put the apk files in my sdcard and then upgraded it using ASTRO.. it worked fine!

yeah well every1 is doing this mad confusing lmfao i just installed with appsinstaller and it worked like a charm lol why is everything always confusing

Root Frg83(2.2.1) Help please...

Stupid me go back to the stock rom and upgraded to 2.2.1 and lost the root. Ive been trying all day today by following the instruction from this tutorial(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736271) but im stuck at the rootshell command. its says permission denied. Can some one please help me..please.. is there any way to root this FRG83, please??

This method does not work anymore.. you have to go a different method..
you can try this method
Code:
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/
adb shell
$chmod 700 /data/tmp rageagainstthecage
exit
go to sdk/tools
/tools>freenexus.bat
adb shell
$cd data/local/tmp
ls
check if all files are in
rage
su
Superuser.apk
busybox
$./rageagainstthecage
743C[*] checking NPROC limit ...
[+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3084, 3084}[*] Searching for adb ...
[+] Found adb as PID 64[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset![*][*] If you like what we are doing you can send us PayPal money to[*] 7-4-3-C[at]web.de so we can compensate time, effort and HW costs.[*] If you are a company and feel like you profit from our work,[*] we also accept donations > 1000 USD![*][*] adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login.
DONT TYPE ANYTHING TILL YOU HERE THE ADB ON PHONE RESTARTS.
C:/adb kill-server
C:/adb start-server
adb shell
#
should get pound sign if not run ragecage again and dont do anything to you here the last ding on computer
#cd /data/local/tmp
#./busybox cp busybox /system/bin/
(if get read-only error do this
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system)
#chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
#./busybox cp Superuser.apk /system/app
#./busybox cp su /system/bin/
#chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
#exit
if $ type exit again
then go into terminal on phone, and type su
if you get the # you have root once again! yay!
now to install busybox command
adb shell
$su
#cd /sdcard
#sh ./installbusybox.sh
thats it
i dont have files i will upload in a bit before i have to go
ok for busybox installing on phone..
put installer.sh
and busybox on root of sdcard
then follow rest of instructions..pretty simple
put su,busybox,and all the freenexus stuff in sdktools
http://www.mediafire.com/file/nm7k71ofdgltk5g/root.rar

ilostchild said:
This method does not work anymore.. you have to go a different method..
you can try this method
Code:
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/
adb shell
$chmod 700 /data/tmp rageagainstthecage
exit
go to sdk/tools
/tools>freenexus.bat
adb shell
$cd data/local/tmp
ls
check if all files are in
rage
su
Superuser.apk
busybox
$./rageagainstthecage
743C[*] checking NPROC limit ...
[+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3084, 3084}[*] Searching for adb ...
[+] Found adb as PID 64[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset![*][*] If you like what we are doing you can send us PayPal money to[*] 7-4-3-C[at]web.de so we can compensate time, effort and HW costs.[*] If you are a company and feel like you profit from our work,[*] we also accept donations > 1000 USD![*][*] adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login.
DONT TYPE ANYTHING TILL YOU HERE THE ADB ON PHONE RESTARTS.
C:/adb kill-server
C:/adb start-server
adb shell
#
should get pound sign if not run ragecage again and dont do anything to you here the last ding on computer
#cd /data/local/tmp
#./busybox cp busybox /system/bin/
(if get read-only error do this
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system)
#chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
#./busybox cp Superuser.apk /system/app
#./busybox cp su /system/bin/
#chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
#exit
if $ type exit again
then go into terminal on phone, and type su
if you get the # you have root once again! yay!
now to install busybox command
adb shell
$su
#cd /sdcard
#sh ./installbusybox.sh
thats it
i dont have files i will upload in a bit before i have to go
ok for busybox installing on phone..
put installer.sh
and busybox on root of sdcard
then follow rest of instructions..pretty simple
put su,busybox,and all the freenexus stuff in sdktools
http://www.mediafire.com/file/nm7k71ofdgltk5g/root.rar
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man thanks alot for your help, but im really a noob.
wud u mind telling me step by step, i know it sounds pretty stupid but pls just guide in the right direction. Much appreciated.

