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remove stock apps

I am willing to pay someone if someone can figure out how to remove factory apps like
facebook
footprints
peep
quickoffice
stock
visual vm
stock massages
i never use them for some reason they run in the background

Just take a look at this thread from the android forums
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/53646-unwanted-apps.html
NOTE: you MUST have ROOT in order to remove those apps.
If the instructions in that thread about "adb" are too complicated for you, then go buy the Root Explorer app, navigate to the folders you were told to in the thread, click the "r/w" button at the top of the app, then long press on the files you are told to delete.
Deleting system apps is risky if you delete the wrong ones. As usual, you are responsible if anything happens.

As I see it, you must have root to modify system files on your ROM (anyone correct me if I'm wrong)
But I was able to use Titanium Back up (downloaded from the Android market, free) to see all installed programs and I successfully deleted Visual VM, Peep, and stock messages... I use the others...
now so far, my ROM that is installed [2.1 version .3] hasn't had any problems with the removal of these system programs, So I think it is a safe method.
I believe this is a good alternative to adb commands... since you know what you are deleting.
and of course, I am not responsible if you do happen to mess your phone up.

C:\Users\admin\Desktop>cd android-sdk-windows
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\android-sdk-windows>cd tools
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
$ mount -0 rw,remoun /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -0 rw,remoun /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount: invalid option -- '0'
BusyBox v1.15.0 (2009-08-25 15:17:43 BST) multi-call binary
Usage: mount [flags] DEVICE NODE [-o OPT,OPT]
Mount a filesystem. Filesystem autodetection requires /proc be mounted.
Options:
-a Mount all filesystems in fstab
-f Dry run
-r Read-only mount
-w Read-write mount (default)
-t FSTYPE Filesystem type
-O OPT Mount only filesystems with option OPT (-a only)
-o OPT:
loop Ignored (loop devices are autodetected)
[a]sync Writes are [a]synchronous
[no]atime Disable/enable updates to inode access times
[no]diratime Disable/enable atime updates to directories
[no]relatime Disable/enable atime updates relative to modification ti
me
[no]dev (Dis)allow use of special device files
[no]exec (Dis)allow use of executable files
[no]suid (Dis)allow set-user-id-root programs
[r]shared Convert [recursively] to a shared subtree
[r]slave Convert [recursively] to a slave subtree
[r]private Convert [recursively] to a private subtree
[un]bindable Make mount point [un]able to be bind mounted
bind Bind a directory to an additional location
move Relocate an existing mount point
remount Remount a mounted filesystem, changing its flags
ro/rw Read-only/read-write mount
There are EVEN MORE flags that are specific to each filesystem
You'll have to see the written documentation for those filesystems
$ cd /system/app
cd /system/app
$ 1s
1s
1s: permission denied
$
this is what i get am i doing something wrong here

Type adb shell than su and tell me what happens.

binny1007 said:
Type adb shell than su and tell me what happens.[/QUOTE
never mind i got it to work i used different method i bought the titanium backup. show all the installed apps easy to uninstall it works great now my phone is running much faster thanks for all the help
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FYI, you were typing the commands wrong.
Right after you do "adb shell" you'll need to type "su" and the $ prompt should change to a # prompt. Check your phone as well after typing "su" as you should see a popup asking for permission.
$ mount -0 rw,remoun /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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should be: mount -o rw,remoun /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
The -o is the letter o, not a zero.
$ 1s
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Should be: ls
That's the letter l (lowercase L), not a one.

grdlock, I believe there is a "t" missing in your post:
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Ahh, ya, you're right. I just copied/pasted what he wrote and didn't catch that.

ampinc said:
binny1007 said:
Type adb shell than su and tell me what happens.[/QUOTE
never mind i got it to work i used different method i bought the titanium backup. show all the installed apps easy to uninstall it works great now my phone is running much faster thanks for all the help
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Glad to know it works for someone else as well
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I just downloaded Titanium Backup and deleted the "worldclock.apk" and I have to say it's a nice app, (Titanium that is)
So far, from the VanillaDroid ROM, I've deleted the following with no ill effects:
Stocks
Weather ( I use WBug)
Visual Voicemail
Browser ( I use Dolphin)
Quickoffice
MMS
Talk
Mail
Deskclock
I would like to delete the following but am having some difficulty finding the correct "apk"
Camcorder (I think it's built into the camera?)
Call History
People Search
Settings (just the app in the drawer, another NAND before I do this I guess)
Voice Dialer
Voice Search
Voice Record
NaviPanel ***Anyone know if this will mess with Maps?***
FACEBOOK !!!! I deleted the "Facebook.apk" but the FB app is still in the drawer and it still works fine. If anyone could help me with deleting this one I would be forever greatful! Trying to delete it using Titanium, it says: "cannot find Facebook.apk" But it's still friggin there......argh!
Edit: Woohoo! Facebook is gone.

Titanium tells me it needs root acess and that's out of question. Then again, I'm on the lg ally and it might be different... idk. Any other suggestions?

