just got a vibrant. Rooted it.
Installed titanium backup, as per most of the guides.
gave root rights.
looked for apps to remove, they were not listed.
um.....I think I'm doing it wrong. How do I remove the crapware?
Read the sticky in the general forum
Click Problems in the app.
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rsakuma said:
just got a vibrant. Rooted it.
Installed titanium backup, as per most of the guides.
gave root rights.
looked for apps to remove, they were not listed.
um.....I think I'm doing it wrong. How do I remove the crapware?
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If you follow the link within the Tips & Tricks thread for removing bloatware, it will bring you to another thread. A few pages in, you'll find a safe list. I found another source when I did a Google search.
Just be careful. Do a nandroid backup first. It also doesn't hurt to move the apks and odexs (if available) to your SD card or even to your computer instead of completely erasing them.
Root, then install Root Manager then start removing the apps in the thread of Tips n Tricks. Theres plenty of threads... Search box works wonders
Titanium bu has display filters.
Go to backup/restore
Click to edit filters
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Eugene has a rom that has most of the bloatware removed - Vibrant 4 Eclair 2.1. It'll save you some effort and has his GPS fix integrated.
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My fascinate recently stopped recieving text messages and Verizon has sent me a new phone to replace it but I want to make sure the fact that I rooted it is covered up. I used the odin restore and it worked properly. Will this cover up the fact that I had my phone rooted?
Yes. If you did a full restore to stock with ODIN, it is now exactly like it was out of the box.
Check in your apps to make sure Superuser is gone. Then you should be good.
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ktez said:
Check in your apps to make sure Superuser is gone. Then you should be good.
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Yeah its gone, I just dont want to have to pay for a new phone lol.
Thanks a lot guys.
and make sure you uninstall any apps that need root to work...get rid of all root evidence
JoeProcopio said:
and make sure you uninstall any apps that need root to work...get rid of all root evidence
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This is REAL good advice. I had to take my fascinate back to Verizon last night for an issue I couldn't resolve through these forum threads . I flashed back to stock, which un-rooted the phone (and got rid of SU) and as a thought uninstalled the apps requiring root and the backup folders for titanium and rom manager. The FIRST thing they did was look through my apps and folders. I just smiled and said thank you for their help and on the way home silently thanked the Devs at xda for all their hard work and advice. You people are gold!
There is 928432094832 threads on here about rooting...my question to you is, for someone who's been on the iphone for the last 3 years...
what is the easiest, dumbed-down way to root my MT4G? One with plenty of instructions and all the details I need to accomplish rooting without any issues.
The easiest I've found is using visionary to temp root first...then going through terminal emulator.
Look for Grankins thread...you'll have to download 3 files then enter a few simple commands and youre good to go.
That's the super condensed version. Check his thread for the walk through.
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Where do you get visionary from? I can't find it anywhere in the market. Searches come up it's been removed from the market.
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bballcat03 said:
Where do you get visionary from? I can't find it anywhere in the market. Searches come up it's been removed from the market.
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Here you go....http://www.mediafire.com/?b9vdyswi6p8totg
Thanks man!
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Hello, this board won't let me create a new thread because I am new and there aren't similar threads that I can see.
I followed the instructions to permanently root my phone using the unlockr guides.
I then installed the Iced Glacier ROM.
Everything went well, except that when the phone attempted to re-download all my previous apps there was a failure because at the moment I am over my data limit on T-Mobile and can only use wifi.
It seems the wifi connection wasn't established fast enough so there was no network connection when it tried to restore the apps.
Is there any way to have the phone go through the process again or have the phone download all the apps that it failed to get?
am I making sense here? I am new at this.
dctouch said:
Hello, this board won't let me create a new thread because I am new and there aren't similar threads that I can see.
I followed the instructions to permanently root my phone using the unlockr guides.
I then installed the Iced Glacier ROM.
Everything went well, except that when the phone attempted to re-download all my previous apps there was a failure because at the moment I am over my data limit on T-Mobile and can only use wifi.
It seems the wifi connection wasn't established fast enough so there was no network connection when it tried to restore the apps.
Is there any way to have the phone go through the process again or have the phone download all the apps that it failed to get?
am I making sense here? I am new at this.
