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Guest technaudio
Posted

ok then, after looking at several different guides, I'm trying to remove some of the default apps, but seem to be failing miserably...

C:\Documents and Settings\Nik\My Documents\Downloads\ADB\ADB>adb shell

# mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

# cd /system/app

cd /system/app

# ls

ls

com.htc.StockWidget.apk

com.htc.NewsReaderWidget.odex

(long list of apps etc...)

com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk

com.htc.TwitterWidget.odex

com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk

com.htc.StockWidget.odex

# rm -r HtcTwitter.apk

rm -r HtcTwitter.apk

rm failed for HtcTwitter.apk, Directory not empty

# rm -r com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk

rm -r com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk

rm failed for com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk, Directory not empty

# rm -r HtcTwitter.apk

rm -r HtcTwitter.apk

rm failed for HtcTwitter.apk, Directory not empty

# rm -r Stock.apk

rm -r Stock.apk

rm failed for Stock.apk, Directory not empty

#

#

I've also tried eleting the apk's with ROOT EXPLORER but they keep coming back!

Am i doing something blatantly obviously wrong here???

I want rid of...

News

Peep/Twitter

Stocks

Google Talk

Youtube.

Help!!!

before anyone asks, yes the phone is rooted, by This method

Guest EddyOS
Posted

Best pay for Add-Free and bake your own ROM with them removed

Guest technaudio
Posted
Best pay for Add-Free and bake your own ROM with them removed

Sussed it!!!!

Nobody said the phone had to be in recovery console!

got rid of peep, stocks, youtube and news by deleting the apk's

Problem now is, Accounts and Sync doesnt start up now! oops!

Guest EddyOS
Posted

That's what you get unfortunately! I took out what you did and going into Accounts & Sync rebooted the phone...

Guest technaudio
Posted
That's what you get unfortunately! I took out what you did and going into Accounts & Sync rebooted the phone...

arse.

Guess i'll just wait for 2.2 and stop dicking around with the phone! lol

Guest EddyOS
Posted

I've come to the same conclusion, gone back to stock today as I only put a few apps on my Desire so A2SD isn't really needed...

Guest Jez_
Posted
Sussed it!!!!

Nobody said the phone had to be in recovery console!

got rid of peep, stocks, youtube and news by deleting the apk's

Problem now is, Accounts and Sync doesnt start up now! oops!

Aargh, that sucks as I also wanted to remove peep and stocks. Does anyone know why accounts and sync would be broken from removing these apps, or was it a specific one that did it? Thanks :(

Guest bcmobile
Posted
Aargh, that sucks as I also wanted to remove peep and stocks. Does anyone know why accounts and sync would be broken from removing these apps, or was it a specific one that did it? Thanks :(

I assume peep etc are registered somewhere as 'providers' so when Accounts and Sync launches, it looks for the providers. Peep and Stocks are probably well tied into sense and since they ship in the factory ROM, HTC would not have coded anything into sense to deal with missing 'providers'

Try extracting modifying a shipped ROM and removing them. If these 'providers' are registered at first boot, they will fail to do so and hopefully won't cause the 'accounts and sync' app to go looking for them. It's a long shot but if you're keen enough, it might be worth a try.

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