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Xoom - Root Explorer

Hello all,
I have installed Root Explorer for the purposes of deleting all the unneeded apps that exist on my Xoom. Is there a document that explains where I should be looking for said apps, and how do I delete them successfully. I have varying degrees of success in this, and wanted to make sure I do it right the first time out.
Thanks,
Steve

stevefxp said:
Hello all,
I have installed Root Explorer for the purposes of deleting all the unneeded apps that exist on my Xoom. Is there a document that explains where I should be looking for said apps, and how do I delete them successfully. I have varying degrees of success in this, and wanted to make sure I do it right the first time out.
Thanks,
Steve
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All the apps are in system/app/. You have to have root and there is no backups so be careful.
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I've never seen a document. But it's not hard to figure out. 1st you have to be rooted. If so, then go to > system > apps. Touch the "R/O " button at the top so that it turns to "R/W". Then touch the Xoom "menu" button at the bottom of the screen (looks like a rectangular grid) and select "multi -select ". Touch/select the apps you want to delete. Then touch the delete button, which will appear at the bottom. Take care what you delete. Alternatively, you can create a new folder called "app.disabled " and just move the apps that you don't want until you are sure. Hope this helps.
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Be warned that if you delete apps, even the games, future updates will not work automatically. Rename the extension of the apps you don't like or make a backup before deleting.
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Thanks for all the helpful information. Once I delete the ones I dont want will the icons be removed too? If not how do you delete icons you dont want to see on the main screens?

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... you've got some 28GB of available space, and you're trying to save a meg or three?!

stevefxp said:
Thanks for all the helpful information. Once I delete the ones I dont want will the icons be removed too? If not how do you delete icons you dont want to see on the main screens?
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Yes, the icons will be gone too. I can't stress enough the precaution of making a disabled folder and just moving them first.
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kcrudup said:
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... you've got some 28GB of available space, and you're trying to save a meg or three?!
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Some people, myself included, don't like things on our systems we don't want.
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bwcorvus said:
Some people, myself included, don't like things on our systems we don't want.
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Amen brother!

bwcorvus said:
Some people, myself included, don't like things on our systems we don't want.
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If you had any idea how much "unwanted" stuff was in your ROMs, your OCD would really go into overdrive.

I have blown up ROMs BC of deleting supposedly unwanted stuff that I finally decided to put together my own ROM and only include what I want to include...still very much a work in progress.
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kcrudup said:
If you had any idea how much "unwanted" stuff was in your ROMs, your OCD would really go into overdrive.
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Haha trust me I do, and I get rid of it. My cm rom for me evo has 29 Apks in it
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I'm talking about in the OS. Little you can do about that.

kcrudup said:
I'm talking about in the OS. Little you can do about that.
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True...I do everything I can without killing my system.
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Same here, thus why I learned that Clockwork Recovery was my friend....lol!

Rom integrated ad blocking...

Im running chris41g(?)s modded stock, and I was wondering if there was a way that I could integrate the awesome adblocking of the big roms myself... messing with i GUESS putting together my own rom, and this is the one thing of all I am missing the most. I guess I am getting old, just want a simple rom theme-wise, but love the tweaks... anyone wanna help? Trade secret? If its something relatively simple like using 7zip and changing a value, or something to adb push, I can do it... just dont know what method you use, and would love to be able to just do it myself. Gonna hit up chris to throw it in his rom, but id like to do it myself too... any help would be appreciated!
Thanks

You could include adfree app in the system/app location of the ROM. OR, you can use K0nane's method (which I am even unsure how it works.) ha

Overstew said:
You could include adfree app in the system/app location of the ROM. OR, you can use K0nane's method (which I am even unsure how it works.) ha
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I just put the hosts file from Adfree Android in /system/etc/.

