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Google Maps cant fully installed on new ota rooted

Hi,
I just try install google map from market. it told me that it install unsuccessfully. the file come with it is not signed. However, I could run map now, but when I input some address search , it collapsed. what should I do. Thanks you.

This issue should be cleared up, what rom are you using?
I have no issue installing it in mine, nor ivan's.

jcase said:
This issue should be cleared up, what rom are you using?
I have no issue installing it in mine, nor ivan's.
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Hi, jcase, Thanks for your reply. I just use Grdlock's All-In-One Auto-Root Script's room. I think he use your rooted ota rom. Did I doing anything wrong? I could su successfully on my droid eris. Thanks a lot

Contact grdlock, my ota root rom is obsolete as better ones came along and I removed it.

jcase said:
Contact grdlock, my ota root rom is obsolete as better ones came along and I removed it.
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I remember I didnt do the step 3 of GrdLock.
That is
ECHO 1) Install jcase's live wallpaper update
ECHO 2) Install Launcher2 (Nexus Launcher)
ECHO 3) Install Flan Gallery (Nexus Photo Gallery)
ECHO 4) Remove HTC lockscreen
Does this affect the google map?

no, it would be the rom.

stoneszone said:
Hi,
I just try install google map from market. it told me that it install unsuccessfully. the file come with it is not signed. However, I could run map now, but when I input some address search , it collapsed. what should I do. Thanks you.
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a solution to this is most likely to remove the apk from /system/app. this can b done a few ways but this one will do: adb shell rm /system/app/Maps.apk
anyhow its most likely due to the apps sigs. as in it was signed with test keys or something. also i know sometimes some apps wont update from /system/app i always add apps that can or will update to /data/app and symlink it in my roms. also i do this with larger apps like maps, streets, quickoffice, and so on. its a good practice i think. its worked out well for me

toastcfh said:
a solution to this is most likely to remove the apk from /system/app. this can b done a few ways but this one will do: adb shell rm /system/app/Maps.apk
anyhow its most likely due to the apps sigs. as in it was signed with test keys or something. also i know sometimes some apps wont update from /system/app i always add apps that can or will update to /data/app and symlink it in my roms. also i do this with larger apps like maps, streets, quickoffice, and so on. its a good practice i think. its worked out well for me
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Tried when that problem popp'd up on another leak rom i was using, that caused errors for me. This issue should be solved in all current roms.

I just switch to ivan's rom. it works fine.

[Q] Removing apps that came with CM6

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. Feel free to move it.
I am wondering how to remove some things that came with CM6 when I installed it. When I go to applications > manage applications I cannot delete anything other than the things I've installed. Here is a list of things that I want to delete.
Amazon mp3
The stock browser
Stock Camera
stock messaging
stock music player
Google Talk
Google Voice
All the wallpapers
Home screen tips
I don't have a use for any of these and would rather free up the space and keep down the clutter from things I don't use.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735255
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Removing some of these may cause instability/FC issues with your phone. Just fair warning.
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After reading that thread; the files you need to delete are... (located in System/App)
com.amazon.mp3.apk
Browser.apk
Camera.apk
(Not sure about messaging - might be mms.apk)
music.apk
talk.apk
I'm not totally sure about the others.

deleting mms.apk will remove your ability to receive texts. i know cause i tried to replace it with handcent at one point. removing music and amazon should be fine.

Thanks for the replies. I'm gonna try to remove the Amazon mp3 and Music now. What do you think would happen if I move the apps to my SD card and then access and delete them from my computer? Does this run the same risk of instability issues? In theory, I should be able to back them up on my computer and restore them if things go wrong, agree?

