I have an app on my phone that I would like to prevent from being uninstalled in the event of being lost or stolen. How would I do this. I have been searching the web and most people say its not possible but how is that bloatware is seemingly impossible to get rid of? Would it be possible with a rooted phone?
LazyNDaCrazyDayz said:
I have an app on my phone that I would like to prevent from being uninstalled in the event of being lost or stolen. How would I do this. I have been searching the web and most people say its not possible but how is that bloatware is seemingly impossible to get rid of? Would it be possible with a rooted phone?
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The best way would to put the app in /system/app but you'll have to be rooted for that
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jboyer0000 said:
The best way would to put the app in /system/app but you'll have to be rooted for that
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Yes I am rooted. How would I make it so the app installs with all the current settings?
For example if I have an app that shows me the current location of my phone via email I would need the email settings to be loaded each time.
LazyNDaCrazyDayz said:
Yes I am rooted. How would I make it so the app installs with all the current settings?
For example if I have an app that shows me the current location of my phone via email I would need the email settings to be loaded each time.
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After you move it to /system/app and set permissions just log in like normal and all of your settings should still be there... just keep in mind a factory reset or a need rom will delete it. So after each time you flash a new rom you'll need to move the app back to /system/app
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Bear in mind that the first thing anyone will do if they steal your phone is wipe all data, so this won't achieve much unfortunately.
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rooted my phone last week. tried installing a screenshot app that requires root. told me my phone wasn't rooted. so i rebooted it and tried loading up titanium backup because i know that works as i uninstalled a the stock att apps. it's FC on me when it 'asks for rights' or whatever.
any idea?
stock rom, unleashthebeast installed, lag fix ext 2 installed as well.
Maybe you have to open the super user application first. You should get a pop up from the super user application when an app is requesting root access.
k2snowboards88 said:
Maybe you have to open the super user application first. You should get a pop up from the super user application when an app is requesting root access.
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yeah, i know. it's acting like it's not rooted at all. would ATK have anything to do with this? i have been missing with 'ignore' and kill' on a bunch of ****. maybe uninstall that and see.
Just tried opening super user or whatever and it FCs as well. Any idea wth happened and what i need to do to get root back? Im guessing a hard.reset.and fresh start. Dsmn sure disnt make a backup like i should have. Am i screwed?
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Anyway to get the notification leds/button lights to flash when a text received on 2.3.3 like it does on cm7?
EDIT: found this, works perfectly.
phburks said:
There is an app in the Market called LG 2X/Black/3D Notifications that works with the G2X. It worked without root with 2.2 but apparently it requires root with 2.3.3 due to some changes LG made to the phone.
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Anyway to have this app manually grant permission? I am rooted with stock 2.3.3 and it was working before for me but its not granting su permission
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Does your battery drain after you installed this app?
saotua said:
Does your battery drain after you installed this app?
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Yessss
Thanks. i thought it just my phone.
Hi, I'm new here and I this is my first droid, so i need some help. I have done an extensive search and looks like I'm the only one with this problem.
I've rooted my g2x (2.3.3), etc, installed the notification led, change permissions to rw-rw-rw (sys/devices/plataform/star_touch_led/wled), so far so good. But when I reboot (turn off/turn on) the phone my permissions get back to rw-rw-r. So every time I turn on the phone I have to change it manually.
What am I doing wrong? Am I missing something? Phone problem?
one4one said:
Hi, I'm new here and I this is my first droid, so i need some help. I have done an extensive search and looks like I'm the only one with this problem.
I've rooted my g2x (2.3.3), etc, installed the notification led, change permissions to rw-rw-rw (sys/devices/plataform/star_touch_led/wled), so far so good. But when I reboot (turn off/turn on) the phone my permissions get back to rw-rw-r. So every time I turn on the phone I have to change it manually.
What am I doing wrong? Am I missing something? Phone problem?
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Well for one, when you install the app there's no need to change its permission like that. Maybe that's why it switches back after a reboot..
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noodles2224 said:
Well for one, when you install the app there's no need to change its permission like that. Maybe that's why it switches back after a reboot..
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That's on Froyo.
On gingerbread, this app doesn't work that way. If I dont change the permissions it will never work. It's like when I turnoff/turn on the phone the permissions get back to "factory data reset".
Anyone with the same problem?
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Well, finally it's solved. Dunno how, but the permissions doesn't' change anymore. Thank anyway.
noodles2224 said:
Anyway to have this app manually grant permission? I am rooted with stock 2.3.3 and it was working before for me but its not granting su permission
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Do you have the latest version from the Market. It detects whether or not the file is readable and asks you if it can make changes, and then gets superuser permissions. It must set the file settings every time the phone boots. If you do have the latest version try going into the program interface itself and see if there are options for this. If you cannot find them, simply uninstall the program (delete its data first) and then reinstall it. The first time you run it the program should go through whatever it needs to do to get su permissions, etc. You must be rooted on GB for this app to work.
I am rooted, I know how to use that apparently but fir some reason it doesn't detect anymore. But I got a modified version from the Dev and it skips the detection part. The dev said he figured out why it was doing it. Might be an update or something ..
