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.
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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...
I moved from an HD2 to the Evo this week (no more TMobile, woot!). I am very familiar with custom WMO ROMS, Hard SPL, blah blah...
I have nearly zero Android development, custom ROM knowledge, etc, however.
I'd like to flash a custom ROM based on the factory, without all the Sprint programs preloaded.
Clearly I need to root; I am on steady ground with that knowledge. After that? Not so clear. There doesn't seem to be a thread with the steps I need to proceed.
Any info would be invaluable, thanks!
(PS - side question: why does Android launch all sort of processes in the background seemingly at random?)
ifiweresolucky said:
I moved from an HD2 to the Evo this week (no more TMobile, woot!). I am very familiar with custom WMO ROMS, Hard SPL, blah blah...
I have nearly zero Android development, custom ROM knowledge, etc, however.
I'd like to flash a custom ROM based on the factory, without all the Sprint programs preloaded.
Clearly I need to root; I am on steady ground with that knowledge. After that? Not so clear. There doesn't seem to be a thread with the steps I need to proceed.
Any info would be invaluable, thanks!
(PS - side question: why does Android launch all sort of processes in the background seemingly at random?)
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This should be in Q & A.. But unless someone creates a rom with the apps removed. Its easier to just do it yourself.
If you did toasts method of rooting. Boot into recovery and type this
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
ls
This displays all apps on the phone. Do this to delete them.
rm NameOfApp.apk
rm NameOfApp.odex
It is caps sensitive and make sure you type the apk exactly as its written.
Jus10o said:
This should be in Q & A.. But unless someone creates a rom with the apps removed. Its easier to just do it yourself.
If you did toasts method of rooting. Boot into recovery and type this
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
ls
This displays all apps on the phone. Do this to delete them.
rm NameOfApp.apk
rm NameOfApp.odex
It is caps sensitive and make sure you type the apk exactly as its written.
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any reason adb remount isn't working for me? I do adb devices and my devices is there but when i type adb remount i get "remount faild: Invalid argument"
I started Toasts root directions, placing PC36IMG.zip on the base directory of the SD card. Shut down, loaded with the Vol Down and Power buttons. The bootloader checked the file on the SD card but then stopped on the white screen.
It seems it was supposed to proceed automatically? But I am dropped off with options on the white screen: FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, CLEAR STORAGE, SIMLOCK, and HBOOT USB.
Directions show Vol Up and Down for previous and next and Power for select.
Alright, I resolved this issue. I recopied the file to the SD card and made sure to eject drive before shutting the device down. Seemed to make all the difference! Proceeding with the remainder of Toast's directions now...
p-slim said:
any reason adb remount isn't working for me? I do adb devices and my devices is there but when i type adb remount i get "remount faild: Invalid argument"
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I'm running in to the same issue...
rgordon3091 said:
I'm running in to the same issue...
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i fixed it. you have to do this.
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/app
ls
Getting error trying to remove nascar..
Code:
rm Sprint_NASCAR.apk
rm failed for Sprint_NASCAR.apk, Directory not empty
Any ideas?
That's Linux trying to protect you. Essentially the rm command by default just removes one file at a time.
Try...
rm -r NameOfFolder
...to delete recursively.
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Go see the thread in the apps sub-forum about this. I have a post (#28, I believe) with the exact code to remove the bloatware. You can just copy any paste.
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nick325i said:
Getting error trying to remove nascar..
Code:
rm Sprint_NASCAR.apk
rm failed for Sprint_NASCAR.apk, Directory not empty
Any ideas?
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you shouldn't have a problem deleting the apk, because an apk is not a directory.
i deleted it without the same message.
p-slim said:
i fixed it. you have to do this.
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/app
ls
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hmmm i put im adb shell then i got a "#" so i put in "mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system"
and i got mount:mounting /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system failed: No such file or directory
so what did i do wrong?
Found the issue. Thanks all
Jus10o said:
This should be in Q & A.. But unless someone creates a rom with the apps removed. Its easier to just do it yourself.