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well you could always go into the market and redownload them there, right?
bballcat03 said:
There is 928432094832 threads on here about rooting...my question to you is, for someone who's been on the iphone for the last 3 years...
what is the easiest, dumbed-down way to root my MT4G? One with plenty of instructions and all the details I need to accomplish rooting without any issues.
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This is by far the easiest simplest way to do it.
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/10/how-to-temporarily-root-the-t-mobile-mytouch-4g-htc-glacier/
oh and welcome to the good side of life.
dctouch said:
Hello, this board won't let me create a new thread because I am new and there aren't similar threads that I can see.
I followed the instructions to permanently root my phone using the unlockr guides.
I then installed the Iced Glacier ROM.
Everything went well, except that when the phone attempted to re-download all my previous apps there was a failure because at the moment I am over my data limit on T-Mobile and can only use wifi.
It seems the wifi connection wasn't established fast enough so there was no network connection when it tried to restore the apps.
Is there any way to have the phone go through the process again or have the phone download all the apps that it failed to get?
am I making sense here? I am new at this.
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Just a friendly FYI download and install the paid version of Titanium Backup.
it will save this entire process.
Okay, thanks guys.
I will try those things
Apologies if there are similar threads.
I am looking for an 'easy way' to root my GALAXY Tab. I have used the android z4root application but it didn't successfully root my device and just hung for a while and did nothing.
I would like to know if there is another way to root the device. I want to have root so that I can slightly overclock the CPU, for now I am not majorly interested in custom ROMS as I know there still in early stages of development.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks peeps!
Same here. Z4root crashes on my device with latest firmware
I installed the tools with OCLF one click lag fix then ran z4root. You can also install busy box with Titanium before you get root.
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red2erni said:
I installed the tools with OCLF one click lag fix then ran z4root. You can also install busy box with Titanium before you get root.
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Thanks, but is there no tutorial on XDA that explains in detail how you can go about rooting your device. I've not be able to find anything with the search tool...?
With z4root being so easy and available on so many devices, alot of the tutorials with adb push (or what ever) or how to manually root have disappeared with few exceptions. Now it seems people find work arounds to Get z4root to work as the alternative is more difficult. It took a very long time to root on my SGT. On my DroidX it took three times to work and root.
And to the poster above about OCLF. I did the Install ext2Tools. The OneClickLagFixv2.2+ became available. When I run the OCLF 2.2+ I get an error with code: Could not mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 onto /dbdata/rfsdata: mount: device or resource Busy.
I rooted with z4root first and then VZW Tab bootstraper by Koush CWM which converted to EXT4, then I ran OCLF EXT2Tools. Would this be an issue? Sorry I'm a bit new to SGT.
And I don't mean to hijack thread. Tia
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Check the sticky in the tab dev section
Thankyou! Found it in the reference Bible. That is a very nice sticky and should keep me busy.
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Hey all,
I just perma rooted my buddies evo shift... I wanted to know what programs I can remove on there via root explorer without messing up anything... I own a droidx and I know some programs that were removed would actually mess up the OS.. Are there any specific ones I shouldnt remove??
Thanks
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Check the themes and apps forum, there is already a list posted.
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Also, if you have a questionable app use Titanium Backup to freeze it first. If there are no ill affects it should be safe to remove.
I am currently thinking about rooting my samsung epic.I was planning on going through with with the easy one-click root. My question about rooting is if I root it would I be unable to upgrade to 2.3 when samsung actually releases it?
SOTASFINEST65 said:
I am currently thinking about rooting my samsung epic.I was planning on going through with with the easy one-click root. My question about rooting is if I root it would I be unable to upgrade to 2.3 when samsung actually releases it?
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From what I know when you root and run different ROMs you cant get OTAs. But its simple enough to restore your phone to stock
So root away!
And besides...once Gingerbread does come out the custom ROMs built off of that will make it worth it to root again
So check my signature for qbkings how to videos and get to it
Sorry I am really at both rooting and posting threads. How would i go about returning to stock when 2.3 releases? and then could I do the same process to re root after i get the ota? and I will check your videos, thanks for all your help man.
scratch what i just wrote about how to haha. Does the odin flash to stock erase all my contacts and current apps on my phone?
