I'm new to the Bionic which I have rooted, but I swear I am constantly reinstalling apps I have already installed. Any ideas?
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Go to applications and make sure none are checked in the media area. Its been discussed and your should have searched first.
dan46n2 types faster than I do.
Go to Settings/Applications/Manage applications/media area. If anything is checked go in to them and do move to phone. It should fix your problems. For whatever reason anything installed to media area disappears. If you search you will find several threads about it.
krichmond0306 said:
I'm new to the Bionic which I have rooted, but I swear I am constantly reinstalling apps I have already installed. Any ideas?
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Go to Settings--->Applications--->Manage Applications--->Media Area--->Uncheck any apps with a checkmark---->Move to Phone.
I'm on my phone right now so I can't do what I would have done on a desktop
But if you use that search button up, and to the right you'll find your answer in less time than it took for you to start this thread.
Tldr: everyone has this problem, missing apps are in media storage move them or reinstall then move them.
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the post says it all. i am a noob when it comes to bionic and want to free up my memory (internal) what would be the EASIEST way to accomplish this?directions please with sugar on top.
Root Explorer... navigate to /system/app.
I always make a folder on my SD like "SystemApps" then I move what I don't want out to that folder as opposed to just deleting them, just in case I find out something is acting weird or needed.
"Some" of the bloat can be uninstalled via the built in App Manager also.
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This really should not be in the development section. Until we have a way to back everything up via recovery the only way you can do anything like that is through rooting and using Titanium backup. You can either freeze or uninstall any app. I would not uninstall anything without backing it up first. All I have done is freeze some bloatware so I do not have to see it in the app list. You can really f up your phone if you remove the wrongs stuff. A there is a list somewhere of which apps you can freeze without issues.
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Already rooted and you can already back up
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Ok downloaded root explorer but can't create a new folder is read only how do I alter that
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At the top it says r/o read only press it and itll change to r/w read write
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After uninstalling some bloat ware i got a force close when trying to access some of my contacs anyone have a list of what they unistalled? ?
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This really should not be in the development section. Until we have a way to back everything up via recovery the only way you can do anything like that is through rooting and using Titanium backup. You can either freeze or uninstall any app. I would not uninstall anything without backing it up first. All I have done is freeze some bloatware so I do not have to see it in the app list. You can really f up your phone if you remove the wrongs stuff. A there is a list somewhere of which apps you can freeze without issues.
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THIS!!!
I am no where near an expert as some of the Devs in these forums, but I went through a lot of ROMs on my old Eris. Every time, though, I had a Nand backup to go to if/when I screwed up.
Now that I have a nice, new, shiny Bionic I will not root until there is an SBF to allow a return to stock. Yep, people like P3Droid, and others, have successfully rooted and debloated. All it takes, though, is some little glitch, power spike or otherwise, to screw things up. Actually, reading a few forums there are more than a few that have already bricked or really hamstrung their $600 phone by just rooting and borking around trying to debloat.
Patience people. Within 2, 3, 4 weeks I'm sure one of our Dev wizards will have a failsafe method ... WITH BACKUP RESTORE CAPABILITIES.
I just group up my apps to eliminate viewing the bloat. My phone is fine. Fools rush in, for sure.
On a side note: I've seen a couple people mention on other forums that they have bricked their phones and committed fraud by returning their smoldering remnants back to Verizon. Slackers.
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THIS!!!
I am no where near an expert as some of the Devs in these forums, but I went through a lot of ROMs on my old Eris. Every time, though, I had a Nand backup to go to if/when I screwed up.
Now that I have a nice, new, shiny Bionic I will not root until there is an SBF to allow a return to stock. Yep, people like P3Droid, and others, have successfully rooted and debloated. All it takes, though, is some little glitch, power spike or otherwise, to screw things up. Actually, reading a few forums there are more than a few that have already bricked or really hamstrung their $600 phone by just rooting and borking around trying to debloat.
Patience people. Within 2, 3, 4 weeks I'm sure one of our Dev wizards will have a failsafe method ... WITH BACKUP RESTORE CAPABILITIES.
I just group up my apps to eliminate viewing the bloat. My phone is fine. Fools rush in, for sure.
On a side note: I've seen a couple people mention on other forums that they have bricked their phones and committed fraud by returning their smoldering remnants back to Verizon. Slackers.
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Wow is this really needed??????? Suck it up and root the stupid thing.............. its a one click process......... if your not willing to take a risk get off XDA
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What did you use to back up your bionic?
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I'm guessing Titanium Backup. But here's my question.... Is it safer to 'freeze' bloatware instead of moving it into a new folder on your SD card?
As long as you don't delete it when you move it then either option is good from my experience worth moto phones
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Ok I have done both renamed bloat files .bak and moved them into their own folder in my sdcard , my question is how do I free up internal memory? When I do either of those sure it removes then from my application drawer but it doesn't free up any memory?
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After uninstalling some bloat ware i got a force close when trying to access some of my contacs anyone have a list of what they unistalled? ?
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You may have uninstalled the Yahoo contacts. You can find a System App dump from here: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/tbh-discussion-forum/9081-droid-bionic-system-dumps-partial.html
Hope this helps
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I'm guessing Titanium Backup. But here's my question.... Is it safer to 'freeze' bloatware instead of moving it into a new folder on your SD card?
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It's always safer to freeze the bloatware. This way if your phone starts to act up, all you have to do is defrost whatever you froze.
That did the trick thanks Idk why Yahoo is tired to that process.
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I deleted a bunch of bloat ware but it doesn't say that I cleared up any internal memory anybody know why?
