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[Android Apps and Games] Pharaohnough:
New APKs Packaged in Flashable ZIPs

Hello All,

If anyone's having difficulty with copying, renaming, permissions, etc, I have packaged the new *.apk* files into a flashable zip you can install from Recovery or ROM Manager the old way.

None of this is mine- I just placed the new APKs into the ZIP package created by the original poster.

@Anderdroid - I hope you have no problem with this
[Android Apps and Games] dangal:
Thanks mkhattab,install black and works perfect!!
[Android Apps and Games] slider112:
Thanks; both regular and blacked out Froyo versions work perfectly!
[Android Apps and Games] Pharaohnough:
You are very welcome :)
[Android Apps and Games] Omnichron:
Thank you!!!!:D
[Android Apps and Games] moosc:
u have to rename file to gmail.apk only I clicked all permissions and rebooted and it work
[Android Apps and Games] -FuRBz-:
download the file you want from post #217 to the root of your sd card. With root explorer, mount the sd card as RW and delete the original gmail apk from /system/app

once you do that, copy and paste the apk from the root to the app folder

click and open permissions and select all of them under user..

reboot and enjoy
[Android Apps and Games] Techvir:
Does anybody find that in the black version its difficult to differentiate between read and unread mails ?
[Android Apps and Games] sfacimma:
Ya, I agree. Definitely need to train your eyes to spot the 'unreads'.

Looks great though..

:)
[Android Apps and Games] yogi2010:
I'm gonna try flashing the zip for the black version.... everytime I try this w/Root Explorer, it either doesn't install, or if it does, it isn't black! Lol
[Android Apps and Games] skoj:
always preview button...whatever i do..always preview....flash zip ..move with root explorer...but always preview....hate that...
[Android Apps and Games] sfacimma:
Steps I followed...

-in Bootstrapper

Bootstrap Recovery

Reboot Recovery

-in Mounts and Storage

Mount system

-back to main Recovery Menu

Install zip from sdcard

Choose zip from sdcard

Find & Select Black_Gmail

Install

-back to main Recovery Menu

Reboot
[Android Apps and Games] sfacimma:
Spoke too soon... Had to switch back to the 'not black' modd'd one....
[Android Apps and Games] skoj:
Bootstrap Recovery???
[Android Apps and Games] sfacimma:
Sorry. I Should've mentioned & asked if you had a DX or D2 which the procedure is valid for.

"Droid X Recovery Bootstrap" (it's in the Market).
[Android Apps and Games] skoj:
samsung galaxy s...
[Android Apps and Games] sfacimma:
ahhh... sorry. :(
[Android Apps and Games] ufjay5:
Does anyone have a blacked out Gmail with the actual email in black with white text? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] yogi2010:
I believe the Emotionless Beast theme had that Gmail.... perhaps we could download the theme and move that Gmail into system/app? or use that theme, if it's compatible with our ROM?
[Android Apps and Games] Rounders93:
mkhattab's post is the only flashable zip that worked for me (rooted evo, fresh rom). Just want to say thanks to him for posting
[Android Apps and Games] Pharaohnough:
Glad I could help :)
[Android Apps and Games] Auronis1:
Could not find the "Thanks" button but thank you and mkhattab for the help, works great! :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] modmyphone:
Awesome mod!

I'm assuming that this is the normal "light" version. By any change is there a "dark" modded version?
[Android Apps and Games] pantisflorin:
thanks, i got the same problem too. Solved ! 10x
[Android Apps and Games] IceXcube84:
Thanks for the newest version but you shoud tell people what the version is that you patched.

This is the newest version of Gmail v2.3.4.1

Its working perfect on Samsung Galaxy S with Simply Honey 3.1 (2.3.3 JVB)

;)
[Android Apps and Games] slapshot136:
it worked on 2.2 (stock and CM), but no-go on CM7.. G2 here
[Android Apps and Games] haldir18:
Works great at my Samsung Galaxy 551 with the official rom!!!

