Removing app icons after uninstall - Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I just rooted my new phone using this method -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/how-to-root-backup-drm-keys-t3013343
Everything went smoothly so after that I decided to uninstall some sony bloatware I have no use for, such as Albums and what not. After doing so though, I noticed the icons are still in the app drawer, is there a way to actually remove them from there? Or hide them or something?
Cheers!

If the icons are still there, you did not uninstall them.
Because I DID uninstall them (via Titanium) and they disappeared right after the operation completed. Maybe you should just restart the launcher (soft reboot).

davebugyi said:
If the icons are still there, you did not uninstall them.
Because I DID uninstall them (via Titanium) and they disappeared right after the operation completed. Maybe you should just restart the launcher (soft reboot).
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That's odd then. Because whenever I uninstall one of Sony's apps with Titanium, if I reboot the phone it shows up again in the list as if I did nothing... I've got the PRO version of course. I don't understand what's happening here, root is fully working though.
If I freeze the apps they do disappear. I don't get it :s

Just did a quick test.
Unfroze the app "Album" and wiped cache and data. Uninstalled in Titanium. It shows successful. Rebooted the phone, go into Titanium, it shows it's there installed.... What the hell?
I never had any kind of issue like this with other android devices.

You probably did not go to the root process correctly and the /system is mounted as RO instead of RW.
Did you flashed NUT's dual recovery? And also this:
hi , if you cant ger xposed to work and titanium back up . please go to giefroot folder > files , then open ''cmd'' by holding shift + right click and then copy/paste these following codes one after another.
adb push systemrw.sh /data/local/tmp
adb push modulecrcpatch /data/local/tmp
adb push wp_mod.ko /data/local/tmp
adb shell
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/systemrw.sh
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/modulecrcpatch
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/wp_mod.ko
su
cd /data/local/tmp
./systemrw.sh
i hope it helps , goodluck
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davebugyi said:
You probably did not go to the root process correctly and the /system is mounted as RO instead of RW.
Did you flashed NUT's dual recovery? And also this:
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I did. I followed the link at my original post. Followed everything and everything went successfully. Titanium has root permissions, it's just the uninstalling of certain Sony apps that are always coming back to life.

What apps are doing this?

Just tried to copy paste a file onto system and indeed it doesn't work. It's mounted as RO apparently. I'm going to try the fix from the first link.

davebugyi said:
What apps are doing this?
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Album, Video Unlimited, Sony Select, all the xperia bloatware

I have tons of bloatware removed, but I tested Sony Select now. Uninstall via TB PRO, reboot, check. App's gone from launcher, TB and system.
I am pretty sure, that your /system partition is not mounted as writable.

davebugyi said:
I have tons of bloatware removed, but I tested Sony Select now. Uninstall via TB PRO, reboot, check. App's gone from launcher, TB and system.
I am pretty sure, that your /system partition is not mounted as writable.
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You're absolutely right. Apparently it's a not so rare issue, I tried to flash a fix from the OP from the thread I posted and it did nothing
Really don't know what to do next

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Paid app backup.

