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[Q] Safe to delete these apps?

Hey all, I just rooted my inspire using Bubby's method and wanted to know if I could safely delete these apps. I did a search but didn't find a list of what you could and couldn't safely delete. I know you can flash a custom rom to remove the bloat but I just wanted root and to remove everything I know I wouldn't use. Feel free to add anything else I can remove that I didn't list. Thanks to everyone that responds.
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It would be easier to flash an optimized stock ROM...
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What would be some good ones if I decided to go that route? The ones I've seen mentioned a lot around here are Leedroid and Cleardroid. Which would be the best for battery life?

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I've been using honeysense 1.5.3 and i have to say its the best sense rom i've used and i've tried them all

dtorrez1883 said:
Hey all, I just rooted my inspire using Bubby's method and wanted to know if I could safely delete these apps. I did a search but didn't find a list of what you could and couldn't safely delete. I know you can flash a custom rom to remove the bloat but I just wanted root and to remove everything I know I wouldn't use. Feel free to add anything else I can remove that I didn't list. Thanks to everyone that responds.
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It is simple enough to find this out for yourself. Just make a backup of these apps with Titanium and then use Titanium to remove them (since some of these built-in apps might not uninstall the normal way). If you start to see problems then simply restore the needed app.

Yes, but maybe he does not have that kind of time to tinker with his phone...
You can also try Ingersoll, I found it to be the best optimized stock ROM with no bloatware.
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you could also try cyanogen 7.3 or gingerbeast. those are very fast and contain little bloat

henrybravo said:
It is simple enough to find this out for yourself. Just make a backup of these apps with Titanium and then use Titanium to remove them (since some of these built-in apps might not uninstall the normal way). If you start to see problems then simply restore the needed app.
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Alright thanks for that. This is my first android and just rooted it and now just want to get everything setup how I want it. If I flash a custom rom I want it to be near stock with good battery life and stick with that. I personally dont plan to flash diff roms every couple of days.

ThEiiNoCeNT said:
Yes, but maybe he does not have that kind of time to tinker with his phone...
You can also try Ingersoll, I found it to be the best optimized stock ROM with no bloatware.
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I appreciate that. Unfortunately I don't have the kind of time I would like to play with my new phone. Im the father of 7 month old twins and they take up a good amount of my free time.

Inspired ace
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Sleep button/screen off effects

So my brother just got a program on his itouch, which is called tv tube sleep I think. It changes the effect of his screen off button to a tv off effect which is awesome. Ive found "screen off FX" on the android market, which is kinda cool I guess...but thing is its a widget, rather than actually pressing your sleep/screen off button...anyone find some kind of app im looking for? Thanks a lot guys! Kes

Gingerbread maybe? Root and get cyanogen, I doubt any apps can do it without root.
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Mylenthes said:
Gingerbread maybe? Root and get cyanogen, I doubt any apps can do it without root.
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Well my phones already rooted, I just looked up cyanogen on market and it says its just a forum

LOL cyanogenmod is a rom. Its gingerbread and has the tv screen off animation.
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Yes cm7 build six and MIUI both hold the crt monitor off effect when u press the power/sleep button. These are both full roms.
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englishguy26 said:
Well my phones already rooted, I just looked up cyanogen on market and it says its just a forum
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Its not.something you get off the market....search under android development in your phones fourm right here on xda.....or better yet tell me what phone.you have and I will make a tutorial for you on how.to do this with all links included
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Vinnie981 said:
Its not.something you get off the market....search under android development in your phones fourm right here on xda.....or better yet tell me what phone.you have and I will make a tutorial for you on how.to do this with all links included
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Xperia play thanks man really appreciate it

I have tripnrarc gingerbread rom of Trip in my xperia x10. I have also used tripnrver miui rom of trip, which doesnt have screen off animation. Can you tell me please which rom for x10 has screen off animation.
Thanks.

[Q] 3rd party apps over stock apps

I wonder if it's just me, but when i install other apps liek GoSms, or the GoContacts app, they never run smoothly and constantly lag especially when i need to access what these apps handle quickly! Do any of yall experience such a problem? Thanks!

Are you rooted? I don't have any problems with apps like miui camera or handscent sms. Are you having problems with other apps or just what you mentioned? because I didn't have good experiences with Go sms, maybe experiment with other apps.
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Lol thanks for the reply, but I'm not rooted and its not that I'm having problems with the apllicailtions, its more along the lines of the applications beiglng more laggy than the stock applications which never is pleasant
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ThroughHymn said:
Lol thanks for the reply, but I'm not rooted and its not that I'm having problems with the apllicailtions, its more along the lines of the applications beiglng more laggy than the stock applications which never is pleasant
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I'm running gosms and it works smoothly for me. Obviously I'm rooted and running VU as my rom.
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ahhh i see, so think i need to root and flash a good rom?

