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Root Removing stock apps with Root Explorer

I know this is obvious but ...
***Please proceed at your own risk***

I am new to this (less than a week) and I removed everything with root explorer (and it was so simple).
You can get it from the market.
I would recommend it if you are not used to linux commands.
It was well worth the two dollars for me.

The main thing to know is r/w (read/write) vs. r/o (read only).
It is just as it says - r/o will only let you read files, while r/w will let you read AND write files (which includes move and delete).

Your phone needs to be rooted for this to work!
After all, we are in the "All things root section".

Here's what I did:
  1. remove sd card from phone and use pc to create new folder on sd card - "deleted" or you can use Astro to do this
  2. put sd card back in phone
  3. open root explorer
  4. It works like windows - the apps are in system>app
  5. find the app you want to remove (start with bejeweled)
  6. make sure the top text says "Mounted as r/w" (press the grey rectangle if it doesn't)
  7. long press the app and select "move"
  8. select menu>home
  9. now go to sd card>deleted instead of system>app
  10. you will see "paste" on the bottom - press it
  11. repeat as necessary

I did it this way because I wanted to maintain copies.
You could just delete rather than move.
You can also remove any .odex files of the same name.
Please do a search if you want to know which apps to remove or what their names are.

I hope this helps! :D
 
I tried it and moved Bejeweled to the SD card, but everytime I went back to the system/apps folder it was still there. I'm I missing something? I may have just figured it out. I think I need a bigger SD card.

Edit: I wasn't reading the Mount R/O thing right. I thought the grey box told you the status, but th status is to the left, that is simply the toggle to switch the status. Thanks for the help.
 
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It would imply that I wasn't rooted but as far as I can tell I am. I installed the dd10 this morning from the sd card.

First - Installing DD10 alone does not root your phone (even if it was rooted).
You must then install the joeykrim-SDX-a2.1-root-v5.zip found here

Second - There are several ways to verify you are rooted. I know of one:
  • download "connectbot" from the market and open it
  • change "ssh" to "local" and give it any name
  • type "su" at the $
  • if it changes to #, your phone is rooted

Good Luck!
 
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Sorry, I wasn't necessarily asking you I was just piggybacking. I didn't see a need to start a new thread about the same thing right below yours.

I have a feeling its something simple. I don't think its worth it to go flashng again because I have a perfect install on the phone and don't want to risk it. I actually don't even have a need to delete the sprint apps. I just wanted to. ;)
 
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Sorry, I wasn't necessarily asking you I was just piggybacking. I didn't see a need to start a new thread about the same thing right below yours.

I have a feeling its something simple. I don't think its worth it to go flashng again because I have a perfect install on the phone and don't want to risk it. I actually don't even have a need to delete the sprint apps. I just wanted to. ;)
Make sure you didn't do something stupid like I did. I thought the grey box told me the status, but it's asking if you want to switch status. The other thing I did (which I was too embarrassed to admit) was that I left the computer mounted to the SD card, which messed things up a bit, but had a different result than what your reporting. Just throwing ideas out.
 
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