I didn't notice anyone had a posted a solution to this problem, so I thought I'd do so in case anyone else ran into it.
I was able to freeze apps fine with Titanium Backup on the latest ICS leak (XXLPB as of right now) but ran into some problems when I wanted to defrost them. Titanium Backup said they were defrosted successfully but they still were listed as frozen and didn't appear in the app drawer.
Here is how to solve the problem:
1. Find /data/system/packages.xml with Root Explorer or an equivalent
2. Make a backup of packages.xml right away in the same folder in case we mess anything up any need to restore it later
3. Copy packages.xml onto the root of your internal or external storage
4. Plug your device into your computer and copy packages.xml from the root of your storage over to your computer
5. Open the packages.xml on your computer with your editor of choice - I suggest Notepad++
6. Search for the string {enabled="2"} (without the { }). Every line ending in this represents a frozen app. The lines should look something like this:
Code:
<package name="com.sec.android.widgetapp.socialhub" codePath="/system/app/SocialHubWidget.apk" nativeLibraryPath="/data/data/com.sec.android.widgetapp.socialhub/lib" flags="1" ft="11b7e237e00" it="11b7e237e00" ut="11b7e237e00" version="1" sharedUserId="10001" [COLOR="Red"]enabled="2"[/COLOR]>
7. Now for every app you wish to unfreeze, replace {enabled="2"} with {enabled="1"} (again, without the {})
7. Save packages.xml, move it back onto your phone's storage, and use Root Explorer or an equivalent to replace your original packages.xml at /data/system/packages.xml with your new one
8. Reboot
Props to olympicchicken for getting me most of the way to the answer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20771481&postcount=113
***UPDATE*** Feb 29, 2011
See this post for a way to freeze and unfreeze system apps without messing with the packages.xml file. Thanks polzovotel.
Will doing this then allow titanium backup to freeze/defrost apps as it should, or do I have to do this each time I want to defrost an app?
You will have to do this each time you want to defrost an app.
However, I would imagine it would be pretty trivial for a dev to make an app to automate the process. Unfortunately, I don't have the coding knowledge to do that.
Seems daft I cannot defrost apps on Android 4 in titanium or my tool box just doesn't work.
Not really getting any help from the app developers either!
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With a Galaxy Note running XXLA4 I find the text is {enabled="false"}
Interesting that YouTube, Maps, and a few other apps are marked: {enabled="true"}
Everything worked OK when I just deleted the (enabled="false"} ... Thanks OP
not with some apps
Thanks Jhonny, i did what you said, but still cant defrost some apps i dont know why
i have the same problem!
jotajota82 said:
Thanks Jhonny, i did what you said, but still cant defrost some apps i dont know why
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brandaopj said:
i have the same problem!
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Hmmm, so you both have some apps successfully defrosted using this method and some not. And I'm assuming you have double checked to make sure you did the process correctly and made the changes to the right app references in the file.
I'm just brainstorming here, but can you think of anything that the apps which didn't defrost have in common? Are they all user apps, systems apps, on SD, protected apps,...etc?
cant defrost
umm, first scuse my "english"
maybe something is not function well in my phone
but i think too that the problem are some apps that has variuos services running
have you tried using the gemini app?
thanks
wow thanks johhny
everything works . i did it on my galaxy note
here's what i did:
replace {enabled="true"} with {enabled="1"}
There is a nice option in in the ICS rom itself - to disable/enable applications. So there is no need to deal with the packages.xml file - just use native interface:
For me - working w/o any issues.
polzovotel said:
There is a nice option in in the ICS rom itself - to disable/enable applications. So there is no need to deal with the packages.xml file - just use native interface:
For me - working w/o any issues.
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That is a good solution, but it only works for system apps. Otherwise if it is a user app your only choice is total uninstallation... which is less than ideal in some circumstances.
I thought I found a work around for user apps by using Titanium backup to convert them to system apps so you could disable them through the native interface...but this led to apps disappearing from the system... so it looks like it isn't a viable workaround.
Johnny11 said:
I didn't notice anyone had a posted a solution to this problem, so I thought I'd do so in case anyone else ran into it.
I was able to freeze apps fine with Titanium Backup on the latest ICS leak (XXLPB as of right now) but ran into some problems when I wanted to defrost them. Titanium Backup said they were defrosted successfully but they still were listed as frozen and didn't appear in the app drawer.
