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removing bloatware

I just completed rooting 2 bolts this morning and was wondering how one goes about remove some of the additional bloatware. Blockbuster, etc...
Thanks in advance.
Michael

first make a back up in recovery.
There are several ways to do this.
Terminal emulator app,
ADB,
or an app like Root Explorer or Titanium Back up
For the terminal app and ADB just
su
--opens up super user access
cd system/app
--changes your path to where the apps are stored
ls
--lists all the apps in the directory
once you find the app you want to blow away, do
rm VZW_Golf.apk
--removes it completly, and only way to retrieve is to find a replacement apk or restore entire back up through recovory.
You could also do a
mv VZW_Golf.apk VZW_Golf.apk.bak
--Just renames the app, it will be unusable, but can easily be restored by renaming to original apk.

Another option, rather than deleting, if you're concerned about needing to put them back some day is to just use Titanium Pro's "Freeze" feature. There are other apps that you can purchase on the Market that let you "freeze" an app as well.
Freezing an app totally disables it and prevents it from loading at startup, autoloading on its own, and even removes it from the app drawer.
This is the path I'm taking for the time being, but I'm not currently worried about the bloatware sucking up precious storage space. If storage for apps becomes an issue, the rm command is only a terminal session away!

Can't get Root Explorer to mount as R/W..Any ideas?

ccse.eggie said:
I just completed rooting 2 bolts this morning and was wondering how one goes about remove some of the additional bloatware. Blockbuster, etc...
Thanks in advance.
Michael
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I would use Titanium BackUp and just freeze the apps for now untill you can get a good backup of the Original ROM on it.

AisforAustin said:
Can't get Root Explorer to mount as R/W..Any ideas?
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get the app "root checker" off the market from joeykrim
My only thought is towards you aren't rooted.
If you are, then I'm not sure since I have never used the Root Explorer app.

thanks for the replies. I used Rom Manager to make a backup.
I'll download the titanium program and freeze the programs. Sounds the easiest option.

AisforAustin said:
Can't get Root Explorer to mount as R/W..Any ideas?
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Try the "mount /system" app first. After selecting rw with that app, root explorer should be mounted as rw as well.

AisforAustin said:
Can't get Root Explorer to mount as R/W..Any ideas?
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Reboot the phone a couple of times...re-download SuperUser.apk from the market if necessary, make sure that in SuperUser Root Explorer is listed as having been allowed root permissions.
If you've never seen the pop-up SuperUser request for Root Explorer you won't be able to mount r/w.
Titanium backup same story as root explorer. It also helps in Titanium to click the Problems? button and let it install its own version of busybox - or you can download busybox from the Market as well (I haven't tested it on the TB, though).

I ended up making a backup in cwm recovery then installing root explorer and going through system/app and just deleting the apks lol. have over 470mbs free now! left the odex files for now but removed the apps. If you delete them make sure you have a backup first.
The only app given me an issue is VVW, deleted the apk, renamed odex to .old and still vvm shows in the launcher. not sure what other apk is linked to vvm. any ideas?

so can you not uninstall them with titanium backup then? That would be the easiest way. I was hoping you could as I will be rooting mine here in a few.

nosympathy said:
so can you not uninstall them with titanium backup then? That would be the easiest way. I was hoping you could as I will be rooting mine here in a few.
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You can uninstall them in titanium backup. Or after you root there is a Rom now you can flash in CWR that already has the bloat removed.
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MXMike said:
You can uninstall them in titanium backup. Or after you root there is a Rom now you can flash in CWR that already has the bloat removed.
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Which ROM is that?

Geegolly said:
first make a back up in recovery.
There are several ways to do this.
Terminal emulator app,
ADB,
or an app like Root Explorer or Titanium Back up
For the terminal app and ADB just
su
--opens up super user access
cd system/app
--changes your path to where the apps are stored
ls
--lists all the apps in the directory
once you find the app you want to blow away, do
rm VZW_Golf.apk
--removes it completly, and only way to retrieve is to find a replacement apk or restore entire back up through recovory.
You could also do a
mv VZW_Golf.apk VZW_Golf.apk.bak
--Just renames the app, it will be unusable, but can easily be restored by renaming to original apk.
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thank you so much. this is good info. i was trying to figure out how i can delete things i dont want. hate vz navigator.

TheStick13 said:
Which ROM is that?
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List is in the stickies in the development section. I like virusrom and bamf the most.
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delete the stock apps

Sorry fellas.. had to tend to the baby So.... I searched everywhere on this this site, and i cant find a thread on how to delete stock apps. Can it be done? I run a My touch 4g slide, rooted\s-off. Im sure i'ts somewhere on this forum. Can anyone please help me? Thanks so very much!!

