yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sayatsugu:
Hi,

I removed some of the app listed here and something odd happened.

In the "Add Widget" list, the apps that I have removed appeared as broken on the list, tapping on it will result in a crash and the home screen will reload. The app is confirmed removed under the "All Programs" list.

Other than that, everything is good, no crashes nothing.

Just odd graphic glitches in the widget list and I'm looking to remove them.

Thank you.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Rippley05:
Make sure you delete the widget for each app that you have deleted.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] miguelcerca:
same problem here, but mine is in chinese, korean, or something. not a big deal, i can hit "google in english" but everytime i close internet and reopen, google is again in this chinese language....arg.

any fix for this?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] protocol6v:
I tried removing the htclockscreen apk, but the stock android lockscreen doesnt seem to work correctly. What are you using in it's place?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bigsc:
any word on these apps ?

TtsService.apk

PicoTts.apk

htcsearchwidgets.apk

GenieWidget.apk

HtcMusic.apk (if I keep music.apk)

LearnMore.apk

sorry if repeating, but I did not see these in the posts that i looked over
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] westona:
How was it we were able to see the internal storage we gain back by deleting these applications? Mine still says 129mb free space. I deleted many many applications without any errors or force quits. I should have gained considerable amount of space back. Also does anyone know how to delete a nandroid Backup. I have some that I have much surpassed!

Thanks for the Help
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nebenezer:
Leave the 2 tts .apk's where they are. I forget what they are for but I remember deciding to leave them.

The rest can go with no ill effects

iirc- "internal storage" refers to the data partition, removing apps from /system won't change your displayed free internal storage
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] macvalentine:
i get a FC of "HTC Widget Download Manager" when i start my phone

any way i can get rid of that?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nebenezer:
Not sure right off.

Are you running sense?

Did you rm HTC Dl Manager?

Did you rm any or all htc widgets?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] westona:
Thanks for the quick reply Nebenezer! I am slightly confused about this. I thought we where deleting applications out of the phone entirely. Was it just a list of apps to run on startup? The apps are still there but they just wont run? Also when I go to settings>applications>manage applications, I still see small parts of nascar youtube amazon stock footprints htcmailwidgets htcnavipanel twitter photo widget flickr stock widget twitter widget tv widget exc. when I try to delete there data they say application has quit unexpectedly I push the force close button and it says loading untill I back out of the app and reenter to see them still there. Im sure there is a very simple explanation for this... Thanks again for all the help!!!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nebenezer:
westona,

First off, removing these .apk's doesn't happen in the Settings menu. You need to use ADB, a kitchen, a Terminal Emulator or File Explorer app that gets root access.

Also what rom are you running? If you are running the stock rooted or damage's SprintUpdate2 or any other rom that hasn't been de-odexed than there will be a .odex file to match each (maybe not all, but most) .apk that you remove.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] macvalentine:
no

somehow sense was deleted but i never rm'd it

all i ever took off was facebook and stocks apk's
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nebenezer:
what do you mean sense was deleted? There is no sense.apk.

How did you remove fb and stocks and did you remove their widgets?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] westona:
First off, removing these .apk's doesn't happen in the Settings menu. You need to use ADB, a kitchen, a Terminal Emulator or File Explorer app that gets root access.

Also what rom are you running? If you are running the stock rooted or damage's SprintUpdate2 or any other rom that hasn't been de-odexed than there will be a .odex file to match each (maybe not all, but most) .apk that you remove.

Yup! I am rooted on 2.1 It is the stock rom as far as I Know, but I did flash it using a RUU posted on another thread. I deleted lots of .odex and .apk files I just used the ls command to view the file contents through ADB just how the instructions said. It worked great the apps did get removed from the main menu they are non-executable but there does seem to be some remnants left of the files that I deleted under settings>applications>manage applications. It just kinda states they are still there but I get errors when I try to delete their data. It doesnt seem to affect the phone at all though. Its Probly nothing at all to worry about but Im just another really picky user. I was just wondering if there was a way to get rid of the apps in that menu? Thanks Again
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] macvalentine:
like i turned my phone on and hit home switcher

only things that came up were launcher pro and tag home

no htc sense

i did it through adb

i think you might of just solved my problem. i dont remember if i took the widgets off
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jj4201998:
Does anybody know what Sprint_App_Updater.apk does and if it is safe to remove?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] macvalentine:
nope i was wrong

i already had the widgets taken off

it says somethin bout the rosie utility in parenthesis
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] gidkid:
If I use HandCent, can I remove mms.apk safely? Or will that interfere with something?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Papa Smurf151:
Nope. Handcent runs off the mms. Kinda like u can't remove the HTC contacts if u use the asop contacts. They go hand in hand.