Here is how to solve the problem:
1. Find /data/system/packages.xml with Root Explorer or an equivalent
2. Make a backup of packages.xml right away in the same folder in case we mess anything up any need to restore it later
3. Copy packages.xml onto the root of your internal or external storage
4. Plug your device into your computer and copy packages.xml from the root of your storage over to your computer
5. Open the packages.xml on your computer with your editor of choice - I suggest Notepad++
6. Search for the string {enabled="2"} (without the { }). Every line ending in this represents a frozen app. The lines should look something like this:
Code:
<package name="com.sec.android.widgetapp.socialhub" codePath="/system/app/SocialHubWidget.apk" nativeLibraryPath="/data/data/com.sec.android.widgetapp.socialhub/lib" flags="1" ft="11b7e237e00" it="11b7e237e00" ut="11b7e237e00" version="1" sharedUserId="10001" [COLOR="Red"]enabled="2"[/COLOR]>
7. Now for every app you wish to unfreeze, replace {enabled="2"} with {enabled="1"} (again, without the {})
7. Save packages.xml, move it back onto your phone's storage, and use Root Explorer or an equivalent to replace your original packages.xml at /data/system/packages.xml with your new one
8. Reboot
Props to olympicchicken for getting me most of the way to the answer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20771481&postcount=113
***UPDATE*** Feb 29, 2011
See this post for a way to freeze and unfreeze system apps without messing with the packages.xml file. Thanks polzovotel.
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Thanks for this thread...just what I needed.
The solution and the tip
Replaced the values from
Code:
enabled="2"
to
Code:
enabled="1"
as instructed and everything went flawlessly...
But I also saw some lines with :
Code:
enabled="3"
What that value "3" stands for?
Thanks
.
Hi all,
Check out Titanium Backup 4.8.4 which performs ICS-friendly freezing now. Also in case you cannot defrost an app, check out Power defrost in the Batch menu
They have issued an update which should fix this problem. The logcats I sent must have helped!!
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SuperEn20 said:
They have issued an update which should fix this problem. The logcats I sent must have helped!!
GT I900
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It still doesn't work.
this fix is for Samsung ROMS, make sure you have version 4.8.4. I tried it on ICS and it worked fine, I froze and defrosted apps no problem.
GT I900
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SuperEn20 said:
this fix is for Samsung ROMS, make sure you have version 4.8.4. I tried it on ICS and it worked fine, I froze and defrosted apps no problem.
GT I900
Powered by CheckROM RevoHD V6
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I'm running Calkulin's ROM based on the ICS leak of FC07 and it doesn't defrost. The toast message says it did, but the app still shows as frozen.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Power Defrost seems to be the only way to do it.
Related
So.
Being a new android user, I messed around with my phone without a full understanding of what would happen if i uninstalled a core application. I assumed incorrectly that Titanium Backup would allow me to reinstall applications, and then uninstalled the stock clock application thinking that it was one of the many clock widgets.
Could someone upload their stock Clock application apk here, or advise me as to how I can restore the stock clock (preferably without having to flash the original ROM)?
poofish said:
So.
Being a new android user, I messed around with my phone without a full understanding of what would happen if i uninstalled a core application. I assumed incorrectly that Titanium Backup would allow me to reinstall applications, and then uninstalled the stock clock application thinking that it was one of the many clock widgets.
Could someone upload their stock Clock application apk here, or advise me as to how I can restore the stock clock (preferably without having to flash the original ROM)?
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Here. I backup all of the apk that I want to remove. Hope this is what you want.
Is this the stock clock application, like the one used for alarms and such?
EDIT: I attempted to install ClockPackage.apk anyway by using Root explorer, and then moving the apk to /system/app and installing it from there, but it says 'Application not installed.' Am I doing something wrong?
poofish said:
Is this the stock clock application, like the one used for alarms and such?
EDIT: I attempted to install ClockPackage.apk anyway by using Root explorer, and then moving the apk to /system/app and installing it from there, but it says 'Application not installed.' Am I doing something wrong?
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This is for clock, alarm, stopwatch etc. Put the apk on the root of your sd card and install from there. Don have to move it to system/app.
poofish said:
Is this the stock clock application, like the one used for alarms and such?
EDIT: I attempted to install ClockPackage.apk anyway by using Root explorer, and then moving the apk to /system/app and installing it from there, but it says 'Application not installed.' Am I doing something wrong?
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LOL YOU DID THE SAME THING AS ME. (except no one bothered to reply to my cries for help and I had to figure out everything myself)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070083
1)keep your clockpackage.apk in system/apps
2)download this .odex file
3)put the file in system/apps, remember to mount r/w in rootexplorer to enable pasting it in there, then mount r/o when finished
4)turn phone off.
5)turn phone on.
Mmmm, same here but I lost the weather widget due to samsung app update. Any one!
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jeanclaudevandamme said:
LOL YOU DID THE SAME THING AS ME. (except no one bothered to reply to my cries for help and I had to figure out everything myself)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070083
1)keep your clockpackage.apk in system/apps
2)download this .odex file
3)put the file in system/apps, remember to mount r/w in rootexplorer to enable pasting it in there, then mount r/o when finished
4)turn phone off.
5)turn phone on.
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zomg jeanclaude i love you. i spent two hours that day freaking out about how i just mutilated my phone. thanks again
Anyone else this worked for? No luck for me. Clock dosent show up and Application not installed error when trying to run clockpackage.apk
ec95 said:
Anyone else this worked for? No luck for me. Clock dosent show up and Application not installed error when trying to run clockpackage.apk
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Did you add the odex file as explained above?
Yes i followed the guide as described. I have the odex and apk in system/apps folder. Funny, another clock widget im using is showing my next alarm.. but no alarmclock..
