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The users. First off I want to make this very clear, I am not responsible for anything nor is droidxforums for any damages done to devices due to root, since it was up to the user to make the decisions they make. Thank you, please continue to read.
1. First off I am posting this for reasons that were obvioulsy not too obvious.
2. If you chose to delete anything other than something that can be downloaded from the market, YOU took that risk. You have potentially just bricked your device.
3. DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING THAT HAS "BLUR" IN ITS FILE NAME.
4. DO NOT try to flash a custom recovery via Rom Manager then wonder why your phone is stuck with a cool new Motorola logo.
5. This thread will be updated very frequently, before posting questions and what not, just post your problem, no questions please, I will be using this to help as many of you as possible.
6. Most importantly do not mess with the framework right now, there is many $600 papers weights laying around now.
7. DO NOT TOUCH BACK UP ASSISTANCE UNLESS ITS WINDY IN YOUR HOUSE OR OFFICE AND YOU NEED A PAPER WEIGHT.
Thank you.
B16
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Source and discussion: http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/hacking-help/1510-ultimate-wrong-doings.html
If you do remove some of the bloat and need to copy the files back without bootlooping (grdm)
Read this http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...ant-if-you-removed-but-arent-bootlooping.html
Thread discussion on what apps are safe to remove and hard reset without bootloops
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-hacks/1347-removing-bloat.html
Stock DroidX software, for un-bloating and hard resets (grdm)
http://www.chadhaney.com/droidXDefault/
Way to be lookin' out for your community. Props man!!!
Anyone know what the 3g mobile hotspot app is listed as in system/apps? I can't find it
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sp1kez said:
Anyone know what the 3g mobile hotspot app is listed as in system/apps? I can't find it
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Mynet.apk
P.S. don't removed backupassistanceclient.apk!!! It will result in a near brick if you try to factory reset after it has been removed.
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We tested this last nite,, you can do basically whatever you want as long as you put the phone back to pristine condition before you do a wipe or update or whatever..
Here is the basic method that works to copy files back to the phone if you took out bloat..
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-hacks/1462-how-put-back-backup-assistant-if-you-removed-but-arent-bootlooping.html
Works with all system apks, though.
grdm said:
We tested this last nite,, you can do basically whatever you want as long as you put the phone back to pristine condition before you do a wipe or update or whatever..
Here is the basic method that works to copy files back to the phone if you took out bloat..
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-hacks/1462-how-put-back-backup-assistant-if-you-removed-but-arent-bootlooping.html
Works with all system apks, though.
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I just saw this myself today, OP has been updated with this link
If i root, will i be excluded from the 2.2 update duke late summer?
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GoldenCyn said:
If i root, will i be excluded from the 2.2 update duke late summer?
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It seems that no one knows for sure.
People have been able to root, re-copy any removed system applications ( blockbuster, skype, etc..) apply the .604 update and stay rooted
Only time will tell for sure
I only deleted Blockbuster, Skype, NFSShift, and AmazonMP3/Kindle apps. Would I need to put those back on and unroot if I wanted to do a hard reset?
From what I hear, you need to put back ALL of the apps that came with the phone to apply the .604 update
Un-rooting doesn't seem to be necessary
Here is a thread discussion on what apps are safe to remove and hard reset without bootloops
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-hacks/1347-removing-bloat.html
Here is a list and downloads of all of the default DroidX apps
http://alldroid.org/default.aspx?g=posts&t=515
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From what I hear, you need to put back ALL of the apps that came with the phone to apply the .604 update
Un-rooting doesn't seem to be necessary
Here is a thread discussion on what apps are safe to remove and hard reset without bootloops
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-hacks/1347-removing-bloat.html
Here is a list and downloads of all of the default DroidX apps
http://alldroid.org/default.aspx?g=posts&t=515
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He is correct, we have had phones with tons removed, copied everythign back with the right permissions, took out all the things that root did, basically un-rooting, apply the update, then re-root, so you will have to put the phone back to pristine before the update, but it works fine.
At least it does for now. As for the rooting, it is a huge gaping hole in linux/android, not a specific phone or phone home launcher so it will likely not be fixed until at least Gingerbread 3.0 IF THEN. Bird really smoked the monkey on this one, i would marry him if it was legal.
But yeah, dont freak out if u removed a ton of stuff, here is a complete pristine system app dir if u need:
http://www.chadhaney.com/droidXDefault/
Zanix, thanks for updating into the post, i hope it ends up helping people.
Updated OP with direct link to original .apk list
Hey,
Where can I find a list of the correct permissions? I removed like 5 apps and copied them back and still the update fails.
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Check the permissions from one of the files you did not remove
I'm not 100% sure that will work
It is 644 if I recall correctly.
