I jump between roms pretty often (new features and capabilities are often a siren-call for me) so I wind up reloading and reconfiguring apps pretty frequently. I had a few roms in the past that automatically reloaded all my apps after I installed the rom. I think they required me to sign into the Android Market, and thereafter the applications started popping up by themselves in the app list without my intervention at all.
This feature is absolute extract of awesomeness, but I don't know how it is referenced. What do you call that? Also, I haven't seen it in some time (since February or so) and I've used probably a dozen roms since then; is it no longer a working process?
Maybe because you're not clearing data? Idk, shot in the dark
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It's a feature of Gingerbread that some have incorporated into their ROMS in the past.
Its because everyone disables their setup wizard... if that was enabled or even optional, it would download all your apps back for you... before you load the rom, go into the zip, go to the build prop and go to the bottom, then change setup wizard from "DISABLED" to "OPTIONAL".
BThomas22x said:
Its because everyone disables their setup wizard... if that was enabled or even optional, it would download all your apps back for you... before you load the rom, go into the zip, go to the build prop and go to the bottom, then change setup wizard from "DISABLED" to "OPTIONAL".
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I'll give this a try.
RESULT: My most recent rom has the setup wizard enabled, and it didn't reload the apps. If the initial "Touch the Android to begin" setup wizard is the one you're talking about, I've run through it on several roms and not gotten an automated app reload.
It will usually, but its not instant. It actually takes about an hour... and it will only reinstall apps that the online market recognizes your phone as having had installed
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So i have read many post and i mean many and i am still working my brain on catching on to all these. If you all notice, there is a lot to rooting, what you can do, names to things, so so much my brain hurts lol.
But, finally after almost 2 years of being here, 3 phones i grabbed my cojones and rooted my SG2 while still stock. So here are some things. I was going nuts to get Nandroid backup, come to find out that is just a normal back up while in recovery mode.
Now i was trying to do some things with Titanium Backup but got a bit confused. I noticed that with the lite version, I can only uninstall apps not freeze. I want to clean my phone from all the clogs, especially when i notice my memory use shows most of the time 550m-769m, which i have to keep cleaning it. Hoping, removing some apps will help this. What is the difference between freezing and uninstalling. Also, i came across:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...SENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
Which it suppose to tell me which i can which i cant. Does this still apply with ICS? And looking at the list, all greens are good, correct?
Also, using root explorer is kinda weird. I was trying to install S Voice which it seems to be a big pain. For one, i have the package in a folder. When searching for it with Root Explorer, and i find S Voice, try to change permission it wont let me. Telling me the following, "Permissions change was not successful. Please note that some file systems (e.g. SD card) do not allow permission changes."
Also, trying to copy something into my system/app wont let me either.
What am i doing wrong? or missing?
thanks in advance.
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So i have read many post and i mean many and i am still working my brain on catching on to all these. If you all notice, there is a lot to rooting, what you can do, names to things, so so much my brain hurts lol.
But, finally after almost 2 years of being here, 3 phones i grabbed my cojones and rooted my SG2 while still stock. So here are some things. I was going nuts to get Nandroid backup, come to find out that is just a normal back up while in recovery mode.
Now i was trying to do some things with Titanium Backup but got a bit confused. I noticed that with the lite version, I can only uninstall apps not freeze. I want to clean my phone from all the clogs, especially when i notice my memory use shows most of the time 550m-769m, which i have to keep cleaning it. Hoping, removing some apps will help this. What is the difference between freezing and uninstalling. Also, i came across:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...SENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
Which it suppose to tell me which i can which i cant. Does this still apply with ICS? And looking at the list, all greens are good, correct?
Also, using root explorer is kinda weird. I was trying to install S Voice which it seems to be a big pain. For one, i have the package in a folder. When searching for it with Root Explorer, and i find S Voice, try to change permission it wont let me. Telling me the following, "Permissions change was not successful. Please note that some file systems (e.g. SD card) do not allow permission changes."
