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[QUESTION] *.apk Gets overwritten on Reboot

For some reason, on the G1 with AOSP1.6_r1.2 & expansion, When i write the new maps.apk (3.2) From Here, over the origonal GoogleMaps.apk, It installs Fine. And loads fine, But Once Android is rebooted, the old file comes back... Reminds me of microsoft's shadow copy..... Anybody have a clue on how to stop it or force a particular file????

are you replacing the file in system/app? since that is where most roms store maps?

david1171 said:
are you replacing the file in system/app? since that is where most roms store maps?
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You are correct.. thats where my GoogleMaps.apk is.

if you are replacing that file, then you could try to remove it, then install maps like a normal app onto the data partition.

david1171 said:
if you are replacing that file, then you could try to remove it, then install maps like a normal app onto the data partition.
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Im in the middle of trying that right now.... It installed again without problems, now just waiting for the reboot to test if it got overwritten.
EDIT - Still no luck.... Just keeps getting Overwritten..... Can i change the Name of the new Google Maps so it has a new icon???

Any ideas anyone? Is this in the Wrong Forum??????

did you rm the file from /system/app/ and install it like a normal app? did you copy the .apk file from your sdcard to its location in /system/app/?
do you need commands on how to do this?

I deleted system/app/GoogleMaps.apk , and watched it disappear from the app drawer. then Moved the new GoogleMaps.apk into data/app/ . Installed it and ran it no problem... can exit and even go back into 3.2 no problem. but as soon as i reboot,the original GoogleMaps.apk is back in system/app/ ..... so im clueless.

I just installed successfully by copying the file to /system/app/Maps.apk
... not GoogleMaps.apk

Technochris1 said:
I deleted system/app/GoogleMaps.apk , and watched it disappear from the app drawer. then Moved the new GoogleMaps.apk into data/app/ . Installed it and ran it no problem... can exit and even go back into 3.2 no problem. but as soon as i reboot,the original GoogleMaps.apk is back in system/app/ ..... so im clueless.
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how are you deleting it?
do that in the recovery console and see if that works
Code:
mount system
rm /system/app/GoogleMaps.apk
reboot

did what you said, after reboot the old googlemaps.apk is still there......

ls /system/app
remove maps.apk

david1171 said:
ls /system/app
remove maps.apk
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in recovery or terminal?

Technochris1 said:
in recovery or terminal?
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in terminal
Code:
su
ls /system/app/
(will give you a long list of .apk files)
(find the correct name for maps.apk)
reboot recovery
then in the recovery console
Code:
mount system
rm /system/app/-insert appname form above-.apk
reboot

I just did the above and as soon as you reboot again the old google maps is back!
Perhaps you could copy the new maps over while in recovery after deleting the old one?
The Maps apk file is named "GoogleMaps.apk" btw.
Phil

Technochris1 said:
For some reason, on the G1 with AOSP1.6_r1.2 & expansion, When i write the new maps.apk (3.2) From Here, over the origonal GoogleMaps.apk, It installs Fine. And loads fine, But Once Android is rebooted, the old file comes back... Reminds me of microsoft's shadow copy..... Anybody have a clue on how to stop it or force a particular file????
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I see you are running Enomther's ROM. I was having the same problem - it turns out that Enomther's ROM had an easy fix all along. Run expsetup in terminal and choose Option 15 - you can delete Google Maps right there (I took advantage of deleting a few other apps that I don't use at the same time).
Then just reboot - place your new GoogleMaps.apk in the /system/app folder and you are golden.

Thanks dude. Thats the solution to my question....

I posted in the other thread...It is in the following folder
/system/sd/expstick/vsapps/GoogleMaps.apk
I am running the new app and am on Enoms latest AOSP 1.6.

Great! That worked a treat. Got it working just fine.
Phil

[HELP] Permission denied [Solved] New way for Sim-Lock Froyo..!

