I lost my contacts because I accidentally hit the uninstall people in the debloater menu. I tried restoring with titanium backup, but it just stays frozen. The phone dialer doesn't work either so I can't make any outgoing calls. Is there any way to get it back without reflashing the ROM?
a phone that can't make phone calls
..ouch
Easy way is to just flash the rom over what you have to get it working properly.
I don't see why you couldn't just pull the People.apk (or whatever it's called) from the .zip file the rom was packaged in, place it in system/app, set permissions and reboot.
Well flashing the ROM wipes all data before it gets flashed. How exactly would I pull out the apk? I'd appreciate it if you could guide me through it.
graymonkey44 said:
Well flashing the ROM wipes all data before it gets flashed. How exactly would I pull out the apk? I'd appreciate it if you could guide me through it.
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Oh I see. I would make a copy of the rom.zip you have then using a program (like 7zip or WinRAR) extract the zip and navigate to system>app>htccontacts.apk. Pull that apk and use THIS tool to make a flashable zip to replace the apk.
All right thanks a lot!
Cool...no problem. Sh** happens.
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Hi, I'm a new root user, and I was trying to get LiveWallpapers to work on my rooted Droid Eris. I flashed the .zip file and the package apparently came with the Nexus Lockscreen also. I later discovered that LiveWallpapers just won't work on a Sense ROM, but I'd like to revert back to the Sense Lockscreen if possible. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks.
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Hi, I'm a new root user, and I was trying to get LiveWallpapers to work on my rooted Droid Eris. I flashed the .zip file and the package apparently came with the Nexus Lockscreen also. I later discovered that LiveWallpapers just won't work on a Sense ROM, but I'd like to revert back to the Sense Lockscreen if possible. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks.
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did you do a nandroid backup before flashing the .zip file? this is a must must must lol if you didnt the easiest way is to boot to recovery wipe data and dalvik and reflash and and make sure to do a backup. and what sense ROM are you using that doesnt support lwp
Funnyface19 said:
did you do a nandroid backup before flashing the .zip file? this is a must must must lol if you didnt the easiest way is to boot to recovery wipe data and dalvik and reflash and and make sure to do a backup. and what sense ROM are you using that doesnt support lwp
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You can also pull HtcLockScreen.apk out of your rom's zip file and push it to /system/app/
Will this just revert back to original factory settings?
Oh, I guess i used the Stock Android 2.1 w/ Root Access.
Perhaps I should just load different ROM.
I found the HtcLockScreen.apk in the zip file, and threw it on my SD card, but i'm not sure what to do now. I tried using eoeAppInstaller but it said Install not successful. Not sure I quite understand what you mean by pushing the file to /system/app/
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I found the HtcLockScreen.apk in the zip file, and threw it on my SD card, but i'm not sure what to do now. I tried using eoeAppInstaller but it said Install not successful. Not sure I quite understand what you mean by pushing the file to /system/app/
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no need to put it on your sd card its useless there if im correct and if anyone more professional than me can verify you need to use command promt to run the adb app in your android sdk file and if thats the case search the threads for adb to answer your question
try here there are several that are based on sense and will let u set livewallpaper and have the slide lock that you seek just read up on them
I did something stupid...
I deleted the Ringtonepicker.apk out of my root. So now when i go into the settings and try to change my rintone or notification via the sound tab, i get a force close.
Can anyone upload that .apk for me or point me to it?
Thanks guys.
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meme405 said:
I did something stupid...
I deleted the Ringtonepicker.apk out of my root. So now when i go into the settings and try to change my rintone or notification via the sound tab, i get a force close.
Can anyone upload that .apk for me or point me to it?
Thanks guys.
PS. Just registered here.
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Just flash a stock sprint ROM and you'll have it back.
Twolazyg said:
Just flash a stock sprint ROM and you'll have it back.
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Im running a custom rom, KingCobra 1.7 (Im a Rogers GSM user). And i rather not go through the process as i just got my phone setup how i like.
is there no way of getting the .apk back?
Please anyone with root, just go into /system/app and grab the ringtonepicker.apk
and upload that file.
This would seriously help me out....
meme405 said:
Please anyone with root, just go into /system/app and grab the ringtonepicker.apk
and upload that file.
