Hello
How you guys doing ?
So, I want to install this version of Polaris Office on my Galaxy SII:
Polaris Office 3.0.3120.23 .
I want this exact version. Don't ask me why!
When I open TXT files this darn error comes up: Unfortunately polaris office has stopped.
I've tried Polaris Office 4 and 5 on my phone and they both work like a charm.
I figured it must be related to my rom. This is my specs:
Android version: 4.1.2
Baseband version: 19100XXLS8
Kernel version:3.0.31
Build Number: JZO54K.I9100XWLSD
I would move heaven and earth to get this working on my phone. Is there anything I can do?
Can you know of a rom that this version of Polaris Office is compatible with?
farhad_persona said:
Hello
How you guys doing ?
So, I want to install this version of Polaris Office on my Galaxy SII:
Polaris Office 3.0.3120.23 .
I want this exact version. Don't ask me why!
When I open TXT files this darn error comes up: Unfortunately polaris office has stopped.
I've tried Polaris Office 4 and 5 on my phone and they both work like a charm.
I figured it must be related to my rom. This is my specs:
Android version: 4.1.2
Baseband version: 19100XXLS8
Kernel version:3.0.31
Build Number: JZO54K.I9100XWLSD
I would move heaven and earth to get this working on my phone. Is there anything I can do?
Can you know of a rom that this version of Polaris Office is compatible with?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That must be a bug with the your exact version of the app, if newer version's of the app worked perfectly in your OS version, then doesn't it indicate a bug or incompatibility with the latest firmware? It's technically the apps fault but if this problem didn't occur in older firmware, then it's an incompatibility issue, so if you're adamant on using that version changing to an older version like ics or gb, it might work(if and only if it isn't a bug).
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
I don't understand it. I just tried other versions of the third version :
Polaris Office 3.0.3122.15
Polaris Office 3.0.3122.19
Polaris Office 3.0.18
I have the exact same problem. Is the universe messing with me? I wan to have the third version on my phone and I can't have this exact version that I want?
farhad_persona said:
I don't understand it. I just tried other versions of the third version :
Polaris Office 3.0.3122.15
Polaris Office 3.0.3122.19
Polaris Office 3.0.18
I have the exact same problem. Is the universe messing with me? I wan to have the third version on my phone and I can't have this exact version that I want?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Apk's are built to be forward compatible, I stress the word "compatible" it means that compatibility issues can rise in minor levels like the one issue you're experiencing. It all depends on API's the dev use and their support with that api.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
You say there's a problem with the ROM, yet you don't say what ROM you're on.
I think that since Polaris Office is a system app, it maybe don't work with JB. The version you have is old which makes me suspect it's only compatible with ICS or even GB firmwares..
Sorry guys I'm a rookie. I think I'm on JB but I'm not sure. How can I know?
Check Android version in settings/about phone.
To get Polaris to work you need the lib files, and have to copy them to /system/lib. That should make it work (it used to under ICS, haven't tried it w/JB as I've moved to Kingsoft Office)
All I can find in the about device section is this:
Android version: 4.1.2
Baseband version: 19100XXLS8
Kernel version:3.0.31
Build Number: JZO54K.I9100XWLSD
I also downloaded a version that had these lib files you are talking about. Didn't work also. The 4th and 5th version that are currently working on my device did not have lib files.
Can you do me a favor and download this and see if you can make it work? :
Polaris_Office_3.0.3120.23.apk (Google it)
Like I said it is necessary for me to run this version. I can only read my books with this version. The problem with 4th and 5th version is that they don't use the whole screen. I also tried a bunch of other apps, but looks like Polaris Office 3.0.31 is the one for me.
I very much doubt you'll get it working under JB & V4 isn't even compatible with the phone according to GP (even tho you got it working). If it's really that important to you & you can't use something else, I suggest you downgrade to an ICS rom (not 4.0.4 if you're running a rooted phone).
No, I'm not going to DL that version & try and make it work, because I know it won't work straight up on JB, and I'm not going to spend any amount of time on trying to make it work because I don't need to for myself. Sorry, nothing personal, but if I did that/similar for everyone who asked something like that in the time I've been here, I'd end up doing not much else.
Edit - You could also try using Remount from GP to mount /system before you install/copy over the lib files. Probably won't work, but you might as well try it before you go downgrading to ICS.
I understand. No hard feelings. Can you elaborate on this last part:
You could also try using Remount from GP to mount /system before you install/copy over the lib files. Probably won't work, but you might as well try it before you go downgrading to ICS.
