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Removing Stock App Icons

I've removed a bunch of the crap apps that come pre-installed on the Galaxy, however the stupid icons still show up in my app menu. Anyone know how to get rid of these icons??

You can make a custom app draw and place the apps in the order you want. Not sure if you can fully remove an icon but you could create another page and place them all on that.
Edit: How did you remove the stock junk? I've looked in the Setting > apps menu but uninstall was grayed out.

you need to r00t it then use adb shell goto data>app> then use the rm -r command to remove anything u don't want....
I don't know how to create a custom app drawer, can you elaborate?
There has to be a better solution than that btw, anyone else?

open app draw > menu > view type > customizable grid > puts you back at app draw.
Menu > edit > move app icons at will and create multiple pages, pages can have as many for as few icons as you chose.

I have removed these so far from /system/app:
AccountAndSync.apk
AddToHome.apk
Avatar.apk
BuddiesNow.apk
DualClock.apk
DualClock.odex
Email.apk
Email.odex
GoGo.odex
KindleStub.apk
MediaHub.apk
MobiTV.apk
MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk
Swype-Tips.apk
Telenav.apk
vvm-signed.apk

how did you get them to delete? when i do rm -r BuddiesNow.apk i get a permissions denied

Mookie_Jones said:
how did you get them to delete? when i do rm -r BuddiesNow.apk i get a permissions denied
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You need to be root.

Mookie_Jones said:
how did you get them to delete? when i do rm -r BuddiesNow.apk i get a permissions denied
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1. Grab ADB from the SDK from Google and put the tools dir somewhere easy to access via command line
2. Install the USB drivers (I had to install 3 drivers)
3. Root the phone
4. CMD to wherever you put the tools directory
5. Run "adb remount"
6. Run "adb shell"
7. (inside of the shell) "su" to root (only if you get a $ prompt, if you have a # prompt skip this step)
8. "cd /system/app"
9. Delete the above apk's
Do not enter any quotes above, only enter the command inside of the quotes.
Any suggestions on any other apk's to delete?

Simply reboot! That's all I did after I removed a bunch of apk and none of the icons show up anymore

I removed them and now it tells me that my camera doesn't work.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

t1n0m3n said:
1. Grab ADB from the SDK from Google and put the tools dir somewhere easy to access via command line
2. Install the USB drivers (I had to install 3 drivers)
3. Root the phone
4. CMD to wherever you put the tools directory
5. Run "adb remount"
6. Run "adb shell"
7. (inside of the shell) "su" to root (only if you get a $ prompt, if you have a # prompt skip this step)
8. "cd /system/app"
9. Delete the above apk's
Do not enter any quotes above, only enter the command inside of the quotes.
Any suggestions on any other apk's to delete?
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just wanted to post an alt method for those that dont like adb (we're out here, i have yet to install the drivers for this phone lol
Alt Method
1. If you’re rooted, purchase Root Manager (a must have tool for rooted androids)
2. Open Root Manager
3. Select System apps
4. Select App Remover
5. Seleck .apk files you don’t want and remove them.
6. Reboot the phone immediately after
7. Now go to menu
8. settings
9. manage applications
10. you will see apps that have their long name/path name “com.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx” and no icons
11. those are the remnants of the apk files you used to have which were locked (hence needing Root Manager)
12. uninstall these like you would any other non OEM/3rd Party app
13. You should be done!
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i've removed telenav, mobitv, amazon mp3, and slacker radio so far
Let me know if this works for you guys or if i've missed anything (i am here to learn from this great community as well)
P.S. I had a hard time with Slacker Radio because i deleted the .apk as mentioned above but still had app in the app drawer and it still launched when i selected the icon. Turns out, I had updated it with AppBrain. When i went to uninstall Slacker through manage applications, it removed the update first then gave me a "uninstall unsuccessful". However when i went back to the list of apps, it did remove the icon and revert to "com.slacker.radio" in the apps list, then i went in to uninstall that and it worked fine. So, if any apps have updates on top of "factory", keep that in mind

I have noticed that the slacker radio and layar from samsung/TMO are quite gimped and don't really function very well. They seem to be tied to TMO and wants to charge your TMO account monthly for something. (I didn't really look close, I got to the "we want to charge your account" part and canceled.) I deleted them from the phone and then went to the market and downloaded the "real" apps... Yeah, there is none of that crap on the real apps.
>:-(
Most of the other TMO/Samsung apps did this as well, but I deleted most of them pronto. So if you want to use layar or slacker radio... Do yourself a favor and delete them, and grab them from the market.
I actually use Amazon MP3, so I kept that one.
When, oh when do the CMs a come!? Get along little doggy. Yehaw. *Bullwhip* (Yay, we got Cyanogen!)