Hi.
I´ve tried to backup a couple of paid apps. Astro tells me the apps are private and won´t backup. On Mybackup Pro the apps are not even on the app list.
Is it even possible to make a backup of a paid app ?
Filgaliel said:
Hi.
I´ve tried to backup a couple of paid apps. Astro tells me the apps are private and won´t backup. On Mybackup Pro the apps are not even on the app list.
Is it even possible to make a backup of a paid app ?
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If your paid apps get deleted, the market will still show them as having been purchased. All you need to do is re-download them.
Wow, I forgot posting this..
The problem is that I paid for a couple of apps while running an Android 2.0 ROM. Now i´m running a hero 1.5 based ROM some of the apps I paid for don´t show up in market.
Did you try to back them up with "Backup for Root"? It should backup every apk without bothering you with protected ones, I think.
Otherwise you can backup all your apps with a single command using adb (I personally do it that way) :
assuming you want to put them in the same folder as Astro...
adb shell cp -r -f /data/app/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
Hope this helps
Edit : I forgot that the protected apps were put in the app-private folder so to have all apps you have to do two commands, here is the second one
adb shell cp -r -f /data/app-private/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
I'll try both methods. Thanks a bunch.
swissp said:
Did you try to back them up with "Backup for Root"? It should backup every apk without bothering you with protected ones, I think.
Otherwise you can backup all your apps with a single command using adb (I personally do it that way) :
assuming you want to put them in the same folder as Astro...
adb shell cp -r -f -p /data/app/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
Hope this helps
Edit : I forgot that the protected apps were put in the app-private folder so to have all apps you have to do two commands, here is the second one
adb shell cp -r -f -p /data/app-private/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
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SwissP
Must the phone be rooted to execute this ? I'm running a Droid on 2.0.1 - TIA
swissp said:
Did you try to back them up with "Backup for Root"? It should backup every apk without bothering you with protected ones, I think.
Otherwise you can backup all your apps with a single command using adb (I personally do it that way) :
assuming you want to put them in the same folder as Astro...
adb shell cp -r -f -p /data/app/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
Hope this helps
Edit : I forgot that the protected apps were put in the app-private folder so to have all apps you have to do two commands, here is the second one
adb shell cp -r -f -p /data/app-private/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
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I tried the adb method and after i type out the "adb shell cp -r -f -p /data/app-private/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps"...it says multiple values entered or something along those lines and gives me a list of option with the definition of each -r -f etc. I dont know if that is supposed to happen and if it is...whats the next step.
As well i tried the backup for root users and i had one paid app "crystallight" that i was experimenting with...the crystallight app was backed up as a .zip while majority of the other apps were .apk...
How can i reinstall the crystallight on to my phone...i tried the restore function in backup for root users and nothing happens.
I also tried the method as stated here: http://theandroidsite.com/2009/11/2...ns-for-root-users/comment-page-1/#comment-517
And i get errors with this method too.
I have a HTC Hero rooted and running firmware 1.5
Thanks in advance
Sorry I forgot this thread.
Yes, you will need root as I think you wouldn't be able to access the content of the /data folder without it.
I just tested and found that you cannot use the -p parameter with the app-private folder (I don't think it's needed for the app folder either so you can remove it on both adb commands), sorry for that. I don't know what could be the problem on the Hero though. It should work the same.
About the app in .zip, I'd just try to rename it to .apk and install as usual
Filgaliel said:
The problem is that I paid for a couple of apps while running an Android 2.0 ROM. Now i´m running a hero 1.5 based ROM some of the apps I paid for don´t show up in market.
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If the app require 2.0 (or more likely 1.6) as a minimum OS level then they are not going to show up, or work, if you are now running 1.5. Your phone tells the Market what version of OS you are running, and the Market filters the available apps, based on that.
Titanium Backup
You can use Titanium backup on the market, if your phone is rooted and has SQLite and busybox, to backup/restore all of your apps, and market data for them - just search for it.
But, I dont know how to recover paid apps without buying them again, unless you use this.
Hope this helps.
HunteronX said:
You can use Titanium backup on the market, if your phone is rooted and has SQLite and busybox, to backup/restore all of your apps, and market data for them - just search for it.
But, I dont know how to recover paid apps without buying them again, unless you use this.
Hope this helps.
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what is and how do you know if you have SQlite? is it an app?
Filgaliel said:
Hi.
I´ve tried to backup a couple of paid apps. Astro tells me the apps are private and won´t backup. On Mybackup Pro the apps are not even on the app list.
Is it even possible to make a backup of a paid app ?
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Titanium backup will work for all paid apps. I just tryed it myself. It makes it nice....
bjtheone said:
If the app require 2.0 (or more likely 1.6) as a minimum OS level then they are not going to show up, or work, if you are now running 1.5. Your phone tells the Market what version of OS you are running, and the Market filters the available apps, based on that.
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Yes, based on your explanation, the above is exactly why you cannot see them in the market. Apps are filtered by version. Even if you have the apps backed up, it doesn't mean you can run the 2.0 apps on 1.5.
SQLite
DeSim said:
what is and how do you know if you have SQlite? is it an app?
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If you open titanium backup and it says YES to SQLite on the opening screen, then its in your rom. I think SQLite is for queries and databases, but is not an apk, but a system binary - sorry if i'm wrong.

