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Optus (Australia) Nasty Rom Customisations

So everyone (particularly other Aussies) knows, rooting and uninstalling the buggy apps below from the Optus rom seems to have significantly improved my battery life, as well as caused the phone to stop slowing down significantly after a few days:
DirectoryAssist
GOTO_Altitude <- I think this one or the last one is the mobile tv app that kept crashing all the time, particularly on APN changes...a lot of the rest are just shortcuts...
Optus App Store
Optus Games
Optus Mobile TV
Optus Zoo
Optus Music
Revolver
TrueCountry
TV 1.0
To uninstall them you need to root with z4root. I then used the free version of Uninstaller for Root from the market to back up the APKs and remove them.
Highly recommend this for all Optus users...phone is working much, much better now.
Once I work out how to restore 2.2s default tethering (or discover it's impossible and find a good app store app) I will remove the buggy wifi app too...
Sent from my MotoA953 using XDA App

As an optional alternative to the above, I flashed the GB Retail SBF, removed all of the motobloat apps (social networking, weather, news, widgets, messaging, etc keeping the google versions), installed a new launcher (in my case ADW) and then removed the motoblur home 2.2.
Flashing the GB SBF also got rid of that stupid Optus boot animation
Any and all lag is completely gone, battery lasts more than 24 hours with moderate usage (browsing, calls, gtalk, email, etc).
Runs pretty damn nice, stable 1.25ghz @ 62VSEL using milestone overclock.
EDIT: added battery comment.

Shellite, did you get back the standard android 2.2 tethering by doing that?
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Unfortunately, no. It did not restore the standard 2.2 tethering.
To be honest, while it would be nice, I wouldn't really use tethering much anyway.

Can some one point me to the australian sbf? Love to get rid of this vodaphone [email protected]
Any detailed instructions on how to do it as well? Or will the Brazilian instructions in this forum do the trick? Yes i'm totally new to this but that been said I am very computer-literate so it's more cautiousness than not knowing what i'm actually doing...
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The only Australian SBF is the Optus one which I requested in another forum whom uploads them to and-developers..
I will PM you some information as you should request they upload your Vodafone SBF before you start flashing others to your phone
The GB Retail rom is the best if you want unbranded goodness. I will PM you the link to this also, but as I said, hold off flashing it.

Thanks! Much appreciated.

My M2 came with GB firmware and I flashed the Optus firmware just for a look, it was ok except for Yes Optus boot animation plus a horrible Optus wallpaper and the Optus apps of course.
I now have the French sbf as it is MILS2_U6_2.3.4
Optus is MILS2_U6_2.2.19
and UK is MILS2_U6_2.2.16
http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone2

foreman31, I just flashed the GB sbf and seems clean (phone portal works as well over wifi). Have you noticed any differences between the FR vs GB?

flibbulator said:
foreman31, I just flashed the GB sbf and seems clean (phone portal works as well over wifi). Have you noticed any differences between the FR vs GB?
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not really, it has AZERTY keyboard is all, when you press Q it types A and vice versa.
Does the GB firmware have data and battery manager in settings?

@shellite: could you please elaborate on how you got rid of the motoblur apps and the motoblur homescreen? Also, is that permanent (does factory reset bring it back?)
@foreman: yes both data and battery manager options are shown in settings.
Sent from Motorola Milestone2.

You cant get rid of Motoblur until Angrdroid finished FissionROM since there are too many links between the BLUR Apps.. an alternative would be.. to use a Launcher such as LauncherPro and ADW.Launcher or the Android2.3 Launcher PORT to 2.2 .. those 3 are the best ive seen.. (GDE is kinda funny aswell but seems Cheap (looks crappy sometimes .)) but i recommend ADW &LauncherPro this will replace MotoBlurHomescreen and Appdrawer has some cool 3D Effects etc.. wich runs WAY better than Blur.. But its impossible to remove Blur yet, i tryed it believe me... its because blur has own system apps.. and also i couldnt find the StockAndroid ones.. so i couldnt replace them .. im not that skilled.. all i did yet is Porting DarkEdge theme to Milestone2 Deodexed but thats all =)

