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Disappearing installed apps

Several apps keep disappearing from the app drawer. Even if I move apps to internal memory. Anyone know a solution? If not I will be wiping the sdcard and doing a factory reset and reflash. I have tried nandroid restore and factory resets. Its just odd.

faux123 said:
Have you tried fixing permissions? (try it in ROM manager first, then try again in Recovery)... Android is picky on file permissions, if they are set wrong, the OS may not like them...
System Apps needs to be 644 and owned by root.root. If you use root explorer to copy files, the copied files will be owned by SDcard.system and permissions will be wrong, it will be something like 755 or worst 777....
simple way to fix permissions for [SYSTEM APPS] with terminal emulator is do:
su
cd /system/app
chmod 644 *
chown root.root *
for [USER APPS]
su
cd /data/app
chmod 644 *
chown system.system *
The above will fix the system/user apps copied using any file explorer.... Remember every time you copy/move apps in and out of /system/app folder, the permissions and owner groups will all be f*cked up, you will need to run above to fix them...
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Got it from Faux123 a kernel dev.
Hope this helped!

I think it had something to do with using titanium backup. Fix permissions never worked.

Did you try it through the terminal?
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Marine6680 said:
I think it had something to do with using titanium backup. Fix permissions never worked.
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This just happened to me, over the last 2 days. I don't install new apps (I've got all the apps I need), I am on Ice Glacier v1.1.4 and it has been smooth as glass since I installed it back in December.
Two days ago, I noticed my Angry Birds icon on my desktop was a 'generic Android' icon. No app in the drawer. I have seen this issue with Titanium before, so for giggles, I just downloaded the app again from the Market. I opened Angry Birds and all of my data was there.
Last night, I noticed my xPiano app was gone, along with Angry Birds Seasons. Same thing - reinstalled via Market and all of my data was there.
So it's just the app that's vanishing, not my data for said app.
I'll try the terminal method to change/fix permissions, but it's curious that this happened "out of the blue." The only things that "changed"/happened were:
- A new version of Titanium was downloaded
- Titanium batch backup of Apps + Data runs nightly, then reboots

[Q] ADB freezes when taping commands

I had to restore my Iconia, so i used the acer.Update.zip, then i flashed my system.img using connectbot directly from my tablet, then i did an hard-reset, now I need to push wifi modules.
I installed the android sdk and then i installed iconia drivers too on my Desktop PC running Windows Vista x32 (i know it sucks but right now i can't change os).
I run adb with the devices command and it recognizes my iconia, then i try to run any other command, as adb install C:\my.apk or adb shell and nothing happens...
If I try to close the shell it closes but the abd.exe process doesn't close even if I use the task manager, I have to reboot the PC.
Someone knows what to do, I yet googled but i haven't found anything...
excuse me for my bad english...

Well first off for your wifi modules you don't need adb any root file explorer will work. Put the modules on your SD card then copy them and go to system/lib/modules miunt the system as rw and paste them. Then reboot.
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The problem is that I haven't it and I can't install any apk without adb!

smaury said:
The problem is that I haven't it and I can't install any apk without adb!
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Why can't you install apks without adb if your talking about gingerbreak just email it to yourself no adb required
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How can I download & install APKs if I haven't a filemanager and I can't connect to the internet?

Hmmmm. Well i would say restore with the Chinese update get a file.manager installed then flash your images that way your file.manager is installed I know.long work around but at work and don't have adb in front of me
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Is there a filemanager in the chinese update or at least wifi will work, i don't remember?

Yes Chinese has working wifi.
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Thank you i'll do that tonight!

[Q] TWRP Help please

I have finally taken the plunge and rooted my LG G2.
I followed the directions manually and using FreeGee I THINK I installed TWRP. How do you verify it is installed? I looked all through my apps and can't find it anywhere.
Hope this isn't a stupid question.
Also, Root Browser never asks for SU permissions (and not listed in SuperSU logs), and all the apps I am supposed to be able to safely remove are not shown in the system/apps folder. So confused there as well.

TWRP is a custom recovery, not an app. Download Quick Boot from the play store, and you'll have the option to boot into recovery. To verify you have root, download Terminal Emulator from the play store, and type su at the android:/ $ prompt. After hitting Enter, you should be at a [email protected]:/ # prompt if rooted.

Root. Checker and terminal emulater both show me to have root access.
However root explorer doesn't show any of the apps that are supposed to be safe to remove, and it never asks for su permission like the other root apps do.
Also there is no/ system/apps folder. There is only/ system/app. Are these folders hidden somehow?
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[Q] Playstore

I Just rooted my Nexus 4 using the toolkit yesterday and today my play store wont work and it says No connection , Any ideas ?

Karimaziz said:
I Just rooted my Nexus 4 using the toolkit yesterday and today my play store wont work and it says No connection , Any ideas ?
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Try to clean cache of the app

yeahh.
I experienced this problem before
since you're already rooted,to fix it :
install any root explorer. [ root explorer @ Es file manager ]
mount rw in system
go to
/system/etc/
delete this crap
- hosts file
or you can just install terminal emulator from playstore and enter this code :
Code:
su
rm /system/etc/hosts
then reboot
hope it helps.

Can't delete system apps with root

For some reason I cannot delete system apps. I know for sure that I am rooted and that the system is mounted. No matter what app I use it doesn't work. System app remover from the Play Store gives me a "failed uninstall" error, deleting the system app folders with root explorer does not work, and Titanium Backup doesn't work. I even tried changing the permissions to rw for each app to no avail. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is?

bkores said:
For some reason I cannot delete system apps. I know for sure that I am rooted and that the system is mounted. No matter what app I use it doesn't work. System app remover from the Play Store gives me a "failed uninstall" error, deleting the system app folders with root explorer does not work, and Titanium Backup doesn't work. I even tried changing the permissions to rw for each app to no avail. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is?
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Probably system write protection (see here http://androidforums.com/threads/zte-write-protection-for-zmax-and-other-zte-phones.1040331/)
running this will disable it
adb shell reboot disemmcwp

peramikic said:
Probably system write protection (see here http://androidforums.com/threads/zte-write-protection-for-zmax-and-other-zte-phones.1040331/)
running this
adb shell reboot disemmcwp
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Thanks. I'll try this when I get home and update with the results.

It worked! Thank you so much! @peramikic

I'm also trying to delete system apps. The link posted above is no longer working can someone post a new link or point me in the right direction

dunas2331 said:
I'm also trying to delete system apps. The link posted above is no longer working can someone post a new link or point me in the right direction
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if you use adb:
adb shell reboot disemmcwp
if you use terminal emulator:
su
reboot disemmcwp
if you use TWRP terminal:
reboot disemmcwp

Thanks it worked I used twrp

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