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[GUIDE]Uninstalling Stock/System Apps

Hello all :=)
Thought i would give a small quick guide for you hehe.
Ofc root your phone before this :=)
Step1.
Install Titanium Backup from market.
Step2. Start it.
step 3 Firstly, after you run Titanium Backup you need to tap on "Problems?" and accept to download BusyBox.
Step 4. Keep your finger pressed on the app you want removed.
step5. On the bottom of the options that comes up you find force remove app.
That simple it is
Im aware of some people have posted this in threads and such, but i thought i would make a simple straight forward guide for them that did not know about titanium backup
Warning
This will stop the OTA updates for your phones.
You will need to download the ZIP for the update when it's released here to update.
Or the RUU

The guide is incomplete. Firstly, after you run Titanium Backup you need to tap on "Problems?" and accept to download BusyBox.

michal_banszel said:
The guide is incomplete. Firstly, after you run Titanium Backup you need to tap on "Problems?" and accept to download BusyBox.
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Very true thank you.

And when doing this, the apps removed will be gone for good? Or just temp?
TY
/CK

it's for good

Cool... But I must be doing something wrong... Got the Busybox and did as above, but after the restarts the removed app is still there
/CK

Café King said:
Cool... But I must be doing something wrong... Got the Busybox and did as above, but after the restarts the removed app is still there
/CK
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You need to have the newest TitBackup 3.5.7.3 to do that. Then remember not to use Uninstall option but you need to keep your finger for a little longer to see full list of options and then select force to remove using Paul's recovery.

Thread stuck.

Works great!

Got it working now Is it true that if there's a new ota we need to flash this rom from scratch to be allowed to get the update?
/CK

Thanks fir this update.
So you guys removed which apps?

Other threads have reported that you may not be able to download future Android updates (OTA) if you remove apps. Is this confirmed?
Maybe issue a warning in first post to avoid problems later?

betelgeuse74 said:
Other threads have reported that you may not be able to download future Android updates (OTA) if you remove apps. Is this confirmed?
Maybe issue a warning in first post to avoid problems later?
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YES, IT IS CONFIRMED!! How many threads you need to be sure?

michal_banszel said:
YES, IT IS CONFIRMED!! How many threads you need to be sure?
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Relax, no need to bite my head off....
I was only asking, because this thread which has been made sticky does not mention this issue at all.
Others may use this guide and not be aware of this fact.

I cant understand, why some1 what to remove the stock apps?
are they trouble for u or ?! and what are winnig with doing that?\
10x

patzkata said:
I cant understand, why some1 what to remove the stock apps?
are they trouble for u or ?! and what are winnig with doing that?\
10x
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I see no point in having apps that I don't use. I prefer to have this space for things that I use. It's simple. No one is forcing you to remove anything.

michal_banszel said:
I see no point in having apps that I don't use. I prefer to have this space for things that I use. It's simple. No one is forcing you to remove anything.
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yes, I understand that, but these apps dosnt use so much space.
ok, I was just curious because alot of people are talking about that, and I decide that i have to check this ..
regards

michal_banszel said:
I see no point in having apps that I don't use. I prefer to have this space for things that I use. It's simple. No one is forcing you to remove anything.
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Apps you install cannot use the space freed up with removing stock apps so it's useless. I rather freeze them with Titanium Backup and they're removed from the launcher and don't use system resources.

Eddie1506 said:
Apps you install cannot use the space freed up with removing stock apps so it's useless.
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You are right, I forgot that they are on different partitions. But anyway - I prefer to remove them. You prefer to freeze them - fine. It's everybody's choice.