I'm just uninstalling them with Titanium Backup (root needed). Things that I think I MAY want back, I just back up... I found that some after uninstalling, you can see in Settings->Applications->Manage, right under 3rd party at 0 bytes. I just uninstalled from there and it appears it removed all traces.
Note: Titanium Backup is acting flaky with restores, apps go back but it FC's before restoring data. Then I have to go back and restore data only. I felt better just reinstalling from market then restoring data only from TB. But that is another thread

could someone tell me what these apk are?
MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk
vvm-signed.apk
My list of backed up and removed files are
AccountAndSync.apk & odex
Amazon apk
Avatar.apk & odex
AddToHome.apk & odex
DualClock.apk & odex
Email.apk & odex
Infoalarm.apk & odex (daily briefing)
KindleStub.apk
layar-samsung.apk
MediaHub.apk
Memo.apk & odec
MiniDiary.apk & odec
Myfiles.apk & odex
slackerradio.apk
Telenav.apk
Writeandgo.apk & odec
I will probably take out most of the sammy widgets and some of the dull live wallpapers also. Will report back if there are any issues but they all came from other people's "safe" lists. (thanks Jonas.M and t1n0m3n)

SykesAT said:
could someone tell me what these apk are?
MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk
vvm-signed.apk
My list of backed up and removed files are
AccountAndSync.apk & odex
Amazon apk
Avatar.apk & odex
AddToHome.apk & odex
DualClock.apk & odex
Email.apk & odex
Infoalarm.apk & odex (daily briefing)
KindleStub.apk
layar-samsung.apk
MediaHub.apk
Memo.apk & odec
MiniDiary.apk & odec
Myfiles.apk & odex
slackerradio.apk
Telenav.apk
Writeandgo.apk & odec
I will probably take out most of the sammy widgets and some of the dull live wallpapers also. Will report back if there are any issues but they all came from other people's "safe" lists. (thanks Jonas.M and t1n0m3n)
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couple of noob questions for you, that addtohome thing, if you uninstall that, what happens when you long press on an empty space on a home screen? launching addtohome brings up the same menu as a long press so i was wondering. Also what are the .odex files and what do they do?

jblade1000 said:
couple of noob questions for you, that addtohome thing, if you uninstall that, what happens when you long press on an empty space on a home screen? launching addtohome brings up the same menu as a long press so i was wondering. Also what are the .odex files and what do they do?
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long press on home screen brings up.... add to home menu
I believe removing that apk just removes the icon in the app draw, Similar to the Avatar APK which is also just an icon with a link... Not too sure about odex but read they should be removed also. When I "removed" items it was more move to a backup folder on the SD card just incase.

Jeez, I found another one. The kindle app (which I use) was not uninstallable. It had a "remove updates" button instead. I click on remove updates, and it basically uninstalled the app, but left all of the shortcuts on the home screen and the app menu orphaned.
I had to install it from the market, uninstall it from the market, and install it from the market again to get it working correctly. Now I have a proper "uninstall" button and market updates for this app.
It seems to me like every T-mobile/Samsung pre-installed app has something wrong with it. I can't wait until we get a real rom for this phone.

SykesAT said:
could someone tell me what these apk are?
MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk
vvm-signed.apk
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vvm-signed.apk - T-Mobile's Visual Voice Mail (If you use this, I recommend deleting this version and installing from the market instead.)
All of the stubs are basically shortcuts to the market to install the real apps. That one is the stub to install the T-Mobile "My Account" app. I removed all of the stubs. They just get in the way IMO.

jblade1000 said:
couple of noob questions for you, that addtohome thing, if you uninstall that, what happens when you long press on an empty space on a home screen? launching addtohome brings up the same menu as a long press so i was wondering. Also what are the .odex files and what do they do?
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The addtohome apk just puts a shortcut in the app tray to bring up the same menu as when you long press the background. I found it annoying, so I removed it. Removing it does not effect the menu that pops up when you long press an empty space on the home screen.
As I understand it, Odex files are there to speed up boot and to lessen the dalvik-cache usage a bit.

T1n0m3,
thanks again vvm and myact are removed myact added back from market, use GV for VM.
So its correct and safe to delete the the odex files of any apk you've removed?

