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I deleted the fota files and some unwanted apps,but also deleted something that is not allowing me to install any apps ...Not sure,what that might but phone works fine. Installed apps also work fine....wondering what might have gone wrong!
Did you replace the fota files or just delete them? Are you sure you have the room necessary for the files to install?
404glitch said:
Did you replace the fota files or just delete them? Are you sure you have the room necessary for the files to install?
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I replaced the fota files,with the 2 (that I downloaded from other thread). I do have enough space available as I've deleted bloatware.
didadi said:
I replaced the fota files,with the 2 (that I downloaded from other thread). I do have enough space available as I've deleted bloatware.
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what rom are you using
sounds like the permissions are off
what did you delete bloatwise?
stock ROM....bloatware deleted a bunch of Tmo apps,like TMo tv, etcetc..
Mostly I might have deleted something thats required for app installation?
didadi said:
stock ROM....bloatware deleted a bunch of Tmo apps,like TMo tv, etcetc..
Mostly I might have deleted something thats required for app installation?
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yea probably, its always best to go with a bloatfreezer so if something fails you can defrost it and have it work again
sorry buddy sounds like you have to use odin again or flash a not stock rom with CWM
Hmm, Ok - it says
"Installation error" Unknown reason - 110. If that gives any hint
didadi said:
Hmm, Ok - it says
"Installation error" Unknown reason - 110. If that gives any hint
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it does, you definitely removed something needed its all good i did that the first day i had the phone when i was a noob
just use odin and reflash then try again
Please post in General thread next time.
Also which bloatware did you delete?
You should listen to the poster above me
thanks Used ODIN to reinstall.., with CWM enabled already ;-).
Read more about "fota" etc on the forum.Thanks a lot. Now I'm ready for some new ROMs ;-).
Hi Guys,
Every ROM I flash I try to Freeze/Uninstall and remove from Boot Many, the YouTube App.
I don;t use it ever, but even if it says freezed successfully it still comes back after reboot.
What's so special about it and will it creat a problem if I delete it and main question is how?
Thank you
odeccacccp said:
Hi Guys,
Every ROM I flash I try to Freeze/Uninstall and remove from Boot Many, the YouTube App.
I don;t use it ever, but even if it says freezed successfully it still comes back after reboot.
What's so special about it and will it creat a problem if I delete it and main question is how?
Thank you
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In my other android device experience, Nook Color / Simple Touch, YouTube is instrumental in the Google Apps authentication process. For instance to get market working on nooted versions of those devices you had to sign into YouTube first.
Why are you trying to get rid of it?
promiseofcake said:
In my other android device experience, Nook Color / Simple Touch, YouTube is instrumental in the Google Apps authentication process. For instance to get market working on nooted versions of those devices you had to sign into YouTube first.
Why are you trying to get rid of it?
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Never used it, if I need to I can view it in the brother. Just another app that loads up on boot and sits there using the battery
odeccacccp said:
Never used it, if I need to I can view it in the brother. Just another app that loads up on boot and sits there using the battery
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Fair enough. Why don't you give it a try? Make a nandroid backup and then delete the file via ADB in recovery mode (or move it to /data/local/tmp for easy restore). Clear Cache / Dalvik reboot and see if anything isn't working properly.
I would say you can delete via ADB in ICS but many people, myself included, are having issues mounting /system in ICS. It could be possible that this failure for /system to consistently mount could be why TiBu isn't freezing it properly.
Use root uninstaller, its how I have removed all system apps since my gb 2.3.1 days on my x10. A very effective method
Thank you for responces.
The proper way I found would be to transfer it to a User App and uninstall.
odeccacccp said:
Thank you for responces.
The proper way I found would be to transfer it to a User App and uninstall.
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Just delete the .apk before you even put the zip on your phone
xcrazydx said:
Just delete the .apk before you even put the zip on your phone
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What do you use to modify and save zip's, just WinRar will do?
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What do you use to modify and save zip's, just WinRar will do?
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I use 7zip. open the archive and delete it, or add whatever .apk you desire. I always do this before I even flash a rom. Winrar should work fine, though.
I would like to install 2 app skydrive with user data as different as I do?
