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[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jeremyward420:
What i did!!

@ithilion, your script was great for a batch move from system/app to data/app.

First of all, thanks Phenombox for this guide, was extremely helpful to get rid of all SE's and Vodafones crapware. Running like a dream.

Second, i also agree with ithilion and dudelazy for the suggestion of uninstalling crapware apps rather than just deleting them.

For anyone who would like it, this is the way i did everything to remove the crapware, but i am not to sure if this rids all the residual data from those apps though.

Step 1. Get root!! (exploid method or universal androot - your choice).

Step 2. Take off any active widgets (just the ones you are going to remove e.g. Digital

Step 3. Go to settings\applications\manage applications and make a list of all of the crapware apps you want to remove. While you are going through and making this list, enter each of the apps on your list and clear data and cache. Now with this list, edit ithilion's "expose-apps" script to customize what apps you want to uninstall.

Step 4. Running ithilion's script to batch move from system/app to data/app.

Enter shell

adb shell

Getting root permissions.

su

Mounting the system 'block' to a read/write capable directory.

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system

Run ithilion's script (I will try and upload my 'expose-apps' script for everyone out there and you can just edit mine to you liking if needed).

sh /sdcard/expose-apps

Step 5. Reboot device (not recommended to use a reboot widget, shutdown and then start up again. Depending on the number of apps or a certain app or too, start-up may take slightly longer than usual.

Step 6. Return to settings\applications\manage applications and use your list to now uninstall those apps.

Finished!!

Have fun with your "new" device.

I take no credit for any of this information I've posted, all credit goes to ithilion for his script, to dudelazy for the idea of uninstalling crapware apps, to Phenombox for this thread guide and to anyone else i may have taken information from.

Regard,

Jeremy.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] adamo86:
is there a simple way

hi all

is there a simple way of uninstalling apps which u dont need.

like going into a certain folder and deleting the app.

or do you have to connect to pc.

i have a few games which i want to uninstall.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
I removed the Sync app and google sync still seems to work

Has anyone removed the bootslideshow from /system/bin

It uses a lot of CPU while booting the fone

I also removed the coresponding directory in /data/data/ for the application im removing
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] dachepo:
Hey, i installed all of them but still i get this boot message com.sonyericsson.timescape.providers task closes unexpectedly

anyone knows how to solve it?

cheers, peace
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] zacharycbruce:
dachepo;

I had the same problem,

some people say by removing the snsimagechache (sorry if that's not the exact name, it was mentioned earlier in the thread) fixes the problem,

after removing that I still had error on boot so I removed the snsimageprovider,

this fixed the error on boot and did not seem to have any other adverse effects.

Perhaps someone will be able to help me removing some of my carrier's crapware,

the .apk is called "Music_(BigPond).apk"

so rm -r doesn't work because of the syntax error caused by the brackets in the name.

Titanium backup doesn't do the trick either, it removes it but it reappears on boot.

Any ideas? Perhaps renaming the .apk?

Or will this cause all sorts of problems that I'll no doubt have no idea how to deal with?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
the -r option is usually for recursive dont use it

in linux you have to escape the brackets as they perform a specific function

this works in linux

rm Music_\(BigPond\).apk
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] zacharycbruce:
Thanks mate I'll try this and let my google-fu work out why it works this way.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Contrarian:
Although this may not be for everybody, I'm pleased to say that after removing every single Google app from my mini, the phone now runs like a dream.

This includes gmail, gtalk, google search, instant messaging, google maps, global search, market, standard browser and so on. The only things I left were google contacts, google settings and google partner (these are located in the /data/dalvik-cache folder).

Other things I've done to the phone:

removed homescreen and replaced with ADW

removed crappy games like peggle, rollercoaster et...

removed "Play Now'

removed the standard music player and replaced it with "MortPlayer Music"

removed the standard calendar - replaced with "Jorte"

removed timescape completely

removed wisepilot and roadsync (not into phone GPS's)

removed unecessary languages from the keyboard configuration (system/usr/keyboard-config/languages

removed sony setup wizard and user manual

It takes a lot of stuffing around with "root explorer" to find residual files but if your keen give it a go.

