Ihave treid searching to no avail... is there a way for the average Joe to remove some of the unwanted programs from ROM... Like powerpoint excel and a few others... Please let me know it would seriuosly help me out...
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No. You would have to edit the rom on a desktop computer and then reflash it to your device... There are software available for this if you want to give it a try. Check out the development section.
There is no way to do so...
if you don't want them to show up in your start menu, then just remove their links from /windows/Start menu
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I am very fussy with my toys, and like to have what i need / use and not everything else that others have loaded, this is nice, but i dont end up using the programmes, so they annoy me as take up space
If i install a lite rom, with no prgrammes but a recent version, i take it i can then load the programmes i use / want and basically build my own device?
or is it easier to downloaded a kitchen and the programmes and make my own rom? i have currently got duttys 1.7, seemed to get high reviews, and looks good, but for me it doesnt feel right, some icons are not crisp, and i wont use, so thats annoying me.
then i have folders for apps and media etc, i loaded my programmes onto the mem card and after installing the new rom the proggies were still on the mem card (didnt know if would get wiped) so i copied the shortcuts to the programmes folder, but i cant copy to the indivual folders that they belong in.
where do i get the official programmes from if i want to build my own rom? like or the important / required stuff? or is that all included and the kitchen helps with adding extras?
its far easier to install a lite rom and then start adding your own applications. which, by the way, cannot be done by simply adding the shortcuts from the microSD to the Program Files directory. you need to have the .cab file for every program you want to install.
if you want to cook your own rom, you need to read about cooking and kitchen essentials. basically, you may find in there most programs you may want to include in your rom. also, there is a description on how to add other programs of your liking to the kitchen. there used to be a kitchen guide very good detailed around here, but cant seem to find it anymore.
i only added the shortcuts as i had originally installed my applications on to the storage card, so i guess all the nessassary files were there, and i was able to add a shortcut to the programmes folder for access from the start menu.
i think i`ll go with a light rom, and install programmes i want / need.
if that doesnt work, then i can try making one myself.
i am worried i will forget to install something important, will a lite rom include everything needed for the phone to work as it should? (all the touch functions, and camera, album, texts, signal, be able to play media files when install programmes for it etc)?
What is the best way to make the installed programs to survive ROM updates and hard resets.
Currently, I try to install as many programs in Storage Card as possible. Then I save \Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
After hard reset or ROM change, I just copy \Windows\Start Menu\Programs back. Many programs do start working without reinstall, but some do need re-install.
How do you save yourself from effort of re-install ?
Please don't post general ?'s in ROM section, SASHIMI will auto install all your progs after flash and like you say replacing Windows\Start Menu.
Thankyou.
stylez said:
Please don't post general ?'s in ROM section, SASHIMI will auto install all your progs after flash and like you say replacing Windows\Start Menu.
Thankyou.
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Stylez, thanks. Nice app.
BTW, I posted Qs here thinking that Qs is related to ROM development, my bad.
Moved you over to kaiser general. Do some searching on Windows Mobile backup applications. There are a couple commercially available.
I have a stock HTC Touch Diamond. I am wanting to remove the apps I don't use like Messenger and some others. I tried through ActiveSync but because they are built into the ROM they do not show up. Is there an app or something I can use to remove these?
Thanks
mattygdot said:
I have a stock HTC Touch Diamond. I am wanting to remove the apps I don't use like Messenger and some others. I tried through ActiveSync but because they are built into the ROM they do not show up. Is there an app or something I can use to remove these?
Thanks
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SKTools will allow you to remove apps that are installed on your device that don't show up in the Remove Programs part of Settings.
Also, you could hard reset your device and soft reset before customizations run and then install only the apps that you want.
Or, use activesync and browse to Windows-Start Menu-Programs and delete the program shortcuts that you don't want to see. Though with this option all you are doing is removing the program shortcut the program files are still there.
I tried SKTools but under the installed programs section it only shows the ones I have installed. I wanted to remove the likes of WLM, YouTube etc. I ripped all the ROM data (following one of the tutorials, so I have 4 RAW files but not sure how to combine them back to an NBH file so I can edit them in a kitchen to remove what I don't want.)
Ok well I managed to reconstruct the ROM but I have no idea how successful I actually was at doing such. I followed the steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337066. I really want to put this ROM on the phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622093 but I am afraid that if I screw up the flashing and my reconstructing of the stock ROM didn't work that I would be screwed. Any suggestions? Also my provider doesn't make the ROM available and neither does HTC (for Rogers that is).
In SKTools if you go to the Installed Programs Section click on the right softkey and select settings.
Then scroll down to "Show Applications Not Listed As Installed." Change the setting to Yes.
Maybe then you can remove what you want.
Also, you can use the Move Data part to move files, folders, and applications to Internal Storage to free up space.
Believe it or not but that is not an option under settings that will show Applications not listed as Installed... running SKTools 4.5.1.4.
Scratch that. I found it
Is it possible to remove some of the apps installed along wth the ROM, as they don't show in remove programs. Or is it as simple as deleting the program folder, or will that leave crud behind?
stu1978 said:
Is it possible to remove some of the apps installed along wth the ROM, as they don't show in remove programs. Or is it as simple as deleting the program folder, or will that leave crud behind?
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You cannot remove the apps as they are written into the rom. You can remove the icons from the start menu and they will not show. Or you can delete the program folder from from the /windows directory. However both of these options will leave program files behind.
Secondly, in the future please post in the correct forum. Your post has nothing to do with rom development and starting new threads in the rom development forum just to ask questions, just clutters up the forum.
All questions, unless asked in a specific rom thread, belong in the general forum.
Moved as not ROM Dev.
There is a tool search ROM Editor but it's not great so many dependancies to remove with sofrware, never used it myself as just like denco7 said you can hide shortcuts etc and use storage card except on system load events.
How can I removed pre existing applications to make Rom lighter
There really is no way to uninstall them when they're cooked into the ROM.
You can remove the links from the start menu but will likely get an error when trying to delete the .exe file. There was a program that claimed it could remove cooked in apps but I do not remember the name, sorry. Maybe you can find it in a search on XDA.