Ouch. I hope you can laugh about this one day. I'm sure you'll have root again.
Have you ever heard the term "curiosity kills the cat".
You knew enough to get root, revert to stock so that you could apply 2.2.1, to discover the hard way that the .1 was mainly, if nothing more than a security patch locking out root. And now need coles notes for above. Sorry, that'll be funny after you have root again.
In the meantime, I hope you find solace in paving the road for future noobs starting new from 2.2.1.
Anyway, the majority of the guide above are sequences while in ADB. You had to use some adb to get
root the first time. Google and do a little research on the subject. You need to polish up as I think the warnings above about "don't do anything until", are warnings to avoid bricking. If this procedure is that risky then your ounce of comprehension is worth a ton of hand holding.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

read this thread first

my instructions are the same just more detailed..
and yes gotto do this thru adb
so you get the ragecage arm5
and go to android sdk/tools> and from there do adb push.. and im sure you can do the rest

ilostchild said:
my instructions are the same just more detailed..
and yes gotto do this thru adb
so you get the ragecage arm5
and go to android sdk/tools> and from there do adb push.. and im sure you can do the rest
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ijust wanted to know which files to download and where to extract themm.. just lik ehow it was mentioned in the freenexus thread, it was defined so clear which fuiles to download and where,,.
Can anyone please help. thanks.

Loveact's post links you to a thread with multiple victims of the patch, links and details to get back root.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Detailed step-by-step instructions

nexusdue said:
Detailed step-by-step instructions
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ok so i tried last nite several time but im stuck at the part after
$./rageagainstthecage
its says not found
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
what am i suppose to do now, I am stuck. All my files are in the tools folder
I need your help, please help me out.

If you are running windows, did you run freenexus.bat? I think that step was not mentioned unless u looked at the readme file in the freenexus.zip files.

kpjimmy said:
If you are running windows, did you run freenexus.bat? I think that step was not mentioned unless u looked at the readme file in the freenexus.zip files.
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Do I have to double click it and run iton windows before i start the process??
is that what you mean??

junooni.1980 said:
ok so i tried last nite several time but im stuck at the part after
$./rageagainstthecage
its says not found
what am i suppose to do now, I am stuck. All my files are in the tools folder
I need your help, please help me out.
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Congrats for not following the instructions.

nexusdue said:
Congrats for not following the instructions.
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i did man.. can some one help me then dunno what am i m issing.. here pls.

Looks like you don't have the rageagainstthecage binary on your phone.
Doing 'adb shell ls -l /data/local/tmp' on your computer should get you something like this:
Code:
-rwxrwxrwx shell shell 5392 2010-08-25 01:42 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
-rwxr-xr-x shell shell 1926944 2010-03-22 20:29 busybox
-rwxrwxrwx shell shell 26248 2010-07-22 10:20 su
-rwxrwxrwx shell shell 27688 2010-07-22 10:19 Superuser.apk
There might be some other files in there; it's these that matter. If you don't see them then do all the 'adb push' and 'adb shell chmod' stuff in the previously linked instructions.

Egypt Urnash said:
Looks like you don't have the rageagainstthecage binary on your phone.
Doing 'adb shell ls -l /data/local/tmp' on your computer should get you something like this:
Code:
-rwxrwxrwx shell shell 5392 2010-08-25 01:42 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
-rwxr-xr-x shell shell 1926944 2010-03-22 20:29 busybox
-rwxrwxrwx shell shell 26248 2010-07-22 10:20 su
-rwxrwxrwx shell shell 27688 2010-07-22 10:19 Superuser.apk
There might be some other files in there; it's these that matter. If you don't see them then do all the 'adb push' and 'adb shell chmod' stuff in the previously linked instructions.
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what is Doing 'adb shell ls ((-l /data/local/tmp' ))on your computer should get you something like this: i meant what is -I??

