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list of apps you can safely delete from captivate once rooted

hey guys, i'm going to be picking up my captivate in a few days and i plan on rooting/deleting the att "bloatware" asap. based on the preloaded files that are listed on the engadget review (see http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/ samsung-galaxy-s-review- shootout-captivate-for-atandt-and-vibrant/), is it safe to delete the following files?
ATT preloaded
ATT family map
ATT hot spots
ATT maps
ATT music
ATT navigator
ATT radio
instant messaging
mobile banking
mobile video
Where
YPmobile
Samsung preloaded
Daily briefing
My files - replace with Astro file manager
Media hub
Mini diary
Memo
MobiTV
Video Player - my understanding is you can play videos directly from stock gallery app
Write and Go
Voice Recorder
Voice Search - is this the same as google's own voice search?
Also for keyboards, can we delete the built in samsung keyboard? I've played around with both the samsung and stock one and there's really no difference, however swype is amazing.
thanks for all help. you guys are the reason why android is so awesome.

One of the threads around here had some guy running into problems when he deleted that Where app. Maybe it was because he deleted other things to I'm not sure, but I would like to see an official list before I completely strip out all of the unnecessary junk.

asrrin29 said:
One of the threads around here had some guy running into problems when he deleted that Where app. Maybe it was because he deleted other things to I'm not sure, but I would like to see an official list before I completely strip out all of the unnecessary junk.
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i got rid of where on the first day and no problems since

I deleted Where on mine and haven't had a problem.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

There's a post here with apps that are safe to remove - I'm sure more could be removed but I don't know which off the top of my head.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728989

After I removed 'daily briefing' from the list of apps, when I slide the homescreen over to the left where daily briefing used to be, it gives a "problem loading widget" screen. Can another widget be put in its place?

dginfw said:
After I removed 'daily briefing' from the list of apps, when I slide the homescreen over to the left where daily briefing used to be, it gives a "problem loading widget" screen. Can another widget be put in its place?
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Of course. Just hold-click the widget and throw it in the trash can that pops up. Then hold-click the desktop and add whichever widget you like from the list. The uninstall just didn't remove the widget reference.

Never mind, I figured out what I needed to do, but couldn't go back and delete my post. Thanks for your help, though.

dginfw said:
After I removed 'daily briefing' from the list of apps, when I slide the homescreen over to the left where daily briefing used to be, it gives a "problem loading widget" screen. Can another widget be put in its place?
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Yes, just drag that widget to the trash.
And I never had any problems either after deleting the Where app.

Droid Charge Bloatware Safe to Freeze

The first thing I did with my DC when I got home was root it. The next thing I did was install Titanium Backup. Here is a list of bloatware that I have safely frozen using Titanium Backup. I’m sure this is not a complete list, so feel free to contribute.
Edit 5-20-11: Added additional programs
• 411 Search 1.0.9
• Allshare 1.2.1
• Amazon Kindle 2.0.3
• Apps 1.01
• Beach 1.2.7
• Backup Assistant 1.0
• Beach 1.2.7
• Bitbop 1.0
• Blockbuster 0.6
• Buddies now 1.0
• Car Cradle 1.0
• City ID 1.1.4
• Connection 1.2.5
• Daily Briefing 11.03
• Dandelion 1.2.5
• Desk Cradle 1.9
• Dual Clock 1.0
• Feeds and Updates 110207.354
• Forest 1.2.5
• Guided Tours 1.0
• Home screen tips 1.0
• IM 3.0.4.7
• Lets Golf 2 3.2.2
• License Settings 1.10
• Live Wallpaper Picker 2.2.1
• Media Hub 124
• Media Sync 2.2.1
• Music Player 1.1.1
• My Files 1.0.0
• Rhapsody 1.0
• Rock Band 4.4.3
• SDM 1.0
• Setup Wizard 1.0
• Setup Wizard 1.3
• Slacker 2.1.170
• SNSAccount 1.0
• Swype 2.28.70.19637
• TuneWiki 2.2
• TWLauncher 2.2.1 (Make sure you are using an alternate launcher first)
• TwWallpaperChooser 1.0
• VCAST Media Manager 4.2.96.3
• Voice Dialer 2.2.1
• VPN Services 2.2.1
• VVMService 1.0.30
• VZ Navigator 7.1.2.87
• WeatherBug Clock 11.04.07.01