Market on Stock TNT Rom Gtablet

Market on stock Gtablet Rom
After alot of research i got this to work.
Try at your own risk!!!
First root with Z4 root. This is totally reversable.
Next find and download gtab_tnt_lite_v2.00 and unzip to your computer. Go to update, system, app and copy the files below to your gtablet. Go to ES file explorer and install the apps listed below manually in the order they are numbered. Then reboot . Pick setup wizard after reboot and follow instructions for google.
1. GoogleServicesFramework.apk
2. OneTimeInitializer.apk
3. SetupWizard.apk
4. Talk.apk
5. Vending.apk
6. Gmail.apk
7. Maps.apk
Next
- Get a copy of Titanium Backup and sideload it (free version is fine).
- Make sure the Market is working with your Google ID, of course.
- Go into Settings -- Applications -- Manage Applications and Force Stop both the Market and Google Services Frameworks apps.
- In Titanium Backup, go into "Backup/Restore", look for "Google Services Framework 2.2", click on it and then choose "Wipe Data". Then go back to the home screen.
- Run the Market app. You should get an error (that's a good thing, as that's what we want. If you don't get an error, re-try the steps above until you do).
- Reboot, and wait at least a minute after the OS is up to let things stabilize.
- Run the Market again. You should see an immediate difference.
Enjoy

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842590
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duplicate post

Well this is just for the folks that dont want to have to mess with having to flash through recovery.

frankie_pr1 said:
Well this is just for the folks that dont want to have to mess with having to flash through recovery.
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You get the most up to date gapps from the link provided. You can extract the same files from that zip.
You are less likely to have problems using the current gapps and installing through recovery than manually copying and pasting files.
There are several existing threads that cover this process already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889659

Closed, as there are already multiple threads that cover this subject.