Mount /system with r/w permission:
mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
Then you'll be able to delete your system app
eg.: rm /system/app/Browser.apk

delete stock apps android

Install "Root App Remover" from the Market.
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Hey thanks so much for the replies and help!! Unfortunately Hanisa i have no idea what that means so i'll have to do a lil' research on that
Thanx BazookaAce,XperienceD and Hanisa I thumbs u up

Root app remover removes only x programs for free, then you need to buy it.
The easiest method I found, was to download a root file manager program e.g. File expert.
Then mount system as R/W to be able to write to the directory ie. deleting files.
System apps is located in /system/apps.. start deleting.
Theres more pages online to check which apps to delete or more important, not to delete!
The apps on this tested safe and worked for me:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/10-2-final-lite-edition-made-by-you.4255/

Thanx csensitive! I have to do research since I dont know how to mount and use R\W Or maybe u just explained it...root file manager..

I figured how to mount, now i have to figure how to use '

[email protected] said:
I figured how to mount, now i have to figure how to use '
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Did you go for File expert, which is free in market and has interface to mount R/W?
If you did:
1. Check the root option under settings to give it superuser rights
2. Mount R/W using Mount in the program interface
3. Press back until it says "if you press back again it closes sumthin) Here you are at the root of the phone.
4. Go to System and then app. Start deletin all the unuseful stuff.. delete the wrong stuff and you will break your system

No I went with Root Explorer, I really like the way it's laid out. I learned it well enough to change my boot animation a few times! Browsing through all the files a folders for a few days now. Also, leaned how to use Terminal Emulator. This stuff sure is fun! I found the folder that contains the info on the backlit keyboard and hardware buttons. I'm doing some research on how to get a code in there so I can control the brightness of those features. Could be out of my league though as I'm still too fresh to all this.

Its's not recommended to remove stock apps

I agree. If you delete the wrong ones you will end up,well, we all know the answer to that I've been using Titanium Backup to freeze the application first, but not before I find out what it is used for. I don't really want to say how much more responsive my phone is now,so I won't I would rather not jinx it!
Blue6lx made a rather exellent tutorial on what the apps are, and their applicable functions. Thanks so much to him!! That must have taken a long while to complete!
It is very thorough. I just saw it last night and am heading that way right now! Have a great day!

There's tons of stock apps thats not neccesary if you dont use them, ie. stock browser, sns client, samsung sync and so on. If you dont use the facebook app to sync, want another browser, dont use talk and so on, many of the apps just takes up space.
Many of them even run in startup as services/programs and uses RAM.
I removed about 30% of the stock apps, and could remove more if I wasnt afraid to break things

That's so true.
I deleted with success the following,
com.android.htcprofile
com.eamobile.bejeweled2_small
com.htc.android.netlogger
com.htc.socialnetwork.flickr
com.htc.Twitter3DWidget
com.netflix.mediaclient
com.tmobile.theme.Brooklyn 2.3.4
com.tmobile.theme.Retro 2.3.4
com.tmobile.theme.Spring 2.3.4
cw
Picasa Web Albums 3.0.3
Ringtone Trimmer 115132628.58088
Scribble 1.0.2115202467.62132
Slacker 2.1.196
T Mobile TV 4.3.1.43.144294
TrimIt 1.6.8.110525
Zinio Reader 2.03.3312
That's it so far, any of the above mentioned have been frozen first using Titanium Backup and after not seeing any ill effects,deleted thereafter.

I believe titanium backup also can delete em, and easy to backup first.

You are correct sir

thanks for this

Sure thing.

Yea I somehow bricked my captivate when I accidently deleted something lol
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ktaey0823 said:
Yea I somehow bricked my captivate when I accidently deleted something lol
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Its didnt know it was possible to brick your phone deleting system files.. you really should be able to reflash anyway since its "just" system files..

[Q] Allow any app to be deleted?

