Im kinda new so here it goes... I recently been playing around with Xperia Active. I already rooted it and remove/replace some apk. So I'm wondering if i can make my installed apps to stick when I do a factory reset or maybe replace the supplier stock apps?
The only way to keep apps is after rooting, make backups of the whole app with data(using Titanium Backup) and after factory reset place them back.
I couldn't understand, what apps do you want to replace, so I can't answer to that.
Sorry bout that, I remove some bloat apps in the /system/app. Also remove some supplier apps in the /etc/product/applications, then replace it with some apps (i.e. ES File Explorer & Advanced Task Killer). just dumb thinking if it will install itself when factory reset.
got it, just need to place it on the /system/app
BTW, if you have different way I want to try it as well..
OFF Topic: can i make the backup(CWM) file into one ftf/rom file? how?
fncampoy said:
got it, just need to place it on the /system/app
BTW, if you have different way I want to try it as well..
OFF Topic: can i make the backup(CWM) file into one ftf/rom file? how?
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.ftf can only be made from Update Service files.
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Ok so I have rooted my phone (I think -_-) with the method where I download the file and rename it to update.zip, put it in the internal storage on my phone, and then recovered.
I have the superuser app icon, then I downloaded ROM manager and flashed a recovery (I don't even know wtf this means) and then downloaded Android Mate and tried going to the system files and deleting the bunch of crap bloatware this came with. I select the ones I want to delete, and then click delete, then it says "files were deleted successfully" but they're still there?! I'm so hella confused.
1.) Why will android mate not delete these files? I gave it permission through superuser!
2.) How do I know for sure if my phone is rooted?
3.) How do I know if I have a backup? I don't intend to flash any ROMS or operating systems or whatever the hell (i'm just fine with the stock OS)
I'm soooo lost right now. I love this phone but I reallllly wanna remove the bloatware so I can start customizing it.
xKrazYx626 said:
Ok so I have rooted my phone (I think -_-) with the method where I download the file and rename it to update.zip, put it in the internal storage on my phone, and then recovered.
I have the superuser app icon, then I downloaded ROM manager and flashed a recovery (I don't even know wtf this means) and then downloaded Android Mate and tried going to the system files and deleting the bunch of crap bloatware this came with. I select the ones I want to delete, and then click delete, then it says "files were deleted successfully" but they're still there?! I'm so hella confused.
1.) Why will android mate not delete these files? I gave it permission through superuser!
2.) How do I know for sure if my phone is rooted?
3.) How do I know if I have a backup? I don't intend to flash any ROMS or operating systems or whatever the hell (i'm just fine with the stock OS)
I'm soooo lost right now. I love this phone but I reallllly wanna remove the bloatware so I can start customizing it.
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Hello,
I have never used AndroidMate but I can recommend Titanium Backup. You can search for the app (even system apps, so make sure you know what you want to delete) and delete it. If you buy the premium version you can even "freeze" them, as in they won't be deleted but they won't start up either (in case you change your mind later on).
Hope this helps.
Hello, i have a question about the sd card of my x10. Its almost full with apps i dont use anymore and other stuf. I want go to a other rom but can i delete all thinks from my sd card? So what can I delete and what not.
(ps. sorry if my english is bad.)
I will ask the same question....
So many files and dont now ho to delete safely
If a folder reffers to an app u've uninstalled then its safe to delete it. Game files will be redownloaded but might be best to backup your save game files if you are likely to install it again. Most things you can delete worst is you'll lose app settings/game progress. Just back everything up just in case.
shaunbu said:
If a folder reffers to an app u've uninstalled then its safe to delete it. Game files will be redownloaded but might be best to backup your save game files if you are likely to install it again. Most things you can delete worst is you'll lose app settings/game progress. Just back everything up just in case.
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so you can delete everything?
jacosdg said:
so you can delete everything?
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Yes, if you want to go to a new ROM, and not save any apps, its alright to even format it..
(but you probably want to save the photos you've taken, as well as the music stored on it. or am i wrong?)
I have found a couple people that have frozen or removed apps and are starting to get issues with their contacts. Not being able to remove, add, update, or anything with them. So I am posting a zip file off all of the apps for people that have removed them without backing them up. You simply need to restore the app that you removed which is most likely a yahoo contacts or email that is tied into the contacts. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2VU48HSU
Great resource this. I was going to post mine up soon, but you beat me to it. Only had my X2 for a day.
Do you restore these with titanium backup? Because I backed up the bloat ware and later tried to restore it to no luck. However the apps were frozen when backed up so perhaps that caused an issue?
I don't think titanium backup is good at restoring. I've tried it a couple times with no luck. if you place a copy of the zip file extracted on your sd card and open it with files select the application you want to install you can install it from there. I personally only like titanium backup for freezing the application I don't use and cannot remove.