[HOW TO] Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob (Simple) Version

In this Noob Series, we will explore how to disable the Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates. This small script
was written by our development staff. Our staff was very careful to disable all the OTA Services that Amazon can use to deploy updates. We have the script notes at the bottom for people interested in what actually is shut down. You may easily revert back and enable all services if desired, just download and execute the attached.
SCRIPT WAS UPDATED 01-29-2013 TO BLOCK NEW SERVICES
Prerequisites:
1. Rooted Kindle Fire HD 7" 8.9" or Fire 2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36375244
2. Kindle Fire First Aide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
Preferred Method (Automatic Method):
Disable OTA Step 1: Download Kindle Fire First Aide: Windows 32-bit Version Or Windows 64-bit Version
Disable OTA Step 2: Extract KFFirstAide.zip to C:\KFFirstAide - please remove the 32 or 64 at the end of the folder created by Winzip or 7-Zip
Disable OTA Step 3: With your mouse, open the C:\KFFirstAide contents by double mouse clicking the C:\KFFirstAide folder
Disable OTA Step 4: Find the RunMe.bat file. Right Hand Mouse click on RunMe.bat, select 'Send to', select Desktop (Create Shortcut). Now press the Left Hand Mouse button to create the Shortcut named RunMe.bat.
Disable OTA Step 5: Find the RunMe Shortcut on your desktop, select it by left mouse click over the icon, then while on the icon choose Right Hand mouse click, select Properties.
Disable OTA Step 6: This will display the RunMe properties. Select the General Tab, change the top name to KF First Aide. Then click on the Shortcut tab, click on Advanced. Check 'Run as Administrator', click OK, then click Apply, then click OK. All windows should be closed.
Disable OTA Step 7: Double Mouse Click the new Icon named KF First Aide. You may be presented with a security window, just click Yes.
Disable OTA Step 8: Please click on the Windows Key plus Pause/Break, this will display the Windows System Properties. Next Click on the Advanced Tab and find "Environment Variables". Please click on Environment Variables and find the Path Statement. Carefully add at the end of the Path Statement:
Code:
;C:\KFFirstAide
Note: Do Not forget the semi-colen before the C:\KFFirstAide
Disable OTA Step 9: That is it! The software is ready. Next we get the Kindle ready to disable OTA.
Disable OTA Step 10: Please check the Kindle under More + > Security - make sure ADB is ON. Leave it disconnected from USB.
Disable OTA Step 11: Launch Kindle Fire First Aide, if the ADB Driver is not installed, use Option 12 to Install the ADB Driver
Disable OTA Step 12: Make sure the Kindle is turned ON, plugged into the Computer USB and ready. Select Option 14 to Disable OTA.
Disable OTA Step 13: That is it! OTA is now disabled, you may close the software.
You may view the Kindle Fire First Aide Forum Notes here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
Alternative Method (Manual Method):
Disable OTA Step 1: Download the Disable OTA Script File: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/disable-ota.zip OR http://ubuntuone.com/7EOyYTaRqPOdP6dayeKYfy by downloading disable-ota.zip to your desktop.
Disable OTA Step 2: Download and Install Script Manager: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/scriptmanager.zip OR http://ubuntuone.com/1wBb3bXAtQv1DnMjPhQY5m
Disable OTA Step 3: Using either Windows Zip or 7-Zip, unzip both scriptmanager.zip and disable-ota.zip to your desktop as scriptmanager.apk and disable-ota.sh
Disable OTA Step 4: Using Windows Explorer, move or copy scriptmanager.apk and disable-ota.sh to /Kindle Drive/Internal Drive/Download
Disable OTA Step 5: Next go into /Apps Open either Root Explorer or ES File Explorer with Root Permissions enabled.
Disable OTA Step 6: Using either ES File Explorer or Root Explorer, Install Script Manager scriptmanager.apk (S Manager)
Disable OTA Step 7: Close ES File Explorer or Root Explorer
Disable OTA Step 8: Stay in /Apps. Open S Manager, Allow the Superuser request, keep S Manager open.
Disable OTA Step 9: Using S Manager, navigate to /mnt/sdcard/Download by clicking on sdcard, then click
on Download. The Script Manager(S Manager) usually open to /mnt/sdcard. Just look at the very top of S
Manager to see the current S Manager file system location.
Disable OTA Step 10: Using S Manager, select the Script file disable-ota.sh by clicking on disable-ota.sh
Disable OTA Step 11: Next in S Manager select the top options Su and choose Run. The script will now Run,
ignore any errors.
Disable OTA Step 12: You may now exit S Manager by clicking the Back <- Arrow until S Manager closes.
Disable OTA Step 13: You have now shutdown the services that run the OTA Updates. You have also improved
your battery Run-time since you shutdown unnecessary services.
Disable OTA Step 14: Reboot the Kindle.
Notes on the Script disable-ota.sh: The following outlines the script and how it works. We have carefully written
the script to only shutdown OTA, no other services are disabled. Here is the exact services we shutdown:
1. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAUpdateMessageHandler" - This is a Messaging Service that sends and receives
data from OTA. This is similar to a Phone allowing OTA to communicate to the Kindle and the Kindle communicate to
OTA.
2. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService" - This is the actual base OTA Service that routes the communication
and starts the actual update when the update has been downloaded.
3. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.CheckForOTAUpdatesService" - This is the service that checks the OTA file library
to see what updates are available. It is also what detects the current software version.
4. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAStatusActivity" - This is the service that checks the update status - Installing,
Rebooting, Completed, etc.
5. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.ResetOTAMessageHandler" - This is the service that restarts the Kindle when the
update is completed.
6. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService$OTAWakeupReceiver" - This wakes the Kindle from Sleep Mode allowing
the update to download when you are not using the device.
7. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService$OTADedupeReceiver" - This is the service that checks the validity of
the download through OTA Certificate Files. If the file doe not pass a signal is sent to the Messaging Service to
restart the download and delete the current download file. This does have a timeout signal so it is not caught in
a loop.
8. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService$OTAInstallNowReceiver" - This is the service that starts the actual
update install.
If this was helpful and you would like to support our work, please send us a donation using this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/donatetome.php?u=4435645

The Noob series is good even for us old vets who have been on XDA almost 4 weeks, now.

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BELASCO said:
The Noob series is good even for us old vets who have been on XDA almost 4 weeks, now.
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Belasco,
We have been in the computer industry since 1982 and whenever I need to do something for
myself, I always look to the simple version with details. This is what triggered us to start
the Noob Series! Thank you for following our series.

Does it matter if titanium backup is already installed?

It would have saved me hours of trial and error a few weeks ago (actually, the exploration can be the fun part - I just found the screensaver). Now to get back to it - I borked Ivona trying to introduce alternatives. Now Pico's default is in command, sounding like Stephen Hawking's idiot cousin.

Question - Where do you find Apps
th3lawmak3r76 said:
I'm sorry but im feeling noobier than a noob right now but what do you mean by "/apps"? Are you pertaining to the app drawer or are you in fact talking about in the file manager /system/app? Again very sorry but im not used to doing this as opposed to just flashing a custom rom and checking and unchecking options in the settings.
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th3lawmak3r76,
No worries, we are here to answer questions. This is a good question and since you are used to
custom ROM's it makes sense why you ask. In the original version of the Kindle Fire HD Launcher
the "Apps" tab is where you will find all your Applications. So in the custom Launchers it would
be called the the primary "App Drawer". Does this help?