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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] gidkid:
Oh, well. Thanks for the quick reply. Is there another way to stop Messages from showing up in the app drawer while still remaining accessible to HandCent?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] azr6:
That is awesome. Thank you.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] del4:
Is it okay to remove the following? Haven't seen mention of failure/success with any of these and am wondering if it's okay to remove them given their integration within the Sense UI...

Facebook.apk

HtcFacebook.odex

HtcFacebook.apk

Flickr.odex/.apk
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chfields:
Yes, they are safe to remove....
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nolig2278:
do we need to remove files from both data and system folders to free up space in both?

I hope this is not a stupid question and maybe someone can point me in the right direction.

Thanks
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wallacesh954rr:
anyone have info on these apps, what they are/do and if its safe to remove them?

SDSA.apk

PicoTts.apk

LatinImeTutorial.apk
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kyouko:
SDSA.apk > is something like device self service i believe

PicoTts.apk > is text to speech

LatinImeTutorial.apk > is for the keyboard tutorial

as for removing them, make a nandroid and try, if theres no FC then you should be fine. but personally idk if i would remove the SDSA.apk seems like it could be important :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Hand76:
I have an Inc but have been following this thread. Does anyone know what the name of Bookmarks thread is so I can remove?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] latepenguin:
Figured its about time for an automated script for moving those apks off into an sdcard :D.

Prereq:

- sdk tools

- phone plugged in via usb (charging only)

- attachment rapks.txt (change extension to .sh)

Instructions:

1) Reboot into recovery

adb reboot recovery

2) once recovery loads, CREATE NANDBACKUP! Then mount system and sdcard directories:

adb shell mount /system
adb shell mount /sdcard

3) put rapks.sh in sdk's tools directory (ex C:\android-sdk-windows\tools) and push rapks.sh to sdcard:

adb push rapks.sh /sdcard

4) make rapks.sh executable:

adb shell chmod +x /sdcard/rapks.sh

5) create directory for removed apps on sdcard:

adb shell mkdir /sdcard/removed-apks

5) run script:

adb shell sh /sdcard/rapks.sh

6) one it says "complete!" reboot through recovery menu

Done!

Note:

if you notice something like:

mv: cannot rename 'Quickoffice.apk': No such file or directory

Dont panic, script is just letting you know it didnt find the file to move and will move on to the next apk.

Be sure to clear out your screens (remove widgets, ect) before attempting.

I forgot to trash one widget and htc sense came back with force close.

Here is the source code for those who just want pieces of the script.

#!/system/bin/sh
# Created by latepenguin 7/9/2010
# DISACLAIMER: I am not responsible if this damages your phone.

echo "moving apps to sdcard..please wait"