caeci11ius said:
So everyone (particularly other Aussies) knows, rooting and uninstalling the buggy apps below from the Optus rom seems to have significantly improved my battery life, as well as caused the phone to stop slowing down significantly after a few days:
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Can I ask how long it took for Optus to deliver your Milestone 2 after you put in the order?
I re-contracted online, but there is some "problem" with the Milestone 2's that is delaying them being sent out (they have stock mind you)...did you encounter this or a delay by any chance?
Cheers

kingofthievesNL said:
@shellite: could you please elaborate on how you got rid of the motoblur apps and the motoblur homescreen? Also, is that permanent (does factory reset bring it back?)
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Initially, after rooting the phone (using z4root) I used Titanium Backup to delete the motoblur applications I did not want... eg;
com.motorola.photowidget 2.2
ContactsUnconnected 2.2
Date and Time 2.2
ES Musica
Help Centre 2.2
HipHop Official 2.0whatever
Home screen tips 2.2
News 2.2
Quick Contacts 2.2
Revolver TV
Rock On Altitude
Social Messaging 2.2
Social Messaging Service 2.2
Social Networking 2.2
Social Sharing 2.2
Social Status 2.2
Toggle Widgets 2.2
TrueCountry
Weather 2.2
World Clock 1.0
... I'm sure you get the idea, since testing out Titanium Backup I decided to buy the full version, after flashing the UK SBF to my phone, I used it to 'freeze' the packages rather than delete them (leaving me the option to enable them at a whim if desired).
There are more that belong on the above list which I have frozen... eg; I installed ADW Launcher and then 'froze' Home 2.2
My battery easily lasts more than a days use now, with calls, games, google reader, etc.. its also overclocked to 1.25ghz @ 62VSEL stable, I am now happy with my phone (I actually nursed it along for 2 days last week!)
I could give you my full list via PM if this helps.

Thanks shellite!
Im kinda new to android so i still have to learn much about roots and roms, but your post helped a lot!
Sent from Motorola Milestone2.

cobo_ said:
Can I ask how long it took for Optus to deliver your Milestone 2 after you put in the order?
I re-contracted online, but there is some "problem" with the Milestone 2's that is delaying them being sent out (they have stock mind you)...did you encounter this or a delay by any chance?
Cheers
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I ordered it on the first day they became available, before they'd even turned up on the personal website (the guys on the phone were happy to sell me one). I think that was a Tuesday...it was delivered on a Thursday. They'd essentially promised me it would arrive in 48 hours (I didn't believe them at the time) and it pretty much did. I was quite impressed with the turnaround...
I wasn't recontracting though...transferred from TPG...

Shellite said:
Initially, after rooting the phone (using z4root) I used Titanium Backup to delete the motoblur applications I did not want... eg;
com.motorola.photowidget 2.2
ContactsUnconnected 2.2
Date and Time 2.2
ES Musica
Help Centre 2.2
HipHop Official 2.0whatever
Home screen tips 2.2
News 2.2
Quick Contacts 2.2
Revolver TV
Rock On Altitude
Social Messaging 2.2
Social Messaging Service 2.2
Social Networking 2.2
Social Sharing 2.2
Social Status 2.2
Toggle Widgets 2.2
TrueCountry
Weather 2.2
World Clock 1.0
... I'm sure you get the idea, since testing out Titanium Backup I decided to buy the full version, after flashing the UK SBF to my phone, I used it to 'freeze' the packages rather than delete them (leaving me the option to enable them at a whim if desired).
There are more that belong on the above list which I have frozen... eg; I installed ADW Launcher and then 'froze' Home 2.2
My battery easily lasts more than a days use now, with calls, games, google reader, etc.. its also overclocked to 1.25ghz @ 62VSEL stable, I am now happy with my phone (I actually nursed it along for 2 days last week!)
I could give you my full list via PM if this helps.
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I think we would all be interessed in your full list!
Please share this list with us!

caeci11ius said:
I think that was a Tuesday...it was delivered on a Thursday. They'd essentially promised me it would arrive in 48 hours (I didn't believe them at the time) and it pretty much did. I was quite impressed with the turnaround...
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Nice...wonder why/how they have developed some "problem" now :-(
Oh well, hopefully will get it soon :/

Just watch the box when you get it. It doesn't have an obvious front, and if you open it upside down the phone will fall out (onto the hard tile floor in my case). It was totally fine, but I wasp pretty ****ty about it at the time...

