Guest kaotix Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 This may have been asked before but my search turned up blank. I have also seen that baked ROMs have the ability to not select the mp3 store but I would like to know if I can simply remove the mp3 store or other stock apps manually from my device? I realise I could remove the binary files using the terminal but I don't know what adverse effect this could have on my device if I did this. If anyone could offer any assistance I would appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DremoX Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I think you have to delete the apk file from /system/app After you have done that, connect your phone with your pc and run adb shell. Then use the command "pm uninstall <program name>" to uninstall from your device. I hope this is hopeful regards DremoX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 adb remount adb shell rm /system/app/amazon*[/code] Job done. ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaotix Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Perfect. Exactly what I expected. I just hope my device doesnt explode! I take it I could do this for any stock app such as google talk/voice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xkonni Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Perfect. Exactly what I expected. I just hope my device doesnt explode! I take it I could do this for any stock app such as google talk/voice? correct. just do adb shell ls /system/app to see their names (i think amazon is like com.amazon.mp3 or something). but be careful, some things are needed by the system, like voice search. either do backups or you can push them back from an unzipped update ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndyCr15 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Would someone be good enough to list some of the other ones we can safely remove? I seem to remember the Hero forum had these. Things like Open Office and what you type to remove them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaotix Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I actually did this direct from the Terminal emulator and it worked perfectly. As xkonni stated, it was com.amazon.mp3.apk I'm not sure how I could test which apps are needed or not needed without causing problems. I will be removing some others though and will tell you which ones removed without problems when I do. Also as a side note, how would I alter what apps load on startup? If ever I reboot I have to spend a few minutes using a task manager to kill off the apps I dont want running. I would assume some kind of init.rd script or similar (linux user here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndyCr15 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I don't find this such an issue on the N1. On my Hero, it would be soooo slow and take ages to start until I could kill the 20+ apps running that I didn't want. On the N1 I don't really notice tbh. Also, there are quite a lot of task managers that will kill all apps on one press. Be careful with ones that have widgets that show memory etc, as these burn battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaotix Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I don't find this such an issue on the N1. On my Hero, it would be soooo slow and take ages to start until I could kill the 20+ apps running that I didn't want. On the N1 I don't really notice tbh. Also, there are quite a lot of task managers that will kill all apps on one press. Be careful with ones that have widgets that show memory etc, as these burn battery. Yes I agree that it doesn't slow my device down but I don't see any reason for them to be running in the background when I'm not using them. Now that I have double the memory it really is just personal preference but again, there is no reason to have idle processes taking up processing power. Also, I don't like having apps use data without me explicitly asking them to. I'm using my iPhone tarrif from o2 at the moment so again this doesn't really matter it's just personal preference. I've seen those task managers which will kill all apps and they are useful but if you could just whitelist the 5 maybe 6 apps I let idle it would be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xkonni Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 (edited) ones i removed and don't seem to affect anything CarDock.apk CarDock.odex com.amazon.mp3.apk GenieWidget.apk [ no weather in clock, but i don't want that anyway ] googlevoice.apk Maps.apk Maps.odex [ installed custom one ] VoiceDialer.apk VoiceDialer.odex Edited February 8, 2010 by xkonni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndyCr15 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I've seen those task managers which will kill all apps and they are useful but if you could just whitelist the 5 maybe 6 apps I let idle it would be perfect. Yeah, ES Task Manager does this for free ;) Just don't use the widget on your homescreen. Place a link to the app and then hit kill all (Once you've excluded the ones you want to leave running 24/7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xkonni Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Yeah, ES Task Manager does this for free ;) Just don't use the widget on your homescreen. Place a link to the app and then hit kill all (Once you've excluded the ones you want to leave running 24/7) i'm really into home++ and it brings a nice task manager as well :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaotix Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Damn I can't remove them using terminal emulator, I need to mount the