Well, your buddy may be out of luck. I don't do the 360 homebrew scene, so I'll have to do a little hunting, but I'm inclined to beleive that you can't.
NXE was a mandatory D/L.
Certain components of Live are dependent on NXE features.
Microsoft is one of the big three, and the big three are notorious for not supporting firmware downgrades of any kind, including NXE.
If you want to try anything, give clearing the cache a shot.
X,X,Left Bumper, Right Bumper, X,X at your hard drive blade in NXE. You have to hit Y before that to access the page.
I'll hunt about for you Ali, see what I can turn up.
Edit: Microsoft says:
"We are sorry. There is no way to uninstall the NXE. We are currently trying to find a solution.
That seems to be the case, even with "illegitimate" means of removal.
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