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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jshorva65:
Does it include any way to get rid of all 'phone' apps on a device that won't ever be used with cellular networks or other 'telephone' functions again? What about decreasing boot-up times? Repurposing the Samsung SPH-L720T from my old Sprint account for camera, sound recording, and IR/WiFi universal remote control functions; and the damn thing eats up 20% of each battery charge just booting up. It's annoying for it to waste five minutes and produce so much heat displaying that 'Sprint Spark' animation at 100% backlight intensity with each boot-up. It would be great to shave the boot time down to under a minute to get logged into the club WiFi to record quick videos on karaoke and open-mic nights, to run sequences of IR commands linking up the system HDMI to wall-mounted displays, take a few group pics with friends, run more IR scripts to reset the displays to 'Sports Bar' mode, and share our best songs to social media. I'm a total novice to Android developer tools, but I have worked with everything from BASIC to programming CNC and some industrial Robotics over the past 40 years or so.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
The .apk and the .odex are now backuped to /sdcard/sgstools/! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dymanese:
Has anyone found the code for EPST access on the VZW Galaxy S, or any? I want to be able to use the 3g Mobile Hotspot app without Verizon knowing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] krhorne:
I clicked on the touch screen/key firmware upgrade and now the back and menu buttons don't work.

Any idea on how to get them back?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Pud3000:
Done well!

Especially hand for the removal of system apps!

And now when I turn off my phone it says "Elvis has left the building... thankyou, thankyou very much"

But I can't get rid of the operator apps. Even though I bought my phone outright, there are apps for checking data usage and using their phone book service. Any ideas to help remove them?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Maybe you should ask this question in a new thread..

What did you try?

This is what the app does

rm /system/app/the_app.apk

rm -r /data/data/the_app

rm /system/app/the_app.odex

Did you try that?

The most difficult part is to find out the name of the apk and the package name ;)

If you tell me the package names, I could add them to the list of removable system apps.

Maybe you should ask this in a seperate thread.

Notify me if you found the code. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Panja:
Dude, no need to apologize!

Keep up the good work!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Hinerakatauri1979:
Thanks for adding a backup when removing apps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] vitruvi0ne:
So I went ahead and did an update to busybox even though I'm sure I had the latest version, and now the Market fix successfully completed.

What's the best way to test that this fix works? Are there any common apps I can search for that are known to be invisible without the fix?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Search for Documents

without fix: ~80 hits

with fix: ~130 hits
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] kbkrogs:
Cant get the shortcuts to work. Do you have to type anything else then reboot. Tryed with and without SU but nothing happens when I push the shortcut :S
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Make sure you type "reboot" and not "Reboot", secondly SU must be checked for reboot.

Are you sure you have busybox installed and granted SGSTools superuser rights?

And no, only "reboot" should do it. :S
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] kbkrogs:
Thanks. Had everything installed but busybox was not granted permanent su acces. Works like a charm now. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] yabbas:
Thank you :)

It'll definitely be useful!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Murmur95:
Just checked it out and it looks like a nice app. Only thing I would suggest is starting out in the menu and not in the phone codes when it starts.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sharky34:
Hi,

would you give release number to your APK? It should be more practical to know which one is installed or if there is a new one.

Thank you for the good job.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tazman171:
Thanks for this program and the constant work on it.

I have an issue when I click on the RAM test. It says "The application com.sec.android.app.lcdtest (process.lcetest) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. dumpstate_app_201009130913 _lcetest.log has been saved. Use *#9900# to copy lout log" In a Force Close window of course.

This isn't a problem for me, just thought you might want to know about it.

Samsung Galaxy with current updates and rooted, busy box, super user granted.

Edit: Can't get boot sound change to work. It syas that it's changed but when I reboot it's the original AT&T crap playing. Just letting you know.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
That's a known bug of Samsung. I think I will remove the code from next version..

With a look at your avatar, I assume, you are not having the GT-I9000?

Could you check if these files exist:

/system/etc/PowerOn.wav

/system/media/audio/ui/shutdown.ogg

Today I had a problem with the JPC Firmware (2.2):

/system did not get mounted.

I can't explain why, but after 2 reboots I had write access on /system. :D

Besides, are you sure, busybox is installed?

If it is only placed to /system/xbin you have to add "busybox" in front of every cmd.

If you have, you might wanna try this version:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tazman171:
I have the PowerOn.wav and there is PowerOn.wav.bak dated 09-13 from trying to change it earlier and I have the shutdown.ogg and the .bak dated today. Both the .wav and .ogg have the original 6-27 dates, they weren't changed. I only tried to change the power up sound as I didn't have a .ogg file for shutdown.

I have the JH6 firmware and have not flashed the phone if that helps at all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tazman171:
Samsung Captivate, SGH-I897

Busybox is installed, its in the system/bin/ as well as system/xbin.

