How To: Remove factory programs (2 methods)

[Big D5]

Hard Reset Method

1. Download Total Commander available HERE.

2. Do a hard reset on the phone. Once you get through with the device setup (time zone, password, etc.) The device will start to come up. You will get the message 3 secs to software install. As soon as you see this message, press the soft reset key again.

3. Either install Total Commander to the PPC via activsync or with the .cab on ur minisd card.

4. Open Total Commander and in the path box type in /extended_rom

5. You will see a list of .cabs. Go through and install the ones listed below.

Necessary Note: not all of these maybe needed, just recommended.

CAB:\Extended_ROM\PPST_FILE_SPCS_1_19_003_with_PRL 20224.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\RTPlugin_CDMA.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Cert_SPCS.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Cert_SPCS.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\IOTA.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Customize_SPCS.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\ButtonLock.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Enable_RingTone.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\PhoneSetting_HelpFile.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\PowerICON.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\HiddenDurationPage.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\PP_IOTA_v1_10_Apache_206300.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\PP_ErrCodeForSPCS_Apache_206300.sa.C AB
CAB:\Extended_ROM\PT_RemoveHTCBatteryICON_Apache_2 06300.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\PP_Version_Apac_206303.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\PP_HTC_CM_Guardian_Apache_206300.sa. CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\PP_LockUp_Apac_212705.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\PT_Ril_Apac_206301.sa.CAB

6. Your done! If you have any probelms with apps not working, just start reinstalling those .cabs. And if you want to go back to default, just hard reset.

No Hard Reset Required Method

List of .cabs

1.Action Engine Action Info Fetch.CAB
2.Audible, Inc. AudiblePlayer
3.WTLAudiblePlayerPocketPC.arm.CAB
4.AudibleSample.sa.CAB
5.Good Technology GetGood GetGL.CAB
6.PocketX Sprint Software Store
7.sprint_software_store.CAB
8.Sprint Get Biz Conn
9.Getmail.ppc2003.ARMV4Rel.sprint.CAB

Sprint installed an application to prevent you from uninstalling their pre-installed applications. There are three methods for removing them.


1)Download and install http://ppcgeeks.com/viewtopic,t,31.html
2)Open Total Commander, in the address bar type: /extended_rom/
re-run all the CABs listed above. Do not run the remove_uninstaller cab.
3)Go to Remove Programs in Settings and all the uninstallers will be there.
You can then run the uninstallers as the developers of the "spam" intended.

This can be done at any time, you never need to hard reset to do this...

Edit: After removing the programs from settings/remove programs, you will need to remove all sub folders, for the removed programs, manually.

[wingzero]

Thanks for sharing. This sure will reclaim some of the storage space. \/

[bunnytrigger]

kwel, let me do so rigth now ....well, as soon as i disconnect the ppc from the lappy

[Wideawake]

Big D5 did u try this, cuz even tho I installed and uninstalled. it didn't remove them. so I think u have to hard reset, then reset before it installs the cabs, then install the ones u need leaving off the ones that are "junk". But I didn't want to hard reset, so after using ur method, I went through and completely went through and removed the folders for those programs. And with the help of memmaids charting feature, I moved a few files from my documents to the storage card....and vou la I have 22mb in both storage and programs. When before I had like 16-18 in both!
~mike

[wingzero]

Ok a quick question. Do you have to reinstall all the listed .cab or just a few selected one and then do the uninstall? I just reinstalled just one .cab and I don't see it under 'remove programs'. Or may be I need to do a soft reset for it to show up.

[Wideawake]

nall a soft reset won't do it. the listed .cabs in the first post are ones u DON'T need. if u install it, u should see it in the uninstall area, but if u don't try install again, and then if u still don get the option, see what happens when u install to the card, instead of main memory. I just browsed to the folders and deleted, cuz thi method didn't work for me, but with all the software I install, I do sometimes run into errors uninstalling, but that comes from some badly programmed programs or ones not compatible, that I myself installed. hope this makes sense.
~mike

[wingzero]

The .cab that I reinstalled is 'audibleSample.sa.cab. Now I can't find it and this dame this is over 4mb. Anybody had any idea what folder it might be under?

[Wideawake]

oh yea that's the one that wouldn't uninstall for me, so I went to the programs folder and deleted the whole durn folder! which will delete those samples and save a good bit

[wingzero]

Thanks.

[Big D5]

I think the sample cab is part of audible player and you need to load audible first. Best just to go ahead and do the hole think all thou its not necessary. I have done this and I saw a jump in storage and program memory. The hole point of this is that you don't need to hard reset to clear the majority of this out of your PPC however the cab files will still be present it the extended ROM. Hope this helps.