yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] thorracing1:
these are what i removed

rm HtcFootprints.apk

rm HtcFootprints.odex

rm HtcFootprintsWidget.apk

rm HtcFootprintswidget.odex

rm amazonmp3.apk

rm com.htc.StockWidget.apk

rm com.htc.StockWidget.odex

rm com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk

rm com.htc.TwitterWidget.odex

rm Stock.apk

rm Stock.odex

rm Sprint_NFL.apk

rm Sprint_Nscar.apk

rm Sprint_TV.apk

rm Sprint_TVWidget.apk

rm PDFViewer.apk

rm PDFViewer.odex

rm HtcSoundRecorder.apk

rm HtcSoundRecorder.odex

rm HtcTwitter.apk

rm HtcTwitter.odex

works great
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] johnsongrantr:
ok so this is very interesting.

1)adb pull a stock app from your phone

2)remove a stock app from your phone

3)reinstall a stock app onto your phone (htc sync/astro)

4)you now have the ability to uninstall via manage applications whereas before you could not

This would be a VERY nice feature to throw into a custom rom.... the ability to remove stock apps *hint hint* paul ;)

This is what I think should be done

1)compile a list of every app that's on the phone

2)cross compile an absolute list of 100% safe apps to remove ie. doesn't break any other app (regardless if you want them or not)

3)create backups of the apps that are safe to remove

4)reinstall backed up apps

*note* for a absolute complete list suggestion would be to; close app/widget, remove an app/widget, restart, play with phone, repeat. This will be very zzzzzzz but the way to go if you wanna do it correct.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
Those who getting the force close error, does your market work? I can't seem to dl anything.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] 08tundra:
I have removed all of the commen apps. aswell but i have also removed the

MySMS.apk

and i still send and receive text and pic messages with handcent...whatever you do don't not delete the MYMMS.apk Because then you will only be able to send and receive text messages but you will lose the ability to send and receive PIC messages.....
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] 702DROID:
if i knew i would tell you all i did was root it with the unlocker method and then removed the apps i had posted up and did a hard reset checked my memory and thats what it said and i got about 20 apps dl from the market

Negrito- market worked for me after i did the hard reset
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] a2k:
Okay, here comes the stupid question...

I've managed to root and nandroid backup my Hero.

How do I delete these Sprint Apps I don't want?

Thanks!!!!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
I dont want to Hard reset, i really like how my phone is setup. I just noticed it this am when i got to work, so when i get home i will try my Nandroid backup, before the hard reset.

Thanks for the input 702. After the hard reset are you still getting the force close errors? or did they do away?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=581635
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] 702DROID:
it was stuck loading and reloading so i had no choice but to do a hard reset once i did the reset it stoped and my phones been working fine and all the stock sprint apps that i removed stayed gone i had used myback up from the market to back up my apps and sd card so that wasnt a problem either and i still have root after the reset aswell
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
Ok thanks. I cant wait to get off so i can get this thing fixed.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mecca_2l:
Ahh, thank you!

Here's to the sprint customer service agent who told me I couldn't remove the applications as they're part of the phone rom.

:p
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Nanan00:
Has anyone tried to kill the vile com.android.mms that comes with this phone, the memory leaking battery draining crap MMS/SMS app.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] blankd3ckskat3r:
by hard reset, what do you mean
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
restore to factory defaults.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
you cant, otherwise you wont have MMS (i.e. picture sending and receiving abilities within the sms...)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
Have you rebooted your phone to confirm there are no Force Close errors?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] blankd3ckskat3r:
thats what i thought. if you restore to factory defaults AFTER removing the applications, wouldnt they reappear being the factory default of the stock or modaco rom has the applications in it?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] THunDA:
Im getting the same things, no real change in available storage.. wondering if im doing something wrong?!?! everything seemed to work and im not getting any force closes.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] noonanjs:
I deleted IM plugins and lost android market

I already restored to factory defaults with a hard reset and I am not getting it back any ideas guys?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] THunDA:
You need to restore your nandroid backup i believe. (hope ya did that)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] obelisk79:
stock widget removed and rebooted multiple times with no errors

edit: i will try and use a backup program from the market place to save my setup and try a hard reset to free up the system memory
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
These?

rm com.htc.StockWidget.apk

rm com.htc.StockWidget.odex

Or These?