I think you need to check the umask for each file as well
ON the post on how to put back backup assistant it tells you the permissions for all the files in the app dir
its in the first post
So I wanted to install a status bar replacement for Droid X, which involves replacing framework-res.apk. Instead of doing it through adb, I replaced the file with Root Explorer, and it sent it into boot loop. Do I now have a paperweight? =/
I tried doing factory reset, but that didn't fix it...
Edit: It sees update.zip on my SD card in recovery mode (some file I think I downloaded before), so is there a way to maybe apply a recovery command to replace framework-res.apk?
Edit2: sigh, nvm, there is no update.zip on the SD card, I'm not sure where it's reading it from. But when I tell it to apply it, it doesn't find it either. Looks like I bricked my phone
Has anyone been using Autostarts to block the bloat from loading on boot?
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The Titanium Backup "Freeze" feature has been working like a charm for me. I've frozen all of the bloatware (the autorun stuff) and seen no adverse effects on the phone.
The phone seems to perform better without the running bloat. But this might be a placebo effect. The jury is still out...I'm testing. One thing is for sure, I feel better knowing that useless extra processes are not running in the background.
The big open question for me is how does the TB Freeze function work? Is it like the task killers or does it intercept the app on boot?
It does not change anything in the root directory since all the *.apk files are in tact for the frozen apps. This is the main reason I use the freeze since there seems to be little risk of bricking the phone with this method.
I went under settings, applications, and I do not have an option anywhere under any of the menus including development menu to allow applications to install from unknown sources. I have done everything in the Captivate User guide(rooting,backup,recovery).
I am trying to install market enabler.
Phone is Rooted.
Go to the development section and look at the sticky called enable sideloading. Or you can load the stock rom and use sre and it will enable it for you.
Sent from my phone so excuse the spelling errors
Did you mean the "[How To] Enable Non-Market apps on Captivate (consolidated)" Sticky?
I am not exactly a power user yet. That was a whole lot of impossible for me.
Yes you found the right thread. You are going to have to get very comfortable with terms in threads like that if you plan to flash or modify your phone
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I am so lost, I just don't know where to begin.
What would be the best way for me to do it?
Omgosh I did it! Wow. It only took.... lets not say how long.
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Omgosh I did it! Wow. It only took.... lets not say how long.
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Oh know your on your way to the addiction now. I'm so hooked I only had my HTC Aria for one month and had to go buy a captivate just cause I had to have more . Now starts the waiting for the next best rom. Damn your doomed .
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Shival said:
I am so lost, I just don't know where to begin.
What would be the best way for me to do it?
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SRE! I think it is suggested to un-root first. Check the sre thread, its a rom and kernel that roots, overclocks, removes bloatware if you want, unlocks tethering, installs busy box, installs app to fool the market so it thinks you're on another network and opens the ability to install unknown sources all in one update.zip.
Flash to stock with the odin one click and rename the sre file to update.zip and reboot into recovery and reinstall packages you'll have everything you ever want in a phone. For now.
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Oh know your on your way to the addiction now. I'm so hooked I only had my HTC Aria for one month and had to go buy a captivate just cause I had to have more . Now starts the waiting for the next best rom. Damn your doomed .
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I know all too well about that feeling after having my HTC Blackstone, From Winmo 6.1 - 6.5.5 and TF3D-Sense.
If you are having problems have a look at unleash the beast. It has an easy way to add sideloading. It also adds many other useful features.
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lost
I'm still lost any root for dummys? I all redy root it an i have superuser but, and now? How. I can instal the apps o were i can get it?
Helppppppp!!!!
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SRE! I think it is suggested to un-root first. Check the sre thread, its a rom and kernel that roots, overclocks, removes bloatware if you want, unlocks tethering, installs busy box, installs app to fool the market so it thinks you're on another network and opens the ability to install unknown sources all in one update.zip.
Flash to stock with the odin one click and rename the sre file to update.zip and reboot into recovery and reinstall packages you'll have everything you ever want in a phone. For now.
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No you can be rooted as long as your on the stock rom. I've flashed back and forth from sre to another rom a few times and as long as your on the stock firmware its fine if your rooted. Matter of fact I would recommend rooting stock, then clockwork mod recovery nandroid backup of stock rom before moving on to another invade there are problems. If you use Odin beforehand, I'm pretty sure it will wipe your backups making them useless. ymmv
I am having the same issue. When I try to install an app it says "Install blocked for security, your phone is set to block installation of application not sourced in Android Market". As a safty feature it will not let me install any file/app that was not downloaded from the market place. How did you get it to work? My friend has the same phone but thru verizon, he said all he had to do was go into settings/applications and uncheck some security feature. Please help.
I am having the same issue. When I try to install an app it says "security block" as a safty feature it will not let me install any file/app that was not downloaded from the market place. How did you get it to work?
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Omgosh I did it! Wow. It only took.... lets not say how long.