Like I said I am a rookie
There's an app called Remount on Google Play, get it (free, can't remember if it will work on non-rooted phones tho, haven't had a non-rooted phone other than the first few days after I got it), use it to mount /system, reinstall the app (uninstall it & delete the lib files first), re-copy the lib files to /system/lib, reboot & see if it works. As I said, unlikely to work, but you never know.
MistahBungle said:
There's an app called Remount on Google Play, get it (free, can't remember if it will work on non-rooted phones tho, haven't had a non-rooted phone other than the first few days after I got it), use it to mount /system, reinstall the app (uninstall it & delete the lib files first), re-copy the lib files to /system/lib, reboot & see if it works. As I said, unlikely to work, but you never know.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
those Apps (remountSD/multimountSD etc..) do need Root acess to wrk for now
OK, how do I know if my phone is rooted or not?
You would have rooted it (I mean, if your phone is rooted, you would have done exactly that to it. Doesn't happen automatically or whatever). If your phone isn't rooted, how did you copy the lib files over ? You can only do this if the phone is rooted/you wouldn't have access to /system if you didn't have root. Unless you haven't done this as you've claimed (and which might explain your ongoing problem).
I bought this phone from one of my friends, so I don't know if it's rooted or not. I guess it is.
Where can I find someone who has ICS rom on his phone?
I think you'll find many people here are running JB these days. If you want to go back to ICS/see if it still works, you're going to have to do this yourself.
I strongly suggest you spend as long as it takes learning 'the basics'; start with the guides/tutorials stickied near the top of the General section, before you start flashing ICS or anything similar on your phone given you're a 'rookie' in your own words. Rushing into these things without understanding what you're doing could easily lead to a busted phone & a trip to a service centre you'll end up paying for.
In all honesty, it will probably be easier if you find a similar app which can give you the same functionality (there are dozens of 'office' apps on Google Play; one of them must surely have what you need). That way no messing around with your phone is required.
MistahBungle said:
I think you'll find many people here are running JB these days. If you want to go back to ICS/see if it still works, you're going to have to do this yourself.
I strongly suggest you spend as long as it takes learning 'the basics'; start with the guides/tutorials stickied near the top of the General section, before you start flashing ICS or anything similar on your phone given you're a 'rookie' in your own words. Rushing into these things without understanding what you're doing could easily lead to a busted phone & a trip to a service centre you'll end up paying for.
In all honesty, it will probably be easier if you find a similar app which can give you the same functionality (there are dozens of 'office' apps on Google Play; one of them must surely have what you need). That way no messing around with your phone is required.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the advice.
Related
Guys, I've been kicking around this site for many years, most often in the guise of a windows mobile user. I'm fairly adept with Linux, but have only recently (my 2nd handset) entered the exciting world of Android.
I'm running an MTK6573-based Chinese Dual-Sim 3G job (T8585, HD9+, whatever you may want to call it) running Android 2.3.4.
In my haste to unburden it of all the Chinese apps and junk that's loaded into /system/app by default, I accidentally removed SnsContentProvider.apk
With this missing, the contacts app doesn't work (crashes acore).
Of course, I didn't keep a backup of the original ROM, because I'm a smart-arse who knows what he's doing...
I've asked the vendor/manufacturer to send me another copy of the file (actually, the whole /system/app directory). If this isn't forthcoming, is there any way to use the file from another ROM?
I've tried copying the file across from another 6573-based phone (same version of Android) and resetting the owner/permissions, but there's obviously something else (digital signature?) stopping it from loading.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.
What you can do is to flash a stock rom.
ronaldkh said:
What you can do is to flash a stock rom.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I should have said that re-flashing a stock ROM is not currently an option. The handset is a new model, and the manufacturer hasn't released anything for it. They've offered to re-flash it if I send it back to China, but I'm not keen on that option.
Thanks for the reply.
try mine
hi, i have hd2 pro 3g, i download for you mine, i hope it works.
Is there any site or source on the web that provides downloads of old versions of Android Market apps? This would be for apps that are now updated or no longer available on the Market? I am looking for a site similar to "OldVersion.com" which has some old/classic PC software (but this would be something for android apps instead)?
Thanks if anyone knows of a source or sites.
CustomShortcut gone?
The app that I am looking for in the above post was a free one called CustomShortcut APK. I now have it on one of my two phones (the other phone had it but was lost and replaced). I have tried looking for a developer page for this app but no luck as everything seems to point back to android market as the source link for download.
