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How Do I remove pre installed apps: facebook
- Thread starter lemm1388
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I have the "explorer" app file manager, and can see where the OS apps are located and it will allow me to delete them, but seeing as i'm not 100% what happens if you do, i'm not going to.. lol.
thrashtrash
Member
apps you download can be deleted by going to settings>applications>manage applications. you need root access to remove pre-installed apps and i dont think we'll be seeing a DROID root process for a few months. keep in mind methods for the sapphire(MT3G) and the dream(G1) wont work on this device.
thrashtrash
Member
it only gives the the option to delete the apps but it wont actually let you due to the system being read only. you need the capabilty to remount the system as read/write to delete stock apps.
Did you try doing it, or are you just saying that's what you believe?
thrashtrash
Member
yes i actually tried it with explorer, astro, and a few others i cant remember. i have been trying to get rid of that damn verizon visual voicemail. if you have had any luck with removing apps please let me know how. i would recommend you try removing an app that isnt google because in my experience with the dream and the sapphire it will cause the google.acore to stop functioning. try deleting the stock facebook app or something to test it yourself.
thrashtrash
Member
so yeah sorry, i believe no dice til we get root. all of you please feel free to test just remember dont try to remove google apps cuz it will corrupt your system and we dont have recovery images yet!!! cyanogen or haryouko?? someone will be able to root this thing.
im not a big fan of facebook myself lolIf there isnt one today, I'm sure there will be "tomorrow"
Somebody wants to remove facebook? Say it isnt so......thought I was the only one in the world who didnt live on it.
My experience with mobile computers tells me that the built in apps are usually in the ROM. This is both good and bad. The good thing is that they do not eat the available space for storing your own applications, the bad thing is that you can not remove them with out re-flashing/re-writing the ROM.
I have only played with the Droid briefly at the Verizon store, but I have had many mobile computers over the years and they have mostly been set up this way.
I have only played with the Droid briefly at the Verizon store, but I have had many mobile computers over the years and they have mostly been set up this way.
root and astro to delete stock apps
anyone try root and astro to uninstall these useless apps...i have the 2.1 gallery and the old stock one which I would like to get rid of along with the visual voicemail and Amazon...has anyone done this because I can def see the Alps in the folder but with my phone still unrooted I haven't been able to do this...
anyone try root and astro to uninstall these useless apps...i have the 2.1 gallery and the old stock one which I would like to get rid of along with the visual voicemail and Amazon...has anyone done this because I can def see the Alps in the folder but with my phone still unrooted I haven't been able to do this...
LifeIsABeach
Active Member
You can download stock apps on a rooted Droid, but beware because some people have run into problems after doing so. Check out the Hacks forum for much more info.