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How to UNINSTALL unwanted stock/preinstalled apps from G1

How to remove unwanted stock/preinstalled apps
This is not a question. This is howto
I DID search through the forum and found nothing but
Q: how to remove/uninstall preinstalled apps ?
A: no way !!!
WHAT ??? WRONG ANSWER !!!
Here is how:
First of all I’ll describe my rooted, of course, phone configuration, so if you are on the same boat you can do same trick 99% if not you’ll know where to go
- CyanogenMod 4.1.2.1 (this is latest experimental as of sept-05-09) –works very stable for me
- 4GB SD card partitioned: FAT32, ext3 (512mb), linux_swap (32mb)
(great guide how to part your sd here: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f56/compcache-userinit-22465/index4.html#post232988 (page 4)
- CompCache with Backing Swap (here: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f56/compcache-userinit-22465/index4.html#post232988 (page 1)
Requirements:
1) G1 rooted phone
2) Explorer with ability to explore /system folders – I use Astro (market)
3) PC/MAC
4) SDK installed on it (http://developer.android.com/sdk/download.html?v=android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3.zip)
Steps:
1) first and very important: full backup of your system.
- DO NANDROID (it’s preinstalled in Cyano, search forum for “nandroid” if you don’t have it)
- DO ext3.tar (if you use ext3)
- Make full SD copy to your PC
As described here: (yes, same tread, thanks to bdb4269) http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f56/compcache-userinit-22465/index4.html (page 4)
Now we are safe..well, almost
2) find full name for the application you want to uninstall, say for Amazon MP3 it will be com.amazon.mp3.apk
I did it like this
- open Astro explorer
- go to the very top (/)
- search “amazon”
- when search done, write down full app name
- long press trackball – chose – open containing folder – remember the path (ie /system/app)
3) Assume SDK and USB drivers are installed ( http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html )
And phone is connected to pc/mac
= below guide is from http://oneclickandroid.blogspot.com/ with my comments =
- Start emulator (don’t think it is necessary, but lets follow – emulator located in SDK folder\tools\emulator.exe in my case C:\SDK_15\tools\
CMD window pops up for a second and disappeared
- open CMD prompt (in Windows: Start > run > print: cmd , hit OK/enter)
- execute "adb shell" in on terminal from SDK_ROOT/tool folder
(if you did not register SDK folder in windows variables you need to cd to this folder first:
print: cd c:\sdk_15\tools hit enter
print: adb shell hit enter, you’ll see new prompt appeared: #
- print: mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
This will mount your system folder with read/write permission
- go to system/apps folder of your phone
(print: cd /system/apps hit enter)
*** guide says “/system/apps” but in my case it is “/system/app” ??? (remember I asked you to write down full path and name from Astro ? check your path first ***
- print: rm yourunwantedapplication.apk
i.e. rm com.amazon.mp3.apk hit enter
now, check installed apps in your phone (no reload req.) – is amazon disappeared ?
I wish to try this with app for that has a replacement from the market, like
Dialer – aTakePhone or Music – Meridian etc
Hope someone brave will do it before I do
Deleting may be unsafe if other preinstalled apps or process have links to uninstalled app
What happens in this case? wish someone knows the answer.
I dont think this trick will speedup your phone if you've moved your apps to ext2/3/4 already I just dont want to see useless apps in my phone/pc
Please reply here if you have experience of deleting preinstalled apps
sorry, english is my second languague
Good luck !

Hahahaha... all that trouble just to install a few unnecessary apps off of a ROOTED phone?! If you had searched, you'd have seen the numerous posts where we've posted instructions on uninstalling apps through Terminal. Literally 4 lines of code at most! Note that you can do this with any app you don't want. I have xROM, and one of the first things I do whenever I clean install to the latest version is replace ringtones and remove apps, including HTC Mail, Email, Amazon mp3, and Android Music. It takes me about 2 minutes to remove these apps.
Example for removing Amazon MP3:
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
rm -r /system/app/com.amazon-mp3.apk
mount -o rw,remount /data
rm -r /data/data/com.amazon.mp3
exit
exit

uansari1 said:
mount -o rw,remount /data
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/data is never mounted read-only.

