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[Sony Cross-Device General] neol23:
Hi-

I am trying to prepare a flashable zip with all apps i miss.

/system/etc/product/applications/ - at the moment i do not have this folder in my phone. Has it been removed completely? Except small browser i want to have track id back as well - not sure it will integrate with other apps like walkman and radio if i download it from the market.

HERE's my .zip. If you have time to check it up if it's ok to flash i will be very gratefull. Unfortunately i have no time to experiment at the moment and want to set up my phone as fast as i can for my daily use.

...

One more thing. Battery life is very good so far, but i get strange readings in battery usage. Although the screen usage is like 4h 30mins it takes 10% only and i get huge google services usage. Could it be normal? Never had such readings before.

Sorry if i ask too much but i am not very familiar with those stuff :o.
[Sony Cross-Device General] drorcun:
am i the only one who can't read sms messages in ultra stamina mod with the apps you debloat [MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION]
[Sony Cross-Device General] ondrejvaroscak:
Funny enough I can not activate Ultra Stamina mode, when I press activate, nothing happens....
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
did you remove velvet.apk? did it disappear? very strange about ES, it is a normal app installed normally in /data.. I can uninstall it from settings or also deleting it from /data/app (com.estrongs.android.popXX folder).... you mean every reboot both google search and ES come back??? incredible! :confused::laugh:

about ext sd card it works fine here... handling of ext sd card in Lollipop is a little different/complicated by the way, first time I tried to delete something from it from ES, it asked me to select "external sd card" in DocumentsUI app etc .. did you get that message? maybe you missed that step? alternatively in KK I used SDFix by NextApp, never needed it in LP but you can try anyway maybe....

yues removed it completely. but as said already, in that folder you has normal APKs, like the ones you download from play store or install it from file manager just clicking on install.... so if trackID is available on Play Store, install it from there, it will be the same. otherwise, again, just run the installation of the APKs you can find in my deleted zip, inside /etc/product/applications clicking on them and they will normally install... you don't need to create any folders in /etc etc etc

sorry no time for that.. by the way if you moved the app folders you found in my deleted zip to correct folder inside the restore flashable zip ( /system/app or /system/priv-app ) don't see why it shouldn't work.. pretty difficult to make it wrong :p if in doubt, just full backup first, so in case of any problems it will take a few minutes to restore previous working situation!

always had such readings with google services in first positions and screen in lower position when using LP, with this phone and also with my previous phone, so I think something is changed on google side about that (also, didn't remove any important package from google so....)

sorry never used ultrastamina mode.... are you 100% sure it worked fine with stock un-touched LP??
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
here it works, when I press activate it prepares ultra stamina mode and then it starts.. but disabled it immediately as never used it...
[Sony Cross-Device General] boojay:
Ultra Stamina mode and SMS with it on are both working for me, but I must confess, I never use Ultra Stamina, I only tested it just now because of the comments.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
thanks for testing and reporting mate really appreciate! ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Matteo Mazzu:
[MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION] tested deleting a song using ES explorer and grating it root permission, and it seemed to have worked (while with File Commander it seems it wasn't working before).. For the Google Search ecc for now nothing, never had this problem. I have always used SD Maid for freezeng and deleting app, and even with Superuser permissions it seem I can't delete it. For Es Explorer I've tried going under application and uninstalled, but like I already told you, after a reboot I find it still there.. With app like Chrome I absolutely didn't have this problem (using SD Maid). I'm really confused :confused:
[Sony Cross-Device General] nutdevza:
After flashed Debloatware zip then xposed zip. No bootloop anymore,

But every time when Z1c boot up it shows "Android is upgrading 2-3 apps " .Why?
[Sony Cross-Device General] neol23:
Thanks. I have tryied to flash my zip and... All worked - now I have all i need. :)

Many many many thanks!

Regarding battery, might be US rom related, as i was on 5.0.2 CE stock rom and readings were normal - screen 40-50% (~5h usage) and google services something like 9-11%.