This may sound silly but seen as it's my first time doing this I need to make sure the process is correct.
Is this the correct way to load the GB SBF onto my M2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914071
Obviously that thread talks about the Brazilian firmware, but I'm assuming the process is the same regardless of firmware region?
I have the Vodafone SBF now so I'm good to go...

[Q] Rooted Droid X questions. 5 issues. Please Help!

Okay, so my Droid X has been rooted for about a month now and I've been going happy-go-lucky with deleting bloatware off of my device. Thusfar I believe I've uninstalled the following: Amazon MP3 player, City ID, Kindle, News, News and Weather, Weather, Terminal Emulator, My Verizon Mobile, Skype, VZ Navigator, and Visual Voicemail. My first two issues relate to this.
#1- I went to Titanium Backup the other day I noticed as I was scrolling up and down the list that contactsunconnected.apk was frozen. I only have the free version of Titanium Backup so I don't even have the capability to freeze apps, so this baffled me. Anyway, when I noticed it I unfroze it and went along my merry way. When I restarted my phone afterward I noticed it was frozen again. I found out that it re-freezes it every time that I restart the phone. So...what the heck does that file even do? And is it okay to leave it frozen? Or should I unfreeze it ever time?
#2- AFTER I'd uninstalled all these apps I happened to be browsing some forums and I was reading that it wasn't a good idea to uninstall these apps, but rather..."freeze" or "rename" the apps so they wouldn't run, but they would still be accessible later on. I read the reason for them needing to be accessible is that if you wanna receive an update (like Gingerbread) in the future you still have to have ALL the bloatware that came stock with the phone. How difficult is it to get this bloatware back? Does anyone have a link to these files?
#3- This is slightly unrelated to the other two issues, but how do you guys feel about the stock Droid X file manager vs Astro File manager? I refuse to be redundant and have two apps that are so similar, but I've noticed that each one has some different strengths that the other doesn't. I really wanna get rid of one, but I'm not sure which one yet. Any suggestions?
#4- The only custom ROM I've tried on my phone was Fission and I was very unhappy. I mean, the ROM looked cool and ran smoothly, but not all my apps carried over. I want a ROM that carries over 100% of my apps. Any suggestions?
#5- How do I go about overclocking my device? And what is the max that I can SAFELY overclock my device at?
Anyway, if you guys can help me with any of these 5 issues that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

mj23kb08 said:
Okay, so my Droid X has been rooted for about a month now and I've been going happy-go-lucky with deleting bloatware off of my device. Thusfar I believe I've uninstalled the following: Amazon MP3 player, City ID, Kindle, News, News and Weather, Weather, Terminal Emulator, My Verizon Mobile, Skype, VZ Navigator, and Visual Voicemail. My first two issues relate to this.
#3- This is slightly unrelated to the other two issues, but how do you guys feel about the stock Droid X file manager vs Astro File manager? I refuse to be redundant and have two apps that are so similar, but I've noticed that each one has some different strengths that the other doesn't. I really wanna get rid of one, but I'm not sure which one yet. Any suggestions?
#4- The only custom ROM I've tried on my phone was Fission and I was very unhappy. I mean, the ROM looked cool and ran smoothly, but not all my apps carried over. I want a ROM that carries over 100% of my apps. Any suggestions?
#5- How do I go about overclocking my device? And what is the max that I can SAFELY overclock my device at?
Anyway, if you guys can help me with any of these 5 issues that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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3. I used to use astro, but once I got my droid 2 and titanium backup, there didn't seem much of a point to having astro any more.
4. What are 'your apps'? What do you mean by 'carries over'? If they came with the x, then they might rely on blur. If you downloaded them from the market, then they should work fine in fission. Either way, no custom rom will have everything you want, and moto roms will have more than you want.
5. There's a thread all about this in the droid x forums.
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#1 and #2- Do you have any info about these issues?
#3- I see your point. With the built in file manager and Titanium I suppose Astro is useless.
#4- I understand that some of the motorola stuff won't carry over, but some things that I installed from the market didn't carry over. Clockwork Mod was one of those and I had to redownload it just to be able to flash back to stock. Also, some of the other stock apps like Gmail, Email, and Messaging that I DO like didn't carry over. It was frustrating.
#5- Can you give me a link to this?
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mj23kb08 said:
#1 and #2- Do you have any info about these issues?
#3- I see your point. With the built in file manager and Titanium I suppose Astro is useless.
#4- I understand that some of the motorola stuff won't carry over, but some things that I installed from the market didn't carry over. Clockwork Mod was one of those and I had to redownload it just to be able to flash back to stock. Also, some of the other stock apps like Gmail, Email, and Messaging that I DO like didn't carry over. It was frustrating.
#5- Can you give me a link to this?
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Not sure about number one at all, I never use that function in titanium.
Likewise, for number two, I'm always running a custom rom, so I never have to worry about that.
5 - followed a link from the d2 forum to the original work done for droid x:
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/201920-droid-x-2-2-overclock-kernel-module-w-instructions.html