ThroughHymn said:
ahhh i see, so think i need to root and flash a good rom?
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Couldn't hurt.
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Performance Lags

I believe my G2X is a later model, it does not come with the mini-HDMI, like i guess the first patch used to come with.
Anyway, upgraded to 2.3.3, ADW launcher, nothing fancy, not rooted. But over the past couple of days I am noticing some drop in performance, music skips when i browse through the menus and check e-mail. Also when i hit the unlock botton, there is about a second delay before the screen turns on.
The internal storage has 2gb remaining, my external SD has about 1.5gb remaining. I can only get up to ~170mb of RAM when i clear everything using Taskiller.
Not sure what is happening, but seems to be bogging down.
Thanks.

stevew84 said:
I believe my G2X is a later model, it does not come with the mini-HDMI, like i guess the first patch used to come with.
Anyway, upgraded to 2.3.3, ADW launcher, nothing fancy, not rooted. But over the past couple of days I am noticing some drop in performance, music skips when i browse through the menus and check e-mail. Also when i hit the unlock botton, there is about a second delay before the screen turns on.
The internal storage has 2gb remaining, my external SD has about 1.5gb remaining. I can only get up to ~170mb of RAM when i clear everything using Taskiller.
Not sure what is happening, but seems to be bogging down.
Thanks.
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Until you flash something custom, you'll notice it'll get slower and crappier over time
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Mr. Apocalypse said:
Until you flash something custom, you'll notice it'll get slower and crappier over time
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Wow really? I'm very familiar with rooting, I've done it to a mytouch 4g and a mytouch 3g but I always get worried it will brick.
What's a good ROM? I like the 2.3.4 from the Mytouch 4g, but not sure if supported on the G2X.

stevew84 said:
Wow really? I'm very familiar with rooting, I've done it to a mytouch 4g and a mytouch 3g but I always get worried it will brick.
What's a good ROM? I like the 2.3.4 from the Mytouch 4g, but not sure if supported on the G2X.
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On 2.3.3, there's Weapon-G2x by Whitehawkx , with kwes's New Clip Mod. There's BAKA by lotherius. There's Bionic Reloaded by.....me. On 2.3.4, there's Tsugi by lothrtius. Hellfire Phoenix and Cyanogenmod are 2.3.7+ I believe.
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Um...you need to lose the task killer. That's prob the prob. There is enough ram on this phone and task killers have not been needed since froyo
Read this :
http://androidspin.com/2010/05/25/why-you-dont-need-a-task-killer-app-with-android/
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Mr. Apocalypse said:
On 2.3.3, there's Weapon-G2x by Whitehawkx , with kwes's New Clip Mod. There's BAKA by lotherius. There's Bionic Reloaded by.....me. On 2.3.4, there's Tsugi by lothrtius. Hellfire Phoenix and Cyanogenmod are 2.3.7+ I believe.
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Alright well I just downloading the rooted 2.3.3. OTA and I need to get Superone Click next, right? Along with the Clockwork Mod?
I see that there were differences when rooting 2.3.3. I don't want to miss anything.
-ROM
-Clockwork Mod
-Superone Click
-LG Driver
-Tegra driver?
Thats it?

stevew84 said:
I believe my G2X is a later model, it does not come with the mini-HDMI, like i guess the first patch used to come with.
Anyway, upgraded to 2.3.3, ADW launcher, nothing fancy, not rooted. But over the past couple of days I am noticing some drop in performance, music skips when i browse through the menus and check e-mail. Also when i hit the unlock botton, there is about a second delay before the screen turns on.
The internal storage has 2gb remaining, my external SD has about 1.5gb remaining. I can only get up to ~170mb of RAM when i clear everything using Taskiller.
Not sure what is happening, but seems to be bogging down.
Thanks.
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Look under the battery and see what the Model Number is. All G2x p999 phones have HDMI output at the top of the phone.

stevew84 said:
Alright well I just downloading the rooted 2.3.3. OTA and I need to get Superone Click next, right? Along with the Clockwork Mod?
I see that there were differences when rooting 2.3.3. I don't want to miss anything.
-ROM
-Clockwork Mod
-Superone Click
-LG Driver
-Tegra driver?
Thats it?
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All you need to do is use NVFlash. It installs a custom CWM for you. You don't really need root. Once you're done with NVFlash then you're good to go. It's in the dev section, good luck.
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GTWalling said:
Look under the battery and see what the Model Number is. All G2x p999 phones have HDMI output at the top of the phone.
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No sorry, I meant it does not come with the CABLE. I heard that the first batch from T-Mobile came with the cable.

