I'm gonna be perm rooting my phone in a couple of days when my replacement with good screen comes and I really love the stock swype that it comes with so I was wondering..if I temp root it using visionary and dowmlaod titaniumbackup can I save swype to my sd card and once I root can i restore it back on my new rom ( most likely cm7! ) sorry if this question was asked before or not but I couldn't find it so I had to ask thanks.
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No that wont work but send me a personal message with your email and I could shoot you the zip for the official swype
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Swype beta is open to all users. The beta version haas voice input which the preinstalled version does not. Just sign up on the swype.com site then you can install swype on any rom that doesn't have it without going against the eula.
Swyped on my rooted MyTouch4G
You can keep your own Swype that came with the stock ROM when you move to a custom -- but you can't use Titanium Backup for it, as there is a system library that goes with it. TB doesn't back up /system, as that is normally mounted read-only.
To back up the stock Swype, you will need to be rooted, then:
Copy /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so and /system/app/Swype.apk to a safe spot on your SD card (or a spot on your development workstation).To restore -- and you'll need this for any ROM that doesn't have Swype:
Mount /system read-write (use 'adb remount' from a development platform, or the mount command from a rooted shell from a terminal emulator in the phone.)
Copy libSwypeCore.so from your SD card to /system/lib, or if using a workstation, use adb push command.
Copy Swype.apk using the same tool to /system/app
Install Swype.apk as well from a file manager or from an adb install.
Reboot the phone.
Long press on any input field, and change the input method to Swype keyboard.That should do it. It's not that hard, but adb makes it easy.
Can you do it with root explorer? I suck at adb:/
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Can you do it with root explorer? I suck at adb:/
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Yep.. ..........
Oops. Forgot to mention that Swype.apk -also- needs to be restored to /system/app, as it is a system application. I've updated the "how to" above.
But, y'all know you should never be trying how to docs without fully understanding their limitations, right?
Can you give me the exact steps thru root explorer?
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I used AndRoot to root the .6 official. I have SU on my device.
How do I install the custom recovery? Im being told permission denied. At which point do I begin the process now, at flash_image?
Thank you thank you
Try this, get terminal emulator from market. Find Amon RA 1.7 and download it, move it to root of SD card. Open terminal, type su (return) then type "flash_image recovery /sdcard/RA-Darchstar.img" without parenthesis and hit return. Cursor should pause for a sec then drop down with # behind it and your done. Install quickboot from market and hit recovery, BAM!!!!_
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i appreciate it but id prefer to do this on my pc via command prompt.
how can I install a custom recovery, so that i can install a rom?
at this point i cant even get access to delete apps. as far as i can tell all that happened was that SU was installed. i have none of the abilities that I had before. any help is super appreciated.
Then get Rom manager from market and let it do it for you. Open app and tap on flash clockwork recovery.
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Then get Rom manager from market and let it do it for you. Open app and tap on flash clockwork recovery.
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ok, i just did that. told me it flashed the recovery.
thats it? this will now allow me to access /system/app and delete files? im gonna try the hold home and power now to check out the clockword recovery.
I really appreciate your help. I am in /system/app now and am gonna delete the crap outta this stuff...
thank you thank you
one last question: can I now delete those apps i installed from the market?
If you are not gonna change recoveries then I would keep the app, it does a lot of diff options. Be carefully what you get rid of in system/app. You can get rid of fieldtrial.apk, fieldtest.apk, and GSD.apk which are extras you don't need. One last thing, read this forum inside and out, get to know the wiki and search bar; they are your friends.
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I just completed rooting 2 bolts this morning and was wondering how one goes about remove some of the additional bloatware. Blockbuster, etc...
Thanks in advance.
Michael
first make a back up in recovery.
There are several ways to do this.
Terminal emulator app,
ADB,
or an app like Root Explorer or Titanium Back up
For the terminal app and ADB just
su
--opens up super user access
cd system/app
--changes your path to where the apps are stored
ls
--lists all the apps in the directory
once you find the app you want to blow away, do
rm VZW_Golf.apk
--removes it completly, and only way to retrieve is to find a replacement apk or restore entire back up through recovory.
You could also do a
mv VZW_Golf.apk VZW_Golf.apk.bak
--Just renames the app, it will be unusable, but can easily be restored by renaming to original apk.
Another option, rather than deleting, if you're concerned about needing to put them back some day is to just use Titanium Pro's "Freeze" feature. There are other apps that you can purchase on the Market that let you "freeze" an app as well.
Freezing an app totally disables it and prevents it from loading at startup, autoloading on its own, and even removes it from the app drawer.
