I'm running newtoroot's senseless 4.0.3 and am loving it. The one problem that was bugging me was the fact that there was no dictionary accompanied with the keyboard, and it would say every word that you typed is incorrect. Well I found a fix.
1. Download these two files: LatinImeGoogle.apk & LatinImeDictionaryPack.apk
2. Put the apk's onto your sd card
3. Copy the apk's
4. Navigate to /system/app and paste the apk's into the directory
5. Rename (or delete) the file titled "LatinIME.apk"
6. You now have a working dictionary for your keyboard!
zZDave_Stud said:
I'm running newtoroot's senseless 4.0.3 and am loving it. The one problem that was bugging me was the fact that there was no dictionary accompanied with the keyboard, and it would say every word that you typed is incorrect. Well I found a fix.
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Awesome. You rock, dude.
Many thanks good Sir!!!
WHere can I find other language dictionaries?
Dude, you rock! Thanks so much for this, worked like a charm on my Samsung Skyrocket (i727) running leaked ICS.
Cheers!
Got it thanks mjones.
iceman4357 said:
I must be having a brain fart moment. I tried with astro and root explorer and it says the system/app is a read only and will not let me copy them over. Help?
Is this an adb only mod?
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Go to /system/app in Root Explorer and hit the R/W button.
You're very welcome everyone!
Not installed on my phonr
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Spell check does not work with the Russian language, with only five standard languages.
Additional dictionaries can only work correctly with auto-correction
Apparently, the spell checker uses the same dictionaries as the auto-correction, but to check the spelling was not announced additional languages
Who can tell about this problem? ;-)
I can't seem to paste nor rename the default apk file in the /system/app folder. I checked the SU, and ES Explorer has been granted the (root) permission.. What did I do wrong??
Sian said:
I can't seem to paste nor rename the default apk file in the /system/app folder. I checked the SU, and ES Explorer has been granted the (root) permission.. What did I do wrong??
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In ES, use the menu system to remount as R/W then try again. Even with root you're still limited to a read-only file system unless you do that.
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Dude, you are the man. Mad props on this one.
zZDave_Stud said:
1. Download these two files:
2. Put the apk's onto your sd card
3. Copy the apk's
4. Navigate to /system/app and paste the apk's into the directory
5. Rename (or delete) the file titled "LatinIME.apk"
6. You now have a working dictionary for your keyboard!
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I tried it, buy ni my case it doesn't work
before this try, my tablet was sign almost every words in red (except some name, or some word)
now, my tablet, doesn't make any king of spelling check :-(
but the "automatic correction" is enabled in the system setting
Why? some one can help?
is this the reason why swype doesnt give me a choice of words anymore?
Thanks!
Took me a while to get r/w to system/apps but once there the T9 and massively irritating underlining of every word has gone.
Awesome thank you so much.
Tnks
Works also with Spanish Dictionary Tnks
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Muchas Gracias
Thanks for LatinImeGoogle.apk & LatinImeDictionaryPack.apk and the instructions!
Solved the problem on my iDeaUSA CT702 / YG A777 tablet running Android 4.0.3
Thanks for you post! Just fixed a Nitro HD w/ MIUI 2.9.29 rom with your files. Much appreciated.
not working
I have a Motorola Xoom FE, just got ICS today. tried this fix and it did not work. I was getting an operation error on the delete/rename. I went back in mounted after R/W and it still wasn't allowing it. Suggestions? All these red lines are driving me bananas....
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Here is an apk for Google Talk that I have hacked to work on the NC. Rename /system/app/Talk.apk to something else and stash this one in there.
http://www.muffinworld.net/android/nookcolor/Talk.apk
You WILL need a different keyboard other than the stock one! This one is great:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9826968&postcount=11
Known Issues:
App exits immediately if you tap on a contact's avatar. This is because the contact management dependencies are not available on the NC.
Thank you very much. It works well.
I'm curious... what did you modify to get the Talk.apk to work?
Could you post a link on how to replace the keyboard? I think you rename the new one latinime.apk and place it somewhere...
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No, you need to go to /system/app/ and rename LatinIME.apk to something else and then install the multitouch keyboard APK I linked to and reboot. That's it.
