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I applied the latest RUU for the Droid Incredible (November 2010 Edition). In the past, I always updated the phone, Got Root Access and performed a Nandroid Backup before removing all the Bloatware/Crapware on my phone.
However, this time I am getting very different results.
After the Nandroid, I delete everything I don't want via Root Explorer. I would delete the obvious ones such as City ID, VZ Nav, Teeter, and a bunch of HTC widgets like Footprints, Contacts Calculator, etc.
I was told that if I go into my settings and 'Clear Data' on HTC Sense that it will get rid of the shortcut to the deleted widgets on the Add Widget Window. It always worked in the past except not on this release.
I have reinstalled the RUU several times to make sure it wasn't a n installation error (of course I am performing a wipe). Any one have any suggestions.
Also is there an updated list of what programs are safe to remove?
Thanks.
Why not flash a "senseless ROM"? there are a number of them out there. You lose the stock Rosie and are forced to use either ADW or Launcher Pro. They alsy delete many of the things you have no interest in keeping.
Just another option.
Because I like Sense. I love the HTC Calendar Widget, HTC Clock Widget (with the full screen weather animation), HTC Tip Calculator and the stock HTC Keyboard (Hence why there is also an equal amount of Sense ROMs out there too).
Nothing I have seen out there comes close to what I like.
I've always just used the system app remover from the market
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Thanks. I'll give that a shot and report back.
Edit: No doesn't work. I uninstalled System App Remover and Got Refunded. It looks like it can't be done because even the Virtuous ROM has the same issue. Oh well maybe in time someone will figure it out.
UndergroundWire said:
Thanks. I'll give that a shot and report back.
Edit: No doesn't work. I uninstalled System App Remover and Got Refunded. It looks like it can't be done because even the Virtuous ROM has the same issue. Oh well maybe in time someone will figure it out.
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I would try removing the apps with Titanium Backup if you haven't. That's what I normally use to remove bloatware. If you "Freeze" the apps, the widgets may be removed, also.
Also, could someone let me in on the secret for adding a custom signature with my ROM/Kernel/Radio/Phone/etc.? I'm new to XDA.
The widgets are gone it's the shortcut for them that need to be removed. RMK had a method of removing these prior to Froyo update 1 which doesn't work anymore.
If you know what the app names are, you can use 7 zip to remove the apk's from the app folder before flashing the Rom.
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kekspernikai said:
I would try removing the apps with Titanium Backup if you haven't. That's what I normally use to remove bloatware. If you "Freeze" the apps, the widgets may be removed, also.
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It works. It gets rid of the garbage shortcuts now. However, you can't put widgets on your homescreens anymore. Very weird. Because the widgets I want to put on my screen are installed.
spence341 said:
If you know what the app names are, you can use 7 zip to remove the apk's from the app folder before flashing the Rom.
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I'll give that a shot too. However, without even doing it, I think it won't work because of the SQL entries left behind.
I am just being real anal. The garbage widgets shouldn't bother me but I want it to be clean.
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Also, could someone let me in on the secret for adding a custom signature with my ROM/Kernel/Radio/Phone/etc.? I'm new to XDA.
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Click on USER CP at the top of this page.
UndergroundWire said:
The widgets are gone it's the shortcut for them that need to be removed. RMK had a method of removing these prior to Froyo update 1 which doesn't work anymore.
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Did you ever manage to work out how to remove the deleted widgets from the list?
Sorry if this is old news. But the "Get more HTC widgets" finally works.
Excellent find, I'd tried them just the other day without any success!
Anyone having luck getting the task widget to download? For me it shows downloading then installing but never gives me the installed message. Tried the notes, fortune cookie, and word of the day, and they all worked just fine.
Could it be related to some of the apps I froze?
jesand83 said:
Excellent find, I'd tried them just the other day without any success!
Anyone having luck getting the task widget to download? For me it shows downloading then installing but never gives me the installed message. Tried the notes, fortune cookie, and word of the day, and they all worked just fine.
Could it be related to some of the apps I froze?
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I had the same problem when i tried to download "fake call" and "tip calculator" Battery and Coin Flip worked just fine.
Broken Downloads
So I've tried to download each of the new widgets just to see how many of them have problems. Here is the list of widgets I couldn't get to install:
Fake Call
Quick Record
Sand Timer
Tasks
Tip Calculator
Today In History
All other widgets downloaded and installed just fine. If anyone else has different results, let us know!
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So I've tried to download each of the new widgets just to see how many of them have problems. Here is the list of widgets I couldn't get to install:
Fake Call
Quick Record
Sand Timer
Tasks
Tip Calculator
Today In History
All other widgets downloaded and installed just fine. If anyone else has different results, let us know!
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Same issues just wanted to double check for ya. They download an vanish. *shrugs*
ok I thought I was crazy when I first found it, I only downloaded the battery, which worked and then tried task to no avail. happy this wasn't a wasted thread!
Me too
So i am having the same problem, anyone come up with a solution yet?
