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.
AisforAustin said:
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.
TheStick13 said:
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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Even though I keep killing with Task Manager the Amazon MP3 Store application, it keeps coming back, how I can stop it from auto running all the time or even better to fully remove it from the phone ?, thanks
I fully removed it from the adb shell using rm -f. I think it's stored somewhere in /data/app. Anywais, just look for the apk and remove it.
St.Jimmy! said:
I fully removed it from the adb shell using rm -f. I think it's stored somewhere in /data/app. Anywais, just look for the apk and remove it.
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I just remove it using Titanium Backup, great tool, I also removed, Mail, VPN, Music, etc.
brosen said:
Even though I keep killing with Task Manager the Amazon MP3 Store application, it keeps coming back, how I can stop it from auto running all the time or even better to fully remove it from the phone ?, thanks
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Original post @ Modaco
http://android.modaco.com/content/g...-mp3-store-or-other-stock-apps-rooted-device/
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adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
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If you are using enom's ROM , the option for removing amazon MP3 , and other built-in apps .. is under spareparts :
Application Options
Built-in Applications ..
checkmark and done !
You also can remove it with "Root Explorer" from the market too...
Or SUFBS I hardly ever bother with commands anymore
You can also remov it with Android mate. (marked)
pvillasuso said:
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adb shell rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
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Thanx..removed
rori1 said:
Thanx..removed
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Can someone walk me through this? I have a stock N1 I've been using for a couple weeks and would love to get rid of some of these crappy programs I never use, without voiding the warranty.
johnstevens said:
Can someone walk me through this? I have a stock N1 I've been using for a couple weeks and would love to get rid of some of these crappy programs I never use, without voiding the warranty.
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You can't without rooting.
sergioalvarezmac said:
You also can remove it with "Root Explorer" from the market too...
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Anyone care to explain how to do this? Is it as simple as just deleting the apk's?
InFlicT666 said:
Anyone care to explain how to do this? Is it as simple as just deleting the apk's?
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Yep.
If you want to completely remove it, rm the apk, the related /data/data/.. folder, the related dalvik-cache object and remove it from packages.xml.
But for a quick removal just del the apk (and .odex if exists).
Or you could just get root manager from the market (paid app) which allows you to uninstall system apps
Can someone please explain to me why programs like the Amazon MP3 store come back after reboot each time I've deleted it. I've deleted it via Root Manager, android mate, titanium backup and all the other methods listed in this forum. Each seem to be rid of the files with out issue. Then I reboot ...and the program is BACK. Clearly there is something I'm missing when i reboot the system reverts back before I deleted it. I just want this sprint bloatware gone
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Can someone please explain to me why programs like the Amazon MP3 store come back after reboot each time I've deleted it. I've deleted it via Root Manager, android mate, titanium backup and all the other methods listed in this forum. Each seem to be rid of the files with out issue. Then I reboot ...and the program is BACK. Clearly there is something I'm missing when i reboot the system reverts back before I deleted it. I just want this sprint bloatware gone
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Sounds to me like the old days of my Blackberry, and things getting pushed to your device OTA without permission, lol. I haven't had that issue though, sorry.
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Can someone please explain to me why programs like the Amazon MP3 store come back after reboot each time I've deleted it. I've deleted it via Root Manager, android mate, titanium backup and all the other methods listed in this forum. Each seem to be rid of the files with out issue. Then I reboot ...and the program is BACK. Clearly there is something I'm missing when i reboot the system reverts back before I deleted it. I just want this sprint bloatware gone
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That...doesn't sound right.
GinjiVitis said:
Can someone please explain to me why programs like the Amazon MP3 store come back after reboot each time I've deleted it. I've deleted it via Root Manager, android mate, titanium backup and all the other methods listed in this forum. Each seem to be rid of the files with out issue. Then I reboot ...and the program is BACK. Clearly there is something I'm missing when i reboot the system reverts back before I deleted it. I just want this sprint bloatware gone
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Sounds like you're not mounting the file system for writing before trying to write (delete) to the file system.
