Can i delete apps and change framework - LG Optimus 4X HD

i want to know if we can change the framework or delete some stock apps, after root the phone...and if someone already did..is there any problem??

razerblade17 said:
i want to know if we can change the framework or delete some stock apps, after root the phone...and if someone already did..is there any problem??
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About the framework I don't know, I see there the apps in java files.
About delete the stock apps, you can do it with "Uninstaller Pro", but if you uninstall instead of froze, to have them again you need to re-flash the phone, cause even doing the "factory reset" they won't be there anymore.
You can delete the java files using the "AntTek Explorer" but be carefull with what you delete

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[Q] how to Replace .apk from system with our selection

I found nice memo, dialler, calendar at Android Market.
Under system/app, there is memo, dialler, calendar but cannot remove it. How can I remove and replace with my selection? Tq
no need to remove them just install new one normally and if you want to remove you need to have root
If u'RE already rooted..then install root explorer..navigate to system apps...delete apk...copy the napkins u want..fix permissions and u're done
Sent from my GT-S5670 using xda premium
never delete dialer app
cause all others work through it (like ex dialer)
and for other to u need to root your phone and then get system app remover
and delete them
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never delete dialer app
cause all others work through it (like ex dialer)
and for other to u need to root your phone and then get system app remover
and delete them
Tq very much for all suggestion. I've root my Mini, using emanoN v5. I install my selected apps as usual but it not replace with existing apk such as dialler. Which mean, original dialler still at same places. No change with my selection apk
i use titanium backup to remove all unwanted system apps seems to work well
droidxpert said:
If u'RE already rooted..then install root explorer..navigate to system apps...delete apk...copy the napkins u want..fix permissions and u're done
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Can you explain in detail on your method? My device is rooted using emanoN v5
open es file explorer go to aetting check all the root options
go the root of your device by keeping your finger pressed on star button
then go to system, then go to app, copy the apk file in that folder you want to install
dhlalit11 said:
open es file explorer go to aetting check all the root options
go the root of your device by keeping your finger pressed on star button
then go to system, then go to app, copy the apk file in that folder you want to install
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I had try exactly as your advice to install dialler but it install as a second dialler. Is there anything i would missed up something? I tried rename same as original dialler but when install, on portion where we can cancel or install, it still show its original name. I realized all .apk in system/apps have it twin file (.odex) which I believe to differentiate the system apk and normal apk. Does need do something on this?
Use systemapp remover to remove any app from the ROM. Of course, always be careful when removing system apps.
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jayrome876 said:
Use systemapp remover to remove any app from the ROM. Of course, always be careful when removing system apps.
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I found newer version but it disable system apps. only can play with regular apps
What about setting permissions, will they always bee the same.??
Out of curiosity when apk is pushed to system/app folder, does it get deleted in a factory reset.??
Thanks for helping
how to replace default SBrowser in Note 2 N7100
How can i install modded settings.apk ? i extracted settings.apk from priv-app/settings and now i have to paste the modded settings to app/settings?
can someone explain me these hell

Deleting system files on Xperia T.

Good day, friends.
First of all, sorry for my poor English, i`ll try to speak shortly.
I have Xperia T LT30p running on stock f/w 7.0.A.1.303, bootloader is factory locked, rooted with this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460) method.
I deleted some apps from SYSTEM/APP folder throug ROOT EXPLORER, not so much, i deleted Chrome, asian keyboards, power-saving mode and something else, APKs deleted successfully, they are no longer existing in SYSTEM/APP folder, but to my surprise the programs that i deleted are still in the system, they are still on phone, i see them in general menu, they are not deleted at all, and they are running and successfully workable! Maybe you can help me, how can i completely delete the apps that i don`t need ? Only the asian keyboards are deleted, i can`t choose it in text input.
Thank you.
Download titanium backup from the market and use that to delete system apps on a rooted phone
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OK, i`ll try to do it with TB. But may i ask, why i can`t do it with regular way ?
DennisDD78 said:
OK, i`ll try to do it with TB. But may i ask, why i can`t do it with regular way ?
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Using titanium backup is the normal way I do it...all I can imagine is that you are deleting the apk but if it is already installed it may have some other files linked elsewhere...
Also, make sure you have the system/app folder as R/W not R/O.
gregbradley said:
Using titanium backup is the normal way I do it...all I can imagine is that you are deleting the apk but if it is already installed it may have some other files linked elsewhere...
Also, make sure you have the system/app folder as R/W not R/O.
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SYSTEM/APP is on r/w, of course.
This is strange, because APKs are deleted, 100%, and only the links can`t make the program works propertly, but they are working!
But anyway, i`ll try to do like you said.
DennisDD78 said:
SYSTEM/APP is on r/w, of course.
This is strange, because APKs are deleted, 100%, and only the links can`t make the program works propertly, but they are working!
But anyway, i`ll try to do like you said.
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If I remember correctly, there is another folder in system somewhere ( I think on x10 it was system/user/app/customization) where the system will install user apps from, if they have not been deleted from here too they will be reinstalled! Try this: pick one of they apps you could not get rid of and use root explorer to "search" for the apk name, that will show you the locations.
I am quite sure once you have deleted the one in customization it will not come back once uninstalled.
Edit: system/etc/customisation
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Lost Camera.