Help Me Help Us.

Hey folks I'm gonna be honest and say that I did some research not a lot but some.
Things I have
A brand spanking new - Samsung Captivate - ROGERS running 2.2
Things I want.
- to make a full back up - to restore it to FULLY Factory stock either 2.1-or 2.2
- Not to have any At&t logo.
- Not to have TouchWiz UI & use a launcher pro style UI, like default android screens.
- Remove bloatware - unwanted apps - Rogers Shop, My Account,Kobo, Layar, Daily Briefiing, On-Demand, Ringbacks, Samsung apps, etc..
- Mobile Wifi Hotspot.
- Wifi Sync if possible.
now how I'm going to help YOU!....
as im doing this i can make a step by step guide to all of this for rogers users who are new to android.

capturvate said:
Hey folks I'm gonna be honest and say that I did some research not a lot but some.
Things I have
A brand spanking new - Samsung Captivate - ROGERS running 2.2
Things I want.
- to make a full back up - to restore it to FULLY Factory stock either 2.1-or 2.2
- Not to have any At&t logo.
- Not to have TouchWiz UI & use a launcher pro style UI, like default android screens.
- Remove bloatware - unwanted apps - Rogers Shop, My Account,Kobo, Layar, Daily Briefiing, On-Demand, Ringbacks, Samsung apps, etc..
- Mobile Wifi Hotspot.
- Wifi Sync if possible.
now how I'm going to help YOU!....
as im doing this i can make a step by step guide to all of this for rogers users who are new to android.
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This has all been done with just a few exceptions specific to Rogers (not having an AT&T boot screen, different apps to get rid of). Try looking at this thread first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761819

capturvate said:
Hey folks I'm gonna be honest and say that I did some research not a lot but some.
Things I have
A brand spanking new - Samsung Captivate - ROGERS running 2.2
Things I want.
- to make a full back up - to restore it to FULLY Factory stock either 2.1-or 2.2
- Not to have any At&t logo.
- Not to have TouchWiz UI & use a launcher pro style UI, like default android screens.
- Remove bloatware - unwanted apps - Rogers Shop, My Account,Kobo, Layar, Daily Briefiing, On-Demand, Ringbacks, Samsung apps, etc..
- Mobile Wifi Hotspot.
- Wifi Sync if possible.
now how I'm going to help YOU!....
as im doing this i can make a step by step guide to all of this for rogers users who are new to android.
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So i'm not sure if this is what you are doing or if you have questions on how to accomplish this. I'll presume questions unless noted otherwise.
-Full backup, if there's a way, I don't know how to do it. I'd love to know.
-AT&T logo, not sure but some of the threads have discussed it.
-Remove touchWiz, simple. Download launcher Pro, or Go Launcher, or ADW launcher, or Zeam or any one of the other launchers on the market. Install those and choose it as your default. I prefer to use HomeSwitcher to make that transition more painless, that is also available on the market.
-To remove unwanted bloat apps, root the phone, and install Titanium Backup for Root. Choose to remove those apps through the TB interface. Its also a good idea to create backups before you remove the bloat, just in case it breaks something else.
-Mobile Wifi hotspot is included with 2.2. Go into settings and wireless network, the settings are in there.
-Wifi Sync, there is a program called WiFi Android manager. It is an app you install on your phone and PC and you can sync contacts, calendar, pictures, just about everything. I've used it and been successful with it.
Good luck.