Is the other version older/newer and should I unistall the current one?

Thanks again for all your help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tazman171:
Alright! Tried the new file and what do you know! It worked like a charm. Thank you for the quick responses Fr4gg0r, I truly wasn't expecting that. You rock! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Adevem:
very useful, thank you. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
new version.

Changes:

- now the menu is the entrypoint

- disclaimer added :o

- .prop editor for editing .prop files, for example build.prop

Hit Unblock to modify values; this prevents to change values accidentally and improves scrolling. MarketFix will be still an extra part of the app, though.

- now translated into portuguese (only partial, like german); full localization will be available in future.

=> Thanks to pedrodh!

- some bugfixes

Will be soon on market!

Edit:

Again new version: 3.5

Fixed bug in .prop editor: Now after saving the file /system is mounted back to ro.

- The app now contains 2 .txt scripts, which will be pushed to /sdcard/sgstools:

mount system ro/rw

The files will be only pushed if you deinstall the old version.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] _Rayearth:
Fr4gg0r, could U upload this to AppBrain?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tazman171:
Thanks for the all the updating, this just get more and more useful.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
The last day, I took a look what happened to the rotation animation from 1.5

The android system sets a "NO_ROTATION_ANIMATION" flag, but this flag has no effect since the libs for the rotation animation of 1.5 have been removed. :(

Without these libs included in the framework, I see no chance in adding the fancy animation to the system.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
You can find the app now in the market!

Kryptix, who is already "hosting" the LagFix App for RyanZA, was so nice to ask me whether he should upload the app for me. :)

You will find a qr code in first post.

Quick, personal Updates/Bugfixes will be available through forum, but all "normal" updates will go through the market. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tazman171:
Glad to see it in the market! and to get help from you hear, still haven't forgot how quickly you help me. I'll leave a good review on the market. :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tazman171:
I've noticed in this version 3.6.2 that I have to hit exit several times before the program actually exits, what I mean is I hit menu, the exit tab comes up. I press exit and then another screen pops up with the menu options. I hit menu, exit again then another menu screen comes up.

Not sure why this is but I think it's been since v 3.6 for me.

Oh, I five starred you on my review. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] _Rayearth:
Thank You! This will help a lot! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Lynchy30:
Probably a silly question, but how do you remove the system apps using this tool? I am rooted Superuser is enabled + I am running JM7. I check the boxes it comes up with the warning, then the dialogue to say the apps are removed, but in my app drawer they are still there and usable.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
There's currently another user, having the same problem.

The problem is, that /system does not get mounted as rw, but I have no idea why. :o

The only thing I can suggest, reboot and try again.

I've had the same problem some time ago on JPC, after two reboots it worked fine again. =/

Will be fixed in next version.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tazman171:
Cool, I figured you knew about it but also wasn't sure if it was a captivate issue. My phone fails to rw too sometimes. I'll su in the emulator, go to file explorer and see that it's in ro mode. Frustrating the first few times as I was copying quite a few files and poof! :o Learned my lesson ,I always check the status first now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Adevem:
on my third reboot attempting to remove system apps. had a disaster the other time using Titanium Backup, removed wrong stuff.

i hope it works!

edit1: nope didn't work. different rom/firmware compatibility? dxjg4
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Adevem:
sweet, it's up on the market!

http://www.appbrain.com/app/de.Fr4gg0r.SGSTools
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
I am using this command to mount /system rw

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

Something wrong with it?

Seems like it works for most firmwares, but not for all. :o
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Adevem:
:D no worries i used titanium backup in the end to remove the bloatware, still a very good job well done!

edit1: maybe, just maybe! i tried the application to remove system apps only after applying the voodoo lagfix which turns my filesystem into EXT4. judging from that adb command(which i'm bad at, just taking a guess) it's looking for the original RFS.

idk, maybe i'm just talking out of my ass. lol.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Only HuMAN:
Hi. Maybe it is me, but every time i try to Enable/Disable boot/shutdown sound or place custom sounds, it keep om turning back to standard. What do i do wrong?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
I just sent a new version to Kryptix..

which will fix a bug in the bootsound settings.

Did you do a reboot and test if the changes were applied?

The menu will always show "standard" when opening the settings, it does not check the actual bootsound.

It seems, that there is a bug in some samsung test firmwares where /system get's mounted rw, but it still won't let you modify /system. =/
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] _JKay_:
Version 3.6.3 does not work on my rooted JM8.

Im running Launcher Pro.

Secret Codes menu generates FC (ArrayIndexOutOfBounds Exception in info.java line 141)

Cleanup System Apps wont uninstall system apps (mount error: cp not found cp not found, rm failed for -f etc...)

Modify Boot Sound / Shutdown Sound also generates similar mount error... But I actually already did a moved to /etc/PowerOn.wav to PowerOn - Copy.wav and /system/media/audio/ui/shutdown.ogg to shutdown - Copy.ogg so maybe thats the problem here!

