yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
Following this method you dont really need to know adb commands, all the adb commands are in the hackerize batch file....
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Thanks guys, I'm going to try this in a few minutes.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chaptop:
Very nice write up, and I assume you still have sound at the end of this, unlike the permanent root?
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
Yep because I am not uploading a rom, I am only gaining temporary root, this makes no perm changes to your phone except for the APK files you rename or delete.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chaptop:
Awesome, thanks a lot man. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
What am I doing wrong....
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
Hmm, dont know, type dir and take a screenshot so I can see the contents of that directory
[HTC Inspire 4G] davwman:
im at the same position. did everything the same and ended up there also.
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
Ah, I think you guys only downloaded the docs from the Hack kit page, you need to download the actual hack kit from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=952352

The link says 'Ace Hack Kit V2 Updated hack kit'
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Yup, just figured it out, at the # sign now...fingers crossed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Ok, so I see the listed apps how the hell do I erase them now :-)
[HTC Inspire 4G] davwman:
I downloaded the right thing what am I missing?
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
As a reference, a dir of the hack kit folder should look like this:

The key here is that you need the tools folder
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
As stated in the OP, type mv filename.apk filename.old

This will rename them, and remove them from the app list.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Once you see the app list how do you modify/delete them?

Can wait to get rid of ATT Navigator and Family app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
What did you use to extract the tar.gz file? It looks like all the files were extracted into the same folder without the full paths, you need the 'Tools' Folder.
[HTC Inspire 4G] JetBlk:
Thanks man gonna try this now. I posted a link to this thread over on the android central forums as people were asking if this was possible without root. thanks again!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Nick281051:
my /system would not mount rw, it was read only and i fif everything you said
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
Just like I said above, find the filename you want to remove and type:

mv filename.apk filename.old

Of course replace filename with the actual file name.
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
I apologize, I made a typo in the command to mount /system as rw, I have correct it, the correct command is:

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Yeah, I just got that one :)

I take it, mv means move. What if you want to delete it?

By the way, thanks man. This is my first semi-ADB experience. You've maxed out my thanks button for the day.
[HTC Inspire 4G] davwman:
I used bitzipper and extracted the files from the correct link into my android tools folder
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
yea mv is move. to delete type rm filename.apk

rm is remove :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
Hmm, I use 7-zip, it took 2 extracts, the first time just extracted the file.tar then the second extracted all the files. Give that a shot, make sure you have the tools folder.
[HTC Inspire 4G] davwman:
worked thanks! Now to removing this crap!
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Damn, sooo close. It says Read-only file system when I tried to delete it. I typed the upgraded command prompt you posted. What could I have missed?
[HTC Inspire 4G] acPIZZA:
I had read that deleting the bloat will prevent you from updates? And that you should just freeze the apps instead? Someone please clarify because I'm itching to delete this crap.
[HTC Inspire 4G] davwman:
i have root, I see the list of apks when I type rm filename.apk or .odex should I get some sort of confirmation?
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Finally got to the destination but cannot rm apk's. Says my sytem is read only.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jetski:
I went though the direction and all went well until I rebooted the device and all the apps came back am I missing something?

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] twopumpchump:
works for me, got temp root....rm filename.apk doesnt work for me, i must first rename file then use rm command to get the file to permanently delete.
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Hey man great work I got apk's changed, but how can I go about adding apk's I have one on the root of my sdcard and when I do # mv WiFiRouter.apk /system/app/WiFiRouter.apk I get failed on 'WiFiRouter.apk' - Cross-device link got any ideas?

Thanks

EDIT: It gives that error whether I'm in system/app moving from the sdcard or the sdcard moving to system/app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
Ok I actually was the first person to figure out how to install non market apps on a stock captivate by doing this.

This is a pretty easy process. I went in to Root Explorer - dbdata - databases - com.android.providers.settings, copied settings.db to my sd card, edited it on my pc with a db editor changed 0 to a 1 next to non market apps. Copied it back to the original directory, rebooted and installed a non market app.