Anthony1s said:
Thanks for the replies. I'm gonna try to remove the Amazon mp3 and Music now. What do you think would happen if I move the apps to my SD card and then access and delete them from my computer? Does this run the same risk of instability issues? In theory, I should be able to back them up on my computer and restore them if things go wrong, agree?
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Ya. You can back them up to your SD card or PC, whichever is easier.
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App

Here's what I did along with some instructions from attn1. (he's the best!) Maybe this information will be helpful to someone. I am running CM6 A012 on my phone.
I booted up the Ubuntu LiveCD that I used to root my phone.
Rebooted my phone into Clockwork Recovery... power & volume down > wait for system check > Recovery
Once in ClockWork Recovery I linked my phone via USB to my computer and clicked 'partitions menu' then 'mount /system'
I accessed the terminal in Ubuntu and I couldn't get permissions to access the phone's files
In terminal, attn1 had me type the following commands before I could access the app list.
1) echo $PATH
2) sudo su
3) cd /opt/android-sdk-linux_86/tools
4) ./adb kill-server
5) ./adb remount
After that, to list the apps type: ./adb shell ls -l /system/app
To remove apps type: ./adb shell rm /system/app/filename.apk
To check if they're removed type: ./adb shell ls /system/app/filename.apk
I removed Music.apk, com.amazon.mp3.apk, and Browser.apk. When trying to remove Gmail.apk, Ubuntu wouldn't let me do anything else. I am assuming that the LiveCD has a time limit on it for the trial version. I then unmounted my phone on ClockWork and the rebooted it. The apps that I removed are gone from my phone and everything related to them still works fine.
Here is a link I used to find out which .apk files were safe for removal. http://forum.sdx-developers.com/android-2-1/(list)-apk's-and-odex's-safenot-safe-to-delete/
I will do some more research and try to remove other .apk files in a couple hours. I didn't try the 'move to SD' method that I mentioned above and would still like someone's opinion on it.

I forgot to mention. It's probably best to do a nandroid back up before doing all this. I didn't do one that time and will do it next time. I will also leave a list of everything I removed for future reference. If anyone else has a list, I would appreciate seeing that. This is my first time doing all this so I am constantly bugging attn1 for knowledge.
It didn't seem right to complain about AT&T bloatware, but still have to deal with the apps cyanogen installed.

Correct me if I am wrong. I did it this way and so far haven't found any issue YET. BTW, I didn't delete mms.apk though. Use Winrar (or other programs, not tested) to open cm6-liberty-A0xx-signed.zip. Navigate to system/app and then remove the apk files from there. Close winrar and install the modified cm6-liberty-Axxx-signed.zip like normal. It saves me a lot of time dealing with adb.

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Correct me if I am wrong. I did it this way and so far haven't found any issue YET. BTW, I didn't delete mms.apk though. Use Winrar (or other programs, not tested) to open cm6-liberty-A0xx-signed.zip. Navigate to system/app and then remove the apk files from there. Close winrar and install the modified cm6-liberty-Axxx-signed.zip like normal. It saves me a lot of time dealing with adb.
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You know, that's a much easier idea. Even testing by taking one .apk out at a time would be faster, I think. And my Winrar is expired and it still let's remove files! I would just have to remember to save a backup on the .zip before and after removing each .apk.

Anthony1s said:
1) echo $PATH
Not required. Only had you do that because I knew shad0wf0x put the tools in the path, but didn't know exactly where. Just made it easier for moving there once you did the next step.
2) sudo su
3) cd /opt/android-sdk-linux_86/tools
Required.
4) ./adb kill-server
Not required - only had you do it because the server was initially started from the regular user account and wasn't connecting properly.
5) ./adb remount
After that, to list the apps type: ./adb shell ls -l /system/app
To remove apps type: ./adb shell rm /system/app/filename.apk
To check if they're removed type: ./adb shell ls /system/app/filename.apk
This is fine....
I removed Music.apk, com.amazon.mp3.apk, and Browser.apk. When trying to remove Gmail.apk, Ubuntu wouldn't let me do anything else. I am assuming that the LiveCD has a time limit on it for the trial version. I then unmounted my phone on ClockWork and the rebooted it. The apps that I removed are gone from my phone and everything related to them still works fine.
Here is a link I used to find out which .apk files were safe for removal. http://forum.sdx-developers.com/android-2-1/(list)-apk's-and-odex's-safenot-safe-to-delete/
I will do some more research and try to remove other .apk files in a couple hours. I didn't try the 'move to SD' method that I mentioned above and would still like someone's opinion on it.
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FYI there is no expiration on the Ubuntu LiveCD. If it stopped working for you, it was for some other reason.

