Hey,
Like the topic says.. just wondering how you go about uninstalling an app you can't see. When I use a backed up apk file to install it, it says it will replace data and such, then I click okay, and then gives me a message, "application not installed". So that's how I know the app is there...
Its just that nothing recognizes the app as being installed. No uninstall app, no system app... anyone know how to get rid of this app by means of file exploring and not wiping the phone clean??
Thanks all.
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Maybe the "application not installed" means that it wasn't installed. This would explain why you can't see it.
Under settings/applications/all, can you find it there? You might be able to uninstall it from there.
Can you find it with a file manager? You could delete it, but it might leave the data behind. This is usually in /data/data if you want to scrub things clean.
Lastly, and my personal favorite, the command line. This is the no-click method. If you know the java name, you could probably type "pm uninstall android.your.package" Try typing "pm" from the command line to get the syntax/ Some thlng like "pm list" will give you a list of installed pacakges.
Be careful what you delete- some things don't react well with being deleted.
there may be some confusion here, you say the reason you know the app is in your phone and hidden is when you try to install it is says that it will be replaced? well you can use root explorer or similar file explorer to hunt it down, check:
/system/app
/data/app
/sd-ext/app
/sdcard
demkantor said:
there may be some confusion here, you say the reason you know the app is in your phone and hidden is when you try to install it is says that it will be replaced? well you can use root explorer or similar file explorer to hunt it down, check:
/system/app
/data/app
/sd-ext/app
/sdcard
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Well the way I know the app is there is because when I try to install it. It prompts me and tells me that the program will be replaced but user data and settings will be saved. Usually if an app is not installed on the phone there is no prompt and you just have to hit install.
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Maybe the "application not installed" means that it wasn't installed. This would explain why you can't see it.
Under settings/applications/all, can you find it there? You might be able to uninstall it from there.
Can you find it with a file manager? You could delete it, but it might leave the data behind. This is usually in /data/data if you want to scrub things clean.
Lastly, and my personal favorite, the command line. This is the no-click method. If you know the java name, you could probably type "pm uninstall android.your.package" Try typing "pm" from the command line to get the syntax/ Some thlng like "pm list" will give you a list of installed pacakges.
Be careful what you delete- some things don't react well with being deleted.
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Can't find it under settings/applications/all
I'll try to find it using root explorer... and if all else fails.. I guess I'll have to live without using the app or try the command line method.
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If you have upgraded from say GB to ICS, the app might not install because it is a GB app. Try upgrading from the market. Otherwise, I would guess that you don't actaully have the app installed, perhaps just the data.
gee one said:
If you have upgraded from say GB to ICS, the app might not install because it is a GB app. Try upgrading from the market. Otherwise, I would guess that you don't actaully have the app installed, perhaps just the data.
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Well darn. Gotta fish this thing out then. Heh. There's gotta be a way! I guess I'll upgrade through the market if possible solutions are exhausted.
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More technical, but it was mentioned to use the package manager. Under the terminal or using adb shell enter:
Code:
pm list packages
This gives you a list of all the packages installed listed as something like android.application.com. Most are self explanatory. Using that information you can use:
Code:
pm path android.application.com
That gives you the location of the apk (i.e. /system, /data/app, etc). Then delete via explorer or use adb to remove:
Code:
adb uninstall /location/application.apk
I came across the same error when I manually copied an APK into /system/app folder. It showed in my drawer but was unable to execute it. In order to get rid I had to install it as well, then I was able to uninstall it which made is disappear. Any chance its something like that?
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Have you tried clearing the google play store data? If this has been corrupted with some partial entry for your app it might leave it in there and hence why you can't install/uninstall it...
Menu -> Settings -> Apps (and/or manage applications as per your ROM)
Choose "Google Play Store", then "Clear Data" and "Clear Cache"
Close the settings, then see if you can re-install the app.
Failing that, try the above, followed by a wipe cache/wipe Dalvik cache at recovery and see if that helps.
