Root How do I restore Browser.apk?

[crapz]

Yes. I'm an idiot. Rooted my phone with gingerbreak. No backup. Got trigger-happy and deleted Browser.apk. Now I'm lost as to how to restore it. I haven't even been able to find a damn working download link for it anywhere. None of the threads I was able to find have been of any help either (can't say I didn't spend a few hours searching )

I've now installed recovery as per: http://androidforums.com/getitnowmarketing/330813-all-one-recovery-thread.html
and wiped my phone. Now, I'm back at factory settings with no apps and no browser.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to this scene. I've already crippled my first android phone within 48 hours! Woohoo!

 

[teh_dude]

Here ya go. I can't guarantee that it'll work just throwing it back on there, but might as well try. In the future, for your own interest, please learn from this and consider heavily not only reading threads that deal with what you're doing *before* doing anything, but heeding what they say. You usually won't get lucky and get a reply from someone in the wee hours of the morning only minutes after posting.

 

[crapz]

My savior! <3 Worked like a charm!

Some instructions for future idiots like myself: Put the .apk on your sdcard root, then use adb shell or a terminal emulator to:

# su
****( allow root access with superuser on your phone )****
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app

The main reason I didn't notice not to delete the browser was because I originally stumbled upon gingerbreak through a google search and didn't bother to read all the stickied threads here. *Sigh* That's what I get for being impatient and a little too confident.

edit: forgot to mention terminal emulator works too, if you haven't already wiped your phone like I did

 

[Mikenly]

I had the same problem. Its pretty easy to fix though.

 

[teh_dude]

you're welcome. =>