Remove buggy sprint/palm apps!!!

langley · 02/12/2011, 05:28 PM

OK, I've figured out how to remove those buggy built-in apps that you never use!!!
I'll try to explain it so that it's easy to follow... SO HERE GOES!

First, you must have webos quick install ready to go. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2774158/WebO...stall-4.03.jar

Then, download filemgr and internalz: http://www.precentral.net/downloads/internalz , http://canuck-software.ca/webos/ca.c...emgr_0.1.1.ipk

Install those apps via quick install by clicking the plus button in quick install and selecting the downloaded files, and then click install.

Once those are installed, go in to internalz and tap "preferences" under the app menu. Scroll all the way down, and then tap "master mode". A dialog will come up, tap ok.

Next, go to the root folder, scroll down to "usr", tap it, then, scroll down to "palm": "applications", and tap AND HOLD on each app folder which you want to delete, when you are done, tap the menu button and then tap "restart": "luna restart".

VOILA!!! Those ANNOYING little apps are gone!... If you found this helpful, please click the THANKS button!

God Bless, Tech Dude

petbull · 02/13/2011, 05:04 PM

curious, just what apps did you remove?

langley · 02/13/2011, 08:10 PM

Well, I removed the browser, youtube, sprint, sprint nav, chat, sprint tv, and nfl apps... YEAH!!! (I made a backup first JUST IN CASE)

emc2trooper · 02/13/2011, 10:46 PM

Did you just say you removed the browser and the chat?

Anyway, a less risky way is to actually hide the apps. To do this, follow the instructions, but instead of tapping and holding the folder of the app you want to hide, go inside it, open the file named appinfo.json, then add:

"visible": false

before the } (before the last line).

To restore the app, just remove what you added, and that's it. After a luna restart the app icon won't be there in the launcher.

langley · 02/16/2011, 03:30 PM

... I know how to hide apps also, as well as show apps such as streaming music player (I know it's worthless, but it's fun anyway!). However, for accountability purposes, when there's no monitor/filter, you take away the temptation. And it's cool to remove sprint apps instead of just hide them!!!

Syndil · 02/16/2011, 07:51 PM

I can understand some of those (NFL and Nascar crap), but Sprint Nav? Best nav app for WebOS available, IMO.

Lkr · 02/20/2011, 01:35 PM

why buy a smartphone if you are going to delete the web browser or a messaging app?

preryan · 02/20/2011, 02:04 PM

I don't like looking at some of those on my launcher either (although I need the browser and chat.) The easiest way is just to hide them. Use Sconix Advanced Configuration for App Launcher patch. It does that plus a whole lot more.

cxt9597 · 02/22/2011, 07:14 PM

Why get rid of sprint nav? I would get rid of other stuff though.

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02/12/2011, 05:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
langley Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 16 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Remove buggy sprint/palm apps!!! OK, I've figured out how to remove those buggy built-in apps that you never use!!! I'll try to explain it so that it's easy to follow... SO HERE GOES! First, you must have webos quick install ready to go. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2774158/WebO...stall-4.03.jar Then, download filemgr and internalz: http://www.precentral.net/downloads/internalz , http://canuck-software.ca/webos/ca.c...emgr_0.1.1.ipk Install those apps via quick install by clicking the plus button in quick install and selecting the downloaded files, and then click install. Once those are installed, go in to internalz and tap "preferences" under the app menu. Scroll all the way down, and then tap "master mode". A dialog will come up, tap ok. Next, go to the root folder, scroll down to "usr", tap it, then, scroll down to "palm": "applications", and tap AND HOLD on each app folder which you want to delete, when you are done, tap the menu button and then tap "restart": "luna restart". VOILA!!! Those ANNOYING little apps are gone!... If you found this helpful, please click the THANKS button! God Bless, Tech Dude
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02/13/2011, 05:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
petbull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 112 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 23 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts	curious, just what apps did you remove?
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02/13/2011, 08:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
langley Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 16 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well, I removed the browser, youtube, sprint, sprint nav, chat, sprint tv, and nfl apps... YEAH!!! (I made a backup first JUST IN CASE)
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02/13/2011, 10:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
emc2trooper Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 19 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 60 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Did you just say you removed the browser and the chat? Anyway, a less risky way is to actually hide the apps. To do this, follow the instructions, but instead of tapping and holding the folder of the app you want to hide, go inside it, open the file named appinfo.json, then add: "visible": false before the } (before the last line). To restore the app, just remove what you added, and that's it. After a luna restart the app icon won't be there in the launcher.
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02/16/2011, 03:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
langley Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 16 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	... I know how to hide apps also, as well as show apps such as streaming music player (I know it's worthless, but it's fun anyway!). However, for accountability purposes, when there's no monitor/filter, you take away the temptation. And it's cool to remove sprint apps instead of just hide them!!!
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02/16/2011, 07:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
Syndil Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 1,393 Likes Received: 86 Thanks: 47 Thanked 242 Times in 161 Posts	I can understand some of those (NFL and Nascar crap), but Sprint Nav? Best nav app for WebOS available, IMO. __________________ Touchscreens are a fad.
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02/20/2011, 01:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lkr Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 122 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 18 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	why buy a smartphone if you are going to delete the web browser or a messaging app?
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02/20/2011, 02:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
preryan Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 254 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 159 Thanked 71 Times in 37 Posts	I don't like looking at some of those on my launcher either (although I need the browser and chat.) The easiest way is just to hide them. Use Sconix Advanced Configuration for App Launcher patch. It does that plus a whole lot more.
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02/22/2011, 07:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
cxt9597 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 10 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Why get rid of sprint nav? I would get rid of other stuff though.
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