root your fire and put 3 apk on /system/app. please let me know if it works. i got it working.. downloaded apps
I have it too, but I can't get the market to show up in the app drawer...
And do the apps install okay
Anyone else test this out yet?
Yuppers.. worked for me after none of the other methods did. Thank you!
Downloaded zip
Used ES File Explorer to copy to /system/app <with HiAPK and system r/w enabled>
Rebooted
LOL, man I just figured that out last night. Thanks a lot! You really don't know how many people you are gonna help out!
This works for me but I do not have a market icon. I used the command below to launch the Market and was able to install and play Minecraft PE perfectly:
Code:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.vending/.AssetBrowserActivity
Use this method to install the market. Also us the link at the bottom for market opener to get it to show in the kindle apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1349902
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I used to use "Root Explorer" on my hero to delete system apps before..doesn't seem to work anymore..
solution??
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did you mount /system in rw mode? (it's ro by default)
U dont have write access to system partition in normal use if i read the tutorial right. U have to do it with an update.zip (editing the update script) or with adb both u have to do in recovery menu from modaco i think. Tell me if i am wrong.
Sry for my bad english
@cezarL yes I did
@xtcislove I wish u were wrong..seems like pain.. anyway to do it without a pc?
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Damn, you're right. Previously, I had deleted an .apk just to check if it's working, then reinstalled the app right away.
But I just tested now, it looks like after a reboot, the .apk magically reappears, and the application is running as usual
Damn, you're right. Previously, I had deleted an .apk just to check if it's working, then reinstalled the app right away.
But I just tested now, it looks like after a reboot, the .apk magically reappears, and the application is running as usual
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ye..I'm sure it has something to do with the root limitations Paul mentioned in his rooting guide. hope it'll be fixed soon.
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Try this: Boot in recovery menu and try the following commands:
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/APP.apk
adb shell rm /data/app/APP.apk
where APP.apk is the filename of the apk with the .apk extention, remember case-sensitive!
for example:
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/FriendStream.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/FriendStream.odex
take a look before if your app has a odex or try this: (here u need only one command)
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*FriendStream*
Good luck and have fun =)
Edit: Just find a topic =)
hxxp://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero-hero-modaco-com/297207/removal-of-apps-via-adb/#entry1124362
(replace hxxp with http)
I'm trying to do these things in windows at the moment. No issues getting in the recovery with the windows scripts. But when I try to open a ADB Shell after I've gone to recovery I can't really do anything with it and the recovery hangs (not controllable with the track pad).
Anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong?
You're not doing anything wrong, from what I've seen opening a new adb instance on Windows will kill the server created by the .bat file used for recovery... which means the connection to the device is lost. I haven't looked into it further, but it might be fixeable somehow.
Ah I see, so basicly you undo the patched recovery by opening a new session. It does work properly under Linux then? I run ubuntu on my netbook so It's not a big issue anyway. Thanks for the tip, gonna try under linux now!
I'm having the same problems as:
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...co-com/307401/removing-sys-apps/#entry1256015
I removed a load of HTC widgets but I get strange entries on the widget menu. Anyone know how to get rid of these?
Also, I removed Stocks (.apk and .odex), now I get a force close on 'Accounts & sync'. Anyone know how to remove Stocks properly?
Cheers.
After running the bat file to get into recovery, start a new cmd prompt in windows and use again adb-nilezon for shell commands instead of ordinary adb, and it wont be killed.
This has worked for me atleast
blackadder1000 said:
Anyone know how to remove Stocks properly?
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The best, foolproof, failsafe way is to remove them from the rom before installing it... and remember that some services are still required, weather you use them or not.
But, if a system app is already installed you need to remove:
the apk from /system/app
the data from /data/data/appname
the cache from /cache/dalvik-cache
Do not remove Accounts & Sync...
Thanks for the answer.
I guess now is a good time to bake my own ROM!
blackadder1000 said:
Thanks for the answer.
I guess now is a good time to bake my own ROM!
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Yep, that's what I do... see my sig...
Well hey.
I'll be glad if anyone can help me with this annoying problem.
I've installed Zerojay's Zerorom on my play,
Everything's working perfectly cept for my market that keeps force closing every time I try to run a search on it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks
Nadebu said:
Well hey.
I'll be glad if anyone can help me with this annoying problem.
I've installed Zerojay's Zerorom on my play,
Everything's working perfectly cept for my market that keeps force closing every time I try to run a search on it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks
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Did you try clearing market data and any updates from manage applications? If that dosent work, i will post an .apk of the latest market with instructions on how to push it to your device
Yup.