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I have tried to install the apps in your list but some would not be installed. Is there another way I can force them to be installed? By putting them in a location?
The list is:
Backup Assistant
Backup Assistant Client
DLNA
DLNA System Service
Emergency Alerts
All Authenticators
Help Center
Home Screen Tips
IM 3.0.4.6
IM Presence 2.2.2
News
Pico TTS
Social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Networking
Social Status
Sticky Note
Tasks
Video Editor Lite
Voice Commands
Just use root explorer and place them in system/data or push through adb.
Reboot after you place them there.
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Sorry, I'm rather new to this whole root thing. I uninstalled backupassistant with Titanium backup and my contacts got screwed. I downloaded the zip and tried to install Backupassistant.apk but it says "application was not installed". Is there a specific way that I need to reinstall? Root explorer does not allow me to change permissions from read only for "system" so I can't move the apk files in there.
ffejin123 said:
Sorry, I'm rather new to this whole root thing. I uninstalled backupassistant with Titanium backup and my contacts got screwed. I downloaded the zip and tried to install Backupassistant.apk but it says "application was not installed". Is there a specific way that I need to reinstall? Root explorer does not allow me to change permissions from read only for "system" so I can't move the apk files in there.
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Check and see if you are rooted first. You cannot install system files as a normal app. They must be pushed to system/app or placed there using root explorer. Check and see if you are rooted or that you superuser has blocked root explorer.
ffejin123 said:
Sorry, I'm rather new to this whole root thing. I uninstalled backupassistant with Titanium backup and my contacts got screwed. I downloaded the zip and tried to install Backupassistant.apk but it says "application was not installed". Is there a specific way that I need to reinstall? Root explorer does not allow me to change permissions from read only for "system" so I can't move the apk files in there.
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I think I know what your talking about, follow Nitros instructions but when you are at the starting folder in Root Explorer press the Mount R/W button, I believe as long as you stay in the program (or don't press back too many times, because if you are at the base folder and press back it will go back to R/O) any folder you go into will say "R/W" at the top. So just press the button when its available and THEN go into the folder you need to go to and the setting will stick.
Edit: actually I just was messing with my phone and the reason I saw that behavior is because I was in the SD card where its always R/W. If its not showing up then yeah I'd listen to Nitro on this one, though I have no idea how you got rid of Backup assistant without root.
So I just copied the app list you posted onto my phone and now its in a boot loop. I thought that when I copied all of them over it would let me choose to not replace files already there. Now the phone is in a boot loop.
This may sound stupid, but I am kinda hoping its reinstalling the apks, one with each boot? But I kinda have a sneaking suspicious that I just ruined my phone since there is no SBF
Also, the boot times before restarting are not consistent, does this mean anything?
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So I just copied the app list you posted onto my phone and now its in a boot loop. I thought that when I copied all of them over it would let me choose to not replace files already there. Now the phone is in a boot loop.
This may sound stupid, but I am kinda hoping its reinstalling the apks, one with each boot? But I kinda have a sneaking suspicious that I just ruined my phone since there is no SBF
Also, the boot times before restarting are not consistent, does this mean anything?
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If you are in a bootloop but all of your apps are still in place there is a slight chance that you could do a factory reset through recovery and the phone will boot.
nitroglycerine33 said:
Check and see if you are rooted first. You cannot install system files as a normal app. They must be pushed to system/app or placed there using root explorer. Check and see if you are rooted or that you superuser has blocked root explorer.
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Yeah I am rooted with gingerbreak 1.2. As of now Im not really concerned with the contacts anymore because I can still add and save new contacts. My concern now is that when the OTA Gingerbread update is out for the X2, will I be able to install it without the original Bloat.
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If you are in a bootloop but all of your apps are still in place there is a slight chance that you could do a factory reset through recovery and the phone will boot.
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Yeah my office tech support guy took a look at it and tried it, we got an error indicator icon when we tried. I don't think it finished copying, I think everything dying killed the copy process and left something important unfinished.
Now I am a little wiser for my new phone.
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I have tried to install the apps in your list but some would not be installed. Is there another way I can force them to be installed? By putting them in a location?
The list is:
Backup Assistant
Backup Assistant Client
DLNA
DLNA System Service
Emergency Alerts
All Authenticators
Help Center
Home Screen Tips
IM 3.0.4.6
IM Presence 2.2.2
News
Pico TTS
Social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Networking
Social Status
Sticky Note
Tasks
Video Editor Lite
Voice Commands
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So I'm guessing the only way to get these programs reinstalled is if the SBF is available for the X2, which it is not?
I deleted my the Phone.apk file on my rooted Galaxy Player 4.0 (YP-G1CWY/XAA) running the stock rom awhile back to save on battery life.
I have done the same thing on my Nook Color, and figured that it wouldn't cause any problems, as the Player isnt a phone.