Thanks for correcting that attn1. I haven't tried to do anything further yet, but will after a nap. Does anyone know if you edit the ROM in Winrar, do you have to sign it or w/e?

Anthony1s said:
Thanks for correcting that attn1. I haven't tried to do anything further yet, but will after a nap. Does anyone know if you edit the ROM in Winrar, do you have to sign it or w/e?
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When I modified both of N1 and Aria CM rom, I don't have to sign it again.

Ok here is the basics of what I did. I didn't modify the CM .zip from my computer because I thought it would take more time to nandroid backup and reflash the ROM. If I install a new ROM, I am more likely to do that. I loaded the Ubuntu LiveCD and proceeded with what I was doing before. I still had to put in every command that attn1 taught me.
Here is a list of everything I removed.
- Music.apk Successful. No problems.
- com.amazon.mp3.apk Successful. No problems.
- Browser.apk Successful. No problems.
- Gmail.apk Successful. No problems.
- CMWallpapers.apk Successful. No problems.
- LiveWallpapers.apk Successful. No problems.
- MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk successful except the 'Many' live wallpaper option doesn't load without this. I didn't care cause I was getting rid of all of them.
- LiveWallpapersPicker.apk Deleting this changes some things. When you go to menu >wallpaper it takes me directly to Astro File Manager instead of the wallpaper menu. I can still access and change my wallpaper though the Gallery app
I didn't remove Camera.apk because I read somewhere that it will mess up your camera even if you have another app install. I also didn't remove any Google apps yet. I might try those any other day. They aren't bothering me right now.
I was thinking about moving my nandroid backup to my computer to save space, but I didn't. I realized that if my SD is full, I won't have space on it to move it back when I needed it.
Thanks for all the tips.

what are the apps you upgraded to after deleting these?
i dont want to delete the stock once i've been using if there alternatives arent any better.

dh4645 said:
what are the apps you upgraded to after deleting these?
i dont want to delete the stock once i've been using if there alternatives arent any better.
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For Music, I'm using Mixzing. For Browser, I'm using Dolphin HD. For E-mail, I'm using K9. For Messaging, I'm using Handcent. For Camera, I have a bunch of different apps.
I heard that your camera and messaging won't work without the 'Camera' and 'Messaging' that are currently on the phone. I'm assuming that your email won't work without the 'Email'. I deleted Gmail without any problems though. All the rest that I removed were just Wallpapers that came on the phone. I can pull up the wallpapers that I want from gallery still.
I don't think I freed up much memory space. My main concern was to get all those 'Music' widgets off my widget list and make everything else less cluttered.

So you can still get and send email from your email account after removing gmail or do you have to buy/download another email client. I am trying to figure out the differences between the gmail and email apps at the moment. The email app seems to have changed in Froyo to something less than it was. Are you using the standard "email" app after you delete gmail app?

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So you can still get and send email from your email account after removing gmail or do you have to buy/download another email client. I am trying to figure out the differences between the gmail and email apps at the moment. The email app seems to have changed in Froyo to something less than it was. Are you using the standard "email" app after you delete gmail app?
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I use k9 mail. Everything worked after i removed gmail.apk
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What I did before I installed the addon apps is opened the zip file and just deleted the apk files I didnt want.
I forgot to delete Twitter tho. Doh.

Hey, tried running Skyfire browser after uninstalling the default browser?? Cause all I am getting is a black screen when trying to run Skyfire.Other browsers work fine, but no Skyfire.
Know of any way to reinstall the defautl browser???

