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Help How do you remove pre-installed apps?

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Jun 22, 2011
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Hey guys,
A noob to the Android phone and I'm curious how i can remove some of the apps that came with the phone. I have followed the instructions to remove apps i have installed, but not all the other apps have the same uninstall feature.

Any guidance would be appreciated!
-newsense
 
Pre installed apps have to be edited out or frozen in the phones software. Editing is not easy but can be done once we can root the phone. Wait a little and some one will create a nice new custom firmware. Some people do not like to remove the apps, They would rather freeze them in case an OTA update becomes available. If you edit out the apps you can no longer receive the OTA updates. If you freeze the apps, you can unfreeze them when an update is released then freeze them back latter. But some custom firmware are worth using over the standard firmwares.
 
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