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[Off-topic] Archer:
There's a bad way of doing everything. Doesn't mean every way of doing it is bad ;)
[Galaxy 3 General] codeInTheShell:
I recently got the SGS G3 I5800 and tried uninstall the preinstalled apps. Because i do not trust closed source software on Android for several reasons i tried to remove the preinstalled apps with ConnectBot local. I did root the phone but i do not have the rights to remove or modify any .apk or .odex in /system/app.

If i try chown or chmod to set new user/group rights i just get the output that it is readonly. Is there some kind of special trick to remove those apps or change the rights? I mean, if i am root and the user and the group rights for a package are root:root i would guess that i am able to delete those files, at least that's how it works on linux. I checked the rights also by using the ls -l command, i should be able to.

I rooted the phone with the instructions from here but i did not update busybox, i wanted to build it myself.

Any idea how to uninstall without fancy applications?
[Galaxy 3 General] arminsoyka:
Interested in this as well! I haven't tried anything so far but was thinking about just removing the files from system/app. Is that the way it's supposed to be done?
[Galaxy 3 General] codeInTheShell:
Ok i found out what the problem was and here is a solution, which i take no responsibility for when somebody f**ks up their phone.

You need the Android-SDK from Google to get adb shell and of course your phone must be rooted.

Your phone must be set to debugging mode which can be enabled by selecting the checkbox USB-debugging under Options->Applications-Development.

So this is how it works:

After installating the sdk, open command promt by pressing the Windows-key + R and typing "cmd". Go to the installation path of the android-sdk by typing:

cd c:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools .

adb shell
su

Check your phone for popups if you gain root access via remote. There will be a popup-dialog from the superusers app.

mount

The result should look something like this:

rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /sqlite_stmt_journals tmpfs rw,size=4096k 0 0
/dev/block/stl6 /system rfs rw,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=cp437 0 0

/dev/block/stl7 /data rfs rw,nosuid,nodev,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharse
t=cp437 0 0
/dev/block/stl8 /cache rfs rw,nosuid,nodev,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iochars
et=cp437 0 0
/dev/block/stl4 /efs rfs rw,nosuid,nodev,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset
=cp437 0 0
/dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=
1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0602,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,s
hortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
#

This is a bit complex for none average users. There are a few partitions, which basically means that the storage is split into pieces. Applications are stored in /system/app and /system is a partion itself, you need to look for it.

So my phone tells me it is /dev/block/stl6 but the problem is that it's mounted as read only, so there is no way to write on it without remounting it and that's what we do.

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl6 /system

Now navigate to the application directory by writing

cd /systems/app

Now all you got to do is find the application you hate/don't want and delete it, but be carefull, you could screw up the phone.

As an example

rm Email.apk

If you are done deleting apps, mount the partion as readonly with

mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl6 /system

and to close the root-session type in

exit

Done
[Galaxy 3 General] mizch:
It suffices to issue

mount -o remount,rw /system

and

mount -o remount,ro /system

afterwards.

So it is not necessary to have a look first at the output of mount and to remember what is mounted where.
[Galaxy 3 General] codeInTheShell:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl6 /system

This is the only way to remount with ConnectBot local and with adb, the other way doesn't work at least it doesn't work local.
[Galaxy 3 General] kstnPL:
Buy and download RootExplorer from market and if you have a rooted phone u can delete preinstalled apps from /system/app.

In RE you must set rw filesystem by tap that option in /system/app folder.

Cheers
[Galaxy 3 General] codeInTheShell:
Dude ... srsly read before you post ...
[Galaxy 3 General] arminsoyka:
and if I want to only temporarily remove an app? can I move the app to sd using root explorer and when I want to use it again just move it back to system/app?
[Galaxy 3 General] codeInTheShell:
Not sure, i just wanted to find out how to remove apps without an app like root explorer. You could probably move or copy them to your sdcard and if you want them back you could reinstall them ... give it a try, but before that backup your apps
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykphuah:
Besides the NFC and the Gyro, I believe it was advertised that NS have the Barometer, but I have checked the built in apps and also apps on the market, seems that none uses it? Is there any simple app that let me have the barometer reading?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tominater12:
Uh where did you her this?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykphuah:
It was in a lot of news when it first came out, however it is not in google's spec page

http://www.google.com.my/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=nexus+s+barometer

So its false? that NS does not have barometer?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cosimoss:
No but Gingerbread has an API to support one:

Source
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] booyakasha:
What would one use a barometer in a mobile phone for :confused:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corvidd:
I thought barometers measured atmospheric pressure, which is usually used to forecast weather. In a phone that has a million ways to receive live weather updates from reliable and high-tech weather stations, this seems a bit pointless.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sargasso:
It would be nice to have an app that publishes pressure readings. I think having an accurate realtime map of this information can help a lot in local weather prediction. What about a seti like app for weather prediction?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
everyone needs one to run around like would be storm chasers ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kubernetes:
Altimeter
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
Yep! You beat me to it. My sports watch/heart rate monitor (Suunto T-6c) has an altimeter in it (must be barometer based) to track altitude.

