Hello,
I have on my WF puzzlewildfire, but I would like to lighten up by removing all the applications built into the rom and I do not use. How simple?
thank you
didiersl said:
Hello,
I have on my WF puzzlewildfire, but I would like to lighten up by removing all the applications built into the rom and I do not use. How simple?
thank you
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I have used "adb shell" to get into the phone shell and remove a few apps.
First, evaluate what you are going to gain by doing this...
If you still want to remove some apps:
1. Connect your phone through USB with USB debugging enabled and charge only option
2. To get write access to 'system' partition: adb remount
3. Get shell access to phone: adb shell
4. Go to apps folder: cd /system/app
5. rm -r TheAppYouDoNotWant.apk
Important:
- Backup your apps on your PC before deleting them from your phone by doing:
(after #1 from above)
Got to a folder on your PC using the system shell (cmd or bash or ...)
adb pull /system/app/* .
- Make sure you do not delete something another app is dependent on!
Related
So I just successfully figured out how to backup and restore all Locale (THE PROGRAM) settings/preferences/profiles/etc.
TO BACKUP:
adb pull /data/data/edu.mit.locale /locale
TO RESTORE (after wipe):
adb push /locale /data/data/edu.mit.locale
Please don't ask how to setup ADB...SEARCH if you have problems such as that.
I take no responsibility if this messes up your phone (but I have no idea how it would).
Sweet! Will the same technique work for Open Home (or whatever)?
probably! i'm not really good with this stuff so i was really proud when this worked. but yeah you could just do
adb shell
ls /data/data
find the open home (or another programs') folder (probably looks like com.something.something)
that's to get the PATH to that folder. then do:
exit
adb pull /data/data/com.something.something /TheFolderOnYourComputer
and finally:
adb push /TheFolderOnYourComputer /data/data/com.something.something
cboy007 said:
probably! i'm not really good with this stuff so i was really proud when this worked. but yeah you could just do
adb shell
ls /data/data
find the open home (or another programs') folder (probably looks like com.something.something)
that's to get the PATH to that folder. then do:
exit
adb pull /data/data/com.something.something /TheFolderOnYourComputer
and finally:
adb push /TheFolderOnYourComputer /data/data/com.something.something
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Openhome2 = com.betterandroid.openhome2
Not that much of a discovery but still a valid one.
You just copy the contents of /data/data and replace/add it after you update/wipe your phone
cboy007 said:
So I just successfully figured out how to backup and restore all Locale (THE PROGRAM) settings/preferences/profiles/etc.
TO BACKUP:
adb pull /data/data/edu.mit.locale /locale
TO RESTORE (after wipe):
adb push /locale /data/data/edu.mit.locale
Please don't ask how to setup ADB...SEARCH if you have problems such as that.
I take no responsibility if this messes up your phone (but I have no idea how it would).
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Thank you so much for that discovery!! Might not seem so impressive to one person, but this will be a hand saver for me. One less thing to set up after each wipe. Thank you so much again!!
I don't know why its bothering me so much other than the fact its useless. I looked in my system/apps/ but couldn't find anything directly relating to the "Slide Me" app. While I am at it, I tried deleting amazon but it said it was read only? Is there a way to delete that too?
for slide me, you can delete that from the phone.
Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Mobentoo Market Place
To delete amazon mp3,
adb devices (to make sure it's detected)
adb remount
adb shell
rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk (double check that thats the exact file, but it's com.amazon something)
allenk said:
for slide me, you can delete that from the phone.
Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Mobentoo Market Place
To delete amazon mp3,
adb devices (to make sure it's detected)
adb remount
adb shell
rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk (double check that thats the exact file, but it's com.amazon something)
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Cool. Thanks. I forget about going to applications to do things. I've been doing so many things via adb instead. For amazon though, I have tried the rm command in adb but it tells me I can't delete it because its a read-only file.
strange, should be fine if you remounted the file system.
I've chosen not to use app2sd on my phone for various reasons and although I'm satisfied with my decision, flashing new roms has become quite a chore given the fact that I can't wipe without destroying all of my applications as well.
I've taken to using programs, but even using programs is a pain due to the long installation process. I'm currently using TI Package Installer.
Is there any way to backup and restore all applications (protected included) via adb shell or something in the recovery console?
I'm sorry if this has been asked and answered before, but I did a search and could not find anything specifically answering my question.
I'm running a Mytouch3g without a2sd with the newest AmonRa recovery.
I found this info on the following link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=601567
So kudos to swissp:
backing up normal (public) apps:
adb shell cp -r -f /data/app/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
private apps:
adb shell cp -r -f /data/app-private/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
DullTree said:
I found this info on the following link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=601567
So kudos to swissp:
backing up normal (public) apps:
adb shell cp -r -f /data/app/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
private apps:
adb shell cp -r -f /data/app-private/*.* /sdcard/backups/apps
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Going to make a nandroid backup and try this out. Thanks! Hoping it takes when I send them back.
Edit: Seems to have worked perfectly. For some reason i figured something that simple wouldn't work or it'd be included in Amon RA. Thanks!
My pleasure
If you then want to reinstall all the apps at once :
1. Mount the SD Card on the PC
2. Open a cmd window in the Android SDK\Tools folder and launch this
for %I in ("I:\backups\apps\*.apk") do adb install "%I"
(Replace I: with your mounted SD card's drive letter)
Quite useful
swissp said:
If you then want to reinstall all the apps at once :
1. Mount the SD Card on the PC
2. Open a cmd window in the Android SDK\Tools folder and launch this
for %I in ("I:\backups\apps\*.apk") do adb install "%I"
(Replace I: with your mounted SD card's drive letter)
Quite useful
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Excellent. Thanks!
hello!!
is there someone that managed to obtain root acces? if that's true, please tell me what method you used and how it went...
