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[HOWTO] Delete system apps

There is many of you that asks how to remove this and that preinstallaed apps in different ROM
When a developer put apps in system/app it can not be removed so easy.
But if you have RomManager or fakeflash´s update.zip there is a other way.
I have attached a zip fil that contains a ordinare ROM installation script that only contains delete and copy.
Download file and unzip on your computer and take a look in the folders
data/app
META-INF/com/google/android/update-script
system/app
If your only wish is to remove a systemapp
edit the file update-script (textfile)
and add line with the filename of what you want to remove:
(example)
delete SYSTEM:app/unwanted.apk
delete SYSTEM:app/unwanted.odex
If you want to install some apps put them in system/app for not installable
and data/app for apps that can be removed as usual
rezip folders and install zip with RomManager NO WIPE!!
cm6 azures you will get a error because not same structure for data/app
never mind just select reboot. Delete will work anyway.
Sometimes there will be .so files in system/libs too. They are little more difficult to know which to remove so that demands more knowledge of the app.
Use for instance Astro filemanager or Estrong to look in system/app for correct filename to delete
Script work even if *.odex not exist.
The fact that when you zip folders it will not be signed so file will not work with adb recovery
Googleapps filenames:
CarHomeGoogle.apk, CarHomeLauncher.apk, com.amazon.mp3.apk,
Facebook.apk, GenieWidget.apk, Gmail.apk, GoogleBackupTransport.apk,
GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk, GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk,
GoogleFeedback.apk, GoogleGoggles.apk, GooglePartnerSetup.apk, GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk, GoogleServicesFramework.apk, googlevoice.apk,
HtcCopyright.apk, HtcEmailPolicy.apk, HtcSettings.apk, kickback.apk, LatinImeGoogle.apk, LatinImeTutorial.apk, Maps.apk, MarketUpdater.apk, MediaUploader.apk, NetworkLocation.apk, OneTimeInitializer.apk, PassionQuickOffice.apk, SetupWizard.apk, soundback.apk, Street.apk, Talk.apk, talkback.apk, Twitter.apk, Vending.apk, VoiceSearch.apk, YouTube.apk, QuickSearchBox.apk, Provision.apk
Other apps:
ADWLauncher.apk, Gallery3D.apk
but filename may be different depending of ROM
Mainpart must exist for using phone normally
Hope that this help to remove "non-removable" systemapps in future.
/Snakehult

Good guide.
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Thanks snakehult - great guide and very useful!!
snakehult said:
(example)
delete SYSTEM:app/unwanted.apk
delete SYSTEM:app/unwanted.odex
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It may be worth explaining how people:
- can find out the name of the app they want to remove;
- how they know whether to add the suffix of *.apk or *.odex, or both;
Thanks again for your efforts!

c_man said:
Thanks snakehult - great guide and very useful!!
It may be worth explaining how people:
- can find out the name of the app they want to remove;
- how they know whether to add the suffix of *.apk or *.odex, or both;
Thanks again for your efforts!
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Yes you can use some regular filemanager such Astro or Estrongs and look in system/app
Always delete both, script work even if odex file is missing

c_man said:
It may be worth explaining how people:
- can find out the name of the app they want to remove;
- how they know whether to add the suffix of *.apk or *.odex, or both;
Thanks again for your efforts!
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cool guide!
anyway you have to detect the filename of the apps this way:
enter the recovery mode (in modaco-root-r4: recovery-windows.bat)
now type:
adb shell
mount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
ls -l /system/app
(this will give you the list of system apps, with space usage)
you have to delete both .apk and .odex files (the latter may not exist)
I use to delete the bigger ringtones too, the list is given by
ls -l /system/media/audio/ringtones
it is safe to delete, after you setup the google accounts (ie after first boot):
HTCSetup*
com.htc.Setup*
Stock*
HtcFoot*
NewsRead*

wow its working......thanks dude........
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http://android.modaco.com/content/h...apps-from-the-htc-desire-with-adb-in-windows/
Simple guide from MoDaCo

