Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows the correct ADB command for removing an app from the /data/data folder?
I recently installed a new ROM on my nexus one and it came with both Launcher Pro and ADW Launcher installed. I know I could just NOT use the one I don't like but I'd rather remove it.
I tried:
adb remount
adb shell rm /data/data/org.adw.launcher
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AND
adb remount
adb shell rm /data/data/org.adw.launcher.apk
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But neither worked.
Any suggestions?
I'd appreciate it.
I used root explorer and just deleted all apps I didnt want from /system/app
(ADW, facebook, calculator, amazon mp3)
And I think you have to use /system/app instead of /data/data
adb shell rm /system/app/ADWLauncher.apk
or try this
adb devices
adb remount
adb shell
/system/app
ls (this shows you all apps installed, search for the launcher)
rm -r [name of the file you want to remove].apk
Isn´t the app itself in /system/app/ADWLauncher.apk ??
oops, thats what I meant. Just copied his adb line.. edited my post now, thanks
Thanks guys, I got it to work.
I appreciate all your help
Hi there... i tried the same commands but i get directory not empty.
i'm not trying to remove the whole directory but just an apk.
i tried it both of windows and linux to no avail.
thanks in advance.
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Hi I was trying to install the new HTC_IME on my phone right now I am currently using 2.0 and I tried to install with appsinstaller and it didn't work. So is there a way to do it threw terminal emulator, or threw recovery?
I don't use adb cause I tried setting it up and it didn't work.
So somebody please give me a good reply! Thanks!
try with astro
if astro doesn't work try this.
you must have adb working. adb does wonders. works every time. top cmds is for adb and bttm is terminal on phone.
Adb remount
Adb push HTC_IME.apk system/app
Adb shell rm system/sd/app/HTC_IME.apk
Adb shell rm data/app/HTC_IME.apk
Adb shell reboot
Or from terminal
Mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Cp *yourdir*/HTC_IME.apk system/app
rm data/app/HTC_IME.apk
rm system/app/HTC_IME.apk
reboot
PHP:
since you dont use adb, if your using any kind of windows let me know and i can personally walk you thru an adb setup. i have encountered the worst of worst mess ups. durrr lol... fosho . . . . .
that doesnt make any sense, why are you removing HTC_IME right after you're done pushing it?
You need three files for HTC IME to work, HTC_IME.apk, Clicker.apk (both of those in /system/app or /data/app) and libt9.so (in /system/lib)
Assuming you place all three in C:\
Code:
adb remount
adb push C:\libt9.so /system/lib
adb push C:\Clicker.apk /system/app (or /data/app if you don't have space)
adb push C:\HTC_IME.apk /system/app (or /data/app if you don't have space)
no need to reboot, just give it time to finish dexopting (about a minute) then go to Settings>Locale & Text and enable (checkmark) Touch Input, disable Android Keyboard if you wish.
About where to get the files? search, but it's easier if you search inside Cyanogen's (version 4.0.4 and below) roms and pull them from those.
rockin_mod said:
if astro doesn't work try this.
you must have adb working. adb does wonders. works every time. top cmds is for adb and bttm is terminal on phone.
Adb remount
Adb push HTC_IME.apk system/app
Adb shell rm system/sd/app/HTC_IME.apk
Adb shell rm data/app/HTC_IME.apk
Adb shell reboot
Or from terminal
Mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Cp *yourdir*/HTC_IME.apk system/app
rm data/app/HTC_IME.apk
rm system/app/HTC_IME.apk
reboot
PHP:
since you dont use adb, if your using any kind of windows let me know and i can personally walk you thru an adb setup. i have encountered the worst of worst mess ups. durrr lol... fosho . . . . .
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What do you mean by *yourdir*? Lol sorry kinda of a noob to this
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What do you mean by *yourdir*? Lol sorry kinda of a noob to this
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First of all thank you for taking my advice , the Q & A section is the best place for all your questions about android . Seeing that your new here it would be wise that you do some research on the following
ADB
zip7
rar
cyanogen's 1.4 recovery
terminal commands
and so on . There's a lot but as you search you will find them ...
