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Adw Update?

I saw that ADW 1,01 is out and i want it...
So how do i instal/update it to v1.01? [and will all my preferences and settings,apps,etc be usable once i put on the 1.01?]
and plz be datailed about it,since ima noob with the android.ty

aca85 said:
I saw that ADW 1,01 is out and i want it...
So how do i instal/update it to v1.01? [and will all my preferences and settings,apps,etc be usable once i put on the 1.01?]
and plz be datailed about it,since ima noob with the android.ty
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What version do you currently have?
Did it come with your rom or did you download it?
You can backup your settings (export) to your sdcard and restore (import) with the new version if by chance your settings are not preserved.

Im using CM 5.0.8 ,and it came with 0.8.9.
And how do i go about doing that export/import?

Either download link from your phone and install or download on PC put on SD card open file manager and install are easiest. Put it on a friends phone. Looks good. Backup and restore are in settings adw.
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Do a search for ADW.Launcher in the Market, it's there. Just make sure you have a period in between "ADW" and "Launcher."

Hey,
I'm interested in updating the ADW.Launcher version that came with my CM5.0.8 rom, but I don't know if it's OK to update through market or get the apk file and use "adb install" or find a zip file to flash...
Could anyone make some light in here pls?
Thanks!

I have tried downloading the apk file for my CM5x and MDPI device from Anderweb's page but when I tried to "adb install" I get...
INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS
Can someone shed some light? Is there a way to update the ADW.Launcher that comes with a specific ROM version?

Tried using android commander?
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Since I'm new to this scene, what is the difference between the "adb install" method and using the Android Commander (which I need install)?
Would Astro help in this case, because I remember reading that has support for installing apk files?
I'd like to do this update as clean as possible.
Thank you for the reply!
PS: I have actually installed Android Commander and installed the ADW.Launcher apk for CM5x MDPI as an Update (wasn't sure what to chose between Private, Application or Update) and the installer said it was successful but after reboot I still have the old version 0.8.6
Any ideas?

U can download it put it on your sdcard and install with a file manager. Doesn't matter which way u go. Should work. Done it both ways
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I did it somewhat the way you said and installed it with Android Explorer as an update because the regular installation would fail with the error that the application already exists.
The problem is that the new version gets copied into /data/apps/ and I can start using it but after the first reboot it's not there anymore and I get back to the one that came with my CM5.0.8 rom which is in /system/apps/
I would really like to get a solution that would update the one in /system/apps/ which might be harder because it's a memory mapped version of the ROM and changes get lost after reboot.
Please correct me where I am wrong...

Have u tried goin to the market and installing it from there? It's like version 1.4.1 or something now
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place the file on your /sd.
adb push /sdcard/filename.apk /system/app
restart home or reboot phone.

I ended up installing the one from Market and making that the default launcher, but I would really like to just replace the one in the system folder - no need to keep 2 versions of the same app
I'll try the method NetrixTardis was suggesting.

U can do it through the terminal as well. Maybe removing the old one will solve it. Use the rm command in the terminal and see if u can do it that way. Ex.
$su (enter after each line)
#rm /system/app/(name of app.apk)
Then u can use cp command to copy the one from your sdcard.
Cp /sdcard/(app.apk) /system/app/
Someone correct me if I'm wrong in the lines
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hey johnson8cyl
I'll try that and let you know if it worked, should I copy it to the same name?
like /system/app/adwlauncher.apk is the name for the system app, while the Market installed one is org.adwlauncher....apk
do you guys know a good keyboard replacement and a way to configure the vibration alarm on my CM5.0.8? these are mostly the things I miss from my stock ROM
oh...forgot to mention the CM5.0.8 default camera does not have all the setting (like I can't set the ISO), is there one that does that trick?
thanks!

I'll answer the keyboard part. I've got Smart Keyboard installed and its a lot better than the stock Android one.
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U have to use the names exactly the one your removing and one your copying. Names have to be what u want to remove or copy. That make sense?
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Makes total sense to keep the same names only that I have this problem...
any ideas? kinda makes sense because that comes from the ROM and is mounted as read-only
# su
su
# pwd
pwd
/system/app
# rm -f ADWLauncher.apk
rm -f ADWLauncher.apk
rm: can't remove 'ADWLauncher.apk': Read-only file system
ps: I actually managed to fix this what was missing is "adb remount" to mount system partition read-write

So you figured it out? Were you able to get it removed and replaced?
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Deleting Bloatware ERROR!!

Im new to forum but Ive been trolling for the past couple days. I currently rooted my Vibrant with One Click GalaxyRooter. Then purchased Root Explorer to view the hidden files and folders that I need to get to in order to remove some of the stock .apk and odex files.
Im currently in the /system/app directory and the first thing that I want to remove is that avatar icon and files. I long press the file in root explorer to delete it and it allows me to. Only problem is that when I go back or refresh the directory everything is still there even when I reboot my phone.
Any suggestion.