Very interesting thought. I figured since I'm not familiar with these root file system programs yet I could easily have it set to read only instead of write but after some digging I do have the software set to allow write permissions. I found some posts regarding this deleted program respawning issue. the general consensus is its the systems NAND protection. Im going to work on disabling that and trying again. thanks for the great suggestion though.
tipe this on your termina without the quotes if you dont have a terminal get one at the market.
"su"
"mount -o rw,remount /system"
"rm -r /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk"
"pm uninstall com.amazon.mp3"
In root explorer I went in to /system/apps and deleted .com.amazon.mp3.apk. Is that fine or is there anything else I need to delete to uninstall it?
I have root access now via unrevoked. I downloaded Root Explorer how do I delete unwanted apps. I tried going to sys/apps and holding down the cityid app and then click delete but it does not delete. Am I doing something wrong?
primedef said:
I have root access now via unrevoked. I downloaded Root Explorer how do I delete unwanted apps. I tried going to sys/apps and holding down the cityid app and then click delete but it does not delete. Am I doing something wrong?
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apps in the /system can only be deleted in ADB until full NAND unlock is released by revolked, go to the general incredible section look for safe apps to remove thread and it will show you the way
FYI, I've had success with the 'Freeze' option in Titanium Backup to disable system apps on the Incredible.
As a side question, anyone know how exactly 'Freeze' works in Titanium Backup?
How do I delete the apps that mt4g came with like amazon mp3
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I have the same question, how do you?
Not sure what type of phone either of you have but... with my HTC Hero
I had to Root it first cause those most likely are System Apps!
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Bloatware are packaged as System applications and cannot be removed without rooting the phone.
Better than physical removal is to "disable" them, so that they are unavailable but still on the phone in the event you inadvertently break a dependency for an application you use. This can be done from the root shell if you are comfortable with command line interfaces, or from Titanium Backup and its Freeze function.
Root is needed either way.
HTC Glacier running CM7 #19
You can delete them after root through titanium backup.
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If you are wanting to delete them. Flatout get rid of them, and never use the again i would recommend learning how to use the ADB. and deleting them that way.
from the Terminal Emulator or ADB Shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system
ls /system/app
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that will make the entire OS a r/w system USE EXTREME CAUTION
the ls/system/app line will show you all of the applications on your phone
then use the -rm line to remove the app
rm ls/system/app/xxxxxxxx.apk
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After you have removed all of the proper applications to your liking make the system/app readable again.
mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system
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If you wanted to use a Root explorer navigate to the /system/app and delete the applications you want.
that will make the entire OS a r/w system USE EXTREME CAUTION
Or you can do the same thing via Android Commander.....
once again
that will make the entire OS a r/w system USE EXTREME CAUTION
If you should feel like doing it the lazy man way you can use Titanium Backup, but that does not teach one ADB or the physics there of incase you have a problem.
if you do not want to delete the apps you can use Titanium Backup to "freeze" the applications from using resources, or (i recommend) pulling the .apk via the ADB.
Ive got perm root s=off, not a big deal. My question actually is focused on the app, Titanium Backup Pro. I don't actually have a list of installed apps to "freeze". Even spending the time to enable the filters so that every possible variation was acheived, still nothing more to enable/disable/freeze except for Accounts, Widgets, WiFi access points, Country-Time Zone, and bluetooth pairings.
I really like the stock rom, but I really don't like the bloat. I've even flashed a few other de-oxidized stock roms, but I wasn't able to restore any apps from tit. backup.
Any ideas as to what I'm missing or doing wrong?
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Ive got perm root s=off, not a big deal. My question actually is focused on the app, Titanium Backup Pro. I don't actually have a list of installed apps to "freeze". Even spending the time to enable the filters so that every possible variation was acheived, still nothing more to enable/disable/freeze except for Accounts, Widgets, WiFi access points, Country-Time Zone, and bluetooth pairings.
I really like the stock rom, but I really don't like the bloat. I've even flashed a few other de-oxidized stock roms, but I wasn't able to restore any apps from tit. backup.
Any ideas as to what I'm missing or doing wrong?