This is the path I'm taking for the time being, but I'm not currently worried about the bloatware sucking up precious storage space. If storage for apps becomes an issue, the rm command is only a terminal session away!
Can't get Root Explorer to mount as R/W..Any ideas?
ccse.eggie said:
I just completed rooting 2 bolts this morning and was wondering how one goes about remove some of the additional bloatware. Blockbuster, etc...
Thanks in advance.
Michael
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I would use Titanium BackUp and just freeze the apps for now untill you can get a good backup of the Original ROM on it.
AisforAustin said:
Can't get Root Explorer to mount as R/W..Any ideas?
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get the app "root checker" off the market from joeykrim
My only thought is towards you aren't rooted.
If you are, then I'm not sure since I have never used the Root Explorer app.
thanks for the replies. I used Rom Manager to make a backup.
I'll download the titanium program and freeze the programs. Sounds the easiest option.
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Can't get Root Explorer to mount as R/W..Any ideas?
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Try the "mount /system" app first. After selecting rw with that app, root explorer should be mounted as rw as well.
AisforAustin said:
Can't get Root Explorer to mount as R/W..Any ideas?
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Reboot the phone a couple of times...re-download SuperUser.apk from the market if necessary, make sure that in SuperUser Root Explorer is listed as having been allowed root permissions.
If you've never seen the pop-up SuperUser request for Root Explorer you won't be able to mount r/w.
Titanium backup same story as root explorer. It also helps in Titanium to click the Problems? button and let it install its own version of busybox - or you can download busybox from the Market as well (I haven't tested it on the TB, though).
I ended up making a backup in cwm recovery then installing root explorer and going through system/app and just deleting the apks lol. have over 470mbs free now! left the odex files for now but removed the apps. If you delete them make sure you have a backup first.
The only app given me an issue is VVW, deleted the apk, renamed odex to .old and still vvm shows in the launcher. not sure what other apk is linked to vvm. any ideas?
so can you not uninstall them with titanium backup then? That would be the easiest way. I was hoping you could as I will be rooting mine here in a few.
nosympathy said:
so can you not uninstall them with titanium backup then? That would be the easiest way. I was hoping you could as I will be rooting mine here in a few.
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You can uninstall them in titanium backup. Or after you root there is a Rom now you can flash in CWR that already has the bloat removed.
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MXMike said:
You can uninstall them in titanium backup. Or after you root there is a Rom now you can flash in CWR that already has the bloat removed.
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Which ROM is that?
Geegolly said:
first make a back up in recovery.
There are several ways to do this.
Terminal emulator app,
ADB,
or an app like Root Explorer or Titanium Back up
For the terminal app and ADB just
su
--opens up super user access
cd system/app
--changes your path to where the apps are stored
ls
--lists all the apps in the directory
once you find the app you want to blow away, do
rm VZW_Golf.apk
--removes it completly, and only way to retrieve is to find a replacement apk or restore entire back up through recovory.
You could also do a
mv VZW_Golf.apk VZW_Golf.apk.bak
--Just renames the app, it will be unusable, but can easily be restored by renaming to original apk.
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thank you so much. this is good info. i was trying to figure out how i can delete things i dont want. hate vz navigator.
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Which ROM is that?
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List is in the stickies in the development section. I like virusrom and bamf the most.
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I rooted my phone last week and would like to hear from you guys which ones are handy apps to have. So far i have titanium backup, Astro and i think thats about it.
I would like to do the fota fix and read that i should use root explorer but is this the only option for a file manager that can access system folders or are there other alternatives?
With Astro I have not been able to locate /data/fota yet so i was thinking that with root explorer i could be able to find it.
Thanks for your advise
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moshe22 said:
I rooted my phone last week and would like to hear from you guys which ones are handy apps to have. So far i have titanium backup, Astro and i think thats about it.
I would like to do the fota fix and read that i should use root explorer but is this the only option for a file manager that can access system folders or are there other alternatives?
With Astro I have not been able to locate /data/fota yet so i was thinking that with root explorer i could be able to find it.
Thanks for your advise
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You can use ADB from your computer to push the fota files or you can use Android Terminal Emulator from the Market.
I ended up purchasing Root Explorer because I'm lazy and like the ease of using it.
I did it with eStrong's free version. Eventhough it asks what kind of recovory ur using, I just selected CWM. Just remember to turn it off when ur done otherwise it'll error out next time u open it
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I flash roms a lot and there is something I need to find a fix for.
