Droid X Bloatware Removal Script

[timrock]

so i tried this out, and i went to restore the bloatware, but not all of it came back. madden, cityid, amazon mp3, and skype did not restore. maybe because i completely uninstalled these apps previously?

 

[buryboi]

Did you run the update.zip or the gscript script?

I just downloaded it and tried it again (the update.zip) and it worked as expected.

You might run it again to get it back in sync...as long as CityID isn't found with .apk, the script will keep trying to put them back.

Have you navigated to /system/app with root explorer or a free file explorer to see if those apps are still named .bak?

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[timrock]

Did you run the update.zip or the gscript script?

I just downloaded it and tried it again (the update.zip) and it worked as expected.

You might run it again to get it back in sync...as long as CityID isn't found with .apk, the script will keep trying to put them back.

Have you navigated to /system/app with root explorer or a free file explorer to see if those apps are still named .bak?

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update zip. i ran it again and i noticed that everything came back except cityid, which is named cityid.bak. should i rename it?

 

[buryboi]

Looks like there is an extra "." On CityID.bak

Rename it to .apk then the script should run fine.

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[timrock]

Looks like there is an extra "." On CityID.bak

Rename it to .apk then the script should run fine.

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says i cant rename it. because the file system is read only.
i reinstalled it, but its still has .bak extension

 

[timrock]

also, after doing a backup with Droid Recovery, where is the backup stored? I like to save a copy of my backups to my pc.

 

[buryboi]

If using root explore there is a r/w button at the top to make that folder writable.

Or open terminal and type the following (hitting enter after each line)

su

busybox mount -o rw,remount /system

mv /system/app/CityID.bak. /system/app/CityID.apk

busybox mount -o ro,remount /system

That should change it.




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[timrock]

If using root explore there is a r/w button at the top to make that folder writable.

Or open terminal and type the following (hitting enter after each line)

su

mv /system/app/CityID.bak. /system/app/CityID.apk

That should change it.




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that worked. thanks a lot. do you know the answer to my other question?

also, after doing a backup with Droid Recovery, where is the backup stored? I like to save a copy of my backups to my pc.

 

[buryboi]

Sorry I missed that question.

It is in
/sdcard/clockworkmod/backups

The file names are the date and time that the backup was made and you will need the whole folder

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[timrock]

Sorry I missed that question.

It is in
/sdcard/clockworkmod/backups

The file names are the date and time that the backup was made and you will need the whole folder

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thanks for the help.

 

[buryboi]

No problem

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