I have a DINC2 through work so I have to stay stock (no S-OFF or root) and did the OTA update to 2.3 yesterday. I noticed that my alarm didn't go off this morning so I tapped the Sense clock on my home screen and nothing happened.
Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, were you able to find a fix/work-around to set alarms?
No issues here. That said, I am not running OTA, but rather Gingersense which is basically a rooted and debloated version of the OTA.
If you didn't do a factory reset, it may be worth it.
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Mine is working. I took the official OTA. I hope someone acheives root through the new 2.3 I knew I would regret it... I own it!
My alarm died as well and I'm running a debloat official Rom
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More info... this issue is being reported by other users in the HTC Support forums.
After updating to GB yesterday, I believe that the Alarm/Clock function HAD worked at least once. Since that time, I ran the Clock app from the All Apps screen and now the Widget no longer calls up the Clock App and the Clock app itself has disappeared from the App list.
I think the root of the problem is the missing Clock app. Do NOT want to factory reset to get this back. There must be another way.
For those having this problem, is your Clock app missing?
Is there a way to reinstall just the Clock app?
I'm on rmk debloated rom and it woke me up fine this morning just tested it again and its fine. I like to delete a lot of sense stuff and deleted a little too much so I reflashed it without wiping maybe that's why my clock is still working
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I do not have the clock app in my All Apps, so that may be the root of my issue also.
But I do not want to do a factory reset if at all possible either, hopefully someone will find a better solution.
dlipetz said:
More info... this issue is being reported by other users in the HTC Support forums.
After updating to GB yesterday, I believe that the Alarm/Clock function HAD worked at least once. Since that time, I ran the Clock app from the All Apps screen and now the Widget no longer calls up the Clock App and the Clock app itself has disappeared from the App list.
I think the root of the problem is the missing Clock app. Do NOT want to factory reset to get this back. There must be another way.
For those having this problem, is your Clock app missing?
Is there a way to reinstall just the Clock app?
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Nope it's gotta be something else.
I haven't had a clock app since I got my phone. Rooted it and jumped on Gingersense. I still don't have a clock app but my alarms work fine and when i click on my clock on the weather widget it calls up the alarm clock/world clock just fine.
jrizk07 said:
Nope it's gotta be something else.
I haven't had a clock app since I got my phone. Rooted it and jumped on Gingersense. I still don't have a clock app but my alarms work fine and when i click on my clock on the weather widget it calls up the alarm clock/world clock just fine.
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I definitely had a "Clock" app. Ran it today for the first time. It called up the same screens you see when pressing on the clock on the HTC Clock/Weather widget. Now widget is broken and app is missing.
If someone has extracted the HTC Sense 2.2 Clock App and can post the file I would be willing to try it.
I used the Simi Folder clock widget on Froyo, OTA updated last night and yes all of my alarms were reset, however the widget still functions as it did (to open clock, world, alarm, etc.)
jdemerol said:
I used the Simi Folder clock widget on Froyo, OTA updated last night and yes all of my alarms were reset, however the widget still functions as it did (to open clock, world, alarm, etc.)
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What is a Simi Folder? I'm new to the Android...
jdemerol said:
I used the Simi Folder clock widget on Froyo, OTA updated last night and yes all of my alarms were reset, however the widget still functions as it did (to open clock, world, alarm, etc.)
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Ok, I assume you mean the SiMi Clock Widget... We're talking about the stock standard HTC Clock/Weather widget that appears on the home screen. You used to be able to tap the clock and the clock app would launch. This app provided alarms, timers, stopwatches and more.
See this thread for more details...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167107
Updating this thread...
Factory reset does in fact restore the clock app. But the first battery pull kills it again.
I did the factory reset and spent the better part of the day reconfiguring my phone. only to lose it again after I pulled battery.
I called HTC and they said they are aware of the issue and patch will be forthcoming.
To those thinking about doing a hard reset, you may want to wait since the first battery pull you do will break the clock again.
What's interesting, at least to me, is that I've done a battery pull...no issues. I wonder why?
The issue has been discussed in the HTC support forums and the current suggested "fix" is performing a factory reset. However, there are reports that this only fixes the problem temporarily.
Using the RMK Gingersense ROM (based on the GB OTA), I too experienced my Clock app disappearing. However I was able to recover it without a factory reset using the steps I described here (root required).
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I called HTC and they said they are aware of the issue and patch will be forthcoming.
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Being new to Android I have a few questions. How would they apply such a minor update? OTA push? Market update?
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The issue has been discussed in the HTC support forums and the current suggested "fix" is performing a factory reset. However, there are reports that this only fixes the problem temporarily.
Using the RMK Gingersense ROM (based on the GB OTA), I too experienced my Clock app disappearing. However I was able to recover it without a factory reset using the steps I described here (root required).
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Cool, glad you were able to resolve for rooted users. I am not rooted however and do not plan to do so (business user - corporate issues). Looks like I'm going to have to wait for HTC and Verizon to work this out.
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Being new to Android I have a few questions. How would they apply such a minor update? OTA push? Market update?