zelipukin said:
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- Start emulator (don’t think it is necessary, but lets follow – emulator located in SDK folder\tools\emulator.exe in my case C:\SDK_15\tools\
CMD window pops up for a second and disappeared
...
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That's not how you start the emulator, in the window that disappears is a message telling you to start with the proper parameters, which you'd see if starting from a command line. If the emulator actually was running, then all your adb commands would then fail because it wouldn't know what device you wanted to address, you'd have to use "adb -d" to tell it to use the real device rather than the emulator.

jashsu said:
/data is never mounted read-only.
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Thanks for the info.. guess I've been doing an extra step, but this means I can do I through terminal even faster.

Easy way to remove unwanted preinstalled apps
Use Root Explorer to browse to /data/app_s and find the applications you don't want. Delete the APK and ODEX files and you are done.
Always remember to make a backup of your phone, before you start deleting.

ewaldtx said:
Use Root Explorer to browse to /data/app_s and find the applications you don't want. Delete the APK and ODEX files and you are done.
Always remember to make a backup of your phone, before you start deleting.
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The app_s folder is only used for Hero ROMs because there isn't enough space in /system, so it's placed in /system/sd (the mount point of the ext partition) if you have an ext partition for A2SD.
For regular google source builds just go to /system/app.

there is an app called rootexplorer it has a button to remove syatem apps. real easy to use. http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.sp...e.rootexplorer

saprano614 said:
there is an app called rootexplorer it has a button to remove syatem apps. real easy to use. http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.sp...e.rootexplorer
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and it works great

Sorry to kind of hijack this but cyrket.com always shows as a blank page.
anyone know why or how to fix that?

i think simply deleting the apk files and data folder will keep an entry in some kind of registry in android. if i just delete the apk files and data folder and run fix_permissions, it shows the same number of processes.

SUFBS
is a rooted file browser and it is, by far, the easiest way of uninstalling any stock apps.
Click one button to make the system folder re-writable (same thing with data folder, just a button), navigate to the apps directory and just delete. or you can search for the app and just delete it from the search window. Voila!

Ssantos6981 said:
is a rooted file browser and it is, by far, the easiest way of uninstalling any stock apps.
Click one button to make the system folder re-writable (same thing with data folder, just a button), navigate to the apps directory and just delete. or you can search for the app and just delete it from the search window. Voila!
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are you talking about rootexplorer or what? elaborate a little..
i just bought and downloaded/installed rootexplorer simply to delete stock apps. upon opening it ask me to allow it. i say yes and it says my phone isn't rooted.
weird.. i just upgraded from cyanogen v4.1.999( or something around that) to the newest 4.2whatever. so how if my phone not rooted?!

blackinches said:
are you talking about rootexplorer or what? elaborate a little..
i just bought and downloaded/installed rootexplorer simply to delete stock apps. upon opening it ask me to allow it. i say yes and it says my phone isn't rooted.
weird.. i just upgraded from cyanogen v4.1.999( or something around that) to the newest 4.2whatever. so how if my phone not rooted?!
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try it again lol. it should work
make sure your not on the stock adp recovery

Root explorer!!!

Hi,
i'm trying ro remove stock apps for quite a few days, and i'm getting desperate!
I have everything... titatium, terminal, root explorer, etc etc
with terminal I also receive "directory not empty", but with root explorer I can delete the apk's from /system/app ... I confirm after that they are not there, bus as soon as I reboot the phone they come back.
what can I do ?
I have HTC desire with stock android, rooted .. and also a couple of programs I instaled I don't really knwo what they do.. like rom manager, clockword recovery, etc
plz help!

Sleeepy2 said:
Sorry to kind of hijack this but cyrket.com always shows as a blank page.
anyone know why or how to fix that?
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It is because the full url path is not correct. Hover cursor over link and look at lower left corner to view the url path...it has those .... in it and will not work. We need the full exact url path.

just use titanum backup,rt click on application it will show (remove),be sure u didn't updated any stock app e.g gmail update

Regarding using Root Explorer on stock G Tab updated to 1.2-4349...
Trying to remove some of the apps preloaded and using Root Explorer get a statement - my phone not rooted.
I want to get the apps off. What to do now? Thanks http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Thanks for this clear procedure !

adding apps to rom package

If I wanted to add all of my apps to the Rom package to avoid reinstalling them one by one where would I add them before resigning it and flashing?

rom116 said:
If I wanted to add all of my apps to the Rom package to avoid reinstalling them one by one where would I add them before resigning it and flashing?
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/data/app
if the folder isnt there then make it
10 char

data/app
Do you mean system/app?