k0nane said:
I just put the hosts file from Adfree Android in /system/etc/.
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How would I go about that? sorry... should I just drag and drop this hosts file in /system... ? And how do I get the hosts file? Install the app and pull the file off the SD?
Thanks for the help... trying to learn to do some of this myself... course I get the motivation when I get a job after a year of unemployment... speaking of no job, anyone seen the new COD Zombies thing... ? freakin sweet
is the app itself good enough? I read an old thread complaining about it, but that was from early froyo... no angry birds ads???

ungovernable1977 said:
How would I go about that? sorry... should I just drag and drop this hosts file in /system... ? And how do I get the hosts file? Install the app and pull the file off the SD?
Thanks for the help... trying to learn to do some of this myself... course I get the motivation when I get a job after a year of unemployment... speaking of no job, anyone seen the new COD Zombies thing... ? freakin sweet
is the app itself good enough? I read an old thread complaining about it, but that was from early froyo... no angry birds ads???
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Ive been all about the gears of war 3 beta atm,I just wish I could play like I want to,its down to about 4 hours on the weekend,and about 3 total during the work week. I even had to buy a used 360,my original one got the red ring,but it was an original 360 day one launch unit,so it sucked; Wish I could afford an elite,ohwell.
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k0nane said:
I just put the hosts file from Adfree Android in /system/etc/.
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You make my life better.

ecooce said:
Ive been all about the gears of war 3 beta atm,I just wish I could play like I want to,its down to about 4 hours on the weekend,and about 3 total during the work week. I even had to buy a used 360,my original one got the red ring,but it was an original 360 day one launch unit,so it sucked; Wish I could afford an elite,ohwell.
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Im surprised a launch 360 made it that long.. that was one tough xbox. Yeah i have an OG 60 gig (now 320 7200rpm) PS3, from right after the blu drives got fixed... people say I should expect the ylod soon, but Im insane about my gear, most of it is in a server rack. I really need to get back into fallout vegas though, if they made a fallout mmorpg that played like the real game, I would never leave the house.
Anyways, thanks for the time on the adblocking... will try soon...

I put a zip to include adblocking in the op of my rom... its better than adfee because it doesn't block words with friends lol
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sorry to be so dumb but can someone please give step by step instructions of how to block ads in games? I am using Ad Free and it does not work on any game I have installed.

pre2epic4g said:
sorry to be so dumb but can someone please give step by step instructions of how to block ads in games? I am using Ad Free and it does not work on any game I have installed.
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did you open ad free so it can request super user permissions and download the latest host file? Usually have to reboot once afterwards. Works fine for me.

CapsLockKey said:
did you open ad free so it can request super user permissions and download the latest host file? Usually have to reboot once afterwards. Works fine for me.
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yes... and that still does not work. i found this CWM flashable file called EC05 AdBlock which does work. I cant remember from whom i got this file on XDA due to being drunk. if someone could please let me know to whom i should give proper credit it would be much appreciated.
Download Link: http://bit.ly/iDP42R

this has to be my favorite rom feature.

pixlz said:
this has to be my favorite rom feature.
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mine too!
though it is kinda annoying seeing the .. error loading page errors...
itd be pretty cool if someone would compile a real trimmed down apache or other webserver that only serves up a blank image when being accessed, have it only listen on localhost, and point everything back to localhost (i guess thats done already), to get blank spots, instead of 'error loading'

Office suite pro 5 free on amazon today

Get it now before it's too late!

goodintentions said:
Get it now before it's too late!
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Yeah I just scooped it up myself. Lets see how this software is.....
Also Mods may want to move this to the App section.

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like a good app. Just skimmed it but notice you can edit any document straight away without having to hit another button to edit -nice. Opened a PDF but was really slow loading each page. loved the animated icons and menu strip looks professional and sleek.

Didnt know about amazon app store before. Stupid thing doesn't work in Canada though? Lame

cant download free apps in Vietnam. Anyone willing to attach a file?

andy905 said:
cant download free apps in Vietnam. Anyone willing to attach a file?
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Unfortunately, even though it was free on Amazon for a day, it's paid software... so you won't be able to get a copy here. I feel bad that people can't use the Amazon market internationally though... the free app is sometimes a good one.

