hi,
Did a search for the topic, found lots of threads about cooked or custom ROMs but nothing about uninstalling all the junk in the ROM that I don't want that came pre-installed on the device.
Any links to actual threads that talk about how to do it would be greatly appreciated.
Not looking for a cooked ROM, am fine with the stock Sprint ROM, just want to delete all the extraneous applications that came pre-installed.
Thank you in advance.
If it isn't listed in the remove programs section there is a good chance it is a part of the rom and isn't removable.
See, someone had something for the AT&T version
Rhodium500 said:
If it isn't listed in the remove programs section there is a good chance it is a part of the rom and isn't removable.
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Unfortunately, they didn't port it for the Sprint and was hoping to find something similiar, and yes, there IS a way to remove stuff from ROM, just trying to find out how.
If you're trying to remove software like NFL Mobile and stuff, this is the way to do it:
- You have to dump stock Sprint ROM into a kitchen
- Search for *.cab files in the OEM folder. When you find some, those will be the only ones that you can remove. All others are mixed into the ROM files and MUCH tougher to remove. Remove the ones you don't want
- Remove install instruction for those cabs in the install.dat file
I know that's VERY vague, but you need to have some knowledge with kitchens and making them to do this. So, try first learning how to dump a ROM into a kitchen and remaking it. Ervius Visual kitchen is very nice. It has a GUI interface and you can dump a ROM right from that. THEN you take the stuff you don't want in it and recreate it!
stickfigure said:
If you're trying to remove software like NFL Mobile and stuff, this is the way to do it:
- You have to dump stock Sprint ROM into a kitchen
- Search for *.cab files in the OEM folder. When you find some, those will be the only ones that you can remove. All others are mixed into the ROM files and MUCH tougher to remove. Remove the ones you don't want
- Remove install instruction for those cabs in the install.dat file
I know that's VERY vague, but you need to have some knowledge with kitchens and making them to do this. So, try first learning how to dump a ROM into a kitchen and remaking it. Ervius Visual kitchen is very nice. It has a GUI interface and you can dump a ROM right from that. THEN you take the stuff you don't want in it and recreate it!
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Thanks, I was possibly hoping to avoid the kitchen approach. Do know how to do it, didn't want to go that route. There is a utility for the AT&T version that someone created, of course, can't find the link now, crudscraper or something like that. It does exactly this. i was hoping to find something similar for the Sprint version.
Thanks for the reply, vague or not, it's appreciated.
sanjsrik said:
Thanks, I was possibly hoping to avoid the kitchen approach. Do know how to do it, didn't want to go that route. There is a utility for the AT&T version that someone created, of course, can't find the link now, crudscraper or something like that. It does exactly this. i was hoping to find something similar for the Sprint version.
Thanks for the reply, vague or not, it's appreciated.
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See, every carrier adds it's own software on the ROM, so the AT&T ROM probably has it's own software. I can imagine one way the person could do it is see all the files and registry entries that are in each of the app cabs in the dumped ROM and have the app remove them. Someone would have to specifcally make it for Sprint. It's not something that can be ported from what I know.
If you going to go the route of changing registry settings, etc., then I would first disable the CM_Guardian_Service first. It will put back some of the settings you delete if you don't disable that PoS.
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Well hardly cooking... All I want to be able to do is to take a base ROM that I like (core 2.0n vanilla or perhaps mfrazz's 1.7) and add the programs that I always install anyway. i figure this will make a hard reset easier if needed and give me a little more memory.
Okay... so I downloaded anchillius's rom kitchen and was able to follow all the directions he provided. I used his core 2.0n, which I have been running for a while but unless I am mistaken installing what I produced would basically be the same thing as installing it directly since it is vanilla anyway, right?
anyway I have a few questions...
1. If I dump a ROM like mfrazz's crossbow 1.7 and install that as is, will the reg tweaks that he made still be there?
2. Is there a readily available step by step on how to add programs. I tried google search and couldn't find anything. I know I am being lazy here but hoping that someone will help a brotha out! that and I am really quite busy at work (but not to busy to not be messing with my phone!)
I'm pretty sure that all the reg changes are the same, I cooked Crossbow 1.7 a little, and nothing changed (that I noticed).
And when u say programs, do u mean by cooking the programs into the ROM with cabs, cuz in this tutorial there is a way on how to install programs by cabs
P.S. While were talking about programs, how do I get the settings for a programs that have to register into a package of my cooked ROM? Is it something in the reg entries on my phone? If so, how do I find out what and how do I get it off of my phone and into the package?
I am running XDA Mobile 6 r3 by mfrazzz, I love it... Good job Frazzz!!!!
What I want to do or know if its possible the rom still has a lot of programs that I dont use... even the lite version... is there any way to uninstall the programs I dont want... they do not show up in the add remove program list
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You can't. That's why it's called rom. (read only memory). the only way is cook your own rom. If you like mfrazzz's rom then you can recook it.
Hope this helps.
macaraballojr said:
I am running XDA Mobile 6 r3 by mfrazzz, I love it... Good job Frazzz!!!!
What I want to do or know if its possible the rom still has a lot of programs that I dont use... even the lite version... is there any way to uninstall the programs I dont want... they do not show up in the add remove program list
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Why do you want to remove it? If you don't like it, don't use it. If you don't want to see it in the program files, then remove the .lnk file and you don't have to see it.