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i am on ics and want to stay on ics for personsl reasons, i am rooted, is there registry files or files on the tablet that i can modify to remove the notfication? i did a quick google search but the solution was for phones (remove the battery) you can't remove battery on a tablet so i have to use something else to remove the notfication.
it installed the jellybean update to memory (400mb) so i want to remove those files too, i hope someone can help me in this situation!
HUYI said:
i am on ics and want to stay on ics for personsl reasons, i am rooted, is there registry files or files on the tablet that i can modify to remove the notfication? i did a quick google search but the solution was for phones (remove the battery) you can't remove battery on a tablet so i have to use something else to remove the notfication.
it installed the jellybean update to memory (400mb) so i want to remove those files too, i hope someone can help me in this situation!
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To remove the notification go to settings/application manager/all/scroll down to software update and disable it.
yeah i found the process in titanium backup and permently disabled it, i am trying to find out where the update has been installed so i can remove that too.
HUYI said:
yeah i found the process in titanium backup and permently disabled it, i am trying to find out where the update has been installed so i can remove that too.
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If you have ES File explorer and have all the root permissions checked for the app,I think you could do a search for it if you know what it was called?Or maybe an advanced search in ESF by date?
technut said:
If you have ES File explorer and have all the root permissions checked for the app,I think you could do a search for it if you know what it was called?Or maybe an advanced search in ESF by date?
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no idea, tried google and nothing much came up regarding a file name. :S
HUYI said:
no idea, tried google and nothing much came up regarding a file name. :S
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How do you know it even downloaded? If it downloaded I think it would apply the update immediately.Check in your about settings maybe it is already running the update.OTA updates won't delete your settings or apps or anything like that.
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technut said:
How do you know it even downloaded? If it downloaded I think it would apply the update immediately.Check in your about settings maybe it is already running the update.OTA updates won't delete your settings or apps or anything like that.
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no, it never installed only downloaded because it prompt me to install the update then gave me a option to remind later and then stayed in my notification bar.
Hopefully someone will be able to figure it out. Afraid I'm out of suggestions.
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ok, thanks for helping though.
HUYI said:
no, it never installed only downloaded because it prompt me to install the update then gave me a option to remind later and then stayed in my notification bar.
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Try the DiskUsage app - it may show you where your 400Mb update is hiding.
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I used titanium backup. I can't remeber the specific name but it was def along the lines of software package update or upgrade. This was back when I had that 75 mb update that kept annoying me to install every 3 hours.
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FarmBoi said:
Try the DiskUsage app - it may show you where your 400Mb update is hiding.
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that didn't work, but i did use a program called file explorer fx and went into this folder here:
root/cache/fota
the file is called "update.zip" long pressed on the file and selected details, it was 400mb, deleted it after that.
stormglove said:
I used titanium backup. I can't remeber the specific name but it was def along the lines of software package update or upgrade. This was back when I had that 75 mb update that kept annoying me to install every 3 hours.
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yeah it does get annoying after a while, there should be a option to turn it off completly, least i got rid of it now.
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You can use a program like Titanium Backup or Root Explorer but your phone needs to be rooted first.
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Just root the phone and use Root Uninstaller pro or delete manually the apps you want using an explorer.
alikpronoy said:
In my moto G there are some apps which are preloaded in the system. I want to remove some of those, but they are not being uninstalled.
Can anyone suggest me any way to uninstall those?
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without root all you will be able to do is disable most of them. there are some apps that you will not be able to disable, the only way to disable or remove ALL system apps is to root and use an appropriate app as stated above.
Can you root the phone without first unlocking the bootloader and voiding the warranty? I'm thinking no but l'm new to this phone so I don't know.
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tekweezle said:
Can you root the phone without first unlocking the bootloader and voiding the warranty? I'm thinking no but l'm new to this phone so I don't know.
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U will lose your warranty
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tekweezle said:
Can you root the phone without first unlocking the bootloader and voiding the warranty? I'm thinking no but l'm new to this phone so I don't know.
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No you cannot root without unlocking bootloader. Its like a choice, you want to stick to warranty or enjoy power features like removing bloatware!
deej_roamer said:
No you cannot root without unlocking bootloader. Its like a choice, you want to stick to warranty or enjoy power features like removing bloatware!
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What APPS can & cannot be deleted?
Lewey said:
What APPS can & cannot be deleted?
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Whichever apps that exist in your system partition!
The simplest way to check that is to open the app launcher tap and hold on the app, when icon becomes ready to dropped on homescreen
You can check the top of the screen if you see uninstall option, then that app can be uninstalled. If you see only app info then app cant be uninstalled
But if you open the app info you can disable the app. Disabled apps wont show in app launcher!
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I want the moderator to ban me.
alikpronoy said:
If I disable any app, it holds the ROM space, and many other apps are not possible to make disable.
I know that I will be able to uninstall any app after rooting. But I don't want to root my phone.
Is there any alternate option?
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disabling will pretty much be your only option if you dont want to root. yes it does keep space on the phone. if you want to remove the apps completely to gain that space they only way would be to root
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alikpronoy said:
A few minute ago, I have found a way to uninstall those apps. I can uninstall most of them, but not the all.
