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How to get rid of bloatware

Discussion in 'Technology' started by jr114, Oct 16, 2011.

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Hey guys need some help. My Droid Bionic came with all this bloatware from verizon that i want to get rid of. Ive gathered some info, but the main question is, do i need to be rooted to get rid of bloatware via any of the apps that are out there? thanks

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get an iPhone

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no iphone. dam i really dont want to root. dont see any benefit other than being able to get rid of the bloatware and i dont want to brick my phone

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thanks ill google around some more and read some more articles and see what happens. appreciate the help

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Check out XDA-Developers. Lots of good info on that site for a lot of devices:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1004

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