Café King said:
Is it true that if there's a new ota we need to flash this rom from scratch to be allowed to get the update?
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i'd like to know this too before i go ahead and start removing stuff

Bloatware removal

All I'm trying to do is get rid of bloatware on my phone, no custom roms or S-off. Never done anything like this before.
I went here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161283 and here is what I did.
1. Plugged in phone via USB to computer and made sure HTC sync was off, was in charge only mode and enabled USB debugging.
2. Downloaded titanium backup from the Market.
3. Downloaded the .zip for the Sensation 4G and extracted it to a folder located on my desktop.
4. Ran "Run_ME_fre3vo_Root.bat" from that folder. A command prompt popped up and said C:\.......\adb wait-for-device
5. Opened Titanium backup on my phone and it says, "Sorry, I could not acquire root privileges. This application will not work.
I assumed following the directions on the link provided would temporarily root my phone, allowing me to get rid of the bloatware.
What am I missing?

s off with revolution, Root ur phone download rootexplorer go to system/app and delete what u don't want.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App

^ My man doesn't want to S-OFF
OP, make sure you are on usb debegging mode. ADB can't find your phone otherwsie I believe. To do that go to settings > applications > development and make sure usb debugging is checked. Then try to run the fre3vo tool again and launch titanium.

If you want to remove stuff, you'll need S-OFF. I think with TB you only freeze programs, and hides them from app drawer.

lekenaeth said:
If you want to remove stuff, you'll need S-OFF. I think with TB you only freeze programs, and hides them from app drawer.
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That's all I really wanna do, I just don't want them to show up and/or run in the background all the time.

lekenaeth said:
If you want to remove stuff, you'll need S-OFF. I think with TB you only freeze programs, and hides them from app drawer.
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Freezing doesn't just hide them from the app drawer. Freezing stops the apps from ever launching. If you want to remain s-on then freezing is the way to go.

moh0 said:
Freezing doesn't just hide them from the app drawer. Freezing stops the apps from ever launching. If you want to remain s-on then freezing is the way to go.
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So what am I missing in order to do that? Is there something else I need to do to my phone in order to Temp-Root it?

Porqenz said:
So what am I missing in order to do that? Is there something else I need to do to my phone in order to Temp-Root it?
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nvm 10 char

moh0 said:
nvm 10 char
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What does that mean?
Anyways, to temp root, follow one of the guides for temp-rooting. Then, use Titanium Backup (via marketplace) to freeze the apps. Its simple, effective, and relatively worry free.
Youll need to see the sticky guide to installing ADB and the HTC drivers on your computer as well.
I am an advocate for using S-OFF responsibly. Most people here are very reckless with it, and a few are on their way to bricked phones (some are there, now).
Matt

mrg02d said:
What does that mean?
Anyways, to temp root, follow one of the guides for temp-rooting. Then, use Titanium Backup (via marketplace) to freeze the apps. Its simple, effective, and relatively worry free.
Youll need to see the sticky guide to installing ADB and the HTC drivers on your computer as well.
I am an advocate for using S-OFF responsibly. Most people here are very reckless with it, and a few are on their way to bricked phones (some are there, now).
Matt
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Thanks for the help, btw. So I followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152148 and got all that done.
I then followed this again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161283
When i click the Run_ME_fr3vo_ROOT it brings up the cmd prompt window and scrolls through a bunch of text then gets to the end and asks me to press any key to continue. So it seems to have loaded everything it needs to. Then, I go into TB and it says my phone isn't rooted. Is there a step I'm missing?

Porqenz said:
Thanks for the help, btw. So I followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152148 and got all that done.
I then followed this again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161283
When i click the Run_ME_fr3vo_ROOT it brings up the cmd prompt window and scrolls through a bunch of text then gets to the end and asks me to press any key to continue. So it seems to have loaded everything it needs to. Then, I go into TB and it says my phone isn't rooted. Is there a step I'm missing?
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In the script, did it say "exploit complete"? Did it say, "superuser installed"? If it did, try reloading TB. Mine used to do that if I had opened it before rooting.
Matt

mrg02d said:
In the script, did it say "exploit complete"? Did it say, "superuser installed"? If it did, try reloading TB. Mine used to do that if I had opened it before rooting.
Matt
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Haha, that was it! It's always something simple. Thanks for the help.