Process:
Step 1: Select a specific app that you want to uninstall.
Step 2: Search whether the app update is available.
Step 3: If update is available, then update the app.
Step 4: Uninstall the updated app using any type of uninstaller.
I have been able to uninstall one app. But I have forgot to notice some important things.
The app is no more in my phone, but I am not sure about the ROM space.
If anyone have a unrooted moto G, I expect you to do the test, and share the result.
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Which app did you unistall?
when you uninstall an APP being unrooted, it is impossible for the app to actually leave /system (ROM).
So may be the icon is deleted from the launcher, the app cannot go away! It will be listed in all apps section!
And if you are unrooted, why does the ROM space matter to you? Its not like you can add something in that space you just recovered?
deej_roamer said:
Whichever apps that exist in your system partition!
The simplest way to check that is to open the app launcher tap and hold on the app, when icon becomes ready to dropped on homescreen
You can check the top of the screen if you see uninstall option, then that app can be uninstalled. If you see only app info then app cant be uninstalled
But if you open the app info you can disable the app. Disabled apps wont show in app launcher!
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Thanks | Sometimes on doesn't see the wood through the woods,
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How can I root my HTC one m8 but still have it be the same as when I bought it. For example, I still want to receive updates and I want everything to work the same but I'll be rooted . Basically I just want to remove the bloatware and install cool roms. I don't want anything else to change. Is this possible?
I like everything about this phone so I dont want to change anything
You can't really root and still accept otas. Verizon is without a doubt after the root methods so an OTA will probably break root. You also won't be accepting OTAs when you're on a custom ROM. You can either just root with weak sauce or s off and unlock with fire water.
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you can most def root (very easy Process) and remove the bloatware and keep everything else stock. while you cant update ota, just keep checking on here, somebody will post an updated bloatfree rom that runs as close to stock as possible. The best of both worlds my friend.
psilocybins said:
How can I root my HTC one m8 but still have it be the same as when I bought it. For example, I still want to receive updates and I want everything to work the same but I'll be rooted . Basically I just want to remove the bloatware and install cool roms. I don't want anything else to change. Is this possible?
I like everything about this phone so I dont want to change anything
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You can do what I did...First I downloaded WeakSauce.apk directly to my phone, then downloaded SuperSU from the play store. Then I downloaded Titanium Backup and used it deleted the bloatware off of my phone..very easy.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699089
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
If you are rooted but haven't changed the contents of \system in any way (i.e. NOT gotten rid of any apps), AND aren't running a custom recovery, the OTA's should take. The OTA's appear to look at the system directory to see if there are any modifications and fail the OTA flash if there are. So, if you are essentially stock everything except for root access, you should be okay.
That having been said, I didn't see anyone post about a successful OTA update after rooting; and most folks once they're rooted just can't help get a custom recovery (how else can you Nandroid?) or make the slightest tweak(s) to the system.
As someone said above, usually when there's an OTA, the devs have put it out as a flashable mod within 24 hours; and as someone ELSE said above, best NOT to take the OTA's because they are notorious for breaking root.
Yeah, OTA's are a nice touch, and that's how I run my Nexus 7, but on my phone they're a pain in the neck --- I want things my way, and I'm not willing to give that up.
cactusone said:
You can do what I did...First I downloaded WeakSauce.apk directly to my phone, then downloaded SuperSU from the play store. Then I downloaded Titanium Backup and used it deleted the bloatware off of my phone..very easy.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699089
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
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I tried this but after deleting my apps they just returned after restarting my phone. Please help me! I am rooted with weaksauce
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psilocybins said:
I tried this but after deleting my apps they just returned after restarting my phone. Please help me! I am rooted with weaksauce
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Your current setup does not permit writing to the \system partition. That's fine. (And that's especially good if you really are determined to take OTA updates and keep it pure stock but rooted.) To "get rid" of the bloatware, or any other system app you don't want to see you can do two things: (1) hide the app in the app drawer (that's done from the menu in the app drawer). And (2) Using app manager from settings, navigate to "all" apps, work your way down the list of apps and each one you want to disable: (a) turn off notifications; and then (b) press "disable." I think one or two just can't be disabled, e.g. Visual Voice Mail, but for the most part, you'll be able to make the bloat seem to "disappear" and you won't have affected your system partition, plus, they'll still be gone when you reboot.
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Your current setup does not permit writing to the \system partition. That's fine. (And that's especially good if you really are determined to take OTA updates and keep it pure stock but rooted.) To "get rid" of the bloatware, or any other system app you don't want to see you can do two things: (1) hide the app in the app drawer (that's done from the menu in the app drawer). And (2) Using app manager from settings, navigate to "all" apps, work your way down the list of apps and each one you want to disable: (a) turn off notifications; and then (b) press "disable." I think one or two just can't be disabled, e.g. Visual Voice Mail, but for the most part, you'll be able to make the bloat seem to "disappear" and you won't have affected your system partition, plus, they'll still be gone when you reboot.
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