Finally rooted my Vibant - How to remove stock apps?

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I've searched around a bit (maybe not as long as I should've), but I don't see how to remove the stock bloatware apps that come with this phone.

Can someone point me to a guide, or give me a quick run down?

Originally Posted by Flapjack

I've searched around a bit (maybe not as long as I should've), but I don't see how to remove the stock bloatware apps that come with this phone.

Can someone point me to a guide, or give me a quick run down?

Its a pain lol. Theres so many i just gave up lol (fyi they don't take up much space)

This is the code :

adb shell
su
rm /system/app/<apk name>
pm uninstall <package name>

Just download Titanium Backup form Android Market and you can delete apks easily. HTH.

Originally Posted by Daneshm90

Its a pain lol. Theres so many i just gave up lol (fyi they don't take up much space)

This is the code :

adb shell
su
rm /system/app/<apk name>
pm uninstall <package name>

Yeah, it does seem like a PITA.

Originally Posted by antz88c

Just download Titanium Backup form Android Market and you can delete apks easily. HTH.

Maybe I'll try that. Do you have to actually do a backup/restore process before you can remove them? Or can you just remove them from the app itself?

Originally Posted by antz88c

Just download Titanium Backup form Android Market and you can delete apks easily. HTH.

You could do that but then ur left with a /data/data folder for ur app and its name under packages.xml.

The other thing that kills me is that a lot of these apps keep popping up for now reason. I run "Advanced Task Killer" on a frequent basis, but I'll find apps like "Slacker" sitting there, taking up memory.

I know a lot of these apps are set to run on startup.... but why are they just starting up at random times?

I feel like I have so little control over this phone... it actually scares me. I knew everything my WinMo phone was doing at all times.

Originally Posted by Daneshm90

You could do that but then ur left with a /data/data folder for ur app and its name under packages.xml.

Can these items just be deleted?

I went to Samsung Firmwares and got the UGJG8 firmware and flashed that using Odin and 512.pit. You will get a 100% bone stock i9000m with no bloatware.

Just remember to write down your current APN settings as you will have to readd them.

Originally Posted by antz88c

Just download Titanium Backup form Android Market and you can delete apks easily. HTH.

Call me an idiot, but I can't figure out who to remove apps with this app.

Originally Posted by Flapjack

Can these items just be deleted?

They could but that would be longer, since ud have to go through packages.xml to look for ur app. In simple terms :

Its like uninstall a windows software. Your deleting its c:\program files directory whereas im going to "uninstall software" and following procedure.