Can anyone think of a workaround for deleting a built-in app in Android?

[Vishal Bhoj]

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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