Warning: Don't remove the crappy apps

[Leif]

Just a word of warning...it looks like a bunch of people in #droidxroot have bricked (or nearly bricked) phones, by removing the default apps that come with the phone. So although there is no problem with actually gaining root access, for the time being, I would mess with it much. Just enjoy the glory that is busybox...

(Note that this is entirely based off of what I'm reading in the loggs, as I've left the default apps on there, and currently don't have any plans on using root).

 

[doctorlove316]

This is straight from Stephen Bird @mrweeeedbirdman...

Q: What bloat can I remove?
A: the following has been tested and approved:

* Blockbuster.apk
* Amazon
* HelpCenter.apk
* CityID.apk
* Kindle (r something .apk)
* Vvm.apk
* Mynet.apk

DO NOT REMOVE BackupAssistantClient.apk because it will result in partial brick upon factory reset (you can recover tho by pressing search, searching for settings, enabling adb and pushing it back)

 

[borgey401]

Just a word of warning...it looks like a bunch of people in #droidxroot have bricked (or nearly bricked) phones, by removing the default apps that come with the phone. So although there is no problem with actually gaining root access, for the time being, I would mess with it much. Just enjoy the glory that is busybox...

(Note that this is entirely based off of what I'm reading in the loggs, as I've left the default apps on there, and currently don't have any plans on using root).

If you are going to post something like this please go into details. Your post was very broad and could have confused a lot of people. I am happy someone else stepped in and did the right thing tho. Don't take this the wrong way I am in no way picking on you. I am just saying next time if you post something that involves turning your phone into a paperweight please let us know what exactly it is you are talking about.

 

[doctorlove316]

If you are going to post something like this please go into details. Your post was very broad and could have confused a lot of people. I am happy someone else stepped in and did the right thing tho. Don't take this the wrong way I am in no way picking on you. I am just saying next time if you post something that involves turning your phone into a paperweight please let us know what exactly it is you are talking about.

I agree. And to be honest, I haven't heard at all of people bricking their Xs, or almost bricking them by removing bloatware or rooting. Besides the BackupAssistantClient.apk, but even then, if you can put it back on there before you do a factory reset, you should be fine.

And also, with that being said, the place that I got my rooting instructions from also had the disclaimer:

As is always the case with this sort of activity, you do this completely at your own risk. AllDroid, Rainabba and Birdman take NO responsibility for the outcome.

 

[moosc]

I don't remove them I rename ..apk.bak

 

[doctorlove316]

For anyone that made the mistake and deleted the BackupAssistant, here's the .apk.

 

[duffyanneal]

Anyone have CityID.apk? I would like to reinstall it then freeze it with Titanium Backup. Thanks.

 

[doctorlove316]

Got this from another website. Haven't DL'd it though.

EDIT: Haven't INSTALLED it yet, since obviously I've DL'd it.

 

[duffyanneal]

Thank you very much for the file. I found instructions how to properly move it over and everything looks OK.

 

[doctorlove316]

Thank you very much for the file. I found instructions how to properly move it over and everything looks OK.

No problem, I put everything back on that I took off (all from the safe list) just because I heard that if some of these are gone (even some off of the safe list) the X won't be able to get updates. This happened with somebody that rooted before the latest update and they had to put some of the bloatware back on in order to get the update.

 

[dvader]

Thank you very much for the file. I found instructions how to properly move it over and everything looks OK.

can you post that info for everyone?

 

[doctorlove316]

Look on the previous page. I already posted it. It's also in this thread http://forum.androidcentral.com/motorola-x-roms-hacks/24700-default-apps-download-links.html

 

[TeachDis2]

This happened with somebody that rooted before the latest update and they had to put some of the bloatware back on in order to get the update.

That would be me, I still haven't been able to update. the phone reboots after hitting install then the little update graphic comes up with the progress bar, but the progress bar get's stuck half way... then the phone reboots again.

 

[doctorlove316]

That would be me, I still haven't been able to update. the phone reboots after hitting install then the little update graphic comes up with the progress bar, but the progress bar get's stuck half way... then the phone reboots again.

The person that I heard it from was able to get the update. What items did you actually remove?

 

[slipdisc]

I don't remove them I rename ..apk.bak

This is exactly what I do as well. Just rename them. Test for a few hours, or days. And if all is well, I rm the *.bak file to regain the space.

 

[TeachDis2]

The person that I heard it from was able to get the update. What items did you actually remove?

I believe i removed
CityID
Blockbuster
Mynet
MyVerizon
MotoGAL
and i changed SocialShare to .bak because i wasn't sure if it was a file i should be getting rid of.

Since then I've replaced the missing .apks with the ones from the stock .apk download page.

I also tried to do a factory reset. But none of this has allowed me to update.

 

[ootuoyetahi]

After rooting the phone will I still be able to get the OTA 2.2 update?

 

[TeachDis2]

I would highly doubt that rooting the phone has any effect on updating to 2.2... worse case scenario would be that the 2.2 ota update fails and you have to unroot you device by doing

$su
#mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/*your block here* /system

This remounts your file system with read and write permissions. From there you just have to remove su, busybox and the Superuser.apk by doing

rm system/app/Superuser.apk
rm system/bin/su
rm system/bin/busybox

And if you don't know how to find out where your system mount just do

cat proc/mounts

You should see something like dev/block/ccmblk1p21 /system

 

[Rudolphe]

We shouldn't even have to go through all this to remove crapware. The stuff should be as simple to remove as anything else.

 

[Leif]

Simple to remove!!! It shouldn't even be on there in the first place...