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There's a few default apps I'd like to remove (work email, email etc. stuff I know I'll never use). Can anyone tell me if this is possible? And if so, how do I do it?
Thanks!
Funkstar De Luxe said:
There's a few default apps I'd like to remove (work email, email etc. stuff I know I'll never use). Can anyone tell me if this is possible? And if so, how do I do it?
Thanks!
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Hey, Give this a go - this is how i do it. (Not to sure what Work Email APK is can't seem to find how its named.
So you need to mount the filesystem for read/write.
Code:
adb remout
Just to be on the safe side you can pull the apk so you have it as a backup..
Code:
adb pull /system/app/Email.apk Email.apk.bak
And now you can go delete the apk...
Code:
adb shell rm /system/app/Email.apk
And another one becuase amazon mp3 is useless...
Code:
adb shell rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
Now all you need to do is just reboot
Code:
adb shell reboot
And they have gone
If you need some help on adb take a look here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
Great, thanks! Can you tell me how I go about finding which .apk is related to which app?
Funkstar De Luxe said:
Great, thanks! Can you tell me how I go about finding which .apk is related to which app?
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Its all in the names of the apk, Best way to look at them would to be download 'Astro' off of the market and search the /system/app dir there
ls system/sd/app
and
ls/system/app
will give you listings of all apps, you will usually have a pretty good idea which apk is where (just by looking at names, it will be something like com.xxxx.xxxxx.apk where some of the xxxx will be app name)
It is usually a good idea to refresh your dalvik-cache at the same time so after you're done nuking unneeded apps type
rm -r /system/sd/dalvik-cache
reboot
It will take a while for a reboot because system will rebuild all odex files.
Obviously all of this needs to be done in su mode and back up your existing state just to be safe.
Good luck.
Hello,
I did a search and could not find anything. Is there an app available on the Market to remove stock apps from Android? I know there is a terminal command I can use but I have to input the command every time Cyan releases a new build.
Just wondering if there was an easier solution.
Thanks!
Resign the rom after you extact what you don't want, or any root explorer will delete the files after you change it to r/w instead of read-only.
also with root access just go into terminal and mount your phone as rw and remove them that way
There is an app called .... SU something or other. It is a file browser with read/write permissions. You can install/uninstall all sorts of apps, including system apps, or so says the creator.
I haven't tried it yet since it is a paid app and I can do them for free through terminal... but it seems like a good app!
here is the link to the thread he has here on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530271
Try GScript
Ssantos6981 said:
There is an app called .... SU something or other. It is a file browser with read/write permissions. You can install/uninstall all sorts of apps, including system apps, or so says the creator.
I haven't tried it yet since it is a paid app and I can do them for free through terminal... but it seems like a good app!
here is the link to the thread he has here on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530271
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Thanks, I will look into that. Sounds like that is exactly what I am looking for.
.PaNiNi. said:
also with root access just go into terminal and mount your phone as rw and remove them that way
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Thats what I have been doing. I want to avoid having to run the terminal commands every time I flash a new cyan update.
Looking for a more automated solution.
Thanks though!
.PaNiNi. said:
also with root access just go into terminal and mount your phone as rw and remove them that way
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What are the comands exactly thru terminal emulator to remove stock apps like amazon?
g1g said:
What are the comands exactly thru terminal emulator to remove stock apps like amazon?
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su
mount -o rw,remount /system
rm -r /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
rm -r /data/data/com.amazon.mp3
exit
exit
I would say use GScript to do it, but an app could be work. Select the programs you want to remove then it runs the scripts to remove it then reboot your phone. But you want to be careful removing certain apps, it could make your phone unstable or not work.
Never really saw the need to remove these apps other than not seeing them. Never saw a big difference in performance of my phone.
I've used GScript and the following script to remove useless (to me, anyway) apps from every Cyanogen ROM with no problem.
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
rm /system/app/AlarmClock.apk
rm /system/app/Calculator.apk
rm /system/app/Development.apk
rm /system/app/Email.apk
rm /system/app/Mail.apk
rm /system/app/LatinIME.apk
rm /system/app/Music.apk
rm /system/app/Talk.apk
rm /system/sd/app/teeter.apk
reboot
There's no noticeable boost in performance, other than a few MB increase in free space and a tidier app drawer, I don't know if any of the apps use system resources unless they're opened. It's mainly for aesthetics. AFAIK, these are the only apps you can delete without crippling the phone's essential functions. I know you can remove /system/app/LatinIME.apk ONLY if you use HTC_IME.apk and never try to uninstall it. The log collector in Cyanogen's ROMs is also safe to delete as long as you don't care about easy log collecting (ie not having to use logcat in terminal or adb).
try this app
antirock said:
Hello,
I did a search and could not find anything. Is there an app available on the Market to remove stock apps from Android? I know there is a terminal command I can use but I have to input the command every time Cyan releases a new build.