Porqenz said:
Haha, that was it! It's always something simple. Thanks for the help.
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It usually is. :-D
Glad to help, now get to laying the smack down on that bloatware!
Matt

[Q] YouTube OFF?

Hi Guys,
Every ROM I flash I try to Freeze/Uninstall and remove from Boot Many, the YouTube App.
I don;t use it ever, but even if it says freezed successfully it still comes back after reboot.
What's so special about it and will it creat a problem if I delete it and main question is how?
Thank you

odeccacccp said:
Hi Guys,
Every ROM I flash I try to Freeze/Uninstall and remove from Boot Many, the YouTube App.
I don;t use it ever, but even if it says freezed successfully it still comes back after reboot.
What's so special about it and will it creat a problem if I delete it and main question is how?
Thank you
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In my other android device experience, Nook Color / Simple Touch, YouTube is instrumental in the Google Apps authentication process. For instance to get market working on nooted versions of those devices you had to sign into YouTube first.
Why are you trying to get rid of it?

promiseofcake said:
In my other android device experience, Nook Color / Simple Touch, YouTube is instrumental in the Google Apps authentication process. For instance to get market working on nooted versions of those devices you had to sign into YouTube first.
Why are you trying to get rid of it?
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Never used it, if I need to I can view it in the brother. Just another app that loads up on boot and sits there using the battery

odeccacccp said:
Never used it, if I need to I can view it in the brother. Just another app that loads up on boot and sits there using the battery
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Fair enough. Why don't you give it a try? Make a nandroid backup and then delete the file via ADB in recovery mode (or move it to /data/local/tmp for easy restore). Clear Cache / Dalvik reboot and see if anything isn't working properly.
I would say you can delete via ADB in ICS but many people, myself included, are having issues mounting /system in ICS. It could be possible that this failure for /system to consistently mount could be why TiBu isn't freezing it properly.

Use root uninstaller, its how I have removed all system apps since my gb 2.3.1 days on my x10. A very effective method

Thank you for responces.
The proper way I found would be to transfer it to a User App and uninstall.

odeccacccp said:
Thank you for responces.
The proper way I found would be to transfer it to a User App and uninstall.
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Just delete the .apk before you even put the zip on your phone

xcrazydx said:
Just delete the .apk before you even put the zip on your phone
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What do you use to modify and save zip's, just WinRar will do?

odeccacccp said:
What do you use to modify and save zip's, just WinRar will do?
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I use 7zip. open the archive and delete it, or add whatever .apk you desire. I always do this before I even flash a rom. Winrar should work fine, though.

How to "debloat" a stock ROM ?

Hello
My SR is on GB 2.3.6 .... I don't root but have clockworkmod recovery installed...
1.How can I debloat my device using recovery and adb ?
2.Is it basically removing the .apk files from /system/app ?
3.Do you have a list of the "safely deleted apk files" ?
Thanks

mahanddeem said:
Hello
My SR is on GB 2.3.6 .... I don't root but have clockworkmod recovery installed...
1.How can I debloat my device using recovery and adb ?
2.Is it basically removing the .apk files from /system/app ?
3.Do you have a list of the "safely deleted apk files" ?
Thanks
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flash touch cwm and su for root, install titanium backup app from playstore(paid version lets u freeze apps), make a backup of ur rom using touch cwm and use restore from cwm when u muck it up.
titanium items in red r system files, u should leave those alone. use search parameters "debloat bloatware apps android -insert here ur version and carrier-". and read my sig, really do what my sig says and u should b fine

you keep telling to search and you guys don't even read the question....I'm not gonna instill su....I need to do it recovery and adb...do you know how to answer this question without a plain answer"search"?

mahanddeem said:
Hello
My SR is on GB 2.3.6 .... I don't root but have clockworkmod recovery installed...
1.How can I debloat my device using recovery and adb ?
2.Is it basically removing the .apk files from /system/app ?
3.Do you have a list of the "safely deleted apk files" ?
Thanks
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There is a spreadsheet on the threads. That might help.
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mindmajick said:
There is a spreadsheet on the threads. That might help.
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what spreadsheet you're refering to ?

