Quick Question

[StephenUtterback]

I have a camera app from 4.2 that is supposed to be flashable, but have no custom recovery. Is there any way for me to install the app without the custom recovery?!

 

[dark_mirage]

Open the zip, and get the camera app extracted. Go in root Explorer, and find /system/app/ then delete your camera.apk, and replace it with the one you just extracted (must be named correctly) then hit edit permissions, and change them to match this :
[x] [x] [x]
[x] [x] [x]
[x] [ ] [x]
(rwxrwxr-x)

Then reboot.

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[dark_mirage]

Stop, neither recovery works on ics, so don't be an ass

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[thenameisnigel]

Stop, neither recovery works on ics, so don't be an ass

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All of the recoveries work with the boot image found on the forum.

Post to the image: Directory list

 

[libertus77]

All of the recoveries work with the boot image found on the forum.

Post to the image: Directory list

Nigel, what's this boot image for? Are you saying this boot image will work to boot ics AND allow the recoveries to work? Have I missed something?

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[thenameisnigel]

Yes it should. I've looked at the init.rc and determined that it should provide unrestricted access to the boot loader and recovery partition.

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[dark_mirage]

Can someone confirm this?

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[thenameisnigel]

Can someone confirm this?

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I would PM you, but I turned my PM box off but I built a ZVI kernel from source a couple minutes ago and I need some testers. You want to give it a go?

 

[libertus77]

Well, that'd be awesome. Downloaded the boot.IMG. Maybe I'll be brave and guinea pig it this weekend. No promises though. We really need to get you a cheap Viper, Nigel. Lol

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[thenameisnigel]

I must've uploaded my SSH private key somewhere by accident because someone hacked my GitHub. Now I have to revoke all my keys. -__-

 

[libertus77]

Know what commands I will need to flash the boot IMG in terminal?

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[libertus77]

I must've uploaded my SSH private key somewhere by accident because someone hacked my GitHub. Now I have to revoke all my keys. -__-

That sucks! Sorry Dude!

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[thenameisnigel]

Know what commands I will need to flash the boot IMG in terminal?

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su
dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8

 

[anon(963605)]

I want to test this out. But how would I install it from ZVI?

 

[thenameisnigel]

I want to test this out. But how would I install it from ZVI?

Download Voodoo OTA Root Keeper to keep root, install ZVI update, re-download Voodoo OTA Root Keeper and restore root, then download terminal emulator and turn the commands in the above post.

 

[dark_mirage]

I can't be a tester, i don't have a computer to fix things when they go awry

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[anon(963605)]

Yes it should. I've looked at the init.rc and determined that it should provide unrestricted access to the boot loader and recovery partition.

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Fastboot. No adb access.

 

[thenameisnigel]

Fastboot. No adb access.

Try the boot image HERE: http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-viper-4g-lte/241001-gpl-kernel-nigel-meets-zvi.html

I disabled LG DRM, and disabled the re-flashing of recovery on boot.

 

[anon(963605)]

Ok

 

[StephenUtterback]

Open the zip, and get the camera app extracted. Go in root Explorer, and find /system/app/ then delete your camera.apk, and replace it with the one you just extracted (must be named correctly) then hit edit permissions, and change them to match this :
[x] [x] [x]
[x] [x] [x]
[x] [ ] [x]
(rwxrwxr-x)

Then reboot.

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And just to be on the safe side, if this doesn't work, how do I go about getting the original camera app back? Thank you so much for this!