That must be the hardest way to remove apps i guess Have you seen "modaco guide"? All you have to do is reboot your phone in to recovery mode and type 2-3 commands in ADB. Simple as that.
Thanks anyway for your efforts

Many way för same thing
But with a custom-made zipfile you always remove/install favourite apps without adb. And quick modify new ROM install.
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Hello,
Good guide.
The Legend may be rooted to do this?
I am a newbie.
Thanks.

bobstar_fr said:
Hello,
Good guide.
The Legend may be rooted to do this?
I am a newbie.
Thanks.
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As I see it, no use to do much in the dev forum without an rooted Phone

hey guys, thanks for bringing this up. i just tried modaco site method and i deleted stock and its widget only. the internal storage shot from 113 mb to 122 mb and ram from 42 to 134 mb !
what else can i delete

Learners Lisence said:
hey guys, thanks for bringing this up. i just tried modaco site method and i deleted stock and its widget only. the internal storage shot from 113 mb to 122 mb and ram from 42 to 134 mb !
what else can i delete
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Just delete what you will never use and....no regret

thank you cryshop for your expert advise
i tried deleting Innovation.mp3 by this script -
adb-windows shell rm /system/media/audio/ringtones/Innovation.mp3
said file not found even though its listed.
whats my mistake ?
i will try snakehults method also but later.
thanks

im trying to use modaco's method but what is the green recovery menu?
i dont understand i go in fastboot then recovery and then?thank you
edit done im stupid

Learners Lisence said:
thank you cryshop for your expert advise
i tried deleting Innovation.mp3 by this script -
adb-windows shell rm /system/media/audio/ringtones/Innovation.mp3
said file not found even though its listed.
whats my mistake ?
i will try snakehults method also but later.
thanks
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Hmm, did you forget a slash or a letter in the command? because I tried and I could actually delete it.
@kdma : install ROM Manager from the Market, and there is an option inside the app : Reboot into Recovery (easiest way to get into recovery mod)

I also deleted /system/etc/clock* and saved some space again
(of course I don't need Htc clock widgets)

cryshop said:
Hmm, did you forget a slash or a letter in the command? because I tried and I could actually delete it.
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cryshop, i was typing in the wrong directory
Ps - snakehults's appfixer is real delight ! smooooth.
except that my winzip is a trial version and legend dont recognize winrar files.
I was wondering how i got such good figures for change in space and ram the first time. i havent since then. my legend just likes the rebooting involved coz i dont use task killers anymore. and maybe i deleted more than just stock the first time

Will this work with android 2.2 on Hero?
Hey I've been looking all over for something like this. I downloaded the zip, added the lines
delete SYSTEM:app/mms.apk
delete SYSTEM:app/mms.odex
delete SYSTEM:app/email.apk
delete SYSTEM:app/email.odex
and rezipped it.
I used Rom Manager and selected install rom from SD card. It rebooted, seemed to execute the zip. But the original email and mms apps are still installed. What am i doing wrong?

kdma said:
im trying to use modaco's method but what is the green recovery menu?
i dont understand i go in fastboot then recovery and then?thank you
edit done im stupid
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The first thing you should do is download the required zip file from modaco (I'm a new user of xda and is not permitted to post outside links here. You may easily find that post "24/May r4 - HTC Legend rooting guide - Now with 1.31.x" in android.madaco.com)
I think many of us rooted the device followed the instructions of Paul. So that file might be already in your hands.
Fastboot and then recovery, as you have done before. Run Recovery-linux.sh (or Recovery-windows.bat, if you use Windows) in a terminal window - your device shall be at the green recovery screen.
Open another terminal window and enter:
./adb-linux shell mount /system
and then you can push, pull or rm file. For example,
./adb-linux shell rm /system/app/Calculator.apk
./adb-linux push abc.so /system/lib
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I didn't notice you have already solved the problem, when I compiled this post. It is no longer useful.

