how to install AOSP dailer?

[Guest dentette]

I'm trying to install the aosp gooogle apps on my phone.

However when I try to simply copy the Phone.apk, Contacts.apk and ContactsProvider.apk into the /system/app folder, the phone process dies and the only way to restore is recopying the old phone.apk.

Since LCR has this, install AOSP Dailer, feature(or at least had when i tried it), is there anyone who can explain which file i need to copy/modify

Thanks in advance

Edited February 10, 2011 by dentette

[Guest errmsg]

I'm trying to install the aosp gooogle apps on my phone.

I am trying to do that on my Liquid E too.

However when I try to simply copy the Phone.apk, Contacts.apk and ContactsProvider.apk into the /system/app folder, the phone process dies and the only way to restore is recopying the old phone.apk.

Phone.apk is too Acer-tied, better leave that alone for now. Contacts.apk can be taken from AOSP build (e.g. emulator) but you will need to resign Acer's own packages ContactsProvider.apk, ApplicationProvider.apk and UserDictionaryProvider.apk with the same key your Contacts.apk is being signed.

Another thing, you will have to remove the original apks and uninstall them (to prevent signature mismatch issues) as

rm /system/app/Contacts.apk

pm uninstall com.android.contacts


rm /system/app/ContactsProvider.apk

pm uninstall com.android.providers.contacts


rm /system/app/ApplicationsProvider.apk

pm uninstall com.android.providers.applications


rm /system/app/UserDictionaryProvider.apk

pm uninstall com.android.providers.userdirctionary

In any case running

pm list packages -f

will show what apk is used by each installed package.

After that you will need to copy the resigned Providers and AOSP Contacts.apk to the device. See the logcat in case it starts to fail.

Please note that due to acer's changes to framework-res.apk Contacts have broken icons for "More" and "Join" actions.

[Guest Allan Khouri]

Find the AOSP apps from a CM6 build by unzipping and pulling the .apk file like browser.apk. Install "File Expert" (Free and amazing file browser with full root access and alteration capabilities application)

Copy the .apk you wish to have on to your phones SD Card

Run File Expert,

hit menu/more/File Explorer settings. Then check "Root Explorer" on the bottom.

hit menu/more/mount/Mount As Read Write

Browse to /System/Apps Find the App you wish to replace with the AOSP version.

Hold Down on the App and when the options come up choose file operations and rename to something like application name.apk.bak

Browse to your SD Card find your app. hold down to choose file operation then choose copy.

Go back to /System/Apps then hit Menu button and choose paste.

Locate the app you just pasted and hold down on it and in file operations choose "permissions" Check Everything and exit out of File Expert

Note: You may need to redo the shortcuts for the app on your desktop and or launcher.

Note: Must have a rooted phone.

Note: 2.3.3 apps may or may not work on 2.2 Android Roms and vice versa.

Note: if this causes errors or failures delete the new apk and rename the old apk to its original name.

Good luck!!