Once the flash is done I boot up and start initial phone setup menu. I have to sign into my google account at this stage obviously. So once that's done the first thing I want to do is restore my apps with titanium, so I go to the market for it, but the market straight away starts downloading ALL my apps at once when I only want TB to download. Only way to stop it is to go through the entire app list and cancel all the downloads, which takes a while. I cant let the downloads go ahead as it's far too many megabytes.
So I want a way to install TB without using the market. I've tried creating the update.zip in TB options and the zip does get created, but when I flash it from recovery it doesn't install.
Can I get the apk from somewhere and install it that way (I know you can push from cmd prompt although I've never tried it), and if so is there a way to do it on the phone only, as I often flash roms when I'm away from the computer.
When you enter your google credentials, it'll ask you if you want to back up your data. Uncheck it. Once your past that screen go into settings > privacy and assure automatic restore is unchecked.
The apks are in /data/app/ by the way.
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When you enter your google credentials, it'll ask you if you want to back up your data. Uncheck it. Once your past that screen go into settings > privacy and assure automatic restore is unchecked.
The apks are in /data/app/ by the way.
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I'm very familiar with these options. I always leave the option to backup to google ticked in case I ever need it (unlikely), but I always have auto' restore unticked, so I'm pretty sure that the automatic downloading of my apps is because the market app recognizes that I own them all when I sign in with my google account, and not because of auto' restore - but correct me if I'm wrong.
So how would I install TB using the apk. Does it have to be done with my computer? Is there another way. Root explorer would be great, but I'd have to install that the same way, which renders it useless in this particular case. What do all you experienced people do to get round this. Or do you just get through it the same way I do???
You can extract your TB using root explorer and save it on your sdcard. Sometimes its stored in /system/app or /data/app.
Usually roms come with a file explorer, so once you have a rom installed go to its file explorer and install your backed up TB. That's how I usually do it. Hope that helps.
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markfavis said:
You can extract your TB using root explorer and save it on your sdcard. Sometimes its stored in /system/app or /data/app.
Usually roms come with a file explorer, so once you have a rom installed go to its file explorer and install your backed up TB. That's how I usually do it. Hope that helps.
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markfavis,
you the man Your post helped me figure some stuff out. Your thanks meter just went up by a point.
I use ns_collab most of the time and I did not realise it came with root explorer preinstalled until you mentioned roms coming with a file manager. I did a bit of research and discovered root explorer is preinstalled with ns_collab. I never realised it was part of the rom as I already own root explorer so TB always restores my copy.
I've already made a copy of the TB apk files, so I reckon i've got this sorted for next time I flash a rom.
Just one more thing to check. The apk files I have backed up are:
com.keramidas.titaniumbackup-1.apk
and
com.keramidas.titaniumbackuppro-1.apk
Is this all I need to
I think you only need one of those files. One of em is the pro version. I only have one file and I install it like a regular apk file.
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I think you only need one of those files. One of em is the pro version. I only have one file and I install it like a regular apk file.
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I've got the pro version - so I think this must be right. If you are on the free version and only use one file then I'm cookin
im using the pro version and i only have one apk file. pro restores faster with hypershell
I can't find this anywhere else, so I will post it here:
I have found a way, using root, busybox and terminal emulator to get apps to install onto the SD on android 2.1.
Why?
I have a netbook that dual boots android 2.1 and windows 7 (it came like that, don't ask me how ) and when I managed to get the market onto it and installed apparently it went low on space. So I tried to get apps2sd somehow. Here's what I got:
Method 1:
WARNING: YOU WILL LOSE ALL APPS AND POSSIBLY THEIR DATA. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! IT MAY ALSO CAUSE FORCE CLOSES ON SOME APPS (UNLIKELY)
1. Get into your/data/app folder and copy com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer and com.android.term and move them to /system/app. Reboot.
2. Open root explorer and navigate to /data and delete the folder app.
3. Go to your SD and make a folder called app
4. Open terminal emulator
5. Type su
6. Type ln -s /sdcard/app /data/app
7. Reboot.
8. Install your apps from the market
9. Hit the thanks button.
I will post method 2 soon, it is one at a time moving.
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So if you flash a new rom after this, would the apps still be on your SD card, run steps 1-7 again and carry on, or would that screw the market links up so you'd have to reinstall them all anyway?
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Scratch0805 said:
So if you flash a new rom after this, would the apps still be on your SD card, run steps 1-7 again and carry on, or would that screw the market links up so you'd have to reinstall them all anyway?
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They'll still be there Just do the link process again and reboot. If it screws up the market links, check out root toolbox by lukemovement on the market, it lets you fix market links
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Yeh I have root toolbox installed anyway, I'll give it a whirl next time I reflash.
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