AnthonyJFranks said:
Im new to forum but Ive been trolling for the past couple days. I currently rooted my Vibrant with One Click GalaxyRooter. Then purchased Root Explorer to view the hidden files and folders that I need to get to in order to remove some of the stock .apk and odex files.
Im currently in the /system/app directory and the first thing that I want to remove is that avatar icon and files. I long press the file in root explorer to delete it and it allows me to. Only problem is that when I go back or refresh the directory everything is still there even when I reboot my phone.
Any suggestion.
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When using Root Explorer, on the top part of the screen, press [Mount R/O] and try again. I think that might solve the issue. Post up the results!

Why didn't you just uninstall the files via titanium backup?

Master™ said:
Why didn't you just uninstall the files via titanium backup?
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Forget what I said, use Mater's method. lol

I do see the Mount R/O in the top right hand section of the screen and I pressed it but it seems like it didnt do anything. It just shows my memory used / free and r/w [ Mount R/O]
I tried deleting a file still was there when I came back into the directory

How do I access the file directory in Titanium Backup

AnthonyJFranks said:
How do I access the file directory in Titanium Backup
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You don't access the file directory. Titanium Backup will show you a list of ALL apps installed. You simply click and press uninstall. Simple, no fuss. You can even make a backup before you uninstall it in case you need it later. Done.

Use Titanium Backup like everyone said, I also had the same problem with other Root Explorers. Also be sure to delete the .zip file because it might cause problems later. Also do you know what trolling means? I think you meant lurking, because trolling implies you've been trying to get people angry.

I didn't even notice he said he had been trolling LOL. Get back troll! My brain automatically assumed lurking.

AnthonyJFranks said:
Im new to forum but Ive been trolling for the past couple days. I currently rooted my Vibrant with One Click GalaxyRooter. Then purchased Root Explorer to view the hidden files and folders that I need to get to in order to remove some of the stock .apk and odex files.
Im currently in the /system/app directory and the first thing that I want to remove is that avatar icon and files. I long press the file in root explorer to delete it and it allows me to. Only problem is that when I go back or refresh the directory everything is still there even when I reboot my phone.
Any suggestion.
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Your system is set to read only.
Follow the instructions found in this post (forgive me i'm too new to post links, and i want to give credit to the solution):
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8643744&postcount=6
Code:
$ mount -o rw,remount -t rfs /dev/block/stl9 /system
Run the command from terminal, and you should then be able to delete the files that you want.

Here do this I had this happen awhile back this worked
AustinKnight45 said:
Download busybox from market then run it and update it then after it updates and you have the latest busybox go back to root explorer and delete the bloat ware dont know why this works but it does.
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AustinKnight45 said:
Here do this I had this happen awhile back this worked
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sentences without periods are hard to read.... ha

This didnt work
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eatspaper said:
Your system is set to read only.
Follow the instructions found in this post (forgive me i'm too new to post links, and i want to give credit to the solution):
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8643744&postcount=6
Code:
$ mount -o rw,remount -t rfs /dev/block/stl9 /system
Run the command from terminal, and you should then be able to delete the files that you want.
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I tried this and it didn't work as well I got a error message that said operation not permitted
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Any suggestion on whats going on, I know its rooted the super user always pops up when ever a couple apps or on
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AnthonyJFranks said:
I tried this and it didn't work as well I got a error message that said operation not permitted
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Did you SU in the terminal first before you ran the command?

Cannot for the life of me get system r/w permissions

I've been running cm7 nightlies and now stable 7.0 for some time now. I have the new radio, ladios' kernel, and the sdcard read fix flashed.
I installed super manager and successfully deleted some of the stock cm7 media off my phone last week. Today, I came across the new GPS.conf files and wanted to try them.
Super manager couldn't switch the system to r/w despite saying "ok"
When I try to delete or write in the system with EStrongs file explorer, ghost commander, or android mate, they all give strange errors. The deleted files disappear but reappear after reboot. If I try to paste a file in system/etc I only get an error.
Superuser is successfully allowing permissions. I have the latest busybox. I have r/w enabled in each file manager.
I even tried an adb push test which first said "system is r/o only". The next try was "successful" but didn't do anything.
I'm still new with adb so I probably did something wrong. I typed in that r/w command, mount now shows: /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (rw,relatime)
I can't figure out what changed and what I need to do to get r/w permissions. My only theory is that i had uninstalled and reinstalled super manager earlier and that somehow messed with my permissions.

You cannot permanently modify the system partition while the phone is booted into Android. The only way is to use adb while the phone is in recovery mode. Any changes you make while the phone is booted will be lost after a reboot.
Go check on those media files you thought you deleted. I bet you'll find they are still there.

