SholesMod 2.0.3 Help Needed

[BigRedGonzo]

I just updated to the latest SholesMod 2.0.3 and Maps is FCing every time I try to open it. I went to the www.sholes.info site and it says to do the following:

Update (trevorj): If you are having issues with Maps/Maps related apps FCing, do this: (make sure you are on 2.0.3 when you do this!)
1. Delete “/system/app/Maps.apk” and “/data/app/com.google.android.maps.apk” (the second one might not exist)
2. Reboot your phone
3. Go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > com.google.android.maps > Uninstall
2. Market > Install Google Maps


The Maps.apk file is read-only and my knowledge of Linux is miserable at best. Can someone give me a quick lesson on deleting this file??


Any help is already appreciated.


Thanks,

[banden]

You are going to need to remount the partition as read/write, make the changes and then remount it as read again. Below should be the instructions for you to follow to remove those two objects you specified. This should be doable from a Terminal app on the device:

$ su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
# rm system/app/Maps.apk
# rm data/app/com.google.android.maps.apk
# mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

NOTE: Be careful! You run the risk of damaging/bricking the phone whenever you go into Superuser permissions as you have full permission to modify every aspect of your operating system and the files contained in it. It's your own fault if you break something.

[BigRedGonzo]

Banden,

Thanks for the help. Worked perfectly. I guess I need to learn what that does exactly...one day.

Thanks again.

[steeldragonnyc]

I cant even update to 2.0.3

[BigRedGonzo]

Originally Posted by steeldragonnyc

I cant even update to 2.0.3

Are you using the Sholes SM Updater?

If so, what problems are you having?