Also note that I once had the Voodoo 3 lag fix install but it is now uninstalled.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Only HuMAN:
Yes i have rebooted, and i still have the same "problem" :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Bunkaido:
I'm running the AT&T stock JF6 firmware and none of the AT&T apps are visible in the list for me to remove. I can see a few of the live wallpapers and some of the generic apps like memo and voice recorder, but nothing that's AT&T branded.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Thanks for the bugreport. FC fix already sent to Kryptix.^^

When it says "cp not found" then you don't have busybox installed..

@bootsounds

You can still set custom sounds, but restoring standard sound won't work.

Yep that's normal.

It will only delete you packages that are saved in a list, so that you cannot delete packages that will end in a brick.

So if you tell me the package names, I can add them to the list.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Bunkaido:
I've been reading a lot of posts about which apps are safe to remove. So far, the most detailed list of .apk and .odex files that I've seen is on this: (androidforums.com/captivate-tips-tricks/124736-t-bloatware-getting-your-way-delete-some-2.html) AndroidForums post. I actually like the idea of renaming the files rather than deleting them, but your method of backing them up to the sgstools folder might be just as good of an idea. Either way, it's making things reversible rather than getting rid of the files forever. Check out page 2 of that post for a very detailed listing of files posted by iamfiretruck. He does include the disclaimer that some apps might not have been fully tested, but also shares his app listing which shows his apk files that are renamed to tmp.

My kids play games on my phone and they're both pretty young, so I'm mostly interested in the ones that have monthly charges for their use, but also the ones that seem to always pop up in memory from time to time without me launching them.

Nice app so far!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] FL00DY:
I think my SGS is having the rw system problem. I can't delete any apps, cant modify boot/shutdown sound. I'm rooted and I believe I have busybox installed, I've checked /system/bin & /system/xbin and both have busybox. I'm running JM2 and been meaning to do an update, currently downloading JM8.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Mopral:
I am on rooted JM8 and "cleaning system apps" does not work...

Try with different busybox:

1.16 (coming with root) does not work

busybox directly from titanium backup (as you use the same script) does not work

1.17 does not work

1.18 does not work

I also try to run script before cleaning apps but still does not work...

Does someone succeed to make it work on JM8???

Maybe the issue comes from this firmware...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Bunkaido:
I saw an error box pop-up that actually said that the filesystem was read-only today when I tried to remove three of the live wallpapers as a test. Samsung Galaxy S SGH-i897 (Captivate) with stock JF6 firmware.

The device is rooted using the One-Click Root app from xda and BusyBox 1.17.1 has been installed using the BusyBox Installer from the Market and SGS Tools shows up in the Superuser Permissions app as allowed.

The exact error message is this:

Removed packages:
com.tat.livewallpaper.dandelion
com.tat.livewallpaper.bluesea

Errors:
Usage: mount [-r][-w][-o options][-t type]
device directory
rm failed for -f, Read-only file system
rm failed for -rf, Read-only file system
rm failed for -f, Read-only file system
rm failed for -rf, Read-only file system
rm failed for -f, Read-only file system
Usage: mount [-r][-w][-o options][-t type]
device directory
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Hey!

please try the attached version.

Now im doing "busybox rm ..." instead of "rm ..."

this should solve the problem. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Bunkaido:
Can I ask a sort of off-topic question. What are you using to side-load apps? I can't install that apk on my AT&T Captivate, directly. :-(

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
For example copy to sd card, then use the built in file explorer and select the .apk.

Ver 3.7 is on the market, so just update it.

***Note for all guys, where something did not work: ***

should work now!:cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] FL00DY:
My errors are the same as Bunkaido. I've tried the file you attached and it didn't work and I've just uninstalled and reinstalled the version from the market it still doesn't work.

The market version and I think the one you've attached both say 3.6.4 in the Version up top of the app. In the market page it says Ver 3.7 up top but the Version text at the bottom says Version 3.6.4 90.40KB. Perhaps 3.7 hasn't been uploaded properly yet???
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
You have first to tick the checkbox "Unknown sources" in applications menu, to install apps from sd card.

Yes, I probably sent the wrong version to Kryptix, so 3.7 is still not in market. :o

3.7 is attached in first post now. Hope Kryptix will upload that version asap.

If it still does not work with version 3.7 you probably don't have busybox installed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] FL00DY:
Nope all working well now. Thanks very much :) I wanted to remove the android email app because it keeps starting up when I boot up the phone. Great App :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] floepie:
Hi, Would love to use this on the Vibrant, particularly the Market fix. For whatever reason, Market has only about 1/4 of my apps linked, and Titanium *seems* to link the apps, but none of my apps have the 'M' icon, which would indicate a properly market-linked app.