Followed the guide above, apk and odex showing in app system/app but still not available anywhere on the phone.
Anyone recommend a third party clockpackage from the market?
Used sgstools to kill my clock so used it to reinstall it to.
added a extra script,
echo "this will reverse the klok hack"
busybox cp -f /sdcard/sgstools/ClockPackage.apk /system/app/
(you might have to remove it fist if you have been messing around to get it working again)
I did the what the above guide said and could not find the app in the application menu. Help!
will reloading the stock firmware fix this issue?
jeanclaudevandamme said:
LOL YOU DID THE SAME THING AS ME. (except no one bothered to reply to my cries for help and I had to figure out everything myself)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070083
1)keep your clockpackage.apk in system/apps
2)download this .odex file
3)put the file in system/apps, remember to mount r/w in rootexplorer to enable pasting it in there, then mount r/o when finished
4)turn phone off.
5)turn phone on.
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I did the same thing, but when i restart my phone, the clock in not in the app drawer, when i go to TB, it is there, but with a line through it and it won't restore, all attempts to install the apk is failing too... what can i do?
The link for the odex file is down. Also, I'm trying to get this app working on CM7. Is that doable? I love CM, but a couple of the samsung apps are miles beyond what comes with Cyanogenmod - namely the clock, and the camera. I understand I can't swap the camera app, having looked into it, and I'm ok with that. The clock, however... I gotta have my samsung clock back!
Parse Error
I managed to get the ClockPackage.apk and the ClockPackage.odex from another device (running on 2.3.5 instead of 2.3.6) and now I get the following error while trying to install the apk:
"Parse Error: There is a problem parsing the package"
Does anybody know what to do?
Contacts app backup please help
hi, I recently updated my sgs2 i9100p (NFS) to ics via kies. Its orange but I unlocked now 4.0.3 with baseband ver i9100PBVLP6. an orange bloatware called 'contact backup' irritated me so I decided to uninstall it with Titanium backup. but in a hurry I uninstalled stock contact app. now there is no contact and in every 5-10 second phone freezes and error msg comes-' unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped'. Please help.
AnalogClock.apk + ClockPackage.apk seem to work together.
I used SystemApp Remover to disable ClockPackage.apk, (thought it was a bunch of unnecessary Clock widgets), but stock Clocks package stopped working. I tried enabling it, copying ClockPackage.apk, and still could not. SuperSU logs indicated that all operations succeded normally, but it simply would not work.
I thought, maybe it messed up with program data, permissions, etc., so I removed/deleted both, restarted, then simply copied .apk file for both back. Only then it worked.
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bnayak said:
hi, I recently updated my sgs2 i9100p (NFS) to ics via kies. Its orange but I unlocked now 4.0.3 with baseband ver i9100PBVLP6. an orange bloatware called 'contact backup' irritated me so I decided to uninstall it with Titanium backup. but in a hurry I uninstalled stock contact app. now there is no contact and in every 5-10 second phone freezes and error msg comes-' unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped'.
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There are applications that access data, and there are applications that provide that data. For example, for contacts, you could have many applications that use it (Email, Messenger, Call Logs, etc), and one application that provides it. In case if you accidentally delete data provider (in your case contacts), and if that data provider is essential to running your phone, you will ruin your phone. You might be able to restore it, but I would recommend using Odin to flash correct official firmware. Search in forum "i9100 Android Development".
mirbeksm said:
There are applications that access data, and there are applications that provide that data. For example, for contacts, you could have many applications that use it (Email, Messenger, Call Logs, etc), and one application that provides it. In case if you accidentally delete data provider (in your case contacts), and if that data provider is essential to running your phone, you will ruin your phone. You might be able to restore it, but I would recommend using Odin to flash correct official firmware. Search in forum "i9100 Android Development".
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U are right. I think I uninstalled contact provider, the main contact app. I tried to find solution for all day but coudn't. Tried to flash original stock rom which I have downloaded (i9001PBVLP6) but odin didn't detect my phone in downloading mode. I had to make my phone work anyhow so I flashed Wanamlite 11 with cwm which is ok but not fully functioned on my nfc version sgs2 (now I know the importance of back-up). Now I want my original stock rom back. tried with cwm but didnt work, Odin doesnt detect my phone. any help regarding flashing this stock rom, please?
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If you've updated any stock apps, the updated versions won't be removed.
Now that I have my own Galaxy S3, I figured it was time to add that to the Chlorine mix.
Basically it's a web based tool that will generate a CWM compatible update.zip to remove pre-installed apps (bloat).
As always, backup and be confident with restoring your phone via download mode or CWM.
Android Chlorine
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SGS Chlorine
SGS2 Chlorine
SGS3 Chlorine
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SGS Chlorine (mobile)
SGS2 Chlorine (mobile)
SGS3 Chlorine (mobile)
What this does:
This is a little bit of PHP that will generate a customised CWM3 compatible update.zip which will remove specific apks (and associated .odexes).
