so I was having an issue with the stock messaging app, made a Titanium backup and uninstalled it. So now the backup will not restore for some reason. I have a full system backup on my PC so I tried to pull the apk from priv-app, placed it, set permissions, and rebooted. No dice, messaging force closes when I try and launch it.
Any ideas how I might fix this issue? Thanks in advance!
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I used titanium backup to backup the new Swipe before removing it. I went to restore it and there is a checkbox next to the item, instead of the other logo. Basically the restore feature is grayed out for most items I backed up? I went to the directory the backup uses and there is a compressed file for swipe. If I open it, I see some data, but no apk file.
Question 1st is how do I find the apk to restore this?
Question 2 is why can't I restore all backed up files via titanium (paid version)? Scares me to think I was safe using this product.
Use astro and hit the search button. Type swype with no spaces and search. You might find the apk that way.
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Well I just discovered something strange with most Apps backed up with titanium. If I click on a file that I backed up (say swipe from last update) and uninstalled via titanium, and I get a message that data was backed up, and but no apk present. Sure enough, if I click on the archived swipe file, I see a data file and folder and no apk. Why would titanium backup some files completely and partially with others?
Also, without doing a nand restore, which I really don't want to start from square one, how can I get the swipe apk from the last OTA? SwiftKey has been unreliable since their past two updates?
Thanks
Pull the APK from a stock rooted ROM's zip file.
TB usually won't backup /system apps because, y'know, they're in the non-writable system partition. Normally, they're still there, and normally, you don't mess with stuff in /system, nor should you copy stuff over from one ROM to another if it's a system app.
So I've mounted the phone, used adb to delete com.amazon.mp3.apk and Twitter.apk. To check, I "ls" the directory directory (/system/apps) and it shows they're gone - but when I reboot they're still there.
I finally got fed up and downloaded Titanium Backup and used that to delete the same two apps. Was told delete was successful... but when I reboot the phone, they are still there!
Why can't I get rid of these annoying apps - I keep running out of space, so they're sucking up valuable real estate. What do I do??!!
Is there a hidden apk file somewhere? Is there some file that prevents them from being delete? Do I need to do something like Empty Trash?
not sure normally when i delete apps with Titanium they never come back
use systemapp remover. works like a charm
SystemApp Remover Doesn't Work
I get a message saying "File couldn't be deleted, try again."
I guess this is validating in some way - indicates there's something truly weird going on.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Has anyone found a solution?
Thanks!
I have used systemapp remover before and got the same error, just try it a few more times and it usually works. I think it is an issue with it getting root access to slow.
Still no Luck - Stock Apps still in there...
Grrr....! So I've used titanium backup, stockapp remover - as suggested by previous poster, I tried over and over and over again to delete via stockapp remover, but with no success...
Help! Why are these annoying apps STUCK FOREVER in my phone! One of the main reasons I rooted was to get rid of them... soooo frustrating!
Does anyone have a clue why I cannot delete them?
Thanks again.
Seems that the links from the menu to the apps aren't being deleted when you remove the .apk. Try running "pm uninstall <program name>" from either terminal or adb shell.
so i accidentally deleted my stock phone and/or contacts app.
does anyone have an .apk or knows where i can dl it?
or any other solution for the problem.
thanks.
If you used Root Explorer, you have trouble. Probably the best solution is to re-flash stock ROM with SEUS. You might also try using .sin files decryption from flashtool files, but it's a little difficult.
i used the wrong expression, i didn't delete them, i just uninstalled them. according to what you thought, i guess the .apks still exist on my phone. but i don't know where. :/
or don't they?
Check in system/app using Root Explorer. If you won't find them, they're probably deleted and hard to restore.
What ROM do you use? If it's cooked ROM, you can get the .apk simply by unziping the ROM archive, you've downloaded in system/app.
I have found the .apks.
I have installed them but nothing. I tried deleting the data and reinstalling but nothing. I believe they would show up in menu if i deleted them completely and installed them again. But in the app manager i can only stop the process and wipe the data, i can't uninstall..
I have uninstalled them with another app, fast uninstaller for root.
Flash the ROM´s update.zip again.
or restore a backup of the same ROM with advanced restore, so that you only restore /system.
wow, that's clever. i flashed the whole ROM, never thought of only restoring the /system. :/
but it's solved.
Basically, after I deleted some bloatware with TB, my gallery wouldnt open for some reason. I can't remember what I deleted that could have caused this. I installed the 4.3 gallery and camera but I didnt like it, so I removed it. Now I have no gallery app
"App isnt isntalled"
Is there any way I can get the stock gallery back? I cant figure out how to view the deleted apps in TB
CollegeProfesor said:
Basically, after I deleted some bloatware with TB, my gallery wouldnt open for some reason. I can't remember what I deleted that could have caused this. I installed the 4.3 gallery and camera but I didnt like it, so I removed it. Now I have no gallery app "App isnt isntalled" Is there any way I can get the stock gallery back? I cant figure out how to view the deleted apps in TB
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If you had made a backup of your phone in Tibu, chances are you still have the file since Tibu won't delete files from the backups just because you deleted them from the phone. Start Tibu, go to the restore menu, go to option for apps not installed. Your backup file list should show a copy of gallery. Restore that.
Or, you can install a gallery alternate that some folks use (and never touch Gallery!) something like Quickpic or 3D Gallery.
Good Luck
Hey all, I'm having problems restoring system apps on stock lp d802, (such ass lg messaging). titanium stucks on restoring, after reboot app is there, but it's not responding (tried multiple apps). What am I missing?
Never restore system apps... Try restore only data, or use some sms backup app
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Hey all, I'm having problems restoring system apps on stock lp d802, (such ass lg messaging). titanium stucks on restoring, after reboot app is there, but it's not responding (tried multiple apps). What am I missing?
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Siggey is right. Try to avoid system app restoring.
But, as a possible solution.. Set SELinux to Permissive and trying to restore your Titanium Backup again.
Just want to report that I managed to restore some of the system apps. After titanium stuck at restoring, force close it, go to es explorer navigate to root, system, apps, at root of folder there you will find the app you tried to restore in my example lggallery.apk. Create folder of the same name, change it's permissions to match other folders, move apk to folder, reboot.
Closed Force said:
Just want to report that I managed to restore some of the system apps. After titanium stuck at restoring, force close it, go to es explorer navigate to root, system, apps, at root of folder there you will find the app you tried to restore in my example lggallery.apk. Create folder of the same name, change it's permissions to match other folders, move apk to folder, reboot.
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It's one of the apps that is causing the issue. For me it's Google Drive. Restore some first and you'll soon weed out which ones you can and can't restore.