Root Deleted Verizon BackUp Assistant with Titanium. I'm now reading that I messed up..

[Matt's 175]

I got the wife a Droid 2 the other day and deleted Verizon Backup Assistant from it using Titanium backup manager. Now I am reading that this was a big mistake because the phone will no longer get OTA updates. Can anyone confirm?

Also, I have an idea. Is it possible that I could just get the Verizon Backup assistant files from someone else that also has a rooted Droid 2 and use Titanium to restore what I've done?

 

[Super_Six_Two]

For the last OTA many people who has removed apps were unable to get it. I am not sure if backup assistant was one of them.
First of all, don't uninstall anymore apps. Either rename the apk to something like bak or get the paid version of Titanium and use the freeze function. Both options stop the app from running, but they can be easily restored.

To get it back, I would recommend googling it. I am sure you are not the first person to do that and someone has probably already put the file online somewhere. You can also SBF which will bring everything back to factory default.

 

[Matt's 175]

First of all, don't uninstall anymore apps.

To get it back, I would recommend googling it. I am sure you are not the first person to do that and someone has probably already put the file online somewhere.

You can also SBF which will bring everything back to factory default.

I sure won't. I learned my lesson.

I did Google it and found MANY have done this, but the explanation of the fixes are way above my head. Tried the SDK tools thing and couldn't figure that out. I guess I have some studying to do.

I've read that SBF only removes user apps and info. It won't replace system apps. Is this true?

 

[cabraswell]

An SBF...afaik...returns your phone to original factory setup.

 

[Matt's 175]

Fixed. Thanks to "Huckdogg".

Ok, I think I have it figured out for my phone. Here are my steps to get Backup Assistant installed as a system app where it shows up in the App Drawer and the link in Settings works. Titanium Backup confirms that it is installed as a system app (name shows up as red).

1. Take the 2 files (BackupAssistentClient.apk and BuaContactAdapter.apk) and install them using Root Explorer or Astro. This will install them to the Data/App directory (as seen with Root Explorer).

2. Make the System/App folder read/write by pressing the "Mount R/W" button at the top of Root Explorer.

You can also make the System/App folder read/write with this command in ADB:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/mtd/mtdblock4 /system

3. Move the installed Apks from Data/App to System/App with Root Explorer. They may be named com.motorola.android.buacontactadapter.apk and com.motorola.BackupAssistantClient.apk in the Data/App folder. I don't believe that there is any need to rename them, but I am not positive.

4. Make the System/App folder read only by pressing the "Mount RO" button at the top of Root Explorer.

You can also make the System/App folder read only again with this command in ADB:
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/mtd/mtdblock4 /system

5. Make sure that Backup Assistant shows up in the App Drawer and that the link in Settings works.

I HAVE NOT tested the Factory Reset after doing this.