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usually, if you're trying to remove bloatware, i would suggest downloading and installing a different rom. since its the stock rom, you're going to have a helluva time rm'ing the programs that came with it since its all built in. if you wanted to, you could download one of the nonsense roms or wes's rom that dont have the bloatwares in them to try out
yes i also wld like to know how to do this
Since everyone else is posting like a bunch of morons I guess I will have to continue calling you all out!
THERE IS A Q & A SECTION ... POST IN THERE!
Well I have to call you out this is the q&a section everyone needs to stop being an ass.
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DroidHead said:
Since everyone else is posting like a bunch of morons I guess I will have to continue calling you all out!
THERE IS A Q & A SECTION ... POST IN THERE!
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Yeah, nice job, ****. We have mods for a reason, because they know what they're doing, unlike you. You're just going from topic to topic making a complete ass of yourself. Why?
To follow along the lines of some of your other posts:
POST FAILED.
GTFO.
Wow, that will teach me to switch to XDA. I knew there were some dickheads in this forum which made me hesitant to sign up, but really? That was quick. Thanks for "calling me out." I feel that it was an excellent use of your spare time. Now looking next to your name I don't see Forum Mod spelled anywhere. I think that means you should get the hell out of this thread if you have nothing constructive to say.
Anyway, thank you kingofyo1 for your suggestion and insight. I'm still looking into this issue.
Don't leave just cause of him, if you look through his posts, this is all he's been doing lately. Just trying to get his post count up, and this thread proves it.
We aren't all like that.
Thank you
I have no intention of leaving just yet, as pathetic morons are to be expected in forums.
Adb has an uninstall command. Have you tried this instead of rm?
I would just make sure I was in recovery and mounted before I tried. Good luck and let us know if you get it done
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I wasn't sure if it would be appropriate to post this question here but I have seen more asinine threads posted so why not.
I come from a rooted Behold 2. With that phone I could navigate to the /system/app and delete and replace .apks as I saw fit. Now with the MTS it seems I can't remove anything that came preinstalled.
So far I have tried removing some .apks from CMD as well as through clockwork recovery with no luck.
One of the steps I have taken
C:\Android\Tools\adb shell
#mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
#rm /system/app/stock.apk
rm failed for /system/app/stock.apk, Directory not empty
#
Any help would be appreciated.
And yes, I have searched and still have not found a working method.
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You can not write to system while booted normally, the SPL security on this phone does not allow it. You need to have flashed the engineering ROM, then boot in to clockwork mod, mount /system, then enter your shell and delete the apps.
falken98 said:
You can not write to system while booted normally, the SPL security on this phone does not allow it. You need to have flashed the engineering ROM, then boot in to clockwork mod, mount /system, then enter your shell and delete the apps.
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Unfortunately I have tried this as well as the previous suggestion. Have you done so successfully?
mmmark111 said:
I wasn't sure if it would be appropriate to post this question here but I have seen more asinine threads posted so why not.
I come from a rooted Behold 2. With that phone I could navigate to the /system/app and delete and replace .apks as I saw fit. Now with the MTS it seems I can't remove anything that came preinstalled.
So far I have tried removing some .apks from CMD as well as through clockwork recovery with no luck.
One of the steps I have taken
C:\Android\Tools\adb shell
#mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
#rm /system/app/stock.apk
rm failed for /system/app/stock.apk, Directory not empty
#
Any help would be appreciated.
And yes, I have searched and still have not found a working method.
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I tried everything it didn't work flash new roms
Can you just do a nandroid of stock then pull them from the nandroid and reflash it ?
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Unfortunately I have tried this as well as the previous suggestion. Have you done so successfully?
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You have flashed the engineering rom at some point in time, booted in to clockwork recovery, mounted /system, entered the shell(while still in clockwork) and then tried to remove files from /system/app/ and it didn't work?
It works fine as long as all those steps all followed. Did you get any errors?
there is an option in clockwork called partition menu, you must mount system using the partition menu as the other way does not work for some reason, after that you can adb shell and rm the apps you do not want, or if you like i can send you my ROM with the bloat removed
Hey-
I've been playing around with the shell, installed bash 3.2 according to this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537827
aaaand I was trying to make a link from /system/bin/sh to /sdcard/bash but it didn't take. The reason I want to do that is because I'm experimenting with bash 4.1 and it hasn't quite worked. But when my shell breaks I have to wait for a restore because I can't get write access to the dang /system folder (I guess you need the shell for that).
I know it's not that huge of a deal to have it all in the /system folder once it's how I want it, but I'm going to be playing with other stuff too (bash_profile, etc) and it's a bit of a pain doing the whole trial/error thing. Well, at least with how long it takes. I'm doing trial/error anyway.