EDIT: Having problems with Skyfire - doesn't load, so there must be a dependency somewhere. Battery life sucks but I reckon that's the autokiller and ADW. May have to go back to HELIX.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
What do you have left in /system/spp/
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
I just registered to say thank you. Really useful thread. U help me a lot.

I was able to get root access and delete all the appl in the list without problems.

PS: sorry about my english
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
I wonder why some companies even bother making their own own apps when there are better free ones out their. I've pretty much replaced every app with a better alternative, at no cost
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
Yes. I was Palm User --> Symbian user --> Iphone user --> and now a happy android user. In all of them I have the same issue.

I think they do it thinking in the end user and never in the power users.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
I have deleted three more appl that are not in the list.

rollercoaster.apk

edge.apk

peggle.apk

Three horrible and demo games.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
Why can't they sell 2 phones types, the normal more expensive supported version with all their crappy software and the cheaper power version, the exact same phone with no support and no extra built-in garbage software
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
It is not even necessary, they can sell the same phone which the first time you turn it on, it asks you language, time, etc and user type. If u select Power User it asks the root password and so on. :p
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
It's like they get payed to sell product with demo apps on it
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
Anyone can confirm that the difference between firmware E10i and E10a are just the network bands? I found a site saying this but i can't post the link.

BTW, sticky this :rolleyes:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
You can backup all your system/app via adb:

adb pull /system/app c:\where\you\want
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] knd:
I've removed some default apps, but, when I go to definitions->applications, there are still some in there, in the list of applications. When I try to open to remove, a warning message appears, and tells me that the application is not found. The size is 0 Kb.

Any tip?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
1- Did you use any launcher with custom views?

2- what did u deleted?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] knd:
I use the default SE launcher.

I deleted only apps that are from my mobile operator. Those that are common with all android phones like GMaps, etc...they are deleted ok.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
I can't be sure but I found that this is usually because the app was deleted instead of uninstalled and some files still exist in the /data/data/ directory, deleting them usually make it go away from the applications list
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] morning_wood:
dont know if its been mentioned, but if you dont want "Install PCCompanion" at usb plugin, you can remove "/data/dop.iso"

note: this little gem frees up 13mb :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] reikarlo:
hey sir, i just wanna know what are your expose-apps. ;-)

thanks so much.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
are their any associated pc companion apps? to also uninstall
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] reikarlo:
help?

hey guys, after i removed / uninstalled some apps in my x10 mini pro, the menus are gone.. helps here please. thanks..

EDITED: Alright, i just have to reboot my phone.. hehehe... just became a little hysterical here... newei, thanks for this thread.. !!!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] zacharycbruce:
As you said, some of these are mentioned in the thread already, quite a few are mentioned in the list of things to def. not remove.. I would suggest that you don't remove them.

The ones that others have said are safe to remove...guess what?!..they are safe to remove!

I suggest you follow the advice that has been given throughout the thread first, to narrow down that massive list.

I should would like to do all the hard work for you, but I'm a busy man ;)

When in doubt, backup the .apk and if your phone decides it doesn't like having it there, then just push it back where it came from.

If you remove any .apk that haven't been mentioned in the thread, report back to let everyone else know whether you can/can't remove it.

