Possible to stop a stock app install without flashing?

KillerQ · #1 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 02:08 AM

Hey all,

Ok, it seems that the Sprint Touch Pro installs the sprintmms.cab when it goes through that custom setup that it does after a hard reset.

Now, without flashing, is there a way to edit that intitial setup process to either a) tell it NOT to install the sprintmail app or b) change/corrupt the sprintmail cab that IS installed so it doesn't actually install.

I am just trying to find a way to keep it from adding by default so that I can add arcsoft without flashing...

Later,

Matt!

**rainfreak** · #2 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 02:15 AM

When you do a flash or hard reset and the phone first boots, you can stop the customizations very easily. When it says it is about to run customizations and shows the 3 second countdown window, do a soft reset, which will stop the customizations from running.

Other than that, I do not know of an easy and safe way to remove it once it has been installed via the initial customizations...

KillerQ · #3 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 03:13 AM

Yea,

This is the way it was on my Mogul - but I tried it on the TP the other day, and it just went right back to the customization screen... maybe I did it wrong...

If it DOES work, then this may be the ticket (although there will be MANY cabs to install manually)....

Later,

Matt!

ACoolGuy · #4 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 06:41 AM

soft reset phone 3 times immediately after today screen shows...(before you see anything about customizations)

**jmorton10** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ACoolGuy

soft reset phone 3 times immediately after today screen shows...(before you see anything about customizations)

I tried that on a coworkers TP & never got it to work.

I restarted that phone a good 20 times in a row trying to stop the customizations & every single time it tried to do them as soon as it restarted.

I finally gave up & talked him into using a custom ROM..................

~John

**slypher** · #6 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 01:14 PM

Damn, that's crazy. I can't say that i can duplicate because i flashed a custom within 10 minutes of use when i got my TP lol.

Sux that the soft reset trick doesn't work anymore.

-s

**jmorton10** · #7 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 01:21 PM

I don't know if I did something stupid (it wouldn't be the first time)

There was a big long thread about this back when the TP first came out, & I remember other people having the same problem, but I don't remember if it was ever resolved successfully.

IIRC, that thread was started by someone like me who was using a Sprint TP on Verizon service. I just used a different ROM, but the original poster wanted to use the Sprint ROM for some reason & didn't want all the Sprint garbage installed.

~John