Is there any way to replace the stock Sense Phone app (phone.apk?) with a AOSP/Nexus Phone app? I searched on Google and on this forum and I've had no luck finding any information on that for the HTC One X+. Any type of information regarding this is greatly appreciated!
P.S. I am using an AT&T version of the HOX+ and I'm aware that there are developers working on a CM Rom for it (which should have similar phone and dialer apps to what I'm asking for) but since it could take some time until a stable build is released, I'd love to be able to have the (as far as I'm concerned) improved phone calling experience ahead.
Well, you can replace the messaging app to the aosp one and it works fine. Maybe get a copy of the aosp phone apk and see if it works.
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killman2659 said:
Well, you can replace the messaging app to the aosp one and it works fine. Maybe get a copy of the aosp phone apk and see if it works.
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Well, first off, where could I get a copy of said apk's? And secondly, the little info I did manage to find implied that in the case of the phone.apk, if it's straight up replaced, it will not work properly. Apparently there should be a procedure to be used for the process to work, but so far I've found no info on this...
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Well, first off, where could I get a copy of said apk's? And secondly, the little info I did manage to find implied that in the case of the phone.apk, if it's straight up replaced, it will not work properly. Apparently there should be a procedure to be used for the process to work, but so far I've found no info on this...
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No, you can't. I looked into it as well.
There's a couple aosp apps that just don't work right on sense, the dialer and people app are one of them. Sense doesn't play nicely with them, and from what I understand you can't really do anything without being a dev.
To answer your question though, you can get the .apk's from other device ROM's. If you wanted the aosp dialer, download an aosp ROM for the nexus 4 and extract Phone.apk from /system/app/
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No, you can't. I looked into it as well.
There's a couple aosp apps that just don't work right on sense, the dialer and people app are one of them. Sense doesn't play nicely with them, and from what I understand you can't really do anything without being a dev.
To answer your question though, you can get the .apk's from other device ROM's. If you wanted the aosp dialer, download an aosp ROM for the nexus 4 and extract Phone.apk from /system/app/
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I guess I'll try that, thanks... If anyone else has any ideas feel free to share!
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First, let me say by no means should I be trying any of this, because I don't really know much about how to modify software on Android devices. I've seen the .apk from AOSP taken and used on the Thunderbolt to replace the stock HTC text messaging app. Is there any way possible to take the .apk from some Motorola version of Android to swap in the Motorola text messaging app? That was by far the best looking messaging app in my opinion. I've tried simple .apk swaps and that doesn't do it. I'm just trying to figure out if its even possible or is it to entangled in the Blur b/s for me to even ask for help?
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Not unless you have the software for it. Called backsmali or somethin like that. You could try posting on a dev page and ask for it
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Not unless you have the software for it. Called backsmali or somethin like that. You could try posting on a dev page and ask for it
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Tried to post it in the developer section here but it got moved here.
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Bumping this to the top, hoping someone can help!!!
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The title says it all, don't want to waste anybodys time.
everyone knows by now swype got updated and nexus the lucky basterds got the badass black flat skin
Anyway for us to get our hands on it?
Not legally. That being said if someone wanted to release a skin only, that would work.
Yeah just the skin would be fine. I'm loving Swype again
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I so agree with you man loving it alot also.
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Bump.
Thanks
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oh Hell yeah i would love that skin as well.
is it possible?
I want the skin too I have the newest release
E3D
im not sure on the specifics but if you just throw down a google search its been ported to several other phones quite easily.
i think it was mostly just grabbing the apk and then grabbing the necessary libs
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im not sure on the specifics but if you just throw down a google search its been ported to several other phones quite easily.
i think it was mostly just grabbing the apk and then grabbing the necessary libs
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just want the skin ported lol
does anyone know someone to reach out to so we can get this started?
clearly a lot of people want this so its a good cause
Interested as well
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so im guessing no takers in trying this out lol
Post the apk for it, or where to get
I have the zip file containing the apk and lib file, and I'll post a link.
Link removed as it may be considered warez
I do like swype a lot, but I'm sure when they have full skin support people here will make some nice looking ones.