sh -c '
d=/sdcard/removed-apks
cd /system/app;
mv amazonmp3.apk $d;
mv com.htc.StockWidget.apk $d;
mv HtcFootprints.apk $d;
mv HtcFootprintsWidget.apk $d;
mv HtcNaviPanel.apk $d;
mv HtcRingtoneTrimmer.apk $d;
mv HtcSoundRecorder.apk $d;
mv IM.apk $d;
mv LearnMore.apk $d;
mv Quickoffice.apk $d;
mv SDSA.apk $d;
mv Sprint_Navigation.apk $d;
mv Sprint_NFL.apk $d;
mv Sprint_Nscar.apk $d;
mv Sprint_TV.apk $d;
mv Sprint_TVWidget.apk $d;
mv Stock.apk $d;
mv teeter.apk $d;
mv Quickoffice.apk $d;
mv HtcTwitter.apk $d;
mv com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk $d;
mv com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk $d;
mv com.htc.MusicWidget.apk $d;
mv HtcFacebook.apk $d;
mv Facebook.apk $d;
mv Calculator.apk $d;
mv VoiceSearch.apk $d;
mv VoiceDialer.apk $d;
mv YouTube.apk $d;
mv WorldClock.apk $d;
mv HtcFootprintsWidget.apk $d;
mv HtcFootprints.apk $d;
mv SocialNetworkProvider.apk $d;
mv PDFViewer.apk $d;
mv htcbookmarkwidget.apk $d;
mv htcmsgwidgets.apk $d;
mv Gmail.apk $d;
mv HtcClockWidget.apk $d;
mv htccontactwidgets.apk $d;
mv htccalendarwidgets.apk $d;
mv htcsearchwidgets.apk $d;
mv htcmailwidgets.apk $d;
mv Talk.apk $d;
mv DCSStock.apk $d;
'; done

echo "complete!"

Tested and works with Sprint 2.27.651.6 STOCK Deoxed w/A2SD Update 3.

Can be customized to work with other roms.

-late
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Neo3D:
Add to that:

# rm HtcNaviPanel.apk

# rm HtcNaviPanel.odex

# rm HTCSetupWizard.apk

BTW, that script above didn't work for me :(
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] skydeaner:
does froyo not have the same apps folder? I try to change dir to system/apps and it tells me it doesn't exist lol. I do an ls in system and i dont see a thing.... this is in adb btw.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] noobie100:
I removed mine from my Sprint HTC Hero and Handcent still works perfectly.

BTW, if you have root access, use Titanium Backup to remove the apps. Clean, easy, and no code involved!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] noobie100:
I think SDSA.apk is the "Device Self Service" that merely takes you to a website for help. I deleted it without problems.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] c00ller:
Just want to add that if you delete WeatherProvider.apk you will get com.htc.bgp force closes.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jazzruby:
PCSCII.apk

PCSCII.odex

I removed HTC Sync about a week ago have done multiple recoveries and reboots and have had no issues.

It's nice when you're connected via USB not to see that HTC Sync in notification bar/top drawer.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mercuryblue:
Which are the most unsafe apps to remove?

Hey friends...i have gone through the whole thread of 23 pages...further the another thread too on XDA ( i think its how to remove stock, nascar, nfl..)

I'm on Sprint Stock Rom Build 2.27.651.5

Firmware 2.1 update 1

Baseband 2.42.01.04.27

ROOTED..thanx to all and patch to recovey 1.5

I've already removed few apps...but just wondering and want to know the applications name which are really unsafe to remove and gives force close

thanx in advance
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] XKat:
For those that have removed FootPrints, the jpg images still exist. IE. Big Ben, Statue of Liberty..etc.

To remove those.

type:

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

Then type:

cd /system/customize/resource/

type: "ls" to bring up the folder contents.

Remove like you would an app.

# rm BigBen.jpg etc...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] starsnlaughter:
@702.. i was wondering if i could trouble you with details on what you did when resetting your phone after removing the apps. i had removed ONLY Sprint apps (kept voicemail), rm YOUTUBE, rm VOICEDIAL.. that's it. did a nandroid before & after doing this, then did the hard reset.. but when it rebooted, whenever it would get to where the HTC Sense screen would load, it would prompt a Force Close (indicating process com.htcsense.loader has closed) then keep looping that since it's the only launcher in my phone right now. Luckily I was able to shut the phone off still, so I can get to my Nanbackup..

Sorry for the lengthy read =)

*ANY* help would be appreciated (for any readers other than 702 that could help out, esp if he doesn't see this right away)

THANKS! :-D

Edit: By the way, I tried another reboot while waiting to fall sleep & got just a tiptoe further but, yeah, I guess I had removed something dealing with HTCSense? Or just damaged it when I did the reset. I went ahead and restored to the Nandroid just before trying the reset. I removed said apps above, and only added 4 and it's showing I only have 92.4MB left!! =( *ANY* input appreciated. I need to get my phone in working order so I can get some housework done before my 5-day work week comes up!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] samusmaurie:
What can we do then to free up more space. Isn't it the point in removing stock apps to free up space and/or use replacement apps?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] starsnlaughter:
Westona.. have you heard back or figured it out? I, too, am running the stock 2.1, rooted. I've removed basic "bloatware" and i'm only showing 96mb free memory. Just curious since it's been over a month since you last posted, or were in dialogue in figuring out the solution. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] starsnlaughter:
...

