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How do you delete useless icons??

jmorton10

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how can I delete icons for stupid useless junk like photo booth?

The squiggly icon thing doesn't work as that icon never shows the X to delete it?

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SweetPoison said:
If it doesn't show it then I am thinking you can't delete it ~ let's see what others chime in with!


I'm really hoping that's not the case (although if it is, I can certainly understand why people hate apple)

~John
 

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You can't delete any of the Apple apps that it came with. If you don't want to see them, stick them in a folder somewhere out of the way.
 

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There's a jailbreak app to delete (or hide) the apple apps. Don't know what the app is called though
 
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That would be great if jb was available for the ipad2 (personally, I can't wait until it is)

~John
 

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It's not an Apple thing... It's a technology thing. You can't delete the NASCAR app from a Sprint Evo either.

It would be nice to have a Settings option to hide icons for stuff you didn't use, but I'm not so bothered that I'd jailbreak.
 

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All bloatware on htc evo, including nascar, can be removed or frozen after a good rooting.
 

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I dislike ugly icons and was most annoyed when I couldn't delete stock apple icons like YouTube Notes etc. So they got banished to a folder as far to the rear as I could throw them.

Happily I need never look at their foul features again. I really though apple could do better in icon design.
 

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Once you Jailbreak, you can use SBSettings and hide any icons you don't like on your Springboard.

FREE MY iPAD2 
 

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Yeah, the jailbreak app you would want to use is "Poof." It easily and quickly hides applications. You browse through the alphabetized list, turn off the icon, re-spring and poof! :)D)...the icon is gone.

Of course, the key term here is jailbreak, as you've got to have a jailbroken iPad to get Poof. Until you do jailbreak (or if you don't want to), the only option is hiding them away in a folder on a screen far, far away ...

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