Inverted Google talk app?

I have read the discussions about amoled screens not using battery on pixels which are meant to be black because it simply doesn't light anything up in the case. I was wondering if its possible for someone to make a Google talk app that is black with white text. Since that's my most used app I'd be interested in seeing if it makes any battery savings.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

I could have sworn that it had a black background in the Eclair days... or at least on CM5.x Eclair. I could be mistaken, though.

Its been done, along with gvoice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821214
Waiting for Gmail.
Consider that you will not be able to update without uninstalling the modded version.

Wow that's brilliant..never even thought about that before
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

The app was problematic - not showing Mobile and Android contact status. I've updated it and attached the APK in the linked thread.
Attaching it here too.
adb push TalkMod_Mod.apk /system/app/Talk.apk

Jack_R1 said:
The app was problematic - not showing Mobile and Android contact status. I've updated it and attached the APK in the linked thread.
Attaching it here too.
adb push TalkMod_Mod.apk /system/app/Talk.apk
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You mean you can't see if other people are on mobile or on android? Thanks for the update!

ksc6000 said:
You mean you can't see if other people are on mobile or on android? Thanks for the update!
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I mean - before my update you couldn't see any of those. Not mobile and not Android. The watermarks just didn't show up near the contacts. Now you can see both.

Jack_R1 said:
I mean - before my update you couldn't see any of those. Not mobile and not Android. The watermarks just didn't show up near the contacts. Now you can see both.
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Thanks, I really appreciate it. I'll push it when I get home.
Maybe you can help answer a problem I'm having, I have 2 nexus ones, one for Tmo and one for ATT. The ATT is just a backup in case I move to ATT someday, and it's like my wifi tablet lol.
Anyways, when I originally figured out how to push the talk apk to my TMo nexus one, it worked perfectly. However, when I pushed it to the ATT one, it looked like it worked fine, it showed that the 1032 kb were pushed (I'm just guessing the amount)...and I rebooted the phone...the google talk is still white :S....I did it again, and again it looked like it worked fine, but the google talk is still white! Any idea how to check to see what I'm doing wrong? The command I'm entering is fine..
The talk.apk is in my sdk tools folder..and the command I'm using is
adb push talk.apk /system/app/talk.apk

The command you're entering is wrong. Linux is case sensitive, so is Android. Copy the command I gave above EXACTLY. And you might be pushing the wrong file, since you don't have it named right.

Thanks,
I had just figured it out last night. I needed to capitalize the T in talk....however, now when I do
adb shell
cd /system/app
ls
I see in the files that there is a Talk.apk, and also a talk.apk. How do I remove the "talk.apk"?
adb pull talk.apk /c:/talk.apk ?

Pull doesn't remove, only copies to PC.
adb shell
cd /system/app
rm talk.apk
Once you execute "adb shell", you get to Linux shell. SH, specifically. Work with files and folders like you would in Linux.

Jack_R1 said:
The app was problematic - not showing Mobile and Android contact status. I've updated it and attached the APK in the linked thread.
Attaching it here too.
adb push TalkMod_Mod.apk /system/app/Talk.apk
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Works fine. Thanks.

Any way to install this via terminal emulator?
I am running Enom's 2.14.1, and I have apps2ext enabled...
I tried to use the command "mount -o rw, remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system"
to remount via terminal emulator, but it says mounting remount on /dev/block/mtdblock3/system failed: Not a directory.
So I'm trying to figure out how to install these without the computer. I don't have root explorer but I'm not sure how it would work considering I have apps2ext enabled.
Any suggestions?

ksc6000 said:
Any way to install this via terminal emulator?
I am running Enom's 2.14.1, and I have apps2ext enabled...
I tried to use the command "mount -o rw, remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system"
to remount via terminal emulator, but it says mounting remount on /dev/block/mtdblock3/system failed: Not a directory.
So I'm trying to figure out how to install these without the computer. I don't have root explorer but I'm not sure how it would work considering I have apps2ext enabled.
Any suggestions?
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Theres a space before "/system".
should work
1)mount as above
2)command: cp /sdcard/Talk_Mod.apk /system/app/Talk.apk

Thanks,
that gives me a new error though:
Code:
can't create '/system/app/Talk.apk': File exists

Got it!!
This command worked in terminal emulator to remount
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /system
Then I was able to do the cp /sdcard/Talk_Mod.apk /system/app/Talk.apk

Have tryd but it force close! :-(

bgx said:
Have tryd but it force close! :-(
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Make sure you're running compatible version. This is for Froyo, you're running CM7 - not the same Gtalk.

Jack_R1 said:
The app was problematic - not showing Mobile and Android contact status. I've updated it and attached the APK in the linked thread.
Attaching it here too.
adb push TalkMod_Mod.apk /system/app/Talk.apk
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this is for Froyo, correct? Do you happen to have a Gingerbread version?

No, I didn't make one. Try to look for various dark CM7 themes, you'll probably find it there.