Recently tried to record some video, and found I was unable to do so. After doing some research I found out that deleting phone.apk causes the stock camera app, but not 3rd party camera apps, to stop functioning.
While I was sure to backup the file when I originally deleted the file, the backup has been lost in the intervening months.
Do I just need to find a specific phone.apk file for my device and return it to the correct directory?
I assume a factory reset will solve the problem, but I would rather not try that unless I have to.
Thanks!
a factory reset will not solve the problem, since it was a system .apk it will reset everything except for that particular apk.
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a factory reset will not solve the problem, since it was a system .apk it will reset everything except for that particular apk.
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In which case do I need to track down a copy of that specific apk or will I need to download odin and perform a full recovery?
put back the phone.apk file back on your device. Go to a ROM(best if its that ROM you are using) Find the phone.apk, and take it out. Then transfer it into your device, and use Root Explorer or something and put back phone.apk.
i dont think that will work because i uninstalled the screencapture.apk from my 5.0 and i backed it up so i tried to reinstal and it would not let me... but try aznflawless' way first if not you may want to flash a stock based rom...
heet1 said:
i dont think that will work because i uninstalled the screencapture.apk from my 5.0 and i backed it up so i tried to reinstal and it would not let me... but try aznflawless' way first if not you may want to flash a stock based rom...
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I put screencapture.apk from stock rom 2 chip rom because it was missing and worked normaly..just copy it 2 root/system/app ..dont install it.
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put back the phone.apk file back on your device. Go to a ROM(best if its that ROM you are using) Find the phone.apk, and take it out. Then transfer it into your device, and use Root Explorer or something and put back phone.apk.
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This seemed to work for me!
I tried looking in various roms before, but they were all formatted for flashing with odin.
I should have just went straight for the cwm package. *slaps forehead*
Thanks so much!
i shall try that sir thanks
As others said... find the phone.apk... preferably from the same rom you are using... use RootExplorer and copy the phone.apk to the system/apps folder. Change the permissions to match the other apps in that folder... reboot and you are good to go.
For your future reference, it is not a good idea to delete system apps without knowing what they actually do... I think you made a real good guess since phone.apk should not be on a device that is actually not a phone by function. For example, the Android Market app is actually called phonesky.apk or vendor.apk... nothing like what you would normally guess it to be, such as market.apk or something to that matter. So if I were you and I wanted to keep using my device and not brick it, I would becareful what I delete out of /system and it's sub folders...
Good luck...
Try to reinstall your custom rom!!
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Try to reinstall your custom rom!!
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this is a thread from august of 2012. please dont go digging through old threads and posting on them
I did a factory reset on my phone yesterday and decided to really clear out a bunch of stuff with titanium that I never use, including widgets. I deleted the stock clock app thinking it was a widget. Does anyone know where I can find that? I'm open to a different app but I'm quite happy with the stock JB clock app.
Thanks!
Did you try doing a reset again?
tell your version and Rom so someone can upload it for you
i717, 4.1.2, stock and rooted
I haven't tried that because some of the bloat I deleted previously (Yahoo, some other stuff) was gone this reset.
also there are 2 other ways to get it back
flash stock Rom and you will lose root
flash custom Rom
also next time i suggest doing a backup via CWM
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I haven't tried that because some of the bloat I deleted previously (Yahoo, some other stuff) was gone this reset.
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Factory reset won't replace any deleted files. All it does is delete user data and downloaded apps, and makes all settings to default.
Flashing the same rom on top of your rom will replace missing files and put back all the apps you deleted.
I suggest you use Titanium to freeze any unwanted things, then run a few days like that, then eventually delete the frozen apps.
I am on Telus and when I want to revert back to stock with all the bloat (well not quite all the bloat) I simply flash the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268617
[ROM][Modems] Custom Canadian Jelly Bean - Rooted & Deodexed. A similar thread exists for ATT. Then I restore additional apps via titanium backup or my apps in play store.
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Google CM cLock apn. Very easy install. I always use this and not all the custom ROMs include it.
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here is stock clock.apk and odex file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8psbgzybq5y3ze0/ClockPackage.apk ___ https://www.dropbox.com/s/0c0u7eoyyph22c3/ClockPackage.odex. download and move to system/app and make sure permisions are set properly then reboot. if you are running a stock deodexed rom you will need to remove clock package from that rom instead.
Thanks guys!
The dropbox clock downloads but doesn't install. Permissions are correct.
did you try installing like normal apk or did you place in system/app? should place in system/app. both clock.apk and odex.apk
Like normal? I'm afraid I don't know how to do the second one.
using a file manager that has root access(i use root exploerer but there are lots) move the apks that you downloaded into system/app folder. then long press the file until you get menu to come up and select set permissions. should be rw-r--r--. change if not. then reboot.