deathtical
Newbie
OK. So I was finally able to pickup my new Bionic from Costco today (awesome price and bundle). I saw the Pete's root tool and rooted it. Now how do I get rid of all the cra... bonus apps that came pre-installed? Thanks.
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Root Bionic Rooted... now what?
- Thread starter deathtical
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p8ntballah21
Android Enthusiast
You can use titanium back up to freeze apps. I personally use Root Explorer and change the file extension from .apk to .bak
Lars
Android Expert
Yes do not simply delete the apk files. You will need them some day and regret not having them. Then you will have to beg someone to get the files but you won't know which ones you are missing and you will not be able to update unless some kind person gives you all the /system/app files.
I downloaded multiple file explorers which stated they had 'root explorer' capabilities.
However, they seem to not be able to rename a file...
Am I doing something wrong?
Most file explorers can view the root directories as read only, whereas some can mount them as read/write. I know root explorer, that p8ntballah21 mentioned, can do this, but it's also a paid app. I'm not sure if there are free apps that can do it.
ES File Explorer (free app) can do this:
menu -> Settings -> Root Settings (scroll to bottom of the page) -> Root Explorer (checkbox) and Mount File system [mount /, /system as writable] (checkbox).
Works great...not sure that I'd use it on the Bionic to rename or delete a system app, though since there's no .SBF file or custom recovery (i.e., ability to do a Nandroid backup or restore).
Cautionary tale: http://androidforums.com/bionic-all-things-root/411710-am-i-screwed-until-sbf-available.html
menu -> Settings -> Root Settings (scroll to bottom of the page) -> Root Explorer (checkbox) and Mount File system [mount /, /system as writable] (checkbox).
Works great...not sure that I'd use it on the Bionic to rename or delete a system app, though since there's no .SBF file or custom recovery (i.e., ability to do a Nandroid backup or restore).
Cautionary tale: http://androidforums.com/bionic-all-things-root/411710-am-i-screwed-until-sbf-available.html
Can you point me in the direction of petes root tool?