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[Q] root

any one rooted the galaxy s 4g ?

rye_droid said:
any one rooted the galaxy s 4g ?
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Lol, that means yes. Check the dev thread.
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Yea
real easy just use super one click app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

My question is, silly me, WHY root? I ask because I rooted an HD2 previously and a Nook Color but in those cases I was gaining functinality I did not have. In the case of the HD2 it was a disaster, which is why I'm now on the Galaxy.

Why root GalaxyS 4g? For the Voodoo Control Plus app if nothing else. My phone sounds unbelievable now. Great app for a noobie like me. Just download from the market.
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rogerperk said:
My question is, silly me, WHY root? I ask because I rooted an HD2 previously and a Nook Color but in those cases I was gaining functinality I did not have. In the case of the HD2 it was a disaster, which is why I'm now on the Galaxy.
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There are many reasons to root this device.
you can remove all the crap apps that T-mobile put on the phone. (all it does is slow it down)
Load custom ROM's
Install apps that require root access.
Change the look of the phone by theme mods
OverClock the device to make it run faster. (requires custom kernel)
undervolt the device to make it more efficient on the battery. (requires custom kernel)
Make back-up of the phone incase anything goes wrong.
there are other reasons I am sure, but these are some of the main reasons for me.

The reason I rooted my phone was to do a fota fix, now I have 400 mbs of space to download apps, I also got an ad blocker
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and the reason you bumped a month old thread was because?

I did it because I wanted to remove all those crap apps
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[Q] Safe to delete these apps?

Hey all, I just rooted my inspire using Bubby's method and wanted to know if I could safely delete these apps. I did a search but didn't find a list of what you could and couldn't safely delete. I know you can flash a custom rom to remove the bloat but I just wanted root and to remove everything I know I wouldn't use. Feel free to add anything else I can remove that I didn't list. Thanks to everyone that responds.
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It would be easier to flash an optimized stock ROM...
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What would be some good ones if I decided to go that route? The ones I've seen mentioned a lot around here are Leedroid and Cleardroid. Which would be the best for battery life?

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I've been using honeysense 1.5.3 and i have to say its the best sense rom i've used and i've tried them all

dtorrez1883 said:
Hey all, I just rooted my inspire using Bubby's method and wanted to know if I could safely delete these apps. I did a search but didn't find a list of what you could and couldn't safely delete. I know you can flash a custom rom to remove the bloat but I just wanted root and to remove everything I know I wouldn't use. Feel free to add anything else I can remove that I didn't list. Thanks to everyone that responds.
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It is simple enough to find this out for yourself. Just make a backup of these apps with Titanium and then use Titanium to remove them (since some of these built-in apps might not uninstall the normal way). If you start to see problems then simply restore the needed app.

Yes, but maybe he does not have that kind of time to tinker with his phone...
You can also try Ingersoll, I found it to be the best optimized stock ROM with no bloatware.
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you could also try cyanogen 7.3 or gingerbeast. those are very fast and contain little bloat

henrybravo said:
It is simple enough to find this out for yourself. Just make a backup of these apps with Titanium and then use Titanium to remove them (since some of these built-in apps might not uninstall the normal way). If you start to see problems then simply restore the needed app.
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Alright thanks for that. This is my first android and just rooted it and now just want to get everything setup how I want it. If I flash a custom rom I want it to be near stock with good battery life and stick with that. I personally dont plan to flash diff roms every couple of days.

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Yes, but maybe he does not have that kind of time to tinker with his phone...
You can also try Ingersoll, I found it to be the best optimized stock ROM with no bloatware.
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I appreciate that. Unfortunately I don't have the kind of time I would like to play with my new phone. Im the father of 7 month old twins and they take up a good amount of my free time.

