[APP] ICS/JB AOSP Email Client for Motorola RAZR HD.

TRF-Inferno · Oct 21, 2012

So while I am quite satisfied with the factory firmware on the XT925/926 as-is, the email client is rather clunky and I prefer the AOSP version. Good news guys, the factory firmware can use the AOSP Email.apk!

Credit goes to kabadisha for the original, easy to follow instructions.

Before You Start...

[MANDATORY] First and foremost, the phone needs to be rooted. If you haven't done so, check out this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943851

[MANDATORY] ADB on your computer or Terminal Emulator app on the phone. If you want ADB, the email-policy-patch in this thread has the file in the 'lib' folder: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1117452

[RECOMMENDED] Titanium Backup for backing up and removing the stock Motorola Email client. If you want to save these files, do this before proceeding to the instructions below. The APK files you need to backup/remove are MotoEmail.apk and MotoEmailConfig.apk.

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Instruction for ADB Users

Connect the phone to the computer.

Download the corresponding Email.apk and Exchange.apk in the attachment section at the end of this post. Get the ones with the prefix 'ICS_' if you are on 4.04 Ice Cream Sandwich firmware, OR 'JB_' if you are on the 4.1.2 Jellybean firmware. DO NOT mix them or use the wrong ones, as they may not work correctly. Rename them to Email.apk and Exchange.apk respectively and place them in the root directory of your phone's internal SD card.

Go to the directory where you put your ADB executable. Hold SHIFT key, right-click anywhere in the window in this directory and select 'Open Command Prompt Here'.

Type the following in the command prompt and press Enter:

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adb shell

If the Motorola driver is installed correctly and the phone is plugged to the PC, it should change the prompt to 'shell@vanquish'. Type the following and press Enter, and the prompt should change to 'root@vanquish':

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su

Now you're ready to actually do the work of getting the AOSP Email client on the phone. First, we need to set the /system partition to allow us to read/write to that directory, and remount it to make sure the permissions are updated. Type the following and press Enter:

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mount -o rw,remount /system

...Let's change the current active directory to where all of the phone's installed apps are kept. Type the following in the command prompt and press Enter:

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cd /system/app

Type the following in the command prompt and press Enter to copy the Email.apk that you downloaded earlier into this directory:

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cp /sdcard/Email.apk /system/app/Email.apk

Type the following in the command prompt and press Enter to copy the Exchange.apk that you downloaded earlier into this directory:

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cp /sdcard/Exchange.apk /system/app/Exchange.apk

Almost there! The last thing we need to do is change the permissions of these copied files so the OS can handle them properly. Type the following and press enter:

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chmod 744 Email.apk

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chmod 744 Exchange.apk

*Thanks to vrus1 for pointing this out*

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Go to Settings > Manage App > Email and select 'Clear Data'.

Reboot the phone. Do this the ol' fashion way by directly interfacing with the device or enter the following in the prompt:

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exit

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exit

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adb reboot

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Instruction for Terminal Emulator Users

Connect the phone to the computer.

Download the corresponding Email.apk and Exchange.apk in the attachment section at the end of this post. Get the ones with the prefix 'ICS_' if you are on 4.04 Ice Cream Sandwich firmware, OR 'JB_' if you are on the 4.1.2 Jellybean firmware. DO NOT mix them or use the wrong ones, as they may not work correctly. Rename them to Email.apk and Exchange.apk respectively and place them in the root directory of your phone's internal SD card.

Open the Terminal Emulator app. Type the following in the command prompt and press Enter:

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su

Now you're ready to actually do the work of getting the AOSP Email client on the phone. First, we need to set the /system partition to allow us to read/write to that directory, and remount it to make sure the permissions are updated. Type the following and press Enter:

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mount -o rw,remount /system

...Let's change the current active directory to where all of the phone's installed apps are kept. Type the following in the command prompt and press Enter:

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cd /system/app

Type the following in the command prompt and press Enter to copy the Email.apk that you downloaded earlier into this directory:

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cp /sdcard/Email.apk /system/app/Email.apk

Type the following in the command prompt and press Enter to copy the Exchange.apk that you downloaded earlier into this directory:

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cp /sdcard/Exchange.apk /system/app/Exchange.apk

Almost there! The last thing we need to do is change the permissions of these copied files so the OS can handle them properly. Type the following and press enter:

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chmod 744 Email.apk

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chmod 744 Exchange.apk

*Thanks to vrus1 for pointing this out*

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Go to Settings > Manage App > Email and select 'Clear Data'.

Reboot the phone.

Once the phone has been rebooted, you should now have the AOSP Email Client in the application menu. Set it up as normal and you should be ready to roll. So far I have not run into any sync issues or anything out of the ordinary. If you are experiencing otherwise, please let us know!

Closing Notes

If you encounter any issues following these steps, please let me know so I can correct it.

Other Motorola ICS/JB device users: This should work for your devices as well as the firmwares between our devices are nearly identical.

Using the AOSP Email client will now allow you to use the Exchange Security Policy Bypass script that is not compatible with the Motorola client. Please be aware that by doing this, you may be violating your company's security policies which may place you under severe disciplinary actions or job termination at your company's discretion. Others that have provided the tools and instructions to perform this, including myself, cannot be held responsible if the worse case scenario occurs. You have been warned.