BusyBoX

I have busybox 1.6 on my captivate i see on www.busybox.net 1.17.3 is out. I have downloaded it from the site and its a tar file with a folder with a whole bunch of folders and files. How do you install this?

Are you familiar with the phrase, "if it isn't broken, don't fix it?"
I advise you to heed its warning.
But if you must proceed, a quick google search for "how to install busybox manually" brings up this very good result: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-hacks/82573-busybox-manual-install-how-guide.html
Edit: By the way, love the avatar. Great album.

Yes i understand if its not broke don't try to fix it but i'm a OCD updater! Would there be any advantages of updating it? P.S. I saw Megadeth and Slayer a month ago they rocked!

Only advantages I can see are having a couple more bug fixes and maybe 4-5 new commands built in.

Download Busybox-1.17.2 HERE
Extract busybox to your SD Card
Make sure you are in PC Mode and Debugging is enabled in Applications options
adb shell
su
stop
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/busybox /system/xbin/
cd system/xbin
busybox --install /system/xbin/
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
sync
reboot
You can also use Root Explorer or whatever file browser you may use to copy busybox to your system/xbin folder. Some people use system/bin but I prefer xbin...just a habbit.
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Ya, I read that and got really scared.
What is PC mode and where do you type these commands? (Vista user)

Ok, figured out how to type in the commands and stuff, but I get stuck on the "cp /sdcard/busybox /system/xbin/" part, I get "cp: not found" I tried lookin up other methods and I keep getting stuck at the same part - trying to move the folder to the xbin folder. adb push gives me the same error - adb: not found.
any help would be appreciated.

Cruton502 said:
Ok, figured out how to type in the commands and stuff, but I get stuck on the "cp /sdcard/busybox /system/xbin/" part, I get "cp: not found" I tried lookin up other methods and I keep getting stuck at the same part - trying to move the folder to the xbin folder. adb push gives me the same error - adb: not found.
any help would be appreciated.
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Are you rooted? If your answer is yes, just download Busybox from the market and let the app do the installing for you.

miztaken1312 said:
Are you rooted? If your answer is yes, just download Busybox from the market and let the app do the installing for you.
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Brilliant! Sooo much easier, but I'm not NAND unlocked, I'm z4rooted so it wouldn't install. Tomorrow I'll see if I can root through NAND.
I'll break you yet AT&T!

Cruton502 said:
Brilliant! Sooo much easier, but I'm not NAND unlocked, I'm z4rooted so it wouldn't install. Tomorrow I'll see if I can root through NAND.
I'll break you yet AT&T!
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I think you're seriously confused. The Captivate isn't a NAND locked phone. Generally when you root, busybox is installed. (I think. At least it always was for me.) You could also try installing Titanium Backup and have that install busybox for you.

[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

How to get r/w in ADB

I currently have the 1080p 30fps camera mod on and I'm wanting to go back to the original, i have the camera.apk to go back on but when I try to push it, it says READ ONLY FILE SYSTEM.
I had a hunt around and found this but didn't work
adb shell sysrw
adb push (file name.apk /system/app/)
adb shell sync
adb shell sysro
then i found this
adb shell mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system
and that didn't work, Im pretty new to ADB etc and trying to get the hang of it so take it easy on me

Kickasskev said:
I currently have the 1080p 30fps camera mod on and I'm wanting to go back to the original, i have the camera.apk to go back on but when I try to push it, it says READ ONLY FILE SYSTEM.
I had a hunt around and found this but didn't work
adb shell sysrw
adb push (file name.apk /system/app/)
adb shell sync
adb shell sysro
then i found this
adb shell mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system
and that didn't work, Im pretty new to ADB etc and trying to get the hang of it so take it easy on me
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you can use my zip in recovery
stock_Camera

LOOOOL this is the 1080p 30fps that i already have on my phone I wanna go back to stock.
I will put my STOCK camera.apk in the zip
Thanks

didn't work
Anymore idea's
Or Commands

Bump......
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i think you need to su first?

adb remount before adb shell

Hi, You can download the original LGE-Camera.apk file below...
Google or yahoo or find your way to get an app called: root manager(Paid app on market)
Not suppose to talk about 'where-to-download-paid-app' here... So i guess you need to google.
Copy the Camera.apk to SDCARD
Go to System>App>, Mount R/W, Delete the camera app.
Go back to SDCARD and cut/copy the camera.apk
Return to System>App>Paste file here.
You can see the 'Mount R/W' Button on the 'App' folder itself. So don't ask me how to mount R/W.
Cheers A reboot may be necessary.

in adb you need to enter
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Thanks for all the replys i will try them when i get home from work
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App

I tried to instal the LG Contact.apk this way (to replace the stock one)
Code:
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-
1908 KB/s (3175637 bytes in 1.625s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/Contacts_lg.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]
Any idea ?

Don't install it, push it into place.

Rusty! said:
Don't install it, push it into place.
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Yes, by you don't need to install those default apk. Just place it in system/app, and you will see it in your menu screen. If nothing happen, reboot your phone.