how do i delete the factory apps

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i am rooted, downloaded a file manager..which file did they store the factory apps in

system/app is where the apps are delete the odex file too if you decide to delete any apps. make sure you dont delete anything that the phone needs to run. if you dont know what to delete then dont delete anything!!! if you decide to delete anything from system/app you also need to delete another folder that has to do with the app in data/data. for example say you wanna delete bluetooth go to system/app and delete bluetooth.apk and the bluetooth.odex files then go to data/data and delete com.android.bluetooth folder. thats an example dont do that as you will no longer have bluetooth lol but same thing for whatever app you delete except the folder in data/data will be different

Whats wrong with factory apps?

Originally Posted by lou0611

Whats wrong with factory apps?

That's like when you get a new HP Laptop and they throw all this bloat-ware that you don't need.

Why use the ''TeleNav GPS'' when the Google Navigation is free?

And are you really going to use that Slacker or GoGo app? Not likely.

Root, install Titanium backup, installed busybuzz or whatever (Hit the Problems? button in TB), BACKUP all your apps, then delete whatever you dont want

i got rid of Telenavi, GoGo, MobiTV and i think one other.....i never would use them so there was no reason to keep them.

You can also do this via adb shell like this:

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/app

After you've mounted the correct partition you can pull up a complete list of apps with this command:

ls /system/app

Then, remove apps with this command. The apps name are case sensitive to make sure you type the app name as its displayed:

rm VoiceSearch.apk

Dont even need to mount.

Use VoiceSearch.* instead of apk to get rid of the .odex file also.

Originally Posted by bubonik

Dont even need to mount.

Use VoiceSearch.* instead of apk to get rid of the .odex file also.

Good suggestion. Never thought of that, kill two birds with one stone.

Originally Posted by bubonik

Dont even need to mount.

Use VoiceSearch.* instead of apk to get rid of the .odex file also.

What do you mean by this?