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Bloatware That is Safe to Remove?

so i rooted my tb. i want to keep it as close to stock as possible, but want most junk off too. so ive done this a few tiems and removed things like facebook twitter quickoffice and a lot of widgets. but each time i do, my wifi wont work. if i click it on it turns itself on in a few seconds and tells me error, cannot enable wifi, and things like that.
anyone know what specific file im deleting and shouldnt be? or are they all tied and signed together so no matter what i touch in root explorer im going to mess up wifi? or does anyone have a list of the files in /system/app that can be deleted? i want my free space to be 500mb or more

well more bad news for me. i switched back to my bloated rom this time and didnt remove a single thing, an dim still getting the wifi error 'unable to scan for networks' when i toggle it on. then under wifi it just says error.
i saw a few other phones experience this and by deleting the file bcn_supp they solve this, but i just searched for the file and could not find one on my phone. i guess doing a full factory reset will make me lose root? ugh, its my only option at this point. i flashed that virusrom and wifi works under that, but its not what i want to keep running on my phone

You'll probably need to flash the custom ruu again
I've uninstalled these without problems (except an occasional com.htc.bgp has stopped unexpectedly) some of these I removed then reinstalled from the market
adobe reader
adobe flash (installflash)
amazon kindle
backup assistant
blockbuster
bitbop
cityid
gmail
golf
htm mail and widgets
htc mobile im
maps
quicklookup
rhapsody
rockband
search anywhere and widget
slacker radio
stock app and widget
street view
talk
tune wiki
twitter and widget
weather apps widgets
youtube
vcast
voice search
visual voice mail
vz vcast market
vz navigator

You can freeze them with Titanium Backup instead of removing them. The apps will still be installed (taking up space) but they won't be allowed to run (no CPU or RAM use) and it's safer than uninstalling. That's what I did. I'll probably get CM7 so I can just wait for that; no bloatware there.

or in root explorer you can rename them to xxxx.apk.bak and they'll be still on the phone, but gone and you get a chance to find out if removing it causes force closes or not..if it doesnt, then you can delete it for real.

i use titanium to back up, but i dont want to freeze them. i remove them with root and put them on my sd for storage. i want the free system space. i restored my bloated back up, did a factory reset and voila. it worked. so i deleted all my widgets and bloat. still works. problem solved. no more com.htc.bgp errors either.
on to the next problem..

Some of the names might be off
Blockbuster_htc.apk - Blockbuster
AdobeReadker.apk - Adobe Reader
CityID.apk - CityID
com.htc.FriendStreamWidget.apk/odex - FriendStream Widget
com.htc.StockWidget.apl/odex - Stock Widget
com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk/odex - Weather Widget
Flashlight.apk/odex - Flashlight
FriendStream.apk/odex - FriendStream
HtcAutoRotateWidget.apk/odex - Auto Rotate Widget
htcbookmarkwidget.apk/odex - Bookmark Widget
htcmailwidgets.apk/odex - Htc Mail Widget
HtcMIM.apk/odex - Htc Mobile IM
HtcMimWidget.apk/odex - Htc Mobile IM Widget
HtcPowerStripWidget.apk/odex - Htc Power Strip Widget
HtcProfileWidget.apk/odex - Htc Profile Widget
HtcRingtoneWidget.apk/odex - Htc Ringtone Widget
HtcScreenBrightnessWidget.apk/odex - Htc Screen Brightness Widget
HtcSetupWizard.apk/odex - Setup Wizard
HtcTipWidget.apk/odex - Tip Widget
install_flash_player.apk - Flash Player
Kindle-OEM-1.1.1.90750089-20100927.apk - Kindle
NewBayVault_4.2.96.VZMarket.apk - V CAST MEDIA
QuickLookup.apk/odex - Quick Lookup
Quickoffice.apk/odex - Quick Office
SlackerRadio.apk/odex - Slacker Radio
TuneWiki.apk - Tune Wiki
VCast.apk - V CAST Apps
VzNav.apk - Vz Navigation
VZW_BitBop.apk - BitBop
VZW_Golf.apk - Golf
VZW_Rhapsody.apk - Rhapsody
VZW_RockbandStub.apk - Rockband
Stock.apk/odex - Stocks
HtcGreader.apk/odex - News
HtcGreaderWidget.apk/odex - News Widget
HtcClockWidget.apk/odex - Htc Clock
HtcDataStripWidget.apk/odex - Data Strip Widget
htcsettingwidgets.apk/odex - Htc Setting Widgets
htcmsgwidgets.apk/odex - Htc Message Widgets
Youtube.apk - Youtube