Added enable-ota.sh to Revert the changes
To All,
Anyone that would like to revert and enable Amazon OTA can use the attached script.
Download and unzip enable-ota.zip to enable-ota.sh
Using a solid Script Manager Run enable-ota.sh with options: Su
Next click Run and then Reboot.

prokennexusa said:
In this Noob Series, we will explore how to disable the Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates. This small script
was written by our development staff. Our staff was very careful to disable the only OTA Service and not affect other
services. We have the script notes at the bottom for people interested in what actually is shut down. You may easily
revert back and enable all services if desired, just download and execute the attached
Prerequisites:
1. Rooted Kindle Fire HD 7" 8.9" or Fire 2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36375244
2. Google Play
Disable OTA Step 1: Download and Install Titanium Backup: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/Titanium%20Backup_5.7.3.zip by downloading Titanium Backup 5.7.3.zip to your desktop.
Disable OTA Step 2: Download and Install the Disable OTA Script File: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/disable-ota.zip
by downloading disable-ota.zip to your desktop.
Disable OTA Step 3: Download and Install Script Manager: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/scriptmanager.zip
Disable OTA Step 4: Using either Windows Zip or 7-Zip, unzip both Titanium Backup 5.7.3.zip, scriptmanager.zip and disable-ota.zip to your desktop as Titanium Backup 5.7.3.apk, scriptmanager.apk and disable-ota.sh
Disable OTA Step 5: Using Windows Explorer, move or copy Titanium Backup 5.7.3.apk, scriptmanager.apk and disable-ota.sh to /Kindle Drive/Internal Drive/Download
Disable OTA Step 6: Next go into /Apps Open either Root Explorer or ES File Explorer with Root Permissions enabled.
Disable OTA Step 7: Using either ES File Explorer or Root Explorer, Install both Titanium Backup 5.7.3.apk (Titanium Backup) and scriptmanager.apk (S Manager)
Disable OTA Step 8: Close ES File Explorer or Root Explorer
Disable OTA Step 9: Stay in /Apps. Open Titanium Backup, Allow the Superuser request, then close Titanium
Backup.
Disable OTA Step 9: Stay in /Apps. Open S Manager, Allow the Superuser request, keep S Manager open.
Disable OTA Step 10: Using S Manager, navigate to /mnt/sdcard/Download by clicking on sdcard, then click
on Download. The Script Manager(S Manager) usually open to /mnt/sdcard. Just look at the very top of S
Manager to see the current S Manager file system location.
Disable OTA Step 11: Using S Manager, select the Script file disable-ota.sh by clicking on disable-ota.sh
Disable OTA Step 12: Next in S Manager select the top options Su and choose Run. The script will now Run,
ignore any errors.
Disable OTA Step 13: You may now exit S Manager by clicking the Back <- Arrow until S Manager closes.
Disable OTA Step 14: You have now shutdown the services that run the OTA Updates. You have also improved
your battery Run-time since you shutdown unnecessary services.
Disable OTA Step 15: Reboot the Kindle.
Notes on the Script disable-ota.sh: The following outlines the script and how it works. We have carefully written
the script to only shutdown OTA, no other services are disabled. Here is the exact services we shutdown:
1. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAUpdateMessageHandler" - This is a Messaging Service that sends and receives
data from OTA. This is similar to a Phone allowing OTA to communicate to the Kindle and the Kindle communicate to
OTA.
2. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService" - This is the actual base OTA Service that routes the communication
and starts the actual update when the update has been downloaded.
3. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.CheckForOTAUpdatesService" - This is the service that checks the OTA file library
to see what updates are available. It is also what detects the current software version.
4. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAStatusActivity" - This is the service that checks the update status - Installing,
Rebooting, Completed, etc.
5. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.ResetOTAMessageHandler" - This is the service that restarts the Kindle when the
update is completed.
6. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService$OTAWakeupReceiver" - This wakes the Kindle from Sleep Mode allowing
the update to download when you are not using the device.
7. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService$OTADedupeReceiver" - This is the service that checks the validity of
the download through OTA Certificate Files. If the file doe not pass a signal is sent to the Messaging Service to
restart the download and delete the current download file. This does have a timeout signal so it is not caught in
a loop.
8. Disable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService$OTAInstallNowReceiver" - This is the service that starts the actual
update install.
If this was helpful and you would like to support our work, please send us a donation using this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/donatetome.php?u=4435645
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cant we just move otacert to downloads like in the root guide?

