Noob Questions?

[Guest Mit321]

Hi,

Got my Orange SF the other day. First thing I did was unlock it and now I've Installed the r4 paul rom from here after installing SuperUser and ClockWorkMod Recovery.

The main reasons I did was this was to unbloat my SF and debrand it and that rom looked like a good stable bog standard rom to get.

Now, having never used Android before I'm quite confused on certain features especially now as I have an "unofficial" version. I have some really basic and nooby questions:

If I want to install an app, I download it from the market as I would if the phone was stock?

Also, managing apps/uninstall can I just uninstall them from Settings--> Applications----> Manage Applications like you would on an unmodded rom?

If so, what is this I'm reading about using Titanium Backup in conjunction with BusyBox? What are the point of these apps?

Say for example, I want to uninstall task manager as I can't use the resource part (I've read on here it doesn't work after installing this new rom), how should I go about doing it?

Also when installing, what is the advantage of having this A2SD? I understand that its something to do with where apps are installed? But are they not installed on the SD card anyway?

Finally when installing the rom It read it would remove "Docs to go" but when I checked my apps and it seems to start up. How come it wasn't removed? Could it possibly be because I never ran it before now and so it wasn't technically "installed"?

Sorry for all the really basic stupid questions!

[Guest Frankish]

Install apps as normal through market. Uninstall apps as normal through Manage apps. Titanium can remove apps that are installed on the system partition, system apps that can't be uninstalled using app manager.

A2SD, the apps on Android 2.1 are NOT installed on sd card by default. They install to phone memory. Using a2sd the apps are stored on an ext partition on the sd card, it's like extending the phone memory.

Not sure about Docs to go.

[Guest Mit321]

Install apps as normal through market. Uninstall apps as normal through Manage apps. Titanium can remove apps that are installed on the system partition, system apps that can't be uninstalled using app manager.

A2SD, the apps on Android 2.1 are NOT installed on sd card by default. They install to phone memory. Using a2sd the apps are stored on an ext partition on the sd card, it's like extending the phone memory.

Not sure about Docs to go.

Thanks for the quick reply! Why are apps installed to the phone memory when theres only 150mb of it (I think?) ?! Do they load quicker of it or something?

Also very stupid question but when I go to Manage Apps and click on an app I don't see any option to uninstall them? For example Docs To Go there is no option to uninstall? Does this mean I have to go on Titanium Backup and install BusyBox and then remove them via that?

[Guest StevenHarperUK]

Thanks for the quick reply! Why are apps installed to the phone memory when theres only 150mb of it (I think?) ?! Do they load quicker of it or something?

Also very stupid question but when I go to Manage Apps and click on an app I don't see any option to uninstall them? For example Docs To Go there is no option to uninstall? Does this mean I have to go on Titanium Backup and install BusyBox and then remove them via that?

Depends on Memory speed - a good class 4 Micro SD will be as fast.

Advice : your best getting a ROM with A2SD in it - rather than trying to add it.

Also a Full factory wipe in recovery before you switch roms is best.

Your right Apps rolled into the ROM are not removable they install to /system/apps

However you can always (before you flash) open the Update.zip and delete the /system/apps/*.apks that you dont like

Also your right titanium Backup can remove apps that your normally cant.

Edited November 15, 2010 by StevenHarperUK