I can't delete KNOX applications and files related to it. After reboot the phone they automatically reappear in my phone. I have KK NG8. What should I do?
VALYYYY said:
I can't delete KNOX applications and files related to it. After reboot the phone they automatically reappear in my phone. I have KK NG8. What should I do?
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Not sure if this will answer your question but here goes!
If your phone is rooted, install an app called 'AppMaster', which simply lets you uninstall any downloaded or default system app on your phone (But be careful not to delete any important system files)
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Anyone know how to uninstall apps that came with the hd2? for example transformers & telenav? I do not see them under settings and applications.
afaik transformers is just a video file on the sd that can be deleted. Regarding stock apps installed to internal memory, you cannot really "uninstall" them, you can at least try to manually delete their files, yet the cleanest solution is always to flash a custom bare rom, but only if you feel up to the task
ephestione said:
afaik transformers is just a video file on the sd that can be deleted. Regarding stock apps installed to internal memory, you cannot really "uninstall" them, you can at least try to manually delete their files, yet the cleanest solution is always to flash a custom bare rom, but only if you feel up to the task
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Some of them have an 'update' option. If you use it, the updated version will appear in the 'Remove Applications' list and you can remove that. The old 'built in' app will no loger appear (but it's still cooked into the ROM)
t6waver said:
Anyone know how to uninstall apps that came with the hd2? for example transformers & telenav? I do not see them under settings and applications.
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Just remove them forcefully from Device\Programe Files.
Kalavere said:
Just remove them forcefully from Device\Programe Files.
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That could cause problems, and he might delete the wrong files by accident. I'd suggest installing a clean rom to your device, as it will only have the basic "essentials" for your device!
Elemental_Fire said:
That could cause problems, and he might delete the wrong files by accident. I'd suggest installing a clean rom to your device, as it will only have the basic "essentials" for your device!
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If I delete the MobiTV folder from the Program Files folder, how could it cause problems? What else would be using those files? If you just stick to deleting the folder for the program you want to delete, I don't see how there can be any problems. I deleted four different apps on my phone using this method as well as deleting the associated shortcuts in the Start Menu folder and haven't experienced any problems whatsoever.
I installed JM6 (the 'old' way) and my phone is Rooted via SuperOneClick.
How can I remove standard installed applications (eg. Ereader, Calculator etc) and how can I see which applications/services are running and how can I remove unwanted services running in the background?
Get Root explorer from the market. Can delete apps with it but be careful you dont delete anything you shouldnt.
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risq said:
Get Root explorer from the market. Can delete apps with it but be careful you dont delete anything you shouldnt.
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Can you tell me how Root Explorer works? (how to delete apps/services, how to see which are running)
You delete apps from Data/apps or system/apps. Most apps are named so youll recognise them. Delete the .odex and .apk
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risq said:
You delete apps from Data/apps or system/apps. Most apps are named so youll recognise them. Delete the .odex and .apk
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And where do I find which services/application are running (after booting) and where do I disable/enable them?
DO NOT DELETE ! (move to internal or external SD card, just in case you need to restore)
More tips here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856136
I'm a recent convert to Titanium Backup. In the pro version you can "freeze" processes. I'm not exactly sure, but what I think it does is close the process and copy the app to a cache folder.it's no longer running and it doesn't show up in the launcher. All you have to do is unfreeze it to bring it back.
How has Titanium Backup performed for you? Have you noticed any adverse affects from its use? I am looking to lock down the Galaxay tablet for use in one of our departments. Titanium Backup seems to be the way to go. I assume you need to root the device in order to use it?
daniel.weck said:
DO NOT DELETE ! (move to internal or external SD card, just in case you need to restore)
More tips here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856136
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Second that. Leave them where they are and just rename the apk to apkx.
When you reboot they will be gone, but can be easliy restored by removing the 'x'
Be warned though, if you remove the wrong app's you can get stuck in all sorts of 'force close hell'
Not then end of the world though and is a safer method of playing with your android devices.