Does anyone know of a way or source for me to get this APK back on my other phone? Is there a way to copy it from one phone to the other? I am assuming that it was removed from the market because it may not be compatible with ICS but I am not running ICS. The application was made by appli.club.
Are you rooted? If so use root explorer to look for the .apk in the /system/app folder and copy or email it to the other phone and install it.
85gallon said:
Are you rooted? If so use root explorer to look for the .apk in the /system/app folder and copy or email it to the other phone and install it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No sadly I am not rooted. Is that how this could be done? I have an HTC phone (Sensation) and I like my "sense" gui. Don't want to wipe it out by rooting (that is what would happen, right?) If access to the apk is possible with rooting, then I guess my question would be, does anyone else here have CustomCut on their rooted phone? (Or possibly know of any website that would have those apk's available for download). I would be willing to pay if someone would take the time to send me a replacement copy.
just google for any app you want like this:
"title" "versionnumber" "apk" "download"
for example:
android market 2.9 apk download
mojosingle said:
No sadly I am not rooted. Is that how this could be done? I have an HTC phone (Sensation) and I like my "sense" gui. Don't want to wipe it out by rooting (that is what would happen, right?) If access to the apk is possible with rooting, then I guess my question would be, does anyone else here have CustomCut on their rooted phone? (Or possibly know of any website that would have those apk's available for download). I would be willing to pay if someone would take the time to send me a replacement copy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Rooting will not wipe out your phone or change it other than giving you super user privileges. That way you will have access to get to the system apps folder.
I notice apktop keeps old versions around. But part of the reason I like Titanium backup is because I have a fail safe if a new update to an app is bad, as I can just restore from the last backup the older version.
85gallon said:
Rooting will not wipe out your phone or change it other than giving you super user privileges. That way you will have access to get to the system apps folder.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well I am not really too concerned about it wiping out my phone, but I thought I had read many posts here talking about once you root your phone the native skin from the manufacturer is eliminated (for HTC that would be the "Sense" user interface). Can you please confirm? Is this not true? HTC Sense will remain exactly the same after rooting my phone?
The other thing that has made me cautious is that my phone runs perfectly now and I see so many threads on the xda boards here and over at various android forums that start off with "My ____ app is not working right since I rooted...." Just a little daunting for a newbie like myself.
spunker88 said:
I notice apktop keeps old versions around. But part of the reason I like Titanium backup is because I have a fail safe if a new update to an app is bad, as I can just restore from the last backup the older version.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks very much for the site suggestion. I have been trying to search for the CustomShortcut APK over there but no luck ...so far (the site search is not that easy to use). I have even tried to seach the site externally using google but, unfortunately, still no luck.
Wait for someone else to confirm on the htc, but nothing changed on my droidx. I just had superuser privs. All of the "this app quit working" is when people flash custom roms. You don't do that when you just root. But you have to be rooted in order to do things like that. Lol.
Rooting gives you the power to do that if you want to.
When I rooted my droidx, I did it just so I could have the power to do other things if I wanted. I am still on factory rom. But I am able to get to parts of the phone that are off limits if I wasnt rooted. I made it where I could tether, later I got rid of bloatware, etc.
85gallon said:
Wait for someone else to confirm on the htc, but nothing changed on my droidx. I just had superuser privs. All of the "this app quit working" is when people flash custom roms. You don't do that when you just root. But you have to be rooted in order to do things like that. Lol.
Rooting gives you the power to do that if you want to.
When I rooted my droidx, I did it just so I could have the power to do other things if I wanted. I am still on factory rom. But I am able to get to parts of the phone that are off limits if I wasnt rooted. I made it where I could tether, later I got rid of bloatware, etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks once again for the reply. Now that you mention it, I remember reading the terminology "flashed" rom and thought they were similar or the same thing as rooting. One other question, once a phone is in a rooted state, if I was to go in and copy the APK for my replacement phone and put it on there could I then "unroot" lol ...sorry if this is not a word... so that my phone was no longer open? I had read somewhere (perhaps I heard it on a TWIT or Android podcast) that when your phone is in root state that anyone (ie: potentially bad software) has easier access to your phone's vunerable areas.
mojosingle said:
Thanks once again for the reply. Now that you mention it, I remember reading the terminology "flashed" rom and thought they were similar or the same thing as rooting. One other question, once a phone is in a rooted state, if I was to go in and copy the APK for my replacement phone and put it on there could I then "unroot" lol ...sorry if this is not a word... so that my phone was no longer open? I had read somewhere (perhaps I heard it on a TWIT or Android podcast) that when your phone is in root state that anyone (ie: potentially bad software) has easier access to your phone's vunerable areas.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes you can unroot. As for easy access after you are rooted to vulnerable areas, they can only get access if you let them. If an app wants super user privileges, you will get a pop up from su(the super user apk) telling you that some app is wanting privileges. You can grant or deny access. The only things on my phone that have ever given me a pop up are things that i downloaded and know need su access. Wifi tether, root explorer, adfree, etc.
