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[Q] app removal and new task killer

I am trying to get rid of Amazon mp3 and i cant get rid of it i tried using android commander and astro and free advanced task killer and it will not go away. Also does anyone have a better free task killer than what i am using. they updated free advanced task killer and now it sucks. any help would be appreciated.
Skippy

firestonetech32 said:
I am trying to get rid of Amazon mp3 and i cant get rid of it i tried using android commander and astro and free advanced task killer and it will not go away. Also does anyone have a better free task killer than what i am using. they updated free advanced task killer and now it sucks. any help would be appreciated.
Skippy
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The phone is still nand locked. It is only unlocked in recovery. You will have to remove the apk's via adb in recovery. Also task killers are highly discouraged on Froyo roms.

bkmo said:
The phone is still nand locked. It is only unlocked in recovery. You will have to remove the apk's via adb in recovery. Also task killers are highly discouraged on Froyo roms.
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i tried everything to remove it in recovery using adb and no luck any suggestions?

firestonetech32 said:
i tried everything to remove it in recovery using adb and no luck any suggestions?
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If you have clockwork recovery installed, then goto partitions and mount /system.
Then you can ADB in and rm the .apks you don't want.

You also shouldn't boot into recovery with the USB plugged in. Boot into recovery THEN plug it in, or you'll get directory not empty errors.

i get the error (/sbin/sh: pm: not found) when i type in (adb uninstall com.amazon.mp3 or adb uninstall com.amazon.mp3.apk) and i rebooted into recovery without the usb plugged in and mounted the system file in partitions menu

firestonetech32 said:
i get the error (/sbin/sh: pm: not found) when i type in (adb uninstall com.amazon.mp3 or adb uninstall com.amazon.mp3.apk) and i rebooted into recovery without the usb plugged in and mounted the system file in partitions menu
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Don't try to uninstall the apk's, just adb shell rm /system/app/apkname.apk, or navigate to /system/app and rm apkname.apk

i get the error (/sbin/sh: pm: not found) when i type in (adb uninstall com.amazon.mp3 or adb uninstall com.amazon.mp3.apk)
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This is a problem with the path variable in the CM6 roms. See my thread here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780860
Short story, change the path in init.rc in order to use uninstall or install or just use the rm command as stated above (probably the easiest). I corrected the path on my rom as it seems to me it should include /system/bin which is where the "pm" command is located.

if by any chance you downloaded the app from the market, you can uninstall it from the market app by going to the download page & choose uninstall.

Just download winzip open the gapps zip on your computer delete the Amazon API from within winzip then place on your sd card then flash the new gapps in clockwork
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App

[HOW TO] Remove ads using adfree android

This was created when we didn't have S-OFF yet.
If you have S-OFF or /system overlay script you won't need to go through all the steps simply download adfree android.
I know most of you will be able to do this. But I believe that it might not be as easy for the beginners. So here is a little walk through.
!NEEDs ROOT!
1. Download Adfree Android
2. Wait for it to determine local hosts then click on download and install hosts.
Now it will try to replace /system/etc/hosts but fail (it should reboot the phone but it didn't reboot mine)
4. go to adb and reboot your phone into recovery (with power on+volume down OR the command: "adb reboot recovery")
5. Open up the recovery-windows (start recovery-windows (make sure your in the right directory))
6. mount your system and sdcard you might be able to just use mount and mount everything but I've mounted them serperatly.
Here's how: "adb shell mount /system" next "adb shell mount /sdcard"
7. Now we're going to put it in the etc directory where it should be: "adb shell cp /sdcard/hosts /system/etc"
8. reboot the phone ("adb reboot")
That should remove most of the adds.
I know it's explained on a really low level of knowledge but I wanted to make it accessible for all of you.
Only the needed codes:
Code:
1. adb reboot recovery
2. start recovery-windows
3. adb shell mount /system
4. adb shell mount /sdcard
5. adb shell cp /sdcard/hosts /system/etc
6. adb reboot

has it the option to only block browser ads? when I tried it time ago it couldn't. I don't like to block the app ads

No it removes the adds everywhere. It simply blocks the links to adds. it doesn't actually remove them. they are still being called but they just don't show up.

