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[HTC Droid DNA] JWhetstone02:
Ok I have seen a lot of people start asking about what is safe to remove and what does what. I usually like to have a very lean ROM and I delete anything and everything I don't use. It's easier to see a list and know what you want to delete BEFORE you flash the ROM instead of doing this AFTER you flash.

Ways to remove APKs

1. The easiest way is to download the ROM of your choice to your PC (when they start rolling in that is) and open the ROM with 7zip and manually delete them from the ROM. Then place ROM on sdcard and flash.

2. Boot into recovery, mount /system and use ADB commands to delete the APKs (Ex: rm /system/app/Aluminum.apk)

3. When we achieve S-OFF, use root explorer to manually delete APKs out of /system/app

4. Using the touch recovery, there is a built in file manager. Use that to delete the files (I have not tried this, others have mentioned doing this)

5. Use a flashable zip that removes the files. (you will need to edit the script inside to your liking) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2012388

I have put together the stock list of APKs that can be found in /system/app for the HTC Droid DNA **There are corresponding .ODEX files that you will need to delete as well. I did not list them as they go hand in hand with the APK

I will go through and add a description to the APKs to let you know what does what...
[HTC Droid DNA] luke1333:
I deleted via root explorer and they all came back after reboot

Not an iPhone.....
[HTC Droid DNA] JWhetstone02:
I did that my first go around as well. Then I found out that even though we are unlocked, we still cannot write or modify anything in the /system partition while the phone is on.

I actually deleted these by mounting /system in recovery through ADB. Others I have seen use some file manager in TWP recovery to delete the files

You can make a flashable ZIP to delete the files as well
[HTC Droid DNA] LakerFam0824:
At this time with S-On you cannot remove these apks with a file manager. It can only be done in the recovery. Some people have been using the built in file manager in twrp revocery, or just freezing them with TiBu. There is a flashable zip found here.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2012388 You can edit the zip file to your needs with Notepad++ :good:
[HTC Droid DNA] trickster2369:
That is because you cannot make perm changes to /system until we get s-off.

The best way to remove these for now, is when you download a Rom to your pc, open up the zip with 7-zip(or equivelant), navigate to /system/apps, and delete the apps you want to, then close the zip. Import zip to phone, flash.
[HTC Droid DNA] JWhetstone02:
That's the best way. All we need now are some ROMs to play with :D

-HTC Droid DNA-
[HTC Droid DNA] LakerFam0824:
That and the phone!!... on the fence Note2 or DNA. I had the Eris so I am out of the HTC scene, currently have the Fascinate and I love the ease of Samsung... ie ODIN is your friend!
[HTC Droid DNA] afipanic:
I'm going with the DNA myself, I've had bad luck on the hardware/build quality side of Samsung's phone products lately.

Now all I need is lots of moolah! :eek:
[HTC Droid DNA] -4ndr01d-:
I delete a bunch of things. Thanks for this.

I used the adb way. took a while, but with these exact names, I was successful
[HTC Droid DNA] icebike:
I know its a big job, but how fard did you get on this?

I'm wondering what UDOVE.APK is, and why it can't be removed or disabled other than by rooting.
[HTC Droid DNA] JWhetstone02:
Yea, it's a big job. I only have time to work on it when I'm at work.

I cannot find anything about udove.apk anywhere. the only place I see UDove.apk is under Settings > Battery > Usage > Android System .. So i'm guessing it is needed for the phone. Just not exactly sure for what.

If anyone else knows what some of these APKs are and what they do, feel free to chime in. I'll update OP as well. Thanks
[HTC Droid DNA] Michxda:
UDove.apk is a HTC app that gives them feedback, you see this when you are on a custom rom and flashed a mod for example. You'll get a message that says there was an unusual reboot or something like that. Hope i helped you.
[HTC Droid DNA] t1gartist:
this is an awesome post my phone seems so much faster its amazing thank you
[HTC Droid DNA] Shamrock13:
I can't figure out how to get the system apps folder to show up in TWRP. I was able to remove an app from the data apps folder.

Anyone know why I can't get there?
[HTC Droid DNA] JWhetstone02:
Mount the /system partition in twrp then go to the file manager

-HTC Droid DNA-
[HTC Droid DNA] nasvi:
"That is because you cannot make perm changes to /system until we get s-off."

How come the above is not true for the HTC One X?

I have a One X without S-Off and was able to modify /system with stock ROM and Kernel......Only rooted....
[HTC Droid DNA] JWhetstone02:
its not true because on the newer devices, htc decided to encrypt/write protect the internal storage
[HTC Droid DNA] guitarasoy:
HELP please....

