HalfFrozen
Android Enthusiast
I am not taking credit for this at all. BUT, I feel this needs to be posted here for the people looking around on what they can and cannot delete off their phone once Root has been gained.
I personally use Titanium Backup to remove things...
Post from taypotts on another site:
I personally use Titanium Backup to remove things...
Post from taypotts on another site:
Ever notice all the crapware that Verizon and Motorola like to load your Droid X with? Of course you have! Here is a guide on how to get rid of all of that stuff!
Safe to remove:
- Amazon Mp3
- City ID
- Skype
- MyVerizon
- CarDock
- Kindle
- Blockbuster
- Mobile Hotspot
- Visual Voicemail (if you remove this then it will disable the voicemail button on the dialer)
- Need for Speed
DO NOT REMOVE:
That's all I know right now, because I'm not sure how other "blur" related apps connect with each other. Don't want to screw anything up without nandroid right now.
- Verizon Backup Assistant
- Anything that is Blur Related!!! I can not stress this enough!
How to:
- Easiest way is to buy "Root Explorer" app from the android market. This app is like astro, but can see all of the system files, and change them.
- Open Root Explorer
- Find System and open
- Find app and open
- Click the Mount R/W to change to Mount R/O in the upper right corner
- Find the "bloat" app and either delete or change the name to .bak
- Example: CityID.apk ---> CityID.bak
- The other way is through ADB Shell on your CMD or Terminal
- Connect phone (make sure USB Debugging is turned on)
- Open CMD/Terminal
- Navigate to your Tools folder (from your Android SDK)
- Type in "adb shell" you should see a $ sign
- Type in su (this gives you permission)
- Type in the command that relates to the app you want to remove
- Example:
If you wanted to remove CityID:
/system/bin/rm /system/app/CityID.apk
- Some Apps like Myverizon are odd. It's directory is /data/app/com.vzw.hss.myverizon.apk and is also in /system/app/MyVerizon.apk
- In other words, you may have to just search around until you find it.
Disclaimer: This is at your own risk. I, nor the Calebnance.com staff take no responsibility to any harm this may cause your phone.