Good luck
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I found that [email protected]'s ROM had a good idea of adding WaveSecure to the system partition (preventing listing in the My Downloads part of market, and preventing uninstallation through normal means), but his version is slightly out of date now (latest version is 3.0.0.43)
As a result, I set about finding a means to install WaveSecure to ROM myself. Here are my findings for anyone interested in doing the same.
Install the latest version from the market (3.0.0.43 at this time). Now use adb pull to get it off the device onto your pc
Code:
adb pull /data/app/com.wsandroid.apk D:\com.wsandroid.apk
Now open Market back up from the menu, go to My Downloads, and choose Wavesecure Mobile Security Beta and uninstall it for just now (to get it off the data/A2SD location that normal apps are stored in) - thanks, my-space!
Then push the saved apk to the system partition after a remount (to make it read/write)
Code:
adb remount
Code:
adb push D:\com.wsandroid.apk /system/app/com.wsandroid.apk
Then set it all up as usual (will appear in apps list immediately)
and remount system as read only again
Code:
adb remount
And that seems to be it so far. Remember to change the D:\com.wsandroid.apk path to whatever you actually used.
Let me know if anyone finds any problems with this, but I've done it and, fingers crossed, it's worked OK for me.
Obviously, this is only for root users, and there are no guarantees for this.
Couple of questions that might need looked into -
- Do settings carry across after a wipe (as Paul claims Modaco's version does. I've never tried it so can't confirm)
- Is there any disadvantage to using this method? (I guess this is all Modaco's update.zip does, but I don't know)
you forgot to metion to uninstall wavesecure before it is pushed back into system....
my_space said:
you forgot to metion to uninstall wavesecure before it is pushed back into system....
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Oops! Knew I'd forget something, as I always seem prone to do. Well spotted, and OP corrected.
Thanks
No worries I got a bit confused when i pushed it back onto the phone and was still in my downloads...
I've rooted my phone already but whenever i try to use the command adb remount I get "remount failed: operation not permitted". Suggestions?
I see more and more often, redundant threads.
What How-to will you post next time? How to change backlight settings?
You're pointlessly spamming the board.
I can't say i agree with the 'pointlessly spamming the board' comment, but i would have thought this would at least be better in the applications and themes subforum rather than in development.
Don't forget that an awful lot of android users (and more recently all HTC devices) are more and more 'newbs' and need stuff like this.
While this is good and provides info that people like that need (and myself cos i'm crap at adb and stuff like that so wouldn't have had a clue how to do this previously), maybe the development forum is not the best place for it....
I'm guessing one won't be notified via Market if there's an update available if you push an app to /system/app/, right?
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I'm guessing one won't be notified via Market if there's an update available if you push an app to /system/app/, right?
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You won't be notified, correct
If anybody doesn't already know, WaveSecure have started hosting update.zip files. This means it's now easy to update your "baked-in" version of WaveSecure without much messing around.
https://www.wavesecure.com/installations/update.zip
Download the file, save it to your SD card, reboot into the recovery console and choose the option to apply an update.zip file.
Voila! Your version of WaveSecure will be updated to the very latest version
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That's really awesome! Thanks for the tip!
Just a question of curiosity: If I push an app to /system/app/ and then issue the rm-command to remove its apk, won't there be lying a bunch of files associated with the program and with absolutely no function, since the app itself is removed? How do I know the name of these files and where they are located for removal?
I'm a bit confused by that question. My understanding (which may be incorrect but from what I've seen of the "guts of a ROM" appears to be the case) is that the applications reside in the apk files, they are not extracted. If you list the content of any of the app folders (/system/app, /data/app or /data/app-private) then all you get is a bunch of apk files (and some odex files). So when you 'push' an apk to the phone, that application is then "installed", when you rm/remove an application, you do so by removing the apk.
if you remove the apk you have left something in /data/dalvik-cache. wiping the dalvik-cache every now and then helps reclaiming that space, though it is not much.
the app settings and data are stored in /data/data, you could delete the files manually by checking their names (no idea if/what convention the names follow), imho not worth the trouble as it is only a few kb.
odex files aren't created if you don't do in a PITA process manually. don't worry about them, don't touch them, then you're good. odex files are only for system apps.
