How do U uninstall pre installed apps- Android

[gar655]

I bought my daughter a phone for Xmas- LG Optimus T. It has a bunch of demo, starter, crap programs on it. It's running 2.2

I downloaded an uninstaller program but it only seems to work with programs I downloaded and installed.

How do I get rid of the demos and starters etc...?

Thanks

 

[VashHT]

I bought my daughter a phone for Xmas- LG Optimus T. It has a bunch of demo, starter, crap programs on it. It's running 2.2

I downloaded an uninstaller program but it only seems to work with programs I downloaded and installed.

How do I get rid of the demos and starters etc...?

Thanks

Requires root access, I'm not sure if the optimus T has been rooted yet but you can check xda-developers.com for that.

 

[abaez]

Most likely even with root you cannot uninstall.

 

[Bateluer]

Most likely even with root you cannot uninstall.

This is not true. With root, you can always get right of the pre-installed applications. You may not be able to uninstall them as you would other applications, but you can always 1)nuke them with some terminal commands, or 2)Freeze them with Titanium Backup.

XDA is your best bet for specifics though, every phone has a slightly different root process.

 

[vshah]

an alternative without root is to install adw launcher. you can then set program groups, and create a group that excludes the unwanted apps. then set adw to only show that group when you hit the app drawer. they'll still be there but they won't clutter up your phone so much.

 

[gar655]

Thanks, will try the adw launcher.

Gene

 

[Bateluer]

an alternative without root is to install adw launcher. you can then set program groups, and create a group that excludes the unwanted apps. then set adw to only show that group when you hit the app drawer. they'll still be there but they won't clutter up your phone so much.

I think they'll still be running in the background? Keeping the drawer clean is a good thing, but if the apps are still there running in the background, taking up RAM and processing threads, its only a superficial victory.

 

[exdeath]

Root.

Then go to system/app and mv crap.apk crap.bak

This will effectively uninstall the app, but you never want to remove the binary, only rename, as ota updates will hang if they attempt to update a stock app that isn't present, so someday you'll need to put them back temporarily.

Be careful, mv command is very powerful under root, esp with wildcards......

 

[vshah]

I think they'll still be running in the background? Keeping the drawer clean is a good thing, but if the apps are still there running in the background, taking up RAM and processing threads, its only a superficial victory.

they'll be in memory but won't really be using cpu cycles unless activated. if android needs the memory for active apps, it will remove them. think of it like windows superfetch. of course, if they are background apps that perform syncing or something then they'll consume resources. rooting/removing is definitely the better option.

 

[HarryGerard]

Solution 1: Root
The only way to remove these third-party apps would be to root your Android device and receive the Super User status.

Solution 2: Task Killers
Removing a widget: any of these which are displayed on the homescreen can be easily removed by tapping and holding the shortcut of the widget and drop it into the recycle bin.

Removing Apps: Any other application that you might want to “remove” requires the installation of a third-party app called Advanced Task Killer, which can be installed from Google Play. These types of apps will ''kill'' the process from running on your phone and auto-kill the app from starting (booting).

Once you've done this, the app will only be seen in the app drawer, however you reverse the process by going into the settings of your Task killer.

Just because you've ''killed'' the app, it will still take up storage however it won't use any resources.

If the app isn't protected, it can easily be uninstalled with an Uninstaller app.

 

[s44]

Holy necro Batman! And the advice is straight out of 2010 too.