file system I think but I'm not sure how to do this in the terminal. Any ideas? If not I'll just wait till I'm home and have my USB cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xkonni Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Damn I can't remove them using terminal emulator, I need to mount the file system I think but I'm not sure how to do this in the terminal. Any ideas? If not I'll just wait till I'm home and have my USB cable. su mount -o remount,rw /dev/mtdblock3 /system remove whatever you want mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaotix Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 (edited) su mount -o remount,rw /dev/mtdblock3 /system remove whatever you want mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system fantastic. thank you very much ;) Also to update I've removed the following: com.amazon.mp3.apk GoogleGoggles.apk Email.apk Email.odex Facebook.apk Facebook.odex VoiceDialer.apk VoiceDialer.odex googlevoice.apk Talk.apk Talk.odex YouTube.apk YouTube.odex I want to remove 'Voice Search' but I don't know if it's safe and I don't know the actual app name. Any help? Edited February 9, 2010 by kaotix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xkonni Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I want to remove 'Voice Search' but I don't know if it's safe and I don't know the actual app name. Any help? i did that once, not recommended ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaotix Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 What happened? It just sits there running and I've literally used it once (when I got the phone). I'm not really into having apps running all the time and fancy widgets but I do like a device that's fast and I know what its running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xkonni Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 (edited) What happened? It just sits there running and I've literally used it once (when I got the phone). I'm not really into having apps running all the time and fancy widgets but I do like a device that's fast and I know what its running. i removed it when baking a rom in the kitchen, the setup assistant fc'ed and i could not even setup the phone. not nice ;) it might work fine when removed later, but i'm not going to try again... Edited February 9, 2010 by xkonni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pazatat2 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 (edited) I think you have to delete the apk file from /system/app After you have done that, connect your phone with your pc and run adb shell. Then use the command "pm uninstall <program name>" to uninstall from your device. I hope this is hopeful regards DremoX EDIT: nevermind lol Edited February 10, 2010 by pazatat2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ImaPLD Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 correct. just do adb shell ls /system/app to see their names (i think amazon is like com.amazon.mp3 or something). but be careful, some things are needed by the system, like voice search. either do backups or you can push them back from an unzipped update ;) su mount -o remount,rw /dev/mtdblock3 /system remove whatever you want mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system didn't work for me.... well, it it worked, but it still wouldn't allow me to delete the sprint/htc apps i wanted to get rid of... still, it's interesting to know I can do that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndyCr15 Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 fantastic. thank you very much ;) Also to update I've removed the following: com.amazon.mp3.apk GoogleGoggles.apk Email.apk Email.odex Facebook.apk Facebook.odex VoiceDialer.apk VoiceDialer.odex googlevoice.apk Talk.apk Talk.odex YouTube.apk YouTube.odex I want to remove 'Voice Search' but I don't know if it's safe and I don't know the actual app name. Any help? Wow. You might as well just buy a regular Nokia from 5 years ago... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaotix Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Because i dont use youtube, facebook, voice dial or google talk? I never used similar things on my iPhone either so I dont see how a boring nokia would help! I just dont use the stock apps, its as simple as that. I hate it when things are preloaded with no option to remove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndyCr15 Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Because i dont use youtube, facebook, voice dial or google talk? I never used similar things on my iPhone either so I dont see how a boring nokia would help! I just dont use the stock apps, its as simple as that. I hate it when things are preloaded with no option to remove. Okay, calm down, I was only joking. The biggest surprise for me was you take out Google Goggles. Amazing app, I use it to impress people of what the N1 can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaotix Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Sorry if I came off as sounding like I was having a go. I was mearly pointing out that I don't use those apps so I removed them. I used google goggles once, chuckled to myself and never opened it again. The main things I like showing people are things like Layar and the barcode scanner (lol). One of my friends said I can now pretend I work in a supermarket! *BIP* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PhonePersona Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Wow. You might as well just buy a regular Nokia from 5 years ago... lol Hahahahahaaaa.....Good One! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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