THANKS XKat!! Ill hafta come bak once I fig out how to get my phone to reveal the memory that had freed up.

**UPDATE! I did it! I "recovered" the space freed up after removing apps! Don't have time to post "how" now.. but if ya wanna know, PM me & I'll post tomorrow during lunch @ work. Night! (now i'm gunna b a zombie @ work in the morning!)

Update #2.. LOST Root!! =( Reverted back to my nan b.u. to where i had just removed the apps. Tried 3x but can't get the reset to work without it looping on reboot or without losing root. Gunna dry DD2.8 again. Lyk'd it, just miss my fb sync w/ contacts & weather wallpaper =(
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] l0nEr:
Hey, is it possible to remove Google Latitude? What is the .apk file name?

Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] camaroryan:
new

hey im new and need help with removing system apps. so you start up the temernal emulater the type su

then that next thing you type is there spaces? i've been trying to do this for a while now and i need some help

is there anyway i can use my desktop so i can copy and paste like when i first rooted my phone or is there a shorter way to do it just using the ternimal emulator?

thanks
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] azr6:
Can we get a major update to the first post?

Still want to know if I can delete gtalk and those kinds of apps with no issues and the first post is really dated.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] davicl2:
I think this is my first post :-) Dek clock

I've rooted this joker (HTC HERO) and am loving it. I've removed the traditional apps and their widgets (if they have em)

Sprint TV

NFL Live

Nascar

Footprints

Voicemail

Vociedialer

IM

Stock

Flickr

bookmark

Sprint Navigation

and a few others that I can't remember. Have rebooted and all works well.

however, I'm still not happy :-) I'm looking to get rid of the following

-Desk Clock

(Also) If I remove a programs widget will it effect the program? Such as remove the weather widget, but the app still show up and work in my apps screen? Or, remove contacts widget but not effect my actual contacts?

anyone know the file for that? I can live with it on my phone, but I'm on a mission to remove it !!!!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bruce31797:
The app space changes can be seen by typing df in a terminal or adb shell for apps in the /system directory.

df

/dev: 97816K total, 0K used, 97816K available (block size 4096)

/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 0K used, 4096K available (block size 4096)

/system: 174080K total, 174080K used, 0K available (block size 4096)

/data: 163328K total, 107884K used, 55444K available (block size 4096)

/cache: 133120K total, 20468K used, 112652K available (block size 4096)

/sdcard: 3864064K total, 2194400K used, 1669664K available (block size 32768)

Certain programs (busybox) need to be installed under /system and my phone (Alltel hero) had no space available in /system. I removed Openoffice.apk (with no ill effects) and got back right at 2 MB of /system memory. I was then able to install Busybox and get vpnc working.

For the post about Openoffice, I removed because half the files I tried to open, it wouldn't open and it is only a viewer (not that I would edit that much on the phone anyway). It was also one of the bigger apps that seemed like it would cause the least damage.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] youdug:
just wanted to say thanks. just deleted a ton of apps and rebooting now. last time i did this i used cmd. root explorer is 10000 times easier.

to delete the htc weather app. what all do i have to get rid of. these are all the ones i have on my phone that say weather:

DCSWeather.apk

DCSWeather.odex

Weather.apk

Weather.odex

WeatherAgentService.apk

WeatherAgentService.odex

WeatherProvider.apk

WeatherProvider.odex

WeatherSyncProvider.apk

WeatherSyncProvider.odex

also what is FieldTest.apk and FieldTrial.apk? and i read a couple pages back that Mms.apk can be removed if youre using chomp? anyone confirm this?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] youdug:
also what are all the files needed to remove Places, Navigation, Latitude, and Desk Clock.

and if i remove em will any of them mess up my Google Maps, I use it for GPS.

thanks again
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ASimmons:
Yea places and latitude are need other two aren't.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] alvarado6411:
I am having problems,

I am using the Android Terminal Emulator and when I put in the command line 'mount -o rw,remount /system'

I get

usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t] device directory
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ddarkone7:
apps

can i remove flicker 1.0 and peep 2.0, what are they used for? thanks
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ahager88:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldnt you just go like this?

su

remount

I haven't used the emulator in a while, so I may be off with my commands, its just too easy for me to adb.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dwonzer:
system updates

ok so i am a little below the curve on all this phone stuff. So please pardon my question if it seems dumb.

