Whenever a new OS comes out, I prefer to clean it up by deleting all the languages I don't use, the sample video/images, PTT, MyFavs, that ugly Rogers theme, etc before loading the OS. This makes the process a bit faster and it's also cleaner because if you delete the preloaded images after installing the OS, you still have the filenames showing with the red X icons where the images used to be.

Anyway, I got tired of doing it manually and wrote a batch script to automate this for me. Basically, all it does is locate the OS installation directory and clean all the "crap".

I was wondering if anyone was interested in a copy, and if so, I could customize the script to add prompts so you can pick what you want to delete.

Update: New version coming soon once I get back to my desktop PC. Original version still posted below.

i am... if you need to know if about what i dont want PIN me and we can talk about it or just PM me

thanks!!!

aye this would be very convenient

Here you go. It's been tested on WinXP, however there is no reason why it shouldn't work on Win2000 or Vista. The worst that can happen is it simply won't work. If you like, you can open it in notepad and customize it to your needs. Any feedback is welcome.

Update:
Added osclean_gb which will not delete English (GB)

It's funny -- as I was cleaning up the new 4.2.1.101 yesterday I was wondering if someone could automate the process.

I modded the script to delete all of the vendor themes and also to delete brickbreaker.

Fantastic work. This thread should be a sticky.

Thanks!

If anyone has suggestions for what else to add, that would be great.

i have a question....

i want to delete all the useless themes i'm not using. now the ones i am using and only plan on using are the t-mobile zen, and BB dimension zen themes... now how would i go about to delete the rest of the 8 on my BB?

Start, Run, type in this:
%CommonProgramFiles%\Research In Motion\Shared\Loader Files

Double click your OS directory (mine is 8100-v4.2.1.101_P2.3.0.80)
Double click Java

Keep these:
net_rim_theme_100_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_bbdimension_zen_240x260_b.cod

Delete these:
net_rim_theme_102a_icon_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_107_zen_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_114_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_115_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_119_icon_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_120_green_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_120_today_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_125_today_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_125_zen_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_bbdimension_icon_240x260_b.cod
net_rim_theme_bbdimension_today_240x260_b.cod

If you connect your Pearl and run desktop manager, then App Loader, and just click next, it'll delete the "unrecognized modules".

I'm going to update my script so it lets you delete themes per-carrier, but for now, the above should be easy enough.

ok now this is what happens


i ran your program there, and said yes to everything, then i went into the java place you told me to and deleted all the themes i didnt want, but now when i run add loader it still wants to delete the themes i want to keep?

whats happening?

Are you sure both the theme files you want to keep are still in the Java directory? Also, can you show a screenshot of where it wants to delete the themes you want to keep? Oh, and make sure your BlackBerry.alx file does not have Vendor IDs in it. Since the latest OS release is from Vodafone and you want to use a T-Mobile theme, you need to either remove the IDs or download the BlackBerry.alx file that was included in the new OS thread.

yea i am using the new blackberry.alx file that was in the thread above... ok so i reloaded the app loader and they didnt up being there, now how long does it take to remove the modules? cuz right now i'm doing it and its not going very fast, if at all.... ok i take that back, its moved since is started typing, just kinda paranoid lol

neer mind it all work! thanks alot!!!

is it possable to change the first question on the program from delete all non-english<us> to english<uk> ? just a thought as i live in the UK

Thanks

No problem. I added a modified file above.

Spectral, would it be possible to modify this to use with the 8800 series?

I figured it out. I temporarily renamed my 8830 folder to 8100 (copy the original name if it has the version number, etc, or zip up a copy of it). When I ran the tool Spectral made, I answered all of the prompts, and then let it clean out the folder. It took it down from about 350 files to about 260. Some of the files couldn't be found.

After running the script, I renamed my original folder it's name, and ran the Desk to Manager. It cleaned out a few files.

