Hi Guys,
I am using unlocked version T-mobile Vibrant in INDIA.
You must be aware that apps like amazonmp3, kindle, slacker will be of NO USE here.
I have already Rooted my device + having Root Explorer installed.
Can someone please help me to remove these apps from my phone.
Cheers,
Nikhil
nikhilkalantre said:
Hi Guys,
I am using unlocked version T-mobile Vibrant in INDIA.
You must be aware that apps like amazonmp3, kindle, slacker will be of NO USE here.
I have already Rooted my device + having Root Explorer installed.
Can someone please help me to remove these apps from my phone.
Cheers,
Nikhil
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uninstall using titanium backup
Or using root explorer go into the system/app directory and delete anything you don't want.
lralexl said:
uninstall using titanium backup
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I don't know if I'm alone on this, but Titanium Backup (free) won't uninstall these apps for me. Something about not being able to locate the .apk file... In any case, I'm sure it'd work with Root Explorer, but haven't had the time to mess w/it (and don't want to pay for it ahead of having the time to play w/it). Guess I'm just hoping for a bloat-free CM next month might remove the need...
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Hi!
I just got my first Android mobile... yepiiiiii
Only one thing is bugging me:
I know how to uninstall programs that I downloaded or installed from the SD, but how do I unistall games that came with the phone? Those 3 games are: Peggle, CA Gold Rush & Roller Coaster.
I'm new to Andoid, so take it easy
Please help, I'll be very thankful...
If its the same as your big brother x10 just go into settings, applications and select whatever program you wanna take away.
if it that don't work you need root access to take it away, we had that prob with moxier!
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ballubas said:
If its the same as your big brother x10 just go into settings, applications and select whatever program you wanna take away.
if it that don't work you need root access to take it away, we had that prob with moxier!
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I don't know if it's like the bigger x10. But I tried with the program from the setting... It does'nt have any uninstall button.
And yes, I have access to the root with a program that I downloaded from the Android market called Astro file manager.
Help Please!
According to your message, you have removed creatouch from your phone. Can you please tell me the actual app name of creatouch for removing it by root.
Ex. roadsync.apk
I have tried Creatouch.apk and many other ways but could not remove it.
By any chance, do you know the name for CA Gold Rush?
Root access in this case = Superuser access.
The easiest way to do it is to check out this thread, download, install, run the apk on your mini, and it should take care of everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747587
Then the easiest way to remove the apps would be to get something like Titanium Backup, and uninstalling the apps through there...
Yup you need to root to get rid of the very annoying bloatware put on by SE and your carrier. Bugged me when during the last update Tmobile put on another useless app. When will they realise that the beauty of android is that we should get to choose what we have on our phones not them. No-one uses their crappy programmes anyway!!
kitty_0427 said:
According to your message, you have removed creatouch from your phone. Can you please tell me the actual app name of creatouch for removing it by root.
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Hi.
I got shut of it yesterday using Root Explorer and Titanium Back-Up. I used TB to uninstall it, I then went to /data/app and removed the apk, then from /data/app-private, and lastly from /system/app, and now have no trace of it.
So I just got my x10 today and I wanted get rid of all the crap that comes preinstalled such as moxier applications and creatouch and so on. Could someone help me out please and tell me a step by step?
Ive rooted my phone already btw.
Install Titanium Backup and start removing.
do i get that as an apk or on the market?
soldiers33 said:
do i get that as an apk or on the market?
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You get it in the market.
Maybe you should use the search function.. just saying
I installed titanium back up and busybox like it asked but it still says not rooted. But busybox says its rooted.
Try installing SuperUser too.
thanks for that it works now. But for some reason when I try to uninstall creatouch it hangs and doesnt respond. Also anyone knw where the list of safe to remove applications are? Tried searching cant find it
soldiers33 said:
But for some reason when I try to uninstall creatouch it hangs and doesnt respond.
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That will keep reinstalling itself, so you need to also remove the apk from data/app-private with RootExplorer.
soldiers33 said:
Also anyone knw where the list of safe to remove applications are? Tried searching cant find it.
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You can use THIS list as a guide, but everyone is different so what I might remove someone else may not and vice versa so use your own judgement when removing apps.
=]
soldiers33 said:
Also anyone knw where the list of safe to remove applications are? Tried searching cant find it
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[sorry tried posting link, but im new and it doesn't allow me]
also do not touch the google stuff!!! specially gtalk. it's essential for communication between your phone and the android market, without it which you will not be able to download anything (as i learnt yesterday)
how do i remove them? with titanium backup? or a manual way? If so how?
soldiers33 said:
how do i remove them? with titanium backup? or a manual way? If so how?
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With Titanium.
I wish you told me earlier. Now I have to reinstall everything.
I personally find that removing all the apps under the apps-private folder is the easiest and safest method. I just deleted them there and they are gone forever.
will try that out after my phone reinstalls. Oh well lesson learnt, so now ill be more cautious
soldiers33 said:
So I just got my x10 today and I wanted get rid of all the crap that comes preinstalled such as moxier applications and creatouch and so on. Could someone help me out please and tell me a step by step?
Ive rooted my phone already btw.