I have the Problem with the Sim-Unlock.. Froyo
When i start cmd (Win7) and enter the ADB with adb shell thats ok, but then i enter su.. The Dollar is now away..
Thats not the Problem i must go to /efs to get the files.. And when i write
"cd /efs" Suddenly there is Text who is saying Permission denied :'( What to do? Do i make something false.?
Need Help
Thanks for quick answers...!

do you have rooted phone ??
first you have to root your phone.

Phone is rooted..
Newest Superuser + Busybox
After Foyo flashed back to JM6 is this the Problem?

I had exactly the same problem and then I decided just to delete nv_data files. And it worked. The system changed my product code to MTL from the .bak files

Borky_16 said:
Phone is rooted..
Newest Superuser + Busybox
After Foyo flashed back to JM6 is this the Problem?
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have you tried to let the phone awake while writing $ su ?
you should give access to Superuser to use "su" on shell every time you do a wipe..and you can do it only if the screen is ON

Which File i have:
.nv_data.bak
.nv_data.bak.md5
nv_data.bin
nv_data.bin.md5

Thank you so much
The deleting Worked perfect the only Problem now is i cant see when i got 3G or some Connection to Internet.. I tried the internet and its worked but i cant see the Icon, but thats not that Problem, but when someone have a way to repair please post it
EDIT* After Rebbot all worked ok

So, the funny way with deleting the files worked perfectly

Turn off ads w/ Root?

I'm sure this will get figured out but does anyone know if there's a way to move/change/disable files on a rooted HD7 to disable these god forsaken ads without giving Amazon $15 bucks?

Try disabling dtcp_apk.apk in system/app. Its icon says Kindle Special Offers so I think its the ad service, but it may cause issues if you delete it so rename it to .bak to be safe.

Awesome...can anyone confirm this works?

hope not. a sure way to be sure they will do everything they can to patch and lock up as tight as possible.

zeeebs said:
Awesome...can anyone confirm this works?
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It does seem to work! The screensaver now shows random book/letters/etc type backgrounds, no ads. I still get the "customers also bought" in carousel view, but otherwise I haven't spotted any ads.
Here's the steps I did:
Code:
# adb shell
[INDENT]
# su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cd /system/app
# mv dtcp_apk.apk dtcp_apk.apk.orig
[/INDENT]
# adb reboot
I'm attaching a couple pictures I took of the lock screen. Thanks for the tip!!
UPDATE: As a side note, I tried putting these back and it seems to have disabled them permanently. If I move the apk back to its original name and reboot, it still has the ads disabled.
UPDATE2: Just wanted to comment that my ads decided to come back...took a week or so but they eventually showed up again. I moved the file again as above, and they are gone again (no harm no foul).

nvrmore100 said:
It does seem to work! The screensaver now shows random book/letters/etc type backgrounds, no ads. I still get the "customers also bought" in carousel view, but otherwise I haven't spotted any ads.
Here's the steps I did:
Code:
# adb shell
[INDENT]
# su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cd /system/app
# mv dtcp_apk.apk dtcp_apk.apk.orig
# reboot
[/INDENT]
I'm attaching a couple pictures I took of the lock screen. Thanks for the tip!!
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Thanks for your sharing!

I can also confirm this works...thanks!

nvrmore100 said:
It does seem to work! The screensaver now shows random book/letters/etc type backgrounds, no ads. I still get the "customers also bought" in carousel view, but otherwise I haven't spotted any ads.
Here's the steps I did:
I'm attaching a couple pictures I took of the lock screen. Thanks for the tip!!
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Thanks..

Worked like a charm thanks

spunker88 said:
Try disabling dtcp_apk.apk in system/app. Its icon says Kindle Special Offers so I think its the ad service, but it may cause issues if you delete it so rename it to .bak to be safe.
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I just went into properties of this apk and unchecked all permisions. I can confirm that this worked as well. Still have the random pics, but it also disabled the shop unlock slide with date and time in its place. Will post again in a week to see if this is permanent or if it has caused any adverse effects
RE: Well so far I have not had any problems with the method i took for disabling the ads. They have not returned. And this seemed to be much easier and safer than using adb.

onemeila said:
I just went into properties of this apk and unchecked all permisions. I can confirm that this worked as well. Still have the random pics, but it also disabled the shop unlock slide with date and time in its place. Will post again in a week to see if this is permanent or if it has caused any adverse effects
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I tried this and it worked great. The ads started this morning after an automatic "Upgrade". The weird thing is that I had to re-root my KF HD because both ES File Explorer and File Manager were both saying that it wasn't rooted. I wasn't getting the option to change permissions on either
app, but I was able to see system files. I was finally able to change permission after a quick re-root.
Thanks for sharing the info. It's been about a week for you. Is the mod still working fine?