Please use caution. If you want to make sure the db save properly open it on your sd card before you copy and replace the original. It should open up as a readable table. If it opens up in a txt editor its corrupt. This permanently enables non market apps. You can not toggle it

I don't know a lot of command prompt stuff so if someone can give me instructions on how to get temp root access to the above directory we might be able to enable non market apps. Any help would be appreciated.
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Unfortunately I could not find that file or directory anywhere on my Inspire, if you know the exact directory I could try finding it that way but in the ones I looked in I didn't see it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
This is the file we are looking for. It must be in a different location.

com.android.providers.settings
[HTC Inspire 4G] JetBlk:
Same thing happened to me... Anyone know what went wrong?
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Ya I couldn't find it, I'll keep looking though.
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
So I was able to do a ls of all the files on the phone and pipe it to a text document and still coudn't find that file. Sorry man.
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Sorry for all the posts, but I figured I would post the text doc I got and I don't think there is a way to add a file to a post. But here it is, it's all bunched in Notepad so open it in Wordpad and it's all nice and pretty :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] twopumpchump:
i rebooted my device and all the apps i had deleted were back on there lol...guess ive still got alot to learn about andoid hehe.
[HTC Inspire 4G] JetBlk:
Same thing happened to me, anyone know why?
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
Must be different on 2.2
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
anyone know what the AT&T myWireless apk is called? I couldn't find it and I would like to remove it. Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
myATTVPL_aligned.apk
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
That's what I thought. It won't remove for some reason......
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Ok I found out that mv just changes the link to the file and not the actual file read this for more info.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8302637&postcount=7

So my theory is the links are being rewritten when we restart the phone so the only way to remove them is to actually delete them. As for putting new programs in the system folder, we need the "cp" command which does not seem to be available.
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
I have only renamed them and they never come back. Just make sure you rename it something other than apk.
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
To install non market apps just open a terminal session and typed adb install (space) then drag the file you want to install and click enter.
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
I can confirm that they come back I renamed it .old, deleted it, and even replaced it with a different one and it still came back that persistent little *******. Although I found out that you can use "cat" to put an apk in the system/app folder. Your syntax would be (from location of new apk)

cat name.apk > /system/app/name.apk

but unfortunately upon reboot the original apk was back. :mad:
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Hey thanks, but I got this error...

D:\Phone Stuff\Inspire\Hack Kit\tools\win>adb.exe install WiFiRouter.apk

1577 KB/s (327626 bytes in 0.202s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/WiFiRouter.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT]

Any ideas?
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Ok I found it, but I can't find a program to open it. So here is the file if you wanna edit it and re-upload it we can give it a try.
[HTC Inspire 4G] derekroper:
So for some reason on my phone they are not coming back, but on my sister's phone they are. Guess I will figure out why...
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
Can someone pull Quick Office for me?

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Do you mean the apk?
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
Here it is. just replace yours with this file and let me know. I am rooted now so it does me no good.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17570266/settings.db
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
Yes please.
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
Are you already rooted?
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
It was already set to 1 so I changed it to 0. Unless you are already rooted this may enable non market apps. You won't have a check box to enable it you will just have to try and install 1.

By the way where was the location of the file?
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
No I am not
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
lets see it was....

/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases

what program did you use by the way?

EDIT: unfortunately that did not work I still get the Application not installed error. :sigh:

EDIT EDIT: Also here is the quickoffice.apk for ya, straight from my app folder ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
MesaSQLite

I'm anxiously waiting the results.
[HTC Inspire 4G] simulatordos:
Is there a list anywhere of the ATT bloatware apks?
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirbo20:
Thanks, I am bummed it didn't work.

