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I installed the CM7 rom, everything is working fine that I can tell except when i switch from camera to video camera the app freezes and force closes. I am a noob to the android rooting community, not sure if this is known or not, I have looked around the forum and found some stuff pertaining to different devices but they are also mostly year old posts, this the at&t samsung Galaxy s II forum is fairly new there isnt much that is of help here, any one else experiencing this?
Did you try to wipe cache, and data, then re-flash the rom?
This is the most stable one (just in case) http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/update-cm-7.1.0-Galaxys2ATT-signed.zip
Yes before I installed any rom, I back up my current, than wipe data and cache and than install the rom, I am also using the correct rom.. by reflashing you mean just installing the rom from sdcard correct?
That's correct. Also, go under Advanced in recovery and clear the Dalvic Cache. It can leave behind tidbits that can cause problems as well.
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That's correct. Also, go under Advanced in recovery and clear the Dalvic Cache. It can leave behind tidbits that can cause problems as well.
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Ok, I will try that, now when I do that, I need to install a fresh CM7 rom, not my backup of CM7 correct?
penskyc said:
Ok, I will try that, now when I do that, I need to install a fresh CM7 rom, not my backup of CM7 correct?
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Ok, so I restored, wipe partition,cache and Dalvic, than restored from a CM7 backup, no dice, i than redid it, wiped everything again, installed from the zip, same problem i freeze when trying to change to video camera in the camera app, is anyone else having this problem? or is video working fine for you guys with an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II?
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Ok, so I restored, wipe partition,cache and Dalvic, than restored from a CM7 backup, no dice, i than redid it, wiped everything again, installed from the zip, same problem i freeze when trying to change to video camera in the camera app, is anyone else having this problem? or is video working fine for you guys with an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II?
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Not having that issue myself with CM7.1
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Not having that issue myself with CM7.1
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very very strange, I mean if I am wiping everything I am technically doing it from scratch correct? or would i possibly benefit from doing a complete factory restore and totally deleting everything (including rom back ups, downloads, titanium backups, etc.)
penskyc said:
very very strange, I mean if I am wiping everything I am technically doing it from scratch correct? or would i possibly benefit from doing a complete factory restore and totally deleting everything (including rom back ups, downloads, titanium backups, etc.)
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Its very odd to have a problem with the camera, even after re-flashing, and doing all that that you've done. It should've worked. Have you tried flashing a different rom, one other than cm7? Because if it still doesn't work on other roms, then you definitely have a hardware problem with the camera.
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Its very odd to have a problem with the camera, even after re-flashing, and doing all that that you've done. It should've worked. Have you tried flashing a different rom, one other than cm7? Because if it still doesn't work on other roms, then you definitely have a hardware problem with the camera.
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Ok I just wiped again and installed cognition x2 beta 4, it essentially looks just like my stock samsung but it does read cognition on the about page. Camcorder works fine, only in CM7 when i slide the switch to record video do I have a problem
I am having the same issue with cm7. When I switch to the camcorder the application fc. Is anyone else having this issue.
Try installing the Camcorder Shortcut App
Someone posted a solution to this over on the CM forums ht tp://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/32601-camera-keeps-force-closing/page__view__findpost__p__246546
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X7- said:
Try installing the Camcorder Shortcut App
Someone posted a solution to this over on the CM forums ht tp://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/32601-camera-keeps-force-closing/page__view__findpost__p__246546
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Thank you for the link!
Step #4 dowloading the camcorder launcher app worked. Opened it one time now I can access my camcorder through the camera app.
Also having the same issue. Will try the CM Forum link.
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Try installing the Camcorder Shortcut App
Someone posted a solution to this over on the CM forums ht tp://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/32601-camera-keeps-force-closing/page__view__findpost__p__246546
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Very excited to try this! I am back to stock rom right now, so I will switch roms and let you know!
I have the same issue
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I have the same issue
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If you install Camcorder Shortcut App from the market it resolves the issue. Just open the app and use it once and then close out. When you open up the stock camera app the camcorder option should work.
moustro said:
If you install Camcorder Shortcut App from the market it resolves the issue. Just open the app and use it once and then close out. When you open up the stock camera app the camcorder option should work.
