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I just bought a droid 2 global for my girlfriend and I am trying to figure out what apps would be safe to disable/backup. After the update her phone has been quite sluggish and it's driving me nuts listening to her complain. I figure the VZW apps can go, skype as well, cityid for sure, then i dont know after that. Whatever is bloatware and safe to remove I would like to.
pretty much everything except backup assistant but make a backup of the .apks because for future OTA updates you will need them
From all the apps installed, only CityID, Skype Mobile and Amazon MP3 are constantly lurking in memory (beside backup assistant of course). There might be one news widget that stays resident too.
Be careful what you disable though as if you kill something crucial phone may not boot. CityID, skype mobile and amazon are safe to disable. Keep them around shall you want to apply future OTA updates from Verizon/Motorola.
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Root. Buy titanium back up. Back up. Then freeze or full on remove the programs. You can also use rom manager or another app that "fixes permissions" (a mac does the same thing using disc manager) and then reboot... that seems to make everything jive better.
Or (without root) you can download task killer (ax Droid) and put the widget on the home screen for her. I always remind her to turn it off at least once a day too.
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I should say, I haven't tried to remove anything just freezer a bunch but I will and get back to you. Cheers!
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I backed up CityID, AmazonMP3, and Skype through ADB. I also fixed permissions and things seem a bit smoother.
I was also able to backup and uninstall skybe, amazon mp3, and city ID. I wasn't able to uninstall blockbuster or kindle... but the three mentioned above worked fine for me. Cheers.
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I stupidly forgot to uncheck auto updates for the programs I said I cldnt remove. I was able to back them up and uninstall once I unchecked auto update in the market and removed all updates to the apps - no problem. Phone runs fine with the third party bloatware removed. Cheers.
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But where is the system update located? I checked on the verizon website and there is nothing there. Also, do you have to be a verizon customer to get the update?
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I know there are lots of items to freeze (post Root Root Method Used and using Titanium Backup) here is my starting list so far. Please add to the list detail what the process is you are disabling and why if its a core application or service.
AccuWeather
AllShare
Amazon Kindle
Ap Mobile
At&T Bar Code Scanner
AT&T Hot Spots
AT&T Navigator
Buddies now
City ID
Clock 1.0
Dial Clock 1.0
Featured Apps
Home screen Tips
Kobo
Live TV
MOG Music
News & Weather
NFS Shift
Swype
Tethering Manager
Visual Voicemail
Yahoo Finance
YP
Additional apps
I'd add:
AT&T FamilyMap
AT&T Mark the Spot
AT&T Ready2Go
Days
Digital Clock (if you are using another clock app)
Dual Clock
Email (both of them - I use gmail)
Media Hub
Memo
Mini diary
Mini paper
myAT&T (maybe I installed this one - can't remember)
PressReader
TalkBack
wssyncminps (I think this is for OTA updates? Be nice if someone could confirm)
Yahoo! Finance
Zinio
awesome thanks!
[Updated 9/11] Freeze List
Combined from several posters to relocate the post to General Forum.
I know there are lots of items to freeze (post Root Root Method Used and using Titanium Backup) here is my starting list so far these are safe to freeze. Please add to the list detail what the process is you are disabling and why if its a core application or service.
AccuWeather
AllShare
Amazon Kindle
Ap Mobile
AT&T Bar Code Scanner
AT&T FamilyMap
AT&T Live TV
AT&T Ready2Go
AT&T Hot Spots (Automatically logs into FREE AT&T Hot Spots)
AT&T Navigator
Buddies now
City ID
Clock 1.0
Clock 1.1
Dial Clock 1.0
Days
Digital Clock (if you are using another clock app)
Dual Clock
Featured Apps
Home screen Tips
Kobo
Media Hub
Memo
Mini diary
Mini paper
MOG Music
MYATT
News & Weather
NFS Shift
PressReader
SNS 1.5
SNS disclaimer
SNSAccountFb
SNSAccountLi
SNSAccountTw
SnsImageCache
Swype
TalkBack
Tethering Manager
Visual Voicemail
Wssyncminps (I think this is for OTA updates? Be nice if someone could confirm)
Yahoo! Finance
YP
Zinio
Definitely a good thing to know. Crazy how long these lists can get...
I've always frozen Wifi Sharing 1.0 and Wifi Sharing manager 1.0. Pretty sure these aren't required and never known them to be an issue that I'm aware of.
All the SNS crap from Samsung is save to freeze or remove
just wondering why you want to freeze swype?
Otherwise, great list, thanks
floppy__ said:
just wondering why you want to freeze swype?
Otherwise, great list, thanks
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Don't use it. I use Swift Keyboard.
Whats the difference between freezing and uninstalling in TiBu
hualx said:
Whats the difference between freezing and uninstalling in TiBu
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Its generally safest to freeze. When a system update gets pushed out many times you have to have all the original apps and bloat installed or it will fail. So to be safe you freeze them and when you get notified there is an update you unfreeze all the apps to be safe.
