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Rooted evo 4g can not delete anything?

it took me 8 hours to root my phone so yes I need complete instructions on how to delete apps from my rooted EVO 4G PLEASE. when I download an app from the market and try to run it to delete apps I get a black screen the says SU request at the top??? I tried 2 different apps and thought everything was deleted but nothing happened

BIGMIKEQ said:
it took me 8 hours to root my phone so yes I need complete instructions on how to delete apps from my rooted EVO 4G PLEASE. when I download an app from the market and try to run it to delete apps I get a black screen the says SU request at the top??? I tried 2 different apps and thought everything was deleted but nothing happened
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People tell you that you're supposed to enable USB Debugging for a reason.

BIGMIKEQ said:
it took me 8 hours to root my phone so yes I need complete instructions on how to delete apps from my rooted EVO 4G PLEASE. when I download an app from the market and try to run it to delete apps I get a black screen the says SU request at the top??? I tried 2 different apps and thought everything was deleted but nothing happened
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What App are you using, as I am trying to delete sprints bloatware off of my fully rooted Evo, but all the apps I download do not show it in the list of apps installed.

jdawg0024 said:
What App are you using, as I am trying to delete sprints bloatware off of my fully rooted Evo, but all the apps I download do not show it in the list of apps installed.
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If you are indeed fully rooted then download Root Manager from the market, hit the Remount /system as r/w option then go to Remove system appl. that would do the trick.

i just recently resolved a similiar issue myself, after trying at least 3 different uninstall apps. i simply rebooted the system into recovery mode, ran my recovery-windows.bat from the evo-recovery.zip that was part of the rooting process, then used adb shell, and at the # typed
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
then you can do cd /system/app and then ls to see a list of the files in that dir. each apk file is a specific program. use rm FileName.apk and also rm FileName.odex if there is a corresponding odex file. when did, type reboot, and youre all set

Please help me, i Lost my "Accounts &sync"

I was using Titanium Backup to uninstall some of the apps that came with my Vibrant. I made sure to hit the back up button in Titanium Backup before I un-installed "Accounts & Sync" (I wanted to uninstall it because the icon in the app draw was annoying to me). So i deleted it and now I cant access my account and Titanium Backup wont let me restore. I was wondering if someone could please help me. Thank you..

The app was only a shortcut to Accounts & Sync.. just go into settings -> Accounts & Sync.

Thats my problem, It isnt there in the setting app..

Thats weird because I uninstalled it and it was still there even after i rebooted the phone.
You could always use ADB and push the .apk back into /system/app

How do I do that? And where can I find the .apk ?

MichaelB91 said:
How do I do that? And where can I find the .apk ?
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Mhmmm thought you backed it up? do you have a ADB environment set up properly? It'll take a little bit of time to fully set that up.

All I did was hit the back up button in titanium backup, and I dont know how to reinstall it from that. No I dont, I dont even know what that is..

MichaelB91 said:
All I did was hit the back up button in titanium backup, and I dont know how to reinstall it from that. No I dont, I dont even know what that is..
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Download: http://de.codeplex.com/releases/view/48865
Driver: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
-- Download corresponding to your OS (whether its running on x64 or x86)
Once that's done and the SDK environment is fully setup by Droid Explorer. Make sure it downloads SDK files and such.
1. Settings -> Applications -> Developement.. make sure that USB debugging is enabled
2. Connect phone via USB
aaaaaaaand follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719 starting at
Check if your phone is detected by ADB once you fully installed Droid Explorer + Drivers
except for the first part where it says:cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools === Press Enter
do
cd C:\Program Files\Droid Explorer\SDK\tools
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instead
It'll take some time to set this all up and when you finally do just put AccountAndSync.apk and AccountAndSync.odex to /system/app and it everything should be good again.
Update: Backed up my apps before i started deleting them and uploaded you a backup of AccountAndSync http://www.mediafire.com/?d95wccd37kfgaic

I will give it a try, Thank you very much. Ill let you know how it goes.