He means /data/app/

What about adding system apps (Mobile Defense or PDFViewer)? Do you have to do anything different?

If you search my posts in replies, there is a script that I used to install all my apps when I reflash.
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jcase

The phone looks for apps in /data/app as well as /system/app
Disk space on the system image is very limited though, so if you're sticking a bunch of apps in there you'll run out of space though, which is why you'll want them in /data/app instead.

I keep a backup of all of my programs in a folder on my sd card called apps. I can install all my apps after a flash in under a minute and its a lot easier to keep the folder up to date than to edit every rom package to put them in there.
Either from a terminal downloaded from the market or adb on your pc use:
su
cd sdcard/apps(or folder name if apps is not used)
busybox install *.apk /data/app

You will need to add the following to lines to the update script as well If you do not Set_Perm it will not allow you to install new apps on a clean format, Also if a app crashes on launch install it manually then go into the data/dalvik-cache folder and copy the corrosponding .odex file and have it install to the data/dalvik-cache Enjoy.
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
set_perm 1000 1000 0771 DATA:app

pjsockett said:
I keep a backup of all of my programs in a folder on my sd card called apps. I can install all my apps after a flash in under a minute and its a lot easier to keep the folder up to date than to edit every rom package to put them in there.
Either from a terminal downloaded from the market or adb on your pc use:
su
cd sdcard/apps(or folder name if apps is not used)
busybox install *.apk /data/app
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Where do you download the apk files so that you can do this? I'm sorry, but Im new to this and your idea sounds very easy to do.

Make a folder called data. Put a folder called 'app' inside of it.
Add to update script:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
Or, just do it (as i do) in a seperate update.zip. The update script is META-INF\com\google\android\update-script.
Thanks

xtremeskier97 said:
Where do you download the apk files so that you can do this? I'm sorry, but Im new to this and your idea sounds very easy to do.
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Probably the most user friendly way to get your apps would be to download astro file manager and use the apps backup feature. It puts all of the apps into a backup folder on your sd card. Other wise you could do
cp data\app\* \sdcard\apps
from an adb shell which would be the faster option but trickier if your not familiar with it

FireSokar said:
You will need to add the following to lines to the update script as well If you do not Set_Perm it will not allow you to install new apps on a clean format, Also if a app crashes on launch install it manually then go into the data/dalvik-cache folder and copy the corrosponding .odex file and have it install to the data/dalvik-cache Enjoy.
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
set_perm 1000 1000 0771 DATA:app
set_perm 1000 1000 0771 DATA:data
set_perm 1000 1000 0771 DATA:dalvik-cache
**EDIT*** Also if your app Force Closes find /data/data folder and find the folder that matches your app and copy it to /data/data of your rom folder before packaging and add it.
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Re-Read the entire quoted post its been corrected to help with any issue you will run into during this.

Instead of
cd sdcard/(folder)
busybox install *.apk /data/app
is there a command such as
install sdcard/(folder)/*.apk /data/app
Or should I just try and find out and hope my phone won't blow up. Not home at the moment to test it.

When i add a folder named data/app to a rom and try flashing it it says no digest for the apps i tried to add anyone help?

pjsockett said:
Probably the most user friendly way to get your apps would be to download astro file manager and use the apps backup feature. It puts all of the apps into a backup folder on your sd card. Other wise you could do
cp data\app\* \sdcard\apps
from an adb shell which would be the faster option but trickier if your not familiar with it
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I just tried that and and it was giving me some errors.
what i found to work was to do:
1. make sure there is a folder called "apps"
2. adb shell
3. cp data/app/* /sdcard/apps
(notice the difference in the slashes (forward vs backwards)

pjsockett said:
I keep a backup of all of my programs in a folder on my sd card called apps. I can install all my apps after a flash in under a minute and its a lot easier to keep the folder up to date than to edit every rom package to put them in there.
Either from a terminal downloaded from the market or adb on your pc use:
su
cd sdcard/apps(or folder name if apps is not used)
busybox install *.apk /data/app
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Thank you this has come in handy, and you still get Market Update Notifications!!

