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Root how to adb push apk file to the system\app

GingaB

GingaB

Android Expert
Hi guys. Im having issues adb pushing MIUI weather apk to the system\app. I added the apk file to the directory of the SDK tools folder and had my fone set to debug but Im not doing the right commands so could somebody help please?? this is what I did:

cd\
cd\android-sdk-windows\tools
adb devices
adb remount
adb push MIUIDev_Weather_EU_Beta\system\app

I tried "adb push MIUIDev_Weather_EU_Beta.apk\system\" aswell but that didnt work either. :confused:
 
ARGHH the apk wont open at all.. so I tried "adb install MIUIDev_Weather_EU_Beta.apk" but I get "failure (install_parse_failed_no_certificates)" what does that mean??
 
Nope. Apk shows up on root explorer BUT it wont let me install it. before you ask I set the right permissions. Somebody mentioned I need to sign the apk but I dont know how to do that
 
Why are you trying to install it? You've already pushed it. That should be all that's required. You can't install anything in system/app if you open the apk
 
Because the app isnt showing up on the launcher. I even tried adb shell chomd 644 /system/app but ended up getitng constant force closes! I think I just need to sign the apk then I am good to go. But Ive never done that before!
 
woah woah woah slow down gingaB

first of all just cos its a system app doesnt mean it will work its built for miui
second of all, did you reboot after pushing it
if you didnt then you will have to do it as system apps need a reboot to function after being pushed

you dont ever install system apps using the adb install method as you cannot install to system
 
Lol well somebody on MIUI dev forum told me to adb install clearly it didnt work! Anyways I did adb reboot just now. The app installs on the launcher but it force closes!? This is getting ridiculous now!
 
Still force closing! :mad: would signing the apk help?? Everybody else over at MIUIdev seem to get this apk working ok. Why am I being singled out grrrr lol
 
UPDATE: apparently few peeps are having same issues as me so it looks like apk doenst work for everybody! Question of wait and see what MarkHuk does now!
 
Somebody suggested to flash this apk through recovery using 7zip. Im unfamilair with changing apk to zip. So any help would be appreciated. I have 7zip on my computer. I dragged the apk to the system/app on 7zip and deleted launcher2.apk as directed but this is where I get lost. Where do I go from here??
 
I wouldn't know what to do with that app, but in winrar when you drag it in, it has an option to set compression as "Store". That needs to be the case - i.e remain uncompressed.

Then you put the zip on your SD card and flash it.
 
Could you tell me step by step how I should do that? In which directory of winrar should I drag the apk to? I cant find "compression" or "store" anywhere
 
So it sounds like you already have a flashable zip is that right? And you just want to add a different application into that flashable zip so you can flash it?
 
Ive managed to zip em up. But I have two files here. One is the weather apk and the other is the city database file. Should I merge them?
 
Just found out there might be a problem with the apk itself. Apparently the weather databases for the UK is most likely too full thereby giving me a force close. So looks liek the dev is going to rewrite it again.
 
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