Stock.apk

Stock.odex
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tstack77:
Feel free to remove all 4. No issues.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mkeyslehman:
I've removed both the Stock programs and widgets (4 total items), no errors here either.

I know IMPlugins gives errors, but has anyone else had success (or tried) to remove the rest of the IM program? I'm not quite ready to jump ship to Modaco, and IM is one of those programs I've never run yet is always in memory.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] blankd3ckskat3r:
removing the im pogram itself gives no errors. ive done this three times and never gave me a problem.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] flaav8r:
Does anyone know if it is safe to remove Gmail and GoogleTalk?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] blankd3ckskat3r:
Can anyone confirm this?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ElAguila:
I am not sure about others but I can't download anything from the market if googletalk isn't running.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
I lost mine too. I just did my Nandroid backup and everything was ok again.

Has anyone put together a list of apps that are confirmed to be able to removed with out any side effects???
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] flaav8r:
I'm not sure which one did it but either IMPlugins or IMProvider or both will definately give you force close errors on reboot, so don't rm them.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
Can anyone get this thread stickied? I'm away from my desktop right now but will be updating soon.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
Ya, I did a nandroid restore, and I left both of those. I removed the same list, as well as sprint tv, and when I soft reset my new York times app force closed at start up.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] StephenMilone:
so i wanted to remove just the sprint tv widget but leave the sprint tv program and managed to remove both...anyway to get it back besides restoring nandroid backup?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
If you didn't backup the app some where, then yes, you would just restore through Nandroid, and then remove the other apps.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] StephenMilone:
of course i didn't thanks! in theory could I backup my current state (w/o the TV) then restore the one with the TV, copy the TV install package to my PC, go back to my first backup (w/o the tv) and then install the package?

If not i doubt i'll even bother w/ the TV anymore haha
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
Couldn't hurt to try. I'd you feel your capable give it a shot and let's is know how it goes.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ELIMINATED:
I'ma noob and I'm trying to follow the instructions on how to remove stock apps, but I need to know how to mount as read/write.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] johnsongrantr:
jeez man please guit with the bold =/

this is like the second time now

as root # (not $) type the following command

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ELIMINATED:
Thanks. Sorry about the bold.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] redram38:
Wondering is this an ok way to backup the apps before I uninstall them. I installed the program called Droidexplorer. It is a windows based app that lets you manage the phone files instead of using cmd or terminal. I copied all the files in the app folder and saved them on my Hard Drive. Would this be a safe way to do this ? Seems like it would but this is pretty new to me so I want to make sure.

Thx for all the great info this site has supplied.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] redram38:
Droid explorer did not let me delete apps. It would freeze the program when I tried to remove a app. Has this worked for anyone?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] johnsongrantr:
stock apps? it locks up even if you mount your file system as read/write (which I'm sure is why it's locking up)

try uninstalling something else that's not in /system and see if it locks up there as well