Hi,
I have this very same problem for a long time now, with the constant reboots etc.
Followed your steps, but after the reboot, as soon as I press the button to update the hostfile, it reboots my phone
Thanks anyway...

PirateNL said:
Hi,
I have this very same problem for a long time now, with the constant reboots etc.
Followed your steps, but after the reboot, as soon as I press the button to update the hostfile, it reboots my phone
Thanks anyway...
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Do you have root access?
Have you checked if the hosts file is at the root of your SD?

A good guide, if a little misplaced, but another option is the /system overlay.

JonasDroid said:
Do you have root access?
Have you checked if the hosts file is at the root of your SD?
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Yes and yes

where is the most recent hosts file? I'm using a vibrant and it says it worked, but of course, it doesn't. And it doesn't copy the hosts file to my sdcard either ? odd

Hello ,
Finally I got Adfree working
Ok it's not perfect because app continue to reboot the phone after updating the hosts file ,
and we need to copy it manually in recovery mode but it better than nothing
Thank you very much JonasDroid for this little How to .
PS:
For me step 5
JonasDroid said:
Code:
5. adb cp /sdcard/hosts /system/etc
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was
Code:
adb shell cp /sdcard/hosts /system/etc
Bye.

Yeah indeed its adb shell cp thx for letting me know
Sent from my Legend using XDA App

Can you link me the apk of adfree? I can't download the app from my phone

BTW it's 'ADs" single d
short for advertisment (notice the single d?)

Fixed that English is not my main language
Sent from my Legend using XDA App

JonasDroid said:
5. Open up the recovery-windows (start recovery-windows (make sure your in the right directory))
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Can't get "start recovery-windows" to work. What is the "right directory"?
Things seems to have worked for me without that portion. Many thanks, I will now change my review in the market for that app from one star to three stars. If they include a note describing this problem upfront I may bump it up further.

It could simply be called start recovery (depending on where you got your rooting tools)(if you've got the from The Unlockr you'll need the -windows)
If you have S-OFF or if you use an /system overlay script these steps aren't needed. (It was created when we didn't have S-OFF for our legends yet.)

Anyone having problems with adfree scripts on Legend since Froyo update? Neve had a problem witha rooted 2.1, but have lots of problems since rooted Froyo 2.2
It seems HTC may have some service which is checking for modifications to symlinks etc.

When I run adfree in my S-off CM7, i get an java.io.EOFException.
Someone else having this?

I had some problems at first, but reinstalling adfree android from market seemed to help. No problem now with CM7 (01/03 from ali ba) and s-off.

adfree no block ads!
Hi,
i install the adfree on my legend with 2.2 with sense.
i did download the host from the app all work ok got a message say it was success install and need to restart the phone.
i did it but still get all the ad like before on all apps.
pls help!

Have you followed the steps? (explained in first post)
Note that you should have a rooted legend (if you don't know what that is then you don't have one)

[Q] Help upgrading Market

I recently rooted my Nook color with Auto Nooter 2.12.25. It gave me the Google Market but it is the old one and it only displays 10 apps in portrait mode and some of the buttons have problems working. I read in a thread that the newer market fixes that and I downloaded an apk named com.android.vending02.apk but when I try to install it, the app manager doesn't have an install tab. I downloaded a 3rd party install manager and when I try to install it says that 'There is a problem parsing this package'.
I have read that people have installed the updated market but no one gives an explanation how. Does anyone know how do this? Thanks for your help.

Found solution
I found a solution.

Dont just post you found a solution, that helps no one. post what the solution was or atleast a link to the fix.

Good Call
I installed the APK at the top of this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872621 and then reset my NC and the new Market worked. Apparently, after reading through the thread, this method doesn't work for everyone. There are further instructions that may be of some use.

