[General Questions and Answers] ekru:
Hello everyone,

First of all i know there are lots of threads about this subject but I am starting this thread after trying 10+ solutions noted in this forum and some others. To be more clear I will try to give detailed info.

I am using an Artes D708 tablet. Because of the work I do I have to use switchme and use it with MANY profiles. Tablet has a media storage of 5850 (or something like that) mb of space and 1.04 gb of system partition. Because of the stock rom's preloaded useless junk apps I could not create enough profiles to work with so I decided to get some custom roms compatible with my tablet, it failed, very hard. Used titanium backup to delete useless applications but it was not enough either so, as a last way, I tried the android kitchen guide o this forum and cooked some clear roms, my tests with other chinese brand tablets with worked well and I managed to flash them with clean roms. But on my own tablet it failed. I repeatedly got "signature verification failed" error after some searching I figured it was because "recovery 3e". After searching forum, tried "rom manager", "mobile odin" and modified recovery 3e methods, all failed. Almost all of these recover 3e problem solution guides were on samsung forums so maybe that was why I couldnt solve it.

Now my question: Is there a way that I can get rid of useless apps (and almost all other apps other than browser switchme and a couple small apps are useless for me) other than cooking a rom without them and flashing it, or do i have to sort this recovery 3e problem and go on with that? If latter, how do I do it?

Here I provide my tablets dump file:

----- getprop -----
[allow_all_orientations]: [1]
[alsa.mixer.capture.earpiece]: [Digital]
[alsa.mixer.capture.headset]: [Digital]
[alsa.mixer.capture.master]: [Digital]
[audio.policy.digital.fixed]: [false]
[camera.busy]: [0]
[dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit]: [80m]
[dalvik.vm.heapsize]: [256m]
[dalvik.vm.heapstartsize]: [5m]
[dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file]: [/data/anr/traces.txt]
[dev.bootcomplete]: [1]
[dhcp.wlan0.dns1]: [192.168.1.1]
[dhcp.wlan0.dns2]: []
[dhcp.wlan0.dns3]: []
[dhcp.wlan0.dns4]: []
[dhcp.wlan0.gateway]: [192.168.1.1]
[dhcp.wlan0.ipaddress]: [192.168.1.75]
[dhcp.wlan0.leasetime]: [864000]
[dhcp.wlan0.mask]: [255.255.255.0]
[dhcp.wlan0.pid]: [6185]
[dhcp.wlan0.reason]: [BOUND]
[dhcp.wlan0.result]: [ok]
[dhcp.wlan0.server]: [192.168.1.1]
[gadget.nand.force_sync]: [true]
[gps.enable]: [false]
[gsm.current.phone-type]: [1]
[gsm.operator.alpha]: []
[gsm.operator.iso-country]: []
[gsm.operator.isroaming]: [false]
[gsm.operator.numeric]: []
[gsm.sim.operator.alpha]: []
[gsm.sim.operator.iso-country]: []
[gsm.sim.operator.numeric]: []
[gsm.sim.state]: [UNKNOWN]
[gsm.version.ril-impl]: [amlogic ril 2.0GSM]
[hw.cameras]: [1]
[hw.has.accelerometer]: [true]
[hw.hasethernet]: [true]
[hw.nobattery]: [false]
[hw.nodatausage]: [false]
[hw.nophone]: [false]
[hw.nopm]: [false]
[hw.novibrate]: [true]
[hwui.render_dirty_regions]: [false]
[init.svc.audio]: [stopped]
[init.svc.bootanim]: [stopped]
[init.svc.console]: [running]
[init.svc.dbus]: [running]
[init.svc.debuggerd]: [running]
[init.svc.dhcpcd_wlan0]: [running]
[init.svc.display]: [stopped]
[init.svc.drm]: [running]
[init.svc.flash_recovery]: [stopped]
[init.svc.installd]: [running]
[init.svc.keystore]: [running]
[init.svc.media]: [running]
[init.svc.netd]: [running]
[init.svc.pptv_support]: [stopped]
[init.svc.pre_installed]: [stopped]
[init.svc.ril-daemon]: [running]
[init.svc.servicemanager]: [running]
[init.svc.surfaceflinger]: [running]
[init.svc.usbpm]: [running]
[init.svc.vold]: [running]
[init.svc.wififix]: [stopped]
[init.svc.wpa_supplicant]: [running]
[init.svc.zygote]: [running]
[keyguard.enable]: [true]
[keyguard.no_require_sim]: [1]
[media.amplayer.enable-acodecs]: [asf,aac,m4a,ape,flac,alac]
[media.amplayer.enable]: [true]
[media.amplayer.osd2xenable]: [true]
[media.amplayer.thumbnail]: [true]
[media.amsuperplayer.defplayer]: [PV_PLAYER]
[media.amsuperplayer.enable]: [true]
[media.amsuperplayer.m4aplayer]: [STAGEFRIGHT_PLAYER]
[net.bt.name]: [Android]
[net.change]: [net.wlan0.dns2]
[net.dns1]: [192.168.1.1]
[net.dnschange]: [1]
[net.hostname]: [android-d4692276250735a9]
[net.qtaguid_enabled]: [1]
[net.tcp.buffersize.default]: [4096,87380,110208,4096,16384,110208]
[net.tcp.buffersize.edge]: [4093,26280,35040,4096,16384,35040]
[net.tcp.buffersize.gprs]: [4092,8760,11680,4096,8760,11680]
[net.tcp.buffersize.hspa]: [4094,87380,262144,4096,16384,262144]
[net.tcp.buffersize.lte]: [524288,1048576,2097152,262144,524288,1048576]
[net.tcp.buffersize.umts]: [4094,87380,110208,4096,16384,110208]
[net.tcp.buffersize.wifi]: [524288,1048576,2097152,262144,524288,1048576]
[net.wlan0.dns1]: [49.0.0.0]
[net.wlan0.dns2]: []
[persist.sys.profiler_ms]: [0]
[persist.sys.timezone]: [Europe/Athens]
[persist.sys.usb.config]: [mass_storage]
[ril.debug.level]: [3]
[ril.debug.mask]: [31]
[ro.allow.mock.location]: [0]
[ro.amlogic.no.preloadclass]: [1]
[ro.app.optimization]: [true]
[ro.baseband]: [unknown]
[ro.board.platform]: [meson6]
[ro.bootloader]: [unknown]
[ro.bootmode]: [unknown]
[ro.bt.bdaddr_path]: [/sys/class/efuse/mac_bt]
[ro.build.characteristics]: [tablet]
[ro.build.date.utc]: [1347328979]
[ro.build.date]: [Tue Sep 11 10:02:59 CST 2012]
[ro.build.display.id]: [ICS.g12refM708A1AST.20120911]
[ro.build.host]: [droid07-sz]
[ro.build.id]: [ICS.g12refM708A1AST.20120911]
[ro.build.product]: [g12refM708A1AST]
[ro.build.tags]: [test-keys]
[ro.build.type]: [user]
[ro.build.user]: [xiaoyang.huang]
[ro.build.version.codename]: [REL]
