Extract .apk from phone - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there a way I'm able to pull the apks from the phone of the stock bloatwear?
I ask because I have 2 LG MyTouches. One I have rooted and accidently deleted the launcher (lghome), and the other is still stock and untouched. I want to pull the apk from the stock one and copy it over to the rooted one.

This thread might be useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=662318

avichalgarg said:
This thread might be useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=662318
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Thank you for the link! I knew info was somewhere but my searching skills are not the best.
Thanks again

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I need the stock vibrant text msg app

My boss wanted me to upgrade his phone, so i did... he doesn't like the stock app that's being used in this build (xipher). Is there anything i can do to get him back to the stock one with the bubbles? Thanks in advance!
Yikes hopefully he or she doesn't fire you. Just kidding I believe you need to push the samsung messaging .apk with adb.
P. S. Be prepared to get attacked for posting in the wrong section
Opps... realized this is in the wrong spot. Can a mod please move it?
can you help me figure out how to do this? i downloaded all the stock apk files... is it mms.apk? how would i go about installing it? the phone has root, root explorer and astro.
djhaf said:
can you help me figure out how to do this? i downloaded all the stock apk files... is it mms.apk? how would i go about installing it? the phone has root, root explorer and astro.
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With Root explorer you'd move the Samsung .apk into /system/app
djhaf said:
My boss wanted me to upgrade his phone, so i did... he doesn't like the stock app that's being used in this build (xipher). Is there anything i can do to get him back to the stock one with the bubbles? Thanks in advance!
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Vibrant Themes and Apps
I7oobie said:
With Root explorer you'd move the Samsung .apk into /system/app
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do you know which apk is used for the stock txt msging app?
forget it... flashed to stock.