Mistar Muffin said:
Here is an apk for Google Talk that I have hacked to work on the NC. Rename /system/app/Talk.apk to something else and stash this one in there.
http://www.muffinworld.net/android/nookcolor/Talk.apk
You WILL need a different keyboard other than the stock one! This one is great:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9826968&postcount=11
Known Issues:
App exits immediately if you tap on a contact's avatar. This is because the contact management dependencies are not available on the NC.
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All hail the Muffin Man!
This got Talk to work...thank you...but the keyboard is being truncated. I am only seeing the top 2 rows...
rxr said:
This got Talk to work...thank you...but the keyboard is being truncated. I am only seeing the top 2 rows...
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That's why you need to switch keyboards
I am using smart keyboard pro and the talk apk you posted doesnt work. I even tried changing the permissions and nothing happened.
Ellerbestyle said:
I am using smart keyboard pro and the talk apk you posted doesnt work. I even tried changing the permissions and nothing happened.
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Did you also apply the hack to enable Gmail and Android Market previously posted by Mistar Muffin? I believe those steps are a prerequisite to get GTalk to work.
Hmm...this is where I am...gmail/market all set, original talk application didn't work, so I renamed the talk apk's to end in bak, so they wouldn't be running in the background.
I've renamed the other two back to normal, and have slid the apk from this thread over into system/apps. I can't install it from the unit (not allowed anymore since the gmail/market install)
Talk doesn't appear in my app list. Is it because I haven't installed the apk? Assuming this is the case, if I install it using adb when I get home, that should clear thigns up, correct?
graymulligan said:
I've renamed the other two back to normal, and have slid the apk from this thread over into system/apps. I can't install it from the unit (not allowed anymore since the gmail/market install)
Talk doesn't appear in my app list. Is it because I haven't installed the apk? Assuming this is the case, if I install it using adb when I get home, that should clear thigns up, correct?
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OK. I'm going to assume that you have remounted the /system filesystem as read-write since you say that you renamed the original Talk.apk. Really no need to rename it as it is not an original system binary and it doesn't and will never work.
So, with /system read-write, copy the NEW Talk.apk into /system/app
Change it's permissions to 755 (rwx-rx-rx).
Reboot.
works great. thanks, muffin!
johnopsec said:
OK. I'm going to assume that you have remounted the /system filesystem as read-write since you say that you renamed the original Talk.apk. Really no need to rename it as it is not an original system binary and it doesn't and will never work.
So, with /system read-write, copy the NEW Talk.apk into /system/app
Change it's permissions to 755 (rwx-rx-rx).
Reboot.
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can permissions be changed within root explorer?
on vending.apk, for example, long press to get to the permissions option. Theres a 3x3 grid with 'read' 'write' 'execute' as columns and 'user' 'group' 'others' as rows.
edit: dont mean to get off topic but my market worked when i checked all the boxes in the row 'user' then rebooted. so maybe that works for talk as well.
johnopsec said:
OK. I'm going to assume that you have remounted the /system filesystem as read-write since you say that you renamed the original Talk.apk. Really no need to rename it as it is not an original system binary and it doesn't and will never work.
So, with /system read-write, copy the NEW Talk.apk into /system/app
Change it's permissions to 755 (rwx-rx-rx).
Reboot.
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I renamed them to .apk, from .bak. I had changed them rather than moving or deleting them, and meant that I had renamed them to their original names. Which still makes no sense...lol.
I didn't think to change the permissions...I had it sitting at rwx-r-r, swapping to rwx-rx-rx did the trick. Thanks for putting up with stupid questions, your help is greatly appreciated.
Link issues
The "talk.apk" link doesn't work for me; I've tried copying and pasting the link on both Google Chrome and also on IE9, chrome says the site doesn't exist and IE does nothing (acts as if I just clicked the refresh their default homepage).
I didn't see a thread on how to do this anywhere in the MT4G forum, so I thought I would share.
If you want swype, but are not on their beta test program, do not want to muck about with their "installer" app, or deal with the reminders of beta status and app expiration; you can pull swype from a stock ROM and use it on your device.
As per the rules, you should not do this on a phone that does not have swype installed stock.
Also, this involves messing around in the "system" partition. While the risk is very low, you do this at your own risk.
First you will need to extract the needed files from a stock ROM. If you are still running the stock software, you can use a file explorer app to make a copy onto your SD card. Just copy and paste. You can also pull the files from the stock image or from the Iced glacier ROM. Pulling from Iced Glacier is the easiest method. Just unzip the ROM file and find the needed files.