You could also open up the osclean script in notepad or wordpad and edit where it looks for 8100 files to look for 8800 files or 8830 files. I did this for my curve and it worked fine.

Then I returned the Curve because I like the Pearl much better, but that's another story.

Thanks Spectral for adding the uk for me

Appreciated it

I wasn't sure if the OS files had similar layouts. I guess since they are similar, it should work for all 3. In the meantime it's pretty easy to just modify the script and replace "8100" with "8300" or "8800".

I'll make the changes in the next version and include the ability to delete individual themes and other modules that weren't included in the first version.

Your suggestion worked well. I changed the 8100 to 8830 and the script found the folder and removed the offending .cod files without any problems. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us.

I also deleted the names of the .cod files for the two Sprint Themes I don't use from the BlackBerry.alx file, and after running the Desktop Manager again, they were deleted from the device.

Whats the difference between manually deleting the language files and just simply not checking them when you run application loader?

No difference really, just different ways of doing it. When you change OS you have to do it all over again, so his plugin just does it for you is all.

Hello all,

How can I check to see how much memory I have recovered...

Options > Status - see "File Free", "File Total"

Options > Status.

You might want to spend sometime reading the FAQs, as well.

"unable to locate RIM directory" which actually is there. any idea?

Thanks Penk

What does

"Warning: BlackBerry.alx contains vendor IDs!
Warning: LBS.alx contains vendor IDs!
Warning: Platform.alx contains vendor IDs!"

signify and do i need to take precautions because of this?

The script looks for the OS install directory %CommonProgramFiles%\Research In Motion\Shared\Loader Files which expands to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared\Loader Files on most systems. Do you have such a directory?

Actually it's more of a notice than a warning. All it means, is that you won't be able to load all themes, but only the themes your carrier intended for you to have. For some carriers, this prevents you from using the BB Maps application as well.

You should see this thread for a list of modified .alx files for your specific OS. Be sure to match both the phone model and OS version.

Also, Platform.alx should not even have been on that list since it just controls PTT for AT&T customers and wouldn't work anyway if you're not with AT&T, so ignore any references to Platform.alx from my script after you apply the modified files in the thread I mentioned.

thx! script worked great - like yer avatar

it would be great having a tool to let you graphically see what you've got and what you can remove.
any idea?

I guess it's possible. I'll see what I can do.

I think someone else mentioned this in a thread I've read, but I ran the script and manually deleted some themes. Then, after my blackberry reloaded, all of the preloaded pictures appeared to be there, but when I go to look at them, they show me a red X. Any ideas how to fix this? Or at least get them to not seem like they are on my blackberry. Thank for any help.


Cheers,

Athena

i have an 8830, and edited the .cmd file with notepad, but when i went to run it, it said that it could not find the RIM directory... could this be because I dont have admin rights on my pc?

Beautiful....edited the file for my 8300. kept my hebrew and changed the media sizes. worked perfectly

I gave up on the new version of the script in favor of a GUI, which so far looks like this:

If anyone has ideas about what else to add, let me know.

Does anyone know if the .cod filenames for themes and other modules are the same for the 8300/8800? For example, the sample pictures on the Pearl are net_rim_bb_media_240x260_b.cod, but I suspect it's different because of the larger screen size.

Thats awesome. Only thing I see from the pic is maybe knowing what the check marks mean...when you check it are you keeping it or getting rid of it?

Does/can the script be used to remove the sample music file (MusicDemo.m4a) that came with the OS?

Is possible to activate languages as Czech, Hungarian, Poland etc for BlackBerry OS?
I can see more languages in modues:
net_rim_bb_addressbook_simapp.cod
net_rim_bb_setupwizard.cod
net_rim_bb_camera.cod (please remove CameraShutter.mid)
net_rim_device_apps_games_brickbreaker.cod
Can I modify blackberry.alx to allow another language to use?:

<fileset Camera="True" langid="0x00xx"> ?

not bad at all.
so when is this new one going to be launched?