Master™ said:
Some of the names might be off
Blockbuster_htc.apk - Blockbuster
AdobeReadker.apk - Adobe Reader
CityID.apk - CityID
com.htc.FriendStreamWidget.apk/odex - FriendStream Widget
com.htc.StockWidget.apl/odex - Stock Widget
com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk/odex - Weather Widget
Flashlight.apk/odex - Flashlight
FriendStream.apk/odex - FriendStream
HtcAutoRotateWidget.apk/odex - Auto Rotate Widget
htcbookmarkwidget.apk/odex - Bookmark Widget
htcmailwidgets.apk/odex - Htc Mail Widget
HtcMIM.apk/odex - Htc Mobile IM
HtcMimWidget.apk/odex - Htc Mobile IM Widget
HtcPowerStripWidget.apk/odex - Htc Power Strip Widget
HtcProfileWidget.apk/odex - Htc Profile Widget
HtcRingtoneWidget.apk/odex - Htc Ringtone Widget
HtcScreenBrightnessWidget.apk/odex - Htc Screen Brightness Widget
HtcSetupWizard.apk/odex - Setup Wizard
HtcTipWidget.apk/odex - Tip Widget
install_flash_player.apk - Flash Player
Kindle-OEM-1.1.1.90750089-20100927.apk - Kindle
NewBayVault_4.2.96.VZMarket.apk - V CAST MEDIA
QuickLookup.apk/odex - Quick Lookup
Quickoffice.apk/odex - Quick Office
SlackerRadio.apk/odex - Slacker Radio
TuneWiki.apk - Tune Wiki
VCast.apk - V CAST Apps
VzNav.apk - Vz Navigation
VZW_BitBop.apk - BitBop
VZW_Golf.apk - Golf
VZW_Rhapsody.apk - Rhapsody
VZW_RockbandStub.apk - Rockband
Stock.apk/odex - Stocks
HtcGreader.apk/odex - News
HtcGreaderWidget.apk/odex - News Widget
HtcClockWidget.apk/odex - Htc Clock
HtcDataStripWidget.apk/odex - Data Strip Widget
htcsettingwidgets.apk/odex - Htc Setting Widgets
htcmsgwidgets.apk/odex - Htc Message Widgets
Youtube.apk - Youtube
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Now that's a list! Thanks

smoothjeff said:
You'll probably need to flash the custom ruu again
I've uninstalled these without problems (except an occasional com.htc.bgp has stopped unexpectedly) some of these I removed then reinstalled from the market
adobe reader
adobe flash (installflash)
amazon kindle
backup assistant
blockbuster
bitbop
cityid
gmail
golf
htm mail and widgets
htc mobile im
maps
quicklookup
rhapsody
rockband
search anywhere and widget
slacker radio
stock app and widget
street view
talk
tune wiki
twitter and widget
weather apps widgets
youtube
vcast
voice search
visual voice mail
vz vcast market
vz navigator
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How much memory do you have running, now? Any effect on the battery life after the root and removal of these items?
Doitall76

doitall76 said:
How much memory do you have running, now? Any effect on the battery life after the root and removal of these items?
Doitall76
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My battery had definitely got better. I removed a few more things based on these lists and now I have 520mb free. Plus a clutterless app drawer

This is a good topic, very informative.
Anyone know the directory where all the system APKs are stored?
I tried /system/app ? I don't see them?
woops, gotta mount first. Answered my own question. Sorry

zeavott said:
This is a good topic, very informative.
Anyone know the directory where all the system APKs are stored?
I tried /system/app ? I don't see them?
woops, gotta mount first. Answered my own question. Sorry
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I am new to this can you tell me how you do what you stated above, I dont see them and I dont know how to mount them either

HarlyFan said:
I am new to this can you tell me how you do what you stated above, I dont see them and I dont know how to mount them either
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After you've rooted, just use root explorer, navigate to the system/apps folder, in the top right you'll see "rw" click that so it reads "ro"
then you can rename the apk's to .bak and see which ones will be fine to erase (i put an 'aa' or something in front of the files i rename so they'll all be at the top of the folder for me to delete or move once ive tested the phone to make sure there's no force closes

smoothjeff said:
You'll probably need to flash the custom ruu again
I've uninstalled these without problems (except an occasional com.htc.bgp has stopped unexpectedly) some of these I removed then reinstalled from the market
adobe reader
adobe flash (installflash)
amazon kindle
backup assistant
blockbuster
bitbop
cityid
gmail
golf
htm mail and widgets
htc mobile im
maps
quicklookup
rhapsody
rockband
search anywhere and widget
slacker radio
stock app and widget
street view
talk
tune wiki
twitter and widget
weather apps widgets
youtube
vcast
voice search
visual voice mail
vz vcast market
vz navigator
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Note: I had deleted a lot of stuff.. so far I've found that "WeatherProvider.apk" will cause force closes if deleted, all of the other weather apps and widgets can be deleted (assuming you dont use them in sense)

Hi. Im new. lol But I just rooted yesterday. Was looking for a list of bloat apps I could get rid of and just had an interesting idea. I aplogize if it has already been discussed but...
Has anyone ever thought of replacing wanted orignal apk's with updated versions, such as youtube? And supplanting unwanted ones with other useful app apk's that don't come with the phone, but using the old file names? Would the phone recognize the difference if later unrooted and factory reset?
Thanks for any input.
wow sorry, 1.5 year dead thread ;(

[Q] Cleaning up the bloatware - Kidzone?

I tried searching the forums and found nothing...
Like a lot of others, i dont like most of the applications that come bundled on my phone and like to get rid of most of them. I cant seem to figure out what .apk file to remove to get rid of the "Kidzone" application. Any ideas?