I suppose the GPS in our phones can do the same thing; seems like neither technology is particularly accurate at altitude in our consumer level devices, though.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykphuah:
Well, for one moment I thought that Google will use all the barometers in our phones to predict weather that will be more accurate than that of the stations!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dez93_2000:
Barometer for altimeter seems pointless since gps position querying a map program can find out for you...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cosimoss:
So you want a barometer, well you'll have to get one of these:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/10/motorola-xoom-to-boast-barometer-budding-meteorologists-have-fo/
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suncatcher16:
Anyway, was anybody able to use barometer in Nexus?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bammert:
Hi Everybody,

Im starting to work on themes for galaxy S. And im all about the colour combination red/black.

I want to start with a simple wallpaper i just created, it looks very well on my phone. Hope you'll like it!

You can download it HERE
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] peda_k:
i like to hear that somebody works on black/red theme.

wish you all the best!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] crazykiddo:
looks nice
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Beppemi:
So nice, thanks for share it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] xtremekilla09:
Man, I will be anxiously waiting for this theme.

I am a miami heat fan and nothing would be better than a sweet black and red theme.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xplained:
Hey guys,

Anyone knows how to sync hotmail with the DHD email app? cuz when i delete mails from the DHD app, it doesn't touch the mail on Hotmail.

Thanks alot.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewispb:
When you set up account use the following settings:

Type: Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync

Username: yourname@hotmail.com

Password: yourpassword

Server: m.hotmail.com

Use SSL: Yes

That will sync fully with Hotmail including contacts/calandar (optional).
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xplained:
sorry but i think i did something wrong cause it din work. after setting up, i tried to delete a message from the mail app. however it did not delete from hotmail. after i delete via the mail app, i get a new email notification about the email i just deleted. sorry for the trouble but can i get more specific instructions? and how to delete the old account?

Thanks in advance.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grimbola:
Hi, I've just given this a try and I can get my hotmail account up, however a couple of things don't seem to be working correctly or differently from the pop settings I previously used for Hotmail:

1) Every time I open my email the screen is blank, it then populates the emails, it does this every time I go back in, it appears like it's re-downloading them, but I'm not 100% sure, when using the pop settings you enter email and the previously sync'd emails are still there.

2) the account keeps re-syncing even though I have the 15 minute option set up rather than the push email (I'll try this option later). Every time it re-syncs it blanks the inbox and re-populates it.

3) once re-populated I can read and delete emails, however after a few seconds (maybe a minute) it re-syncs and all emails are unread, and any deleted emails re-appear.

the settings i'm using are:

Microsoft exchange activesync,

email address: X@hotmail.com

Server address: m.hotmail.com

Username: X@hotmail.com <-- this defaulted to just X, I had to enter the @hotmail.com for it to work

Password, and left a tick in the "this server requires an encrypted SSL connection" box.

There was a box for Domain, but I left this blank.

I'll give push email a try and write again once I have.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grimbola:
I've just tried the push option, and it works a treat!

None of that re-syncing, and my inbox isn't blank / require re-downloading every time I go into my mail.

Deleting emails on my phone now deletes them from my hotmail inbox as well!

Thanks for finding the settings!

Hope this works as well for other people.

Grim
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RED_:
Push is the same as putting it on manual in the update schedule right? Trying to do the same on my live account as the i just noticed that new e-mails that i have read via my laptop are being sent to my phone as unread.

Username: yourname@live.com

Password: yourpassword

Server: pop3.live.com

Use SSL: Yes
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joostnl:
Got same problem you had! Wich 'push option' did you tricker? Where can i find it?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s0litaire:
I gave up trying to get Hotmail to play nice ages ago.

I just use Gmail to pickup my pop Hotmail.

Keeps it simple and it works.. ^_^
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jessejess87:
Are there any roms that come with any games like sims or movies like avatar?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Not really what roms are about. It would be illegal to have the movie included.

Sent from me
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Auridran:
Yeah... Roms are about improving the phone performance/experience, not about including things you normally have to pay for for free.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Take any ROM of ur choice, and load the games/movies u have. Loading a ROM for a movie in it, well, I don't think its a wise decision. ROMs are considered based on factors like base OS version, modem, speed, battery life, and other features based on user's preference. Games/Movies on it are not part of core ROM, so don't form a base for people creating ROMs.