If you can't follow these instrucstions, you should NOT be rooting anyhow, since you obviously have NO IDEA what you are doing.
1) Get rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
http://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/RageAgainstTheCage.tgz
2) Get Superuser.apk, busybox,su
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1327667/freenexus.zip
3) Get the Android SDK (ADB)
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
4a) Unzip android SDK (e.g. so that the tools folder is F:\ADB\)
4b) connect Nexus One with with "applications=>development=>USB debug enabled" (and install USB driver if necessary)
5) Unzip/unrar files within RageAgainstTheCage.tgz to F:\ADB\
6) Unzip/unrar files within freenexus.zip to F:\ADB\
7) Open command prompt go to F:\ADB
[7b) Verify that your nexus one is connected and responding - type "adb devices" it should list your N1
8) Now within the command prompt do the following (commands in bold - the rest gives you an indication of the results)
(Note: if you get $ instead of #, just go back and repeat the instructions from where it says $ ./rageagainstthecage. Worked like a charm on the second try for me.)
F:\ADB>adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
263 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.020s)
F:\ADB>adb push Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
263 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.020s)
F:\ADB>adb push su /data/local/tmp/su
263 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.020s)
F:\ADB>adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
263 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.020s)
F:\ADB>adb shell chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
F:\ADB>adb shell
$
$ cd /data/local/tmp
cd /data/local/tmp
$ ./rageagainstthecage
./rageagainstthecage[*] CVE-2010-EASY Android local root exploit (C) 2010 by 743C[*] checking NPROC limit ...
[+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3084, 3084}[*] Searching for adb ...
[+] Found adb as PID 64[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset![*][*] If you like what we are doing you can send us PayPal money to[*] 7-4-3-C[at]web.de so we can compensate time, effort and HW costs.[*] If you are a company and feel like you profit from our work,[*] we also accept donations > 1000 USD![*][*] adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login.
$
F:\ADB>adb kill-server
F:\ADB>adb start-server
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
F:\ADB>adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
F:\ADB>adb shell
#mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cd /data/local/tmp
cd /data/local/tmp
# ./busybox cp busybox /system/bin
./busybox cp busybox /system/bin
# chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
# busybox cp Superuser.apk /system/app
busybox cp Superuser.apk /system/app
# busybox cp su /system/bin
busybox cp su /system/bin
# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
# exit
F:\ADB>adb shell
# su
su
#mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# exit
F:\ADB>exit
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nexusdue said:
If you can't follow these instrucstions, you should NOT be rooting anyhow, since you obviously have NO IDEA what you are doing.
1) Get rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
http://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/RageAgainstTheCage.tgz
2) Get Superuser.apk, busybox,su
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1327667/freenexus.zip
3) Get the Android SDK (ADB)
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
4a) Unzip android SDK (e.g. so that the tools folder is F:\ADB\)
4b) connect Nexus One with with "applications=>development=>USB debug enabled" (and install USB driver if necessary)
5) Unzip/unrar files within RageAgainstTheCage.tgz to F:\ADB\
6) Unzip/unrar files within freenexus.zip to F:\ADB\
7) Open command prompt go to F:\ADB
[7b) Verify that your nexus one is connected and responding - type "adb devices" it should list your N1
8) Now within the command prompt do the following (commands in bold - the rest gives you an indication of the results)
(Note: if you get $ instead of #, just go back and repeat the instructions from where it says $ ./rageagainstthecage. Worked like a charm on the second try for me.)
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Ok perhaps that what i am doing wrong...
so i download android-sdk_r07-windows.zip & unzip it..to a folder F:\ADB.
So i have to create a new folder named ADB and thne unzip all teh stuff in it??
because before i was unzipping the android-sdk_r07-windows.zip & then the folder named android-sdk_r07-windows & i was upzipping freenexus.zip & RageAgainstTheCage.tgz in the tools folder in the android-sdk_r07-windows folder.
So correct me if im wrong instead of android-sdk_r07-windows folder I have to make a new folder named F:\ADB and then unzinp android-sdk_r07-windows.zip & freenexus.zip & RageAgainstTheCage.tgz in teh F;\ADB folder not in the android-sdk_r07-windows tools folder??
Please advise?>?

junooni.1980 said:
Ok perhaps that what i am doing wrong...
so i download android-sdk_r07-windows.zip & unzip it..to a folder F:\ADB.
So i have to create a new folder named ADB and thne unzip all teh stuff in it??
because before i was unzipping the android-sdk_r07-windows.zip & then the folder named android-sdk_r07-windows & i was upzipping freenexus.zip & RageAgainstTheCage.tgz in the tools folder in the android-sdk_r07-windows folder.
So correct me if im wrong instead of android-sdk_r07-windows folder I have to make a new folder named F:\ADB and then unzinp android-sdk_r07-windows.zip & freenexus.zip & RageAgainstTheCage.tgz in teh F;\ADB folder not in the android-sdk_r07-windows tools folder??
Please advise?>?
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Sorry this is so basic ... if you don't understand folder structures, you really SHOULD NOT ROOT!
Do NOT do it! Maybe after using computers for a couple of years you can "upgrade" to rooting your phone.

