doing the hard rest and before it begins loading the programs, soft reseting is the best way to get rid of the junkware. just dont install the cabs listed by big d5.

I got so many programs installed; I hate to do the hard reset and have to reload everything again.

Thats why I posted this I hate to hard reset. I think its a challenge to see how long i can go without screwing something up so bad that I have to. I have been about 4 or 5 months this time and I have no plans to hard reset any time soon :wink:

The other method is FAR better. It involves going into the extended rom, deleting the CAB files from there and modifying the config.txt file to not install them.

Far more permanent and clean solution. It does require a hard reset though, but is well worth it as you only have to do it once. AND you actually get more space by removing the CABs from the ROM.

Those cab files are small, so can you tell me the difference in megabits that can be saved if I go through a hard reset? Just wandering, thanks. :)

well i ended up hard resetting my phone today after slow down in ui and bluetooth kept getting disconnected. didnt install wireless plugin to see if that was the problem. i choose to do it my way, everyone should find their easiest way for them personally

I just did a hard reset and did not check how much storage memory I had free right after :(

I do recall it being somewhere in the neighborhood of 36-38 megs free though.

so after uninstalling do you think its safe to then remove the installation cabs from the extended_rom does this affect the space(when i get home i am going to backup and try this)

poised the question to see if anyone has attempted this.

you have to unlock the extended rom to remove the .cabs from the extended rom. plus none of your storage is there, in others word u can't store stuff there unless its unlocked. which u could do harm to if not careful....possibly even rendering it useless. so I recommend u just uninstall and remove sub folders. ;)
~mike

Added hard reset junk removal process to the first post. ;)