Depends on how much tweaking you want to do and how comfortable you are. Like previous post said, you are going have to root for a couple of things. If you want to super customize, you can flash a new rom. With that said, rooting will be your first step. I used 'super one click root'. Works very well. Titanium backup, as the name implies, will help you do the full backup you want. As for the other things, they have mostly been discussed before, just use the search function in the forum. It's s lot easier than using google for specific info.
Samsung Captivate
Firefly 2.0.5
SpeedMod Q Big Mem
JK4 Modem

Oh yeah, you might be able to use odin to flash back to stock if you need. I know it works for 2.1, not sure about 2.2 though.
Samsung Captivate
Firefly 2.0.5
SpeedMod Q Big Mem
JK4 Modem

well im "rooted"
i used SuperOneClick 1.6.5 i clicked on root, and allow non market apps.
NOW, what to do.

capturvate said:
well im "rooted"
i used SuperOneClick 1.6.5 i clicked on root, and allow non market apps.
NOW, what to do.
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i tried the titanium back up it made me install busybox, so i did....it failed. but it says im not rooted, but i have a superuser icon.

I had the same problem. Open TB again and click on ' problems?' Should install a new busybox. Also, open superuser and make sure TB is added as an app. Last, does TB ask for permission when you open it?
Samsung Captivate
Firefly 2.0.5
SpeedMod Q Big Mem
JK4 Modem

capturvate said:
i tried the titanium back up it made me install busybox, so i did....it failed. but it says im not rooted, but i have a superuser icon.
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Try installing BusyBox again. Sometimes it doesn't work. Make sure you also set that app to always allow superuser. I've had instances where its asked for root but the prompt was behind something and I never accepted it. If that doesn't work, reboot and try it again. If still having problems, post back and hopefully one of the members can help.

List of apps safe to remove... [in progress]

I am currently compiling a list of anything that can be safely removed w/o creating an unstable environment.
Any help is appreciated, any programs that you may know that are safe to remove or any that have caused your sys to crash, please share.
-AppPack4.0.88
-EA Games 1.0.16
-Nova 3.1.1
-Polaris Office
-SmartShare 1.0
-TegraZone
-Telenav GPS 6.2.6201050
-WiFi calling [when removed, caused a FC loop for said program. I forced a reboot and everything is good now.]
I've taken off the safest and what I felt were no question asked safe... My experiment comes in to the unknown, like the GooglePartners one or the android.providers.applications and the like. If you have any info about these unknowns or maybe know of a place where I can get get descriptions of said files, I would gratefully accept it. My biggest fear are any issues it may cause that aren't apparent, but at the same time, I want to strip this down and get any unnecessary crap off, especially if it could be what's causing the system to not allow me to access the web w/my current data plan...
Also, if you see something on the list posted as safe or unsafe, but you had a different experience, please share. By cross referencing, I think we can get a more accurate list here right off the bat.

Car Home, TeleNav, Wifi Calling are the only ones I deleted so far.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

I deleted anything dealing with TMobile. No issues
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Sorry for maybe a dumb question, but I'm very new to Android....How exactly DO you delete apps? I'm used to Windows Mobile where you can delete stuff pretty easily.
Along the same lines, is there any way to get a file explorer type program on Android? so annoying not to be able to move stuff around easily.

rownsurf81 said:
Sorry for maybe a dumb question, but I'm very new to Android....How exactly DO you delete apps? I'm used to Windows Mobile where you can delete stuff pretty easily.
Along the same lines, is there any way to get a file explorer type program on Android? so annoying not to be able to move stuff around easily.
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Root device
Get root explorer
Go to system/app and delete apps u dont want
Reboot
Viola!
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rownsurf81 said:
Sorry for maybe a dumb question, but I'm very new to Android....How exactly DO you delete apps? I'm used to Windows Mobile where you can delete stuff pretty easily.
Along the same lines, is there any way to get a file explorer type program on Android? so annoying not to be able to move stuff around easily.
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Root your phone and download Titanium Backup. Besides backing up apps, it has a plethora of other options it can do. Removing apps is one of them.

