How do i install apk as system apk?
I tried to paste the apk's with root explorer to /system/apps and grant permissions of "rw-r--r--" and reboot
but its still don't work..
Is there another way?
You just need to paste the .apk in the External SD card/Internal storage and Install from there. Simple. No need for Root Explorer for that.
Regards.
Alternatively, I usually just email the apk and then open it on the phone. It gives a direct install button option in the email itself, downloads and installs like any other app from the market.
I just installed Cognition S2 1.42 and it removed some of the system app like Social Hub and AccuWeather widget, so i would like to install them again.
In Cognition thread said for installing the removed apps you need to transfer them to "/system/apps".
I tried that but it didn't work, after web searching I found that I need to change the permissions to "rw-r--r--", I tried that ether and it didn't work.
So is there other way to do it?
Thanks for replying
1.- Move all these apks to the /system/priv-app folder of the android wear watch, and chmod 644 all apks with adb/terminal or change permissions to rw,r,r and change the owner to System and the group to System with file manager.
/system/Priv-app Apks -
ES filee explorer https://app.box.com/s/j4u1hiwymkbyvh4py2welvn88puyrn8w
Google Backup transport https://app.box.com/s/tvothkbt7yv0vw3fd6rcuxuf2vwa09qw
Google calendar sync https://app.box.com/s/i4ribv2kta4nhapb93tsesblgm3efvox
Google onetime init https://app.box.com/s/llxqniqy3thddj11g4jletk5qxpduw08
Google partner setup https://app.box.com/s/yg18h5rhs8d3ozdgmd2cufjgkynm55rs
UCBrowser https://app.box.com/s/misbdk8dg2nw1pz01ik8zrhxemvk5v9l
PlayStore https://app.box.com/s/cndzlazkq1z3599u39r842ocn7addlra
2.-Reboot watch to recovery and wipe dalvik and cache partitions.
3.- delete and move the dummy apks to system/priv-app folder
Google Play Store dummy apk https://app.box.com/s/thyhe4fscsbfnzacjpzh8ee5ufz5t8wu
UC Browser dummy apk https://app.box.com/s/epbyt8q2s1un5weigxeugphglbrjo01z
4.- Install these apks with ES file explorer -might not need to install all apks but that's what I use
Apks- https://app.box.com/s/rf5870pwmaeym7i132tlf5nt7uho72eg
4.- Reboot watch twice
Let me know how it goes!
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Hello,
thanks for this. But I need help.
I get this message: "com.google.process.gapps has stopped". Can you help me please ?
Thanks
mister-gwada97one said:
Hello,
thanks for this. But I need help.
I get this message: "com.google.process.gapps has stopped". Can you help me please ?
Thanks
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Did you get apks installed ok?
iAppleDev said:
Did you get apks installed ok?
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Yes I got all intalled ok. I did everything as you said.
I can't figure out what's wrong.
Does UCBrowser open and work?
"Google play services has stopped to work" after this process. I can´t get uc browser or play store working (installing as user apps as shown at step 3) If I move it to priv-app, UC browser works, but playstore´s still crashing. I don´t understand the dummy apks and its purpose...
If I install the dummy and before the user app UC browser, it doesn´t work. It needs to be pushed on priv-app to get networking
iAppleDev said:
Does UCBrowser open and work?
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I got UC Browser working in system/app folder.
prototovsky said:
"Google play services has stopped to work" after this process. I can´t get uc browser or play store working (installing as user apps as shown at step 3) If I move it to priv-app, UC browser works, but playstore´s still crashing. I don´t understand the dummy apks and its purpose...
If I install the dummy and before the user app UC browser, it doesn´t work. It needs to be pushed on priv-app to get networking
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Yes I guess it needs to be done first! If you use /system/app mover to move playStore to system then after it reboots install the newer PlayStore apk as an user with ES file explorer then delete the play store apk on the system/priv-app folder and add the older dummy apk again and it should work! I think it needs to be installed to system for real first then update it then move the older dummy apk to /system folder after you've updated it, the point of the dummy apk is to save space! if you want you could just leave the real apk in the System/folder
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Yes I guess it needs to be done first! If you use /system/app mover to move playStore to system then after it reboots install the newer PlayStore apk as an user with ES file explorer then delete the play store apk on the system/priv-app folder and add the older dummy apk again and it should work! I think it needs to be installed to system for real first then update it then move the older dummy apk to /system folder after you've updated it, the point of the dummy apk is to save space! if you want you could just leave the real apk in the System/folder
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I don´t understand the steps. If I install something outside from priv-app, it won´t work on network, that´s a fact. I think google play services must be in priv-app also with play store and other google apps, but I don´t have space enought on /system partition (the play store crashes saying google play services has stopped, and I cannot install play services as user app because it says that already exists). Why it already exists? Must I delete the default Android wear Play services and replace with this new package? And what´s the installation order?
1- Install the dummy as user app and move it to /system with permissions, etc.