Yes that worked. Thank you.
I thought I had read somewhere that you had to be booted to adb push.
I also thought that root managers advertising r/w capability would make permanent changes.
Next question:
Can I add and remove files from the cm7 zip before flashing it? Do I have to rezip it in any special or can windows 7 manage it fine?
EDIT: Ok I guess i need to sign it... lets see...

jamus28 said:
Yes that worked. Thank you.
I thought I had read somewhere that you had to be booted to adb push.
I also thought that root managers advertising r/w capability would make permanent changes.
Next question:
Can I add and remove files from the cm7 zip before flashing it? Do I have to rezip it in any special or can windows 7 manage it fine?
EDIT: Ok I guess i need to sign it... lets see...
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You don't need to sign them on the aria
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jamus28 said:
Yes that worked. Thank you.
I thought I had read somewhere that you had to be booted to adb push.
I also thought that root managers advertising r/w capability would make permanent changes.
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Those programs will work on some phones but not the Aria.
Next question:
Can I add and remove files from the cm7 zip before flashing it? Do I have to rezip it in any special or can windows 7 manage it fine?
EDIT: Ok I guess i need to sign it... lets see...
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It really is as simple as adding or removing a few files from the zip file if you want to modify it.

Unified email client apk from atrix

Does anyone have the unified email client that comes with the atrix?
If yow will delete the thread because there's another one with the same request/solution, please direct me towards it! I've searched the forum and I couldn't find any.

Go here and download the bloatware file, just pull the apk from it and push it to your phone.
http://briefmobile.com/greyblur-rom-for-motorola-atrix-4g

Thanks a lot!!
Dumb question, which one is it? I'm guessing messaging widget is just a widget (and won't install).

I would grab both and push it to your phone.
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sorry for being unclear, there is only one with "messaging" in the name and that doesn't install. there is no other file with email/messaging/mail in the name. thanks for your help!!

neodoru said:
sorry for being unclear, there is only one with "messaging" in the name and that doesn't install. there is no other file with email/messaging/mail in the name. thanks for your help!!
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I guess what I'm saying is, grab the messaging.apk and use adb to push that to your phone
HTML:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
exit
exit
Then:
HTML:
adb push messaging.apk /sdcard
adb shell
su
cp /sdcard/messaging.apk /system/app
reboot
Or, if you have root explorer or some other explorer, do it thru that, just move it to /system/app.
You will want to reboot after installing it so your phone can initiate it during boot.

Thanks for your help! Unfortunately the file you pointed me to only contains the widget.
If anyone could extract the messaging.apk from his phone it would be awesome!
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neodoru said:
Thanks for your help! Unfortunately the file you pointed me to only contains the widget.
If anyone could extract the messaging.apk from his phone it would be awesome!
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My bad bro.. here ya go.. the UniversalInbox.apk is in there, just grabbed that off my phone... not sure if that's the only file you need, let me know if that works or not and I'll up some other Blur files that might work..
http://db.tt/sAsFzLr

Thanks a lot for that... but it wasn't the thing I was trying to ask for . The default build has a messaging app in which you could access all the email accounts, the sms, facebook etc
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Messaging.apk is the one you need.
The widget is called MessagingWidget.apk
I've attached it... just remove the .zip from the file name.

someone uploaded before I could.. doh!

rjohnstone said:
Messaging.apk is the one you need.
The widget is called MessagingWidget.apk
I've attached it... just remove the .zip from the file name.
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1000 thanks!!!! Suddenly I started to like my phone more!
You sirs are both true gentlemen!