nexusdue said:
Sorry this is so basic ... if you don't understand folder structures, you really SHOULD NOT ROOT!
Do NOT do it! Maybe after using computers for a couple of years you can "upgrade" to rooting your phone.
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I can admire how you're so annoyed but I guess i gotta suck it up cus It I who is in need.
LOL! i've been using computers for a while now & I do undrestand the folder structure pretty well why would i think that? Cus I was able to root the phone the first time.
It's just that i find the description so confusing, I use windows, dunno what OS are you on? But when you extract a zip file it creates a default folder of the same name so...
But i really don't think that my question was that hard, which shot you over the moon & piss you off and made you tell me to learn basic computing first.
All i asked was If I am suppose to make a separate folder named ADB & if I sould extract every thing in it rather than the default unzipped folder that windows makes. But I guess If you're so annoyed then i'l leave it for some one else, I am quite sure one of the purpose of this forum is to get and give help. And im pretty sure that there will be someone who can help me or perhaps i'll find a way myself. But anyways thanks alot for your time, you've been nothing but great help. LOL! And I mean it...

[Script] App/Data Backup

Hello all,
I have updated the script further to allow for arguments to be accepted as well as having the script placed in /system/bin. This works pretty much like Titanium Backup except that it's a script and uses a CLI. No pretty GUI . You can backup, restore, and fix app and data permissions from this script. 'fix_permissions' is embedded within this script and it will be install in the /system/bin folder if the startup script does not already find it. The script does not really work like an Apps2SD other than it backs up apps from /data/app and their appropriate data folders from /data/data.
This script can be very useful when switching between ROMs as your app and data can be reinstalled with the script's restore feature.
The script currently looks for APKs to backup from /data/app, /data/app-private, and /mnt/asec.
My first creation of this script was based upon a modified version of Firerat's Apps2SD script so naturally many thanks goes to him. Also the fix_permissions script comes from Koush and the Cyanogen Team.
No EXT partition required! Just download the file and run on an Android device.
STEPS:
1. Put the attached file on your SD card and run. It will install app_backup to /system/bin. From there you can type the following to start the program:
Code:
app_backup
Here's an example of backing up a couple apps with a data backup:
Code:
C:\Users\zlippard\Documents>adb shell
# app_backup
app_backup
Welcome to AppBackup 1.1
OPTIONS
--------------------------------
'b' to backup
'r' to restore
'f' to fix all app permissions
'd' to delete app_backup folder
'x' to reboot
'q' to quit: b
b
Creating app list to /dev/applist.txt...
Done!
[1] sd com.DefiantDev.RocketBunnies
[2] sd com.rovio.angrybirds
[3] sd com.rovio.angrybirdsseasons
[4] sd sts.pl
[5] app android.tether
[6] app com.alfray.timeriffic
[7] app com.androidemu.gbalite
[8] app com.aurorasoftworks.quadrant.ui.standard
[9] app com.batterypoweredgames.lightracer3dbasic
[10] app com.bfs.papertoss
[11] app com.chase.sig.android
[12] app com.chung.compasslevel
[13] app com.citrix.Receiver
[14] app com.facebook.katana
[15] app com.faziklogic.scripter
[16] app com.fede.launcher
[17] app com.forthegamer.android.scheduler
[18] app com.google.android.apps.chrometophone
[19] app com.google.android.apps.googlevoice
[20] app com.google.android.apps.maps
[21] app com.google.android.apps.unveil
[22] app com.google.android.carhome
[23] app com.google.android.gm
[24] app com.google.android.stardroid
[25] app com.google.android.street
[26] app com.google.android.voicesearch
[27] app com.google.android.youtube
[28] app com.google.zxing.client.android
[29] app com.gravitymobile.app.hornbill
[30] app com.icenta.sudoku.ui
[31] app com.intuit.instantreturn
[32] app com.intuit.instantreturn.filing.key
[33] app com.joelapenna.foursquared
[34] app com.koushikdutta.rommanager.license
[35] app com.metago.astro
[36] app com.mhuang.overclocking
[37] app com.mobitv.client.nfl2010
[38] app com.pandora.android
[39] app com.paypal.android.p2pmobile
[40] app com.shazam.android
[41] app com.sirma.mobile.bible.android
[42] app com.southwestairlines.mobile
[43] app com.sporadicsoftware.NetQFree
[44] app com.twitter.android
[45] app com.verizon.ams.companion
[46] app com.verizon.android.wifios
[47] app com.vzw.hss.myverizon
[48] app com.zebdor.android.poolCare
[49] app net.flixster.android
[50] app net.rbgrn.lightracer
[51] app org.connectbot
[52] app org.coolcode.emuroms
[53] app ru.orangesoftware.areminder
Enter app #'s to backup or 'a' for all and press [ENTER].
Or 0 to exit (ex: 1 5 15): 1 3 4
1 3 4
Copy data? ('y' or 'n') y
y
1 of 3] - Backing up com.DefiantDev.RocketBunnies...Done!
2 of 3] - Backing up com.rovio.angrybirdsseasons...Done!
3 of 3] - Backing up sts.pl...Done!
OPTIONS
--------------------------------
'b' to backup
'r' to restore
'f' to fix all app permissions
'd' to delete app_backup folder
'x' to reboot
'q' to quit: q
q
Goodbye!
#
When starting the script, you will be brought to the main menu screen where you can choose to either backup, restore, fix permissions, delete /sdcard/app_backup (this is the storage folder), reboot or quit. The rest is pretty self explanatory...
So far I have tested this script on the DROID and DROID Incredible. The DROID was running Bugless Beast 2.2 and the Inc I've tried ran CM6 and CM7.
UPDATES:
1.4
Added "busybox " before each command call within the app_backup script to make sure busybox commands are being called.
1.3
Fixed issue with backup apps not showing up. Thanks to welcomb for notifying me.
Fixed mounting issue for ro/rw in /system
1.2
Fixed backup feature for phones that use Apps2SD. Thanks to welcomb.
Fixed deletion feature of apps and data.
1.1
Arguments: use -b to auto-run a full backup. -r will auto-run a full restore of all apps in android_app_backup
Apps and data are now stored in /sdcard/android_app_backup.
app_backup script is now automatically installed to /system/bin/app_backup when running the new script. The new script is more of an installer.
Let me know of any bugs!
Much of the credit goes to Firerat for creating the initial apps2sdext script. This is what gave me the idea to continue on with an app backup script. Here's Firerat's latest version of apps2sdext in case you want to see it or don't have an incredible: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...mount-issues-i-hope/page__p__24386#entry24386
As the usual goes, I'm not responsible for any mishaps that may occur while using this script or bricked phones, data loss, blah blah blah... So, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
The script is attached below. Have fun! Please post any findings, bugs, questions, comments, or updates you would like to see here. Feel free to make any modifications to this script.
NOTE TO SAMSUNG RELAY 4G USERS:
A friend of mine has this phone and was getting the following error when running the .sh script:
Code:
can't create temporary file /sqlite_stmt_journals/mksh.<random>
To remedy this, I remounted the root directory / as read-write,created the folder /sqlite_stmt_journals, ran the .sh script, and afterwards remounted to read-only.