If any root-level file explorer works, download Absolute System from the Market. It's about two bucks but it's worth it. You can use it to remove any bloatware from your device.

blackknightavalon said:
If any root-level file explorer works, download Absolute System from the Market. It's about two bucks but it's worth it. You can use it to remove any bloatware from your device.
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Not in this case. We do not have S-OFF.

Freezing the apps with titanium backup lasts between reboots, luckily. Won't remove them completely but they will be prevented from running or showing in the app drawer.
Only problem is I'm having trouble finding the package names of a couple bloatware apps, namely kidzone, highlight, friend stream and t-mobile mall. If anyone could find the names of those packages it would be great. I'll look up the names of the apps I did find in a little while and post them for you.

vimk said:
Freezing the apps with titanium backup lasts between reboots, luckily. Won't remove them completely but they will be prevented from running or showing in the app drawer.
Only problem is I'm having trouble finding the package names of a couple bloatware apps, namely kidzone, highlight, friend stream and t-mobile mall. If anyone could find the names of those packages it would be great. I'll look up the names of the apps I did find in a little while and post them for you.
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Download Absolute System from the Market.
Sent from a Western Union telegram.

vimk said:
Freezing the apps with titanium backup lasts between reboots, luckily. Won't remove them completely but they will be prevented from running or showing in the app drawer.
Only problem is I'm having trouble finding the package names of a couple bloatware apps, namely kidzone, highlight, friend stream and t-mobile mall. If anyone could find the names of those packages it would be great. I'll look up the names of the apps I did find in a little while and post them for you.
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I cant figure out what process is Kidzone either, but i think the T-Mobile mall was called "AppPack" (MallLite-4.0.92.apk)

Gumpo10k said:
I cant figure out what process is Kidzone either, but i think the T-Mobile mall was called "AppPack" (MallLite-4.0.92.apk)
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also tried removing the app pack, and it does not remove "kidzone"

Kidzone appears to basically be a locked down version of the home screen that only lets you turn on Youtube, Internet, Bejeweled, and T-Mobile TV from that screen. It requires you to setup a password for the lock screen. It appears to be built into sense. It's not really an application. Mostly a replacement lock screen. There's nothing "kid" about it honestly.

Akujin said:
Kidzone appears to basically be a locked down version of the home screen that only lets you turn on Youtube, Internet, Bejeweled, and T-Mobile TV from that screen. It requires you to setup a password for the lock screen. It appears to be built into sense. It's not really an application. Mostly a replacement lock screen. There's nothing "kid" about it honestly.
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Is there a way to remove the shortcut from the app drawer?

electro_chef said:
Is there a way to remove the shortcut from the app drawer?
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I second that request!

I made a thread in "themes and apps" about cleaning up bloat - still no luck on kidzone though.
I am fiddling around with dumping sense now, that will probably do it. I'll post back here if I can figure out how to make kidzone go away.
Meantime - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16739548#post16739548

okay - sorry to post after myself but I got rid of kidzone.
First, I restored a CWM backup I made right after root/busybox installation.
So, my phone state is fresh S-OFF/Root with SU & busybox installed.
It may be important to note that I did a factory reset to my phone just before S-OFF/Root & had a freshly formatted MicroSD card.
I then installed ADW Launcher from the Market, and hit my "home" key. Selected "Use Default" and chose ADW Launcher.
Now my phone defaults to ADW as it's launcher.
I then installed "Absolute System" from the Market, and used it to remove "HTC Sense"
Closed out Absolute System, then scrolled between all 5 ADW desktop screens, powered down the phone, then powered up again. (*NOTE fastboot = off)
Booted fine, was able to ditch sense without issue, and KIDZONE IS GONE!
As always, make sure to do a fresh system backup before messing with anything like this, but Kidzone is linked to sense, and replacing sense with another launcher will remove it.
HTC Sense was the only app removed from the phone, and I haven't checked everything to make sure it works yet, but no HTC crash report to send, and no force close issues. (yet - to be determined)
I've been itching to ditch sense since I got the phone, and this was my first quick test at it. Works good so far.
Edit to add:
Checked the "personalize" option at the top of the "settings" list. This just brings you back to the main desktop, doesn't throw an error.
I knew this one thing would be messed up somehow after ditching sense, but the fact that it doesn't make a problem and just closes the menu is fine by me.
I'll spend the rest of the day testing out my phone without sense to see how it runs. I'll post back how it went tomorrow.
Edit - 11/01/2011:
When I said "without sense" I meant without the sense launcher. I expanded on and clarified that in another thread (that app thread) but never cleared it up here.
To fully remove sense is one heck of a project, and will take much more then just switching your launcher.

This is great info - but with this last method - can you still use the stock/factory camera app? Is the camera fully functional, it might not be a big deal to some but would be cool to retain full factory camera functionality.

