greetings all,
I'll try and keep this simple.
Using root explorer I browse to \system\app and mount the drive as R/W. Any file I delete here (footprints.apk, dcstock.apk) comes back after a reboot. Does anyone know why this may be happening? It forces me to remove apps/apks from roms before I flash because once it is on the phone it doesn't seem to want to go away.
I tried the same procedure using Astro file manager and ES Strongs file explorer. It goes through the steps and deletes the file.
Rooted using unrevoked 3 about a few months ago if that helps.
Try titanium backup to delete/uninstall.
I couldn't get rid of google search that came with custom rom, and couldn't uninstall it normally. Used titanium back up to uninstall it, and it's gone now.
achllles said:
Try titanium backup to delete/uninstall.
I couldn't get rid of google search that came with custom rom, and couldn't uninstall it normally. Used titanium back up to uninstall it, and it's gone now.
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Titanium uninstalled it. I rebooted..its back again lol.
xArmenx said:
Titanium uninstalled it. I rebooted..its back again lol.
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is this an odex or deodex rom... you may need to remove more than just one apk if its and odex rom...
Just heard back from another dev. It appears that my NAND is not unlocked. close thread please but fyi for other users who used unrevoked 3 back in the day.
Alright so I have been doing alot of ROM swapping and I found a few apps from other ROMs that I really like but don't exist in my current ROM. Obviously its possible to take apps from one ROM and put it in another otherwise you wouldn't see custom ROMs that are baked with apps from different ROMs baked in.
For instance I really would like to restore the splashtop app from the Dexter's Asus port so I can use it in Taboonay. Titanium Restore just hangs until I kill the app.
Can someone tell me how I can take my titanium backup of a system app from a different ROM and restore it to my current ROM?
Really? No one? Come on guys.
you must backup the application you wanna choose, on the first custom rom with titanium, and then restore it in the other rom. but it's not all application can restore it up.
Yeah I tried that and it didn't restore. It just hung titanium and I had to terminate titanium. I tried doing an ADB push of the APK to the /system/App folder from the titanium backup zip file but when I launch it it just force closes.
Could Asus have done something to this APK so that it would only work on the Transformer? (Splashtop)
not sure if titanium backup will back up and restore the /system/lib files. Some apps need these to work and won't install or run without them.
Recently flashed Malice v5. Now get message that I have to update swype which requires uninstalling except that under app management there is no option under swype to uninstall. I unistalled the installer and deleted the apk. What else can I do?
scooter421 said:
Recently flashed Malice v5. Now get message that I have to update swype which requires uninstalling except that under app management there is no option under swype to uninstall. I unistalled the installer and deleted the apk. What else can I do?
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Got to system/lib/
Delete libSwypeCore.so
Rerun Swype installer.
you can use titanium backup to uninstall it.
then when you install it through the installer, it will show up in manage apps in settings.
Thanks jneal9 but I can not delete the file. I have Astro and File Expert. Neither worked.
Thanks funeralthirst. Was able to uninstall but I still need to delete the .so file
after much searching I found an alternative to root explorer- super manager. was able to delete the .so file
Thanks for the help. I learn something new everyday.
scooter421 said:
Thanks jneal9 but I can not delete the file. I have Astro and File Expert. Neither worked.
Thanks funeralthirst. Was able to uninstall but I still need to delete the .so file
after much searching I found an alternative to root explorer- super manager. was able to delete the .so file
Thanks for the help. I learn something new everyday.
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Try root explorer, astro can't access the file.
I was trying to install the lastest swype beta apk following almost all the steps above (I didn't erased the files, only renamed them) but wasn't successful, is there any other way? I'm using ES Explorer (with Root Explorer option checked)
The above mentioned steps worked for me:
-uninstall with Titanium
-delete the libswypecore.so file
I used Super Manager for the root explorer. Search marketplace for this. It's free and Root Explorer is not. In either of them you need to change the permissions of the file from r/o to r/w (read only to read write).
The thing with Titanium is that once before i've tried to install a new email app, so I used this Titanium to uninstall it first and when i've run the installer it showed "Application Not Installed" no matter how many times I excuted it, and this totally messed my phone up, I had to odin back to stock!
