Uninstalling wavesecure from modaco rom

[Guest sx1]

Hi guys

I've searched quite a lot & tried all the methods but can't seem to take this app off my desire.

I bought this used from a friend & it came with modaco custom rom r5. Every time i booted the phone, it'd ask me to register. Finally I entered my number & it said this phone was earlier registered to another sim blah blah. I don't want this app anymore.

Here's what I've tried, 1) Titanium backup: This doesn't allow this to be deleted. 2)Root explorer: I went into system/app & changed the folder to RW & deleted com.wsandroid.apk, then rebooted. But upon reboot, it's still there. (Am I doing something wrong here?)

Here's what I'll probably do next, download the android SDK & try doing the deletion via the command prompt thingy. I am not 100% sure of the method but probably try to go through the steps that I read in other threads. But not sure how to mount the drive?

Or download the newer ROM but because I am not a premium member, I cannot download the new ROM WITHOUT wavesecure. I think the default roms have this app built in. Any help here?

I'd really appreciate any help, especially if I don't have to reflash it or go into the adb.

Thanks

[Guest Phoenix Silver]

i removed it with adb

i don't know if i can post the command in this forum ?

perhaps a modo can answer this ?

[Guest bpivk]

Of course you can.

Usually you do something like this:

Navigate to android SDK's tools folder through command (cmd) line.

Then enter:

adb shell

mount -o remount,rw /system

cd /system/app

rm com.wsandroid.apk

Off course you need to install Android SDK tools and drivers first. You'll find them if you google for them.

Edited December 13, 2010 by bpivk

[Guest Asselberghs]

You might have luck using AlphaRev from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794314 to S-OFF the desire, then you should just be able to delete the wavesecure.apk, I presume it´s an APK? using root explorer or simmilar. I´ve considered doing the same to get rid of a broken goggles. Not sure I want to do it though. So must be said I haven´t tried. just herd it could be done.

[Guest Phoenix Silver]

Of course you can.

Usually you do something like this:

Navigate to android SDK's tools folder through command (cmd) line.

Then enter:

adb shell

mount -o remount,rw /system

cd /system/app

rm com.wsandroid.apk

Off course you need to install Android SDK tools and drivers first. You'll find them if you google for them.

This is exactly what i have made and worked like a charm.

i thought of phone's thefth reading the forum it's why i asked :)

[Guest M Brouns]

Funny thing is IT DOES NOT WORK at all.

simply try this after you set it up: go to App drawer > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Click on WaveSecure > Stop the app and clear its cache.

After the above, the rightful owner cannot block the phone anymore...

Have asked the Wave Secure team for months after another to fix that but without any meaningful response.

Wonder why they got awarded for this useless piece of crap.

[Guest bpivk]

simply try this after you set it up: go to App drawer > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Click on WaveSecure > Stop the app and clear its cache.

After the above, the rightful owner cannot block the phone anymore...

That's why I'm using App Protector. It locks all the programs that can change files (root explorer, marketplace,...) and phone settings. So the above method wouldn't work on my phone because it would ask for my password.

But someone who knows his way around an Android phone will always have a way to bypass all the safety measures. WaveSecure is probably meant for common crooks. :)

Edited December 13, 2010 by bpivk

[Guest sx1]

Of course you can.

Usually you do something like this:

Navigate to android SDK's tools folder through command (cmd) line.

Then enter:

adb shell

mount -o remount,rw /system

cd /system/app

rm com.wsandroid.apk

Off course you need to install Android SDK tools and drivers first. You'll find them if you google for them.

Thanks everyone for your replies. So Am I right in presuming this is the only step to do it & not by Root Explorer? Iam downloading the SDK as i type this so will do the above pretty soon.

[Guest sx1]

You might have luck using AlphaRev from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794314 to S-OFF the desire, then you should just be able to delete the wavesecure.apk, I presume it´s an APK? using root explorer or simmilar. I´ve considered doing the same to get rid of a broken goggles. Not sure I want to do it though. So must be said I haven´t tried. just herd it could be done.

Not really sure I understand much in that thread. Not much explanation in there. Prob will try the cmd line thing & hopefully this would uninstall this.

Thanks

[Guest bpivk]

Thanks everyone for your replies. So Am I right in presuming this is the only step to do it & not by Root Explorer? Iam downloading the SDK as i type this so will do the above pretty soon.

You can remove it by using root explorer but only if you have S-OFF. Otherwise use my method.

Edited December 13, 2010 by bpivk

[Guest sx1]

Hi guys, quick question. I can't seem to find this adb thing in the sdk that i installed? I went into the tools folder via command line & upon typing in adb results in a msg "adb is not a valid command blah blah". I installed all available updates. Is there a separate file for adb?

THanks

[Guest bpivk]

No. It should be there under tools.

[Guest sx1]

Hey guys i get "can't remove com.wsandroid.apk": directory not empty??

[Guest sx1]

Hey guys seems I need to be in recovery mode for this to work!

This is what I got from searching around:

this is not the recovery you need. to make changes to /system partition you have to do the following:

1. connect your desire by USB cable and issue: 'adb reboot recovery', device reboots and shows red trianle/arrow icon

2. change to the directory where you rooted your desire from and run './recovery-linux.sh

', screen will show green menu

3. if you get any "error: device not found", issue './adb-linux kill-server' and run ./recovery-linux.sh again until you get green menu

4. adb shell mount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

now you may add/remove applications from /system/app

These commands are for linux, for windows you need to use

recovery-windows.bat

in place of

recovery-linux.sh

Can anyone expand on point 2? How do I change to the directory? I don't know which directory this device is rooted from!

Are these the steps?

[Guest sx1]

yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

woohoo!!!

Did it!

1) Went into the recovery mode

2) Using trackball, selected partition menu

3) Selected Mount /System

4) In the adb shell, went into /system/app

5) rm.wsandroid.apk

6) Its gone!!

Thanks everyone, this headache lasted quite a while, so feels good to have defeated this!