Wow, feels like going back in time -
Yep, stock camera app works fine.
It's tied to sense, and there is no true AOSP ROM out there yet, so pretty much no matter what you do you should keep stock camera functionality.
Actually, keeping the stock camera functionality/app is the main reason why there is no AOSP ROM yet, it's been generally decided that losing that would be...undesirable.
Kidzone is part of Rosie.apk, which is the Sense launcher. You lose it once you switch to another launcher (adw, go, etc...) and uninstall rosie.apk

Blue6IX said:
Wow, feels like going back in time -
Yep, stock camera app works fine.
It's tied to sense, and there is no true AOSP ROM out there yet, so pretty much no matter what you do you should keep stock camera functionality.
Actually, keeping the stock camera functionality/app is the main reason why there is no AOSP ROM yet, it's been generally decided that losing that would be...undesirable.
Kidzone is part of Rosie.apk, which is the Sense launcher. You lose it once you switch to another launcher (adw, go, etc...) and uninstall rosie.apk
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[HOW-TO] Make your phone perfect! Updated [8-10-11]

This is a [HOW-TO] guide to making your Droid Charge the perfect smartphone(by that I mean music, movies, texting, calls etc). I'd say the main purpose of the thread is to just let people know of some awesome apps and settings to use if you'd like the perfect phone(well, I can't change the atrocious amount of RAM, sorry). Keep in mind this is going to be quite the read but I can guarantee there is some nice info for even the most learned Charge owners. As always, if you found this post at all helpful just hit the thanks button to show your appreciation.
1) First thing's first, you're going to want to flash Clockwork(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112804) so you can flash tons of other awesome stuff later. If you ever have a question when doing anything root/ROM related you can either follow this guide(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657) OR just ask a question below.
2a) Next you're going to want to use CWM to flash your kernel so you can get rooted. You have 3 choices here; PBJ(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104634), PBJ non-voodoo(same link as PBJ just disable Voodoo through the CWM menu), and PBJ OTB edition(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126136). I personally use the OTB kernel because I like to have the option to overclock/undervolt whenever I feel it's necessary but apparently the non-OC kernel gets better battery life. I would never go with the non-voodoo kernel, the lagfix speeds up your phone and there are apps like Voodoo Control that really optimize it. There is only one real problem with Voodoo and that's that you MUST(I can't stress this enough) disable Voodoo if you are going to flash a different kernel. All in all, I would HIGHLY recommend the Voodoo kernel.
2b) Now you're going to want to flash the sd-card fix(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118111). This is ABSOLUTELY necessary and not optional, if you choose to not flash this your Charge will only read your SD card as a cd drive, to put it simply it breaks your USB mass storage and you can't transfer files anymore.
3a) After all that is done it's time to choose your ROM(if you want one). Some ROMs allow you to flash through ODIN but most are just CWM specific, .md5 files are ODIN and .zip files are CWM. Currently, I'd highly recommend Eclipse(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144015). Humble(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146103) is in a very close second but I'll have to give it to Nitro, he made a great ROM. It has an awesome TouchWiz4 look and has a bunch of flashable files to modify the ROM to your liking. Humble on the other hand has everything built in, that's the one thing that made me switch to Eclipse. For example Eclipse has an optional Honeycomb theme you can flash but Humble has it built in so you are forced to sit with Honeycomb like it or not. You can also choose certain debloated ROMs but I never really saw the point, if you want to stay on TouchWiz and debloat just download TitaniumBackup and either freeze(recommended) or just uninstall that crapware.
3b) Now this is not necessary but I would highly recommend you flash an AOSP lockscreen over the puzzle one, it's more accurate(you won't ever miss your swipe like you can with the puzzle) and you can see your battery percentage on the lockscreen when charging, great when you're calibrating your battery or just want to know what your battery is at. Eclipse has a flashable .zip and Humble comes with the AOSP lockscreen preinstalled. I would also highly recommend the HTC Sense lockscreen(keep reading, it's posted below under the subtitle "Lockscreen" in step 4).
3c) If you didn't choose Eclipse or Humble(or you're on an older version) I would highly recommend the modified camera.zip(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144885) that causes your power button to act as a shutter when using the stock Camera app. It really makes you forget about the fact that you don't have a dedicated camera button because, well, now you do have one!
4) Now it's time for the fun part, no more flashing we're going to start with the worlds best apps to truly make this phone awesome! Keep in mind this is not necessarily in order of importance they're just the first apps that popped into my head.
Keyboard: SwiftKey X($4), Modded HTC Sense Keyboard Port(free, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416) - SwiftKey X is a great keyboard with very accurate predictions, it can be annoying at times but I've found this keyboard to be incredible. The modded HTC Sense KB Port is very nice, it's pretty much an exact clone and is very easy to install, not to mention free. Give the legendary keyboard a shot! Added picture(s) of SwiftKey X.
Messaging: Handcent SMS(free), GO SMS Pro(free, thanks caesus!) - Handcent SMS is a customizable messaging app to replace the crappy stock messaging. I would say it's best feature over the stock app is the themes, they look awesome! GO SMS Pro is much better than Handcent if you ask me. GO has very cool transitions between pages(check pictures), the themes are much better(and there's a LOT more of them, which brings me to my next point), much better dev support and it just has a cleaner look then Handcent. Aside from all that the features are pretty much exactly the same. Added picture(s) of Handcent SMS and GO SMS Pro.
Handcent:
GO SMS:
Phone: Stock Phone(free, preinstalled) + Caller ID Plus($4), RocketDial($4) - I used RocketDial mainly for the callerID but I found the app itself to be quite buggy at times, for example about 2 weeks ago I received a call and when I went to answer it the phone froze up for about a minute and caused me to miss the call. This might have been due to the fact that I froze the Phone app in Titanium but I don't know. Now I just use the stock Phone app with Caller ID Plus and it's working great. Added picture(s) of Stock Phone with the Caller ID Plus app(blacked out the name, address, zip code and phone number in that order.)
Browser: Dolphin HD(free) - Pretty neat browser, I like the tabs and the gesture feature and currently have no problems with it. You might also want to check out Opera, although I haven't personally used it. Added picture(s) for Dolphin HD.
Music: PowerAMP($5, there's also the option to try it out with a 15 day free trial), Mixzing Basic(free), Stock Music Player(free, preinstalled) - Now keep in mind I'm REALLY into my music, I need a very high quality music player with tons of options and a nice UI. That's what PowerAMP is, if you aren't a huge music person or you don't listen to music primarily on your phone I would recommend a free app, either the stock Music Player or Mixzing Basic. Added picture(s) of PowerAMP.
