I am very familiar with rooting and all that jazz and have a droid 2 rooted and overclocked and undervolted blah blah blah. My fiance just got the epic 4g last night and she wants the bloatware gone and likes the general layout of the phone so not too much customization will be going on for her but I would like some advice from this side of the forums..
Can I rename the .apks to .apk.bak(what I've done for my droid 2) in the system app folder to get rid of the bloat??
And also is there a 4g hotspot hack because I see there are a ton of custom roms and such but she isn't really interested in all that so I was going to see if I could just install a .zip in clockwork recovery and get it to patch the files and install the hacked hotspot apk. That's what process I used for the droid 2 when enabling my 3g hotspot and figured it might be the same. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Having that said. On the wiki there are links to posts on what apps are safe to remove. Regarding hotspot, get yourself some android tether son. You need to be rooted, but it works great. I have sucessfully connected from metro detroit to our vpn in Germany w/o issue using it. I can't find the link right now because as you know the google servers are down
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somewhere on here there is a thread of safe apks to remove. if you're rooted (there is a nice one click on here too) then you can get sdx stock app removed (search that too which can backup and remove any and all system apps. if you leave the ROM odexed (in its natural state and not deodexed like all custom ROMs) then you can benefit from the MobileAP ported from the i9000 which is on here too, search that sucker, that will give you infrastructure mode whereas wireless tether gives you ad hoc. some lappys cant connect to ad hoc. otherwise wireless tether is great, gotta get one of the recent pre's i think the current market version wont work on galaxy s yet. search google.
oh, and this is bound to get moved to general, not development.
Oh okay thanks very much for the info, they do things a little different over on the droid 2 forums so sorry for posting to the development side of the fourm.
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ok i have the droid X and love it <33 but i installed Fission and love it more <3 but i need the 3g hotspot app because i love using it during school for the school computers >:] i need a way to install it i have the team black hat way to install it but it doesnt seem to work even when i mount the System folder i tried it without too What should i do :[?
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I copied the 3g hotspot zip from TBH after downloading and placed it onto my sandisk card root. I then bootstrapped into recovery and installed the 3g hotspot zip and rebooted. Worked for me. do not wipe anything just instal the zip.
TBH 3G Hotspot patcher has to be installed also. I copied it to the sandisk card and installed and rebooted. No need to wipe.
Wait really and you're running fission? I'm pretty sure that blurless roms such as fission and rubix cannot install the 3g hotspot app because it's missing some blur dependencies.
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I keep trying to do that, like install the ZIP. It installs but it wont show in my App Tray it says its in the systems folder but thats it
Can't just use the market one?
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The verizon hotspot app is in the market? I tried searching couldn't find it I found the other wireless tether but the offical verizon one is alot faster
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The verizon hotspot app is in the market? I tried searching couldn't find it I found the other wireless tether but the offical verizon one is alot faster
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No its not in the market. He's talking about the plain old wireless tether. A lot of people dont understand the difference between a wireless access point, and ad hoc data transfer.
Besides the guy a few posts up, I havent found anyone that can get it to work on non-blur rom.
Good luck, and report back if you to get it to go! I havent tried it yet myself.
i was on Apex
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Apex is NOT a non-blur rom. It's framework is 2.3.15. Fission/Focused are from the Moto SDK. Please let us know if this works on an actual blurless ROM.
3g Hotspot.
My mistake.
i am really interested in finding a way to get verizons 3g hotspot to work on a blurless rom like fission. i had to sbf back to stock to use it as i really need the infastructure of it versus the ad-hoc you get from wireless tether.if anyone has any luck please post
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Same here. I could not live with ad hoc.
Hello excuse my ignorance, but this 3g hotspot is to use for free or still have to pay???? I asking cause I see the patch file
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Hello excuse my ignorance, but this 3g hotspot is to use for free or still have to pay???? I asking cause I see the patch file
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well, it's obviously against Verizon's policy, but the patch does give one the option to use the 3G hotspot for free
Mmm ok thats sound good really I have no problem to pay if was unlimited...but pay for 2gb only nah????? One question there is any link to step by step routing for DX ??? Thanks
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Here you go. I heard a new one click is out there as well.