Hi guys,
Small problem here...
I wanted to be able to "Greenify" the stock camera app so I tried to convert it to user app with Rom Toolbox. Thing is now I can't find the camera app anywhere, even the APK has disappered... I downloaded the APK from the "Apps & Themes" section of this forum but it's not working!
First, I tried installing the APK like a regular app, didn't work. Then I tried mounting the /system folder with R/W rights and copying the .apk and .odex file in the /system/app folder, set permissions of both files to rw-r-r and reboot, no luck either...
I'm not sure what else to do... Any ideas ?
Thanks in advance!
(System version 91.2.29001.XT890.Retail.en.GB, Stock, Rooted with TwerkMyMoto [locked bootloader])
Search the app on System/data/app if is there copy again to system/apps
Dont havw a copy from titanium backup?
Also the greenify app has a module of xposed that let hibernate system apps with xposed framework
Enviado desde mi XT890 mediante Tapatalk
/system/data/app = Does not exist...
/data/app = No camera apk there.
I did not backup with TiBU (or any other app) because I did not want to delete the stock camera app, just wanted to convert it to user app... I just lost it in the process! I guess I should have been more careful and backup the apk before trying anything!
I do have copies of MotCamera.apk and MotCamera.odex as it's been extracted by other users and posted on this forum a few times, I just can't figure how to make them work again!
I know about the xposed framework for Greenify but I thought it would be easier to convert the system app to user app than installing the xposed framework... I guess I was wrong!
I noticed something new today, there is a file named "com.motorola.camera.apk" in the /system/app that has the same date as the date I've put back the copies of MotCamera.apk and MotCamera.odex files in that folder... I didn't put that there, I think it was created by the new apk somehow! Does that changes anything ?
I know the stock camera app is far from "vital" to the system but I would really appreciate a little help to get it back!
Thanks!

How exactly do I uninstall and reinstall my adb drivers?

