Delete Stock Apps on Android

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Delete Peep, Friend Stream, amazonmp3, etc.
These are Pre-Programmed apps that can't be deleted normally.
YOUR PHONE WILL NEED TO BE ROOTED.

Please Google "One Click Root" for easy rooting.

Code in Terminal:

su (enter)
mount -o rw,remount /system (enter)
rm -r /system/app/FILE-NAME-HERE.apk (enter)


notes:

*terminal is case sensitive
*hold menu down to get keyboard
*in Astro make sure you check advanced search options (.apk)
*be careful what you delete, cant be undone, unless u have backed them up
*you can delete market apps as well through this process, but it would be longer than the normal way.

If you get errors...remember terminal is CASE SENSITIVE.


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[leadergames]

For all the people who have the "read only file" problem. I did the following:

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system

rm /system/app/FILE-NAME-HERE.apk

This helped for me!

[GodKing804]

@leadergames Thanks for the Info and helping the people out!

[wyo7011]

"failed for /system/app/amazonmp3.apk, read-only file sysem" WTF over?

[WormHoleFusion]

@AarlandSun I think both platforms are very well-done. iOS is definitely designed with the more technically-uninclined in mind, and tends to cater more to that audience. Android may take a bit of tweaking to fit it to your liking, but on the positive side; Android is very easy to customize and has a world of options, and a very knowledgeable, open, and resourceful developer community. iOS is lacking in much expandability past stock, and so what you see is pretty much what you get.

[Marketing614]

NICE BRO! 

[bodmrb]

@Animation1111 lol dude maps app is imposible to waste 4gb XD

[Thesuperhunter99]

@schiru3 download superoneclick and plug your phone in to your computer. Than press 'root' and wait a sec. Done! Reboot your system and it's ready to use

[HI93336]

Wat is a rooted phone? O.o

[Ichig06]

I know this probably sounds super noob but after removing stock apps, if you ever factory reset or unroot for whatever reason will they come back again?

[randizle1000]

@Animation1111 You shouldn't be aloud to own a phone...

[Animation1111]

on sd card i deleted maps cause it was taking like 4gb is that bad? Please respond

[brice191988]

this doesnt work on my metro lg esteem my phone is rooted and it tells me that the app i want to remove is a read-only file