HOW do you rename apps and OTA capability??

[DroidJnkie]

Yes, I

 

[DroidJnkie]

bump, people!

bump!

 

[messenger13]

Are you rooted? (just checking)

 

[DroidJnkie]

yes, of course! running Greek 2.1

 

[messenger13]

Thought so, but it's hard to keep up with who has what.

Below are my notes for when I had 2.0.1. A few of these apps may not exist in 2.1, or the name slightly changed. You can always type "ls" to list the files inside of a directory (folder).


HowTo remove Amazon MP3, Visual Voicemail, Corporate Calender, CarDock, and Dock apps.

Using Terminal Emulator, type the following:

• su
• mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
• cd /system/app
• mv VVMStub.apk VVMStub.bak
• mv com.amazon.mp3.apk com.amazon.mp3.bak
• mv CorpCal.apk CorpCal.bak
• mv CarDock.apk CarDock.bak
• mv Dock.apk Dock.bak
• mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
• sync
• reboot

HowTo disable OTA updates.

• su
• mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
• cd /system/etc/security
• mv otacerts.zip otacerts.zip.bak
• mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
• sync
• reboot

 

[messenger13]

But if you install Root Explorer ... it's a whole lot easier!

 

[DroidJnkie]

But if you install Root Explorer ... it's a whole lot easier!

I thought Root Explorer was useless on 2.1? Something about a bug?

 

[DroidJnkie]

Never mind. I see on the market that it's been fixed for 2.1.

So how do I do it on Root Explorer, if you don't mind???


I'm willing to pay for the Root Explorer app, but I've never used it.

 

[PerCompLLC]

Thanks Joe!

 

[messenger13]

So how do I do it on Root Explorer, if you don't mind???

Root Explorer is pretty straight forward.

• Navigate to the directory/folder that you want.
• Find the files that you want to changed the name of.
• Tap "Remount as R/W" at the top
• Long-press the file and select rename.
• Rename file
• Tap "Remount as R/O" at the top.
• Done...

Just be VERY careful. Root Explorer makes it easy. But you can also screw things up even easier if you're not paying attention to what you're doing.

 

[DroidJnkie]

Root Explorer is pretty straight forward.

• Navigate to the directory/folder that you want.
• Find the files that you want to changed the name of.
• Tap "Remount as R/W" at the top
• Long-press the file and select rename.
• Rename file
• Tap "Remount as R/O" at the top.
• Done...

Just be VERY careful. Root Explorer makes it easy. But you can also screw things up even easier if you're not paying attention to what you're doing.

Ok, I will be VERY VERY careful! I just downloaded it and I am very afraid of it! I just see a long list of crap that I can do to brick my beautiful fembot!

I will follow your instructions and that is all I will do.

Thanks Joe. You are a marvel of Geekdom.

 

[DroidJnkie]

Joe, one more thing, just so I'm clear and I don't brick my phone.

Do I go into the "system" folder, then "app" folder, then select the program I want to rename?

Is that correct? That's what it seems like to me, but it seems TOO easy! Will I hurt my beauty?

My wife will kill me if I brick this thing.

 

[DroidJnkie]

Just one more question, sorry:

I was looking at the apps I want to rename to get them out of my app drawer, and I would like to rename "email" since all I use is the "gmail" account.

Can I do this without messing something up?

Also, can I rename "messaging" since I use handcent?

 

[DroidJnkie]

Anybody? Will renaming my EMAIL app screw up my GMAIL app?

Will renaming my MESSAGING app screw up my HANDCENT app?