Now my market isn't working. After trying to install this and switch back both times when I open market it just disappears.

buffnutz1 said:
Now my market isn't working. After trying to install this and switch back both times when I open market it just disappears.
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I had the same problem on my 1.1.0 NC rooted with Decad3nce's V1.1.0_r2 [01/29/2011] method (there's a huge long thread on that in the Development forum). I was dreading the possibility of having to wipe the machine and start over, but I just re-flashed the zip file, and everything's working fine again. Unfortunately, I'm still stuck with the old Market.

If you're feeling like you can handle cmd-line stuff, try this method out.
First download the attached newmarket.apk
open/connect adb
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
adb pull /system/app/Vending.apk (notice the cap V, also this will get put into your platform-tools folder. Back it up!)
adb push pathtonewmarket.apk /system/app/Vending.apk
adb reboot
Once you've rebooted then go into settings->applications->manage->all
Find the market and clear the cache
Then find google services framework and clear the data then force quit
reboot once more
After that the new market should work just fine.

Thanks Woot! does this work on Froyo 0.6.7 too?
woot1524 said:
If you're feeling like you can handle cmd-line stuff, try this method out.
First download the attached newmarket.apk
open/connect adb
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
adb pull /system/app/Vending.apk (notice the cap V, also this will get put into your platform-tools folder. Back it up!)
adb push pathtonewmarket.apk /system/app/Vending.apk
adb reboot
Once you've rebooted then go into settings->applications->manage->all
Find the market and clear the cache
Then find google services framework and clear the data then force quit
reboot once more
After that the new market should work just fine.
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necroscopev said:
Thanks Woot! does this work on Froyo 0.6.7 too?
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I can confim that it does, I used it my self to get the new market installed.
If you're booting off of an SD card and want to install the new market there. All you need to do is change one line.
FROM: mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system (eMMC system partition)
TO: mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system (SD-card system partition)

[Q] how to get market

I just put cm7 on a sd and am running it on my NC. how do I get the market on it? I saw one link but don't understand how to do it.

If all you want is the market, you can download the newest market APK from my webserver. The link is:
http://www.r00tyou.com/android/tools/Vending(new).apk
To push it to the device simple connect the device to your computer using ADB and type the following in the console:
adb devices
adb install \path\to\the\downloaded\apk.apk
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Wait for it to successfully transfer over and install.
The viola, you have the newest market APK.
However, I suggest that you download the newest GAPPS from the cyanogen website and push over the whole gapps.
To do this, simply download the latest GAPPS from here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps
Again, using ADB type the following commands:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb push [the path to your SDK tools folder]\system system/
adb reboot
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The console will show the progress of what apps are being transferred over and installed. Once it is done rebooting it will prompt you for logging in to your google account to setup your device. You can simply skip this (Tapping in each corner of the screen starting from the top left going clockwise) or you can proceed with the setup process.
Hope that helps

Thanks for the info. It took some doing because I haven't written code since DOS.

Thanx alot man i had the same problem and this worked perfecty

Not sure if it's important since /system/ is mounted ro anyway but all apps in /system/app/ have 644 permissions, pushing files with adb (whether in linux or windoz) will give them 755 permissions defaultly, so I usually do a:
chmod 644 [app-name].apk
after I transfer the file. Might be a good idea to do this if you are remounting it a lot.
Cheers,
Mike
PS. Themed Markets :-D

[Q] Push apk to /system/app/

Could anyone kindly share the adb code to change the permissions of an apk and push it to system/app/ ?
Using adb from a PC.
Please and thanks. :fingers-crossed:

Krsmqn said:
Could anyone kindly share the adb code to change the permissions of an apk and push it to system/app/ ?
Using adb from a PC.
Please and thanks. :fingers-crossed:
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You know you can set the permissions before you push it to /system/app
Windows right?
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/windows-change-access-permissions-from-the-command-line.html
Or after you push it to /system/app
Code:
adb shell chmod <permissions> <filename>

Thank you for the reply.
To push to system/app, do I have the code right?
adb push xxxxxx.apk /system/app/
?
I try that and I get the error "device not found"
adb devices shows my device... wth?

