You will probably find it easier to uninstall apps as root, furthermore you will be able to update your phone before unrooted people, just make sure that you know what you do and that you feel comfortable with flashing phones.

* You will have to follow precisely the instructions for rooting your phone
* Make sure your battery is 70% or say 90% charged before starting the rooting process.

Here's a tutorial for rooting your phone:
How to Root HTC Droid Incredible 2


ROOTING YOUR PHONE MAY BRICK YOUR PHONE IF NOT DONE CORRECTLY

 

Rooting guide:

http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?t=592064

For most people this phone runs fine stock. The extra apps don't hurt anything.

 

Oh dear. Don't take your phone to the store. You can't remove the bloat without root and you are on either the latest firmware or the second to latest. You are fine. I repeat, don't take your phone to the store. Really.

 

I don't think there is any way to update the phone firmware if you are off Verizon's network. If you want ICS and to remove bloatware then root and install a custom ROM.

The in store salespeople mostly just know how to install task killers.

 

You need to root. It's worth it and not that hard if you go step-by-step. With root, you can freeze those apps to make them disappear without actually deleting them. You can easily backup your text messages, settings, your apps and their settings, all to an sdcard or online backup.

And the big thing about root is the ability to run custom ROMs that add features to your phones operating system or even change the look and feel entirely. Being rooted, you will be able to install all kinds of variants of GB, ICS and soon, even Jellybean.

So no, I woudnt take it to Verizon. They could maybe update you to ICS and use the google method of disabling those apps (that's built into ics but not gingerbread), but honestly that is not standard practice for them. They certainly don't support being rooted, because in some cases it may void your warranty (if they actually realize u are rooted, that is).

Your UK provider will probably care less if u are rooted when you go to activate over there. I would root and keep it on stock software until it is activated, though, just to be safe.

 

Um, no, Verizon cannot update this phone to ICS right now. Unless you live in China. And Jelly Bean is already available.

 

Considering he is not even rooted, I'd think he would find the alpha builds of Jellybean for inc2 a little daunting.

I don't have an inc2, but I imagine it is next on Verizon's list to get ICS now that the rezound ICS is out. Of course, that's not going to happen in the short time the OP has before he moves.

 

Wow. Really?? I don't know why they even told you that. The stores don't have any special equipment,and don't even have access to stock ruus,in most cases.

That's pretty funny... I still can't believe someone at vzw actually told you that.

If you want to remove bloat,you need to root. But as has been said,the Inc 2 is a decent lil phone and runs fine out of the box.

 

Lol! A Verizon rep recently told me that I should install a task killer to solve my battery drain problem when I'm in a no signal area...

 

I bought my Rezound from a 3rd-party reseller and got a followup call from Verizon's call center several days later asking how my purchasing experience was. I told her good, she said here's some general tips for your new phone. And one of them was to run Green Power Battery Saver. I think they realize the weak point of how much they lean towards Android is that Android phones in general have sucky battery life.