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[Q] Weather App

I deleted the weather app that came on my Atrix2 phone thinking I had found one I would like better.. not so... now I would like the one that came on the phone anyone know how I can go about getting that app back? thanks

I don't know but I use weatherbug app. Its by far the best I've found.
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Which app was it? There was an app called "News and Weather" and an app called "Weather."

Well, you could download the ROM that's available in the Development section and extract them from there. Once you extract them ADB push them to your /system/app folder then restart the phone.
You should do research before deleting files from the phone. You are not the first person to delete something, and the same advise comes up; and that is you should always freeze apps instead of deleting them, that way if you feel like you need the app back, you just defrost it. But never delete apps in your /system/app folder unless you know what you are doing.
BTW, I use the Accuweather app and it is pretty good IMHO.

There is a paid app made by Elecont. It is MORE than worth investing in - it is by far better than any free app I have come across, and I have tried many of them.

Been a long time weatherbug fan so Weatherbug elite was the only choice for me

I just recently bought the full version of BeWeather. Uses Weatherunderground weather stations and has pretty widgets and GUI. Highly recommended.

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There is a paid app made by Elecont. It is MORE than worth investing in - it is by far better than any free app I have come across, and I have tried many of them.
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Agreed. Love Elecont.
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I'm with JRW. Weather bug is a sick app and has great eye candy
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A app idea

How hard would it be to make a market style app with like no experience lol..
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Market style?
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Like a market for apps. Like play store it apples app store
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Well that's what I thought but I imagined that u would have more than that?
What would be the point?
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Well I thought it would be a cool idea for a root store type thing, like a market for root apps only. And I thought maybe I could give it a go at at least making a template app and maybe I could get other people to join in or something idk.
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App isn't the problem it's getting devs on board also storage server space etc etc a better idea would be a xda app market
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Like what do you mean a xda one? And wouldn't I need xda's permission too?
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Wait your the one making it I thought it was a request sorry by xda 1I meant a xda app market that could feature devs apps
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Well I would like too make one but I don't know jack for android code, but either way if that type of app existed it would be cool.
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You mean like Cydia for iOS right? I can't tell if you mean a type of Cydia Store, or a just an app store. I also had an idea for this a couple weeks back.
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I don't know what that is but like what I had in mind was a app that has categories etc for apps, and it would be like for root stuff, like root apps or apps from people on here and other forums, to kinda localize everything into a easy to navigate spot so you don't have to search a huge forum for a download to someone's app or have to search play store to find the right root apps, because to me finding root apps on play store can be a pain.
But lime I said its really just a idea and it would be a little difficult to get going and make actually happen.
Also a app where its like daily/weekly updates about peoples stuff, but drippler kinda does that.
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Cydia is the ios jailbreak app place
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Oh well then yeah
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I might make this app this weekend. The UI would probably be terrible though. If I made this, it would have a ROMs section, tweaks section (mods to system and stuff), an apps section (root apps only), and an App Developers section (apps that started on XDA or another Android Forum, or just apps that I think are cool but are not on the play store. Once I know that the app works and can successfully download and install apps, I will work on the UI to look like the Play Store, except with the Holo Blue accent instead of the green one. It would be my first app, too. I'm also learning Android Development by Team Treehouse, and they show how you can make an app access the internet and pull things from it (which is saving the apk, and then installing).
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I might make this app this weekend. The UI would probably be terrible though. If I made this, it would have a ROMs section, tweaks section (mods to system and stuff), an apps section (root apps only), and an App Developers section (apps that started on XDA or another Android Forum, or just apps that I think are cool but are not on the play store. Once I know that the app works and can successfully download and install apps, I will work on the UI to look like the Play Store, except with the Holo Blue accent instead of the green one. It would be my first app, too. I'm also learning Android Development by Team Treehouse, and they show how you can make an app access the internet and pull things from it (which is saving the apk, and then installing).
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u would need permission from xda and it's better that they make it.
xda devs don't only make root apps also having roms would be expensive and unnecessary because they'll have to handle a boatload of downloads and space to store all the roms when file-sharing sites work just fine what would be better is u subscribe to a Rom and get updates and links etc from there...
Anyways
Where did u start learning?
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u would need permission from xda and it's better that they make it.
xda devs don't only make root apps also having roms would be expensive and unnecessary because they'll have to handle a boatload of downloads and space to store all the roms when file-sharing sites work just fine what would be better is u subscribe to a Rom and get updates and links etc from there...
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I started learning 2 months ago, and where I started learning was at my school. I can stay in my schools library after school for 2 and a half hours and that's when I learn android development. I have Eclipse and the Android Emulator working fine on the computers over there (with permission of course). I found team treehouse when watching a tech video on YouTube, it was an ad and I clicked on it.
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Treehouse is this like a series or something if so hot many vids they got
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Wasn't the Cyanogenmod team working on just this last year?
https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12guz3rqzb5djp5f04cffsgfmzdcfgi4co
Might want to see how far they got, or why they stopped.