Goodluck!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
Backup and restore v1.0.0.RC10b

Not needed, I sync with google for contacts backup and use titanium for everything else

Calendar 1.0.0

crappy calendar I replaced it with jorte

Camera 0.0.1

can be uninstalled, you wont have any camera functions

FM radio 1.0

the radio, can be uninstalled

Music player 1.0

crap music player, i use doubletwist

Notes 1.0

crappy notes, uninstall

R2R Client 1.0.0 (no idea what this does)

i dont remember, but i uninstalled it

SIM toolkit 1.6

useless sim toolkit, uninstalled

SNS cache provider 1.0 (no idea what this does)

SNS provider 1.0.0 (no idea what this does)

These 2 relate to timescape, uninstall along with timescape

Sony ericsson sync client wizard 1.0

pointless sony sync garbage

stopwatch 1.0

uninstall and replace

Street view 1.5.0.6

google street view

timer 1.0

timer, uninstall and replace

Video 1.0

stupid video player, i use double twist instead

youtube 1.4.19

uninstall, unless you watch youtube on your phone
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] morning_wood:
nope, it also removes the dialog when you plug in USB :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] belga:
Thanks for the advice and reply ;)

Like i said im using titanium back for removing stuff and the names don't really match the .apk names all that well. I don't feel all that at home in the command prompt so picking stuff of a list suits me better, but then i kinda want to know whats what so i don't ditch the wrong thing. In other words i felt i needed a appname -> .apk relation. Some are obvious and some are not and call me crazy but i'd rather ask too much instead of too little.

But yeah you are right, now that i've been over all the posts that list should have been a lot smaller. Sorry about that :)

Thanks a lot :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
I noticed when i Kill Backup and restore I lost all the signal and its looks like it temporally removes the sim card... Can i delete it safely?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Yodd:
I think not
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] belga:
So, taking the earlier hint i'm removing stuff little by litte and trying what works and what don't.

I have however run into a snag of sorts. I can backup the .apk by using adb pull, but when i try to put something back i get this:

C:\X10>adb push c:\X10\Backup\name.apk /system/app/name.apk

failed to copy 'c:\X10\Backup\name.apk' to '/system/app/name.apk': Permission denied

Am i getting the command wrong or is it something i've missed? I can still use pull and remove things just fine. Just not put them back.

Edit**

Nevermind, solved it by altering permissions for /app while moving stuff
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
i did not notice any issues when i removed it
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Yodd:
Don't uninstall Calendar Bridge course it starts appear the mess- Critical error of the Home screen. Who uninstall all com.se.apps ?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darfito:
Hi, I haven't seen this post.

Why are you doing that on the command line? I think is easier rooting with "androot" app and then using another app like "Root Manager", where you can remove and backup the app (just in case).

I did that to erase all the crappy stuff of my carrier and it worked perfectly. I didn't dare with other apps...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
I need a light here.

I have deleted Facebook.apk, calculator.apk and Peggle.apk, think is if I go to Settings --> applications --> applications manager I see:

-com.facebook.katana

-com.popcap.peggle

-com.sonyericsson.calculator

If I click them it says the appl doesn't exist.

I check in /system/app and /data/app and they don't exist.

Is there any cache or something? Or am i checking in the wrong place?

/*EDIT

I found them they are in /data/data

*/

/*EDIT2

I found them, I deleted the directories but the appl are still in the list.... :mad:

*/

/*EDIT3

Delete the entries corresponding to this applications in /data/dalvik-cache/ seems to work.

*/

/*EDIT4

Confirmed, it works. :)

*/
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
To the above post, for me that has worked except for a vey few apps
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] morning_wood:
I have tried this numerous times ( before your post )... they still come back
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Yodd:
How to return back menu when i supply mini to pc with usb cable, i need sdcard as usb flash...i deleted pccomp.iso from mini and there is no menu now when i put usb cable
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
It works just for the standard appl you delete, if you uninstall an appl using Android market those files are deleted too.

Crossing my fingers... I didn't see them again, I have turned on/off my phone several times, I have connected it using USB... I have searched the files using Root Explorer... nothing at all.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] morning_wood:
after 2 weeks they are finaly gone in

settings /applications / manage applications

eerrieeee

0byte entries are back again "c2ma.android.edge" "com.popcap.peggle" etc etc

WTF?????
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
You were right, They back, i don't know when or how... :mad:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
I have the same issues as the above few posts

some 0byte apps reappearing after uninstalling and deleting all known files
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jeremyward420:
Safe Apps

So i decided that i wold go back through and read this whole thread again..don't ask me why, i just did. Anyway, i noticed alot of people were having problems with timescape: remove snscontactimagecacheprovider.apk and uwlopprovider.apk along with the three timescape apps and there should be no error, then again i have noticed that this may be carrier dependent as some people have had to put the timescapeprovider.apk back onto there devices. Or maybe this will help (not sure as i didn't need it):

Anyhow, the main reason for this post is my updated apps list that is safe to remove (in my opinion anyway..)

