I wanted to make this thread for people like myself who, no matter what the circumstances, find themselves scavenging the playstore, forum, or internet for new and usefull apps. If your like me you constantly find yourself running out of disk space on your phone. What do you do to combat this? Tips and tricks, or even cool and unique android apps can be posted here.
What i use to combat low internal space:
Titanium backup
Force 2 sd
Ghostify
Go check them out
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I'm always looking for new apps to install and i have a bunch of apks saved in dropbox, so you can say i'm a hoarder. (actually i'm in the forums looking for some new apps)
Haha, i have over a hundred apps on my tab
I remember my lg p350 slowing down cause of too many apps.
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Hi guys. I'd like to ask you for some suggestions regarding removing bloat from the Note.
Which apps are most useless, resource consuming and at the same time safe to get rid of?
My intention is to freeze the crap out of my phone to make it snappier.
Any opinions appreciated
Here's a great list of preinstalled apps and what they do. It was made for the GSII, but most of it is still applicable to the Note.
spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0Ag43oj7rLQP4dENZcmhGN0ZUa3pHSENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
That's very helpful, thank you!
Excellent list bookmarked, thanks.
Can I freeze the bloatware without rooting? I'm tired of rooting and flashing my phones and would like to wait for ICS to be installed via Kies.
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No, you need root to freeze apps.
I totally get where you're coming from, but I'm sure we've got many months ahead of us before Samsung releases ICS. Just think of it as a little bit of effort for long term performance benefits.
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theimaginaryage said:
Here's a great list of preinstalled apps and what they do. It was made for the GSII, but most of it is still applicable to the Note.
Edit: I can't post links yet, so apologies for the formatting.
spreadsheets DOT google DOT com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0Ag43oj7rLQP4dENZcmhGN0ZUa3pHSENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
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Great list..thanks for sharing...freezed with Titanium.
Juice defender + Titanium (Freeze) + Masqed Crusader + Power Management = Awesome performance
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Here it is the spreadsheet link posted by theimaginaryage.
Astrix Ashburn said:
Great list..thanks for sharing...freezed with Titanium.
Juice defender + Titanium (Freeze) + Masqed Crusader + Power Management = Awesome performance
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You really use all of these programs ?
Un-install with Titanium, that's all I do.
djowett said:
You really use all of these programs ?
Un-install with Titanium, that's all I do.
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I freezed the features/app with titanium..not uninstall yet..cos maybe in future i need to use..i dun know
Just to be in the safe side
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I took out the usual suspects i removed from all my previous galaxy devices using root explorer and placing them into a folder on sd card incase of any issue, took out about 20 or so last night with no provlems and will hunt down the oddly named APKs that are in the system folder that i wont need and which however did not appear in the apps draw (non system related apps)
For example, Zinio was preinstalled on my device in System/Apps however was not present at all in the apps lists.
Fair enough, I like having a clean app drawer so I delete everything lol i deleted probably 50+ things last night (apps, widgets, etc)
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All my system tools, network tools, repair tools, is it possible there tools over lap. Like if three apps all have same program all have start up app killers do they all work. Which wins out.. that's one thing I'm talking battery savers. Network defence. I have apps for there best options but some do things I don't want so can that cause conflict? Like slow phone down. I notice memory being eaten up and wonder if that could be the issue. I mean I want them all but if there duplicate abilities is hurting not helping I will uninstall them. Also how come programs that don't need to start up and come back even after I Kill them. Thanks
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Is there any other way to release more system memory each ram beside deleting apps. I hate using over 350ram which I often do
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Deleting apparently will not free up ram it will free up rom. Your ram is used when apps are running. I have only seen system monitors needed when you overclock and battery savers usually don't help that much. And yes they will overlap and conflict with each other. My battery lasts longer without battery savers and app killers. App killers can also (by default) turn off apparently your phone needs to run and cause stability issues unless you tell them not to (not all will do this but some.) I personally use the back arrow to go back to the home screen and that pretty much stops the app and I get on average about 18 hours out of mt photon (most I have gotten is 1 day 13 hours but I didn't use it a lot at all) and I got about 15 hour average on my evo.
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OK I just hate getting rid apps I paid for and are good. Like Rom manager. Super manager. Rom tool box and titanium back up. I mean others too where one does all functions. So if I uninstall a app it wont run, so more memory. Is there a way to clean duplicate system files running or does it need them. Like system tasks not apps. Thanks. Also why do some apps run even when I turn them off starting up is there as app for that. Freeze? Function keep it from running in the background
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why are you trying to use any type of task killer? its not needed.
why do you think you need to uninstall your useful tools?
do you understand how Android works?
why do you think you need to free up RAM? Free RAM is WASTED RAM....there are thousands of articles on this subject, i would suggest you do some reading on how the system works, before you randomly start killing processes and apps.