So my question is why wouldn't that link work? I know I'd set the link up correctly, tried it several times in case I had a typo. Maybe I just don't understand symlinks like I think I do. I tested also something where I tried to make a link within only the /sdcard folder (always writeable no matter what, thinking that had something to do with it) and just got "operation not permitted". But on my linux box a link between directories is totally cool. Not sure what the difference is. Any help appreciated.
Something else I'm seeing that I really don't understand is that I can create links just not that have to do with my /sdcard partition. I can't even change permissions in /sdcard. From ADB. I run as root:
chmod 0644 filename
and it's as if it accepts the command, but perms stay the same. I did it not as root but it said operation denied. Why if I've got root can't I do some of these operations in /sdcard?
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Hey-
I've been playing around with the shell, installed bash 3.2 according to this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537827
aaaand I was trying to make a link from /system/bin/sh to /sdcard/bash but it didn't take. The reason I want to do that is because I'm experimenting with bash 4.1 and it hasn't quite worked. But when my shell breaks I have to wait for a restore because I can't get write access to the dang /system folder (I guess you need the shell for that).
I know it's not that huge of a deal to have it all in the /system folder once it's how I want it, but I'm going to be playing with other stuff too (bash_profile, etc) and it's a bit of a pain doing the whole trial/error thing. Well, at least with how long it takes. I'm doing trial/error anyway.
So my question is why wouldn't that link work? I know I'd set the link up correctly, tried it several times in case I had a typo. Maybe I just don't understand symlinks like I think I do. I tested also something where I tried to make a link within only the /sdcard folder (always writeable no matter what, thinking that had something to do with it) and just got "operation not permitted". But on my linux box a link between directories is totally cool. Not sure what the difference is. Any help appreciated.
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it's about a fat32 part? then will not work
You should post a log
Thanks, I was poking around somewhere and saw that other people have had problems if it's using a windows format. However, I'm burning my brains out trying to figure out how to see what format it uses and how to then change the format. It's the Samsung Galaxy S, and it's an internal memory card. I wouldn't think I could format it from my computer, it's not removable. Or else I'd have found out already using gparted or something (in fact I tried, said 'unallocated' is all). I *perhaps* could use gparted to format it as ext4 or whatever though, but I'm not sure the effect that'll have. I'd have to do some research.
In any case, I'd love to post a log but I'm not sure what log that is that you're referring to, would you mind telling me how to get that?
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Thanks, I was poking around somewhere and saw that other people have had problems if it's using a windows format. However, I'm burning my brains out trying to figure out how to see what format it uses and how to then change the format. It's the Samsung Galaxy S, and it's an internal memory card. I wouldn't think I could format it from my computer, it's not removable. Or else I'd have found out already using gparted or something (in fact I tried, said 'unallocated' is all). I *perhaps* could use gparted to format it as ext4 or whatever though, but I'm not sure the effect that'll have. I'd have to do some research.
In any case, I'd love to post a log but I'm not sure what log that is that you're referring to, would you mind telling me how to get that?
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If you work in adb post console output the same if you made that symlink from phone shell
do not forget to switch to root ("su" command )
by this you get part info
Code:
cat /proc/mtd
or system log here
Code:
adb logcat -d > logcat.txt
- it's saved to adb folder
(do not blame me if you already know these things)
also here is an interesting thread
maybe that part is mounted as read-only ?
make things simple as possible use Root Explorer/ES File Explorer (just tap screen to mount r-w)
Thanks, I liked that article you'd mentioned. Though I also tried the suggestion that was provided when I realized that /sdcard/ is really just /mnt/sdcard/ but still no dice.
I checked those logs, didn't see anything relevant. They're attached so if I just don't know what I'm looking for then someone would see it?
The /sdcard isn't read only, I'm able to write files to it.
I'm thinking really that it's just a windows format, but I still haven't an idea how to actually prove that, nor do I know how to format it for linux. Again- it's not removable. Anyway, if there's something that I need to see in the log, it'd be appreciated if you could point it out to me, thanks.
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I'm thinking really that it's just a windows format, but I still haven't an idea how to actually prove that, nor do I know how to format it for linux. Again- it's not removable. Anyway, if there's something that I need to see in the log, it'd be appreciated if you could point it out to me, thanks.
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-nothing interesting in log file
(a mount/df output is better here)
-also post this problem in Galaxy S I9000 sub-forum
I think your internal sdcard is vfat-type then try to format as ext4-type
here is a good article on this problem
I'm having an odd and kind of trivial problem, but I thought someone else may have run into this:
I'm about 2 days into having a new/old nexus rather than jump right into JB, where every ROM I read about seems to have quite a few problems, I'm starting with ICS. I've got it rooted, and have cleansed it of the few junkware things I dislike so that the battery lasts all day and am happy with the ICS nexus.