I got my the other day Thanks

It's a great app. One really nice feature is that it recognizes password protected files. The Asus Polaris software doesn't.
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List of safe to remove bloatware

I was lucky enough to snag a TF101 on Black Friday. Stood in line for 3 hours with all the other nuts.
Anyway, I quickly rooted and flashed a new kernel to overclock. I'm loving this tablet so far. I haven't tried different roms yet, I'm aware of those which remove the bloatware Asus puts on. At the moment I'm still content with stock rooted. I want to remove the bloatware though. I searched but couldn't find a list of what's safe to remove and what's not. If someone can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

Theres alot of the devs now removing all apks they can and putting them in a zip incase people want them maybe look at whats i them and you will know what is safe to remove
Or look at the dev threads they usually list what they have removed although some dont so have a proper look.
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cesjr02 said:
I was lucky enough to snag a TF101 on Black Friday. Stood in line for 3 hours with all the other nuts.
Anyway, I quickly rooted and flashed a new kernel to overclock. I'm loving this tablet so far. I haven't tried different roms yet, I'm aware of those which remove the bloatware Asus puts on. At the moment I'm still content with stock rooted. I want to remove the bloatware though. I searched but couldn't find a list of what's safe to remove and what's not. If someone can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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3 hrs? were you at Best buy in Commack NY? lol I waited 3 hoursto pickup mine... that was nuts..

I waited 6 hours in line then a hour and half to pay for it but it was worth it.
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cesjr02 said:
I want to remove the bloatware though. I searched but couldn't find a list of what's safe to remove and what's not. If someone can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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Have not really seen a list posted, but personally I have deleted
-MyLibrary
-Press Reader
-Zinio Reader

What about?
Vibe 2.0 - (what is it?)
Asus Facebook Poster
Asus PC Launcher
MEar
MyDictionary 1.0
PixWe
Splashtop Remote

cesjr02 said:
What about?
Vibe 2.0 - (what is it?)
Asus Facebook Poster
Asus PC Launcher
MEar
MyDictionary 1.0
PixWe
Splashtop Remote
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Splashtop is amazingly usefull if you have a desktop at home you can use it through the tf with this app (it is safe to delete tho if you will never do that)
Mydictionary id keep that its small anyway
pix we i deleted
facebook poster deleted i use friendme or browser
Pc launcher i think you need that
Vibe 2.0 im pretty sure thats linked in with other stuff ill double check and post back

Thanks for the info. I'm slowly learning what all this stuff is. Any idea about MEar?

cesjr02 said:
What about?
Vibe 2.0 - (what is it?)
Asus Facebook Poster
Asus PC Launcher
MEar
MyDictionary 1.0
PixWe
Splashtop Remote
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Why would you delete PC Launcher? Dont plan on connecting to a computer and copying stuff?

Oyeve said:
Why would you delete PC Launcher? Dont plan on connecting to a computer and copying stuff?
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I use this for my iMac and MacBook Pro. Works like a charm and don't have a need for Asus PC Launcher.

Danzano said:
Splashtop is amazingly usefull if you have a desktop at home you can use it through the tf with this app (it is safe to delete tho if you will never do that)
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Can you launch Splashtop without going thru My Cloud?

Danzano said:
Theres alot of the devs now removing all apks they can and putting them in a zip incase people want them maybe look at whats i them and you will know what is safe to remove
Or look at the dev threads they usually list what they have removed although some dont so have a proper look.
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Where can I find these .zip?
EDIT: Nevermind. I downloaded the system dump with all apps.

F. Gacrux said:
Can you launch Splashtop without going thru My Cloud?
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Not in Asus' version, but you also don't get updates in that. Just buy it on the market if you want it; it's cheap and you'll get proper updates, rather than having to wait months for bug fixes.

