How to remove "SprintWare" from your rooted Hero

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

1. BACKUP though nandroid on the RA.
2. See #1

Plug in to the PC, navigate to SDK/tools/ and open the console

adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Then

cd /system/app

To see a list of the apps installed

ls -a

To remove an app

rm Sprint_NFL.*

This will remove both the apk and the compiled odex binary for Sprint NFL

I would be very selective with what I remove. At first I basically wiped out anything I didn't want, and got many errors. Here's what I've removed with no bad result:

Stock.apk
Stock.odex
Sprint_NFL.apk
Sprint_Nscar.apk
amazonmp3.apk
HtcFootprints.apk
HtcFootprints.odex
HtcFootprintsWidget.apk
HtcFootprintsWidget.odex

I would imagine Sprint TV and it's widget could be added to the list as well, but I decided I may use them. I would be leery of removing peep, IM, Sprint_Nav, and Gtalk.

Discuss

 

[asapelectric]

Ok, after I get done deleting (like your last step), just exit out? Not a linux genius. Very good guide, thanks.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Yes. Exit and reboot the phone. You're set.
You're welcome!

 

[moosc]

hope we can get this done on the moto droid.. love to remove some vzw bloated crud. any clue when this will happen?

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

It's close. There is a kernel bug that SHOULD grant root access. Right now myself and about 50 other people are trying to build a little script to inject some code. Trust me...when it happens any website with the words Android Verizon or Droid will have it plastered all over it

Look for a 30 page thread at the top of the droid forum here when it does lol.

 

[TheReclinerJockey]

Thanks so much for your guides! They're the only one's I've been able to understand and now I have a rooted Hero.
you = awesome <3

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Your certainly welcome. I've found tech support in general works much better if you try to explain it in easy to understand terms.

Glad I could be of help.

 

[zackary027]

im doing something wrong i think, when i try and remove an app such as nfl it says rm failed for sprint_nfl.*, read-only file system

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

im doing something wrong i think, when i try and remove an app such as nfl it says rm failed for sprint_nfl.*, read-only file system

Do you get an error when you try this:

adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

That's the part of the above code that tells the device to remount the file system as read/write.

 

[zackary027]

sorry i didnt reply, i went ahead and flashed fresh 1.0 the same day i posted this and forgot all about it, thanks though

 

[Ali Fazel]

Why not remove Peep or IM?

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

I'm not sure why Peep wants to keep running. Until someone can verify what it's doing in the background, I don't see the need to pull it out.

The Market needs Gtalk to be working.
Gtalk needs part of IM to work.
I actually use the IM app so I haven't investigated which parts (there are 6) of the app are needed and which aren't, so I can't recommend removing any of it

 

[Ali Fazel]

I was mainly just curious about IM. I'd like to use it, but it pulls an incomplete and out of date buddy list for aim.

Peep, on the other hand, I have found useless as a Twitter client simply because I prefer Seesmic.

 

[gus_mccrae]

This is awesome - I now have that crapware removed! Thanks gbhil!

 

[Spork1673]

ok no0b question .... be kind what SDK do i need installed to get adb shell accesses