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I´m using titanium backup to backup and restore my phone. All is working great except for the removal of stock programs. everytime i try to delete a stock program the app freezes and reboots the phone. am i doing something wrong here, or is this function just not working?
using HTC desire with rooted official froyo stock ROM from nickiberli.
I get this too....would be nice to know y?
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besides the crashing, is titanium backup the only way to easily remove stock programs?
You can't remove stock programs (or any programs from the /system/apps). We don't have full root and thus the phone reboots when you try to do this.
The only way to remove them is via recovery and using adb. Be careful though as the phone can act very odd and even go into a boot loop if you remove certain apps.
sbdags said:
You can't remove stock programs (or any programs from the /system/apps). We don't have full root and thus the phone reboots when you try to do this.
The only way to remove them is via recovery and using adb. Be careful though as the phone can act very odd and even go into a boot loop if you remove certain apps.
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I assume there is a difference between root and full root?? damn, did not know that. i really hate those stock programs i don't use.
Good Day to all,
Just want to ask how can i make an apk to odex file?
I just want to try in the CM7 Lewa ROM,
I have this file, (see attached) that i need to make it work on my phone with Lewa ROM. I tried pasting it to the /system/app but it doesn't work and i havent seen it in the app drawer.
Hope, someone may help me or make an odex file for this apk,
Thanks
What application is it?
If pushing it to System doesn't work, odexing it won't. Leave it on the data partition and try to see if it works. Some apps refuse to work from the system partition. Or you may not have set the file permissions properly.
You can try using Link2SD to push to system or to data. It does a better job than doing it manually.
First install it using a file browser (Don't copy to the system or data partition). See if it works. Use link2sd to push to system. Restart and try to see if it works.
You can worry about odexing it after getting it to work from system.
it cannot be installed, it will just say "Application not installed"
The application is a SIM Toolkit, its an app for my telco operator, which i can do mobile banking, balance inquiry, money transfer, etc..
In some ROM it is automatically available after flashing the ROM, I just encountered the problem with this Lewa ROM, and since its a good ROM for me, i just want to make the SIM Toolkit works also.
From which ROM did you get the Stk.apk?
its already in my phone ever since i got the phone from the operator.
And every ROM i flashed it's still included automatically whenever i used the operator's SIM card.
as i remember i pull out the stk.apk on one of the ROMs of M1ndhax8r when i used it.
The apk comes with the ROM. The one you have would be from sense so it wouldn't work too well on non-sense ROMS like cm9 and cm7. Try directly installing this one. It's from CM7. It should work.
AceRoom said:
The apk comes with the ROM. The one you have would be from sense so it wouldn't work too well on non-sense ROMS like cm9 and cm7. Try directly installing this one. It's from CM7. It should work.
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Wow, thanks for this its working now on Lewa ROM,
it is still "application not installed", but when i put it in the system/data then change permissions then reboot it works.
TYVM
Glad it worked!
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Is it possible to remove the bloatware apps on a HOX without having to flash a new Rom? I can deal with rooting my phone but the rom business is confusing and id rather keep Sense but get rid of the pointless apps if thats possible
Thanks, apologies if this has been covered before.
Here's what we're going to do.
Root your device.
Get "Root Explorer" or any other file explorer with root capabilities.
Mount R/O.
Go to "system ->app" and remove what you like.
Keep in mind that there are some system apps that shouldn't be removed though!
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Here's what we're going to do.
Root your device.
Get "Root Explorer" or any other file explorer with root capabilities.
Mount R/O.
Go to "system ->app" and remove what you like.
Keep in mind that there are some system apps that shouldn't be removed though!
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Thanks, will do.
Is it easy to upgrade rom, say when KLP is released?
You must make a nandroid backup directly after flashing the custom recovery. You need it to get back to full stock to be able to have official updates.
If you want to delete system apps i would like to recommend titanium backup.....you can uninstall and re-install system apps.
Removing Bloatware
Try an app called "Root App Delete". I tested it by removing one piece of bloatware and seems to work very well (you must be rooted).
Being over cautious I have disabled (rather than deleted) all other bloatware for 2 weeks now just to be sure all is ok to delete.
yes it is possible
captaincrayola said:
Is it possible to remove the bloatware apps on a HOX without having to flash a new Rom? I can deal with rooting my phone but the rom business is confusing and id rather keep Sense but get rid of the pointless apps if thats possible
Thanks, apologies if this has been covered before.
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There are many apps listed
you can try sd maid, rom toolbox, root uninstall,
See you have many options now
Thanks for your replies, can you not get OTA updates when you're rooted even if you stick with stock Rom then?
Yes you can but you have to leave the rom itself 100% stock (no removing of system apps) and you have to reflash the stock recovery after applying the root because you root the rom via a custom recovery.....i dont know exactly if a tool can root the rom without a custom recovery.....
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What happens after the root ?
Do I have to run factory reset ?
Do all my settings stay the same ?
Do I now have the SD app and media transfer capabilities ?
Any feedback and info will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys
You should just Google that question and read about why you should root. Google is your friend.