Also, trying to copy something into my system/app wont let me either.
What am i doing wrong? or missing?
thanks in advance.
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I know the difference from freezing and uninstalling is that freezing halts the app from running and removes it from your app list. If you are uninstalling something you think is bloat, back it up first, in case it screws things up you can restore it. Freeze is a good way to test whether or not you want to just simply uninstall it.
Titanium Backup Pro is totally worth the few bucks though if you can afford it.. a real good buy..
As far as the other stuff, I don't mess with system/app things so maybe someone else can help with that.
For the green-coloured apps, I would make sure I have an alternate app that can take care of that feature of the phone. For example you can remove the camera app, but without a replacement/alternate app your phone won't have a camera function.
TBP is the perfect app to test whether an app is good to remove. Just freeze it and see if your phone acts up. My understanding is that freezing=not letting an app run, uninstalling=getting rid of it.
In terms of not having the permission to copy files in the system directories, you may need to install a terminal emulator to change the permissions and do the copying manually.
Thank you guys and sorry for the very late reply. Using TBP i was able to FREEZE many apps, decided to go this route, i was and still am abit afraid of damaging something and not being able to go back and fix it.
However, i still have a few situations. Even freeze so many apps my battery still dies very fax with little use i give the phone. I also see the following apps under my memory usage and i do not know what they are and if they can be froze too to even get more memory back.
Enterprise VPN Service
IPService
SIM Toolkit
CSC
Bluetoothtest (i know that is the bluetooth but do not know if there is a way to freeze this program)
Google Services Framework
Package Access Helper
com.sec.android.providers.d
Download manager
Samsung Account
My Uploads
com.movial.ipprovider
Badgeprovider
Device Management
Systeme manager application
Popupiureceiver
Mobilelife Contacts
smartcardservice
dragonfire665 said:
So i have read many post and i mean many and i am still working my brain on catching on to all these. If you all notice, there is a lot to rooting, what you can do, names to things, so so much my brain hurts lol.
But, finally after almost 2 years of being here, 3 phones i grabbed my cojones and rooted my SG2 while still stock. So here are some things. I was going nuts to get Nandroid backup, come to find out that is just a normal back up while in recovery mode.
Now i was trying to do some things with Titanium Backup but got a bit confused. I noticed that with the lite version, I can only uninstall apps not freeze. I want to clean my phone from all the clogs, especially when i notice my memory use shows most of the time 550m-769m, which i have to keep cleaning it. Hoping, removing some apps will help this. What is the difference between freezing and uninstalling. Also, i came across:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...SENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
Which it suppose to tell me which i can which i cant. Does this still apply with ICS? And looking at the list, all greens are good, correct?
Also, using root explorer is kinda weird. I was trying to install S Voice which it seems to be a big pain. For one, i have the package in a folder. When searching for it with Root Explorer, and i find S Voice, try to change permission it wont let me. Telling me the following, "Permissions change was not successful. Please note that some file systems (e.g. SD card) do not allow permission changes."
Also, trying to copy something into my system/app wont let me either.
What am i doing wrong? or missing?
thanks in advance.
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for s voice there is flashable zip in that thread. Its garbage compared to siri in my opinion.
Another question, i come to noticed that my phone after root, whenever i shutdown or restart it will just hang on the goodbye picture. Is there a fix to this?
dragonfire665 said:
Another question, i come to noticed that my phone after root, whenever i shutdown or restart it will just hang on the goodbye picture. Is there a fix to this?
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Flash Darkside Cache Wipe in recovery.
now im on stock, this will not damage any of my stock roms or anything within it, correct?
dragonfire665 said:
Another question, i come to noticed that my phone after root, whenever i shutdown or restart it will just hang on the goodbye picture. Is there a fix to this?
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Darkside Cache Wipe worked for me.
Atmazzz said:
Flash Darkside Cache Wipe in recovery.