Archangel1183 said:
I tried this and it worked great. The ads started this morning after an automatic "Upgrade". The weird thing is that I had to re-root my KF HD because both ES File Explorer and File Manager were both saying that it wasn't rooted. I wasn't getting the option to change permissions on either
app, but I was able to see system files. I was finally able to change permission after a quick re-root.
Thanks for sharing the info. It's been about a week for you. Is the mod still working fine?
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Added to my previous post, but incase you didnt see yes its still working great. Did you just get your device? If so I'm guessing you got the upgrade from 7.1.3 to 7.1.5, correct? When amazon does an ota like that it removes root.

onemeila said:
Added to my previous post, but incase you didnt see yes its still working great. Did you just get your device? If so I'm guessing you got the upgrade from 7.1.3 to 7.1.5, correct? When amazon does an ota like that it removes root.
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I actually replied before you updated your post, so I didn't see it. I bought it 3 days ago. I just checked it and yes, it's currently on 7.1.5.
Glad to hear it's still working. I hope they don't come out with an update that changes the mod. Thanks for the update.

Does anyone have the reverse process of this? As in to turn the Ads back on?

zeeebs said:
Does anyone have the reverse process of this? As in to turn the Ads back on?
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Does anyone know the location of the lockscreen wallpapers that show up on the lockscreen once you have disabled the lockscreen ads? I want to put my own wallpapers in there instead.

It's not that easy. Wallpapers are located in the framework-res.apk under /system/framework
Google search editing the framework-res for more answers. It isn't that difficult but you need to be very careful and make sure you know what you are doing because you can potentially brick your device. Without a custom recovery, you won't have very many options if that happens.

soupmagnet said:
It's not that easy. Wallpapers are located in the framework-res.apk under /system/framework
Google search editing the framework-res for more answers. It isn't that difficult but you need to be very careful and make sure you know what you are doing because you can potentially brick your device. Without a custom recovery, you won't have very many options if that happens.
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Thanks for the heads up, I will hold off then.

zeeebs said:
Does anyone have the reverse process of this? As in to turn the Ads back on?
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You simply do the reverse of what you did to turn them off. Either rename the file back from dtcp_apk.apk.orig to dtcp_apk.apk, or turn on the permissions to what they were before you modified them. I will say that it took a few days (upwards of a week actually) before it re-enabled the ads. Not really sure what it took for it to re-read that file, but it might have been some combination of me powering down entirely, or an OTA update check that eventually kicked it back in.

onemeila said:
I just went into properties of this apk and unchecked all permisions. I can confirm that this worked as well. Still have the random pics, but it also disabled the shop unlock slide with date and time in its place. Will post again in a week to see if this is permanent or if it has caused any adverse effects
RE: Well so far I have not had any problems with the method i took for disabling the ads. They have not returned. And this seemed to be much easier and safer than using adb.
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This does work. A little research goes a long way haha. Thanks +1 to you, sir.

nvrmore100 said:
It does seem to work! The screensaver now shows random book/letters/etc type backgrounds, no ads. I still get the "customers also bought" in carousel view, but otherwise I haven't spotted any ads.
Here's the steps I did:
Code:
# adb shell
[INDENT]
# su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cd /system/app
# mv dtcp_apk.apk dtcp_apk.apk.orig
[/INDENT]
# adb reboot
I'm attaching a couple pictures I took of the lock screen. Thanks for the tip!!
UPDATE: As a side note, I tried putting these back and it seems to have disabled them permanently. If I move the apk back to its original name and reboot, it still has the ads disabled.
UPDATE2: Just wanted to comment that my ads decided to come back...took a week or so but they eventually showed up again. I moved the file again as above, and they are gone again (no harm no foul).
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It works.. thanks so much... you rock!!:good:

Netflix issue solved!