There are two files, both in the system partition. The first is "Swype.apk" and is in /system/app folder. The second is "libSwypeCore.so" and is in /system/lib/ folder.
Edit: 7/25/11
It seems you must also conciser the source ROM and destination ROM when obtaining the files. Swype does a device/licence check when running, and if it fails the check then Swype will not work. The build.prop lists "t-mobile/htc/ect" as product.brand and Swype seems to check this before running. So use a version of Swype from a ROM with the same build.prop or edit the build.prop manually.
Now to install Swype:
There are two ways to do this, ADB or root explorer. (or other file manager with RW)
Any extra info to help explain what is going on for any new guys will be in green text.
For ADB:
First put the files you extracted into the tools folder of the android SDK, then open an ADB shell to your phone. When that is done, use the following commands. (each line is a separate command)
Remember Linux commands are case sensitive.
First is to mount /system as RW. (this allows you to save files to /system)
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
Then you need to push (save a copy) the files to the correct locations.
Code:
adb push Swype.apk /system/app/Swype.apk
adb push libSwypeCore.so /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
It may give the files the wrong permissions. (how much access to the system they have) Just to be safe we need to give the files the right permissions.
Code:
chmod 644 /system/app/Swype.apk
chmod 644 /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
sync
reboot
Your phone will reboot and then you are done.
For Root Explorer:
Extract a copy of the needed files and put them on the SD card.
Then open root explorer and open the "sdcard" folder.
Next find "Swype.apk" and long press it and select "copy" (or if you have already completed this step once, copy "libSwypeCore.so")
Use the back button to go back to the root of the folder tree (up top where it shows your current location, it will show "/" this is where you started from when opening the app)
Locate and open the "system" folder.
You then need to tap the button up top marked "Mount R/W" (this will allow you to make changes and copy the files to the right locations) (this step should not be needed if you have already done so before)
Next open the "app" folder. (or if you are moving "libSwypeCore.so" open the "lib" folder)
Hit the "paste" button to copy the file.
Next long press the file you just copied "Swype.apk" and select "permissions" (or "libSwypeCore.so" as appropriate)
You will see a bunch of check boxes. The will be labeled "read" "write" "execute" across the top and "user" "group" "others" down the left side.
For "user" select the "read" and "write" boxes
For "group" and "others" select the "read" box only. Then select "OK"
When done with the first file, repeat the above steps again with the second file. Observe any changes to the steps that are in orange text.
Next open up a "terminal emulator" app and then run the following commands.
Code:
su
sync
reboot
Your phone will reboot and then you are done.
Hope this helps someone.
When I pushed the files to CM7 I completely forgot about checking permissions when it didn't work.
I do however prefer the newest Swype from the beta program since it has speech recognition. Your information should help me porting my Blackout Swype themes over to the MT4G with creating a proper flashable zip that will work with any ROM, and for that I thank you.
creator2456 said:
When I pushed the files to CM7 I completely forgot about checking permissions when it didn't work.
I do however prefer the newest Swype from the beta program since it has speech recognition. Your information should help me porting my Blackout Swype themes over to the MT4G with creating a proper flashable zip that will work with any ROM, and for that I thank you.
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No problem, I was thinking of creating a flashable zip for my cousin, he doesn't like to mess around with this stuff... but he lives on the computer, go figure. I just need the signing app, actually its not needed with the new recoveries that allow unsigned zips to be flashed, but it would be nice.
I cant get the swype from iced glacier onto cm7. I follow all the steps perfectly and can select the swype keyboard but when I try to type nothing happens except a flashing blue border around the keyboard. Its pretty annoying.
Jacezo said:
I cant get the swype from iced glacier onto cm7. I follow all the steps perfectly and can select the swype keyboard but when I try to type nothing happens except a flashing blue border around the keyboard. Its pretty annoying.
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Thats odd, I used this to get it on to CM7 and it works fine. Where did you source the files from? Permissions are rw-r-r?
Thanks so much for this! I don't use the voice feature and I always hit it on accident, so I've been missing the stock version. I also didn't care for the blue all that much.
I am new to this. Could I use this technic for the others stock apps (calendar, clock/weather widgets...)? Thanks!
A23E said:
I am new to this. Could I use this technic for the others stock apps (calendar, clock/weather widgets...)? Thanks!