Tried it, keeps force closing.
Nadebu said:
Yup.
Tried it, keeps force closing.
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Do you know how to use adb? if you do, Make sure you uninstall any market updates first. Copy the Vending.apk at the bottom of this post to the platform-tools folder in your Android SDK. connect your device with usb debugging enabled, Open a command window and type in:
adb remount
adb push Vending.apk /system/app/
adb reboot
I'm really new at this, so I have no idea how to use ADB..
I've tried to push over the old market into /system/app..
I've wonder if this will work
EDIT :I accidentally deleted the old market files..
Nadebu said:
I'm really new at this, so I have no idea how to use ADB..
I've tried to push over the old market into /system/app..
I've wonder if this will work
EDIT :I accidentally deleted the old market files..
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It's ok you can delete the old market anyway, If you use a root explorer to copy the .apk to /system/app/ all you have to do then, is long press on Vending.apk, go to change permissions, and change them to rw-r-r. like on the picture ive posted
Thanks!
I got it back, but it still force closes when I try to search..
I even tried installing another rom and I still get that problem.
Nadebu said:
I even tried installing another rom and I still get that problem.
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Goole search? do you have it installed?
What's up XDA?
I've been messing around with my Xperia Play and i successfully got it rooted. My next task is to get all the annoying icons and processes that are running in the background deleted to make my phone run like a champ (Also i just like the clean appearance of only the applications that i use in my menu, perhaps OCD).
With that said i have tried a few different ways to get my system folder writeable but nothing seems to work as I am unable to delete anything in that folder.
My questions are the following:
1) How to delete files out of this folder.
2) Is there a way to do this via computer so i don't have to mess around with an explorer application on my phone.
Thanks for the help thus far everyone!
FoXide- said:
What's up XDA?
I've been messing around with my Xperia Play and i successfully got it rooted. My next task is to get all the annoying icons and processes that are running in the background deleted to make my phone run like a champ (Also i just like the clean appearance of only the applications that i use in my menu, perhaps OCD).
With that said i have tried a few different ways to get my system folder writeable but nothing seems to work as I am unable to delete anything in that folder.
My questions are the following:
1) How to delete files out of this folder.
2) Is there a way to do this via computer so i don't have to mess around with an explorer application on my phone.
Thanks for the help thus far everyone!
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You can delete system apps with adb. Here are some commands you may find useful:
"adb remount" - This will remount /system/ as R/W.
"ls /system/app/" This will list all the .apk's in /system/app/
"rm /system/app/***.apk" - this will delete the specified .apk file.
Thanks for the help.
I was able to get the abd to list out all the files in the apps folder but when i type adb remount it gives me an error saying "remount failed: Operation not permitted"
Any tips?
FoXide- said:
Thanks for the help.
I was able to get the abd to list out all the files in the apps folder but when i type adb remount it gives me an error saying "remount failed: Operation not permitted"
Any tips?
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It's because you do not have insecure adb. Download and install this .apk. after install run it, and your device will reboot. You now have insecure adb and can remount /system/. also once installed you can uninstall app
http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.php?url=mf/?8qqca688rvbwcfk
You are a boss! I got it to work but i had to use a slightl different command to remove apps "adb shell rm -r /system/app/***.apk"
My last question is seeing as how your location is Manchester, are you going for city or united? =P
FoXide- said:
You are a boss! I got it to work but i had to use a slightl different command to remove apps "adb shell rm -r /system/app/***.apk"
My last question is seeing as how your location is Manchester, are you going for city or united? =P
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Yeah sorry you have to be logged into shell for the remove command to work
I'm a man utd fan, city don't scare me there just throwing there money about ....... but they will run out just like chelski
So I am looking to buy an amazon fire tv. I talked to someone at customer service and they said it will come with the new update so I won't be able to root it. I want to know if there is a way to install apk's without root? Thank you.
bnichs5 said:
So I am looking to buy an amazon fire tv. I talked to someone at customer service and they said it will come with the new update so I won't be able to root it. I want to know if there is a way to install apk's without root? Thank you.
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Ya you can install apps all the time but if the app requires root no go !
Click here for thread with more info
The best way is if you have something like a Logitech K400r Keyboard and you install the following through ADB sideloading:
Terminal Emulator (allows ADB on Fire TV itself)
Opera Browser (access to apk files and much,much more)
ES File Explorer (management and many other useful things like finding out the directory and name to type in Terminal for ADB installs)
And finally,App Stores like 1Mobile and Appchina (although Chinese only,so it is hard to navigate)
You can't directly install the apps downloaded by 1mobile,but you can rename them to short names for the ADB install command to install them that way.