A dev could include free games distributed under GPL, but that would increase the size of his ROM and could be a deterrent for some people. So things like this are left at user's discretion for installation.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickysa2000:
Anyone can make roms to include games, but that'll be one huge ROM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jessejess87:
Oh ok. Just asking. I flashed a couple of roms to see what I.liked. but I was just wondering if the roms went that far. Since some roms come with apparently that others dont
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashman2002:
The ROM creators either keep or remove stock apps or add apps that were designed for the SGS. You are asking about proprietary media that was included on the Vibrant.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babblerx:
You may have seen a few of my posts on here over the past couple of months about the trouble I've had with my Desire freezing up.

Well, maximum repsect to Droidzone. Following his instructions I've managed to get my Desire working again...it's not back to T-Mobile UK stock yet, but rather it is now HTC stock (2.2) - but still sim locked to T-Mobile.

Still got a couple of more things to do to get it back to stock T-Mobile UK (I've only done step 1 and 2 of Droidzone's guide), but going to keep testing it for a while first.

For anyone else on a rooted T-Mobile UK Desire with custom ROM then I would recommend Droidzone's guide....simple and easy to follow (if you have problems, I'm happy to talk you through how I managed it). The only major problem I had was keeping my Desire from freezing long enough to create the goldcard and install the HTC stock ROM. Since I got that far though, I haven't had any problems.

Here's Droidzone's guide....

and here's the link to my original thread where he posted the advice, just so you know the background...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10292980#post10292980

Good Luck Guys!!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
Golly, I missed this post! :D

Glad you got it fixed :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] fitt:
Here's what I did....

Diagnosis˙

*#0*#

proximity

I put a finger on proximity senzor on my omnia 7 and prox senzor shows value 96

Set

Reset phone

Work fine again...for now
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jbergen:
Hey there, everybody. I recently rooted my Motorola Droid and installed some succulus v7.0 or some **** like that on my Droid using Rom Manager. I absolutely hated it. All it had was the people who made its logo all over everything. Including the notifications bar. So anyways, I decided I wanted to try Smoked Glass or something and I chose the one at the top. I installed it from the Sucullus(or whatever) one. So it rebooted my Droid and it showed the Motorola logo. But right after that, it goes to an Android logo. And on this Android logo it does nothing more that flash every so often. I've left it like this for about an hour before pulling the battery out. When I rebooted it does the same thing. It gets stuck at the Android logo. Before I installed the Sucullus one I made sure that I backed up the original Droid software. (Version 2.2) So what it all boils down to is, is it possible to restore my original firmware? I'm absolutely infuriated with this. I tried doing that thing where you hold volume up+camera+power to get to that one menu, however, nothing is there. There is no interface. No menus or anything. All it says is :Bootloader 2C.7C Battery OK, OK to Program, Connect USB, Data Cable. When I do plug in the USB it says all of the same things except for Transfer Mode: USB. Is there anyway to restore my backup?
[Galaxy Tab General] toxicstone:
Hi i just wondering if its possible "yet" to make maps in the "program" place, u know where all the apps are, i know its possible on the desk, buti have little more then 200 apps and it would be easier to manage them by genre or whatever i want.

And it has happens since i gut my tab that the wifi drops at home, 2 weeks = 30 times, i just need to close wifi on the tab and open it up again and it works but i wondering why it happens

and is it just me or are the camera sluttering? you know its slow to respond when u move it, and it like always give u a non focus picture on moving object, dont need to move fast just moving.
[Blade Accessories] aermua:
hello all

i searched fleabay i cant seem to find any handsfree/headsets for the handset, does anyone have any idea on where to get replacements from?

i tried a spare htc headset and no chance, the sound is bad and just generally doesnt work very well with it although its the same connection.

thanks
[Blade Accessories] milenminev:
Check the Ebay
[Blade Accessories] netimes.com:
We've just tested this headset with San Francisco, the quality with this in-ear earphones are generally better than the original ones (but not as good as the one bundled from Galaxy S), answering button is working properly too.

http://www.netimes.com/shop/samsung-in-ear-stereo-headphones-aaep434ebe-p-2492.html?cPath=87_773
[Blade Accessories] divyesh2129:
I'm using Nokia headset.

Its better than zte headphones
[Blade Accessories] ImSherlocked:
Does anybody know of any headset that can switch radio stations?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .mak:
My left speaker makes no sound regardless of what app I use including a stereo audio test from the market.. is this common?? During the test if I click the left speaker test it plays very quietly through the right speaker. The right speaker tests fine.

Im running zpad 3.0..
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roebeet:
Have you ever opened the device? The speaker wires are very close to the latches and can be affected if you don't close it properly (yes, I have had this exact issue, myself).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .mak:
No, I just bought it last night.. haven't done anything except clockworkmod and tested zpad 3.0 and now tnt lite..
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .mak:
I've decided to return the gTab for a refund.. too many issues at this point. I hope the Xoom is reasonably priced, that'll be my next tablet.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korngames:
Same thing

I've never opened my device, and I have this same issue. Any suggestions?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamjakecali:
Same here

I am working on being less verbose. Clearly, it isn't going well.