Weather: Eclipse's built in GS2 widgets(free), MIUI Digital Clock(free) OR Beautiful Widgets($3) - As far as weather goes they all function the same, the weather is always accurate so I'll just put it plain and simple; the Eclipse widgets look incredible, they are animated very well but that's about it. MIUI Digital Clock is fantastic, VERY customizable and a great bang for your buck(yes, I know it's free). Then we have Beautiful Widgets, it's very handy to have all the widgets it comes with but honestly, who the hell needs a clock? All that info is displayed on your lockscreen/notification bar. Half the widgets are pointless, it's a waste of money unless you really like the look of its weather widget. Hands down the winner of this fight is MIUI Digital Clock for its incredible amount of customization. Added picture(s).
Eclipse Widget 1:
Eclipse Widget 2:
MIUI Digital Clock:
Beautiful Widgets:
News: Stock News & Weather widget(free), US Newspapers(free, thanks piizzadude!) - The stock News & Weather widget is quite simple, just a constant feed of news with the occasional picture. US Newspapers lists a bunch of different newspapers & sports sites, it also allows you to add your favorite sites to the app. Added picture(s) of Stock News & Weather and US Newspapers.
Stock News & Weather:
US Newspapers:
Video Player: Stock Video Player(free),MoboPlayer(free, thanks kvswim!) - Stock works fine, it's simple and just shows a list of your videos. MoboPlayer on the other hand has a lot more compatibility, it has a few problems like not detecting all my videos but it's a great video player.
Emulators: Ataroid,Gameboid,GBCoid,Gearoid,Gensoid,N64oid,Nesoid,SNesoid,FPse(not available on the market, must be obtained from Slideme or other such websites. Free for a limited time.) - Not sure about you but I NEED to have emulators with me at all times, whenever I'm bored I whip out the GB emulator and play some Pokemon Red or get the GBA emulator and play some Mystery Dungeon, great for nostalgia or just straight up fun. Added picture(s) of the GBA emulator(Gameboid). Sorry that they're sideways, don't hurt your neck!
Games: Fieldrunners HD($3), Age of Zombies($3),Cut the Rope($1),Plants vs Zombies($4),Impossible Game($1),Doodle Jump($1) - I have about 40 or so actual games on my phone. Instead of listing them all and looking up all their prices I'm taking the lazy route and just giving you my absolute favorite and most addicting games. Unfortunately they all cost money but hey you get what you pay for.
Lockscreen: Agile Lock(has a free & paid version; paid is $1) - I would HIGHLY recommend this lockscreen for anyone who doesn't like the AOSP/Puzzle/Glass or just wants to use the HTC sense lockscreen(you know, the ring that has shortcuts and such). If you do choose this route you would need to follow the Androidcentral guide(http://forums.androidcentral.com/droid-charge-rooting-roms-hacks/88577-remove-lock-screen-charge.html) to remove your current lockscreen because all this app does is add a second lock to your phone, so you would need to unlock your phone twice if you want to get in. Before you do that BE WARNED this removes not only your lockscreen but your power button menu as well(you know, when you hold the power button to restart and boot into recovery). Instead it just powers your phone off, you can always re-enable your lockscreen very easily using the same guide so there's nothing to fear. This app has TONS of customization and is far superior to the zero customization the AOSP/stock locks have. I'd say the only issue this app has is the fact that you can't go to silent/sound like you can with the AOSP. Added picture(s).
Screenshot/Screen Capture: ShootMe(free, thanks blarrick & anoninja118!) - I prefer this over the stock screen capture service(Hold back key, then press home) it's slow at times, doesn't always take the picture and holding the back key causes me to actually go back in many apps(Dolpin HD and Handcent for example). I still do use the stock service but if back is causing problems I use ShootMe. Added picture(s).
Image Viewer/Gallery: QuickPic(free, thanks Jmjohnson1717!) - MUCH better image viewer over the stock app, the stock app is just too cluttered and not organized well. I like the options this one has and I can't thank you enough Jmjohnson1717, seriously... that stock app is horrible. Added picture(s).
Tethering: Barnacle Wifi Tether(free), A WiFi Tether AP Mesh Client(AKA OpenGarden, free), Wireless Tether for Root Users(free,not available on the Android Market. Download from here http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ ), PdaNet(free), EasyTether($10) - Barnacle, OpenGarden and WT4RUsers are all very simple wireless tethering apps. They are free and just require you to click one button and it will show up as a wireless network named AndroidTether or something similar. PdaNet and EasyTether are both wired tethering apps(in-case you don't have the option to connect to a wireless network). If you are going to choose a wired tethering app go with PdaNet because it's free. Added picture(s) of OpenGarden(all the wireless tethering apps look the same).
Scripts/Mods/.zips: V6 SuperCharger(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276), Loopy Smoothness Tweak(apply SuperCharger before this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205744), modded camera.apk(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144885), if you're on Eclipse you should flash all the included .zip files you feel are necessary(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144015) - V6 SuperCharger basically gets rid of your hanging home screen(When your home screen shows up blank after clearing RAM or closing an app that consumes high RAM). Loopy Smoothness Tweak basically just eliminates lag and choppiness on plenty of applications. Modded camera.apk just causes your power button to act as a shutter when you have the stock Camera app open, doesn't work for other apps like Fast Burst, just stock unfortunately. Eclipse flashable .zips are basically just apps/mods that Nitro thought some people would want and some people wouldn't, so he gave you the option to either flash or not flash. I chose to flash everything except VVM, stock gps config and puzzle unlock.
Other: Voodoo Control(free & paid version, thanks kvswim!), CPU Spy(free, thanks anoninja118!), FasterFix(free) - Voodoo Control allows you to control Voodoo lagfix/Voodoo Sound to customize your sound settings(among other things). "This(CPU Spy) is a simple app to display the time the CPU spends in each frequency state. This can be a useful tool in diagnosing battery problems or tweaking your over-clock settings." Quoted from the CPU Spy app on the Android Market because I'm too damn lazy to type anything else out :] Fasterfix is a VERY simple but incredibly useful app, it basically makes your GPS lock on much faster, when I'm inside my house GPS locks on in about 2 seconds, just open the app and choose the server closest to you. Added picture(s) of Voodoo Control Plus(paid version) and FasterFix.
Voodoo Control Plus:
FasterFix:
That's pretty much everything I needed to do before this phone was perfect, might not have been the most useful guide but I just wanted to share everything I needed to do with my Charge. Now I'm not saying to do this exactly since everyone has different tastes but just use this as a reference. There are some cool apps you may not have known about and there is some info you may not have known about. Don't click that thanks button unless you actually feel this thread deserves it, peace :]