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/09/22/how-to-root-droid-x-running-official-android-2-2/
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Here you go. I heard a new one click is out there as well.
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/09/22/how-to-root-droid-x-running-official-android-2-2/
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ummmm.. Did you mean to post that here. That is a link on how to root your device the original way with cmd prompt and all lol.
Fission version from TBH. you still need to patch it on ur own. Use the TBH app to get the patch. File is courtesy of DroidForums dot net that they fished from TBH anyway.
Fission signed 3G hotspot apk. Angdroid posted it on droid forums. http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...vanilla-2-1-11-13-2010-generic-android-4.html
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http://thisismynext.com/2011/05/02/...ring-apps-android-market-shame-fcc-violation/
interesting
Yet another reason I don't like Verizon.
Sprint will do it eventually. Just wait.
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If I'm not mistaken, they're only gonna pull apps like pdanet but their aosp codes will still allow tether natively
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This only affects stock rom users who don't use 3rd party markets or don't know about side loading like we had to do back when Google first blocked tethering apps for t-mobile with the G1. What Google is doing is nothing they haven't done before. Tethering apps can still be installed manually and is built into asop roms. In the end nothing of value was lost.
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Yeah, it's a "stupid" tax. Are you too stupid/lazy to root a phone and use the root apps? I got my first android, a Shift, a few months ago and rooted it within a week. I am one of two people I know that has rooted their android out of 40 or so, some of them being programmers and IT guys. I am an English Teacher. WTF!
On a side note, I they pulled the two "tether for root users" apps from the market. Can anybody give me a working version for a sense rom on the shift for the "wired tether for root users' app? I can look up the apk on google but I don't know which one works as it seems to be a side project.
I have always used PDANet,even when my X10a was on 1.6. They are FORCING us to go online and download,all to extract and extort more money out of us,the customer,to satisfy shareholders. That's bull****!!
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Ok so I just ordered a X from ebay and its on its way. So I started doing a little research on rooting since I want to root it right away. I have done some research in this form but wanted to be sure before I attempted anything. So, is their one solid way to root the phone no matter what version it is? If not what do I need to know for certain OTA versions so I dont brick my phone? Thanks!
Search for Z4 root... tried and proven.
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Search for Z4 root... tried and proven.
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Affirmative z4 root is all you need
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Here you go, one of the benefits of this mirror im building, easier to locate stuff.
http://www.blackmugmedia.com/Android/GT/Mirror/Apps/z4root.1.3.0.apk
Oh, and here are some roms and stuff, the build up of my DX collection is going slow, but hopefully by weeks end it will be full.
http://www.blackmugmedia.com/Android/DX/
Sweet thanks man
Ok so I have revived my phone and rooted it. Its awesome by the way. But I am in the process of setting up WiFi tether. But each time I start it the 3g hotspot comes up in the background. So when I connect my computer and go to any website it shoots me strait to the Verizons page. Even though I have root and am running a different WiFi tether program other then the 3g hotspot that the x comes with. How do I get around this without being charged.
Try using easytether to usb tether instead
I would really like to use some sort of wifi tether. Their should be some sort of work around or fix.
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I've seen a little about this - but couldn't find the answer.
Sorry if I'm repeating on someone else's thread.
I've got a Rooted (EC07) Continuum right now & just came from a Droid 1 (which I loved).
I can't find a way to remove the 3G Mobile Hotspot app from Verizon.
On my D1, I previously used Wireless Tether 2 & it was so awesome.
No when I open up the 3G otspot, it takes the device that is hooking up to my hotspot to a Verizon web page that requests a subscription.
I just want to use it free again, like on my D1.
Any suggestions on how I could do this?
I have already tried downloading other Wireless Teher apps apps & none of them seems to work properly.
Thanks.
