Lose? You only
gain by hacking, mate.
It is also uninstalled as easily as it was installed. No risk in the procedure.
Check out
this post about it and ask any questions if you wish here, first.
The NatGeo app is easily(ish) removed after hacking and applying the Open4All+ patch, and many others can be "uninstalled" manually, too.
You have the attention of someone familiar with unscripted uninstallation here, bro
And yeah, re-flash for sure.