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[Q] how to uninstall system Apps (f.e.Flickr) ?

is there a way to uninstall system apps like FLICKR service?
Maybe via console?

Via ADB with the phone in recovery.
adb shell mount /system
adb ls /system/app
then find the apk file you want to delete and:
adb shell rm /system/app/(app name here).apk

You can also delete the files before you install a new version of the ROM you're using. You can delete .apk files from the ROM.zip file to flash so when you flash it they wont install.

philje123 said:
Via ADB with the phone in recovery.
adb shell mount /system
adb ls /system/app
then find the apk file you want to delete and:
adb shell rm /system/app/(app name here).apk
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you only have to put yourself in adb shell once,
adb shell
mount /system/
ls /system/app/
rm /system/app/xxxx.apk will do lol
btw roms with the new file overlay system can delete system apps normally now, using a file explorer!! ive done it

AndroHero said:
btw roms with the new file overlay system can delete system apps normally now, using a file explorer!! ive done it
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sounds great

I use root explorer to do this
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I'm in recovery and have no idea how to follow that instructions.
I see my options, don't see what you wrote.

Bump, sry
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[Q] Quick Office Cm6.1.1

Does anyone know where I can find QuickOffice for my g2? Im running cm6.1.1 and I downloaded a pdf and when I pressed it it went to quicloffice but when I exit I can't find it on the app.drawer or anywhere ..
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You can get it from the stock deodex rom and push it to /system/app, I'm about to do that once I get home from work, so I can confirm.. I got the ezpdf from market but I think quick office seems better
Edit: I can confirm that it works by just extracting the Quickoffice.apk in stock deodex rom and push it back to cm, its usable and will also appear in the app drawer now
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def. let us know noodles, this is something im looking to get as well..

Can you give me the exact steps im a noob :/
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Same here. I have CM6.1.1 and I can see Quickoffice in Titanium but it won't let me restore it.

Download Stock Deodex Rom v1.1 in the Development forums.. look through it, it might be towards the end or so..
You can use 7zip to extract files or windows extract .. so if you haven't gotten it, download it at download.com and install it.
Open the v1.1.zip rom, just double click on it, go to SYSTEM folder then APPS folder and search for Quickoffice.apk at the bottom and just drag it out to the desktop.
Now, either copy it through Terminal Emulator by just putting it to the root of sdcard and type
su
cp /sdcard/Quickoffice.apk /system/app
Or you can use adb, and I bet root explorer aswell as its pretty much all the same concept..
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noodles2224 said:
Download Stock Deodex Rom v1.1 in the Development forums.. look through it, it might be towards the end or so..
You can use 7zip to extract files or windows extract .. so if you haven't gotten it, download it at download.com and install it.
Open the v1.1.zip rom, just double click on it, go to SYSTEM folder then APPS folder and search for Quickoffice.apk at the bottom and just drag it out to the desktop.
Now, either copy it through Terminal Emulator by just putting it to the root of sdcard and type
su
cp /sdcard/Quickoffice.apk /system/app
Or you can use adb, and I bet root explorer aswell as its pretty much all the same concept..
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Before you do the "cp /sdc...." command, you have to mount system using this command: mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system
Please correct me if it's wrong, I just copied it from another thread.

Yea you do, but sometimes you don't need to.. well, some that I notice or maybe its because I'm always switching roms and forget which ones which
A shorter one would be
mount -o remount rw /system
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This also works and is pretty easy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837599
If you have a nandroid backup of your stock rom you could also restore it and extract from there. Otherwise just flash the stock rom like noodles said and extract from there
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You don't have to flash the stock rom, just download it to the computer and extract it there
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My bad. Thanks!
noodles2224 said:
You don't have to flash the stock rom, just download it to the computer and extract it there
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If you are running CM6.1.1 you can just type this from the tools directory of your androidsdk install in the windows command prompt.
"c:\{android sdk path here}\tools\adb push Quickoffice.apk sdcard/"
then
"c:\{android sdk path here}\tools\adb remount"
that will remount the system partition. Then you can type this
"c:\{android sdk path here}\tools\adb shell"
then you will see this
"#"
then you can type
"# cp sdcard/Quickoffice.apk /system/app"

shadowofzeus said:
If you are running CM6.1.1 you can just type this from the tools directory of your androidsdk install in the windows command prompt.
"c:\{android sdk path here}\tools\adb push Quickoffice.apk sdcard/"
then
"c:\{android sdk path here}\tools\adb remount"
that will remount the system partition. Then you can type this
"c:\{android sdk path here}\tools\adb shell"
then you will see this
"#"
then you can type
"# cp sdcard/Quickoffice.apk /system/app"
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"Ok".. pretty much exacly what I said..
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noodles2224 said:
Download Stock Deodex Rom v1.1 in the Development forums.. look through it, it might be towards the end or so..
You can use 7zip to extract files or windows extract .. so if you haven't gotten it, download it at download.com and install it.
Open the v1.1.zip rom, just double click on it, go to SYSTEM folder then APPS folder and search for Quickoffice.apk at the bottom and just drag it out to the desktop.
Now, either copy it through Terminal Emulator by just putting it to the root of sdcard and type
su
cp /sdcard/Quickoffice.apk /system/app
Or you can use adb, and I bet root explorer aswell as its pretty much all the same concept..
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Thanks.. I got it to work.