Dear all, i'm a very newbie on android phone and i live in Indonesia... i've ever used android phone (motorola photon 4g) but i am only using the phone, and never do things like rooting, change ROM or anything like that because i don't understand it at all.

Now i'm using Droid DNA, bought from someone in Indonesia, with condition :

1. rooted (I check it w/ root checker app)

2. seems like still using the stock rom (i don't know for sure)

3. injected with Indonesia's CDMA cell operator smartfren (and just change it to Esia cell operator 2 days ago)

Problem:

1. For the CDMA network, all works fine. but when i switch to GSM (with Telkomsel or AXIS operator's simcard) i only can make a phone call n SMS. the mobile data won't connect, it says "disconnected because service unavailable". actually i have used those SIM card for my photon and it works fine for the mobile data (internet and for wifi hotspot / tethering). I already trying modify the APN parameter following instruction from the official website of both of the operators, but still the mobile data won't connect at all. Can anyone help?

2. Starting from my will to make this droid dna have more internal memory space, i've deleted files considered verizon's bloatware from "website tutorial" (i forgot from which), but before that i have backed up with titanium backup app. then came up problems with the phone after i deleted several app from that "tutorial". I've tried to restore from the titanium backup app, but there's still problem stays :

a. when i try to enter the menu Settings>storage came up "unfortunately the process com.android.settings has stopped" or "unfortunately, Settings has stopped" only opted to click ok then go to the home screen.

b. when entering the Gallery, only shows photos taken before i deleted the bloatware. all photos n videos taken after, don't show up at all. also all application that uses the Gallery, like Camera & whatsapp, only show those files taken before "it" happens.

c. from the titanium backup app, it only shows only 10 or less application (actually it shoud be more than 30 i guess if i look on the titanium backup folder using x-plore file manager app for android)

d. if i connect it to pc, the HTC Sync app says no HTC device detected (it's detected before). on windows explorer, the phone is detected but i can only view files before i deleted the bloatware, and i can't do any file copy paste to the phone's internal memory.

it can be noted that, all files exist after i deleted the bloatware (photos, videos, file document like excel word pdf that i downloaded) are shown with Quickpic app, android file manager app like x-plore, astro, ES file explorer and i can delete, copy or move all the files within the phone's internal memory.

Can anyone help please, especially the second point, because now i can't backed up my phone to PC and can't added files for example copying Papago's files for navigation that i have downloaded via PC. i need to back it up so i can delete those files in the phone memory so i can have more space for taken any new photos videos or document.

thanks before.

Regards,
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maikvitesse:
Greetings,

I have an HTC Legend with an broken trackball (pressing).

With the ClockworkMod Version 5.0.2.0 you can only select with the trackball.

With an older version of Clockworkmod i was able to select with the power button.

Does anyone have the older Clockworkmod? Or can i modify my clockworkmod to select with the power button

Thanks in advance,

Maik Verheijen

P.S: my english isn't very good, sorry
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maikvitesse:
I will try to remove the trackball, and then check if i can select with the power button
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asovse1:
You can select menu items with the volume buttons. As for selection, like said, try removing the trackball and activating the input.

There is also CWM touch, free if you flash it manually.

Sent from my Nexus 7 on the XDA app. GO CANADA GO
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maikvitesse:
Already fixed it.

I opened Rom Manager and had chosen the option: 'All Recoveries' (or something similar at the bottom) and installed the marked option.

Then I reverted back to CWM 5.0.2.0 and voila, it worked.

I don't think this solved my problem, think it was a loosen contact but i thought to share it.

Is there an CMW Touch recovery for the HTC Legend?

Thanks for your reply!

Maik
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
I'm trying to unlock bootloader.

After command "fastboot oem unlock", I get the error:

(bootloader) erasing userdata...
(bootloader) erasing userdata done
(bootloader) erasing cache...
(bootloader) erasing cache done
(bootloader) unlocking...
FAILED (remote: (unknown error code))
finished. total time: 7.981s

Drivers installed. Device is new. Bought yesterday.

How to solve this problem? Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
What bootloader version?

Try this:

- Power off

- Power on into bootloader/fastboot mode

- on the PC: fastboot reboot-bootloader

- now try again

this usually fixes those kinds of problems for me.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
Bootloader version 3.34.

fastboot reboot-bootloader did not help(( displays the same error.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greenolive:
I haven a friend with a new N7 delivered with 4.1.2 on that same bootloader, 3.34. He cannot update to 4.2 OTA. I even tried to sideload it for him with no luck. All I can deduce from this is that that JB version should not exist with that version of bootloader. Something seems borked.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
How to enable debugging mode in fastboot or recovery mode? I think, that I cant unlock bootloader because debugging mode turned off. I cant turn on my device, it hangs on boot animation(like letter X).