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Hey, tried running Skyfire browser after uninstalling the default browser?? Cause all I am getting is a black screen when trying to run Skyfire.Other browsers work fine, but no Skyfire.
Know of any way to reinstall the defautl browser???
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I think I read somewhere that Skyfire is meant to run on top of the default browser, kind of like an add-on.
For the stock browser, download cm6 and unzip it. Then go into the unzipped file >system>app>browser.apk. Just push Browser.apk to /system/app on your phone via adb and you're good to go.
EDIT: just realized you might not be running cm6. Not sure if theres a difference between the browser in cm6 and the one from the stock rom. If there is a difference you just follow the same procedure from whichever rom you're running.

[SOLVED] How to Delete System Apps after Loosing Root Access From 1.72.405.3 ROM

Ok so after much lots of frustration realising I'd lost access to the delete system apps after installing HTC 1.72.405.3 (in LeeDrOiD 1.3) I've finally figured out a way to do it and without needing to use ROM Cleaner then re-flash a ROM wich would remove all my data/apps/ect I've loaded. Now this may well be a guide for you guys like me who are very new to Unix commands and the whole Android system. I hope that it helps someone coz honestly the last couple of days I've searched high and low and haven't gotten any answers that worked until I worked it out tonight.
Just as a quick note I was able to delete apps from the /system/app folder before this update when I was still on 1.32.405.6 using Visionary+ in loading R/W access to the system folder on boot and a simple file manager like Astro or AndroZip to delete. Since updating to 1.72.405.3 without Radio S-Off I've tried the following methods and found they don't work:
- Flashing rmk40's Super User/Root patch for 1.72.405.3 as in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=886999
- Visionary+ selecting R/W system access then using a file manager like Astro or AndroZip to delete.
- Terminal Emulator after getting "supposed" super user access after typing su then going to the /system/data folder and typing rm Facebook.apk ect... also using the other unix commands to try and change the system apps from read only to writable still no access.
- Using Root Explorer which is granted "supposed" super user access does not want to mount as R/W the system/app folder and of course then won't let me delete the apps.
- One click Radio S-Off doens't work as obviously I'm already locked out as I've loaded 1.72.405.3 (LeeDrOiD 1.3) before running Radio S-Off.
- Re-flashing to a previous 1.32.405 ROM then trying to run Radio S-Off followed by all the steps above. Nope nuthin...
Okay and here is is here's how it's done. I had to have the Android SDK installed with USB drivers (HTC Sync has the USB Drivers). I then in windows I opened up command prompt and using the good old DOS commands like "cd\program files (x64)" I go to my android sdk folder platform-tools. Once in the platform-tools let the foreign Unix commands begin
Without the exclamation marks type I type "adb remount shell"
Then "adb shell rm /system/app/Facebook.apk"
Now Facebook.apk being an example of the app you want to delete. I use a file browser such as Astro on my phone to go the the /system/app folder and easily look around and get the file names of the apps I want to delete. An important thing to remember for all the other's unfamiliar with Unix commands like myself, this ain't DOS. Unlike DOS, files and commands are case sensitive so if you try to delete the Facebook app and type it in "facebook.apk" all lower case it won't delete. Make note of any letters uppercase or lowercase in the folder name and file and type it in correctly in the Unix commands or they won't work.
The other two important things to note before you go on a Spring cleaning, delete frenzy (like I will be after I finish typing this up ) is: 1) If you delete some certain system apps (for example TelephonyProvider.apk) Android will **** itself and after booting enter a loop where you can't access anything & you can't stop it complaining about blah blah app failed. So make sure you have on your microSD card either a Nandroid backup done recently using the Backp/Restore function under the Bootloader installed with Clockwork Recovery or a working ROM that you've tried and know works such as the stock ROM or a custom ROM from LeeDrOiD, Cyanogen, ect. If you get into one of those non recoverable loops you'll need to flash the ROM and of course loose any data and apps not backed up. Okay this brings me to my next point. 2) If you want to copy any of the system apps off to your microSD card either to backup or just if you're not 100% sure if you may want to install it again later then in command prompt type this:
"adb shell cp /system/app/Calculator.apk /sdcard/"
Obviously here Calculator.apk is the app we are copying but you can choose any app to copy. Also /sdcard/ means it will go to the root folder of your MicroSD card.
Stick it to tha man and have fun cleaning up your ROM and deleting all that crap bloatware your service provider and HTC don't wanna give you access to and now without the cripple of HTC update 1.72.405.3 stopping you!