Is there a way to allow any installed app (bloatware mostly) to be delete through the remove app method? Some custom ROMS show installed apps as downloaded and thus can be removed (the Virtuous ROMS come to mind).
I'm after a clean official 2.47 ROM with bloat removed (Twitter, Teeter, Asphalt Racing, LiveTV...) but using Tit Backup list EVERYTHING and if I remove an app "officially" it takes the associated widget with it (if there is one).
Is there a SU command from terminal that can set permissions for ALL the installed apps, knowing that it's my butt if I delete a critical app? Perhaps permissions are not the right direction, if so, could someone point me in the right direction?

lothodon said:
Is there a way to allow any installed app (bloatware mostly) to be delete through the remove app method? Some custom ROMS show installed apps as downloaded and thus can be removed (the Virtuous ROMS come to mind).
I'm after a clean official 2.47 ROM with bloat removed (Twitter, Teeter, Asphalt Racing, LiveTV...) but using Tit Backup list EVERYTHING and if I remove an app "officially" it takes the associated widget with it (if there is one).
Is there a SU command from terminal that can set permissions for ALL the installed apps, knowing that it's my butt if I delete a critical app? Perhaps permissions are not the right direction, if so, could someone point me in the right direction?
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So, I'm not trying to be jerk just trying to get a better understanding of what you're asking...what you're saying is that you want to see if there is a way, outside of TiBu, to remove ANY app within a ROM?
If this is the case, yes. You can take a file explorer (I use root explorer) and navigate to /system > /apps. From there you can long press any apk you want to delete it. You can also open the ROM before you flash it and remove anything you want but I wouldn't recommend it.

exactly what i was looking for. i was trying to use tit backup and root explorer (i use es file explorer) was MUCH easier.
only drawback, this doesn't delete the widgets associated with the now removed apps. aren't the widgets part of the apps apk?

lothodon said:
exactly what i was looking for. i was trying to use tit backup and root explorer (i use es file explorer) was MUCH easier.
only drawback, this doesn't delete the widgets associated with the now removed apps. aren't the widgets part of the apps apk?
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You have to delete the apk, and the widget also. In the list of apks it will show the widget and the apk example fmradio.apk, fmradiowidget.apk
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Use root uninstaller from the market
http://market.android.com/details?id=name.dohkoos.rootuninstaller
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How do YOU restore your apps and settings?

I am currently using titanium backup which I'm assuming most of you do as well, however its a quite tedious process restoring all my apps, it asks me individually to install every app which takes a very long time depending on how many apps you are restoring.
With the developing section constantly streaming new updates and roms, how does one keep up with the restoring? I must be missing something here, do you guys all have to install your restored apps one by one?
There must be a simpler way right? I know that if you dont do a full wipe that your apps and settings stay but i find myself switching roms alot which do require full wipes.

If your rooted and buy titanium it will reinstall your apps without going one by one.
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runderekrun said:
If your rooted and buy titanium it will reinstall your apps without going one by one.
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Thanks for the quick response, I did not know that I will get the paid version asap!

I have had Titanium Pro for a couple years. When you backup apps do you just choose non system apps?
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I've been using Titanium and as a complete system that backs up settings for apps as well as the app itself, it's pretty awesome.
However there are times (like immediately after flashing a new rom) when you have nothing extra installed but a file manager and you want to install just the app of something from your sdcard without having to re-download from Google Play. For this, I have used and app available on Google Play called "Android Assistant" that has a reasonably simple back up that will backup just the apks of installed apps. It installs it in a directory "AndroidAssistant_appbackup" in the root directory of the sdcard. Using a File Manager you can easily go into there and install backed up apps.
If you use Titanium, you seem to have to use Titanium itself to restore stuff.

Titanium Backup Pro and SMS Backup and Restore do the trick for me. They are both very quick processes, so once you get the hang of it youll have no hesitations in switching ROMs constantly. Flash ROM, let it boot, go through the setup real quick, connect your google/email/facebook and whatnot, restore apps from TB, and restore texts, all takes less than 10 minutes.
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whats the simplest option for non rooted phones to back up the entire phone/data ? are there any apps that will create a full image that you can restore at a later date ?

chriskinetic said:
whats the simplest option for non rooted phones to back up the entire phone/data ? are there any apps that will create a full image that you can restore at a later date ?
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You are looking for clockwork mode, backup and restore - but unless you are prepared to root this isn't possible. Why would anyone want to stay rooted? Stock ROM is really, really poor.

I back up my apps using this tool...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448239
It's free and downloadable right from XDA.
It makes a single flashable zip file with all of your downloaded apps in it. (I don't think it backs up system apps)
When you install a new ROM you simply flash the zip and boom...all your apps are back.
The drawback is that it doesn't save app data. For that I use Titanium free version. Reinstalling data takes about 2 seconds per app instead of 30 seconds per app to reinstall the entire thing.
The whole process of putting apps and data back into a new ROM takes about 10-15 minutes.

