APPS that are SAFE to remove

VoXHTC · Nov 9, 2009

Just as the title says, if you've managed to remove a sprint app and it HAS NOT caused an error at startup, or a "force close," would you please post it here? Be sure you've restarted your phone first just to be sure that you're error free.

Stock Sprint Firmware is available here in case anyone breaks something. ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Hero/Official-ROMs/RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_1.29.651.1_signed_release.exe

Remember that everything is case sensitive. For example if you try to "rm sprint_nscar.apk" it won't work. You must type "rm Sprint_Nscar.apk" - without quotations of course.

To remove an app from your phone you must have root access and type the following commands with SU access:

type:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Then type:
cd /system/app
then you can type "ls" to list the contents of the directory.

To remove an app the "rm" (Remove) cmd will precede the app name each time. For example: rm Sprint_Nscar.apk (and then hit enter)

Mods can we get a sticky on this? Please?

ALL OF THE APPS LISTED BELOW HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED WITH NO ERRORS AFTER REBOOT WITH CURRENT SPRINT PATCH FROM 11/18/2009.

Sprint_TV.apk
Sprint_Navigator.apk
Sprint_TVWidget.apk
Sprint_NFL.apk
Sprint_Nscar.apk
amazonmp3.apk
Stock.apk
Stock.odex
DCSStock.apk
DCSStock.odex
HtcFootprints.apk
HtcFootprints.odex
HtcFootprintsWidget.apk
HtcFootprintsWidget.odex
LearnMore.apk
com.htc.StockWidget.apk
com.htc.StockWidget.odex
VoiceDialer.apk
VoiceDialer.odex
HtcSoundRecorder.apk
HtcSoundRecorder.odex

DO NOT REMOVE
IMPlugins and ImProvider (.apk and .odex's) Causes com.google.process.gapps Error
IM.apk and IM.odex will break GChat apparently
Removing Googlechat apparently breaks access to the market?

THESE HAVEN'T BEEN CONFIRMED AS OF YET. ANYONE THAT HAS REMOVED THESE AND REBOOTED WITHOUT ANY ISSUES PLEASE POST
rm com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk
rm com.htc.TwitterWidget.odex

thecodemonk · Nov 9, 2009

Sprint_Nscar.apk

nelson8403 · Nov 9, 2009

I removed the HtcTwitter + Widget (Peep) I use I Tweet
I removed the Stocks, Footprints, and their widgets
Sprint_TV+Widget, Sprint_Navigation, Sprint_Nscar (not sure why its spelt like that)
IM + Widget, Voice Recorder, Voice Search, Amazon mp3, HTC Mail (Doesn't affect my Gmail at all)

VoXHTC · Nov 9, 2009

nelson8403 said:
I removed the HtcTwitter + Widget (Peep) I use I Tweet
I removed the Stocks, Footprints, and their widgets
Sprint_TV+Widget, Sprint_Navigation, Sprint_Nscar (not sure why its spelt like that)
IM + Widget, Voice Recorder, Voice Search, Amazon mp3, HTC Mail (Doesn't affect my Gmail at all)

Well damn...Awesome.

Negrito · Nov 9, 2009

I removed all this:

Code:

# rm Stock.apk
# rm Stock.odex
# rm Sprint_Nscar.apk
# rm amazonmp3.apk
# rm com.htc.StockWidget.apk
# rm com.htc.StockWidget.odex
# rm com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk
# rm com.htc.TwitterWidget.odex
# rm LearnMore.apk
# rm LearnMore.odex
# rm HtcTwitter.apk
# rm HtcTwitter.odex
# rm IM.apk
# rm IM.odex
# rm IMPlugins.apk
# rm IMPlugins.odex
# rm ImProvider.apk
# rm ImProvider.odex
# rm Sprint_Navigator.apk
# rm HtcRingtoneTrimmer.apk
# rm HtcRingtoneTrimmer.odex
# rm HtcFootprints.apk
# rm HtcFootprints.odex
# rm HtcFootprintsWidget.apk
# rm HtcFootprintsWidget.odex

VoXHTC · Nov 9, 2009

Negrito said:

I removed all this:

Code:

# rm Stock.apk
# rm Stock.odex
# rm Sprint_Nscar.apk
# rm amazonmp3.apk
# rm com.htc.StockWidget.apk
# rm com.htc.StockWidget.odex
# rm com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk
# rm com.htc.TwitterWidget.odex
# rm LearnMore.apk
# rm LearnMore.odex
# rm HtcTwitter.apk
# rm HtcTwitter.odex
# rm IM.apk
# rm IM.odex
# rm IMPlugins.apk
# rm IMPlugins.odex
# rm ImProvider.apk
# rm ImProvider.odex
# rm Sprint_Navigator.apk
# rm HtcRingtoneTrimmer.apk
# rm HtcRingtoneTrimmer.odex
# rm HtcFootprints.apk
# rm HtcFootprints.odex
# rm HtcFootprintsWidget.apk
# rm HtcFootprintsWidget.odex

I"m afraid to remove some things as I've run into that com.htc.provider startup error. Seems navigator or twitter is causing it? But you're ok? have you rebooted your phone yet?

Negrito · Nov 9, 2009

VoXHTC said:
I"m afraid to remove some things as I've run into that com.htc.provider startup error. Seems navigator or twitter is causing it? But you're ok? have you rebooted your phone yet?

Actually just did. Got two force close errors, but everything seems to be operating just fine.

VoXHTC · Nov 9, 2009

Negrito said:
Actually just did. Got two force close errors, but everything seems to be operating just fine.

I was never able to get past the force close error I was getting. I press close and It kept reloading the OS over and over and over and.... zzz

thecodemonk · Nov 9, 2009

VoXHTC said:
I"m afraid to remove some things as I've run into that com.htc.provider startup error. Seems navigator or twitter is causing it? But you're ok? have you rebooted your phone yet?

My phone is currently in the middle of another nandroid backup before trying to tweak some settings files...

but the safest way to test would be to "mv [filename] /sdcard/[filename]" and if it causes issues... "mv /sdcard/[filename] [filename]"

VoXHTC · Nov 9, 2009

Yeah I've backed up all the apps to my desktop computer. I suppose I could do it one by one..zzz

thecodemonk · Nov 9, 2009

VoXHTC said:
Yeah I've backed up all the apps to my desktop computer. I suppose I could do it one by one..zzz

Or someone else who's bored could.

VoXHTC · Nov 9, 2009

thecodemonk said:
Or someone else who's bored could.

I'm that guy!

thecodemonk · Nov 9, 2009

VoXHTC said:
I'm that guy!

Off topic: Bwahaha, the way you typed that made me think "I'm...that...hero!" from a kids show, Larry Boy.

VoXHTC · Nov 9, 2009

thecodemonk said:
Off topic: Bwahaha, the way you typed that made me think "I'm...that...hero!" from a kids show, Larry Boy.

lol never heard of it. It's not possible that I'm too young...

thecodemonk · Nov 9, 2009

VoXHTC said:
lol never heard of it. It's not possible that I'm too young...

Heh, it's ok...it's a Christian TV subshow of Veggie Tales (it's pretty entertaining to me). It's mostly the voice that I find funny from the theme song.

VoXHTC · Nov 9, 2009

Ok, I think that's all I'm going to do tonight.. More tomorrow late night for me.. zzz

702DROID · Nov 9, 2009

i removed
com.htc.twitterwidget.odex
stock.odex
sprint_nscar.apk
teeter.odex
amazonmp3.apk
teeter.apk

at first everything worked fine then i powered down and got the htc force close error then i did a hard reset and the phone rebooted fine with those apps gone

VoXHTC · Nov 9, 2009

702DROID said:
i removed
com.htc.twitterwidget.odex
stock.odex
sprint_nscar.apk
teeter.odex
amazonmp3.apk
teeter.apk

at first everything worked fine then i powered down and got the htc force close error then i did a hard reset and the phone rebooted fine with those apps gone

I'm going to guess and say it's com.htc.twitterwidget.odex that is causing the error... That's my vote

nelson8403 · Nov 9, 2009

702DROID said:
i removed
com.htc.twitterwidget.odex
stock.odex
sprint_nscar.apk
teeter.odex
amazonmp3.apk
teeter.apk

at first everything worked fine then i powered down and got the htc force close error then i did a hard reset and the phone rebooted fine with those apps gone

i've removed all of those but teeter (i can't imagine a game would cause that) and i've had 0 issues, after quite a few reboots, are you sure it wasn't something else

702DROID · Nov 9, 2009

VoXHTC said:
I'm going to guess and say it's com.htc.twitterwidget.odex that is causing the error... That's my vote

that was mine to

i was tripping out (new to all this) so luckly the hard reset worked and my phone works fine now

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