[Q] Removing Stock Apps (without editing the ROM & resigning)

While I know editing the ROM and resigning the zip file is a method, one I generally use, I get tired of doing it every time since I do the nightly CMs.
Is there an app or something that can be used to remove stock apps? I HATE Amazon MP3 and stock weather and such.
I've heard someone say something about Spare Parts but I don't seem to see any way to remove apps with it....
I use root explorer from the marketplace. It's not free but it's well worth it imo.
trojanz said:
I use root explorer from the marketplace. It's not free but it's well worth it imo.
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I don't know why I didn't think about that lol.
I have RootExplorer..where exactly would I find those apps though? Looking in the /system folder under apps, I see the system apps but I don't see such apps as Amazon or Weather (though I assume they may be under different names?)
They should be in the /system/app folder, but in their full names. It'll be something like "com.android.MP3.apk"...You just gotta look closely and guess.
wdfowty said:
They should be in the /system/app folder, but in their full names. It'll be something like "com.android.MP3.apk"...You just gotta look closely and guess.
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Yeah, I found it. Thanks dude.
My question is, how safe is it to remove **** like stock browser (I never use it, only DolphinHD) and stock weather? I know stock weather shows up on the clock so I don't want to like screw it up..
uoY_redruM said:
Yeah, I found it. Thanks dude.
My question is, how safe is it to remove **** like stock browser (I never use it, only DolphinHD) and stock weather? I know stock weather shows up on the clock so I don't want to like screw it up..
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I honestly have no idea...Do a nandroid backup and try it. I don't think it should be a problem, but I've never tried
I use gscript app and I have a script that cleans-up all the apps in one click. Since I flash each and every nightly, it would be a pain in the arse to remove the apps one-by-one every day (sometimes several times a day).
You can also use Titanium Backup. Even the free version allows you to uninstall any app including system ones. A more friendly approach would be to use LauncherPro and just hide the apps you don't like
Karolis said:
I use gscript app and I have a script that cleans-up all the apps in one click. Since I flash each and every nightly, it would be a pain in the arse to remove the apps one-by-one every day (sometimes several times a day).
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What exactly is gscript?
melwan said:
You can also use Titanium Backup. Even the free version allows you to uninstall any app including system ones. A more friendly approach would be to use LauncherPro and just hide the apps you don't like
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Yeah, I'd rather just dump them completely! lol
what you can do is do 2 things, 1 is do adb pull and pull the app you want to remove then do adb shell then do rm /system/app/<your app want to remove>
if it fails you can push it back in and everything be good
or you can do adb shell
and cp -r /system/app /sdcard*
this should copy the whole app directory and its app in there and then do the
rm command if get FC or any issue jus do
adb push again, or do cp /sdcard/app/nameofapp /system/app
and it puts it back in and things should be good good luck
Titanium will remove the app package for you...very easy & clean.
uoY_redruM said:
What exactly is gscript?
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GScript is an app that allows you to execute saved shellscripts.
Here's the script that I use for clean-up:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/Development.apk
rm /system/app/Email.apk
rm /system/app/RomManager.apk
rm /system/app/SpareParts.apk
rm /system/app/SpeechRecorder.apk
rm /system/app/Stk.apk
rm /system/app/Term.apk
Of course you can add or remove any apps you want from the list. Also, if you try it, don't forget to check the box saying that SU is required.
I guess I should add the code to remount the system back to read-only after the execution, but I'm a bit lazy
galaxys said:
Titanium will remove the app package for you...very easy & clean.
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Hi!
I have the latest CM6 nightly in my N1, and I don't like some apps included like ROM Manager, Torch, Google Voice (I'm outside of USA), Amazon, etc.
It's safe to use Titanium Backup to delete those apps?
Thanks!
Yes it is.