Are these persistent changes? If so I think you will be the saviour of many on here!

Are you sure the apps are not back when you reboot your phone?

I'd be pretty surprised if they're persistent.

sorry i can't see how this has worked. unless by some weird chance when trying to get s-off, gain root and what esle you have try to do. has caused you to be able to r/w to the system partition.

cattleprod sorry i can't see how this has worked. unless by some weird chance when trying to get s-off, gain root and what esle you have try to do. has caused you to be able to r/w to the system partition.
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Ok I assure you it has worked and continues to work. One possible major difference I've just been told supposedly the stock HTC RUU 1.72.405.3 reverts you back to original hboot eng s-on. Me on the other hand I never loaded a stock HTC ROM 1.72.405.3 or an update. I loaded LeeDroiD 1.3 which has in it the base as 1.72.405.3 but also his modifications to that. So never lost clockwork recovery hboot. I can still load ROMs fine, I just lost functionallity from Visionary+ or anything else for that matter on the phone to access System folder R/W access. Using ADB on my PC as described above however did solve this. Unfortunately the other issue is after loading LeeDroid 1.3 it's permanently done something to my phone and even after flashing back to previous stock 1.32ROM the 1click Radio S-Off patch does absolutely nothing. Luckily Vodafone supposedly offers a free SIM unlock and there are also cheap alternatives on ebay.
dr.m0x I'd be pretty surprised if they're persistent.
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Eddie1506 Are you sure the apps are not back when you reboot your phone?
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andyharney Are these persistent changes? If so I think you will be the saviour of many on here!
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Yes guys these are all persistant. I've rebooted quite a few times and none of the apps I've deleted have come back. These are the apps I've deleted from the "/system/app" folder and they 4 sure have not come back to annoy me: Facebook (crackbook as I like to say ), Twitter & Flickr including any widgets of the same name, stock or shares trading apps, default internet browser (replaced it with Dolphin HD), Flashlight (replaced it with moddified HTC one that says "torch" as I'm not a fan of US English), HTC Likes, HTC coin, probably some others I can't remember now.
So anyway go for it just use your clockwork recovery (modified hboot) to do a full backup first as if you remove the wrong system apps it goes in a non working error loop.
I'm only real new to the whole Android thing. Only had the phone 4 bout 2 weeks and never hit up any Unix commands before then. I'm happy to help out if I can though. Just message me and when I'm on next I'll try to help.

Still can't delete stock apps

Followed this guide to downgrade: http://android.modaco.com/content/h...-r4-htc-legend-rooting-guide-now-with-1-31-x/
And then loaded this ROM: http://android.modaco.com/content/h...o-rom-for-the-htc-legend-with-online-kitchen/
Looking for a free method to delete stock apps.

Taking a stab in the dark here and saying because you flashed a Sense UI ROM you won't be able to delete them as they're integrated into the system. Try another ROM which isn't Sense based. I suggest CM7 RC2, which you can find by exploring cyanogenmod.com.

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Taking a stab in the dark here and saying because you flashed a Sense UI ROM you won't be able to delete them as they're integrated into the system. Try another ROM which isn't Sense based. I suggest CM7 RC2, which you can find by exploring cyanogenmod.com.
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Oh... I'm loading CM6 just now.

Alrighty. Make sure you flash the gapps package from the cyanogenmod wiki too if you want google apps integrated into your system. Flash it right after you've flashed the CM6, while still in recovery.

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Alrighty. Make sure you flash the gapps package from the cyanogenmod wiki too if you want google apps integrated into your system. Flash it right after you've flashed the CM6, while still in recovery.
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Oh I was past that stage on my last post.
Anyway, I still can't remove things through adb shell - tried removing the Voice Dialer as a test, but it said "directory not empty".

In which case I'm stumped. Someone else will know.

