Thursday, February 2, 2012

Install/Uninstall .apk to System Directory on Android

Here is a simple way of installing and uninstalling an .apk to system directory on Android.
  1. Open adb shell
  2. su
  3. mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
  4. cat /sdcard/[YourAppName].apk > /system/app/[YourAppName].apk
  5. mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
  6. reboot

To uninstall issue following commands:
  1. mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
  2. rm /system/app/[YourAppName].apk