to the obvious. i'm new to xda. hello.
i have a htc hero from cellular south. i recently updated to 2.1, the 2.45.557.1 build. i want to remove a few crap apps that are on the phone that were put there by cellular south. such as footprints, stocks, amazon mp3, etc. by doing a some google searching, i have came to the conclusion that i probably need to root to get the crap apps off my phone.
the problem is i don't know how to root. i don't really know what root means. i have read many posts but find myself still confused. i don't want to mess up the phone. these stupid apps must go. they are useless.
could someone walk me through this like i'm a five year old? any help would be greatly appreciated.
Check the development section, there are a good number of walkthroughs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674833
How did this not come up in the search?
thanks. but now i'm more confused. i have no idea what flashing is or installing an apk. or even what to flash or where to install an apk. i think i will just leave my phone as it is until i can find someone that can do it for me.
As the title suggests, I've seen plenty of documentation on the forums as to how to uninstall the Samsung bloat that comes with the Captivate, but what about those of us who want to install some of that "bloat" back onto a newly rooted/flashed phone?
One app I really liked for instance was the Samsung IM app (wasn't branded by carrier, was just a vanilla Samsung app - I believe it was part of the Social Hub) and I would love to get that put on my phone running Perception 10. I tried using Titanium to back it up and then restore it to the Perception ROM after flashing, but I just get either an error message saying that the Seven service is unavailable or FCs if I try any other ways.
Are there any links to apks or app dumps out there? Am I missing something? Forgive me if I am, I've been looking for a while but haven't managed to find any threads that actually have the apks/zips attached or go into great detail on how to do this.
Thanks!
I believe allot of the apps that are samsung are reliant on touch wiz. So if your rom does not have touch wiz, I do not think you bean use it.
Although I may be off here
Hey guys, today i tried to open bloat freezer, and i got the message that needs update, when i clicked to update, i got the message that is not available at the market.
I checked market via pc and i found it, but its not available anymore for me for installation
(although i have already bought it). So im wondering is it closed for me or for any P990 users ?
any1 have experinced the same ?
Just checked as I have it installed as well. I can't see any issues with it but I have it set to auto update.
Still seems to be appearing the the market.
I had the same issue and by installing another rom it disappeared but don't ask me why because it came back on another rom. I think it was on the mdc rom's
so try to install another rom.
Deinstalling the app won't work i already tried that several times
Bloat has been blocked from the market. Dont know why, but there seems like the app is doing something Google isn't happy about, as they have blocked/removed bloatfreezer two times now...I have been in contact with them, and got the following response. I decided to but MyBackupPro instead, as it gives the same possibilities and alot of other functionality as well
If you are an old customer that is having problems upgrading to the
latest version, instructions are below, please continue reading. If
you are a new customer with another issue, you can ignore this email
and I will respond to your email as soon as I can.
As you have probably noticed, Google removed the original Bloat
Freezer from the market for a stupid error in the app's description.
This makes it impossible for you to upgrade normally to the latest
version. There is nothing that we could have done to prevent this, and
Google refuses to reinstate the original app after we fixed the error.
We apologize greatly for the inconvenience and want you to know that
we love our customers and want to make this as easy as possible for
you no matter how hard Google tries to make it!!!
Below are instructions to get us the info I need to transition your
purchase from the old version to the new:
1. Go ahead and purchase the new version that is in the market.
2. Go to checkout.google.com and find BOTH the original order number
and the new order number and email both of these to us.
3. We will then refund your purchase for the original order ASAP.
4. You can then continue using the new version and get updates as
normal forever.
Once again, we apologize greatly for this inconvenience and are doing
this the best way possible. We hope that you will help us get back to
our 4.7 star rating by leaving a rating AND a comment in the market so
that others know that the new Bloat Freezer works just as great as the
old.
Thank you for understanding and sticking with us through this speed
bump that Google threw our way, we appreciate each and every one of
our customers and will be doing lots of manual labor to get all of
these orders transfered.
Trey Holland
Developer - Bloat Freezer
[email protected]
http://BloatFreezer.com
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how do you download the new version (as per that email)?
There is no new version. it doesn't exist on the market
Another reason not to pay for apps thanks to google
Let's get started!
What you're going to need!(IMPORTANT!)
1. SU
2. Busy Box
3. A Way To Side Load
4. Knowledge Of Permission Setting
& Root Permissions
5. Root Explorer
If you're familiar with setting permissions via. Root Explorer that's a plus!
