I was able to get them removed but it took a bit of work in the terminal. (I'm running GingerBread, Rooted) I deleted the files permanently.

Start up the terminal emulator and then type the following:

su (Accept superuser permissions if you haven't before)
cd /system/app
ls (This will display all the files in the directory)
mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/app/Phone.apk

You'll start getting force closes. Reboot the system now.

su
cd /system/app
ls (This will display all the files in the directory, This is optional)
mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/app/TelePhonyProvider.apk

Reboot the system. You should be good to go.

What do the two files do, individually? Does phone.apk work independently of TelePhonyProvider.apk, or do they work in tandem?

Pretty sure they work together. I think one is for scanning for a cell and the other is what updates the device. Since I renamed both of tune on my stock rooted DS7, I've been getting between 12 and 18 hours depending on what I'm doing

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Originally Posted by FredOak3

Pretty sure they work together. I think one is for scanning for a cell and the other is what updates the device. Since I renamed both of tune on my stock rooted DS7, I've been getting between 12 and 18 hours depending on what I'm doing

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12-18 hours of active use? Or with standby?

Stand-By I can go 24 hours, with active use throughout the day I get the 12-18.
Graphic intense games drain it the most.

I moved the files to the sdcard with Root Explorer, rebooted and cell standby doesn't show up under Battery Use any more, so that's good. But when I go to About>Status to check the battery percentage I get process com.android.settings has stopped unexpectedly. Anyone else get this?

Not working for me on HS7 3.2, the files won't delete, cut or rename even though i have root.

Originally Posted by RavenSEAL

Not working for me on HS7 3.2, the files won't delete, cut or rename even though i have root.

I just did this on HS7 about two hours ago. I used root-uninstaller and just completely removed them, rebooted, all is well.

Also removed the Moto tools/utils whatever it was called.

battery

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i got SD7 wi-fi only with stock 2.2, rooted. i have deleted all the Stage UI widgets and am currently using Launcher pro plus. i use flight mode and i switch on the wifi only when i need it.
the standby time is amazing. i lose a little less than 1% battery every hour, so it would last around 4 days on standby.
When i use it, battery drains pretty fast. i get around 4-4:30 hours of gameplay with wi-fi on (playing online game) depending on the sound volume (if muted i get 4:30)

but if you buy
http://www.isound.net/shop-by-type/a...16000-mah.html
you can get at least 20 hours of gameplay

Originally Posted by dwcasey

I just did this on HS7 about two hours ago. I used root-uninstaller and just completely removed them, rebooted, all is well.

Also removed the Moto tools/utils whatever it was called.

Worked perfectly, thank you!