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Are you saying you don't want the bloatware or you don't want the Rom or what? Because removing bloatware is simple use sufbs or root explorer and go to root>system>app and delete the apps you don't want but you have to make sure your in r/w not r/o and make sure its the right app as some are dependent on others. Like in one of my many failed attempts to bring the sense clock over to a different OS I just brought the whole app folder over from a sense Rom and all hell broke loose lol hope I helped
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I think what I really want is a stable CM7, but that's beside the point. My actual focus is that, after installation of Titanium Backup (Pro) I didn't get the option of freezing or backing up apps, aside from the few system settings I mentioned above. I was hoping that I was simply having a derp moment and I missed some sort of crucial setting that would display the current list of installed apps so I could choose their fate.
*Update* I flashed Ice Glacier v1_1_6, then after all the market apps installed, I ran Titanium Backup, at this point I have a very complete list of apps that I can freeze/backup/un-install etc, so the only variable I can see is between the stock rom and Ice Glacier. Again I feel like I've missed something simple.
Sorry man I don't have pro
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DHSdrone said:
I think what I really want is a stable CM7, but that's beside the point. My actual focus is that, after installation of Titanium Backup (Pro) I didn't get the option of freezing or backing up apps, aside from the few system settings I mentioned above. I was hoping that I was simply having a derp moment and I missed some sort of crucial setting that would display the current list of installed apps so I could choose their fate.
*Update* I flashed Ice Glacier v1_1_6, then after all the market apps installed, I ran Titanium Backup, at this point I have a very complete list of apps that I can freeze/backup/un-install etc, so the only variable I can see is between the stock rom and Ice Glacier. Again I feel like I've missed something simple.
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Tit/Backup will only back up and restore 3rd party applications the stuff like Accounts, Widgets, WiFi access points, Country-Time Zone, and bluetooth pairings cannot be touched via TB, pro or basic.
Hello,
I need to unroot by ICS ROM temporarily so I can install and run certain application, how do I do that with minimum amount of work?
Thanks,
G
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artisticcheese said:
Hello,
I need to unroot by ICS ROM temporarily so I can install and run certain application, how do I do that with minimum amount of work?
Thanks,
G
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i cant c y u would have to unroot, it shouldnt matter as apps dont care if it is rooted or unrooted, correction some apps u have to b rooted to work properly.
do u actually get an error message when trying to install an app
the only way is to restore back to stock, or if u just rooted ur stock firmware, meaning u didnt flash a rom, u can try flashing the system.img file, that might work but i never heard of any1 doing that
Yes, application refuses to work telling me that "rooted" phones are not supported. So basically it installs, checks if phone is rooted and refuses to proceed. I hoped I can flash something in CMW to temporarely unroot, then run application, let it do it one time thing (I need to run this application only once successfully) and then I root back in CWM again.
artisticcheese said:
Yes, application refuses to work telling me that "rooted" phones are not supported. So basically it installs, checks if phone is rooted and refuses to proceed. I hoped I can flash something in CMW to temporarely unroot, then run application, let it do it one time thing (I need to run this application only once successfully) and then I root back in CWM again.
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dont think there is a temporary unroot method, going back to stock was the true method to unrooting, which app were u trying to install.
u can trying going back to stock, installing app, let it do its thing, backup with tibu or some other backup, reroot and then restore backup of app.....maybe wont work as restoring a backup is actually reinstalling the app
edit: try this i havent so try at ur own risk http://www.thespicygadgematics.com/2012/06/how-to-easily-unroot-any-android-phone.html it seems easy enough, i didnt think it was possible but it seems to b
artisticcheese said:
Hello,
I need to unroot by ICS ROM temporarily so I can install and run certain application, how do I do that with minimum amount of work?
Thanks,
G
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Using root explorer or ES File Explorer, mount system as r/w, delete /system/app/Superuser.apk, /system/bin/su or /system/xbin/su (it will be in one of those two places), and then reboot. done.
cschmitt said:
Using root explorer or ES File Explorer, mount system as r/w, delete /system/app/Superuser.apk, /system/bin/su or /system/xbin/su (it will be in one of those two places), and then reboot. done.