I'm sorry, but as I don't get on the computer much. I can't provide permissions to set and I'll tell you the usual.
Everything here can be found with a simple Google search.
Are you a noob?
Well, I can tell you that this procedure is very easy and something easy to remember.
Google a search on; "What Permissions To Set On Root Explorer In System" or something among those lines, as we will need to install .apk's that way!
Assuming you understand what to do, let's figure out what player you'd like to use.
I, being one to have large libraries of music tend to use PlayerPro, I recommend Google Music/Google Play Music.
Let's pull more strings! Pull the app off the net or if you own the app, extract it onto a side load app you trust.
Once done, proceed to Root Explorer with knowing you have the app on the Ouya itself, once you see it use the Copy Paste method and place it in the System Apps(can be easily found from Main Directory), once you've established this, now is where permission settings come into play.
You should be able to remotely click the bottom "..." Using the D-Pad or the Touch Pad. This is where Copy And Paste should be.
If you've gotten through this and everything is set up proper, the next step is to reboot the console itself, do a full reboot to prevent any confusion and risk not seeing/having the player working.
If you've done this correctly, once you go to view your apps, you should see your app installed and ready to go.
NOTE: And yes, I mean note! Do not try this with the side load procedure and expect it to work, people have attempted this and either 1. See force closes, 2. The app is not loading, 3. The app is there but will not open and doesn't truly seem to be installed.
SIDE NOTE: This can be done with both ADB and my procedure.
If this was useful to you, I can only ask of a favor!
Check out my YouTube channel!
http://WWW.YouTube.com/user/TheDarkRosary
Subscribe if you will!
You also need googleloginservice.apk and googleservicesframework.apk otherwise you cannot sign into your google account to sync your library.
This has also been posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291320
Also i would have classed this thread as general and not development.
MODS This just clickbait SPAM BS.
The title is vague on purpose, and the thread is basically saying "Hey bro, if you want a music app on your Ouya, just sideload that ****! OH WOW!"
However, like dully79 said, the only main reason to use the official Google Music app is to use the Google Music service and stream your library from the cloud. However, this is impossible without Google Services, which is not present in the stock Ouya ROM and isn't in any 3rd party ROM out yet, either. So basically, you can't do what he says you can do by doing what he says to do.
This is clearly intended to get people to try and go to his stupid YouTube channel, which he links to at the end.
How about you get traffic and views by having good content on your channel, instead of polluting this forum with useless bull****?
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MODS This just clickbait SPAM BS.
The title is vague on purpose, and the thread is basically saying "Hey bro, if you want a music app on your Ouya, just sideload that ****! OH WOW!"
However, like dully79 said, the only main reason to use the official Google Music app is to use the Google Music service and stream your library from the cloud. However, this is impossible without Google Services, which is not present in the stock Ouya ROM and isn't in any 3rd party ROM out yet, either. So basically, you can't do what he says you can do by doing what he says to do.
This is clearly intended to get people to try and go to his stupid YouTube channel, which he links to at the end.
How about you get traffic and views by having good content on your channel, instead of polluting this forum with useless bull****?
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Please be respectful of my threads.
No, I do not have my channel setup at the end to spam boards, it's just a simple thanks if you enjoyed my tutorial.
I don't intend to spam people, nor do I try and grab traffic.
I am simply trying to help others understand a method, if you disagree, I'd be more than happy to remove my channel link with a simple request, and also a request that you not bash my threads as I'm only here for assistance and spend my time happily making ROMs and doing other things.
I will not criticize you unless you doing do the same, it's disrespectful to me that you try and hurt my progress and tuts I post as users may not know how.
If I were simply begging for something I'd spend my time in General Forums where people generally go to do that sort of thing.
Lastly, if you've got nothing nice to say, don't say it and just avoid wasting your time coming through a place where people go to help, not get help with a channel.
I'm disappointed to know that someone would go as far as to make a whole post bashing on what I do to help the community, and I will have this brought to the mods and discussed with them in order to better our area without someone posting the same in all threads.
My last words are, thank you for those of you who actually know I try to help and who simply understand that if I were to spam you'd seed traffic from my post everywhere. I love you all, and appreciate you not going this far to bash me.
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MODS This just clickbait SPAM BS.
The title is vague on purpose, and the thread is basically saying "Hey bro, if you want a music app on your Ouya, just sideload that ****! OH WOW!"
However, like dully79 said, the only main reason to use the official Google Music app is to use the Google Music service and stream your library from the cloud. However, this is impossible without Google Services, which is not present in the stock Ouya ROM and isn't in any 3rd party ROM out yet, either. So basically, you can't do what he says you can do by doing what he says to do.
