just curious as I hear you cant move apps to the SD card. which wont be such a big deal if I can remove some of the existing junk put on there by samsung and increase the space available.
or have I missed something obvious.
If rooted, you should be able to use Titanium Pro to remove anything you don't want.
Place all questions in the Q&A section, thanks
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ok cool, thats what i was hoping, thanks
I would freeze the app instead of uninstalling unless you are 100% sure what the app is
anybody got a list of bloatware thats safe to remove
anybody got a list of bloatware thats safe to remove?
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anybody got a list of bloatware thats safe to remove?
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this is actually the question that should be asked...if I remove the wrong software, what's the worst thing could happen to my tab?
i had removed all the samsung 'hub' apps couple of weeks ago and havent had any problems...
This is the link for you to help to decide uninstalling system apps:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487073
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Can anyone give me an details on the bloat installed on this thing? Are there a ton of services that autostart?
Bloat and Rooting
glitterbug said:
Can anyone give me an details on the bloat installed on this thing? Are there a ton of services that autostart?
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The services will autostart in the background and take up lots of RAM, but that is all it does. One problem that I had was that the "car home" app would autostart (rooted or non-rooted) and suck the battery out of my phone so fast. My suggestion would just be to root it and either get a rom without bloatware or use an app (such as titanium backup) and delete it.
your help is appreciated, but please check the thread dates as im sure the OP fixed his issue since feb of 2011 lol
What bloatware from this Samsung 4g have you deleted without issues?
I have gone ahead and deleted:
Accounts & Sync
Add to Home
Audio Postcard
Amazon
Kindle
Car Home
gogo
Inception
Y Finance CLock
Slcker
Visual Voicemail
Backup (I think this is the contacts backup thing)?
What else will you remove?
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I can't remember exactly anymore; however, besides the backup and sync apps you listed most of those I can confirm removing and being OK. I didn't remove things I did not know what they did, at least I thought--that's a whole different story with gtalk. Removing gtalk anymore doesn't seem to be so detrimental as it used to be back in the 1.6 days of android; it was, however, super hard to find the apk to reinstall which i found here. I reinstalled gtalk because I wanted to be able to easily chat with my daughter, that is the only reason I found I wanted to install it for.
Sitting on ~100megs internal storage atm with 74aps. I really think a custom rom and partion could get me more open space. Oh, and I only froze the wifi voice calling app. My home wifi isn't a strong enough signal to support it all the time--cheap router I suppose--but I never know when I may get a new router in the future that would support a good enough signal for it. Being that the app is frozen--meaning that it is semi-uninstalled--system still operates stably.
mumbojumbo01 said:
What bloatware from this Samsung 4g have you deleted without issues?
I have gone ahead and deleted:
Accounts & Sync
Add to Home
Audio Postcard
Amazon
Kindle
Car Home
gogo
Inception
Y Finance CLock
Slcker
Visual Voicemail
Backup (I think this is the contacts backup thing)?
What else will you remove?
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I have removed These without issues
Doubletwist
Facebook
Layer
T-MTV
Media ahub
Go Go
Mini Diary
Buddies Now
Slacker
How is everyone removing these bloatware apps?
Chamgea said:
How is everyone removing these bloatware apps?
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Titanium backup, it's in the app store. I do believe you need to be rooted though to uninstall those apps as well.
flyinbird93 said:
Titanium backup, it's in the app store. I do believe you need to be rooted though to uninstall those apps as well.
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Ya you definitely need to be rooted. How is everyone getting rooted? I don't have ODIN, nor know how to use it, nor a windows OS.
Chamgea said:
Ya you definitely need to be rooted. How is everyone getting rooted? I don't have ODIN, nor know how to use it, nor a windows OS.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Just hook your phone up with the drivers already installed and in usb debug mode from the menu... >menu > settings > applications > Development > usb debug mode. then just run the program and click "root" and it will take care of it for you
How do I add some of the bloatware apps back on to my device? Tried adb pouch from android commander and says I'm not rooted but I am after I checked with "root checker" any advice?
Adding the bloat back depends on how your removed it...TB can create a backup then remove it for you, you can us adb to remove it, but then you'll need to download the .apk files for the bloat you want to add it back in.
