Removing the "permanent" Verizon Bookmarks - Easy Solution

[namebrandon]

After playing around with the LauncherPro bookmark widget (which I love!), I was getting pretty annoyed having to look at some of those default bookmarks (MSN.. really?).. So you open up browser, do the long-click on the bookmark, scroll down to delete, and bye-bye bookmark!

Except.. Verizon can be a jackass, and set their own bookmarks to permanent. So halfway into working with the browser's sqlite database file, I ran across an easy solution. I wish I had the original link to give credit, but I can't find it anymore. If I do, I'll come back and edit with the original link..

1 - Open up Browser
2 - Go to Bookmarks
3 - Use one of the Verizon bookmarks to load that page. Let the page load.
4 - Go back to bookmarks, click on history tab.
5 - See the yellow star next to the Verizon web page you went to? Touch the yellow star to deselect it.

Stupid VZW bookmark goes bye-bye.

 

[kvaughan#AC]

Ahh what a simple fix. Thank you, those were driving me crazy.

 

[F34R]

great tip !! Thanks. worked like a charm.

 

[j32driver]

Dude... between you and Cory, this phone WILL be bent to my liking!!!! Thanks Brandon!

 

[shanky]

Such a simple fix for such an annoying Big Red push. Thanks a bunch!

 

[Sabban]

didnt work for me, all it did was removed the thumbnail image of the bookmark but didn't remove the bookmark itself

 

[namebrandon]

didnt work for me, all it did was removed the thumbnail image of the bookmark but didn't remove the bookmark itself

Then you're doing it wrong, my friend!

 

[bpyoung83]

Thanks for the fix!

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

 

[Lodingi]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Destination Moon]

Thanks Brandon! You guys are the Robin Hoods of the digital age!
Dumb question, do the stars in the history have any other function? Some of my true bookmarks are yellow, some are clear (in the history tab)?

 

[namebrandon]

It was my understanding the yellow star indicated there was a bookmark for that page. Perhaps what's in your history is a different page than what you have bookmarked? For example zzz.com/1234 is bookmarked, but the page in your history is zzz.com/5678 ?

If that's not it, then it beats the heck out of me.

 

[Cory Streater]

Awesome fix. I spent several hours trying to figure that one out on the Droid X, before I finally gave up.

 

[MGoBlue]

Thanks bud, great fix.

 

[tbuck]

Then you're doing it wrong, my friend!

i followed the instructions too and it's still there, just the image removed from the thumbnail.

 

[travelingfool]

On my Droid2/Froyo/stock, I can just long press on the preloaded bookmarks and delete. However, I can't get rid of the stupid VZW link using the "deselecting star" method. It's just irritating to look at, and is forced to the top of the list.

 

[beto89]

great find!

 

[Kevin Gossett]

Have you edited your homepage yet? I did that, and the VZW link disappeared. Open browser, hit menu button, select More, select Settings, scroll down to "Set home page"

 

[Sabban]

i followed the instructions too and it's still there, just the image removed from the thumbnail.

Thats what happened to me but then again im not running LP

 

[travelingfool]

Have you edited your homepage yet? I did that, and the VZW link disappeared. Open browser, hit menu button, select More, select Settings, scroll down to "Set home page"

Yep. That's the first thing I did when I got my Droid2.

 

[OB1J3D1]

Awesome! Thanks so much!