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this worked for me aswell, thank you a million!
I installed the app and it works in that it lets me record video. However, after closing, opening the camera, and trying to switch, it force closes again. Also, on the camcorder shortcut, it is only using my front-facing camera.
So I wanted to change my keyboard... In fact I *did* change my keyboard.
At first whenever I wanted to use the keyboard (for notepad for example) it would say something like "Unable to reach" but after a while the keyboard just started working.
Then I switched on wifi and everything started crashing with the usual "Unfortunately (insert every task) has stopped working".
I know I can probably solve this by doing a factory wipe... but I also know that there MUST be a better way to solve this problem.
I have adb installed. I have Siyah kernel.
I can access the whole damned phone from my laptop in or out of recovery mode. I just don't know where to look to fix the problem.
A possible clue:
I tried flashing Keyboard-Blau.zip when my keyboard wasn't working. But CWM aborted the flash with an unknown error.
This is very similar to what happened the last time I had this problem. The only thing in the zip anyway was AXT9IME.apk in the system/app folder.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
P.S. I have also wiped cache and davlak cache AND attempted to install a rom. All permissions in system/app seem fine.
Could it be that system is mounted as r/w somehow?
EDIT2: Just now when I tried to to wipe dalvik (sp) cache it said something about:
"Unknown volume for path sd-ext"
Just a note.
Also I have erased /system then installed the rom again and it's still acting up.
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So I wanted to change my keyboard... In fact I *did* change my keyboard.
At first whenever I wanted to use the keyboard (for notepad for example) it would say something like "Unable to reach" but after a while the keyboard just started working.
Then I switched on wifi and everything started crashing with the usual "Unfortunately (insert every task) has stopped working".
I know I can probably solve this by doing a factory wipe... but I also know that there MUST be a better way to solve this problem.
I have adb installed. I have Siyah kernel.
I can access the whole damned phone from my laptop in or out of recovery mode. I just don't know where to look to fix the problem.
A possible clue:
I tried flashing Keyboard-Blau.zip when my keyboard wasn't working. But CWM aborted the flash with an unknown error.
This is very similar to what happened the last time I had this problem. The only thing in the zip anyway was AXT9IME.apk in the system/app folder.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
P.S. I have also wiped cache and davlak cache AND attempted to install a rom. All permissions in system/app seem fine.
Could it be that system is mounted as r/w somehow?
EDIT2: Just now when I tried to to wipe dalvik (sp) cache it said something about:
"Unknown volume for path sd-ext"
Just a note.
Also I have erased /system then installed the rom again and it's still acting up.
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What rom are you on? Did you do a full wipe when you flashed it?
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kilometers4 said:
What rom are you on? Did you do a full wipe when you flashed it?
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Wanamlite. Latest version. And I sure did...
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Wanamlite. Latest version. And I sure did...
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What keyboard did you choose? One from the play store?
Edit : have you tried to flash the rom over what you have now, with no wipe?
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What keyboard did you choose? One from the play store?
Edit : have you tried to flash the rom over what you have now, with no wipe?
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Yes I tried it.
And somebody had uploaded the stock, touchwiz keyboard. So I copyed it over and set the permissions correctly.
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Yes I tried it.
And somebody had uploaded the stock, touchwiz keyboard. So I copyed it over and set the permissions correctly.
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Hmm.. The only thing I can think of is wiping cache, dalvik one more time EDIT: and try to fix permissions from cwmr. If that doesn't work I would make a nandroid backup and flash your rom with a full wipe again to see if that fixes it. At least you can restore the backup if it doesn't
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Hmm.. The only thing I can think of is wiping cache, dalvik one more time EDIT: and try to fix permissions from cwmr. If that doesn't work I would make a nandroid backup and flash your rom with a full wipe again to see if that fixes it. At least you can restore the backup if it doesn't
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Yeah I know a full wipe will fix it. I've already done that and screwed it up again a few more times for testing purposes.
My point is that there SHOULD be a way to fix it without a full wipe.
I mean if you've got root access, CWM recovery, AND you can actually boot the phone and access adb at the home screen... Then it should be possible to fix the problem.