You forgot Voodoo Control. I line out to my car. I listen to techno, and I like my bass cranked and the volume amped. This is absolutely necessary for anyone who likes their music to go loud and hard. Especially high school teenagers like me Also you can control voodoo lagfix from the app.
Also, I recommend MoboPlayer as a video player, it has a lot more file support than the stock player.
Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyFroyo 1.9.1

I'll have to check that out, I use Freemake Video Converter(possibly the BEST converter of all time) and just convert it to Android format so stock works fine for me, and btw PowerAMP(the music player) allows you to modify your bass and, well, pretty much everything. I like a lot of bass too and PowerAMP does just that

Voodoo Control modifies the audio hardware directly.
Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyFroyo 1.9.1

Yea I have Voodoo Control Plus :] I'll be sure to add it to the list, I just prefer poweramp, it gives you a nice UI like you're in a recording studio. It also allows you to save your presets and assign them to certain songs and all this crap. I love both apps
edit: Do you know why Mobo isn't recognizing all my videos? I direct it to the folder and after it hits a certain video it will just stock scanning and only show a few videos. Not sure what the problem is but that's the only thing annoying me about this app, everything else seems great.

If you do a lot of "newspaper" reading I would suggest that you give US Newspapers a try. it is a free app and it lists something like 30 newspapers and sports sites. You can also add your favorite sites as well.

Is their an app to turn my charge into a sgs2? Now that would be a perfect phone!

How bout how to do this on a mac? I know you can use heimdall but as far as step by step I'm lost.
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Wondering about 2b.. the SD card fix. I've yet to have to flash this to have my mass storage work properly. I'm running the latest PBJ Voodoo kernel, and am on the debloated rom with a few minor tweaks of my own. I just double checked and I can read from and write to my SD card when connected to my PC just fine. Is it only necessary when running certain roms?
Edit: I suppose it is possible that I flashed the fix way back when I rooted my DC, but I really don't remember doing that. I do have the fix on my SD card though, so I guess it is a possibility that I did flash it and don't remember doing it.