What app/technique to remove stock apps after root?

Right now I'm fully unlocked/rooted, but I'm wondering how any of you might have been able to successfully remove/uninstall stock apps? Obviously if this was on my N1 I'd just use TB, but as I'm sure others have found TB is currently unable to detect the apps (unless someone has gotten it to work??).
Thanks, hope someone has a suggestion!

I was able to uninstall them using Better Terminal Emulator. The code is pretty simple:
su
cd /system/app
mv Cordy.apk Cordy.apkb
mv DungeonDefenders.apk DungeonDefenders.apkb
exit
exit
This only changes the file type so the don't show up. If you want true uninstall (irreversible) use:
su
cd /system/app
rm Cordy.apk
rm DungeonDefenders.apk
exit
exit
If you want to know file names in the system apps folder, use:
cd /system/app
ls
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alexdw369 said:
I was able to uninstall them using Better Terminal Emulator. The code is pretty simple:
su
/system/app
mv Cordy.apk Cordy.apkb
mv DungeonDefenders.apk DungeonDefenders.apkb
exit
exit
This only changes the file type so the don't show up. If you want true uninstall (irreversible) use:
su
/system/app
rm Cordy.apk
rm DungeonDefenders.apk
exit
exit
If you want to know file names in the system apps folder, use:
/system/app
ls
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Ok, just tried this with another terminal emulator, but after entering "/system/app" I get "permission denied". Though it did show that I had superuser permissions after entering su.

I use root explorer. You just click mount r/w and delete or rename or move just like on your computer
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer&feature=search_result

bwcorvus said:
I use root explorer. You just click mount r/w and delete or rename or move just like on your computer :]
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Is there a free app that can do the same thing?

Root uninstaller
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.free

LPHS said:
Root uninstaller
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.free
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Thanks a bunch.

would someone be so kind as to post a list of apps that are safe to remove?

derekstory said:
would someone be so kind as to post a list of apps that are safe to remove?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341558
[Updated 9/11] Bloadware Freeze List
Instead of deleting it just freeze it. If you want it without all the bloatware just flash a rom.
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Integration of user app to rom?

Hey guys does anybody know how to do it? After installation of rom? Can it be done via adb or from phone itself?
I know I can do it before flashing, but what about after flashing?
TB can do it with some app( newer version of system apks) but what about others?
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to install system apps:
From computer:
adb push yourapp.apk /system/app/
From your phone:
su
cp /sdcard/yourapp.apk /system/app/

Marvlesz said:
to install system apps:
From computer:
adb push yourapp.apk /system/app/
From your phone:
su
cp /sdcard/yourapp.apk /system/app/
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But its tough, I got more than 20 app to do it. So is there any app that can do it?
Also Cp means copy right? So is it copy or move?
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If you want to do it before flashing,
If you want to integrate it with system (uninstallable unless using a root explorer or titanium backup):
Open your rom's .zip file put it in the:
Code:
/system/app/
Note: be careful when putting large applications because this will be installed to your 'system' partition and if it is low, you might end up in a bootloop.
If you want to install it like a normal app:
Code:
Create new folder named 'data' if it's not present. Create a new folder in it named 'app'. Then, put your .apks.
Note: This folder will go to your 'userdata' partition.
P.S: Please refrain from putting large .apks files because they make your partition's space low or cause a bootloop.

showlyshah said:
But its tough, I got more than 20 app to do it. So is there any app that can do it?
Also Cp means copy right? So is it copy or move?
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More than one app? no problem, simply do what geek had said.
Create a folder on your sdcard (for example /sdcard/apps-to-install/)
Put all your apks there and then to copy them using the terminal like this:
su
cp /sdcard/apps-to-install/* /system/app/
If you don't want to do this, you can also create a directory with the name /app/ and merge it with the one on your device.
And yes, cp stands for copy, I'd rather copy files and then delete them manually than moving them.
But DO NOT MOVE SO MANY APPS, as this will be taking from your internal memory, make sure you only move important/systematic apps. Otherwise, copy them to your sd-ext.