Just wondering if there was an easier solution.
Thanks!
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try this it works for me REMOVED LINK TO A KNOWN WAREZ SITE
Can anyone tell me how to remce IM I just don't like that app and can't FIGURE IT OUT plz help
tuppaacc said:
Can anyone tell me how to remce IM I just don't like that app and can't FIGURE IT OUT plz help
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You can't. From what I have experienced, you can remove IM.apk with no problem, but not ImProvider.apk, as removing it breaks the ROM (massive FC's). The icon for the app still shows up in the app drawer, as it's part of ImProvider.apk, but clicking it does nothing. Your best bet it to use Irrenhaus's Advanced Launcher and just hide the icon.
rob.turner said:
You can't. From what I have experienced, you can remove IM.apk with no problem, but not ImProvider.apk, as removing it breaks the ROM (massive FC's). The icon for the app still shows up in the app drawer, as it's part of ImProvider.apk, but clicking it does nothing. Your best bet it to use Irrenhaus's Advanced Launcher and just hide the icon.
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Yeah! I remove the im.apk but the icon still there thanks anyways I almost removed the improvider.apk but I read in some other forums it would damage my rom. Thanks for the heads up tho
erase message app?? factory one!?
is there any way you can delete the original message (white envelope) without fuccin up my messages.. im using handcent sms... and i use my blacklist..but i hate tha other messaging program since it still shows it
i dont wanna use private sms.. so dont mention it..
anywho..just get at me!
Again, just use the Advanced Launcher (I swear I'm not affiliated with the project in any way, it's just an awesome mod) and hide it, and be sure to turn off message retrieval and notifications in the stock messaging app's options. Deleting any stock app that has to do with core functions of the phone (IM, messaging, browser, phone, etc.) is never a good idea, you're just asking for problems if you do. The apps listed in my other post in this thread are pretty much the only stock apps you can delete without causing problems.
saprano614 said:
try this it works for me REMOVED LINK TO A KNOWN WAREZ SITE
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First and final warning.
Read the rules of this forum prior to posting links to apps
I would LOVE to be able to remove the Music program. If I have my bluetooth headset on with phone and media enabled it plays a file every time I hang up. It drives me NUTS. If I disable the BT media it doesn't happen, but then I don't hear the notifications in the headset...
Does anybody know if it's okay to remove the stock music program?
Thanks again for all the help on here.
Siegel
I finally got adb working and tried:
adb uninstall Music.apk
and I just get a failure.
I apologize for my total noobness, but I saw this:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
rm /system/app/AlarmClock.apk
rm /system/app/Calculator.apk
rm /system/app/Development.apk
rm /system/app/Email.apk
rm /system/app/Mail.apk
rm /system/app/LatinIME.apk
rm /system/app/Music.apk
rm /system/app/Talk.apk
rm /system/sd/app/teeter.apk
reboot
How do I use that?
Thanks,
Siegel
Hello,
I installed appsToSD, did everything as it says in this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5542400
Seems to be working, but
i can see all my apps in both
/data/app/
/system/sd/app
Also, when i'm trying to open AppsToSD, it says that i need to follow the tutorial above
i'm confused, please advise
so, basically you would like to know if apps2sd is working correctly?
the first thing i did was search this sub-forum (you could search google also, this is not strictly a CDMA hero related question) and i came up with this!
the question is "is apps2sd working?" so i searched apps2sd working and this popped up!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=603052&highlight=apps2sd+working
its theraginasian's root cheat sheet, its in the guide wiki at the very top of the 1st page. useful information all in one easy to use place!
thedudejdog, i have checked that cheat sheet before,
ls /system/sd/app/ lists applications, meaning apps2sd is working properly
but ls /data/app/ lists them too, and that what confuses me
Just wanted to clarify it for myself
will22 said:
thedudejdog, i have checked that cheat sheet before,
ls /system/sd/app/ lists applications, meaning apps2sd is working properly
but ls /data/app/ lists them too, and that what confuses me
Just wanted to clarify it for myself
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Code:
cd /data/app
pwd
if it returns /system/sd/app, it's working. If it displays /data/app, it's not.
will22 said:
thedudejdog, i have checked that cheat sheet before,
ls /system/sd/app/ lists applications, meaning apps2sd is working properly
but ls /data/app/ lists them too, and that what confuses me
Just wanted to clarify it for myself
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That's because there is a symlink to trick your phone unto thinking your apps are stored there.
How's your internal memory?
ohhh, duh!
Memory jumped from 25 to 88 free, so everything is fine.
