I have had the Oneplus 5 for many years. After each update of OxygenOS I uninstalled some system apps (Chrome Google Photos, Gmail, Google Movies etc) in Solid Explorer (with root access).
But, since the update to OxygenOS 10.0.0 with Android 10 this does not work anymore. Solid Explorer says that the app has been deleted, but after a reboot it is still there.
When I try to uninstall one of the apps with Titanium Backup, the message "Cannot remove system app. Failed to locate the apk file."
Does anyone have an idea how to permanently uninstall and delete system apps?
Thanks!
Berta Paneslowski said:
I have had the Oneplus 5 for many years. After each update of OxygenOS I uninstalled some system apps (Chrome Google Photos, Gmail, Google Movies etc) in Solid Explorer (with root access).
But, since the update to OxygenOS 10.0.0 with Android 10 this does not work anymore. Solid Explorer says that the app has been deleted, but after a reboot it is still there.
When I try to uninstall one of the apps with Titanium Backup, the message "Cannot remove system app. Failed to locate the apk file."
Does anyone have an idea how to permanently uninstall and delete system apps?
Thanks!
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On Android 10 it's not possible anymore to delete system apps directly from OS, even with root access. You must use Titanium for show the path of apps you want deleted, system apps are located on :
system/system/app
system/system/priv-app
Go in recovery TWRP
> mount Cache, System, Vendor, Persist, Data, Firmware partitions
> Advanced > File Manager > system/system/priv-app/Gmail > "Folder" button on right bottom > Delete
Do the same thing for all apps that you want deleted.
Actually,it does get deleted from a root explorer, however, few apps have symlinks as well, or few apps have stubs as well. Hence those may invoke reinstallation automatically. Those are the ones which need to be deleted permanently from recovery (especially).
As you have discovered, several apk files are system linked and so every reboot will bring them back. To counter this I use the xXx debloat script. The module is flashed in Magisk and allows one to select which apps and services you want removed. Here is a link to the module on xda: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82391573&postcount=2.
You can flash the module with stock settings or make a custom profile as I did.
I have a question or two...
1) Is it ok to convert Chrome and Google Maps from system to user apps in android 10?
2) Will first deleting the app using TWRP, then install it from Playstore convert the app from a system to a user app?
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this is for when you are running the "STOCK" ROM from Amazon as root.
install LP normally. activate app log in and make sure its not force closing then close it out.
use file manager that accesses the hidden system files (I use Root Explorer)
navigate to /data/app and move the LP apk to /system/app/ (remount as read/write first)
unmount (make it (r/o)
reboot
open app and enable keyboard. you may be able to configure this in KF settings
enable input normally and force local login
if force close or this doesn't work then reboot into recovery and run fix_permissions script then clear cache and wipe dalvik and reboot.
if it doesn't work please pm me or find me on gtalk (joshcues)
this isn't necessary on other Roms only amazon builds.
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Does reloading loading stock room, also reload all the stock system apps? (Without data wipe)
I'm asking because, for some reason, after loading stock rom, the YouTube APK that I custom loaded is still there (inside data directory).
But the original system YouTube APK is no where to be found within the system directory.
Turns out it was SuperSU installation bug.
It moves the few Google Apps off of System directory to make room during installation but failed to move them back.
For clarity sake here is what im trying to do.
take camera folder that has camera.apk in it with camera.odex in the arm64 folder and move it into my system/priv-app/ that should hypothetically install it as a system app after a reboot.
Im doing this on a nexus 6p with android N preview 2 and the only file explorer that mounts the system as R/W is FX File Explorer (While in booted system; i have full control via TWRP though)
I do reboot because i know 5.x+ requires reboots between system changes.
I have done this via FX and is stays there even after reboots. Ive done this via TWRP and stays after reboot.
my issue is that after a reboot, the camera app does not show in the system. Its not is the app list in settings and i cant find any instance of the android system recognizing it.
I have this issue no matter what the app is unless i install the app as a non-system app first then manually create its folder system in system/priv-app/ and copy the apk to its newly created folder then uninstall the non-system app version and reboot. But i cannont do that with every app. Some have to be system apps from the beginning or they refuse to install (as expected)
Any help on this will be hugely appreciated!
Any ideas guys?
Same problem on my Nexus 5 with Nougat rom. I hope someone can help.
Hi XDA. Hope someone can offer some help here. Ive just updated my OP5 to the latest OOS build. I am rooted, latest TWRP & Magisk.
I am having issues deleting unwanted apps from /system. Every time I attempt in Titanium Backup, it appears successful, but when rebooting the app is back.
Also have tried manually removing the directories and associated from /system/priv-app, however every time I try root explorer i get a "Delete Failed" message.
The only way I have been able to do this successfully is from the TWRP file manager, however its a PITA tracking which friendly app name corresponds to what folder in priv-app.
Any suggestions?
so figured this out. Permissions or something must have been messed up. Completely wiped system, data, everything using twrp and did a fresh install.
Working as expected now
Hi, I've a rooted Nexus 7 with crDroid rom, today I've installed Shazam but, I don't know why, after a reboot the app disappeared, apparently removed.
Now...
I tried to reinstall the app from PlayStore but a 506 error appear.
I also tried with an apk from apkmirror but a "no more space left" error appear and installation stopped.
I also tried to:
To remove cache and data from PlayStore, Playservice and Service framework. To Wipe dalvik and cache partition. To manually remove every folder and files related to Shazam.
No success in any vay.
The strange thing is that the original app folder "com.shazam.android-1" in data/app is missing from ES File Explorer but appear with an ls command from TWRP terminal. But if I try to make a dir with the same name, ES notify me the impossibility to doing this and if I use terminal the "no such file or directory" error appear.
How can I clean the system and reinstall Shazam without factory reset my Nexus 7?
Many Thanks!