Usage:
* Choose which APKs you want the update.zip to remove and hit the Generate button.
- You can also select a preset to save some clicking.
* Copy the generated .zip file to your phone.
* Apply it with CWM.
Thanks:
The SGS list of APKs was grabbed from the public google docs spreadsheet.
The SGS2 APK list was grabbed from this public google docs spreadsheet
The SGS3 APK list was grabbed from this public google docs spreadsheet. XDA thread
Notes:
* Requires busybox for mounting /system.
* The APK list shouldn't let you remove anything 'vital' to booting the phone (Only green "yes" marked items are in the list). If there's any bloat that does need to be added to the database, let me know. Likewise if you remove something that borks your phone.
* If you have any particular ideas for good presets, also let me know and I'll see to adding them.
* Stock apps that have been updated (either via play store or in app updates) will not be "fully" removed. You can manually remove the updates though.
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Just quickly trying this on wanamlite 1.5 to remove chaton will post back
EDIT: the good news of is that it still boots, the bad that chaton is still installed i have siyah 1.3.7 busybox and wanamlite 1.5
If you want more details just ask
Regards
Jack
first time uninstalling chatON it didnt delete the program but only the update from chatON, second time i uninstalled chatON it uninstalled the app itself
-other method-
use titanium backup to freeze/uninstall all bloatware.. works fast with tickbox and voila
Eplusz said:
first time uninstalling chatON it didnt delete the program but only the update from chatON, second time i uninstalled chatON it uninstalled the app itself
-other method-
use titanium backup to freeze/uninstall all bloatware.. works fast with tickbox and voila
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Just tried reflashing a couple of times and am sorry to say it remains installed, but thanks for the second method.
Regards
Jack
If u could make your "site" read all your installed apps and not only bloatware,this would be a very handy and cool tool
I can also confirm that ChatON is NOT deleted after running this a couple of times. It doesn´t matter whether or not more apps, other than ChatON, is included in the .zip.
leetal said:
I can also confirm that ChatON is NOT deleted after running this a couple of times. It doesn´t matter whether or not more apps, other than ChatON, is included in the .zip.
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Are the other apps being deleted, or is nothing being removed?
Eplusz said:
first time uninstalling chatON it didnt delete the program but only the update from chatON, second time i uninstalled chatON it uninstalled the app itself
-other method-
use titanium backup to freeze/uninstall all bloatware.. works fast with tickbox and voila
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It 'sounds' like, ChatON shoves some crap into /data/app. (updates) which are causing it to linger around. I wasn't able to check /data/app without su.
I'll confirm in a few days when I have a chance to root, test and so on.
Eplusz said:
-other method-
use titanium backup to freeze/uninstall all bloatware.. works fast with tickbox and voila
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Of course, this way has been around for ages. I always found maintaining the titanium backup list was more effort though. If you're flashing multiple roms frequently.
zodiaxe66 said:
Great idea. But there is already an app that can do this "app2zip" where u can backup all your apps in a flashable zip.
If u could make your "site" read all your installed apps and not only bloatware,this would be a very handy and cool tool
u should check out the app its in the market
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...what? They do different things. app2zip takes your apps and packages them into a CWM flashable restore zip. This removes stock apps. Titanium Backup also can do both tasks. (Remove and restore).
The idea with this is that you create a CWM update that removes everything you want removed. You put it on your SD card and keep it there and use it when you upgrade. Perhaps that wasn't explained well enough in this post. I explain better in the original post for the SGS.
Am I only guy here who think that this UTILITY=APP need to be in "Galaxy S III Themes and Apps"
sargorn said:
Are the other apps being deleted, or is nothing being removed?
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S Suggest won´t remove, likewise ChatON. I haven´t tested other apps as of now so i can´t tell =)
Great work with the webb-app! Keep it updated and it´ll be a blast!
leetal said:
S Suggest won´t remove, likewise ChatON. I haven´t tested other apps as of now so i can´t tell =)
Great work with the webb-app! Keep it updated and it´ll be a blast!
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Hmm, downloading a custom rom at the moment to have a peek in what it sticks in /data/app. (one someone mentioned they were using earlier).
I haven't rooted/flashed anything custom on my Galaxy S3 yet as I only got it a week ago and I didn't want to have anything 'unofficial' for the first week or so just in case I had any issues and needed to return it.
I did just factory reset again though, and ChatON is updated by Play Store and S Suggest asks to auto update itself when it starts up. So again it might be a situation where the updates are dumping themselves into /data/app/.
sargorn said:
Hmm, downloading a custom rom at the moment to have a peek in what it sticks in /data/app. (one someone mentioned they were using earlier).
I haven't rooted/flashed anything custom on my Galaxy S3 yet as I only got it a week ago and I didn't want to have anything 'unofficial' for the first week or so just in case I had any issues and needed to return it.
I did just factory reset again though, and ChatON is updated by Play Store and S Suggest asks to auto update itself when it starts up. So again it might be a situation where the updates are dumping themselves into /data/app/.
