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Subject:    Can anyone think of a workaround for deleting a built-in app in Android?
From:       tony.mansson () linaro ! org (Tony Mansson)
Date:       2012-01-27 23:19:32
Message-ID: CAHeWYebwQKkqAwvDeu4M=bycZRaRcXRsaz2JdrMVLrQCvKPqwA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Yes Vishal, I agree. Thanks a lot for your suggestions btw. I have verified
that it works manually and since communication and control parts in DS-5 is
implemented as python scripts it's actually easy to change. I like that.

I will definitely try it over the weekend.

BR,
Tony

On 27 January 2012 20:27, Vishal Bhoj <vishal.bhoj at linaro.org> wrote:

>
>
> On 27 January 2012 21:02, Amit Pundir <amit.pundir at linaro.org> wrote:
>
>> On 27 January 2012 20:38, Vishal Bhoj <vishal.bhoj at linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 27 January 2012 19:53, Tony Mansson <tony.mansson at linaro.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone think of a workaround for deleting a built-in app in
>>>> Android?
>>>>
>>>> All the apps in our builds get the status of "built-in" as opposed to
>>>> "downloaded". This makes them impossible to uninstall.
>>>> If we want to debug one of our apps with DS-5 CE, we must allow it to
>>>> be uploaded and installed by DS-5. That's how this tool works.
>>>> You can't install the same app twice and you can't delete a built-in
>>>> app. So we need to remove the app to be debugged from the build which is
>>>> inconvenient.
>>>>
>>>> You may have to mount /system/app writeable (which I think is OK for a
>>>> developer edition like Linaro Android, it could be a build option?) and
>>>> muck around in the database yourself since neither adb uninstall or the
>>>> Settings app is keen on removing a built-in app. Can it be done?
>>>>
>>>> It can be fixed in 3 ways:
>>>
>>> 1. Fix the DS5 plugin to run upload it similar to reinstalling app: the
>>> way adb install -r XYZ.apk .
>>>
>>
>>
> I meant DS5-CE should be capable of reinstalling the app since
> reinstalling system apps using "adb install -r" works .
>
>
>> I vote for a fix like this. It is clean and require fewer hacks. We can
>> install DS-5 application apk and invoke gator daemon and kernel module
>> insertion just the way WiFiService does.
>>
>>
>>> 2. Before booting the image, Mount the system partition on host machine
>>> and  delete the APK from the system partition.
>>> 3. Boot the device and then run following commands:
>>> #adb remount          (Mounts the system partition in rw mode)
>>> #adb shell rm /system/app/XYZ.apk   (This would delete the apk and
>>> uninstalls the apk)
>>> Then upload the apk with DS5 CE. It should work.
>>>
>>>
>>>> /Tony
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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