Hey all,
So I went ahead and uninstalled stock apps using Root Explorer All went well & I'm happy enough. Boot speed alone has went from several minutes to <1. Less processes running, more RAM etc, it's all good
Question - I have installed Titanium Backup and I notice after a backup that the stock apps I uninstalled are still mentioned in the log file with a line through their name. There must be traces of each app still remaining. I'm sure Titanium would have removed them cleanly, but using root explorer I only removed the .apk from the system/app directory. I take it this was the dirty way to uninstall? Which directories should I look for for a manual clear out?
I'm new to linux based systems, but I want to learn & I can't leave traces of old files lying around cuz I'll have nightmares
Thanks for any info,
Rixter
Actually when you remove with titantium backup most apps will also stay with just a line through them.
Could you add to this topic some of the apps you removed? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046699
Just did
Didn't have much to add but thought I would post my results anyway & advise against one of the earlier recommendations.
Cheers,
Rixter
I used setinstalllocation2 before rooting, then after root uninstalling some bloatware the stock android process list was still showing traces on my sd card.
After clearing caches using cache mate for root users all traces are gone.
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So, yes I searched around, and got close answers, but nothing that answers my ?'s exactly. About to root for 1st time, and then install CM, but before I start to mess with my phone at all, I want to back it up COMPLETELY...i.e. contacts, apps, app settings, dxtop homescreen shortcuts + colors, etc. etc. etc. And then, if I mess up root, how do I start over and re-install everything?
Also, once I root, will everything will be gone from my phone? I saw a thread @ androidcommunities saying yes, but is there anyway to "backup" the apps on my SD? Then copy the files SD -> computer? I don't want to install each app 1 by 1 again...And through my searchings, I'm afraid you're going to say "I have to", and if that's the case, and use apps2sd, will I EVER have to download apps 1 by 1 again?
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So, yes I searched around, and got close answers, but nothing that answers my ?'s exactly. About to root for 1st time, and then install CM, but before I start to mess with my phone at all, I want to back it up COMPLETELY...i.e. contacts, apps, app settings, dxtop homescreen shortcuts + colors, etc. etc. etc. And then, if I mess up root, how do I start over and re-install everything?
Also, once I root, will everything will be gone from my phone? I saw a thread @ androidcommunities saying yes, but is there anyway to "backup" the apps on my SD? Then copy the files SD -> computer? I don't want to install each app 1 by 1 again...And through my searchings, I'm afraid you're going to say "I have to", and if that's the case, and use apps2sd, will I EVER have to download apps 1 by 1 again?
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Even if you backup your apps, you'll still have to reinstall them one by one from your backup. The Market has apps that can help backup your apps to apk formats. MyBackup Pro will backup app settings and shortcuts afaik, but it isn't free. Why worry about backing up contacts, they're sync'd with your gmail account.
thanks! do you recall what app backs my apps into an apk? and then what do i do from there?
agh, 100 apps, 1 by 1, wowsers...theres gotta be a better way?
4thephil said:
thanks! do you recall what app backs my apps into an apk? and then what do i do from there?
agh, 100 apps, 1 by 1, wowsers...theres gotta be a better way?
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How the hell do you fit 100 apps in an unrooted G1? Mine was full at the high 30's.
You can use AppManager.
I have AppManager, looking at AppManager Pro with batch install. However, last time my phone pooped on me (when updating to 1.5 with Dark Keys installed), I had to hard reset. App Manager installed all my apps. However, I had to go back and do it again 1 by 1 because the Market didn't recognize that my apps were installed when I re-installed through AppManager.
Is this problem fixed? Or is there a fix to this?
P.S. 113 apps (including default ones) installed
4thephil said:
I have AppManager, looking at AppManager Pro with batch install. However, last time my phone pooped on me (when updating to 1.5 with Dark Keys installed), I had to hard reset. App Manager installed all my apps. However, I had to go back and do it again 1 by 1 because the Market didn't recognize that my apps were installed when I re-installed through AppManager.
Is this problem fixed? Or is there a fix to this?
