Can someone help :-) Root?

[Guest -Wii-]

I tried to root my phone the other day, I don't know if it worked or not, how would I, but I have the superboot software on my phone anyway, but I can't delete apps that were installed on the pulse, such as servo search, which keeps crashing and slowing my phone and I don't even need it? how do I delete it? I tried astro file manager but it just won't let me uninstall the default apps.

[Guest sinnadyr]

You can not uninstall apps like that from Astro, you need to use adb (android debug bridge) from pc/mac/linux. Search a little bit around on that.

But before you can uninstall, you need to know where and what the filenames of the app are. One app can have several files (.apk's).

Kendon wrote:

adb remount

adb shell rm /system/app/$APPNAME

adb shell rm /data/app/$APPNAME

where $APPNAME is the filename of the apk. wildcards are possible, remember case-sensitive!

example: remove stock app and widget:

adb shell /system/app/*Stock*

remove twitter app and widget:

adb shell rm /system/app/*Twit*

remove quickoffice:

adb shell rm /data/app/*Quick*

so all you need to know is whether the app is stored in /system/app or /data/app. easiest way to find out both is do:

adb shell ls -1 /system/app/

and

adb shell ls -1 /data/app/

which will list the contents of the respective folders.

now that you know it, feel free to write a comprehensive howto

In your case, search for "servo" with astro under /system/app,

then

"adb shell rm /system/app/*servo*"

or something similiar that might suit your situation better...

Hope this helps...

Edited February 1, 2010 by sinnadyr