Hope this makes some sense.
I am sorry buddy. I am only 3 weeks old in android ecosystem and still trying to figure how to make things little stable. Do I need to root my phone to freeze all these apps? or if i can freeze some without rooting please lemme know how to freeze. thanks!
paparaji said:
I am sorry buddy. I am only 3 weeks old in android ecosystem and still trying to figure how to make things little stable. Do I need to root my phone to freeze all these apps? or if i can freeze some without rooting please lemme know how to freeze. thanks!
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Yes, you will need root.
To freeze the apps, you need to get the Titanium Backup app in the market. (It's one of those must have tools.) Besides backing up (obviously) you can click on a specific app to get a menu. This menu will have the freeze option. Note that you don't want the long press menu if you just want to freeze an app. Long press brings up a different menu.
Your list seems to be relative. Some people actually like AT&T Wifi hot spots. Who doesn't like free wifi?
Dumb question: What does freezing these apps do?
xiLLeNtz said:
Dumb question: What does freezing these apps do?
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Freezing the app basically makes the app become completely dormant. It still resides on the phone but the system doesn't see it. It basically hides it from anything that might try to use it. You do need the paid version of Titanium Backup to use it but it's easily worth the minimal cost.
Bloat Freezer free. Will also freeze and no cost
firepro1110 said:
Bloat Freezer free. Will also freeze and no cost
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but its nice to have the back up and other options you get from TiBu. This is pretty nice for rom users as well that want to swich around and not have to reinstall everything.
Tried to freeze Live TV . TiBU says it's frozen but the icon is still there. When I tap on it, phone says it's not installed. How do I get rid of the icon?
To get rid of the icon you'll have to uninstall the app. It says its not installed because its frozen,the system won't run that app. But the app is still on the phone. I think its best just to leave them frozen.
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prodigalOne said:
Your list seems to be relative. Some people actually like AT&T Wifi hot spots. Who doesn't like free wifi?
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A good HSPA connection is typically faster (ignoring ping) than an AT&T Hotspost unless you are standing on top of it.
So if You own the Samsung Blaze, you obviously no its loaded with bloatware you never use.
I've read you got to be careful what apps you remove, if rooted (isn't freezing threw Titanium Backup the same thing as uninstalling basically? but if you ever wanted too, you can just unfreeze to get it back?
So these are pretty much the apps i want to delete or freeze:
all share, game base, lookout, kies air, my device, mobile life somethin, more for me, pro apps, news and weather, social hub, task manager, voice talk, voice search, 411 and more, calculator, clock, email, files, local, media hub, memo, navigation, t mobile mall, t mobile TV, t mobile video, slacker radio, tags, talk, yelp
Are any of these apps not safe to delete!?!?
now, if it safe to get rid of these apps, should i just freeze threw TB or find a app with root permissions to uninstall completely?
help will be thanked and appriecated
Those all sound safe for removal. Its pretty easy to know what and not to delete. But why remove Task Manager? Its pretty useful.
I deleted everything you listed except: all share, kies air, social hub, task manager, voice talk, voice search, calculator, clock, email, files, local, media hub, memo, navigation, t mobile TV, tags, talk.
And my device is working fine. I uninstalled completely using ES File Manager.
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I used TB Pro, you can ditch a lot of stuff:
Lookout, allshare, gamebase, my device, mobile life, more for me, pro apps, social hub, 411, media hub tmo mall, tmo tv, tmo video, slacker, yelp, and a few more.
System manager application is CarrierIQ under a guise, if you plan to TB uninstall it, you have to freeze it first.
Reboot after you uninstall system apps or else you might get repeating force closes.
Sweet thanks for the reply you guys. Is it just the obvious system apps you can't uninstall to render your device useless like dialer, contacts and what not. Or what else can? Or is it just like the hidden stuff you can't see in the app drawer like system UI and stuff like that?
trevor7428 said:
Is it just the obvious system apps you can't uninstall to render your device useless like dialer, contacts and what not. Or what else can? Or is it just like the hidden stuff you can't see in the app drawer like system UI and stuff like that?
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Yes and no. You wouldn't want to delete Messaging app for example. I once deleted that on my previous phone, thinking I can just replace it with a third party messaging app from the Market (now called Play Store), but I kept getting force closing problems, and had to restore back to stock. So yes, don't delete stuff like the dialer.
I took everything out except WIFI calling. Some people report not being able to boot up after removing bloatware but I never experienced that.
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i deleted bunch of stuff yesterday. i did not right down what they were. so my list will not be full. phone works fine still. (i used tb to delete so if there is a way to find out what i deleted let me know.
411&more
books
gamebase
kies air
more for me
polaris office
share apps
slacker radio
telenavgps
i used tb to delete those and phone still works fine
mudmachine2929 said:
i deleted bunch of stuff yesterday. i did not right down what they were. so my list will not be full. phone works fine still. (i used tb to delete so if there is a way to find out what i deleted let me know.
