Hello all,
Is it safe to remove system/app that has been updated to data/app?
for example gmail old version in system/app has been updated and went to data/app folder.
regards.
saladinacc said:
Hello all,
Is it safe to remove system/app that has been updated to data/app?
for example gmail old version in system/app has been updated and went to data/app folder.
regards.
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Is it still functioning properly?
saladinacc said:
Hello all,
Is it safe to remove system/app that has been updated to data/app?
for example gmail old version in system/app has been updated and went to data/app folder.
regards.
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Yes, and no !!! Yes you can remove it, but it must be replaced with an app that can send and receive email from a gmail account. It must be installed before you delete the old gmail app. Remember your device syncs everything (i.e. data, contacts, setup etc. ) through your gmail account.
jimzweb1 said:
Yes, and no !!! Yes you can remove it, but it must be replaced with an app that can send and receive email from a gmail account. It must be installed before you delete the old gmail app. Remember your device syncs everything (i.e. data, contacts, setup etc. ) through your gmail account.
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thanks for the info. The reason I'm asking is I'm showing that i have 135mb free in system rom. All stock apps has been updated since then.And is sitting in data/app Maybe if i delete them in system/app, i can reclaim the space.
saladinacc said:
thanks for the info. The reason I'm asking is I'm showing that i have 135mb free in system rom. All stock apps has been updated since then.And is sitting in data/app Maybe if i delete them in system/app, i can reclaim the space.
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Interesting, I still run NC5 4.4.2 ( waiting android 5.0 ) the "Gmail2.apk" is in system/app. That app has my gmail account that I sync with. Or are you talking about SecEmail_J .apk which is used to some how update apps affected by emails, sounds weird I know. To understand why I say this is simple, if you delete the magazines.apk you end up with an error message " Unfortunately Email has stopped working " when you clear out the email . What one, has to do with the other, I don't know ( but I will look into it again maybe I can find an answer ). However, if you delete Magazines.apk and then install Aquamail.apk then delete SecEmail_J.apk and .odex files you don't have a error message. I had to go back to my thread here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2770729 it's in post #7.
saladinacc said:
thanks for the info. The reason I'm asking is I'm showing that i have 135mb free in system rom. All stock apps has been updated since then.And is sitting in data/app Maybe if i delete them in system/app, i can reclaim the space.
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Ok, did some more testing. Back when NC5 4.4.2 came out " GMAIL " only allowed your Google Gmail sync account to run on it. So, that's why I needed Aqua Mail app to run email accounts not Google or Gmail, and had to delete SecEmail_J.apk to stop the "Unfortunately Email has stopped" error. Now Gmail.apk has updated to Gmail2.apk and the new version of Gmail2 allows a non-Google email account to run on it.
So, I moved my non-Google email accounts from Aqua Mail to Gmail2 than deleted Aqua Mail app and of course the SecEmail_J.apk and .odex files where already deleted. All is running well. Hope this helps !!!!
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insteaded the new dr 3 and then flashed the email zip but still getting forced close. do i have to delete the gmail apk prior to flashing or is there another way. help.
nyjw said:
insteaded the new dr 3 and then flashed the email zip but still getting forced close. do i have to delete the gmail apk prior to flashing or is there another way. help.
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delete / rename the gmail app installed on DR v3 in /system/app
1. download from the market the current version
or
2. open up the zip from DR v2 and install that one
i was at work so i just installed gmail app from the market and it works.
Hi,
using GinTonix, opening:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.gm
means, gmail is installed but trying to reinstall or - "update" it means there is nothing compatible for my u20i :/ This is a lie.
I also uninstalled GMail but I don't get the new one from market.
So does someone use the new Gmail 2.3.5.2 (okay its some days old now...) and can upload the Gmail.apk here? Thanks.
There you go
Folks,
So I rooted by new Razr and decided to clean up the bloatware, but instead of smart way of just freezing the app I used uninstall in Titanium Backup. Among the apps that I removed were Yahoo Mail Authenticator 2.3.5 and Yahoo Contacts 2.3.5. That, judging by posts I've found, caused my contacts to become inaccessible, with FC message for Contacts Storage (com.motorola.contacts).
Can somebody with a brand new (rooted) Verizon phone share the list of contents of their /system/app directory with file sizes and dates? I want to compare what you have with what I have now. BTW, I got my list of files by installing SSHDroid, logging into it with ssh doing ls -l.
Thanks!
I did the same thing, did you get any resolution to this? I was able to download the files I think I needed and installed root explorer to paste them into the system\apps folder. I can find the files in there but my contacts shortcuts widget still force closes. I would really appreciate any help I can get here!
You have to make sure that the permissions on copied files are 644 (rw-r--r--) and the owner/group is root.
That worked! Man you really saved my night!!!
I've done all of that and contacts still fc. any ideas?