Thanks for the Quick Office.
[HTC Inspire 4G] simulatordos:
Can't find the damn yellow pages

Got these

Blockbuster_htc.apk

ATT_code_scanner_v1.0.35.apk

ATT_Navigator.apk

FamilyMapWapLauncher.apk

com.mobitv.client.tv.apk

myATTVPL_aligned.apk

Asphalt5_HEP_HTC_ACE_ATT.ML_312.apk
[HTC Inspire 4G] hongkongpheoy74:
Yeah you only have level 2 root access. until someone comes up with a NAND root hack we are stuck. Same thing happens with oneclickroot.
[HTC Inspire 4G] simulatordos:
Did not work on full reboot for me.
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
It's much easier to go to the /system/app folder in like astro and look at the files listed. It's pretty easy to tell in there which ones are bloatware. But here is a list of what I see so far ...

Asphalt_HEP_HTC_ACE_ATT_ML_312.apk

ATT_code_scanner_v1.0.35.apk

ATT_Navigator.apk

Blockbuster_htc.apk

Facebook.apk

YP_Android_WVGA.apk

FamilyMapWapLauncher.apk

Good luck trying to get them to stay gone though. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] gunnyman:
Wow compared to the Captivate this phone is bloat free. Until we get root easily and can remove he bloat with titanium backup, I'll just ignore it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] blackviper71:
I'm with you on this one.
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
I agree, I just really want the Non-ATT WiFi Router, the rest I could live with.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ngravatt:
does anyone else have to type the 'hackerize-ace setup-downgrade' command twice? or anyone know why i have to do that in order to get access #?
[HTC Inspire 4G] macr0t0r:
I'm afraid it'll be another 3 weeks before I get my Inspire, but I wonder if you could prevent the re-installation of bloat on reboot by placing blank files in their place.

I noticed that footbal9584 tried placing another file in it's place to prevent it being restored (with no luck). However, would the chmod command help in this case? Maybe using chmod 444 bloatapp.apk would lock it down enough to prevent it from being restored?

Of course, as others have said, this may not be worth the effort with what little bloat there is. Still....it's annoying....

- Jim
[HTC Inspire 4G] JaysFreaky:
Probably had to start the adb server?
[EVO 4G General] mroneeyedboh:
I have around 140 out of 400. Not bad, but I was wondering if there us anyway to get more.
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
Flash MIUI. Currently sitting at 277MB free.
[EVO 4G General] xlGmanlx:
means nothing, 2.2 handles that so why even worry? for me pre 2.2 it was an issue, 2.2 + plus its just stats
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
use advanced task killer & autokiller. i run at almost 300mb free with mikfroyo 4.5
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
http://www.downloadmoreram.com/
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
is this a joke?
[EVO 4G General] tgruendler:
Awesome find. Needed a laugh.
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
AHAHAHAHAHAHA That's frickin' awesome!
[Android Software Development] Jwtiyar:
Hi all

I have all data and words ,and i want to create translater app to android there any tutorial and some thing like that?

Thanks alot
[Android Software Development] aitorTheRed:
http://developer.android.com
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dantewaters:
Ok I'm not sure what I did but I selected something in clockwork rom and now my phone wont load past the boot up logo.

I even tried restoring to my previous system nothing is working please help.

THis is a rooted mytouch 4g
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
You have a few options.

1) load the PD15IMG and boot into Hboot and reset the entire system, but you will have a clean slate and have to start 100% over again.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863899

2) boot into HBoot and navigate to (recovery) and see what type of a recovery image you have. If it is orange you can load Cyanogen CM7RC1 w/ the G/APPS and get your phone rocking with 2.3 (Gingerbread)

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/15769-cyanogenmod-7-for-mytouch-4g-v700-rc1-2152011/

3) boot into HBoot and navigate to (recovery) and see what type of a recovery image you have. If it is Green then you can load any 2.2 based ROM. along with the G/APPS (if needed) there are many of these in the Development section.

4) If you have a triangle with a "!" in it then you need to flash a recovery image. Once again there are multiple threads on this in the development section.

(to get into HBoot turn off the phone, power on the phone holding the volume down button and the power button)
[A7 General] robbbzilla:
I asked about a few things and Elocity answered all of my questions.

I have to say they are trying for sure and I think if we collectively give them a chance they will give you good service.