Can't removed bloatware after rooting

Hi guys,
I rooted my phone yesterday. This all went very well, the icon in my programlist is there but now...
I tried to remove some preinstalled programs with (an older version of) Root Explorer. When I push the button ' remount as R/W' nothing happends. So now I still can't remove any program from my phone?
Who has got the solution?!
Thanks!
PeterFdeVries said:
Hi guys,
I rooted my phone yesterday. This all went very well, the icon in my programlist is there but now...
I tried to remove some preinstalled programs with (an older version of) Root Explorer. When I push the button ' remount as R/W' nothing happends. So now I still can't remove any program from my phone?
Who has got the solution?!
Thanks!
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If you don't have a current licensed version of root explorer, it may not work.
You could try Titanium. I use that to both delete apps and freeze them. On stock ROM, I generally only freeze them so OTA updates will still come through.
Try this app, works for me
Root Uninstaller
I can remove every app I want with Titanium Backup
Enable USB Debug mode
you can also freeze apps via adb.
just do
adb shell
pm list packages
pm disable com.app.App
where com.app.app is the program you'd like to disable

The application Gallery (process com.cooliris.media) has stopped unexpectedly

This is so annoying,
I have tried everything I could find online,
I removed the SD card to eliminate that as an option related to a corrupt image/ card.
I cleared Gallery the data under manage applications.
With ES file explorer
I deleted the com.cooliris.media folder multiple times
I renamed all dirs to hide them from the Gallery indexing.
Example renamed “DCIM” to ”.DCIM”
I opened and examined the file chunk_0 in
/com.cooliris.media/cache/local-album-cache
I was hoping i could see how far or were it crashed by the last dir it indexed.
After hiding all the dirs. I got it to this.
Data in “chunk_0(this file will grow as dirs are scanned and files are found)” opened in a hex editor.
..US..en............./...........4.......4...........b..intro..video/mp4.......................4.........O.{.....O.u...w..............:.............../
Not sure if this is a hit on what is crashing the gallery?
I'm guessing a factory reset didn't work either?
Have not done that, dont want to reconfigure the phone from scratch.
I always like to know the root of the real issue. seems kind of common.
I never use Gallery. Ever. So I wouldn't have an exact idea why it was going crazy.
Are you rooted and do you have Titanium Backup Free/Pro?
If so, back up the gallery app. Then delete it from the /system.
Restart your phone and restore the Gallery app and make it a system app again.
its rooted and i have Titanium Backup Pro.
i did not know you can delete the gallary.
I did download another gallery like app for now.
but i may give that a try.
Yeah. Wipe the data first then uninstall it.
i made the back up of the gallery, uninstalled it, when i try to recover/install it from the back up the phone stays in an install loop.
I have to reboot the phone.
now i deleted it how do i reinstall it?
I have gallery apk from the backup and the original is still under /system/app/com.cooliris.media.apk
when run the apk i get an error, application not installed.
I tried to use adb with no luck.
F:\~droid\root backup restore files\SuperOneClickv2.1.1-ShortFuse\ADB>adb instal
l gal.apk
993 KB/s (458660 bytes in 0.451s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/gal.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT]
any pointers?
Follow the exact steps.
Open Titanium Backup
Wipe Gallery data (From Titanium Backup)
Uninstall Gallery (From Titanium Backup)
Restart phone
Restore App of Gallery (From Titanium Backup)
Restart phone
Try using gallery
I don’t think titanium is an option now.
as it never finishes installing. i let it go all night.
The Gallery has been deleted and i only have the option to restore. My only options are to restore App only or App+Data. both don’t finish.
so i have been reading you can force/push installs. i must be doing something wrong as it seems a restriction is preventing the other install methods,
at this point the only reason i care is i cant view images in 3d.
acem77 said:
I don’t think titanium is an option now.
as it never finishes installing. i let it go all night.
The Gallery has been deleted and i only have the option to restore. My only options are to restore App only or App+Data. both don’t finish.
so i have been reading you can force/push installs. i must be doing something wrong as it seems a restriction is preventing the other install methods,
at this point the only reason i care is i cant view images in 3d.
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Using adb
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
exit
exit
adb push Gallery.apk /system/app
Reboot the phone.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II
thanks but the phone does not seem to install it after the reboot.
F:\~droid\root backup restore files\SuperOneClickv2.1.1-ShortFuse\ADB>adb shell
$
$ su
su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
# exit
exit
$ exit
exit
F:\~droid\root backup restore files\SuperOneClickv2.1.1-ShortFuse\ADB>adb push g
al.apk /system/app
1321 KB/s (458660 bytes in 0.339s)
maybe it not 100% uninstalled? could have been an issue with how Titanium removed it.
if the os thinks its still there it wont install over it.
crap i created file called "\" now they systems treats it like a dir. i cant delete it
this is how i created it...fat fingered
F:\~droid\root backup restore files\SuperOneClickv2.1.1-ShortFuse\ADB>adb push c
om.cooliris.media.apk /system/app/\
ES file Explorer shows it as a 447.91kb file the same size as the com.cooliris.media.apk file...
if select delete in ES i starts to tally the root dir as if it will delete everything under "system"
I guess it can stay ....
I am still trying to get com.cooliris.media.apk to reinstall. will i see any installing action once i reboot the phone after pushing it?
I dont see any sign of it installing other than it appearing in the apps dir.
how does push really work should the Os install any apk in the app dir if missing?
No you won't. Do you have root explorer?
no,
does ES file Exploer work the same way?
I've never used it. Does ES File Explorer have root permissions?
this is just getting a annoying if the app is under /system/app
more or less thats it right? what would stop it from being seen by the phone...
been messing with the thing for hours.
then its crap i cant restore the gallery backup i made with out titanium get stuck...
The Dark Lestat said:
I've never used it. Does ES File Explorer have root permissions?
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yes i can hit any dir like system, and it can change all attributes.
I have been using it now to move files from my pc over the wifi and network shares.
I can have app.apk on my pc see it on the network with ES, and copy it to /system/app
i put a another version of gallery from another phone i found online in /system/app
after a reboot it showed up. not sure it thats a real sign as i can manual run and install it if i wish.
also this does no good in the long run as you cant view photos in 3d, as they are displayed side by side in this version of gallery.
maybe i need a fresh copy if the lg thrill gallery?
ok i found a ver of gallery from a custom cooked rom posting.
it shows up now,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309114&highlight=gallery
but it still crashes like the original one did at the start of all this lol....
atleast i can view my pictures in 3d again.
i dont know what is causing the crash, but what causes it is at the end of scanning all the images. the more picutes i have the longer it takes to crash.
if i have zero images it crash instantly.
I guess my backup of the original gallery is corrupt?
That's what it seems. Do a titanium backup of all your used apps and reflash or factory reset?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II

