newbie question about disabling the Sprint Add-Ons

[denno]

I've seen a few messages about disabling the add-ons after a hard reset by doing a soft-reset when the install screen comes up...

-what's the advantage of doing this?

-what's the downside?

PROS: Remove your carriers bloatware, free up memory, reduce conflict.

Cons : serviceability at dealer, Some lost functions (if you cant find 3rd party cabs)

[sandiegodude]

I stopped the customizations and the only function that doesn't work on mine is no voicemail speed dial.

[tivoboy]

Is there a way to do this more easilly? I noticed that at first boot, there was a number of things loaded. But now, I am sure that the 24+ mb that is running is junk.

[355Nation]

I just had to hard reset my titan, I didn't let the sprint crap install, I have 24 mb of free ram, and after reinstalling all my cab files (flashlight, htc home, etc) I have 144,xxx memory.

[phazed]

I didn't allow the bloatware to install on my phone, and I couldn't be happier. I never used any of the "Extra's" that sprint loads up.. seriously.. who wants Sprint Music Store... and what's up with that Yellow Background! No thanks sprint.

Later,
phaZed

[dreamerboy]

I'm in the same boat, OP. Do you guys mean that not loading the Sprint stuff saves storage memory or program memory (i.e., RAM)?

[dwizzy130]

none of the sprint crap is running in the ram all the time....use this task manager to check all the running processes. if u dont install the crap it does save a little storage memory.

[TurboFool]

I run without them and haven't noticed any negative effects. I never use voice dial, and none of their other junk interests me, so I'm good.

[tivoboy]

Is there a way to do email settings backup, hard reset, and stop the load and then resetup the emails more easily? I have five accounts that I setup, would like to preserve them.