As long as you have root access it doesn't really matter what ROM you're running, you should still be able to move and/or remove system apps, just keep in mind that some of them are essential for the system to run properly. Even if you are using a Sense based ROM, you can still removed many system apps such as widgets and things like friendstream, flickr, footprints, etc.
There are two (or probably more) simple ways of going about removing system apps. The easiest, if you have successfully flashed S-OFF, is to use Root Explorer and simply move or delete whatever app you want.
If you're not S-OFF, you can use adb shell to move a system app to data partition (or anywhere else you want to push it to), and to delete a system app if that's what you're looking to do.
To remove an app in adb, you must first mount /system partition, then you can use the command "ls /system/app" to show a list of all apps installed in the system partition. To remove an app, follow the syntax "rm /system/app/AppName.apk" (obviously replacing AppName.apk with whatever app it is you're trying to remove.
To move an app from /system/app to /data/app use the following syntax:
"mv /system/app/AppName.apk /data/app/AppName.apk"

I wasn't in recovery mode to do my deletes.
This should be stickied: http://android.modaco.com/content/h...apps-from-the-htc-desire-with-adb-in-windows/

What have you guys done with your rooted ZTE Blade ZMAX?

After a year since the release, the ZTE Blade Zmax is finally able to be rooted . I want to know, what have you guys done so far with your rooted devices? Any custom tweaks, used a cheat engine, etc? Have you looked into any custom ROMs that may possibly work for this phone? Comment below what you have done so far. Me personally, I tweaked my battery a lot and did a little modification to my kernel. With both magisk and xposed, I have been able to do a lot so far, but I want to do more. That is why I am curious to know cool things that you guys have done so far.

Removed SO much bloat, did the usual magisk modules, used SystemUI Tuner to make some visual changes in the statusbar, and noticed how heavily ZTE modified the system all the way down to the weather app. Currently looking into decompiling and recompiling the systemui to remove the annoying top left carrier wasn't successful in the first attempt so going at it again.

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Removed SO much bloat, did the usual magisk modules, used SystemUI Tuner to make some visual changes in the statusbar, and noticed how heavily ZTE modified the system all the way down to the weather app. Currently looking into decompiling and recompiling the systemui to remove the annoying top left carrier wasn't successful in the first attempt so going at it again.
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Interesting. What type of bloatware did you remove? ANy app specific used for that? For the last couple of days, I have been trying to change the boot animation. After may methods and attempts, it serves as no avail, so likewise to you, we both have things we are trying to accomplish. Hopefully, all goes well. Keep me updated on your status.

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Interesting. What type of bloatware did you remove? ANy app specific used for that? For the last couple of days, I have been trying to change the boot animation. After may methods and attempts, it serves as no avail, so likewise to you, we both have things we are trying to accomplish. Hopefully, all goes well. Keep me updated on your status.
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Facebook, metrozone, chrome, few other I can't remember. No app just deleted them from /system/(priv-)app via recovery.
For the bootanimation I found a megathread under Android customization, grabbed the zip for the animation I wanted, rebooted to recovery, setenforce 0 via adb, renamed the old bootanimation.zip to old.zip just in case, then pushed the zip to /system/media and rebooted.

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Facebook, metrozone, chrome, few other I can't remember. No app just deleted them from /system/(priv-)app via recovery.
For the bootanimation I found a megathread under Android customization, grabbed the zip for the animation I wanted, rebooted to recovery, setenforce 0 via adb, renamed the old bootanimation.zip to old.zip just in case, then pushed the zip to /system/media and rebooted.
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Im going to try that, hopefully, it works. Why did you remove chrome though? Do you find other browsers better? I personally have good experience with chrome. Im trying to do as much tweaks as possible with the device itself, but I done so much already, Im confused on what else there is to do
Update: Bootanimations only work with soft reboots. Im looking for a way to have my custom boot when I hard reboot my phone.