It's a shame android dosnt return an error telling you WHY something is crashing. Then it would be a cinch.
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Yeah I know a full wipe will fix it. I've already done that and screwed it up again a few more times for testing purposes.
My point is that there SHOULD be a way to fix it without a full wipe.
I mean if you've got root access, CWM recovery, AND you can actually boot the phone and access adb at the home screen... Then it should be possible to fix the problem.
It's a shame android dosnt return an error telling you WHY something is crashing. Then it would be a cinch.
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What keyboard are you trying?
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What keyboard are you trying?
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This one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483428
...from post #2. Then I tried the zip in post 3 and four. (If you'd like to replicate the error just backup your /data then you can do whatever the hell you want and just restore /data and you'll have everything.) Then I tried flashing the zip from post 3 or 4... which didn't work. Followed the directions for changing permissions on the keyboard.
I hadn't realized you could backup everything from CWM Recovery. And hadn't even considered that just restoring /data would work without screwing everything up again... but work it did! Wish I had realized that a couple of weeks ago... but I didn't really want that data anyway.
Basically I just want the touchwiz keyboard because the standard android one is too small for my hands.
But I can't quite figure out how changing two files... and even changing them back later... could crash the whole damned OS beyond repair.
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This one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483428
...from post #2. Then I tried the zip in post 3 and four. (If you'd like to replicate the error just backup your /data then you can do whatever the hell you want and just restore /data and you'll have everything.) Then I tried flashing the zip from post 3 or 4... which didn't work. Followed the directions for changing permissions on the keyboard.
I hadn't realized you could backup everything from CWM Recovery. And hadn't even considered that just restoring /data would work without screwing everything up again... but work it did! Wish I had realized that a couple of weeks ago... but I didn't really want that data anyway.
Basically I just want the touchwiz keyboard because the standard android one is too small for my hands.
But I can't quite figure out how changing two files... and even changing them back later... could crash the whole damned OS beyond repair.
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It might be a bad zip/apk file
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It might be a bad zip/apk file
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It absolutely was. But what did it do and how could I fix it?
Is anyone having issues with VZW's VVM while running ViperDNA 1.3.0? There is no VVM tab in my messaging app, but there is a icon for it in the app drawer. I tried to re-installed it from the Play Store, and keep getting an error message saying that it's not needed because I have built in VVM. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get it to work?
Or, if anyone knows of another VVM service that will allow me to export the message as an mp3 file, I'm open to suggestions.
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Is anyone having issues with VZW's VVM while running ViperDNA 1.3.0? There is no VVM tab in my messaging app, but there is a icon for it in the app drawer. I tried to re-installed it from the Play Store, and keep getting an error message saying that it's not needed because I have built in VVM. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get it to work?
Or, if anyone knows of another VVM service that will allow me to export the message as an mp3 file, I'm open to suggestions.
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I use VVM on Viper 1.3. It shows up on the messaging tab for me. I would probably try to dirty flash the ROM. Remember when you are in aroma, apps with checkmarks means you do not want them installed.
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kelvinnotcalvin said:
I use VVM on Viper 1.3. It shows up on the messaging tab for me. I would probably try to dirty flash the ROM. Remember when you are in aroma, apps with checkmarks means you do not want them installed.
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Would you mind telling ne how to dirty flash it? Would that erase everything that I already have? Also, how do I get to aroma? I'm sorry for the questions, but I've never flashed ROMs before, and am unsure of what to do.
ItnStln said:
Would you mind telling ne how to dirty flash it? Would that erase everything that I already have? Also, how do I get to aroma? I'm sorry for the questions, but I've never flashed ROMs before, and am unsure of what to do.
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Boot into recovery, make a backup just in case. Wipe cache and dalvic cache only. Install the ROM (without wiping system). Be meticulous when you're selecting apps to keep/delete. You will still have your apps and data once the install is complete and you reboot.
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kelvinnotcalvin said:
Boot into recovery, make a backup just in case. Wipe cache and dalvic cache only. Install the ROM (without wiping system). Be meticulous when you're selecting apps to keep/delete. You will still have your apps and data once the install is complete and you reboot.