For all people who has problems with netflix rename in /system/vendor/lib the file liboemcrypto.so to liboemcrypto.so.old and reboot after that mine worked i could finally login and watch everything again short solution for a terrible problem.

mastersjef said:
For all people who has problems with netflix rename in /system/vendor/lib the file liboemcrypto.so to liboemcrypto.so.old and reboot after that mine worked i could finally login and watch everything again short solution for a terrible problem.
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So I tried for quite some time today to get this solution to work only to find myself completely unable to rename or delete the liboemcrypto.so file. I am rooted and running the stock vzw 6.0 rom but I can't figure this out. Tried a couple different root file managers and nothing worked. Some would tell me the rename/delete failed, others would act like it worked and then the file would still be there unchanged. Any suggestions? I assume I'm missing something simple...

JoeHockey said:
So I tried for quite some time today to get this solution to work only to find myself completely unable to rename or delete the liboemcrypto.so file. I am rooted and running the stock vzw 6.0 rom but I can't figure this out. Tried a couple different root file managers and nothing worked. Some would tell me the rename/delete failed, others would act like it worked and then the file would still be there unchanged. Any suggestions? I assume I'm missing something simple...
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Did you mount /system read/write?

jbaumert said:
Did you mount /system read/write?
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Since I don't know how to do that I would say I did not...

I dont have that file... I'm set to show all hidden files and have system mounted as r/w. I checked in system/lib and in system/vendor/lib and no go

Covert_Death said:
I dont have that file... I'm set to show all hidden files and have system mounted as r/w. I checked in system/lib and in system/vendor/lib and no go
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you solved it ?

HTC One M7 - App will not stick on /system

Hi everyone
I'm trying to get the infamous GPS Location Spoofer installed as a system app on my rooted HTC phone, but so far no luck, so I figured I would try to ask for help here, in case anyone went through a similar situation, or knows what I've been doing wrong. This is what I tried so far:
Installed the app from Google App store, and using File Explorer with root , tried to move the app folder to /system/app or /system/priv-app, , but pasting the folder there would result in an instant reboot and the app would not be there.
So I installed lucky patcher , and using apk downloader, downloaded the apk file from the App Store, copied it over to the phone, and used the "Rebuild and Install" option, choosing the option to install it as a system app , and it would process it and say that the installation was sucessfull, needs to reboot to complete, but after the reboot the app would not be there (not only not showing on the apps list, but navigating to the /system folder with File Explorer and checking app and priv-app I could verify that it was not installed).
SO I tried to use adb shell to do the work , and this is what I did:
mount -o remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p35 /system
to mount the /system filesystem as read write , and it did
cp /sdcard/Download/com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55.apk /system/app
to copy the file under /system/app
chmod 644 com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55.apk
to set the permissions as required
and reboot the phone, but after the reboot, the file would not be there. I tried also to create a folder under /system/app named com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55, move the apk inside; installing normally , changing the mount point to read-write and moving it from /data/app to /system/app or /system/priv-app using the shell and chaning ownership / permissions , but the app will not stick , either rebooting or just re-mounting the filesystem as read-only again will cause everything that was done to be lost; and after trying any of the above one time, doing it for a second time would cause the phone to reboot.
I figure that there must be an image of the /system mount point somewhere , which gets installed every time there is a remount to read-only or reboot , or something of that nature, that will cause any changes made under /system to be lost. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to be related to HTC phones, since there's load of people doing it on other models without issues, or maybe I'm doing something wrong, since I'm no android expert
Does anyone knows what could be the issue, or what can I do ? I searched the net quite a bit for a solution to no avail (here as well), any help is appreciated
Thanks