P.S. 113 apps (including default ones) installed
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You can't get around that, Market only shows INSTALLED if installed through Market. Doesn't mean you can't use the app. If you need to keep up with updates, use aTrackdog with AppManager.
Arg, lame! But thanks for your prompt replies (I'm about to root right now)...
I guess my last question is, once I root and can install Nandroid, or Backup for Root, will I have to install 1 by 1 ever again, to make Market recognize apps? Or do these root programs backup the phone to be EXACTLY as it was when backup was made?
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Arg, lame! But thanks for your prompt replies (I'm about to root right now)...
I guess my last question is, once I root and can install Nandroid, or Backup for Root, will I have to install 1 by 1 ever again, to make Market recognize apps? Or do these root programs backup the phone to be EXACTLY as it was when backup was made?
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Market won't recognize installed apps unless install by Market, PERIOD. Nandroid backs up exactly the state of the phone, while Backup for Root can do individual things like SMS, Shortcuts, Data of apps, etc.
Backup for Root does have a check mark for "Market db", but I've never found it to work.
So, the bottom line, is that most rooted users don't use the market to update apps? They use AppManager/aTrackdog, because every time they restore, it would uninstall apps and market wouldn't recognize?
Use My backup Pro to back up your apps. After you root install adb on your computer, go to the application and games section and look for a thread XDA app pack 1.4 to batch install your apps. Use aTrackDog to keep up w/ updates. The market will no longer show them when you install off market. It will show them again after you update your apps (not all just the ones you update).
EDIT: copy app file from SD card (MyBackupPro) into XDA app pack folder to batch install
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Use My backup Pro to back up your apps. After you root install adb on your computer, go to the application and games section and look for a thread XDA app pack 1.4 to batch install your apps. Use aTrackDog to keep up w/ updates. The market will no longer show them when you install off market. It will show them again after you update your apps (not all just the ones you update).
EDIT: copy app file from SD card (MyBackupPro) into XDA app pack folder to batch install
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would AppManager Pro do this same thing exactly (batch install)?
4thephil said:
would AppManager Pro do this same thing exactly (batch install)?
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Yes, but if you use adb you can back up and restore your private apps No app on the market can do that.
So,
now that the first usable ROMs for X8 pop up i am wondering: what is the easiest way to import all your settings to a new ROM?
i am thinking of Apps, App-Settings, Sync-Settings (gmail, Roadsync..), SMS, Mails etc etc...
Restoring/Setting this up manually after every installation of a new ROM takes some time.
What is your trick for the lazy people?
How much can be backed up with Titanium Backup? I'm still not sure about this.
What other Apps can you recommend?
update: found a solution at lifehacker today.
Non of them will work when going from ROM to ROM. When you go to a new ROM, you should backup the previous one so you can go back to the default when there is a problems with the Custom ROM.
Basically, you can't transfer apps or anything from one ROM to another. You will have to manually install them yourself, take a list of them and download/install again. I wish it could work but it cant ):
Too bad.
Ok, I cant backup apps this way.
Is there a way or script to automatically install apps (apks) from a folder on sdcard?
Maybe I could use AppBrain to sync apps.
But how about System Settings, Accounts...
Hm, actually come to think of it .. If your phone is rooted (obviously is lol) you can go to Root Explorer or any root application manager, go to System>App and if you can transfer them to your SD card, I use Root Explorer, just select all and zip them, then transfer to SD card .. All the .apk's will be in the zip file. I suppose just install one by one
As for system settings, accounts etc. those can't be backed up .. You'll just have to be updated manually :L Don't be lazy haha
just found this tip from lifehacker using titanium backup. looks pretty convinient.
if someone tries this, please report if you have success.
laureus said:
just found this tip from lifehacker using titanium backup. looks pretty convinient.
if someone tries this, please report if you have success.
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Use this, for me it's the best way.
Titanium backup can store all your current apps and data settings for theseapps, too.
After flashing your new ROM, install Titanium backup and restore your backuped apps. Works fine.
Now that I have 'rooted' my Iconia Tab a500, and thank you to the folks on here for making the process very simple, what is the app I should use to delete some of the unwanted blotware? I have looked at several file managers but do not see the option for delete. Any suggestions appreciated.