Thanks for this awesome mod.
[Android Apps and Games] ScottBGKY:
Can this be done with the regular email app?
[Android Apps and Games] Rico ANDROID:
Nice idea. Id like to give this a try. does it matter if the steak is rooted or not?
[Android Apps and Games] Techvir:
YOu wont be able to replace the file without rooting
[Android Apps and Games] steven.forgue:
mkhattab-

got it working on my EVO 4G-thanks! (couldn't find the Thanks button)
[Android Apps and Games] bookerok:
thanks for apk, n`ce working on HTC Desire 2.3
[Android Apps and Games] noodles2224:
Any of the latest ones working with gingerbread??
[Android Apps and Games] moosc:
I used the dark version on my GB DroidX the flash version I found that to be the best way to install
[Android Apps and Games] Zenoran:
anyone know if there is a honeycomb alternative?

especially annoying on a large tablet to click display on every email. :-(
[Android Apps and Games] Simba501:
I just got mine to work. I'm running a stock Gingerbread rom (2.3.3). I used Root Explorer to copy the apk from the first post of this thread and paste it in system/app (after mounting r/w - otherwise, it won't work). After this, I changed the new apk's permissions to rw-r-r, opened the Gmail app info (manage applications), and uninstalled updates.
[Android Apps and Games] mkanet:
Does this fix the problem in the android email reader (for all email accounts regardless of what ISP used) or is it limited to just gmail emails received only? I rarely get emails sent to my gmail account.
[Android Apps and Games] Simba501:
It's the gmail app, modified. So, no. But, you could forward those emails to your gmail account OR set up your gmail account to fetch those emails from your other accounts (via pop - accessible in gmail settings online). This is what I do (gmail pulls emails from my other accounts and I have one set to forward to it).
[Android Apps and Games] komteks:
A bump so I can find this thread in tapatalk. Could never find it with search.
[Android Apps and Games] hondasr:
Thanks working great on my htc inspire. I really miss the pinch to zoon on this gmail app i hope someone can modified this too or google add this on the next update
[Android Apps and Games] moosc:
OK big update gmail is at 2.3.5 any way to get a new one. And one in black or dark ?
[Android Apps and Games] guyandhisdog:
Still trying to make it work on temp root evo3d
[Android Apps and Games] del4:
Looks like this isn't needed anymore thanks to the release of v2.3.5, which lets you always show images from selected senders...
[Android Apps and Games] Simba501:
I've updated to this, as I can live with it. I just wish it had an option to always display images for everyone, regardless of sender.

Sent from the most interesting device in the world.
[Android Apps and Games] moosc:
No its still needed. Id rather not click for pictures.also whoyld like a black out version
[Android Apps and Games] JimSmith94:
According to posts on other forums, the new Gmail API also breaks the aftermarket unread message count widget(s). Why Google hasn't developed one of their own is beyond me. The text message widget has always shown the unread message count, so I would think the email one shouldn't be much different.
[Android Apps and Games] kodakeos:
This is why Ive bumped this thread. Now that the new API doesnt allow my gmail notifier to display the subject line, I had to go back to this. sheesh! I understand the permissions and all but why cant these things be given a root level authorization or something for those of us that want it to work one way...

Installed ok, but still didnt work with unread gmail count :(

why google, why!
[Android Apps and Games] moosc:
Yea I'd like to see this mod on the new gmail. It just makes life so much simpler.
[Android Apps and Games] Lucas!:
there update?
[Android Apps and Games] kodakeos:
There is an update at least to a modded 2.3.2 to allow Widgets to access the email
[Android Apps and Games] woooeric:
Very cool idea

infused miui
[Android Apps and Games] murphdsurf:
Does any one know if there are any updates to 2.3.5?

Any chance that there is an update for Gmail 2.3.5.2?

I am a flashaholic and every time i flash a new rom its like i gotta start from the begining with allowing the pictures to display.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[Android Apps and Games] JimSmith94:
If you could combine the notification fix from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1199518 with your fix to always display images, you would have my utmost thanks. :)
[Android Apps and Games] azeem.patel:
Should be added in new version.

If this was working well previously why the hell Gmail App developers have to remove this most wanted feature.

If they care for data download then they should give an option to enable\disable.

The Gmail App developers should understand the user requirements and introduce this in new versions.
[Android Apps and Games] SeriesXM:
I don't think this was a "feature" that was ever removed. The whole point of this thread is that someone was able to modify the app so that it always showed pictures for all senders.

I desperately want to be able to do this because every time I flash a new ROM or get a new phone, I've got to start hitting that stupid button twice for all my emails. I guess I wouldn't mind if I only got emails from one sender. :silly:

Does anyone know how to do this? I hate to complain, but it would have been so much nicer if the OP had taught us how to do it instead of just sharing it because now he's gone and it looks like everyone's stuck. As the saying goes: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

I don't think I'd consider myself a noob, but I'm definitely not an Android developer, so I'm not even sure where to start. I tried unpacking the APK with Winrar and that actually worked, but the XML files are pretty much unreadable in Notepad (or Notepad2, to be specific). I then did a search for the term smali and came across Apk_Manager_5.0.2. I was able to once again unpack the APK (with what appears to be the same results as with Winrar), but I wasn't able to decompile it without getting an error. (Not even sure what that does, but based on some reading, that seems like the next logical step.)

