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My software on my droid x2 isn't doing good. From what I have seen something will happen in the background that causes all my system apps to restart, only they never finish restarting which begins to devour my memory and eventually leads to my phone freezing up. Also the ringtones like to change randomly to default (alarms set in third party apps too).
I was hoping rooting and getting rid of bloatware would solve this problem but it is still persisting. I thought I could restore backed up system apps with Titanium Backup so I was removing the apps. I'll leave them "restoring" for 45 minutes with no luck (I tried both just restoring the app and restoring both apps and data). So apparently it doesn't work like that.
My question is if I do a factory reset with my phone in its current condition, will I have an issue?
If u diddnt freeze the apps then you might. Did u back them up before u removed them?
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Yes I backed up all of them, but when I go to restore them it doesn't work. It just keeps restoring them eternally. I waited 45 minutes for app only restore and it wasn't done.
If I am just clearing data in the process of a factory reset, can I maybe wipe data manually or with a tool that wipes data?
Anyone know the answer to this? I tried installing from the apk pack of services, but not all of them would install. My phone really needs a factory reset, I'm getting a lot of software related errors.
Could I maybe manually wipe certain apps? If anyone happens to know which built in apps are okay to wipe I would like to know.
ryoxsinfar said:
Anyone know the answer to this? I tried installing from the apk pack of services, but not all of them would install. My phone really needs a factory reset, I'm getting a lot of software related errors.
Could I maybe manually wipe certain apps? If anyone happens to know which built in apps are okay to wipe I would like to know.
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Yes you can wipe an apps data. Go to applications in the settings menu and then click on the app you want to clear and select clear data.
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ryoxsinfar said:
Anyone know the answer to this? I tried installing from the apk pack of services, but not all of them would install. My phone really needs a factory reset, I'm getting a lot of software related errors.
Could I maybe manually wipe certain apps? If anyone happens to know which built in apps are okay to wipe I would like to know.
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Not all the apps in system can be installed via tapping on them. They need to be manually moved to system/app then change permissions. You can copy all over using root explorer
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nitroglycerine33 said:
Yes you can wipe an apps data. Go to applications in the settings menu and then click on the app you want to clear and select clear data.
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Hey nitro... Glad to see you here! Do your future plans include developing for the X2. I was feeling the dark ROMs you supported on the Fascinate!
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wanna hard reset after root
hiii everyone, i am new android user, so please help me, i dont know where to ask questions in this forum so i am querying here.
i have a micromax a58 i just rooted it with farmaroot.
now i want to make it like before, what will happen if i restore factory setting or hard reset.
will my phone brick.
abhishek5694 said:
hiii everyone, i am new android user, so please help me, i dont know where to ask questions in this forum so i am querying here.
i have a micromax a58 i just rooted it with farmaroot.
now i want to make it like before, what will happen if i restore factory setting or hard reset.
will my phone brick.
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Nothing. You will just have a rooted out of the box fresh condition phone.
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nitroglycerine33 said:
Nothing. You will just have a rooted out of the box fresh condition phone.
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very very thank to u sir , as i can u see u r a super seiner of this group , i am sharing my problem with you. i asked a lot of people and search everywhere in web but didnt found my problems solution. i just want to increase my phone's ( micromax bolt a58 ) internal memory, because it has only 90 mb for apps after installing few apps it says insufficient memory. i found a easy solution link2sd. but it doesn't work with my phone. i just created 1st partition of fat32 and second ext2 and then i started link2sd and select ext2 but it says mounting error try with fat32 then i again formatted card with two fat32 partition after that it didnt work and again says mounting error, then i tried a lot of combinations but no result.:crying: i am also attaching the screenshots. please help me.
abhishek5694 said:
very very thank to u sir , as i can u see u r a super seiner of this group , i am sharing my problem with you. i asked a lot of people and search everywhere in web but didnt found my problems solution. i just want to increase my phone's ( micromax bolt a58 ) internal memory, because it has only 90 mb for apps after installing few apps it says insufficient memory. i found a easy solution link2sd. but it doesn't work with my phone. i just created 1st partition of fat32 and second ext2 and then i started link2sd and select ext2 but it says mounting error try with fat32 then i again formatted card with two fat32 partition after that it didnt work and again says mounting error, then i tried a lot of combinations but no result.:crying: i am also attaching the screenshots. please help me.
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All you need to do is swap internal and external mount points. My Eclipse ROM has this built in. There is an init.d script that is floating around here that will do it as well.
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nitroglycerine33 said:
All you need to do is swap internal and external mount points. My Eclipse ROM has this built in. There is an init.d script that is floating around here that will do it as well.