anyone care to note a workaround for the mounting as read/write? When I get home later tonight I'll try opening a adb shell, mounting it, then try useing this program to uninstall system apps
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] redram38:
It was Nascar. It removed it inside of droid explorer but not off the phone.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
Just out of curiosity, why not just use cmd or terminal?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] redram38:
Mainly becasue it would be much easier to do.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
How? does it have pictures or something? does it help you with the commands, like have a list telling you what they all are or something?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Thann:
It's Stock.apk, and make sure you're in /system/app
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] BigBallin:
the answer is...in terminal everything is case sensitive :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
Correct! I did that too, and was like "wtf mate"
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bray424:
Tried removing IM.apk and IM.odex (NOT IMPlugins and ImProvider), hoping it would just remove the horrible stock IM client. System rebooted fine with no force closes, and market continued to work fine as well. However GChat appears to be broken; no errors and it tells me I'm online, but it shows all my contacts as being offline when I can see here from my desktop that at least 4 are online. Restoring nandroid backup now =[
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theraginasian:
The only disadvantage I can see with this is having to do this for every app individually. For the sake of time I'd rather just rm the thing! Extremely helpful observation though, Thank you!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
Anyone else able to remove an app and actually have their memory go up? So far mine hasn't changed.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] azr6:
So what is the easiest way to go about deleting apps? Do you always gotta run the commands thru adb shell or is there some way I don't know about?

adb shell

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

$ su

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

# cd /system/app

# ls

This the one way?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] redram38:
Not really sure if you are being a smart A$$ or asking a real question so I will assume you are doing the latter. If all I have to to is right click and delete, or right click and copy or paste, IMO that is much easier than typing a bunch of commands to either delete or add something. It is like Windows explorer. If anyone cannot see how that would be easier then I really can't explain it further.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] azr6:
You can add these to your list in the op.

HtcTwitter.apk

HtcTwitter.odex

com.htc.StockWidget.apk

com.htc.StockWidget.odex

com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk

com.htc.TwitterWidget.odex

Removed all of these with no issues whatsoever with multiple reboots. Memory is at 106 mbs.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] magicalan:
removed this

rm com.htc.StockWidget.apk

rm com.htc.StockWidget.odex

no problem for me.... :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] a2k:
Anyone know how to remove the Voicemail app? I can't seem to find the apk file anywhere!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jirafabo:
I think its sprint_core.apk or something similar. look for "sprint core"
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
Nah, it was a legit query... ok, put that way it does sound easier. I bet if it were like Finder on my MacBook it would be easier though. :p
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ruskiyab:
add

VoiceDialer.apk

VoiceDialer.odex

HtcSoundRecorder.apk

HtcSoundRecorder.odex
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nick325i:
This is what i un-installed and rebooted with no problems. Gtalk, Gmail and the Market all still work just fine.

I have 95mb used out of 159.

Just wanted to share with all of you.

Thanks for the rooting and nandroid and removing apps posts. I'm thoroughly enjoying my Hero!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] diesel556:
+1 on VoiceDialer removal not causing issues. Haven't removed SoundRecorder yet, or the Ringtone trimmer.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jmanley69:
/data/app/com.coremobility.app.vnotes.apk
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
I believe it is Sprint_core.apk but I'm not sure, I think it was mentioned in this thread somewhere too.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nick325i:
In addition to my previous post. I took out the voicedialer and nfl mobile and now on boot up its telling me its having trouble connecting to my data provider. Then after a minute it hooks up. Could be coincidence but i'm not sure.

Thoughts?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] azr6:
I deleted both of those and didn't have any issues.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jmanley69:
I wasn't sure either until I was playing around with stuff... and started getting errors opening the voicemail saying that the errors came from com.coremobility.app.vnotes.apk.

It's entirely possible that removing both Sprint_core and this are required to completely get it off the phone, but I do know that if you have a shortcut on your home screen to Voicemail and rm /data/app/com.coremobility.app.vnotes.apk, the shortcut on your home screen disappears.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] swears11:
I removed some apps including the IM providers.

Now i am getting "The process com.google.process.gapps has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."

I am running the default sprint firmware (MR update).

I added all the default apps/widgets/system files using the push method, however, the error still persists.

I also tried doing a factory reset, through the recovery menu, as well as the settings. No dice.

Anyone have any tips?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] esoteric1311:
Use your Nandroid back up you should have made right after you re-rooted the phone., but before you started removing apps
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] geng87:
i dont see why removing the IM client cause any problems... but apparently it does, damn it.

the built in IM fails big time.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] swears11:
I tried this, however, the error still came up. Also, that backup had the sense UI disabled, and I couldn't figure out how to get it back.