anyone tried this? lots of success of nexus one

For future use...

zebdor44 said:
Hello all,
I have modified my script to be more of an app & data backup utility. This works pretty much like Titanium Backup except that it's a script and uses a CLI. No pretty GUI . You can backup, restore, and fix app and data permissions from this script. 'fix_permissions' is embedded within this script and it will be install in the /system/bin folder if the app_backup.sh script does not already find it. Since this is a complete revision, I have set the version back to 1.0. The script does not really work like an Apps2SD other than it backs up apps from /data/app and their appropriate data folders from /data/data.
This script can be very useful when switching between ROMs as your app and data can be reinstalled with the script's restore feature.
The script currently looks for APKs to backup from /data/app, /data/app-private, and /mnt/asec.
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This is SO much easier than Titanium, and I am trying to figure out how to automate backup / restore. My end goal:
Run a Nandroid
Run this script (in Backup mode)
Wipe userdata
Install Rom
Install extras (kernel, Gapps, etc)
Restore apps.
Anyone want this?
If people are interested, I may take a look into this.

Woooow, nice work man =]
I was gonna write something really simple, but you beat me to it! Thanks!
EDIT: ooppps, didn't mean that your script was simple! I meant that you beat me to an app backup script, and yours would blow mine out of the water xD
I'm a bit busy right now (haha, but not too busy to post... ), but does anyone know if this supports restoring apps only? I feel like it probably does, but can anyone confirm?
Again, this looks awesome!