Sometimes I happened to update an app and find myself two will look exactly alike, but installed 2 times
You might make your first install a system app with for example Titanium Backup, and then install it anew to make a user app version. I could see problems with the data being shared (thus enabling only one account), but you could try. Also, this will happen if one of the two has been signed differently, after which the system sees them as two different applications.
Thanks for the advice.
Can you show me the way to create user app through titanium backup?
MarkAndroid said:
Thanks for the advice.
Can you show me the way to create user app through titanium backup?
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Make sure any filters have been disabled, long-press on the system app (skydrive, in this case), select (I believe) the second to last option ("Convert to user app"). The system app wil convert to a user app, and you might be able to then reflash the base ROM to reinstall the system app, or rip the apk out with Total Commander (there's an option called "Installd apps" on the main page) and set it up in the system app folder (I forgot which one that was, will look it up). If you're not too far from clean, a reflash might be less troublesome.
EDIT: verified to be /system/app/ -- didn't know for sure if this was the same as on ICS. </noob mode>
I can not flash or restore the original rom because I'm afraid of losing root.
Do I have to reflash a rom to put 2 apk?
I was thinking ...
If I create two google account and one I install with an account xxx and the other account yyy might work?
You could probably get away with unpacking the app, tweaking the manifest to change the app name, then repackaging. Essentially, different names and signatures on the app would prevent one from overwriting the other...
MarkAndroid said:
I can not flash or restore the original rom because I'm afraid of losing root.
Do I have to reflash a rom to put 2 apk?
I was thinking ...
If I create two google account and one I install with an account xxx and the other account yyy might work?
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No, the latter option will just install the application as a user-app, and if you already have a user app, this will only overwrite your first installed copy (keeping the settings, fortunately).
If you want a user app AND a system app, you'll either have to reflash or copy it over by hand, as I already told you above. The only other option is in the end far more sustainable (although it will break Market updates for obvious reasons):
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You could probably get away with unpacking the app, tweaking the manifest to change the app name, then repackaging. Essentially, different names and signatures on the app would prevent one from overwriting the other...
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Yes, this would most definitely work. I strongly doubt if this is technically feasible for the OP at this moment in time, however -- no offence meant.
danger-rat said:
You could probably get away with unpacking the app, tweaking the manifest to change the app name, then repackaging. Essentially, different names and signatures on the app would prevent one from overwriting the other...
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What program can I use to do this?
apktool would probably be a good place to start...
I try. THANKS
Alright guys I'm about to blow my top off here. The most recent Link2SD update completely messed up my entire phone.
For reference, I'm currently running an LG G3 D851 4.4.2, stock ROM and rooted. Everything was fine until recently when I started noticing a Play Store update app error "-110".
Not knowing what it was, I investigated, and found that my entire group of app installations have been completely screwed up.
1) First off, I can't install ANYTHING. No app, no nothing. I need to probably install an updated Link2SD to fix this nonsense...right? Can anyone direct me to how I would install the apk using ADB?
2) My mount script is broken and it's not working. It tells me "Mount script cannot be created. mount: Unknown error 150". As a result, my SD 2nd partition remains unmounted....which I think is the source of this entire problem.
3) Viewing my internal storage through DiskUsage, I've discovered that every single app I used to have installed has been "merged" into a single folder simply called "System data". Referenced through this photo here: http://i.imgur.com/ksukQGG.png . Instead of showing the individual folders, e.g.: Google Translate, Pocketcasts, etc, it just shows that big anonymous block of "System Data".
4) If I go to Settings -> Apps. Every single app shows up with "0.00b" as their app size.
HELPPPPP PLEASEEEE I will seriously monetarily tip someone if they can provide me with a solution to this.
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Alright guys I'm about to blow my top off here. The most recent Link2SD update completely messed up my entire phone.
For reference, I'm currently running an LG G3 D851 4.4.2, stock ROM and rooted. Everything was fine until recently when I started noticing a Play Store update app error "-110".
Not knowing what it was, I investigated, and found that my entire group of app installations have been completely screwed up.
1) First off, I can't install ANYTHING. No app, no nothing. I need to probably install an updated Link2SD to fix this nonsense...right? Can anyone direct me to how I would install the apk using ADB?
