[Q] Noob question - /system/apps - HTC Rezound

hi everyone. i got my htc rezound on friday and have been fighting with it most of the weekend. i have the bootloader unlocked and (i assume) root achieved via amon ra. i cant get rid of the bloatware via multiple bloat removal tools, and its starting to make me hate life. can someone just tell me how i get to /system/apps so i can do it myself?
thanks.

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Get a root explorer and it will allow you to remove the apks.

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EmerikL said:
Get a root explorer and it will allow you to remove the apks.
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thanks, that was excruciatingly simple. i grabbed an app and apparently perm root didnt take. going to need to try again after work.
im new to all this stuff with phones, i should have learned with my incredible 1 but it was satisfactory out of the box. seems like everything HTC with the newest version is full of bloat and runs like garbage. the last OTA to incredible nearly bricked the phone, i had to manually reprogram it to get back on the network; verizon tech support didnt do jack.
ill keep reading over these forums and learning as much as i can. any suggestions for this phone are greatly appreciated. currently im using the stock sense UI and stock kernel. i like the UI as it is, dont plan on modding it, just need to get rid of bloat.

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Madnapali said:
hi everyone. i got my htc rezound on friday and have been fighting with it most of the weekend. i have the bootloader unlocked and (i assume) root achieved via amon ra. i cant get rid of the bloatware via multiple bloat removal tools, and its starting to make me hate life. can someone just tell me how i get to /system/apps so i can do it myself?
thanks.
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Are you sure you're rooted and unlocked? You did the HTC unlock dance, right?
The reason I ask is that you say you achieved root via Amon Ra.....and Amon Ra doesn't get you root; it's a recovery vehicle/manager. Anyway, have you seen this thread?
HTH

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rfarrah said:
Are you sure you're rooted and unlocked? You did the HTC unlock dance, right?
The reason I ask is that you say you achieved root via Amon Ra.....and Amon Ra doesn't get you root; it's a recovery vehicle/manager. Anyway, have you seen this thread?
HTH
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i cant be sure im rooted, but i am unlocked. i watched the bootloader unlock myself, and it says 'unlocked' at the top of the hboot screen.
i have no idea how to see if i have root, though, and i know i dont right now.
as for that thread, yes, i have all that on my PC at home and tried it earlier today. unfortunately, i had previously used a different method, so i skipped straight up to the part after the unlock. the other method i used had me get into amon ra and use the su installer, which is why i mentioned that.
any other suggestions? im all ears heh.

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rfarrah said:
Are you sure you're rooted and unlocked? You did the HTC unlock dance, right?
The reason I ask is that you say you achieved root via Amon Ra.....and Amon Ra doesn't get you root; it's a recovery vehicle/manager. Anyway, have you seen this thread?
HTH
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No Amon Ra has the functionality to install su. It's been one of the only ways to obtain root after the OTA.
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Madnapali said:
i cant be sure im rooted, but i am unlocked. i watched the bootloader unlock myself, and it says 'unlocked' at the top of the hboot screen.
i have no idea how to see if i have root, though, and i know i dont right now.
as for that thread, yes, i have all that on my PC at home and tried it earlier today. unfortunately, i had previously used a different method, so i skipped straight up to the part after the unlock. the other method i used had me get into amon ra and use the su installer, which is why i mentioned that.
any other suggestions? im all ears heh.
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Okay, then this: procedure.
if you haven't done this from beginning to end (incl step 7), you may not be perm-rooted. Good luck!

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rfarrah said:
Okay, then this: procedure.
if you haven't done this from beginning to end (incl step 7), you may not be perm-rooted. Good luck!
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actually... i think that is the first method i used LOL. either way, im going to factory reset my phone and go with hasoon2000's tool.

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let me preface this by again stating i have the bootloader unlocked and can prove it with a picture if i have to.
ok, i factory reset my phone and used amon ra to install superuser. this did not work.
superuser says 'no apps in list.' ES file explorer tells me i cant delete Blockbuster.apk. terminal emulator says it is read only. after rebooting my phone, terminal emulator's keyboard is stuck in all caps mode (weird) and i cant even cd.
this is what i get when i use hasoon's method (cant post about this there cuz i dont have 10 posts ):
Code:
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb shell mount /system
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/Superuser.apk /system/app
failed to copy 'SU/Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file
system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/androidterm.apk /system/app
failed to copy 'SU/androidterm.apk' to '/system/app/androidterm.apk': Read-only
file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/Busybox /system/app
failed to copy 'SU/Busybox' to '/system/app/Busybox': Read-only file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/Busybox /system/bin
failed to copy 'SU/Busybox' to '/system/bin/Busybox': Read-only file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/su /system/app
failed to copy 'SU/su' to '/system/app/su': Read-only file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/su /system/bin
failed to copy 'SU/su' to '/system/bin/su': Read-only file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

