Hello,
As the stock gallery is slowing down my archos 101 i want to know if it's possible to remove this app.
I only want to use justpictures.
I'm not a root user (yet)
Please help me!
Greetings,
Denny
green+ said:
Hello,
As the stock gallery is slowing down my archos 101 i want to know if it's possible to remove this app.
I only want to use justpictures.
I'm not a root user (yet)
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I suspect it's not the Gallery that is slowing you down but the media library updates.
At the moment without a fully rooted device (SDE with Urkdroid) I don't think there is a solution.
I ment the media library updates is slowing down the 101
Is there a good way to fully root teh archos with (SDE with Urkdroid)?
I've red a couple of threads about this, but i am not shure if a can do that... it seems difficult...
I agree with Wdl1908. If you really want to though, you can delete system apps. You must root, then get system-app remover from the app store. A word of warning though BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DELETE YOU CAN BRICK YOUR DEVICE IF YOU POKE AROUND AND DELETE IMPORTANT SYSTEM FILES. before anything just Google the hell out of it... it might just be a simple fix...
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I think the easiest and safest root right now is this SDE method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930197
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Hi I'm new to the development scene, I am trying to strip down a rom to remove certain programs... actually everything but the web browser, firefox 5 and flash. I would also like to set a default background in the image and preset the wireless settings too. These are going to be put in an environment where we don't want them to be messed with. Is there an easy way of doing this? I was thinking the ASOP rom might be the best candidate to work with, but I don't know for sure. I ill be rolling out about 20 - 25 units in the next week or so. any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Joe
Your best bet is really probably to use the latest stock ROM so you don't leave root access and google market in there. You could probably acomplish your roll out by setting up any rom the way you want it, then wiping cache and user data, and running a nand backup with CWM. Then use that backup to restore onto the other devices.
To remove system apps in a ROM you can use ADB from a PC, or you can root it with z4root and use Titanium Backup. Then remove root before the backup.
thanks for the info
Thanks a bunch! I will try that when they come in. If I clear out the user data will that wipe out the wifi settings? To remove programs via ADB I still would need to be rooted correct?
Thanks
Joe
Yes clearing data will wipe wifi settings. I have never tried ADB on an unrooted device. You should jsut be able to activate debug usb and have it work jsut fine. But you can root with z4root and then UNroot with z4root when you are done with doing your root things (but befor eyou make a nand image).
Just search for z4root.apk
removing special apps
I'm having trouble removing the facebook app, youtube app and the gmarket app. any tips? I cant find them in the titanium backup app. any tips on removing these? getting rid of these apps is of the up-most importance. - these will be installed in an environment where we do not want people to have access to these apps. an help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Joe
linuxman84 said:
I'm having trouble removing the facebook app, youtube app and the gmarket app. any tips? I cant find them in the titanium backup app. any tips on removing these? getting rid of these apps is of the up-most importance. - these will be installed in an environment where we do not want people to have access to these apps. an help would be appreciated.
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Joe
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They are installed as system apps. You would need to use something like SystemApp Remover to remove them (it can also backup the system aps incase you want to reinstall and also convert nonsystem apps to system apps). But, you do realize that there are other places for users to get apps to install than Market and you can still reach Facebook & Youtube via the browser once the google apps are removed!!!!
Hmm
I tried the system app remover they do not seem to be listed there It looks like they are short cuts to web pages, at this point I would settle just for hiding them, do you know if it possible to hide those. I am using the factory build on the 1.2 tree.
Thanks
Joe
Use the instructions posted here on the CyanogenMod Wiki to get rid of whatever you want.
And, there's really no need to use things like z4root on the gTablet. You can get root without that. In fact, if you can connect to the tablet using adb, then you're already root. The gTab is not like a locked-down phone.
linuxman84 said:
I tried the system app remover they do not seem to be listed there It looks like they are short cuts to web pages, at this point I would settle just for hiding them, do you know if it possible to hide those. I am using the factory build on the 1.2 tree.
Thanks
Joe
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I do believe you are correct...the stock TapNTap had the ability to save Web Links as Icons on the home screen. Not running stock and don't remember if there is a way to remove them.
z4root is handy to gain root and install busybox/superuser without having to set up adb though.
For example, let's say, I wanna change a widget that comes in stock roms, let's say digital clock or whatever another widget.
