My epic 4g touch is rooted. I had downloaded titanium backup so I could remove the original swype that's on my phone. In which I did. I had downloaded a different swype theme apk but when I go to install it, it asks to replace the existing which there isn't one. I still try to install it but it says it can't install. Anyone have any ideas? Is there something else I still need to remove?
When you uninstall swype through titanium backup you need to reboot the phone then install the apk. If that doesn't work you have to push it through adb or root explorer.
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Hi guys, I just got my Vibrant, rooted it and now I am having a problem with Swype.
I want to install a newest version that supports Greek, so I deleted Swype from /system/apps.
When I try to install the version I have it tries to install it and then says "Application not installed"
Any ideas ???
Thank you...
I was having very similar problems with my Swype. It wouldn't open. I had done a backup of it with Titanium Backup and even a restore wouldn't fix it. I had to use nandroid to fix it. Maybe backup all your data and flash stock with odin?
Download Swype.apk from a ROM and just adb push it into /system/app again.
Not content with installing apps one by one, I decided to see if Titanium Backup would work..and alas! It does!
Pre-Reqs:
1. Rooted NookColor: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting
2. BusyBox: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Installing_Busybox
3. SU/Superuser.apk: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Installing_su_and_the_Superuser_app
Titanium Backup installed on the phone: http://www.appbrain.com/app/titanium-backup-★-root/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup (I recommend the paid version!)
Steps:
Open up Titanium Backup on your rooted Android phone, and backup the apps you'd like to transfer
Use Astro to backup Titanium Backup(Oddly wasn't able to do this through Titanium Backup itself?)
Use adb/astro to install Titanium Backup on the Nook, after BusyBox and SU have been installed
Transfer the 'TitaniumBackup' directory on your phones SD card to your nooks
Run Titanium Backup on your Nook, and go to batch restore, and then restore missing apps. I chose to restore the apps only, and not data.
Let it do it's thing, and you should be set Just did this with about 50 apps, and it seems to have worked.
you know, i was planning on trying this but never got to it. i'm glad you've already found out it can be done.
also, this is the easiest way to get busy box installed.
madsquabbles said:
also, this is the easiest way to get busy box installed.
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i wish, ive got busybox in the xbin folder but i get permission denied when installing
I was trying to use Titanium to back up whatever I have in my NC but no go.... it would always stay at 0%. Any ideas? I'm rooted and SU-ed.
I cannot get pass step 7. It said "bad mode"
A better way to install Busybox. Just install it from Titanium backup.
if you get the "bad mode" error, just use root explorer and copy busybox to the /system folder anthen install using the code in instruction # 11. then your good to go. thats how i got around it.
also i used a terminal emulator on the NC itself
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i wish, ive got busybox in the xbin folder but i get permission denied when installing
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just click "problems?" and titanium will install busybox in the correct location for you.
madsquabbles said:
just click "problems?" and titanium will install busybox in the correct location for you.
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wish i had known that
bad mode
the "bad mode" was due to the chmod wrong format, it is now corrected on the site.
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Titanium Backup is also an awesome way to get apps on to the NC that has problems installing otherwise:
1) Make a backup of the app you want on another device that has it successfully installed (in my case, my Vibrant).
2) Find the three files in your Titanium Backup folder on the SD card of the device. It'll have a date stamp with when you made you back up.
3) Copy and paste into the TB file on the NC's SD card.
4) Start TB on the NC and you should see that there's an uninstalled app at the bottom (the one you just "exported" from your other device).
5) Click on it and choose install (or is it "restore"?)
This is probably a repost and some of you already know it, but its just something else you can use TB for.
I am currently running TW Bionix V. Flashed thw wifi.zip to add wifi calling and now would like to uninstall it. I tried to uninstall going through manage applications but no luck. Any tips?
Thanks!
use titanium backup to freeze it...
OR
did you move it to system/apps? If so, go there and delete it..
i rooted my phone with z4root and installed titanium backup and wanted to uninstall some bloatware and when i tried to the phone restarted as it should but the apps were still there. why aren't they being removed?
Try uninstalling the apps again or re-installing titanium backup from market.
OR
Use rootexplorer to manually remove them from /system/app/ folder ( don't forget to remove the corresponding .odex files )
one more think happened when it didn't delete the app. the phone reset and everything on my phone disappeared. it was like i just took it out of the packaging when i bought it. would anyone know why that happened?
Confirm that you have busybox installed on your phone.lack of it could cause problems with titanium backup.
Though I am not sure that this its the problem in your case.
Use root checker to confirm
hi there,
I just searched the forum and couldn't find something...
is it possible to backup my existing stock-swype (for example as .apk) so that I can use it later on with e.g. CM7...?
I know that there's a swype beta, but this has an expiration date and I would like to continue to use my stock swype e.g. in CM7...
thank you very much...
Use something like Titanium Backup (IF YOU ARE ROOTED) and you can backup System apps.
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Use something like Titanium Backup (IF YOU ARE ROOTED) and you can backup System apps.
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ah, okay... didn't know, that swype easily is just a system-app. but that's nice.
so when I back it up via Titanium Backup, will I get an .apk, which I can use to install swype e.g. in CM7? will it work there?
If you back it up with Titanium you can restore it to any ROM you are using. Just restore the app and not the settings.
Other way is to go into system/app and copy the swype app and save it somewhere then you can install it by placing it in system/app of your new ROM and rebooting.
killall said:
If you back it up with Titanium you can restore it to any ROM you are using. Just restore the app and not the settings.
Other way is to go into system/app and copy the swype app and save it somewhere then you can install it by placing it in system/app of your new ROM and rebooting.
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sounds promising! thank you!
On a side note titanium backup will most likely create a zip with your swipe apk in it if I remember correctly.
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Getting Swype to work with some roms can be a pain in the arse. I recommend SlideIt from Market if you come across a rom which doesn't work with Swype easily. I've tested this with 4 different roms & it works perfectly with each, no dramas with install, no FC's. $6 well spent.
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If you back it up with Titanium you can restore it to any ROM you are using. Just restore the app and not the settings.
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Why not the settings?
How do you generally know to restore with or without the settings?