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What I suspected is accurate, I just tested myself. If you happen to have updated any of the stock apps (either via the Play store or an in app update) they will still remain.
However, you can go to the application manager in settings and hit the "remove updates" button. It will say uninstall failed but it will remove the apk from /data/app. Rebooting will remove the icons from the home screen.
Also, if you happen to remove a widget that is in use on the home screen (Accuweather/clock) TWLauncher will complain until you remove the 'dead' widget.
I "may" end up adding something that will remove the updates from /data/app. I'll have to think about how to do it. Until then you can use the workaround above.
sargorn said:
Of course, this way has been around for ages. I always found maintaining the titanium backup list was more effort though. If you're flashing multiple roms frequently.
...what? They do different things. app2zip takes your apps and packages them into a CWM flashable restore zip. This removes stock apps. Titanium Backup also can do both tasks. (Remove and restore).
The idea with this is that you create a CWM update that removes everything you want removed. You put it on your SD card and keep it there and use it when you upgrade. Perhaps that wasn't explained well enough in this post. I explain better in the original post for the SGS.
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Yeah i know,don't even know how i came to my own conclusion.(yes i do, interrupted by my kids) i just read it again and your explanation is pretty clear. I just turned everything up side down.
Sorry m8
First post corrected
sargorn said:
Status: Online *
If you've updated any stock apps, the updated versions won't be removed.
Now that I have my own Galaxy S3, I figured it was time to add that to the Chlorine mix.
Basically it's a web based tool that will generate a CWM compatible update.zip to remove pre-installed apps (bloat).
As always, backup and be confident with restoring your phone via download mode or CWM.
Android Chlorine
---
SGS Chlorine
SGS2 Chlorine
SGS3 Chlorine
---
SGS Chlorine (mobile)
SGS2 Chlorine (mobile)
SGS3 Chlorine (mobile)
What this does:
This is a little bit of PHP that will generate a customised CWM3 compatible update.zip which will remove specific apks (and associated .odexes).
Usage:
* Choose which APKs you want the update.zip to remove and hit the Generate button.
- You can also select a preset to save some clicking.
* Copy the generated .zip file to your phone.
* Apply it with CWM.
Thanks:
The SGS list of APKs was grabbed from the public google docs spreadsheet.
The SGS2 APK list was grabbed from this public google docs spreadsheet
The SGS3 APK list was grabbed from this public google docs spreadsheet. XDA thread
Notes:
* Requires busybox for mounting /system.
* The APK list shouldn't let you remove anything 'vital' to booting the phone (Only green "yes" marked items are in the list). If there's any bloat that does need to be added to the database, let me know. Likewise if you remove something that borks your phone.
* If you have any particular ideas for good presets, also let me know and I'll see to adding them.
* Stock apps that have been updated (either via play store or in app updates) will not be "fully" removed. You can manually remove the updates though.
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Nice information and thanks for sharing. I just generated a test .zip file and below is the updater-script that is generated;
ui_print("Android Chlorine");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
delete("/system/app/Bluetooth.apk");
delete("/system/app/Bluetooth.odex");
delete("/system/app/BluetoothAvrcp.apk");
delete("/system/app/BluetoothAvrcp.odex");
delete("/system/app/BluetoothTest.apk");
delete("/system/app/BluetoothTest.odex");
delete("/system/app/ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk");
delete("/system/app/ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.odex");
delete("/system/app/GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk");
delete("/system/app/GoogleQuickSearchBox.odex");
delete("/system/app/GoogleSearchWidget");
delete("/system/app/GoogleSearchWidget.odex");
delete("/system/app/Maps.apk");
delete("/system/app/Maps.odex");
delete("/system/app/MyFiles.apk");
delete("/system/app/MyFiles.odex");
delete("/system/app/Street.apk");
delete("/system/app/Street.odex");
delete("/system/app/YouTube.apk");
delete("/system/app/YouTube.odex");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
Alternatively you may easily remove all the unnecessary files simply using Root Explorer (if your phone is rooted of-course) and deleting files from "/system/app/", in this case you also have the chance to backup the files before deleting. Make sure you enable r/w in Root Explorer.
Cheers...
jaykhan said:
Alternatively you may easily remove all the unnecessary files simply using Root Explorer (if your phone is rooted of-course) and deleting files from "/system/app/", in this case you also have the chance to backup the files before deleting. Make sure you enable r/w in Root Explorer.
Cheers...
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"Easily" can be quite subjective, no? If you remove said files in Root Explorer you don't get the additional information included as to what each file is. Also, making backups of files from a rom you just installed seems somewhat redundant. If you want those files back, pull them out of the rom and push them to the phone? Or just don't delete them to start with.
Last time I checked Root Explorer also cost money on the Play Store and while it has features which scope well beyond this project, it's still more expensive than using this is. (free).
thanks for the chlorine man..!
Hello people!
I've been having this problem for a while now, in fact, it's the very reason I rooted in the first place.
I've asked on other less-active forums, and received no answer at all, so I thought I'd turn to you.
