When I want to totally get rid of an app, will the native uninstall feature of the Prime get rid of all traces of the app from the folders it generated on install, the exe and associated files, and any data that was entered into the app.
I know for Windows, to totally get rid of all traces of programs, the control panel technique will not totally clear the PC....sometimes you have to manually go in and delete folders (sometimes empty) etc or use a third party app that will eliminate all traces.
If I need a 3rd party app, any suggestions on a good one....Running .21/unrooted (at the moment)...not unlocked
Thanks in advance
Bob
For proper uninstalling of Apps I use Titanium Back up on my phone (rooted SGS2) that has the option to clear the data for it during the uninstall which I assume deletes all relevant files (not those created on SD card such as game files)
Uninstalling native apps like the @vibe free music you'd need to root it and uninstall it with a third party app (like titanium) I am waiting for either a .21 root or till my temptation to unlock the bootloader gets too great, it'll probably be the latter
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ok so this is my first smart phone and i hate that i feel like such a noob! i am accustomed to having control of everything win7.
i have astro installed on my rooted phone. just downloaded an app from amazon. i have not installed it yet and have no idea where the dang app is temporarily stored.
is there anyway to take control of the default file location for downloads? i would like to save the apk to my pc prior to installing it on the phone.
additionally im guessing that when an app is installed it creates folders and file locations that the app needs to function on the phone. so when apps are installed and uninstalled over time will there eventually be orphan files and folders that just take up space and cause performance issues?
Most market apps are stored in data/app. No. It wont cause performance issues.
How does it work if you have to move paid apps with data from one phone to another? I have done free apps a few times, but TB will install those from its own back up rather than market. Don't paid apps must be installed from market by signing in? How to transfer data alone using TB?
All you gave to do is back up your paid apps in TB and the pull off your Titanium folder from your sdcard and put it on your new phone. Then on new phone, sign into market and dl'd TB. Once you have it there, you are pure profit. All your backups are held as .tar files so once you open TB it will pull up your exact configuration. You'll just need to restore your app and data. You can also create an update.zip of the TB app that is flashable which is only the app and data itself, not all your other apps, just TB.
Another feature is that if you hit menu>more, there is an option called Market Doctor that will re-link all your apps back to the Market. Also another setting is when I freeze an app, I break the market link so it doesn't show up on the updates section. Figure if I am freezing it, why would I update it. Unfreeze and it re-links by itself. Handy trick eh?
Appreciate the detailed reply. So you mean to say no difference between free and paid apps when using TB to restore?
Nope. An app is an app is an app as far as TB is concerned.
Is anyone aware of an app (compatible with Gingerbread/2.3.6, rooted) that can temporarily install an app?
Even with Link2SD there's only so much internal space available and things get real hairy when you approach the limits (lib file extraction on startup faster than Link2SD can move things, data Link2SD can't/won't move, large apps that install to internal first, etc.)
( Something Google seemingly copied from Windows Mobile - it was a pain on WM, it's a pain on Android (pre-ics?) )
But many apps find rather infrequent use and so don't technically need to be installed at all until needed - at which point the install process (a few seconds) is quite acceptable.
Right now I manually install/uninstall but it would be awesome if there were an app that could automatically...
1. install an app from an APK
2. launch the app (where applicable)
3. uninstall the app when closed
Even more awesome would be if it could...
- Create an app itself with the icon from the original app (so that an 'uninstalled, but available' app can remain visible in launchers/etc.)
- Have a delay on the uninstall process (when just flipping back to a previous app, intending to go to the temp-installed app again within a time limit).
or
- Have a notification that could be tapped for uninstall on-demand
I did search, but between 'temporary root' and 'batch install' type apps popping up as results, I have not found what I'm looking for.
If such an app doesn't exist - could it?
And if you believe it could because you're a dev, would you be interested in developing it? ( my next stop after this would be hitting up e.g. vworker, so I'd be happy to fund initial development )
PseudoBob said:
Is anyone aware of an app (compatible with Gingerbread/2.3.6, rooted) that can temporarily install an app?
Even with Link2SD there's only so much internal space available and things get real hairy when you approach the limits (lib file extraction on startup faster than Link2SD can move things, data Link2SD can't/won't move, large apps that install to internal first, etc.)
( Something Google seemingly copied from Windows Mobile - it was a pain on WM, it's a pain on Android (pre-ics?) )
But many apps find rather infrequent use and so don't technically need to be installed at all until needed - at which point the install process (a few seconds) is quite acceptable.
Right now I manually install/uninstall but it would be awesome if there were an app that could automatically...
1. install an app from an APK
2. launch the app (where applicable)
3. uninstall the app when closed
Even more awesome would be if it could...