Understand that the rom area is an area that you can't get to. So those programs being on your phone don't cause you to have less space on your device (you can't use that area anyway). So install the lite version and remove shortcuts you don't want to see.
Or as suggested, dump the rom with a kitchen, and pull out what you don't want, and then rebuild the rom and flash it...
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Why do you want to remove it? If you don't like it, don't use it. If you don't want to see it in the program files, then remove the .lnk file and you don't have to see it.
Understand that the rom area is an area that you can't get to. So those programs being on your phone don't cause you to have less space on your device (you can't use that area anyway). So install the lite version and remove shortcuts you don't want to see.
Or as suggested, dump the rom with a kitchen, and pull out what you don't want, and then rebuild the rom and flash it...
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Spoken like a true 'WIZARD' haha
Follow up: Light vs Loaded
Hi, MFazz.
You're touching on an interesting issue here. Let's consider two versions of your R3: Light and Loaded. Do they have (roughly) the same speed, same storage memory and same program memory?...
BTW, I'm getting ready to try your R3, and am wondering: there used to be R3a, right? I can't seem to find it.
And lastly, are you by chance planning R4?
Many thanks!
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Why do you want to remove it? If you don't like it, don't use it. If you don't want to see it in the program files, then remove the .lnk file and you don't have to see it.
Understand that the rom area is an area that you can't get to. So those programs being on your phone don't cause you to have less space on your device (you can't use that area anyway). So install the lite version and remove shortcuts you don't want to see.
Or as suggested, dump the rom with a kitchen, and pull out what you don't want, and then rebuild the rom and flash it...
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Hey, I'm going to try to make my own rom.
Instead of trying to recook other people's rom, (which always fail at cooking)
i'll just try to make my own from scratch.
Custom roms have so many programs i never heard of and will never use.
I just annoys me seeing them.
anyway, have a few questions.
I'm currently following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=303195
if i want to remove Windows live, do I just take out these folders?
WindowsLive_DPI_96
WindowsLive
and where do people find all these registry cabs, and how come other builders don't share them?
I know theres a list of apps on the link, but they're not updated and not as complete.
also, I think that rom comes with Cnet2, how can i get the new Cnet3?
Also, Say i put Flash 7 in the oem folder, and next week flash 8 comes out, do I just install flash 8 and it will update it in my phone?
or do I need to recook, since you can't uninstall OEM stuff.
Why doesn't the FTP work? i tried xdaupload/xdaupload.
Thanks!
hi guys i have downloaded a few roms that i really like and would like to strip them down to make my own rom. where can i go to get the tools/software i need to pull off a job like this?
Tambuyeye said:
hi guys i have downloaded a few roms that i really like and would like to strip them down to make my own rom. where can i go to get the tools/software i need to pull off a job like this?
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search core kitchen, also hypercore, also, you must know that there is dificulties pulling a rom appart, and then having it be put into packages. better off cooking your own. If you download every wizard kitchen you can find, you will have quite a bit to start with when it comes to OEM drivers. If you download kitchens flr other devices, You will also get new apps to put into the oem.
Trying to pull appart a rom will give you more trouble.
look up TNT's kitchen, and j.vd.spank's kitchen.
Cooking your own is better than cracking the egg and trying to cram something in there.
Hello,
Is it possibly to add one or 2 cabs to stock kaiser rom? My plan is to add remotetracker to my rom and leave the rest as is (including the spl if possible). This way I am always protected by remotetracker and sending back my device to htc for repairs (if that would be necessary) won't give trouble
Thanks in advance, peterrus
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Hello,
Is it possibly to add one or 2 cabs to stock kaiser rom? My plan is to add remotetracker to my rom and leave the rest as is (including the spl if possible). This way I am always protected by remotetracker and sending back my device to htc for repairs (if that would be necessary) won't give trouble
Thanks in advance, peterrus
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Blure question as if you cook this in you have a custom rom even using the stock so warranty is broken if you send it in for repairs. Other than that its just to make a package out of the cab isnt it?
Well, maybe HTC doesn't notice the device doesn't run a original ROM. Well I can make an OEM package, but I want to include it in the stock ROM. When I use a kitchen I get all kinds of stripped baseroms, which is something I rather not want.
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Well, maybe HTC doesn't notice the device doesn't run a original ROM. Well I can make an OEM package, but I want to include it in the stock ROM. When I use a kitchen I get all kinds of stripped baseroms, which is something I rather not want.
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You are kidding right? What do you exactly want here? Do you want it to be like if someone stole youre phone and perform a hard reset that the program is automaticly installed and you can trace it? Or just want to have the program installed if YOU hard reset? Or.. Just have the program installed..
wut
What I really want to know is: Can I add one or 2 files to a stock rom, repack it, and flash it.
peterrus said:
What I really want to know is: Can I add one or 2 files to a stock rom, repack it, and flash it.
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Yes in diffrent set of ways, you can use package tools on the given cab to make a package to brew in or use XML whit a config operator and have the cab in ROM. There are other ways aswell, it depends on the ROM you are using and the prefered way you want todo this. Idk wich one I would recomend for you.. By making a package you can end up having trouble whit the cab, seting up operator you need to dig in a bit to learn. Read up on packages and search on config_operator setups and you will get there
Thanks, will do.