I bought a used phone and it had WaveSecure already installed. I couldn't find it in the applications list to uninstall, so I did a factory reset on the phone. The application was still there and it still didn't show up in the applications list.
I have the Superuser Permissions application, so someone must have rooted it.
Is there any way to uninstall this?
motomeup said:
I bought a used phone and it had WaveSecure already installed. I couldn't find it in the applications list to uninstall, so I did a factory reset on the phone. The application was still there and it still didn't show up in the applications list.
I have the Superuser Permissions application, so someone must have rooted it.
Is there any way to uninstall this?
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""Just (re)flash a ROM................""
I just noticed that WaveSecure now points to this post for instructions to install as system application, and I am not sure that the update.zip maintained with them is up-to-date.
However, you can now select to download the .apk directly to your PC thus eliminating the first Market step in this guide.
strife242 said:
I just noticed that WaveSecure now points to this post for instructions to install as system application, and I am not sure that the update.zip maintained with them is up-to-date.
However, you can now select to download the .apk directly to your PC thus eliminating the first Market step in this guide.
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I believe it is kept up to date, as VillainROM kitchen uses it as a source for the WaveSecure app (fetched each night to keep it up-to-date).
I've certainly never had any problems with it.
Excellent guide Pulser,... I should really reinstall Wavesecure now Im not using a MoDacO Custom ROM. Nice one bruv.
Found this to be helpful.
https://www.wavesecure.com/blog/how-to-make-wavesecure-hard-reset-proof.aspx
I just did a search in the Market fro 'wavesecure' and two things popped up WaveSecure and WaveSecure UninstallProtection Add-on which needs to be uninstalled before WaveSecure and if the add-on is uninstalled it is supposed to lock the phone. (all this is in the description I have yet to try)
Hi guys, Basically I'm sick of all the trialware that Bell has put on the thing and would like to get rid of it. I have root and root explorer installed. I don't really want to reflash my phone and follow the debranding procedure. So is there any way I can achieve this ?
I have tried deleting the .apk files from the system/app folder as well. The applications just reappear after a couple of minutes.
holycow123 said:
Hi guys, Basically I'm sick of all the trialware that Bell has put on the thing and would like to get rid of it. I have root and root explorer installed. I don't really want to reflash my phone and follow the debranding procedure. So is there any way I can achieve this ?
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Pretty sure there are quite a few questions/guides about this out there already if you do a search...
In short, you can delete the appropriate APK from your /system/app directory (or use the "pm uninstall" command in terminal). Alternatively, you can simply disable the app with a "pm disable" command (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809231). This is usually the safer route---disable the app, make sure your phone is still running properly, then uninstall it if you still want to. If you want a nicer interface for doing all this, you can download TitaniumBackup from the Market (I believe the free version allows both uninstalling and freezing/disabling apps).
ianmcquinn said:
Pretty sure there are quite a few questions/guides about this out there already if you do a search...
In short, you can delete the appropriate APK from your /system/app directory (or use the "pm uninstall" command in terminal). Alternatively, you can simply disable the app with a "pm disable" command (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809231). This is usually the safer route---disable the app, make sure your phone is still running properly, then uninstall it if you still want to. If you want a nicer interface for doing all this, you can download TitaniumBackup from the Market (I believe the free version allows both uninstalling and freezing/disabling apps).
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Uninstalling in Titanium Backup didn't work either. Freezing however did. I'll keep it this way till I put some Cyanogen magic on it. Thank you kind sir!
holycow123 said:
Uninstalling in Titanium Backup didn't work either. Freezing however did. I'll keep it this way till I put some Cyanogen magic on it. Thank you kind sir!
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Interesting that Titanium Backup didn't work either (or that deleting the apk from /system/app failed as well). Be sure in your Titanium Backup preferences, you select "Chuck Norris" mode if you didn't already.
I flashed Wallet on using the zip method. I recently tried using it on a vending machine just to kicks and on a tap, it worked just fine. However, as soon as it initiates the transaction, Wallet force closes. The transaction still goes through.