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Atmazzz i want to say thank you. Doing what you said helped my hang. I do not have that problem anymore. But i am wondering if fixing the permission could have be the cause i lost S Voice talkback feature. What i mean, is that after doing the wipe cache/dalvik and fixing permissiong, now my S Voice does not talk back to me. No matter how many time i restart the phone or whatever i do, it wont talk anymore.
On another note, thanks to you, i have come to understand more about all the rooting. All i have to do now is soon gets some strength and install a new rom than stock. But there are so many, i do not know which one to use. Especially with the official ICS i bet they are better now.
I just also hope that neither of the rom come with the bricking problem. As far as i read it only happens when using ICS kernel and my phone is 0X12 so i get worry.
I'm an AOKP fan. As anyone knows, this is one of the ROM's that are frequently updated. Problem is, every time I upgrade I have to re-flash Gapps and also remove all the unwanted apps all over again.
I end up removing about 15-20 apps every time I flash an upgrade.
Is there a script or something I can create to take a ROM zip and automatically add only the Google apps I want and remove all the apps that exist, which I don't want? Something other than doing it manually every time?
I've never made a complicated script before. Not quite sure if it's what I need or how to make one.
If your interested in setting up a gscript script I could probably do a quick tutorial for you. I used to use it on CM7 on my dext to get rid of unwanted system apps. Let me know and I'll shoot you a link to the tut I did on Simply Android.
I loaded the ROM in this thread and am having a couple of issues...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481234
I am not new to ROMs but this is the first time I have spent any real time with anything other than a stock flash or a CM stable or nightly. I will list my issues below but am not sure if I should just pursue a different ROM for my needs or if I should spend more time troubleshooting it.
1) I get a google apps error when I first boot my phone. "Unfortunately the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped"
2) google hangout sends but does not receive
3) instagram will not load my feed. I can install and login but get no content.
All I have really done is remove and reinstall apps. I did have to load the modem from the link the dev supplied to get data to work but it has been OK since. I was thinking about reinstalling the google apps package but didnt want to spend a bunch of time on it. I haven't seen huge performance differences really. I was jsut trying to save the time of going in and manually stripping out some of the sprint crap I don't use. I really only had two objectives with htis flash. First to avoid the Knox update and second, to make my life easier than going back through with a system cleanup app. I also secretly like the Sprint touchwiz interface but that is just a comfort thing really.
So what do you guys think? keep plugging at this or go to a less stripped ROM?
Hey, I'm sorry you are having issues. I don't think you should flash a gapps package. Did you completely wipe the phone before installing Barebones? I have another version you can try if you'd like. Try flashing version 1.0 and see if it works better.
Pretty sure I did. Its part of my usual routine to wipe it all before flashing anything. I did remember that I added an ad blocker app. When I removed that instagram and hangouts started working again. Now I just get the error at startup. Going to use the phone as is for a day before I decide to do anything else. Thanks for the help.
Let me know how it's working, I removed quite a bit so maybe I need to redo it. I don't think anyone had issues with v1.0 though. Thanks for the feedback
Hello, I hope everyone is doing great.
I'm currently running latest stock android 10 on my G960F D/S.
I am trying to uninstall bloat apps like Excel/OneDrive/Maps, usually I use SD Maid or FX explorer with root of course, and I navigate to system/priv-app or system/app and delete the undesired apk. However, every single time I delete Excel for example, the app would reappear after rebooting.
What is the definitive way to get rid of this bloatware permanently?
Thank You for reading.
It never happen to me before, but maybe you can try using ADB. Like this
I believe it won't fully remove the apps, but it's almost like uninstalling the apps.
Maybe somebody correct me if I'm wrong
B1nz said:
It never happen to me before, but maybe you can try using ADB. Like this
I believe it won't fully remove the apps, but it's almost like uninstalling the apps.
Maybe somebody correct me if I'm wrong
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Looks like after multiple reboots the apps got uninstalled, weird bug I'm not sure.
Thanks for offering help though.
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Probably was missing busy box. Or didn't have the system rw