Can anyone help?

How to Push Application to /system/app
Krsmqn said:
Could anyone kindly share the adb code to change the permissions of an apk and push it to system/app/ ?
Using adb from a PC.
Please and thanks. :fingers-crossed:
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Krsmqn,
The code was missing a little information, I am sorry. First you need to make sure adb is enabled on the Kindle by
pulling down the upper status bar where you see the time. After you pull it down select More+ the go into
Security make sure Enable ADB is turned On. Next click the <- Arrow Back, then choose Device. Make sure
Allow Installation of Applications is turned On. If all this is OK, then let's test ADB. Make sure the Kindle is
plugged into USB, next go into Windows Device Manager by Right Hand Mouse Click on "Computer", select
"Properties", next select "Device Manager". Do you see Android Composite ADB Interface under Kindle Fire?
If no, go back to our tutorial and reinstall the ADB Driver as outlined in this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069117
Once ADB is functioning properly, then let's PUSH files!
First let's make sure adb is running and make sure adb see's the Kindle. Please run these commands:
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
The output after devices will be a serial number, if this looks good, move on. First you need to make
sure the apk you want to push is in the same directory as adb.exe - if you have moved the apk to
the adb.exe directory, then run the following:
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adb push file_name_comes.apk_here /system/app/
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/file_name_comes_here.apk
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Does this help?