methead said:
Thanks.. I got it to work.
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...edited...found answer/solution

[Q] Big launcher problem, need help ASAP

Alright, when I turn my phone on LauncherPro keeps forceclosing on me, and I can't do ****. I just get 'the application LauncherPro doesn't answer', and an option to force close. When I push force close, the same message pops up again, so I can't access my phone. Is there any way I can fix this via adb or something? What I think caused the problem was that I downloaded and adb pushed a LauncherProPlus.apk (don't know the exact .apk name of it) to my phone (extremely stupid, I know).
Also, is there an adb command to view your phones files? Please help me out with this.

Have you tried wiping dalvik from recovery and then rebooting?
If that doesnt work, you could try pushing another launchers apk to /system/app or /data/app.
Or do you have a backup that you can restore?
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Just remove the launcherpro apk again with adb. It's either a normal adb command or you have to use a shell. Make sure you have a other launcher on the phone when doing this.
If this sounds to complicated and you pushed the apk to /system you can reflash your rom without wiping data.
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mikep99 said:
Have you tried wiping dalvik from recovery and then rebooting?
If that doesnt work, you could try pushing another launchers apk to /system/app or /data/app.
Or do you have a backup that you can restore?
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Do you have an adw.apk or something? I'd like to try this first, as I have no recent backup. What do you mean wiping dalvik?

nvm guys, I managed to uninstall LauncherPro by adding a shortcut to installed programs on widgetlocker. I didn't manage to remove it with adb for some reason. Thanks anyways! Appreciate it.

Try wiping dalvik cache through recovery first.
Boot phone with vol down and power. Then choose recovery.
In the advanced menu, there should be the option to wipe dalvik cache.
Reboot.
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Actually, I have one more question. I downloaded this file: http://www.4shared.com/file/EMhprjdn/LauncherPro_Plus_v083.htm and pushed it to my /system/app using ''adb push file name and location /system/app''. Now I can't find any way to delete it, doesn't work with any file manager, neither do I have any adb command. This is a problem because as long as I have this file in my /system/app, I obviously can't use LauncherPro downloaded from the market. Anyone know how?

You need to do...
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
rm launcherproplus.apk
This is going from what I remember. Check the apk name also.
You can do
ls -al before the rm command to list the files in the directory.
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mikep99 said:
You need to do...
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
rm launcherproplus.apk
This is going from what I remember. Check the apk name also.
You can do
ls -al before the rm command to list the files in the directory.
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Thanks a bunch, but when I do ls -al, it says the launcherpro.apk name is ''LauncherPro Plus v0.8.3.apk''. An .apk isn't supposed to have spaces I guess? Anyway, when I type in rm LauncherPro Plus v0.8.3.apk I get:
# rm LauncherPro Plus v0.8.3.apk
rm: can't remove 'LauncherPro': No such file or directory
rm: can't remove 'Plus': No such file or directory
rm: can't remove 'v0.8.3.apk': No such file or directory

Can you try putting the apk name in quotes?
rm "xxxx.apk"
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No, that didn't work either... damn

Tried single quotes? rm 'Xxx xx.apk'
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When I tried that I got:
# rm 'LauncherPro Plus v0.8.3.apk'
rm: can't remove 'LauncherPro Plus v0.8.3.apk': Directory not empty
At least seems like a step forward

And you're booted into recovery?
Also, try putting
su
Before issuing the command.
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mikep99 said:
And you're booted into recovery?
Also, try putting
su
Before issuing the command.
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Guess like this; su rm 'LauncherPro Plus v0.8.3.apk'
but that gave me permission denied.
I tried booting into recovery earlier, but when I did that ''adb remount'' didn't work.
btw, i really appreciate all your help. thanks a lot mate

Ok, you need to be in recovery.
There's an option in one of the menus to 'mount system' - choose that.
Then try
adb shell
cd /system/app
rm 'xxxxxx.apk'
You wont have access to delete from /system while your phone is booted as I don't think you're S-OFF.
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It worked! Thank you so much! You literally saved my day!

No problem mate, happy to help
Might be worth taking a backup for the future
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Will definitely do that!

