how do i remove programs like "HotSpots" from Star

[GadiShoshani]

any 1?

I have programs like: Email Setup, O2active...

1) how do i remove them so that after a HR they will return ??
2) i managed to find Email setup - but after deleting the files - i still have blanc shortcut in Start>Programs saying email-setup (with empty icon).

why?

can i remove only shortcuts but keep the program?

[Jorgee]

These things you wanna remove are installed everythime you hard reset. THey are programs in the extended ROM. These are customizations to WM5 that the retailer (imate, o2,qtek, t-mobile) put on the device.

If you don't want to install any of these do the following:

1. Hard Reset Device.

2. you'll go thru a series of screens:
2.1 Welcome Message
2.2 Align Screen
2.3 Tap and Hold tutorial
2.4 Password Configuration
2.5 Ending Screen that asks you to press screen to continue.

3. RIGHT AFTER step 2.5 (after you tap the screen) press the RESET hole.
This will bypass installing all the files in extended ROM which normally shown by a progress bar at the bottom everytime you do a normal hard reset.


4. Now you can Install the stuff in the extended ROM one at a time. Only the ones you need to install. To access the ExtendedROM (it is hidden) download Total Commander (search thru google) and type \EXTENDED_ROM in the navigation window and it will display the contents of the extended ROM.

I don't have O2 so i cannot explain to you what each individual .CAB file does. Just use a little guess work. THe O2Active, i believe is easily spotted. It's the biggest CAB file. Don't click on it so it won't install.

Tell me if this helped you out or if you need more clarifications.

[GadiShoshani]

First of all - Thanks for the great explanation !!

Although I do want most of the stuff, i already tried corporate mode (clean install) but I missed a lot of things.
therefor I installed Basic mode. (which hasnt got ALL the features)

But - some of the features i DO want to take away.
(NOT FROM EXT ROM)
only for now... programs in the Start>Program>
Lets say I wanna take the games away...
where are all the programs installed TO ??

I found some of them. but when I deleted the email setup for instance -
I still have an empty Email Icon in START>PROGRAMS>

(again i remind U - I wanna leave the ext rom as it is)

10x again !!

[Jorgee]

Some features in the ExtROM are installed in Corporate mode too, the sure way to customize is to bypass ExtROM, then install one-by-one the .CAB files you want.

Anyway regarding the Games, etc. they are part of the OS so cannot be uninstalled unless they came with the extended ROM like Backgammon that came with the JASJAR ExtROM.

To delete the ICON that is blank but still has text, go to \WINDOWS\START MENU\PROGRAMS\GAMES

You'll find the shortcut there. Or just to \WINDOWS\START MENU to see all the oter shortcuts in case you wanna remove other stuff.

The games are installed in WINDOWS and a shortcut is created to the Star Menu Directory. Just delete the shortcut.


What does "10x again !!" mean?