So :: I looked around and found that the 'faux' kernels (for ICS and JB) have CIFS and TUN built in, and installed the ICS version which works nicely. I'm used to using cifsmanager, which doesn't have to load a module since it is built into the kernel, but it basically issues a statement like this:
-- # mount -t cifs //computerName/ShareName /localmnt/mntdir -o user=xxx,domain=yyy
Until that is performed at least once, Titanium backup works great doing all it's neat things. After I either use cifsmanager, or that mount statement, Titanium backup can't seem to find the /sdcard at all. It requires a reboot to get it back working again. Since it is ICS and reboots in 20 seconds or so, I don't mind too much, but it would be cool if someone here had found a workaround. I know cifsmanager is compatible with ICS because I've got a tablet that is ICS and using it all the time. I'm not interested in the built-in SMB modules of filemanagers because this is more for being able to use apps rather than just a file manager. I'm aware it might just be one of those oddball instances where a couple of pieces of software won't play nice together.
Thanks in advance --
hachamacha said:
I'm having an odd and kind of trivial problem, but I thought someone else may have run into this:
I'm about 2 days into having a new/old nexus rather than jump right into JB, where every ROM I read about seems to have quite a few problems, I'm starting with ICS. I've got it rooted, and have cleansed it of the few junkware things I dislike so that the battery lasts all day and am happy with the ICS nexus.
So :: I looked around and found that the 'faux' kernels (for ICS and JB) have CIFS and TUN built in, and installed the ICS version which works nicely. I'm used to using cifsmanager, which doesn't have to load a module since it is built into the kernel, but it basically issues a statement like this:
-- # mount -t cifs //computerName/ShareName /localmnt/mntdir -o user=xxx,domain=yyy
Until that is performed at least once, Titanium backup works great doing all it's neat things. After I either use cifsmanager, or that mount statement, Titanium backup can't seem to find the /sdcard at all. It requires a reboot to get it back working again. Since it is ICS and reboots in 20 seconds or so, I don't mind too much, but it would be cool if someone here had found a workaround. I know cifsmanager is compatible with ICS because I've got a tablet that is ICS and using it all the time. I'm not interested in the built-in SMB modules of filemanagers because this is more for being able to use apps rather than just a file manager. I'm aware it might just be one of those oddball instances where a couple of pieces of software won't play nice together.
Thanks in advance --
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I knew if I asked this damn question that I'd figure out the answer about 3 minutes later, and I just did. It is cifsmanager, and I don't know what it's doing wrong or why it's having the conflict but that's the problem, so problem is solved or worked around for me.
It turns out I also needed to mount the cifs share out on the /sdcard/xxx because it may also be getting confused with cifsmanager perhaps remounting /mnt/ as something other than what it was originally. I'm not sure but this mount statement works now and I've written scripts to mount and dismount the shares:
(term emulator)
# mount -t cifs -o username=name,domain=domain,password=password //ip addr/sharename /sdcard/mymountdir
Thanks anyway and ignore this.
Y.G. said:
I formated my sd card to Ext4 and when insert it in to my phone, it says that's it's blank and has unsupported files. Any reasons for that?
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The SPH-L710 Samsung Stock LJ7 TW 4.1.1 Android doesn't understand/support the change to ext4 external SD card (microSD) without a few things being done.
I'm working this out right now. So far I have manually been able to mount the newly created ext4 partition on the microSD card through adb, and after some chown/chmod I was able to go back to "Settings and Storage" and the "Mount SD Card" picked it up, and I was up and running ext4. But this didn't persist after a restart. So I'm looking into: /etc/vold.fstab MODS to keep it after restart right Now !!
If Some one else already has this perfected please chime in. I'm wanting to do most of the devices in the house this way when I get time because better performance, having a file system with a journal, and getting rid of thins like 4 Gig per file limitations is pretty Sweet in my humble opinion *Grin*
0) Assuming you already have your microSD card formatted ext4. I also happened to label mine extSdCard for the volume label within gparted
1) Can mount with:
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /storage/extSdCard/
2) To get the correct owner and permissions run:
chown root:sdcard_rw /storage/extSdCard
chmod 775 /storage/extSdCard
3) Should make the extSdCard owner/permissons match the regular internal sdcard you can verify this like so:
cd /storage/ && ls -l
drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2013-01-12 18:16 extSdCard
drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2013-01-12 17:05 sdcard0
4) After that you can go to the "Settings and Storage" to run "Mount SD" and you will have ext4 extSdCard Show up and it bring up the File System Status !! --> Until you reboot and it goes to crap because I don't have the vold.fstab edit/MOD complete _yet_ ... So, for now a boot script has been put in place to bring our external SD card back online during restart, so the system will acknowledges it, making the world a better place.