If you did toasts method of rooting. Boot into recovery and type this
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
ls
This displays all apps on the phone. Do this to delete them.
rm NameOfApp.apk
rm NameOfApp.odex
It is caps sensitive and make sure you type the apk exactly as its written.
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By the way, when I "cd /system/app" and then "ls" I see only NamesOfApps.apk. There are displayed no *.odex files. Is that normal?
thread dead?
IDK if this threads still monitored by anyone, but here's my question: I don't use adb, but I just rused root explorer to locate sprint crap, and added a .bak to the end of all of them to essentially 'disable' them. Is this a safe method? Will Android system waste energy looking for them anymore (they no longer show in app tray, but are they still using resources) ? Thanks much.
scottspa74 said:
IDK if this threads still monitored by anyone, but here's my question: I don't use adb, but I just rused root explorer to locate sprint crap, and added a .bak to the end of all of them to essentially 'disable' them. Is this a safe method? Will Android system waste energy looking for them anymore (they no longer show in app tray, but are they still using resources) ? Thanks much.
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I was just about to say something similar. I had uninstalled Nascar using Titanium Backup, and the found out that I cant do the 2.2 OTA unless its there. TB didn't have the ability to restore it for some reason, so I got an APK from XDA, and put it in the system/app folder via Root Explorer. Then, I had to reset the permissions to match the other APK's, and it showed up and launched perfectly. Even did an update. Much easier than all that adb stuff, I think.
I used system app uninstaller for a buck on the market.. Easy and all there with the icons for easy to find and delete sprint and gapps.
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scottspa74 said:
IDK if this threads still monitored by anyone, but here's my question: I don't use adb, but I just rused root explorer to locate sprint crap, and added a .bak to the end of all of them to essentially 'disable' them. Is this a safe method? Will Android system waste energy looking for them anymore (they no longer show in app tray, but are they still using resources) ? Thanks much.
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Thats a good way.. If something goes wrong just have to rename.
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Flash this zip and it should remove most of the Sprint apps. It will back them up to /sdx on your SD card so if anything is removed that you want, it will still be there. It's signed to work with RA.
http://grathwohl.me/uploads/android/evo/Sprint-Apps-Remover-signed.zip
I've seen a few people reference my post, but my post was really just trying to ask if anyone knew if, now that I've renamed them, and they don't run, they shouldn't be using up resources? Right, is that correct, or am I wrong in thinkin this?
And thanks cosine83, that's a really helpful post for a lot of people.
Hello guys,
I probably did a stupid thing. I could'nt install an apk and figured that I could just push it to my android and see what happens. I didn;t think I would get in a bootloop though .
I had astrid.apk, it's modified so it is transparant. I could not install it in Android.
What i did:
Reboot in recovery
Did the fake flash to start Clockwork mod
Connect the Android to my pc with an USB cable
adb push astrid.apk /data/app
I read that about 1.2MB was written so I guess that went right.
Did I forget a / ?
Is the map app overwritten?
Well, next thing I did was a reboot and now I'm stuck in a bootloop.
I tried to delete the file (rm /data/app/astrid.apk, rm -r /data/app/astrid.apk). But it could not find file or directory.
I did this from the shell i starten with adb shell. And I tried it with adb shell rm ...
Did I screw up that /data/app map? What to do now?
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I can do cd data. But when I do cd app (when in /data) then it says "you can't cd to app"...
it's adb shell, and while you are in there, press cd /data/app. while in the data folder, press 'ls' to list all entries. usually apk's have different names and stuff. look for the app and then press rm /data/app/... .apk
Make sure you are in recovery and have system mounted.
djind said:
it's adb shell, and while you are in there, press cd /data/app. while in the data folder, press 'ls' to list all entries. usually apk's have different names and stuff. look for the app and then press rm /data/app/... .apk
Make sure you are in recovery and have system mounted.
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"can't cd to /data/app"
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I think I have overwritten the whole app map with the file astrid.apk, d*mn.