Could you tell me how to go about manually flushing the market cache and rebuilding the database if your app won't work on my Vibrant?

Thanks....
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
You can clear the market cache with the following command:

Did you try version 3.7?

That version should work for all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] IBNobody:
Is it just me (Epic), or do the "secret codes" dump to the dialer with the #'s replaced with %23?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] coolguyphani:
I Want to install dis fix market fix and animation.If i do this does it violate warranty..?or can i upgrade to froyo when it is officially released by samsung?

Does this root da device?

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Your device has to be already rooted in order to use the market fix.

If you root your device you probably loose your warranty..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ciervo71:
Hello,

It would be possible to make a script to tethering reverse, like this:

su

ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0

ip route del default

iptables -F

iptables -F -t nat

ip route add default via 192.168.0.1

setprop net.dns1 192.168.0.1

setprop "net.gprs.http-proxy" ""

echo 4 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch

The option (setting boot sound / shutdown sound) does not work, the selects nosound, but when applied reset still ringing.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Sorry, but I need the package names of the apps... since they do not exist on my GT-I9000 I cannot find them out.

Btw: new Version pushing to Kryptix: (3.7.2)

- disabling shutdown sound now also works for T-mobile Vibrant

- new rotate animation: finally smooth! now really iPhone like

- GPS test mode fix for 2.2
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] duffymm:
can u add a script to delete the batterystats to reset the battery duration stats ?

thx
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] SMThomas:
I have this app installed on my SGS and it works great, saved me a lot of work finding multiple tools to get rid of some of the stock junk I didn't like.

Great App *****
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
create a txt file with this content:

rm /data/system/batterystats.bin

and push it to /sdcard/sgstools
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] IBNobody:
Ok, I've tried it with 3 Epic phones. All 3 have problems with the "secret codes". Do you have a workaround?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Seems to be epic only?

Sry, no idea of a workaround yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Isn't it possible to set default home screen anymore in 2.2? Worked like a charm in 2.1.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] deastr:
I tried the market fix on pre-rooted jp6/jpm 2.2, saw the "changed to jm3 prop" message and I still don't see paid apps. I cleared market data, waited after midnight but still nothing. What should I do?

Edit: using MarketEnabler and setting to T-Mobile US fixed market. I still would like to know what is wrong though?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] damirbusic:
One important question: Does this tool really removes only apps that are 100% safe to remove ? So we can remove all of them on Galaxy S and the phone will work normal like before ? I have removed once GTalk app from my Xperia X10 and I got those warnings and needed to reflash it beacuse none of the Googles stuff should be removed :-/

Tnx
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
default homescreen setting works again! (jp6)

add ro.csc.homescreen.defaultscreen into your /system/default.prop

You can do this with the latest version of this app (3.7.4 or higher), .prop editor => free edit mode => add the line + a "=". Then you can edit the number very comfortable with my app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] anoneemooz:
Hi I'm currently on JPK firmware...

I never had a problem using SGS Tools before and I would always use it for the Market Fix but after reflashing my phone for the sake of starting over, my SGS Tools no longer shows the Market Fix option.

My phone is rooted using the ChainFire method.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Yes, the newest version does not contain marketfix (and the homescreen setting).

You can set both with the .prop editor..:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] anoneemooz:
I'm sorry..but how does one change the homescreen using the .prop editor? I can't seem to find the right lines to edit...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] °Dexter°:
Awesome app
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] srkonus:
Hi,

i have also the problem that i can not find the part to change the default screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] cliffgardner:
love the app. thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
Hi,

new version pushing to kryptix (3.8) :)

changes:

-default homescreen setting is back ;)

-added 2 little scripts: backup /efs and delete batterystats
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] boblweber:
Really Need

The option back that tricks the market so I can see my missing apps again. Please......Great work
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
I think for JPM/JP6 you don't need a fix, so I removed it.. but you can still edit the fingerprint with the .prop Editor.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] EMF:
What would i need to change the fingerprint to? Im not seeing protected apps in Market on JP6...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Mackzen:
Hi

I can't get this to work on the new JPA rooted with voodoo + superuser.

Is the app compatible with the new froyo or is it my root that are wrong?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
The app should work for all 2.1 and 2.2 versions.

Can you describe more detailed what is not working?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tazman171:
You might want to check your root process, I've been using it on Froyo beta for awhile with no problems. :cool:

EDIT: Apparently I can't read, didn't notice "JPA", lol. Sorry about that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Mackzen:
It's work now. I re-flashed my phone and start from begining.

Thanks anyway.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dcarr622:
Just wanna say I love this app, use it all the time :D

You're the fixed UAstring browser guy too! Damn your smart I want to learn this haha
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AnnihilatorSC:
I propose the merging of SGS Tools and SGS Toolbox into one application.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
I could add a check for the productcode, but I don't know how to read the nv_data binary..