I suppose you could remove the app with an explorer or Titanium Backup. I doubt it would get rid of it in the settings menu. I use open garden, and it works fine (assuming you aren't trying to connect with something that can't use ad-hoc)
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Why not you guys check out wireless tether beta 7 or whatever they are onto now, and go to settings, and set it as a fascinate xD then you can actually use it as a regular network, not adhoc xP
Also, I think 3g hotspot is a part of settings.apk if I remember correctly xP so you can't really get rid of it :l
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Why not you guys check out wireless tether beta 7 or whatever they are onto now, and go to settings, and set it as a fascinate xD then you can actually use it as a regular network, not adhoc xP
Also, I think 3g hotspot is a part of settings.apk if I remember correctly xP so you can't really get rid of it :l
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You wouldn't happen to have a market link, would you? It's not showing up on mine
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Haha, it's not on the market anymore, but you can find in on google xD I'll post a link when I am on a computer if you can't find it xD
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thats funny... I googled wireless tether beta7, and this post is the first hit that comes up...
here is the site for it.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
The app is built into the framework of the ROM I believe, or is tied into another piece of the ROM that can't be removed. The only way to really "remove" it is to use a launcher that allows you to hide app icons and just remove it from view.
Barnacle wi fi tether works
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Thanks guys.
I appreciate the info. Just got wifi tether 6.
Also you can "freeze" 3g hotspot, and anything else that's annoying you, using "Bloat Freezer", found in the market for $1.99. Or with Titanium Backup Pro (paid version) which is worth its weight in gold anyway.
that literaly does nothing except prevent the app from running and the app dosnt run in the background when your not using it. the bloat freezer is ment for apps using gps and updating weather that drains your battery.
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I have a Droid X on 2.3 It's rooted and everything and recently I tried tethering. Every time I connect to my phone with my iPad it sends me to Verizon's page to subscribe to tethering plan. I was using Wireless Tether..but that stopped working..so now I'm using Barnacle Wifi Tether. That was working great until I updated to 2.3 I saw in the market WIFI Tethering but that wouldn't even download. Anyway for me to tether without verizon sending me to the subscribe to a tethering plan page?
Thank you
Just had this problem, scroll down a bit and you will see my name with the topic what is the best rom to tether, got a patch instead of a rom, works perfect for tethering my ipad 2
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Just had this problem, scroll down a bit and you will see my name with the topic what is the best rom to tether, got a patch instead of a rom, works perfect for tethering my ipad 2
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Thankkkk youuuuu!!
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Just had this problem, scroll down a bit and you will see my name with the topic what is the best rom to tether, got a patch instead of a rom, works perfect for tethering my ipad 2
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Found that thread and did what it said...it worked perfectly!! Thanks dude!! =]
http://droidmodderx.com/wugfresh-tether-patch-free-wifi-tether-on-gb-kernel/
No need for a new rom. Follow directions
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I am very curious now, because I am still on Froyo, and I just checked and my DroidX does indeed have the DataManager .apk and the database files! (by the way, the database has 50,000 records!) Does this mean that big red is also tracking tethering on Froyo??? The reason I kept refusing to switch to GB is because of that issue. Hmm..
Tried the patch above twice
Back to the drawing board I guess... I'm not really sure how to figure out this adhoc thing... With the beta app above, open garden, and barnacle I can see the SSID but it will not connect, and when I'm on my Xoom it says adhoc not supported. But the thing is, I could tether before, and I could connect with the xoom; before I installed MIUI 1.10.7 android version 2.3.5 gb
Before I flashed this rom I never heard of this adhoc... I am reading that there may be no fix for this right now, is that correct???
The link above installed okay, but when I go to open the app it installs I get a force close =/
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Back to the drawing board I guess... I'm not really sure how to figure out this adhoc thing... With the beta app above, open garden, and barnacle I can see the SSID but it will not connect, and when I'm on my Xoom it says adhoc not supported. But the thing is, I could tether before, and I could connect with the xoom; before I installed MIUI 1.10.7 android version 2.3.5 gb
Before I flashed this rom I never heard of this adhoc... I am reading that there may be no fix for this right now, is that correct???
The link above installed okay, but when I go to open the app it installs I get a force close =/
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Check your permissions on root explorer.
And example is
Use root explorer
Go too app data
Click on wifi tether
Check to make sure under owner execute is checked.
make sure if you got the wugfresh patch you select droid x under profile in settings. Common mistake.
Also with a custom rom you may want to go back to stock and try the wugfresh process again. I can assure you it works on a droid x. I've done it many times not with a custom rom though.
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I found useful information on this topic here androidwifitether.com regards