ViciousCircle said:
Wondering about 2b.. the SD card fix. I've yet to have to flash this to have my mass storage work properly. I'm running the latest PBJ Voodoo kernel, and am on the debloated rom with a few minor tweaks of my own. I just double checked and I can read from and write to my SD card when connected to my PC just fine. Is it only necessary when running certain roms?
Edit: I suppose it is possible that I flashed the fix way back when I rooted my DC, but I really don't remember doing that. I do have the fix on my SD card though, so I guess it is a possibility that I did flash it and don't remember doing it.
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See the thing is it doesn't always happen, if you didn't flash it I would still recommend it. If it breaks later you will have to go out and buy a usb reader for your sd card to fix it
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This is a great idea for the newer Android users. The only thing I would add is that a custom launcher is very important (ADW/Go Launcher Ex/LauncherPro Plus)>
Also, I think GoSMS has surpassed Handcent in the SMS category.

Mass storage break
This is crazy! I never even heard about this SD card break before you mentioned it. Are the dev's working on implementing this into their roms?

slmhofy said:
This is crazy! I never even heard about this SD card break before you mentioned it. Are the dev's working on implementing this into their roms?
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Haven't heard any talk about it. Not really sure what causes it but the guide I followed to rooting this phone told me to flash the SD card fix. I see plenty of threads on this forum about how their phone is only reading as a disk drive and it's always because they didn't flash it.
edit: Just a side note, if anyone could suggest a better picture viewer/gallery over the stock one I would add it to the main post & give you credit, currently I can't stand the crappy stock Gallery :] Thanks.

I've begun adding pictures to the thread. I'm still in the process of getting pictures for all the apps, just sit back
Also, if you have any apps you think should be added to the main thread just drop a reply with the name and the reason why, I'll be sure to give you credit :]

QuickPick is a great app for the gallery.
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you missed the all important screenshot app!! lol I personally use "Shoot Me!" but there is Drocap2 and a few others (all free) ... Dropbox is a good app to transfer/download files as well, and CPU Spy (free) is a must have to monitor phone cpu usage, and Terminal Emulator

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you missed the all important screenshot app!! lol I personally use "Shoot Me!" but there is Drocap and a few others (all free) ... dropbox is a good app to transfer/download files as well
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Lol I was just about to finish typing the little review of ShootMe when I saw your comment, I'll give us both credit >:]
Jmjohnson1717 said:
QuickPick is a great app for the gallery.
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Added it, thanks a lot for that app it's SO much better then stock!

blarrick said:
Lol I was just about to finish typing the little review of ShootMe when I saw your comment, I'll give us both credit >:]
Added it, thanks a lot for that app it's SO much better then stock!
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sweet lol and CPU Spy and Terminal Emulator should be added as well, both free... perhaps LTE Switch too, its not a toggle but takes you directly to the option to switch between 4G LTE and 3G/1X only CDMA (for those too lazy to navigate through menus like myself lol)

Jmjohnson1717 said:
QuickPick is a great app for the gallery.
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nice dude thanks for the tip, its lightyears ahead of the blah stock gallery
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G

anoninja118 said:
sweet lol and CPU Spy and Terminal Emulator should be added as well, both free... perhaps LTE Switch too, its not a toggle but takes you directly to the option to switch between 4G LTE and 3G/1X only CDMA (for those too lazy to navigate through menus like myself lol)
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Added CPU Spy because it seems like a pretty useful app, didn't add Terminal because I honestly can't see a real use for it. I think you can type su in it to check if you have root but aside from that I don't see the point
I won't add LTE Switch because there were a lot of complaints that the app can break your LTE and force a factory reset to fix it, I never bothered downloading it after seeing all the complaints. Sorry!

[Q] Safe apps to freeze/remove on Stock MT4GS

So, i've temp-rooted my MT4GS, and I want to get rid of all the bloatware. Here's what I have frozen now, using Titanium Backup Pro. and it seems to be stable...
•AppPack
•Backup (tmobile)
•Bejewled
•Bookmark Widget
•Calculator Widget
•calendar Widget
•Clock Widget
•Aubergine Theme
•Brooklyn Theme
•Jazz Theme
•Retro Theme
•Spring Theme
•dT sync
•Facebook for HTC Sense
•Flickr
•Friend Stream
•Friend Stream Widget
•Homescreen Tips
•HTC Weather Wallpaper
•HTC Widget Download Manager
•Magic Smoke Wallpaper
•Mail Widget
•Media Room
•Message Widget
•Music Visualization Wallpaper
•Notes
•Peep
•Setup (tmobile?)
•setup Widget
•Slacker
•SWM-C (I was reading online that this might be used for tracking/analytics/DRM?? No idea what it does, but no issues after killing it!)
•Sync Widget
•T-mobile device Carbon
•T-mobile name ID
•T-mobile TV
•Telenav GPS
•Tips for Home
•Trends Widget
•Twitter Widget
•Video Chat
•Weather Widget
•Zinio Reader
•ZSProvider
There are a bunch of other things that I'd like to freeze, but i don't want to cause any issues... anyone know what else i can safely freeze? Should I unfreeze any apps listed above for stability reasons? Let me know what you find!
Here's another thread talking about "killable" apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222672
Thanks!

