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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
Greetings everyone!

New *registered* user here! I've been frantically sifting through post after post on the forums all night hoping to get some help with an issue I am having on my Vibrant.

Goal:

Remove some bloatware ONLY, not looking to install any ROMs or modify the phone too much...just clean some annoying apps and icons off.

Phone Information:

Model SGH-T959

Firmware 2.2

Baseband T959UVKB5

Kernel 2.6.32.9

Build FROYO.UVKB5

I currently have the latest version of Java, Android SDK, and SuperOneClick installed.

Install directory of AndroidSDK:

C:\AndroidSDK

My method of failure:

Open SuperOneClick, Click "Root"

Start, Run, "CMD"

cd c:\AndroidSDK\tools

adb shell

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/st19/system

This is where it fails and I run into an endless loop of it telling me the proper usage of the "mount" command. I thought I had it at one point but when I typed: rm /system/AmazonMp3.apk all it did was tell me that it was a read-only file and that it couldn't be deleted.

Can someone help lead me in the right direction of what I am doing wrong? I rooted and removed all bloatware about a year ago but I just did an upgrade through MiniKies to the latest version of firmware and I can't seem to remember the process I went through that long ago to get it done right.

I apologize for possibly asking a question that has been asked numerous times but I just couldn't seem to get the wording right to get any helpful results in the search of the forums. Thank you so much for the time in reading this and the future help if any can be provided. Have a great night!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Merio90:
It looks like you are in the wrong directory. Open a command prompt in

C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools

Open the platform tools folder. Click on a blank space > hold down the shift key > hit right click > select open command window here. Then enter the commands:

adb devices "to check if your device is connected. also make sure usb debugging is enabled on your phone.

adb remount

adb shell

su

mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/stl5 /system

rm -r /system/app/[AppName].apk

If you want a list of all your /system/apps enter this command

cd /system/app

ls *.apk

This is much easier if you download rom toolbox from the market. All you do is go to /system/app and delete whatever bloatware you dont want.

BUT BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN DELETING SYSTEM APPS. ONLY DELETE WHAT YOU KNOW IS BLOATWARE OTHERWISE YOU WILL GET FC'S

good luck
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
Would I still need to follow the steps prior to that and use SuperOneClick to root the device or do I just skip that process and go straight to the cmd prompt?

Also, I followed a tutorial I found for installing the Android SDK that informed me to copy all the files from android-tools to the tools directory and use that instead but I don't know what the use in that is except for maybe a smaller directory name?

EDIT: I tried what you said with and with using SuperOneClick prior to the procedure and the cmd prompt displayed the following text:

*opened cmd promt in C:\AndroidSDK\tools (no files in platform-tools anymore)*

adb devices (it found my device connected)

adb remount (adb remount: no such file or directory exists)

The adb shell and su commands works fine BUT I still hit the endless loop of it trying to explain to me the "usage" of the mount command.

I will look into Rom toolbox as I'm trying to figure this out as well. Thank you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Merio90:
I strongly recommend you download root explorer or some similar root browser app. Of course though your phone must be rooted. Just try rom toolbox. It has its own root browser within the app along with other useful features. This is probably the easiest way to uninstall the bloatware in your case since you are having issues with adb.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
Thank you!

Okay, I have the suggested "rom toolbox" downloaded from the market and I will try to use that but SuperOneClick does not root the phone deep enough for rom toolbox to see the phone as rooted so...will the "updated.zip" method work for this instead?

I haven't tried it before but I am willing to give it a go if you think it's the best method. If this is the method you recommend, would you happen to have a link to the most recent or atleast most trusted updated.zip rooting method?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Merio90:
You can try rooting your phone using this toolbox.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=954509

If that does not work for you i will try and find the link to the "one click root program" i use all the time.

Here is an excellent guide to root.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849028
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Merio90:
Here is the program i use. Just remember to have usb debugging enabled on your phone. It really cant get any easier than this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739300
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
So I downloaded the one click program you suggested and the program itself seems to bee pretty straight forward.