I have found a site that keeps older version of an android app. It's called Android Drawer.
Hope it helps
Hello all,
let me present my self as a beginner in the world of Android.
It has come an Star A3 to my hands, with Android 4.0 and among all great things of IceCream, few Chinese apps I want to get rid of
the phone is rooted (well, one headache less)
I have flash the recovery 592zn.com_recovery_Star_A3_MT6573.img with Mobileuncle tools (included in the mobile originally) and done a Boot/System/Data/Cache Nandroid backup
Apps I want to eliminate :
Baidu input (and add the standard input keyboard)
own Chinese launcher (I have already install LauncherPro, but I would love to get rid of the Chinese one completely)
UC xxxxx (some Chinese browser)
Root Explorer (Chinese version, to be able to install the English one)
ICS 4.0 (also Chinese version)
a Chinese flash-light
a Chinese dark/light switch screen
a Chinese version of the configuration menu
so, basically to keep a clean Android
so, where I have to look for help on how to do that ??
what short of help / tutorial am I looking for ?
I have installed:
http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk
to be able to mount the nandroid img files in windows7-x64
but I can't see anything, it ask me to format the unit (?)
similar with Daemon Tools .
any help will be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance.
InTheater
My advice since you're rooted is install Titanium Backup and use it to uninstall everything you don't want. It's a root app that can get rid of virtually anything.
Seeing as you have a nandroid backup, in the unlikely case that the device won't boot at all without one or more of those apps, you can just restore the backup you have.
SifJar said:
My advice since you're rooted is install Titanium Backup and use it to uninstall everything you don't want. It's a root app that can get rid of virtually anything.
Seeing as you have a nandroid backup, in the unlikely case that the device won't boot at all without one or more of those apps, you can just restore the backup you have.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Beautiful, it works like a charm !!
I have been able to get rid off all Chinese stuff
thanks
Star A3 for dummies
Hello
Ok I have searched for hours (as the video asked) and I cannot find an "android for dummies" guide. I dont know what a "root" is or what "titanium" is... so I may have found the correct forum - but I just don't understand it.
So the problem is this:
I bought a touch screen DualSim Android 2.3 GPS 3G MTK6573 Phone Star A3.
It arrived today BUT it has some chinese programmes on it (that I would like to clear) and I cannot seem to download any additional apps for it.
google.play wont work (apparently it doesnt support the device)
It has a few basic apps - but nothing wild or that I guess can't be re-downloaded again.
What would you recommend I do - do I wipe it and install something new or what. and if so please can someone explain it to me in small "for dummy" steps
I am not sure what else I need to tell you to give you abetter pic, but ideally I'd like this phone to work on the google apps system (or can you point me to where I can get similar apps)
On the "about phone" the
android version is 2.3.5
Kernel version is 2.6.35.7
I would really appreciate any help you can give me
Thanks
My first advice would be to try and achieve root on the phone. This should be relatively easy on a Chinese phone, most don't have great security.
Basically, "root" means to get increased permissions on the phone. There are certain files and actions on the phone that normally you can't do. With root, you can. Think of it as somewhat like logging into a computer as an Administrator rather than a standard user.
"getting root" basically means installing a hack to let apps on your phone do more than they could otherwise e.g. uninstall preinstalled apps.
To "root" your phone, you can use a tool like SuperOneClick or UnlockRoot. For both, you follow a few instructions, plug in your phone and click "Root" in the program, it'll work out the best way to do it for your phone and do it.
Once that is all done, there is a guide here for getting Google Apps (e.g. Play Store) working on unsupported devices: https://senk9.wordpress.com/2010/12...ogle-apps-gapps-on-your-android-device-phone/
Once you get Play Store working, Titanium Backup is an app you can install from there. Using root, it can uninstall any app you want.
Be careful with all this, if you're not you could break your phone.
educated dummy
Thank you so much! - and such a fast reply too!!!