Voice Recorder

Can someone post the Voice Recorder from the stock ROM on our Vibrant? Also, I plan to use it on a 2.2 ROM (Onyx). Any compatibility issues with using the Voice Recorder on 2.2?
Thanks in advance.
Gump
I think you would be better served to post this in the dev section.
narcopolypse said:
I think you would be better served to post this in the dev section.
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That would not be good. Everyone would ***** and moan about him posting in the wrong.section like they own the forum.
Sent from my unicorn
vtxGump said:
Can someone post the Voice Recorder from the stock ROM on our Vibrant? Also, I plan to use it on a 2.2 ROM (Onyx). Any compatibility issues with using the Voice Recorder on 2.2?
Thanks in advance.
Gump
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same hear, whoever has this could you please post it
Alex530 said:
That would not be good. Everyone would ***** and moan about him posting in the wrong.section like they own the forum.
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True, but it is still the appropriate section to post this request in. Some people just don't seem to realize it... and they're a bunch a doody heads.
But I guess since I'm such a nice guy I'll just give it to you even if you did post in the wrong section.
Semper Fi,
Narco
narcopolypse said:
But I guess since I'm such a nice guy I'll just give it to you even if you did post in the wrong section.
Semper Fi,
Narco
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Does it work with the current 2.2 roms?
hanbaoquan15 said:
Does it work with the current 2.2 roms?
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Don't know. Hang on a minute, I'll check.
Don't know why but de-odexer failed to de-odex it. I'm running a de-odexed rom so I can't test it now.
Thanks narco, but it didn't install. I took the apk out of the rar file you posted and tried to install that. No joy.
I really thought this was the right forum. I saw someone get yelled at in the Dev forum for posting app requests.
Don't know anything about de-odex so can't say why your file didn't work. I really like the ROM I'm using except for a few little ommissions like this. I wouldn't mind the file manager from the stock rom either if you have it. I hate these ad-supported ones in the market. I know I should support the developers and buy something, but these are things we got for free with our phones. I just want some of that free goodness.
Thanks again.
narcopolypse said:
But I guess since I'm such a nice guy I'll just give it to you even if you did post in the wrong section.
Semper Fi,
Narco
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thanx, i owe you a beer
will try this in a few
Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
vtxGump said:
Thanks narco, but it didn't install. I took the apk out of the rar file you posted and tried to install that. No joy.
I really thought this was the right forum. I saw someone get yelled at in the Dev forum for posting app requests.
Don't know anything about de-odex so can't say why your file didn't work. I really like the ROM I'm using except for a few little ommissions like this. I wouldn't mind the file manager from the stock rom either if you have it. I hate these ad-supported ones in the market. I know I should support the developers and buy something, but these are things we got for free with our phones. I just want some of that free goodness.
Thanks again.
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No worries. Coincidentally, I happened to de-odex that file since my last post. So here is the de-odexed version that I have running perfectly on Froyo. And since you need it I'll attach a de-odexed copy of the file manager as well.
Thanks man
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narco, what am I doing wrong? I downloaded the rar files you posted and extracted the apk file. I moved the apk files to my internal SD card, then used a version of "Root Explorer" to launch the installer on these files. I get a message that says they weren't installed. No other helpful information as to why.
Is there some other method of getting these files to install?
vtxGump said:
narco, what am I doing wrong? I downloaded the rar files you posted and extracted the apk file. I moved the apk files to my internal SD card, then used a version of "Root Explorer" to launch the installer on these files. I get a message that says they weren't installed. No other helpful information as to why.
Is there some other method of getting these files to install?
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Yes there is.
First you need to install the SDK.
Then plug your phone into your computer, enable USB debugging, open a command prompt on your computer, navigate to the folder where your apk resides and enter the following commands:
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C:\Phone Hacking\Vibrant>adb root
restarting adbd as root
C:\Phone Hacking\Vibrant>adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/st19 /system
C:\Phone Hacking\Vibrant>adb push VoiceRecorder.apk /system/app/
C:\Phone Hacking\Vibrant>adb reboot
Okay, I think I got it. I installed the sdk and tried the whole adb thing, but it said I couldn't go into adb root on production builds, then it occurred to me that all you were trying to do was move the apk file into the /system/app folder which can only be accessed by root.
I already had Root Explorer, which I used to move the apk file and it worked. Thanks for posting the files and your help. I've been wondering what I could do with ADB. I messed around with the usb drivers for a while but ended up getting adb to work via the wirelessadb app that was included in the Onyx rom.
Learning something new everyday.
Thanks again.
Gump
vtxGump said:
Okay, I think I got it. I installed the sdk and tried the whole adb thing, but it said I couldn't go into adb root on production builds, then it occurred to me that all you were trying to do was move the apk file into the /system/app folder which can only be accessed by root.
I already had Root Explorer, which I used to move the apk file and it worked. Thanks for posting the files and your help. I've been wondering what I could do with ADB. I messed around with the usb drivers for a while but ended up getting adb to work via the wirelessadb app that was included in the Onyx rom.
Learning something new everyday.
Thanks again.
Gump
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The reason you got an error about adb not switching to root mode is that you are running a production kernel. You might consider changing to a custom kernel. You can run a rooted kernel along with your current rom.
I would suggest one of Eugene's custom kernels. I currently run A4 but there is a new A5 out that I will switch to later tonight.
If you can't figure out how to install it send me another message. I'll be glad to help.
Edit: Just updated to A5. Runs Great! Super fast awesomeness!
vtxGump said:
Can someone post the Voice Recorder from the stock ROM on our Vibrant? Also, I plan to use it on a 2.2 ROM (Onyx). Any compatibility issues with using the Voice Recorder on 2.2?
Thanks in advance.
Gump
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Try this,from Bionix final.Copy to root and use root explorer to copy to system/app.
This is my first week with rooting/flashing. My primary reason for going this route has been to get some froyo goodness and extend my battery life. I have been reading that the stock kernel is the best way to get the most battery life. What do the custom kernels get you? I've stayed away from the lag fixes as well for the same reason.
Thanks for being so helpful.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Requesting /system/media files from X10 stock rom

I've recently installed CM7-ZMOD.
But now I'm missing a few notification sounds from the stock rom.
Can someone please post a zip of the /system/media folder of the original X10 2.3.3 stock rom so I can add the missing sounds.
Thanks in advance
I think it is already somewhere in this forum,i've seen it already,look harder..
bloodsuckingcomputer said:
I think it is already somewhere in this forum,i've seen it already,look harder..
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Right you are. It's even the first sticky under themes & apps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258960
Deviantelf said:
Right you are. It's even the first sticky under themes & apps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258960
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Must have overlooked it. I'm sorry. Will take a better look next time.
But .... thanks for the info ....

[Question] How do I edit a ROM??

