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Anyone know how to take the at&t widgets off the widget list? Im on a Captivate rooted, (oclf) and have root explorer (if that matters).
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You can use root explorer to delete the files associated with them or titanium backup will also remove system apks. Just be sure you know what the names are, some can be quite cryptic.
The files are in system/app directory but some apps also have other files associated with them.
Titanium backup has a feature where you can freeze them which essentially disables them and you can defrost thus reenabling should you find you made an error or change your mind.
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newter55 said:
You can use root explorer to delete the files associated with them or titanium backup will also remove system apks. Just be sure you know what the names are, some can be quite cryptic.
The files are in system/app directory but some apps also have other files associated with them.
Titanium backup has a feature where you can freeze them which essentially disables them and you can defrost thus reenabling should you find you made an error or change your mind.
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I've tried TB, but for some reason, it slowed my phone down. I can try it again. When they are froze, will that eliminate them from the widget list?
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Caliesv said:
I've tried TB, but for some reason, it slowed my phone down. I can try it again. When they are froze, will that eliminate them from the widget list?
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Cool thanx man. And does anyone else have an issue freezing apps on captivate and TB keeps saying its freezing the app. I let my phone sit for like 10 mins trying to freeze one app!
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No problems with freezing at all. Its a quick process and defrosting is just as quick
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No problems with freezing at all. Its a quick process and defrosting is just as quick
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So as soon as you hit "freeze" it does its thing, then you can choose the next app? Maybe I should haver restarted my phone or something after untangling TB.
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Caliesv said:
Anyone know how to take the at&t widgets off the widget list? Im on a Captivate rooted, (oclf) and have root explorer (if that matters).
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Hey there,
If you happen to be running Launcher Pro, you can hit Menu - Preferences - General Settings - Hidden Apps. Here you can check what you don't want to see in your apps list.
As far as Titanium Backup goes, I've never tried the Freeze option - I've just deleted what I didn't want (as long as I knew what it was!)
Hope this helps!
-Tara
Yeah that helped I been hiding that apps with LP, but I figured everything out using TB. I just went ahead and bought it. Thanx everyone for your input!
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You can also get autostarts and disable the widgets from starting.
http://www.androidcentral.com/grab-new-android-market-app-while-its-hot
You might have heard that Google was rolling out a new Android Market, complete with book and movie rentals. You also might have heard it would coming in the next few weeks. Well thanks to an anonymous source (possibly with a time machine) you can grab it today.
Hit the download link, and install it from your SD card like any other app. Fair warning -- we don't know if there will be any complications from doing this, but we haven't seen any so far. Use your best judgement. Discuss it in the forums!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17742828/com.android.vending-1.apk
Haha I also posted this in isnspire app thread
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I have occasionally gotten an "error retrieving information from server" but other than that it seems to work.
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Haha I also posted this in isnspire app thread
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Dadgummit,
I always forget about that.portion.of the forum because I never go in there.
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Dadgummit,
I always forget about that.portion.of the forum because I never go in there.
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Haha same. Ill get a mod to delete mines so we can keep it simple and only this one
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Seems a little cluttered but i like it mostly. I'd recomend using something to backup your old market app in case this one doesnt work for anything, in the comments on that post some people said they were having problems uninstalling/updating apps.
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Seems a little cluttered but i like it mostly. I'd recomend using something to backup your old market app in case this one doesnt work for anything, in the comments on that post some people said they were having problems uninstalling/updating apps.
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I had no problem uninstalling apps. Haven't tried updating yet.
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Yeah, I just uninstalled and installed an app no problem too. But all of my apps are up to date so I don't know about updating.
Do y'all have the video/movie tab?
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I think this is a beta and the movie tab will be in the next update they're not done with it.
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Kinda reminescent of wp7, what with the tiles and sidescrolling and such. Love It!
I haven't run into any problems updating Apps so far
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neither have i, actually as soon as I installed it the updates started rolling in
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I haven't run into any problems updating Apps so far
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awesome looks cool by any chance anyone running Ninja 7061 and using the new market place.
? though since I have the stander market how would I save the .apk for that so just in case I dont like this one? Also do I just add the this new .apk like any other .apk file, I use Android Side Load Wonder Machine when I install .apks
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Also do I just add the this new .apk like any other .apk file, I use Android Side Load Wonder Machine when I install .apks
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Why bother with any software or plugging your phone in to install an APK? It all seems a bit unnecessary. I just chrome-to-phoned the dropbox URL and bam app installed.
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awesome looks cool by any chance anyone running Ninja 7061 and using the new market place.