I really apprecate your patience in explaining this all to me.
It sounds relatively straight forward - I will have a look at those progs and link you suggest tomorrow.
Obviously I dont want to break the phone either, then it would be more useless then it is already
Fingers crossed - will let you know how I get on.
Hi all,
Watched the video so I thought I would tag onto this thread instead of starting a new one.
Just bought a cheap star a3 dual sim android phone. This my foray into android phones and I am having some weird issues. Just a first note I have just rooted the phone but these issues where here before and after rooting. The A3 is a htc sensation clone i believe when my other half who has a htc desire tries to call the phone the phone goes straight into answer phone and rejects the call, she is on giff gaff in the uk and i have tried both a 3 network and orange sim and it happens on both. There is some weird chinese security software that I trying get remove but its seems very stubbon. Anyone any ideas. Ps battery life is awfull i only seem to get 6 hours from full to dead without hardly any use. Maybe I have loads running but unsure what I need to keep running.
Please help.
I have the star a3
Google play works perfectly. If you PM me, I am happy to send you the apk file for google play.
since you are rooted, I strongly suggest you get root explorer installed so you can go through and remove all the chinese apps.
Make sure you remove "himarket" its a big battery hog.
To the person who says their calls go straight to voicemail, remember this is a dual sim dual *standby* if you are using 2g or 3g cell data on one sim then the other sim cannot make or receive calls.
Also, there is no ICS for the Star A3, its just a skin on top of Gingerbread to make it look like ICS, if you go to settings, about phone and look, the version number will be 2.3.4 or 2.3.5 which means its gingerbread (if you really do have 4.0.1 ICS I would love to get a copy of the ROM for it!)
I have the HTC Desire 816 (Virgin Mobile version).
I was wondering if there was a way to get a "stock" bare version of android for it. When you get this phone it comes preloaded with a lot of junk!!! It comes with some kidsafe software a whole bunch of Virgin mobile junk and all this amazon/twiter/facebook junk.
I've rooted the phone and tried uninstalling it, but it just breaks the phone.
I've tried CM for this phone and it works great but it may not be a daily driver.
I'm curious if anybody knew of ways to effectively remove this software without affecting the operating system and/or there was a minimized version of android for this phone.
steppinthrax said:
I have the HTC Desire 816 (Virgin Mobile version).
I was wondering if there was a way to get a "stock" bare version of android for it. When you get this phone it comes preloaded with a lot of junk!!! It comes with some kidsafe software a whole bunch of Virgin mobile junk and all this amazon/twiter/facebook junk.
I've rooted the phone and tried uninstalling it, but it just breaks the phone.
I've tried CM for this phone and it works great but it may not be a daily driver.
I'm curious if anybody knew of ways to effectively remove this software without affecting the operating system and/or there was a minimized version of android for this phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry to say, I believe the only way to use this phone as stock would be CM. As you obviously know, it isn't 100% functional or even close.
I believe you posted this in the wrong forum also.
Tommydorns said:
Sorry to say, I believe the only way to use this phone as stock would be CM. As you obviously know, it isn't 100% functional or even close.
I believe you posted this in the wrong forum also.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It seems like there has to be a way. I remember I was rooting my wife's LG volt. In her volt the rooting process was very complex but involved downloading a LG firmware installer then downloading a LG ROM from somewhere and I flashed it to a basic (bare bones) version of android. Everything worked and it was rooted.
I guess my understanding is false, but could you get a "baseline" android OS with no drivers nothing, install it and extract the drivers from a full version. Place these drivers in your custom ROM and install it on the phone?
In M8 section there is an app called Rom Cleaner maybe its compatible with desire 816. Or use Titanium backup to remove bloatware.
The insert coin rom allows you to remove a lot of apps prior to flashing. After flashing I had 2 gig's of space free.
Sent from my 710C using XDA Free mobile app
I had the same problem because I love stock. I tried almost all the rooted apps (titanium, root uninstaller, rom toolbox) but couldn't seem to delete the system apps. But I found a way to do so.
There's a recovery application called "Aroma file manager" - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646108
Flash this in recovery and delete all the system apks you want to. Make sure to mount system first before flashing
Cheers.
Parth_14 said:
I had the same problem because I love stock. I tried almost all the rooted apps (titanium, root uninstaller, rom toolbox) but couldn't seem to delete the system apps. But I found a way to do so.