NOW the yourdir question ,it's on your SDcard where you downloaded your htc_ime.apk , if it's on the root of the sdcard (not in any folders) then just use cp sdcard/HTC_IME.apk or if you downloaded it then it's in your download folder then you do cp sdcard/download/HTC_IME.apk
adb remount
adb install directoryofyourfile\HTC_IME.apk
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worked for me
So, I had facebook for android installed and recently update to cyanogens latest ad somehow it got deleted. Could have been a theme that removed it, as I didn't notice it until after I applied a theme. The icon was still on my home screen, but not in the app tray and the widget is gone.
Anyway I when into the market and it says its installed, its not and the option to uninstall or open is grayed out.
Any way to fix this?
In order to get it fixed for me I had to go into adb and
Code:
adb shell
rm -r /system/app/com.facebook.katana
rm -r /data/data/com.facebook.katana
exit
adp push Facebook.apk /system/sd/app
The app still didn't work but I was then able to uninstall it in the market and reinstall the market version and it has worked fine.
jairomeo said:
In order to get it fixed for me I had to go into adb and
Code:
adb shell
rm -r /system/app/com.facebook.katana
rm -r /data/data/com.facebook.katana
exit
adp push Facebook.apk /system/sd/app
The app still didn't work but I was then able to uninstall it in the market and reinstall the market version and it has worked fine.
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I get "can not remove /system/app/com.facebook.katana"
The reason you're getting that, is because it doesn't exist in that directory, try the second command, and see if it gives you the same error.
put the apk on sd and try this :
1. Open a Terminal Window:
2. Type the following:
- su
- mount /system -o remount,rw
- cd /sdcard
- cp "appname".apk /system/app
rp1783 said:
The reason you're getting that, is because it doesn't exist in that directory, try the second command, and see if it gives you the same error.
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Thats what I thought and I get the same error with the other command.
yozpalang said:
put the apk on sd and try this :
1. Open a Terminal Window:
2. Type the following:
- su
- mount /system -o remount,rw
- cd /sdcard
- cp "appname".apk /system/app
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This was my next step, but, don't have the apk. Anyone care to upload it or send me a link?
http://www.androidspin.com/downloads...e=Facebook.apk
yozpalang said:
http://www.androidspin.com/downloads...e=Facebook.apk
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Not Found
The requested URL /downloads...e=Facebook.apk was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
this is where i got it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=582302
Got it! Thanks all for the help. Installed and working now.
I'm trying to push a folder from my PC's desktop to the /system folder on my device. Basically I pulled the /system/app folder from my device in order to remove some unused system apps, removed the .apks, and am now trying to get the folder back on the phone without success. Getting the error "Failed to copy... : Read-only file system." I thought you could push and pull anything to and from anywhere with ADB and root. Am I wrong, or I'm I simply missing something? Thanks for any help.
adb remount
adb push c:\app /system/app
adb reboot
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adb remount
adb push c:\app /system/app
adb reboot
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Dude. You helped. It worked. And you didn't trash on me for being a noob. You rule. Thanks!
Part Four said:
Dude. You helped. It worked. And you didn't trash on me for being a noob. You rule. Thanks!
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Wait. It kind of didn't work. Even though the CMD window showed a successful push, I rebooted and the apps are still there. Damn. Thanks anyway.
adb remount
adb pull /system/app c:\
Make your changes..
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app
adb push c:\app /system/app
adb reboot
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adb remount
adb pull /system/app c:\
Make your changes..
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app
adb push c:\app /system/app
adb reboot
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Thanks again, but still no luck. The apps remain. Strange, because it looks like everything worked just fine in adb.
I can't find a thread for this, but how would I delete stock wallpapers or stock live wallpapers. I prefer to pick and choose which ones to remove to try and save a little space.
I have a rooted N1 with Cyan's mod. I'm comfortable using ADB, just don't know the proper commands, locations of wallpapers or names of specific files.
Me too. want to know where the files are located.
