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I was looking for an app and it didn't show up on my Xoom.... so I looked via my home pc, and it's there, but it won't let me install it for the Xoom. (It's the app to listen to 93.3 WMMR in Philly - app name - WMMR)
I've only had my Xoom for a couple days... and it's my first android device, so I've rather green when it comes to how to do things....
Is there a way to kindof force install it? Or download it to my pc and then install it somehow via the usb cable?
some apps just will not work yet with honeycomb, so even if you get it to install don't be too surprised if it force closes.
Cool! Thanks!
I found an app - TuneInRadio - and that seems to work really well and has the station. But I'll see if their app works.
would it be wise to compile a list of the bloatware that we should and should not kill, now that we have root? Also, perhaps the best method to deal with it (Freeze, rename, or outright delete)
Here's what I've successfully removed without any problems so far:
Apps 1.02.16
Backup Assistant 2.3.4
Backup Assistant Client 1.0
Blockbuster 0.8
Citrix Receiver 2.1.1059
Ctiy ID 1.1.7
GoToMeeting 1.0
Guided Tours 2.3.4
Help Center 2.3.4
NFL Mobile 4.0
Skype mobile 1.6.0.15
Slacker 2.1.191
V CAST Media Manager 4.2.99.36
V CAST Music 03.72.107
V CAST Tones 4.5.7
V CAST Videos 5.72.005
VZ Navigator 7.1.5.33
ZumoCast 1.0.17
I just uninstalled them all with Titanium Backup. I've restarted the phone a couple times since and had no noticeable issues.
Is your phone running any faster. Also is freezing them the same as deleteing them
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spacecasespiff said:
Is your phone running any faster. Also is freezing them the same as deleteing them
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DO NOT DELETE. Freeze the apps u dont want cuz u wont be able to get updates if u delete apps
patfactorx said:
DO NOT DELETE. Freeze the apps u dont want cuz u wont be able to get updates if u delete apps
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What type of updates? I made backups of everything first so I can go back and restore everything and freeze it instead... I don't know if I want to though as everything seems good so far.
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What type of updates? I made backups of everything first so I can go back and restore everything and freeze it instead... I don't know if I want to though as everything seems good so far.
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OTA updates to the OS.
I just froze stuff. I feel better doing that. Im trying to figure out if its helped my phone.
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Here is a list of stuff I removed by renaming from .apk to .bak
No issues so far...
BooksPhone
Blockbuster
Citrix
CityID
FriendFeed
GoToMeeting
GuidedTours
HelpCenter
IMPresence
Kindle
NewBayVault
NFLMobile
Protips
Skype
SocialMessaging
SocialLocation
SlackerRadio
Swype
VCast
VCast Apps
VCast Music
VCast Tones
VCast Videos
VZ Navigator
VZWIM
YahooContacts
ZumoCast
i see no one has listed DLNA as a safe to freeze. I know it is constantly running on my D3 and am wondering if its safe to freeze or not.
Even after freezing DLNA, like a couple other apps like Task Manager and Voice Commands, it still seemed to stay resident. After doing an actual uninstall and reboot, I was good. (I did get an infinite force close loop, thus requiring the reboot. I seemed to be able to hold the power button and tap the force close then the shutdown item fast enough to avoid needing a battery pull.)
I agree we shouldn't have multiple threads for the same topic. I think we should take further discussion over to the more trafficked one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235325
djthread said:
Even after freezing DLNA, like a couple other apps like Task Manager and Voice Commands, it still seemed to stay resident. After doing an actual uninstall and reboot, I was good. (I did get an infinite force close loop, thus requiring the reboot. I seemed to be able to hold the power button and tap the force close then the shutdown item fast enough to avoid needing a battery pull.)
I agree we shouldn't have multiple threads for the same topic. I think we should take further discussion over to the more trafficked one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235325
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Agreed... we should move this over to the other thread.... can one of the mods close this down?
Can anyone upload backups for these files for those of us (ahem) who went a little gung-ho on deleting apps instead of freezing? (meh bad).
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Agreed... we should move this over to the other thread.... can one of the mods close this down?
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Only members with 30+ posts can post to the Dev forum right? This thread serves the new members, like ourselves, who cannot yet post to the Dev forum.
I will be updating this as we get more info in. Just post a reply and I'll edit the top here.
8/25/2011 // 10:47P
Kindle.apk
Blockbuster.apk
CitrixReceiver.apk
VCASTMusic.apk
VCast.apk
VCASTVideo.apk
MyVerizon.apk
I removed all Bloat, no problems. Task Manager app gave constant force closes until I did a battery pull, no issues since.
I changed out the boot animation with no issues
Removed go to my pc and the yahoo crap
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There's a rom for the droidx called apex
it has all blur accept for accounts removed
in theory you can remove everything
I would factory reset and then change apk to bak and then sign into google you shouldn't get any fc or issues
I also removed:
slacker radio
nfl mobile (it's my wife's phone )
backup assistant
vz navigator
com.motorola.android.buacontactadapter
skype mobile
google books
I removed all the car dock related apps.
noob question alert: how are you guys removing these apps?
a_lazy_dude said:
noob question alert: how are you guys removing these apps?
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Titanium backup or use es file manager with root access checked off in settings and delete them or any file manager that has root access really but you shouldn't delete them..just move them to a folder on your sd card or rename them to .bak or freeze them with titanium backup..this way if anything goes wrong you will be able to fix it
Hope I helped
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I remove the video editing app without any problems.
EDIT: I froze all the "authenticator" apps without a problem.