Does anyone know how to properly view the XML files? I really want to look for that setBlockNetworkImages setting that Anderdroid said to look for.
[Android Apps and Games] EugeneF:
standart gmail is good.
[Android Apps and Games] pkopalek:
I am currently (and have been) looking for the answer to this for quite a long time.

I still don't have it.

Is anyone else here able to provide any helpful information on this?

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] lionelhuts:
Hello my fellow Buffalonian.

I'm hoping someone can jump in on this as well.

When you think about it, the whole need for the button on Android is ridiculous in the first place. Clicking "always show images for sender" in any version of Gmail (Web, Android, iOS, etc.) should be saved to Google's servers.

Basically, once I click the button once for a sender, it should be replicated for every interface and every device I own. Of course, if they are concerned about data downloads, there should be an in-app option to disable auto-loading.
[Android Apps and Games] imputazz:
thank you :D
[Android Apps and Games] jgordon00:
Any chance you'd be willing to do this same thing for the latest Gmail app (version 4.2.1 as of this post)?
[Android Apps and Games] SeriesXM:
Guys, if you look at moosc's comment, you'll see that this hack is no longer possible. It's hard to see because it kind of got lost when he was quoting my other post, but he said:

If there is another way to hack it on the newer versions, nobody's found it yet.
[Android Apps and Games] redbeard07:
edit gmail apk

Can anyone point me to a link on how to edit the current gmail apk? I want to try adding some features to it...
[Android Apps and Games] vermaekansh:
download the apk from the OP...

Go into astro file manager and install from there...
[Android Apps and Games] bigpapa2001:
how do you install it. keeps saying not installed any help?
[Android Apps and Games] JozaKroner:
yey yes yes do eclair soon mate :P
[Android Apps and Games] Anderdroid:
You will need to be rooted then. Use Root Explorer and move the APK into /system/app or use adb push
[Android Apps and Games] tjpthomas:
Man... Fileservice is blocked from here... any able to email the .apk to me.. ?? I am @ tjp.thomasATgmail.com--- THANKS a million in advance... and what a superb start to the day... excellent work Anderdroid!
[Android Apps and Games] ~~Tito~~:
Finally! An annoyance cured! :D
[Android Apps and Games] scrawl78:
Just wanted to share a bit of info regarding images in emails:

One reason images are disabled by default is this is the mechanism marketing companies use to track the "open rate" of their communications.

The images are typically tagged with some URL parameters - when the request for the image is received by the server, they now know which of their emails were opened by you. This "tracking" image is often a 1x1 pixel transparent image at the end of the email.

If you are concerned about this sort of data profiling, you might wish to consider enabling images on a case by case basis.
[Android Apps and Games] twobeaglesjtj:
I am rooted but still having problems installing this. Getting a I even uninstalled GMAIL and tried that way but no luck...any ideas???
[Android Apps and Games] stefymarty:
i installed it but i'm still seeing the "show images" button.

Rooted Desire 2.2.
[Android Apps and Games] touchpro247:
Works great thanks!

If your having problems installing try flashing this zip via RM or recovery.
[Android Apps and Games] TweakMyDevice:
This is very much needed. Google should add a master button to toggle all images on/off. Thanks for this!!
[Android Apps and Games] Anderdroid:
Oh yeah. A flashable zip. *facepalm* why didn't I think of that. Will add to OP later.
[Android Apps and Games] apetit:
I am very interested in a 2.1 version. Same annoyances as with 2.2.
[Android Apps and Games] TweakMyDevice:
Lol...that's how I had to install.
[Android Apps and Games] th3taman:
Thank you for creating the ZIP and Anderdroid thanks a WHOLE bunch for creating the original mod. This is so awesome! I hated having to press that button every time! You guys rock! :D
[Android Apps and Games] slinky1914:
I agree I was just thinking about if there was a option to just display all images and boom this pops in my twitter feed this morning awesome. I installed mine by removing the old gmail.apk with titanium backup and then with a emulator copied it to /system/app/ and boom it fired right up. Thanks man really appreciate it.
[Android Apps and Games] adlx.xda:
Just curious, how did you resign the apk?