There's a recovery application called "Aroma file manager" - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646108
Flash this in recovery and delete all the system apks you want to. Make sure to mount system first before flashing
Cheers.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You couldn't delete the system applications because of the HTC's daft decision to add write protection to the /system partition which (in our case) can only be bypassed by paying 25$ for a Sunshine S-OFF exploit. Aroma file manager is also an option but managing the system from the system itself is way more comfy
Tommydorns said:
Sorry to say, I believe the only way to use this phone as stock would be CM. As you obviously know, it isn't 100% functional or even close.
I believe you posted this in the wrong forum also.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Could you please expand on this? I am intensively considering CM12 as my main ROM and I'd love to hear what kind of problems have you experienced with it.
CrashBandicootX said:
You couldn't delete the system applications because of the HTC's daft decision to add write protection to the /system partition which (in our case) can only be bypassed by paying 25$ for a Sunshine S-OFF exploit. Aroma file manager is also an option but managing the system from the system itself is way more comfy
Could you please expand on this? I am intensively considering CM12 as my main ROM and I'd love to hear what kind of problems have you experienced with it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I apologize, I couldn't honestly tell you because it has been a long time ago since I tried CM12. It was different things with each release. I would check the thread thoroughly and ask to see what bugs are present in the latest release. I remember little things like the battery not reading correctly or data not working. I'm the type of person that needs something that is 100% functional. Esp. for my job. That's the closest you're going to get for a stock Android (aosp) rom though. I don't even use the HTC Desire 816 anymore. I ended up giving it to my daughter and I ended up getting the One M9. Good Luck.
Tommydorns said:
I apologize, I couldn't honestly tell you because it has been a long time ago since I tried CM12. It was different things with each release. I would check the thread thoroughly and ask to see what bugs are present in the latest release. I remember little things like the battery not reading correctly or data not working. I'm the type of person that needs something that is 100% functional. Esp. for my job. That's the closest you're going to get for a stock Android (aosp) rom though. I don't even use the HTC Desire 816 anymore. I ended up giving it to my daughter and I ended up getting the One M9. Good Luck.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm the type of person that needs something that is 100% functional.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I understand, me too - last time I used CM12 everything seemed to work pretty well but I reverted back because of the lack of slow-motion feature (Really a minor thing but I love it).
It's free after all so I'll just wait around until (and if) things get ironed out. Sense isn't half bad at all, I just prefer stock Android.
I did post this in the forum specific to my device, but I though I'd look for help elsewhere too, since the question is more basic to Android, and not really just my phone.
I recently rooted my LG G Pro 2 smartphone, did some stuff and everything was great. I was using CCleaner to remove some unneeded apps, but apparently, I removed the basic "phone" system app that allows the phone's cellular modem to work and make phone calls and texts (I'm thinking of it like a Windows driver, rather than a Windows software app). The unit works fine (WiFi, internet, and such), but I cannot make phone calls or texts, and I have NO bars (reception) at all.
So, here's the question: Can just adding in that system app back into the OS be done, or am I screwed?
I read two ideas...
One was to try and find a "phone.apk" and add it back to the data folder. But then I was unsure if "phone"apk" files are the same on all android phones or if each manufacturer has unique phone apk for each device.
The other idea I heard was to do a full restore, which would be OK, but then someone else suggested that if I deleted the phone apk, that I might have also screwed up the possibility of restoring the phone.
Finally, I used an undelete software after this incident, and the undeleter found a lot of apks and zip files, and I recovered those to a storage file on the SD card for now. But the problem there is that the files all just have number for names (for example, like "recovered_file_342579.apk or .zip). I have no idea if any of these are the phone file I deleted. I feel like I should be able to identify these files somehow, and just re-insert the phone file back to where it was.
What do you guys think?
Reflash your rom. Or flash a new one. Restore will not work. Trying to drop in a dialer apk will probably be a big headache you don't want to deal with.
Wakamatsu said:
Reflash your rom. Or flash a new one. Restore will not work. Trying to drop in a dialer apk will probably be a big headache you don't want to deal with.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Part of the problem I'm running into now is that I can't find ROM for this phone. I googled, and a couple websites listed stock ROM, but then the links don't work. Device-specific forum here on XDA doesn't list any actual ROMs, either. This phone was in the upper eschelon of LG's line couple years ago, and is still pretty good by today's standards. I find it hard to believe I cannot find some kind of working ROM for this thing.
Is using a D838 ROM (or whatever the equivalent American model is called) OK to use on a South Korean model that I have (F350S)?
I'd still like to know if I can just re-install whatever phone file I erased and get phone function back again.