Apps Fixing Helix force-close loop?

[HippoMan]

I'm running Helix (a Launcher substitute) on my Nexus One (Android 2.1), and during an attempt to reconfigure it, I got stuck in a Helix force-close loop. I can't do anything. The Menu, Search, Home, and Back buttons don't work at all, even if I quickly press them after selecting the Force Close button. All that's happening is that I continually get the Force Close dialog box.

I'd like to just uninstall com.helixproject.launcher, but I can't get into Settings, nor anything else. All I can do is keep shutting down and rebooting.

I connected my desktop to my Nexus One via USB and then ran this:

adb uninstall com.helixproject.launcher​

However, it just goes into waiting for device mode. I think I need to get into Developers Mode or something like that on my Nexus One, but I can't get into Settings in order to do that because of the Force Close loop.

I'm running Amon RA's bootloader and a Cyanogen ROM, if that helps.

How can I uninstall that launcher?

Thanks in advance.

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[cp1]

Can you get into adb shell from recovery?

 

[HippoMan]

Can you get into adb shell from recovery?

Aha! Yes, I can! Thank you!

... but I don't think I'm seeing everything on my device. If I do an ls, I only see this much:

/ # ls
cache             init              res               system
data              init.goldfish.rc  root              tmp
default.prop      init.mahimahi.rc  sbin
dev               init.rc           sdcard
etc               proc              sys

If I issue the following command, nothing shows up:

find / -name 'com.helixproject.launcher*'​

Is there something else I need to do in order to find my Helix app and delete it?

Thanks again.

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[cp1]

Edit: I see the system in your ls -- you're probably not looking for the right name, the application file ends in .apk and won't have the com.etc.etc -- it'll just be something like helix.apk


The next question is: if you delete the app that the phone is looking to run on startup as your launcher, will it default to the stock launcher or just hang?

 

[HippoMan]

Thank you, but there is only one small file under /system when I do this. Do I perhaps have to issue some sort of mount command before I can see the rest of my data?

Based on what I have read elsewhere, I'm pretty sure that once I delete the offending launcher app, the stock launcher will be used by default.

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[cp1]

You might try this (about 5 posts into the thread)

how to get rid of stock apps - Nexus One Forum - Google Phone Forum