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The HTC rep told me it would be an OTA update but I really don't know if that was a guess or not.
My guess is that this hasn't even been escalated yet. If it were, Verizon would/should probably halt the GB rollout or at least caution users that the upgrade may remove the Clock app.
I just got my Incredible 2 yesterday. I was having trouble getting my fooled account to sync so I factory reset it about 7 times. My phone came with Gingerbread on it. My clock app worked for a while and now it's gone. I am pretty sure a factory reset is a temporary fix.
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Does anyone know how to get daily briefing to work on this device? I tried pushing the infoalarm.apk, that worked on the epic, to system\app but, it doesn't list in the app drawer. Please help. TIA
What type app is that?
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Does anyone know how to get daily briefing to work on this device? I tried pushing the infoalarm.apk, that worked on the epic, to system\app but, it doesn't list in the app drawer. Please help. TIA
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When you set a new alarm, or modify an existing alarm, set the alarm type to: briefing. I hope this helps!
What does the alarm type briefing do?
What does the alarm type briefing do?
If you're talking about the one that combines weather, news, stocks, and current events I too have been unable to get it to work I even tried pulling it from a rooted deodexed Droid Charge with no luck. I will try to find which additional apps, (if any) are required for it to run. However, if it requires editing of the TW framework.apk that is currently beyond my capabilities.
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If you're talking about the one that combines weather, news, stocks, and current events I too have been unable to get it to work I even tried pulling it from a rooted deodexed Droid Charge with no luck. I will try to find which additional apps, (if any) are required for it to run. However, if it requires editing of the TW framework.apk that is currently beyond my capabilities.
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that is the one I am talking about. It was my favorite weather app. Since I couldn't get it to work, I ended up getting palmary weather pro and I like it a little better. I was just fine with Daily briefing, though. I never would have looked for another weather appif I was able to get it to work.
Can't install this app
i am on a mooded rom, and i can not install this app.Any advice is wellcome.
All the sudden today, the Clock Package stopped working right. Whenever I press "create alarm" it gives a force close. I've tried downloading clock package from the forums and pushing it to system/app, checking/resetting the permissions, and wiping the dalvik cache. Still will force close if I try to create alarm. World clock, stopwatch, and Timer work fine. Currently on deodexed EH17.
Find the app in Titanium and clear data.
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Did, done. No effect.
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Did, done. No effect.
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Damn! And of course in settings the "clear data" button is greyed out. I have been using Extreme Alarm since the leak where the alarm no longer worked in silent mode.
Tried a hail mary and it worked. I used unyaffs to unpack my last nandroid back (from 7 days ago), took the clockpackage.apk that was in the system backup and pushed it to the system/app folder. Wiped dalvik cache, rebooted and crossed my fingers. I went into the clock app and pressed "create alarm", then my phone froze for about 30 seconds, but it went through. I was able to create and set my alarms and now we're back to status quo!
Then I wonder why it wouldn't work when you downloaded it. Unless it came from a different build and was incompatible with your data.
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I have no idea either. I'm on the Rooted/Deodexed/Busybox EH17 with the EH17Plus kernel. I don't think either of those uses a different clock package. The only other instance that could confict is that I used the Wireless Hotspot patch. I know that it modifies the framework-res.apk so maybe it creates a conflict between the samsung framework and the clock package?
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I have no idea either. I'm on the Rooted/Deodexed/Busybox EH17 with the EH17Plus kernel. I don't think either of those uses a different clock package. The only other instance that could confict is that I used the Wireless Hotspot patch. I know that it modifies the framework-res.apk so maybe it creates a conflict between the samsung framework and the clock package?
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The way EH17 handles data is different for some apps. I could not use my email data. I had to set the accounts up manually. So it is quite possible there is a difference there too.
For me it was the stock email.apk in all the GB leaks that had problems with my email. I'd set up manually, and it would work for the first day or two, then it would get authentication errors with the SMTP server so I couldn't send mail. I went thru a lot of troubleshooting before I just gave up and d/l'ed the Yahoo!Mail app. Couldn't understand why it would work at first but not after a few days.
Alarm Clock FC
Have same problem
I am on 4.1.2 on HTC One X+ and have try two different ROM. In both ROM my Clock app FC after 2 or 3 sec
and If I set any alarm it will not work..?
I try other alarm app but I have to keep them open for alarm to work otherwise they don't work in background ?
I also Try Deskclock from 4.2 ... it also FC after 1 or 2 hr....but in that timer works, So if I set 8 Hr timer it works great.. and it not FC and works in Background too...
This is the og epic forum, go ask in the one x+ forums
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Okay, this might be an old thread, but i just want to make suggestion which work in my case, just in case someone bumped into this.
Have u tried set the alarm ringtone first prior to checking the set alarm checkbox? on my case this was the problem due to my custom rom originally uses ringtone of which file's been deleted.
This worked for me! Been looking for a solution for a long time and finally found it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968237
Essentially delete the 4.1 clock app and install the 4.2 clock app in the linked post. Im running 4.1.2 and had no issues with it.