My carrier, Tesco Mobile has bundled two bloatware game demos onto my Huawei Ideos X3 and they are taking up a substantial amount of my already poor internal memory. Unfortunately, after having tried many different ways of removing them, I have had no success. I will list the ways in which I have attempted to remove them in chronological order as far as I can remember (this has been going on for about 4 months now):
The game demos are TBloxxNY and BrickBreaker, if that helps at all >_>
Rooted and downloaded several free root file explorers (such as Android Mate) and attempted to uninstall the game demos - Failed
Installed Titanium Backup & Root Pro to see if it could delete them - Failed (Says "Cannot Locate .apk")
Installed ES File Explorer (said to be better than the others)
- Mounted system as writable
- Found full pathname of the game demo apk's: /cust/tesco/gb/app/brickbreake.apk which is an unusual place for them
- Attempted to delete - Failed
- Managed to locate packages elsewhere and managed to delete them - No effect
Went back to Titanium Backup with a writable system to force remove - Failed
Used Titanium Backup to Freeze the apps so they were unusable - Success!
Tried using Titanium Backup to convert them to user apps - Failed
Scoured Google for someone with a similar problem - Failed
--Left it for ages--
Installed Android Terminal Emulator
Used ES File Explorer to mount system as writable
Used Command Line to remove the file using the correct pathname - Failed
Realised Busybox wasn't actually installed
Installed Busybox, used Busybox installer app to run the mount rw script
Went back to terminal emulator and tried to remove them - Failed
--Fudged up my phone by using "Fix Permissions" in Clockworkmod Recovery--
Restored from previous Nandroid Backup
Booted into Clockworkmod Recovery
Wiped all data, cache and Dalvik
Flashed Eclipse ROM
Game demos are still there.
Attempted most of the above again with Eclipse ROM installed - Failed
Wut. I don't understand how Tesco has managed to jam these demos on there that I just cannot remove.
Someone please help me :crying:
Sorry it's such a long post, but I'm getting to my wit's end here...
Go to Huawei service center and say this : "remove these damn things, and i'll give u 1000 dollars.".
Sent from my wt19i MIUI 2.7.6
I would if I had 1000 dollars XD
Hi, a good way to find where that bloatwares is to use logcat via adb to find the package name of those apps and search in your /system/app.
Via terminal emulator what did you find? Did you get some error when trying delete the apk?
maokalon said:
Hi, a good way to find where that bloatwares is to use logcat via adb to find the package name of those apps and search in your /system/app.
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I find running the command "dumpsys" on the device even better to correlate the app name with its installation files. The output is very verbose, so you'll need to capture the output and look at it with your favourite editor, although.
Oh i know WHERE they are, it's getting rid of them that's the problem... lol the kicker here is that, since the phone is rooted, I don't think I could even go back to Tesco and ask them to remove the bloaters -_-;
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JC1988AD said:
Oh i know WHERE they are, it's getting rid of them that's the problem... lol the kicker here is that, since the phone is rooted, I don't think I could even go back to Tesco and ask them to remove the bloaters -_-;
Sent by game boy
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There are ways to unroot but you can use a free app called root browser (has an orange folder symbol when installed) to go to the location they are saved and delete the apk files yourself. It can change their read write attributes too in case that is what stops you deleting them.
You can also use an app called system tuner to stop them starting as well so then they at least won't use up ram by auto starting.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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Hi
Easy fix download root browser lite go to CUST then TESCO then GB then APP multi select the 2 annoying TBloxxNY and BrickBreaker apps and delete bingo there gone remove the corpses etc with SD Maid or similar.
Ian
What, wow that... actually worked!
Thank you very much!
But... why did it work? Why did that file explorer work over ES file explorer and all the others?
I don't understand...
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mistermentality said:
There are ways to unroot but you can use a free app called root browser (has an orange folder symbol when installed) to go to the location they are saved and delete the apk files yourself. It can change their read write attributes too in case that is what stops you deleting them.
You can also use an app called system tuner to stop them starting as well so then they at least won't use up ram by auto starting.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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Is that the one by jrummy or am I missing something because I don't see one with an orange folder icon
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jbrt said:
Is that the one by jrummy or am I missing something because I don't see one with an orange folder icon
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Yes that is it, root browser lite by jrummy. On mine it has an orange folder as its icon but it may have changed in recent updates.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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Here's hoping that you still check this forum!
Hi. I have also had space issues with my huawei blaze and after rooting my phone, I followed all the advice mentioned in this post but am still receiving an error message when trying to delete brickbeaker and tbloxxny from /cust/tesco/gb/app using root browser.
I am at my wits end! Do you or anyone else have any idea why these apk's are so persistent and how I can remove them?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Hey guys, hate starting new threads, but this time I just had to. Here's the deal:
First I had a Galaxy Ace. I rooted it, and used root normally for a couple of months. Then something went bazzerk (don't know how to spell bazzerk xD), just as it is on my new Xperia neo. My root explorer works flawlessly and I'm able to mount my system r\o / r\w when ever I want and explore all sys files. BUT, my ROM toolbox, GO backup, etc. all apps that actualy "touch" system files (I mean change or retrieve the above), freeze when a command is given. I.e. I want to move an unmovable app to the sd card. The file IS moved, but the app freezes on "loading". GO backup: I restore a file, it's completely restored, but the app frezzes on 99% even though the job's done. Why is this happening, and is there a way to fix it?