This is clearly intended to get people to try and go to his stupid YouTube channel, which he links to at the end.
How about you get traffic and views by having good content on your channel, instead of polluting this forum with useless bull****?
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To leave my feedback on a clearer note. YES! Yes you can listen to music from a storage device as long as the device is read as a USB Mount! This has been confirmed by others in the official Ouya Forums!
Google Play Music is for cloud streaming. And for any other read device!
dully79 said:
You also need googleloginservice.apk and googleservicesframework.apk otherwise you cannot sign into your google account to sync your library.
This has also been posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291320
Also i would have classed this thread as general and not development.
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Oops, my bad man, all credit goes to you if I took your method.
People cry a out signatures, there's no need for one! I love my community and will stand up for it!
This thread was your fourth post on XDA, at least on that account.
It is not actually a Development post and contains basically nothing that anyone in the Dev section wouldn't already know ("Hey bro, if you want to put an app onto your system you can copy & paste it into /system/apps! This makes it a system app! Oh wow!")
Then you link to your YouTube channel and ask people to go to it.
All of these things together made you seem like a SPAMmer. If you're not, sorry about that, but your post is still in the wrong forum and doesn't actual contain useful or new information. The fact that a much better thread explaining how to do what you posted about exists (in the correct forum no less) is just icing on the cake.
DivinityCycle said:
This thread was your fourth post on XDA, at least on that account.
It is not actually a Development post and contains basically nothing that anyone in the Dev section wouldn't already know ("Hey bro, if you want to put an app onto your system you can copy & paste it into /system/apps! This makes it a system app! Oh wow!")
Then you link to your YouTube channel and ask people to go to it.
All of these things together made you seem like a SPAMmer. If you're not, sorry about that, but your post is still in the wrong forum and doesn't actual contain useful or new information. The fact that a much better thread explaining how to do what you posted about exists (in the correct forum no less) is just icing on the cake.
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That's fine, I just didn't want you to take me as a spammer, I didn't intend to.
I didn't know where to post this at that.
I've got multiple things done that people are still asking about and I was just trying to knock this one out of the way.
People cry about signatures, there's no need for one! I love my community and will stand up for it!
I feel like I've been a member previously but don't seem to have a registered account. I've been a lurker for years.
Recently registered for the purpose of maximizing the "toolboxed" fire hd 10+. Thanks btw, great stuff.
I am currently looking for some info on using kindle reader on the device. I'm interested in learning if I increase the odds of exposing myself to updates that will lock the device down by reinstalling the kindle reader app. Any advice will be appreciated.
I am certainly not a strong contributor here, more of an adopter, consumer of your efforts and for that I am greatly appreciative of your experience and skill.
I will search the posts for the information I desire but would certainly appreciate any links or thread mentions on the following subjects.
How to limit my exposure to updates( blocking ip's or other methods)
What apps or behaviors may expose me to ota updates or other situations that will defeat the Toolbox enhancements.
thanks
2021 fire 10 HD+ Toolboxed.
Having read some threads I believe it may be as simple as re enabling in toolbox.
I looked on play store and the ability to "enable" exists but I was hesitant to do so.
I can utilize my kindle library on other devices but it seems a waste not to have it on this device.
I am happy with its functionality now but am concerned I am not knowledgeable enough to recognize the pitfalls that will undo the toolbox enhancements.
Kindle reader would be great and even prime video would be nice but if the risk to the exploit is high I can live without.
I have ota disabled.
I have recommended debloat (i believe)
ms launcher.
unkleskunky said:
Having read some threads I believe it may be as simple as re enabling in toolbox.
I looked on play store and the ability to "enable" exists but I was hesitant to do so.
I can utilize my kindle library on other devices but it seems a waste not to have it on this device.
I am happy with its functionality now but am concerned I am not knowledgeable enough to recognize the pitfalls that will undo the toolbox enhancements.
Kindle reader would be great and even prime video would be nice but if the risk to the exploit is high I can live without.
I have ota disabled.
I have recommended debloat (i believe)
ms launcher.
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I restored kindle app in toolbox as well as amazon store and still not working.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Might have figured it out. I read another thread where the person had tried to dl from play store ( I hadn't ) and they needed to uninstall and un tick do not update. Out of curiousity I went to play store to see what it said and Enable button was where dl or open would normally be so I enabled it and it now launches the app asking to register.
Is there any issue with getting ota updates if I register my existing account?