Still, battery life is ok for me - ~50h with 5h screen on time. :)

Thanks again!

p.s. I made clockwork backup in recovery before I flash the zip, but now i cannot find it nowhere - neither in internal, nor in external SD card. Strange... Any thoughts?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
as I wrote you in OP, I found out you were right, ES file manager (and only that it seems luckily) is not possible to delete anyway, probably because I inserted it in my pre-rooted FE with PRF creator... after all reboots it appears again.... strange! btw next eventual revision won't have ES anymore ;) in the meantime if me/others won't find a way to completely get rid of it I'm afraid you have to keep it sorry :( :p

for google search check also /data/app for google quicksearch box package if you updated google search after installing my zip ;)

that's probably because of dual recovery I used (2.8.7) that had some little problems installing NDRUtils.apk in /system. in 2.8.10 should be fixed in fact, from that post:

first of all I suggest you TWRP, it is simply another world compared to CWM! (for example you can choose where to make backups, names of the backups, flash multiple zips at the same time, file manager, and many other things of course). about CWM btw I had same problem when using my old phone (that had only cwm available for some time) and I couldn't locate bakups .. the someone suggested me to look in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup ... went there with ES and found them! check if that's your case too!
[Sony Cross-Device General] neol23:
Nope, mnt/shell folder is empty. I guess it's deleted somehow.

Cheers.
[Sony Cross-Device General] nutdevza:
[MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION] I just flashed 2.8.10 dual recovery via TWRP After first boot I got "android is upgrading 3 apps (Maybe include ntdr.apk) but I'm still got Android is upgrading 2 apps after the second reboot.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
did you add any apps manuall in system folder? do you still see NDRUtils there? don't think flashing 2.8.10 will automatically correct old NDR Utils position also? not sure though!
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
Does anyone else have trouble with xposed and some modules?

I had plenty of bootloops if I activated modules, could only bot again if I deleted cache and dalvik cache, so every bootup took forever.

I then started activating xposed modules one by one which are certified to work with lollipop and all worked but as soon as I activate 2 or more modules at the same time I get bootlops again.

I have now activated all the modules I really need and avoid restarting :-/

some example:

xposed boots fine with no module or any of these: Xposed GEL Settings, True Silent Mode, SwipeBack2, Greenify, Amplify but as soon as I activate several of them, bootloop again.

Would appreciate any pointers.

Ideally, I am waiting for lollipop updates for these mods:

AcitivtyForceNewTask

App Settings

Complete Action Plus

GravityBox (supposed to work with lollipop but not quite sure if this is causing me bootloops or not)

MinMinGuard

RootCloak

This App Will Run Without Google Play Services

WiFiKeyView

YouTube Adaway

Soo tired, spent 2 days wiping caches and rebooting :(

feedback much appreciated, yes, I know xposed is alpha ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
don't understand.. didn't you fix bootloops before with my FW or debloating script? do I remember wrong?

and did you install my FW or apply my debloat script to your pre-rooted FW?

I am using at the same time Gravity Box + YouTube AdAway + YouTube Background Playback without a single bootloop.....
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
[MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION]

does this works on z2 with fw .726 ?

i am just curious :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
yes of course if it is LP 5.0.2 ;) it worked also for people with z1c and different FW number, but still LP 5.0.2

(after all you will need solution #2, which is just a debloating script, so only the apps names matter)

take care you will fix bootloop problem in xposed, but you will also remove a lot of stuff... check carefully OP ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Pandemic:
Oke thanks for the heads up [MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION]

but i dont wanna use xposed yet so i debloat it by myself then :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] ogunja:
Tip Bro [MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION], upload the apps separately kkkkk Google Drive, I downloaded everything to use the white balance app
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
will do! ;)

edit: can't upload folders from phone my god! just files! :(
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
I installed your fw, booted a few times without bootloop, then installed xposed, booted a few times, great, all good. then I restored a few apps + data with TItanium Backup (pretty sure I didn't restore any system apps!) then started fiddling with different xposed modules and as I said, experiencing bootloops when I have more than one active module :(

I just tried and activated only gravity box and youtube adaway and am getting bootloops again.