I've read some ways for doing this:
- With root explorer or command line, push the new .apk into the required folder and overwrite the apk (save the old one before!) then reboot.
- Via recovery, install from zip the app and reboot.
- Just install the .apk normally like it was a new app.
I've read that you can't use third method if you have the app installed already as system, so let's ignore that method.
About methods 1 and 2:
Can you choose method for any app? I mean, can I choose to replace an apk that had the instructions to be installed via recovery in a zip? can I do the inverse?
And a big doubt:
Can this affect the phone in any way? I mean replacing system widget or system minor apps, not dialer, settings or anything important.
Even if you put a bad file as the new .apk, the worst thing that can happen is that you wont find the widget or the app right? and its easilly solved by replacing it with the saved copy of the original system apk?
Thanks in advance for the help!
I am sorry for bumping this, but can't anyone for really ask this noob question? :'(
Genrauser said:
Even if you put a bad file as the new .apk, the worst thing that can happen is that you wont find the widget or the app right? and its easilly solved by replacing it with the saved copy of the original system apk?
Thanks in advance for the help!
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Well, worst case scenario is that you install some malware. But that shouldn't be a problem if you trust the source.
If the app/widget does not work, it shouldn't have impact on your system as long as it's not a critical app like the music player.
Before you mess with such files, you should better backup the entire ROM with cwm anyway.
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Well, worst case scenario is that you install some malware. But that shouldn't be a problem if you trust the source.
If the app/widget does not work, it shouldn't have impact on your system as long as it's not a critical app like the music player.
Before you mess with such files, you should better backup the entire ROM with cwm anyway.
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Okay, thanks for the reply!
So yeah, you can play with non-critical system apps as I thought.
About the 'malware' stuff, isn't it dependant on which app you're replacing?
For example, if I replace a digital clock widget, malware couldn't do **** since this hasn't any kind of permissions right?
Not really.
I mean it's easy to write a Keyboard-App-replacement with a build-in keylogger. However the malware might use exploits.
For example you can replace the music player and the infected one uses an exploit for "privilege escalation" to gain root rights.
Unlikely but possible.
It's just one example. You have to understand that malware doesn't need the system to allow anything, if it's well written.
You should just make sure that you get the apps from a trusted source.
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Not really.
I mean it's easy to write a Keyboard-App-replacement with a build-in keylogger. However the malware might use exploits.
For example you can replace the music player and the infected one uses an exploit for "privilege escalation" to gain root rights.
Unlikely but possible.
It's just one example. You have to understand that malware doesn't need the system to allow anything, if it's well written.
You should just make sure that you get the apps from a trusted source.
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Okay I see.. thanks a lot for your help!
Is there any site or source on the web that provides downloads of old versions of Android Market apps? This would be for apps that are now updated or no longer available on the Market? I am looking for a site similar to "OldVersion.com" which has some old/classic PC software (but this would be something for android apps instead)?
Thanks if anyone knows of a source or sites.
CustomShortcut gone?
The app that I am looking for in the above post was a free one called CustomShortcut APK. I now have it on one of my two phones (the other phone had it but was lost and replaced). I have tried looking for a developer page for this app but no luck as everything seems to point back to android market as the source link for download.
Does anyone know of a way or source for me to get this APK back on my other phone? Is there a way to copy it from one phone to the other? I am assuming that it was removed from the market because it may not be compatible with ICS but I am not running ICS. The application was made by appli.club.
Are you rooted? If so use root explorer to look for the .apk in the /system/app folder and copy or email it to the other phone and install it.
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Are you rooted? If so use root explorer to look for the .apk in the /system/app folder and copy or email it to the other phone and install it.
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No sadly I am not rooted. Is that how this could be done? I have an HTC phone (Sensation) and I like my "sense" gui. Don't want to wipe it out by rooting (that is what would happen, right?) If access to the apk is possible with rooting, then I guess my question would be, does anyone else here have CustomCut on their rooted phone? (Or possibly know of any website that would have those apk's available for download). I would be willing to pay if someone would take the time to send me a replacement copy.
just google for any app you want like this:
"title" "versionnumber" "apk" "download"
for example:
android market 2.9 apk download
mojosingle said:
No sadly I am not rooted. Is that how this could be done? I have an HTC phone (Sensation) and I like my "sense" gui. Don't want to wipe it out by rooting (that is what would happen, right?) If access to the apk is possible with rooting, then I guess my question would be, does anyone else here have CustomCut on their rooted phone? (Or possibly know of any website that would have those apk's available for download). I would be willing to pay if someone would take the time to send me a replacement copy.