SOTASFINEST65 said:
scratch what i just wrote about how to haha. Does the odin flash to stock erase all my contacts and current apps on my phone?
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Yes, and the rooting process for Epic Gingerbread us still under discussion. If you upgrade from a custom froyo rom to a custom gb rom, you'll bypass having to root again and lose minimal data.
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Do you mean the current gb roms that have been leaked and are out for rooted phones now? or do you mean when samsung themselves release the update that the update itself will be available for rooted phones in a rooted state itself? and if you meant the current gb updates that have been release are they smooth running or still a bit glitchy since they aren't the finished product? I apologize if any of this is common sense haha
If you root now and put a custom 2.2 rom on phone then you can just wait a day or two after the ota gb release before ace or someone else releases a custom rom based on the ota gb release. Then you will be able to flash the upgrade and not lose data. I would suggest Midnight, bonsai or syndicaterom frozen by acs.
Samsung Epic SyndicateROM Frozen 1.1
I actually have no idea what rom I am going to to go with after i root it haha. Ive just had this phone for a few months and feel like doing something new, i also want to put a free wifi app on there so i dont have to pay sprint more for a feature i had free on my old tp2. like i said I am a complete rookie to this besides putting cfw on my old psp and having android on my tp2 , and that means that if i just wait for the gb rom to come out complete after someone makes a custom for it than il just have to come back to the great xda and upgrade myself?
The newest syndicate rom would be right up your alley. Read the instructions, watch the video and you'll be fine.
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I'm you guys are getting annoyed with all my questions so il aske a few last ones and will root my phone with in the hour. Does using a different rom transfer my apps and contacts? i wasnt sure if it acted as a new skin or a duel boot kind of like how my tp2 was. If i back up my phone right after the root I am guessing i can restore to back up if i am not a fan of the rom, or is there a different way? You guys are a ton of help thanks the root and lancelane.
SOTASFINEST65 said:
I'm you guys are getting annoyed with all my questions so il aske a few last ones and will root my phone with in the hour. Does using a different rom transfer my apps and contacts? i wasnt sure if it acted as a new skin or a duel boot kind of like how my tp2 was. If i back up my phone right after the root I am guessing i can restore to back up if i am not a fan of the rom, or is there a different way? You guys are a ton of help thanks the root and lancelane.
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Some ROMs back up your data, and others do not. It depends on the ROM. You should do a simple root, and backup with Titanium backup and do a Nandroid backup as well. Just in case. Apps and contacts usually are available when you log back into your gmail but if you save contacts on phone instead of google they won't. You can also export your contacts to google or your sd card.
Ask away. But also look at the videos.
the contacts are not that big of a deal since i do have it saved on my gmail, but i didn't think my apps could be saved and transfered. and random question i have a few games saved on tiger gba and psxondroid, would i lose those save files saved on the emulator on the new rom? I know i don't loose any of that on the root or so my research lead me to believe.
SOTASFINEST65 said:
the contacts are not that big of a deal since i do have it saved on my gmail, but i didn't think my apps could be saved and transfered. and random question i have a few games saved on tiger gba and psxondroid, would i lose those save files saved on the emulator on the new rom? I know i don't loose any of that on the root or so my research lead me to believe.
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Again that depends on the ROM. Some, like Bonsai, now back up and then restore your data. If you root and use Titanium backup you will be able to restore data to those games if they get wiped.
Ok so somehow i suck at the one-click method. It says something about no phone being found. I guess i will have to get a bb usb cord and try again.
SOTASFINEST65 said:
Ok so somehow i suck at the one-click method. It says something about no phone being found. I guess i will have to get a bb usb cord and try again.
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Turn off your anti-virus and firewall as well.
And try a different usb port.
Turn off the anti virus on my phone or the comp?
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SOTASFINEST65 said:
Turn off the anti virus on my phone or the comp?
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Computer. Phone will do its own thing.
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I've been busy working but I will try to see if I can't get the root to work when I have some time off
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SOTASFINEST65 said:
I've been busy working but I will try to see if I can't get the root to work when I have some time off
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Most anti-virus and some firewalls see rageagainstthemachine as a trojan so will block it and sometimes delete it.