I am running Cyanogenmod on my SamSung phone.
Can you please tell me how can I remove the Camera app on the phone?
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Sign up to join this communityI am running Cyanogenmod on my SamSung phone.
Can you please tell me how can I remove the Camera app on the phone?
If you really just want to remove it (which, fair warning, may cause problems with the system; I have no idea) you can:
adb
to delete the .apk file: adb shell rm /system/app/Camera.apk
. You may need to first elevate to root (adb shell
and then su
from the shell).A potentially safer route that people take is to use Titanium Backup Pro to "freeze" the app, causing it to essentially act as though it is uninstalled without actually removing it (so it can be "defrosted" later if needed). This does require the Pro version, though.
The camera app will be usually named Camera.apk, located in /system/app. To delete this first clear the data stored by the app in /data/data/com.sec.android.app.camera/ or something similar
Using Root Explorer, find the file, click mount rw and delete it.
Using terminal emulator,
Acquire root privileges
su
Mount system in read write mode
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock03 /system
Delete the file
rm /system/app/Camera.apk
Using adb
Mount system in read write mode
adb shell mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock03 /system
Delete the file
adb shell rm /system/app/Camera.apk
If you really want to delete or replace system files ''at your own risk", first make sure you're rooted. Then install NQ mobile security. From the home screen of NQ, slide to the left to access ROM App Manager. Once you are there, MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP THE FILE BEFORE UNINSTALLING IT so you can restore it if anything goes south. Good luck and just say thank you if i help!