Okay so instead of deleting those apps that cause FC...there is a known fix btw, check the thread about which apps are okay to delete on page 4 or 5 somewhere.
can we just hide the icons...really i just hate the clutter of all that crap that i dont use...i deleted some but dont which to mess with a few others...even tho i dont want to see them in my drawer...for example the swype keyboard icon...why would i need that there?...but i need the app
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Okay so instead of deleting those apps that cause FC...there is a known fix btw, check the thread about which apps are okay to delete on page 4 or 5 somewhere.
can we just hide the icons...really i just hate the clutter of all that crap that i dont use...i deleted some but dont which to mess with a few others...even tho i dont want to see them in my drawer...for example the swype keyboard icon...why would i need that there?...but i need the app
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I recommend using a method Flipz thought of.. which is to place the apps you don't want or would delete onto your SD Card. Create a folder on your SD Card and move your unwanted apps into that folder, you can do this via ADB commands (preferred), or with any file explorer. (Astro, ES File Manager, AndExplorer).
The command(s) for ADB:
1. Find what apps you want to move:
Code:
adb shell
cd /system/app
ls
Look through all the apps, making sure to note the names and the way they're spelt (Linux is case sensitive).
Then after you find what apps you want to get rid of/move to your sdcard, do this:
Code:
adb shell
cd /system/shell
mv <name-of-app.apk> /sdcard/<foldername>/<name-of-app.apk>
Example:
mv Mail.apk /sdcard/UnwatedApps/Mail.apk
Repeat the above command for the remaining apps you don't want
so if i move the file to my SD card will the app still work?
mastermayhm069 said:
so if i move the file to my SD card will the app still work?
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No. What you're talking about is Apps2SD and I don't know if we have that for the Evo yet.
But I could be wrong.
I thought all you wanted to do is just move/get rid of the apps you didn't want without actually "deleting" them. Trying to use them while there on the SD Card would mean they have to some how create a link between the /system/app partition and your /sdcard -- which is where Apps2SD would come in handy.
oh i see! well what i am trying to do is literally just hide the icons for certain apps...like blackberries do so easily
mastermayhm069 said:
oh i see! well what i am trying to do is literally just hide the icons for certain apps...like blackberries do so easily
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Yea... Android doesn't have that feature... not yet at least. Only thing to do is remove the app or move the app, sorry.
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I am using DeFrost 9.0b with spare parts that lets you install apps on the sdcard. I am trying to backup all my apps that I downloaded and installed but I can't find them on the sdcard with root explorer.
Does anyone know where on the sdcard the apps are downloaded?
look in the android secure folder on the root of the SD card
Nekromantik said:
look in the android secure folder on the root of the SD card
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I did and it is empty. ???
Sandule said:
I did and it is empty. ???
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that is where they are meant to be.
So I dunno where else it could have placed them.
Nekromantik said:
that is where they are meant to be.
So I dunno where else it could have placed them.
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Could it be a permission issue. I can't seem to change the permissions for the .android_secure folder. Is there a specific way that I need to change permissions in root explorer?
Did you direct the apps to the correct location with pm SetInstallLocation 2?
As suggested, the apps should be inside encrypted files within the /sdcard/.android_secure folder, whose contents are visible in recovery mode only.
So how can I get to the files then?
Should also work by using a Terminal Emulator.
Go to the Android Market, download an app called "ConnectBot".
Sign in to it, set is to local.
try the following (enter these commands):
su
ls -l /sdcard/.android_secure
I think you could also install Apps2SD using the Terminal Emulator with these commands:
su
pm setInstallLocation 2
Let me know if that helps at all.
Regards,
Mas.
I have already performed the setinstallLocation 2
When I do the ls command nothing comes up.
Not sure then mate
May be worth trying a full wipe again, re-flashing the rom and installing A2SD?
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its rooted
U need a custom rom
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*
Download a custom ROM with apps to SD (A2SD) and follow the instructions for enabling it.
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Use titatanium backup that's what I've been using on stock 1.47 rom
So u can use that pgr to rmv stock sprint apps?
ilovemytilt1 said:
Use titatanium backup that's what I've been using on stock 1.47 rom
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*This was posted from my Evo 4G*
Damage uses Dconfig which allows you to ban Sprint apps as well as a few others.
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snake411 said:
So u can use that pgr to rmv stock sprint apps?
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To move apps to SD card, install apps2sd. Just search for it on the forum.