Titanium Backup Question
th3lawmak3r76 said:
Does it matter if titanium backup is already installed?
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th3lawmak3r76,
I am sorry, we missing your post! If you already have Titanium Backup installed you can ignore that part of the
modification.

Somewhere in this forum i find the easy solution to move otacerts.zip in /download.
So i did it.
It's enough or it's better to follow the guide in this thread?
I love my kfhd unrooted, and i don't want an update to screw my night job to get it!

I don't suppose there is a way of doing this if unregistered as I can't go in to apps ?
Sent from my KFTT using Tapatalk HD

Removing otacerts.zip should work fine,it did for me, but some have reported it didnt... disabling all possibilities seems a definitive solution which it appears this does
Sent from my KFTT using xda app-developers app

mrkhigh said:
Removing otacerts.zip should work fine,it did for me, but some have reported it didnt... disabling all possibilities seems a definitive solution which it appears this does
Sent from my KFTT using xda app-developers app
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You're right. I've just followed this how-to.
Last thing i want is going back to the stock amazon ****..

Disable Amazon OTA Updates
KindleFireGuy said:
cant we just move otacert to downloads like in the root guide?
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KindleFireGuy,
Theoretically moving or renaming otacerts.zip should stop the updates but if Amazon get's the word on this there are
still backdoor services running that allow Amazon to push files onto the Kindle. So, let's say they catch word of this,
they will be able to push a new otacerts.zip back to the directory which it was removed. What we did with this simple
script was to disable every back door service that Amazon could use to push files OTA. The script shuts them all
down and does not remove any functionality. The script also shuts down unnecessary services that decrease
battery time.

Disable Amazon OTA Updates
BELASCO said:
It would have saved me hours of trial and error a few weeks ago (actually, the exploration can be the fun part - I just found the screensaver). Now to get back to it - I borked Ivona trying to introduce alternatives. Now Pico's default is in command, sounding like Stephen Hawking's idiot cousin.
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BELASCO,
That is just it, we all spend lot's of time making the Kindle work the way we want it to work, not the way
Amazon wants it to work. We all spend hours making the Kindle look and feel good, then Amazon sends an
update that removes all our hard work, why? I still do not understand the Amazon philosophy with regards
to the Kindle, it just does not make sense.

Disable Amazon OTA Updates
DVDYETI said:
I don't suppose there is a way of doing this if unregistered as I can't go in to apps ?
Sent from my KFTT using Tapatalk HD
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DVDYETI,
You do not need to be registered for this script to work, you need to be Rooted, that is it.

Disable Amazon OTA Updates
mrkhigh said:
Removing otacerts.zip should work fine,it did for me, but some have reported it didnt... disabling all possibilities seems a definitive solution which it appears this does
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mrkhigh
Theoretically moving or renaming otacerts.zip should stop the updates but if Amazon get's the word on this there are
still backdoor services running that allow Amazon to push files onto the Kindle. So, let's say they catch word of this,
they will be able to push a new otacerts.zip back to the directory which it was removed. What we did with this simple
script was to disable every back door service that Amazon could use to push files OTA. The script shuts them all
down and does not remove any functionality. The script also shuts down unnecessary services that decrease
battery time.

Disable Amazon OTA Updates
Headlessbody said:
You're right. I've just followed this how-to.
Last thing i want is going back to the stock amazon ****..
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Headlessbody,
Thank you for the feedback. I agree, the last thing I want is to go back to the old interface which I completely
disliked. As I have said before, we spend a lot of time making the Kindle look and feel the way we want it to
look. Why does Amazon have the right to destroy our hard work? My opinion is the do not have the right to
remove our hard work and this is why we developed this script - to stop Amazon from destroying our hard
work.

Another big thanks to Chris for this Noob series. I am finally getting the hang of all this. Hopefully I am not the Village Dunce but less than 2 weeks ago I didn't even know how to use ES File Explorer. Your instructions have allowed me to accomplish tasks that a month ago I wouldn't even considered. :good:

Disable Amazon OTA Updates
Clarke33 said:
Another big thanks to Chris for this Noob series. I am finally getting the hang of all this. Hopefully I am not the Village Dunce but less than 2 weeks ago I didn't even know how to use ES File Explorer. Your instructions have allowed me to accomplish tasks that a month ago I wouldn't even considered. :good:
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Clarke33,
By the way, I saw your PM, I just have not had time to respond yet. I am glad to hear the training helped,
this is why we do it, to carry our knowledge to other people like yourself. This update disables every possibility
of Amazon deploying updates, it also reduces number of services thereby increasing battery run time. I will
respond to your PM tomorrow.