A list of apk that can be removed. I've run across it a number of times. Just can't remember what thread.. lol.
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mindmajick said:
A list of apk that can be removed. I've run across it a number of times. Just can't remember what thread.. lol.
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OK I will look into that ..Thanks anyway
PS:I think you mean this
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html

I do not believe that you can accomplish what you want without rooting your phone at least temporarily. I used google to search for remove apps with adb and the first link that showed up states:
su (Login as root)
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as the second step. You just can't remove system apps without root access AFAIK.
Another search of the Skyrocket section of XDA would turn up this thread about what can be removed safely.
So the answers you received may not have been what you wanted to hear, but they appear to be accurate and weren't that hard to find.
I would recommend rooting, using Titanium Backup to freeze/remove what you consider bloat/unwanted and then un-rooting if you are concerned about leaving your phone rooted.
Use google to search the XDA forums when the forum search is down or doesn't return usable results.

marvin02 said:
I do not believe that you can accomplish what you want without rooting your phone at least temporarily. I used google to search for remove apps with adb and the first link that showed up states:
as the second step. You just can't remove system apps without root access AFAIK.
Another search of the Skyrocket section of XDA would turn up this thread about what can be removed safely.
So the answers you received may not have been what you wanted to hear, but they appear to be accurate and weren't that hard to find.
I would recommend rooting, using Titanium Backup to freeze/remove what you consider bloat/unwanted and then un-rooting if you are concerned about leaving your phone rooted.
Use google to search the XDA forums when the forum search is down or doesn't return usable results.
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No I can if I have the "safe list" to remove ... CWM recovery is by itself when loaded is like "su"
using "adb root" and "adb shell" then navigating to /system/app after mounting /system and using the command "rm blahblah.apk"

mahanddeem said:
No I can if I have the "safe list" to remove ... CWM recovery is by itself when loaded is like "su"
using "adb root" and "adb shell" then navigating to /system/app after mounting /system and using the command "rm blahblah.apk"
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Gee - did I just flunk a test? If you knew the answer why start a thread?
Of course I (possibly) learned something today - I think you are saying that the kernel that CWM boots with allows root access? So the phone/device does not itself have to be rooted?

marvin02 said:
Gee - did I just flunk a test? If you knew the answer why start a thread?
Of course I (possibly) learned something today - I think you are saying that the kernel that CWM boots with allows root access? So the phone/device does not itself have to be rooted?
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At least when I was using and modding my Nexus S and yes , I did all the mods using just cwm recovery , I don't root(don't ask me why) .... I needed somebody to confirm the method if he/she tried it before , and what was their impressions

vincom's advice was good.
titanium backup is really good and works. i'm a real n00b and search really does save the hassle of having to type your question.
even after i soft bricked my phone, i didn't post any panic threads. i just read and read and read and read until i found a good solution. don't be scared homie.

Cleaned all the nonsense. Keep it on topic. If you know the method to do it why ask the question, or why not ask or search for list of bloat apps? On a side not If the kernel is rooted, then your phone is as well and you just need the app, wich can be removed just as easily.
Cheers

[LP][5.X][XPERIA] Debloating Script For Performance , battery Life and more memory