"adb push astrid.apk /data/app"
I would say, just wipe and start over..
This is how I usually do the stuff:
adb remount
adb shell
cd /data/app
ls
look for app to remove
rm ....apk
I am no pro, wipe is easy!
I made a complete nandroid backup this afternoon, I just did a partial restore, "data" and everything works fine again!
Thanks for helping. Lesson learned:
Linux != Windows (a whole map is easily overwritten with a file).
I doubt that you have overwritten a folder with a file. But good that everything is ok now.
djind said:
I doubt that you have overwritten a folder with a file. But good that everything is ok now.
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I did a cat /data/app and i saw a lot of strange things, also strings and it was clear i saw the contents of astrid.apk. SO I really think I did.
Hey all, ive been trying to change my boot screen to the haters gonna hate one for a few days now but cant seem to get it to work at all, i have full root and tried to the fastboot method and recovery/adb method. no matter what it stays the same as the one i had originally, i never get errors when trying to push the files if someone can give me instructions for dummies haha or another method id really appreciate it sorry for being a noob at all this.
I had the same problem
First of all, what rom are you using? Different rooms pull from different places. I might be able to help you out. If you are running cyan6, try this:
Adb reboot recovery
Adb remount (make sure it remounts. Maybe also do adb root to make sure.)
Adb push blahblah.zip /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
Adb push blahblah.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
Adb push blahblah.zip /data/local/bootanimation.zip
If you want sound, push that to the same locations. Make sure there is only one of each file in each folder. Then, to check,
Adb reboot
Hope this helps
oh yeah sorry i should have included that i am on evios 1.2 beta 2 rom
I'm not familiar on where to place boot on this rom. Try all three locations I suggested. System customize resource. System media. Data local. Tell me if it works out.
I had this animation on EViO. I just pushed it from my desktop to system/media. Worked fine for me.
how do you push it from the desktop? i tried all 3 methods posted above and none worked. i had the file in the android sdk tools folder though...also whenever i try to do adb remount i get "remount failed:invalid argument" and adb root gives me "error:closed" i tried killing adb and restarting but no luck
This might be an obvious question, but do you have USB debugging enabled on your phone? Under Setting>Applications>Development
You arent going to be able to push anything if you can't get ADB running first.
yeah debugging has been enabled the whole time
ok have you been in recovery mode?
try typing
adb shell
su (make sure #comes up.)
exit (retype until you get back to the tools directory)
then do the push commands to system media, system customize resource, and data local.
Just use this program. Its as easy as it gets.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701295
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First of all, what rom are you using? Different rooms pull from different places. I might be able to help you out. If you are running cyan6, try this:
Adb reboot recovery
Adb remount (make sure it remounts. Maybe also do adb root to make sure.)
Adb push blahblah.zip /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
Adb push blahblah.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
Adb push blahblah.zip /data/local/bootanimation.zip
If you want sound, push that to the same locations. Make sure there is only one of each file in each folder. Then, to check,
Adb reboot
Hope this helps
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Putting sound in boot animation doesn't work with cm6. Just to clarify. No one has been able to get it to work unless you found something out to make it work please share as I have hates going to hate also and want to use haters everywhere mp3 and is perfect for it.
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yeah i have also been in recovery mode every time i tried to run a command prompt for adb...i tried that when i hit adb shell i get # but when i type su after the # it says "/sbin/sh: su: not found"
mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock4 on /system failed: Device or resource busy
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
thats what i get when in command prompt when i try to use the program you just posted above
Want a easier way? Use root explorer and copy and paste. Works for my every time. It's in the market. And root explore you can manually turn writeable on and off to move it into system. It's on the top right of screen in root explorer when you go into system folder.
Edit: the command you are tying to put in enables you to push and pull in the system folder. Root explore you can just click a button.
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Good idea
Root explorer works most of the time. If you have the cash, go ahead. You should make site out posted though.
/sbin/sh: reboot: not found
been trying to use adb and i keep on getting that....any of you know a fix?
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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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