I might give it another try and start from scratch again but I do need to restore my apps and settings :(

Or I'll keep as is and only reboot every few weeks, I mean it only takes about 30 minutes to recreate the dalvik cache :(

###edit###

is there a way to show a list of every installed package on my phone? Maybe you can spot something that you definitely removed?
[Sony Cross-Device General] meisanerd:
Are you titanium backups coming from KitKat, or a Lollipop install? Not sure if that makes a difference, but when I upgraded, I installed all of the apps fresh from the Play Store, and only restored the Data via Titanium. Just something to try...

I am using both Gravity Box and Youtube AdAway, and haven't had any bootloops yet.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
not sure about the backups to be honest. I previously had .690 so that's lollipop too :(

might give this another try and start from scratch again, but boy am I tired of it.

What are your steps:

i.e. first flash the fw, then restore or first test xposed? Just want to make sure I get this working again properly.
[Sony Cross-Device General] meisanerd:
I did this before he had his own firmware to download, but basically I started with rooted+recovery .77 (KitKat), did a factory reset (including wiping data), flashed the pre-rooted .726, installed NUT's recovery, booted and set up, uninstalled the "downloaded" apps, installed the few apps I would need (Nova, keyboard), rebooted to recovery, flashed the bloatware removal script, booted into the system, installed all my apps from the play store, restored the data via titanium, booted to recovery, flashed xposed, booted to system, installed xposed apk and the few mods I have (GravityBox, APM+, Custom Stock Lollipop Lockscreen, YouTube AdAway, YouTube Background Playback), rebooted once more.

I am assuming with his, it should be a simple wipe everything, flash his .726, boot and set up, install apps from play store, restore titanium data (but no apps), install xposed from recovery, install xposed apk, and then start playing with mods and see if any of them cause it to bootloop.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
never used titanium backup here i prefer manual approach. in this case btw didn't do any restore at all for cleanest operations, just Google account things (calendar, account, keep etc).

for the apps, i have a backup in the sdcard (means i copy all packages in /data/app and then reinstall them manually one by one when i need).. no apps or games that need to restore any data, for the few i have i set up them manually again so can't help sorry

edit: to save a list of your installed apps that's easy you could do the following from terminal for example:

su

ls /system/app > /sdcard/apps.txt

ls /system/priv-app > /sdcard/privapps.txt

ls /system/etc/customization/applications > /sdcard/customapps.txt

ls /system/etc/product/applications > /sdcard/productapps.txt

and then share the resulting files...

...but don't expect me to check them sorry no much time these days and plus you are not following all correct steps at least for me so you may introduce new problems/variables difficult to track down ;( :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
- what do you mean? I think xposed is already installed with the fw, only needs the xposed apk installed, right?

no, don't worry, I guess I'll try a clean install again but what do you mean by "ask correct steps"? Am I doing somethign wrong here?

###edit###

I just remembered why I installed the APPS from backup too, normally when I flash a new firmware, Google Play Store automatically starts downloading all my apps, but with this firmware it didn't. Did anyone else encounter this?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
mistyped it sorry i meant "all correct steps " :o

nothing wrong except for the restore operation that could import problems as in your case happened! can't support about that ;)

as per the restoring apps from play store, that's normal as i removed backup/restore packages :o

as i said i prefer manual operations i can control and if there are apps i want back i reinstall them myself don't want play store do that for me (reinstalling them one by one from my backup folder in sdcard is not so nice i know but i have a few and btw still better the redownloading them all from play store as i rarely have wifi connection available for my phone..!)

but of course you can restore backup/restore package to have them downloaded automatically!

good night!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] NaminatoR1254jaime.sier:
I dont have my z3c rooted, but on LP, you need to flash xposed framework vía recovery in a zip.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ogunja:
? ? ? ? ? every time I look at this topic has a type of editing .. Congratulations ? ? by Buddy project [MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION]
[Sony Cross-Device General] nutdevza:
I think that I found the solution. They are Movie creator.apk and offiesuite.apk that is embeded in system rom. After uninstalling them the "Android is upgrading" are gone.