[Q] Root Explorer can't paste file to system

Hi guys, I have a problem with my I9000, when I try to copy a MOD or someting to System/app for example, I can't paste bcoz I don't have enought space to paste in that folder...
Sorry for my english.. and I hope someone help me..

Best thing to use root explorer and go to that folder.You can see if the folder is mounted as read only(ro) or read write (rw).And you can see how much space do you have in that folder.If you have enough space mount system/app as rw and you can copy files to it.
Find root explorer on market best for working with files.

malcho said:
Best thing to use root explorer and go to that folder.You can see if the folder is mounted as read only(ro) or read write (rw).And you can see how much space do you have in that folder.If you have enough space mount system/app as rw and you can copy files to it.
Find root explorer on market best for working with files.
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And when I am running Root explorer, in folder /system/app when I want to copy a file, I have 275mb used and 64k free.. how I can free more space ?

An that not is one issue, Root explorer on the Gingerbread. Try delet file, and yes make it, but go another folder, and back on , you will see again deleted file, is not deleted !???
Regards

SaniM said:
And when I am running Root explorer, in folder /system/app when I want to copy a file, I have 275mb used and 64k free.. how I can free more space ?
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You will have to delete some unused system apps like aldiko or whatever you dont't use.
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[Q][I9000] Internal SD

Guys, I have a question:
I try to copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media folder using root explorer but failed due to not enough memory. And I saw on the top 274.64MB used, 1.48MB free. After look through all the folders, I noticed different folder has it own memory size available. Just wanna to know, beside deleting existing files in /system/media, any chance to increase the memory size of the /system/media by "transferring" from under utilized folder? Thanks

i have the same problem before having no space in system rom... just root ur phone.. delete some .apk file you do not use in the system/app but be careful what you are deleting.. just delete some files like
dual clock
aldiko
swype (if u do not use this keyboard)
talk
press reader
those are the files that i deleted and i got 24.7mb free

crushvic said:
i have the same problem before having no space in system rom... just root ur phone.. delete some .apk file you do not use in the system/app but be careful what you are deleting.. just delete some files like
dual clock
aldiko
swype (if u do not use this keyboard)
talk
press reader
those are the files that i deleted and i got 24.7mb free
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crushvic, what is the different between /system/app and /data/app folders in internal SD. I found both contains apps. Thank you very much.

michaelnct said:
crushvic, what is the different between /system/app and /data/app folders in internal SD. I found both contains apps. Thank you very much.
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System apps are applications installed with the system. You cannot delete or modify them if you don't have root.
These are often sensitive applications (like phone.apk, or XXXlauncher.apk : don't touch these apk !) but sometimes there are some useless applications that you can delete as crushvic told you.
Data apps are applications that can be supressed easily (even without root) and that come installed more oftenly with android market. These are "user applications".

flolep said:
System apps are applications installed with the system. You cannot delete or modify them if you don't have root.
These are often sensitive applications (like phone.apk, or XXXlauncher.apk : don't touch these apk !) but sometimes there are some useless applications that you can delete as crushvic told you.
Data apps are applications that can be supressed easily (even without root) and that come installed more oftenly with android market. These are "user applications".
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I see..... in order for me to earn back some space in /system/ folder..... I have to "kill" those useless app as mentioned above..... Thanks for the useful info, your guys are helpful....

[Q] (Solved) How can I restore my Note to access SDCard?