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sorry sir i am novice in this field and dont know about software development or scripting. and dont want to replace or flash my original rom with other. because i also tried to backup my original rom with rom manager, but this **** phone is so weird , no trick works in it, somewhere i read that it is ubifs or something why it didnt work. so can u please mention step by step procedure in easy language so that i can understand how can i increase internal memory.
Just as the title asks, what way can i backup my /data folder on my phone?
This app can do:
http://download547.mediafire.com/q29mmmao8urg/1mnp840xlv9v6qq/App2Card_2.9.6_26June11.apk
Ive been using it for long time instead of Titanium backup to backup not only files, folders but also apps with settings. All you need is Data Tools/Backup/files, folders, just select the desired item
Hope that help
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flusshd said:
This app can do:
http://download547.mediafire.com/q29mmmao8urg/1mnp840xlv9v6qq/App2Card_2.9.6_26June11.apk
Ive been using it for long time instead of Titanium backup to backup not only files, folders but also apps with settings. All you need is Data Tools/Backup/files, folders, just select the desired item
Hope that help
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Thank you, I will try it out!
Im getting a "Failed to Backup" error when trying to backup, anyone else having this problem when trying to backup the file /data on the root of my phone. I have root access and when i launch the app, su is allowing it root access. I might try uninstall, reinstall, reboot.
Edit: Simple Mistake and fix, needed a larger SD card. Thanks flusshd!
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Im getting a "Failed to Backup" error when trying to backup, anyone else having this problem when trying to backup the file /data on the root of my phone. I have root access and when i launch the app, su is allowing it root access. I might try uninstall, reinstall, reboot.
Edit: No go, i guess it cant read root archives.
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I dont think so, but I think your sd card is not enough of space for this big /data, its more than 2GB. Did you check for this?
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I was wondering what are the necessary steps to convert an user app to a system app and integrating that app into the ROM before installing said app. To be more specific I want Swype keyboard to be installed onto ROM memory and not user space. I've tried with Titanium Backup & an other app but it failed in the sense that it gave me errors after restarting. Help is greatly appreciated.
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Nobody ?!
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What I do is (Using Titanium Backup):
- backup app
- convert to system app
- restore app data only
Works for me
pfonck said:
What I do is (Using Titanium Backup):
- backup app
- convert to system app
- restore app data only
Works for me
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Yes, i was also about to say the same thing.....
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Hi there, what are the advantages of doing this (getting Swype into the ROM)?
- Save space on data partition
- Survive factory reset
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Survive factory reset-> that's good to know!
Thanks! (Already hit the button)
I tried with Titanium Backup but still nothing, Swype keeps giving me a force close after restart. And it's not the only one. Can somebody point me in the right direction towards placing the apk inside the archive and the necessary steps to make it work ? Thanx in advance.
Total Commander treats .zip (and .apk) files the same as directories, so you can copy the .apk directly into the rom's /system/app directory without the need to unzip/zip/sign.
Uninstall the app before reflashing the rom with the app included.
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OK guys i.'m tying to track down the file or files responsible for saving the programs I choose for my default apps. I am having my settings only stick for around ten minutes. After that time I have to choose my default app if multiple choices exist again.
I have a working theory that my permissions on said file or files are borked and I need to get them setup right again. I think they are not being written to the "save" fle and when the program chosen is killed my choice is killed with it.
I have tried using fix permissions in my recovery to no avail.
I am on MeanRom 2.6 ICS I am s-off with full root access.
Could someone tell me the file or files I should check and what the permissions should be when I look at them?
Thanks for any help,
Adan
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I would try a full wipe (system, data, cache, dalvik-cache, sd-ext, boot) and then flash the ROM again. Some files might have gotten messed up during the flash so it's always best to start with a clean slate
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Thanks that is what I ended up doing, and the problems are gone.
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Ok I'm not talking about htc built in apps. But this useless bull**** apps that just sitting on my app drawer with no ****ing reason:
7digital
Ais
Axis net
Broadband
Dtac
I store
I muzik 3g
Mobiletv
Mobile tv
Mobi tv
Mworld
My HTC
Myhtcs
Ringtunes
Telkomsel
Truemoveh
Viettel
XL
I have successfuly uninstalled them all using link2sd (need root).
I try to uninstalled 7digital then my phone restarts by itself, I'm scared a bit, then after my phone booted all that **** apps I just uninstalled came back. Wtf???
Any solutions?
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You can only remove them in recovery via adb shell rm /system/app/*.apk
And if you're on stock ROM, also remove it's odex adb shell rm /system/app/*.odex
Or you can use the script made by Maarten here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36278172&postcount=30
extract the updater-script, edit the filename for the apk that you need to remove and put in back in the zip, and flash that in recovery.