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emeres said:
What happens after the root ?
Do I have to run factory reset ?
Do all my settings stay the same ?
Do I now have the SD app and media transfer capabilities ?
Any feedback and info will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys
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Nothing.
No.
Yes.
No.
Rooting just gives you access to the system partition. That is it. Nothing else. It does this by adding a system app that acts as a gateway over what apps can and can't have acecss to making changes to the system partition.
Once oyu are rooted you then can use apps and other tricks to add thigns like SD stoarge and stuff like that.
emeres said:
What happens after the root ?
Do I have to run factory reset ?
Do all my settings stay the same ?
Do I now have the SD app and media transfer capabilities ?
Any feedback and info will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys
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2 questions for you:
what Android and baseband versions is your S4 on?
what are you interested in doing after rooting? do you want to stay near-stock or change/customize everything?
I think I am going to use CyanogenMod Installer and be done with it. This seems to be the simplest and most safe solution for newbies like me.
Plus Cyanogen is really close to Kitkat UI so I will just go with that.
One question though:
I know that I don't have to root my phone to use the installer, is the phone being rooted using the installer ? Or does it stay unrooted with the new OS ?
emeres said:
I think I am going to use CyanogenMod Installer and be done with it. This seems to be the simplest and most safe solution for newbies like me.
Plus Cyanogen is really close to Kitkat UI so I will just go with that.
One question though:
I know that I don't have to root my phone to use the installer, is the phone being rooted using the installer ? Or does it stay unrooted with the new OS ?
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KitKat is not a UI. KitKat is a version of the Android operating system. The UI is determined by the ROM, which uses the operating system as a base.
You will find that Cyanogen UI is VERY different from the stock TouchWiz ROM UI that you have now. (You may like it better. Half of custom romusers prefer AOSP roms like CM over stock ROMs like TouchWiz or Sense. Half the people hate them. It's all about prefernce)
As fro root, root is not in the phone. Root is in the operating system itself. Cyanogen comes with root preinstalled, so by installing CM you will have root. All custom roms are pre-rooted like this. All root really is is an app in the system partition called Superuser. That's it.
Thanks for the info again.
My friend is trying to back up his data before we both proceed with the CyanogenMod Installer but has difficulties with backing up third party apps. He says he can back up Samsung apps with no problem but there is always a problem with third party apps. Any recommendation on good backup app ? He also purchased Titanium backup but he needs to root his phone to use it.
That's for my friend now I have one more question:
Will I have googleapps with cyanogenmod installer right from the start ? I still want to use google play store, gmail, google maps and so forth.
emeres said:
Thanks for the info again.
My friend is trying to back up his data before we both proceed with the CyanogenMod Installer but has difficulties with backing up third party apps. He says he can back up Samsung apps with no problem but there is always a problem with third party apps. Any recommendation on good backup app ? He also purchased Titanium backup but he needs to root his phone to use it.
That's for my friend now I have one more question:
Will I have googleapps with cyanogenmod installer right from the start ? I still want to use google play store, gmail, google maps and so forth.
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Just root the phone first and make your back ups.
CF Auto root. It takes 30 seconds. It's the easiest thing in the world. You literally CANNOT screw it up.
Root hte phone, make backups, then install CM.
Also, Helium backup is what I use. Makes everything into a clean batch operation. And it's free. But you need to be rooted.
If I don't need to back anything up should I still root my phone ? As you mentioned before CM Installer comes with the root.
And also after the CM is installed will I have an option to go back to my previous system ?
Will it install Stock Recovery ? And what does that mean ? I am sorry I am really new to all this. Just trying to learn.
emeres said:
If I don't need to back anything up should I still root my phone ? As you mentioned before CM Installer comes with the root.
And also after the CM is installed will I have an option to go back to my previous system ?
Will it install Stock Recovery ? And what does that mean ? I am sorry I am really new to all this. Just trying to learn.
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You can always go back via odin (search and ye shall find more aboit odin). Just install CM and be done with it. Take the plunge.
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
One more and last question:
After CM installation using CM installer, do I get all google apps installed ? Such as Gmail, Maps, Google Voice Search ?
And is lookout app working with CM ?
emeres said:
One more and last question:
After CM installation using CM installer, do I get all google apps installed ? Such as Gmail, Maps, Google Voice Search ?
And is lookout app working with CM ?
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Not sure with the cm installer but I don't think so. Tge gapps package doesnt come with cm when you flash it in recovery. But its easy to do. Just download gapps, they are in every single rom thread on xda, and flash them in recovery
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
Like title states has anyone tried this app on KK for our gs3 and had it work without issues???
I would try my self but I don't have a custom recovery so I can't make a backup before hand. Therefore if the app bootloops my device I have to do a full reset....and that's no fun
Here is the link to the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bjbinc.mwmphone
crazymonkey05 said:
Like title states has anyone tried this app on KK for our gs3 and had it work without issues???
I would try my self but I don't have a custom recovery so I can't make a backup before hand. Therefore if the app bootloops my device I have to do a full reset....and that's no fun
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Been using it with no issues. You should be fine.