Kind sir of great kindly kindess.
Howfore didst thou rooteth thy phone?! Didst thou install lated OTA updateth??
I cry out of great sadness that my phone is currently unrooted. Great, horrible soul crushing sadness since root won't work on ED2. Oh woe! WOE!

I haven't installed the ota. I used adb to root.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA App

What's the advantage to freezing over uninstalling?

DeathWalking said:
What's the advantage to freezing over uninstalling?
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You can unfreeze it later if you prefer. Just uninstall it. Good riddance
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA Premium App

Completely removing the files/apks can prevent you from getting future OTA updates, where freezing them with Titanium Backup is like removing them, but if you thaw them out, they return and you can still get OTA updates.

Okay, gotcha. If I've installed Firefox, is it safe to freeze Browser?

Things I have frozen, works perfectly!
411 search
allshare
amazon kindle
apps
backup assistance
bitbop
blockbuster
city id
guided tours
home screen tips
im
lets golf
media hub
rhapsody
rockband
samsung keypad (i use htc_im)
setup wizard (both)
slacker
swype
sync service
talk
talkback
tts service
tunewiki
twlauncher
v cast media manager
voice dialer
voice recorder
voice search
vvmservice
vz navagator
phone runs fast and perfect. Using launcher pro since i froze twlauncher (touchwiz)

ussj4brolli said:
Things I have frozen, works perfectly!
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backup assistance
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phone runs fast and perfect. Using launcher pro since i froze twlauncher (touchwiz)
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Freezing backup assistant causes force closes for me since it keeps restarting itself. Everything else worked great tho, thanks.

Frozen but still showing up
So I froze a bunch of apps in tit back but it seems like a lot of the links to them are still visible... for instance i froze daily briefing but when i long press on a home screen to add a widget i can still see all four of the daily briefing apps. Same goes for icons when i long press to add applications to my home screen. Is this just a failure by tit back to clean up these items from everywhere?

daniel142005 said:
Freezing backup assistant causes force closes for me since it keeps restarting itself. Everything else worked great tho, thanks.
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The same thing happened to me, but a reboot fixed it.

Just picked up the Charge (for my daughter) and I've not used Titanium Backup at all, but presume its easy to figure out freezing apps. My question is why freeze vs delete? I've pretty much always used CM 6 or 7 so this is something I haven't had to deal with before.
Me: OG D1 CM7.0.3 w/ChevyNo1 ulv @ 1.1ghz
Wife: OG D1 CM 7.0.3 stock kernel
Daughter: Charge

tdenton1138 said:
Just picked up the Charge (for my daughter) and I've not used Titanium Backup at all, but presume its easy to figure out freezing apps. My question is why freeze vs delete? I've pretty much always used CM 6 or 7 so this is something I haven't had to deal with before.
Me: OG D1 CM7.0.3 w/ChevyNo1 ulv @ 1.1ghz
Wife: OG D1 CM 7.0.3 stock kernel
Daughter: Charge
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Not Flaming but this question was answered on the previous page. There is only two pages, you should read them.

