I searched the xda forums and found a few solutions for removing the bookmarks on other devices, but can't seem to find one that works with the Note.
Has anyone had any luck removing the stock bookmarks on their browser?
I think it can be done with the features. Xml file. When I was looking through it I saw all the bookmarks listed under the browser section. I just never got a chance to mess with them.
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Use BookmarkSB from the play store.
If you aren't rooted, then you're stuck with them. If you are rooted, clear the bookmarks from the one CSC xml file and clear data on the browser and they should disappear for you.
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Hi all, I've got an Australian version of the LG P500 which is branded by the carrier Optus. In the stock android browser, there is a bunch of bookmarks installed by Optus which cannot be removed. I have rooted my phone and was hoping that there would be some way to delete these bookmarks through root explorer or some other means.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks
hey keyman, welcome to the forum XD I'm also from australia, but I bought mine from Crazy Jones XD Did you try holding on the bookmarks and a popup should come up asking if you wanna delete? Mine came clean, but I dont use the default browser, I changed to dolphin HD browser since it offers additional features in comparison.
Thanks for the welcome
Yes, I have tried that, but unfortunately there is no delete option for the Optus bookmarks. I am able to successfully delete my own bookmarks but not the Optus ones. Guess I'll just have to try using other browsers.
I was gonna refer you to a thread on whirlpool since I've read something similar... so there might have been a solution there, turned out it was you that had posted XDD
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Since you've rooted your phone, is it possible to remove browser and reinstall it? I THINK the browser app should be available in marketplace, but check that it is possible to get it and install successfully before attempting.
keyman91 said:
Hi all, I've got an Australian version of the LG P500 which is branded by the carrier Optus. In the stock android browser, there is a bunch of bookmarks installed by Optus which cannot be removed. I have rooted my phone and was hoping that there would be some way to delete these bookmarks through root explorer or some other means.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks
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i manage to get ride of those crappy bookmarks with SQLite Editor
after launch this application search for the Browser stock app then open browser.db then bookmarks table and mark with 0 in readonly column coresponding with bookmark you want to delete
after that you can delete it like your own bookmarks
Thank you so much for that! Worked perfectly! Finally got rid of all the useless carrier apps and bookmarks
All I seem to be able to do is add them. Failing a 'proper' way to remove them is there a folder I can get to and delete them?
Phone is unrooted standard TMobile UK affair.
Which browser? If just the stock browser, just long touch the bookmark until it gives you a menu. Delete bookmark is one of the options.
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lauterm said:
Which browser? If just the stock browser, just long touch the bookmark until it gives you a menu. Delete bookmark is one of the options.
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That's what you'd think isn't it but unfortunately not the case on my phone. Delete is conspicuous by it's absence. I could if I wished
Open
Open in new window
Add shortcut to home
Share Link
Copy Link
Set as Homepage
but that's it!
Just spoken to T-mobile who were clueless. Told me to call Motorola. They did give me the correct number though and after a couple of IVR selections I got to talk to a real person. They told me the same that i should have a delete option. I then noticed that bookmarks I added do have a delete option. So it looks like the 22 preloaded T-Mobile bookmarks I'm stuck with!
Thanks anyway and if someone knows a way round this I'd be grateful.
All bookmarks can be deleted, added and edited using the Moto Phone Portal on a non rooted Atrix from a browser on another device.
On an Atrix originally destined for a carrier, mine is from Vodafone Germany, the first ten or so bookmarks cannot be deleted by the phone browser even if the phone is unlocked, bookmarks thereafter have the delete option enabled in the phones bookmark options. eg. You will see the delete option appear in the remaining bookmarks.
I use the Moto Phone Portal to change the initial 10 or so bookmarks to ones likely to be used permanently - the rest of the bookmarks can be fully edited within the phone.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
digby dart said:
All bookmarks can be deleted, added and edited using the Moto Phone Portal on a non rooted Atrix from a browser on another device.
On an Atrix originally destined for a carrier, mine is from Vodafone Germany, the first ten or so bookmarks cannot be deleted by the phone browser even if the phone is unlocked, bookmarks thereafter have the delete option enabled in the phones bookmark options. eg. You will see the delete option appear in the remaining bookmarks.
I use the Moto Phone Portal to change the initial 10 or so bookmarks to ones likely to be used permanently - the rest of the bookmarks can be fully edited within the phone.
Hope this helps.
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Indeed it did. Thanks very much. You'd think my operator or Motorola might have thought of that when I rang them! I have created a folder on my home screen with shortcuts to my favourite websites so that actually works better for me but all the same thanks again as this was annoying.