411&more
books
gamebase
kies air
more for me
polaris office
share apps
slacker radio
telenavgps
i used tb to delete those and phone still works fine
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Careful with kies air...the sg2 update is done using this....good chance ours will too.
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Tell me more. so you think i should restore kies.
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Did not backup kies air. But of i do my nandroid back up from last time i made it kies will be there. Should i do that. Or van i get out from market. What is kies air
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Oops... I got rid of Kies.. Any way to reinstall it?
Edit: Never mind, it's in the Play Store.
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rbeier1221 said:
Careful with kies air...the sg2 update is done using this....good chance ours will too.
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Yes, but if you don't want to update, it's safe, right? And also, you can just get it back from the Play Store.
You can see what you removed in TB in the backup/restore section .....
At the bottom of the list. You'll see a thin white line through the name of the application.
mudmachine2929 said:
i deleted bunch of stuff yesterday. i did not right down what they were. so my list will not be full. phone works fine still. (i used tb to delete so if there is a way to find out what i deleted let me know.
411&more
books
gamebase
kies air
more for me
polaris office
share apps
slacker radio
telenavgps
i used tb to delete those and phone still works fine
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The only one you can't get from the play store is name id. I think that's a paid service though.
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ok.. so I have been useing Amazon appstore for a while and have been killed too many times becuase it sits there and kills the battery, no matter what. If I kill the app, it starts back up for whatever reason, and when it does, it starts eating battery
if I uninstall it, some of the apps that I bought stop working! it's crazy! I emailed them, and they blamed it on my phone and provider. btw, I have had this issue on all 3 android phones , AND soo many different ROM's that I can count.
I did a search and people have had this issue also, but i never found a resolution, other then uninstalling them and buying them from the Google appstore.
eatonjb said:
ok.. so I have been useing Amazon appstore for a while and have been killed too many times becuase it sits there and kills the battery, no matter what. If I kill the app, it starts back up for whatever reason, and when it does, it starts eating battery
if I uninstall it, some of the apps that I bought stop working! it's crazy! I emailed them, and they blamed it on my phone and provider. btw, I have had this issue on all 3 android phones , AND soo many different ROM's that I can count.
I did a search and people have had this issue also, but i never found a resolution, other then uninstalling them and buying them from the Google appstore.
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Long shot...do you think if you freeze the app store using Quarantine or Titanium Backup it will work? I doubt it honestly, but maybe worth a shot...
At the very least maybe create a shortcut to freeze/unfreeze it so that you can toggle when you launch an app that requires authorization from Amazon
tgtoys said:
Long shot...do you think if you freeze the app store using Quarantine or Titanium Backup it will work? I doubt it honestly, but maybe worth a shot...
At the very least maybe create a shortcut to freeze/unfreeze it so that you can toggle when you launch an app that requires authorization from Amazon
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freezing it does not work. but it will if you open the app and then freeze the store after.. so yea. what you said will sorta work, but its a pain.. thank you though.
I remember on my Nexus 7 (that I gave away so I no longer have) that I could hide apps through settings > apps > (select app) > hide, giving the impression that it was deleted from the phone. Why isn't this feature available on our version of JB?
I'm still able to disable apps...All I tried worked except for the one called "Apps" with a Verizon logo (VZ Nav, NFL Mobile, Real Racing, Slacker Radio...). All those and a few more I was able to disable in JB.
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Strange. I don't have that function at all. I flashed the leaked verizon JB update posted a couple days ago. Did you take that route or did you get the OTA update?
phobos512 said:
I'm still able to disable apps...All I tried worked except for the one called "Apps" with a Verizon logo (VZ Nav, NFL Mobile, Real Racing, Slacker Radio...). All those and a few more I was able to disable in JB.
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I was able to do the same in the JB OTA on the wife's phone.
Almost dont need root.... unless you want to flash ROM's. She's happy to get rid of most of the Verizon crap.
The disable button is in the view of all apps but not on the installed or running views. Some can be disabled directly. Those that can't, something like Titanium Backup will. The Verizon "Apps" won't allow the disable button but Titanium Backup will allow it to be "frozen".
dbeedle said:
The disable butting is in the view of all apps but not on the installed or running views. Some can be disabled directly. Those that can't, something like Titanium Backup will. The Verizon "Apps" won't allow the disable button but Titanium Backup will allow it to be "frozen".
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You may also have to uninstall updates before you can hide the apps.
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The disable button is in the view of all apps but not on the installed or running views. Some can be disabled directly. Those that can't, something like Titanium Backup will. The Verizon "Apps" won't allow the disable button but Titanium Backup will allow it to be "frozen".
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kafreeman said:
You may also have to uninstall updates before you can hide the apps.
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You are both absolutely correct. Thanks.