I connected phone to computer with debugging on. Opened program and hit one click root. It started doing it's thing...phone rebooted and went into recovery. I started to follow instructions up until I got to where it said install packages. When I clicked it, the phone said installation failed no such file our directory exists.

The phone is looking for the updated.zip file but none exists in the one click folder. There is a root.zip and an unroot.zip...do I need to rename one of them to proceed???

Thank you so much for all the help so far, I feel like I'm so close but just not there yet. You have been an incredible help!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
The way (Stock) Recovery works is if you are not "Install from SD" then it will look for the file labeled Update.zip. So you can rename only the Root.zip to Update.zip and make sure that is the only thing on your internal SD labeled that or with .zip Put the unroot.zip in a folder for now. Then try again.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
Alright, will give that a try when I get home. I thought I read that the program copied the update.zip file to the phone during it's process so I didn't want to do anything to work against that. I will rename one of the files, copy it to the phone and give the one click root another shot. Thank you!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Merio90:
There is no need to rename anything. The program does it all for you. Play close attention to the first screen (green one) if it says update.zip copied successfully it will then reboot your phone to stock recovery. Once you are in stock recovery all you do is click reinstall packages. Keep clicking reinstall packages even if it reboots the first time. To prove my point mount your phone to your pc and check to see if the update.zip is copied onto the root of your into storage. If not well copy the update.zip from the last guide i suggested from above.

Also check to see if the superuser app is installed on your phone. The program also installs that along with the update.zip. If you have superuser then go to the market download rom manager so you could download CWM.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
Alright, so I tried it again once I got home. Didn't work BUT I did see that update.zip was installed into my phone. The sig verification failed, which means I need to change recovery versions to the one that skips sig verification correct?

I'll go search the forums for that since I remember seeing that a little while ago but that is the correct path I need to take at this point in time am I right?

Thank you so much! Big big help!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
You can pull the CWR from my signature. Same as before. Put it on your internal labeled update.zip, boot into recovery and and scroll down to Reinstall Packages. Hit it. It will cycle and probably come back to stock recovery. Hit Reinstall Packages again and the stock recovery will go from blue to green (CWR).

Side note, probably from there you will be able to install the Superuser update.zip. Just go to Install from SD card and find it and hit it. The reboot. Might not but the CWR instructions above shoudl work for you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
Well I changed the recovery version using the file from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833423 and then used the OneClickRoot and was able to get the update installed (I think). The phone booted up normally, I noticed that SU Permissions was installed so I figure I am rooted correct? WRONG. Rom toolbox says I am not. Is there another way to verify? Should I reinstall Rom toolbox incase it's just bugging out on me?

So I tried using Rom Manager too. Looks as tho SU is not installed correctly, will have to try again I guess.

Cannot install CWR, tried and the recovery text stays blue even after 14 times of reinstalling packages...

This phone will be sent flying across the room sometime tonight I'm guessing. About to erase the entire thing and try starting from scratch again. (Start from Eclair and work my way up maybe)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
If you are willing to start from Eclair it would be soooo much easier that all this stuff.

Odin to stock, flash CWR from my signature, go from blue to green and then flash Fishman's Bionix and you are good to go. Simple and way easier than all this mess. Just download Fish's and put it on you SD card somewhere you'll remember. Once in green recovery just scroll to that ROM and flash it per OP.

We've just been trying to Root you since on your OP you said you didn't want to flash a custom ROM.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
Well...I'm still trying to avoid flashing Roms (I've upgraded through MiniKies and that's it).

I've only been trying to root just to clean bloatware off but it seems that I must be lacking the technical skills to follow instrcutions properly....nothing is cooperating and even after following all steps nothing wants to work like it should.