In my rom, Gmail.apk is signed by:

Owner: CN=Android, OU=Android, O=Google Inc., L=Mountain View, ST=California, C=US

Or did you just replace the classes.dex in the apk, and didn't resign it?
[Android Apps and Games] Dbl_Tap:
I'm on a rooted DX. Couldn't get the apk to install and moving it to the system/app folder didn't do anything and there wasn't a gmail.apk file to overwrite in there. Tried the recovery zip install and that didn't do it either.
[Android Apps and Games] wintrxtrem:
I installed the zip in recovery and still have the "Show Pictures" button in gmail. Before that I tried copying it to the system/app folder with root explorer. no luck.
[Android Apps and Games] mantrajt:
Happy to see this running on eclair!
[Android Apps and Games] HashTagHell:
Thank you. I hate having to tap that button in every email. :)
[Android Apps and Games] jonny68:
That fileserve link doesnt work any chance of uploading via Zshare or another method cheers
[Android Apps and Games] jonny68:
anyone got another link?
[Android Apps and Games] zeon98:
still no working link? could someone upload please
[Android Apps and Games] GarJones27:
Tried installing via recovery (Armon RA v2.0.0) on my Nexus One runnin CM6.1 RC1 and I get this message:
[Android Apps and Games] Anderdroid:
Try uninstalling your original Gmail with Titanium Backup
[Android Apps and Games] sniffs:
I'd like to see pinch/zoom natively in the gmail/corporate email app.. :D

I hate that we have to scroll a bunch of times to view the HTML emails..
[Android Apps and Games] Terrigno:
It says on the front page that you dont need to be rooted. But in this thread it does?
[Android Apps and Games] del4:
Never understood why Android didn't include an option to en/disable the Display Images button for each Gmail account, so I'm glad to see this hack to remove the buttons completely. I used the flashable zip and it appears to be working perfectly.

Great work and thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] del4:
This zip should be included in the first post as it's really the easiest way to install this long-awaited hack!
[Android Apps and Games] britoso:
Great idea and well done. This issue has annoyed me as well but I tolerate it because

a) it reduces data usage, loads quickly

b) increases security. http://email.about.com/od/staysecureandprivate/a/webbug_privacy.htm

This would be a perfect solution if

a) the sender is known (contacts/important) and

b) All images are on whitelisted/safe servers.
[Android Apps and Games] zeon98:
here's how I did it. downloaded the update.zip file from this thread. extracted gmail.apk to my phones SD card. installed es file explorer. loaded es file explorer. in settings tick on root acsess and mount as writable. then went to the / icon top left to acsess root. dumpped gmail.apk into system/app and copyied over old file. REBOOT then it worked. brilliant thanks very much.

HTC hd2 running froyo. welcome to pm me if I can help anyone
[Android Apps and Games] edfungus:
sweet! ill give it a try later!
[Android Apps and Games] Aqrab:
can u make one for EMAIL because its the same thing doesnt display pictures :(
[Android Apps and Games] Anderdroid:
Hmm interesting. Guess I'll give that a go as well. Lol
[Android Apps and Games] pistolpete_21:
Wondering which part/parts of the .apk you modified to get this to work. I'm running a version of Gmail with a modified framework to go with my theme so as the text is white on a black background and I'm not smart enough to edit the xmls myself. I was hoping I could just replace the one/ones you modded and see if it stays themed. *fingers crossed*
[Android Apps and Games] JeepFreak:
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Luckily Gmail sorts the spam out pretty well, so at least it's only semi-legitimate marketing emails we're talking about.

Billy
[Android Apps and Games] -FuRBz-:
ok so i obviously did something wrong.. i dl the apk, placed it on the /system/app folder but now i cant access my emails... can i push the apk with terminal?
[Android Apps and Games] -FuRBz-:
IGNORE previous post! i got it to work thru terminal
[Android Apps and Games] Anderdroid:
Honestly don't remember...

decompile it with smali and search the files for setBlockNetworkImages or something and change that to be false instead of true.
[Android Apps and Games] zzelinka:
Can someone post the .APK? Hosting sucks... Thanks in advance.

Not sent from a landline...
[Android Apps and Games] apeiros:
I've been looking for this since I bought my N1 BUT I can't install it.