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I just want to take this moment and point something out to everyone else who has never used ADB or the command prompt before who is reading this thread:
It looks more intimidating then it actually is. Once you get in there and start fooling around, it's not as hard as you originally thought. I'm telling you all, take the plunge, and try it out. I promise it's not that hard, and if you run into trouble, there are literally thousands of people on XDA at any given point in time. Somebody will answer your question if they haven't already. Remember to use the search feature!
Samsung Captivate rooted... but need help..
please help i am still stuck! i just rooted my samsung captivate phone today and tried to download apk apps off of 4shared... but when i go to install it the phone says it is blocked for security... applications not sourced in android market?? your help would be greatly appreciated thanks ...
MzSantiago said:
please help i am still stuck! i just rooted my samsung captivate phone today and tried to download apk apps off of 4shared... but when i go to install it the phone says it is blocked for security... applications not sourced in android market?? your help would be greatly appreciated thanks ...
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why dont no one uses super one click...its simplest way to root/unroot and to allow not market apps...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
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please help i am still stuck! i just rooted my samsung captivate phone today and tried to download apk apps off of 4shared... but when i go to install it the phone says it is blocked for security... applications not sourced in android market?? your help would be greatly appreciated thanks ...
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And please don't pirate apps... If you like it, buy it.
I took off all the AT&T applications from my phone, and now my phone can't download anything. Everytime it tries to, it says
"android.process.media has closed unexpectedly"
and it makes me force close it. I am new to android and am horrified that my new phone is broken. Please help me! If any of you have a backup of the AT&T applications that I deleted, or if you know of any way to completely restore the OS to factory defaults I would be very pleased. Thank you in advance.
Download Odin in the Development section and reflash back to Stock. JF6 is the stock firmware for the Captivate. I dont know what you took off to cause that but my phone does not have the bloatware and works perfectly!
Cheers,
Charlie
Good possibility that you removed the TWLauncher because I got the same FC issue afterwards. Just like the previous post mentioned, just use the one click odin in the dev forums to restore your phone.
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There is a file called media hub or media provider or something, and if you remove or rename it your phone will go crazy. At least i had similar issues once before.
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There is a file called media hub or media provider or something, and if you remove or rename it your phone will go crazy. At least i had similar issues once before.
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Its not media hub, that is just the site for samsung when they get their stuff working to download stuff. It could be the other one but just use odin from the app/dev section.
well I had something very similar happen to me and reflashing back to stock worker, but I also heard that reinstalling the stock android market fixed the problem. Not sure where to get the apk, but I'm sure you could find it somewhere.
The latest Verizon update isn't doing me any favors. I'm a rabid baseball fan and it trashes MLB at Bat live game video and does some other rather unwanted stuff to Flash. It was easy enough to flash the original system back on and blow away the update so everything worked again but now the SGT insists on reminding me fairly often that there's an update I want nothing to do with. Any idea on how to shut it up?
Root your tab that'll stop ota updates.
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Incorrect. Rooting will not stop it at all. Perhaps if you use root explorer and go into cashe file and remove it that might work for a bit. Not sure but rooting will not
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Good luck with that. I deleted the 2 files in my cache folder using root explorer that had the correct size and date. It seemed to work..... untill I had to reboot my tab. After I rebooted, I got the notification again, and this time, there is no file with today's date or the correct size in the cache folder.
I was getting constant popups the first time around untill I deleted those files, after which, nothing untill I restarted. So those must have been the correct files. I don't understand where the new ones are now.
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Root your tab that'll stop ota updates.
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Rooting alone will not stop the ota. The developer of the custom rom generally removes the ota feature.
note I have not tried this since I already got the update....and if you brick something its not my fault...
you could try to change the ro.build.fingerprint so maybe the update service still think you already got the update. this method worked to stop a droid ota update.
in /system/build.prop file change it to:
ro.build.fingerprint=verizon/SCH-I800/SCH-I800/SCH-I800:2.2/FROYO/EC02:user/release-keys
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In the past, people have renamed "Otacerts.zip" to "Otacerts.zip.bak" in /etc/security/ . You may also want to choose "Install Later" first, then delete the file in the cache folder on your SDcard. Then reboot.
You can use either Root explorer (easy option) or Terminal, though every time I try to install a Terminal emulator, it fails on my tab
I haven't tried this myself, but I will be doing it tonight.
my understanding with the cert rename is that the user will still get the download and the prompts to install....its just that it fails during install when the signature doesnt match
so you will be saved from accidently installing but will get a lot of notices that you need the update.
I could be wrong though.
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This is bull****. Damn pop ups every 15 minutes, I feel like im trying to surf the web with AOL. My poor 4 year old was trying to watch a movie and I kept hearing her get upset, stupid update would interfere with the movie.
Im not going through all that bull**** just for an update I dont care about, there has got to be a way to kill this thing off.