This would seriously help me out....
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FYI...just do a dirty flash - re-flash the rom with just a cache/dalvik clear. you won't have to set everything back up.
Modified the rom and i dont have the file i flashed again. I really just need that ringtonepicker.apk.
There is a method to my madness. If all else fails i will just reflash kingcobra 1.7 and re-do my mods, but its such a simple .apk replace that i cant believe nobody can do it.
Im about to flash an old nandroid just to pull that .apk, then reload my current backup just to put in that .apk.
But if someone could just up that file it would save me some hassle.
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Modified the rom and i dont have the file i flashed again. I really just need that ringtonepicker.apk.
There is a method to my madness. If all else fails i will just reflash kingcobra 1.7 and re-do my mods, but its such a simple .apk replace that i cant believe nobody can do it.
Im about to flash an old nandroid just to pull that .apk, then reload my current backup just to put in that .apk.
But if someone could just up that file it would save me some hassle.
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Sorry, but I am on CDMA so I would think the apk would be different for GSM. Here are the ringtone apks - just not sure if they will work on GSM.
meme405 said:
Modified the rom and i dont have the file i flashed again. I really just need that ringtonepicker.apk.
There is a method to my madness. If all else fails i will just reflash kingcobra 1.7 and re-do my mods, but its such a simple .apk replace that i cant believe nobody can do it.
Im about to flash an old nandroid just to pull that .apk, then reload my current backup just to put in that .apk.
But if someone could just up that file it would save me some hassle.
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Redownload the ROM you have, pull the ringtonepicker.apk out of the ROM. You've been told how to do it 4 times, I can't believe you can't do it.
We aren't here to do the work for you bud..
Hey guys im flashing joker's cm9 beta. With this you have to flash gapps. This is all working great with no complaints. However, I was wondering how I would edit the gapps file to so that I can add in some apps that I like to use ie Titanium back up, root explore....
I have tried unzipping the file and adding in the the apps to the /system/app folder. However after flashing the gapps while the app is there it will crash when i try to run it. If install from the apk over it, then the programs work fine.
Thanks for the help!
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Hey guys im flashing joker's cm9 beta. With this you have to flash gapps. This is all working great with no complaints. However, I was wondering how I would edit the gapps file to so that I can add in some apps that I like to use ie Titanium back up, root explore....
I have tried unzipping the file and adding in the the apps to the /system/app folder. However after flashing the gapps while the app is there it will crash when i try to run it. If install from the apk over it, then the programs work fine.
Thanks for the help!
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There will have to be some codework done in order for it to actually install, you cant just toss some apks in there. AFAIK atleast.. I personally would just backup all your apps with TI and then all you have to do is install TI and restore them all. Its how I personally do it. If your hellbent on having them there on your first flash you *might* be able to put them in the /system/apps folder of the actual rom before flashing. Not 100% sure that'd do the trick but ive installed a few apps that way myself.
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There will have to be some codework done in order for it to actually install, you cant just toss some apks in there. AFAIK atleast.. I personally would just backup all your apps with TI and then all you have to do is install TI and restore them all. Its how I personally do it. If your hellbent on having them there on your first flash you *might* be able to put them in the /system/apps folder of the actual rom before flashing. Not 100% sure that'd do the trick but ive installed a few apps that way myself.
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Edit: I tried this but with no luck. I even tried rebooting to see if that would help and it did not. Does anyone know of a guide how to create gapps or how to edit a build of one?
Yeah, that's what I have been doing with TI. It would just be faster if it was already there and I wouldn't have to navigate to it. Install and then have it install all my apps. I will try putting the apps in the rom and see if that works. I was hoping there was some tutorial on how to make your own gapps or how to edit an existing one. It would have been awesome if there was a program that made the gapps for you haha.
I'd like to know as well. I am about to try the rom thing myself, but it would be quite handy to add into the gapps file and use it instead of the rom, then I could switch roms and still have gapps file with my chosen installs without having to adjust each rom file and just adjusting a single file for all.
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I tried adding apps to the rom zip file and for whatever reason I can't add to it. I can remove from it, just not add to it.