LMT Launcher

Anybody have success using this on KFHD 7". I saw it in a thread "Show off your homescreen" that someone was running it, but I can't get it to show up.. In the post he stated that you can't move it to system/apps or it won't work, so I didn't do that. I have the app up and running and installed with changes to RW/R/R but nothing pops up when I hit Start Touch Service.. Any ideas..

How to Enable Live Petal Theme (LMT) Launcher oon the Kindle Fire Tablets
lacoursiere18 said:
Anybody have success using this on KFHD 7". I saw it in a thread "Show off your homescreen" that someone was running it, but I can't get it to show up.. In the post he stated that you can't move it to system/apps or it won't work, so I didn't do that. I have the app up and running and installed with changes to RW/R/R but nothing pops up when I hit Start Touch Service.. Any ideas..
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lacoursiere18,
We just tested this on our internal Kindle Fire HD 7" with success, please take these steps:
Step 1: Remove any old versions of Live Petal Theme (LMT) Launcher and reboot the Kindle
Step 2: Launch Google Play Store, search for MXHome Launcher 3.0 - choose Install and Accept & download
Step 3: When the install is done, launch Root Explorer or ES File Explorer, navigate to /data/app folder
Step 4: Find com.neomtel.mxhome-1.apk (your name may differ, look for the icon that matches the one in Google Play Store)
Step 5: Move com.neomtel.mxhome-1.apk from /data/app to /system/app - change the permissions to User: Read Write Group: read and Others: Read
Step 6: Reboot the Kindle, during the Reboot you will see "Kindle is Upgrading" - this is normal
Step 7: Once you Unlock the Kindle you will be presented with "Complete action using:" - the Option here is to select which launcher you would like to use,. If you are using MagicLocker be sure to select MagicLocker if you are not using MagicLocker, then select MXHome Launcher. If you are using MXHome Launcher Exclusively without MagicLocker the the Launcher will initialize and you can stop here, otherwise MagicLocker users proceed to step 8.
Step 8: Next MagicLocker will launch and you will be presented with a pop-up asking you to select your primary launcher, this is where you would select MXHome Launcher
Step 9: Now exit the MagicLocker options screen and begin to setup MXHome Launcher

[TUT] Disable OTA on 4.5.2 + Install GApps

Edit: Sorry for not maintaining this thread for a long time (rl stuff) but after all I really recommend you switching to LineageOS. It's very straightforward, you have full Play Store and Amazon access and a smooth, nice, customizable and clean android. Also you don't have to worry about your device getting incompatible to the Play Store^^ or bricking your device by accidental updates.
Srsly, don't do anything below here. It's old and not supported anymore. Also before doing anything to your tablet: Unlock the Bootloader here
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)

Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like
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You need specify that need to change the extension exactly

Potato_of_Doom said:
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
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Worked great but for some reason on my kindle hdx 7" running 4.5.2 when I booted up the SetupWizard came up to select my language and then when I clicked the big arrow it dumped me into the wireless settings screen and I was stuck. I had to eventually remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk. You might want to recommend users not including this as well on the off chance it causes the same problem I had. After I fixed this I just clicked on the play store and it prompted me to login.

Potato_of_Doom said:
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
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do i put <app etc framework lib priv-app> in /system dir

candiflan said:
do i put <app etc framework lib priv-app> in /system dir
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Yes you can copy everything, just look out for /priv-app/PrebuiltGMSCore.apk (If you try to copy it you'll get a memory error)
@awinston
Thats strange. On my kindle it worked without any issues

Potato_of_Doom said:
Yes you can copy everything, just look out for /priv-app/PrebuiltGMSCore.apk (If you try to copy it you'll get a memory error)
@awinston
Thats strange. On my kindle it worked without any issues
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Got it thanks

awinston said:
Worked great but for some reason on my kindle hdx 7" running 4.5.2 when I booted up the SetupWizard came up to select my language and then when I clicked the big arrow it dumped me into the wireless settings screen and I was stuck. I had to eventually remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk. You might want to recommend users not including this as well on the off chance it causes the same problem I had. After I fixed this I just clicked on the play store and it prompted me to login.
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How did you remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk

After doing this to get gapps, I am receiving license error when attempting to play amazon instant videos. Any ideas?
Edit: obviously did something to drm as I can't access kindle books either.
Anyone know a way to fix? Thanks

candiflan said:
How did you remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk
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Never mind I rename SetupWizard.apk to SetupWizard.apk.old this is what I did
adb shell "su -c 'mount -o rw,remount /system'"
adb shell "su -c 'mv /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk.old'"
adb shell "su -c 'mount -o ro,remount /system'"

Is there a recommendation on installing the gapps via this method, versus the HDXposed method?