When all else fails, this will fix issues:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486718
Just rooted yesterday. I was hoping to be able to use my Google calendar but the sync isn't working. Is their an easy way to fix this? I was an old thread in the development section but it looked pretty complicated.
I was on 1.4.2 B&N when I rooted with alberts 4.5 version and it is working great ... except for the calendar sync.
Did you enable it under Account settings? If you can't find that, try installing the Hidden Settings app in the dev forum.
Sent from my Nook Tablet using Tapatalk
Yes but there is an error message with just the calendar sync the others work fine
Odd, it worked for me (I've since moved on to CM7). Perhaps try clearing data on the calendar app. Have you opened the app itself? Perhaps you need to define the calendars you want in the app before going to account settings.
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm still not having any luck. The error message reads: sync is currently experiencing problems and will be back shortly. I'be used bussness calendar free and somnolence calendar I,'m pretty sure the issue is not with the applications. I downloaded synker but that gives me error messages also for the android calendar. I,'m going to keep trying eventually it will get sorted.
i'm having exact same issue as op. any progress on this sync issue?
everything else is syncing fine.
I was having the same problem. I could never get calendar sync under accounts.
I'm currently using CalenGoo with no problems. It's in the play store, and older versions are out there on the interwebs.
Another thing to try is to download the latest CM7 GAPPs package from the CM wiki ( google: CM7 GAPPs ---n00bs can't post links) extract the files and sideload the GoogleServicesFramework.apk (Not sure, but it seems to have given me access to more apps without incompatibility messages from the Play store and to have generally smoothed out some sync issues I was having with Google Docs)
I'm NOT on CM7 (tried it, now naively waiting for beta) I'm 1.4.2 rooted with Albert's excellent 4.5 version.
Yours,
n00blet
After using the v4.6 root I added two files the Calendar apk and the CalendarProviders apk, but I had to get them from two different places to get it to work.
I can share the files in dropbox, but I am on the NT right now and since copy and paste doesn't work I can't paste the link. If you send me an email I can use the Share function and I am happy to.
[email protected]
Disbable.calendar syncing even if its getting an error. The files need to be copied to /system/app directory and then you need to reboot the device. After reboot enable the sync options again and it should work. In the calendar app you need to then enable calendar visibility for each calendar you want to see.
Some new information... I just recently had to totally wipe my Nook Tablet and start over. When I did what I just said to do, it didn't work. Found out that Calendar.apk should be copied to the system/app directory then CalendarProvider.apk beds to be installed. I don't actually know if either of them need to be in system/app but this.process is what it got it back up and running for me after having to redo my tablet.
I'm also trying to sync (no success until now) Google Calendar after I've moved my Defy into CM9 (build 2012.5.29, kernel CM9). I've tried all sorts of things: flashing different Gapps (newer, older), wiping cache/dalvik, but all I could get was an error message "Google Calendar Sync Has Stopped".
The only thing I did not try was a downgrade to Froyo Kernel.
Any one has find a workaround/solution?
GS3 (d2att) running Clockworkmod and Cyanogenmod 11-20140812-nightly-d2lte
Attempting to install blacked out version of Gmail but need to remove existing version of Gmail but I get the error "an existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed."
My search came up with most folks looking to remove their Gmail account not the app. The few I saw trying to remove the app were not rooted. Surely I am not the first person with this issue.
So I tried to remove Gmail with Titanium Backup but it just reinstalls itself automatically without prompting.
Tried to freeze then uninstall with no change.
Turned off my data and wifi and still have the same result.
Removed my Google account but still the same result.
What am I doing wrong? I just want to remove Gmail and install a different version. I have never had so much trouble.
Thx.
chuzie said:
GS3 (d2att) running Clockworkmod and Cyanogenmod 11-20140812-nightly-d2lte
Attempting to install blacked out version of Gmail but need to remove existing version of Gmail but I get the error "an existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed."
My search came up with most folks looking to remove their Gmail account not the app. The few I saw trying to remove the app were not rooted. Surely I am not the first person with this issue.
So I tried to remove Gmail with Titanium Backup but it just reinstalls itself automatically without prompting.
Tried to freeze then uninstall with no change.
Turned off my data and wifi and still have the same result.
Removed my Google account but still the same result.
What am I doing wrong? I just want to remove Gmail and install a different version. I have never had so much trouble.
Thx.
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I'd use a file Explorer and go into two different folders. System/app and data/app if you find anything labeled Gmail delete it and reboot. That should solve your problem
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Found Gmail apk in system/app. Worked like a charm.
Thanks!
Sent from my GS3 on Cyanogenmod with T2.
chuzie said:
Found Gmail apk in system/app. Worked like a charm.
Thanks!
Sent from my GS3 on Cyanogenmod with T2.
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Not a problem. Glad I could help
From my Wicked S3 running MIUI at the moment