In the mean time, SwiftKey X beta has been holding me off with their awesome black skin -
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I have the zip file containing the apk and lib file, and I'll post a link.
I do like swype a lot, but I'm sure when they have full skin support people here will make some nice looking ones.
In the mean time, SwiftKey X beta has been holding me off with their awesome black skin -
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I'll post it tomorrow. Just to be sure, what version of Swype is this?
I no longer have it installed, so I don't have the version number.
I just know it's the one from the Nexus.
I also remember that reinstalling swype beta required deleting both files, clearing data just to be sure, and then rebooting before running the swype installer. Otherwise it would install but then you would get the swype force closes. Installing it properly fixed that though.
nhutpham said:
I have the zip file containing the apk and lib file, and I'll post a link.
I do like swype a lot, but I'm sure when they have full skin support people here will make some nice looking ones.
In the mean time, SwiftKey X beta has been holding me off with their awesome black skin -
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Is this Flashable or does it need to manually added?
This is not flashable. The two files have to be placed in the app and lib folders, with the proper permissions. Just to make sure I would recommend to clear data first. Reboot is also likely necessary.
I will say again, this does not fill the screen for qhd devices, but the keyboard still works, albeit too cumbersome to really use all the time.
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This is not flashable. The two files have to be placed in the app and lib folders, with the proper permissions. Just to make sure I would recommend to clear data first. Reboot is also likely necessary.
I will say again, this does not fill the screen for qhd devices, but the keyboard still works, albeit too cumbersome to really use all the time.
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Ok is it the same as the Beta or does this have different Features?
The most recent beta has the same features.
Is it possible to install the AOSP ICS keyboard apk pulled from an AOSP rom and install it onto stock Sense 3.6 and have it fully functioning?
I have my old MyTouch 4G on an AOKP rom and I pulled LatinIME.apk from it. Now I'm just wondering whether this keyboard would function properly on my unrooted stock Amaze.
EDIT: Would I also need LatinIMEDictionaryPack.apk as well?
You can just answer that yourself, try it, if it doesn't work, then voila, question answered, right?
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You can just answer that yourself, try it, if it doesn't work, then voila, question answered, right?
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I get an error when opening the .apk. "There is a problem parsing the package." I've gotten this kind of error many times for different apps without understanding what it actually means.
Could someone explain to me what this error means in the context of Android apps?
EDIT: Would it also be possible to try and push the app through ADB?
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I get an error when opening the .apk. "There is a problem parsing the package." I've gotten this kind of error many times for different apps without understanding what it actually means.
Could someone explain to me what this error means in the context of Android apps?
EDIT: Would it also be possible to try and push the app through ADB?
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That's probably because the android version is different, try pulling it from an ICS based rom, for like the sensation since that is similar to your device and give it a shot again before try to push it to the system.
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That's probably because the android version is different, try pulling it from an ICS based rom, for like the sensation since that is similar to your device and give it a shot again before try to push it to the system.
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What do you mean the Android version is different? I'm pulling it from an AOKP rom which is ICS based, however it may possibly be the different resolution on the 2 devices. WVGA (MyTouch 4G) vs qHD (Amaze)
I guess I'll just download CM9 for the Sensation and try again.
EDIT: LatinIME.apk from CM9 for the Sensation works like a charm!
I like the stock ICS keyboard as well, compared to sense. You can also download a ICS keyboard straight from the Play store and use it right away.
I am Chinese using Motorola thus I got thousands of chances to play with different roms modified based on the stock. Many would change the ime, but some prefer the original.
I did notice when installing a stock ime update pack from Moto, that not only the Latin.apk is changed, but some other modification will be made in the system layer as well.
I believe it is like the stock browser or Google talk app, that a single file would not work functionally without the other parts related.
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Now that I know that the AOSP keyboard works on Sense 3.6 flawlessly, I want to go about putting a full fledged AOSP application onto my Amaze. I want to try putting the AOSP messaging app on, but I do not think it will be as easy as a simple keyboard.
