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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
Working?

Hey, UnSungHERO, are you saying it works with MY Mms.apk and with my method?

I already have it, but can you clarify for my and all of us on how to do it?

Thanks. Did you delete the originally Mms.apk file that came with the phone? Or did you place it in the folder and overwrite it?

Does it recieve/send Sms/Mms successfully?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rsxtypes72:
i tried it as it was instructed. Mms.apk installed and worked but would force close after sending and receiving texts. I deleted that apk pulled the MMS.apk from CM and that works fine. Give it a try....more options to boot
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] silverton:
Hah, the messaging app is one of the things that I didn't like about the DesireZ Sense ROM. Oh well, I'm not happily running CM! Glad there is a way around it though, thanks for posting!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jaymn88:
Nice that was one of the things I disliked about sense. Can this be done with the dialer/contacts
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] UnSungHERO420:
Sorry for the vague post. But yes, I was referring to your method. You should definitely delete the stock sense mms.apk beforehand. I actually haven't sent any messages since replacing the apk. I just tested it and found that the app force closes when I attempt to send messages. SMS messages are sending still with the FC and MMS are not. I'm going to try the CyanogenMod mms.apk since it was mentioned.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gravis86:
Um yeah I already wrote a tutorial here...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834106
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] UnSungHERO420:
Thanks but I didn't need a tutorial. Just stating what happened with the stock android mms.apk. The CM mms.apk works fine with my sms but does not send mms :(.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wrichards2009:
Got it to work. Installed CM6, pulled it off of there, restored back to sense and deleted stock mms.apk, restarted the phone (not a battery pull), went to root manager, mounted as r/w, pasted the app, and installed it. Restarted phone, works perfect. Even themed black like stock sense ui...

If anyone wants the CM6 mms.apk lemme know..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
***Note***

Settings must be set in the message app, not under system notification settings.

I went ahead and attached CyanogenMod-6.1 for Vision :: V6.1.0-RC2 (11/21/2010)

App 2.2.1 Mms.apk

which works perfect on the [ROM] Virtuous v0.6.1 (11/15/10): Sense/DZ *1.34.405.5* w/Fixes & Enhancements Rom
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] NXUS:
Can I get it pm'ed to me? Thank you
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] NXUS:
Is this themed black like sense like the last poster's file??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
yes, you can choose black or stock. all under the message app settings ~ Thanks to Cyanogen

and thank you to rmk40 for the awesome rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
THANK YOU!

Thank You!! I will try it noow!!.. OKAY TRIED IT AND IT WORKS!! Thank You for posting the Comment, Wheeliest!! Do you know if you can change the color on the actualy Messaging Thing? You can change it to black, but if you go into the thread the background is white and the message block is black. Is there anyway to change this? Thanks! I'll replace the ORIGINAL Linked Mms.apk
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
I prefer stock, but i accidentally put it on blk and the settings didnt stick till a soft reboot.. So choose the black theme and give it a soft reboot and maybe it will be black with white text?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
yes! I thanks!! This is perfect!.!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
FIXED!

The Force/Closing has been Fixed! Thanks for Wheeliest! Try again now! :D

(Set it to White for the best Appearance)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] carlospr21:
noob question whats the differnet in Vanilla Messaging App

any screen shots of this
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
its just better
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ties0:
Is it possible to change the icon of the messaging app to the sense icon? Sorry to be picky, I like how the sense icon looks (and how it displays a number of unread texts) If that is possible, then I'm hooked. Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
Your on your own with that..

Reason I use vanilla Mms is single spaced line, not laggy, return key sends.. Im sure there is a msg widget that can/will display the number of unread txt's out there..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
haha thats not nooby at all! The Sense MMS is really ugly IMO. It needs a lot of scrolling, the colors are off and hideous, also, when you went to type a message, you'd need to scroll down to type whatever you wanted in the box, it was unfit for this awesome Phone/ROM

Vanilla is smooth, its cleaner looking, its amazing, this is what Vanilla looks like; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=675914

you can change the background colors to either black or white,
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] clockedtouch:
confirmed works perfect thanks for a much needed mod
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] g1junky:
Works perfectly
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] g1junky:
You could try ninjamorph download it from the market
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gjm777:
Thanks for the info OP.

I'm not sure if it's worth adding to the OP but I was still having force close issues here and there, especially after trying to send an attached picture.