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thats deleting the app the rooted the phone, but does it actually undo the rooting process, the system files the app changed to make it rooted r still there, the way to check is if u do delete su app, c if root explorer can can mount ur system folder to r/w, or op can c if it the app does install after deleting su.
actually u need su to grant su, so that might not b a good test
cschmitt said:
Using root explorer or ES File Explorer, mount system as r/w, delete /system/app/Superuser.apk, /system/bin/su or /system/xbin/su (it will be in one of those two places), and then reboot. done.
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Thanks,
How do I root back after that though?
vincom said:
thats deleting the app the rooted the phone, but does it actually undo the rooting process, the system files the app changed to make it rooted r still there, the way to check is if u do delete su app, c if root explorer can can mount ur system folder to r/w, or op can c if it the app does install after deleting su.
actually u need su to grant su, so that might not b a good test
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The superuser cwm zip installs su and superuser.apk, that's it. There are no other modified apps.
You can remove busy box also if you like, but it's not much use without su.
artisticcheese said:
Thanks,
How do I root back after that though?
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Flash superuser zip in cwm.
cschmitt said:
The superuser cwm zip installs su and superuser.apk, that's it. There are no other modified apps.
You can remove busy box also if you like, but it's not much use without su.
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kool. i learn something everyday
There is cool app in Playstore (free) which allows rooting/unrooting with no reboots and other complicated steps
FYI
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDMsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS5zdXBlcnN1Il0
Voodoo OTA can do a temp unroot as well. The Flixter app will not allow you to stream movis on a rooted phone. I used Voodoo to temp unroot then went back into Flixter and it started to play the movie.
I use an app called Temp root remover
It allows you to temporarly unroot and reroot in a matter of seconds
I work in a phone store. one of my jobs is to uninstall all internet related apps. i do this by rooting, installing link2sd, and uninstalling the required apps one by one. needless to say, this takes a very long time. any way to do a batch uninstall?
(the built in multi selct dosent work.)
Kobro said:
I work in a phone store. one of my jobs is to uninstall all internet related apps. i do this by rooting, installing link2sd, and uninstalling the required apps one by one. needless to say, this takes a very long time. any way to do a batch uninstall?
(the built in multi selct dosent work.)
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Use Root Explorer to multi select all the apps you want and remove them. Not sure why you need link2sd though.
Use titanium backup pro
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zelendel said:
Use Root Explorer to multi select all the apps you want and remove them. Not sure why you need link2sd though.
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root explorer method didnt work, wouldnt let me delete even after i set permissions to read/write.
Kobro said:
root explorer method didnt work, wouldnt let me delete even after i set permissions to read/write.
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Are the devices rooted?
Titanium Backup Pro mate! Works like charm
A lot of apps can be used top install native apps, here comes a little list of them:
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
Root Browser
Link2sd
Many others that can be found on Google Play l
Those apps needs root access
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zelendel said:
Are the devices rooted?
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yes, obviously
Kobro said:
yes, obviously
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Then something is odd about it. As long as you have root and given root access to the explorer then ukulele should be able to delete the apks from system/app. If you can't I would find out why.
zelendel said:
Then something is odd about it. As long as you have root and given root access to the explorer then ukulele should be able to delete the apks from system/app. If you can't I would find out why.
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i was using es file explorer, rooted phone, set permissions to read/write. i clicked the root explorer option, and from there clicked uninstall system apps. i then multi selected, pressed uninstall. a message comes up saying "busy", underneath that it shows one by one uninstalling "app name". after that, i get a box saying task completed. i go to app drawer, all apps are still there. so i go into es file explorer, navigate to system folder, than into app folder. all system apks are there, so i multi select and press delete. at that point i get a message, cannot delete, the files are not found" (or something similar) at this popint i am exasperated, so i go into link 2sd, try from there, it works from there at that point i open this thread to see what im doing wrong.
Could you please even reply if someone tries to help you?
Yes not cannot say.. tried.. did not work...
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