Yesterday I download file via uTorrent. My device freezes. I turned him off. And he refused to boot(hanging on boot animation).
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
I've booted my device in APX mode.. How to flash bootloader on my device with NvFlash?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omar04:
Edited
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veeman:
Try updating the bootloader and then trying to unlock.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
Go to recovery and try a fctory reset/wipe.

No way to do that so far.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
When I go into recovery, all I see - this is the android icon with a red exclamation mark. Nothing more..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
Hold VolumeUp and press the Power button - or something like that - and the menu will show up.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
By this combination I go in APX mode...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
I meant while the android with the red "!" shows, not while powering on.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
When I'm using this combination when red !, apx mode is loading too.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
Are you forgetting to release the buttons again, maybe?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
Sorry for my english, I don't ynderstand you.

I did so:

Connected my device to PC.

Booted into fastboot by pressing all keys.

Selected recovery mode. Displayed "android with !".

I holded "volume up" and "power" button for 15 seconds. And then apx mode booted
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
Don't hold the buttons like forever.

Press them and release them again, also try some other combinations if that one doesn't work.

If you keep torturing the powerbutton, of course the device eventually reboots.

Be creative.

Use common sense.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
Thanks... but when I'm using "wipe data/factory reset" - my device freezes, and when I restart him there is no changes, and I also can not unlock my bootloader.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
I think that to unlock bootloader needs debugging mode. In recovery mode there is menu item "apply update from ADB". So I can enable adb. How to unlock bootloader or flash by this way?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillwood:
I can't update him, because he is locked.
[HTC One X] Manc:
sorted now...can this be deleted?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] II12yanII:
im just wondering if there is a windows phone port thats on the galaxy nexus or one thats in the works?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
will never happen until wp7/wp8 is open source.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] najaboy:
Wonder no longer, because it's not gonna happen. It just ain't feasible.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] dcooterfrog:
can anyone help me with uot kitchen. I am having no luck.

I am getting error in 'filename' (status 0)

i am on the stock rom (global) but rooted (fake ciid)

i have used uot on my other 2 phones with no issues even with odexed roms

i want a simple battery mod (version s, big sense) for now

i uploaded the proper files but it wont flash. so

which update binary should I use. I always used the type mtd default but I never had twrp before

suggestions

am I using the wrong update binary

should I just push them manually

do I need to delete the odex ( i didnt have to do this before)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] dcooterfrog:
pushing the files manually made no difference even though I checked the framework and it was fixed

renaming the framework-res.odex and framework-res.jar made the phone not boot i fixed tha tin fwrp filemanager (a great recovery by the way. I could not remount system in adb at the time)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heartbreak:
I've noticed that when I leave the phone plugged in overnight it sometimes just seems to stop charging at a random point somewhere throughout the night and I'll wake up with a phone that is only at 80%, 65%, etc.. battery. It isn't fully charging and then just being drained again either, it just randomly stops charging. It will recognize that a charger is plugged in and even says that it is charging but the percentage indicator in the Settings pulldown doesn't move. This doesn't happen every night and it has never happened when I charge the phone during the day. I assume it only happens at night because I'm not at my desk using it. I can also assume that the device isn't taking 8 hours to go from 35% battery to 75%, it doesn't charge that slowly. Any ideas?

P.S Rooted but on stock ROM
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stryder5:
Do you have another charger/cable connection you can try?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heartbreak:
I'll give it a shot. Thank you.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heartbreak:
I tried it with a different cable last night and it did the same thing. Forgot to mention I'm charging it through my computer.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldfusionb:
I would try the charging cable that came with it and if it still does the same thing I would say you have a problem with your phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heartbreak:
Yeah, I have been using the cable that came with it. I've tried two different ones. I will try to see if it happens when charged through wall outlet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heartbreak:
Sorry for double post. Couldn't figure out how to attach image to an edit.

I looked at my battery settings and this is what I noticed. It looks like my phone is charging all the way up during the evening and then draining but the charging isn't kicking back or something. The huge gap in screen on time was when I was sleeping and there was no use of the device but battery is steadily draining.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stryder5:
Have you tried using the wall charger?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heartbreak:
As stated in previous post, I have not. That is the plan when I get home.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heartbreak:
I have tried it through the wall charger for the past few nights and it charged just fine. I also tried it through the same cable that my N7 and Gnex were charged with and it still happened. I also tried various USB ports. Any ideas?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CodeMonkey:
Is it possible the computer is sleeping and no longer powering the USB ports?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phil_ffm:
I had exactly the same problem for one night.

