Removing sys apps

[Guest EmDzej]

I've tried to remove some apps from the system partition in the way like this:

adb remount

adb shell mount outputs

/dev/block/mtdblock3 /system yaffs2 rw 0 0

and

adb shell rm /system/app/FriendStream*

which outputs error:

rm failed for /system/app/FriendStream.apk, Directory not empty

when i ls app dir there is no apk mentioned, but after reboot it's still there

(sometime phone reboots by itself :/)

Corrent if I'm wrong... but this should work? :huh:

PS. Thx for the root! Would donate modaco but the link within "donation" post redirects to the winmo @ modaco and requires addiotnal login (should I make another account @ modaco?).

[Guest EmDzej]

PS. Thx for the root! Would donate modaco but the link within "donation" post redirects to the winmo @ modaco and requires addiotnal login (should I make another account @ modaco?).

Hmm.. weird.. that works now.. must done something stupid / wrong

[Guest nilezon]

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Try this:

http://android.modaco.com/index.php?s=&amp...t&p=1254268

[Guest EmDzej]

Try this:

http://android.modaco.com/index.php?s=&amp...t&p=1254268

Thx that worked!

One more thing... is there any db that stores info about installed apps?

After deleting some widgets info about them still apears in application management, and in the add widget screen there are some weird entries. (see attachments)

[Guest AndyCr15]

I'm sorry, would you mind telling me what I should enter if I wanted to remove Footprints for example?

Or at this point can we not remove system apps?

Thanks.

[Guest EmDzej]

I'm sorry, would you mind telling me what I should enter if I wanted to remove Footprints for example?

Or at this point can we not remove system apps?

Thanks.

As the Desire is rooted you can remove apps from /system

just put your desire in the recovery mode (power + vol down) and select recovery

then (on a linux / mac box) connect phone to your pc and run ./recovery-linux(mac).sh

as the script finishes just type

./adb-linux shell

mount /system

cd system/app

ls (to list files)

rm FriendStream*

use rm to remove any app you want.. but be careful what you do!!!

it's a good idea to make backup of your sysapps on a sd card

assuming you have sdcard installed just type (within adb shell)

mount /sdcard

mkdir /sdcard/backup

cp /system/app/* /sdcard/backup

You'll always have possibility to restore your files :huh:

[Guest jdouce]

same as post's 2 above... i think u need to take the app, and app cache, and dalvik cach entries to get them out of app manager

[Guest miguelsanchez79]

As the Desire is rooted you can remove apps from /system

just put your desire in the recovery mode (power + vol down) and select recovery

then (on a linux / mac box) connect phone to your pc and run ./recovery-linux(mac).sh

as the script finishes just type

./adb-linux shell

mount /system

cd system/app

ls (to list files)

rm FriendStream*

use rm to remove any app you want.. but be careful what you do!!!

it's a good idea to make backup of your sysapps on a sd card

assuming you have sdcard installed just type (within adb shell)

mount /sdcard

mkdir /sdcard/backup

cp /system/app/* /sdcard/backup

You'll always have possibility to restore your files :)

Do you reckon if using this commands I will be able to remove WaveSecure which I accidentally baked into my custom ROM?

I really dont want to flash my phone again as everything's working like charm but constantly popping out wavesecure notification to register drives me mad.

ps.

Witam kolege ;)