Workaround for the annoying "Parse error" apk

Hi guys,
Just got one of this cheap phones and after unlocking and rooting it (txs to PaulOBrien for that) I got the annoying:
Code:
Parse error
There was a problem while parsing the package
Tried a couple of things, reboots, settings, factory reset but nothing helped but found some easy workaround (Google Drive is not an option for me, not when I'm with no network)
Looks like all these problems are due some fancy security crap in new 4.2/.3 versions (never got it before in any of my previous devices)
Just move the APK to some other directory, adjust the permissions (need group read but just do 777) and install it from there.
"/mnt/obb" is a tmp dir, so anything there will disappear on the next book.
"/data/local/tmp" is what "adb install" uses so it is a good choice.
old post below
So for whoever still has the problem, go and try these steps:
1. Create a directory inside /mnt/obb/ (e.g: /mnt/obb/Apks)
Code:
d:\ADB>adb shell
[email protected]_umts:/ $ su
su
[email protected]_umts:/ # mount -o rw,remount /system
mount -o rw,remount /system
[email protected]_umts:/ # mkdir /mnt/obb/Apks
mkdir /mnt/obb/Apks
[email protected]_umts:/ # chmod 777 /mnt/obb/Apks
chmod 777 /mnt/obb/Apks
[email protected]_umts:/ # ls -la /mnt/obb
ls -la /mnt/obb
drwxrwxrwx root root 2023-12-09 18:46 Apks
[email protected]_umts:/ #
[email protected]_umts:/ # exit
exit
127|[email protected]_umts:/ $ exit
exit
d:\ADB>
2. Now, from whatever file browser you already have on your phone (I'm using Total Commander)
just copy the apk from your "sdcard" to the /mnt/obb/Apks directory
3. Adjust the permissions for the apk file (744 or rwxr--r--)
(I could added some pictures but I'm too lazy
Now it should allow you to install without the bloody error.
So to summarize the trick is to create a directory somewhere else and install the apk from there. It is not good as before, but at least I don't need an internet connection, just move the file, change permissions and install.
Will try to find out why the normal method fails (whenever I have some free time). Tthe way that is mounting the 'external' storage is causing this issue.
I guess in a couple of weeks we will get new builds or a original Motorola fix, but in the meantime this is good enough for me.
Note: /mnt/obb may go after a reboot so try to find a "permanent" one
You don't need adb to create the directory, you can do all these from the phone, just remember to adjust the permissons for the directory.

Another workaround is also to copy the apks to a usb stick and mount the usb stick with a otg cable.
Install then as usual the apks with a file explorer.
I tried that and it works fine!

Or you can just use Astro explorer. Works for me...
Enviado desde mi XT1032 mediante Tapatalk

DaRkToU said:
Or you can just use Astro explorer. Works for me...
Enviado desde mi XT1032 mediante Tapatalk
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If you can install with Astro you can install with any other file manager, so unfortunately this does not apply to you

I does. I have the same problem, I was using Google drive but I tried with Astro and it works.
Sent from my Moto G
---------- Post added at 09:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:37 PM ----------
Quick update, I've just tried on another phone and it didn't work...
Sent from my Moto G

DaRkToU said:
I does. I have the same problem, I was using Google drive but I tried with Astro and it works.
Sent from my Moto G
---------- Post added at 09:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:37 PM ----------
Quick update, I've just tried on another phone and it didn't work...
Sent from my Moto G
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The problem is with the permissions of the apk so the file manager should make no difference.
I did also tried with Astro before and got the same "Parse error", to me the only way to avoid it is use a external as vampy2k5 said, or a different directory in the file system.

solution
just upload the apk file to google drive and intall from there. works every time, no permissions mod no nothing

tampitzel said:
just upload the apk file to google drive and intall from there. works every time, no permissions mod no nothing
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Good, can I apply your "solution" if I have no internet connection?

dubidu said:
Good, can I apply your "solution" if I have no internet connection?
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i totally see how this could be a problem. i guess you're better off with moving the app in a folder with permissions set?

I dont think this belongs to "ANDROID DEVELOPEMENT" SECTION.. It would do good in General section..
Thread Reported !!
thank you,
Mr.Gm

Factory reset solved it for me

For me the "upload to google drive" thing doesn't work.

same here, im working on a custom version of the stock rom to try getting around it

crondom said:
For me the "upload to google drive" thing doesn't work.
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Guys i've noticed that only certain apps doesn't work with google drive, others (majority of them) works.

crondom said:
Guys i've noticed that only certain apps doesn't work with google drive, others (majority of them) works.
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Also, logging onto GDrive via ES Explorer, or whatever, won't work either
However, logging on directly using the G Drive App works OK, accessing and installing the same apk...weird.

I ve got this bug - Moto G 16 GB tesco
(As far as I remember retail germans got OTA with bugfix for this)

After factory resetting it 3 times and getting no joy, I did this and it worked:
Didn't backup settings, skipped wifi, skipped Google login, connected mobile to PC, transferred apk to mobile, logged into Play Store, downloaded a browser, opened and it worked.
No idea if I got lucky, or did something relevant, but it worked

Piaer said:
I ve got this bug - Moto G 16 GB tesco
(As far as I remember retail germans got OTA with bugfix for this)
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I have a Tesco 16GB, have no problems with installing APPS placed in the internal storage, hard to explain why some are having problems.

ilike123 said:
I have a Tesco 16GB, have no problems with installing APPS placed in the internal storage, hard to explain why some are having problems.
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This is the real workaround without needing to upload to GDrive.....
just copy or move the apk from /sdcard/xxx folder [wherever it is] to a folder in the system, like /data/any_temp_folder.
The apk will install normally then.....

irishpancake said:
This is the real workaround without needing to upload to GDrive.....
just copy or move the apk from /sdcard/xxx folder [wherever it is] to a folder in the system, like /data/any_temp_folder.
The apk will install normally then.....
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I place the apk's in XT1032 > Internal storage, they install just fine from here, no need for any extra folders