When I freeze car cradle my dock no longer works. On my droid when I added a new car home app it gave me the option to make that default when docked, but I don't get a message for the Charge. Anyone know a way around this? I really want to use my car dock but car cradle is complete crap.

mygraine said:
Not Flaming but this question was answered on the previous page. There is only two pages, you should read them.
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Sorry if I seem dense to you, but I don't really know what 'freezing' is. That's my question I suppose. Why one (freezing) vs the other (deleting)? Freezing leaves them on the phone but keeps them from being visible/loading? I certainly read the prior page, but someone saying 'I froze these files' and someone else saying, 'just delete them' doesn't really help me out much, hence my question. Just trying to understand something new. Is there a good reason to freeze something rather than just delete?
Edit: Nevermind. Still kinda wondering just what freezing does, but tibu is pretty self-explanatory in its operation.

tdenton1138 said:
Sorry if I seem dense to you, but I don't really know what 'freezing' is. That's my question I suppose. Why one (freezing) vs the other (deleting)? Freezing leaves them on the phone but keeps them from being visible/loading? I certainly read the prior page, but someone saying 'I froze these files' and someone else saying, 'just delete them' doesn't really help me out much, hence my question. Just trying to understand something new. Is there a good reason to freeze something rather than just delete?
Edit: Nevermind. Still kinda wondering just what freezing does, but tibu is pretty self-explanatory in its operation.
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Completely removing the files/apks can prevent you from getting future OTA updates, where freezing them with Titanium Backup is like removing them, but if you thaw them out, they return and you can still get OTA updates.
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That is copied from post 6.

Stolz25 said:
That is copied from post 6.
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Yeah, I was just re-reading the first page again (for the third time) and saw that. I do not understand how I missed it. My fault. Thanks.

You can also just rename the file extension that you want to remove/delete. What I do is just rename the file from .apk to .bak. Then I move them all to a folder named system apps on my sd card. That way if I need them in the future I can just move them back to the system folder on the device and just rename it back to .apk. I don't like depending on a program to do it for me, because there have been instances where Titanium has screwed me when restoring a file. Just my opinion and to each their own but it is another alternative. I use Root Explorer to do this. You don't have to move the file either, you can just rename the .apk extension to .bak and just restart your phone and the app will not load.
Regardless be sure to restart your phone so that the apps do not load after making changes.

did i freeze something important?
after i froze everything on the list (on page 1), i rebooted my phone. Now it's stuck on the boot-up animation screen.
Edit: I froze TWLauncher 2.2.1 without using an alternate launcher. Am I screwed?

yyhd said:
did i freeze something important?
after i froze everything on the list (on page 1), i rebooted my phone. Now it's stuck on the boot-up animation screen.
Edit: I froze TWLauncher 2.2.1 without using an alternate launcher. Am I screwed?
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If you want to get out of the boot screen, I would suggest you start all over. Either reflash the through ODIN, or go into the Samsung factory recovery and wipe user data and wipe cache. For instruction on how to go into recovery on Droid Charge, there's a instruction in Droid Charge Forum in Android Central under the sticky in Charge Rooting, Room and Hacks by DroidXcon.

What bloatware is safe to freeze?

I was wondering if anyone is able to list all of the bloatware that is safe to freeze on the G2x. Many thanks in advance!

jtkun said:
I was wondering if anyone is able to list all of the bloatware that is safe to freeze on the G2x. Many thanks in advance!
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I got AntTek app manager, because it's free, and froze the following:
Car Home (Optional, i don't use it though)
NFS Shift
Nova
T-Mo TV
TegraZone Games
TeleNav GPS
Zinio Reader
AppPack
EA Games
WiFi Calling (Option, i don't use this either)
I have had zero problems, aside from the FC loops caused by freezing a couple of these, which are to be expected and will go away after a reboot (aka battery pull).

I also removed picotts, voice dialing, live wallpaper Apps, protips
G2x with faux AOSP

propain4444 said:
I got AntTek app manager, because it's free, and froze the following:
Car Home (Optional, i don't use it though)
NFS Shift
Nova
T-Mo TV
TegraZone Games
TeleNav GPS
Zinio Reader
AppPack
EA Games
WiFi Calling (Option, i don't use this either)
I have had zero problems, aside from the FC loops caused by freezing a couple of these, which are to be expected and will go away after a reboot (aka battery pull).
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When I froze MyAccount it put me in a fc loop as well, but I was able to reboot without a battery pull. Just put phone in standby then press again to unlock but don't unlock just press and hold power button to bring up option to shutdown, worked for me each time I rooted my phone, easier than a batt. pull.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