? though since I have the stander market how would I save the .apk for that so just in case I dont like this one? Also do I just add the this new .apk like any other .apk file, I use Android Side Load Wonder Machine when I install .apks
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If your running tpgb ninja your rooted, so you don't need the sideload machine, just go to settings>applications>and check unknown sources. Then put this apk on your sd card and use file manager (an app installed in ninja) to select it and install.
Oh, and i am running ninja 7061. but i think i might just go back to stock CM
FOr people who want old market follow these steps:
(Originally Posted By:Chris Chavez of Phandroid)
Go into your phone’s Settings
Select “Manage Applications”
Select the “All” tab at the top
Scroll down to Market app and select it
Select “Uninstall Updates”
Now have your old Market back!
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If that fails, install gapps via rom manager>download ROM>gapps
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Why bother with any software or plugging your phone in to install an APK? It all seems a bit unnecessary. I just chrome-to-phoned the dropbox URL and bam app installed.
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Cool. Going to try this sometime. I hadn't heard of this method for installing .apk's.
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Cool. Going to try this sometime. I hadn't heard of this method for installing .apk's.
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It's not a "method" really, it's just.. installing the app, the same way you would any APK. Doesn't matter how you get the url to the APK to your phone (email, chrome to phone, typing it in by hand).
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It's not a "method" really, it's just.. installing the app, the same way you would any APK. Doesn't matter how you get the url to the APK to your phone (email, chrome to phone, typing it in by hand).
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Well I call it a method so nah! . I just hadn't thought of using it that way.
i downloaded super manager to check it out and it lists carrier iq and lots of information about it.
it has an uninstall option and when i click it, it goes to the android uninstall screen with an "uninstall application" OK/CANCEL (both are enabled)
afraid of trying it though as im not very comfortable with the phone yet to have to restore everything if it doesn't work...
anybody want to give it a try?
Good find. But i read somewhere its deeper then an app level
thats why i included the screen shots seems the app is attatched to everything.... but still might uninstall?
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i think this is where att collects the info (found it in defaultProfile.pro) - extracted from android system which was apparently framework-res? ... https://ciqcol01.ciq.labs.att.com:10010/collector/c
now to edit /etc/hosts
does anybody know how to force CIQ to "phone home"?
Just curious, does the new Market seem a lot faster for you guys too?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/12/14/download-android-market-3-4-4/
Just download and install. No root needed either. Seems much better. Also looks better on my Tab than the older version.
Nice. Can't wait to check it out later.
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Good find
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Just curious, does the new Market seem a lot faster for you guys too?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/12/14/download-android-market-3-4-4/
Just download and install. No root needed either. Seems much better. Also looks better on my Tab than the older version.
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How do I install this? Should I manually push the apk with root explorer for it to work? I tried regular install but it doesn't install.
Update: I manually pushed it with root explorer and it worked. Thx for the tip.
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I would push/replace, clear dalvik and reboot.
I just installed like any other apk... No problem
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I simply downloaded it... clicked on the completed download... then had the option to install... went straight to the market and checked the version, no issues at all.
Renamed and pushed no problem. Def faster.
I hope this fixes the "insufficient space" bug on our phones.
Noticeably faster for me.
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How come it is available on the web, but market is not updating itself to this ?
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Mine just did. And did it without any questions asked, stealthily... which shows that Google has total control over our smartphones and I don't like it.
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Mine just did. And did it without any questions asked, stealthily... which shows that Google has total control over our smartphones and I don't like it.
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when it comes to the market, it only updates when it's open. it's the only app that does it that way. all other apps will show in the notifications. if I'm wrong, please let me know, but I don't think that's the case.
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when it comes to the market, it only updates when it's open. it's the only app that does it that way. all other apps will show in the notifications. if I'm wrong, please let me know, but I don't think that's the case.
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How do you know that this is the ONLY app?
But anyway, my point is if Google can do it on Android platform it does not matter with one app or many.
PS: off-topic, Google Map subscribes to bunch of intents, so it would be launched when you turn-on screen, WiFi etc... I would like start application when I press app icon... There are no other way to opt-out other then disable Map in pm.
Google maps can be stopped by using the app autostarts. All those apps that start by themselves when you do something, ie reboot phone connect to wifi ect... no longer plague me. True, I just delete most of them, but there are some I actually use (like maps and Gmail).
Unfortunately I can no longer find the exact app I use in the market, though I'm sure there are others that do the same thing. If anyone would like the apk for the one I use just let me know and I can post it next time I'm on my laptop.