Thanks guys for the comments!! Good to hear you like it
alanthemanofchicago said:
This is SO much easier than Titanium, and I am trying to figure out how to automate backup / restore. My end goal...
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Let me try making an update.zip that'll run the script. Then you could run the update.zip in recovery mode like CWM or AmonRa.
gmichaelow said:
Woooow, nice work man =]...but does anyone know if this supports restoring apps only? I feel like it probably does, but can anyone confirm?
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The script will restore apps and their data folders. Basically what it does is it reinstalls the app that you selected to restore and then overwrites the appropriate /data/data folder for that app with the backup.

Automating backups and restores
So it seems it may not be that easy to create an update.zip that will work properly. The script will need to mount /system, /data and /datadata to access the apks and data folders while in recovery. That's not difficult to do but apps on the sdcard under /mnt/asec may prove to be a little more difficult. I made a working update.zip that would run 'app_backup -b' to automate the process but there is no output of script so I have not posted that. The output would be kinda nice to see just so you know how far along the backup process is at.
I may need to dig deeper on the update.zip but for now check out the updates!
Thanks!

After finally getting the script into /system and running it, it doesn't work. I get the output:
Code:
[: not found
[: not found
[: not found
Ok nevermind!
Goodbye!
Using a rooted Samsung Galaxy 3. I'm still very new to custom ROMs, etc.

Hi
I get the following error when trying to backup on my Samsung Galaxy S :
data/system/packages.xml no such file or directory
Nothing to backup
What can i do?

Skele Drew said:
After finally getting the script into /system and running it, it doesn't work. I get the output:
Code:
[: not found
[: not found
[: not found
Ok nevermind!
Goodbye!
Using a rooted Samsung Galaxy 3. I'm still very new to custom ROMs, etc.
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FadeFx said:
Hi
I get the following error when trying to backup on my Samsung Galaxy S :
data/system/packages.xml no such file or directory
Nothing to backup
What can i do?
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Hmm... If you have Astro lookup /data/system and see if the packages.xml file exists. Better yet, if you have a terminal emulator or ADB do a
Code:
ls /data/system | grep packages.xml
and see if anything comes up. The Galaxy series should have the same file system structure as any other Android phone... What Android OS are you running?
EDIT: It looks like the Galaxy series is using 2.2... Also if one of you could do a
Code:
su
cd /
find -name packages.xml
find -name packages.list
within a terminal emulator or ADB this should show where the packages files are located. It may take a bit of time to do the search since its looking for it from /.

./dbdata/system/packages.xml
find -name packages.list does search forever it seams...

Ok I might have to update the script to look in that directory for the packages.xml file. Stay tuned! Sorry for the delay in getting back. Been pretty busy.
EDIT: Download Busybox Installer from the market (the free one) and try installing the latest busybox for your samsung phone and then try running the script again. Does the script seem to act any better? I'm thinking the :not found] issue has to do with a bad busybox and the script not finding the right commands it needs to use. Let me know how that turns out.
Remember to nandroid backup before installing the busybox just in case

Busybox version is 1.19.0 but i didn't try the script yet. Will when i come home...

FadeFx said:
Busybox version is 1.19.0 but i didn't try the script yet. Will when i come home...
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Just curious, any luck with the busybox upgrade?

I've updated the script to version 1.3. Welcomb noticed that there was an issue with bringing up the apps when requesting a backup although I'm not sure if that will fix the issue you had Fade...
Also mounting /system to copy the script over should be fixed .

I've added this to the OP already but for those with a Samsung Relay 4G phone:
A friend of mine has this phone and was getting the following error when running the .sh script:
Code:
can't create temporary file /sqlite_stmt_journals/mksh.<random>
To remedy this, I remounted the root directory / as read-write,created the folder /sqlite_stmt_journals, ran the .sh script, and afterwards remounted to read-only.

Is this still going?
I'm getting "There is nothing to backup" in CM11. I'm on the appropriae line fo the script but I can't figure out what's wrong.