Example of how things look file system wise: mount | grep extSdCard
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /storage/extSdCard ext4 rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
5) Have not been able to resolve the vold.fstab to make this ext4 extSdCard matter fully Legit (in my opinion), but I did manage to make it remount the card on boot, so its online when the system comes up instead of having to manually mount it. Did this by -->
Added the following lines to the very bottom of: /etc/init.qcom.post_fs.sh
## sponix MOD to match with ktoonz kernel for better power management
stop mpdecision
## sponix MOD to mount extSdCard prior to GUI work around to make ext4 function
## read and write extSdCard mount
chown root:sdcard_rw /storage/extSdCard
chmod 775 /storage/extSdCard
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /storage/extSdCard
chown root:sdcard_rw /storage/extSdCard
chmod 775 /storage/extSdCard
## if you want read only extSdCard mount
## mount -r -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /storage/extSdCard
Still attempting to automate the process so the Stock+root LJ7 can pick up the extSdCard _normally_ without having to do the mount command manually, but so far its kicking my butt. Also this is more a "General, or Question and Answer type Topic" the Kernel(s) obviously support ext4 the system fs uses/requires it *Grin*.. So we might get Our Friendly Neighborhood Moderator to Migrate it to the proper place to help others. Just hoping to get the last few bumps smoothed out, or find someone that already documented the process that I've overlooked *Grin*..
Current Known Issues: If you unmount the card through the "Settings | Storage | Umount SD" or by hand with umount, you will either need to reboot for it to reattach through the /etc/init.qcom.post_fs.sh boot script script addition, or will have to mount it manually if you want to keep the system up and running. Guess you could also probably just run the /etc/init.qcom.post_fs.sh as root from a terminal emulator (or adb).
Still searching for vold.fstab bits of wisdom but that will have to continue next weekend -->
Sexy and You Know it,
Keep on Flashing,
sponix2ipfw (sponix
:fingers-crossed:
Ha! Sorry. Deleted: Didn't understand that you had it running on boot (can't read properly )
Great idea
Am I really the only one who also thinks this idea is the nuts?
Am I the only one who longs to transform the mess that passes for a filing system on the internal sd using symbolic links into a beautifully organized, encrypted and cloud synced system on my external sd?
Is it just me and a few others that want to be able to achieve the above so that we can move from one ROM to another or recover from a lost phone with the minimum of fuss?
Are we freaks? :cyclops:
Say it isn't so XDA!! :crying:
I'm gonna try this on my international S3 running Null_ Rom 25 JB 4.1.2
PS do you have any idea how the entire ExtSD or just a folder can be enrypted using Cryptonite and automatically mounted at boot time?
emp111 said:
PS do you have any idea how the entire ExtSD or just a folder can be enrypted using Cryptonite and automatically mounted at boot time?
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Is this along the lines of what you're looking for?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1141467
Also your idea is pretty insane, but also genius
If you get that to work please do come back and share
Insane ideas are the best lol
CNexus said:
Is this along the lines of what you're looking for?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1141467
Also your idea is pretty insane, but also genius
If you get that to work please do come back and share
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Thank you for your prompt reply, yes it is asking a lot I know but I think that it can be done.
Now if you really thought that idea was insane......check this out:
Imagine that we asked every Android app developer to submit the various paths used for their config (and config backup) files to a central database and had the ability to add or own custom paths (which could be added to the central database once approved).
We could build an script/app that would retrieve a list of currently installed apps on your phone then automatically build a symbolically linked file system (and/or backup file system) in the location of your choice that you could either encrypt and/or sync using your current tools or even incorporate this functionality into the app itself along with the ability to choose what was encrypted/backed up and how i.e. either synced to the Cloud or (S)FTP or SMB as either a dd copy or even a cwm flashable zip.
Could I dare hope for a Tasker module or the ability to add custom scripts?
I wish I could do this myself but my coding skills are non existent
Anyway the LUKS manager app won't automatically mount a file system, but I really like it anyways, thank you for pointing me to it!
And on the Ext4 front, the mount command (yes the 1st one ) failed, maybe the op could offer a suggestion. :angel:
BTW is there a place for people to suggest ideas for apps here?
Wait really it wont? I couldve sworn I remembering that it did
But dude....
