Guest M Brouns Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) Guys, Can anybody share the apk version with us all? And... what was the procedure again to push this with adb commands to the the rom? Edited December 14, 2010 by M Brouns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DougEdey Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Paul is fixing it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yoogie Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system cd /system/app rm Gmail.apk reboot install Gmail.apk from the market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DougEdey Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system cd /system/app rm Gmail.apk reboot install Gmail.apk from the market Mine was slightly different Goto recovery mode first, then mount -o rw /system //then the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest markmandel Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Mine was slightly different Goto recovery mode first, then mount -o rw /system //then the rest Ah thanks for that. Was having the same issue with the update to Voice Search. Solved it neatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arty Marty Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) No idea what is going on here, but if I delete the Gmail.apk (I used android commander and adb) it's gone - I look in the diorectory system/app for it with a file explorer - confirms its gone... but when I reboot the phone, its back again! wtf ? is that from aps2sd+ or something? dont believe Ihad this problem last time I updated... the market now says I dont have it installed, but if I click on the icon, it still runs and works... Actually now I remember I might have had this problem last time, so I just copied the new Gmail.apk over the old one... So - does anyone have gmail 2.3.2 .apk ? please help. Warmly, Marty Edited December 10, 2010 by Arty Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M Brouns Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Mine was slightly different Goto recovery mode first, then mount -o rw /system //then the rest Thx Guys :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iceberger Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) No idea what is going on here, but if I delete the Gmail.apk (I used android commander and adb) it's gone - I look in the diorectory system/app for it with a file explorer - confirms its gone... but when I reboot the phone, its back again! wtf ? is that from aps2sd+ or something? dont believe Ihad this problem last time I updated... the market now says I dont have it installed, but if I click on the icon, it still runs and works... Actually now I remember I might have had this problem last time, so I just copied the new Gmail.apk over the old one... So - does anyone have gmail 2.3.2 .apk ? please help. Warmly, Marty Goto recovery mode first, then mount the system, connect usb cable (while in recovery), start android commander, delete the files (Gmail and Voice Search), reboot, now they are really gone. you can install now from the markt. Edited December 10, 2010 by Iceberger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dleeming Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) Just place onto your sdcard and then install. Works fine on a Samsung Galaxy S i9000 - With FROYO 2.2.1 PS.Dont forget to unzip first ;-)Gmail.zip Edited December 10, 2010 by dleeming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M Brouns Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) Just place onto your sdcard and then install. Nope, that does not work ("Installation failed"). If removing the app using ADB is working, wouldn't that mean it is a better idea to make the Gmail app optional in the Rom Kitchen? I'd like to not install it to /system and then later download it from market. That way I'll never get that crappy "installation failed" notice ianymore. I KNOW this is working, because it did when I upgraded from Gmail 2.3 to version 2.3.1 but after I reflashed my Kitchen ROM, Gmail was back in the System area... And: it also worked for Voice Search (that I did not include in my Kitchen ROM and downloaded later... upgrading it went smooth afterwards too) Paul (or anybody else that might know the downside of taking Gmail from the standard Rom), could you comment?? Edited December 10, 2010 by M Brouns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest le_lutin Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Nope, that does not work ("Installation failed"). If removing the app using ADB is working, wouldn't that mean it is a better idea to make the Gmail app optional in the Rom Kitchen? I'd like to not install it to /system and then later download it from market. That way I'll never get that crappy "installation failed" notice ianymore. I KNOW this is working, because it did when I upgraded from Gmail 2.3 to version 2.3.1 but after I reflashed my Kitchen ROM, Gmail was back in the System area... And: it also worked for Voice Search (that I did not include in my Kitchen ROM and downloaded later... upgrading it went smooth afterwards too) Paul (or anybody else that might know the downside of taking Gmail from the standard Rom), could you comment?? Paul is working on R10 at the moment. I would guess that gmail will be optional in the next ROM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest katun79 Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 If you have move2sd enabler, FIRST switch to auto!!! Or no Google app will be installed! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marcuso Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Hi all, i made the fixes already with other google-apps a while ago (removing from /system, ...) so i know what i would need to do, but my problem is that i can not find google mail in the market any more ?! Appbrain suggest the update, but when following the market-link it is not found (and the installed version 2.3 also does not show up there) ? Any ideas ? Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pittek Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Hi all, i made the fixes already with other google-apps a while ago (removing from /system, ...) so i know what i would need to do, but my problem is that i can not find google mail in the market any more ?! Appbrain suggest the update, but when following the market-link it is not found (and the installed version 2.3 also does not show up there) ? Any ideas ? Marcus Its not in the german market yet, as often. Just remove the old Gmail.apk, copy the 2.3.2 apk (its available, just do a google search) to your SD card and install it, worked like a charme for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arty Marty Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Goto recovery mode first, then mount the system, connect usb cable (while in recovery), start android commander, delete the files (Gmail and Voice Search), reboot, now they are really gone. you can install now from the markt. Doh.... Yes recovery mode - thought I didnt have to if using commander - ok, that fixed it... That was harder to get rid of than a red wine stain on a white carpet! Thanks, you guys rock! Warmly, Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M Brouns Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 - Got Android Commander working (seemed my Android SDK was not on my PC anymore after I installed Win7) - Installed Android SDK and Java (jumped from one installation into the other) - After installing Andoid SDK it seemed ADB.exe was not yet installed. Needed to grab this using the SDK manager (remember that was not needed before) - Finally, finally got Android commander to work and deleted Gmail.apk from /system/app - Rebooted the device - And..... Yessss, it worked PS. provided all steps above to help all fellow-noobs ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr.DiGi Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Just question: Is it possible to do gmail.apk update using recovery - and apply .zip file? With /system/apps/gmail.apk inside? Like RIL updates? Just idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kleptomaniac12 Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Paul if you can see this now PLEASE! I am begging you stop installing the google apps to system! Or at least make it an option not to, everytime an update comes out for one of them it is a huge pain in the ass to go through the stupid process. I just want my apps to update normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EddyOS Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) Uh, it is an option in the kitchen not to install Gmail, Maps, etc... Take the back, no it's not!! You can do it yourself, though... Edited December 10, 2010 by EddyOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thyg0d Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Please, please, please, please make sure R10 doesn't have these problems... It bugs the sh!t out of me.. Is there any easier way to fix this than installing the ADB and doing all the stuff above to remove the gmail and voice search app?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FCifu Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Mine was slightly different Goto recovery mode first, then mount -o rw /system //then the rest I have done this a few times already and for some reason this time around something went wrong and the phone is now unable to boot. It is stuck in the HTC boot screen. I am unable to do anything with it. Steps taken so far to recover it and no luck. Remove battery, Sim, Card Waited 15 min on HTC screen Tried to go into recovery, pushfile unable to detect device, unable to ADB, device not detected Wiped cache Reset to factory Tried to ADB in Hboot or Fastboot, device not detected I cannot even go back to an original RUU because ADB cannot detect the phone, I do not have a goldcard and I cannot create one now. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M Brouns Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Please, please, please, please make sure R10 doesn't have these problems... It bugs the sh!t out of me.. Is there any easier way to fix this than installing the ADB and doing all the stuff above to remove the gmail and voice search app?? Guys,.. it isn't THAT bad. If you did get rid of it using ADB once, you'll likely never have to do it again. Only if you redo a Kitchen Rom again. So, question is: will Paul make Gmail optional in R10? And... if not, what would be the reason to keep it in by default? Is the removal making my phone instable? I still get a lot of force closes that make my Apple-goof-friends laugh at me. And if something annoys me it's that latter part. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bpivk Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Look guys. The problem with the kitchen placing Gmail & Co. in system folder is easily fixed. Just cook your rom as you would do normally and then open the zip file and move the files you want from system/app to data/app. Problem fixed and you don't have to use adb. It's really not that big of a deal. Paul did that because those apps weren't updated often at the time and it did give us more Internal Storage. Some files were moved to system storage which is huge. You would moan about the lack of Internal Storage if he did it the other way around. Just move the apps as you see fit and your problems are solved. Edited December 13, 2010 by bpivk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Taylor Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Please, please, please, please make sure R10 doesn't have these problems... It bugs the sh!t out of me.. Is there any easier way to fix this than installing the ADB and doing all the stuff above to remove the gmail and voice search app?? S-off your phone, use root explorer and delete it from the /system directory, then install from market ...easy as :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thyg0d Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 S-off your phone, use root explorer and delete it from the /system directory, then install from market ...easy as :) S-Off? I'm guessing you mean Signature off or something like that?? Isn't that the default of the Modaco ROM? I think I read that somewhere.. Root explorer is the app from Speed Software on Market? Yeah, I know... Newbie but I have to ask to get the knowledge... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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