I updated two xposed plugins and after I restarted the phone my user apps were all gone, not recognized by the system. Their folders are still in data/app however.
All data folders have the read permission, so I don't understand what caused it. I tried wiping dalvik cache to force it but nothing.
This thread can be locked now, fixed it by deleting the folder of the broken plugin from data/app
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I rooted my phone. Deleted some of the stock programs that I didn't want.
One of them being the Amazonmp3.
I deleted both files and then rebooted..
I was checking out the Manage Applications under settings and see that there is com.amazon.mp3
All other programs I deleted are not in there. This is the only one that I can't understand why it's not gone from the manage applications?
I mounted the file system again but do not see the com.amazon.mp3 under the /system/app
When I click on com.amazon.mp3 under manage applications I get a force close msg.
Thanks,
-Nigel
I have the same problem...
I think that if you clear the Dalvik cache, it might fix this problem, but don't quote me on that...
the enrties on /data/data are still there probably. Dig through that directory and see.
well i am having problems with the market again. i cleared the cache and it didnt help. it says my app can be downloaded because of "Insufficient storage available" is there anything i can do to fix this??
I have 123MB of internal storage and i am running Darktremor A2SD
Would a partition repair work??
do you know how to use adb or have a root files explorer.
I think it happens because a directory is left behind in /data/data
You need to figure out if there is a directory in there for your app and delete it. Problem is sometimes the app name and the file name are completely different but you should be able to figure it out.
There could be stuff left behind in the /data/dalvik-cache too but I don't think the Market has a problem with that.
Finally there is the actual app itself in /data/app but your problem normally happens because that file got deleted and the directory in /data/data didn't
I have this same problem occasionally. I will go to update some apps in the market and one will end up being unsuccessfully installed. What I do is uninstall the app from the applications menu in settings, then clear the the market cache and defaults and uninstall updates. That usually works for me. Also, if you happen to have a TI backup of the app, you should be able to restore it from there.
centran said:
do you know how to use adb or have a root files explorer.
I think it happens because a directory is left behind in /data/data
You need to figure out if there is a directory in there for your app and delete it. Problem is sometimes the app name and the file name are completely different but you should be able to figure it out.
There could be stuff left behind in the /data/dalvik-cache too but I don't think the Market has a problem with that.
Finally there is the actual app itself in /data/app but your problem normally happens because that file got deleted and the directory in /data/data didn't
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ok i know alittle. i will try
Hello everyone!
One of the main reasons i root my phone is to be able to delete useless files and folders in root's DATA folder.
Files and folders like LOGS, DALVIK CACHE (when i have uninstalled many applications and only with a specific "method" described in third post), ANR and TOMBSTONES can be deleted to save some storage space.
Do YOU know any other files or folders that are useless and can be safely deleted?
Do NOT delete Dalvik-Cache and Tomestones.
I don't have logs so that is safe to delete that and you can delete the files inside the ANR folder but not the whole thing.
If you want to remove unused Dalvik cache then get Titanium Backup and the key.
If you see .yuv files in the data folder then that is useless since that it created by the HDR mode by the camera by taking pictures with that mode.
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andyabc said:
Do NOT delete Dalvik-Cache and Tomestones.
I don't have logs so that is safe to delete that and you can delete the files inside the ANR folder but not the whole thing.
If you want to remove unused Dalvik cache then get Titanium Backup and the key.
If you see .yuv files in the data folder then that is useless since that it created by the HDR mode by the camera by taking pictures with that mode.
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Sorry about the dalvik files, i didnt make myself clear.
I only delete those when i have uninstalled many applications
What i do then is turn off the phone, turn it back on, delete all the dalvik files and quickly reboot.
Gonna edit the first post.
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quendil said:
Sorry about the dalvik files, i didnt make myself clear.
I only delete those when i have uninstalled many applications
What i do then is turn off the phone, turn it back on, delete all the dalvik files and quickly reboot.
Gonna edit the first post.
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That's what I do to my old phone.
Yes it is safe then.
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I own Zenfone 2 Laser (ZE550KL) running Marshmallow powered by Snapdragon 615 and boosted by 3GB RAM. I have rooted the device and have a TWRP flashable backup in case required.
