How to delete stock apps from Liquid?

[Guest verser233]

Hi There!

i would like to know how to delete stock/built-in apps from my liquid? I don't need acer settings,google talk,media serverspinlets,ufooz

[Guest Angio]

adb remount

adb shell rm /system/app/<apk>

[Guest verser233]

Thank you so much, Angio! :(

[Guest chingy1788]

instead of

adb shell rm /system/app/<apk>

I would do

adb shell mv /system/app/<apk> ../

this moves it out of the apk directory, but the file still exists, just wont be seen or run by android

if you accidentally removed an important file and something doesnt work

you can always move it back into the /app/ directory by doing

adb shell mv /system/<apk> /system/app/

Edited February 28, 2010 by chingy1788

[Guest verser233]

Thank you chingy!

This topic has been saved :(

[Guest Raymond Chen]

I removed stock apps but I see the space did not realse back on AppManager. How come?

[Guest liquid_it]

I removed stock apps but I see the space did not realse back on AppManager. How come?

To me the best way is still doing the following:

adb remount

adb pull /system/app/HelloWorld.apk .

adb rm /system/app/HelloWorld.apk

adb install HelloWorld.apk

now HelloWorld.apk is installed as user app (in /data/app), so you can safely remove it via the AppManager, freeing the space you need, and removing any reference to the ap itself from AppManager.

[Guest Raymond Chen]

To me the best way is still doing the following:

adb remount

adb pull /system/app/HelloWorld.apk .

adb rm /system/app/HelloWorld.apk

adb install HelloWorld.apk

now HelloWorld.apk is installed as user app (in /data/app), so you can safely remove it via the AppManager, freeing the space you need, and removing any reference to the ap itself from AppManager.

It's not working.

Ex. Now the space is 30MB on AppManager, and stock apps installed.

adb rm /system/app/HelloWorld.apk (5MB)

After removing by above command, space is still 30MB on AppManager.

adb install HelloWorld.apk

Install again by above command, space is 25MB on AppManager.

Then I remove the app by AppManager, space is back to 30MB.

I still don't get another 5MB.

[Guest designgears]

It's not working.

Ex. Now the space is 30MB on AppManager, and stock apps installed.

adb rm /system/app/HelloWorld.apk (5MB)

After removing by above command, space is still 30MB on AppManager.

adb install HelloWorld.apk

Install again by above command, space is 25MB on AppManager.

Then I remove the app by AppManager, space is back to 30MB.

I still don't get another 5MB.

You need to remove it from the update.zip and flash again to gain the space.