Fascinate/Vibrant Widgets on Captivate

Sgt_Bilbo

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Dec 11, 2006

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Keller, TX

• Sep 26, 2010

• #1

Sorry if this has been mentioned before (I did search before posting), but there are a few widgets from the other Galaxy S phones that are rather nice, the weather clock in particular. I know there is a Fascinate dump out there, but can I just extract the apk and install it, or is there something else that I need to do. Any help is appreciated.

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shamelin73

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Jul 27, 2010

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Dallas

• Sep 26, 2010

• #2

I would like to know this as well. Have subscribed to this thread.

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in_nujerz

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• Sep 26, 2010

• #3

Download the firmware that has those widgets and pull the apks and install them on your firmware of choice

 

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Sellitus

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Jan 9, 2009

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• Sep 26, 2010

• #4

If anyone does this post it please, if you link a how to ill do it.

 

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Sgt_Bilbo

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Dec 11, 2006

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Keller, TX

• Sep 27, 2010

• #5

Well, i pulled the APK's out of the ROM, but I'm not able to install them. I'm really new at this, so forgive me for the ignorance. there are ODEX files that accompany the apks...do i have to do something with those on order to install the widgets?

 

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uiskibum

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Nov 6, 2007

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• Sep 27, 2010

• #6

you'll need to use adb shell once you copy the files to a location on your internal sd card

you'll need to mount system as r/w first so do this, so:

adb shell
su (your device needs to be awake and unlocked so you can verify the SU request)
mount -o remount rw /system
cp /sdcard/xxxx.odex /system/app
cp /sdcard/xxxx.apk /system/app
reboot

the reboot is just for good measure. i've used this technique to get apps onto the phone, but as usual YMMV. If you post up the apk and odex files as a zip i'll give them a shot.

 

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alphadog00

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Jun 29, 2010

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• Sep 28, 2010

• #7

uiskibum said:

you'll need to use adb shell once you copy the files to a location on your internal sd card

you'll need to mount system as r/w first so do this, so:

adb shell
su (your device needs to be awake and unlocked so you can verify the SU request)
mount -o remount rw /system
cp /sdcard/xxxx.odex /system/app
cp /sdcard/xxxx.apk /system/app
reboot

the reboot is just for good measure. i've used this technique to get apps onto the phone, but as usual YMMV. If you post up the apk and odex files as a zip i'll give them a shot.

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Do you have o remount /system as read only or will the reboot do that?

 

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uiskibum

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Nov 6, 2007

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• Sep 28, 2010

• #8

alphadog00 said:

Do you have o remount /system as read only or will the reboot do that?

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the reboot will do that

 

bowtieguy

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Jun 22, 2010

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Sault Ste. Marie

• Sep 28, 2010

• #9

What kind of cool stuff do they have?

Do tell!!

 

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ewingr

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Dec 1, 2007

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• Sep 28, 2010

• #10

I had asked about putting the Samsung Touchwiz widgets on if using Launcher Pro. Was told no.

Would this method allow that for them?

 

Sgt_Bilbo

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Dec 11, 2006

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Keller, TX

• Sep 28, 2010

• #11

Well, I've uploaded the files to Rapidshare, but thanks to the restrictions on my noob account, I can't link to the files.

rapidshare files 421816817 Samsung_Fascinate_Widgets zip

 

Sgt_Bilbo

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Dec 11, 2006

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Keller, TX

• Sep 28, 2010

• #12

OK, major problem.

I copied the ODEX and APK's to the System/App folder and rebooted...now my phone will get stuck at the "Galaxy S" logo page and the display stops working. connecting via USB to the computer allows me to access the system via ADB, but I can't get the display running. What's the command in ADB to remove the files I just copied over?

 

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WickedStyx

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Jun 18, 2010

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• Sep 28, 2010

• #13

adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/st19 /system
rm /system/app/[name of widget file].*

Sgt_Bilbo said:

OK, major problem.

I copied the ODEX and APK's to the System/App folder and rebooted...now my phone will get stuck at the "Galaxy S" logo page and the display stops working. connecting via USB to the computer allows me to access the system via ADB, but I can't get the display running. What's the command in ADB to remove the files I just copied over?

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Sgt_Bilbo

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Dec 11, 2006

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Keller, TX

• Sep 29, 2010

• #14

Thanks for that info. Phone is back to normal. Now, back to the topic at hand. Anyone had success at getting these widgets working on the Captivate?

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