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No, the apps you are speaking of are HTC apps. They are integrated into the HTC Sense framework.
Moving default apps between ROMs that have custom UIs, like sense, can be problematic. Many default apps have been setup to work with the custom UI and framework only.
Marine6680 said:
Thats odd, I used this to get it on to CM7 and it works fine. Where did you source the files from? Permissions are rw-r-r?
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I took the files from an iced glacier rom and fixed the permissions. I'm on cm7 rc1 with the dumguq smartass kernel.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Jacezo said:
I took the files from an iced glacier rom and fixed the permissions. I'm on cm7 rc1 with the dumguq smartass kernel.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
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All I can think to do is try again. It may be the kernel as well.
great help and easy to follow, thanks
Glad it helped.
hav'nt tried your way, but what i did was got those 2 files form new mytouch 2.3.4 (swype 3.7) and copied it to panache stock custom then cooked and flashed, but now it says wrong licence.....
atifsh said:
hav'nt tried your way, but what i did was got those 2 files form new mytouch 2.3.4 (swype 3.7) and copied it to panache stock custom then cooked and flashed, but now it says wrong licence.....
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Probably has a device check, and the ROM you are using is giving the wrong device.
I believe the panache is the Canadian version, so it may be that the licence is regional as well.
License issues for me.on virtuous unity 1.29 and fauxkernel
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valve timing said:
License issues for me.on virtuous unity 1.29 and fauxkernel
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Same, I wonder if it's something to do with our build.prop?
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Sadness i want swype guess ill go.back to beta
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valve timing said:
Sadness i want swype guess ill go.back to beta
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I figured it out for us (those of us on Virtuous Unity)!!! Haha, I'm so stoked. K, so I changed my build.prop of ro.product.brand to =tmobile, I think it's originally htc_wwe or something (This was after extracting my system backup for stock froyo and comparing the differences). Then uninstalled swype, rebooted, and then followed the terminal steps listed in the OP. Good luck.
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eliasadrian said:
I figured it out for us (those of us on Virtuous Unity)!!! Haha, I'm so stoked. K, so I changed my build.prop of ro.product.brand to =tmobile, I think it's originally htc_wwe or something (This was after extracting my system backup for stock froyo and comparing the differences). Then uninstalled swype, rebooted, and then followed the terminal steps listed in the OP. Good luck.
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I can confirm that this works
Hey Everyone,
here is the new Ice cream sandwich keyboard
Features=>
1) very fast
2) no lags
3) new UI
4)better than gingerbread keyboard
5) Easy to type
6) it supports smileys
How to install?
note: its very easy to install
but it requires -
1) rooted phone
2) root explorer
Steps to install :
a) place file "latinIME_2.APK" in your sd card
b) open root explorer
C) Go to sdcard n find the place where u kept latinIME_2.apk in your sdcard
D) copy it to system>apps
E) set the permissions to rw-r--r-- by ticking the all three in "read" column and tick the first in the "write" column.
F) and then press ok and then reboot.
download => megaupload mediafire hotfile dropbox
Got screenshots?
BTW, 11.5MB for a keyboard....
11.5mb lol forget it then.
edit:
works sweet actually.
sent from my wilderbeast:buzz
Just saw my mistake, sorry guys!
3xeno said:
Got screenshots?
BTW, 11.5MB for a keyboard....
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slymobi said:
11.5mb lol forget it then.
sent from my wilderbeast:buzz
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LatinIME.apk file in cm7 is the same size.
check it in system/app/LatinIME.apk
phantom200580 said:
LatinIME.apk file in cm7 is the same size.
check it in system/app/LatinIME.apk
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Never checked, I remove that and use the HTC keyboard, which is ~4MB.
Anyway, looks like the Enter key is back, which is a progressive step as far as I am concerned because I can't do without it, even is SMS'es.
EDIT: Or maybe not? That's the XDA App.
phantom200580 said:
LatinIME.apk file in cm7 is the same size.
check it in system/app/LatinIME.apk
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so it is.......
better than ginger keyboard, but 11 mb is too big,
phantom200580 said:
Hey Everyone,
here is the new Ice cream sandwich keyboard
Features=>
1) very fast
2) no lags
3) new UI
4)better than gingerbread keyboard
5) Easy to type
6) it supports smileys
How to install?
note: its very easy to install
but it requires -
1) rooted phone
2) root explorer
Steps to install :
a) place file "latinIME_2.APK" in your sd card
b) open root explorer
C) Go to sdcard n find the place where u kept latinIME_2.apk in your sdcard
D) copy it to system>apps
E) set the permissions to rw-r--r-- by ticking the all three in "read" column and tick the first in the "write" column.