So i recently updated my phone to gingerbread about 6 days ago and im really irratated as i find all these apps randomly opening when i look at my tak manager usually i have only one app opened and thats the one im currently using although of course i multi task but i suddenly find all these apps open when i never used them,as i wrote this i looked at what has opened since i last stopped all tasks and i find:rom manager,messenger,gallery and weather. Any1 got the same problem or a way to fix this?
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Is Normal.
In GB , free RAM is used as cache applications.
Put in memory frequently used applications for quick opening.
No problem, are there but do not use CPU.
Only active services use resources.
they wont bother you, if the idle ram get very low，the system would end some apps.
there is a app called Autostart, it can disable some app you dont want it active after boot up. but use it carefully. a recovery backup might help,if something goes wrong.
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Hi all.
I will to have a site (or more) to download .apk apps and games free.
Is there a site? Are there more apps and games?
Thanks
Applanet is a Play Store alternative
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Applanet is a Play Store alternative
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Applanet will never be the same
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Just buy the app, if you can afford to pay your monthly phone bill then I'm sure that you can drop a few dollars for the apps you want.
other?
So while we are on this subject, how are not allowed to post cracked apps? While I am against it the reasoning doesn't work. We will take the skype app, which is licensed, modify it and place it on xda. That is no different than taking someone else's app and making it suit our needs without permission.
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So while we are on this subject, how are not allowed to post cracked apps? While I am against it the reasoning doesn't work. We will take the skype app, which is licensed, modify it and place it on xda. That is no different than taking someone else's app and making it suit our needs without permission.
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That's a good point. Although there was a crackdown on those modded Dropbox apks...
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I don't see a request for an alternative site as a request for hacked/stolen etc apps..
Unlocking features omitted for marketing purposes that are free elsewhere on the same app is a little bit of a grey area
Also the need for a major alternative freeware shareware app site is definite..
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I'm also looking for a LEGIT alternative to the Google Play Store because I sometimes have DPI issues with the market and it gives compatibility errors. I want to clarify this, I just want another place to download .apks that are free on the market that isn't a shady DDL I found on google.
Guys, don't judge, it's possible the OP lives elsewhere where the entire play store is not available and he wants an app. That is a perfectly fine reason for piracy in my book.
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I'm also looking for a LEGIT alternative to the Google Play Store because I sometimes have DPI issues with the market and it gives compatibility errors. I want to clarify this, I just want another place to download .apks that are free on the market that isn't a shady DDL I found on google.
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There is nothing wrong with requesting free apps apk files, (though I highly recommend doing it in there Q&A section, not android apps & games) just look at this here. On there other hand, paid app apks, cracks to free apps to make then act like paid apps, or cracking apps to defrauded a company (i.e. The dropbox hack) all are considered Warez.
Also, app markets that do not link to Google Play (i.e. App Brainz links to Google play for downloads) are considered Warez markets & won't be tolerated.
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Also: For anybody having DPI issues, have you tried this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5iaXJkYXBpLmFuZHJvaWQuZHBpcHJvIl0. (To install it set dpi to normal for your device, delete market data/cache, reboot into recovery, wipe cache/dalvik cache & then download from market, it'll let you change dpi without issues (so it says, I haven't tested it))
There's a new dropbox hack out there for 50gb for two years using sgs3 files. But I understand what you all are saying
Thanks for the info
This thread is being closed due to people who ignored my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26891566
It outlines what's acceptable & what isn't.
Pax
FSM Android Apps & Games
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I have been playing some heavy games like gangstar vegas, wild blood, asphalt7, 8 and nfs most wanted, etc for the past 1 month on my tab 2(no root)
I was started to experience a problem after a month.
That my tablet was unable to play any type of media file and tends to freeze afterwards and unable to shutdown rhe tab.
After doing a factory reset I was able to overcome such problem, but, none of my games listed above are running anymore.
I tried all versions of such games compatible with my tab, but none seems to work.
I am able to play lite games like temple run 2, subway surfers, etc.
All Heavy games crashing automatically 2sec after launching.
I have not rooted my tab and not willing to root my tab requires help .
Is there any way I can be able to play those games again on my tab.
Please reply.
Crashing normally happens when the device ram gets overbuffed due to the game or theres's a malware in your phone ( keeping in mind the recent malware attacks !!)
My suggestion : re-insatll the games one by one and try them !!
Or else you can always go to a samsung cusrtomer support !!
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I have tried reinstalling the gams many times but the problem persists, the samsung customer care says that gaming is not a part of warranty issues and I cannot to the customer care untill my tab is working fine.
Is there any defect with my hardware or software?
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Ok i understand !! But tell me one thing ... Do you use apks from external sources ??
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Yes, definately. I use apks from external sources
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Then there is very good change that those APK's from those external sources are infected with malware....try factory resetting or run a virus scan using any antivirus app from Play store....:good:
Yeas, exactly !!! killerassassin is right !! Sometimes apks do contain malware and to secure your device from these malwares you should use reputed antivirus apps . I use AVG antivirus in my tab and it automatically scans and detects any threats in the apk as soon as i install it and notifies me if it found any . So take my advice and be carefull with the apk stuff .
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