Me three. I've searched around in nearly every directory and cannot find them. I would like to remove the stock htc wallpapers to save space.
adb shell rm /system/app/LiveWallpapers.apk
adb shell rm -r /data/data/com.android.wallpaper
adb uninstall com.android.wallpaper
adb shell rm /system/app/MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk
adb shell rm -r /data/data/com.android.magicsmoke
adb shell rm /system/app/VisualizationWallpapers.apk
adb shell rm -r /data/data/com.android.VisualizationWallpaper
adb uninstall com.android.VisualizationWallpaper
adb shell rm /system/app/Mode10Wallpapers.apk
LiveWallpapers.apk = contains nexus and water live wallpaper and some other i cant remember
wallpapers are located inside of /system/framework/framework-res.apk and does require slight knowledge of how to edit framework files
hey i follow the first adb then i got this (?) then no go???what i need to do after (?)
vinny.1967 said:
hey i follow the first adb then i got this (?) then no go???what i need to do after (?)
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Check if ur phone is detected by adb (adb devices). Then do an adb remount and the run the above adb commands
My device is detected but i try to put in the above commands I it says that its a read-only file system.
Static wallpapers (except the single default wallpaper) are stored in your launcher or in CM6 or Kang-o-rama a special wallpapers app.
It's much easier to download ES File Explorer, turn on root functions, mount system as read/write (same menu) and selectively delete the files you want from /system/app/ and /data/data/ as above.
But really, you're not going to save any user space as all because, for the most part, you're deleting stuff from /system which you don't otherwise need space on.
I'm looking to replace the launcher.apk in the /system/app folder. I know i could just download a replacement launcher from the market and use that but whenever i do that my phone seems to slow down considerably.
So what i'm hoping is that somebody can tell me the adb commands to use to remove the Launcher.apk from the system/app folder and replace it with my choice of launcher? If you know how please reply with the exact commands. Telling me to use adb uninstall will not help seeing as how i've already tried and it didn't work
Please do not tell me to go read adb for dummies or an adb command guide cause i have tried to use these and the commands i type in never work.
Please do not tell me to use the search button as i have and noone seems to have asked this question yet.
If it's not possible just say so.
you may be able to do this through terminal too.
ive not found a tutorial on this specific application but it can be done.
Try this
1. su (allows root permission)
2. mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system (make the system folder writeable)
3. cat /system/app/.apk > /sdcard/launcherbackup.apk (backs up system launcher)
4. cat /sdcard/(launcher name).apk > /system/app/launcher.apk (copies launcher to system)
5. enjoy
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I am not responsible for if this fails. i have yet to try it myself as i find no need. the code was taken from another tutorial but so far has yet to fail to work for me on other aspects
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Well theres 2 types of home replacements.
1. Who allow themselves to replace stock launcher
2. Who dont allow and have to be used as stand-alone
Regardless ur cleanest method would be :
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/Launcher.apk
adb uninstall com.android.launcher
adb shell rm /data/dalvik-cache/*Launcher*
adb shell rm /cache/dalvik-cache/*Launcher*
Now just place ur favorite launcher in ur /system/app folder.
adb remount
adb push <drag apk here> /system/app/
Now just reboot ur phone
traumatism said:
you may be able to do this through terminal too.
ive not found a tutorial on this specific application but it can be done.
Try this
1. su (allows root permission)
2. mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system (make the system folder writeable)
3. cat /system/app/.apk > /sdcard/launcherbackup.apk (backs up system launcher)
4. cat /sdcard/(launcher name).apk > /system/app/launcher.apk (copies launcher to system)
5. enjoy
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I am not responsible for if this fails. i have yet to try it myself as i find no need. the code was taken from another tutorial but so far has yet to fail to work for me on other aspects
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I did this for my hero and it works, thanks man
thanks a lot
traumatism said:
you may be able to do this through terminal too.
ive not found a tutorial on this specific application but it can be done.
Try this
1. su (allows root permission)
2. mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system (make the system folder writeable)
3. cat /system/app/.apk > /sdcard/launcherbackup.apk (backs up system launcher)
4. cat /sdcard/(launcher name).apk > /system/app/launcher.apk (copies launcher to system)
5. enjoy
**PLEASE NOTE**
I am not responsible for if this fails. i have yet to try it myself as i find no need. the code was taken from another tutorial but so far has yet to fail to work for me on other aspects
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can i replace stock by any other launcher by this method???