So, this is the only script I found to backup and restore app data.
Needs some changes for newer android OS
Needs a check, as out of the box toybox is used, not busybox
Mount point needs something:
As
Code:
# busybox grep /system /proc/mounts | busybox awk '{print $1}'
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system
It is doubled.
Removing $DEVICE seems to work. I removed $DEVICE from all mount commands:
From:
Code:
$MOUNT -o remount,rw $DEVICE /system
To:
Code:
$MOUNT -o remount,rw /system
backup needs a fix for app list
$EGREP "^< seems to cause issues. I removed ^ and it worked, meaning applist success.
I was able to backup data, but the apks were missing. Maybe because it used to be app.apk now it is base.apk?
restore does not work at the moment
As applist returns empty. Checked /dev/applist.txt and it was empty for some reason.
Also, fix_permissions file not in some devices, /dev/fix_permissions not found.
Some issues:
Code:
{system("busybox cat /data/system/packages.list | busybox grep $2")}
causes errors
Some errors when creating applist, but apps are displayed afterwards. So, might be same issue as above
Code:
Creating app list to /dev/applist.txt...
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
sh: /data/system/packages.list: can't execute: Permission denied
Done!
[1] app a...
[2] app a...
[3] app c...
...
[35] app o...
[36] app o...
[37] app o...
[38] app o...
[39] app o...
[40] app x...
Last thing is that the commands used to generate applist
Code:
$ECHO "Creating app list to /dev/applist.txt..."
$CAT /data/system/packages.xml | $EGREP "<package.*serId" | $GREP -v framework-res.apk | \
$GREP -v com.htc.resources.apk | $SED 's/<package name=\"//' | $SED 's/\" codePath="/ /' | \
$SED 's/\"//g' | $SED -e 's/\/data\/app-private\//private /' | $SED 's/\/data\/app\//app /' | \
$SED 's/\/system\/app\//system /' | $SED 's/\/mnt\/asec\//sd /' | \
$AWK '{if($2 !~ /system/) printf "%10s %s %s",$2,$1,$3"\n"}' | sort | \
$AWK '(++count) {printf "%5s %7s %s %s\n","["count"]",$1,$2,$3} \
{system("$CAT /data/system/packages.list | $GREP $2")}' | $SED 's/\/data\/data\///' | \
$AWK '{printf "%5s %7s %s %s %s\n",$1,$2,$3,$4,$8}' > $applist
causes some errors, even though apps are displayed at the end:
Code:
BusyBox v1.22.1 bionic (2017-04-22 22:10 +0300) multi-call binary.
Usage: grep [-HhnlLoqvsriwFE] [-m N] [-A/B/C N] PATTERN/-e PATTERN.../-f FILE [FILE]...
Search for PATTERN in FILEs (or stdin)
-H Add 'filename:' prefix
-h Do not add 'filename:' prefix
-n Add 'line_no:' prefix
-l Show only names of files that match
-L Show only names of files that don't match
-c Show only count of matching lines
-o Show only the matching part of line
-q Quiet. Return 0 if PATTERN is found, 1 otherwise
-v Select non-matching lines
-s Suppress open and read errors
-r Recurse
-i Ignore case
-w Match whole words only
-x Match whole lines only
-F PATTERN is a literal (not regexp)
-E PATTERN is an extended regexp
-m N Match up to N times per file
-A N Print N lines of trailing context
-B N Print N lines of leading context
-C N Same as '-A N -B N'
-e PTRN Pattern to match
-f FILE Read pattern from file
cat: write error: Broken pipe
BusyBox v1.22.1 bionic (2017-04-22 22:10 +0300) multi-call binary.
Usage: grep [-HhnlLoqvsriwFE] [-m N] [-A/B/C N] PATTERN/-e PATTERN.../-f FILE [FILE]...
Search for PATTERN in FILEs (or stdin)
-H Add 'filename:' prefix
-h Do not add 'filename:' prefix
-n Add 'line_no:' prefix
-l Show only names of files that match
-L Show only names of files that don't match
-c Show only count of matching lines
-o Show only the matching part of line
-q Quiet. Return 0 if PATTERN is found, 1 otherwise
-v Select non-matching lines
-s Suppress open and read errors
-r Recurse
-i Ignore case
-w Match whole words only
-x Match whole lines only
-F PATTERN is a literal (not regexp)
-E PATTERN is an extended regexp
-m N Match up to N times per file
-A N Print N lines of trailing context
-B N Print N lines of leading context
-C N Same as '-A N -B N'
-e PTRN Pattern to match
-f FILE Read pattern from file

help about market error

when i download big app like 40MB+ market says not enough memory to install
before flashing to LA4 i deleted some file in secure folder that fixed the error for the time but after flashing LA4 that error is showing again need some help
thnx
i tried this
if your market isn't downloading correctly donate all your money to s0be ;P!
He is the man and fixed it.
Here is the s0be's fix
1. adb shell
2. su
3. mkdir /cache/download
4. chown system:cache /cache/download
5. chmod ug+rwx /cache/download
6. chmod a+x /cache/download
Then the market should download.
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How do I root S5570MJKT3 or XWKTU?