I used titanium backup to remove all of these. Go into titanium backup\preferences and scroll and check "chuck norris" mode to uninstall system apps. also as you go into each app to uninstall, delete data first, that clears each app from \data\data\...

These are all safe to remove (some of these have capital letter in them, i just couldn't be f**ked doing that at 2 in the a.m.):

backupandrestore.apk

omadatasyncservice.apk (SE sync, not google sync. I have no problems syncing with google)

browser.apk

calculator.apk

calendar.apk

calendarvanillaapi.apk

musicvanillaapi.apk

userdictionaryprovider.apk

pccompanion.apk (also delete \data\dop.iso to remove "Install PCCompanion" at usb plugin)

creatouch-2.apk (carrier dependent)

datatrafficswitch.apk

digitalclockwidget.apk

drmprovider.apk

email.apk

facebook.apk

geotag.apk

enhancedgooglesearchprovider.apk

googlesearch.apk

talk.apk

maps.apk

music.apk

neoreader.apk

notes.apk

picotts.apk

playnowclient.apk

globalsearch.apk

recentcalls.apk

roadsync.apk

searchwidget.apk

stk.apk

smartsearch.apk

snscontactimagecacheprovider.apk

uwlopprovider.apk

statusswitch.apk

stopwatch.apk

street.apk

sync.apk (SE sync not google, from what i can tell)

timer.apk

timescape.apk

timescapepluginmanager.apk

timescapeprovider.apk

trackid.apk

ttsservice.apk

emanual.apk

user-support.apk

video.apk

voicedialer.apk

vpnservices.apk

wisepilot.apk

youtube.apk

readytorun.apk (apparently if you delete this and then switch simcard, it won't come up with the language settings and everything at the start. But from what i can gather this is not true, (please correct me if i'm wrong) but it just stops the device from asking to register the sim by sending an sms message)

These should def (in my opinion) not be removed (just because i got force closes):

gtalkservice.apk

improvider.apk

ohh and for the people that have 0byte files remaining of uninstalled app i just used titanium backup to clear the dalvik cache and i dont have any problems with remanent files from old apps.

Anyway, i hope this helps someone, will update when i get a chance!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Yodd:
Your phone works without any problems after this?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] morning_wood:
I have manually deleted the dalvik-cache many times... they still come back
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Dan53:
THIS ISN'T CONFIRMED BUT IS WORKING FOR ME

its abit late now you've deleted the apps. but in future try doing the following:

back up the app to sdcard

delete the app file

reinstall the app via the back up

then unistall the app via; settings - applications - manage applications

Tehn it will disapear takings all cache data with it.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gammexane:
I have a backup ;) I always take backup just in case..

I will try it tonight. I think it should work, nice catch.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] JaffaTB:
removed many apps thanks to this guide, seeing as it hasnt been mentioned here before, i have removed LearningClient.apk without problems, market still works and no errors, dont know what it does :)

now, does anybody know what the following are and if they can be removed:

FastDormancy.apk

SetupWizard.apk

GoogleApps.apk

GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk

GooglePartnerSetup.apk

i would like to remove those apps if possible, if i can still use market without them :)

thanks for any help

EDIT:

i have discovered LearningClient.apk is something to do with the flash for the camera, with it removed the camera never flashed, reinstalling this package fixed the problem :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Blitzz666:
i'm on vodafone spain...what app's it's safe to delete without boot errors?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] siddharthsai:
Does this all removing stock blotware really speed up the device ? I dont see any change other than some fc's ..
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Blitzz666:
it's really annoing...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Blitzz666:
pls i need back VodafoneContactsProvider.apk

pls who has it give it to me...is seems it has somekind of conection with my contact list...now,it's "don't send"-ing(like in windows)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Blitzz666:
i can't launch "call" on my low-left home-screen.it crashes.What app i need to install?pls reply fast
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] li_boud:
No, I didnt notice any significant speed improvement, but the menu is not bloated at least.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] siddharthsai:
Naa, I can live with it , until eclair comes out. Not worth wasting time removing now
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chris...:
It did work, and files do get deleted, but they still come back

update, I hadnt checked in a while, they are gone now???
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Blitzz666:
i can't see my contacts...what .apk i need to install now?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] siddharthsai:
Contacts.apk

Sent from my x10 Mini
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] master9997:
now we need safe list for android 2.1. Can someone tell me filenames for Latitude, Places, Navigation
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] BobSolero:
Hi,

I found a 'safe-list' for Android 2.1...

h t t p :// w w w .market4android.com/stock-android-2-1-apps-list

Hope it could be helpfull...
[Nexus One Android Development] rickytenzer:
I love the fact that my N1 has WiFi N but it's most definitely a poor-man's version. I don't know for a fact, but I'm pretty sure it's single band 2.4 GHz which already chops off some quality and the phone's chip may also create a speed bottleneck.

I have a 30 Mbps connection that works fine on my laptop (get DL speeds of 3.5 MBps :D) yet my N1 can only get roughly 15 Mbps when I'm standing directly next to the router.

Unfortunately, I'm not a developer. I do like to dabble with code here and there but VERY basic so I could probably only help with donations/testing.

Any devs think this would be possible? Maybe find out where the bottleneck is and see if we can eradicate it?

Thanks for listening!
[Nexus One Android Development] x986123:
You can't make a chip run better unless you:

a. Overclock (Theres really nothing to overclock)

b. Re-write drivers (If they are broken)

c. Replace the chip.

Out of luck IMO, sorry.
[Nexus One Android Development] rickytenzer:
Maybe there is something that can be overclocked? Or something else?

That's why we brainstorm!
[Droid Incredible General] ues2005:
I'm sure this is somewhere on the forum but I've made a best effort searching/reading for the past hour, and am now more confused. I rooted my incredible a few weeks ago in order to get the tethering feature to work, and this was before the OTA update from VZN came along. everything works, no complaints.

Since 1) I did not get the OTA update, and 2) I eventually would like Froyo, I have a few questions:

1) Do I need the OTA update?

2) Will I need it in order to get VZN's Froyo update whenever that becomes available?

3) If so, should I wait until that announcement is made?

4) If I unroot and get the OTA, can I simply re-root in order to get the tethering feature back?

5) Would I be able re-root by following the same instructions as when I rooted the first time (unrevoked3)?

6) If I unroot/install OTA update/re-root, how do I get VZN's Froyo when it is released? I assume I would need to un-root again, and then wait for the update?

7) Am I just as well off unrooting/installing OTA update/re-rooting and getting an unofficial version of Froyo? I am in no rush for froyo and do not want to risk messing up the phone for it.

I assume some of these questions are answered on the forums but like I said, the instructions I found on various threads seemed incomplete. Would greatly appreciate answers/links to answers for any of the questions.

Thanks
[Droid Incredible General] binny1007:
if your happy with the way the your phone is right now than just wait till the official update comes out.
[Droid Incredible General] k_flan:
You'll likely be told the update is available on your phone, but if you want root, you won't want to apply that right away.

Hopefully some magic like Evo update is done for us... the Evo update has already been rooted and pulled apart.
[Droid Incredible General] ues2005:
Thanks binny and k_flan... So I'll just wait for VZN. Can I install the VZN update (Froyo) directly or would I have to un-root first? No way to know this I suppose, but will the VZN Froyo allow wireless tether or will I have to pay extra for the feature?