prokennexusa said:
Krsmqn,
The code was missing a little information, I am sorry. First you need to make sure adb is enabled on the Kindle by
pulling down the upper status bar where you see the time. After you pull it down select More+ the go into
Security make sure Enable ADB is turned On. Next click the <- Arrow Back, then choose Device. Make sure
Allow Installation of Applications is turned On. If all this is OK, then let's test ADB. Make sure the Kindle is
plugged into USB, next go into Windows Device Manager by Right Hand Mouse Click on "Computer", select
"Properties", next select "Device Manager". Do you see Android Composite ADB Interface under Kindle Fire?
If no, go back to our tutorial and reinstall the ADB Driver as outlined in this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069117
Once ADB is functioning properly, then let's PUSH files!
First let's make sure adb is running and make sure adb see's the Kindle. Please run these commands:
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
The output after devices will be a serial number, if this looks good, move on. First you need to make
sure the apk you want to push is in the same directory as adb.exe - if you have moved the apk to
the adb.exe directory, then run the following:
Code:
[FONT=Verdana]adb remount
adb push file_name_comes.apk_here /system/app/
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/file_name_comes_here.apk
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Does this help?
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Thank you for the help. I am thoroughly confused. This is going to be as detailed as I can make it.
Ok.... here's what happens:
The device shows up on my computer in device manager as "kindle fire > android adb interface" ... good right? But when plugged in, the usual "usb connected interface with the turn on usb storage button" doesn't show up on my kindle. The notification drop down only says "connected to a low power charger" .. blah blah. I will get to the CMD stuff in a sec.
On the kindle:
Besides the above mentioned stuff, when I press More :
Settings > My Account> the menu closes. The entire menu, so now I am looking at my home screen.
Settings> Applications>Notification settings> results in going back to the "more" or settings menu.
Settings>Applications>Installed Applications> seems to work . Shows both lists. All & Running.
Settings>Applications>Sync Amazon Content> results in nothing. Below that, Amazon App list is empty.So... figures.
Settings>Parental Controls are grayed out.
Settings>Sounds&Display> Everything here works except for >Notification Sounds> Back to Settings.
Settings>Wireless>Connects fine (didn't try bluetooth)
Settings>Device>About>All info is there (update kindle is grayed out)
Settings>Device>Storage>Back to Settings
Settings>Device>Date&Time> Time grayed out. Date grayed out. Select time zone works. Use 24h works.
Settings>Device>Allow Install of Apps> Works (is turned on)
Settings>Device>Reset to Factory Defaults> Menu pops up (are you sure blah blah) but I already did that and it's why I have these problems.
Settings>Location-based Services> Enable location works..
Settings>Language&Keyboard>Device language works.
Settings>Language&Keyboard>Keyboards>Default is Japanese? Keyboard Settings>All options work. But Japanese is the only language option.
Settings>Security>Everything here works, adb is on. No device admins.
Settings>Legal & Compliance>Notices>Everything here is fine.
Settings>Legal & Compliance>Terms of use> Back to Settings menu
Settings>Legal & Compliance>Safety stuff> Works
Settings>Legal & Compliance>Privacy>Opens Chrome (see chrome problems)
So that's what's up with the settings.
App issues:
Chrome> "Critical functionality required to run chrome is missing; either your chrome installation is incompatible, or not compatible with this version" Click ok and chrome closes. Chrome is the only browser installed that I can see.
Terminal Emulator> "Terminal Emulator has stopped" error msg.
Google search works untill it opens chrome.
Navigation> won't load (hangs at waiting for location with location on and wifi connected)
Maps> works including search. and wiki until you try to open chrome.
Latitude> works except when chrome in involved.
Google Drive> "Google Drive has stopped"
Youtube> Works fine until chrome is opened.
Camera/Video player/Music player/Gallery> Work
94/7fm (Streaming music app)> works except chrome is opened
Calendar> Won't open, asks you to register> registration attempt just closes without action.
Gmail>works untill chrome is opened.
Kindle Docs> Opens but is empty>cloud service fails at sign in.
News&weather> works until chrome is opened.
Amazon Video> closes instantly.
A few "go launcher apps (appcenter, gamezone, themes ,etc...) open but try to open chrome and fail.
That's about it for apps.
ADB:
adb devices: shows device
Try to push es file explorer renamed to ES.apk, located with adb.exe:
Code:
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c:\SDK\platform-tools>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permited
c:\SDK\platform-tools>adb push ES.apk /system/app/
failed to copy 'ES.apk' to ' /system/app/ /ES.apk' : Read-only file system
c:\SDK\platform-tools>adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/ES.apk
Unable to chmod /system/app/ES.apk; No such file or directory
c:\SDK\platform-tools>adb reboot
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Rebooted to no avail. Am I still rooted? Do I need to change the permissions before I move it?
I hope I gave enough info. I'll be checking back frequently, as I really want to get this fixed.
*Edit*
On my other thread (usb not working) You're info helped me to install es file explorer. Thank you! I will try to figure it out and keep you posted.

No sound - biggest issue
Ok, I figured that until I can get all this google stuff worked out, I'd just side load apks. No problem. Installed Dolphin Browser HD and some other apps. After downloading winamp and putting a bunch of music on my device, I realized that there's no sound from the external speakers. Headphones work fine. Any ideas?
EDIT* sound all the sudden started working.. weird.

Kindle Fire HD - Odd Issues
Krsmqn said:
Ok, I figured that until I can get all this google stuff worked out, I'd just side load apks. No problem. Installed Dolphin Browser HD and some other apps. After downloading winamp and putting a bunch of music on my device, I realized that there's no sound from the external speakers. Headphones work fine. Any ideas?
EDIT* sound all the sudden started working.. weird.
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Krsmqn,
If you continue to have these oddities, I would recommend you to order a USB Factory Cable so you
can flash a fresh copy of the software back to your Kindle. We do sell the Factory USB Cables for $15
shipped. Just PM us if you would like to order one. The Factory USB Cable allows the Kindle to be
booted in Fastboot mode.

app can not run when push /system/app
Hi all,
When i push app in /system/app when reboot and click on icon app but app hang and not run.Please help me ? I install my app on sd card run very well