Root Access is quite easy to Achieve.
[GUIDE] All Tattoo questions and answers see here (from A to Z)!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=716282
1. How can I root my phone?
1.1 General information/Basic adb-commands
Rooting a phone enables you to do things, which normally aren't possible for the average user like:
- Removing apps which were preinstalled by the provider (like Orange, Vodafone, etc.). My Tattoo had Vodafone apps for buying music and other sh*t, which was installed on the system partition (to which a "normal" user has no rights to write to, including deleting).
The Tattoo was successfully rooted by a bunch of guys here, namely -bm-, mainfram3 and Coburn64 (maybe, I don't remember quite correctly ). Also the Tattoo was the first phone having a security mechanism hindering a user to mount the filesystems as read/write, which had to be overridden by remapping the read only memory region to a read/write one. This is done by the module Tattoo-hack.ko, also made by mainfram3. He also created the first boot.img, which enabled su directly from adb and loading Tattoo-hack directly from boot on.
A few words about adb:
ADB is a tool for communicating from the PC with the mobile phone. For this a service is running on the phone enabling the communication via Terminal Emulator. Here are the most useful adb-commands:
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Code:
adb push localFileFromPC /path/on/mobilephone
-> pushes a file "localFileFromPC" to a specified location on the phone
adb pull /path/to/file pathFromPC
-> receives a file from the phone and stores it to "pathFromPC"
adb remount
-> This is only possible in custom ROMs, remounts the file system to r/w automatically
adb shell "command"
-> executes "command" and returns to the computer shell
adb shell
-> opens a shell session on the phone (from here on you have to be very careful! Also you can execute now normal linux commands like rm, mv, ls, chmod and so on, but not cp (this can done through busybox)). You will have to use this more often, so get used to it ;)
I have a motorola droid that already been flashed too metropcs but the enternet & my picture messaging don't work any more on my motorola droid rooted 2.1 android they all was working earlier today i deleted a file in my sd memory card by accident an it reeboted my phone and took of my enternet an picture messaging settings by mistake i had too look for a wi-fi connection to sign in to use my phone again over the wifi connection but the phone still can make calls an regular text but no more mms messaging or internet any more if you can help me to put it back on send me a message on here
hey if you get info can you please help me out
I don't know any specific info related to MetroPCS, but I had a similar situation a while back. I would re-flash the stock ROM that came with your phone and start from scratch with whatever process you followed before.
I seriously doubt that the file you accidentally deleted is the source of this problem, but I would start from scratch either way.
re install
hey it sounds like u need to reinstall autostart.apk and u2nl
1. install autostart (look in market or in rar file i provided)
2. Put everything in the rar on your C: drive
3. open cmd type: cd c:\android\tools
(To install autostart)
type: ADB install C:\android\tools\autostart.apk
3. Type: adb shell
mkdir /data/opt/
exit
4. Type: adb remount
adb push c:\android\tools\u2nl /system/bin/u2nl
adb push c:\android\tools\autostart.sh /data/opt/autostart.sh
5.Type: adb shell
chmod 0755 /system/bin/u2nl
chmod 0755 /data/opt/autostart.sh
adb reboot
6. then go to the voice dialer and say "Open APN's" and make sure there is one and it is selected. look somewhere for the apn settings for metro
if still nothing then get new NV items: http://www.whiterabbit.org/android
if u need more help let me kno
hey thanks
iNFiNiTY125 said:
hey it sounds like u need to reinstall autostart.apk and u2nl
1. install autostart (look in market or in rar file i provided)
2. Put everything in the rar on your C: drive
3. open cmd type: cd c:\android\tools
(To install autostart)
type: ADB install C:\android\tools\autostart.apk
3. Type: adb shell
mkdir /data/opt/
exit
4. Type: adb remount
adb push c:\android\tools\u2nl /system/bin/u2nl
adb push c:\android\tools\autostart.sh /data/opt/autostart.sh
5.Type: adb shell
chmod 0755 /system/bin/u2nl
chmod 0755 /data/opt/autostart.sh
adb reboot
6. then go to the voice dialer and say "Open APN's" and make sure there is one and it is selected. look somewhere for the apn settings for metro
if still nothing then get new NV items: http://www.whiterabbit.org/android
if u need more help let me kno
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hey do i need a computer to do this on my phone or just type it in my phone through my root explorer app
u need a pc
luvjones305 said:
hey do i need a computer to do this on my phone or just type it in my phone through my root explorer app
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you need to hook the phone up to your computer and make sure USB Debugging is enabled (you can find in Settings>Applications>development> and check usb debugging
then install and setup the androidSDK:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
and your ready
thank you
luvjones305 said:
I have a motorola droid that already been flashed too metropcs but the enternet & my picture messaging don't work any more on my motorola droid rooted 2.1 android they all was working earlier today i deleted a file in my sd memory card by accident an it reeboted my phone and took of my enternet an picture messaging settings by mistake i had too look for a wi-fi connection to sign in to use my phone again over the wifi connection but the phone still can make calls an regular text but no more mms messaging or internet any more if you can help me to put it back on send me a message on here
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ok thanks im a try it now