Since the .apk method is available, I wonder if installing it using that would solve the problem. Is there a way to uninstall the Wallet I currently have? Or is there a fix for this issue that I'm not aware of?
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I flashed Wallet on using the zip method. I recently tried using it on a vending machine just to kicks and on a tap, it worked just fine. However, as soon as it initiates the transaction, Wallet force closes. The transaction still goes through.
Since the .apk method is available, I wonder if installing it using that would solve the problem. Is there a way to uninstall the Wallet I currently have? Or is there a fix for this issue that I'm not aware of?
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You should be able to use apps like File Expert or Root Explorer to navigate to /system/app/ and delete wallet.apk. You could also do it with adb in the terminal: adb shell
cd /system/app
rm wallet.apk
I have heard of some problems regarding the "secure element" though, so you might want to try backing it up along with its data with something like Titanium Backup. I don't know enough about the problem to say if that is necessary.
synesthete said:
You should be able to use apps like File Expert or Root Explorer to navigate to /system/app/ and delete wallet.apk. You could also do it with adb in the terminal: adb shell
cd /system/app
rm wallet.apk
I have heard of some problems regarding the "secure element" though, so you might want to try backing it up along with its data with something like Titanium Backup. I don't know enough about the problem to say if that is necessary.
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Ah. Since I have GW working already, I don't want to risk screwing up my phone. Is there a way to get it to stop FC when I make a transaction?
Delete the .apk. It won't ruin your phone.
need a real way to reset the secure element
I installed via zip ... used Root Explorer to remove it tonight and even did the adb command to reset the element -
Code:
am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MASTER_CLEAR_NOTIFICATION [/indent]
I can download the Wallet app from Market which is great (thank you AT&T and Google) but I am getting the insufficient privileges error -
Insufficient secure element priviledges for this system image (release-keys).
Any thoughts on how to clear that ??
For like a week I can't access my app list from the Android Market. The new version says "Once you have apps on this account you will see them here" (meaning that I haven't downloaded any apps, which isn't true); also tried unistalling to an older version which simply said "Server error. Can't access your apps right now".
I uninstalled a few phone apps using Titanium, and maybe I deleted something that is interfering with this? Or there could be a problem with my Google account? I sincerely don't know.
Do you remember which system apps you deleted?
another way to determine which apps are removed is to give us a list of all the apps.
i believe the command in ADB would be.
adb shell
ls /system/app > apps.txt
please note i have no idea if the above command will work not to good with ADB.
Or you could just install Terminal Emulator on your own phone, CD to /system/app and after that do a ls. Then do a screenshot and post it over here.
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Hopefully the question says it all really. How can I disable a system app in the EliteMod/AOKP ROM? I've tried googling this but can't find any way of disabling the system delivered Facebook app.
Under andromadus or cyanogen mod ROMs I could use the pm command in a terminal but this doesn't seem to be applicable here as it fails. Does AOKP bring its own package manager?
Thanks
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There is no 'system delivered' Facebook app in EliteMod (nor in AOKP I don't think). You actually have to download and install Facebook from the Play store. Yours was probably automatically installed when you signed into google, in which case, just uninstall it.
But normally for 'system' apps you goto Manage app, tap on it, and then the 'disable' button. Just be aware that some actual system apps may break the phone if disabled.
facebook is safe to get rid of altogether, use titanium backup to delete it or root explore, or through terminal or adb. any of these methods can remove it
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demkantor said:
facebook is safe to get rid of altogether, use titanium backup to delete it or root explore, or through terminal or adb. any of these methods can remove it
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Assuming you know where exactly to look if the OP is talking about more than just the downloaded Facebook app you could just 'uninstall' from Manage Apps.
I wonder if the OP is talking bout an AOKP rom with EliteKernel on it? In which case it would depend on how AOKP itself was distributed, I know That EliteMod Rom (kernel and rom, and nothing else) does not come with Facebook.