2) My mount script is broken and it's not working. It tells me "Mount script cannot be created. mount: Unknown error 150". As a result, my SD 2nd partition remains unmounted....which I think is the source of this entire problem.
3) Viewing my internal storage through DiskUsage, I've discovered that every single app I used to have installed has been "merged" into a single folder simply called "System data". Referenced through this photo here: http://i.imgur.com/ksukQGG.png . Instead of showing the individual folders, e.g.: Google Translate, Pocketcasts, etc, it just shows that big anonymous block of "System Data".
4) If I go to Settings -> Apps. Every single app shows up with "0.00b" as their app size.
HELPPPPP PLEASEEEE I will seriously monetarily tip someone if they can provide me with a solution to this.
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Latest (free) Link2SD version
Latest Android Commander for Windows
Enable usb debugging in your phone's settings (Make sure you have the latest drivers for your phone installed)
Install Android Commander (AC)
Open AC while your device is connected
If your device is listed, press okay
On the right upper side in AC there is a option "Install"
Select the Link2SD APK (Try "update" if it doesn't work "normal insstallation"
Link2SD should be installed again
LS.xD said:
Latest (free) Link2SD version
Latest Android Commander for Windows
Enable usb debugging in your phone's settings (Make sure you have the latest drivers for your phone installed)
Install Android Commander (AC)
Open AC while your device is connected
If your device is listed, press okay
On the right upper side in AC there is a option "Install"
Select the Link2SD APK (Try "update" if it doesn't work "normal insstallation"
Link2SD should be installed again
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Thank you so much for the detailed response. Unfortunately though, it looks like I already have the most recent version installed, 4.0.9? Would this solve anything by basically reinstalling it? I was hoping there would be like a 4.1 version that would fix the issue or revert changes or something.
Update:
Tried installing an app through ADB and it now shows me this:
WARNING: linker: app_process has text relocations. This is wasting memory and is a security risk. Please fix.
pkg: link2sd-4-0-8-multi-android.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]
Any idea anybody? Like before, I'd be willing to donate to anybody who can provide me with the solution. Thanks!
crazylilazn said:
Update:
Tried installing an app through ADB and it now shows me this:
WARNING: linker: app_process has text relocations. This is wasting memory and is a security risk. Please fix.
pkg: link2sd-4-0-8-multi-android.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]
Any idea anybody? Like before, I'd be willing to donate to anybody who can provide me with the solution. Thanks!
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Seems as you have 4.0.8 at the moment. 4.0.9 is the latest official and released 03/10/2015. By the way (most) people here won't help more willingly if your offer some bucks
LS.xD said:
Seems as you have 4.0.8 at the moment. 4.0.9 is the latest official and released 03/10/2015. By the way (most) people here won't help more willingly if your offer some bucks
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Oh, I was trying to downgrade Link2SD in hopes that it would fix whatever happened with 4.0.9.
According to the about page in Link2SD, I currently have 4.0.9.
And haha thanks for the heads up...I'm really desperate though which is why I pulled that card out.
crazylilazn said:
Oh, I was trying to downgrade Link2SD in hopes that it would fix whatever happened with 4.0.9.
According to the about page in Link2SD, I currently have 4.0.9.
And haha thanks for the heads up...I'm really desperate though which is why I pulled that card out.
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Please fix.
pkg: link2sd-4-0-8-multi-android.apk
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looks like 4.0.8. Thats why I asked. Have you tried to reinstall the app or does it offer an option to reload the mount script?
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looks like 4.0.8. Thats why I asked. Have you tried to reinstall the app or does it offer an option to reload the mount script?
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I can uninstall apps, but I can't install or update anything. That's why I was trying to install through adb instead, which unfortunately still doesn't work. When I open up Link2SD, it doesn't give me an option to reload, it only gives me the option to "Recreate mount scripts". If I click on it, it gives me the mount script error - "Mount script cannot be created. mount: Unknown error 150."
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I can uninstall apps, but I can't install or update anything. That's why I was trying to install through adb instead, which unfortunately still doesn't work. When I open up Link2SD, it doesn't give me an option to reload, it only gives me the option to "Recreate mount scripts". If I click on it, it gives me the mount script error - "Mount script cannot be created. mount: Unknown error 150."
