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Re: How come Verizon keeps installing junk apps on my blackberry?
LCromwell
Specialist - Level 1
‎03-06-2011 04:39 PM
There is a program called. "shrink-a-os". You can remove or not install parts of an operating system. It is free. Do an internet search for it.
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Re: How come Verizon keeps installing junk apps on my blackberry?
ScreemsNames
Enthusiast - Level 3
‎03-06-2011 04:51 PM

The junk that Verizon is pushing back on the phone has nothing whatsoever to do with the operating system.  I haven't gotten to the point of wanting to cut down on the OS6 fat.  I'm done with this piece of "junk" BB anway.  My Droid is being re-activated right now.

 

Hiding them is not the answer.  Saying "No" is the answer and unless enough people stand up to Verizon and start telling them "No," they'll keep doing it (the condition of slavery).

 

My comment about this being one of the many problems with proprietary operating systems simply means that the control of the operating system is out of my hands.  That's what makes the Android so great.  It puts the controls to the user.  All you need is the source code and SDK, freely available from Google (free as in cost and free as in freedom), and a little finger grease.  :smileyhappy:

 

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Re: How come Verizon keeps installing junk apps on my blackberry?
Fluffythecat
Newbie
‎03-29-2011 02:31 PM

I have hidden some of the icons I don't want to look at, and deleted service books of others. By deleting the service book, it will totally remove the icon from the phone. However, if you ever have to get a new set of service books during troubleshooting, those icons come back. Then you have to delete the service book again. It is a little troublesome, but at least the icon is gone.

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