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[Q] Deleting Files on internal Memory -R- ????

I have been trying to delete copilot from \system\apps\copilot.apk
It is read only.
I am using the offical 2.2 froyo and have used z4root to root the device and installed android mate as a file manager to try and delete it. Android mate triggers the pop-up telling me it wants root access and i allow it but still cannot delete the dam file.
Its annoying me because the copilot icon is in my applications and extracts and imstalls every time its clicked.
Can someone please tell me how to get rid of this file, preferably without buying applications to do so.
Thankyou

you need to explicitly mount the file system as R/W
no idea if the program
you're using can do that..
you can do it manually in a terminal
su
mount remount,rw /system
or using root file explorer (paid app)

and also IF ROOTED, you can use Titanium Backup and delete the app, and make a backup if you think the app will mess up something.

BrokenPixel said:
and also IF ROOTED, you can use Titanium Backup and delete the app, and make a backup if you think the app will mess up something.
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Thanks mate, that worked well. Now I have 3 programs and a rooted streak all for removing 1 annoying file

chrisseear said:
Thanks mate, that worked well. Now I have 3 programs and a rooted streak all for removing 1 annoying file
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which will be back after a recovery

da_jojo said:
which will be back after a recovery
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Yeah they say you learn something new everyday.
A couple of days ago something I installed something (still not sure what) locked my streak in airplane mode, so I restored streak to factory settings & was surprised that it was still rooted after.

flub said:
Yeah they say you learn something new everyday.
A couple of days ago something I installed something (still not sure what) locked my streak in airplane mode, so I restored streak to factory settings & was surprised that it was still rooted after.
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that is possible if you have the superboot installed.

[Q] New Nook N2E with 1.1.0, want to root

I recently bought a new Nook N2E. It actually came with firmware 1.0.0 strangely enough. I did slap 1.1.0 on there.
I want to root this baby. My question is should I revert to 1.0.0, upgrade to 1.0.1, root with touchnooter and proceed with everyone else, or just manually root it noogie style? Or I could stay at 1.1.0 and rip out of touchnooter the things that are not working. I'm just looking for opinions.

volwrath said:
I want to root this baby. My question is should I revert to 1.0.0, upgrade to 1.0.1, root with touchnooter and proceed with everyone else, or just manually root it noogie style? Or I could stay at 1.1.0 and rip out of touchnooter the things that are not working. I'm just looking for opinions.
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There's no simple answer to that.
In regards to Market things are a little messy on 1.1.0 right now, but we're working on it.
Some people claim they got Market working on 1.1.0, but GabrialDestruir is having trouble with finding a reliable solution for that and so do I.
If you absolutely want Market right now, then save you the trouble and go back to 1.0.1 + TouchNooter 1.6.24
If root is all you need atm, then just check out the updated uRamdisk thread.

ros87 said:
...If you absolutely want Market right now, then save you the trouble and go back to 1.0.1 + TouchNooter 1.6.24....
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ros87:
If he does go back to 1.0.1/TouchNooter 1.6.2.4, won't the B&N update eventually download automatically and force the unit to update?

there is a way how to (successfully?) block OTA updates, just google it out. It is simple sqlite3 db update.

Thanks for the replies. I decided that since Ive never seen the N2E running android, I would go 1.0.1 and Touchnooter and it worked like a charm. Only thing I cant figure out how to do is change Google Sync from Push to Manual

Updated my rooted Nook touch to Ver 1.1.0, after reverting to factory version as received. Used the two modified files in the SD image, and after the third boot it worked. I get Youtube, Gmail, and Market successfully. Now I cannot install any non-market apps. Somewhere I saw a menu and accepted permissions which I thought would allow installation of many non-market APK's. Guess I need some help, but close to success.
Jim
"Install blocked" message appears "for security, your phone is set to block... Android Market", I had earlier checked accept non-market apps.

jmgazer said:
Updated my rooted Nook touch to Ver 1.1.0, after reverting to factory version as received. Used the two modified files in the SD image, and after the third boot it worked. I get Youtube, Gmail, and Market successfully. Now I cannot install any non-market apps. Somewhere I saw a menu and accepted permissions which I thought would allow installation of many non-market APK's. Guess I need some help, but close to success.
Jim
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NookColorTools, even if non market apps is checked, uncheck and check it gain.