F) and then press ok and then reboot.
download => megaupload mediafire hotfile dropbox
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Very nice, bigger than the cm7 keyboard, has better feeling to it also (for me at least). Overall 5/5 thanks
Btw for all who are whining, its the same size as original latinime.apk from cm7, just delete the old one and replace it :S
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Sorry to disturb you, but i have a question.
Is it possible to winzippah this keyboard to a 2.2.1 (jokerdroid) or 2.3.x (cyanogenmod 7.x) based rom, so i must not install it later?
(What I mean, install a new rom, and it is allready in it?)
If so, can i also winzip (winrar, 7-Zip) the keyboard language settings (german) to the rom?
Thanks, you are all awesome.
This is working great on my T-Mobile G2!!
Thanx!
jhbakerstreet said:
Sorry to disturb you, but i have a question.
Is it possible to winzippah this keyboard to a 2.2.1 (jokerdroid) or 2.3.x (cyanogenmod 7.x) based rom, so i must not install it later?
(What I mean, install a new rom, and it is allready in it?)
If so, can i also winzip (winrar, 7-Zip) the keyboard language settings (german) to the rom?
Thanks, you are all awesome.
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Remove the existing LatinIME.apk from the ROM, rename this keyboard to LatinIME.apk, and, it should work (Don't unzip the ROM. Perform this with the "zipped" archive). Also, While I am not sure for the language settings, it should work, since the stock Gingerbread keyboard also includes all language settings.
3xeno said:
Remove the existing LatinIME.apk from the ROM, rename this keyboard to LatinIME.apk, and, it should work (Don't unzip the ROM. Perform this with the "zipped" archive). Also, While I am not sure for the language settings, it should work, since the stock Gingerbread keyboard also includes all language settings.
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Thanks, that was a quick answer to a newbie.
Anyway to port this to stock 2.2.1?
I have no dev knowledge or pc to attempt to.... if its even possible
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still have a smiley button in the sms app.. am i doin it wrong?
DarkhShadow said:
Anyway to port this to stock 2.2.1?
I have no dev knowledge or pc to attempt to.... if its even possible
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Need s-off and using esfilemanager you then rename to LatinIME.apk and copy into system app to replace old version.that's how I did it. Not sure if it'll work on sense cos I'm on cm7.try it.
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slymobi said:
sent from my emmaroid infected wilderbeast
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My phones keyboard is named HTC_IME and no I couldnt get it to work, I think its gingerbread roms only
I'm sad now
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I'll need to try this out tonight. Any chance of an APK?
phantom200580 said:
How to install?
note: its very easy to install
but it requires -
1) rooted phone
2) root explorer
Steps to install :
a) place file "latinIME_2.APK" in your sd card
b) open root explorer
C) Go to sdcard n find the place where u kept latinIME_2.apk in your sdcard
D) copy it to system>apps
E) set the permissions to rw-r--r-- by ticking the all three in "read" column and tick the first in the "write" column.
F) and then press ok and then reboot.
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Why would you need an .apk??
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Not working
Can move it in, but cannot install. anyone can help? Cm7.1.0.1
!!!!!!!!!THIS THREAD IS STRICTLY FOR MODS, AND MODS ONLY, THERE WILL BE NO ARGUING ON THIS THREAD!!!!!!!!!
Users, i am not dev, but i want to help.....do here is this thread.
On this thread feel free to post how-to's, non play store apps etc. So long as its mad based/related. Questions are allowed!
So lets get to it!
Sent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2
Mod what?
