{ To: Paul }How to remove apps from Steak (Build in Apps)?

[Guest Eric.Druse]

Hi Paul, in thread, saw you mentioned that streak users can remove build in apps after root it. But how? Please.

[Guest courtlandre]

Root, get root explorer, look in system folder and delete the apk's. Be careful though...

[Guest jdouce]

better terminal emulator or equivalent

//make superuser

su

//copy your apk incase u break somthing

cp /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk /sdcard/appyouwanttoremove.apk

//remove the apk

rm -r /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk

//fix it if you make a mess

cp /sdcard/appyouwanttofix.apk /system/app/appyouwanttofix.apk

Edited July 13, 2010 by jdouce

[Guest maskaler]

better terminal emulator or equivalent

//make superuser

su

//copy your apk incase u break somthing

cp /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk /sdcard/appyouwanttoremove.apk

//remove the apk

rm -r /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk

//fix it if you make a mess

cp /sdcard/appyouwanttofix.apk /system/app/appyouwanttofix.apk

Nice one for this jdouce - duly bookmarked for when I get round to rooting!

[Guest Eric.Druse]

better terminal emulator or equivalent

//make superuser

su

//copy your apk incase u break somthing

cp /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk /sdcard/appyouwanttoremove.apk

//remove the apk

rm -r /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk

//fix it if you make a mess

cp /sdcard/appyouwanttofix.apk /system/app/appyouwanttofix.apk

Oops, too complicated to me. I guess I will use rootexplorer to remove apk from system.

Edited July 14, 2010 by Eric.Druse

[Guest maskaler]

Oops, too complicated to me. I guess I will use rootexplorer to remove apk from system.

It's only downloading a single app and typing in 3 lines of code (the lines without the comment identifier '//'):

su

cp /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk /sdcard/appyouwanttoremove.apk // you'll know the apk name if you're going to find it to delete it anyway

rm -r /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk

It's worth trying, simply because if it DOES make your Streak barf, jdouce's code shows you how to restore the apk and make everything hunky dory again:

cp /sdcard/appyouwanttofix.apk /system/app/appyouwanttofix.apk

It's a little bit of learning for a lot more peace of mind.

Edited July 14, 2010 by maskaler

[Guest Eric.Druse]

It's only downloading a single app and typing in 3 lines of code (the lines without the comment identifier '//'):

su

cp /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk /sdcard/appyouwanttoremove.apk // you'll know the apk name if you're going to find it to delete it anyway

rm -r /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk

It's worth trying, simply because if it DOES make your Streak barf, jdouce's code shows you how to restore the apk and make everything hunky dory again:

cp /sdcard/appyouwanttofix.apk /system/app/appyouwanttofix.apk

It's a little bit of learning for a lot more peace of mind.

Thanks a lot. I will try to get a terminal emulator and remove the app I do not want to keep. Thanks again.

[Guest Dunhamzzz]

I have tried this but get a read-only file system error. It appears to go into superuser just fine tho :/

[Guest Stephen Davidson]

I have tried this but get a read-only file system error. It appears to go into superuser just fine tho :/

You'll need to remount system into read/write.

su

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system

Then proceed as per the instructions.

You can also shrink the number of steps by doing this instead.

su

mv /system/app/appyouwanttoremove.apk /sdcard/appyouwanttoremove.apk

The restore process would work the same as listed above.

Edited September 1, 2010 by Stephen Davidson

[Guest JFDee]

I recommend "Titanium Backup".

You can "freeze" apps first if you are not sure if they are essential for the system. They get deactivated but stay installed.

If there are no problems you can remove them (and restore them later if you did a backup beforehand).

VERY easy indeed.

[Guest jmhalder]

How to remove apps from Steak

Harder to do from Dells steaks... easier on a ribeye...