[Script]Obtain Google Play

Josepho1997 said:
Here is a script that will download and install Google Play(and the other needed files) without any risk of bricking your device. This script will install everything for you, and after it reboots, you should have Google Play.
Just download gapps.sh run it in terminal emulator:
Code:
su
cd /sdcard
sh gapps.sh
Feel free to leave some feedback.
Download - https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/gapps.sh?w=13584f53
Make sure you put the script in the root of your sdcard.
Android>iOS... Android FTW!
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The link doesnt work, i would like to try it when you get it back up

migjr415 said:
The link doesnt work, i would like to try it when you get it back up
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Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t1j5fzwnzaeq64l/gapps.sh?m
There should be a download link at the top.
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Hey! Thanks for this! I JUST bought the KHD for my wife last night and was looking for a way to sideload apps. I would like to try this but I honestly have no idea what the steps are on a mac. Any way you could help me out? Where/how do I get into the terminal? Thanks again.

dmusic said:
Hey! Thanks for this! I JUST bought the KHD for my wife last night and was looking for a way to sideload apps. I would like to try this but I honestly have no idea what the steps are on a mac. Any way you could help me out? Where/how do I get into the terminal? Thanks again.
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Ok. I updated the OP. You dont need a mac for this(unless you download the script with the mac, in which you'll need to transfer it to your kindle). But to side-load, you just need to allow the installation of unknown sources. But if you use this script, you wont need to sideload as you'll have he complete market.
Android>iOS... Android FTW!

Thanks for the quick reply. What I meant was that I am using a mac and did not know if any extra steps were required. I downloaded the term apk and the gapps.sh file but it does not seem to be working in term. And I am a little confused about the "root of the sd card" thing. The kindle does not have an sd card...? I connected to my mac and placed it in the screen that pops up when you want to side load or transfer files to and from the kindle. When using terminal all I get it sh: gapps.sh: No such file or directory
Suggestions? Thanks again!
I guess I should ask if I need to be rooted or perhaps I did not mention that I was NOT rooted.....

dmusic said:
Thanks for the quick reply. What I meant was that I am using a mac and did not know if any extra steps were required. I downloaded the term apk and the gapps.sh file but it does not seem to be working in term. And I am a little confused about the "root of the sd card" thing. The kindle does not have an sd card...? I connected to my mac and placed it in the screen that pops up when you want to side load or transfer files to and from the kindle. When using terminal all I get it sh: gapps.sh: No such file or directory
Suggestions? Thanks again!
I guess I should ask if I need to be rooted or perhaps I did not mention that I was NOT rooted.....
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The sdcard is internal. When you connect your Kindle via USB to transfer files, that is your sdcard. The root of your sdcard is right on your sdcard. So the root of your sdcard is basically straight on the sdcard and not in any folder. When you connect your kindle via USB, you see a lot of folders. You wouldn't place the gapps.sh in any of the folders, but straight on the sdcard.
The sh: gapps.sh: No such file or directory means that it couldn't locate the file in the directory you where in. cd /sdcard means to change directory to the sdcard. It couldn't find it because it wasn't in the root of your sdcard. For example, if it were in your download folder(inside the sdcard), then you would have to do
Code:
cd /sdcard/Downloads
And yes, you need to be rooted
Sorry if this is confusing. I'm only 14, and I'm not very good at explaining things.
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I just tried it. Terminal loaded the gapps.sh and has many failed error and reboot! I thought it was brick. After reboot nothing happens. No playstore to be found.