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Is there any really important data on your installed apps? If I was you I would simply reflash the firmware and start from scratch instead of spending hours to find a solution. The point is that you don't know what you changed that your phone became like this. I have send a email to the Link2SD developer but I'm not sure if he can provide a solution.
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Is there any really important data on your installed apps? If I was you I would simply reflash the firmware and start from scratch instead of spending hours to find a solution. The point is that you don't know what you changed that your phone became like this. I have send a email to the Link2SD developer but I'm not sure if he can provide a solution.
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I'm actually backing up all my app data as I'm typing this. The only concern I have though, is that my phone is actually on the stock recovery. I only rooted it because I didn't want to deal with the potential for something like this to happen (which would suck up all my time, haha). As a result, I can't flash anything. So if I decide to stock factory reset, would that clean the /system /data, and everything else that needs to be cleaned for my phone to work properly again? I thought that root (and potentially whatever screwed my phone) persisted through a stock factory reset, which would make trying to do that pointless.
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I'm actually backing up all my app data as I'm typing this. The only concern I have though, is that my phone is actually on the stock recovery. I only rooted it because I didn't want to deal with the potential for something like this to happen (which would suck up all my time, haha). As a result, I can't flash anything. So if I decide to stock factory reset, would that clean the /system /data, and everything else that needs to be cleaned for my phone to work properly again? I thought that root (and potentially whatever screwed my phone) persisted through a stock factory reset, which would make trying to do that pointless.
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I really don't know, if your root survives a factory reset. Probably it will. A custom recovery is really usefull as you can make complete nandroid backups
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I really don't know, if your root survives a factory reset. Probably it will. A custom recovery is really usefull as you can make complete nandroid backups
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I suppose so, I'll have to make sure I can flash it properly though considering I'm finding it impossible to install apps right now. This is getting to be highly frustrating
crazylilazn said:
I suppose so, I'll have to make sure I can flash it properly though considering I'm finding it impossible to install apps right now. This is getting to be highly frustrating
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Any progress here? Developer has answered my mail, but not offered any solution yet
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Any progress here? Developer has answered my mail, but not offered any solution yet
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Well, I solved the mount problem by formatting my SD card. But that didn't fix anything else unfortunately.
I also noticed a couple interesting things:
1) Android and Link2SD show my data and cache for ALL apps to be 0.00b. I know that's not true because I went to the /data/data/app directories and found the data exists.
2) I can use all my apps normally with no problem. that means all the files are there, and can communicate correctly(?)
3) I still can't install any app at all.
Next course of action: Completely disable link2sd's boot script perhaps? So what would that entail, deleting install-recovery.sh from /system/etc/ ? Anything else, or would that be good enough?
Hi everyone!
I'm having difficulties with the malware that I, nor all AV and anti-malware apps I've tried cannot delete. I'm sorry if this thread was discused previously, if so just send me a link.
Here's what happened:
I clicked on a link in a web browser, and than phone flashed several times as application "Firewall" was starting.
Anyway AV app detected a virus and tried to clean it, but failed.
The malware is on the phone as "SecurityService" system app in /system/priv-app/.gmp.apk
I cannot delet file it's write protected. I've tried several methods nothing worked.
Any ideas?
If you're rooted, you can uninstall system apps.
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No, I cannot... Can you give me some tip how to, maybe I Didn't try it.
Most of the time the app which you get when you root can be used to uninstall system apps.... If you don't seem to find it google for root apps uninstaller and install one of them
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Nope... I tried several of them but they all failed. They either crash, freez or say something like "unable to uninstall", "failed to uninstall", "can't uninstall for unknow reason" and things like that. This malware protected itself somehow. Any other ideas?
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/system/priv-app/.gmp.apk
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Just delete the folder with a root file explorer. If the "." in front of the file name is correct, it looks like it's trying to mark itself as a hidden file, which may be why the other methods aren't working.
Yes there is dot (.) in front of file name. But if you are suggesting me to delete folder "priv-app" where the file is, I don't think that's a good idea at all. It's packed with system apps files such as dialer, calendar, contacts, etc... Anything else?
I could show you some screenshots if it would help anyone to maybe figure out what to do... Although I wrote what is going on...
