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I used Root Manager. and once I restarted Amazon MP3 was back! Grrr.....

What did I do wrong?
 
blink said:
I used Root Manager. and once I restarted Amazon MP3 was back! Grrr.....

What did I do wrong?
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I haven't used that, but I've rebooted four times now and none of them came back on me doing it from the command line.
 
If you remove the Moto apps, you'll remove the widgets. However, I would tread very lightly. Root was JUST achieved late last night, but there is no file that can be used to restore the X to stock, factory settings if you brick.

One thing to bear in mind is that if you remove something that is tied to Blur, that is tied intimately with the phone's framework. You could bork your phone and screw yourself.

Before you remove an app, make a copy of the .apk and stick it in a backup folder, just in case. That way you can push the .apk from the backup folder to system/app.
 
Hey, could someone do me a favor and send me a copy of the CityID.apk? I want it just incase, and I forgot to back it up before I removed it.
 
Howie said:
for those that wish to remove the apps from the command line, these are all in the /system/app directory and case sensitive:
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successfully rooted here...can run su and get root (#) prompt.

attempting to rename an .apk to .apk.bak (via mv), or to create an app/junk subfolder, i get an error...'read-only file system'. this is with phone usb in either pc mode or mass storage mode.

eh? any help? don't really want to shell out (groan) for the apparently at-cost 'root explorer' app.

thx.
 
must mount /system as rw first:

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/mtd/mtdblock4 /system

to put it back to ro:

mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/mtd/mtdblock4 /system
 
mazz0310 said:
lol thanks for the attempt but that's probably the worst advice I've seen.

Root Manager was a start, now delete some of the bloat from /system/app and from /data/app/

EDIT: Titanium Backup works great, use that to "freeze" apps.
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Another vote for Titanium Backup...great little program! :)
 
I am a bit lost, how is everyone removing these apps? Is it via another app from the market or via their CPU DOS commands similar to how the phone was rooted ?
 
HalfFrozen said:
Is there a free App remover? lol
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jr0065 said:
I am a bit lost, how is everyone removing these apps? Is it via another app from the market or via their CPU DOS commands similar to how the phone was rooted ?
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There are 2 ways after you root:

1) Command line
2) Use an app

I used Titanium Backup, which also can back up apps and is free.
The OP used the Root Manager app, which I think is a paid app.
 
SiXiam said:
There are 2 ways after you root:

1) Command line
2) Use an app

I used Titanium Backup, which also can back up apps and is free.
The OP used the Root Manager app, which I think is a paid app.
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ahhh .. Titanium Backup it is ! Thanks
 
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