sAixKo said:
I just tried it. Terminal loaded the gapps.sh and has many failed error and reboot! I thought it was brick. After reboot nothing happens. No playstore to be found.
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Can you rephrase that? In the script it should've downloaded 3 different files. Did it do that? It should've Downloaded them, then moved them, installed them, deleted them off your sdcard, and then rebooted. Browse to /system/app and see if the play store is in there.(Along with Vending.apk and the google service framework). I know on the original kindle fire google play wouldn't show up on the carasoul.(however you spell it)
I did test this script on my original kindle fire, and it worked fine.
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Josepho1997 said:
Can you rephrase that? In the script it should've downloaded 3 different files. Did it do that? It should've Downloaded them, then moved them, installed them, deleted them off your sdcard, and then rebooted. Browse to /system/app and see if the play store is in there.(Along with Vending.apk and the google service framework). I know on the original kindle fire google play wouldn't show up on the carasoul.(however you spell it)
I did test this script on my original kindle fire, and it worked fine.
Android>iOS... Android FTW!
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1. My KFHD is rooted
2. sideloaded terminal
3. launch terminal within KFHD
4. su > cd /sdcard > sh gapps.sh
* It launch the file and gave me bunch of text "saying error failed something" too fast for me to read them. It was only a few seconds then it rebooted.
5. I don't see nothing in /system/app

sAixKo said:
1. My KFHD is rooted
2. sideloaded terminal
3. launch terminal within KFHD
4. su > cd /sdcard > sh gapps.sh
* It launch the file and gave me bunch of text "saying error failed something" too fast for me to read them. It was only a few seconds then it rebooted.
5. I don't see nothing in /system/app
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It seems like it isn't downloading the files and without the files, it will just skip the other steps(they'll get errors).
Edit: Wait...Do you have busybox? If not, sideload this app, run it, make sure it installed busybox, and then run the script again. Here's the app: http://db.tt/ESRFKtXC
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Would deleting the wget command work if the 3 files is already on the /sdcard ?
I thought we only need to move the vending.apk to " system/app " folder?

sAixKo said:
Would deleting the wget command work if the 3 files is already on the /sdcard ?
I thought we only need to move the vending.apk to " system/app " folder?
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Yes, if you have the 3 files already on your sdcard with the same names as the ones in my script, and you delete the wget commands, it will work. Why? Is busybox not installing? And the other two files need to go somewhere. So I just put them in the /system/app folder where they should be anyways.
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Does one have to be rooted to do try this process? I'll proceed with my questions if that isn't necessary to get the Play Store.
I thought I read yes somewhere mixed in one of the posts but I'm just making sure.

robertc88 said:
Does one have to be rooted to do try this process? I'll proceed with my questions if that isn't necessary to get the Play Store.
I thought I read yes but that wasn't on a post by the OP but someone else.
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Yes, you need root.
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I can't get busybox to install with the installer. Keeps failing no matter what version i pick. I think it might be a permissions issue. It wouldn't let me mount r/w. Any ideas?
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mailingtechnology said:
I can't get busybox to install with the installer. Keeps failing no matter what version i pick. I think it might be a permissions issue. It wouldn't let me mount r/w. Any ideas?
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Sorry. I don't even own a kindle fire HD. Is it rooted?
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Yes it is rooted.
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Josepho1997 said:
It seems like it isn't downloading the files and without the files, it will just skip the other steps(they'll get errors).
Edit: Wait...Do you have busybox? If not, sideload this app, run it, make sure it installed busybox, and then run the script again. Here's the app: http://db.tt/ESRFKtXC
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My install in rebooting immediately with no downloads. Decided to try running a couple command individually.
The busybox remount works fine.
The WGET fails. There is no path to wget that android can find. If you run "busybox wget", it works.
Wonder if we need to include "busybox" in front of the wget commands.
Testing as soon as my linux box cranks up.
UPDATE:
Made a few changes to original script:
1. WGET's were not pulling the file from the site. Don't know why but had to pull the files individually and put on root of SDCARD
2. Changed line: chmod 644 /system/app/Play.apk to chmod 644 /system/app/Gplay3.8.17.apk
Question for OP..
Now that I have the Gplay apk and all the other files in the /system/app folder... now what? I don't see google play in the application list as an available option. I see it in the /system/app folder fine but it doesn't show as an app that is available.

Josepho1997 said:
Sorry. I don't even own a kindle fire HD. Is it rooted?
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The issue is the wgets you can't wget from media fire
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dank101 said:
The issue is the wgets you can't wget from media fire
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What? I've made serveral scripts using wget with a mediafire link and they've all worked. In fact, out of all the links I've tried, only mediafire worked.