Hi Guys,
I am having pretty much the exact same problem as CH3Z, however i'm having problems locating LauncherPro.apk (free ver).
I've tried using the ls -al command and it doesnt show up there so i'm stuck @ the moment on what to do. I understand that i need the exact name of the apk but i dont know where it is. Any help would be appreciated.
Am running SuperNova Gingersense ROM.

[MOD] Skip track via volume button only for XT907 Razr M stock

The best mod ever
[MOD] Skip track via volume button for Stock ODEX ROM JB 4.1.1 XT907 Only
Download View attachment skip_track_via_volume_buttons_RazrM_stock4.1.1.zip
put Odex to internal card
run terminal
su
copy cp -r /storage/sdcard0/android.policy.odex to /system/
change permissions chmod -R 777 /system/android.policy.odex
copy again cp -r /system/android.policy.odex to /system/framework
change permissions chmod -R 777 /system/framework/android.policy.odex
reboot
be happy!
All Instruction in the zip too.
thx for original file to ZaYAC_ua

a little more help?
I've tried this. Terminal emulator says cp: no such directory. "Odex" is that the whole package or just the file from the zip that's going onto the sd?

I extracted the files from the zip onto the internal memory. I then opened the skip track terminal file as a text document and copied and pasted the commands in terminal emulator. The phone rebooted by itself. It worked after that. I'm not on any ROM. Just rooted. Hope this helps.
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Is there anyway to make this compatible with the new update?
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[Q] replace framework-res.apk?

Was just wondering if there is a way to replace the framework with just using root without a custom recovery for the stock Rom?
On my s3 I couldn't do it with just root don't know if that would work on this or if I might have missed something.
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TheArtiszan said:
Was just wondering if there is a way to replace the framework with just using root without a custom recovery for the stock Rom?
On my s3 I couldn't do it with just root don't know if that would work on this or if I might have missed something.
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All you need is to be rooted, it does not matter if you have custom recovery or not.
You can install any apk's since you do not need to go into recovery to install apks.

When I tried with root only before on a different phone I used root explorer to replace.
But when I went to paste it in the folder the phone locked up and rebooted.
Was that not the right way to do it?
Maybe using adb terminal would be better and not cause it to lock and reboot when I paste over the existing framework-res.apk.
Being in the system directory causes some issue with being that is also a constant used file.
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re: install apk
TheArtiszan said:
When I tried with root only before on a different phone I used root explorer to replace.
But when I went to paste it in the folder the phone locked up and rebooted.
Was that not the right way to do it?
Maybe using adb terminal would be better and not cause it to lock and reboot when I paste over the existing framework-res.apk.
Being in the system directory causes some issue with being that is also a constant used file.
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The framework-res.apk should be installed like any other app
unless the OP of wherever you got it from gives instructions
to "copy" it to the /system/app folder.
Why not do it the default normal way? just double click on it
when you are in root explorer and it should install like any
other app. If it gives an error, then you can copy it.
If you "copy" it you have to fix permissions and you have to
change the attributes of the /system/app folder so it's "read and write".
NOTE: if there is an existing framework-res-apk in /system/app
delete it with root explorer before doing any of the above.

Framework-Res.apk must reside in system directory. /system/framework to be exact.
Easiest way to do it without locking up is with adb.
You were right OP that it locks up because it's consistently being used. When I make my mods and such to the framework, this is how I quickly get it to the device.
adb remount (if the kernel supports it in other words, anything but stock)
Turn phone screen on
Adb shell stop (your phone should now have a black screen. This command stops all running threads except the one for adb)
Adb push framework-Res.apk /system/framework
Adb shell chmod 644 /system/framework/framework-Res.apk
Adb shell start
You should now see the boot animation then the prompt "android is upgrading"
If you do not have adb remount option (it returns with permission denied)
Copy new framework Res apk to root of internal sd card.
Adb shell stop
Adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system
Adb shell cp /sdcard/framework-Res.apk /system/framework/framework-Res.apk
Adb shell chmod 644 /system/framework/framework-Res.apk
Adb shell start
Just a pointer, disregard my capitalization. Only capitalize when needed.
This method should get everything copied successfully. Any issues just post back!
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Oh thank you very much.
I will give that a try and sounds exactly like what I was looking for.
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Not sure if this is really relevant but...
When I had the samsung vibrant, I used root explorer to make a copy of my framework-res.apk. I extracted the entire thing, found my battery icon files, replaced them with different images given the same name, then repacked the file. Then I copied it back to the original folder to replace the original apk and my phone immediately shut off and rebooted. When it came back I had my new battery icon working just as I had hoped. I was rooted running stock.

Wait... Are you saying that I can simply copy the framework-res.apk from SlimKat and use it on a Google Play Edition ROM?
I'm going to try it!