xperia 1 ii apk Overwrite

How can I overwrite the apk in the system?
tobos said:
How can I overwrite the apk in the system?
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You will need root and unlocked bootloader.
kamalaggi said:
You will need root and unlocked bootloader.
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Thanks for the reply.
It is already rooted with bootloader unlock and magisk.
Can I do so afterwards?
tobos said:
Thanks for the reply.
It is already rooted with bootloader unlock and magisk.
Can I do so afterwards?
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Yep. Either Uninstall using titanium backup or remove apk from wherever the system apk is. Then push (or copy) to destination and set permissions to 755
I can't overwrite it.
iArvee said:
Yep. Either Uninstall using titanium backup or remove apk from wherever the system apk is. Then push (or copy) to destination and set permissions to 755
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Thanks for the reply.
The titanium backup allows me to disable the app, but not to delete it.
It also says Root Explorerde permissions change failed.
Is there any other way to do this?
tobos said:
Thanks for the reply.
The titanium backup allows me to disable the app, but not to delete it.
It also says Root Explorerde permissions change failed.
Is there any other way to do this?
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FWIW I'm having the same issue. Titanium Backup Pro says it can't find the APKs and Remove System Apps app thinks it does and then really does nothing. I even tried Lucky Patcher, which does the same thing.
Root File Browser shows everything in System/App and System/Priv-App as being 755, but if I try to change it to 777, it says it fails. If I try to delete anything, it looks like it does it, but then nothing changes.
If I try to change permissions through ADB, it tells me that the file system is Read-only, and if I tried to run ADB as root, it tells me it cannot run as root in production builds.
Edit:
Solution: Install any terminal emulator, and the Debloater module from Magisk to remove system apps systemlessly (see Debloater module official thread here)
Edit 2: There are three apps, Call of Duty, Tidal 3 month free trial, and Linked in, which are located in /oem/app and they cannot be removed by this method. I do not know how to remove them...

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