Hi, i was wondering if there is a way to create a zip package to flash through CWM, in order to install various apks simoultaneously... You know, when i flash a new rom i get bored of having to reinstall everything, and Titanium backup doesn't work properly... so i wanted to create a pack with all my favourite apps, and install them all in once!
Hey there's an app on the market place called easy installer & it can install multiple apps at once no reboot required unless a app prompts u to
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Hey guys quick question and yes I did my research before posting this..
So basically I want to remove some of the apps that come pre-installed by Sony.. now should I just use Flashtool to remove those apps such as Timescape and Wisepilot..?? greatly appreciated
x10i 2.3.3 rooted.
Since you have your stock rom rooted.
The best way to remove the pre-installed apps is to use Root.explorer to delete apps under system/app dic.
However,it's not easy to delete pre-installed apps from .ftf file which you used to flash via flashtool.
Since you have your stock rom rooted.You can install busybox & xRecovery first and download a rom like .zip format.Then you can unpack the .zip file and delete the pre-installed apps you don't like under system/app dic.In the end you should pack the .zip rom again and sign it with rom-sign tool then copy the .zip file into your SDcard and use xRecovery to flash it into your phone.
cheers,
Jason
Hi,
take a look at Root Uninstaller but be carefull. Good idea might be to install xRecovery first and make a backup of your image.
Ralf
Installed the zip file via CWM but I am unable to install it from my apps ?
If you have installed a zip via CWM then it is already installed. How come my apps in that?
so i can't remove it at all ??
Yes, of course. Just Uninstall it if you want.
how? do you have a guide ?
You can just uninstall it like a regular app but the changes you made with it will persist.
Basically all you need to do is install a nightly CM7 build over the top via CRM and this will overwrite the EDT tweaks. You might want to do a nandroid backup first but dont bother wiping or anything first.
So I'm pretty sure im not the only one who has asked but after searching i couldn't find a guide that helped explaind how to actually make one.
Is there a guide that helps me make a custom zip to flash favorite apps that i always install after a flash. That way i can flash my favorite apps with out the need of a data connection.
2nd follow up ?-
Can i flash user settings like wifi logins?
3rd?-
If i flash from Sense ROM to an AOSP can i still you backups like Titanium to restore apps and user settings or does it have to be Sense to Sense.
You should only restore data from sense to sense or asop to aosp. Not from one to the other. You can install apps with titanium with or without data. I highly recommend you never restore system data. It has a habit of screwing **** up sometimes. And as to your first question. It would be fairly straightforward to build a flashable zip with any apps you want. Actually what I did was use a cwm backup and used it to create a flashable zip that I can restore. I just named it update.zip and choose apply update.zip from recovery and I'm back up. If you build up a ROM how you like it. The way you want it to be on every flash I can convert it for you. Just need to zip up the backup and pm me a dl link for it. Then u can have your own flashable custom ROM.
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Artanis said:
So I'm pretty sure im not the only one who has asked but after searching i couldn't find a guide that helped explaind how to actually make one.
Is there a guide that helps me make a custom zip to flash favorite apps that i always install after a flash. That way i can flash my favorite apps with out the need of a data connection.
2nd follow up ?-
Can i flash user settings like wifi logins?
3rd?-
If i flash from Sense ROM to an AOSP can i still you backups like Titanium to restore apps and user settings or does it have to be Sense to Sense.
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1) When I'm looking for Edify syntax to clarify I have it memorized correctly, I usually google the terms, Edify syntax android and you'll find there are tons of guides on how to write the Edify syntax which operates an update .zip file.
2) Good question. I'm sure you could copy this setting file to your sdcard. Whenever you needed to, you could probably copy the settings from your sdcard back to the /data partition. Be aware that going from Sense to AOSP there *might* be issues, but if everything works, you copy over one file and it stops working, should be easy to figure out what caused the issue.
3)If you're restoring 3rd party apps from one ROM to another, usually 3rd party apps will work. These are basically .apk files all stored in /data/app. You can also manually do this by copying the /data/app directory to your sdcard, switch ROMs and then copy the apk files back.
If you're also interested in keeping the 3rd party app settings, they are stored in /data/data . Copying back this directory is slightly different than copying back the .apk files as the Android package manager assigns user and group permissions to the /data/data directories which need to match the apk file.
If you modify the user/group permissions to match the new assigned permissions via the package manager, there shouldnt be any problems!
Hope that helps!
Hi
Is does anyone know of a flashable zip i can use through recovery that will backup all downloaded apps in /data/app and the application data that goes with the applications
Thanks in advanced
Titanium Backup has this option and there is a new App that seems promising
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Atm App2zip does not work for all the devices, it's still experimental and not widely tested, so first of all, especially before backing-up something important, make some test to see whether it works for you (e.g. open App2zip and put in the flashable zip some apps you don't really care, uninstall them and then restore the zip via CWM recovery).
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App2zip allows to backup applications directly to a zip file flashable via CUSTOM recovery, you can build your own update.zip on the fly, no need for PC.
ROOT REQUIRED!
Building your flashable zip is easy:
1) Choose the apps to be included in the zip file
2) Click GO! and wait until the zip is done. That's it!
Even system apps can be included in the zip file but make sure they don't have dependencies and they don't share data with other system apps (otherwise they won't be restored properly).
Restore via stock recovery is not supported yet.
Special thanks to:
michaelg117 (for the idea), Fnorder (signapk script), people in "flashable app backup" thread.
Google Play Link
Feel free to use this thread for any comment or report, if the app does not work for you please tell which device and ROM you're on. Thank you!
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Thanks for the quick replies I am currently using backup pro to do this but I was wondering if there was a script of a zip that could pull them in recovery to the sdcard and one to push I can create a zip to do this but it means entering every app data location manually I was looking for one that would pull the app and then the data based on the apps name I can send you a copy of the zip
But in short it creates the required folders copes every thing in /data/app and the I have to add lines like so e.g.
com.adobe.reader
For it to copy the data as well
Thanks again
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Hi all,
I've been trying to teach myself how to repackage a rom this week and managed to get so far but now i'm stuck!
I took a stock update.zip rom, removed some bloat and zipped it up with a META-INF folder using the update-script from the original but with a few edits to make it work with TWRP.
It flashes and boots fine! (YAY)
However, I then installed app updates on my phone ( gmail, google play services) and installed root.
Next I made a TWRP backup of my up-to-date install and extracted the system files to make another flashable zip.
This time it still seems to flash without any error, but it won't boot and just ends back up at TWRP.
Q1: If apps that came with the rom are updated, are the updates stored in 'system' still, or elsewhere(data?) If elsewhere, what is the correct procedure to include those in a flashable rom package?
Q2: When pulling system from a TWRP backup, do you need to make changes in the update-script to allow for the updated apps?
All the guides i've read about update-script just seems to say, take a working update-script from another custom rom for your device. Except there aren't any other custom roms!