Wait am i missing something here?
Like, is there a modified youtube.apk i use for these steps or the one that's already installed?
I tried copying the stock youtube app to my sdcard and then following those steps but it didnt do anything, it still doesnt default to hq
Here is how you hack YouTube to default into HQ:
1. Put the youtube.apk on your sdcard.
2. Get Root Explorer from the Market.
3. Using Root Explorer, navigate to the sdcard folder and long press on the youtube.apk and click "Move"
4. Navigate to the /system/app folder
5. Click the button up top that says "Remount as R/W"
6. Click the button on the bottom that says "Paste" then confirm overwrite.
7. Now you need to set the permissions on that file: Long press on the youtube.apk and click Permissions. Check User Read and Write, Group Read, and Others Read. Uncheck everything else and click Ok.
7. Click the button up top that says "Remount as R/O"
8. Reboot, you're done
I pushed it..works, v 1520...but WidgetIcon is a little broken now.here is the 1.5.20 YouTube.apk with the HQ hack
I used abd push
the c:/MyDocuments is whever you have the YouTube.apk on your computer
adb shell
su
sysrw
adb push c:/MyDocuments/YouTube.apk /system/app/YouTube.apk
adb shell
su
sysro
reboot
ok, I fixed it myself...it had a complete different widgeticon size
Now fixed to download
here is the 1.5.20 YouTube.apk with the HQ hack
I used abd push
the c:/MyDocuments is whever you have the YouTube.apk on your computer
adb shell
su
sysrw
adb push c:/MyDocuments/YouTube.apk /system/app/YouTube.apk
sysro
reboot
ok, I fixed it myself...it had a complete different widgeticon size
Now fixed to download
I can't get those commands to work i get the error message sysrw: not found. I assume its due to my lack of experience. searches have come up empty.
any idea why this is happening?
Try this in adb:
1.adb shell
2.$ su
3.# mount -a -w
4.# cp /system/app/youtube.apk /sdcard/Oldyoutube.apk (this backs up your orginal youtube apk)
5.# rm /system/app/youtube.apk
6.# cp /sdcard/youtube.apk /system/app/youtube.apk (Make sure you have the youtube.apk on your sdcard)
7.# chmod 644 /system/app/youtube.apk (this sets the permissions)
04-21 10:45:25.854 I/ActivityManager( 142): Starting activity: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.google.android.youtube/.HomeActivity }
04-21 10:45:25.858 E/GShell ( 643): Activity not found
04-21 10:45:25.858 E/GShell ( 643): android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: Unable to find explicit activity class {com.google.android.youtube/com.google.android.youtube.HomeActivity}; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?