Thank you for the reply
I tried searching for this type of install and couldn't find it. After re-flashing cyanogen 5.0.7 stable, I lost my 3d gallery again. I'm at work right now and don't have access to ADB so I had to figure out how to install this on-the-go, without having double galleries. These instructions can be used in terminal emulator without a system reboot. Make sure to download the attached gallery.apk and place it on the root of your sd card.
Code:
1. su (allows root permission)
2. mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system (make the system folder writeable)
3. rm /system/app/Gallery.apk (removes system Gallery)
4. cat /sdcard/Gallery.apk > /system/app/Gallery.apk (copies 3D Gallery to system)
5. enjoy
Help!!!
Permisson denied (are you root?)
yes i am... why doesn't it work?
s.aldrete said:
Permisson denied (are you root?)
yes i am... why doesn't it work?
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before entering the above commands, try first entering "su", then when you see the # symbol enter in the above command.
so it may look like this, not sure if will work but you can try it:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# rm /system/app/Gallery.apk
# cat /sdcard/Gallery.apk > /system/app/Gallery.apk
NguyenHuu said:
before entering the above commands, try first entering "su", then when you see the # symbol enter in the above command.
so it may look like this, not sure if will work but you can try it:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# rm /system/app/Gallery.apk
# cat /sdcard/Gallery.apk > /system/app/Gallery.apk
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Thanks for helping. I just added that step in the original post. I forgot all about it...
Can we use something like linda to install this and keep both galleries?
Yes you can have both galleries if you install using Astro or Linda but you'll get 2 identical galleries and thus arousing identification problems.
pziv2 said:
Yes you can have both galleries if you install using Astro or Linda but you'll get 2 identical galleries and thus arousing identification problems.
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What do you mean by identification problems?
thank you man finally a simple way to push apps without using adb interface (that **** is hard when you have no idea what to do)
FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
What do you mean by identification problems?
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on your device it will show two "Gallery" icons/apps. You wont be able to tell which is which because the 3D one wasnt modded and renamed. So you dont have for example seperate "Gallery" and "3D Gallery" labels, you just have two "Gallery" icons. hope that makes sense. if you look around the forums, you can rip out the modded 3D gallery from one of the roms so it can run side by side with the stock gallery and be properly labeled. maybe rip it out of one of cyanogen's old roms when he had them both before he removed the 3d one.
NguyenHuu said:
on your device it will show two "Gallery" icons/apps. You wont be able to tell which is which because the 3D one wasnt modded and renamed. So you dont have for example seperate "Gallery" and "3D Gallery" labels, you just have two "Gallery" icons. hope that makes sense. if you look around the forums, you can rip out the modded 3D gallery from one of the roms so it can run side by side with the stock gallery and be properly labeled. maybe rip it out of one of cyanogen's old roms when he had them both before he removed the 3d one.
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I understand what you mean now, thanks for the explanation. Quick question though since I'm kind of novice at certain things, when you say rip out the modded one, is it as simple as opening up the zip, finding the app, taking it out, and then using Linda or such to install it beside the original? And do you know which test version it was when Cyan stopped using the 3d gallery? Thanks in advance.
Edit: I took the apk from Superbad, but it still had the same icon, do you know a specific rom that has a modded icon?
Edit #2: Nevermind, I was able to find 2 different icon-ed versions. Now just a matter of deciding which one I like most.
FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
Edit #2: Nevermind, I was able to find 2 different icon-ed versions. Now just a matter of deciding which one I like most.
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Dude, can you possibly post the rom/s you took the iconed version/s from, or post the apk's on here as im interested in this myself.
Thanks
Trauma
yay! Thanks a lot! Works marvelously. Now if only somebody were to be able to speed it up, all my dreams would be fulfilled.
traumatism said:
Dude, can you possibly post the rom/s you took the iconed version/s from, or post the apk's on here as im interested in this myself.
Thanks
Trauma
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No problem, I got it from right here: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/145-gallery-3d-working-version/page__p__1398#entry1398
Just grab the gallery3d zip, take the apk out of it, and just use linda or astro to install. That's what I did.
FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
No problem, I got it from right here: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/145-gallery-3d-working-version/page__p__1398#entry1398
Just grab the gallery3d zip, take the apk out of it, and just use linda or astro to install. That's what I did.
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nice one dude thanks for that.
makes things easier if lots of images are in a folder
traumatism said:
nice one dude thanks for that.
makes things easier if lots of images are in a folder
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Not a problem, glad I could help. I actually find the 3d gallery to be faster than the legacy one for me. I have 1200 images on my phone ( I pretty much site ripped G1-Walls and put it on my SD ) and after the initial boot when it creates its thumbs and other cache files, it flies for me. Plus it looks so damn good!
NP
...glad I could contribute to the android movement. F*** iPhone!
SG_Shadow said:
...glad I could contribute to the android movement. F*** iPhone!
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Hell yeah!!
I try to download install it but I get error saying it couldnt be installed.