You don't need any custom ROM, you can pick and choose what you want to remove yourself.
Code:
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/app
ls
To remove the amazon mp3 app you do the following:
Code:
rm -f amazonmp3.apk
Or to be safe in case you ever want it back
Code:
mv amazonmp3.apk amazonmp3.apk.bak
Here are some others I consider crapware:
SprintTVWidget.apk
Sprint_Promotion.apk - Sprint Zone
WifiRouter.apk - Sprint Hotspot
Sprint_TV.apk
Sprint_NASCAR.apk
Sprint_NFL.apk
remove apps
you can also download a free terminal and do this:
su
cd /system/app
ls -l | more (this will list files in /app)
rm filename.apk
OR TO BE SAFE
mv filename.apk filename.apk.bak (this way the app is still there if it causes instability)
tonyh703 said:
you can also download a free terminal and do this:
su
cd /system/app
ls -l | more (this will list files in /app)
rm filename.apk
OR TO BE SAFE
mv filename.apk filename.apk.bak (this way the app is still there if it causes instability)
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lol i didnt see post above me
That's what I used to remove all sprint and some sense apps
snake411 said:
So u can use that pgr to rmv stock sprint apps?
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*
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There is now a much easier way to get this done.. just get the app from the market and ur good
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snake411 said:
There is now a much easier way to get this done.. just get the app from the market and ur good
Sent from my Evo 4g
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which app?
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which app?
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I use root explorer....
People give half ass answers on this forum.
DL "App2SD" from the market. This will allow every app to be installed to the SD card. However, if the app has a widget that you use don't install it to the SD card. All you have to do is go to SETTINGS>APPLICATIONS>MANAGE APPLICATIONS
Manually select the option to store each app on the SD card.
In regards to deleting Sprint apps. I had a hard time with this. I was initially rooted with Unrevoked 3.21 and thought I had Nand unlocked. Every time I deleted a system app it would reappear. Then I download Unrevoked Forever which gave me Nand unlock (which must have something to do with deleting the system apps.) Using ROOT EXPLORER go to the "system" folder. Then "app" folder. Find the apps that you no longer want and long click on it. You will see the option to delete it. If it doesn't allow you to do so then click on the button on the top right of the screen that says "Mount R/W" This toggles between the ability to Read & Write to the directory or just read.
Hope this helps.
Personally, I would advise renaming them or moving them instead of completely deleting them. If you ever want to take an OTA in the future, you'll need them back for the OTA to work.
Of course, you can always extract them from one of the RUU zips posted around here if you need them, but I like to have them on hand.
I've been looking at the root folder using Astro and there are several files/folders. Can any be deleted, without causing any problem? I'm running out of space and am hoping some are just temporary files etc...
For example I've spotted the APK files are in \system\app. I never use the Peep or Teeter apps. Can I safely delete their APK files?
Thanks
p.s - I am using an unrooted HTC Desire.
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I've been looking at the root folder using Astro and there are several files/folders. Can any be deleted, without causing any problem? I'm running out of space and am hoping some are just temporary files etc...
For example I've spotted the APK files are in \system\app. I never use the Peep or Teeter apps. Can I safely delete their APK files?
Thanks
p.s - I am using an unrooted HTC Desire.
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you cant delete them using astro, we only have write access to /system in recovery, use adb in recovery to delete them
edit, without root you cant delete anything lol
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For example I've spotted the APK files are in \system\app. I never use the Peep or Teeter apps. Can I safely delete their APK files?
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In addition, deleting anything from /system won't actually gain you any more space for applications anyway due to the way that the filesystems are partitioned.
Regards,
Dave
Thanks guys. I take it you mean we've got write but not modify access to the \system folder? So we can write to existing files but not delete them.
I wasn't just asking about \system though but any files/folders in the Root folder. Are there any at all, that can be safely deleted? Or are you saying you cannot delete a thing without rooting?
Not that it sounds like it will make any difference, due to partitioning.
Thanks
Ok to put it as simple as possible:
- no you cant pretty much delete a thing apart from sd without root
- we cant do anything in the system partition while the system is booted due to the nand protection
- we can modify /system while in recovery (using adb)
- when you are running out of space it is on the /data partition, which have a fixed size so deleting from /system or anything else won't help
And at last my advice to you is to go root and install a2sd easy as pie and i've never had space problems since.