I believe I've already covered this in one of my earlier threads from about a week ago. I listed the actual APK file name and its common name.
I had like 11-12 deleted.

player911 said:
I believe I've already covered this in one of my earlier threads from about a week ago. I listed the actual APK file name and its common name.
I had like 11-12 deleted.
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link please?

player911 said:
I believe I've already covered this in one of my earlier threads from about a week ago. I listed the actual APK file name and its common name.
I had like 11-12 deleted.
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Yeah, a link would be nice because I know I didn't find it w/a search prior to posting this thread. I'm all about keeping forums clear of excess clutter, so link us up.
As far as I know, the names on my list were exactly as they showed on TB including the build. Mine may not be as complete, but it included what the the required info which, for the most part, was the same as the "common name" as you put it. Sorry, but that one sentence just seemed a little pretentious to me.
By the way, did you get adventurous w/ your deletions or is the basic TMo and the like? I was looking to start trimming some more dangerous fat from my phone, just waiting for a time when I'm not going to be rushed, I expect to have to do a few restores.
**found the post, the list is only the *.apk's, but for the most part, again, you can tell what is what, so even if you're not using RE or a similar program, you should still be able to figure it out w/o issue. It's a great post for someone new to the Android platform, more of a bulk, little bit of everything post. Hit it up.

I have heard that you don't delete it but you freeze the apps. So I got the apps bloat freezer and froze
-AppPack4.0.88
-EA Games 1.0.16
-Nova 3.1.1
-Polaris Office
-SmartShare 1.0
-TegraZone
-Telenav GPS 6.2.6201050
Is there any other apps. that I can freeze. Since I have rooted my G2x I haven't notice any better battery life. Can someone give me any hints to making my battery life better.

I deleted all the live wallpapers and visual wallpapers
voice dialing (a waste of time. Faster to dial the number from a favorites list)
Pico tts (what a waste of time)
pro tips (useless in any custom rom. Anyone flashing roms probably has enough experience with android to not need this worthless widget)
All preinstalled games
All t-mobile crap ware
News and stock Widgets. (Bookmarks on desktop to news I really want)
Wifi calling (sounds like **** anyways)
Google search bar (I bookmark Google on desktop I don't need another app running for that)
Desk clock (why part of rom? )
Analog clock (why is this even part of the rom)
Car home. (Another one why is it even part of the rom)
Email (I only use gmail)
G2x with CM7 and faux 1.8 kernel. [email protected] 5091 quadrant.

sgt_addyjp said:
. Since I have rooted my G2x I haven't notice any better battery life. Can someone give me any hints to making my battery life better.
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Custom.rom and kernel.
G2x with CM7 and faux 1.8 kernel. [email protected] 5091 quadrant.

tackleberry said:
Custom.rom and kernel.
G2x with CM7 and faux 1.8 kernel. [email protected] 5091 quadrant.
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ok custom rom and kernel. I have no clue what you mean by that.

Another wasteful thread since there are two other threads listing which apps u can freeze or remove... .. search button was a great invention
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk

Yeah welcome to xda... expect to see at least 36 more threads like this one 72 more about why noobs love or hate g2x and probably a thousand more threads by lazy people who don't know what a rom or kernel are let alone how to use the search function. Google must be way to advanced for these turds to use as well.
I wonder if they even wipe their own arses ...
:/
"If Satan lived in heaven he'd be me.... "

To help everyone out just Google cyanogenmod android barebones the king of android himself has already made a list of what can and what shouldn't be removed but if you know how android works you should already know what can be deleted on my phone so can't post a link but Google cyanogenmod android barebones the should pull up a cm wiki with all you guys need to know

