Removing stock apps like Amazon MP3, Google Goggles, Voice Dialer and Car Home from your Android phone not only saves you more RAM but also increases your battery life. All you need is the rooted Android phone with Terminal Emulator installed on it. Follow the step-by-step guide below to delete stock apps you don't use from your rooted Android device.



Steps To Remove Stock Apps From Android 2.2 Easily

Open Market app on your Android phone, search and install "Terminal Emulator" app. Once installed, open "Terminal Emulator" app and type the following commands. su mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system Now use the command below to see all system apps installed on your Android device. ls /system/app To remove a particular app, use the following command: rm /system/app/ To remove Amazon MP3 app, use the following command: rm /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk To remove Google Goggles app, use the following command: rm /system/app/GoogleGoggles.apk To remove Voice Dialer app, use the following command: rm /system/app/VoiceDialer.apk rm /system/app/VoiceDialer.odex To remove Google Voice app, use the following command: rm /system/app/googlevoice.apk To remove Email app, use the following command: rm /system/app/EmailGoogle.apk rm /system/app/EmailGoogle.odex Use the following command to make the apps directory again read-only: mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system



I have tested all of the above commands on my Google Nexus One, rooted on Android 2.2 (Froyo). If you face any difficulty in following the above procedure, do mention it in comments below.