Thanks for the informative reply mortenmhp
I have just rooted my 2.1 Desire, trying to remove two of the mms.apk and one other mms file in the /system folder so I can install a different mms.apk, however when I try to do it, it says I dont have the proper permissions. Its rooted, I see the Super User icon in applications.
Any suggestions?
Please read a little before asking questions. It is commonly known, that we dont have full root access on the desire yet.
Due to the nand protection you cant edit the system partition while the system is bootet. You have to use a custom recovery image either via fakeflash or installed by unrevoked. Then you can edit the system partition by using adb commands.
Edit: which i also stated quite clearly 2 posts above yours several months ago
Is A2SD better than the Android 2.2 implementation? Which as far as I can tell just moves the APK (not apps/data) to the SD Card.
Thanks.
Well it is kinda off topic here but in my opinion yes it is better. I'm running a2sd+ atm. and you can make it move /data/data as well.
In froyo there have been some complications though when remountingSD after using it as mass storage. But you can read more about that elsewhere(i would provide a link but I'm writing from my phone)
So the conclusion must be that it is down to personal preferences
Thanks because the official implementation is something of a cop out. On WM you could run the entire App/Data etc... on an SD card.
Hello devs.. i am trying to use adb while im in the clockwork recovery screen to remove some apps and some unwanted audio files. Everything is ok as far as being rooted and getting a number sign and the adb commands. The issue im having is that i cannot cd to the app folder. I can cd to the system folder and sdcard folders with no problem. But when i cd into the system, and then i use the list command "ls" to show me what im working wit it says app. But when i try " cd /system/app or cd /app " it says directory doesnot exist. Is there something im doing wrong here? I have installed, removed, pushed and pulled many apps using abd perfectly and i am not a noob.. but it seems like its a whole new ball game when it comes to the slide.. the super user tasks managers no longer work, a dev named roman told me they no longer work and i would have to use adb in clockwork recovery mode to execute any changes to the phones files. But im stuck at this point. Any suggestions? Also i have tried to remove the files directly with a command like " adb rm /system/app/Gallery3D.apk or rm /system/app/Gallery3D.apk" with no results. Is there a way using adb to delete the contents of an entire directory without deleting the directory itself? Thanks in advance devs
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Hello devs.. i am trying to use adb while im in the clockwork recovery screen to remove some apps and some unwanted audio files. Everything is ok as far as being rooted and getting a number sign and the adb commands. The issue im having is that i cannot cd to the app folder. I can cd to the system folder and sdcard folders with no problem. But when i cd into the system, and then i use the list command "ls" to show me what im working wit it says app. But when i try " cd /system/app or cd /app " it says directory doesnot exist. Is there something im doing wrong here? I have installed, removed, pushed and pulled many apps using abd perfectly and i am not a noob.. but it seems like its a whole new ball game when it comes to the slide.. the super user tasks managers no longer work, a dev named roman told me they no longer work and i would have to use adb in clockwork recovery mode to execute any changes to the phones files. But im stuck at this point. Any suggestions? Also i have tried to remove the files directly with a command like " adb rm /system/app/Gallery3D.apk or rm /system/app/Gallery3D.apk" with no results. Is there a way using adb to delete the contents of an entire directory without deleting the directory itself? Thanks in advance devs
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You probably forgot to mount /system. You can do so via the CWM Recovery partitions menu.
ohhhhhh...ok thanks alot.. i did miss that.
bbbblack said:
ohhhhhh...ok thanks alot.. i did miss that.
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Better way of doing it is using 7zip and removing/addin files that way,than flashin that rom,its cleaner and faster.
lviv73 said:
Better way of doing it is using 7zip and removing/addin files that way,than flashin that rom,its cleaner and faster.
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Not sure I agree, but to each their own.
This is kind of a cross post from the Apps forum, but I am getting no response there. CM6 uses a different music app than the stock HTC player, and the stock player works with the included headphones that have the control buttons. Which ROM can I steal the HTC player from and push back to my phone?
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This is kind of a cross post from the Apps forum, but I am getting no response there. CM6 uses a different music app than the stock HTC player, and the stock player works with the included headphones that have the control buttons. Which ROM can I steal the HTC player from and push back to my phone?
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You could try to push the HTCMusic app from the OTA update. But I think it might be odexed so you might run into a problem. I haven't checked it out yet
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fermunky said:
This is kind of a cross post from the Apps forum, but I am getting no response there. CM6 uses a different music app than the stock HTC player, and the stock player works with the included headphones that have the control buttons. Which ROM can I steal the HTC player from and push back to my phone?