I really need STEPbySTEP instructions

BTW thanks a lot for this great mod
[Android Apps and Games] Necrodaemon:
Work for me on U20a whit Eclair 2.1 ... nice work
[Android Apps and Games] bryanchapman9999:
Here you go...
[Android Apps and Games] bryanchapman9999:
Remember if you do this with root explorer you need to mod the permissions

rw- r-- r--
[Android Apps and Games] ekowanz:
is this running on eclair yet?
[Android Apps and Games] jonny68:
cheers mate
[Android Apps and Games] jonny68:
I'm not sure if ive done this right but it's not working, i copied the file onto my SD card and clicked on it via astro but in my gmail it's still asking me to click on show pictures?
[Android Apps and Games] ttxdragon:
Would love to have this on eclair. =3

Attached Eclair Gmail.apk & GmailProvider.apk (in case you were still looking for them)
[Android Apps and Games] albert emmer:
Do i need to install both apks to make it work on eclair? Or just gmail.apk?

send from my RcMagic v2.0
[Android Apps and Games] ttxdragon:
The ones I attached are the stock 2.1 gmail apks, since the OP asked for them at some point in this thread but nobody uploaded them as fast as I can see. I believe you need both.
[Android Apps and Games] dabai:
what a nice program.:D
[Android Apps and Games] jonny68:
Tried again still doesn't work:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] Bajo76:
+1

its a real pain to scroll html pages
[Android Apps and Games] il Duce:
Hell yes to that, I use 3 email accounts, so having the email app be this cool would be huge! Nice work so far and thank you.

sent from my hero, which no longer sucks ass
[Android Apps and Games] 651stp:
great job

!
[Android Apps and Games] odoss:
Tried on Desire

result : Force close !
[Android Apps and Games] diablo009:
+1 for the eclair one please. Please do make one for eclair for us folks.
[Android Apps and Games] torchedlh:
Same.

Before trying this, I copied the Gmail.apk into system/app using RootExplorer and that did not work. Someone said to modify the permissions to -rw r- r-, for which user/category?

Now I have no working Gmail!! Help!
[Android Apps and Games] kd4crs:
I tried every method listed in this thread to install the modified gmail.apk but all it does is say app not installed. Even flashing the zip did not work due to invalid signatures. A little help, please? I have a rooted DroidX with 2.2.
[Android Apps and Games] Anderdroid:
Use Root Explorer to copy it to /system/app (delete original GMail apk first if it is named differently)
[Android Apps and Games] :
Thanks! This was one of the things that annoyed me when I switched to my MyTouch 4g.
[Android Apps and Games] Thomas_BA:
An Eiclair version would be great or is it already out there?
[Android Apps and Games] cloudstrife7:
I think I'm going to root my phone just to use this app. Thanks for creating it.
[Android Apps and Games] kd4crs:
Bought Root Explorer and deleted gmail.apk, copied the downloaded gmail.apk and tried to install it. Still get "Application Not Installed". What else can I try?
[Android Apps and Games] -FuRBz-:
try doing it through terminal emulator on your phone.. its much easier in my opinion...

do use rootexplorer to delete the original gmail.apk once you do that follow the following on terminal:

code:

su

mount o-remount, rw /system

cp /sdcard/gmail.apk /system/app/

exit

exit

that will install the apk
[Android Apps and Games] kd4crs:
That worked perfectly! It is working and that accursed button is banished. THANKS!!! :D
[Android Apps and Games] -FuRBz-:
glad u got it working
[Android Apps and Games] JPHCCFC:
Any chance this can be update to the latest gmail app?
[Android Apps and Games] pinhead875:
Thanks for posting this!

Yes, let's get an update! This is a great app.
[Android Apps and Games] del4:
Yes, please provide an updated GMail v2.3.2 apk.... Got spoiled not having to deal with that button any more!
[Android Apps and Games] Anderdroid:
There's an updated apk? Someone post it please.
[Android Apps and Games] overground:
Here you go. Thanks you for your mod.
[Android Apps and Games] slinky1914:
I updated from the market now its back to the old gmail app. Will you be updating your mod? If so cant wait for it.
[Android Apps and Games] JAYNO20:
I am in for the update as well... That was perfect having it always load the images.
[Android Apps and Games] jeffsanace:
I'm so spoiled, can't live without it now. Would LOVE an updated version. Thanx for the awesomeness
[Android Apps and Games] dadoc04:
QFT

10 chars
[Android Apps and Games] moosc:
Amy one have a different link doesn't work on my x
[Android Apps and Games] Eric Low:
it does not work.. pls assist

i have copy the downloaded gmail.apk and paste it in system/app but the show image button still appear everytime i open a mail.

pls assist... tks.
[Android Apps and Games] ekowanz:
+1 yes please... make the one for the eclair with the lattest gmail update. Ill donate for you
[Android Apps and Games] fef3000:
+1, hope to get the updated gmail app soon!

thank you