Here is a response to my question about 3.0 or gingerbread,

Hello Robert

The A7 can be upgraded to Android 2.3 though it will not be upgraded to Android 3.0. We will be posting the upgrade notice on the website and also keep all our customers who've registered on the website notified by email.

So there you have it. Official word is no 3.0 but they will upgrade us to gingerbread. I would have loved 3.0 and I hope the people on this forum will help make that happen but it is nice to know that we will at least get another upgrade to the latest available with our hardware specs. They gave me no indication of when this will happen but at least it is in the works.

Personally I am very happy with their response. Compared to other manufacturers at least they are giving us some updates and to me that is a very good sign.

I am now very happy with my purchase. When I bought the a7 I thought 3.0 would run but there was no guarantee of it when I bought the device so it was my risk but even so the fact we will continue to get updates is very promising. When 3.0 comes out maybe in time they may change their stance or maybe google will fork 3.0 for tabs and phones and we will keep getting the phone updates. I am not sure but I just wanted to have at least one OS upgrade as there are a lot of perks in 2.3 over 2.2 so if I am stuck with that version officially at least it is a good version to have and will be able to utilize this tabs hardware properly. Considering I paid $300 for this device I am very happy with it. It does a lot for the money. Now with updates I feel very happy with the Streams initial efforts. We will see if they keep it up. Thanks to Dexter's help this device is great. They made a little blunder in the beginning but they are trying so I am going to give them my support as a customer and not return the a7.

Rob
[A7 General] lexconner:
Elocity Support

Wish that they would answer me. I asked a question several weeks ago and just recieved a note that they got the messages but no response to the question.

My question was about a fixfor the gsenser
[A7 General] robbbzilla:
E-mail them again!

According to them they had a glitch with an e-mail server and did not receive any of our e-mails until a short while ago. So either they are going in order and will get to you or maybe it just got lost in the process. I would e-mail them again and I am sure you will get a faster response.

All I am saying and I was not praising them for great service because frankly it is just starting to become good is you can see they are trying to address our concerns. As long as they are giving a real effort then I say give em a little slack. If they were truly ignoring us or would continue to do so then I would have a completely different opinion.

We will see with time if they do what they say but I have no reason to doubt them. They have already given the a7 a couple of firmware updates I am aware of.

In any case I hope your problem gets resolved soon.

What is the problem with the g-sensor in your unit??

Rob
[A7 General] RojasTKD:
Yeah, the g-sensor is all messed up in some of the games I've tried. You tilt it one eay it goes another.
[Legend Android Development] DrBarrell:
Had a search around and can't find any topics relating to this. My legend is currently on 2.1 software version 1.23. The root methods talk about downgrading to 1.31. Do I just skip this and root? or do I have to update to 1.31 somehow?

Thanks in advance, sorry for the nubbyness :)
[Legend Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
No downgrade needed for you, just root
[Legend Android Development] DrBarrell:
thanks for the reply buddy, can you recommend any of the root procedures?
[Legend Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
The howto in the sticky. Just ignore any reference to downgrading.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Ziaren:
I have major problem with my nand memory.

Few days ago my hd2 hanged while I was doing some backup via Titanium Backup and since then I have a problem with my device.

Generally nand android builds are not working (boot animation stuck), some of them actually do work but with problems (f.e FC's on everything or do not recognise my SD card).

When I'm trying to flash WP7 usually an error occurs: (partition 4)

I wrote usually becouse actually I have been able to flash it few times (3 or 4 on 20 attempts) but then windows stuck on boot logo or device hanged when I was trying add new contact.

I did Task 29, reflashed Radio and MAGLDR 1.13. Problem still persist...

Please anyone help!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ameyanaik:
Bro, did u got any anwser ??

please help, i have the same issue :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neurotica:
Here is what I suggest you do : -

Flash a STOCK Winmo 6.5 ROM. Once that's done and you have Winmo 6.5 working, you'll atleast have your phone back up. Then I would suggest that you pick a LITE ROM to start with and see how that works for you. If it works, then move to your preferred ROM. Make sure that you're following instructions on how to flash back and forth to the letter.