So ive been trying to find a way to delete these locked bookmarks. Every method I've tried points to a file that's not on the phone (/system/etc/motorola/com.android...) Any suggestions?
spr0k3t said:
So ive been trying to find a way to delete these locked bookmarks. Every method I've tried points to a file that's not on the phone (/system/etc/motorola/com.android...) Any suggestions?
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Been trying to do the same thing with no results.
Found one that worked. Goto the market and install Skyfire. You can edit the bookmarks all you want. Back on the system default browser, the changes will be applied after the app is restarted. Once the pesky Verizon locked down bookmarks are nuked, remove Skyfire. Viola.
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Found one that worked. Goto the market and install Skyfire. You can edit the bookmarks all you want. Back on the system default browser, the changes will be applied after the app is restarted. Once the pesky Verizon locked down bookmarks are nuked, remove Skyfire. Viola.
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Did this, and now browser force closes when opening bookmarks. nice.
Rebooted my whole phone just in case maybe task manager was stupid and didn't kill Browser fully. Nope...
Edit: And actually, now my phone is randomly rebooting every 3 minutes... the ****?
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Did this, and now browser force closes when opening bookmarks. nice.
Rebooted my whole phone just in case maybe task manager was stupid and didn't kill Browser fully. Nope...
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Lol.
Just use a non stock browser like dolphins hd. Problem solved. The stock browser blows anyway.
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ilovesoad said:
Lol.
Just use a non stock browser like dolphins hd. Problem solved. The stock browser blows anyway.
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That's your opinion. Some of us prefer the stock browser.
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Lol.
Just use a non stock browser like dolphins hd. Problem solved. The stock browser blows anyway.
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Going to have to agree here. Although Im using Aurora.
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Going to have to agree here. Although Im using Aurora.
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I really don't want to SBF my phone just because of this stupid stock browser phail, so I'm just going to go ahead and try out a couple of those non-stock browsers and just delete the browser app entirely...
I've tried Dolphin, but not Aurora. First stop, then
edit: Aurora isn't even a browser?
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I really don't want to SBF my phone just because of this stupid stock browser phail, so I'm just going to go ahead and try out a couple of those non-stock browsers and just delete the browser app entirely...
I've tried Dolphin, but not Aurora. First stop, then
edit: Aurora isn't even a browser?
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If you delete the stock browser you will have problems with Voice Search and other google apps.
Also Aurora is not for the faint of heart its Firefox's alpha builds.
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If you delete the stock browser you will have problems with Voice Search and other google apps.
Also Aurora is not for the faint of heart its Firefox's alpha builds.
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Oh right, derp, I use that on my computer Wasn't aware it was on mobile though.
Thanks for that, saved me from actually having to SBF. The reboot issue went away after I stopped using the stock Browser.
Personally, I used an app called Bookmarks Manager.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.guenmat.android.bookmarks
I never had an issue after removing them with it, even though I use the stock browser and have other bookmarks.
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Oh right, derp, I use that on my computer Wasn't aware it was on mobile though.
Thanks for that, saved me from actually having to SBF. The reboot issue went away after I stopped using the stock Browser.
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Use Titanium Backup? I could back up my stock browser for you so you'd be back to its original state.
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Personally, I used an app called Bookmarks Manager.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.guenmat.android.bookmarks
I never had an issue after removing them with it, even though I use the stock browser and have other bookmarks.
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Very cool, thanks.
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Use Titanium Backup? I could back up my stock browser for you so you'd be back to its original state.
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I don't think it's the apk itself is broken, but it looks for those locked bookmarks when you open the bookmarks tab and when it can't find them, it borks out because of the lack of error handling.
Atleast I think - the bookmarks aren't part of the app so removing them wouldn't break the actual app.
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I don't think it's the apk itself is broken, but it looks for those locked bookmarks when you open the bookmarks tab and when it can't find them, it borks out because of the lack of error handling.
Atleast I think - the bookmarks aren't part of the app so removing them wouldn't break the actual app.
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Did you delete all bookmarks that were stored? I did and I had FC when I tried to access the bookmarks. What worked for me was just bookmarking google.com, then trying to access the bookmarks again, and everything was gone except the new google.com bookmark.
That's odd... I haven't seen an FC on the phone after doing the removal. Going in and out of history or bookmarks yet nothing causing any issues.
