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Root AOSP / CM7.1 Messaging app ?

JWhipple

JWhipple

Android Enthusiast
Has anyone tried using either the AOSP or CyanogenMod messaging app on this phone? I personally don't care for the bubbled look of the stock app.
 
It might be a good experiment. I have a nook color with CM 7.1 If you want I can post a copy of the apk if you want to try.
 
it wants to over ride my current mms app. how do I copy the stock one?

backed it up, but application not installed.
 
Use root explorer
copy /system/app/Mms.apk to your sdcard as a backup, pop the new one in there. set the correct permissions (you can see them in details on the original if you longpress it)

Then just overwrite it, and wait a little while or reboot.
don't try to actually install the apk.
 
kanaida said:
Use root explorer
copy /system/app/Mms.apk to your sdcard as a backup, pop the new one in there. set the correct permissions (you can see them in details on the original if you longpress it)

Then just overwrite it, and wait a little while or reboot.
don't try to actually install the apk.
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I finally got around to trying this - didn't work...

And no, sorry guys, I'm not using GoSMS.
 
Just out of curiosity, did the new one show up in your app drawer or anything? From what I can tell, apk files seem to be mostly hardware independent as they run in the dalvik vm. It's like a java applet. If you didn't, it was most likely the permission weren't set to the same as the permissions that other apk's have inside that same folder.
 
kanaida said:
Just out of curiosity, did the new one show up in your app drawer or anything? From what I can tell, apk files seem to be mostly hardware independent as they run in the dalvik vm. It's like a java applet. If you didn't, it was most likely the permission weren't set to the same as the permissions that other apk's have inside that same folder.
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It would launch, would even show the messages that were in the old messaging app, but then would force close when I tried to do ANYTHING.
 
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