Thanks for the responses so far. Using Anttek, I've locked the following apps. Anyone else have any other recommendations for apps to freeze (or not to freeze)? Thanks!
Android Live Wallpapers
Android keyboard
AppPack
Bluetooth Services (I'm not using Bluetooth)
Bluetooth Share
Calculator
Car Home (x2)
com.logmein.rescue
com.logmein.rescuesecurity
DRM Protected Content Storage
DRM Service
EA Games
Launcher (I'm using Launcher Pro Plus)
Live Wallpaper Picker
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Music
Music Visualization Wallpaper
Pico TTS
Polaris Office
SmartShare
Sound Recorder
Street View
Swype
T-Mobile TV
Talk
TegraZone Games
TeleNav GPS Navigator
Home Screen tips
TTS Service
Video Chat
Video Player
Voice Dialer
VPN Services
Zinio Reader
ZSProvider
My Account (x2)
Clock
Wi-Fi Calling

jtkun said:
Thanks for the responses so far. Using Anttek, I've locked the following apps. Anyone else have any other recommendations for apps to freeze (or not to freeze)? Thanks!
Android Live Wallpapers
Android keyboard
AppPack
Bluetooth Services (I'm not using Bluetooth)
Bluetooth Share
Calculator
Car Home (x2)
com.logmein.rescue
com.logmein.rescuesecurity
DRM Protected Content Storage
DRM Service
EA Games
Launcher (I'm using Launcher Pro Plus)
Live Wallpaper Picker
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Music
Music Visualization Wallpaper
Pico TTS
Polaris Office
SmartShare
Sound Recorder
Street View
Swype
T-Mobile TV
Talk
TegraZone Games
TeleNav GPS Navigator
Home Screen tips
TTS Service
Video Chat
Video Player
Voice Dialer
VPN Services
Zinio Reader
ZSProvider
My Account (x2)
Clock
Wi-Fi Calling
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Just freeze the whole phone!!
G2X

fcisco13 said:
Just freeze the whole phone!!
G2X
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LOL i know right!! its like everything! and both keyboards too...

fcisco13 said:
Just freeze the whole phone!!
G2X
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No ****. May as well freeze browser and all Google Apps
G2x with faux AOSP and faux orange kernel. [email protected] 5107 quadrant.

I just trew mine right next to the frozen chicken in the freezer..
G2X

Wtf.... dude
First off root your phone (if you haven't) don't be a cheap ass and get titanium pro.
Don't freeze any android or Google services you gonna get a head ache.
If freezing is done right you should NEVER have any loops or fc.
Thanks for the yuks though made me lmao at all the aps you froze....
+1 for throwing your g2x in the freezer! ;p
"If Satan lived in heaven he'd be me.... "

Liquid Nitrogen
there`s nothing like Liquid Nitrogen.Can`t get any colder than that.It`s the best way to freeze your stuff if you`d ask me )

Apps, Games, etc. for ICS

I can't for the life of me find a thread dedicated to what apps and stuff are working on ICS, so I figured I would start one up.
-WORKING-
|Games|
-Dead Space
-World of Goo
-R-Type
-Real Racing 2
-Samurai II
-The Impossible Game
-Osmos
-Angry Birds
|APPS|
-Chainfire3D
-EmitFree
-Moon+ Reader Pro
-ICS Keyboard Pro/Donate (I use it for Dvorak )
-Seed of Life Live Wallpaper
-SetCPU
-DeadMau5 Live Wallpaper
-SipDroid
-IMO Messenger
-Engadget app
-Joystiq app
-BobClockD3
-Google Voice (SMS portion)
-NOT WORKING-
|GAMES|
-Doom (The one with the 'Final Doom' icon)-- It launches but can't seem to get it to let me start up a game. Basically stuck in the main menu.
|APPS|
-GrooveIP
-Emit(Paid Version)
-Grid Live Wallpaper
-SetCPU (Widget, it will not update on it's own. You have to remove it and place a new one to get updated info on it)
-Google Voice (Calling people)
I haven't really tested much more.