The stock messaging app on the Amaze and the AOSP messaging app on CM9 for the Sensation have the same filename. I'm not sure if I'm right here, but would this indicate that they can't be run side by side with each other?
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Please share if you are able to install the ICS keyboard, i'd like to try it.
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Now that I know that the AOSP keyboard works on Sense 3.6 flawlessly, I want to go about putting a full fledged AOSP application onto my Amaze. I want to try putting the AOSP messaging app on, but I do not think it will be as easy as a simple keyboard.
The stock messaging app on the Amaze and the AOSP messaging app on CM9 for the Sensation have the same filename. I'm not sure if I'm right here, but would this indicate that they can't be run side by side with each other?
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As I said before, give it a shot, make a backup of your current app by copying it to your sd card or something, then replace it withe AOSP version, since I've noticed that files with the same name usually can't be installed together, even if you rename the other file, but you can give that a shot as well.
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Please share if you are able to install the ICS keyboard, i'd like to try it.
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Read a few post up, he confirms it works.
Dark Nightmare said:
As I said before, give it a shot, make a backup of your current app by copying it to your sd card or something, then replace it withe AOSP version, since I've noticed that files with the same name usually can't be installed together, even if you rename the other file, but you can give that a shot as well.
Read a few post up, he confirms it works.
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The thing about the current app is that it is the stock messaging app which is located under /system which I do not have access to modify as I am not rooted. If I install the AOSP version, it would be installed under /data. I am not sure how they would them interact, assuming that they can be installed side by side.
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The thing about the current app is that it is the stock messaging app which is located under /system which I do not have access to modify as I am not rooted. If I install the AOSP version, it would be installed under /data. I am not sure how they would them interact, assuming that they can be installed side by side.
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Well it wouldn't hurt to try.
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Well it wouldn't hurt to try.
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Hopefully not. I'll get around to doing this later today and report back after I pull the apk from CM9 for the Sensation.
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Hopefully not. I'll get around to doing this later today and report back after I pull the apk from CM9 for the Sensation.
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You're not rooted, therefore your chance of screwing anything up is practically zero.
Sent from a Galaxy Nexus?
Dark Nightmare said:
You're not rooted, therefore your chance of screwing anything up is practically zero.
Sent from a Galaxy Nexus?
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'Application not installed'
'An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed'
Guess I can't just install it and hope it would work. Any other means to getting this to work or am I just unable to install it?
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'Application not installed'
'An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed'
Guess I can't just install it and hope it would work. Any other means to getting this to work or am I just unable to install it?
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From the message it gave you, the only way to get it to work is by replacing the current stock file with that file, but you have to root to do that, .
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From the message it gave you, the only way to get it to work is by replacing the current stock file with that file, but you have to root to do that, .
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Is there anyway to modify the signature of the application or am I just being ridiculous?
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Is there anyway to modify the signature of the application or am I just being ridiculous?
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You can get an apk signing app, that should change it, I'd recommend changing the name as well and keep your fingers crossed that it won't conflict again and well hope it works too.
Is there a reason to make this issue complicated? There are several free ports of the ICS keyboard available in the play store, why not simply install them in addition to the sense keyboard and use it as your primary input?
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Is there a reason to make this issue complicated? There are several free ports of the ICS keyboard available in the play store, why not simply install them in addition to the sense keyboard and use it as your primary input?
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Because sometimes the complicated fix provides a nice learning which is much more valuable than the fix itself
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Can't find anywhere someone have it
Pull it out of one of the stock roms??
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I don't have a computer and not downloading a full rom for one apk
not sure if you keep track of the energy rom thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29296568&postcount=4353
silentbutdeadly posted the apk.
Thanks for linking to that post, but the high quality camera mod posted by dark nightmare here also has the stock camera app, but modified to take higher quality pictures. If you are using stock, or even a rom that is supposed to have the mod, flashing this assures it is installed properly. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708749
And don't forget to hit his thanks button if it helps ya
For some odd reason I can't post in that thread.
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I like the HQ one :
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not sure if you keep track of the energy rom thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29296568&postcount=4353
silentbutdeadly posted the apk.