I used APN backup and Restore off of the marketplace to delete the existing APNs on the Virtuous Sense Rom thread. I then added back the original ones posted in that thread. The messages would go through with pictures occasionally but I would still get random FCs from time to time. Finally, I went into Rom Manager did a fix permissions, and rebooted. Everything is working great now, thanks again.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
Thanks!

Thank you guys so much! I'm glad a newbie like me could help :) This turned out to be more popular than I expected! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
No Problem! :D Im sooo gald that I could help! :D Also, I was not experiencing the F/C's. Strange. Well Thanks so much! And I am glad you liked it!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
Working on Dialer/Contacts now :D

Also revamped the page, looks quite snazzy I shall say, If anyone can please tell me how to edit the signature things, that'd be awesome! Like where you put your phones and ROMs and such. hehe I feel so official! :) Thanks and goodnight!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wrichards2009:
The other way you can keep the stock icon on one of your seven pages. Then create a new scene and do the delete/flashing of new mms.apk on that new scene. It'll leave your old one intact. Kinda dumb, but I realized it by accident.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ShanksG1:
I'm wondering if u can do other apps like this as a default I like the sense messaging simple
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] michagol2:
Still getting random FC's, maybe 1 out of 3 times I send a message in landscape...just gave up and went to Handscent
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] :
Can confirm this works on the Stock Sense rom on the desire z, and mms works fine as well;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
un install it again and run

pm uninstall com.android.mms

then re-install the vanilla 2.2.1 mms apk

adb install mms.apk
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] zappoo:
Can someone give a proper comparison of the 2 apps? Ie HTC vs Android stock?

I see the android stock allows black background.. but what else??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vernox701:
Just doing a little rom hopping over the holidays. I pulled the mms.apk from the blackdroid rom and followed the instructions here and replaced the sense mms.apk on virtuous rom and this works.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
What is Blackdroid ROM ? And Can you post the apk so I could check it out, thanks man! :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] znanoDA:
works the same with 3D Gallery from stock 2.2.

Couldnt stand the sense gallery so i installed the stock one
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
Hey! Thanks for the info! Can you post the apk file that the 3d Gallery? Cus I cant stand the Sense Gallery! Much appreciated! Thanks!:D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jairus:
Anyone else having a problem where after you delete Mms.apk and reboot, the sense messaging app is still there?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] meltedmoops999:
For me using Virtuous 0.7.2

Instead of entering:

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system

rm /system/app/Mms.apk​

I entered:

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system

rm /system/app/com.android.mms.apk​

And it worked perfectly fine. :p
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jairus:
I got it installed, but it force closes every time I run it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] meltedmoops999:
Hey, i succeeded porting the vanilla gallery to sense with your method. Ill attach the 3D vanilla gallery for you and others that want to do the same thing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xl DIGITAL lx:
Worked great with this, thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xydrine:
It amazes me how many people who root their devices still don't know basic unix commands, or have a clue what they are doing. I could tell someone to type rm -rf / to fix a problem and they would do it no sweat.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mbergh22:
none of the file manager programs are letting me paste to the system/app folder!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mbergh22:
somone please explain how I can allow write permmisons for the system/app folder so i can copy the file over. I am using su file manger or whatever and I am having no luck getting the file to copy over.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
incredibly useful post, thanks for sharing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
Hello!

Go into android Terminal, and in order to make it r/o to copy and paste the files in and out of the folder, type this into Terminal Emulator

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system

(PS If you restart your phone, or "Reset fields" in terminal, you will need to have this handy. Memorize it like me, or keep it handy in MS Word or Notepad.) Good luck
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mbergh22:
alright thanks I was using chmod commands but it didnt work Thank you both for your help
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
you need to learn about gscript.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] felixk87:
can i do this with the lockscreen or calendar?

is there a way to replace the htc lockscreen and calendar with the vanilla versions?

even a point in the right direction would be very much appreciated
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
Can mods or poster please remove this file? RootExplorer is a paid app, and this forum does not allow warez
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Captainkrtek:
Done, thanks for notifying us
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
No problem. The post was accurate though, just not the sharing of the file. Maybe just an edit removing it would have sufficed? Regardless, thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] verkion:
Quick Question...does the Sense Message Widget still work and when you click on this, it takes you to the Vanilla Messaging App? Or will this break the Sense Message Widget?

