[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoHardcore:
Those apps I listed cannot be disabled. There are a handful or two of apps that can be disabled, but not those I listed.

I found an app called Apps2ROM that looked very promising in merging upgraded apps (say Gmail, Play Store, Maps, etc.) that are on both ROM and internal storage. It does remove apps for sure, but moving the updated apps to overwrite the old apps stored in ROM gave me a problem. I think it has to do with the /system partition using a different file system, perhaps?? Not sure exactly.....

But I prefer to just use the Apps2ROM app to point me to where the apps are in ROM [/system/app/] and internal memory [/data/app/], and particularly what they are named (different names for the different folders).

Mount with the command given earlier.... mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system.

Then you are able to use the cat command as I mentioned a few posts back (after changing directory to /system/app; cd /system/app).... cat applicationNameHere > /sdcard/unwanted/applicationNameHere, then you can remove it with the rm command rm applicationNameHere.

Or you can move apps to ROM (after changing directory to /data/app; cd /data/app).... cat applicationNameHere > /system/app/applicationNameHere & for some reason, that automatically already moved the app from /data/app, so no need to use the rm command there. At least not for me.

I moved the updated version of Google apps from internal storage to ROM, and everything's working great besides the updated Android Keyboard. Even tho I'm still using Swype, it's giving me an error about the Android keyboard every time the keyboard pops up. Will have to figure that out soon enough, or just remove one or the other to the /sdcard/unwanted backup folder.

::: Here's a PORTION of what I've removed so far from ROM (didn't start backing up at first, so there were some more obvious choices I removed like Wallpapers and perhaps a couple of the Sprint apps that I mentioned above (Sprint ID, Sprint Zone, & Smart Device Manager), that I removed directly with Apps2ROM BEFORE backing them up and removing them manually) :::

ApplicationProvider.apk.apk

ChromeWithBrowser.apk

Connection_Optmiizer.apk

DirectConnect.apk

DrmProvider.apk

Email.apk

Exchange2.apk

GenieWidget.apk

Glms.apk

GoogleFeedback.apk

MediaUploader.apk

MobileSync_Kyocera_Torque.apk

MusicFX.apk

PlusOne.apk

QchatContacts.apk

SetupWizard.apk

Shopper.apk

SprintGLMSClient.apk

Sprint_Installer.apk

Stk.apk

TagGoogle.apk

Talk.apk

VideoEditorGoogle.apk

VisualizationWallpapers.apk

VoiceDialer.apk

VvmMessageCount.apk

vtt.apk

-- And I clearly don't use Direct Connect, so if you need that don't remove that, QchatContacts, and Glms. Same goes for Email, Exchange, visual voicemail (vvmMessageCount && vtt), etc. It's up to YOU to research and decide what YOU need or don't!! --

The TrevE mods were actually rolled in from that version 3.2beta2 into the stock "android-wifi-tether" app, which is now on 3.3beta2. I've just installed it and made the same two necessary changes (Device-Profile to generic ICS/JB (wlan0) && checking WiFi-driver reload).

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

Just need to find out why this Google Keyboard error keeps popping up since being moved into ROM and then I'll be good for, oh, 20 more months before needing a new Android fix.

:victory:

Victory is mine!!

Thanks for the discoveries you've all made to get me to this point. Hope to see you guys still crackin' in a year and a half. ;)