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Root [CDMA] Uninstalling Sprint apps following root process

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treesloth

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A big reason for rooting my phone was to be able to uninstall the crappy Sprint apps. Now I find that I can't. I've followed exactly the procedure in the rooting sticky ("Complete Newbie's Guide..."), using the same ROM and all. Should I be able to uninstall the Sprint apps like any other app? If not, is there some alternative uninstaller that I should use?

Lesson learned: Make sure that a seeming solution to a problem will actually solve the problem. Who knew? :p
 
Download Titanium Backup and you will be able to uninstall your apps, but be careful which ones you uninstall and some are required, or you will have issues, so be careful



treesloth said:
A big reason for rooting my phone was to be able to uninstall the crappy Sprint apps. Now I find that I can't. I've followed exactly the procedure in the rooting sticky ("Complete Newbie's Guide..."), using the same ROM and all. Should I be able to uninstall the Sprint apps like any other app? If not, is there some alternative uninstaller that I should use?

Lesson learned: Make sure that a seeming solution to a problem will actually solve the problem. Who knew? :p
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+1 - TB is the Best way to do it.

TIP - Before you remove them....make a back up.
Never know when you may need to restore sprint Nascar.....ask the Intercept owners...
 
MahaloCat said:
+1 - TB is the Best way to do it.

TIP - Before you remove them....make a back up.
Never know when you may need to restore sprint Nascar.....ask the Intercept owners...
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Seriously? There are phones that *need* the Nascar app? Uggh...

Thanks to all for the TB pointer. I'll grab that and be a happy rooter.
 
treesloth said:
Seriously? There are phones that *need* the Nascar app? Uggh...

Thanks to all for the TB pointer. I'll grab that and be a happy rooter.
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No, but once you start debloating, you could very easily say "oh, I don't need this" and uninstall something that doesn't seem critical, but really is.

Like Google Talk.

If you uninstall Google Talk (or 'Talk' in the app list), Google Play will not work. And just reinstalling it will not fix it. You'll need to reflash the ROM. Just an example.

So make a backup. It can't hurt to. And it might save you some frustration if you do.
 
MahaloCat said:
+1 - TB is the Best way to do it.

TIP - Before you remove them....make a back up.
Never know when you may need to restore sprint Nascar.....ask the Intercept owners...
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I never back up the bloatware (imo stocks, nascar, facebook, etc, is bloatware) If you dont mind the few extra MB in SD storage it wouldnt hurt and cant cause any problems that I can forsee. IMO, I wouldnt though, I always uninstall them whenever i re-root my phone after something goes wrong or a ROM installs them.

Titanium is the way to go for uninstalling ANYTHING
 
tomatoxflames said:
I never back up the bloatware (imo stocks, nascar, facebook, etc, is bloatware) If you dont mind the few extra MB in SD storage it wouldnt hurt and cant cause any problems that I can forsee. IMO, I wouldnt though, I always uninstall them whenever i re-root my phone after something goes wrong or a ROM installs them.

Titanium is the way to go for uninstalling ANYTHING
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I believe Mahalo meant a NANDroid backup. Backing up system apps in TiBu is usually useless as they have a high probability of going awry when being reinstalled from TiBu.
 
I meant both -
Back up in TB before you delete.
And ALWAYS Nandroid.

Intercept users had a partial root solution.
Everyone deleted bloat....then when the GB OTA came out - there was app check lock. Unless you had Stock Apps - your Phone wouldn't update.

HUGE PITA....:driver:
 
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