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Rooting will not wipe out your phone or change it other than giving you super user privileges. That way you will have access to get to the system apps folder.
I notice apktop keeps old versions around. But part of the reason I like Titanium backup is because I have a fail safe if a new update to an app is bad, as I can just restore from the last backup the older version.
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Rooting will not wipe out your phone or change it other than giving you super user privileges. That way you will have access to get to the system apps folder.
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Well I am not really too concerned about it wiping out my phone, but I thought I had read many posts here talking about once you root your phone the native skin from the manufacturer is eliminated (for HTC that would be the "Sense" user interface). Can you please confirm? Is this not true? HTC Sense will remain exactly the same after rooting my phone?
The other thing that has made me cautious is that my phone runs perfectly now and I see so many threads on the xda boards here and over at various android forums that start off with "My ____ app is not working right since I rooted...." Just a little daunting for a newbie like myself.
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I notice apktop keeps old versions around. But part of the reason I like Titanium backup is because I have a fail safe if a new update to an app is bad, as I can just restore from the last backup the older version.
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Thanks very much for the site suggestion. I have been trying to search for the CustomShortcut APK over there but no luck ...so far (the site search is not that easy to use). I have even tried to seach the site externally using google but, unfortunately, still no luck.
Wait for someone else to confirm on the htc, but nothing changed on my droidx. I just had superuser privs. All of the "this app quit working" is when people flash custom roms. You don't do that when you just root. But you have to be rooted in order to do things like that. Lol.
Rooting gives you the power to do that if you want to.
When I rooted my droidx, I did it just so I could have the power to do other things if I wanted. I am still on factory rom. But I am able to get to parts of the phone that are off limits if I wasnt rooted. I made it where I could tether, later I got rid of bloatware, etc.
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Wait for someone else to confirm on the htc, but nothing changed on my droidx. I just had superuser privs. All of the "this app quit working" is when people flash custom roms. You don't do that when you just root. But you have to be rooted in order to do things like that. Lol.
Rooting gives you the power to do that if you want to.
When I rooted my droidx, I did it just so I could have the power to do other things if I wanted. I am still on factory rom. But I am able to get to parts of the phone that are off limits if I wasnt rooted. I made it where I could tether, later I got rid of bloatware, etc.
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Thanks once again for the reply. Now that you mention it, I remember reading the terminology "flashed" rom and thought they were similar or the same thing as rooting. One other question, once a phone is in a rooted state, if I was to go in and copy the APK for my replacement phone and put it on there could I then "unroot" lol ...sorry if this is not a word... so that my phone was no longer open? I had read somewhere (perhaps I heard it on a TWIT or Android podcast) that when your phone is in root state that anyone (ie: potentially bad software) has easier access to your phone's vunerable areas.
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Thanks once again for the reply. Now that you mention it, I remember reading the terminology "flashed" rom and thought they were similar or the same thing as rooting. One other question, once a phone is in a rooted state, if I was to go in and copy the APK for my replacement phone and put it on there could I then "unroot" lol ...sorry if this is not a word... so that my phone was no longer open? I had read somewhere (perhaps I heard it on a TWIT or Android podcast) that when your phone is in root state that anyone (ie: potentially bad software) has easier access to your phone's vunerable areas.
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yes you can unroot. As for easy access after you are rooted to vulnerable areas, they can only get access if you let them. If an app wants super user privileges, you will get a pop up from su(the super user apk) telling you that some app is wanting privileges. You can grant or deny access. The only things on my phone that have ever given me a pop up are things that i downloaded and know need su access. Wifi tether, root explorer, adfree, etc.
I have found a site that keeps older version of an android app. It's called Android Drawer.
Hope it helps
Hey there, guys.
I just have a few questions, might sound stupid, but hey - I'm not really that smart at this.
A - What exactly is Rooting? Some say it means to jailbreak so my tablet can do more than it already can. Other posts read that it means gaining access to Terminal/Rootshell. Now, I have an Archos 5 IT, and if it only means access to Terminal/Rootshell, then that should be easy, right? Because, all I have to do is go to the Archos website and download the SDE. Or am I missing something here? :?