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Alright, I'll give this a try in the morning. Thanks!
kelvinnotcalvin said:
Boot into recovery, make a backup just in case. Wipe cache and dalvic cache only. Install the ROM (without wiping system). Be meticulous when you're selecting apps to keep/delete. You will still have your apps and data once the install is complete and you reboot.
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Thanks, it worked!
I have been using the Google Edition ROM on my Galaxy S4 and I'm loving it. The only thing is everytime there is an update to the ROM and i install it it wipes all my data and i have to start over. Is there are way to "update" the ROM compared to a clean install?
Just install the zip over your current Google Edition installation then wipe dalvik/cache. Non-major upgrades do not need full data wipes normally. If you have issues with the installation then do a clean install.
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Just install the zip over your current Google Edition installation then wipe dalvik/cache. Non-major upgrades do not need full data wipes normally. If you have issues with the installation then do a clean install.
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I just tried this and it still wiped everything. Is there a chance the zip has something in it for a clean install?
brabauer said:
I just tried this and it still wiped everything. Is there a chance the zip has something in it for a clean install?
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What recovery are you using? And are you sure that you are not selecting "wipe data" anywhere? Try booting into your recovery, then going to "install zip". Once the zip has been installed, then wipe cache/dalvik only. Should be under advanced.
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What recovery are you using? And are you sure that you are not selecting "wipe data" anywhere? Try booting into your recovery, then going to "install zip". Once the zip has been installed, then wipe cache/dalvik only. Should be under advanced.
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My buddy put "Team Win Recovery Project v2.5.0.2" on my phone. I go in: select install, select the zip. After it installs It gives me the option to wipe cache/dalvik then reboots the phone. and go into the phone setup wizard.
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What recovery are you using? And are you sure that you are not selecting "wipe data" anywhere? Try booting into your recovery, then going to "install zip". Once the zip has been installed, then wipe cache/dalvik only. Should be under advanced.
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FYI:
the updater script in my ROMs is written to wipe everything but your SDCard and /data/media/
Did it this way to avoid any potential issues from people "upgrading" then making a bug report that really isn't a bug report at all. Until the ROM is all fixed and stable, I won't be removing that portion of the updater script.
Your options to not wipe:
unzip, delete the wipedata.sh script, rezip
By not wiping you potentially carry over any left over garbage that was no good in your previous install
Your options to wipe and still get your stuff back up and going immediately:
create an update.zip with your apps and app data before flashing
backup your apps using romtoolbox, carbon, or tibu
And just ask this in my thread next time. I won't bite and I generally don't look in here for support questions :good:
Dubbsy said:
FYI:
the updater script in my ROMs is written to wipe everything but your SDCard and /data/media/
Did it this way to avoid any potential issues from people "upgrading" then making a bug report that really isn't a bug report at all. Until the ROM is all fixed and stable, I won't be removing that portion of the updater script.
Your options to not wipe:
unzip, delete the wipedata.sh script, rezip
By not wiping you potentially carry over any left over garbage that was no good in your previous install
Your options to wipe and still get your stuff back up and going immediately:
create an update.zip with your apps and app data before flashing
backup your apps using romtoolbox, carbon, or tibu
And just ask this in my thread next time. I won't bite and I generally don't look in here for support questions :good:
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Thanks Man! im going to give this a try once all the customers leave my store (manager at a verizon store.) I wanted to post it in your thread but the site wouldnt let me until i had 10 posts in since i just created the account today. lol
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Thanks Man! im going to give this a try once all the customers leave my store (manager at a verizon store.) I wanted to post it in your thread but the site wouldnt let me until i had 10 posts in since i just created the account today. lol
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You should send me a handful of fresh unused SIM cards
Would save me the trouble of going to the store when I kill one testing builds that mess with the RIL settings. lol :silly:
Dubbsy said:
You should send me a handful of fresh unused SIM cards
Would save me the trouble of going to the store when I kill one testing builds that mess with the RIL settings. lol :silly:
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i just got a couple hundred in, i think i can spare 20 lol also while im getting this ROM going on my phone. I live in a dead zone and i use a network extender. Ive notice in all the ROMs ive used for my phone does support it. There is no data support so it so picture messaging and Group MMS dont work. Do you have ideas on that?
