[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ben's:
Rooting your Huawei Ascend and Bloat removale list

Want to make your Huawei run a little faster and regain some lost memory from running apps in the background? This guide will help guide you root and remove the loaded bloat on the phone which should boost your available memory and help your phone run a little smoother.

There is no advantage or " speed boost " by rooting your phone unless you want to customize your phone using apps which require root or you want to improve the performance of your phone by removing unnecessary pre-installed apps (bloatware) that came on your phone that you can not delete any other way. The extra performance you see is that of free'ed up memory that is no longer being used by useless apps.

I've personally used this method and it works great but, do this at your own risk as it will void your warranty. I am on Cricket. You can always unroot your phone and delete your Z4 app if you need warranty work, but, like I stated, this is your risk to take.

ROOTING with Z4 Root.

Z4 is a one click up to root your phone giving apps and user access to hidden files or locked by the manufacture. Z4 Root is usually a market app but gets removed and reloaded with time ( reasons I don't know why ).

1. Enable USB Debugging on your phone.

( Settings> Applications>Development, make sure the there is a check in the USB debugging box. )

2. Using your web on your phone, go here and download the Z4 apk file.

( Because it's not available on the market, user's have made it easy to obtain, XDA ftw! )

3. Save it to your phone's SD Card.

4. The app does not usually appear in your app drawer so go to file manager and find it on the root of your SD Card. You may need to download Astro File manager from the market (free) to help you find it if you are having trouble. Astro is just an easy file manager to use. Z4 Root should be in your download file.

5. Once installed, open the Z4 app, and continue to the Permanent or Temporary Root screen.

6. Tap on Permanent. It will start the process and when finsished, it will restart your phone.

7. To make sure it worked, you will the the app Superuser in your app drawer and you can go back in to Z4 Root and you wil see the " unroot " button.

8. You are rooted!

Download Titanium Backup to start removing bloat. It also allows to backup all your apps. It's free and in my opionion, the best on the market.

Next, we will remove the bloat that came with the phone. I have persoanlly removed these files from my Ascend. Please make a backup of these apps just in case you have issues but, first and for most, to be on the safe side, you can freeze these apps first with Titanium backup to make sure your phone won't free. If your phone doesn't react bad towards the freeze, you are clear to remove.

Open Titanium Backup and click on Backup/restore and start the clean up process. Again, I stress being careful. Don't remove anything you are not comfortable removing. DO NOT remove anything that has to do with Google or has the word Google in it. These apps should be the same for Metro PCS but I would cross reference it.

1. UNO

2. Midnight Bowling 2

3. Documents 2 Go

4. Swype ( this will also alter the way your keyboard works and looks, please make sure you back this up so you can revert back to it if you don't like how the keyboard works and looks after removing )

5. MyAccount

6. K Mobile Web

7. Photobucket

8. Storefront

9. Poynt

Using SetCPU from the market will set your phone's processor to the maxinum stock running speed, which is 600Mhz. This is optional but almost a must as you will notice your phone running smoothly all the time and not just on demand. SetCPU is a free app on the market, download it and set it. It's super easy. Overclocking is not an option yet as there is no custom kernal for out phones and the stock kernal is locked.

You have now taken the first steps to making your phone run smoother and having some extra memory. If you used the Set CPU option, your golden!

Hope this helps move your Ascend along and stay posted to this thread for future development!