for ADB:
* adb remount
* adb shell cp /sdcard/AccountAndSync.apk /system/app
* adb shell cp /sdcard/AccountAndSync.odex /system/app
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^^ for this to work place the two files in the .zip that i made into the root of /sdcard/ (14GB not the 2GB)
After looking around.. you could possibly get a app called Root Explorer (paid app) and have the same result.
* In Root Explorer, copy the apk file you want to put in /system/app
* Navigate to the /system/app directory
* Tap the Mount R/W button on the top right
* Tap Paste
* Scroll down to the pasted apk, long press on it and select Permissions (you'll see 9 check boxes when you do this)
* Check the Read and Write buttons for User, and only the Read boxes next to Group and Others, then tap OK (once you're done, the read/write permissions under the app name should be the same as all the other apps listed (rw-r--r--))
* Reboot.
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I'm off to bed though. I'll check in tomorrow.

I tired using Droid Explorer but that didnt work, so then I went and bought "root explorer" and did everything as you said but it didnt work.. I dont know if this makes a difference but when I went into the properties for accountsandsync it said Owner: System
Group is sdcard_rw
While everything else in the /system/app folder says
Owner: Root
Group: Root.

made a new thread, did not want to hijack someone else help thread.

MichaelB91 said:
All I did was hit the back up button in titanium backup, and I dont know how to reinstall it from that. No I dont, I dont even know what that is..
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I am in the exact same place. I used Titanium Backup to remove Account & Sync and now it is missing completely. I did do a backup from within Titanium Backup, but when I went to use the Restore feature, it wasn't available. I found a support page for Titanium Backup (http://matrixrewriter.com/android) and FAQ #10 states:
#10: Why is the "Restore" button disabled for some system apps ?
◦System apps are part of your ROM, so Titanium Backup will only backup their data (not the apps themselves). For this reason, if you backup a system app, and then switch to a ROM where that app is missing, Titanium Backup obviously cannot restore the data for it.
I just wish it would have made this more clear when I was doing the backup in the app.
zephiK said:
The app was only a shortcut to Accounts & Sync.. just go into settings -> Accounts & Sync.
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At first, after removing Accounts & Sync using Titanium Backup, the option was still available from Settings -> Accounts & Sync. However, when I actually tried to go into it, it failed to start and it was somehow removed completely from the menu.
I have followed your steps for setting up Droid Explorer. I can get it to communicate with the phone, although it does show a '$' instead of a '#' when typing "adb shell" into the Command Prompt. I have copied the .apk and .odex files from the Zip you provided into the root of the device.
When I attempted to use the adb commands you listed, I get errors for all of them. For "adb remount" it says "remount failed: No such file or directory." For both "adb shell cp /sdcard/AccountAndSync.apk /system/app" and "adb shell cp /sdcard/AccountAndSync.odex /system/app" it says "cp: not found."
I then moved on to trying the Root Explorer app directly from the phone. I found the .apk and .odex files in the root of the /sdcard folder. I tried to copy and paste them into the the /system/app folder, but they never appear to paste correctly. It does not give me an error, but it never shows up in the correct spot, either. One thing is that you said I must press Mount R/W, however the system/app folder already says it's opened in R/W. The only option on the top right is Mount R/O, but pressing it doesn't appear to do anything.
I'm not sure what to do from here. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Yogi

Okay, I figured out what happened. Titanium Backup shows two "Accounts and Sync" apps... one is the actual app and the other is the icon that links to the app. I had removed both accidentally. I downloaded the AccountAndSync.apk someone posted in another thread and installed it with ADB. It brought the icon back, but not the actual application. Could someone please upload the .apk for the actual Accounts and Sync app?

Yogi76 said:
Okay, I figured out what happened. Titanium Backup shows two "Accounts and Sync" apps... one is the actual app and the other is the icon that links to the app. I had removed both accidentally. I downloaded the AccountAndSync.apk someone posted in another thread and installed it with ADB. It brought the icon back, but not the actual application. Could someone please upload the .apk for the actual Accounts and Sync app?
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http://www.mediafire.com/?r1mrbtsep2k84kb uploaded.. i was tired that day :X
includes BOTH settings and actual app.