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Madnapali said:
let me preface this by again stating i have the bootloader unlocked and can prove it with a picture if i have to.
ok, i factory reset my phone and used amon ra to install superuser. this did not work.
superuser says 'no apps in list.' ES file explorer tells me i cant delete Blockbuster.apk. terminal emulator says it is read only. after rebooting my phone, terminal emulator's keyboard is stuck in all caps mode (weird) and i cant even cd.
this is what i get when i use hasoon's method (cant post about this there cuz i dont have 10 posts ):
Code:
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb shell mount /system
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/Superuser.apk /system/app
failed to copy 'SU/Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file
system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/androidterm.apk /system/app
failed to copy 'SU/androidterm.apk' to '/system/app/androidterm.apk': Read-only
file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/Busybox /system/app
failed to copy 'SU/Busybox' to '/system/app/Busybox': Read-only file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/Busybox /system/bin
failed to copy 'SU/Busybox' to '/system/bin/Busybox': Read-only file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/su /system/app
failed to copy 'SU/su' to '/system/app/su': Read-only file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>adb push SU/su /system/bin
failed to copy 'SU/su' to '/system/bin/su': Read-only file system
C:\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\data>pause
Press any key to continue . . .
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You don't have root. Install this by flashing it in Amon Ra, that should give you root. Then rerun the tool.

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EmerikL said:
You don't have root. Install this by flashing it in Amon Ra, that should give you root. Then rerun the tool.
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flashed the zip from amon ra and restarted so hasoon's permroot could run. still says read only file system.
im beginning to think no one has actually rooted the rezound, and this is an elaborate, worldwide prank on me lol.

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if your in root explorer you need to press on the read only to change it to read write. Probably the same with any file manager. Default is read only.
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mjh68 said:
if your in root explorer you need to press on the read only to change it to read write. Probably the same with any file manager. Default is read only.
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda premium
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you, sir, are the winner of the day. you have earned yourself a lifetime supply of HUGS! lol, thanks much.

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ok, its not over yet. i removed a bunch of the .apk files for crapps i dont use, but the shortcuts still exist in the app menu and the processes still run. i verified that the .apk files are still gone.
also, the HTC people widgets are mysteriously gone .
what next?

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Madnapali said:
ok, its not over yet. i removed a bunch of the .apk files for crapps i dont use, but the shortcuts still exist in the app menu and the processes still run. i verified that the .apk files are still gone.
also, the HTC people widgets are mysteriously gone .
what next?
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Have you rebooted after your changes?
I would have used titanium backup first to freeze the apps that I am thinking about removing. And then moving them to a safe place rather than deleting them so that if I have to, I can put them back if there is a bad result.

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krelvinaz said:
Have you rebooted after your changes?
I would have used titanium backup first to freeze the apps that I am thinking about removing. And then moving them to a safe place rather than deleting them so that if I have to, I can put them back if there is a bad result.
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yeah, i rebooted. i dont understand... why would i have to freeze apps and move them? i own the stupid phone, cant i just delete this crap and forget about it?
i swear to god, this is more frustrating than buying a laptop from best buy...

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Madnapali said:
yeah, i rebooted. i dont understand... why would i have to freeze apps and move them? i own the stupid phone, cant i just delete this crap and forget about it?
i swear to god, this is more frustrating than buying a laptop from best buy...
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Simple. If you remove the wrong thing, you may have problems trying to put it back. Without having to reload the ROM again and start over.
Remove the wrong things... and you have a non-working phone.
By freezing them, you can see the affects before you perm remove them. If you move them instead of deleting them, you can put them back. If you delete them, sometimes even TB can't restore them.
It comes down to how much time you want to put into this...

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krelvinaz said:
Simple. If you remove the wrong thing, you may have problems trying to put it back. Without having to reload the ROM again and start over.
Remove the wrong things... and you have a non-working phone.
By freezing them, you can see the affects before you perm remove them. If you move them instead of deleting them, you can put them back. If you delete them, sometimes even TB can't restore them.
It comes down to how much time you want to put into this...
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edit: got it! thanks everyone for responding!

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EmerikL said:
You don't have root. Install this by flashing it in Amon Ra, that should give you root. Then rerun the tool.
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Seems that the AIO Tool's permaroot had problems and this did the trick. Thanks to you and the OP!