Thank you all, and cheers
P.S. This problem sometimes just vanshies, but it's back a few days later.
P.P.S. I tried restarting, taking the battery out, restarting SU, and restarting the freezing apps, nothing erases the problem.
Have to you tried to factory reset in your phones settings?
If you´re rooted check the superuser app and loock at the log
what does superuser state?
Style13 said:
Hey guys, hate starting new threads, but this time I just had to. Here's the deal:
First I had a Galaxy Ace. I rooted it, and used root normally for a couple of months. Then something went bazzerk (don't know how to spell bazzerk xD), just as it is on my new Xperia neo. My root explorer works flawlessly and I'm able to mount my system r\o / r\w when ever I want and explore all sys files. BUT, my ROM toolbox, GO backup, etc. all apps that actualy "touch" system files (I mean change or retrieve the above), freeze when a command is given. I.e. I want to move an unmovable app to the sd card. The file IS moved, but the app freezes on "loading". GO backup: I restore a file, it's completely restored, but the app frezzes on 99% even though the job's done. Why is this happening, and is there a way to fix it?
Thank you all, and cheers
P.S. This problem sometimes just vanshies, but it's back a few days later.
P.P.S. I tried restarting, taking the battery out, restarting SU, and restarting the freezing apps, nothing erases the problem.
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Install root checker from market Nd check whether u r rooted correctly or not
Are you using superuser or supersu app?
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Android311 said:
Have to you tried to factory reset in your phones settings?
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No, I think that would fix it but then I'd have to set back everything on my phone, which I don't want
jiffer1991 said:
If you´re rooted check the superuser app and loock at the log
what does superuser state?
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Superuser says everything's fine. I already mentioned I can see all my root files with no problem. But when another app tries the same, it freezes.
vivek_bhoj said:
Install root checker from market Nd check whether u r rooted correctly or not
Are you using superuser or supersu app?
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Installed, checked. Says it's rooted. I'm using Superuser and it's reporting no problems. Still freezes when an app changes something.
The thing is root works, I mean I can backup\restore app data, freeze apps, etc. but after the phone does this, the app freezes, even though it's done. A very strange problem. Is there anything I could have accidently made to brake it (exept disallowing an app from Superuser rights, I checked that three times; allways allowed) ?
I remember that i faced such problems a few weeks ago...
some root file explorers denied me the acces to the root files while i tried to change a bootanimation
root acces was granted but it didnt worked
afterwards i tried another root file explorer and it worked fine
why ?
i dont know but something went wrong with the first file browser
Try SuperSU v0.95
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Thank you all, it so happened that this version of Superuser didn't quite well support these versions of apps. Just changed the ROM Toolbox to a newer version, and it works perfectly.
:good:
apparently not working after root
noob here, I did my first root today, and have only been an android user for 2 weeks after defecting from apple since the first iphone. I was a jailbreak veteran of idevices, but I got bored with the stale bread, so I spent my taxmas on a Samsung galaxy s4. Specifically wanting the i9500 version so it would be unlocked to use on net10. I followed the steps from website, and video on Odin. And it looked like it worked perfectly. It wasn't until I tried to my photo gallery app to look at some pictures, and it crashed and wouldn't load. I had the same issue with a business calendar issue app that wouldn't open. I tried clearing system cache on gallery app but no luck. I'm afraid I'm in over my own head now, and might want to restore and start from scratch. The first thing I did after rooting was a full Titanium backup. only things that I installed after root was xposed installer and an app within the installer called swipeback.
I would like to know if there is a fix for this, without having to break away from root? Or if I must,how do I know which stock file I need. I know it's i9500ubueMk1 but there's many different regions.. I bought from a best buy in Charlotte . If there isn't a simple fix to fix why my apps aren't working,then the root does more harm than good, and I wanna go back to normal.
Someone please walk me through this!!
thanks
Style13 said:
Hey guys, hate starting new threads, but this time I just had to. Here's the deal:
First I had a Galaxy Ace. I rooted it, and used root normally for a couple of months. Then something went bazzerk (don't know how to spell bazzerk xD), just as it is on my new Xperia neo. My root explorer works flawlessly and I'm able to mount my system r\o / r\w when ever I want and explore all sys files. BUT, my ROM toolbox, GO backup, etc. all apps that actualy "touch" system files (I mean change or retrieve the above), freeze when a command is given. I.e. I want to move an unmovable app to the sd card. The file IS moved, but the app freezes on "loading". GO backup: I restore a file, it's completely restored, but the app frezzes on 99% even though the job's done. Why is this happening, and is there a way to fix it?
Thank you all, and cheers
P.S. This problem sometimes just vanshies, but it's back a few days later.