Thank you soooo much! it worked!

Worked for me, too. Thanks!

Just to help everyone else in the case you deleted some other pre-installed app and you do not have a backup -
http://samsungvibranthacks.com/samsung-vibrant-hacks/samsung-vibrant-system-dump-default-apps/

Awesome, thanks. that will probably come in handy

MichaelB91 said:
Thank you soooo much! it worked!
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Thank yogi for reminding that there are two apps for accounts and settings. Been busy and didn't look now in depth and the other night I was pretty tired. Only the settings need to be installed. But I included both for the hell of it.
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Gmail update

Mine keeps saying installation unsuccessful, anyone else? I'm on MIUI
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Try to unmount the sd then download and install, it worked for me when angry birds didn't install.

Package file not signed correctly when I did that
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Same problem.

Mines updated... but I just realized none of my downloads are showing up in the market.

I found that edited apks (themed or otherwise) cause updates to not install correctly. Have you tried uninstalling gmail altogether and then reinstalling?

try using rom manager's file permissions fix that helped me with some apps that were failing upgrades. (assuming your rooted of course)

also... try using root explorer, navigate to system/app change to r/w permissions.
delete the gmail.apk, reboot to recovery and wipe dalvik. Reboot and re download from market. Hope this helps

[Q] Question

Hey guys, I'm new to the rooting and xda community. I just rooted my mt4g a few days ago and am trying to figure out how to remove the tmobile "my account" application. I have seen a thread on xda where someone claimed to have removed it. I'm currently on ice glacier (latest version) i have titanium and super manager and busy box and all that jazz but im still not able to get it removed. Even after trying to force remove with titanium. if anyone could point me to the proper thread that has detailed instructions on how to remove that dastardly app or a video walkthrough that would be great. thanks for your help guys.

thefireinside369 said:
Hey guys, I'm new to the rooting and xda community. I just rooted my mt4g a few days ago and am trying to figure out how to remove the tmobile "my account" application. I have seen a thread on xda where someone claimed to have removed it. I'm currently on ice glacier (latest version) i have titanium and super manager and busy box and all that jazz but im still not able to get it removed. Even after trying to force remove with titanium. if anyone could point me to the proper thread that has detailed instructions on how to remove that dastardly app or a video walkthrough that would be great. thanks for your help guys.
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easiest way in your case would be to open Super Manager > give it SU access via the settings menu > file explorer > then go do /system/app and look for it and delete it.

Go to Settings -> Apps -> Manage Apps, scroll to the app, select, and hit uninstall. If the uninstall button is greyed out, download a root file manager (such as Root Explorer, for example), and manually delete the APK from /data.

ive tried over and over through titanium and super manager, it just will not remove. i have also tried to find and remove the selfhelp.apk which seems to be what its listed under but all with no luck. still keeps popping up using my data and being annoying. thanks for your input guys.

thefireinside369 said:
ive tried over and over through titanium and super manager, it just will not remove. i have also tried to find and remove the selfhelp.apk which seems to be what its listed under but all with no luck. still keeps popping up using my data and being annoying. thanks for your input guys.
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The only other thing I can think of is file permissions. You need a file manager that allows you to change the permissions to the appropriate type to allow you to remove a file. You can do that in Root Manager (change it form R/O to R/W).

thefireinside369 said:
ive tried over and over through titanium and super manager, it just will not remove. i have also tried to find and remove the selfhelp.apk which seems to be what its listed under but all with no luck. still keeps popping up using my data and being annoying. thanks for your input guys.
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are you making sure to change the settings to SU access, and changing the ~/system folders to R/W.

TeeJay3800 said:
The only other thing I can think of is file permissions. You need a file manager that allows you to change the permissions to the appropriate type to allow you to remove a file. You can do that in Root Manager (change it form R/O to R/W).
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to do this you want to go into the adb to terminal and type
Code:
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/mtdblk3/block /system
be care full this will make the entire phone r/w, deleting the wrong thing will FUBAR the phone.
then you'll want to type
Code:
ls /system/app
and see if it's in there, if not
Code:
ls /data/app
when you find it you'll want to type, depending on data or system you'll need to change it accordingly.
Code:
rm /______/app/<app name>
when you are done deleting what you want change everything back to -ro
Code:
mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system
More information can be found here.