But it can't be a problem with my Notebook because

my Galaxy S charged just fine.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negroplasty:
Probably due to power saving options on your computer, be they USB power saving settings or sleep related. If you want to charge faster you should definitely use the wall charger, USB charging is painfully slow for me... if i am using the device, load can exceed the incoming current and the phone will still discharge. Moral of the story > USB charging = useless.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heartbreak:
It really isn't a matter of slow charging. I'm charging it overnight so the speed at which it charges doesn't matter to me. As long as it is charged when I wake up. I've been using the same computer to charge my phones/tablets/cameras for two years and I've never had a problem. I'm not even using the device though, it is at night when I'm sleeping.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SnowBeer:
I have the same problem all of a sudden. Happened twice in the past week, never happened for months before. I never charge from a computer, always with the provided adapter and cable from the wall. A few hours into the night, before the phone is at 100% (varies from 70-90%), it just stops charging. Battery graph looks very similar to the one in this thread already posted.

I wonder which device switches the current off, the phone, or the wall adapter. I would have guessed the phone, and if that is correct swapping the wall adapter won't do anything.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PegHorse:
Or you can use Fast Charge from Google Play and flash Franco Kernel.

Then you'll be able to switch from USB Charge to AC Charge by charging with your computer.

However, the battery will heat and you may consume its life, so do not do that too often, only when necessary if you expect using your phone very long times as i do, i just change phone every 5 years or more, depending of my needs.

Also, i noticed than USB Charging slowing down the charge at around 80%, but still charging, i read with Battery Monitor Widget, and i seen it will gives minus ampere.

I almost forgot, you may also calibrate your battery, the first time, charge it to 100%, then remove the file "batterystats.bin" from /data/system or wipe it threw Recovery, that will ensure you to use your battery to 100% next time.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spitfire:
Mine seems to stop charging at 100% and go back down also. Mine usually is between 95-100% when I wake up though. Is that just how this phone works to protect the battery? I've never noticed this in any other phone I've had.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matthileo:
The 4.2.1 OTA update is rolling out now, and I thought it would be a good time to ask what the proper procedure is for rooted devices.

Can we grab the OTA the same way a non-rooted device would? Should we wait for someone to hack together one that can be flashed in recovery? Will we lose root? Custom recovery?

I've never owned a device that gets regular OTAs until the Nexus 10, so I'm not sure what we're supposed to do.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2whisper:
probably the same as what I did with the last update. you will need to find the zip file save it to your internal memory and you should be able to flash in recovery as long as you don't have a custom rom. Doubt that you will lose root as I didn't on the last one and this update is much smaller.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DocteurN:
Good question Matthileo ! :)

Where can we find the update zip ?

Envoyé depuis mon Nexus 10 avec Tapatalk
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyijedi:
My devices are always rooted with an unlocked boot loader and running the stock rom. I've always done it the following way, and never ran into any problems:

1) Download the OTA file (zip file) once the URL is out.

2) Boot into fastboot.

3) Use fastboot to boot to a clockworkmod recovery image (I usually leave the stock recovery on my phone, and just boot to CWM when needed rather than flashing it)

4) install the downloaded OTA file

5) Use CWM's built-in feature to preserve root

I just did the above for the N4 with no problems.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda6969:
I downloaded the OTA file but when I choose install zip from sd card within CWM I get an error. It gets all the way down to Symlinks and permissions... but then I get

set_perm: some changes failed

E:Error in /sdcard/0/jop40d-from-jop40c.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

Anyone know how to fix this?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Its happened to a lot of us, there seems to be an issue with the update setting permissions once its finished patching. No solution yet.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda6969:
Yea, I just found the other thread here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2016272&page=7 which I also contributed to.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrflips:
I've always had luck with Voodoo OTA Root Keeper (available via Google Play) for my Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, and now my Nexus 10 today for both the 4.2 and 4.2.1 updates.

It failed on me once for the initial 4.1 on my GalNex, but I think that was mostly my fault due to not reading the instructions.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
wait so you can't apply OTA through standard update methods on the phone?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
It seems to be failing for some, including myself, I've reverted to stock so I'm just waiting on the update to show up again so I can try again.

I tried many, many times flashing it via adb sideload from stock recovery, and reverting to factory images several times but that was a no go.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wutank:
Hi,

Thanks in advance for your help!

I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S III with Android 4.0.4.

I need to type Chinese sometime in text so I downloaded Google Pinyin App (A Chinese Typing App) from Google Play.

But every time before I send messages, it warms me that my receivers may not get it right due to my setting. It asks me to change input mode to Automatic. If I insist to send them, receivers will get a lot of question marks.

I tried to change input mode to automatic in setting but I can't find the option.

I saw some similar questions in the forum but no one explained the details about how to change it to automatic mode.

Anyone knows please help me with that.

Thank you again.