Suprah said:
Another wasteful thread since there are two other threads listing which apps u can freeze or remove... .. search button was a great invention
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk
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boy what a idiot. so much for asking for help if this is all we are going to get is search for it.

skater4690 said:
To help everyone out just Google cyanogenmod android barebones the king of android himself has already made a list of what can and what shouldn't be removed but if you know how android works you should already know what can be deleted on my phone so can't post a link but Google cyanogenmod android barebones the should pull up a cm wiki with all you guys need to know
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I think of it this way. Just about everything that is in the app drawer that is not an actual system app is safe to remove long as you of course use common sense. Obviously you won't delete the browser market phone camera settings etc. Half of the stuff in system/app is straight forward. Google frame work and calendar etc is obviously not good to delete. But the stuff like cmwallpapers is extra bloat you nay never use. Most of it is common sense. I learned the hard waybthay some apps are not to be touched and that's what a nandroid backup is for.
G2x with CM7 and faux 1.8 kernel. [email protected] 5091 quadrant.

tackleberry said:
I think of it this way. Just about everything that is in the app drawer that is not an actual system app is safe to remove long as you of course use common sense. Obviously you won't delete the browser market phone camera settings etc. Half of the stuff in system/app is straight forward. Google frame work and calendar etc is obviously not good to delete. But the stuff like cmwallpapers is extra bloat you nay never use. Most of it is common sense. I learned the hard waybthay some apps are not to be touched and that's what a nandroid backup is for.
G2x with CM7 and faux 1.8 kernel. [email protected] 5091 quadrant.
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+1 been messing with and since the 1st mytouch so I generally know where everything is at but the easiest way to uninstall things is with titanium.

skater4690 said:
+1 been messing with and since the 1st mytouch so I generally know where everything is at but the easiest way to uninstall things is with titanium.
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I found it easier to remove with root explorer.
G2x with CM7 and faux 1.8 kernel. [email protected] 5091 quadrant.

USELESS apps that came with my phone

LG Optimus 3D
my phone came with 48 applications. plus 10 3d applications.
there's a lot of crap I don't use and I want them gone.
I need to factory reset anyway just to install god damn skype again. but I want to know if will remove these apps.
I won't root AT ALL because I know nothing of it and can't take the chance of losing my warranty.
3d apps:
3d camera
3d gallery
3d games
3d games & apps
3d guide
3d space
asphalt 6
gullivers travels
lets golf 2
nova
apps:
alarm clock - i use
angry birds - i use
application manager - i use
browser - i use
calculator - i use
calendar - i use
call log - i use
camera - i use
car home - never used it but useful I suppose.
contacts - i use
email - i use
facebook - i use
finance - useless for me
gallery - i use
gmail - what is the point of gmail if I have email app already?
google search - i use
latitude - built with google maps I think.
LG world - no idea what this is.
mobile backup - no idea what this is. must be a subscriber? call 611? wtf?
maps - i use
android market - i use
messaging - i use
music - i use
rogers my account - i use
navigation - i use
yahoo news - i use
on demand (Rogers) - no idea what this is.
phone - i use lol.
places - i use
polaris office - used it once to open a pdf.
rich note - never used it.
rogers ringbacks - useless crap
rogers ringtones - useless crap. just links to a webpage like above.
rogers navigation - useless crap. google is better. rogers you have to pay for.
settings - i use
rogers shop - just links to a stupid webpage
smartshare - no idea what this is.
google talk - dont use
twitter - dont use
rogers urMusic - Horrible layout with ads. worse than the standard android music player.
video player - never used it but useful I guess if you copy movies.
nuance voice control - useful I suppose
voice recorder - useful I suppose
voice search - never used.
weather - useless.
what's new - never used
youtube - i use
flash player settings - never touched.
downloads:
google translate
soundhound
google earth
scanner radio
wifi finder
gstrings
mobile metronome
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WILL factory reset wipe these?
I cannot ROOT my phone. #1 because I don't know how. #2 because I can risk voiding warranty.

Factory wipe will only reset it back to how it was when you got the device... with all those apps. I know in ICS it lets you all but remove apps like hides them and kills them but your device doesn't have ICS.
I would suggest getting a third party launcher like Launcher pro or ADW EX and hiding the apps.