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I doubt this will work with CM6 but it is worth a try. It says its for 2.1 and I havent tried it but I thought I would throw it out as a idea. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=679707
lstevens86 said:
You could try to push the HTCMusic app from the OTA update. But I think it might be odexed so you might run into a problem. I haven't checked it out yet
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Yeah, I tried pushing the HtcMusic.apk/.odex files to the /system/app folder with no luck (I do not know what being odex'ed means to being able to do this). Any other thoughts?
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You probably forgot to mount /system. You can do so via the CWM Recovery partitions menu.
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Do you think it's best to do it from clockwork recovery? What I have been doing is just doing a delete from inside the rom with win rar before installing.
You can use Android Commander which also works for the slide. You just need to be in recovery with both your system and cache mounted so it will make changes otherwise it'll look like it did on the computer but actually when you restart the program you find it did nothing. lol Don't forget to open the program with Administrator Rights. I think the program makes things much easier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=597098
thanks the commander worked perfectly! any reason why apps that i push dont show up in the phones app list when i boot up again?
How can I remove some of the stock apps from JPK, SGStools seems to be able to remove the bulk of them but apps like latitude,places,navigation,maps,voice search and ect are still left over.. is this possible to remove ?
Either do it manually
rm /system/app/name.apk
rm /system/app/name.odex
pm uninstall <package name>
or
Link
EarlZ said:
How can I remove some of the stock apps from JPK, SGStools seems to be able to remove the bulk of them but apps like latitude,places,navigation,maps,voice search and ect are still left over.. is this possible to remove ?
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Try root explorer (new version, just out on market). And there is topic about removing stuff, Im sure it describes other options.
Here is the link for the apps you can remove: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712546
As dupel has said, download root explorer from the market, it's a great app for rooted users.
Daneshm90 said:
Either do it manually
rm /system/app/name.apk
rm /system/app/name.odex
pm uninstall <package name>
or
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Why do you need the third line?
itaykoren said:
Why do you need the third line?
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It uninstalls the package and removes traces of the app from your phone.
So if u just delete the apk/odex, ur app will still exist in /data/data and packages.xml and its dex will probably still exist as well in dalvik-cache.
In windows terms, its like deleting the program from C:\Program Files vs uninstalling it. That example will either make it clear or confuse u even more
Edit : That is why i wrote that app, doing it manually everytime u flashed a rom is very time consuming lol (im referring to my htc magic where i'd flash cm nightly's everyday )
Thanks for the quick reply.
Does that also apply when unrooting? (when I unrooted, I deleted the superuser.apk, and don't recall I uninstalled any package).
In addition, how do I know the name of the package?
Is it always identical to the .apk?
And a general question: Isn't it more logical to do the third line first, then the other two? Does it matter?
itaykoren said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
Does that also apply when unrooting? (when I unrooted, I deleted the superuser.apk, and don't recall I uninstalled any package).
In addition, how do I know the name of the package?
Is it always identical to the .apk?
And a general question: Isn't it more logical to do the third line first, then the other two? Does it matter?
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The apk must be accessible (permission wise) in order to run the uninstall command and getting a "successful" in return. When u do so on a system app, it cannot delete the apk hence it returns a "unsuccessful". Hence u need to delete the apk/odex first, then run that command in order to get a "success" message.
The name of the package can be found in 2 ways :
Look inside the /data/data folder for folder names that resonate with that of the apk or u can make out which package name it is (sometimes not so obvious).
Open the apk, look inside the manifest for the package name or just look at the folder structure.
Behind the scenes thats what my app does, goes inside the apk, looks for the package name, hence when u tap on the item, it deletes the apk and presents you with the uninstall dialog where you uninstall the app like a regular app.
Thanks again for your swift reply.
This app of yours sounds interesting...
Tell me, if I don't do the third line, or I do it but I do not remove all the relevant packages (if there may be more than one) then will the icon of the app still be visible? Will it FC when I try to open it? Or will the icon not appear?
itaykoren said:
Thanks again for your swift reply.
This app of yours sounds interesting...
Tell me, if I don't do the third line, or I do it but I do not remove all the relevant packages (if there may be more than one) then will the icon of the app still be visible? Will it FC when I try to open it? Or will the icon not appear?
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No it won't show up, but future revisions might cause trouble (sometimes)
You can always go through ur /data/data folder and find a folder name that resonates that of an apk u deleted and then run the pm uninstall command on it.