Is it possible to do a system update on my sprint htc hero after I have rooted my phone and removed some the the spring garbage? I didnt know if doing that would just restore everything that i just removed. Any input or pointing to the answer would be great. Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mslisaj:
Can the sprint Voice mail app be removed? Especially this new one??
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mahalocat:
as mentioned on the other forum -

YUP

See top of last page -

Voicemail listed.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mslisaj:
Thanks Mahalocat, but if you have been following this all I deleted with the Titanium was the Data file. We can't locate the actual file in the system/app folder. None of the variations of we can find........ Any idea's youself?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mahalocat:
Try TB - it is one of the last Apps that is listed VVM -

Short Tap gives you a few options - Delete data and Un-install

Click un-install and you should be good.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mslisaj:
I posted the question in the XDA also and you won't believe how it turned out. The link below will give you the short story. Suffice it to say got the problem solved and the app is gone. But you won't believe how it happened......

Thank you also for weighing in and helping me with this. I certainly appreciate your time.

Lisa

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=867446&goto=newpost
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] trsix:
deleting/whats safe

Very old thread but i'm recently rooted and deleting

Someone said they deleted NEWS. Theres a News and a News/Weather. Wondering which is ok to remove or both. I know the regular Weather is a no no from experience.

Then theres Twitter, someone said that was ok. I guess that means Peep?

And KiINDLE/amazon? i removed amazon mp3 already.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] rubyknight:
Are you still on the stock 2.1 factory rom?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] trsix:
rom

It came with 2.2 installed got it 2 months ago. luckily i read about that and didn't let it update to 2.3.

All i've done is rooted and used a newer recovery at that time. (recovery-clockwork-3.1.0.1-speedy)

Someone here suggested the updated recovery in case i want to use different roms.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] hockeyfamily737:
I believe you are looking for information on the Evo not the Hero. Most of the information in this thread might be relevant, but I'd be carefull.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] trsix:
You're kinda correct it's a shift actually though. I didn't notice i was in the wrong forum. I did delete that kindle app with no negative results though, not sure if your phones have it or not. thanks
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Salviikiddd:
has any tried removing HTC Mobile Guide or Quick office?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] samusmaurie:
this

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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] samusmaurie:
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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] samusmaurie:
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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] samusmaurie:
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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] samusmaurie:
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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] samusmaurie:
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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] oohaylima:
Lol That's one way to do it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] samusmaurie:
It worked, I've been an active member fir a long time, but finally wanted to give my 2 cents :banghead:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] oohaylima:
What did you want to write about so bad?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] samusmaurie:
A bug for the rom for my Galaxy s3. Usually someone else would already bring up any issues I may have but in this case no one has. The dev is working on a new build and wanted to bring these issues to light so they could hopefully find a fix.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] oohaylima:
Ah. Makes sense. What ROM are you testing?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
That's a whole lotta storage, mines not going down at all. :( I've removed everything that's in my first post and I'm sitting at 122mb which isn't horrible, thought is 187mb would ok with me too. :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] 702DROID:
after that scare it has me double thinking trying to flash that rom thats posted up :confused:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] obelisk79:
I've removed teeter, nascar, nfl, sprint tv, footprints, stocks and htc mobile guide with no change in available storage.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Tierez:
I got a force close error on com.google.process.gapps after removing IMPlugins and ImProvider (.apk and .odex's)

Error came up right after I clicked my app drawer, only once. Just did a reboot and it came up again..

Guess that's one of them. Anyone have those backed up? Or just want to zip all the stock apps just incase we continue to find errors?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nelson8403:
how did you get 187mb internal storage when the phones only have 159 max?