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i just got a couple hundred in, i think i can spare 20 lol also while im getting this ROM going on my phone. I live in a dead zone and i use a network extender. Ive notice in all the ROMs ive used for my phone does support it. There is no data support so it so picture messaging and Group MMS dont work. Do you have ideas on that?
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I've never used an extender. Do you get voice service or is it full dead zone where you live? That's rough though. And you said all ROMs act this way or just Google edition?
MMS needs 3g in order to send (it's always pissed me off that you can't send with WiFi)
Does data and mms work everywhere else?
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I've never used an extender. Do you get voice service or is it full dead zone where you live? That's rough though. And you said all ROMs act this way or just Google edition?
MMS needs 3g in order to send (it's always pissed me off that you can't send with WiFi)
Does data and mms work everywhere else?
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I live in a complete dead zone. Thats why i got an extender. I can do voice and text but anything revolving data does not work. Ive tried a lot of different ROMs before yours trying to find the most stock google one. It just tells me im roaming, If someone sends me a pic message or Group MMs it will say downloading and will sit until the next day im at work in service and then it will download. Same with me send a pic message. Its not a big deal i was just wondering if it was just the rom or if its an issue with me phone.
Give this one a shot
https://copy.com/CDdtj
I just posted it in my other thread also. It's a test build I was working on to remove CSC. It may or may not help. I'll look to see if I can find a setting sourdough's to sending mms in poor reception.
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I've never used an extender. Do you get voice service or is it full dead zone where you live? That's rough though. And you said all ROMs act this way or just Google edition?
MMS needs 3g in order to send (it's always pissed me off that you can't send with WiFi)
Does data and mms work everywhere else?
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Dubbsy said:
Give this one a shot
https://copy.com/CDdtj
I just posted it in my other thread also. It's a test build I was working on to remove CSC. It may or may not help. I'll look to see if I can find a setting sourdough's to sending mms in poor reception.
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Just install this over what i have on there already? or a clean wipe? like i said its not a big deal just a thing i was wondering about
It clean wipes you whether you want it to or not.
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I have a weird question. I now have a Verizon S4, ME7 baseband, rooted. I used to have a S3. I use s-voice via Bluetooth dialing for voice dialing and texting all the time. It worked flawlessly on my S3 but sucks on the S4. It won't find some contacts, despite reading the names back to me perfectly while telling me it didn't find them.
I remember trying the S4 apk on the S3 when the S4 apk was released and finding it didn't work well for me. I reverted back to the stock S3 s voice.
My question now is, can I do the reverse? Can I put the S3 S-voice on the S4? Does anyone have the latest S3 s-voice apk? I don't have the S3 anymore (nor would I know how to get the apk off if I did).
Thanks
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I use apps from the s3 and note 2 all the time, most work and for those that don't I use apktool to mod them to work. In the case of s voice I imagine the app will natively work and it sounds like samsung tts doesn't have much to do with your issue. Im not at home to test or post it but you could always download a stock gs3 rom and extract s voice from it to try.
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..... Im not at home to test or post it but you could always download a stock gs3 rom and extract s voice from it to try.
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Thank you. Excuse me for my ignorance: how do I extract an apk from a ROM? Is there a reference for me to follow or is it simple enough for you to post instructions? I've installed ROM's in the past but never actually worked on them.
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Thank you. Excuse me for my ignorance: how do I extract an apk from a ROM? Is there a reference for me to follow or is it simple enough for you to post instructions? I've installed ROM's in the past but never actually worked on them.
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Extract the zip, then system apps are located in system/app then copy svoice from there. Hope this helps.
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Extract the zip, then system apps are located in system/app then copy svoice from there. Hope this helps.
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Sounds simple enough. I will try it this weekend. Thank you!
albertdc said:
Sounds simple enough. I will try it this weekend. Thank you!
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something very important,dont forget to make a nandroid backup before,just in case.
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something very important,dont forget to make a nandroid backup before,just in case.
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Good point, that reminds me, in order to install s voice you will have to push the app to system and change the permissions. Hey OP if you don't know how to do this let me know, id make you a zip but I believe you're on me7 correct?