That happens with certain zips. Extract the zip, add in the files you want and zip it again at the root folder level (select all the folders and send to compressed zip folder in Windows). That's how I always do it to avoid errors if I want to add anything to a zip.
Take a look here to learn how to make your own flashable zips - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31624265
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I'd like to know as well. I am about to try the rom thing myself, but it would be quite handy to add into the gapps file and use it instead of the rom, then I could switch roms and still have gapps file with my chosen installs without having to adjust each rom file and just adjusting a single file for all.
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I tried adding apps to the rom zip file and for whatever reason I can't add to it. I can remove from it, just not add to it.
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All you have to do is open it with 7zip. Youll be able to drag/drop as you please.
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I deleted my the Phone.apk file on my rooted Galaxy Player 4.0 (YP-G1CWY/XAA) running the stock rom awhile back to save on battery life.
I have done the same thing on my Nook Color, and figured that it wouldn't cause any problems, as the Player isnt a phone.
Recently tried to record some video, and found I was unable to do so. After doing some research I found out that deleting phone.apk causes the stock camera app, but not 3rd party camera apps, to stop functioning.
While I was sure to backup the file when I originally deleted the file, the backup has been lost in the intervening months.
Do I just need to find a specific phone.apk file for my device and return it to the correct directory?
I assume a factory reset will solve the problem, but I would rather not try that unless I have to.
Thanks!
a factory reset will not solve the problem, since it was a system .apk it will reset everything except for that particular apk.
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a factory reset will not solve the problem, since it was a system .apk it will reset everything except for that particular apk.
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In which case do I need to track down a copy of that specific apk or will I need to download odin and perform a full recovery?
put back the phone.apk file back on your device. Go to a ROM(best if its that ROM you are using) Find the phone.apk, and take it out. Then transfer it into your device, and use Root Explorer or something and put back phone.apk.
i dont think that will work because i uninstalled the screencapture.apk from my 5.0 and i backed it up so i tried to reinstal and it would not let me... but try aznflawless' way first if not you may want to flash a stock based rom...
heet1 said:
i dont think that will work because i uninstalled the screencapture.apk from my 5.0 and i backed it up so i tried to reinstal and it would not let me... but try aznflawless' way first if not you may want to flash a stock based rom...
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I put screencapture.apk from stock rom 2 chip rom because it was missing and worked normaly..just copy it 2 root/system/app ..dont install it.
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aznflawless said:
put back the phone.apk file back on your device. Go to a ROM(best if its that ROM you are using) Find the phone.apk, and take it out. Then transfer it into your device, and use Root Explorer or something and put back phone.apk.
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This seemed to work for me!
I tried looking in various roms before, but they were all formatted for flashing with odin.
I should have just went straight for the cwm package. *slaps forehead*
Thanks so much!
i shall try that sir thanks
As others said... find the phone.apk... preferably from the same rom you are using... use RootExplorer and copy the phone.apk to the system/apps folder. Change the permissions to match the other apps in that folder... reboot and you are good to go.
For your future reference, it is not a good idea to delete system apps without knowing what they actually do... I think you made a real good guess since phone.apk should not be on a device that is actually not a phone by function. For example, the Android Market app is actually called phonesky.apk or vendor.apk... nothing like what you would normally guess it to be, such as market.apk or something to that matter. So if I were you and I wanted to keep using my device and not brick it, I would becareful what I delete out of /system and it's sub folders...
Good luck...
Try to reinstall your custom rom!!
OrglCe said:
Try to reinstall your custom rom!!
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this is a thread from august of 2012. please dont go digging through old threads and posting on them
Is there any way to delete a mod without having to restore a backup or having to flash the whole rom again ?
this is the mod i wish to uninstall btw: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997919
PD: OP has not provided any cwm flashable zip file to uninstall, is there any workaround to delete all rom-related files ?
The only way I could think of is to open the mods zip and see what files it replaces, then just replace all of them in your phone with stock ones.
Just make sure to backup and wipe caches incase of problems.
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The only way I could think of is to open the mods zip and see what files it replaces, then just replace all of them in your phone with stock ones.
Just make sure to backup and wipe caches incase of problems.
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Wanted something more fast and easy, but guess that will do, thanks anyway !
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