MDMonster said:
I can't for the life of me find a thread dedicated to what apps and stuff are working on ICS, so I figured I would start one up.
-NOT WORKING-
|APPS|
-Google Voice (Calling people)
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Google Voice works fine for me (Samsung Galaxy Nexus, stock 4.0.2) - what sort of problem are you having with it?

Chain fire nightmide or msxaa doesn't work

It would be easier to list only those that do not work. I've yet to encounter an app that didn't work with ICS.
My apps that work with 4.0.3 :
Battery Monitor Widget
Better Battery Stats
SwiftKey
Elecont Weather
Miren browser
ES File Explorer
Root Explorer
Switchpro widgets
Evernote
XDA premium
AIX weather widget
ADW Ex launcher
Quickpic
Wallbase
Zedge
Picspeed
NStools
Gtasks
Voodoo filter
System Tuner Pro
Solo (guitar app)
NFL Pro 2012 HD
Android Pro Widgets
Statistics Calculator (by C. Gollner)

Se7enLC said:
Google Voice works fine for me (Samsung Galaxy Nexus, stock 4.0.2) - what sort of problem are you having with it?
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Well I can use all of the features of Google Voice that revolve around txt. I used GrooveIP for phone calls and it just crashes. I tried setting up SipDroid and it works but I recently had to re-install my ICS and now it wont work (setting up an already existing account is a pain ). I could use G.Voice as the phone part alone, but it requires some form of a phone plan and I use my cappy as a pmp mostly so no plan on it.

Braneless said:
It would be easier to list only those that do not work. I've yet to encounter an app that didn't work with ICS.
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Well I have had apps that don't work , just figured I'd see what people have worknig AND what they have not been able to get working. That way people, like me, can know what they can actually install and use instead of wasting storage space just to find out an app dont work

I've had problems with some apps not thinking I have tts installed while using SVOX. Some apps work fine, others do not. An example that comes to mind is Smarter Alarm. Not sure if the prob is with SVOX or the other apps..
Also Where's My Water works great on my SGN, havnt spent too much time with other games.. GTAIII worked but the buttons seamed not positioned properly, I know they can be manually changed but I haven't done that yet.
GotYa works great.

List of apps i can safely remove or freeze.

Hey Community,
I been searching for the past 3 days on this forum. Can someone tell me or direct me to a list of apps that are safe to remove from the HTC One S...
THanks

Pretty much anything you want as long as you don't remove core asps that you need for your phone to function.
For example, I remove the stock browser, live wallpapers and wallpaper picker, picasa uploader, some of the gapps, and any launchers I don't use.
Just don't delete system ui or anything like that lol
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium
If I've helped hit the thanks button

Deleting maps app yields most performance , quadrant scores go through the roof
Sent from my One S while ducking the xda police.

If it helps, I've disabled these apps (running stock unrooted by the way):
411 & More (T-mo service)
Access T-mobile
Bonus Apps
Friend Stream
Friend Stream Lock screen
Friend Stream Widget
Game Base
Google Play Movies
Google+
Lookout Security
MobileLife
More for Me
News & Weather
Polaris Office
Slacker Radio
Stock Widget
Stocks
Stocks Lock screen
T-mobile Mall
T-mobile TV
Twitter
Twitter for HTC Sense
Twitter Widget
Watch
Watch Widget
Weather
Weather Widget
Zinio
You can probably safely remove these as well, but disabling them is just as good. The apps don't start, and it doesn't drain my battery like task killers would (services start and restart; disabling in ICS keeps them off)

Does anyone know what the screen shot apk happens to be? I keep on deleting a particular apk which kills the screen shot ability

jgentry151 said:
Does anyone know what the screen shot apk happens to be? I keep on deleting a particular apk which kills the screen shot ability
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It would be one of the system apks
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