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something very important,dont forget to make a nandroid backup before,just in case.
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Yes, thank you for the reminder. I planned on that, but always
nice to have the reminder.
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Good point, that reminds me, in order to install s voice you will have to push the app to system and change the permissions. Hey OP if you don't know how to do this let me know, id make you a zip but I believe you're on me7 correct?
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Omph, thanks for detailing the need to change the permissions. I always read about people doing that, but have never done it. A zip would be awesome, but yes, I'm on me7 - does that mean you can't make one? If nobody else makes the zip, I'll read up on changing permissions.
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Yes, thank you for the reminder. I planned on that, but always
nice to have the reminder.
Omph, thanks for detailing the need to change the permissions. I always read about people doing that, but have never done it. A zip would be awesome, but yes, I'm on me7 - does that mean you can't make one? If nobody else makes the zip, I'll read up on changing permissions.
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Unfortunately since your on me7 I cant make you a zip also you won't be able to make a nandroid back up either. This is because me7 doesn't allow you to have a custom recovery. Changing the permissions is pretty straight forward though, just make it match the other apps in the system/app folder, you'll also have to mount the system folder r/w.
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Unfortunately since your on me7 I cant make you a zip also you won't be able to make a nandroid back up either. This is because me7 doesn't allow you to have a custom recovery. Changing the permissions is pretty straight forward though, just make it match the other apps in the system/app folder, you'll also have to mount the system folder r/w.
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Thanks for all your help. I extracted the file - called "Voicetalk" as far as I can tell. I pasted it into the system app folder using Root Explorer, changed the permissions, and nothing happened. I then realized that maybe I need to actually run the installer - tapping the file (which did indeed have the S3 S-Voice icon) gave me the option to install. I ran the installer, it showed the permissions, and then it failed to install with the only message showing: "Application not installed".
I deleted the app from the system folder.
I then tried again by first freezing the native S-Voice app. I tried installing the apk directly from the SD card and had the same result - not installed.
So, unless I am doing it incorrectly, I think the S3 S-voice will not install directly onto the S4. Any ideas as to a way to make it work?
Thanks
albertdc said:
Thanks for all your help. I extracted the file - called "Voicetalk" as far as I can tell. I pasted it into the system app folder using Root Explorer, changed the permissions, and nothing happened. I then realized that maybe I need to actually run the installer - tapping the file (which did indeed have the S3 S-Voice icon) gave me the option to install. I ran the installer, it showed the permissions, and then it failed to install with the only message showing: "Application not installed".
I deleted the app from the system folder.
I then tried again by first freezing the native S-Voice app. I tried installing the apk directly from the SD card and had the same result - not installed.
So, unless I am doing it incorrectly, I think the S3 S-voice will not install directly onto the S4. Any ideas as to a way to make it work?
Thanks
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What you originally did was fine, just rename the original s-voice .apk to .bak then do what you originally did (move the s3 s-voice .apk to /system/app then change permissions) then reboot your phone. Also you can check to make sure the owner is root for both owner and group. I think it might have worked had you just rebooted. Alternativley you can just copy and paste the apk to your internal sd then use rom toolbox and go to app manager, tap the upper left corner (where it shows a little rubix cube android person) then go down to + APK Installer and select the s-voice apk that you copied to your internal sd card. Afterward check in app manager and make sure s-voice is a system app, if not convert it to a system app. Remeber to reboot your phone after it installs. If all else fails send me the .apk and ill figure it out and/or mod it to work.
You ROCK!!
Thank you very much for your help. The key was this line you wrote: "just rename the original s-voice .apk to .bak " I had not done that and the S3 version would not install. Once I renamed the original s-voice, I was able to install the S3 version. Rebooted, and voila. Now it recognizes, without a hitch, the names that the S4 version was unable to find. So now I'm in business!
albertdc said:
You ROCK!!
Thank you very much for your help. The key was this line you wrote: "just rename the original s-voice .apk to .bak " I had not done that and the S3 version would not install. Once I renamed the original s-voice, I was able to install the S3 version. Rebooted, and voila. Now it recognizes, without a hitch, the names that the S4 version was unable to find. So now I'm in business!
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Anytime, glad I could help.
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