I have seen some people have managed to removed built in applications (after rooting phone). I would like to do it too on my xperia Arc s so does anyone how to do it? Thanx in advance...
You can use titanium backup or root explorer.
Titanium is better as it will remove the icons etc.
Recommend you backup 1st before remove incase you need them.
This should be in q&a
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Y U NO USE AppMan?
It is free and tells you which apps can be safely removed... plus if you want them back you can directly download and install them using the same app.
Original thread here.
I see what you did there! Thanx!
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I use root uninstaller from the play store on my suoercharged ICS, 2 simple clicks and its gone
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DjDexter5GHz said:
I have seen some people have managed to removed built in applications (after rooting phone). I would like to do it too on my xperia Arc s so does anyone how to do it? Thanx in advance...
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My Bad. But Root Explorer is best.
There is a new file manager out there called solid explorer, in Landscape mode you can 2 directory lists, and can just about do anything root explorer can do too.
Its worth a try anyhow as I couldn't get into root explorer.. me too noob
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Hi i have a desire with the leeDroid Rom installed and wondered if i can unistall programs like friend stream,stocks (which i never use) with something like titanium Back up?
Is there a list of programs like this which is safe to remove?
andy46 said:
Hi i have a desire with the leeDroid Rom installed and wondered if i can unistall programs like friend stream,stocks (which i never use) with something like titanium Back up?
Is there a list of programs like this which is safe to remove?
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The latest version of Titanium Backup will colour the system apps red, so you know what you're getting into.
Avoid apps that you can't see on the apps drawer and it should be fine.
You can delete these programs from system/app in the rom zip file before you flash it.
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Before removing anything form Leedroid look at the wiki to see which apps can be removed safely. You can delete apps that are not on the list but if you run i to issues you know why.
do i do this on the phone or on my pc? any special software needed?
thanks in advance
Yes.
To delete the apps from the zip you need special software like winzip or winrar, high tech stuff.
Just go to he /system/app/ directory and remove what you don't want and know it's safe.
And for example, if you want to make your life harder use ADB via recovery.
There are other methods too, if you are not satisfied with the zip editing.
3722 said:
Yes.
To delete the apps from the zip you need special software like winzip or winrar, high tech stuff.
Just go to he /system/app/ directory and remove what you don't want and know it's safe.
And for example, if you want to make your life harder use ADB via recovery.
There are other methods too, if you are not satisfied with the zip editing.
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Ok cool. I had never opened rom's zip file before, didn't realise I could 'play ' with it like that
Will experiment later, after a back up!
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andy46 said:
Ok cool. I had never opened rom's zip file before, didn't realise I could 'play ' with it like that
Will experiment later, after a back up!
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I'm not sure if it's the best practice, but I always trim my zip files without actually unzipping them (right click unzip).
You actually have an alternative if you're already installed and suddenly feel to lazy to wipe your phone. Get titanium, then go to the list of apps, long press, then choose "force remove app".
Although I'm not sure if it will cause any conflicts with your ROM.
Safety first!
I've been using this tutorial for removing stock apps.. works perfectly..
So I just got the randomrom, and I noticed it doesn't have stock music player , and I like that music player because it has the options to puase forward previous on the notification menu, no other music player has that so far that I've used or know of. So can someone , give me the .apk file to that?
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Here ya go, it might be from ef02 but im not sure. you have to use sdxstockappremover (http://roc-city.com/android/SdxAppRemoval-1.5.apk) to install it put the apk in sdcard/sdx/backup/app/ and use the restore option
hope this helps
I have not the slightest clue how to do that . Can you explain it to me in well writen instruction, can I do this over my phone? Or will I need my computer?
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Do this instead(might be easier for you) Put this on the root of your sd card(this ones from froyo ec05): http://db.tt/7sxDLX4
Download ES file explorer from the market
Go into its settings and turn on the both root options.
Copy and paste the apk into /system/app
Then turn of the root options in settings, the bottom one first.
Exit the file explorer
Reboot
Voila.
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ok so basically its just an apk file but it is a system app so you cant install it directly by pressing install it will say unsucsessful which is why you need the sdx tool. the sdx tool is for managing system apps (like musicplayer.apk) which is a very simple and useful app. you dont need a computer
Step 1. You need a file manager from the market i use androzip
step 2. download and install http://roc-city.com/android/SdxAppRemoval-1.5.apk and perform a backup of any system file (ex. AccountAndSyncSettings.apk) to establish the folders in your sd card
Step 3. use androzip (or any file manager) to navigate to sdcard/tapatalkxdapre_download/ and copy musicplayer.apk (assuming you already downloaded it with the xda app) to sdcard/sdx/backup/app/
Step 4. go to sdxstockappremover in your app drawer and hit manage backups and if everything is alright it will be there aong with the other app you backed up so just check it and hit restore selected files.
I will attempt both methods if one does not work, Thank you guys for your help. Oh another thing. Can you guys give me a feedback on the syenergy rom if it is good for epic, If so what features does it have that are good , no just give me the pros and cons.
Synergy-cons its old and uses eb13, go with midnight 5.5 or srf 1.2
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x Dronez said:
I will attempt both methods if one does not work, Thank you guys for your help. Oh another thing. Can you guys give me a feedback on the syenergy rom if it is good for epic, If so what features does it have that are good , no just give me the pros and cons.
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Hope you get it working! I can't answer about ROMS, since I haven't used one yet, but if you want froyo, go Syndicate Frozen ROM 1.2 or the latest MidNight.