Grrrr! One last try to get CWR working before I lose my mind and need to take a break/walk away for a bit.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
Ok, so I'm currently back to stock Eclair (ew!!) and about to boot to recovery to install CWR. Wish me luck on that one....

Wooo, CWR up and running! Now I just have to work on a flash maybe or whatever steps were suggested next...I might try the ROM you suggested.

The ROM gets placed on external sdcard and installed from within CWR correct?

Do most ROMs remove bloatware and useless apps?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
Yes and are pre-Rooted. Put the ROM.zip on either card. I have a folder that I use. Boot into recovery and get green recovery back. Go to install from SD, find the ROM and flash it per the OP instructions.

Bloat free, pre-Rooted and usually has Voodoo so you can get Voodoo Sound from the market and have a sonic ear-gasm.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CScrivener:
Just wanted to say thanks for all the help! I installed the suggested ROM last night and I am very happy with the results thus far. It was alot easier than I thought it would be. Flashing a ROM was MUCH more simpler than the root only decision. Thank you again!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stinkbud:
I just got an epic touch and I love it. I tried to load several of the leaked ICS roms and they all result in the same situation....awful 4g speed. I men really terrible sub 3g speed. I made t test today running speed tests and look at the results....the ones with really low down speeds and insane up speeds are done with 4g on and the ones with opposing results are done with 3g. My 3g results outside are actually lose to decent for my evo :) But this is a new samsung ang numbers like that are just awful.

With such fast up speed, I have to think that my 4g is in theory working under ICS. It is great when I am running a 2.3.6 ROM and there are no 4g issues. Something is slowing down my 4g and I have no idea what. I even called Sprint (remember, this is a leaked rooted rom) and they suggested taking it in to a store. I may just do that, with an ICS rom running so they can seee what is happening.

Has anyone had similar issues? I have run every modem from 15 up. I think fo rthe speed tests here I was running either 18 or 15. I want to start with ICS because the short time I played with it I really enjoyed myself. Any input would be amazing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JsVerbal:
Try a different modem. Fc24 is really good for me but its different for everyone. Just try em all til you find what works best.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] javan966:
i have this issue also 4G down never go past 300kb i live in brooklyn I use to get great 4G speeds but now is horrible, for some reason when i go to manhattan am getting 10mbs down :confused: i think its the modem am gonna go back to EL29 and see if i get better speeds am running CM9 FC24 Modem
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
I thought I was going nuts with this same issue for a while now, since running ICS, it's only related to these exp ics builds, once you go back to GB roms you won't have anymore issues. Switching modems won't help,don't even bother. Currently on Calks E4GT v.3.0 EL29 / EL29 modem / overstews ICS theme v.2.5, you get great look and feels like ICS.

Pp.

sent from my microwave ala XDA premium.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cedrikfd:
Hey,

What would be the best settings for optimal battery life?

- Brightness: I set backlight to +/- 50% in the menu. I disabled auto-backlight as I like my screen brighter generally.

- Screen lock: I set 2 minutes.

- Exchange: I have my work e-mail connected through Exchange. I just set the "Peak times" setting. I normally don't receive e-mails after work or during weekends, will that make a big difference?

- E-mail: I have (obviously) a Gmail account, however I do not use it for e-mails, I have one almost only because of the Market and other Google services. Can we disable push Gmail? I looked into the Gmail app and into Accounts and Sync and couldn't find anything, unless I missed something. I use mainly my (sigh) Hotmail account through the Hotmail app. I set it to update every hour.

- Facebook: I have initially synced my phone contacts with Facebook, but don't require update the minute a change is made. I set the refresh interval at 4 hours.

- "Always-on mobile data": Not exactly sure what this is, can anyone clarify? If that matters, I usually disable LTE as it's a battery-drainer and I don't necessarily need that much speed; HSPA+ is more than enough for me.

- Location Services: I turned everything off. I hate "checking-in" somewhere and barely use Google Maps/Navigation. I usually enable and disable when needed.