Thanks!

verkion
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] meltedmoops999:
It will indeed work with the sense message widget. I tried it and i was surprised, but it works with no extra work. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] indeed15:
is there a way to replace the keyboard with the gingerbread keyboard?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] g1doobie:
Snitch!!!!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] verkion:
Indeed! From the looks of other threads, it appears the Gingerbread KB is not working with any Sense based ROMs...at the moment!

verkion
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] indeed15:
Verkion, when you replied saying indeed i thought you were answering my question saying indeed there is a way! Got me all happy haha but you were referring to my username lol man that gave me a good laugh. Sorry for this pointless post but i but to share it with you.

But i hope someone can get it to work with sense roms. Till then ill be using better keyboard :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] The Great NY:
commands dont work on Virtuous rom
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mbergh22:
Do it on your computer with a adb shell. Did it today and I love it! And I'm on the latest virtous rom
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] The Great NY:
i actually got it to work a whole different way. and thus far everything works. and the way i did it didnt even require any commands
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] The Great NY:
sorry forgot to put how i did it on Virtuous Rom.

1. downloaded the file from the first post "mms.apk"

2. saved the "mms.apk" file to my SD

3. using Root Explorer navigated to the "mms.apk" file

4. renamed to "com.android.messaging.apk"

5. navigated to /system/apps

6. deleted "com.android.messaging.apk" from the /system/apps folder

7. reboot the phone

****messaging should not appear anymore once the phone is booted up****

8. navigate to the SC card and select "com.android.messaging.apk"

9. install

10. reboot

DONE

i havent had any issue at all. sent test text message and picture message to myself and my girlfriend. no issues at all or force closing.

if you get a popup when you try to delete the "com.android.messaging.apk" file from the /system/apps folder in root explorer. just hit the "mount r/w" button at the top right.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rewen:
I'm not sure what's with the complicated methods.. I am pretty newbish but here's what I tried and worked for me.

- Download Mms.apk to sdcard

Using Root Explorer:

- navigate to /system/app and mount r/w (button at the top)

- rename com.android.mms.apk to com.android.mms.apk.old (and copy to sdcard as backup)

- rename the downloaded Mms.apk on sdcard to com.android.mms.apk and copy it to /system/data

- click on com.android.mms.apk (in system/app) and install

It works instantly, no reboot. The shortcuts to the old one are gone and can be replaced.

Edit: Just noticed, someone posted a similar method in the post above :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] orijin:
i still get forced close with the app, did it the root explorer way.. hmm
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rewen:
Try the one from CM, it's on one of the pages before this one. I didn't actually try the one on the first page.. Forgot to mention that.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Carlovn:
Do i need S-off for ths te remain after reboot?

Thks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] m0bstar:
Is there a way to do the opposite and install the HTC Sense Messaging on CyanogenMod
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Herrera91:
Now this is much better than the HTC Message app! I really appreciate your contribution! The weird thing is that I installed the app straight from the root instead (the recommended method wouldn't let me delete because the default app "didn't" exist :P) and it works! No FCs of any kind, making me a happy man...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DavidXSU:
I run CM 6.1.1and use the default messaging app that was on there when I flashed the ROM but I have a gray box for my contact instead of the little Android logo and I can't click it like I could in the stock G2 ROM. Would using this fix that or does anyone know a way to fix it?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alexsimi80:
I have a stupid question :)). I'm new to android, so please excuse me :)

If I follow all those steps but I don't like the vanilla app, can I uninstall it and return to the standard one? Or if I want the standard one I have to hard reset???
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blast0id:
seeing as how I haven't flashed the rom yet, could I just replace the apk in the rom update zip @ system/app and install the rom and have vanilla mms from the start?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
no, you dont, just remove the old and install the new ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
yes, you can! that is another way of doing it! good thinking ;D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
yes, but you would need the HTC sense MMS.APK in order to install, if you find it around the web, you can install it!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
Hey! no problem! thats what I meant by doing a recovery in ROM Manager, just incase you didnt like the changes, you can try doing a hard reset, but also before that, since a hard reset is a pain, try uninstalling the one you just installed and find the old APK, hopefully you saved it, if you didnt, try looking online! Sorry! :P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
thank you ! it makes me feel great to see someone who enjoys my guides ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blast0id:
thanks for the prompt reply!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] denich:
Can anyone take a screenshots of vanilla app? I want to install it, but worrying about it is not comfortable.