I have deleted many bloat system apps that I never used but was pushed by Asus. Howevr there are few apps that I want to be system apps. So, I installed them as user apps then pushed them to system using ES File Explorer and changing permissions properly. On reboot they work properly and show as system apps. However after every so many tweaks like this, I wanted to reset the phone. I did a reset and was surprised to see that the apps that i pushed as system apps have disappeared from the app drawer. However when inspected through ES File Explorer, they are still very much present in the system/app & system/priv-app folder accordingly but doesn't show up as apps in the drawer! Why is this happening? What am I doing wrong?
Hi
I removed an app from my phone
I connected my phone to my computer and checked if there are any left over files, and yes there are
I am trying to remove the app folder in Phone->Android->Data
It gives me this error: "cache_blablabla cannot be removed: the storage location is write protected. Remove the protection and try again"
Could I somehow get administrator permission so I can remove it?
denniserino said:
Hi
I removed an app from my phone
I connected my phone to my computer and checked if there are any left over files, and yes there are
I am trying to remove the app folder in Phone->Android->Data
It gives me this error: "cache_blablabla cannot be removed: the storage location is write protected. Remove the protection and try again"
Could I somehow get administrator permission so I can remove it?
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Any time you add or remove apps(especially apps in the system partition), you can boot the device into stock recovery mode and select the "wipe cache partition" option, then reboot. This is necessary because left over cached data from apps that are no longer there can cause conflicts with your device functioning properly.
When the device reboots, it will rebuild the cache as it needs and everything will work like it is supposed to.
This will wipe all cached data on your device, this does not remove your personal files or anything else important, it is not the same as factory reset, it only wipes the "live" data that the app has stored/loaded in the background while the device is on. Similar to clearing your RAM space on PC, it doesn't wipe the user data or any other data from your harddrive, it just dumps what is in your RAM.
One other thing, the Android/data folder is a necessary folder, that is where it stores app data for ALL of the apps that you installed. If you look inside that folder, you will see other folders, each of these other folders is a folder for each individual app that the phone is storing data for.
What you are actually probably looking for is how to remove that data that was associated to the app that you removed. That can be deleted using your phones file manager. Just open your file manager on your android device, select your internal storage. There you will see the Android folder, open it, then you will see all the folders for the individual apps. Find the folder there that is associated to the app that you removed. When you find it you can delete it from within your file manager app.
You don't need a PC, ADB or any other apps or fancy special tricks to delete folders that are stored within the Android/data folder.
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Droidriven said:
Any time you add or remove apps(especially apps in the system partition), you can boot the device into stock recovery mode and select the "wipe cache partition" option, then reboot. This is necessary because left over cached data from apps that are no longer there can cause conflicts with your device functioning properly.
When the device reboots, it will rebuild the cache as it needs and everything will work like it is supposed to.
This will wipe all cached data on your device, this does not remove your personal files or anything else important, it is not the same as factory reset, it only wipes the "live" data that the app has stored/loaded in the background while the device is on. Similar to clearing your RAM space on PC, it doesn't wipe the user data or any other data from your harddrive, it just dumps what is in your RAM.
One other thing, the Android/data folder is a necessary folder, that is where it stores app data for ALL of the apps that you installed. If you look inside that folder, you will see other folders, each of these other folders is a folder for each individual app that the phone is storing data for.
What you are actually probably looking for is how to remove that data that was associated to the app that you removed. That can be deleted using your phones file manager. Just open your file manager on your android device, select your internal storage. There you will see the Android folder, open it, then you will see all the folders for the individual apps. Find the folder there that is associated to the app that you removed. When you find it you can delete it from within your file manager app.
You don't need a PC, ADB or any other apps or fancy special tricks to delete folders that are stored within the Android/data folder.
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Wow, thank you a lot!
Can I do that without rooting my phone?
And I am doing it because there's an app that gives away something free, you can use it max. 5 times and then you have to purchase. So I thought it'd be a good idea to remove everything associated to that app what might makes it possible to give me the free stuff again, haha
Do you know if it's even possible by removing those files? And if it isn't, do you maybe know where I should be looking at?
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Wow, thank you a lot!
Can I do that without rooting my phone?
And I am doing it because there's an app that gives away something free, you can use it max. 5 times and then you have to purchase. So I thought it'd be a good idea to remove everything associated to that app what might makes it possible to give me the free stuff again, haha
Do you know if it's even possible by removing those files? And if it isn't, do you maybe know where I should be looking at?
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It is pointless for you to even try, the information that keeps track of how many times you've done it is probably stored online somewhere in some server for the developers/owners of the app.
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