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Tried installing it by simply running the APK from the ES explorer. Didn't work . Can anyone please tell me what I should be doing?
Just to be clear, I want the stock APP the comes with the t-mobile ICS. It was beautiful!
On HTC Amaze with Energy ROM.
Place the stock camera apk in /system/app. Delete the camera apk you already have in there, change permission to the match the other files then reboot.
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Worked! Turns out I didn't actually need to "install" it, just putting it there does the job.
But I'm back to HQ one again.
Thanks!
ok,really liked the stock camera that the htc amaze came with and cant find it anywhere. Does anyone have it? The one above isn't working.
Chaaqoti said:
ok,really liked the stock camera that the htc amaze came with and cant find it anywhere. Does anyone have it? The one above isn't working.
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if you want I can send it to you by email. But if you have a backup of you stock rom, just open system zip and find the app in system/app
One thing you must to know : you must have an HTC based rom for to use this app. If you try with CM or another rom, it can't work.
Included in this zip are the APKs and needed libs for all of the currently working KitKat Apps. I have only tested this on the Google Experience ROM, but should work for any AOSP based ROM. YMMV with touchwiz, but feel free to make a backup and give it a shot.
-CalendarGoogle.apk
-Chrome.apk
-DeskClockGoogle.apk
-EmailGoogle.apk
-Exchange2Google.apk
-GalleryGoogle.apk
-Gmail2.apk
-GoogleCamera.apk
-GoogleHome.apk
-Hangouts.apk
-Keep.apk
-LatinImeGoogle.apk
-Maps.apk
-PrebuiltGmsCore.apk
-Street.apk
-Velvet.apk
For Email and Clock, you may need to clear their data after flashing this.
As usual, I am not responsible for anything this may do to your device. Make a backup.
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Damn. I was just going to post this. Beat me by 41 minutes.
lol. I didn't even know it was a race. I like winning though.
Actually, I was pretty shocked that it wasn't already here.
option94 said:
lol. I didn't even know it was a race. I like winning though.
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No, not a race. Or is it...? lol
I like the launcher. Haven't played with much else yet.
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I was surprised as well. That's why I threw a zip together.
I'm using all of them. Can't really tell much of a difference with most. Very subtle changes. Pull to refresh in email, and its more like the gmail app in design. Clock has a better way of sewtting the alarm and the font looks cleaner. Google now is improved. Thats about it as far as I can tell.
I do like the launcher though.
Edit: double post
Is GoogleGallery working 100%, last time I check it was FC when trying to edit a picture, also is there any real difference in the Camera?
Thanks.
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Is GoogleGallery working 100%, last time I check it was FC when trying to edit a picture, also is there any real difference in the Camera?
Thanks.
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Gallery will still FC trying to edit, and the camera icon is different, but thats all I can tell. I dont use the camera much. Photosphere is kinda cool, but I think thats in the old camera as well.
Hows the battery drain with the new launcher? I'm assuming with google now always running (or is it not?) it can be a drainer.
Hasn't been any worse for me. Technically, its always running all the time anyway even in the old system.
Not too impressed with the launcher, using some of the apk's though
The link is not working. Thank you anyway.
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The link is not working. Thank you anyway.
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I just tried it - still works for me. try this one: http://d-h.st/o6D
Is it possible to install the apks individually?
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Is it possible to install the apks individually?
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You can extract them and install almost all of them one by one. I think maps and clock are the only ones that wont over right whats currently there. I had to delete them before I could get them to install properly without just pushing the APK over the current version with ADB.
Also, Some apps wont work properly without the libs. You'll need to be rooted to push the libs to /system/lib/
Are all camera functions working?
Anyone know if the camera app is 100% working? Photosphere, etc? I tried another 4.4 camera apk, but it FC all the time.
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Anyone know if the camera app is 100% working? Photosphere, etc? I tried another 4.4 camera apk, but it FC all the time.
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That's because you didn't have the lib files. Its working perfectly for me.
I've been running these for about a few days, but my Hangouts kept force closing. Seemed to happen more when I received MMS, but wasn't everytime. Anyone else experience this?
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