Android>iOS... Android FTW!
so to load a new launcher for root users:
1. Root Your Device!
2. Using a root explorer like es file explorer or root explorer mount system R/W
3. Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it, and just copy it into you /system/app/ folder
4. Re-name the "Launcher.apk" application in the /system/app/ to "Launcher1.apk"
5. Voila you can now use any launcher in the system app folder-->note you may need to reboot
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craby1925 said:
so to load a new launcher for root users:
1. Root Your Device!
2. Using a root explorer like es file explorer or root explorer mount system R/W
3. Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it, and just copy it into you /system/app/ folder
4. Re-name the "Launcher.apk" application in the /system/app/ to "Launcher1.apk"
5. Voila you can now use any launcher in the system app folder-->note you may need to reboot
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There is no need to rename the launcher.apk. After another launcher is installed you will be given the choice of which launcher you want to set as default, you can change back to stock launcher by clearing the defaults of the custom launcher. Better to not change system files if you dont have to. After you move the new launcher to system/app folder change the permissions to rw-r--r--.
onemeila said:
There is no need to rename the launcher.apk. After another launcher is installed you will be given the choice of which launcher you want to set as default, you can change back to stock launcher by clearing the defaults of the custom launcher. Better to not change system files if you dont have to. After you move the new launcher to system/app folder change the permissions to rw-r--r--.
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Would you need to rename the new launcher to anything special, or is setting these permissions and/or placing into this directory enough?
4Bn0rmL said:
Would you need to rename the new launcher to anything special, or is setting these permissions and/or placing into this directory enough?
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Nope, I just got a special/stupid kfhd, that wouldn't work unless launcher was renamed.
Sent from my Fire HD with root!
Alright,
1st, device spoofer will cause BOOTLOOPS!!!! so don't buy!
(I learned this the hard way)
so this isn't really a mod but if you boot-looped your device by messing with build.prop than here is a quick fix:
1.Make sure you have adb set up nice for your fire by following the amazon developers @ https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/getting-started.html AND that you have the orignal build.prop file
Make sure you read the entire page verbatim, especially if your a mac user, because all the answers are either on the page or in the links
2.You either will need to have temp root or have already been rooted.
3. Make sure the device is actually reaching adb, check this by waiting until the sparkly kindle fire logo comes up, and then doing adb devices
4. Down to Business: Turn on the fire and wait until you reach sparkly kindle fire logo.
5.Navigate to platform-tools folder and place your original build.prop file there
6.type
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
mv build.prop /system/build.prop
exit
exit
reboot
7. If you already kept a backup of the original build.prop file on the device, than change the mv line to
Code:
mv /system/build.prop.bak /system/build.prop
-->and there ya go, post if you have problems
craby1925 said:
so to load a new launcher for root users:
1. Root Your Device!
2. Using a root explorer like es file explorer or root explorer mount system R/W
3. Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it, and just copy it into you /system/app/ folder
4. Re-name the "Launcher.apk" application in the /system/app/ to "Launcher1.apk"
5. Voila you can now use any launcher in the system app folder-->note you may need to reboot
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Hi,
Will this replace this awful carousel thing ? And therefore, redirect the home button ?
Sorry, i'm not a native english speaker, i don't understand the "Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it".
Does it mean that i copy the new launcher's apk file to /system/app/ ? And do i have to install the new launcher ?
Thanks
iCoN3o said:
Hi,
Will this replace this awful carousel thing ? And therefore, redirect the home button ?
Sorry, i'm not a native english speaker, i don't understand the "Grab the all for whatever you want from wherever you have it".
Does it mean that i copy the new launcher's apk file to /system/app/ ? And do i have to install the new launcher ?
Thanks
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Download a launcher from the play store
With a file manager move the apk from /data/app/ folder (It will be named differently than you are used to, usually has the company or developers name instead) to /system/app/ folder then reboot.
No need to change permissions as they are the same coming from /data/app/ folder
onemeila said:
Download a launcher from the play store
With a file manager move the apk from /data/app/ folder (It will be named differently than you are used to, usually has the company or developers name instead) to /system/app/ folder then reboot.
No need to change permissions as they are the same coming from /data/app/ folder
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Thanks ! It worked perfectly. Goodbye carousel !!!
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Are there any alternates to the soft button bar like a stock jb one or something? Or can we not do that because of the odex? I know it's systemui.apk I tried installing a cm9 systemui.apk on my kf2 and system/app rwrr but on reboot all I got was black screen. I backed it up and restored it with adb so I know what i'm doing... for the most part. Sorry for an y random spaces or periods... swype doesn't like furious tapping on the kf2. Needless to say, I have swype as default keyboard and launcher pro as launcher.
