Hi guys, what's the correct way of removing Spotify, my phone is rooted and I have Root Explorer installed. Can I just delete the two files in the data/apps folder or are there startup settings etc to remove too...I'm new to this strange OS but liking the phone a lot. Cheers
Just remove them with RE, reebot and enjoy.
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Hey everyone.
To Finish my current App, i need to resync the phone seetings.
Is there a way to start an apk file from the system/app/ dir without to install it?
If, i can resync the settings, without restarting, i can publish my app.
If it is not possible, i must break up it.
THX in Advance
I put the new root on my M the other day. I went into ES File Explorer and found the system apps folder and deleted everything I didn't want (didn't delete anything important). But after that I noticed that some of the apps I deleted were still on the phone. I realized that I forgot to look in the vendor apps folder. IT ISN'T THERE! lol! Can anyone tell me where I can find the vendor apps folder? If there even is one?
lol honestly safest thing would have been to remove via titanium backup.. I just froze everything. I'm sure you could remove that way too and make sure all the other files attached would have been removed.
Hi All!
I recently have been playing around, removing apps and such from my S4 (stupidly without making a backup first) and removed the clock app, thinking it was just the clock widget.
I have been googling around for a fix for the last day and a half, and nothing is working.
Tried:
1. Copying clockpackage.apk to /sd and installing - FAIL
2. Copy clockpackage.apk and clockpackage.odex to /system/apps, changed permissions, rebooted, try to install - FAIL
3. Downloading different versions of clockpackage app to see if they would work. NOPE.
I just want my clock app back guys, without doing a full restore..
Any help is appreciated
steveoderocker said:
Hi All!
I recently have been playing around, removing apps and such from my S4 (stupidly without making a backup first) and removed the clock app, thinking it was just the clock widget.
I have been googling around for a fix for the last day and a half, and nothing is working.
Tried:
1. Copying clockpackage.apk to /sd and installing - FAIL
2. Copy clockpackage.apk and clockpackage.odex to /system/apps, changed permissions, rebooted, try to install - FAIL
3. Downloading different versions of clockpackage app to see if they would work. NOPE.
I just want my clock app back guys, without doing a full restore..
Any help is appreciated
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What are you using to set the permissions when you copy them? adb, or a specific file manager?
If the permission settings didn't work, maybe a factory reset would be in order...
Navigating through my root tree, I´ve stumbled at so many bloatware files I just want to delete to save some storage space (16GB version here) but I´m a little afraid of. They are on the /System/App folder and for every .apk there´s a .odex file, so I would like to delete them both. Is it safe? Is there any verification process at boot of these files? Some of them look like really system apps that I´ll never touch, but others are for other phone carries in my country, social networks I´ve never heard before etc.
There´s another folder called /System/Apps/Bootup that I would love to delete files from, there´s a lot of LG crapware in there that I think are loaded at boot but I have the same fear of bootloops...
Any solution to my urge to free some memory?
Hi,
Delete some apps in /system/app not gonna free up your "sd card" storage... You always will have the same free amunt of memory available on your 16 Gb...
It's normal to have an .odex file under eachs system apps, your rom is odexed (search on Google if you don't know what is it).
You can delete some system apps but be careful at what apps you delete, make a backup first.
Some system apps are alright to delete along with the .odex ones too. There's a list in the general section I believe that lists off apps that can be deleted with no issue.
Problem is though unless you plan to store stuff in your system partition, deleting apps doesn't really increase your usable storage.
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Re,
Yes there is a (brief) list here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456974&highlight=list or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521066.
Like SupaSwag said when you delete an app, delete the .odex file too. If you don't know what you are doing I recommend you to leave the system apps as there are to avoid any kind of issues. At best you'll gain a little free RAM and maybe a little battery life without some apps runing/connecting to the network in background but in any case you will not gain more usable storage. At worst some function will not work at all, Force Closes, bootloop, etc...
In any case backup first (backup in recovery if something goes wrong and you encounter a bootloop) or at least a backup with an app like Titanium Backup (and make an uptade.zip in Titanium).
And what do you think of the apps in the bootup folder?
And then, how van I free some space for my mp3s? Coming from a S3 with a 64gb microSD card.
sylviofurtado said:
And what do you think of the apps in the bootup folder?
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Re,
It's some LG apps, the name of the apps say all: TaskManager, FileManager, etc... Nothing very important it's LG stuff but it depends of you... I deleted all the apps in the /system/apps/bootup because I don't need them with my use, but you?
I think the best is to freeze those apps with Titanium Backup, use your phone as "normal" for a few days and if you don't have any issues or if you realize that you don't need them, then delete them...
Another solution is to rename the apps you don't want with the .bak extension, in case you need an app you can rename it by removing the .bak extension, reboot and the app is here
Hi guys, i'm trying to delete this folder from my sdcard. I think NexusRootToolkit created it while i was rooting my device but now I don't need it more. I cannot delete it with any file manager, also with root access. I also have some apks that I moved from system partition that i can't delete.. How can i get rid of these stuff :c
Nexus6P running Android 7.1.1
darkalex97 said:
Hi guys, i'm trying to delete this folder from my sdcard. I think NexusRootToolkit created it while i was rooting my device but now I don't need it more. I cannot delete it with any file manager, also with root access. I also have some apks that I moved from system partition that i can't delete.. How can i get rid of these stuff :c
Nexus6P running Android 7.1.1
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this can be done using TWRP >advanced>file manager> choose the files you wish to remove