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Google maps can be stopped by using the app autostarts. All those apps that start by themselves when you do something, ie reboot phone connect to wifi ect... no longer plague me. True, I just delete most of them, but there are some I actually use (like maps and Gmail).
Unfortunately I can no longer find the exact app I use in the market, though I'm sure there are others that do the same thing. If anyone would like the apk for the one I use just let me know and I can post it next time I'm on my laptop.
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I'd like to check out that APK
Alright I'll post it by tomorrow evening for sure, might get on the laptop for a bit when I get off work in the morning. Appreciate what you do for the sgs4g fb!
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95Z28 said:
For anyone that wants to check it out, heres what I find to be one of my most useful apps (because I hate apps opening themselves in the background without my explicit permission).
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Autostarts is a paid app in the market.
If you found the developer posted it for free on XDA, please link to that... otherwise this breaks XDA rules.
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For anyone that wants to check it out, heres what I find to be one of my most useful apps (because I hate apps opening themselves in the background without my explicit permission).
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Looks pretty handy. I'll test it out.
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Autostarts is a paid app in the market.
If you found the developer posted it for free on XDA, please link to that... otherwise this breaks XDA rules.
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My bad go back and see my previous posting, I didn't see it on the market when I looked last week. I just checked again and your right, it is still there. I'm not at my laptop now. Either need to have a mod delete my post or I'll do it tonight when I'm on the computer again.
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I am running stock 2.3.6 and it is rooted. I am wanting to change the icons for some of the stock apps. I have done this plenty of times before with a couple of my other phones and i know how to do this. I am not used to Motorola software and i am having a hell of a time locating where these icons are stored at. I'm wanting to change the Text Messaging app icon and the Email app icon. Usually they are in the system/app with the app itself. I have dug around in this location and can't seem to come up with anything. If someone could give me a location of these two icons i would greatly appreciate it.
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/system/framework/blur-res.apk
Thank you very much. When i first started digging for the icons i didn't realize how much Motorola made their software different than the other manufacturers. I really appreciate it, thanks again.
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Ok, i got the email icon to change but the txt icon stayed the same.
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Nevermind, got it finally.
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I use Desktop Visualizer for this, works like a charm!
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I tried to change the browser icon and ended up with the apk in the system but missing from the home launcher and couldn't get it to show up at all so i had to flash back to 2.3.5 and start over. That's what i get for not installing bootstrap and making a backup. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the oversized Google search bar so i can just have a normal one.
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I tried to change the browser icon and ended up with the apk in the system but missing from the home launcher and couldn't get it to show up at all so i had to flash back to 2.3.5 and start over. That's what i get for not installing bootstrap and making a backup. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the oversized Google search bar so i can just have a normal one.
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Wow....if u just used Desktop Visualizer you'd end up with the icons u want and via a less tedious way to get them and no worries of the inconvenience you outlined above. Just sayin'
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Wow....if u just used Desktop Visualizer you'd end up with the icons u want and via a less tedious way to get them and no worries of the inconvenience you outlined above. Just sayin'
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Just downloaded, it does what i need it to do. I wished i would of known about this app last night. It would of saved me from having to flash back to 2.3.5. O well, at least i learned what not to do and it was good practice. Screwing **** up is the best way to learn. Thanks
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Just downloaded, it does what i need it to do. I wished i would of known about this app last night. It would of saved me from having to flash back to 2.3.5. O well, at least i learned what not to do and it was good practice. Screwing **** up is the best way to learn. Thanks
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Using that app is for guys like me who have no intention of learning the guts of Android, but you seem like a guy who wants to learn that stuff so it makes sense you'd go about it the way you did. Glad it worked for you though, it's a pretty nifty app that can be used for more than just changing icons too, def a must have for any Android user IMO.
I like to actually do personal theming with roms by actually tearing a rom apart on my computer and changing things. I really don't like just getting things off of the market to do theming. It's a little too easy . Since we are limited with the a2 as far as roms go i haven't really got into it as much as i did with my infuse or my captivate. Once i start learning more about motorolas software ill get back into it. Thanks again for your help, that app is pretty good.
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I have another question regarding the apk itself this time. I am a big swype person and I have a big collection of swype apks that are themed. I am wanting to get rid of any traces of Swype from being a system apk, that way i can install any of the swype apks that i store on my sd card without any hassle. Now, i have uninstalled the stock swype, i got rid of the com.swype file that is in the data/data folder. The phone still sees it as a system apk. Does anyone know where there might be a file or a text telling the phone that it is a system apk?
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