I'm trying to fix the "daemon started successfully" problem, but I don't think I'm uninstalling and re-installing the driver correctly, I just uninstall the device from device manager, then plug the phone back in and let it install.
That must be wrong because it's not working. The program I'm trying to use is xUltiamte2.4 to deodex my phone.
Astralogic said:
I'm trying to fix the "daemon started successfully" problem, but I don't think I'm uninstalling and re-installing the driver correctly, I just uninstall the device from device manager, then plug the phone back in and let it install.
That must be wrong because it's not working. The program I'm trying to use is xUltiamte2.4 to deodex my phone.
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If anyone has had this problem and fixed can you please tell me how you did it?
Astralogic said:
I'm trying to fix the "daemon started successfully" problem, but I don't think I'm uninstalling and re-installing the driver correctly, I just uninstall the device from device manager, then plug the phone back in and let it install.
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Why is that a problem? You want the "daemon" to start successfully, ADB won't work if it doesn't... If it stays stuck on that, maybe you have some program interfering/using ADB. Maybe you have some other ADB program open (flashtool) or maybe you use Bluestacks; check your running processes for a running "adb.exe" process and kill it, then try again.
Removing the drivers should should work as you're doing it already, but before connecting your phone, you should reinstall the drivers first. Or, once it's installed, manually update the drivers through the Windows "Device Manager", by locating the "sa0105adb.inf" file manually.
It can be extracted from the drivers installer (the one that comes with Flashtool) with 7zip, or you might find it still in your temp folder.
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Why is that a problem? You want the "daemon" to start successfully, ADB won't work if it doesn't... If it stays stuck on that, maybe you have some program interfering/using ADB. Maybe you have some other ADB program open (flashtool) or maybe you use Bluestacks; check your running processes for a running "adb.exe" process and kill it, then try again.
Removing the drivers should should work as you're doing it already, but before connecting your phone, you should reinstall the drivers first. Or, once it's installed, manually update the drivers through the Windows "Device Manager", by locating the "sa0105adb.inf" file manually.
It can be extracted from the drivers installer (the one that comes with Flashtool) with 7zip, or you might find it still in your temp folder.
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Nothing works, isn't there a better way of deodexing then using this stupid program?
Edit: I have a better question. The only reason I want to deodex is so that I can debloat using this guide, that thread already gives me the list of bloatware, isn't there a way I can just go in and manually delete the bloat? Without have to worry about deodexing in order to get the debloat script to run?
Astralogic said:
Nothing works, isn't there a better way of deodexing then using this stupid program?
Edit: I have a better question. The only reason I want to deodex is so that I can debloat using this guide, that thread already gives me the list of bloatware, isn't there a way I can just go in and manually delete the bloat? Without have to worry about deodexing in order to get the debloat script to run?
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Actually you can also debloat your rom while its odexed. At least as long as the framework is not changed.
Just do a backup, then get a root file manager and delete the safe to remove apps and their odex files. Reboot afterwards.
The only reason why the debloat script doesn't support odexed roms ia that the odex files are not deleted during the script. (However, it would be easily possible to add these lines)
WhiteNeo said:
Actually you can also debloat your rom while its odexed. At least as long as the framework is not changed.
Just do a backup, then get a root file manager and delete the safe to remove apps and their odex files. Reboot afterwards.
The only reason why the debloat script doesn't support odexed roms ia that the odex files are not deleted during the script. (However, it would be easily possible to add these lines)
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Could you tell me what folder those files are in that I should delete?
Astralogic said:
Could you tell me what folder those files are in that I should delete?
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Well, if you were following that guide you would have seen that practically everything it's deleting is in /system/app:
delete("/system/app/FBCalendarSync.apk"
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The odex files are in the same folder, and have the same name aside from the .odex extension.
Then again, that program sometimes has issues; you could always copy the files from /system/app and /system/framework manually without using ADB to the corresponding folders, after starting the program open the Windows Task Manager and kill of the "adb.exe", and the program will continue running and let you deodex the files. Then you'd just have to figure out how to copy them back which is not hard.
Or you could also try a different deodexing program such as Universal Deodexer V4. I've never used any of those since I've deodexed my ROM with dsixda's Rom Kitchen, for which you'd just need to follow the instructions and then copy the resulting files manually (as you'd have to do in the above mentioned example anyway).
Antiga Prime said:
Well, if you were following that guide you would have seen that practically everything it's deleting is in /system/app:
The odex files are in the same folder, and have the same name aside from the .odex extension.
Then again, that program sometimes has issues; you could always copy the files from /system/app and /system/framework manually without using ADB to the corresponding folders, after starting the program open the Windows Task Manager and kill of the "adb.exe", and the program will continue running and let you deodex the files. Then you'd just have to figure out how to copy them back which is not hard.
Or you could also try a different deodexing program such as Universal Deodexer V4. I've never used any of those since I've deodexed my ROM with dsixda's Rom Kitchen, for which you'd just need to follow the instructions and then copy the resulting files manually (as you'd have to do in the above mentioned example anyway).
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I don't mean I want to manually deodex, I mean I want to manually debloat, deleting the appropriate APK and ODEX file from /system/app seems easy enough, but what would I delete (if anything) from the /system/framework folder?
Astralogic said:
I don't mean I want to manually deodex, I mean I want to manually debloat, deleting the appropriate APK and ODEX file from /system/app seems easy enough, but what would I delete (if anything) from the /system/framework folder?
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I know, I'm just giving you a solution since that program you're using has always given me issues, and even now, knowing that ADB works, it still get's stuck on that "starting ADB daemon" message.
