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How to use `adb push` after mounting /system R/W without losing R/W permissions to install app as /system/apps?
I'm using a rooted Revvl 6 5G - TMAF025G_0.05.29 - MT6833 - Android 12. Without a recovery.img, I rooted using Magisk_Patched-boot_a.img. After this, I used the RO2RW module to aid in making the ...
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Phone bricks when I uninstall package installer - can I block app install?
I have a phone that I am trying to block from being able to install apps. I tried removing package installer via ADB, but when I did that the phone bricked upon being restarted, and had to be hard ...
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Soft-bricked A40 after uninstalling apps ADB
I may have just messed up my smartphone and really need your help. I wanted to get rid of some of the bloatware on my A40 and read online that one can actually uninstall many apps via the Windows ...
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Cannot remove default apps on TCL 30 XE 5G using ADB shell
I'm trying to remove a few apps that came pre-installed on my TCL 30XE 5G. I read online that I could use the... ADB, SDK, something like that, platform tools? So I downloaded those, got the files ...
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How to start service 'package' with ADB
Using adb, I uninstalled some system apps on my device. Sadly, I uninstalled something important, and now the device is in a bootloop.
During boot there is a window of time which I'm able to login ...
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Does uninstalling system apps using ADB commands increase internal storage?
I just wanted to know if uninstalling system apps or bloatware using adb commands frees up storage space. I know that uninstalling system apps using adb doesn't actually removes the app from your ...
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🤔❓APK components - services, activities, broadcast & content receivers where's their data Stored?
As I understand
Every APK install is associated with these components. Trying to figure out precisely where they are stored.
Services
Activities
Broadcast receivers
Content receivers
For most apps ...
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Tried to ungoogle my android device, but accidentally removed a vital package, and neither it or google play store reinstalls through adb or apk's
I've got Coolpad Porto S, which is running Android 5.1. The apps I have been trying to reinstall were com.android.vending and com.google.android.webview (I don't have concrete evidence but after ...
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Does `pm uninstall` also automatically execute `force-stop` and `clear` on a non-rooted device?
This is for non-rooted stock ROM's.
To get rid of one single app, I've been executing the following commands:
(Step 1) disable-user
(2) force-stop
(3) clear
(4) uninstall
(5) clear
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How can be deleted the com.android.cts.priv.ctsshim?
I have been told this is a compatibility test suite, but it is safe to delete? if so, how can be deleted from the device?
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Generate a root debloat script from a package list after a successful non-root debloat
There are two ways to get rid of apps to debloat a ROM:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 <package-name> (run on PC)
rm -rf <package folder> (on device, in Terminal of TWRP)
The first ...
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What package is responsible for the "Recents" button to work?
Background:
I wanted to customize my phone a little bit, a Samsung Galaxy A70 (SM-A705FN), and that process included de-bloating it. I opened xda-developers, looked around, and finally found a list of ...
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How to list system packages uninstalled (for a user) via ADB?
I want to research the bloatware that I disabled using pm uninstall -k –user 0 <package> and I just realized that I don't know how to make a list of those specific apps. I can list the file ...
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How to reinstall an uninstalled system app through ADB?
My phone is an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge running Oreo 8.0. Yesterday when removing bloatware from my phone, I accidentally uninstalled a system app using the adb command:
pm uninstall -k --user ...
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System storage is showing full even when it is not. So I can't install apk as system app
I have OnePlus 6 with latest Open Beta. It is rooted. I have done everything but I still can't install any app as a system app.
I have tried Link2SD and Titanium Backup. I have tried to copy/paste ...
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Get Android activities and sub activities path programmatically
This is my first question on AE forum, so excuse me for my ignorance.
I'm searching for a method to get the complete path through the system apps like Music, Video, Settings, etc...
The goal is to ...
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Reinstall app removed via ADB
I removed 'MusicFX' via
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 'musicfx package'
And now I'm having issue with playing Bluetooth media audio, so I thought maybe it's that
Can it be reinstall, maybe an ...
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How to downgrade Google search app in recovery?
For some reason, I would like to downgrade the Google search app (com.google.android.quicksearchbox) to a older version, and upgrade later, on a MI 8 running Android Oreo.
But when /system is mounted ...
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How to remove the SIM Toolkit from my phone? (Without root or flashing any ROM) [duplicate]
This application is sending a lot of spam to my phone recently, two or three times a day. I deactivated broadcast messages, tried converting USSD pop-ups into notifications to avoid being interrupted (...
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Unable to install .apk from /system/priv-app
I moved my apk file to /system/priv-app just as you adviced me in this thread. When I'm trying to install it through clicking this .apk, Android said me that "The application has not been installed". ...
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Do system apps automatically get root permissions?
If I install the famous App "Tincore Key Mapper" as a system app, will it get the required root permissions without my phone being rooted or damaged? If the answer is positive: How to do ...
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How to see the list of uninstalled applications?
Is there a way to see the list of uninstalled applications (which are also removed from the list provided by Google Play) or the history of app installations? Does adb support any operations like this?...
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Cannot disable com.motorola.ccc.ota
Since "Motorola Software Update" decided to download Nougat OTA without asking my opinion, I declared a war. But the weapons I use are broken.
Withot su:
shell@athene:/ $ pm disable com.motorola.ccc....
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installing apk in /system/app with android 5.1 or higher (simple adb push doesn't work anynore)
maybe this is a newbie question, but I'm struggling to find an answer...
I need to install some apk as system apps.
In past (up to android 5.01) I was used to just adb push to /system/app and ...
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Uninstall via adb without root
I own an Asus Zenfone Go Z00VD running Android 5.1. It came preinstalled with TrendMicro Dr. Safety, which I absolutely have no use for and do not want running at all. This app starts itself ...
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Copy YouTube APK from Android Phone to PC
My Question is specific to copying the YouTube APK file from My Android device (Micromax Canvas 4 - Android 4.2, Non-rooted device)to PC/Laptop.
The YouTube App is a system app in my device. Below ...
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Permission denied while installing a system app with SSH
I have the APK file for an application I want to install as a system application via SSH on rooted Android tablets. I'm able to install this application via ADB with a script but the installation ...
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How to Install App as System App [duplicate]
My S3 has a damaged motherboard (says Samsung Tech Center), only boots into safe mode.
If I am to keep using the device I have to make the apps into system apps, so they run in safe mode.
One way is ...
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Enable and disable system apps via ADB
Is there any adb command to enable/disable a system app?
Thanks
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Android does not boot because of missing apk files in system/app folder
I moved the question from https://stackoverflow.com/q/15872848/1665807
I have a rooted Huawei u8825d phone.I want to know if there were no apk files in "/system/app/" folder.
So,I moved these apk ...
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