Well, I tried the same wpthing with a similar result. My best guess is that it works off of framework res so...until there are custom ROMs we have to wait. But, I've been toying with an idea: if the favorite button on the saftbar was rewritten to display recent apps, e.g. that it always displays 8 apps from data list x, and data list x is a list constantly updated saying the most recent app. Then the app could be themed minorly to have the window over window PNG and voila: a little bit better stock ROM. My problem is that I'm not a coder of any kind, so its a slow process.
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fmkilo said:
Are there any alternates to the soft button bar like a stock jb one or something? Or can we not do that because of the odex? I know it's systemui.apk I tried installing a cm9 systemui.apk on my kf2 and system/app rwrr but on reboot all I got was black screen. I backed it up and restored it with adb so I know what i'm doing... for the most part. Sorry for an y random spaces or periods... swype doesn't like furious tapping on the kf2. Needless to say, I have swype as default keyboard and launcher pro as launcher.
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I could try to edit it for you. I don't have a Kindle Fire HD, so you'll have to upload me the framework-res.apk and test it for me. Make sure you backup before you test it though.
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Has anyone figured out or tried to replace or disable stock search and get Google search to work. I've tried a few things with no luck. I would also like Google now.
For Google search, it's really tedious.
For it to work you have to rename the stock search to iforgothenameofit.apk.bak
Than you have to grab the Google search app from jelly bean gapps via goo.I'm, and push it to the system/app folder with permissions rw-r--r--
Than you have to push all the framework files, permission files, basically any other non-apk file to the folder of which it belongs.(you can get this from the whole zip file that you got from goo.I'm
MAKE SURE THAT EVERY FILE YOU PUT IN THE SYSTEM DIRECTORY HAD PERMISSION RW-R--R--
*This can actually be done with a root explorer fairly easily
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Hi, XDA Dev. Why when I Install some apk, says Application Not Installed?
Give me a how to
Bcoz ur phone is not compitanle with that app.... Wrong section... Reported...
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Sometimes we can use them by copying apk to data folder. Just copy the apk file to "/data/app folder and sey the permission. And reboot.
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Hi very_lie, need specifics, what method are you using- ADB? Are you rooted? What app- is it compatible with your device, app store(play/aptoide) will tell you yea or nay. Assuming you are rooted, use a good file manager, go into settings of the file manager, give it root permissions, and change mount system folders to writable, they will be read only originally. Find out where the app needs to go. For example, earlier today, I replaced talkback app because the version that came with custom ROM force closed. Google came out with an update recently that works for me. In file explorer, went to /system/app to find out what its called- talkback.apk. Downloaded v. 3.5 from aptoide(be careful), renamed it talkback.apk. go to /system/app, deleted older talkback.apk, go to data/dalvic cache and delete system @ app @ talkback.apk @ classes.dex Took renamed apk, copied it(from sd), just long press on the file and options come up, select copy. Navigated to /system/app and paste it there. Reset permissions, again long press hit permissions, will probably at rw-rw-rw, change to rw-r--r-- read write, read, read. Reboot. Upon reboot, may say android is upgrading-all is good-dalvic cache is building. Now with certain apps you will want to delete its data- in /data/data. For this app didn't need to. Also some apps can't be put in /system/app. On my phone HTC Evo 3d, ones like facebook, Twitter, translate and other google app can. Ones like Skype n dropbox cannot- they forced closed and can cause others to misbehave. So open up your app n see if it works. Go back into file manager, /data/data and make sure your app's permissions are rwxr-xr-x. Hope this helps, follow this same format when putting"forcing" app on data partition- /data/app
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I revived the topic after so much time to thank the contribution that helped me to reinstall a service that I uninstalled by mistake in my Note8.
Thank you very much!
Regards
It's easy done wit "adb install <app.package.name>"
Do it without a PC...
Regards
gatul said:
Do it without a PC...
Regards
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I've got a old version of APK editor pro , that I can use . Version 1.00 to bypass any install errors .. don't ask me how to get it though. Regards :angel:
Of course I could also have flash stock firmware again but I needed a simple solution to use the media I had available at that moment, only two Note 8 (mine and my wife's to extract the apk) and little 3g signal (when I had) to find a solution.
I appreciate the recommendations after having solved the problem but the object of my post was to thank for the help, the rest are anecdotes.
Regards
fil3s said:
I've got a old version of APK editor pro , that I can use . Version 1.00 to bypass any install errors .. don't ask me how to get it though. Regards
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How to get it?