Offtopic: I used the "search forom" and entered "vanilla", no results. Why?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Herrera91:
The "Vanilla" app is nothing more than just the default app that it came with the Stock ROM.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alexsimi80:
The default application? I have an HTC Desire Z with original ROM. I was going to install vanilla messaging app because the original one has bugs. Do you mean this is the same thing???
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Herrera91:
No, I meant the app coming with Stock Android. In other words, no skins/Sense. If your Desire Z already came with Stock Android as your original ROM, then the Vanilla app will basically be the same messaging app that you've used.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Showtime7:
I'd like to note that the instructions in the first post may not work if you are using virtuous rom or something similar. My messaging app was not named "Mms.apk" but rather "com.android.mms.apk" so I kept getting errors in the terminal until I changed the name in the last command line to that. Once I did that, it was removed. Then I renamed the apk from the OP to the same as the one that was deleted. Worked like a charm! HTC messaging app was very buggy, liking this one much better.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
thanks for pointing that out! I changed it on the OP, sorry I didn't realize it sooner :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Brazildiogo732:
Hey! I just didnt set the "Tags" on this thread, I'll do that now :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jamgood96:
Widget?

Thanks for the vanilla mms! It works great!

One question, is there another messaging widget available? The stock one doesn't appear completely compatible with the vanilla mms. When I click the button to take me to the list of MMS's it does nothing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] baknblack:
I had a problem with the htc messaging app. When I tried to open a picture I got a permission error. I used your mms.apk to replace the stock app. I just downloaded your apk and used root explorer to move it to system/app folder. rename the stock mms and odex file. installed the apk and viola it fixed my permission error. Plus it looks a lot better than stock.

Thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] collins521:
When you open the thread for the text message does it show a white bar around the sides and bottom?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Herrera91:
Thought of a much simpler and cleaner way to do this method using ADB...

First, go into recovery (CWM for example), then run this code:

adb shell mount /system
adb shell rm /system/app/com.android.mms.apk (or whatever your mms app is named)
adb push Mms.apk /system/app/com.android.mms.apk

Since upgrading to the new Virtuous 0.9, figured I had to replace the HTC app again, but this time, thought about doing it this way. No battery pulls of any sort. No FC's as well. Working splendidly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mrbmg:
Thanks for this, even though I did it earlier today, this would have been nice to have LoL. I'm sure others will find that very useful rather than searching throughout this thread.

BillY
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Herrera91:
Yea, figured others would've done this in the first place, but thought I'd share this with those unfamiliar with this sort of stuff.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dsip:
Actually, I think I liked the stock messaging app better. Would that one run, when I have CM?

Could anyone post the apk and let me try?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Herrera91:
It should be able to work. The file is attached on the OP.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] collins521:
I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem...I asked in the Virtuous rom thread and they have just ignored me...so it isn't just me
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blast0id:
to me, when going to a completely new rom, it's easier to just replace the apk inside of the rom zip, prior to flashing... then no code is needed to be ran... just flash and go =)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
doesn't the rom have to be re-signed...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blast0id:
I don't know, all I know is it works for me, so I guess the answer is no it doesn't...

a G2 subs0nic bass cann0n blast0id via andr0id
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lalalandrus:
need some help

the messaging app works, sending and receiving from a thread is fine. however, if i try to compose a new message by pressing "compose message" or "new message" when thread already exists, it force closes on send.

the message is then stuck in "sending" mode and never gets sent

tried reinstalling and same issue. extracted stock from g2 rom + OTA patch and same issue

i am running 1.34 desire z stock rom

thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] formicae:
Can someone who's made the switch to vanilla tell me if 'Clear Defaults' will work when you're in Manage Applications when using the stock Android app? It doesn't work for me on Sense ROMs (really annoying me when widgets fire up the HTC SMS app instead of Chomp).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] imsuperjp:
posted on wrong thread
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] patoberli:
Replaced it like this on Virtuous 0.8.1 and so far it seems working :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SmartBrother90:
clearifiying

the apk posted in the OP is the modded stock mms.apk not the stock mms.apk which doesnt have al those options

trying the stock mms.apk i noticed a few things

1) texts work..receiving mms works..but sending doesnt

2) if you try to send a msg from contacts it will just open a blank msg
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] AGunz82:
Thanks, works great.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] AGunz82:
I don't have the first error but I can confirm the second.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] formicae:
Just answering my own question. Replaced the HTC MMS app with the one from the OP and now widgets (like SMS Unread Count, which I wanted on my lockscreen) launch ChompSMS instead of the default MMS app. It asked which one I wanted the first time I tapped. Brilliant.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] iTouch24:
Trying to compose a message from my picture gallery shows up blank screen and when u attach picture from compose screen n send, application force closes.

Are people experiencing the same issue? If so this ant going to work n then I will most likely have to go back to handcent or chompsms