I've had success three times rooting it with full Market and search.
Here's what I did:
1) Backed up with noogie.img on SD and Roadkil's DiskImage.
2) Used nookRestore on SD to restore /system.
3) Erased and Deregistered to wipe /data.
4) Skipped B&N registration (I don't need/want it).
5) Applied 1.1 firmware update.
6) Used TouchNooter 1.6.24 on SD, modified with 1.1 uRamdisk and framework.jar.
7) Triple booted TouchNooter (gave it five minutes each time), removed card, rebooted, skipped Google registration.
8) Youtube --> GMail --> Market. Downloaded a program in Market.
9) Installed SearchMarket and ADB Wireless Widget. Enabled non-market apps with NookColorTools. Uninstalled YouTube (someone said this helps).
10) Used ADB over wireless to push Vending.apk from here. SearchMarket is no longer needed.
My original thread (with links and other details) is on MobileRead in the nook sections. As ros87 noted, GabrialDestruir hasn't got it to work, but I see no reason why it shouldn't if I've done it successfully on different devices. My guess is that some part of the process is being done differently.
TouchNooter's three boots went like this for me:
1st) Infinite loop of nook dots. I reset after about five minutes.
2nd) Complete freeze either on "Rooted Forever" or nook dots screen.
3rd) Success! and boot to Android Welcome. From here I removed the SD and rebooted.

[Q] Stop ota update

After successfully getting my root and android market working, I would like to make sure that my fire does not update itself and i lose all of my hard work. What is the easiest way to make sure that I will not recieve ota updates? I have seen some people recommend droidwall, are there any other options?
Thanks in advance.

to unregister at amazon is confirmed

I have used http://market.android.com/details?id=com.stericson.permissions to disable the permission
com.amazon.dcp.ota.permission.UPDATE_FILES_LOOKUP
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. No idea if it will work, but it looks interesting.

b63 said:
to unregister at amazon is confirmed
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but how do i use all of my kindle services such as streaming and such.

you get one or the other. I would not expect a lot of updates from Amazon, but you never know.

Can you re-register at any time after you deregister?

Get the Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper from the market (too new to post links, but not a noob). You can temp unroot to use the Amazon services and reroot. If an OTA update gets pushed and installed, you can still reroot.

rooting/unrooting has nothing to do with registering/unregistering the device at amazon and the root status will not have any impact on ota updates.
unregistering will prevent the update allthrough i used an other solution (worked for me):
i deleted /system/etc/security/cacerts.zip - watched the update downloading to the cache folder but did not install - after a reboot the update file was disappeared from the cache folder
was registered all the time

Which file to delete?
Question. My system folder/etc/security has two files and the cacerts file is a .bks file not.zip. The other file is otacerts.zip. Which one should I delete to prevent the update?
b63 said:
rooting/unrooting has nothing to do with registering/unregistering the device at amazon and the root status will not have any impact on ota updates.
unregistering will prevent the update allthrough i used an other solution (worked for me):
i deleted /system/etc/security/cacerts.zip - watched the update downloading to the cache folder but did not install - after a reboot the update file was disappeared from the cache folder
was registered all the time
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you selelected a quite old thread - with a typo too - sorry
here is the link to the complete solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1451328
and it's otacerts.zip ...

b63 said:
you selelected a quite old thread - with a typo too - sorry
here is the link to the complete solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1451328
and it's otacerts.zip ...
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I did this method as well. Not sure if it works, I don't think any OTA updates have been pushed out since I made the mod....