Code:
rm /system/app/VCA*
rm /system/app/IM*
Remove most Vcast
IMPresence that is all over the logcat (hoping to see some battery saving w/ this)
Originally posted this in the wrong thread, here we go again :-
I've created a dir /system/app/bak and moved my "retired" apps into that folder.
So far it contains :-
Blockbuster.apk
CitrixReciever.apk
CityID.apk
GuidedTours.apk/odex
HelpCenter.apk/odex
MOTOPRINT.apk
MyVerizon.apk
NFLMobile.apk
Newswidget.apk/odex
SkypeBourbon.apk
SlackerRadio.apk
SocialMessaging.apk/odex
SocialShare.apk/odex
SuggestionsProvider.apk/odex
SuggestionsRuleChecker.spk/odex
SuggestionServiceScheduler.apk/odex
VCASTMusic.apk
VCASTVideo.apk
VCAST_TONES_4_5_7.apk
VCast.apk
WeatherWidget.apk/odex
ZumoCast_1.0.17.apk
gotomeeting-stuv-1.0.74.apk
vzw_vnav_DROID3_rel_PROD_signed.apk
NewBayVault_4.2.99.36.Market.apk (this is VCast media manager - thanks Darksurf)
I still can't get rid of "Social Networking" and "Social Location" from the apps list though - anyone know how to kill them off?
There's more here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235149
Can we please use only one topic? (this one?)
Ill update this later tonight. With my training at Apple today and Hurricaine Irene, its a bit shaky right now.
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pplude said:
Ill update this later tonight. With my training at Apple today and Hurricaine Irene, its a bit shaky right now.
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TRAINING AT APPLE? lol.
be careful, my friend.
west coasters, rejoice xD
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Im not so sure about removing anything blur or moto related. It was said that com.motorola.android.buacontactadapter was removed, but does anyone know what it does? The main thing I dislike the most is the way the camera handles flash and the way it is linked to gallery. (I hate the moto gallery, QuickPic FTW). If camera360 supported FFCs I would be much more likely to use it.
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I still can't get rid of "Social Networking" "Social Location" or "VCast Media Manager" from the apps list though - anyone know how to kill them off?
Also - word of warning - do not remove VSuiteApp.apk - I thought it was the VCast Media Manager, but removing it puts the phone into a "Force close" loop, which even ADB can't get you out of (can't SU while in the "force close" loop). I had to reboot the phone to get it working again and restore the APK file to its correct location, which was a pretty tense experience.
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I removed the VSuiteApp.apk just fine. No issues here. the force close loop is caused because the application was running at the time of deletion. VCast Media Manager is known as NewBayVault_4.2.99.36.Market.apk . this can happen to any of the apps if they are system apps that are running during time of deletion
@Darksurf -thanks for that, VCast media manager now removed.
Edited my earlier post to add that APK to the list.
On removing VSuiteApp.apk - what does that app do? It seems to be related to the voice recognition system as far as I can see. Be safe to remove if you don't want voice IO, perhaps?
I removed the DLNA app, it started giving immediate problems with repetitive force close notices. Pulled the battery, restarted, never happened again.
So I used Root Explorer to rename most of the same apps everyone is listing as .bak. I then gave my phone a few hours run to see how everything behaved and that I didn't freeze anything important. Once I was satisfied with that I started actually deleting certain apps (ie. blockbuster, zumo, any vzw app) because all we kept saying was "remove the bloatware." Now I'm seeing everyone say we shouldn't have actually removed anything. All that being said, how can I replace the apps I actually deleted and simply go back and .bak them?
Can I delete GlobalNWSwitch.apk? Is this what makes the phone keep on asking whether you want to switch back to Global mode once the signal is lost for a while?
Does anyone have, or have access to, the new apk (v. 1.6) of the Sirius XM app? I would love to try it on my Xoom and see if it works. This is the only thing missing from my perfect tablet.
This was the first thing I thought of when I saw the update was released. Sadly I still can't make it work, it gets stuck at the "checking for updates" notification and then times out back to the login screen.
I've tried clearing the app data and reinstalling the app with no results. If you or anyone else figures this out please share.
Try inserting the app into data/data with matching permissions.
May work that way. Maybe.
It's working for well for me, doesn't look perfect, but the station quality is great.
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^ what method did you use to install?
once again it only works on 3g xooms... sigh
I suspected something like that when I saw the permissions requirements on install. It requires (Phone calls: read phone state and identity) and (Serices that cost you money: directly call phone numbers), which seems kind of odd to me unless they're using your phone number to track/identify you to the service, or determine your location / country (license or channel listing data maybe?) to build the initial app database.
So this means it's probably getting stuck trying to access the device modem and because there isn't one it just times out.
I'm curious to see if someone who also has the app on their phone and copied the /data/data/com.sirius folder over to the xoom after installing the .apk normally would have any better luck. My phone is rooted but my xoom is not so I can't try it.
bigslam123 said:
Does anyone have, or have access to, the new apk (v. 1.6) of the Sirius XM app? I would love to try it on my Xoom and see if it works. This is the only thing missing from my perfect tablet.
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Looking for the apk for 1.6.1, if anyone can help and provide, would be much appreciated
hello
i was wondering if there is a bluetooth tethering app for the phone and the gear that work together so that the gear can actually connect to the internet?
like the tablet talk, which u can install a keyboard like fleksy and send messages directly from gear...
(am asking because i do not want to install custom rom)
i have tried the easy tether pro app, however, when i launch the app (for tablet) from the gear, and then i choose my phone from the selection, i get a black screen and after a while it force close. maybe another app may have better luck?
also i just tried pdanet and still as soon as i connect with bluetooth tethering, the app close....
edit: i gave up and rooted, and installed null. however the playstore app keep crashing....