You need to learn yourself some java and start whipping stuff up
Idk about the whole central database thing, but the rest could definitely be done with root access
I think the main problem with that is the proprietary aspects...i mean even here on XDA where binaries released are supposed to be GPL compliant, many of them arent and its sad because it deteriorates the overall quality of work thats released afterward
This whole thing is just hard work!
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Wait really it wont? I couldve sworn I remembering that it did
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Doesn't seem to unfortunately
But dude....
You need to learn yourself some java and start whipping stuff up :D :D[/QUOTE said:
You make it sound soooo easy lol, and at another point in my life maybe it would have been but right now I'm operating at a reduced level due to some unforeseen circumstances that have left me lacking focus, motivation etc
You know all the things you need to be creative, learn etc lol
Anyway back to the matter at hand, I have got my ext4 SD card to the stage where I have to manually mount it from within the Settings/Storage as I'm using the international S3 and don't have the init.qcom.post_fs.sh, I think the qcom refers to Qualcomm chipset in US S3's.
As for modifying vold.fstab so we can avoid the above workaround it would seem that maybe thats a dead end as according to a German guy on android-hilfe. de, Vold may have been modified by Samsung to only deadl with exFAT on External SD's.
Looks like I'm not gonna be in Android nirvana for a while :crying:
Unless anyone else on XDA fancies getting in on this !!!!
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Got it working ..... kinda
Got an app called ezymount (by ezynow) that automounts my ext4 64GB microSD at boot time.
I have to wait a few seconds for the boot process to complete but it's automatic, am pretty happy!!
Now gotta get symlinks, encryption and cloud synchronization sorted :/
I finished the process of rooting my phone yesterday and now would like to dive into editing a custom theme. On my journey to search how just to do that I've hit a road block.
Anyway, I don't know where to look to find the .apk's or the stylesheets. I tried remounting the /system partition with "mount -o remount,rw -t extb4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25/system" in Android Terminal Emulator, but all that came of it was the parameters for the mount command. Afterwards I tried the Mount /system (rw / ro) app to no avail. So yes, wall reached and I'm not sure where to go.
Also, I'm pretty sure I would find the /system folder in the update.rar folder when I connect my phone to my PC via USB, but correct me if I'm wrong
Oh btw its United States Virgin Mobile so I believe that is CDMA.
TopHatMan said:
I finished the process of rooting my phone yesterday and now would like to dive into editing a custom theme. On my journey to search how just to do that I've hit a road block.
Anyway, I don't know where to look to find the .apk's or the stylesheets. I tried remounting the /system partition with "mount -o remount,rw -t extb4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25/system" in Android Terminal Emulator, but all that came of it was the parameters for the mount command. Afterwards I tried the Mount /system (rw / ro) app to no avail. So yes, wall reached and I'm not sure where to go.
Also, I'm pretty sure I would find the /system folder in the update.rar folder when I connect my phone to my PC via USB, but correct me if I'm wrong
Oh btw its United States Virgin Mobile so I believe that is CDMA.
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Can you specify exactly what you are trying to do? Title and body is misleading.
Wtf are you talking about?
God promised men that he'd put beautiful women in all corners of the world. Then he laughed and laughed and made the world round
now just flash roms and enjoy !!
now just flash roms and enjoy !!
That's the problem, I dont know what to do now. Sorry the title was misleading, but what I really want to do is figure out how to make my own android themes, like this person did > imgur DOT com/YLpFi.png"
How would I go about switching images in my phone and editing style sheets?
Thank you
PS Sorry I can't hyperlink yet :/
TopHatMan said:
That's the problem, I dont know what to do now. Sorry the title was misleading, but what I really want to do is figure out how to make my own android themes, like this person did > imgur DOT com/YLpFi.png"
How would I go about switching images in my phone and editing style sheets?
Thank you
PS Sorry I can't hyperlink yet :/
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Well, start reading threads... :silly:
Like that one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136407
There are many more around in XDA, just go through all...
Thank you all for replying
After you root it, you plan the new baby roots in another pot, to grow a new Android.
But honestly, WTF are you rooting, and don't know why.
Flash a custom ROM, so you can enjoy free Wi-Fi tethering, and many other nice features that would take all day to list.
Gratz on successfully rooting your phone though!
R: [Q] Rooted phone, now what?
I suggest you try to make some cool Widgets with uccw, you can find it in google play. Also take a look in themes and apps section at "show us your home screen", there's some very cool stuff
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mr_nooby said:
I suggest you try to make some cool Widgets with uccw, you can find it in google play. Also take a look in themes and apps section at "show us your home screen", there's some very cool stuff
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Thats awesome. I haven't seen that before. Sweet app thx bro