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Root Browser: Removing "Verizon" locked Bookmarks

The silent boot file was maintained by the 2.3.3 update.
Still silent.

FWIW....the modified Browser database remained as well.
No need to do this again if you get the 2.3.3 update.
 
Rafael said:
There is a database file called "browser.db" containing the Bookmark entries.
It is located in /data/data/com.android.browser/databases/

If you want to edit it:
Open it with a database editor, like this one:SQLite Administrator - International Milestone Beta
Remove the first two entries in the file.
I cannot figure out why these two are not deletable from the Browser, other than the entry numbers being what they are.
Removing the entries works just fine.

Or just replace your file with this one:
Here is a link to the edited file I made:http://members.cox.net/friesen2/Commando/browser.db
I left in a link to Google, but it can be deleted, leaving you with no bookmarks.
Click to expand...

This link does not work anymore.
 
Rafael said:
There is a database file called "browser.db" containing the Bookmark entries.
It is located in /data/data/com.android.browser/databases/

If you want to edit it:
Open it with a database editor, like this one:SQLite Administrator - International Milestone Beta
Remove the first two entries in the file.
I cannot figure out why these two are not deletable from the Browser, other than the entry numbers being what they are.
Removing the entries works just fine.

Or just replace your file with this one:
Here is a link to the edited file I made:http://members.cox.net/friesen2/Commando/browser.db
I left in a link to Google, but it can be deleted, leaving you with no bookmarks.
Click to expand...

I tried deleting everything in the database but the bookmarks repopulated themselves, ideas?
 
I remember doing this. if you read the tables, the reason they are 'on the top' is that Verizon has set the visit count to something like 10000000. if you use a sql tool you can do something to the effect of update tablex set veiwcount = '0';

thats what I did when I was pissed about those 'bookmarks'.
 
These methods wouldn't work for me, possibly just a flaw in my execution. I found another thread where I just downloaded an app (bookmark manager) and it was able to delete them, easier lol.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.guenmat.android.bookmarks&feature=search_result
 
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