Hi, i'm new to the ROM building/editing stuff. I've read a lot about building ROM's from scratch, but thats not what i'm interested in. I would like to know if, and if i can how, i can edit an existing rom for the Samsung Infuse 4g such as the stock rom and replace stock apps. I want to just edit some of the system/apps like the stock launcher, stock messaging app, etc and replace them with different ones that i already have downloaded. I don't want to edit any of the really deep/internal stuff just the stock applications that are loaded on the phone. Pretty much i want to theme it i guess you could say. Can anyone help me out or point me in the right direction?? Thanks in advanced. I'm looking forward to working with custom ROM's.
bump. can anyone help a guy out??
3 months. Am I posting to the wrong forum?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA
How do you flash new rom on your samsung. Is it a .zip file and you flash it via cwm?
Sent from X10
Use this tool forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415600
cjtulowiecki said:
3 months. Am I posting to the wrong forum?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA
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Assuming your file is a .zip file, you could just replace the applications you want (found in the "system/app" folder) on the zip, and sign it afterwards with a tool like AndroidSigner. It works for me
dsixda's kitchen
I haven't used this, but I have seen other ROM modders talk about this application called Kitchen (by dsixda). The link to the post is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
From the looks of it, it fits your bill.
you have Output the /system and do some work like change themes and other stuff and their is guys in Android Development and Hacking>Android Software Development
First off, thanks for all your replies, I appreciate getting some assistance. To answer most questions, yes I have the rom as a .zip file and flash it with cwm. I will try to replace the apps I want and then look into signing it ( which I don't know a whole lot about, but ill Google it.)
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA
Yeah so the apps are in /system/apps/ You can replace them easily, but You have to set good permisions
Sent from X10
Use this tool forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415600

Need stock lgkeyguard.apk LG D605

Hi guys, I need original LGKeyGuard.apk and .odex for LG D605. I would be very, very grateful if someone can send me.
Jerroscar said:
Hi guys, I need original LGKeyGuard.apk and .odex for LG D605. I would be very, very grateful if someone can send me.
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What version from? Tonight i will extract that for you but you need to tell me what firmware.
Thanks, but I figured out how to extract it by myself. But I haven't find solution where to find original LGLLockscreen.apk. It wasn't in system.img. I'm using Kitkat.
Jerroscar said:
Thanks, but I figured out how to extract it by myself. But I haven't find solution where to find original LGLLockscreen.apk. It wasn't in system.img. I'm using Kitkat.
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Let me decrypt the KDZ i will investigate it and help you if i can.
Result is a *.wdb file that I have never seen before since I don't have the device I can't flash it and then pull from it. I will look more into it maybe I can do something but I'm not sure.
Ok, thank you very much
Jerroscar said:
Ok, thank you very much
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Hmm i extracted system img. i can just find lglockscreen settings. If you want to port it i think you need to dig into lge-res.apk and maybe framework-res.apk .
I have added ported LG G3 app Lockscreen.apk and it ruined my system. I'm such an idiot because I didn't make a copy of original apk, and now I'm unable to change lock screen wallpaper or to create shortcuts on lock screen.
Jerroscar said:
I have added ported LG G3 app Lockscreen.apk and it ruined my system. I'm such an idiot because I didn't make a copy of original apk, and now I'm unable to change lock screen wallpaper or to create shortcuts on lock screen.
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Did you delete that apk? Also gimme the package you flashed I will try to help you.
Sorry, I explained it bad. I have downloaded LG G3 lock screen. Then it ruined my system with LGKeyguard.apk from G3 too. So I copied LGKeyguard.apk from original system.img and downloaded Lockscreen.apk from random user of Internet, but it seems that app I downloaded isn't original D605 app. So it doesn't work.
Jerroscar said:
Sorry, I explained it bad. I have downloaded LG G3 lock screen. Then it ruined my system with LGKeyguard.apk from G3 too. So I copied LGKeyguard.apk from original system.img and downloaded Lockscreen.apk from random user of Internet, but it seems that app I downloaded isn't original D605 app. So it doesn't work.
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Can you point me the files you flashed or installed? A link in pm or something?
Here are they.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwGIiIqc6aSpenVTd2N6NGMyYTg/preview
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwGIiIqc6aSpT192aXM3T09XSWc/preview
Jerroscar said:
Here are they.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwGIiIqc6aSpenVTd2N6NGMyYTg/preview
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwGIiIqc6aSpT192aXM3T09XSWc/preview
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Is your current rom deodexed? @Jerroscar
Yes, that's right. So I need odex file to make it work?
Jerroscar said:
Yes, that's right. So I need odex file to make it work?
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Nope if it's deodexed it means you don't have any odex files. I need to go right now I will help you tomorrow. Sorry.
Ok, I appreciate your help phone working properly right now, except for lock screen so it's not necessary to hurry
@Jerroscar do you have CWM installed?
No, I don't have
Jerroscar said:
No, I don't have
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Then It's as simple as this replace the keyguard with the stock and uninstall that g3 and all shall be good.
Can I install cwm on Kitkat?
Jerroscar said:
Can I install cwm on Kitkat?
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I don't know for your paticulat device. You need to search for that.
To revert back copy original keyguard unistall the G3 settings.

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