Google location services fix (formerly, Twitter client recommendations?)

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I tried and failed with Seesmic so far.
[INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY]

Update:
Twitter and Tweetdeck also fail to install (didn't verify the error).

Update2:
Seems like others had noticed this before:
http://forum.samdroid.net/f38/cant-i...949/#post45656

I do have GMaps installed, though ...

Update3:
Figured out the problem.
Need to push the missing files:
/system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar
/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml

Then reboot and it should be fixed (Twitter, Seesmic, Tweetdeck now install).

Update4:
It seems that this fix may apply to any app that used Google location services. (More useful than I thought )
Also see here (post 10) for the Quick Howto:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&postcount=10

Update5:
Don't forget to remount the /system parition (else, you will get messages about read-only issues).

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system

twidroyd is perfect. its probably the single best running app on my NC, all things considered.

Originally Posted by cabbieBot

twidroyd is perfect. its probably the single best running app on my NC, all things considered.

I installed the official Twitter (v1.0.5) client right from the applanet market. Works perfectly

Touiteur is my favorite app and it works just fine on the NC.

Sent from my Nook Color

Originally Posted by cabbieBot

twidroyd is perfect. its probably the single best running app on my NC, all things considered.

Agreed, Twidroyd is awesome! I'll stick with it.

Originally Posted by feisty_noodle

Update3:
Figured out the problem.
Need to push the missing files:
/system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar
/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml

Then reboot and it should be fixed (Twitter, Seesmic, Tweetdeck now install).

I assume you got these files from a GApps archive somewhere. Could you point out which one? Would love to have Tweetdeck on my NC.

Originally Posted by kerobaros

I assume you got these files from a GApps archive somewhere. Could you point out which one? Would love to have Tweetdeck on my NC.

I was able to pull them from my Android phone. I'm not sure the legality of posting those here (proprietary software maybe?)

Originally Posted by kerobaros

I assume you got these files from a GApps archive somewhere. Could you point out which one? Would love to have Tweetdeck on my NC.

You can extract the necessary files from any of a number of GApps floating around (like this one):
http://goo-inside.me/google-apps/gap...020-signed.zip

That fix actually enables a whole slew of other apps -- basically all the things which wouldnt work because they lacked location services (i.e. all the good stuff). You should seriously post that in another post as a generic non-installing app fix.

I just got Parallel Kingdoms running, so my NC experience is complete.

quick how-to

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remount rw so we can modify /system

adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit

copy over the two files from the zip:

adb push com.google.android.maps.xml /system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml
adb push com.google.android.maps.jar /system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar

reboot the device

adb shell
reboot

This should be working, I've done very limited tests to confirm that it's accurate