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[TIP] Deleting useless stock Samsung apps

If found an app that can delete those useless apps that come pre-installed on Samsung phones.
It's called ''Titanium Backup'', and it can be found in the Market
I found it to be very useful, because some of these apps open up on boot en fill your RAM while not having any added value to your phone.
You can also backup apps as the title, ''Titanium Backup'', obviously suggests.
So you can backup files you are not sure of if they are mandatory to the system before you delete them.
If you are using a custom launcher you can also delete the TWlauncher.

Dude you are talking about one of the most popular applications that requires root access on the market (if not the most popular It's obviously great, no doubt about this.
I'm not a mod or something and please don't consider it a as personal attack on you, but let me just express my own opinion: I don't think this information requires a new thread.
I woudn't delete a TW Launcher since it's the only launcher with hardware acceleration. TB has a better option: "freeze" - you simply shut down process without deleting it. You never know when you will need it.

Thanks for clearing that up.
I was just looking for something to post because I want to be added value to our forum.
This was the first thing that came to mind.

No problem, every effort in our growing community is appreciated !

It is valuable to be able to remove the samsung apps, personally I removed the hubs because I'll never use them.
About apps that launch on startup and occupy ram: please don't worry about this, the android system tries to hold apps in ram so that they can startup quickly when you need them again, the system will move them out if the active app really needs more ram. This is why task killers really aren't worth the effort.
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It would also be helpful to have a list of those apps that can safely be removed.

I found that these useless apps take up ram again even if they are not needed. Though everybody says "android handles this perfectly" my system slows down considerably. I installed several always running apps and the combination of wanted and useles apps took up almost all my ram.
I rooted my phone and tried several apps , including TB to correct this situation.
I finally found a nice tool: gemini app manager. It allows me to disable autostart/ notification events so that an App is not reloaded after each fart from the OS.
It reduced my permanent mem usage by almost 130MB!
This makes my Galaxy R responsive like fresh from the box.
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any way to get those apps kicked out of RAM for the unrooted user...??
coz when i choose "Clear memory" it still keeps consuming lots of RAM

ofabhishek said:
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any way to get those apps kicked out of RAM for the unrooted user...??
coz when i choose "Clear memory" it still keeps consuming lots of RAM
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That is my main reason forr rooting! And since it's so easy and has no negative aspects - why shouldn't i do it?

[Q] The holy grail of apps

HI all,
Not too sure what to ask here,
I want to know if there is an app that will allow me to pick which apps i want to stay in memory.
In other words, stop apps from running or restarting, unless I open them, and to kill them when Im done.
Ive tried a few apps, but none seem to actually stop the app from restarting.
Running SGS i9000 Gamerzrom JB 4.2 Root

Titanium Backup Pro
Try titanium back up pro, it has the feature to convert downloaded apps to a system app. Apps converted to system app won't be killed and should keep it from restarting. For more info, search about titanium backup and converting apps to system apps.

Try using 'All in One Toolbox and go to Startup options where you can configure which apps can start on boot(needs root). You can also uninstall apps from it. It is as its name does many things and alos has a nice Home Screen widget for quick access. Try it.

Sorry forgot to mention ive been using ZDBox all in one, it has a task killer in it too.
Hard to elaborate what im looking for.
Put it this way, I want everything to stay closed until I use it, and once im done using it, for it to close and stay closed again.
Killing at startup only works on startup. If the app is set to restart then thats a wasted feature.
I dont really want to change an app into a system app as that will keep it running when the system allows it to.
Any other suggestions? there has to be an app out there that developers or memory attentive users, are using to keep their memory and cpu free.

Disabling or not disabling

Hi guys.
My Xperia Z3 compact, as every Sony device, was born full of bloatware, like various content markets for apps and multimedia, apps that I will never use, Google Play apps and Sony apps which do the exactly same things, all the Google+ integration (I have not a Google+ account and I don't want it), etc.
Now I'm wondering if it's better to keep all this garbage in a "Garbage" folder on the app drawer and simply ignores it or disable all of them in the App settings menu. I've always chosen to deactivate the garbage in order to avoid updates downloading and save system resources (so battery life), but a friend suggested me to only ignore them cause they don't significatively waste resources and you can't never know exactly if and when a process call another one that if disabled generates loops and instability.
What you think about it?
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I have the same phone too...I put them all in a folder and forgot about them...
after reading this im going to disable them i think
maybe i'll not disable google+ even though i dont use it but i think hangouts needs it

ishaang said:
I have the same phone too...I put them all in a folder and forgot about them...
after reading this im going to disable them i think
maybe i'll not disable google+ even though i dont use it but i think hangouts needs it
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I don't use Hangouts so I've not any problem with the lack of G+.
But you should not take your decision over what I wrote, cause mine was only a question because I've not even the answer. You should wait the answer from someone expert.
Nevertheless, if you try before and after disabling please report your impressions.

Not quite sure, but as long as you're not rooted, I don't think you can do anything drastic.
So everything you can disable should be safe and is that program alone.
I personally disabled almost everything I could on my Xperia Z3. You can't disable system apps and so on as long as you're not rooted. Also I think it's only system apps that works "over" each other. What I mean is when not rooted, disable app A does not in any way affect app B.
That would be another case if rooted and disable system app A which could cause system to crash.

[Q] You guys using this app, debloater?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
Seem like a great tool user gatesjunior cooked up. Im tyring to get a list of all safe apk to disable on the Z3. I currently have 78 apps blocked. Not sure how to share the list.. Im willing to keep the sony camera apps for now.

rashidramli said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
Seem like a great tool user gatesjunior cooked up. Im tyring to get a list of all safe apk to disable on the Z3. I currently have 78 apps blocked. Not sure how to share the list.. Im willing to keep the sony camera apps for now.
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You could just go to the Application Manager and disable the bloat yourself without needing to go through this 3rd party software stuff.

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You could just go to the Application Manager and disable the bloat yourself without needing to go through this 3rd party software stuff.
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You could disable apps like whats new, xperia lounge. App manager wont let you disable certain system apps. Yea sure you could do it thru adb. I think this is just easier.

I've been using Titanium Backup to uninstall bloatware. It deletes system apps too if you're rooted.

Is there a list anywhere of apps it's safe to uninstall? Some are obvious but things like Album could be tied to the camera and stuff.

Strange thing

Hello, I would like to ask about a pretty strange thing on my Z5, I have been using my rooted z5 for a quiet long time now. Never seen something like this before. But today, I found a really odd thing. You can see it from three screenshots of the "app list" from three apps; greenify, lucky patcher, titanium back up. [attached below]. as you can see, they show all system apps, I remember that they never shown me so many system apps like that before. They show apps like "com.xxxx.xxxx" etc. I know they are systems apps, but normally, they would only show apps like camera, contact, phone, playstore, etc. I suspect something suspocious is going on on my phone, but I don't know what. Can anyone tell me what it is?
Thanks

(+) Any apps; not only greenify, lucky patcher and titanium back up, that show "app list" will show all system apps too, but not so many system apps like that.
I am so consfused.

If you happen to have a rooted phone, doesn't necessarily need to be Z5, all kinds of model. Please send me the screenshoots of your greenify's, lucky patcher's, titanium back up's app lists.

i had lucky patcher installed and i think those apps are meant to be shown i cant remeber exactly but i do remember seeing them on these apps titanium backup and luckypatcher etc no i dont think its a strange thing but more of a access to more things during root which is usually the case for all the devices hope i helped i think it also changes depending on what rom you have deodexed etc i may be wrong but it might be the case