PenguinxEnjoi said:
I might make this app this weekend. The UI would probably be terrible though. If I made this, it would have a ROMs section, tweaks section (mods to system and stuff), an apps section (root apps only), and an App Developers section (apps that started on XDA or another Android Forum, or just apps that I think are cool but are not on the play store. Once I know that the app works and can successfully download and install apps, I will work on the UI to look like the Play Store, except with the Holo Blue accent instead of the green one. It would be my first app, too. I'm also learning Android Development by Team Treehouse, and they show how you can make an app access the internet and pull things from it (which is saving the apk, and then installing).
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Yeah this is like what I was thinking, I mean it doesn't have to be xda it'd probably be better if it wasn't because they would have to be involved and then it would be limited to xda also
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Would I need permission from xda-developers, if Instead I just got permission from the developers of the apps and ROMs instead?
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[DISCUSSION] Clean Master

I was wondering if people have proof that Clean Master is making your device cleaner and faster?
Is it not an app that just steal personal data or is it really working.
I have rooted and rommed devices so I install scripts to make my devices faster.
Are there other people that are using this?
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Bink Feed said:
I was wondering if people have proof that Clean Master is making your device cleaner and faster?
Is it not an app that just steal personal data or is it really working.
I have rooted and rommed devices so I install scripts to make my devices faster.
Are there other people that are using this?
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Some people swear by Clean Master....other people swear at it . It certainly removes things but whether or not this improves your device performance probably depends a lot on your device and how you use it.
The introduction of CM Security certainly changed the way a lot of people view Clean Master, because now Clean Master asks you to install CM Security and vice versa...which is kind of spammy. I know that they collect data off the devices but they claim that it is kept private and never sold to 3rd parties...

I don't feel that I need the Clean Master regularly and therefore I install it from time to time. It's a convenient tool for applications backup, checking the system on viruses and removing remains of uninstalled apps. It could release some ram too, but that effect is temporally and not really needed considering the way the Android functions.

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I don't feel that I need the Clean Master regularly and therefore I install it from time to time. It's a convenient tool for applications backup, checking the system on viruses and removing remains of uninstalled apps. It could release some ram too, but that effect is temporally and not really needed considering the way the Android functions.
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I agree, but the virus stuff is totally fake .
They are just scanning their blacklist of apps that don't suite with their company.
Some apps that are high known banned apps that we can recognize self without scanners.
Apps that offering a function to free up ram memory are also not essential because since 4.0+ is that possible in Android built in system.
( some devices with earlier android versions also )
The only two functions that let me consider installing the app are:
Backup apps without manual actions ( root required )
And clean up junk files
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Bink Feed said:
I agree, but the virus stuff is totally fake .
They are just scanning their blacklist of apps that don't suite with their company.
Some apps that are high known banned apps that we can recognize self without scanners.
Apps that offering a function to free up ram memory are also not essential because since 4.0+ is that possible in Android built in system.
( some devices with earlier android versions also )
The only two functions that let me consider installing the app are:
Backup apps without manual actions ( root required )
And clean up junk files
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How true. Even viruses are not much a concern since they are rare on Android and other vulnerabilities such exploits and security flaws are not covered by antivirus tools. Fortunately they are remedied by Google from time to time. Removing junk files and apps backup is what the Clean Master is good at.