Root explorer and ADB are your friends
I've found Titanium Backup does the trick using the freeze option. Very handy should you want to get an app back again. As said, be very careful deleting something, or at least make a copy on your sdcard just in case .
Oh and make sure USB Development is ticked just in case the only way back in is via an adb shell!
Navigating through my root tree, I´ve stumbled at so many bloatware files I just want to delete to save some storage space (16GB version here) but I´m a little afraid of. They are on the /System/App folder and for every .apk there´s a .odex file, so I would like to delete them both. Is it safe? Is there any verification process at boot of these files? Some of them look like really system apps that I´ll never touch, but others are for other phone carries in my country, social networks I´ve never heard before etc.
There´s another folder called /System/Apps/Bootup that I would love to delete files from, there´s a lot of LG crapware in there that I think are loaded at boot but I have the same fear of bootloops...
Any solution to my urge to free some memory?
Hi,
Delete some apps in /system/app not gonna free up your "sd card" storage... You always will have the same free amunt of memory available on your 16 Gb...
It's normal to have an .odex file under eachs system apps, your rom is odexed (search on Google if you don't know what is it).
You can delete some system apps but be careful at what apps you delete, make a backup first.
Some system apps are alright to delete along with the .odex ones too. There's a list in the general section I believe that lists off apps that can be deleted with no issue.
Problem is though unless you plan to store stuff in your system partition, deleting apps doesn't really increase your usable storage.
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Yes there is a (brief) list here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456974&highlight=list or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521066.
Like SupaSwag said when you delete an app, delete the .odex file too. If you don't know what you are doing I recommend you to leave the system apps as there are to avoid any kind of issues. At best you'll gain a little free RAM and maybe a little battery life without some apps runing/connecting to the network in background but in any case you will not gain more usable storage. At worst some function will not work at all, Force Closes, bootloop, etc...
In any case backup first (backup in recovery if something goes wrong and you encounter a bootloop) or at least a backup with an app like Titanium Backup (and make an uptade.zip in Titanium).
And what do you think of the apps in the bootup folder?
And then, how van I free some space for my mp3s? Coming from a S3 with a 64gb microSD card.
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And what do you think of the apps in the bootup folder?
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It's some LG apps, the name of the apps say all: TaskManager, FileManager, etc... Nothing very important it's LG stuff but it depends of you... I deleted all the apps in the /system/apps/bootup because I don't need them with my use, but you?
I think the best is to freeze those apps with Titanium Backup, use your phone as "normal" for a few days and if you don't have any issues or if you realize that you don't need them, then delete them...
Another solution is to rename the apps you don't want with the .bak extension, in case you need an app you can rename it by removing the .bak extension, reboot and the app is here
Hey, today I decided to root my phone , everything went well, but it has begun to turn itself on and off automatically.
I rooted my phone fllowing this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgsaf8xeMI4
and i found a thread with same problem here (i will link it) i tried to delete those files with using the same app, but when i try to delete them they pop up again..:S
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2799563
could someone help me please?
model: i9505
android: 4.4.2
kernel:3,40-3162654
You need to delete knox related files.
i m trying to do that
yeah, as i said, i cant delete them. when i delete them, they pop up again, and i use root explorer as recommended in the thread i have linked in my post
There is no thread found at that link. 404 Page Not Found.
Also, the stock rom has an apk that installs deleted system apps at every boot. So that's why they might popup again.
Delete that apk and it won't install deleted apps at every boot.
GDReaper said:
There is no thread found at that link. 404 Page Not Found.
Also, the stock rom has an apk that installs deleted system apps at every boot. So that's why they might popup again.
Delete that apk and it won't install deleted apps at every boot.
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thanks but deleting the knos files did help, used a another explorer app to delete the knox files
Hello friends this is my first contribution to this forum, this file removes unnecessary built-in apks present in, /system/app & /system/priv-app.