dansl said:
So, i've temp-rooted my MT4GS, and I want to get rid of all the bloatware. Here's what I have frozen now. and it seems to be stable...
•AppPack
•Backup (tmobile)
•Bejewled
•dT sync
•Facebook for HTC Sense
•Flickr
•Friend Stream
•Friend Stream Widget
•Homescreen Tips
•HTC weather Sync Provider
•HTC Weather Wallpaper
•Peep
•Setup (tmobile?)
•setup Widget
•Slacker
•T-mobile device Carbon
•T-mobile name ID
•T-mobile TV
•Telenav GPS
•Weather
•Weather Widget
•Zinio Reader
There are a bunch of other things that I'd like to freeze, but i don't want to cause any issues... anyone know what else i can safely freeze? Should I unfreeze any apps listed above for stability reasons?
Thanks!
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HTC Weather(widget) app is much better than other Weather app.

What is T-Mobile Carbon exactly?

electro_chef said:
What is T-Mobile Carbon exactly?
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it is auto contact backup for t-mobile.
also i removed sywpe and its work fine with regular android keyboard. much better

yeah i noticed all this crap under running services yesterday when I looked the first time. I had two 'calendar' programs running to (10mb and 6mb each, WTF?)
I thought this phone was lightening fast, I can only imagine it would be 110% better w/o all this stuff running..

I've noticed a HUGE increase in battery life after freezing a bunch of these. I want to keep going and see what else i can freeze without any issues, but I'm afraid to go too far and wind up messing up my phone...

Wifi calling need to go. Why a carrier is docking minutes for off-network calls is beyond me.
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Wifi calling need to go. Why a carrier is docking minutes for off-network calls is beyond me.
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I guess because docking minutes for off-network calls is better than having no service at all, right?

unclespoon said:
I guess because docking minutes for off-network calls is better than having no service at all, right?
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On one hand, you're absolutely right. For those living so far from civilization, sometimes a wifi network is your only option. For me, I like to avoid unpopulated areas for a variety of reasons and am just trying to make phone calls without using their cell network (in a fashion that doesn't require any additional cost for me or additional download on the other end).

I've been mainly killing apps that show up in the running services list.
Can anybody tell me what com.redbend.swmc is?

rorytmeadows said:
Wifi calling need to go. Why a carrier is docking minutes for off-network calls is beyond me.
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If you call T-mobile, you might be able to get Free Wi-Fi Calling, and it won't dock your minuets
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/t-mobile-free-wifi-calling_n_862998.html

I made a thread in "themes and apps" about cleaning up bloat - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16739548#post16739548
Thanks for the contributions in this thread, they helped me get started on this.
No idea what the SWMC is, I thought it was something to do with swype, but now i'm thinking it has something to do with registering gestures on the screen. Not altogether too sure, but working on it.

What are you guys using to freeze these apps? Titanium backup? tnx

One app I would delete is the preinstalled notepad app, because it always seems to be running in the background. I deleted it and installed Color Note.
And yes, I use Titanium Backup, free version, and simply uninstall apps I don't want.

cberbes said:
One app I would delete is the preinstalled notepad app, because it always seems to be running in the background. I deleted it and installed Color Note.
And yes, I use Titanium Backup, free version, and simply uninstall apps I don't want.
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Cool, ill disable that too. Yeah, I use Titanium backup to freeze my apps

Debloat, performance: Which stock apps do you freeze / uninstall?

Recently, thanks to @strongst I learned that I could freeze the System Update app to get rid of notifications (using Titanium Pro).
This made me wonder… Wow, what else could be frozen, or uninstalled?
So what do y'all see as essential things to freeze for system performance?
Here is a list I found on a 6T thread, no idea if it's still applicable.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78474779&postcount=2
ANT HAL Service (Do not remove if you use Fitness trackers, at least that is my understanding)
Basic Daydreams 9 (I don't use this)
BugReportLite
CardPackage
Chrome
com.oem.logkitdservice V1.0
com.oneplus.factorymode.specialtest v1.0
Drive
Duo
Factory Mode V1.01...
GMail
Google Pay
Play Movies / TV
Play Music
Live Wallpaper Picker (I don't use live wallpapers)
Notes (Decide if this is useful to you or not)
NVBackupUI
OnePlus System Service 1.0.0.1...
OnePlus Wallpaper (I don't use OP wallpapers, this may reset your wallpaper, even if you weren't using a OP wallpaper. Just reselect a new wallpaper no big deal. Note this does not remove all the stock wallpapers though)
OnePlus Widget (I don't use OP widgets)
OnePlusLogKit 1.0.0...
Photos
Push 1.2.0.18....
YouTube
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who ah way said:
Recently, thanks to @strongst I learned that I could freeze the System Update app to get rid of notifications (using Titanium Pro).
This made me wonder… Wow, what else could be frozen, or uninstalled?
So what do y'all see as essential things to freeze for system performance?
Here is a list I found on a 6T thread, no idea if it's still applicable.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78474779&postcount=2
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I debloat hell lot of things.. call me crazy.. but I want my phone to be very minimal and like I want... There could be some old apps also in the zip, but I have been using this since 6T... I use TWRP though not Titanium