[ro.build.version.incremental]: [eng.xiaoyang.huang.20120911.100131]
[ro.build.version.release]: [4.0.3]
[ro.build.version.sdk]: [15]
[ro.camera.dcim]: [1]
[ro.camera.orientation.front]: [270]
[ro.carrier]: [unknown]
[ro.config.alarm_alert]: [Alarm_Classic.ogg]
[ro.config.notification_sound]: [OnTheHunt.ogg]
[ro.cpumode.maxfreq]: [1200000,1512000,800000]
[ro.crypto.state]: [unencrypted]
[ro.debuggable]: [0]
[ro.factorytest]: [0]
[ro.fontScale]: [1.1]
[ro.hardware]: [amlogic]
[ro.has.cpu.setting]: [true]
[ro.hdmi480p.enable]: [false]
[ro.opengles.version]: [131072]
[ro.platform.has.sleeppolicy]: [false]
[ro.platform.has.touch]: [true]
[ro.product.board]: [g12refM708A1AST]
[ro.product.brand]: [MID]
[ro.product.cpu.abi2]: [armeabi]
[ro.product.cpu.abi]: [armeabi-v7a]
[ro.product.device]: [g12refM708A1AST]
[ro.product.locale.language]: [tr]
[ro.product.locale.region]: [TR]
[ro.product.manufacturer]: [ONDA]
[ro.product.model]: [Artes D708]
[ro.product.name]: [g12refM708A1AST]
[ro.revision]: [32]
[ro.runtime.firstboot]: [1365890376310]
[ro.secure]: [1]
[ro.serialno]: []
[ro.sf.Gconvert_x]: [1]
[ro.sf.Gconvert_x_y]: [1]
[ro.sf.Gconvert_y]: [1]
[ro.sf.Gconvert_z]: [1]
[ro.sf.hwrotation]: [270]
[ro.sf.lcd_density]: [160]
[ro.statusbar.button]: [true]
[ro.statusbar.widget.power]: [true]
[ro.statusbar.widget]: [true]
[ro.statusbar.yearmonthdayweek]: [true]
[ro.ubootenv.varible.prefix]: [ubootenv.var]
[ro.ui.cursor]: [osd2]
[ro.usbstorage.cpumode]: [performance]
[ro.usbstorage.maxfreq]: [600000]
[ro.userdata.fs_type]: [ubifs]
[ro.userdata.state]: [mounted]
[ro.vout.dualdisplay2]: [true]
[ro.wifi.channels]: [14]
[rw.fb.need2xscale]: [ok]
[sys.boot_completed]: [1]
[sys.fb.bits]: [32]
[sys.usb.config]: [mass_storage]
[sys.usb.state]: [mass_storage]
[system_init.startsurfaceflinger]: [0]
[ubootenv.var.bootcmd]: [run nandboot]
[virtualsd.enable]: [true]
[volume.label.external_sdcard]: [VFAT]
[wifi.interface]: [wlan0]
[wlan.driver.status]: [ok]
----- env -----
_=/system/xbin/env
ANDROID_BOOTLOGO=1
ANDROID_PROPERTY_WORKSPACE=8,32768
LOOP_MOUNTPOINT=/mnt/obb
INTERNAL_STORAGE=/mnt/sdcard
USER=root
EXTERNAL_STORAGE=/mnt/sdcard
LOGNAME=root
ANDROID_DATA=/data
PATH=/sbin:/vendor/bin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin
EXTERNAL_STORAGE2=/mnt/sdcard/external_sdcard
SHELL=/system/bin/sh
HOME=/
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/vendor/lib:/system/lib
RANDOM=22481
ASEC_MOUNTPOINT=/mnt/asec
BOOTCLASSPATH=/system/framework/core.jar:/system/framework/core-junit.jar:/system/framework/bouncycastle.jar:/system/framework/ext.jar:/system/framework/framework.jar:/system/framework/android.policy.jar:/system/framework/services.jar:/system/framework/apache-xml.jar:/system/framework/filterfw.jar
ANDROID_ROOT=/system
ANDROID_ASSETS=/system/app
ANDROID_SOCKET_zygote=9
----- mount -----
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600,ptmxmode=000 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
ubi0_0 /system ubifs rw,relatime 0 0
ubi1_0 /data ubifs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/mtdblock5 /cache yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/vold/250:29 /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/block/vold/250:29 /mnt/secure/asec vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000 0 0
/dev/block/vold/253:1 /mnt/sdcard/external_sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
----- df -----
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 442M 32K 442M 4096
/mnt/asec 442M 0K 442M 4096
/mnt/obb 442M 0K 442M 4096
/system 440M 276M 164M 4096
/data 1G 200M 863M 4096
/cache 255M 18M 237M 4096
/mnt/sdcard 5G 39M 5G 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 5G 39M 5G 4096
/mnt/sdcard/external_sdcard 971M 141M 829M 16384
----- df -h -----
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
----- /sdcard/ -----
drwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2013-04-14 00:53 Android
-rwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 1478496 2013-03-27 13:44 Aptoide.apk
drwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2013-04-14 00:52 DCIM
drwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2013-04-14 00:52 Download
-rwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2683958 2013-04-13 23:29 ROM Manager v1.0.8 apkmega.com.apk
drwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2013-04-14 00:52 backups
drwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2013-04-14 01:02 clockworkmod
drwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2013-04-14 01:02 external_sdcard
-rwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 8646 2013-04-14 01:17 mobileodin.txt
-rwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 314004 2010-11-10 11:14 recovery
----- /sdcard/external_sd/ -----
----- /dev/block -----
brw------- root root 250, 28 2013-04-14 00:59 avnftlh
brw------- root root 250, 29 2013-04-14 00:59 avnftlh1
brw------- root root 253, 0 2013-04-14 00:59 cardblksd
brw------- root root 253, 1 2013-04-14 00:59 cardblksd1
brw------- root root 7, 0 2013-04-14 00:59 loop0
brw------- root root 7, 1 2013-04-14 00:59 loop1
brw------- root root 7, 2 2013-04-14 00:59 loop2
brw------- root root 7, 3 2013-04-14 00:59 loop3
brw------- root root 7, 4 2013-04-14 00:59 loop4
brw------- root root 7, 5 2013-04-14 00:59 loop5
brw------- root root 7, 6 2013-04-14 00:59 loop6
brw------- root root 7, 7 2013-04-14 00:59 loop7
brw------- root root 31, 0 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock0
brw------- root root 31, 1 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock1
brw------- root root 31, 2 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock2
brw------- root root 31, 3 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock3
brw------- root root 31, 4 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock4
brw------- root root 31, 5 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock5
brw------- root root 31, 6 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock6
brw------- root root 31, 7 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock7
brw------- root root 31, 8 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock8
brw------- root root 31, 9 2013-04-14 00:59 mtdblock9
drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-04-14 00:59 platform
drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-04-14 00:59 vold
----- /dev/block/mmcblk0p -----
----- /dev/block/stl -----
----- /dev/block/bml -----
----- /dev/block/mtdblock -----
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00800000 00200000 "logo"
mtd1: 00800000 00200000 "aml_logo"
mtd2: 00800000 00200000 "recovery"
mtd3: 00800000 00200000 "boot"
mtd4: 20000000 00200000 "system"
mtd5: 10000000 00200000 "cache"
mtd6: 4a000000 00200000 "userdata"
mtd7: 183400000 00200000 "NFTL_Part"
mtd8: 00060000 00001000 "bootloader"
mtd9: 00008000 00001000 "ubootenv"
/dev/block/mtdblock9: 32768
/dev/block/mtdblock8: 393216
/dev/block/mtdblock7: 2558558208
/dev/block/mtdblock6: 1241513984
/dev/block/mtdblock5: 268435456
/dev/block/mtdblock4: 536870912
/dev/block/mtdblock3: 8388608
/dev/block/mtdblock2: 8388608
/dev/block/mtdblock1: 8388608
/dev/block/mtdblock0: 8388608
----- /dev/block/platform/* -----
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-04-14 00:59 p1 -> /dev/block/cardblksd1
----- /sys/block/*/size -----
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
-r--r--r-- root root 4096 2013-04-14 01:18 size
11997184
1990656
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16384
16384
16384
16384
1048576
524288
2424832
12689408
768
64
----- partitions -----
major minor #blocks name

31 0 8192 mtdblock0
31 1 8192 mtdblock1
31 2 8192 mtdblock2
31 3 8192 mtdblock3
31 4 524288 mtdblock4
31 5 262144 mtdblock5
31 6 1212416 mtdblock6
31 7 6344704 mtdblock7
250 28 5998592 avnftlh
250 29 5976180 avnftlh1
31 8 384 mtdblock8
31 9 32 mtdblock9
253 0 995328 cardblksd
253 1 995203 cardblksd1
----- bmlinfo -----

Thanks in advance.