sasteck said:
Hi everyone
I'm trying to get the infamous GPS Location Spoofer installed as a system app on my rooted HTC phone, but so far no luck, so I figured I would try to ask for help here, in case anyone went through a similar situation, or knows what I've been doing wrong. This is what I tried so far:
Installed the app from Google App store, and using File Explorer with root , tried to move the app folder to /system/app or /system/priv-app, , but pasting the folder there would result in an instant reboot and the app would not be there.
So I installed lucky patcher , and using apk downloader, downloaded the apk file from the App Store, copied it over to the phone, and used the "Rebuild and Install" option, choosing the option to install it as a system app , and it would process it and say that the installation was sucessfull, needs to reboot to complete, but after the reboot the app would not be there (not only not showing on the apps list, but navigating to the /system folder with File Explorer and checking app and priv-app I could verify that it was not installed).
SO I tried to use adb shell to do the work , and this is what I did:
mount -o remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p35 /system
to mount the /system filesystem as read write , and it did
cp /sdcard/Download/com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55.apk /system/app
to copy the file under /system/app
chmod 644 com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55.apk
to set the permissions as required
and reboot the phone, but after the reboot, the file would not be there. I tried also to create a folder under /system/app named com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55, move the apk inside; installing normally , changing the mount point to read-write and moving it from /data/app to /system/app or /system/priv-app using the shell and chaning ownership / permissions , but the app will not stick , either rebooting or just re-mounting the filesystem as read-only again will cause everything that was done to be lost; and after trying any of the above one time, doing it for a second time would cause the phone to reboot.
I figure that there must be an image of the /system mount point somewhere , which gets installed every time there is a remount to read-only or reboot , or something of that nature, that will cause any changes made under /system to be lost. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to be related to HTC phones, since there's load of people doing it on other models without issues, or maybe I'm doing something wrong, since I'm no android expert
Does anyone knows what could be the issue, or what can I do ? I searched the net quite a bit for a solution to no avail (here as well), any help is appreciated
Thanks
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Are you using stock kernel?

donkeykong1 said:
Are you using stock kernel?
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Yes, kernel is the default that comes with the phone (3.4.10.g96cae32 , android 5.0.2)

sasteck said:
Yes, kernel is the default that comes with the phone (3.4.10.g96cae32 , android 5.0.2)
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And there's your problem. Stock kernel has system write protection, so you can't mount system as writeable. You can, but after reboot, it comes back to read only, and nothing will stick into system partition. You have 2 choices now - disable system write protection on stock kernel, or flash a custom kernel

donkeykong1 said:
And there's your problem. Stock kernel has system write protection, so you can't mount system as writeable. You can, but after reboot, it comes back to read only, and nothing will stick into system partition. You have 2 choices now - disable system write protection on stock kernel, or flash a custom kernel
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oh I see.. didn't know about that , thanks! I'll check about disabling system write protection , otherwise look for a custom kernel, never did it before but will give it a try

donkeykong1 said:
And there's your problem. Stock kernel has system write protection, so you can't mount system as writeable. You can, but after reboot, it comes back to read only, and nothing will stick into system partition. You have 2 choices now - disable system write protection on stock kernel, or flash a custom kernel
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Shhhhhh, don't help him, he's going to steal everyone's pokemons
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Labs

alray said:
Shhhhhh, don't help him, he's going to steal everyone's pokemons
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Labs
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Ooooohhh... That's why he's trying the spoofer.... If I knew, I wouldn't help at all [emoji6]

donkeykong1 said:
Ooooohhh... That's why he's trying the spoofer.... If I knew, I wouldn't help at all [emoji6]
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Sorry you feel that way, but I appreciate the help anyway. This is something that I never tampered with before, so I still had some doubts about the process, but I am liking the whole thing and will install a custom rom on my own phone, been reading about the Ressurection rom and it looks very nice, will try it as soon as I'm better informed

sasteck said:
Sorry you feel that way, but I appreciate the help anyway. This is something that I never tampered with before, so I still had some doubts about the process, but I am liking the whole thing and will install a custom rom on my own phone, been reading about the Ressurection rom and it looks very nice, will try it as soon as I'm better informed
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That was a joke mate. I don't care what you do with your phone, but I'm here to help if I can [emoji6]