On android, no. Without rooting, the baked in apps are there to stay.

you need root you phone and then find some uninstall tool in MARKet.

how do i know for sure some of these apps are there to stay?
I meant to bold some of them I guess they didn't copy over.
Like all these useless rogers apps. pay for a worse navigation? I hope your joking!
crappy music player... no thanks.

If they were on the phone when you got it then they'll be on there after a factory reset, as that's exactly what happened to it prior to being put in the box.
Only rooting will allow you to remove them if they're system apps.
Alternatively you could try a different launcher. I only suggest this because many of the launchers on the Market will allow you to hide apps from your app drawer. Okay, they're still there, but you can just forget about them and carry on regardless.

ya you have to root to do any thing about it. If you do root make sure you make backups before you start uninstalling these programs just in case.
i have the thrilll 4g almost the same phone as you and i know what you mean what i did was get titanium backup pro has to be pro and froze all the apps i dont like so they dont eat battery or ram they still take up space on the card but o well
"I cannot ROOT my phone. #1 because I don't know how. #2 because I can risk voiding warranty."
i didn't know a thing about android a week ago now i'm rooted and doing all kinds of stuff to my phone if your worried about warrenty u can always unroot when you send it back.
check this page out has everything about rooting and clockworkmod for backups.
for rooting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412490
and CWM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365876

Root it if you can my friend, it will be the best choice you ever made

Android-UK said:
Root it if you can my friend, it will be the best choice you ever made
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if it breaks I can't afford to buy another phone for 3 years. I don't know **** about rooting.

Read read and then read some more but i been jailbreaking and hacking ps3/wii's for a long time so it wasent a big jump for me

How can one be sure if it is safe to remove a system app? Is there a list or something?

kulti75 said:
How can one be sure if it is safe to remove a system app? Is there a list or something?
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There are lists for some devices, but it varies from ROM to ROM and device to device. The best way to test is to use something like Titanium Backup and freeze an app. This is equivalent to uninstalling something, without actually uninstalling it. If anything goes wrong you simply unfreeze it.

I was in the same boat you were about a week ago. I started reading about rooting (even watched a few videos) and it seemed pretty straight forward. Since then, not only have I rooted it, I've also upgraded to the latest ICS v12 and did away with all the crap that was on my original Eclair OS. Happy camper now.

NeoCHoZen said:
I was in the same boat you were about a week ago. I started reading about rooting (even watched a few videos) and it seemed pretty straight forward. Since then, not only have I rooted it, I've also upgraded to the latest ICS v12 and did away with all the crap that was on my original Eclair OS. Happy camper now.
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^^^ exactly. It's very easy of you follow all instructions and don't cut and corners. You won't be disappointed when you realize your phone is way better rooted, and running a custom rom.

KayxGee1 said:
^^^ exactly. It's very easy of you follow all instructions and don't cut and corners. You won't be disappointed when you realize your phone is way better rooted, and running a custom rom.
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an what is a custom ROM?
I would take chances if I had money. If this phones bricks it's game over.
where is a legit guide and download for my phone? - lg optimus 3d.

umirin said:
an what is a custom ROM?
I would take chances if I had money. If this phones bricks it's game over.
where is a legit guide and download for my phone? - lg optimus 3d.
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I can understand how you might be leery of trying to root your phone for fear of "bricking" it. However, there's plenty of guides out there that can help you "unbrick" it as long as you do the research.
A simple google search came up with this tutorial that seems pretty straight forward.
androidauthority.com/how-to-root-the-lg-optimus-3d-p920-38038/

umirin said:
an what is a custom ROM?
I would take chances if I had money. If this phones bricks it's game over.
where is a legit guide and download for my phone? - lg optimus 3d.
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Check the optimus 3D forums here at xda and you'll find all the info you need.
I didn't flash a new rom as can't afford to buy new phone if I damage it but have rooted and its so easy you just run a program on pc called superoneclick connect your phone via usb and presd a button
Dave
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If you root it you can go to system/app folder and delete them,but u said u wouldn't so u cant
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