B - What is Flashing? I did install the SDE at one point and did the Flash Kernel thing in recovery mode? Is that similar to Rooting?
P.S. My Comp's OS is Win 7 with Xubuntu Linux running on the other side. What I'm actually trying to do is install Ubuntu on my A5IT, but all the tutorials say something about Rooting, Rootshell, and RootAccess, so I'm really confused. All help will be greatly appreciated :-D!
Thanks!
Root will just allow You to access the internal memory of Your phone/tablet. So for example You can remove useless apps, modify fonts, make changes. Also most of the developer apps require root. For example Titanium Backup won't work 100% without root. Flashing doesn't mean rooting.
jakuburban said:
Root will just allow You to access the internal memory of Your phone/tablet. So for example You can remove useless apps, modify fonts, make changes. Also most of the developer apps require root. For example Titanium Backup won't work 100% without root. Flashing doesn't mean rooting.
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Thanks man!
I am new here and not really sure if I am asking in the right area (so please don't yell at me!) I have a ZTE Savvy and I wanted to root it. I have looked everywhere online and can not find anything on it. I installed the Framaroot app but had no success.
I was wondering if anyone could try and find out how to root it this type of phone? or if anyone has had any luck? if you could get back to me and let me know that would be great! Thanks.
zte-savvy need help rooting.
help also please
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I am new here and not really sure if I am asking in the right area (so please don't yell at me!) I have a ZTE Savvy and I wanted to root it. I have looked everywhere online and can not find anything on it. I installed the Framaroot app but had no success.
I was wondering if anyone could try and find out how to root it this type of phone? or if anyone has had any luck? if you could get back to me and let me know that would be great! Thanks.
zte-savvy need help rooting.
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I am also in need of a guide to root this I have tried everything possible to get tethering to work on this while it is not rooted and nothing works I don't know what net10 verizon did but they got it blocked some how I have tried probably over a dozen diff apps and messing with many settings etc nothing works so if anyone can help out please do thanks so much
to root the zte savvy i just did download chains dd superuser then run cydia impactor it will fail use option bootloader phone will turn off and back on then run cydia impactor again and su will be in the system xbin of the phone
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to root the zte savvy i just did download chains dd superuser then run cydia impactor it will fail use option bootloader phone will turn off and back on then run cydia impactor again and su will be in the system xbin of the phone
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The provided instructions only provide a "TEMP" root. but hey, we are one step closer now.
When you reboot your ZTE Savvy you will lose root.
At least I can get rid of some bloatware.
Savvy temp root is a joke. Its a start but in to way did it help me. I can't get any of the bloat removed I maybe doing something wrong.
I lose root before reboot. Lasts about five minutes maybe longer. If I can't have full root to get fancy ROMs that is cool but would so live to remove some of the trash they install on here. Any help would be awesome.
A list of some of the apps that I can remove and how to do so would be super. I've tried es file to remove from system app folder won't allow me. Also tried titanium backup.
Titanium says it deleted but it is all still in app drawer just force closes the app I tried to deleted if I try to open it.
Then i lose root before I reboot. Once I reboot all the apps that I deleted come right back fully working. I'm stumped and hate the junk they put on here my phone says system memory is full and I have downloaded like 5 apps the rest is there trash.
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zombielion said:
Savvy temp root is a joke. Its a start but in to way did it help me. I can't get any of the bloat removed I maybe doing something wrong.
I lose root before reboot. Lasts about five minutes maybe longer. If I can't have full root to get fancy ROMs that is cool but would so live to remove some of the trash they install on here. Any help would be awesome.
A list of some of the apps that I can remove and how to do so would be super. I've tried es file to remove from system app folder won't allow me. Also tried titanium backup.
Titanium says it deleted but it is all still in app drawer just force closes the app I tried to deleted if I try to open it.
Then i lose root before I reboot. Once I reboot all the apps that I deleted come right back fully working. I'm stumped and hate the junk they put on here my phone says system memory is full and I have downloaded like 5 apps the rest is there trash.
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There are not even any roms available. not even clockwork mod recovery to install the roms. if you install an incompatible rom its likely it will brick your Savvy. Though I would like to remove the old zte launcher for the digital cookies stock jellybean launcher. it is much faster and makes the whole system faster considering this is a low end spec'd phone.
btw i replied to your message.