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Im going to try that, hopefully, it works. Why did you remove chrome though? Do you find other browsers better? I personally have good experience with chrome. Im trying to do as much tweaks as possible with the device itself, but I done so much already, Im confused on what else there is to do
Update: Bootanimations only work with soft reboots. Im looking for a way to have my custom boot when I hard reboot my phone.
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I find Via much faster and love the customization. Chrome removal that was less about bloat and more about something I'll never use and if I ever do decide to use it or Facebook again it's available in the play store.
Not sure what you mean about boot animations I believe they're loaded and appear each time the system is booted regardless of hard/soft boot (assuming you're not going to recovery mode obviously)

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I find Via much faster and love the customization. Chrome removal that was less about bloat and more about something I'll never use and if I ever do decide to use it or Facebook again it's available in the play store.
Not sure what you mean about boot animations I believe they're loaded and appear each time the system is booted regardless of hard/soft boot (assuming you're not going to recovery mode obviously)
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Well, I use the app quick reboot that allows me to boot into recovery, quick restart, or full restart,etc. When I quick reboot, it will show my custom boot animation I downloaded, but when I full reboot, it shows the default metropcs screen which is annoying in my opinion. Maybe because I set my phone in permissive mode using Terminal and not adb
Well anyway, I'm still going to try and fix this because I hard reboot my phone a lot and I just dont wanna see that metro pcs screen anymore. Also, am I the only blade user whose power button does not know how to function I am really about to take this phone apart because my power button seems impossible to work unless I hold it a certain way, and its been like this for a while and I just dont understand why.

Ive spent over a year trying to make a gps spoofing app work on this phone.
Root really didnt help but twrp did.
Moved the app from /data/app to /system/priv-app
then I chmodded the folder and base.apk to 777
additionally I chowned the folder and base.apk to root:root

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Ive spent over a year trying to make a gps spoofing app work on this phone.
Root really didnt help but twrp did.
Moved the app from /data/app to /system/priv-app
then I chmodded the folder and base.apk to 777
additionally I chowned the folder and base.apk to root:root
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interesting, I was just thinking about using gps spoof. Did you end up successful in it

Yup

xxMoon said:
Ive spent over a year trying to make a gps spoofing app work on this phone.
Root really didnt help but twrp did.
Moved the app from /data/app to /system/priv-app
then I chmodded the folder and base.apk to 777
additionally I chowned the folder and base.apk to root:root
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Bro! Not sure if you read the post I made on the other thread, but actually one of my reasons for rooting was achieving a "working" Spoofing method.
Rooting and moving app to system kind of works, but there it a better way and actually works great on this phone.
Just download Smali Patcher 0.0.4.2 from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-smali-patcher-0-7-t3680053 (Thx to F0mey)) and follow the ADB method (Options 1 and 4),
then just flash the generated magisk module,
install your prefered spoofing app (Im using Ninja's) - **Remember to clone**
set as Mock Location
Everything unchecked on Spoof App (I just leave the distance info one on Ninja's app)
Enjoy!

BlazeMz3 said:
Bro! Not sure if you read the post I made on the other thread, but actually one of my reasons for rooting was achieving a "working" Spoofing method.
Rooting and moving app to system kind of works, but there it a better way and actually works great on this phone.
Just download Smali Patcher 0.0.4.2 from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-smali-patcher-0-7-t3680053 (Thx to F0mey)) and follow the ADB method (Options 1 and 4),
then just flash the generated magisk module,
install your prefered spoofing app (Im using Ninja's) - **Remember to clone**
set as Mock Location
Everything unchecked on Spoof App (I just leave the distance info one on Ninja's app)
Enjoy!
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im going to try this. Question, what were your reasons for spoofing? Why did you want to achieve this with root?

xxMoon said:
Ive spent over a year trying to make a gps spoofing app work on this phone.
Root really didnt help but twrp did.
Moved the app from /data/app to /system/priv-app
then I chmodded the folder and base.apk to 777
additionally I chowned the folder and base.apk to root:root
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello could you help me?

Guys might find this easier to use.
(EASY ROOT) Z982 via QFIL or TWRP B20_Modified SYSRW 4/8/19