How to uninstall preloaded apps without root?

[forresters]

Hi, there are few apps on my new AZ2 that I can't uninstall or even disable.
Apps like ZenCircle, ZenTalk and Chinese Game Centre.
Can someone help to get rid of them without root?

 

[Rukbat]

Well ...

Short answer, you can't.

Long answer, most of them are installed as system apps, owned by the user named root, so you have to root the phone to uninstall them. Also, you should freeze them first, one at a time, to see if the phone still works right with that app frozen. (You can use Link2SD to both freeze and uninstall - once rooted.) After a week with no problems, you can uninstall that app. If something breaks, you can unfreeze the app.

 

[forresters]

I suspected that it can't be done without root, however I though at least I could disable these apps, but it won't even give me that option, the 'Disable' icon won't even light up. I have no problem with some extra apps that manufacturers/providers install, but disabling those apps must be available.