I just noticed this today, though thinking back I think it has been the case for a while. Also, the problem is intermittent (or dependent on the particular program I am running). On Angry Birds, one speaker, on the FPS benchmark program I use, both seem to work (though I lack adequate sample data at this time).

I have never opened it. I was outside in the sun for a while with it, and placed it on the patio table upside down. It was pretty warm when I picked it back up, so I am curious whether that could be the culprit (and my screen now seems to be less responsive).

Until this I seem to have gotten really lucky. I have never had any problems whatsoever with the G. I have flashed and reflashed. Forgot to wipe data etc., once or twice, and it never made any difference.

Completely unrelated: Also, I am now on my 5th flash of Vegan 7 RC1 (I like to play with other ones, but always end up back with Vegan), and my available memory has increased generally. I did not do anything that I am aware of, except set the CPU to 1400 for experimental purposes. Anyway, once I kill most tasks and cached processes, free memory consistently around 310. Never used to go above 280 no matter what I killed.
[Desire HD General] mynthix:
Yesterday my sd card died, and today my screen died. but im still able to see the stuffs. but there is no light and the touch doesnt work. the indicator led doesnt glow when the charger is in aswell.. what can i do? thanks

greets myn

SOLVED. Called HTC but the were no help. But the phone started working again after.. Removing battery, Insterting battery, Put in Charger, Waited for about 1-2 min so the notification led started, ( it didnt before when phone was on ), Removed Charger, Put it in again and the noti led started, Turned on phone, Voila!! :)
[Galaxy Tab General] toxicstone:
I have lookout since i gut my tab, iv gut a mail from my google account, i dont really know how the gut my account name:S

If u look at the EUAL you can see that they are taking litterily all your information you gut on you phone and most likely are selling it.

Someone conferm for me?, several people is saying this, thats where i gut my info.

First thing i did yesterday was using droidwall and blocking the internet connection for the lookout, so now it should be OK, and yes i know if they have a update i cant take it, so i need to lock it up sometimes but then they take all my info, or i need to change.

I just wanna know what you others thinkg of this, and can rek a good antivirus software
[Galaxy Tab General] brilldoctor:
They had a post on their blog explaining why they need the permissions
[Galaxy Tab General] LookoutSupport:
Thanks for your interest in Lookout. Stated boldly in our privacy policy is:

We don’t sell your personal information.

-It’s that simple: we don’t sell your personal information.

We don't barter, trade, share, swap, give access to, or allow shoulder surfing of your information. Full stop.

We produce revenue for the company by selling a premium version of the product and are a venture-capital backed firm. We just raised $19.5M to help provide for the free service we offer, you can read about that more it at venturebeat.com.

As far as why does Lookout need permissions to all aspects of my phone?

Lookout needs the level of access it does to keep your phone secure. As an analogy, think of someone protecting your home by installing an electronic security system. You have to let them in to your house to install the gear, they have to hook it up to your home's electronic system, they provide you with keys/codes/access to your home, they may even have the ability to open the door if you get locked out, and you probably hand them a credit card to pay for it all. Think of all the trust you put into that service to secure what is dear to you. You wouldn't let just anyone perform that service and the same goes for your smartphone. Lookout secures your device from malware and we have a strong reputation as being a security-based organization. You can see for yourself the press we've received on our website (mylookout dot com).

For a more thorough review of the permissions we employ, see our blog post about it at blog.mylookout.com/2010/11/android-app-permissions-dissected.

Let me know if you have more questions, you can always email me: support at mylookout dot com.

Cheers,

Brian
[Galaxy Tab General] BuglessFan:
I've had Lookout on my OG Droid for months now, and even opted in on their $1 Premium offer, and I've always felt pretty safe in trusting them. It's good to be paranoid at times, but, in the end, it'd be pretty destructive for a security firm to destroy their revenue and dissipate their userbase for a little demographic info that's all to easy for advertisers to grab from other sources anyway.
[Galaxy Tab General] WilliamStern:
Lookout FTW!
[Galaxy Tab General] stigmax:
edit...wrong thread, sorry
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] baal_zebub:
Hello,

is it possible to change font sizes for the whole android system ?

i want to have all a litte bigger.

(spare parts does not work).

another question (II):

can i change button mapping ? for example in FRG83 2.2.1 keypad is menu.

i'd like to change this.

another question (III):

the energy widget in FRG83 2.2.1 does not have the mobile internet button.

cyanogenmod does have it. what can i do to have this button in FRG83 ?

Thank you in advance.