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busy box and titanium backup are the tools you need xD
XperiaX10iUser said:
That will keep reinstalling itself, so you need to also remove the apk from data/app-private with RootExplorer.
You can use THIS list as a guide, but everyone is different so what I might remove someone else may not and vice versa so use your own judgement when removing apps.
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That Link has the best solution...pick the apps you consider unwanted, move them to a temp folder, use your phone for a week, if there are no issues...rm the temp folder...
Before rm'ing, optionally you can do a backup of the temp folder to your PC, in case you need any apps later....
I find this method very reliable and issue-free
Has anybody messed around with the phone enough to figure out how to remove the bloatware? I could gain a lot of space with it removed so if anybody has found a way to please tell me thanks.
Yes this can be done. Root using z4root in the marketplace with permenant root. Then install root explorer. you can now uninstall apps.
spineforu82 said:
Yes this can be done. Root using z4root in the marketplace with permenant root. Then install root explorer. you can now uninstall apps.
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ok thanks got it to work
This is odd, I don't see z4root in the marketplace... do I need to do anything first to get it to show up?
So once I install Root Explorer, where do I go to delete the bloatware. There are so many directories, I'm not sure where I go to remove them, please help.
go to system/app
Snpdragn said:
So once I install Root Explorer, where do I go to delete the bloatware. There are so many directories, I'm not sure where I go to remove them, please help.
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Before you remove anything from the /system/app folder make a copy of the entire folder and save it in a safe place. Just in case.
I suggest buying Titanium Backup (pro key) so that you can use the freeze feature, this will keep the app from running or showing up in your app tray and can easily be reversed. Titanium BU Wiki
I spent a good amount of time getting rid of junk and found that it doesn't really give me back very much space.
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I spent a good amount of time getting rid of junk and found that it doesn't really give me back very much space.
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yeah, i only freed up ~10mb after removing all the preinstalled stuff
It won't free up much useful space, as the preinstalled apps are all in /system, not /data, but it will keep useless junk from running all the time. I found that switching to an alternative launcher and removing anything blur-related the phone felt much quicker.
Also, freeing up space in /system will give you room to move a few ringtones/alerts/alarms over there, so that they'll work even if your SD card is being accessed on the pc.
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It won't free up much useful space, as the preinstalled apps are all in /system, not /data, but it will keep useless junk from running all the time. I found that switching to an alternative launcher and removing anything blur-related the phone felt much quicker.
Please please tell me how you removed blurcrap??? I tried following directions somewhere on here and bricked my phone.
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Hi Guys,
Just used "superoneclick" to root my phone.
I have just opened the superuser app but i get the message "no apps in list"
I wanted to be able to use this to delete unwanted apps from my phone.
Or is there another way to get rid of these now its rooted.
(BTW bit of a newbie so simple instructions please lol)
Thanks for your help in advance.
Rob
If you want to remove apps install Titanium Backup from Market
If your phone is rooted, you could try using Root Explorer, then go to the app folder and delete it there maybe? Not sure haven't tried it myself, but it might just work
Most of the bloatware included by the phone is reinstalled magically after a device reset (wipe).
In order to delete it forever, you need to edit the file /data/.OP/app-enabled-conf.json
I attach a file that removes all bloatware (added the txt extension in order to upload here).
* Note: Searched if this info is already published here but not located. If this is know already, please delete the thread.
* Note 2: I recommend to backup your app-enabled-conf.json file before edit it...
very useful, thanks.... could you list what is removed by this ???
557953 said:
very useful, thanks.... could you list what is removed by this ???
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Sorry, updated mine and not preserved the original contents...
please give moar info about this solution
Hello. Since I have unrooted LG G3 F400S (korean version) this solution is very helpful. I want to get rid of all korean apps without rooting my phone.
So I've switched to LG phone mode in setting of my phone, via MyPhoneExplorer looked in folder data\.OP\ - but it's empty! there is no app-enable-conf.json. Next problem-how I could set rw-r--r-- rights to this file without root?
Thanks a lot for help, sorry for bad english, I'm just a casual user not droid guru, so I cant solve this questions by myself. Have a nice day.:laugh:
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So I've switched to LG phone mode in setting of my phone, via MyPhoneExplorer looked in folder data\.OP\ - but it's empty! there is no app-enable-conf.json.
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I don't have this file either. Got a rooted G3, using Root Explorer, show hidden files enabled - nothing in the data folder
Warning
I noticed that when you upgrade the software via PC Suite, it will check that all pre-installed apps are present before it will proceed. Even the ones I froze using Titanium backup I have to unfreeze them before PC Suite will proceed with the software upgrade. So I am guessing that if you do this, you can kiss goodbye to ever upgrading your software.
Seifer1975 said:
Warning
I noticed that when you upgrade the software via PC Suite, it will check that all pre-installed apps are present before it will proceed. Even the ones I froze using Titanium backup I have to unfreeze them before PC Suite will proceed with the software upgrade. So I am guessing that if you do this, you can kiss goodbye to ever upgrading your software.
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wtf? so how should I delete this korean apps? I thought that solution in this topic will help or, at least, I can root handset and kill this apps but forget about OTA updates....:crying:
Actually you can just freeze them with Titanium Backup