pre installed links on the Torch

[ForceFed]

Hello All,

I have a Torch from Rogers, in the ALL page there are links/icons which are pre installed. For example: there is an icon to the Rogers app store, another rogers navigator and a few others.

Is there a way to delete those completely??? So far when I select the icon and click the BB button I only get an option to hide the icon there isnt an option to delete. Also when I go to the applications manager I dont see them there to be able to delete them.


Any help is appreciated.

[SenorLoco]

You can't delete them. I'd suggest you hide them and forget about them or do as I do and create a folder called 'Crap' and move all your unwanted icons to the Crap folder.

[ForceFed]

ahhhhhhh
I was hoping u would say yes you can delete the icons.
I will hide them and forget about them as you mentioned.

OK another question. Lets say tomorrow AT&T releases 6.0.0.301 (remember my phone is Rogers) and I install that update. Will those unwanted icons disappear since the new software is AT&Ts or are they permanently embedded in the phone since the phone is a Rogers phone??

thanks

[SenorLoco]

The icons are carrier dependent, so a different OS will not change what you see.

[ForceFed]

I appreciate ur replies

[Merfax]

I have a new Torch 9810, and the Rogers icons are no longer hideable or movable. Very annoying.
Any hints on how these can be hacked away?

[joeldf]

Update the OS. It was apparently a bug in the earlier OS 7 builds that was fixed in the more recent builds. I don't know if Rodgers offers the newer one now or not, but if not, look for a newer one from another carrier or get one of the recent leaks. Also, check out the OS 7 or the 9810 forum for specifics.

The reason they can't be permanately deleted is because they are pushed to your phone through service books by the carrier. They are not part of the OS itself. You can delete the service books, but the next time the phone reboots and logs back on to the mobile network, the carrier checks for those service books. If they are not there, they get re-downloaded and reappear on your phone.

Hiding the icons works because this does not remove the service books and the carrier sees that you still have them, so it doesn't do anything.

Loading a new OS, or reloading a current one is the only time you may have to re-hide those icons. Because the hide status sometimes gets lost during an OS load. But that shouldn't be that big of a deal, unless you like to reload your OS once or twice a week.