I will miss the applications removed?
No, because a current copy of them is running on /data/app
Goal
Remove unused applications by the system
Free up space in the device memory
Compatibility
Nexus 5 android 6.0.1 must have root and twrp
How to use
Installed the android 6.0.1, get in playstore and update all applications, now just flash the zip via TWRP.
Removal list click to see
delete_recursive("/system/app/Chrome");
delete_recursive("/system/app/Books");
delete_recursive("/system/app/CloudPrint2");
delete_recursive("/system/app/Drive");
delete_recursive("/system/app/EditorsDocsStub");
delete_recursive("/system/app/EditorsSheetsStub");
delete_recursive("/system/app/EditorsSlidesStub");
delete_recursive("/system/app/FitnessPrebuilt");
delete_recursive("/system/priv-app/GCS");
delete_recursive("/system/app/PrebuiltNewsWeather");
delete_recursive("/system/app/NewsstandStub");
delete_recursive("/system/app/Maps");
delete_recursive("/system/app/PrebuiltBugleStub");
delete_recursive("/system/app/Photos");
delete_recursive("/system/app/PlusOne");
delete_recursive("/system/priv-app/GoogleContacts");
delete_recursive("/system/app/PrebuiltDeskClockGoogle");
delete_recursive("/system/priv-app/GoogleDialer");
delete_recursive("/system/app/PrebuiltGmail");
delete_recursive("/system/app/GoogleCamera");
delete_recursive("/system/priv-app/Velvet");
delete_recursive("/system/app/PrebuiltKeepStub");
delete_recursive("/system/app/talkback");
delete_recursive("/system/app/Music2");
delete_recursive("/system/app/PlayGames");
delete_recursive("/system/app/Hangouts");
delete_recursive("/system/app/GoogleTTS");
delete_recursive("/system/app/Videos");
delete_recursive("/system/app/WebViewGoogle");
This is a system partition
The deletion is useless because you can't use this space and you won't appreciate any differences
Read here, it is very very important
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64208563&postcount=3393
Personally I prefer to disable unnecessary apps
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I do not like duplicate files, disabling an app the same will continue in the system, the idea is to not disable an app.
If I have the upgraded chrome in data\app I will not want an unusable copy of it on \system\app. My list does so with 30 Apps, if they are all updated on DATA I see no utility in maintaining obsolete unusable in the SYSTEM, and we still have the possibility to uninstall those we dislike.
ivn888 said:
This is a system partition
The deletion is useless because you can't use this space and you won't appreciate any differences
Read here, it is very very important
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64208563&postcount=3393
Personally I prefer to disable unnecessary apps
Pay attention
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If you read that post he clearly says that to modify system you need to delete things from it to be safe. He is pointing out that it is an unknown. He said even to make small changes you would need more space. I see no reason to leave unneeded files in system. Maybe you want to run an app as system app and these unneeded files are getting in the way. Nothing wrong with getting rid of them.
We can use some root enabled file app managers (like es explorer, solid explorer) to uninstall the system apps.
I just want to know if is it safe or not?
And is it different than using flashable script?
parag60288 said:
We can use some root enabled file app managers (like es explorer, solid explorer) to uninstall the system apps.
I just want to know if is it safe or not?
And is it different than using flashable script?
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File explorers with root function can enable manual removal of system apps, but it is laborious and tedious remove as many apps, It is safe if you know what you are removing, because the system is running if you give problem can fall into a bootloop... my flash file is safe removal of 30 apps, all with updated copies of the same in DATA folder so I ask you to enter the play store and update it before you use it, nothing is lost only copies obsolete and useless are removed.
The advantage here is not to miss anything, remove enough waste Rom, and return the power to uninstall what you do not want. I do not use play books, play movies, keep, Drive, Hangouts... so without losing any, then after the flash zip i have the freedom to uninstall what I want.