Does anyone have a link to the stock sprint firmware?

Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
added link in my first post.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] alexthearmo:
Hey...I removed some sprint apps and some htc apps (like stocks, etc)...I don't have any force closes...but i did notice that my google home page on the browser is in French now!

Anyone else have this problem?

(PS: Thanks so much for the guide on how to do this!)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] azr6:
Anyone remove the voice search? I can't find what it is called.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] :
I think I do something wrong, still getting this message:

C:\sdk\tools>adb shell

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

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

mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Invalid argument

/ #

can someone please help?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Lessthantito:
After doing my Nandroid backup I decided to try and rm some of the Sprint.apk/odex apps I only removed NFL, Nascar, Stock, and AmazonMP3 everything was running great I noticed that it was a little faster and I had more available memory but any app that had to to with the camera would FC I tried Shopsavvy, BeeTag, ScanLife, the built in camera app and Camera Magic and everyone of them would either FC after I took a pic/scanned a barcode or as soon as I opened the app I even uninstalled reinstalled and rebooted a couple of times after an uninstall and a reinstall and got the same results, also my location for the weather app was giving me the wrong temperatures even though my location was correct it kept saying 7degrees when it was in the 60's so I used my Nandroid backup and left it at that for now. I did exactly what this and the other thread about removing the Sprint apps. I don't know if anyone else has had any problems like this
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
That does sound strange. Shouldn't be happening to be honest. Since it did on your device then something is definately different.

Are you sure you're rooted correctly?

Are you sure you mounted the file system correctly?

that's all i can think of at the moment.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] :
ok finally i've done it!, these commands have I used:

C:\sdk\tools>adb shell

# rm /system/app/Mail.ap

rm /system/app/Mail.apk

# uninstall /system/app/

uninstall /system/app/Ma

uninstall: not found

gues the rm is the remove command?

first I tried with uninstall, but no go..

then with the rm command it works great! tnx

apps I've removed:

(don't know exact name)

Mail.apk

Mail.odex

Stock.apk

Stock.odex

DSCStock.apk

DSCStock.odex

HtcFootprints.apk

HtcFootprints.odex

HtcFootprintsWidget.apk

HtcFootprintsWidget.odex

com.htc.StockWidget.apk

com.htc.StockWidget.odex
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CrashingRhin0:
Hello everyone! I remember signing up for this forum as soon as I got an Android phone, now is my chance to contribute!

*Just a note, I am on a Kubuntu system, so my commands are a bit different*

alright so cd to dir with ./adb tools

./adb devices

**/checking if device is known

./adb shell

su

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

cd /system/app

ls

works fantastic thusfar (loaded up the Aman Ra ROM)

Removed the following from my Sprint Hero without any issues:

All Stock items (Widgets, etc)

Nascar

NFL

Navigator

Voice Search

Voice Recorder

MySMS

Learn More

Teeter

Peep

Twitter related apps and widgets

Everything is running fine (have a backup flash recovery just in case)

somethings that I have noticed:

Terminal Emulator does not have an automatic keyboard, however, to bring one up (in any program) just press and hold the menu key until it appears

Running idle with nothing on my phone sits at the following memory stats:

After Boot: 104

After sending a few text messages/making calls: 95

end of the day after checking gmail, internet surfing to look for chinese food and playing robo defense: 88

I can't attest to speed or battery life just yet as my phone has been plugged in so sporadically as I change, recover, remove and otherwise clean up my phone.

I have noticed that removing everything relating to IM causes the FC loop error even after rebooting (hard and soft).

I've seen a couple people mention this:

"How do I remove the default Messaging Application so it doesn't run automatically when I get a text?"

