[Q] .apk file install not working?

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So I flashed the MikShift ROM onto my phone a few days ago, but I noticed that sprint tv, and also sprint navigator are missing. I found the .apk files in the mikshift folder, but when I try to install them, it says application not installed. I also tried installing it using the android sdk with no luck.

My next thought, which I am afraid to try (unless its right) is to unzip the rom on my comp, copy the sprint tv and navigator .apks into the system folder, re-compress is, then try flashing that rom. (I can't copy the files with it compressed)

What is the correct way to do this? I know it can be done, or the .apk wouldn't still be in the file, right?

Please help a noob out.

7zip will allow you to move files into the archive without extracting. Not 100%, but on my moment files needed to be zipped in a special way. If you absolutely have to extract it then I'm pretty sure you have to change compression settings to no compression. I'm also fairly sure that if you mess up CWM won't let you flash it.

Mount your /system as rw
Download terminal emulator and type
Su
Mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk3p26 /system

Then install

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i believe i did everything as instructed, but the file still didn't install.

I can't get the files moved with 7zip either. I'm pretty sure thats not the correct way of doing it anyway.

Follow the remount command above, then copy it to system, don't install

cp /sdcard/whateverFolder/blah.apk /system/app/

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IT LIVES!!! Thank you very much.

I understand the the copy command that I did through terminal emulator, but what is the first command? I can at least figure out that i'm telling the emulator to mount the phone as r/w, then remounting it for edit i think, but i'm not sure what the "ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk3p26 /system" part means. Could someone explain that? I really want to get more involved in my phone, so i'm trying to learn all I can.

I'll walk you through it.

mount = the base command
-o = with options
rw, remount = add the read/write option, and remount
-t = using file system type
ext3 = the file system type
/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 = the absolute path to the special device file that points to that partition
/system = when you mount that partition call it /system (which it already was, hence the remount option earlier)

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Awesome, thank you very much.

Where did you find the mikshift folder you are talking about on here? I would like to install Sprint TV as well. Thanks.