P.P.S. I tried restarting, taking the battery out, restarting SU, and restarting the freezing apps, nothing erases the problem.
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I had the same problem. Theres nothing wrong with your phone, its the app. Instead of root explorer, download root browser. It works better
Check out this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/supersu-please-t3110954
I tried it and got temporary root on my Verizon Note Edge. I know it is temporary but at least it is root.
I do not have the developer version btw..
Did you use the Note 4 .img file?
sbrownla said:
Did you use the Note 4 .img file?
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I just followed the video that is posted in the OP and that gave me temporary root. I didn't use any .img files.
DV8 said:
I just followed the video that is posted in the OP and that gave me temporary root. I didn't use any .img files.
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Doesn't it say to use one of the downloadable boot img files from the linked site? It's a boot.img file.
Also what sorts of things have you tried so far with it?
sbrownla said:
Doesn't it say to use one of the downloadable boot img files from the linked site? It's a boot.img file.
Also what sorts of things have you tried so far with it?
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I have tried Root Explorer and it allows me to read and write to the SD card. I have Root Call blocker and that works as well, I have tried Xposed Framework and so far no go, it does a reboot and you will lose root. This is still a work in progress but it looks a lot more promising than a couple of months ago.
I did not use any img files due to mine being a note edge and I think those files are for those who have taken the lollipop upgrade on their Note 4's. Since we have not received the lollipop upgrade to our edge's yet you should be good to at least temporary root because it is only working on KitKat.
I was able to temp root with king root 4.0.1 apk ... and was able to remove bloatware files from: system/app and: system/priv-app but after reboot they are all back.
Update.... after temp rooting. . Install Titanium Backup and Freeze system apps will enable you to "turn off" apps that you otherwise wouldn't be able to disable through the stock app manager in settings menu.
See screenshot below. ...
Screenshot
Screenshot of TouchWiz disabled because I use a different Home Launcher. And YES it keeps disabled through a reboot.
Was able to turn off The KNOX apps as well... seems to keep root longer without rebooting. HOWEVER root doesn't last forever.. meaning apps like Titanium Backup will lose root... and you will have to reboot and run King root again to get temp root to freeze more apps etc.
This is still a work in progress, hopefully the losing root problem will be fixed soon.
This is nice but after messing with it all week I gave up. I could easily get temp.root and get SU installed but you lose root after about an hour even if you touch nothing. You will also get random reboots a lot and then have to start over.
Mike02z said:
This is nice but after messing with it all week I gave up. I could easily get temp.root and get SU installed but you lose root after about an hour even if you touch nothing. You will also get random reboots a lot and then have to start over.
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If you install Titanium Backup and "freeze" all the Knox apps [see post 7, 8, & 9] you can keep root long enough to freeze all unwanted bloatware. That way you can at least "turn off" [disable] those apps from running in background etc. It's something more then we had.
Keep at it guys! I'll join when I get some time tomorrow and Monday
justjayhere said:
If you install Titanium Backup and "freeze" all the Knox apps [see post 7, 8, & 9] you can keep root long enough to freeze all unwanted bloatware. That way you can at least "turn off" [disable] those apps from running in background etc. It's something more then we had.
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Yup, this worked. All week I was trying to "remove" these applications via tibu but yesterday I just froze them. I still lost root but see everything I froze is still listed as "Turned off" in Application manager. That will do for now, Thanks!
when you temp root, use TiBu to "convert to user app" this should move all the files to the user apps directory instead of system apps then try to uninstall and see if they come back after reboot. Just a hunch but I can't try since I don't have the retail version.
NekoShinigami said:
when you temp root, use TiBu to "convert to user app" this should move all the files to the user apps directory instead of system apps then try to uninstall and see if they come back after reboot. Just a hunch but I can't try since I don't have the retail version.
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I do not see the option in Titanium Backup to ”convert to user app" .. Am I missing something?
justjayhere said:
I do not see the option in Titanium Backup to ”convert to user app" .. Am I missing something?
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You need to long press on the app. Towards the end of the setting that popup you should see the convert to user app setting.
Easiest way I found was to freeze all the apps you don't want, filter for frozen apps then go through the list converting them to user apps
Edit: this doesn't work. They will install themselves back after doing this.
I figured they would come back.. freezing app is as good as it gets for now.
long press or swipe right to get to the additional options. also thank you guys for confirming that for me. i wasnt for sure since I dont have the retail version to test out on.
also i think i remember reading in the note 4 forum that they were able to get it perma deleted by uninstalling all updates then uninstalling the app or something along those lines. I will go back and read it again to be sure of what i read, i may have misread.
I used this method to disable knox and bloatware on my Verizon Edge even without root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/general/disable-knox-ota-root-t2972263
As far as temp root is concerned using King root, I suppose while on a rooted state, one can make changes to the system such as:
1) Enabling 3rd party apps like ES File Explorer to write to SD card by modifying platform.xml as described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524277
2) Enabling hidden menu (if this is important to you) by modifying /efs/carrier/HiddenMenu file.
Even if you lose root, the changes you made to these files should stick, correct?