HI, The latest version of stock firmware for galaxy mini is MJKT3, now how do I root it?

http://www.mediafire.com/?p0oh96olw9h2v72

hi
this will root all versions even the latest one? or like released by 1 minute? or new ones that has been released 1-10 seconds ago?

just try it if it worked just thank me and the Dev of the update package
if not do something else
I forgot to tell you that you will need to flash that package in stock recovery (in CWM it will not work)

It doesn't work.

it doesn't work for me too
super one click can't be used too

Flash this zip in stock recovery. http://www.mediafire.com/?dg360wy61szduv3
Sent from my SGM using Official Cyanogenmod 7.2 (STABLE)

i did flash it
---------- Post added at 06:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:14 AM ----------

can
ashu.bigsmoke said:
Flash this zip in stock recovery. http://www.mediafire.com/?dg360wy61szduv3
Sent from my SGM using Official Cyanogenmod 7.2 (STABLE)
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can someone tell me if this one will work?

17thGwydion said:
can someone tell me if this one will work?
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no
I did try another .zip but not succeeded, it just installed super user

you can flash cwm then with the help of adb you can remount system and can push su to /system

tut
dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
you can flash cwm then with the help of adb you can remount system and can push su to /system
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can u give me a tutorial on how to push SU to system? or remount system? or full tutorial.. thanks

full tut plz

still no good
still no good feedback, someone try it please

flash cwm with odin
boot into it
connect your mobile with pc
configure your adb connection correctly
open cmd cd to the folder where you are having adb.exe file
copy your su file in the folder where you have adb
type adb remount
adb push su /system/xbin
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell
if you will get # you are rooted

Can't set SetUID or SetGID bit.
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
"chmod: operation not permitted"
SuperOneClick doesn't work also.
/system partition is 100% full, you have to delete something to push su binary. (i deleted stock samsung apps, and wallpapers)
dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
flash cwm with odin
boot into it
connect your mobile with pc
configure your adb connection correctly
open cmd cd to the folder where you are having adb.exe file
copy your su file in the folder where you have adb
type adb remount
adb push su /system/xbin
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell
if you will get # you are rooted
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you were able to push su which means you have proper access
my be permission change is not needed
try type adb shell su
or use aroma file manager v1.80 and change su permission from that

Unfortunately permission change is a must. You must set setuid and setgid (06755), because upon the su binary execution it will pass the owner's (root) permissions.
Can't use aroma file manager to set permissions because /system/xbin/su owner is root and a plain user can't change permission on files that he doesn't own.
I don't know how to solve this issue.
edit:
I can mount the system partition as rfs:
mount -rw -t rfs /dev/block/stl12 /system
Then, i can set chmod 06755 su.
But after unmount or reboot, permission will be set back to 00755...
dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
you were able to push su which means you have proper access
my be permission change is not needed
try type adb shell su
or use aroma file manager v1.80 and change su permission from that
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it is too much weird
can you use linux
you may be able to change the permission of the su file in Linux desktop and then can push it to system with adb
in this way permissions would remain same

Ok, it's solved!
I tried with ubuntu's adb. Unpacked the universal_gb_root_v25.zip. I mounted the system partition in adb. Then pushed all files with correct permissions to /system/xbin (the apks goes to /system/app).
First:
chown all files to root:shell
Second:
chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
chmod 04755 /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 04755 /system/xbin/sqlite3
chmod 04755 /system/xbin/ssh
now it looks like this:
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root shell 853044 Jun 22 2011 busybox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root shell 60264 Dec 6 10:28 dexdump
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root shell 125024 Jun 22 2011 sqlite3
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root shell 146720 Jun 22 2011 ssh
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root shell 91980 Jun 22 2011 su
It works after unmount or reboot.
Finally i have root access.
dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
it is too much weird
can you use linux
you may be able to change the permission of the su file in Linux desktop and then can push it to system with adb
in this way permissions would remain same
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