I removed all of the stuff asus loaded on it and the only problem I've had was trying to install an official build from Asus since the files were modified. Other than that, it runs just fine.

[Sprint] Do you need a laugh..

So there I was, working on setting up my GF's SGS3...
Got it all rooted, my fav root apps installed and configured, and she tried to use her FB app.
Yah, I know.. thats the problem right there.. FB...but I digress..
So.. she jumps on WiFi, but FB wont connect.. no worries, probably the FB app.. so I check, and neither will the browser.. ???
I reboot.. I recheck the WiFi setting, everything looks good.... WTF??
So, thinking it may be WiFi, I turn it off to test via the 3G connection, STILL wont connect to FB, or even the Data..
I was like ok.. WTF did I do...
Started retracing my steps, and the light bulb went on!!! :good:
note to self: next time you setup droidwall, make sure you select "black list" and not the default "white list" when you block apps.
I had blocked data & WiFI for all but the 6 game apps, changed white list to black list and everything worked
damm.. I felt like an iPhone user... ROFL!

HA! Dummy......no, joking, but that is funny

whats droidwall? like a firewall? are you that paranoid?

^ This guy obviously needs a laugh...but apparently you weren't able to give it to him. LOL.
Great story, OP. It just goes to show, when you're having problems, it's almost always something small and simple that you missed. We're all guilty of it! :good:

Cool story. Serious question: why do you use droid wall?

Lol I was thinking she enabled airplane mode.
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Droid wall is nice for some live wallpaper's and a few games and other apps that only require data to push ads to your phone. Block data to them and the app works perfectly, and the push ads are gone.
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I did the same thing setting up my enterprise email ... even spent 20 minutes on the phone with our IT guys trying to figure it out.
Not one of my finer moments ...

please give me back the 20 seconds of my life i took in reading that.

Is the funny part when you said you had a gf?
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Sniper_5 said:
Droid wall is nice for some live wallpaper's and a few games and other apps that only require data to push ads to your phone. Block data to them and the app works perfectly, and the push ads are gone.
Sent from my VZW SGS3
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Is there a list of useful root apps?

DarkManX4lf said:
Cool story. Serious question: why do you use droid wall?
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I use it because it is an easy way for me to do a 100% block on an app by app basis for both data and WiFi. If I find a game I really like, but I dont care for the permissions, or how the app has the ads setup,etc.. I can just totally block it in Droidwall, and not have to mess with LBE or some such to revoke permissions etc...
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Is the funny part when you said you had a gf?
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Didn't you hear, geek is the new sexy! :victory:
Randomacts said:
Is there a list of useful root apps?
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Probably hundreds of them... (here is one of them)
My list includes:
Titaniumn Backup
Root Explorer
AppBak
Droidwall
LBE Privacy Guard
Roam Control
AdFree

Shoulda had a V8.

DCRocks said:
I use it because it is an easy way for me to do a 100% block on an app by app basis for both data and WiFi. If I find a game I really like, but I dont care for the permissions, or how the app has the ads setup,etc.. I can just totally block it in Droidwall, and not have to mess with LBE or some such to revoke permissions etc...
Didn't you hear, geek is the new sexy! :victory:
Probably hundreds of them... (here is one of them)
My list includes:
Titaniumn Backup
Root Explorer
AppBak
Droidwall
LBE Privacy Guard
Roam Control
AdFree
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Personally, I'd scratch Root Explorer off that list. A couple years ago, when root-enabled file explorers were rare, I would agree with you. Now, there are plenty of free file explorers that both have a better interface and are free with root-enabled features.

EndlessDissent said:
Personally, I'd scratch Root Explorer off that list. A couple years ago, when root-enabled file explorers were rare, I would agree with you. Now, there are plenty of free file explorers that both have a better interface and are free with root-enabled features.
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Agreed, I just list it as I bought it years ago, EZ File explorer is a good free replacement app

Nice.... epic face palm!