Is there a way to push apks to the system/app folder without rooting the device?
I found several ways to do it on rooted devices but I am looking for a way to do it without first rooting the device.
If it makes any difference, I want to do it on a Samsung S4 and use twrp as custom recovery.
PS: First rooting and the unrooting is, unfortunately also not an option.
You CAN uninstall WITHOUT rooting:
To uninstall an app:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 app--package--name--here
Example, uninstalling youtube:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
To list apps by package names:
adb shell pm list packages
To list only system package names:
adb shell pm list packages -s
Here is a list of system apps that you may want to uninstall:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.chrome &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.htc.sense.browser &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.htc.android.voicedictation &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.htc.sense.socialnetwork.facebook &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.providers.downloads &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.aiqidi.nemo &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.htc.sense.socialnetwork.googleplus &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.htc.android.voicedictation &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.htc.sense.linkedin &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.talk &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.books &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.htc.FMRadioWidget &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.htc.fmservice &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.htc.Weather &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.play.games &&
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.magazines