Can I change anything else to get a better battery life? I LOVE my Raider, but the battery has to be the worst I have ever experienced.

Thanks for your help!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slimslim:
I have the same settings but the exchange and the brightness (which is set to auto) plus location on. I get about 10 hours of use till the battery hits ~15% with 2 hours of screen time. I can't call it awful because I don't need more than that, as I charge it every night.

Unless you have a widget or an app that drains it really bad or you need more juice, I would suggest to keep the settings you like/want/need and get an extended battery.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] stormleader:
Sharing my settings :)

I usually have the following settings:

- Turn on Wifi, GPS Satellites, Mobile Network only when I need them.

- Use less widgets

- Sound: Disable Quiet ring on pickup, pocket mode, flip for speaker, vibrate feedback

- Display: Sleep 30 seconds, brightness 45% is good for me

- Account & Sync: I disabled the accounts I don't use (News, Stocks...)

- Disabled keyboard key vibration

hope it helps and apologies if any of this is abvious :D
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cedrikfd:
Haven't thought about the keyboard feedback, I assume it'll make some sort of difference. I'll try it out.

I don't make/receive that many phone calls, so I can definitely live without the "flip for speaker" and "pocket modes".

Silly question: I've returned my phone back to stock Rogers through the RUU last night as I need to send the phone in for a faulty headphone jack (had unlocked bootloader + running RumRaider Beta 11), and I noticed the battery was significantly better today with it than when I was running RumRaider. Using the same widgets on my home screens, same accounts (Exchange, Hotmail, Facebook, etc), mostly same settings.

I even forgot to turn off LTE so it has been on all day (don't get LTE in the office, I guess it's been searching for it all the time?) and even with it on, battery was better. Can a ROM affect battery life that much? Can it have something to do with the kernel or anything like that?

I sound a bit n00b, my apologies lol I know how to unlock a bootloader, how to flash a recovery, flash a ROM, and I understand the concept of the inwards of a phone like a Raider, but I'm unsure how software can affect hardware (i.e. the battery).

Anyway, I'll tweak the settings a bit as per your recommendations guys and see how it goes from there!

(P.S.: I'll miss my Raider as of next Friday, I'll have a BB Bold 9000 w/o a data plan for 2+ weeks...)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] megatronisabeast:
If the phone is over clocked or the gpu is messed with, it can change your battery life for the better or worse. Not sure about RumRaider settings so can't tell you why you got bad battery life out of it.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cedrikfd:
Any examples of stock widgets that uses a lot of battery?

I have the HTC clock w/ weather but it's disabled in Accounts and Sync + location is off, so it really is just for the actual clock. I have the music one, e-mail, calendar, SMS.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] megatronisabeast:
Well, the clock one would if you had it enabled with location, check weather when screen unlocked, etc. Email would be a battery abuser if you had it check for email and send it to you every time you got one.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] stormleader:
it's the same thing like laptops as well... some apps are either poorly developed or they just use more processing power (or other resources like GPS, bluetooth...). and the more processing power is used, the more battery power it consumes.

you can always check the battery information under settings, and see what consumes your battery the most. (Settings > Power > Battery Use)

Mine is consumed by Screen, Wi-Fi, Cell Standby, Phone idle,...)

you can get programs to analyse it, and give you more info on apps and their battery consumption.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] stgeorge88:
I found Wi-Fi consumes much less power than mobile network. When leaving the phone connected to Wi-Fi over the weekend with a few texting and moderate email internet browsing, I got 24h and still 53% remaining.