All,
Thanks for your responses. I was able to delete it using titanium backup. manage apps gave me options only to uninstall updates, but not the app itself which makes me believe it was shipped with the ROM. I'm using the EliteMod ROM with kernel for ICS as per this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1700436
I don't like the Facebook app as it seems a bit cumbersome, hence why I wanted to get rid of it, but hopefully its removal won't impact on other Facebook apps I have installed. We shall see... I don't recall installing it, but I'll admit that it could have been installed automagically
Thanks again.
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KeepTriin said:
All,
Thanks for your responses. I was able to delete it using titanium backup. manage apps gave me options only to uninstall updates, but not the app itself which makes me believe it was shipped with the ROM. I'm using the EliteMod ROM with kernel for ICS as per this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1700436
I don't like the Facebook app as it seems a bit cumbersome, hence why I wanted to get rid of it, but hopefully its removal won't impact on other Facebook apps I have installed. We shall see... I don't recall installing it, but I'll admit that it could have been installed automagically
Thanks again.
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I'm using the same (note my signature), it doesn't come with Facebook, but your google account will re-install it automatically upon signing in if you have your google account set up to do so. You should be able to uninstall the main Facebook app itself form manage apps (would appear under downloaded).
Though I get the same thing you do, and I imagine that you would have to uninstall updates before you can uninstall the main app.
however if you searched Facebook for Android in the Google Play market, you would see the Open / Uninstall options right there.
So next time (for a downloaded app, as we determined Facebook is not a system app in this case):
1) Try from Manage Apps
2) Try from Google Play
3) Try other means (titanium backup, or going in thru 'adb shell' and removing the apk from /data/app/)
Hi,
I noticed you were/are running the same ROM, but it's still odd. I did try looking at Facebook in the play store, but again there was no uninstall option. Still, the end result is that Facebook is no more. At some point I'm going to implement dataswap, after I've backed up my sd card and I'll take another look then.
I did check the EliteModICS120706.zip and it does contain a com.facebook.katana.zip under the system/app directory. Whilst I'm familiar with Linux (and of course Android is based on this), does its inclusion in the ROM zip file mean that it is automatically installed
Thanks for your help
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KeepTriin said:
Hi,
I noticed you were/are running the same ROM, but it's still odd. I did try looking at Facebook in the play store, but again there was no uninstall option. Still, the end result is that Facebook is no more. At some point I'm going to implement dataswap, after I've backed up my sd card and I'll take another look then.
I did check the EliteModICS120706.zip and it does contain a com.facebook.katana.zip under the system/app directory. Whilst I'm familiar with Linux (and of course Android is based on this), does its inclusion in the ROM zip file mean that it is automatically installed
Thanks for your help
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I can confirm that both the likes of com.twitter.android.apk and say com.facebook.katana.apk are present under /system/app but course com.facebook.katana-1.apk is present under /data/app for me since I installed it.
I *think* the two that comes with Android are notification/tie-ins with the rest of the system, i.e.: what allows you to connect say Twitter/Facebook/Yahoo/Google/Etc account to the rest of the phone for means of notification and contact imports etc. I just know that I actually had to install the Facebook app before that option would even show up under System Settings -> Accounts.
By the way when you partition the SD Card for sd-ext (which is what is advised for dataswap), depending on your type of recovery, do not create a second sd-ext, and preferably skip the swap as well, so you should only have two partitions on the SD Card, a sd-ext and the FAT32 (for your normal /sdcard stuff). The dataswap mod will put a swap file within /data/local since most of your apps will be moved from /data/app and /data/app-private over to /sd-ext/app*
And furthermore, don't bother to move any of your apps "to SD card" when using sd-ext, since they are all already on the SD card (just in the faster, more efficient /sd-ext/ partition that's mapped to /data/).
the apps twitter and facebook came with the rom and are installed under system app, can not be removed with market, nor settings>manage apps. many roms nowadays come with those so you can either remove them from the rom before download or remove them after via adb, terminal, tb, rootexplorer, or whatever means.
you do not need to unistall updates before you uninstall apps, even system apps, you just need to uninstall them diffrently than just settings>manage apps>uninstall
that will only work for apps stored in /data
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