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I know this is opinionated, but what apps are bloatware? Let's say I have all the apps I want to use already on a backup and I am starting the Bionic clean. What can I uninstall or move that won't mess up the phone?
There is a list of files ok and not ok to delete at androicentral.com check it out great source.
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We've also compiled a list over at AF for your perusal. Messenger13 has added his own commentary as to what he did and did not remove and why.
http://androidforums.com/bionic-all-things-root/411737-froze-stuff-using-tbu.html#post3199282
Is anyone else having issues with apps uninstalling between powering off and powering back on their phones? I seemed to lose 2-9 apps randomly each time my phone turns off or powers down and when I power it back up they are missing, and its not always the same apps. Anyone else having similiar issues?
what rom are you running?
Im running liberty #39 and have no issues like that. I havent heard of that either. mabye you should fxz it may have a corrupted file or something that is causing this.
There is already a thread about this is general titled Disappearing Apps.
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Seems like you were wrong TopazAaron
Seems like you were wrong TopazAaron, a lot of people are having the same problem and the ROM isn't making a difference, check out the disappearing apps in general like dude said and you will see a lot of people are having this issue. The only semi viable fix is to make sure all apps are on your phone but I'm losing space is the issue, sucks they cant be on my SD card. I'm checked stock and Unleashed v1.4 which is what I am currently running and they both did the same thing.
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what rom are you running?
Im running liberty #39 and have no issues like that. I havent heard of that either. mabye you should fxz it may have a corrupted file or something that is causing this.
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Where do you get the liberty ROM from?
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Those apps that are disppearing are in the media area of your internal sd card. When in settings/application go to storage use. Then if they are in media area move them to phone. Problem will be fixed. Also in the future please use the search function as there are tons of threads about this buddy
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Where do you get the liberty ROM from?
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I would also like the liberty ROM, i searched but couldnt find it.
Is it still in beta?
Tivo7 said:
I would also like the liberty ROM, i searched but couldnt find it.
Is it still in beta?
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they are put on andirc. They aren't posted anywhere else because kejar said if they are posted anywhere we wont release test builds. Follow him on twitter he says when he will release it. Only way to get it.
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Am i the only person who is getting sick of the market? It constantly is screwing up and wont load screens. Specifically tonight every time i go to update Superuser i get as far as where I can press Update and then the next screen wont load. I can go to Titanium Pro key but when I go to download it, I cant go to tge accept and install screen, once again it won't load. This happened non root and even while rooted.
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YES.
And I like to call that screen the "white screen of death" - seriously annoying.
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I have not seen this problem. In MD.
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mistawolfe said:
YES.
And I like to call that screen the "white screen of death" - seriously annoying.
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thank you. I am NOT alone. stuff like this makes me feel like im going crazy haha
Here are two things you can try:
1. Manage Applications/All/Market/Clear Data - you will have to "Accept the Google terms again and then it will take a minute or so for the market to sync back up with your Gmail account.
2. Manage Applications/All/Market - if the market page has a button that says something like "undo/uninstall updates" hit that.
Good luck.
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Here are two things you can try:
1. Manage Applications/All/Market/Clear Data - you will have to "Accept the Google terms again and then it will take a minute or so for the market to sync back up with your Gmail account.
2. Manage Applications/All/Market - if the market page has a button that says something like "undo/uninstall updates" hit that.
Good luck.
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I've done both. It's not just this phone. My buddy's CM7 incredible has the same market issues.
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I was a victim of this white screen of death all day yesterday..... only thing that solved it temporarily was rebooting the phone...
i'm having the same issues exactly
Mine is strictly trying to use wifi with the marketplace though. works fine over 3G for the most part. I too have tried all the voodoo fixes like clearing data, blah blah none of it works either
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Mine is strictly trying to use wifi with the marketplace though. works fine over 3G for the most part. I too have tried all the voodoo fixes like clearing data, blah blah none of it works either
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It's the opposite for me. No issues on wifi.
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Hello, please tell me why my apps dissappears. Using liberty3 rom 1.0.
Thank you in advace
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Go to settings>applications>manage applications and go to "media area" and make sure nothing is checked there.
If you're missing apps, chances are that they were saved to the media area and that's the main cause of missing apps.
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Ok. I tried and after reboot, all files are there. Thank you so much!!!
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rgoyena said:
Hello, please tell me why my apps dissappears. Using liberty3 rom 1.0.
Thank you in advace
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I have this problem with the go launcher. Occasionally it won't list some of my apps. At first I thought it was deleting them, but after going through the directories, I seen they were still installed, just not showing up in the go launcher.
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Guys ive recently purchased my bionic on swappa. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the phone and it was never rooted. I updated it to the most recent update ota. After that i rooted it manually....that was two days ago. Im running stock and just removed a few apps. Today i tried to add a contact and it force closed. So i went to my contacts but when i press the little "+" button it says contact storage force closed again. I have no idea why. I tried using root explorer to change its permissions but it still force closed. And i know i didnt remove something i wasnt suppose to. I cant find how to fix this anywhere. Can someone help me out? Thanks
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What apps did you remove? I'm guessing you removed some Motorola apps.
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Did you remove or freeze the Yahoo contacts apps? For some reason the Bionic contacts app breaks if you remove those.
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I only removed things like device setup and help center or social messaging. When i googled how to fix this the yahoo stuff came up but i didnt freeze that. I unfroze everything and rebooted but nothing....
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There is an issue with the Google plus app that causes that.
Uninstall it, restart your phone, then download from the market again.
That should fix it.