Right down below is my old post.

[spolier]I didn't do manually push apk to system folder since upgrade to lolipop.

NDRUtils is in /sys/app/ntdr/ntdr/apkfiles correctly.

All of which I had done is

1. Flash Pre-Rooted Rom from Z1C forum.

2.Flash Debloat.

3. Flash Xposed Module.

4. Flash MOAB

That's all.[/spolier]

Sorry for my bad English.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
yes don't worry if you flash my zip for Z3C with all included xposed flashable zip is already included, so you need only to install the APK ;)

not if you flash my pre-rooted FW, I included it, but that's for z3c only :o

I'm not sure I understood correctly what you meant, but thanks mate anyway! :p :highfive:

good! but I removed both movie creator and officesuite so if you flashed my script they should not be there anymore already?!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Mobfigurz:
Guys, a little bit of help is required. I am unable to connect to my operator's 4g network or even 3g for some odd reason, after following the original steps and getting Xposed working. Anyone had similar issues or know how to fix it?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
what steps did you follow exactly? (flashed my own FW, or only the debloating script?)

and where do you live? if you flashed full FW, maybe this is related to the fact it is localized US?

did you do the setup wizard and downloaded internet settings for your phone? you can run it again if you want from settings > setup wizard
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
when I reboot into TWRP and do a cache and dalvik cache wipe, I see the following that looks a bit concerning:

So here is my next try:

- flashed fw

- installed missing apps from play store

- installed xposed beta 2 apk (you don't have to flash the xposed framework, right? done already in the fw?)

- installed some modules for it and activated them

- rebooted straight into a bootloop

- wiped cache and dalvik cache

- booted again, deactivated all xposed modules

- boots just fine, no bootloops at all

- "Android is upgrading, starting applications" is still present with every boot

- activated gravity box module rebooted just fine

- activated gravity box + Xposed GEL Settings [ROOT] - booted fine with both active

- activated Youtube Adaway additionally to the above modules: rebooted just fine

- activated Greenify additionally to the above modules and all boots fine

- activated ActivityForceNewTask additionally to the above modules booting fine

- activated This App Will Run Without Google Play Services additionally to the above modules boots fine

- activated True Silent Mode additionally to the above modules and still boots fine

- activated Amplify additionally to the above modules boots fine

RESULT: very confusing, when I activated all modules at the same time I got a bootloop. Now I have the same modules active and it boots fine.

I'll start restoring app data now and Titanium Backup asks me if it should restore the old device's ID. I did restore it and it booted fine.

Restored:

Adaway 3.0 app+ data

Bard's Tale 1.6.5 app + data (too big to download fresh)

BBC News 2.5.3 app + data

Champions 2.0.0 app + data

Defenders 1.7.59153 app + data

Defense Zone HD 1.6.16 app + data

Outwitters 2.0.8 app + data

Swiftopen 0.7.2 app + data

Restarted and it boots up just fine.

Next step: restore data for apps I reinstalled from the Google Play store i.e. whatsapp and the likes.

All went well with this step too.

Next on my list is to configure the xposed modules one by one, restart in between and check if it still boots!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Norup58:
Just a heads up regarding a (for me) weird behaviour of NDR utilities.

Everytime I use Quick Boot I lose Wifi???

NDR works fine with normal reboot.

Realise above is not directly connected to the Debloating. Initially thought so and it was giving me grey hairs (resulting in multiple reflashings/ setups) because I didnt have any boot loops after applying OP's Solution 2, modules and everything else was working as it should.

So with people reporting various 'bugs' just wanted to share this experience to eliminate as possible culprit.
[Sony Cross-Device General] werks:
which apps do i restore to get white balance back?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ogunja:
Download the zip in Op and install the apk normally
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
added all deleted things to gdrive also... please check if I shared it properly and you can download stuff in this case I will update OP ;)

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-5WPVadYbzxa3hTUzJ5TF9VUVU&usp=sharing

ps: but this way it is not possible to download the full folder, but only single files? is that right?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ogunja:
Victory !!!!

