8 replies to this topic

[vladu932]

Hi,
I'm tryin to get rid of some of the built-in apps like amazon mp3 and I get this error.


...\android-sdk_r07-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools>rm failed for /sy
stem/app/amazonmp3.apk, Read-only file system

So is there a way to change read-only permissions?

cheers, vlado

Edited by vladu932, 28 October 2010 - 06:25 AM.

[vladu932]

vladu932, on Oct 28 2010, 09:25, said:

Hi,
I'm tryin to get rid of some of the built-in apps like amazon mp3 and I get this error.
...\android-sdk_r07-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools>rm failed for /sy
stem/app/amazonmp3.apk, Read-only file system

So is there a way to change read-only permissions?

cheers, vlado

did it via terminal emulator...

su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/amazon*
mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system

[BashyUK]

vladu932, on Oct 28 2010, 07:41, said:

did it via terminal emulator...

su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/amazon*
mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system

That's the answer you would have got or alternatively if you had a ROM with r/w perms on system anyway (like the one I'm using) you would just have to run the remove command. Others would say use Root Explorer or Android Mate but i've found that they can cause issues, either with removing where once you reboot the app reappears and definitely with installing, you can paste the file in but it never installs. TE is def one of my must have apps  

Edit: Whoops, just realised I had clicked ont he HD thread, will just back out slowwwwly, no-one will notice :-p

Edited by BashyUK, 28 October 2010 - 07:46 AM.

[AndyCr15]

vladu932, on Oct 28 2010, 07:41, said:

did it via terminal emulator...

su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/amazon*
mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system

But does it stay gone, or when you restart do the apps re-appear?

I've used Titanium Backup to uninstall about 13 system apps like Gmail and Mail (I use K9) and they all come back each time I reboot...  

[vladu932]

AndyCr15, on Oct 28 2010, 12:19, said:

But does it stay gone, or when you restart do the apps re-appear?

I've used Titanium Backup to uninstall about 13 system apps like Gmail and Mail (I use K9) and they all come back each time I reboot...  

wow.
rebooted, all deleted apps were back!

so does anyone know how to remove unwanted built-in apps permanently?

Edited by vladu932, 28 October 2010 - 11:23 AM.

[ratcom]

vladu932, on Oct 28 2010, 11:55, said:

wow.
rebooted, all deleted apps were back!

so does anyone know how to remove unwanted built-in apps permanently?

You cannot deltet them without root, however you can stop them running I believe... saw a guide on it somewhere

[ranblv]

I think you can run "pm disable com.amazon.mp3"

'pm list packages' will list all of them

pm disable com.amazon.mp3/com.amazon.mp3.client.activity.LauncherActivity

Edited by ranblv, 28 October 2010 - 03:07 PM.

[vladu932]

ratcom, on Oct 28 2010, 14:37, said:

You cannot deltet them without root, however you can stop them running I believe... saw a guide on it somewhere

I do have root.

[ranblv]

visionary is not really root, cause it does not allow access to system files.
the nand protection resets after boot