[Q] 1.4.2 Rooted with SQLite Edit

Followed the instructions that GMPOWER had with the manualnooter -
1) Upgraded to 1.4.2, then rooted it with recovery SD... no problem.
2) Made the SQLite edit to change the auto OTA upgrade to manual... no problem.
3) Added apps, and then grabbed the Amazon Appstore and added apps from there... no problem.
As I was going into the "Settings" folder through the NookColorTools, got a "something wrong with your system and rebooting" message and then got the system rebooted and got the clearing /data prompt...
Anyone know what's causing this? I wasn't anywhere near the 'incorrect' bootups and such... I believe I did a search for it, but maybe I didn't look hard enough...
Thanks for your help in advance.

chibucks said:
Followed the instructions that GMPOWER had with the manualnooter -
1) Upgraded to 1.4.2, then rooted it with recovery SD... no problem.
2) Made the SQLite edit to change the auto OTA upgrade to manual... no problem.
3) Added apps, and then grabbed the Amazon Appstore and added apps from there... no problem.
As I was going into the "Settings" folder through the NookColorTools, got a "something wrong with your system and rebooting" message and then got the system rebooted and got the clearing /data prompt...
Anyone know what's causing this? I wasn't anywhere near the 'incorrect' bootups and such... I believe I did a search for it, but maybe I didn't look hard enough...
Thanks for your help in advance.
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1. Are you overclocking the NC? If so, there's no guarantee a particular NC will work at 1.2ghz.
2. Which apps did you add and what access rights did the apps require?

chibucks said:
[...] As I was going into the "Settings" folder through the NookColorTools, got a "something wrong with your system and rebooting" message and then got the system rebooted and got the clearing /data prompt...
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I suspect you tried the 2nd "settings" option. That seems to trigger a remote reset. When I first tried it, it also seemed to wipe my uSD card contents.
Keep in mind, NookColor Tools only exposes options. It's not responsible for what they do. I think we stumbled into a remote reset function and triggered it.
For anybody that wants to confirm this: Please do a backup first!

bobstro said:
I suspect you tried the 2nd "settings" option. That seems to trigger a remote reset. When I first tried it, it also seemed to wipe my uSD card contents.
Keep in mind, NookColor Tools only exposes options. It's not responsible for what they do. I think we stumbled into a remote reset function and triggered it.
For anybody that wants to confirm this: Please do a backup first!
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yup, that's what i pressed (was looking for a keyboard switch). thanks for confirming.

fpga_guy said:
1. Are you overclocking the NC? If so, there's no guarantee a particular NC will work at 1.2ghz.
2. Which apps did you add and what access rights did the apps require?
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nope, no overclock, although, i do have dalingrin's kernel... and i didn't add any apps manually, so i didn't mess with the chmods...
thanks for the response! i'm thinking that it is the 'second setting' option that did it.

chibucks said:
[...] thanks for the response! i'm thinking that it is the 'second setting' option that did it.
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It seems to be the equivalent of telling annoying online players to press Alt-F4 for cheats.
I have done this twice now, surprisingly with the same effect. I think I'm done testing it.

[Q] Disable Automatic Update on LG G2 Stock

Whenever LG releases new update on LG G2, the phone starts downloading the update without user's consent. At times there are users who do not wish to update and do not want to have 100s of MBs downloaded.
LG G Flex has an option to disable automatic update, but LG G2 doesn't have it.
I'm working on disabling it and would appreciate any input or suggestion.

Disillusioned said:
Whenever LG releases new update on LG G2, the phone starts downloading the update without user's consent. At times there are users who do not wish to update and do not want to have 100s of MBs downloaded.
LG G Flex has an option to disable automatic update, but LG G2 doesn't have it.
I'm working on disabling it and would appreciate any input or suggestion.
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If you have rooted your phone, you can install titanium backup and search for "lgota" in the app list, then freeze the app shown.

Disillusioned said:
Whenever LG releases new update on LG G2, the phone starts downloading the update without user's consent. At times there are users who do not wish to update and do not want to have 100s of MBs downloaded.
LG G Flex has an option to disable automatic update, but LG G2 doesn't have it.
I'm working on disabling it and would appreciate any input or suggestion.
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...or you can do this.
If rooted, use a file manager like Root Explorer, go to System/Etc/Security, (mount R/W) and rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak
Reboot phone and you'll be fine.

drftb said:
If you have rooted your phone, you can install titanium backup and search for "lgota" in the app list, then freeze the app shown.
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Thanks for the reply. I already did that but the phone would still download the updates.
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...or you can do this.
If rooted, use a file manager like Root Explorer, go to System/Etc/Security, (mount R/W) and rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak
Reboot phone and you'll be fine.
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I will give it a shot, thanks for the heads up.