I prefer Mybackup Pro, backs up apps and their data, sms & mms. Call log, settings and even how your homescreen setup. Been using it for about a year now and it's awesome.
Google Play Link

Is there a way to backup apps' data on non-rooted system?
Every application witch I saw backups only .apks, none of them saves application's data, I don't even know if it's possible?

WereWolf_PL said:
Is there a way to backup apps' data on non-rooted system?
Every application witch I saw backups only .apks, none of them saves application's data, I don't even know if it's possible?
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Many apps have a built in back up system that will let you do this.
For example, Go Launcher lets you back up your Go Launcher settings to a file it stores on the SD Card.
If you have to do a factory reset at some point and need to reinstall Go Launcher from scratch you can install it then simply restore your saved settings. Works like a charm. I'd say about 10% of the apps I use have this feature.
However, if you're talking about being able to back up every app and all its data and restore it....then no. You can't do that when not rooted.
Now if you don't want to root because you like your stock set up the way it is, you should know that you can root your phone without changing anything about the stock interface. You'll just have the ability to do more complete back ups, modifications to settings etc.
(Though fair warning, if you do root it, you won't stop with just doing backups. You'll get carried away like the rest of us and start tweaking EVERYTHING. But that's cool too.)

chrisrj28 said:
I prefer Mybackup Pro, backs up apps and their data, sms & mms. Call log, settings and even how your homescreen setup. Been using it for about a year now and it's awesome.
Google Play Link
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just what im looking for , thank you

Skipjacks said:
Many apps have a built in back up system that will let you do this.
For example, Go Launcher lets you back up your Go Launcher settings to a file it stores on the SD Card.
If you have to do a factory reset at some point and need to reinstall Go Launcher from scratch you can install it then simply restore your saved settings. Works like a charm. I'd say about 10% of the apps I use have this feature.
However, if you're talking about being able to back up every app and all its data and restore it....then no. You can't do that when not rooted.
Now if you don't want to root because you like your stock set up the way it is, you should know that you can root your phone without changing anything about the stock interface. You'll just have the ability to do more complete back ups, modifications to settings etc.
(Though fair warning, if you do root it, you won't stop with just doing backups. You'll get carried away like the rest of us and start tweaking EVERYTHING. But that's cool too.)
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Thanks for the info. I know that some applications have backup options, but I was hopping that there's an easier way to backup more important apps, or actually its data.
I also know what rooting means, and I'm not going to end at backups
Actually, I like stock firmware for now, don't need to change that, I just want to root for some more advanced options, additional software that needs root access, and maybe to remove, or at least freeze some unnecessary apps.
P.S. I'm actually a little disappointed about HTCdev web page. I was almost sure, that I can unlock bootloader and root the system without factory reset. I read all the info, and warnings on HTCdev.com, and nowhere, NOWHERE was written that to unlock bootloader you need to factory reset your device.
I went through all the steps, and on the last one, where I had a choice to flash, or to abort, was mentioned that flashing will do factory reset. The worst thing is that the steps shows up one after another, I couldn't even read the last one before sending the unlock code to HTC. So now - even when I didn't unlock my device, they have info that I wanted to do this, and my warranty is voided (or at least partially voided).

Help using Rooted Amaze

Okay, so I have gone through Hansoon2000 (ty btw) All in One kit for T-Mobile Amaze and did steps 1 - 5 and then flashed a recovery, but I don't know where to go now. I would like to start deleting stock apps that I don't want and are taking up space. Can someone give me a few tips on what to do next? I am assuming I need to be in SU mode or something like that.
Thanks.

hockey2nite said:
Okay, so I have gone through Hansoon2000 (ty btw) All in One kit for T-Mobile Amaze and did steps 1 - 5 and then flashed a recovery, but I don't know where to go now. I would like to start deleting stock apps that I don't want and are taking up space. Can someone give me a few tips on what to do next? I am assuming I need to be in SU mode or something like that.
Thanks.
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If you have Superuser installed, go ahead and download Titanium Backup. Whenever you enter a root app, a SU prompt will appear asking if you want to grant Superuser Permissions.
Its not really SU mode, apps just want the ability to do Super things.
Titanium Backup will allow you to uninstall apps, but when deleting system apps you have to be careful not to do something stupid, like uninstall the settings app. Titanium backup actually does a lot more, you can backup/restore apps and their data, freeze apps (pro only), and more backing up. Its the one app you absolutely need on a rooted device.
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I think you may be looking for something like this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362759 it's made by an awesome dev and is stock sans bloat and very tweakable.