You can use Link2sd app to convert an app (launcher from market) to system app, then reboot your device and then disable stock launcher in settings or freeze it with link2sd.
I still find having stock launcher there, in case something is wrong with an update, very useful, so I wouldn't even freeze the stock launcher.
Edit: obviously, root required, but its not like you didn't know that from the beginning.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Daneshm90 said:
Well theres 2 types of home replacements.
1. Who allow themselves to replace stock launcher
2. Who dont allow and have to be used as stand-alone
Regardless ur cleanest method would be :
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/Launcher.apk
adb uninstall com.android.launcher
adb shell rm /data/dalvik-cache/*Launcher*
adb shell rm /cache/dalvik-cache/*Launcher*
Now just place ur favorite launcher in ur /system/app folder.
adb remount
adb push <drag apk here> /system/app/
Now just reboot ur phone
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Wow I replaced my stock by holo launcher!!! Working fine
Thaknk you
bkrill said:
I'm looking to replace the launcher.apk in the /system/app folder. I know i could just download a replacement launcher from the market and use that but whenever i do that my phone seems to slow down considerably.
So what i'm hoping is that somebody can tell me the adb commands to use to remove the Launcher.apk from the system/app folder and replace it with my choice of launcher? If you know how please reply with the exact commands. Telling me to use adb uninstall will not help seeing as how i've already tried and it didn't work
Please do not tell me to go read adb for dummies or an adb command guide cause i have tried to use these and the commands i type in never work.
Please do not tell me to use the search button as i have and noone seems to have asked this question yet.
If it's not possible just say so.
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The best n easiest way wud b usin a root browser.
Firstly root ur mob n download a file manager that can browse root folder such as root explorer.
Copy the launcher.apk file from ur sd card n paste it to system/app folder aftr activating r/w setting n set permissions to rw-r-r.
N then move the stocklauncher.apk to ur sd card.
For samsung gb mobs stock launcher is touchwiz30launcher.apk
Try to do tings in simple ways.
Sent from my GT-S5302 using xda app-developers app
Whatsapp problems
Hey guys,
The 4.4 KitKat Rom is working just fine. But I ran into some problems with Whatsapp. I successfully validated my phone number and restored my old messages. Now the problem is that Whatsapp won't recognize my contact numbers? When I press on the "New Conversation" button my friendlist should appear but it doesn't. Then I tried refreshing the list by pressing on menu and refresh. Then he tells me "Please try again later".
Has anybody got the same issues? Or any ideas?
Thanks
Ochs said:
Hey guys,
The 4.4 KitKat Rom is working just fine. But I ran into some problems with Whatsapp. I successfully validated my phone number and restored my old messages. Now the problem is that Whatsapp won't recognize my contact numbers? When I press on the "New Conversation" button my friendlist should appear but it doesn't. Then I tried refreshing the list by pressing on menu and refresh. Then he tells me "Please try again later".
Has anybody got the same issues? Or any ideas?
Thanks
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theres no issue if change stock launcher only i think
bkrill said:
I'm looking to replace the launcher.apk in the /system/app folder. I know i could just download a replacement launcher from the market and use that but whenever i do that my phone seems to slow down considerably.
So what i'm hoping is that somebody can tell me the adb commands to use to remove the Launcher.apk from the system/app folder and replace it with my choice of launcher? If you know how please reply with the exact commands. Telling me to use adb uninstall will not help seeing as how i've already tried and it didn't work
Please do not tell me to go read adb for dummies or an adb command guide cause i have tried to use these and the commands i type in never work.
Please do not tell me to use the search button as i have and noone seems to have asked this question yet.
If it's not possible just say so.
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Another suggestion guys.......note: dont ever uninstall the previous launcher yet...this result a crash...just do this first...your phone should be rooted try Link2SD app from playstore just scroll down and move app to phone and then the upper right corner you'll see the menu then convert to system app...and upper left corner then reboot....100% is working.....by arowenayih