mackster248 said:
All you need to do is use NVFlash. It installs a custom CWM for you. You don't really need root. Once you're done with NVFlash then you're good to go. It's in the dev section, good luck.
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With this, can i install custom ROMS?

stevew84 said:
No sorry, I meant it does not come with the CABLE. I heard that the first batch from T-Mobile came with the cable.
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It didn't for me I got mine in the beginning of may
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Wouldn't it be easiest to just go back to the stock version for the G2X, then follow the superone click method?
Maybe i'm just getting confused, but do i need the Nvidia AND the clockwork mod?

stevew84 said:
No sorry, I meant it does not come with the CABLE. I heard that the first batch from T-Mobile came with the cable.
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Nope! I got one at release time and I didn't get a cable.

lannister80 said:
Nope! I got one at release time and I didn't get a cable.
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Well ****! haha it doesn't matter, i have an HDMI cable and it works beautifully. this is easily the best phone i have ever owned.
I'm going to try the NVflash method of getting Clockwork Mod onto my phone...then from there choose a ROM that is higher than 2.3.4. I just dont like these weird themed roms, I like the clean, stock look.

That task killer is a performance killer
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Stopfakn said:
That task killer is a performance killer
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Just deleted...

You won't have to root a custom ROM. Sorry if you know this already, I just hadn't seen anyone mention it. You had superoneclick listed after rom. These roms floating around here already have root access. Once you get cwm working, just pick a rom (i.e. cyanogenmod) and flash it.
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e4e5nf3nc6 said:
You won't have to root a custom ROM. Sorry if you know this already, I just hadn't seen anyone mention it. You had superoneclick listed after rom. These roms floating around here already have root access. Once you get cwm working, just pick a rom (i.e. cyanogenmod) and flash it.
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Alright so i follow the tutorial for the NVflash, then from there i can reboot normally, then get whatever ROM i want, and restart/flash and im good to go.

Huh my phone is a P999DW when I look near the battery? What's the difference
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zoppp said:
Huh my phone is a P999DW when I look near the battery? What's the difference
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It was a mistake. He stated his did not have HDMI and they all have it. He meant it did not have a cable.

Looking for root app opinions

I simply have a couple questions I'd like to get advice on. Rom Toolbox and Titanium Backup.
I already got Titanium but I'm inquiring whether an app like Rom Toolbox is useful.
I am rooted but running the stock Rom. I'd like to keep it simple and get used to learning about being rooted before getting into flashing.
Any other root apps from the Play store I should load? I'd prefer to avoid useless apps. Searching the Internet doesn't always yield the results I'm looking for. Everyone has been so helpful here I'm looking for good friendly advice.
Thanks,
Jon
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Rom toolbox is not useful for us for the most part... Good root apps are : set CPU or any of.the CPU apps. titanium . CPU spy.. Erm I can't think of the others that I use....there are some fun ones like WiFi kill but.keep away from Rom toolbox

Be careful. Most root apps are harmless but there are a few that can brick your phone. Stay away from stuff like Rom Manager and Rom Toolbox. Apps that let you take shortcuts with flashing are likely to put you in a boot loop if they don't brick you. I'm not aware of any that work with this phone beyond Goo Manager.
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omario8484 said:
Rom toolbox is not useful for us for the most part... Good root apps are : set CPU or any of.the CPU apps. titanium . CPU spy.. Erm I can't think of the others that I use....there are some fun ones like WiFi kill but.keep away from Rom toolbox
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Good info!! It sounds like it fits under the statement, if it's too good to be true it is.
Thanks for your opinions.
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AdAway is brilliant, get's rid of ads. I'm all for app developers getting their dues, but I struggle to avoid clicking the ads acidentally with my oafish fingers. I buy the pro versions of the really useful apps.
Droidwall is great, it let's you set which apps can use which network interfaces to get the internet (if at all). You can stop streaming video apps from using all of your data plan by setting them to only use wifi.

codeprimate said:
AdAway is brilliant, get's rid of ads. I'm all for app developers getting their dues, but I struggle to avoid clicking the ads acidentally with my oafish fingers. I buy the pro versions of the really useful apps.
Droidwall is great, it let's you set which apps can use which network interfaces to get the internet (if at all). You can stop streaming video apps from using all of your data plan by setting them to only use wifi.
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Thanks for this advice! Already installed and applied it!
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