Guest Mikeandme Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 I have tried everywhere else to find how to get the ZTE Blade (aka Orange SanFrancisco) into "Safe Mode" for such things as un-installing troublesome apps... But nowhere can I find how. So I have come to the font of all ZTE Blade wisdom to be enlightened. Advice please. P.S. If it is possible, then is there a difference if it is stock or has been routed and been flashed with a custom ROM. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest androrphin Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 No safe mode as such but Titanium Backup will uninstall system apps for you. Naturally you need the phone needs to be rooted first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest unrandomsam Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 I have tried everywhere else to find how to get the ZTE Blade (aka Orange SanFrancisco) into "Safe Mode" for such things as un-installing troublesome apps... But nowhere can I find how. So I have come to the font of all ZTE Blade wisdom to be enlightened. Advice please. P.S. If it is possible, then is there a difference if it is stock or has been routed and been flashed with a custom ROM. Thanks in advance. I would say closest that exists is. using adb from clockworkmod is about the best adb shell find /data -iname \*app\*.apk (Or /system or whatever) rm /path/to/whatever.apk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flshg Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Agreed, running adb while phone is in clockworkmod. Phone is then running a bare bones operating system. You shouldnt need this though, you can uninstall apps while running normally. Just close the app using a task killer/manager, then while in adb, you can run "pm uninstall <your application full name>" "pm list packages -f" will tell you the 'real' apk name for some apps. Use a root explorer to delete the apk if the normal uninstall isnt working for you, or use the rm command described by unrandomsam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k0zmic Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Don't know the combination for the Blade but there is a 'Safe Mode' for other phones http://androinica.com/2010/08/how-to-activate-android%E2%80%99s-safe-mode-to-get-out-of-a-force-close-loop/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 569 Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Don't know the combination for the Blade but there is a 'Safe Mode' for other phones http://androinica.co...rce-close-loop/ With my Blade, I can get into 'Safe Mode' on pressing the Menu Button while booting as described (see 'HTC devices with physical buttons'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest targetbsp Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Neat! I didn't know this was an option! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hedgepigdaniel Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Thats awesome. It should go in all the FAQ's. I might add it to my debricking guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikeandme Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 With my Blade, I can get into 'Safe Mode' on pressing the Menu Button while booting as described (see 'HTC devices with physical buttons'). Amazing and good. But not on mine or most Blades it would appear. Is yours rooted? Gen1 or Gen2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phoenix Silver Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 oO Yes it works Press the menu button with power Keep the menu button pressed until phone boot You are in safe mode Very interesting info Thanks to the op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikeandme Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 oO Yes it works Press the menu button with power Keep the menu button pressed until phone boot You are in safe mode Very interesting info Thanks to the op Definitely does not work for me on a Gen1 Amoled with Swedish Spring Rls5. :-( Anyone sorted it for one of those? What are you using Phoenix Silver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikeandme Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 I would say closest that exists is. using adb from clockworkmod is about the best adb shell find /data -iname \*app\*.apk (Or /system or whatever) rm /path/to/whatever.apk Thanks for that very helpful response. Sadly I am not conversant with adb so can you advise me exactly what I need to do to get there or point me at a suitable link. Presumably I need to boot with volume control held to get into clockworkmod but what option do I then need to choose; when should I connect the USB cable and what software do I need to run on the PC? Or do I need to do something completely different? Thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phoenix Silver Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Definitely does not work for me on a Gen1 Amoled with Swedish Spring Rls5. :-( Anyone sorted it for one of those? What are you using Phoenix Silver? I'm using a very classic upgraded blade to gen2 (with wbaw tpt method) And the last CM7 rom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flshg Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Firstly you need to have adb installed, you can either download and install the android sdk from the developer.android.com website (big download) or use a cut down version from here (not tested). Once you connect your phone the adb drivers should install. You can then reboot phone in clockworkmod (power + vol-) and then use the adb commands described to remove apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hedgepigdaniel Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 I'm using a very classic upgraded blade to gen2 (with wbaw tpt method) And the last CM7 rom same here. I wonder if it only works on CM7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikeandme Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Agreed, running adb while phone is in clockworkmod. Phone is then running a bare bones operating system. You shouldnt need this though, you can uninstall apps while running normally. Just close the app using a task killer/manager, then while in adb, you can run "pm uninstall <your application full name>" "pm list packages -f" will tell you the 'real' apk name for some apps. Use a root explorer to delete the apk if the normal uninstall isnt working for you, or use the rm command described by unrandomsam Sorry to be so slow flshg but I have loaded adb and connected the phone and got it into clockwork recovery but although the adb command is recognised, when I enter: C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell pm list packages -f I just get: /sbin/sh: pm: not found Until I am a little clearer that I am doing things right, I am loath to try the rm command in case it works but not as I intended, and anyway I'm still not sure of the package name. Grateful for any additional pointers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sm4tik Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) I'd suspect the directory where pm is, is not included in your $PATH when loading clockwork. When in "normal" mode, run adb shell which pm This should return /path/to/pm Now boot into clockwork and run adb shell /path/to/pm list packages -f Hope it helps! edit: Safe mode working here with stock gen2 + CM7 Edited August 15, 2011 by sm4tik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flshg Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) perhaps you need to be superuser first, so try the following adb shell su pm uninstall <yourpackagename> or if you need to find out apk name first su pm list packages -f you'll get a listing of apps with the relevant apk name, which can be useful as some apps aren't necessarily named the way you would expect. If still not working, go into clockworkmod, mounts and storage, if you have the option select mount /system, then try commands again Edited August 15, 2011 by flshg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikeandme Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 I'd suspect the directory where pm is, is not included in your $PATH when loading clockwork. When in "normal" mode, run adb shell which pm This should return /path/to/pm Now boot into clockwork and run adb shell /path/to/pm list packages -f Hope it helps! edit: Safe mode working here with stock gen2 + CM7 Thanks sm4tik worked a dream. Also looks as if CM7 is good for safe mode - pity about Swedish Spring! :-( P.S. First posted this about an hour ago but seems to have gone astray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikeandme Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) Thanks sm4tik worked a dream. Also looks as if CM7 is good for safe mode - pity about Swedish Spring! :-( P.S. First posted this about an hour ago but seems to have gone astray. I am posting this to help avoid misleading future readers. Although I got the result I wanted it was because I did NOT boot into Clockwork for the second stage. I must have just typed in the command without thinking. However when I came back and followed sm4tik's directions precisely (going into Clockwork) it did not work. Don't know why and now I am not sure if the pm uninstall command should be applied from Normal or Clockwork. Also cannot work out why the pm command does not seem to work form in Clockwork. My mistake but when I got the answer I wanted all seemed well! Edited September 3, 2011 by Mikeandme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brickornot Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Why clockwork does not have : 1.Run terminal 2.Run file manager options ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikeandme Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Why clockwork does not have : 1.Run terminal 2.Run file manager options ? Sorry brickornot but I didn't understand that. Is it a question or an explanation? I do not understand it as either. I'm obviously being a bit slow but as you can probably tell I am a bit new to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brickornot Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 terminal is something like console - cmd for windows file manager is something like total commander or explorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikeandme Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 terminal is something like console - cmd for windows file manager is something like total commander or explorer Are you saying that Clockwork has or does not have the commands terminal and console, or are you asking if it does? I was trying to run adb from my windows machine to interrogate the phone and possibly remove a troublesome app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brickornot Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 it probably does not have or i cant see it. if it would have you maybe would be able to do it without pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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