Hey guys, I sharing debloating script for those interested in a higly DEBLOATED LP installation, very slimmed down, battery friendly, faster, with less RAM comsuption etc
It will remove everything that is not important so before proceding be sure to backup full system
RESULT
As said at the top, you'll get a very slimmed down LP FW, battery friendly, very fast, with less RAM comsuption etc
Of course, everything is working great here, I mean all the features I need/use!
you are going to delete more than 160 packages in total with all relevant libs/stuff plus all applications automatically installed by Sony
HOW TO RESTORE SOMETHING
PS. of course I also removed from my FW all the stuff that can be easily downloaded from the Play Store (Gmail, etc)
below you will find the restoring instructions you need to follow to restore any package you may want back
According to what you want to restore, you have to follow two different procedures:
- all the APKs that are inside /system/__Backup/various/etc_custom_apps and /system/__Backup/various/etc_prod_apps are regular APKs that are going to be installed in /data, so you can just run them and then select "install" like a normal APK, easy. You will then see them in Settings > applications > downloaded
- instead, all the things in /system/__Backup/system_app and /system/
__Backup/system_priv-app folders can't be normally installed, but must be restored in the correct /system folders with correct permissions. To do this, see the step-by-step instructions below (in the following example, I am going to restore Chrome app in /system/app and Velvet (Google Search) in /system/priv-app, but of course you can restore how many things as you want at the same time)
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- with a root file manager like ES, go to /system/__Backup/system_app and MOVE the whole "Chrome" folder to /system/app
- with a root file manager like ES, go to /system/__Backup/system_priv-app and MOVE the whole "Velvet" folder to /system/priv-app
- reboot
- done
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PS. don't copy but MOVE things back, or permissions will get messed up and you are likely to end up in a bootloop!
Requirements:
- working recovery
- be on LP already, 5.0.2 or 5.1.1, doesn't matter
DISCLAIMER
If you apply my script again please take care I did a pretty massive debloat as I don't use a lot of stuff (social apps, small apps, many of the sony "addons"/special settings etc!!) and this is a working config for me, but for others some functionalities will be probably missing, so mind what you do before apply them! (but again you can restore anything anytime, if interested just go for it)
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Installation:
1. full nandroid backup to eventually go back to previous any time
2. wipe data, cache and dalvik ***
3. flash debloating script
4. that's all! reboot/enjoy and hit thanks
Credits
Credits
Many THANKS @ondrejvaroscak and @Puffin617 for some very good advices, @mj084 for some packages descriptions and @moly82 for sharing this

It's fully working? No bugs?

Manolovini2000 said:
It's fully working? No bugs?
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Yes.. I am using it bro..

Full work! M2 Aqua D2406

shago11 said:
Full work! M2 Aqua D2406
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Thnkss for confirmation

does the internal storage gets formatted ??

Hellkid0 said:
does the internal storage gets formatted ??
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No Nothing will happen only just blotware will removed like album, walkman , small apps, ar effects,and many more but u can restore any app any time

Successfully working on D2302.
Nice Work. @Grajatyadav

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Successfully working on D2302.
Nice Work. @Grajatyadav
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Click the like button if u like my work

So as far as any external application goes, it would think this looks like a non custom rom.
There is a popular apk at the moment that denies working because you have a custom rom or if your rooted

furankum2 said:
so as far as any external application goes, it would think this looks like a non custom rom.
There is a popular apk at the moment that denies working because you have a custom rom or if your rooted
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i cant understand what u want to say

Grajatyadav said:
i cant understand what u want to say
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Pokémon Go knows if your phone is rooted or a custom rom and won't load.
Do I need to root my phone?
Is all that happens is that things are deleted and not a customisation?

furankuM2 said:
Pokémon Go knows if your phone is rooted or a custom rom and won't load.
Do I need to root my phone?
Is all that happens is that things are deleted and not a customisation?
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I don't think this will happen.. Because it is not a custom rom and also this is not root.. This only need recovery to install and root to reinstall the apps..

Where do I find a working recovery that doesn't need root?

It's awesome!

furankuM2 said:
Where do I find a working recovery that doesn't need root?
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Please answer!!!!

Can you publish the list of what is actually deleted please sir?

furankuM2 said:
Can you publish the list of what is actually deleted please sir?
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Yeah I can try

furankuM2 said:
Please answer!!!!
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Install recovery with root then unroot your phone.. Then u have recovery without root

furankuM2 said:
Can you publish the list of what is actually deleted please sir?
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See screnshot.. Which app u can see in screnshot they will left only.. Other then them all system app will be mobe to __backup folder