Hello guys!
Today I was watching the tutorial from curser4eva.com to get AirView on the N7000. I wasn't successful and I get a little frustrated.
I don't really know why but I changed the permissions of the etc/permissions directory to: rw--r--r-- (0644) using Solid Explorer, and then restart my phone, since then I'm not able to access to my interal or external sdcard and also cannot access to a lot of apps.
Here is what I did exactly:
Using Solid Explorer, I copied the com.sec.feature.hovering_ui.xml file from my sdcard and tried to paste it in the etc/permissions directory but it said that there wasn't enough free space (I got the same message few days ago when I've tried to paste and apk. into the system/app directory).
And after this, I change the etc/permissions folder permissions to: rw--r--r-- (0644) using Solid Explorer, and then restart my phone, and after everything loads, a bunch messages of Force Closed services (dropobox, youtube, gapps services, for example) Pops up.
Then I open Solid Explorer to try to restore the permissions, and immediately pops up this message: Error - Cannot browse to "/storage/sdcard0"- An unknown error occured.
Then I jumped to the system root and accessed to etc/permissions and restored the permissions to: rwxr--xr--x-- (0755) and restart my phone, but nothing changes.
Finally in CWM recovery I flashed again the Jelly Bean eybee ROM to try to fix it, without any good result.
And right now I don't know what else could I do, because, in case you haven't noticed yet, I'm a freaking noob :crying:
Information could be useful:
I'm running Android 4.1.1
Baseband: N7000XXLS1
Build number JRO03C.N7000XXLS2
I'm also able to access to the Sdcard with Root Browser, and noticed that all files dates changed to: Dec 31, 1969 06:00:00, and all have the size of: 0.00B
Thanks in advance for your advices!!!..... And an apology if I'm wasting your time.
- José González

Reflash the room you were on when you changed the permission...
If that doesn't solve then make a titanium backup and do a factory reset, then restore apps

May be you want to go to stock rom using odin again and the come back to this rom

I'll take your advices
Thanks for your replys.
I will do your advices tonight.
Also, can you tell me which are your permissions and ownership of the storage and sdcard folders? Mine are:
Storage: r--xr--x-- (0550) , owner: 1000 system, group: 0 root.
Sdcard0: rwx--rwx--rx-- (0775), Owner: 1000 system, Group: 0 root
I'll wait fot your answer.

jgmoran said:
Thanks for your replys.
I will do your advices tonight.
Also, can you tell me which are your permissions and ownership of the storage and sdcard folders? Mine are:
Storage: r--xr--x-- (0550) , owner: 1000 system, group: 0 root.
Sdcard0: rwx--rwx--rx-- (0775), Owner: 1000 system, Group: 0 root
I'll wait fot your answer.
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I copied the "com.sec.feature.hovering_ui.xml" and i didnt face any problem
Actually you are required to change the permissions of xml file..not for the etc/permissions folder
And permissions of storage : r-xr-x--- ,owner: system ,group:1028: 1028
sdcard : rwxrwxrwx, owner: 0:root ,group: 0:root

Solved!
Thanks guys!
I followed Jamal Ahmed recomendation. I did a factory reset from recovery and then reflash the ROM, and that's it!. And also I was able finally to copy de .xml to the permissions folder .
XDA Developers For the Win!!!
-José González

need to delete system file but can't :(

I need to follow these instructions -
Originally Posted by Robbie Hood
i will upload a revert back too mtp mod once the party is over.
If you really need it now then do this :
go to /system/build.prop and open it with a rooted text editor ( most file explorers have one) and remove this line:
Code:
persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb
then go to /system/etc/init.d and remove the S98MassStorage script.
Reboot and it should work fine.
If not , then you need to check rom customizer/. manage system apps / uninstalled tab and install anything kies, usb or mtp related
I have done the first part and removed - persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb but I can't change/delete/edit/move the S98MassStorage script, I have tried Root Browser Lite, ZArchiver and ES File Explorer.
Can somebody help me please, recommend a method/app?

Try "su -"
Then "rm whateverscript.sh"
To delete the file.
Assuming u got root perms.
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Make sure your /system is mounted read-write. It should be, since you edited build.prop, but you can double-check (there's an option in ES File Explorer to mount /system as read-write).