I've been looking for that answer as well until I looked around ChompSMS settings. There are no settings for downloading pictures or text attachments automatically as far as I can tell. That has to still be used within the default messaging applicaiton.

Suggestions? Questions?

Thanks everyone! Fantastic posts!

=-=The Rhino
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] flipzmode:
Thanks for your input. It was a good post. Just to address the above issue. Handcent is capable of auto downloading pictures. But with that said you can't remove the stock messaging app. Even disabling it will prevent texts from coming in. Your phone will tell you that you got one but you can go to stock app or chomp/handcent and there will be nothing there. Re-enable it and they show up again.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CrashingRhin0:
A very good point, and one that I just managed to encounter a FC loop! Hurrah! apparently removing MySMS can be....bad. I was trying to install Wave Secure and it was trying to verify via SMS and couldn't do so. Odd.

I like handcent, however, ChompSMS seems a little snappier on the keyboard.

Thanks!

-=- Rhino
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kraminc:
I removed most of the apps listed. Not having any issues, but did notice the available memory did not increase.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] alexthearmo:
From what I've read no one is getting any more available memory by removing stock programs...or at least it is not showing up on the phone's system.

Does anyone one know why this is?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Negrito:
I thought it was showing after a reboot, is this not true?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
Not even after reboot. My memory never changed, at least not until I moved all the apps to the SD card from the recovery screen. I have 130mb of phone memory with 14 apps installed. woot!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] alexthearmo:
I've been thinking about doing Apps to SD. Does it really do anything? Does the phone seem faster? Do the apps load faster? Is there any difference? And finally...does the Fresh 0.7 ROM support it? Thanks for any answers you can give!

-alex
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] flipzmode:
In order:

-Yes, it saves space on your phone (on the Hero that only really matters if you will install 100+ apps)

-No it won't change the speed, it could actually slow it down.

-The apps could in fact load slower. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#SD_Speed_Class_Ratings . Most any card you buy or comes with your phone will be a class 2. If you don't want apps2sd to slow down then you should get a 4 or even a 6.

-Yes, there is a difference

-Fresh ROM has it built in. Format your sdcard in the recovery image menu (beware that it will wipe all data off your sd) and that's it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] alexthearmo:
Thanks Flipz... I have a class 6...but seeing what you've said about apps2sd, it sounds like it is more of a detriment than a benefit. I like the way my phone is working now with your 0.7 Rom. I guess I'll just leave it...unless there is something I could do to get your rom going even faster (I guess we'll have to wait till they release the kernel source so you guys can overclock the processor). Yes, I'm a speed junkie. Thanks again for your answers!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
Agreed, after having moved all the apps to the SD the speed increase is negligable if at all. An illusion perhaps?

I was hoping for major changes when in fact the best it can get is the ROM that's loaded. That's why I stick with Fresh's rom. It's the smoothest and quickest in my opinion.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mroien:
Well I got the the list of apps, but then what do I do to uninstall the factory apps? Do I have to enter a certain command?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
Yeah you do. See the first post. There are instructions.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] posguy99:
Those are color codes. You are on Windows, Windows' cmd.exe doesn't speak color codes, thus you see the escape sequences.

Use 'ls --color=none'

Gods, this has been ENDLESSLY described here.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ebaDamagePlan:
Thanks for the terse response, one more question, is this because of the Fresh ROM because it wasn't like that before? I'm just curious because I searched the thread for color codes and your post is the only one that came up.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bahumbaba:
Anyone had any luck with removing the native SMS app?.

I use chompSMS, but when i recieve an SMS, i can see in Taskiller that the native SMS program starts itself up.

And yes i have disabled everything in the native SMS app.

Also... anyone had luck to remove the Weather app without any errors?.

I've removed anything that includes "weather" in its name, but get errors sometimes and Rosie restarts.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] azr6:
Anyone know the name of the quickoffice program? I want to remove that.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] obededom:
try Quickoffice_HTC_1.0.1.apk

^^^ from what I remember