Help nm files in /system/app

[Ravelnotch2]

What does the nm files do? Can i safety delete them?

 

[androidmachine]

I'm assuming you are rooted because you can't delete files on the system partition without being rooted. As a general piece of advice, be very careful when deleting files on the system partition. Make sure you know exactly what it is you are deleting.

I once deleted an innocuous looking file from the system partition and threw my device into a boot loop and soft-bricked it. So I just want to reiterate that it's dangerous deleting anything from the system partition.

 

[Ravelnotch2]

I'm assuming you are rooted because you can't delete files on the system partition without being rooted. As a general piece of advice, be very careful when deleting files on the system partition. Make sure you know exactly what it is you are deleting.

I once deleted an innocuous looking file from the system partition and threw my device into a boot loop and soft-bricked it. So I just want to reiterate that it's dangerous deleting anything from the system partition.

I know the risk. I have deleted all bloatwares from system partition and my device still running fine. I was asking what are nm files?

 

[mikedt]

Nothing conclusive shows on a search for .nm files. Have a look at their content, see if anything in them, like XML or something might give a clue as to what they do and if they're needed or not.

 

[Ravelnotch2]

I found out that it was an apk file. I better leave it since nm files do nothing

 

[scary alien]

Apparently, these .nm files look like they are related to the Pipo M8 Pro Launcher.

Does that ring a bell / is that something you are using or that the ROM you have installed has or uses?

References:

http://freaktab.com/forum/tablet-support-android/pipo-tablets/7165-pipo-m8-pro-launcher
http://www.arctablet.com/blog/forum...-root-android-4-2-2-firmware-20130822/page-2/
http://www.arctablet.com/blog/forum...-root-android-4-2-2-firmware-20130822/page-3/​