I believe the bloat is available for download in the development section.
Well, I searched around a bit, but the thread that it was one got closed...stuff got deleted...etc. Perhaps a bit more search, or someone can repost the bloat.zip.
ugh i messed up and deleted some live wall papers now it wont let me use live wall papers, how do i fix this? I tried unrooting phone so i could factory reset no luck.. i tried to use the backup files that i used for TB but it keeps giving me a error message, so if someone could help me please! i would appreciate it.. i didn't know i couldn't delete live wall papers, lesson learned
yo root the phone and flash it with K1c again if you are using that rom
I have rooted my phone and began to remove bloatware with titanium pro. I have removed some of the apps I have seen listed by other but I think I have a problem here. The sync icon just keep showing. I dont think I did anything else besides uninstalling and deleted the backup for some apps I never use and was sure they wouldnt cause problem. Please help. Thanks!
*first post here, am THE noob*
xoheatherbabesxo said:
ugh i messed up and deleted some live wall papers now it wont let me use live wall papers, how do i fix this? I tried unrooting phone so i could factory reset no luck.. i tried to use the backup files that i used for TB but it keeps giving me a error message, so if someone could help me please! i would appreciate it.. i didn't know i couldn't delete live wall papers, lesson learned
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Go to samsung galaxy 4g section and look under development thread and get odin flasher and kd1.md5 file and follow all direction to flash, you will be good after that, hope that helps
Same goes for you jawbreaker
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Yeah I will do that but the sync just went off over night. Dont know maybe its was really sync'ing something. Thanks.
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Is the DriveSmart system unsafe to remove?
I remove drivesmart every time I flash a ROM. Its a worthless constant running app I don't want.
So, no its not unsafe to remove.
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Is the DriveSmart system unsafe to remove?
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DriveSmart is safe to remove. Just don't touch it in your Settings, or else you'll get a FC. It remains there even after removing it.
I would also delete backup.
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Hi All
I was looking around and couldn't find a definitive answer for the tf101 w/ ICS (not entirely sure if it matters that its a transformer... and am thinking it has more to do with android os than the transformer itself)...
anyway, I was wondering is there a list of non-essential apps (bloatware) that can be removed without messing up the ROM? I'm not sure how the apps are linked with the OS but when you go to uninstall certain apps with titanium backups it gives a warning that removing certain apps may mess up your rom...
Is there a reference list somewhere? there are a number apps that i don't use and parts of me just really likes getting rid of 'junk'...
thanks and much appreciated!
The-Nazgul said:
You might want to remove some bloat apps by asus which can be found in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14042335&postcount=1
You dont have to delete the apps. Just rename them to *****.akpB or something else, in case you want to use them again!
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See the above link for the useless apps
jadesse said:
See the above link for the useless apps
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thanks and much appreciated!
Is there a list of what Bloatware is safe to remove from Verizon Galaxy S3?
I ran across this spreadsheet the other day but don't recall which thread the link was from.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AqTvctlW89DtdC1qVUlLeVFTV3ZOdUtDclpBdVRQOUE&pli=1#gid=0
tgmorris said:
I ran across this spreadsheet the other day but don't recall which thread the link was from.
GOOGLE DOCS LINK (BLEH NEWBIE USER IS LAME)
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Another noob question...What is the difference between freezing an app and uninstalling one? I mean, it's a bit obvious, but also a bit vague...
My first few questions are rather broad/major... What's the different between a "package" and a ".APK" based on the spreadsheet being linked? Does freezing keep the process from restarting upon rebooting the phone??
Do I want to freeze apps that I want to keep for possible future use? Uninstall is for anything I want to get rid of completely and never plan to use, correct? I likely know the answers to these...But I also read that freezing an app is better and frees up more system resources than uninstalling....how can that be true? I assume uninstalling an app also "freezes" it, AKA stops it from processing...Correct?
So apps I might want in the future, like clock widgets, I just want to freeze, correct? Same for calender, calculator, etc?
On the other hand, I was to uninstall items like VZW Navigator, correct?
Sorry for redundent questions but I'm just making sure I do everything right.