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Did you delete all bookmarks that were stored? I did and I had FC when I tried to access the bookmarks. What worked for me was just bookmarking google.com, then trying to access the bookmarks again, and everything was gone except the new google.com bookmark.
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That may be the root of the problem. I think I read somewhere the stock browser is looking for at least one bookmark.
When I remove the bookmarks, I usually wipe them all out and have none.
Maybe the app messed up the data somehow?
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menu -> manage apps -> All (tab) -> Browser -> Clear data.
That should restore your browser back to stock. There is a template it goes by that should also rebuild data with the locked bookmarks intact as well.
I used the skyfire method mentioned in the third post without a hitch. In case it matters, I had two bookmarks of my own already and deleted all of the locked ones.
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menu -> manage apps -> All (tab) -> Browser -> Clear data.
That should restore your browser back to stock. There is a template it goes by that should also rebuild data with the locked bookmarks intact as well.
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THIS.
I ran into this problem pretty early on. I deleted all the stock Bookmarks and the browser would just force close every time I opened it. Clearing the Browser app data restored a working browser, and unfortunately the default bookmarks.
I took a backup of my bookmarks with BookmarkSB from the Play store. But all of a sudden my phone lost all the bookmarks during a botched upgrade. THe problem is that BookmarkSB might well try to restore them, but when I fire up the browser neither of the bookmarks are there.
Is there any way that I can use the xml file that BookmarkSB made to restore the bookmarks on the phone. At the moment I am simply considering stripping all the stuff out of the xml file and just save the actual adresses and then open them up one by one and then rebookmark.
But that method is just going to take a long time and be rather boring so I was hoping there was another and more speedy method?. But is there?
Looking forward to hearing from someone with some bright ideas
Stock browser? Maybe u can autorestore from google.
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you can simply sync your browser with google to backup/restore you bookmarks. did you tried clearing browser cache->restore bookmarks-> reboot?
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you can simply sync your browser with google to backup/restore you bookmarks. did you tried clearing browser cache->restore bookmarks-> reboot?
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Do you mean restore through the browser or through the app again?. And I have Google's backup thing enabled but apparently it didn't sync over the bookmarks last time :/. But I guess I could always try again, might have done something wrong.
So simply delete the browser cache/wipe data from the browser and try doing an import/restore again with BookmarkSB?
Look for a recent post last two days re importing bookmarks it has the answer i think .
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JJEgan said:
Look for a recent post last two days re importing bookmarks it has the answer i think .
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Can you link me as I have no idea what forum to look in?
Sorry no idea i do not bookmark every useful post on XDA .
jje
Well i searched it and nothing came up so. So thats back to square one so is still looking for a solution >.<
Hi,
I have a Vodafone GS3 which has really irritating bookmarks which cannot be deleted on the browser. I've debranded to stock and am rooted, but the version of the browser I have installed still won't let me delete them...
Any suggestions? Is there a data folder where I can ding them directly from one of the folders behind the scenes? Or if I uninstall the browser does someone have the stock apk I can try to reinstall?
I tried installing the ICS+ browser but that comes up with the same bookmarks too..
Thanks.
Have you tried holding your finger on the bookmark for two seconds. When you do this, it opens a menu where you can have the option to delete the bookmark,rename and do other stuff.
Yeah, 'cannot delete this bookmark' message unfortunately..
I also can't even resort the order of the bookmarks to put the crap at the bottom. Pizza hut ffs!
Dude, what browser are you using? Try using Dolphin browser from the market. You can delete,rename,shift bookmarks and it is also very quick to open pages. Try it, you won't be disappointed.
Tried dolphin on my s2 and didn't get on with it, the stock browser is great for me.. I probably will try others, but even so I still don't like the fact the ad crap is there!
Try changing the CSC code. I debranded my o2 device but still came up with sent from my gs3 on o2 network, changed my CSC to BTU and all o2 references are gone. Could be similar thing happening with your bookmarks!
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Try changing the CSC code. I debranded my o2 device but still came up with sent from my gs3 on o2 network, changed my CSC to BTU and all o2 references are gone. Could be similar thing happening with your bookmarks!
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How do you change the CSC code?
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I have found a way to delete the bookmarks that can't be deleted.
1. download 'bookmark sort and backup' to back up your bookmarks
2. go to application manager, all, internet and force stop clear cache and then data
3. open internet and it should be as clean as a baby's bottom
4. open 'bookmark sort and backup' and delete the bookmarks you want and then restore them.
This worked for me with the German branded S3 with LF6 firmware and I got red of the 7 stock German bookmarks