Hobbes2099 · Oct 22, 2012

Sorry to bother.
Could these files be used for ICS 4.0.4 Samsung Galaxy SIII?
I've been trying like crazy to get the AOSP Email apk working.
Thanks for any feedback or recommendation.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

TRF-Inferno · Oct 22, 2012

Hobbes2099 said:
Sorry to bother.
Could these files be used for ICS 4.0.4 Samsung Galaxy SIII?
I've been trying like crazy to get the AOSP Email apk working.
Thanks for any feedback or recommendation.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

No guarantees. While this method uses generic Unix commands that all Android devices will understand, it all depends on how the manufacturer has their firmware setup since some may have the Email client integrated into their launcher framework for notification counters, widgets, etc. You can attempt this and see if it works, and worst case scenario, simply delete the two files from \system\app to reverse the process.

For the Galaxy S III, I believe your Email client is SecEmail.apk and Exchange.apk. Backup and remove those before using the files in the attachment.

wjanowski · Oct 23, 2012

Worked great on my Droid Razr Maxx - thanks!

ForceHawk_7z · Oct 26, 2012

Thankss

mikeymax · Oct 26, 2012

Anybody try this on the RAZR Max HD with vrz

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk 2

Stories · Oct 29, 2012

This is awesome. Thanks for posting this info. Works great on Bionic ICS.

Bollocks · Oct 31, 2012

Is this the black version?

Sent from my XT910 using xda app-developers app

zhzaen · Nov 1, 2012

Does this disable the exchange security?

TRF-Inferno · Nov 1, 2012

mikeymax said:
Anybody try this on the RAZR Max HD with vrz

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk 2

Yes, this procedure was done successfully on a RAZR MAXX HD.

zhzaen said:
Does this disable the exchange security?

No, it takes you halfway there -- getting the AOSP Email client on your phone, which is compatible with the email-policy-patch script that can modify these APKs. You cannot disable the exchange security on the stock Email that comes on your Motorola phones because it is custom.

holtenc · Nov 4, 2012

anyone able to get these or actual AOSP JB Email apks to work with the JB leak?

Ive tried these ICS apk and some JB apks I found. No luck on either.

Evo_Shift · Nov 5, 2012

I assume we could just use root explorer to do this as well right?

senergy · Nov 8, 2012

Gave this a go to see if it can see folders within my inbox of my corporate exchange account.. nope. back to stock for now.
Apparently the 4.0.4 version doesnt work properly in this regard and the 4.1.x can do it..

Thank you anyway.

vrus1 · Dec 13, 2012

Doesn't work on mine.. FC as soon as you try to open Email app.

I am running stock 4.0.4 Razr HD LTE from Rogers. I followed instructions to a "T". Everything worked as expected but it just wont run.

vrus1 · Dec 13, 2012

Ok.. Got it working... Before removing/renaming old Email client, go into Manage Apps, Email, CLEAR DATA.

Then rename old files and push new ones.

Reboot.

Go back into Manage Apps, Email, CLEAR DATA.

Reboot.

Works great and thank you for sharing!!! I hate the stock app because it doesnt synchronize Email Reply/Forward status and drove me crazy.

gsdev · Dec 13, 2012

Jelly Bean Official. Now Let's Do This.

OK. So now that JB is pushed out, I really need to get working on this. If anyone has any direction or ideas, please share. The blur email is awful, plus I really want to disable Exchange security policy.

Other than the email app, the HD Maxx is the best phone out there. I went back to it from a HTC DNA.

AOSP FTW.

chrisgriner · Dec 20, 2012

vrus1 said:
Ok.. Got it working... Before removing/renaming old Email client, go into Manage Apps, Email, CLEAR DATA.

Then rename old files and push new ones.

Reboot.

Go back into Manage Apps, Email, CLEAR DATA.

Reboot.

Works great and thank you for sharing!!! I hate the stock app because it doesnt synchronize Email Reply/Forward status and drove me crazy.

Following this procedure got it working for me. Thanks for the Clear Data tip. I think users should note, you MUST reboot after clearing data. Simply clearing data and relaunching the app does not work.

My setup is rooted OTA JB. I used rootkeeper to retain root through the OTA update. After following the OP directions, I kept getting force closes and crashes. I simply thought it was because of JB and it may have been. However after reading through the rest of the post, user VRUS1's tip got it working. This step should be added to the OP.

Thanks to both of you. I couldn't stand the MotoEmail.apk...

SuperDave1685 · Dec 31, 2012

Thanks for this!! This was a life saver for me!!

TRF-Inferno · Jan 10, 2013

Thank you for the feedback guys. I disappeared for a bit and now have a XT925 RAZR HD and I'm running JB firmware with AOSP Email client right now. I will update the original post with the comments and Jellybean APKs tonight.

TRF-Inferno · Jan 11, 2013

It's been updated with Jellybean APKs and revised instructions. As usual, please provide feedback if something is off in the instructions or you experience abnormal issues.

[APP] ICS/JB AOSP Email Client for Motorola RAZR HD.

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