[Nexus One General] qiuness:
Hi, i just went through the online ROM cooking app from Modaco for the desire ROM...after 10 Minutes i got to the bottom where i read "only for paid users". Well it's their right, but i find it lame nevertheless.

Right. to the Howto. You need:

1. Rooted Nexus. You can follow this thread if you haven't done it:

2. You need Explorer or any Explorer like app (the first one is FREE in the Store)

3. Navigate to /system/app/ - Here are all the installed apps, you will want to swipe through and remember the EXACT name you want to remove (Case sensitive!)

Ex.: com.htc.FriendStreamWidget.apk

4. On the Phone navigate to SETTINGS -> PROGRAMS -> DEVELOPMENT -> activate USB Debugging

5. On the PC Open a CMD and navigate to the Android SDK

a. Test if the connection is working:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

HT9CVP815983 device

b. adb shell

#

c. #su -ENTER

su

d. #cd /system/app

cd /system/app

e. mount -o rw,remount /system

f. Now here you start to uninstall. To uninstall an app you will need to use the following command together with the exact name you remembered at point 3. The names ARE Case Sensitive!

rm -r teeter.apk (for the Teeter game app for ex.)

That's IT!

Other apps i removed:

rm -r Browser.apk - Default Internet Browser

rm -r com.amazon.mp3.apk - Amazon bloatware

rm -r com.htc.FriendStreamWidget.apk - Integrates Flickr and Facebook Widget

rm -r com.htc.StockWidget.apk - If you use STOCKs you might want this

rm -r DCSStock.apk - Stock App

rm -r FriendStream.apk - Integrates Flickr and Facebook

rm -r HtcTwitter.apk - HTC Twitter App

rm -r com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk - Twitter Widget

rm -r NewsReader.apk - RSS News Reader

rm -r com.htc.NewsReaderWidget.apk - RSS News Reader

rm -r RSS.apk - Another RSS app

rm -r com.htc.MusicWidget.apk - Default Music Widget (i use the icon)

rm -r HtcFootprints.apk - Footprints

rm -r HtcFootprintsWidget.apk - Widget

rm -r /system/app/com.htc.MusicWidget.apk - Music Widget

rm -r /system/app/com.htc.NewsReaderWidget.apk - RSS News Reader Widget

rm -r /system/app/Gmail.apk - Gmail app (i use the normal MAIL app for syncing my gmail account)

rm -r /system/app/GmailProvider.apk (the Gmail provider)

rm -r /system/app/HtcTwitter.apk (i`m sure you use a different app for twitter)

rm -r /system/app/HTCSetupWizard.apk (the initial setup app that i went through one time)

P.s: if you want to add something back just look into the ZIPPED ROM image and take the apk from /system/app

Other apps and what they do (this are reflected by my own research). Please feel free to add applications and a description as there are still a few that i have no idea what they do (and i haven't found a complete list):

HTC_IME.apk - The android keyboard

Clicker.apk - if you want to improve typing experience through calibration

Rosie.apk - Main interface app of SenseUI (same as Launcher.apk)

Launcher.apk - Main interface app of Stock Cupcake1.5 UI - it hosts all application, manage widgets and more...

PCSCII.apk - client for syncronization via HTC Sync

HtcStreamPlayer.apk - Player for streamed audio

iWnnIME.apk - Japanese keyboard

CNSoftKeyboard.apk - Chinese soft Keyboard

Feel free to add to the guide. If it is useful i`ll edit it!

Cheers