Thank you
TJ
I used Root Uninstaller (Pro). By the way, don't uninstall things, it's better to 'freeze' them (the app is capable of doing that). That way you don't delete anything accidentally, and the frozen apps won't start or show up in the menu.
The free version of Root Uninstaller can freeze, but cannot unfreeze the apps (you need Pro for that). It can uninstall them however, but then they're gone forever unless you can get them from somewhere else.
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I used Root Uninstaller (Pro). By the way, don't uninstall things, it's better to 'freeze' them (the app is capable of doing that). That way you don't delete anything accidentally, and the frozen apps won't start or show up in the menu.
The free version of Root Uninstaller can freeze, but cannot unfreeze the apps (you need Pro for that). It can uninstall them however, but then they're gone forever unless you can get them from somewhere else.
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Titanium Backup can freeze/backup/uninstall, etc - IMHO it's the best you can get
By the way, what exactly is 'freezing'? I know what it does in principle, but I'm curious about HOW it does it Thanks.
"Freezing" to open more ROM space?
Perhaps "freezing" means the program will not be loaded in ROM or RAM, not sure. If this is true, this would be a way to make more space available in ROM. Comments?
OK bear with me on this, new to rooting.
I have rooted via gingerbreak as instructed. I have Titanium Backup (paid), and BusyBox. It says I have super user access and a succesful root.
Question: I am interested in freeing up more battery life and have been following the thread about apps that can be removed in the Development section. If I were to freeze all the bloatware apps as well as the cell stanbye files, would that work? Will it prevent them from launching?
eersfanpilot said:
OK bear with me on this, new to rooting.
I have rooted via gingerbreak as instructed. I have Titanium Backup (paid), and BusyBox. It says I have super user access and a succesful root.
Question: I am interested in freeing up more battery life and have been following the thread about apps that can be removed in the Development section. If I were to freeze all the bloatware apps as well as the cell stanbye files, would that work? Will it prevent them from launching?
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yeeep freeze is the best option, I use the same config as you, and i have freezed almost all bloatware quoted on apps that can be removed thread.
This method save battery and improve performance, also don't break ota updates since hash or system files are not deleted
Thanks. I ran a batch back up first and now am experimenting with both freezing and removing. I figure at worst case, I can restore everything, get the update 3.1 when out, then re-do the removal/freeze work.
The Titanium Backup Pro-version has an option to change application status from a user app to a system app and vice versa. But how can I make a TB itself into a system app? I want to do this in case of need for system factory reset. I had to factory reset my phone just a couple of hours ago, because I got it stuck so bad that I had to pull the battery out of it and when it restarted it had forgotten all the defaults and when asked about a launcher i chose Zeam and automaticly checked the option that said "use as default". Zeam then forceclosed and forceclosed and fc,fc,fc.... So basically I couldn't get anywhere. I managed to close phone and restart it, but now it remembered the defaults and opened Zeam force closing it time after another. I closed the phone again and went to CMW-recovery and wiped the caches and made a factory reset (maybe not a smartest solution, but I couldn't think of anything else). And then when opening the phone I noticed that some apps (E-mail, file manager, Talk, etc..) that aren't included in the custom ROM (void. (2.2.2; #eridanus)) but ones I had backupped from previous ROM and transfered to this were automaticly included, because when backupped, were saved as system apps and installed automaticly as such. So I went to Market and bought a Pro-version of TB and set some other apps(SlideIt keyboard) as a system ones in case I screw the phone up again, but I cant figure out how to make TB a system app itself, since then I wouldn't even have to go to Market to restore my phone in case of another factory reset.
All of the apps you downloaded will almost always placed in the folder /data/app Just use root explorer to copy the apk files there to a safe place for backup. The system apps will also be loaded during start up. They are located in /system/app You can read more in this forum in order to help yourself make progress in the learning path.
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Got it, thanks!
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Have you tried Links2SD, it also has super powers similar to Titanium Backup, and will allow you to change it from a system app to an user app, and then to uninstall it completely.