I'm not trying to be rude, but if you're following the guide you'd have noticed that nothing gets deleted from the framework folder. All it tells you are which apps are safe to remove; whichever apps you do end up removing are up to you. I think the Google Talk app is garbage, but someone else might use it, so debloating is also subjective.
Also, you could just as easily do this with Titanium Backup and actually just freeze the app first in case you're not sure about deleting it.
Astralogic said:
I don't mean I want to manually deodex, I mean I want to manually debloat, deleting the appropriate APK and ODEX file from /system/app seems easy enough, but what would I delete (if anything) from the /system/framework folder?
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I know, manually deodexing that way would cause a bootloop because of missing classes.dex files in every system app.
Some people that dont like the preinstalled Sony apps prefer getting rid of all the bloat and remove SemcGenericUXPRes.apk from framework folder.. And some (or most) of the framework jar files beginning with "com.sony..."
This will of course bring noticeable smoothness increases, but is very likely to cause bugs when not done by experienced users.
And it could cause a bootloop on odexed builds as the odex files in system/app do no longer fit to the framework.
Just for information.
WhiteNeo said:
I know, manually deodexing that way would cause a bootloop because of missing classes.dex files in every system app.
Some people that dont like the preinstalled Sony apps prefer getting rid of all the bloat and remove SemcGenericUXPRes.apk from framework folder.. And some (or most) of the framework jar files beginning with "com.sony..."
This will of course bring noticeable smoothness increases, but is very likely to cause bugs when not done by experienced users.
And it could cause a bootloop on odexed builds as the odex files in system/app do no longer fit to the framework.
Just for information.
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I'm just gonna use titaniums backups freeze feature, I never knew it could do that.
I don't suppose someone somewhere has listed which of the com.sony*** files are safe to disable have they?
Astralogic said:
I'm just gonna use titaniums backups freeze feature, I never knew it could do that.
I don't suppose someone somewhere has listed which of the com.sony*** files are safe to disable have they?
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TiBu's freeze doesnt help against some apps. They keep running in background but are no longer shown in Settings or Greenify.
Nope, but you might check any flashable "Xperia Media App port" zip. The more complete, the better.
The files that are included in framework folder are usually safe to remove. :good:
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TiBu's freeze doesnt help against some apps. They keep running in background but are no longer shown in Settings or Greenify.
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I have yet to see this happen. Maybe you can point me to one example, since I'd like to test this?
Antiga Prime said:
I have yet to see this happen. Maybe you can point me to one example, since I'd like to test this?
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OmniSwitch.
Add it to Greenify first, then freeze it and reboot. Check Greenify main activity and you'll see.
Was getting on my nerves for two months, till I finally decided to uninstall it.
WhiteNeo said:
OmniSwitch.
Add it to Greenify first, then freeze it and reboot. Check Greenify main activity and you'll see.
Was getting on my nerves for two months, till I finally decided to uninstall it.
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Well, don't know why you would add it to Greenify first, makes no sense, but nonetheless, you're right. But then again, this might be due to the way OmniSwitch is integrated into OmniRom in order to use it for the Recent Apps switch. I don't remember this happening on Carbon, which also has OmniSwitch without that integration. I'm on Omni right now so I can't verify this.
In Titanium Backup some apps are red, any idea why?
I'm going to disable two of those com.sony things every morning, but most of them are red.
Astralogic said:
In Titanium Backup some apps are red, any idea why?
I'm going to disable two of those com.sony things every morning, but most of them are red.
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Most of the framework stuff cannot be disabled, it has to be uninstalled because Dalvik cache would have to be rebuilt when its gone.
I suggest trying doenen's heavily debloated 4.3 rom. Or at least having a look at its apps and framework to see what he has removed. :good:
Astralogic said:
In Titanium Backup some apps are red, any idea why?
I'm going to disable two of those com.sony things every morning, but most of them are red.
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Titanium Backup has a help section which explains the colors. A red colored app means it's a System Service. I'm sure you can open the help section and check out what the other colors mean.
And as @WhiteNeo said, having a look at some other debloated ROM will help you decide what you can remove or not; don't disable or uninstall something just for the sake of disabling it. Find out what it's for and then decide if you need it, or if your Rom needs it in order to function properly.
If it's of any help you can use this as a reference. I made that back when I used to use Stock ROMs .
WhiteNeo said:
TiBu's freeze doesnt help against some apps. They keep running in background but are no longer shown in Settings or Greenify.
Nope, but you might check any flashable "Xperia Media App port" zip. The more complete, the better.
The files that are included in framework folder are usually safe to remove. :good:
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Antiga Prime said:
I have yet to see this happen. Maybe you can point me to one example, since I'd like to test this?
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WhiteNeo said:
OmniSwitch.
Add it to Greenify first, then freeze it and reboot. Check Greenify main activity and you'll see.
Was getting on my nerves for two months, till I finally decided to uninstall it.
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Just confirming that @WhiteNeo is right. Even on Carbon Omniswitch's process is still active even though it's frozen/disabled. It doesn't consume RAM as far as I can tell, but this is odd behavior.

[Q] How to Uninstall Stock Apps using Root Explorer

Guys, previously i have no problem delete any stock apps using root explorer/fx explorer.
But since i updated to lollipop and install back root explorer, it seems like something has changed.
Previously i just need to go system > app > then it will appear full list of item installed on my phone.
Now when i entering it showing list of folder only, in the folder it just an apk only...
Please help...Thank you
Yeah, its normal, nothing to be stressed about.
You can just delete those folders.
Btw the stock apps are not only in system/apps
But also priv-apps
Hope this helps
Thanks for the suggestion.
But im wondering delete the folder doesnt mean it uninstall the apps right ?
Also, previously unsintall any apk doesnt required reboot, but now it need to reboot only it take affect.

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