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How true. Even viruses are not much a concern since they are rare on Android and other vulnerabilities such exploits and security flaws are not covered by antivirus tools. Fortunately they are remedied by Google from time to time. Removing junk files and apps backup is what the Clean Master is good at.
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Exactly maybe they should make an app that is called "Working Master"
With the following functions:
- Clean junk files
- Disk analyzer
- Wipe call and sms data
- Wipe cache
- Battery Stats
- Proxy enabler for better and secure browsing
- Backup apps and restore them
- Benchmark tool
And the most important thing ! ; the beautiful user interface of Clean Master

Bink Feed said:
Exactly maybe they should make an app that is called "Working Master"
With the following functions:
- Clean junk files
- Disk analyzer
- Wipe call and sms data
- Wipe cache
- Battery Stats
- Proxy enabler for better and secure browsing
- Backup apps and restore them
- Benchmark tool
And the most important thing ! ; the beautiful user interface of Clean Master
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Totally agree. It would be nice to have it. Perhaps proxy could be replaced with enough capable and fast VPN though.:good:

Clean master is useless dangerous app
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doctor-who said:
Clean master is useless dangerous app
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How do you know it's dangerous?
Maybe it's useless
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Bink Feed said:
How do you know it's dangerous?
Maybe it's useless
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I know because if not open your eyes enough your all important files can be deleted live nandroid backup and even videos I DON'T understand why deleting videos that's really crappy app :banghead:
Sd maid is best for me
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doctor-who said:
I know because if not open your eyes enough your all important files can be deleted live nandroid backup and even videos I DON'T understand why deleting videos that's really crappy app :banghead:
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Agree with SD maid.
I'm not using Clean Master btw.
And i agree with when they suggest us for removing junk files they also include videos hahah

Bink Feed said:
Agree with SD maid.
I'm not using Clean Master btw.
And i agree with when they suggest us for removing junk files they also include videos hahah
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Hehehe yeah but we can change that in filtering while clean master is I don't know it's not that I don't like it I just hate it
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doctor-who said:
Hehehe yeah but we can change that in filtering while clean master is I don't know it's not that I don't like it I just hate it
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I like the user interface of clean master really much

I like Clean Master and keep it on my Device all the time. It's a very good android tool and very essential (did I go a little overboard on that? xD)
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TheKindleMCPEGuy said:
I like Clean Master and keep it on my Device all the time. It's a very good android tool and very essential (did I go a little overboard on that? xD)
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Yes seems
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TheKindleMCPEGuy said:
I like Clean Master and keep it on my Device all the time. It's a very good android tool and very essential (did I go a little overboard on that? xD)
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What do you like about it?
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I've tried Clean Master, and have seen no noticeable difference.
Everything this is the same, I honestly think the only good ram cleaning application is the old school "CacheMate"

TheArc said:
I've tried Clean Master, and have seen no noticeable difference.
Everything this is the same, I honestly think the only good ram cleaning application is the old school "CacheMate"
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Agree
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I have been using cleanmaster for a while. Perfect at cleaning hidden junk but it affects my ram negatively. It is such a memory hog. As for the game booster it cleans up the ram but doesn't maintain it... Background apps autostart and ram is full again. Just useless

KenyanDroid said:
I have been using cleanmaster for a while. Perfect at cleaning hidden junk but it affects my ram negatively. It is such a memory hog. As for the game booster it cleans up the ram but doesn't maintain it... Background apps autostart and ram is full again. Just useless
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Exactly, you should take a look at pureperformance mod it will help really much!
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