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Deleting system apps after root?? (Root Explorer won't do it)

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...

Cannot delete apps within Android?

Help I've rooted my phone with nandroid and I still cannot delete apps within the android system with estrong file browser any help would be appreciated.
Running Damage Control 3.2.3.

casual864 said:
Help I've rooted my phone with nandroid and I still cannot delete apps within the android system with estrong file browser any help would be appreciated.
Running Damage Control 3.2.3.
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Well, if you're trying to delete system apps -- you won't be able to delete them from Estrong. I believe Root Explorer will allow you to delete those files, but its a paid app.
I would just advice you to delete whatever apks you don't want from terminal/shell.
Just plug your phone in and open terminal/command prompt and type:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
ls -- lists all the apps on your phone, find what you want to remove
rm AppName.apk
rm AppName.odex (not all apks will have odex files), so don't worry if you get an error message
Example:
rm Mail.apk
When you're done, type:
exit
Hope that helps.

Thanks for the answer. I didn't know that I couldn't delete apps with estrong. Though I find it easier to delete apps within android than going into terminal and executing the commands myself. Thanks for the heads up though.

casual864 said:
Thanks for the answer. I didn't know that I couldn't delete apps with estrong. Though I find it easier to delete apps within android than going into terminal and executing the commands myself. Thanks for the heads up though.
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Sure no problem.

I must be an idiot. Everyone keeps saying just type adb shell in a command prompt window. I just get errors saying ADB is not a recognized command. What gives?

It is in the sdk/tools directory.

Got it, I'm in. But now I'm getting read-only file system as I attempt to delete APK's.

Alternately, you can delete apps in one-click with Titanium Backup (which every rooted phone should have, IMO).

adb remount. Got it. Removed a few things I wanted gone after fresh 0.5.3.

[Q] Can't delete anything in system/app: Help appreciated!

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

Fire tv apps from other account

Hi. Sorry if this is in the wrong area.
Is there a way to take apps off the fire tv such as hulu etc that can be then transferred to a different user account.
I have 2 accounts that are used separately and have got usa apps via changing language etc then reverted back to uk. But I want to transfer these to my other device without having to change regions again.
Tried copying app to usb then transferring but that didn't work.
Any ideas please.
Thanks

I would suggest to use ADB. Especially the "adb install <insertnamehere>.apk" command
http://adbshell.com/commands/adb-install/how-to-use-adb-install.html

Hi thanks for that. I'm fine with installing the apps it is just how to get the app off the other decide to install on the the one. Does es file explorer back up apps ?

You could try an apk extractor app; no idea if this pulls the settings as well as the app.

You can copy APK from an Android device via ADB "pull" command to your PC
adb pull <remote> [<local>] - copy file/dir from device
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1.) connect via ADB
2.) use ADB "pull" command for e.g.
Code:
adb pull /system/app "%~dp0\apk_backup\system_apps"
This pulls all preinstalled system apps and stores them in the local subfolder /apk_backup/system_apps
3.)
Code:
adb pull /data/app "%~dp0\apk_backup\data_apps"
Similiar as 2.) but for user installed APKs.

I managed to get one done but when I transferred it to my other box it wouldn't open and said that I didn't own it !! Any ideas ?

Can not tell for sure but some apps may require additional libraries from /system/libs.
Perhaps the app also checks for the existance of the Amazon appstore app. I don´t know if there is also an addtionally "hard" check which does check for the actual account on the installed app store.
Never tried this on my own.

Question Shizuku Local ADB !

Hello guys . In shizuku app that use pairing adb over network . In this app there is option allow you to use shizuku in your terminal apps like Termux and I use Termux in this case the problem is I can't use this option because I don't know what is steps should I do in locked bootloader and non rooted device I need full access to adb by this way because I don't have PC in real time
The error in the attachment files

AmrMero said:
Hello guys . In shizuku app that use pairing adb over network . In this app there is option allow you to use shizuku in your terminal apps like Termux and I use Termux in this case the problem is I can't use this option because I don't know what is steps should I do in locked bootloader and non rooted device I need full access to adb by this way because I don't have PC in real time
The error in the attachment files
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https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/comments/i2nrbm

I this allow me to run adb and she'll commands from my device to the same device (local) I think the like to send adb to another device right !?

AmrMero said:
I think the like to send adb to another device right !?
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I don't understand what you want to ask.
To send ADB command to another device, you can use ADB over WIFI setting in developer option.

I mean I need send adb from my device to my device by shizuku . (All in the same device )

I'm not really sure what your issue is. Shizuku is pretty simple, even if you use it for terminal. You exported the files. You changed the Package ID. So what's the problem? You can use it now.
For example, `adb shell pm disable com.bloatware.app` just becomes `shizuku pm disable com.bloatware.app`. shizuku basically gives you ADB shell access. Use `shizuku` similar to how you'd use `sudo` on Linux.

To test, just do `./shizuku ls`. First time you should get a permission prompt by the shizuku appz asking if you wanna grant permissions to termux.

AmrMero said:
Hello guys . In shizuku app that use pairing adb over network . In this app there is option allow you to use shizuku in your terminal apps like Termux and I use Termux in this case the problem is I can't use this option because I don't know what is steps should I do in locked bootloader and non rooted device I need full access to adb by this way because I don't have PC in real time
The error in the attachment files
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You said you don't have computer access all the time. So, I'm assuming you have it at least once. If so, try rhis.
1. Connect to computer and enable wireless adb (just google it)
2. Download this app named Remote ADB Shell by Cameron Gutman https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgutman.androidremotedebugger
3. Enter IP as 127.0.0.1 and port as 5555 (assuming you didn't change it in the first step)
Can't say if your Shizuku needs will be satisfied but this way, you'll be able to run commands in adb shell (from your phone) as if doing from computer. Make sure that you don't use aadb sheelll iin the commands