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The annoying thing is even the Nexus One comes with preinstalled apps that you cannot remove. Specifically: Amazon MP3, Twitter, and Facebook.
by jra101 16y ago
The annoying thing is even the Nexus One comes with preinstalled apps that you cannot remove.
Specifically: Amazon MP3, Twitter, and Facebook.
- alexmat 16y agoYou can remove them using Titanium Backup or something similar if you have root: http://www.appbrain.com/app/titanium-backup-%E2%98%85-root/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup http://www.appbrain.com/app/titanium-backup-%E2%98%85-root/c...
- 37prime 16y agoTwitter was pre-installed on Nexus One? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember seeing it out of the Box. As for as default Facebook installation and integration is a bad idea. I really hate that.
- steveklabnik 16y agoI purchased a Nexus One shortly after launch, and it did not come with Twitter installed. In fact, the Twitter app didn't exist then. I _did_ however do a hard reset the other day (ugh...) and all of my stuff was gone. Twitter, Amazon, and Angry Birds Holiday seemed to still be there... But looking at my phone now, a bunch of other apps that I had downloaded are back, mysteriously. I dunno.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoIt's a feature. No, really. When you sync your Google account, it redownloads your apps.
- steveklabnik 16y agoThat's pretty awesome. I guess it happens in the background?
- jra101 16y agoI got mine just before Android 2.2 came out (I got the 2.2 OTA update right after pulling it out of the box) and it definitely did have Twitter.
- jra101 16y agoAah, it was 2.2 that added Twitter to the base OS: http://support.twitter.com/groups/34-mobile/topics/125-troubleshooting/articles/247932-i-can-t-uninstall-twitter-for-android http://support.twitter.com/groups/34-mobile/topics/125-troub...
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- d2viant 16y agoI don't own one, so I'm not sure -- but couldn't you just reflash it with the downloadable Android?
- whatusername 16y agoCall me back when I can remove Stocks or Notes or Weather from iOS. At least I would use 2 of those 3.
- younata 16y agoWeather and Notes are pretty awesome. I wouldn't use Amazon mp3 nor facebook, so, meh.
- whatusername 16y agoWeather gives me way different results to the BOM: http://www.bom.gov.au http://www.bom.gov.au So I don't trust it at all. Notes is okay - but I prefer simplenote. I also don't use the contacts app (you can get at contacts through the Phone icon) but I understand that people might want to use it.
- 37prime 16y agoThose are not carrier specific apps. The reason why they are there because there were no installable apps at that time. I do not need to sign in to any services or accounts to use those apps. Amazon MP3, Facebook apps are tied to some services that requires user accounts. One pre-installed app on iOS that fit the category is YouTube App.
- rmc 16y agoThe reason why they are there because there were no installable apps at that time. So now that there are installable apps, they can be removed, right? No they can't.
- foobarbazoo 16y agoThey can't be removed because there is no way to get them back. (They are not available in the App Store.) Yes, this could (and should) be fixed. And someday, perhaps, it will be. For now, it's just not a serious problem, outside of Hacker News. Having three different IM clients on a phone pre-installed and unremovable? Yeah, that's the kind of shit Apple doesn't do.
- thewordis 16y agoThe Nexus S doesn't have those apps by default. It seems the only pre-installed apps I can't remove are from Google, like Google Voice.