Weioo said:
Another noob question...What is the difference between freezing an app and uninstalling one? I mean, it's a bit obvious, but also a bit vague...
My first few questions are rather broad/major... What's the different between a "package" and a ".APK" based on the spreadsheet being linked? Does freezing keep the process from restarting upon rebooting the phone??
Do I want to freeze apps that I want to keep for possible future use? Uninstall is for anything I want to get rid of completely and never plan to use, correct? I likely know the answers to these...But I also read that freezing an app is better and frees up more system resources than uninstalling....how can that be true? I assume uninstalling an app also "freezes" it, AKA stops it from processing...Correct?
So apps I might want in the future, like clock widgets, I just want to freeze, correct? Same for calender, calculator, etc?
On the other hand, I was to uninstall items like VZW Navigator, correct?
Sorry for redundent questions but I'm just making sure I do everything right.
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From what I understand, freezing essentially deactivates the app. As long as the app is frozen, it should not start, regardless if your phone reboots. If you freeze the app, it will still be there, just not working where as uninstalling it will completely remove the app. If you are not sure if you want it, just freeze it.
Freeze disables it and leaves it in the rom and usually hides from app drawer. Uninstall deletes it from rom making rom footprint smaller but saves it in TIBU backup folder. Defrost re-enables app in rom. Uninstalled apps can be reinstalled from TIBU. Bottom line frozen app is still in rom thus not actually debloated just disabled. Uninstalled is removed from rom but saved by TIBU thus debloated.
hi all,
hope this is the right forum.
I´ve rooted my samsung s3 lte today and uninstalled some apps (bloatware). but i´ve made a mistake: my statusbar is away!!
i guess i unsinstalled an samsung feature.
can you help me?
thx
i´ve made a backup with titanium before uninstalling but it didn´t solve the problem
keiloff said:
hi all,
hope this is the right forum.
I´ve rooted my samsung s3 lte today and uninstalled some apps (bloatware). but i´ve made a mistake: my statusbar is away!!
i guess i unsinstalled an samsung feature.
can you help me?
thx
i´ve made a backup with titanium before uninstalling but it didn´t solve the problem
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reflash the rom over your setup
omair2005 said:
reflash the rom over your setup
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Sorry i´m a noob. wich setup?
i used the "Samsung_Galaxy_S3_ToolKit_v7.0" to root it. Then i reflashed the stock via odin, didn´t work.
AW: What Bloatware Safe To Remove: Verizon S3
Maybe there is an app wich i can install.
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AW: What Bloatware Safe To Remove: Verizon S3
Problem solved. I deleted some samsung apps (dont know how) and restored them manually out of my titanium backup.
Thx for your help.
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I know this is an old thread, but does anyone have an updated list for TW 4.3?
I have this link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqTvctlW89DtdC1qVUlLeVFTV3ZOdUtDclpBdVRQOUE&pli=1#gid=0
but it's clearly old as I don't see listings for Cloud and Backup Assistant Plus, which appear to be some Verizon (not Samsung) backup options.
Anyone have a current list?
Is it bad manners to ask which of the system apps in a custom ROM can be safely uninstalled? I don't want to insult anyone that put in hours and hours of work to make our lives better, But i don't see the need for Chrome and Internet, to list an example.
What you guys think?
Ceahorse said:
Is it bad manners to ask which of the system apps in a custom ROM can be safely uninstalled? I don't want to insult anyone that put in hours and hours of work to make our lives better, But i don't see the need for Chrome and Internet, to list an example.
What you guys think?
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no its not.. but there are some bad implication for removing some apps.. make sure you know which system app can be removed safely and what are not.
thanks Reyscott1968. I will be certain to ask, Also which is the most common way to remove apps from system. Using a root explorer. or some app.. the system app manager just has the "disable" feature.
Ceahorse said:
thanks Reyscott1968. I will be certain to ask, Also which is the most common way to remove apps from system. Using a root explorer. or some app.. the system app manager just has the "disable" feature.
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use titanium backup or similar app.
best to make a backup of the apps first, then if you change your mind or have an issue, you can put it back.
titanium can also freeze apps, witch is basically the same as deleting but not really gone.