BTW I have two Google accounts synching and one voip app always running. Brightness is around 20%.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] nielp96:
What rom are you using
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] stgeorge88:
Rum raider
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kvsandeepreddy:
I was on team rocket 1.5 with root... everything working perfectly... downloaded and installed stunner 4.3 after wiping all... installation done perfectly after boot noticed some of my Sims were not working and some are working fine... all the Sims previously were working great in team rocket... plz tell me how I can make all my Sims work fine....

and does this version of stunner support USB otg? coz my phone is not able to mount my flash drive:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peeern:
otg should work on stunner..just try! I found a working cable for 7$ on ebay ;)

however you can try using app like Drive Mount
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] janmae:
Sorry if its already posted...just wanna share...:)

After applying the tweaks you will have:-

Better Vm management memory tweaks,The Loopy smoothness tweak!,Zippaligning and Verify-Bytecode tweak!,SD card tweaks!,Sysctl.conf file!Kernel tweaks,Less lag in phone call,System server from Android 4.0,Smoother live wallpapers!!,System processes priority tweaks (phone,sms etc..),Build.prop tweak,Kick ass Kernelizer from v6 supercharger for miscellanous tweaking,Optimized sqlite and I/O tweaks for better quadrant scores.....and many more......

TweakZV6:- http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=952778&d=1332068201

Flash via CWM.....Compatible with SGMini

More Info:-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1353903

Better remove all of your tweaks before applying this..maybe there will be a conflict when running both.....peace:)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] farokz:
Can we use v6 supercharged with this script??
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] freakyfriday:
Wrong section....its a tweak not app...and don't dare to post it in dev section coz dis is copy paste material...MOVE TO GENERAL section..

---------- Post added at 05:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:00 AM ----------

Buddy are u blind ? Its clearly written to remove all scripts before this...wow. !!! :o
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] janmae:
v6 is already include...i guess......u can try...:)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] detectiveconan:
thank man
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] st@matis:
Its allright to share the zip i got no problem.Next time if someone of you wants to share the page or the zip just pm me and ill reply back

Oh and to let some dudes know: NO this doesnt include v6 supercharger its useless and conflicts with the zip
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] janmae:
sorry st@matis,my bad...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Deleted member 4571279:
Posted in wrong section!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] mhondgutierrez:
sony

is this compatible with sony hd rom?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] examiner:
im using 2.3.6 xwktn rooted...can i use this script,,,,its my first time to use script,,i guess its a better one

im using emanon V6 now..what script do i need to remove in emanon or just flash it?...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] janmae:
sure you can...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] melvinsunnyiype:
After flashing the zip. Phone not booting ...had to reflash
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] androidnandroid:
can we use it on galaxy fit???
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] untararagelv:
It usefull for rom xperia game v2??
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] janmae:
guys...before apply this tweaks,pls do nandroid backup....just in case

maybe u already had a tweaks tha conflict with this

yes,can use in all android devices

maybe....but i'm not testing it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Ghstudent:
so a few days ago i was getting incredible speeds for my area! (5mb/s) but today i was playing with miui v4 to make sure my apn guide worked on it, which it didn't so i began doing other things i found on google, such as dialing and whatnot. well that just made it even worse. eventually it got to the point where when i was on miui i couldn't even send text messages (even after wiping user data and cache) so i nandroid restored to the aokp rom that i had achieved 5mb/s speeds on. all the apns, apps, etc, are back. the speed however, is not. i am running on a constant 1 mb/s speed... i am back on the modem i was on, as i said apns are the same, etc, i am thinking it is something i did when i dialed the *#*#info#*#* or the 3g/4g speed optimizer app. help please :confused:

EDIT: one clicking now... *sigh* hopefully this will help the problem so i can get back to my faster speeds!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GalaxyMaster:
Keep us updated. I used the 3g/4g app and it has been fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Ghstudent:
Fixed it! Turns out I had modified my smsc code :rolleyes: back on miui now with tolerable speeds!

Sent from my AT&T Galaxy S II (I777) Killin' it with Task650's awesome AOKP ROM port!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gottijr:
Hi Everyone

Is there a Stable ROM based on the new android 4.* (Ice Cream?)

I've tried to search around but is confusing.

please advice
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
No.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mocha K:
Soon. Raver just got data working on his aosp ROM but isnt releasing a build until he has audio working.