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The eeo3 method didn't work, I will try the ec05 method sometime later, mhm, your right , I will try midnight rom 5.5 boyr since I haven't tried that yet.
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I mean ef02
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Hiya I have just rooted by super one click way but when I go into apps to either move to sd or uninstall them it's not letting me move or uninstall them has anyone had this problem after rooting, that's why I rooted in the first place, superuser apk has installed, so that is ok it's just the sd n uninstall bit I need help with. Thanks
Oh I'm on build 42 n 2.3.4 if that helps.
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maccboy2010 said:
Hiya I have just rooted by super one click way but when I go into apps to either move to sd or uninstall them it's not letting me move or uninstall them has anyone had this problem after rooting, that's why I rooted in the first place, superuser apk has installed, so that is ok it's just the sd n uninstall bit I need help with. Thanks
Oh I'm on build 42 n 2.3.4 if that helps.
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You need to dark tremors apps 2 SD in forums to transfer apps over to SD, also you should root your phone with revoulution or what ever It's called not the one you rooted it with
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jrollercoasters said:
You need to dark tremors apps 2 SD in forums to transfer apps over to SD, also you should root your phone with revoulution or what ever It's called not the one you rooted it with
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It's seems ok it seems rooted because iv installed that tit back up and it lets me go into data it's just not letting me uninstall apps from application menu.
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maccboy2010 said:
It's seems ok it seems rooted because iv installed that tit back up and it lets me go into data it's just not letting me uninstall apps from application menu.
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Do u no where I can find that dark tremors app :-D
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I'm not exactly sure what the problem is and even why you're not able to uninstall, but i would suggest trying the setInstallLocation trick before you try app2sd.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19287442&postcount=8
jrollercoasters said:
You need to dark tremors apps 2 SD in forums to transfer apps over to SD, also you should root your phone with revoulution or what ever It's called not the one you rooted it with
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This is Xperia Play forums, Revolutionary is only for HTCs
To OP:
We need more info. But I'm going to assume you want to uninstall system apps. You can't do this through the normal applications menu, you'll need an ap like Titanium Backup. For a2sd you'll need to either use the pm setInstallLocation trick or use an app like DroidSail Super a2sd from the Google Play store
Is there safe way to remove apps like Facebook, Google+, and other apps that I never use from the stock ROM without flashing any new ROMs?
You can use Root Explorer or Solid Explorer and delete it manually.
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Vaith said:
You can use Root Explorer or Solid Explorer and delete it manually.
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Thanks. What I did was use ROM Toolbox's app manager. It seemed to have done the job perfectly, also let me analyze the apps before hand.
Just a reference for other people: rooting was required.
A safer way (for me anyway) is to freeze the app instead of deleting it.
If you want to just freeze the app, (one day you may want it or deleting it messes with your phone) use root explorer or something like it, go to system/app, find the app you want, long press it & menu appears, choose rename (you will need to mount it to r/w at top of page), change the .apk part to .bak or .txt, that's it off your system but easy to retrieve, just change the name back to .apk if you need it again.
I think this method is good practice, especially for us noobs, you can always delete at a later date.
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Memethecat said:
A safer way (for me anyway) is to freeze the app instead of deleting it.
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Thanks, will probably do that in the future as it did have a freeze feature also.
Has anyone actually experienced anything negative from deleting Facebook, Google+, Twitter and their respective extensions from the stock ROM?
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Thanks, will probably do that in the future as it did have a freeze feature also.
Has anyone actually experienced anything negative from deleting Facebook, Google+, Twitter and their respective extensions from the stock ROM?
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Yea, negative bad battery.. (good battery in short )
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r0bot said:
Is there safe way to remove apps like Facebook, Google+, and other apps that I never use from the stock ROM without flashing any new ROMs?
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You can use SYSTEMAPP REMOVER.
You can backup the app and if you want it back restore.... It even shows what is safe to remove. Sent me PM for the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5kYW5lc2guc3lzdGVtLmFwcC5yZW1vdmVyIl0.
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Guys i need help needed to remove bloatware...
As far i understand BLOATWARE are system apps...
I want to delete Sony Music etc, etc, etc...
I followed this thread to deodex and remove bloatware..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535429
DEODEX was successful.. The installation of DEBLOAT was also successful
However I dont know which is the right app or right method to remove BLOATWARE..
On google play i found this..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lukemovement.bloatwarefreezer.free&hl=en
But that would just freeze that app...
I understand freezing is better than uninstalling !
And also I have already installed Greenify.. So is there a necessity now to uninstall BLOATWARE apps..
In apps menu if i select Uninstall, I get an option to delete only downloaded apps, I cannot uninstall system apps from there
FIXED: Went to Settings > Apps > All > Clicked on the APP name > Selected Disable
I just delete the .apk and .odex files from /system/app. Just be careful what you delete.
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Or you can use Titanium Backup. I used it to uninstall stuff from my wife's device.
Don't remember what all apps were removed. I can look up and tell you if it is needed.
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Better install root explorer,
Explore the system/app and carefully select the apps you wanna remove.
P.s - unlocked bootloader and full root is required.
kaustubh.rockstar said:
Better install root explorer,
Explore the system/app and carefully select the apps you wanna remove.
P.s - unlocked bootloader and full root is required.
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Why would an unlocked bootloader be required?
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Antrikos48 said:
Why would an unlocked bootloader be required?
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Well, it's just a recommendation to have unlocked bootloader with full root.