2- Reboot and install the real google play apk as user app
3- Reinstall the dummy on /system again (mantaining the real Gplay as user app and getting free space on /system)
Is this?
I only got UC browser working while being on priv-app, but nothing with play store... Really I´m trying to get it working
Yes any apps in the system folders get networking! And if you update that app it moves it to /data and still works as long as an dummy apk is in system folder. And yes I might have use the adb -r command to install play services or threw ES file explorer as an update? I'm not to sure
iAppleDev said:
Yes any apps in the system folders get networking! And if you update that app it moves it to /data and still works as long as an dummy apk is in system folder. And yes I might have use the adb -r command to install play services or threw ES file explorer as an update? I'm not to sure
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Then, how I update an app for save space on /system? And how I install new play services without corrupting anything?
And what´s adb -r command for?
Sorry for all of that questions, but I´m interested in learning And thanks for all!
Have you tried to install play services apk with ES file explorer or threw adb? Android wear has play services installed already so it's just an update! It's called prebuiltGmsCoreForClockworkWearable.apk on my watch and is in the priv-app folder!
you have to install the app or apps to the /system/priv-app or /system/app folder first - you can use the app /system/app mover or adb or terminal or file manager. then you need to use ES File explorer and install an newer version of the same app and it will be updated and re-installed to the /Data partition where there is more space, it does not remove the apk from the /system folders but it's not used only checked for and wastes space so that's why the dummy apk is used. If you don't want to install other apps to system then just install PlayStore or UCBrowser and leave it in system but there isn't much space 30+mb.
adb install -r package.name.apk reinstalls the app without replacing the data like an update.
Ahh I found what was going on I forgot an apk GoogleAccountManager.apk it don't need to be in the system folder but if you reset the watch it will get deleted too unless it's in the system folder!
Can you upload it please? I'll try it
@iAppleDev : Hello, is there a way to store google contacts directly on the watch please ?
mister-gwada97one said:
@iAppleDev : Hello, is there a way to store google contacts directly on the watch please ?
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Nope
iAppleDev said:
1.- Move all these apks to the /system/priv-app folder of the android wear watch, and chmod 644 all apks with adb/terminal or change permissions to rw,r,r and change the owner to System and the group to System with file manager.
/system/Priv-app Apks -
ES filee explorer https://app.box.com/s/j4u1hiwymkbyvh4py2welvn88puyrn8w
Google Backup transport https://app.box.com/s/tvothkbt7yv0vw3fd6rcuxuf2vwa09qw
Google calendar sync https://app.box.com/s/i4ribv2kta4nhapb93tsesblgm3efvox
Google onetime init https://app.box.com/s/llxqniqy3thddj11g4jletk5qxpduw08
Google partner setup https://app.box.com/s/yg18h5rhs8d3ozdgmd2cufjgkynm55rs
UCBrowser https://app.box.com/s/misbdk8dg2nw1pz01ik8zrhxemvk5v9l
PlayStore https://app.box.com/s/cndzlazkq1z3599u39r842ocn7addlra
2.-Reboot watch to recovery and wipe dalvik and cache partitions.
3.- delete and move the dummy apks to system/priv-app folder
Google Play Store dummy apk https://app.box.com/s/thyhe4fscsbfnzacjpzh8ee5ufz5t8wu
UC Browser dummy apk https://app.box.com/s/epbyt8q2s1un5weigxeugphglbrjo01z
4.- Install these apks with ES file explorer -might not need to install all apks but that's what I use
Apks- https://app.box.com/s/rf5870pwmaeym7i132tlf5nt7uho72eg
4.- Reboot watch twice
Let me know how it goes!
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Hi, may I ask, what is the purpose of doing this? Is it for times when Android Wear becomes unstable?
I have put the apps to /system/priv-app. I chmod-ed them to 644. But i am not able to change user/group.
when in sdcard/Downloads the files are shown as root:sdcard_r. chown system:system filename result in no error, but ls -al still delivers root:sdcard_r
after putting the files in system/priv-app i am shown to have no rights to change user/group (no rights to write on system?). I dont know how to get these rights. Standard linux code doesnt work, necessary commands not integrated in wear?
In the file manager of twrp i dont find any option to change user/group. ES File Explorer is installed, but activation of root explorer returns an error. And yes, the device IS rooted
Edit:
When in /system/priv-app by adb shell su the files are shown root/root as user/group.
So the whole procedure results in:
I can start ES File Explorer (only through native GUI, not wear mini launcher, dont know why) - but i am not able to install an apk by it. Every try results in no app/no gesture. Now i am stuck...
Edit:
Ok, i made it by TWRP/Terminal. baaaaad work with that smaaaall keyboard and big fingers...
but it doesnt look as if that was the big point. File Explorer still cant get root explorer and i still cant install apps...
iAppleDev said:
1.- Move all these apks to the /system/priv-app folder of the android wear watch, and chmod 644 all apks with adb/terminal or change permissions to rw,r,r and change the owner to System and the group to System with file manager.