Any progress on this? I read about editing the build.prop to EC02, but that didn't work for me either.
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Any progress on this? I read about editing the build.prop to EC02, but that didn't work for me either.
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What I did on my Droid Charge was back-up build.prop and then change every place where to referenced the old build number and change it to the new build number. Then I saved the file and then rebooted. I got one last warning about the OTA update and then it went away.
I just got this phone last Friday. It's my first Android phone, but I've used Android before on my Kindle Fire, which I rooted and tried all sorts of ROMs and customized the hell out of it.
So I was really excited today when I found out about the root package! I just got it rooted, had to factory reset first, but that's OK. But since my phone is a Canada Bell model (and I live in the US), it's a got a bunch of apps that I can't use and don't want.
I googled and found a site that gives a tutorial how to use Android Mate to remove the crapware, but in searching through /system/apps, I don't see the Bell stuff, maybe I missed it or it's named something different.
Any tried doing this yet?
Instead of removing them, I suggest you freeze them with titanium backup. Download it from play store, open it, click restore/backup, tap the app you don't want and select freeze. It saves headache and it's not like our phone has a lack of free memory
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capran said:
I just got this phone last Friday. It's my first Android phone, but I've used Android before on my Kindle Fire, which I rooted and tried all sorts of ROMs and customized the hell out of it.
So I was really excited today when I found out about the root package! I just got it rooted, had to factory reset first, but that's OK. But since my phone is a Canada Bell model (and I live in the US), it's a got a bunch of apps that I can't use and don't want.
I googled and found a site that gives a tutorial how to use Android Mate to remove the crapware, but in searching through /system/apps, I don't see the Bell stuff, maybe I missed it or it's named something different.
Any tried doing this yet?
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To answer your question, and not give unwanted advice, the apks you're looking for will be located in /vendor/app
ATGAdmin said:
To answer your question, and not give unwanted advice, the apks you're looking for will be located in /vendor/app
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Found them, but it won't let me delete, keeps saying they're read only ;(
Hemotherapy said:
Found them, but it won't let me delete, keeps saying they're read only ;(
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You need to switch to r/w in whatever explorer you're in. Either that, or you're not rooted
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System Tuner allows you to uninstall system apps as. Forgot that setcpu wakes up the phone a lot when profiles are active but system tuner is also good for underclocking.
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Use Titanium Backup and just freeze as was already mentioned. Otherwise, you'll be screwed when we get jelly bean because you won't get the update without all stock apps.
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Use Titanium Backup and just freeze as was already mentioned. Otherwise, you'll be screwed when we get jelly bean because you won't get the update without all stock apps.
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How do you get back all the Stock apps?
[ QUOTE=dnorthington;33064453]Use Titanium Backup and just freeze as was already mentioned. Otherwise, you'll be screwed when we get jelly bean because you won't get the update without all stock apps.[/QUOTE]
In case you haven't been paying attention to the update schedule, here it is http://phandroid.com/2012/10/19/mot...-updates-jelly-bean-release-schedule-as-well/
We won't be getting JB until next year.
If we don't have a recovery program by then to flash ROMs, this phone won't be worth keeping.
So your point is moot.
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Good day friends,
I did erase APK's from /system/app and /system/vendor/app and /system/preinstalled/, but, i till get the icons for att familymap, amazon kindle, live tv, mesages, myatt, qik lite and real racing2.
Is there anything else i am missing in order to get rid of this apps ?
I do understand the phone has enough resources to carry these apps around, but i just dont like having stuff that i dont really use.
Also, I know how to fastboot to fxz in case i screw something up.
Use titanium to un install them
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alright then, ill give it a shot !
Yep, a combination of TiBu and rm -r did the trick ! thank you very much !
I went crazy after root and deleted almost all bloatware...
However I realized that after deleting YP mobile stock app, the option in contacts for YP does not work
I re-downloaded YP from the market but it's still no go...
Can somebody upload stock YP apk and tell me where to put it since I am not sure was it in system/app or in system/vendor/app
Or at least if you can give me name of the original stock app and its location I can try to rename the one from the market and move it to its appropriate folder.
Thanks
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Good day friends,
I did erase APK's from /system/app and /system/vendor/app and /system/preinstalled/, but, i till get the icons for att familymap, amazon kindle, live tv, mesages, myatt, qik lite and real racing2.
Is there anything else i am missing in order to get rid of this apps ?
I do understand the phone has enough resources to carry these apps around, but i just dont like having stuff that i dont really use.
Also, I know how to fastboot to fxz in case i screw something up.
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As mentioned already, look in /system/vendor/app
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Addition
I have made a new idea on removing bloatwares. The idea is that the user can select the apps that are to be deleted in aroma. I have already made a project regarding this but only for my device. You can port it to your device and maybe share this with everyone.
Link to my thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632355
With some changes, it will work great and our community can develop!!