On the main page it says I need to manually update it? I dont know how to do that. Emailed the dev 2 times with no luck. Anybody can help me please?
Thanks
sti-06 said:
I try to download install it but I get error saying it couldnt be installed.
On the main page it says I need to manually update it? I dont know how to do that. Emailed the dev 2 times with no luck. Anybody can help me please?
Thanks
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uninstall the old one first....
flybyme said:
uninstall the old one first....
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that is the thing, when I went under "Manage Applications" setCPU is not even listed in there to uninstall it...
Under the same place I went under "All" clicked on setCPU and uninstall button is not highlighted
sti-06 said:
that is the thing, when I went under "Manage Applications" setCPU is not even listed in there to uninstall it...
Under the same place I went under "All" clicked on setCPU and uninstall button is not highlighted
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try this in terminal
su
rm /system/app/setcpu.apk
sti-06 said:
that is the thing, when I went under "Manage Applications" setCPU is not even listed in there to uninstall it...
Under the same place I went under "All" clicked on setCPU and uninstall button is not highlighted
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What ROM are you running? The ROM you are running probably installed setcpu to system so you would have to pull the old version using adb or you might be able to use a file explorer to find it and delete it.
flybyme said:
try this in terminal
su
rm /system/app/setcpu.apk
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Didnt work, it said "rm failed for /systesm/app/setcpu/setcpu.apk, Read0only file system"
irishrally said:
What ROM are you running? The ROM you are running probably installed setcpu to system so you would have to pull the old version using adb or you might be able to use a file explorer to find it and delete it.
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I am using kang-o-rama 0.9
I went under /system/app and all I see is setCpuWidgetMod. There is not an app called just setCPU
sti-06 said:
Didnt work, it said "rm failed for /systesm/app/setcpu/setcpu.apk, Read0only file system"
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Remount and then do it again.
Or download root explorer and browse to /system/app and delete the .apk from there.
mortzz said:
Remount and then do it again.
Or download root explorer and browse to /system/app and delete the .apk from there.
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I have the astro mananger, browsed inside /system/app but there is not a file called setcpu.apk....
If you have root explorer, do a search for setcpu
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sti-06 said:
I have the astro mananger, browsed inside /system/app but there is not a file called setcpu.apk....
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why does it say you cannot install? its the fault of the rom dev of including it in his build. see if you can find and delete the app from /system/app
it may be that mod that you mentioned
su
remount
rm /system/app/setCpuWidgetMod.apk
flybyme said:
why does it say you cannot install? its the fault of the rom dev of including it in his build. see if you can find and delete the app from /system/app
it may be that mod that you mentioned
su
remount
rm /system/app/setCpuWidgetMod.apk
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From what I see it does not give me reason it just says "Install unsuccessful"
tried:
su
remount
rm /system/app/setCpuWidgetMod.apk
on terminal and gave me same error "Read only file system"
also, when I typed "remount, it said "remount not found"...
If u install it, and while its downloading click the progress bar to get to the setcpu description screen in market, it'll show u the reason it failed.
Most likely it'll say something like insufficient space - which actually is a result of it not being able to overwrite the existing apk thats installed. To find the actual apk try this
find / -name *setcpu*
You should get a list of all files with setcpu on your phone. rm -F the correct apk. If its on /system you will need to do 'adb remount' from your windows command prompt, then open a adb shell before you can delete it.
btw it may actually be these two:
rm /data/data/com.mhuang.overclocking
rm /data/app/com.mhuang.overclocking-1.apk
kam187 said:
If u install it, and while its downloading click the progress bar to get to the setcpu description screen in market, it'll show u the reason it failed.
Most likely it'll say something like insufficient space - which actually is a result of it not being able to overwrite the existing apk thats installed. To find the actual apk try this
find / -name *setcpu*
You should get a list of all files with setcpu on your phone. rm -F the correct apk. If its on /system you will need to do 'adb remount' from your windows command prompt, then open a adb shell before you can delete it.
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Thanks. It says: "Package file was not signed correctly"
kam187 said:
btw it may actually be these two:
rm /data/data/com.mhuang.overclocking
rm /data/app/com.mhuang.overclocking-1.apk
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I looked inside the /data/ with ASTRO but there is nothing in there...
Yeah not sure why astro shows it empty. It may be because it doesnt run with root privaledges and only requests them when you try to delete something.
Use adb to check.
sti-06 said:
Thanks. It says: "Package file was not signed correctly"
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yes this is because the old one is installed.
Use ES file explorer...not sure if its root access will work on that rom but it should
flybyme said:
yes this is because the old one is installed.
Use ES file explorer...not sure if its root access will work on that rom but it should
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U mean EStrongs File Explorer right?
sti-06 said:
U mean EStrongs File Explorer right?
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yes
it would be best if you do it through adb though