Amazing...
[Sony Cross-Device General] Mobfigurz:
I think my 4g issue was just me being stupid, solved the issue.

Now I have a different issue related to apps removed using the script. I am using a C6903 with the prerooted HK LP ROM. Okay, so I followed the steps to get apps back from the deleted package but I cannot get TrackID or Update Centre back, tried twice but the apps or widget in the case of TrackID do not show up in the drawer. Anyway to manually install them?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
for trackID, did you install it normally clicking on it? no need to restore it via script!

about update center, if I remember right it doesn't show up in drawer...
[Sony Cross-Device General] Mobfigurz:
I tried installing TrackID via the apk but the odd thing is that I can launch it, but I do not get the widget anymore. As for update centre, it showed in the app drawer under KK, did Sony change that?

---------- Post added at 02:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:44 PM ----------

Actually, correction. It does not show in the app drawer or the widgets but when you go to Google play to install it, it shows as already installed and allows you to launch it.

---------- Post added at 02:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:46 PM ----------

TrackID I mean.
[Sony Cross-Device General] chawlasrijan:
Thank you so much for this amazing mod

I can confirm everything works on Xperia Z2 .726 firmware

No Xposed Bootloops & No Play Store Bugs

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] Mobfigurz:
Moly82, I have resolved the TrackID issue by uninstalling it via Google Play and re-installing it, it now appears and widget available, as for Update Centre, you maybe right as even though I cannot see it anywhere it is automatically updating Sony apps, just updated the Walkman app.

So thank you for your wonderful work. Much appreciated.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Kyle_274:
Hi

i have a Z1 compact D5503

i cant flash the bloatware script, TWRP restarts when i try to flash it and other recovery's say bad file.

downloaded the file 3 times with same result, tried to flash from internal and external memory with the same result.

installed a few xposed modules and got bootloop, wiped cache and davelik and it rebooted into the system, the modules seem to be active.

but now im scared to get a bootloop again, and i would like to get rid of some bloatware that is unnecessary.

any suggestions?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
can you attach here the file you downloaded and doesn't work for you?
[Sony Cross-Device General] mnsk:
Hi! can you tell me how can i create a debloating zip myself?

I tried to edit yours updater-script but I am getting a "error executing update-binary" while flashing.

I want to make it for Xperia Z1 .242
[Sony Cross-Device General] Kyle_274:
Here it is
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
just remove the lines in updater-script file in my zip for the apps you want to keep. probably you made a syntax error.

take care all the lines must have a "," at the end, except for the last line before the ");" that shouldn't have it!

(lost some hours here as well in understanding what was wrong with it when I first modified it myself!!)

don't know why but it is corrupted. did you download it from my Dropbox? with you phone?

try downloading it in another way maybe, from PC for example, or send my your email in pvt and I'll send you the script there ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Kyle_274:
Yes downloaded on phone. From your drop box.

Pm sent
[Sony Cross-Device General] mnsk:
Yup, there were "," in the end, let see if it works. Thanks!
[Sony Cross-Device General] vcdwelt:
Used it on Z3C with 23.2.A.0.278 - Brand Telekom.de - Germany (1289-4143)

So far no problems :)

Thanks!
[Sony Cross-Device General] ScarletBrazil:
Great. No issues on Sony Z1 5.0.2
[Sony Cross-Device General] carlinto:
Can anyone give me the xposed flashable zip alpha2 for LP

Thanks

End sorry for my bad English
[Sony Cross-Device General] kaiowas82:
i was a bit disappointed at the beginning, as i said in previous posts, that i couldn't run custom kernel on this rom cause of bootloops, but having used it for few days i realised how rock solid it is, i decided to keep it. I've relocked the bootloader and restored my ta, and i couldn't have been happier.

i use custom dpi and the play store is showing me all the apps, no issues, don't know exactly why, but this is the first time it just works.

sei riuscito ad assemblare qualcosa che soddisfa le mie esigenze a pieno, forse per la prima volta su questo telefono ;)

keep up the good job ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] nutdevza:
dunno, even YouTube and Google maps are still exist after flashing Debloat script.