I have a ls995 flex and its rooted...
it keeps on auto updating...
after every 2-3 days phone is downloading 641MB of data under "update LG software"...
and consuming alot of data..
how can i stop it. i have tried above mention trick but no success...
its really irritating..
I am on 4.2.2 rooted and sim unlocked with "ls980SIMunlockFinal"
please reply at the earliest...
thanks..

sydvikki said:
I have a ls995 flex and its rooted...
it keeps on auto updating...
after every 2-3 days phone is downloading 641MB of data under "update LG software"...
and consuming alot of data..
how can i stop it. i have tried above mention trick but no success...
its really irritating..
I am on 4.2.2 rooted and sim unlocked with "ls980SIMunlockFinal"
please reply at the earliest...
thanks..
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ls995 is not G2 right?
but i think installing some app like titanium and freezing an app called "lgupdate" or "lgupdate service" (or even "lgfota" ) will help with this on any LG (can't remember the exact name since i've removed it a long time ago)

60nine said:
ls995 is not G2 right?
but i think installing some app like titanium and freezing an app called "lgupdate" or "lgupdate service" (or even "lgfota" ) will help with this on any LG (can't remember the exact name since i've removed it a long time ago)
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yeah u r right my frnd i have tried almost every trick but today it again started downloading the update...

I can disable autoupdate and notifications from the menu in d802 stock for lg apps and fw
Sent from my nexus 4 running 4.4 kit kat

guys its again downloaded 641MB. huh.
what to do please help....
tried everyeach thing...

sydvikki said:
guys its again downloaded 641MB. huh.
what to do please help....
tried everyeach thing...
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You can try this (thank's @autoprime)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/psa-stop-taking-ota-updates-update-t2909412
(see How-To Block and Remove OTA Updates section):
autoprime said:
Block
Open LG Hidden Menu (3845#*851#) --> WLAN Test --> OTA Setting --> Disable
*Replace "851" with your devices model number, 850, 852, 855 etc.
OR you can use a RootExplorer-type app to find the OTA related APK and rename the file to ____.apk.bak or use Titanium Backup to freeze.
Verizon users: Click HERE to read about getting the HiddenMenu working. LG Hidden Menu --> Wi-Fi setting -LG --> OTA Setting --> Disable
Due to not actually having this menu by default.. the safest way to disable OTA may be to delete or rename the APK files related to OTA.
Sprint users: 5689#*990# but the HiddenMenu is most likely limited. Use the adb commands below instead.
If HiddenMenu view has been limited you can use the command below to bring up the OTA disable menu.
Code:
Code:
adb shell
su
am start com.lge.hiddenmenu/.wlan_service.wifi_ota_buttons
Remove OTA Update(and notification)
If an OTA notification is on your device you most likely already have the OTA file on your phone. If rooted, you can remove the OTA files and get rid of that annoying notification.
Updates are found in the /cache/ folder on your phone. Using a RootExplorer-type app(or ES File Explorer) browse to the root of your phone(NOT the root of your internal storage, /sdcard/, but the actual phone). If using ES File Explorer you may have to use the "show hidden files" option and grant the app root. You will see the update .zip file in cache if you did everything correctly. If no one has already uploaded the OTA zip.. copy the update to your sdcard and then upload for everyone else. Now delete the zip file from /cache/.
Deleting the file in /cache/ will get rid of the OTA but will not get rid of the notification. To get rid of notification:
1. Pull the notification shade down on your phone
2. Long press on the OTA notification until you see the App Info option pop up.
3. Click App Info and uncheck the Show Notifications box.
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thanks guys
Thanks guys. I did everything u guys suggested. But today again 641 mb data was downloaded. Wtf....
Can anyone guide me how to update it to kitkat MANUALLY. i have LS995 running on 4.2.2

plz help guys...

Problem solved... i threw my phone on the wall...