It sounds like this is easier and slightly less risky.
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Potato_of_Doom said:
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
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Doesnt work on my Apollo. I downloaded GAPPS 036 (320DPI) and follow your steps. But it doesn't work and I cannot copy phonesky.apk, i have to manually install it. I copied system folder using ES Explorer. Do I have to set permit for files??
Thanks

tuanda82 said:
Doesnt work on my Apollo. I downloaded GAPPS 036 (320DPI) and follow your steps. But it doesn't work and I cannot copy phonesky.apk, i have to manually install it. I copied system folder using ES Explorer. Do I have to set permit for files??
Thanks
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I had issues when I tried ES Explorer. I used Root Explorer with no issues. Also, make sure to set perms to RW R R to match other files in all the directories.

tuanda82 said:
Doesnt work on my Apollo. I downloaded GAPPS 036 (320DPI) and follow your steps. But it doesn't work and I cannot copy phonesky.apk, i have to manually install it. I copied system folder using ES Explorer. Do I have to set permit for files??
Thanks
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Did you get an error message?

Notifications not working
Anyone else having problems not receiving notifications? I am not receiving notifications about updates from google play and I am not receiving notifications from apps where they have been enabled. I took a quick look at some test apps on the store and I never receive the notifications through those apps either. Below is a log cat from a test notifications app. I did some reading and it seems to suggest maybe the individual apps are not configured correctly but I will need to keep digging. Will keep digging, just not very familiar with c2dm so wanted to ask.
03-03 11:17:24.787 2024-4230/? I/GCM﹕ GCM message com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester 0:1425403044280977%c5da679ff9fd7ecd
03-03 11:17:24.797 2024-2024/? W/GCM-DMM﹕ broadcast intent callback: result=CANCELLED forIntent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE pkg=com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester (has extras) }
03-03 11:17:24.797 937-966/? W/BroadcastQueue﹕ Permission Denial: broadcasting Intent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE flg=0x10 pkg=com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester (has extras) } from com.google.android.gsf (pid=2024, uid=10003) requires com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND due to receiver com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester/.broadcast.GCMReceiver

Potato_of_Doom said:
Did you get an error message?
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@riggsandroid: I tried root explorer and set permissions, same results.
@Potato_of_Doom: It closed without message. On the first boot, I can log in my account but after the home screen loading, PlayStore closed without warning. next time playstore close without warning (very fast). It is seem another Google service still working except playstore. I can log in to my play games account and load Clash of clans data without problems.

tuanda82 said:
@riggsandroid: I tried root explorer and set permissions, same results.
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@tuanda82 I had similar issues when I didn't remember to install the GMS Core apk after moving all files over. Just a thought.

awinston said:
Anyone else having problems not receiving notifications?
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Discovered a fix. I had to install Xposed and HDXposed. This leads me to wonder whether the technique used to install gapps with HDXposed might not be the better and safer solution if notifications only work with HDXposed. Anyone else have notifications working without HDXposed installed? After looking through the HDXposed code it looks like this is probably the only solution but maybe I am missing something.

candiflan said:
do i put <app etc framework lib priv-app> in /system dir
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I don't want to confuse anyone, but you really don't want to overwrite the folders, just add files to their corresponding location within their like-named partition directories.
If you are comfortable with adb shell commands, I find it easiest to actually move all the folders from the zip into the data or a newly created system folder & then use batch scripts that take advantage of the * wildcard call, such as *.apk, to change ownership & permission setting to 644 for all files at one time. I don't have time to list it all out all the steps right now, but if you have been playing with adb for a while, you probably already know what I am talking about. You can also do the same thing, live in the system folder, but I personally like to segregate the new files so I can check several & then move them all over at once, after I am confident all the changes were made via the shell commands.

Potato_of_Doom said:
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
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There's another way to get working playstore:
You need enough system store to flash gapps by recovery. To get this, change some system apps to user apps (for example by titanium backup). Don't do this with 'really' system apps, but there are many Amazon apps, you can change (for example kindle reader, music, audible). You can still use these apps after change. Then you can flash with twrp a small gapps package.