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jefftheworld · 11-03-2011, 03:08 PM

I can put together a simpler tutorial for anyone interested in rooting their device and removing those built-in apps.

Rooting does void your warranty, but given the version of Android that the Vox uses it's very safe and very easy to do (you simply install and run an apk called GingerBreak).

If there's enough demand I might even make a program that let's you easily remove any of the built in programs.

The apps that I removed are the following:

-All the stubs (those apps that just linked you to a website)
-Both Zinio apks
-Merriam-webster apk
-Both INQ widgets
-Scrabble app
-Press Reader app
-rdio app

All those apps are totally safe to remove.

11-03-2011, 03:08 PM	#15
jefftheworld Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 157090 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo, Kobo Vox	I can put together a simpler tutorial for anyone interested in rooting their device and removing those built-in apps. Rooting does void your warranty, but given the version of Android that the Vox uses it's very safe and very easy to do (you simply install and run an apk called GingerBreak). If there's enough demand I might even make a program that let's you easily remove any of the built in programs. The apps that I removed are the following: -All the stubs (those apps that just linked you to a website) -Both Zinio apks -Merriam-webster apk -Both INQ widgets -Scrabble app -Press Reader app -rdio app All those apps are totally safe to remove. Last edited by jefftheworld; 11-03-2011 at 03:15 PM.