[MOD]/[HOWTO] Mod HTC Browser to allow 16 windows instead of 4

josh030181 · Apr 4, 2011

josh030181 said:
im trying to push this but it keeps saying no found, am i doing this right,

this is whats in the command window:

/ # -- adb push c:\Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk
-- adb push c:\Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk
/sbin/sh:n--: not found
/ #

i just replaced the apk with root explorer and it worked, but still like to know what i was doing wrong with pushing it

Taurus30 · Apr 4, 2011

I was able to install it but now when I try to open it it just force closes every time.

Tiffany84 · Apr 4, 2011

Hey, thanks for this. One question though. I installed via root explorer and was curious if I just leave the permissions the way they are or if I need to change them and if so to what? Thanks again.

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Taurus30 · Apr 4, 2011

How were you guys able to install it via Root Explorer?

josh030181 · Apr 4, 2011

Taurus30 said:
How were you guys able to install it via Root Explorer?

Go to the mod bowser.apk on your sd card click move then go to system/app then past change from r/o to w/o n past it will ask to over right hit yes then reboot, you have to reboot or it will force close

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josh030181 · Apr 4, 2011

Tiffany84 said:
Hey, thanks for this. One question though. I installed via root explorer and was curious if I just leave the permissions the way they are or if I need to change them and if so to what? Thanks again.

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I didn't need to change anything, just reboot after you past it

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Taurus30 · Apr 4, 2011

josh030181 said:
Go to the mod bowser.apk on your sd card click move then go to system/app then past change from r/o to w/o n past it will ask to over right hit yes then reboot, you have to reboot or it will force close

Still force closing on me after I tried this.

kcbedo · Apr 4, 2011

Taurus30 said:
Still force closing on me after I tried this.

If you post your original Browser.apk, I could make these changes to it, and you could try that.

josh030181 · Apr 4, 2011

Taurus30 said:
Still force closing on me after I tried this.

Did you install it or move it to the app file and paste

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Taurus30 · Apr 4, 2011

kcbedo said:
If you post your original Browser.apk, I could make these changes to it, and you could try that.

Thanks for the offer, I'll take a raincheck on that if I could

I'd like to try to get this on my own, just gotta figure out this APKTool.

josh030181 said:
Did you install it or move it to the app file and paste

I pasted it then installed it then rebooted. I also tried pasting, rebooting then installing but that didn't work either.

kcbedo · Apr 4, 2011

Taurus30 said:
I pasted it then installed it then rebooted. I also tried pasting, rebooting then installing but that didn't work either.

Did you also clear Dalvik cache? Also, you might try going into Settings/Applications and find Browser or Internet and clear data and cache.

Taurus30 · Apr 4, 2011

Yeah, I tried all three, still no luck.

Swyped from my NookColor

kcbedo · Apr 4, 2011

Taurus30 said:
Yeah, I tried all three, still no luck.

Swyped from my NookColor

You didn't use apktool version 1.3.2 did you? Apparently there is some kind of bug, and it didn't work for me. I had to use version 1.3.1.

For signing, I used autosign:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=473580

josh030181 · Apr 4, 2011

Taurus30 said:
Thanks for the offer, I'll take a raincheck on that if I could I'd like to try to get this on my own, just gotta figure out this APKTool.

I pasted it then installed it then rebooted. I also tried pasting, rebooting then installing but that didn't work either.

That might have been the problem, installing it, I didn't have to install it, I just pasted it over the other one, rebooted and it worked, you can try to take the browser.apk from the rom you have past that back in reboot see if that works, but dont install this time.

If you did a nand backup do a restore then try again without installing it

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Taurus30 · Apr 4, 2011

kcbedo said:
You didn't use apktool version 1.3.2 did you? Apparently there is some kind of bug, and it didn't work for me. I had to use version 1.3.1.

For signing, I used autosign:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=473580

I haven't tried with apktool yet, still reading up on it. But yeah, I did read that 1.3.2 has a bug. I found 1.3.1 to use. I'll get autosign too. Thanks.

josh030181 said:
That might have been the problem, installing it, I didn't have to install it, I just pasted it over the other one, rebooted and it worked, you can try to take the browser.apk from the rom you have past that back in reboot see if that works, but dont install this time.

If you did a nand backup do a restore then try again without installing it

I did try pasting over without installing then rebooting but it wasn't there after reboot. It was in system/app but it hadn't been installed.

I did do a nand backup before I started and I've been restoring after every failed attempt so I'm starting fresh every time. Thanks mm.

Tiffany84 · Apr 5, 2011

Got one problem. The internet has worked fine so far except for when I try to download something from a link on the xda app the browser fc's. I've tried it several times and it's the same thing every time. I tried clearing the data and cache but got the same result. I ended up downloading dolphin and using it to download?

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liamstears · Apr 20, 2011

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12087352&postcount=2

kaufmanj67 · Apr 20, 2011

Great mod going to try on mt4g when I get home tnte! I love just surfing around on my breaks amazing what you find ......thanks again

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hebl · Jun 7, 2011

Got a problem with my browser.apk I use on my phone ( running Android Revolution 5.1.9 ) :

I used apktool 1.3.1 to decompile the browser.apk with the actual framework file ( com.htc.resources.apk ) from /system/framework/ without any errors.

Strange thing is that I got other values in the locations then mentioned in the first post :

In "Tabcontrol.smali" I got "const/4 v*, 0x0" instead of "const/4 v*, 0x4" in all three positions ( .constructor(), .canCreateNewTab(), .createNewTab() ), which makes no sense for me because this would mean I have zero available tabs right now instead of four.

In "ImageSlider.smali" I got an entry "Line 658" but no "const" anywhere near.

Someone got an idea what's going wrong ? Don't think this has anything to do with the apktool - extraction, I would also have tried changing the values in "Tabcontrol.smali" to the x16 - values, but since the entry in "ImageSlider.smali" is completely missing I was pretty sure this will not work at all.

I attached my browser.apk, any help would be much appriciated !

lukogriffioen · Aug 12, 2011

In case anyone is interested, i modded the browser of Android Revolution HD 5.2.3 for DHD. I also couldnt find the suggested entrys so started searching.

It was actually one entry in BrowserSettings.smali on line 398:

Change "const/4 v0, 0x4" into "const v0, 0x10"

I also attached the apk i ended up with. I just tested it and it works.

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