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Yes there is dot (.) in front of file name. But if you are suggesting me to delete folder "priv-app" where the file is, I don't think that's a good idea at all. It's packed with system apps files such as dialer, calendar, contacts, etc... Anything else?
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Don't delete the folder, delete the apk
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I cannot delete it. Root Explorer just say "can`t delete file" (or something like that). And dozens of other apps say the same. That is my main problem.
dtalic said:
I cannot delete it. Root Explorer just say "can`t delete file" (or something like that). And dozens of other apps say the same. That is my main problem.
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You can delete anything in TWRP. Just mount system and then use unternal file manager to delete the app.
That sounds promising. Im quite unfamiliar and new to all this, can you either explain me how to, or send me a link with explanation...
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Yes there is dot (.) in front of file name. But if you are suggesting me to delete folder "priv-app" where the file is, I don't think that's a good idea at all. It's packed with system apps files such as dialer, calendar, contacts, etc... Anything else?
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I should have paid more attention to the file path. Since Lollipop, installed apks are given their own folders. It looks like you're on Kitkat or earlier.
Most root explorers have a toggle between read only and read/write. Check that.
Yes i know about that. Switching to r/w mode didn't help.
i googled twrp as optimumpro suggested and it seems like something that really would work, BUT my phone is not supported any other suggestions?
I also tried "force remove app (by recovery exploit)" option offered by titaniumbackup, but that also failed saying that file couldnt be found!?
dtalic said:
That sounds promising. Im quite unfamiliar and new to all this, can you either explain me how to, or send me a link with explanation...
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You need to have TWRP recovery. Boot in recovery, go to Mounts and mount System. Then go back to the main screen, choose Advanced, then File Manager. Go to the directory where your file is, click on it, then choose Delete. You'll get a warning that operation is irreversible. Swipe to execute. That's it.
If that doesn't work for you, then reinstall your current rom without wiping data. This way, your System partition will be reformatted, original system apps installed and data preserved. Depending on the rom you flash, you may lose root and/or Supersu, so, you'll have to redo those.
Ok, I think im following you, optimumpro. I also saw some instructions on youtube. But did you see that i wrote that my phone is not supported in twrp. I need to install it, right? I mailed them, maybe they will add my phone for installation too. Or can i risk trying to install twrp using settings for some other device? There is a ZTE, but not my model...
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Ok, I think im following you, optimumpro. I also saw some instructions on youtube. But did you see that i wrote that my phone is not supported in twrp. I need to install it, right? I mailed them, maybe they will add my phone for installation too. Or can i risk trying to install twrp using settings for some other device? There is a ZTE, but not my model...
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Unlikely that another device recovery would work. You can use terminal to execute rm "your file" in the directory your file is in. First type su to get root rights. If your rom has no terminal, get it from f-droid. Also see if whatever recovery you use has a file manager or terminal. But again, just reinstall your rom without wiping data...
Ok, here's where im now: tried to use terminal to remove file, but couldn't, it said that i don't have permissions for that. Tried to change permissions, couldn't. As i see it, i should find a way to delete file in recovery. Because i couldn't install twrp, i looked for another recovery file manager. Found "aroma", tried it, but also couldn't install it (none of several versions, followed instructions, but just got message something like "not able to verify... ",something like that... Now, im willing to reinstall rom, but how do i do it? I don't even care for wiping data, I'll just make backup and start all over again
That type of malware usually makes itself immutable so that it can t be erased (even when in recovery, immutable that is), and by reading your post I guess that it s what is happening on your phone.
It s easy to undo if you are rooted and have busybox installed.
Open your android terminal, or connect your phone through adb, then type:
lsattr system/priv-app/.gmp.apk
Most likely it will show something like:
-------------iA----------
The "i" means that the file is immutable, ie is write protected.
To undo this type:
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
then type:
chattr -i system/priv-app/.gmp.apk
Now you can erase the file, and don t forget to erase its dex in the dalvik cache ([email protected]@[email protected]).
The malware may have some hidden stuff in the system/etc or the system/usr folder(check the install date and time, it should be the same than for .gmp.apk), and it may be immutable too so if that s the case just follow the above procedure again (you ll have of course to change the path, for example if there s a suspicious file called xyz in the system/etc folder then type chattr -i system/etc/xyz).
Let us know if it worked...