This is a discussion on Milestone Browser and Terminal Emulator within the Droid Hacks forums, part of the Droid Hacking category; Can someone give me directions from these instructions AllDroid - View topic - [release] Multitouch browser for Droid (2.0.1) v1.0RC2 using terminal emulator? I really ...
and extract it. copy both browser.apk and libwebmtcore.so to the root of your sd card. Then download Terminal Emulator for free from the Android Market. Launch it and type these commands in one at a time and press the enter key (the button directly below delete on the hard keyboard) after each one.
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
rm /system/app/Browser.odex
cat /sdcard/Browser.apk > /system/app/Browser.apk
cat /sdcard/libmtwebcore.so > /system/lib/libmtwebcore.so
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot
*Note: when i typed the rm /system/app/Browser.odex it said file does not exist, yet it still worked for me. Some people say this could cause problems down the line, but if it didnt exist in the first place on my phone (i checked ) than it is basically deleted.
*Note: when i typed the rm /system/app/Browser.odex it said file does not exist, yet it still worked for me. Some people say this could cause problems down the line, but if it didnt exist in the first place on my phone (i checked ) than it is basically deleted.
I had this problem when I first did it too. I'm not sure what the .odex file is, but it didn't seem to make a difference for me either.
i have to have a rooted phone in order for me to push this one right? in that case i might as well root the phone lol
Yeah I don't think it'll let you delete the old browser.apk unless you have root. Or maybe it will? I'm honestly not sure. I'd root anyway. It really can't hurt.
and extract it. copy both browser.apk and libwebmtcore.so to the root of your sd card. Then download Terminal Emulator for free from the Android Market. Launch it and type these commands in one at a time and press the enter key (the button directly below delete on the hard keyboard) after each one.
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
rm /system/app/Browser.odex
cat /sdcard/Browser.apk > /system/app/Browser.apk
cat /sdcard/libmtwebcore.so > /system/lib/libmtwebcore.so
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot
*Note: when i typed the rm /system/app/Browser.odex it said file does not exist, yet it still worked for me. Some people say this could cause problems down the line, but if it didnt exist in the first place on my phone (i checked ) than it is basically deleted.
i actually made the original apk and odex into .bak files that way i could go back if i wanted to, of course i did a nandroid backup too but i figured it couldnt hurt to have a backup without the nandroid
if anyone is interested i entered this into adb, or terminal