/system/Priv-app Apks -
ES filee explorer https://app.box.com/s/j4u1hiwymkbyvh4py2welvn88puyrn8w
Google Backup transport https://app.box.com/s/tvothkbt7yv0vw3fd6rcuxuf2vwa09qw
Google calendar sync https://app.box.com/s/i4ribv2kta4nhapb93tsesblgm3efvox
Google onetime init https://app.box.com/s/llxqniqy3thddj11g4jletk5qxpduw08
Google partner setup https://app.box.com/s/yg18h5rhs8d3ozdgmd2cufjgkynm55rs
UCBrowser https://app.box.com/s/misbdk8dg2nw1pz01ik8zrhxemvk5v9l
PlayStore https://app.box.com/s/cndzlazkq1z3599u39r842ocn7addlra
2.-Reboot watch to recovery and wipe dalvik and cache partitions.
3.- delete and move the dummy apks to system/priv-app folder
Google Play Store dummy apk https://app.box.com/s/thyhe4fscsbfnzacjpzh8ee5ufz5t8wu
UC Browser dummy apk https://app.box.com/s/epbyt8q2s1un5weigxeugphglbrjo01z
4.- Install these apks with ES file explorer -might not need to install all apks but that's what I use
Apks- https://app.box.com/s/rf5870pwmaeym7i132tlf5nt7uho72eg
4.- Reboot watch twice
Let me know how it goes!
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Do you have root for this? If so how have you granted access if superuser doesnt work yet? Also how do you change the groups? And do the apks need to be in a folder in system/priv-app like they are in our phones? I moved all the apks but none of them installed I have TWRP but im still trying ti work out my root on Sony Smartwatch 3
So I've got a problem and hopefully it's not something stupid that I've done. I got my 6p yesterday and immediately did a nandroid backup and flashed Pure Nexus (and SuperSU 2.67). For some reason I'm totally unable to download, delete, etc, a lot of the files on/to internal memory. If I try to delete a file from the root of /sdcard/ it works, but if I try to delete something in /sdcard/Download/ it doesn't work. I checked permissions for files within /sdcard/Download/ and the permissions are rw-rw----. If I go into Root Explorer and try to add Execute permissions it tells me the change was not successful. Any ideas?
Ok so I figured it out. When I got my new phone I copied files from my old phone to my computer, then copied them back to my new phone. I swear I've done that before without issue but apparently this time it messed up permissions big time. I was able to rename the folders via PC and create new folders via Solid Explorer, but still couldn't move/delete the files. I ended up booting to TWRP and was able to delete the folders using the file explorer there.
So I wanted to make some apps a part of my system apps. I placed the ES File Explorer application in the /system/apps/ directory and when I factory reset the phone, it was installed as a system app and it ran without a problem.
Now when I put Microsoft Office application in the /system/apps/ directory, it crashes . So my question is that how can I make this app a part of the system apps such that it runs without a problem when I factory reset the phone. I also changed the permissions of the app when I place it in the /system/apps/ directory but it crashes.
Hello, folks,
I have a problem with my Nexus 5X (Android 7.1.2). I had rooted it with TWRP and Magisk, until last no problems. After an update to Magisk v18 two days ago, I found the problems.
I had an app that I installed as a system map. It was deleted after the update. If I now want to reinstall it (as in this manual), it won't work. I can create a folder in "system/app" and "system/priv-app" (or copy the APK there), but I can't do anything else. No renaming, no changing of permissions. Also it often happens that I cannot copy the file there because of missing permissions. This only works once after a restart. After a restart the copied file or folder will be deleted again and again.
I tried Solid Explorer, Root Explorer and ES File Manager. Link2SD also fails and cannot create the system app. SU permissions are on for all tested apps.
Does anyone have an idea what I should do? :-/
Regards
XOXO
XOXO1 said:
Hello, folks,
I have a problem with my Nexus 5X (Android 7.1.2). I had rooted it with TWRP and Magisk, until last no problems. After an update to Magisk v18 two days ago, I found the problems.
I had an app that I installed as a system map. It was deleted after the update. If I now want to reinstall it (as in this manual), it won't work. I can create a folder in "system/app" and "system/priv-app" (or copy the APK there), but I can't do anything else. No renaming, no changing of permissions. Also it often happens that I cannot copy the file there because of missing permissions. This only works once after a restart. After a restart the copied file or folder will be deleted again and again.
I tried Solid Explorer, Root Explorer and ES File Manager. Link2SD also fails and cannot create the system app. SU permissions are on for all tested apps.
Does anyone have an idea what I should do? :-/
Regards
XOXO
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This is a normal problem for Magisk. To fix it do the following. Open Magisk manager's settings and turn on core only mode then reboot. Do your system stuff add/remove apps, set permissions, etc. Then turn off core only mode (or modules won't work) and reboot once more.
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This is a normal problem for Magisk. To fix it do the following. Open Magisk manager's settings and turn on core only mode then reboot. Do your system stuff add/remove apps, set permissions, etc. Then turn off core only mode (or modules won't work) and reboot once more.
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Thanks, that helps.