Haha yes, you can easily FUBAR the phone. FYI, Root Explorer can change file permissions with the click of a button, without having to do it manually through terminal.
I feel like I'm promoting RE a little too much, but it's what I've used for a long time with great success, so naturally it's what I suggest. neidlinger's method will accomplish the same thing, with the advantage of learning what's going on "behind the scenes."

As I'm new to rooting, is there any roms that come without myaccount already?
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thefireinside369 said:
As I'm new to rooting, is there any roms that come without myaccount already?
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most of them do not include this in the ROM.

[Solved] Google Play Store not working

I rooted my Kindle Fire and the only thing that isn't working is the Google Play Store. I used Kindle Fire Utility to root my device. When I open up Google Play, it says:
The application Google Play Store (process.com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
I've tried installing the apk various ways but it's the same result every time.
Any helped appreciated.

Did you move it to /system/app and chmod 755 before installing?

I had this problem for awhile myself and it took me hours to find a solution. What I did was after I rooted my kindle and flashed it over to cm9 reloaded I noticed gapps was not working. So to fix this I rebooted Into twrp and reflashed the gapps zip rebooted once more and my problem was solved. Hope this helps
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Flashing insecure stock rom 6.3 did the trick.

It was working. I could navigate through the market and look for apps but when I went to install Spotify, it went back to that error message. After that, I try opening the market and it shows the error message.

I'll be honest; I'm a little lost on what everyone said above. All I've been doing is downloading the apk's from the Internet and throwing them on my downloads folder. I open ES File Explorer and download the apk's. Is there anything simple I can try?

gclo85 said:
I'll be honest; I'm a little lost on what everyone said above. All I've been doing is downloading the apk's from the Internet and throwing them on my downloads folder. I open ES File Explorer and download the apk's. Is there anything simple I can try?
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Do you have the stock rom or a custom one?
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I'm using stock with go launcher. I just tried a suggestion from a site to make sure I'm rooted. I installed terminal manager and typed su. I got the reply permission denied. I'm thinking that means I'm not rooted?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24312196&postcount=17

@b63: I did what was in that forum and now I'm rooted. Thank you.
Only issue left is when I open the Play Store, it says:
"You must add an account to the device to continue. Do you want to add one now?"
I press yes, it closes. I press no, it closes.

gclo85 said:
@b63: I did what was in that forum and now I'm rooted. Thank you.
Only issue left is when I open the Play Store, it says:
"You must add an account to the device to continue. Do you want to add one now?"
I press yes, it closes. I press no, it closes.
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Did you flash the gapps.zip or are you just nstalling the apk..... I'd look at that thread b63 gave you again you have to install 3 apps the other 2 sync your gmail account with market that's why it's FCing.... Just set up the es file manager set as rw and drag and drop the 3 apks into the system folder and reboot the kindle
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I believe I'm installing APK's. I've been trying to install files like these:
com.android.vending-3.5.15.apk
Vending(Mod).apk
I move the files to system/apps with Root Explorer and change the permissions but after I install it, it says "Application Not Installed."

gclo85 said:
I believe I'm installing APK's. I've been trying to install files like these:
com.android.vending-3.5.15.apk
Vending(Mod).apk
I move the files to system/apps with Root Explorer and change the permissions but after I install it, it says "Application Not Installed."
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Don't hit install download those 3 apks in the thread b63 gave you a few posts a go and simply drag them into the system folder then reboot
EDIT: Here
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@DJLamontagneIII: It's working! Thank you so much!
Thank you to everyone else who contributed.

glad to help ...
please mark the subject of the topic (edit first post) with [Solved]

I also wanted to ask; aside from backups or maybe those 3 APK's I just moved, is it safe to delete anything, like the zip file ROM, to free up space on the internal storage?

i assume you mean the sdcard partition
yupp - it's safe - you can keep a backup on your computer if you like