Your device powers on. That's something you should be happy about. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] arellayo06:
im no developer but here is my solution

In my experience with this problem and its solution:

First remove the battery, and remove the SD card...

Second place the battery on the phone and reset it with the volume up key...

then take off battery and place the SD card back again, then place the battery...

restart the phone on plugged to a computer... (i do this on an WIN xp or WIN 7 machine).... so far it has crashed 3 times/same errors in the boot and this has worked.... i guess still some bugs need to be fixed...

(DONT KILL ME IF IT DOESNT HELP..IM NO EXPERT BUT ITS WORKED FOR ME..)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] KillaHurtz:
Try pulling your sim card, sd card & rebooting. If that doesnt work, try to flash an official rom from SD. (LEOIMG.nbh on root of SD, then boot with both volume buttons held) Upon 1st boot remove sim & sd. This should work, I had a simular problem and this fixed it. Android would not boot all the way, recovery wouldn't flash & WM gave me partition errors. I still had some issues in WM6.5 & could not flash the most recent EnergyROM with the newest HSPL. I eneded up calling warranty on mine. Hopefully the SD flash method will work for you.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] T-Macgnolia:
They only need to hold the volume down button to get the bootloader to come up not both volume buttons.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
EDIT: woohoo, svetius fixed it... no more "IPHONE" at the top of XDA!!!

Consider this a rant.

I ALWAYS come here to help XDA and our community. I don't believe anyone would doubt that.

I make one thread *HERE* where I comment on not liking the IPHONE FORUMS button at the top...

In there I inquire about having an ANDROID ONLY forum and a MICROSOFT ONLY forum... seems like XDA is getting too big anyway....

I then encourage people to donate to XDA (Like I have)....

and then I get called a troll by some mod I dont know, and my thread gets locked?

Forgive me for helping people here everyday.

Forgive me for encouraging donations to XDA.

Forgive me for not enjoying looking at IPHONE everytime I post about ANDROID.

Forgive me for having an idea to split XDA up into sister sites (like you are doing).

Forgive me FOR BEING A TROLL... that part is laugable. Being called a troll was probably the spark that caused this rant.

/rant

Consider me taking an extended break from XDA... if you need help PM me. I will still be lurking in the Dev section. Or trolling I guess?
[Vibrant General] emonero:
Dude take a chill pill!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
I was called a troll by the very group I was supporting....
[Vibrant General] Indigo779:
I've never found the mods on here to be helpful.
[Vibrant General] krylon360:
read between the lines. He wasn't calling you in general a troll. Notice how he stated "I wished threads like this remained civilized"? That means responses within the topic where troll topics, or troll bait.
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
Manstruation.
[Vibrant General] Joshme:
I'm obviously new here but this does seem a bit counter productive of the forums to do. This rant has more behind it than being a "troll" and by the sounds of it the anger is founded.
[Vibrant General] megatherian:
you are forgiven.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
I'm sympathetic to you, but it's really the wrong place for such a thread. If you seriously hate seeing the word "iPhone" so much, why would you start a thread in Vibrant General about the iPhone?
[Vibrant General] sahil04:
to be fair to the op, the mod originally said "obvious troll is obvious". Then he post was edited reopened and moved.
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
S15274N seriously helps TONS of people and goes above and beyond to contribute. Really weak sauce IMHO.

Vibrant, Bionix-V, Voodoo...
[Vibrant General] Scoobyracing03:
The more professional thing to do would be to send a PM to the mod who locked the thread.
[Vibrant General] Mr. Apocalypse:
i gotta admit....

i was trollin this morning....

i saw that thread when i was already in a pissed off mood...

for that i apologize for my part of the trollin...
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Agreed, that's why I did it.

And yes, his post was edited. To be fair, I edited my op to be better, but before I could post that I cleaned it up, it was locked.