I can't remember the kill and start commands before Terminal Emulator works since I've had root priviliges for so long.
I think it was "ADB Connect localhost" for the first step though.
Anyone know how to get the Play Store running on Rbox's new rooted wonders? Amost thought I pulled it off in Open Gapps but could not see cursor in Play Store.
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-the-fire-tv-2-running-fire-os-5/
- replace open_gapps-arm64-5.1-nano-#.zip = open_gapps-arm-5.1-nano-#.zip (not 64bit)
but I can't used search in play store.
if you can't install open_gapps-arm-5.1-nano-#.zip from recovery because no space enough. you can try install open_gapps-arm-5.1-pico-#.zip first, after that you can install open_gapps-arm-5.1-nano-#.zip
p/s: after install open_gapps-arm-5.1-nano-#.zip, you can used search in play store
Got the Pico installed. Nice to know i can go back and do the Nano install. Where i crashed an burned is that I cannot Copy the "phonsky.apk" to priv-app. Says the directory is un-writable. I've got root and get SU but the command fails. Tried to manually do it with ES and RootExplorer. Made directory writable in both but the copy still fails. Too weird.
schneid said:
Got the Pico installed. Nice to know i can go back and do the Nano install. Where i crashed an burned is that I cannot Copy the "phonsky.apk" to priv-app. Says the directory is un-writable. I've got root and get SU but the command fails. Tried to manually do it with ES and RootExplorer. Made directory writable in both but the copy still fails. Too weird.
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You didn't follow every step in the guide.
rbox said:
You didn't follow every step in the guide.
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But I did other than using the ARM64 nano. Started with ARM nano but no room and succeeded with ARM pico. Then did every command listed starting with ABD shell. Failed at the CP command. Said could not find file. That's when I started to manually copy it.
I tried the method in the aftvnews guide (and did it step by step just as instructed) and also tried Root Explorer on the FTV...no go. The Phonesky folder was created, but the Phonesky.apk will not copy to that directory. I even changed the directory to writeable in Root Explorer.
Any ideas...?
tdfsu said:
I tried the method in the aftvnews guide (and did it step by step just as instructed) and also tried Root Explorer on the FTV...no go. The Phonesky folder was created, but the Phonesky.apk will not copy to that directory. I even changed the directory to writeable in Root Explorer.
Any ideas...?
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AFTV1 root able?
if not, you could't install google play store.
if yes, you can change step 13 (cp /sdcard/Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/Phonesky/) with command:
cp /data/media/0/Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/Phonesky/
htduy11 said:
AFTV1 root able?
if not, you could't install google play store.
if yes, you can change step 13 (cp /sdcard/Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/Phonesky/) with command:
cp /data/media/0/Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/Phonesky/
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I presume we would need to manually copy "Phonesky" to /data/media/0/ ?
I'll give it a rest for now. Haven't recovered from my first effort. Does seem the original command did not really point to "Phonesky".
We'll I'll be go to heck. /data/media/0/ IS the /sdcard/. Everything I think is at /sdcard/ is there. Even "phonesky" is there. This alias addressing is maddening.
Very good catch!
schneid said:
We'll I'll be go to heck. /data/media/0/ IS the /sdcard/. Everything I think is at /sdcard/ is there. Even "phonesky" is there. This alias addressing is maddening.
Very good catch!
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if you can't sign in youtube, you can download:
• Google Play Store 6.3.08.B-xhdpi [8] 2624459
•Disable Service
install google play store the same guide.
in disable service: tap system > play store -> uncheck “ReschedulerUsingAlarmManager$CheckWifiAndAutoUpdate”.
I gave up. Play Store is there but i can't get past the charcoal hued geometric patterned screen. Purged a bunch of stuff but still can't get Nano to load due to lack of space. TWRP restored back to where I was before starting this failed quest.
I have gotten very good at downloading APK's from the Store with a Chrome extension or extracting them from my phone. Sideloading is pain but works.
“cp /sdcard/Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/Phonesky/” – is not a directory.
schneid said:
Got the Pico installed. Nice to know i can go back and do the Nano install. Where i crashed an burned is that I cannot Copy the "phonsky.apk" to priv-app. Says the directory is un-writable. I've got root and get SU but the command fails. Tried to manually do it with ES and RootExplorer. Made directory writable in both but the copy still fails. Too weird.
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I discovered the SD card fix on AFTVnews. I can't post a link because I am a lurker and have less than 10 posts. Search "how-to-fix-sdcard-access-issues-on-a-rooted-amazon-fire-tv"