- Create an app itself with the icon from the original app (so that an 'uninstalled, but available' app can remain visible in launchers/etc.)
- Have a delay on the uninstall process (when just flipping back to a previous app, intending to go to the temp-installed app again within a time limit).
or
- Have a notification that could be tapped for uninstall on-demand
I did search, but between 'temporary root' and 'batch install' type apps popping up as results, I have not found what I'm looking for.
If such an app doesn't exist - could it?
And if you believe it could because you're a dev, would you be interested in developing it? ( my next stop after this would be hitting up e.g. vworker, so I'd be happy to fund initial development )
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try this app Quick App Install once:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitants.quickappinstall&hl=en
vivek_bhoj said:
try this app Quick App Install once:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitants.quickappinstall&hl=en
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Thanks - that app is definitely useful in terms of a nicer graphical interface to APKs stored on the SD card (finds them very quickly, originally made via App Backup & Restore), but unfortunately doesn't seem to do any of the things I was wondering about, unless I'm missing a hidden gem there
I also tried some other app backup/restore type apps in case any of them did the trick.. Delta Backup (com.ds.deltabackup), My Backup Root (com.rerware.android.MyBackupRoot), AppMonster Free Backup Restore (de.android_telefonie.appmanager) and Ti Backup (com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup), and while they were all capable app backup/restore apps, none of them really facilitate easy 'temporary install' or organization (long flat lists or "You get 2 categories: Apps and Games" make me just hit up Total Commander instead).
So, still looking
When I uninstall apps (normally via Titanium Backup, but also via Android System), the .apk gets deleted, but there is still a lot of Data / Files / Folders on the sdcard.
Is there anyway to automatically remove all these when uninstalling the Apps? Possibly through a third party uninstaller app?
Cheers
Stewart
You could try SD maid, it's really useful and it had helped me with that
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Alexmessy said:
You could try SD maid, it's really useful and it had helped me with that
Sent from my amazing Nexus 7 using xda developer's app
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I have (and use) SDMaid, but I still had to go and manually delete loads of files and folders earlier on today!
Should I be uninstalling apps using SDMaid somehow?
delete before hand
You might just have to suck it up and do so manually or delete data before uninstall.
Some folders just can't be automaticly matched to installed/uninstalled apps.
We will have to delete those by hand.
I have the same problem, when I uninstall HD games I always have to delete manually the folder.
I don't take it as a big problem, but sometimes you don't know where is the folder.
If this isn't the right place - please move the message. I figured it's a more general topic.
To summarize: games which I previously installed "unofficially", liked, decided to buy and support the devs - don't install from the Play Store.
There are two games which I downloaded from third-party sites to try out, loved them and decided to buy them.
Both of them - whenever I try to install them, the download seemingly goes through, reaches 100%, I get a popup saying "Can't install X, Try again and if it still doesn't work, see common...".
The games do appear on the phone and I can run them, but they both getting stuck at loading.
Researching some more, I found out that their OBB's are missing, which I know they should have since I installed them manually before.
I obviously tried uninstalling and reinstalling (both in the refund period and after it passed), clearing the phone's caches using TWRP and SDMaid, clearing Play Store's data, searching my entire phone (including root sections) for leftover files - still can't resolve it.
Other games install and run correctly, OBBs are downloaded - just not for these two.
I also tried different networks (4g as well as WiFi), installing using the Play Games app, and the games do appear and install on other devices with Family Library.
First time I meet this behavior, thought I'd ask.
Morally speaking, yeah, I gave the games a go, was impressed, bought them, supported devs, waited out the refund period - so yeah, I'm left with a technical, not a moral issue.
EDIT: I was able to get both running by installing them on another device I own, sending the OBB file to myself, backing up the game files and data using TiBa and restoring them on my device.
No idea if the game will update, but the same error appears when I try to uninstall and reinstall via Play Store.
@munky-head
All apps (root or not) have a default data directory, which is /data/data/<package_name>
That's how I would do it - in order to not lose app's data
Save data related to apps in question to PC or phone's external sd-card
Uninstall the apps in question
Clear Android's system cache
Clear Google Play Store's cache
Install the apps in questions from Google Play Store
Restore the apps' related data
jwoegerbauer said:
@munky-head
All apps (root or not) have a default data directory, which is /data/data/<package_name>
That's how I would do it - in order to not lose app's data
Save data related to apps in question to PC or phone's external sd-card
Uninstall the apps in question
Clear Android's system cache
Clear Google Play Store's cache
Install the apps in questions from Google Play Store
Restore the apps' related data
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Thanks for replying.
Basically, I did the said process, just using TiBa.
Installing from the Store still fails, which is weird, and slightly worrying.
Either way, I paid for both, and own them both on PC, so developers weren't wronged ?