Tried root uninstaller but no luck either. It came back after reboot :/
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w1040 said:
Tried root uninstaller but no luck either. It came back after reboot :/
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No app can uninstall app on DX except the way I described above.
There is some sort of protection HTC imposed on DX that you cannot use an app like TB, Root Uninstaller & etc; they won't work.
Note: before you remove anything, make sure you make a nandroid of your stock ROM before that as once an OTA is out, you need a clean stock ROM to update successfully.
ckpv5 said:
No app can uninstall app on DX except the way I described above.
There is some sort of protection HTC imposed on DX that you cannot use an app like TB, Root Uninstaller & etc; they won't work.
Note: before you remove anything, make sure you make a nandroid of your stock ROM before that as once an OTA is out, you need a clean stock ROM to update successfully.
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But my rom are now rooted its too late to make a nand backup now..
Anyway, nand backup is on cwm recovery right?
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If you never remove anything from the system partition, it is never too late.
(I believe you not yet able to remove anything )
And yes, make a nandroid backup with CWM.
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If you never remove anything from the system partition, it is never too late.
(I believe you not yet able to remove anything )
And yes, make a nandroid backup with CWM.
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What I meant is its too late for me to backup a clean stock unrooted rom.
Sorry can't edit my post above since I'm new user although I'm not new to xda I'd just created a new account.
Anyway I wish there was a simple way to remove the odex on the bloatware I want to uninstalled. On link2sd, the app mentioned above are marked with ODEX (green).
Guess you were right, can't move an an app with an odex on it though I don't know what odex is.
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I understood that. What I meant is it is ok to make backup with a rooted stock ROM.
To update an OTA, you don't need to remove your root app or any installed app as long as all system files are intact. You don't even need to relock your bootloader. What you need is a stock recovery.
You can read more on this topic on the link in my sig. Even though that is for One V, it works the same principal for DX.
You can remove system apps from recovery using app called Aroma File Manager, made by Amarullz, you have the link in my Index.
nlooooo said:
You can remove system apps from recovery using app called Aroma File Manager, made by Amarullz, you have the link in my Index.
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Totally forgot about this nice recovery explorer/file manager
As I always use a PC base explorer/file manager to add/remove files to/from system partition.
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ckpv5 is right. You can not delete files simply from Data or System folders.
You have to do that in recovery mode. If you try to delete files from any File explorer, your phone will simply restart.
Though we have rooted our phone, however it is not 100% rooted. HTC made S-ON on all of those device so that people can not do any changes on systems.
Play with your phone with complete nand backup.
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To w1040
ckpv5 is right. You can not delete files simply from Data or System folders.
You have to do that in recovery mode. If you try to delete files from any File explorer, your phone will simply restart.
Though we have rooted our phone, however it is not 100% rooted. HTC made S-ON on all of those device so that people can not do any changes on systems.
Play with your phone with complete nand backup.
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Actually we do have 100% root, S-Off differs a lot from root. And there are multiple ways of deleting the apps. You can make a flashable zip file yourself if you know how to, you can use aroma file manager (mount system before using it), adb, or any other recovery file manager, if it exists
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Probably someone should make a tutorial how to delete system apps here using aroma file manager?
Would be really useful.
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MaartenXDA said:
Actually we do have 100% root, S-Off differs a lot from root. And there are multiple ways of deleting the apps. You can make a flashable zip file yourself if you know how to, you can use aroma file manager (mount system before using it), adb, or any other recovery file manager, if it exists
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Yup understand. I am sorry I wanted to say he can not do it thru any file browser when the phone is running. It will simply reboot.
Need to try Aroma File manager. Deleting with flashable.zip is really a pain not so simple.
w1040 said:
Probably someone should make a tutorial how to delete system apps here using aroma file manager?
Would be really useful.
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+1 for that.
Addition
I have made a new idea on removing bloatwares. The idea is that the user can select the apps that are to be deleted in aroma. I have already made a project regarding this but only for my device. You can port it to your device and maybe share this with everyone.
Link to my thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632355
With some changes, it will work great and our community can develop!!
But please don't cross post...
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But please don't cross post...
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Yeah! One moderator told me! I won't do like that from now onwards!
I have the t-mobile 626s variant. Ive rooted and still have a bunch of process and apps I dont want. I dont have a computer at the moment becuase its being fixed. Is there a list of apps safe to remove? Thank You
You have to install an insecure kernel. You can find a lot of custom kernel in these forum, choose one of them