So, in this case is safe to unistall Swype and the installer apk won't give that error?
I make no guarantees but what is mentioned in this thread works. And, as I've learned the hard way, you should make a backup of your phone before flashing anything.
Follow the above steps. Not only remove the AOL but also the file"kinetoscope.so". Use root explorer or super manager to do this.
It seems like it's alot of work but once you have everything you need it goes fast. Searching for the answer is the hardest part.
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ok 2 things
1. ES File Manager (Root explorer for free on market
2. when you uninstall Swype using Titanium Reboot phone before reinstalling Swype. Same with most applications. Rebooting clears out the temp files that can corrupt a reinstallation.
Hi,
I've only had an android phone for a month or two (Samsung Galaxy S2, 2.3.3 Gingerbread, not rooted)
I have the same problem removing swype with no 'uninstall' option (trying to update to new version). All of these solutions seem to require a rooted droid, is that the case or have I misunderstood?
Can anyone offer a solution that does not involve rooting?
Thanks!
djbeezo said:
Hi,
I've only had an android phone for a month or two (Samsung Galaxy S2, 2.3.3 Gingerbread, not rooted)
I have the same problem removing swype with no 'uninstall' option (trying to update to new version). All of these solutions seem to require a rooted droid, is that the case or have I misunderstood?
Can anyone offer a solution that does not involve rooting?
Thanks!
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If Swype came preinstalled you won't be able to remove it without root.
Thanks for your reply jneal9. Swype did not come pre-installed on my phone, I had to download the beta to be able to use it.
However, after I updated the Swype Installer (so that I could then update Swype itself) it gives the message "Sorry, the Swype Beta is currently unavailable for devices that have Swype preinstalled" (which it definitely did not).
Is this something that anyone has come across before? I'm a bit surprised that it seems like this application (although I do realize that it is a Beta) cannot be uninstalled without rooting the phone!
Thanks!
This also happened to me when i was on malice v5. i tried everything to get swype back but to no avail. i switched from that to miui because malice will soft boot while ur on the phone when u have 30% or less battery.
I had the same problems and hopefully this will help others: first I had tried to restore Swype from Titanium and got Force Closes. Then, I downloaded a new version of Swype and after deleting the old installed: "Application Did Not Install" then I went to /system/lib and saw that libswypecore.so was NOT there. So after many combinations of the above recommendations, I finally did this: deleted all traces of Swype, rebooted phone, used Root Explorer to change /system/apps to R/W, copied the latest Swype in, ran the install (success), then EXTRACTED the libswypecore.so from the Swype.apk and manually copied to /system/lib and changed the permissions to the recommended settings above. Worked! No Swype alerts me to a new version, I download within Swype, it asks to replace, I say yes, and the installation fails! At least the version I loaded still works.
Hello,
I'm looking to obtain a certain .apk from the marketplace, I understand that I need to have something like Astro or Titanium Backup installed to do this and to have those my phone needs to be rooted. I've looked into rooting my phone but it looks to be a bit beyond me.
I was wondering if someone with a rooted phone could use one of the backup apps and get the .apk file for me? The app I need the apk for is the Rift Mobile Authenticator.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Here you go.
If you're looking to get the apks of any apps that you've already downloaded from the Market, then you don't need a rooted phone. You can use MyBackup Pro to backup your apps. Root not required. If you just want to get the apks of certain apps, download the app in the link below. You can export the apks of your apps using that.
MyAppSharer - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.yschi.MyAppSharer&hl=en
Hi All,
I have a bit of a strange scenarion regarding my rooted tablet. Having rooted it successfully, when I try and uninstall system apps via a 3rd party app, the uninstall always fails. If I manually delete the app apk file from the system\app folder that works. I know I can use the latter method but, using an uninstaller is convenient as it's easier to identify the apps and also backups them up as part of the process.
Would anyone have any idea as to why the root uninstallers won't work?
Thanks
were you able to fix it?
Do you know if there is any custom rom for the tablet?