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What verizon apps are safe to delete!

Hey, guys, when I get my S3 on Wednesday, I'm going to root it ASAP.
I want to remove as much bloatware as I can without losing the cool and useful things Samsung has added to their UI. Like S-voice the eyeball watching thing, the gestures etc are all things I want to keep.
What I don't want is verizon nag screens and useless apps and adware that they put on.
Any suggestions or point me to a thread where this is already talked about?

Geez No response yet? I would like to know this as well....

Id like to know to. In the mean time, I just hid them. There was only 4 apps from VZ and the only one that I use is the mobile hotspot app.
VZ mobile, apps, and nav are hidden and never seem to show up in my running apps.

I've froze in titanium backup without issue so far...
Allshare (All 3 of them)
Amazon Kindle
Apps 3.05.78
ColorGoogle+
Guided Tours
Keis air (Both)
Media Hub
Music Hub
S Suggest
S Voice
Samsung Account
V Cast Tones
Voicemail
VPN Client
VZ Nav
Yahoo (both)

Do either of the Kies apps need to be enabled in order to receive OTA updates?

I would recommend using an app like Titanium Backup that has the capability to freeze applications rather than deleting them, so you can play around with it and disable what you don't use or don't like.
I also recommend using the standard ICS application disabling capabilities first, then using a solution like Titanium Backup for those apps that cannot normally be disabled.
For the record, on my Verizon S3 I have roughly 30 applications frozen/disabled.

I actually worked in the opposite direction. I flashed the stripped version onto my phone and then manually added back the apps that I wanted to keep via Root Explorer. The only apps that I added back were Divx, Video Player, and Music FX. The phone runs fast and battery life has been GODLIKE.
Stripped ROM thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759642

Disable Apps (Bloatware) to speed-up and stabilize!

I have the Infinity - US version but running in Italy.
After experiencing some stuttering in audio playback and apps freezing - Launcher, News 360 and YouTube - I checked out the Asus Taskmanager Widget and found a few Apps running that I considered unnecessary, the key ones being [email protected] and PixWe. These two kept re-launching themselves even when I killed the task. They didn't start immediately but something triggered them!
Using the feature in ICS which allows you to disable apps, even those built into the ROM, I was able to get my Infinity to perform as it should. There were some apps which had been updated so all that was required for these was to uninstall the updates and restore them to the Factory version.
The procedure then, is as follows:
1. In the Settings, choose Apps and then ALL
2. Select the app you want to disable and clear the cache and any data it may have stored.
3. Force Stop the app and then tap the Disable button. You will probably get a message that doing so may cause problems with other apps, blah, blah, blah. Just click OK and then proceed to the next app.
The Apps I Disabled:
Amazon Kindle
ASUS E-mail
Asus Facebook Poster
ASUS MyZine
ASUS Sync
[email protected]
Black Hole
Chrome
com.asus.pcsynclauncher
Google+
MEar
My Uploads
MyCloud
MyNet
PixWe
PressReader
Splashtop Remote
Tags
Talk
TalkBack
TegraZone Games
WebStorage
Zinio
I would suggest rebooting the tablet after you have disabled the apps just to make sure that unwanted apps are disabled and any associated task killed. You should find that what you have disabled remains so even after a reboot.
Of course some of the apps I disabled may be useful to you so you may not want to disable them. I would suggest disabling what you don't need or, if someone has more patience than I, try each app until they find the culprit causing the system to halt, stutter, etc.
I did this yesterday and up until now I can say that things are running extremely well. I hope that this proves helpful to someone and maybe even gives some of the devs a list of problem causing bloatware.

Thanks for this, there are a few interesting posts here and there on this too, so we could probably merge them into a nice list here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091442
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1807454
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/applications/20011-asus-bloatware-crapware-can-disabled.html
And personally I'd add CMClient to that list:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833442

d14b0ll0s said:
Thanks for this, there are a few interesting posts here and there on this too, so we could probably merge them into a nice list here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091442
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1807454
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/applications/20011-asus-bloatware-crapware-can-disabled.html
And personally I'd add CMClient to that list:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833442
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The first two links relate to rooted and unlocked devices. This would be the path to take if were not worried about losing your warranty!
I thought that what I offered would cater to those who didn't want to root or unlock. For now it's a shortcut but personally I am waiting for further development of custom ROMS and especially JellyBean, assuming of course Asus doesn't offer an OTA for JellyBean first!

Sure, good point. But to add some info for rooted users: you can just go to /system/app/ and do sth like mkdir backups and then mv AppName.* backup/ for all you want to (temporarily) get rid of. It's better if it stays on the system partition, so it has the same permissions. Of course you could also change the permissions to sth like 600 and change the file name to sth like (apk|odex).bak, in case something will be looking for the filename in different paths.
These can be done in managers like Root Explorer, not necessarily the shell, of course.
(damn, ran out of thanks again, they could set a higher limit really ;>)

Why did you disable Chrome? It isn't installed by default so you would have installed it via the Play Store.

almostinsane said:
Why did you disable Chrome? It isn't installed by default so you would have installed it via the Play Store.
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I'm not sure how I got it, now that you ask. I'll try to enable it and then try to uninstall. Thanks for picking that up.
Looks like it is a default app. I'm only able to disable it. It does not give the option to uninstall!

This is good advice. I had to recently factory reset because the background apps were killing my battery and my tablet's performance (Apex would literally crash every 5 minutes). Now my battery life is much better and performance is more buttery smooth. Really wish that there was a nice App that could just optimize my tablet and do all this in one touch.
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E = Excellent!
I tried this!
Very good tip..
The boat browser is smoother I'm noticing.
Thank you

almostinsane said:
Why did you disable Chrome? It isn't installed by default so you would have installed it via the Play Store.
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Actually, Chrome is installed by default...
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I have to say, i couldn't disable all the bloatware, but the ones i could disable like the Asus sync stuff,...it really helped speed up my tablet. If recommend doing this

jrkart99 said:
I have to say, i couldn't disable all the bloatware, but the ones i could disable like the Asus sync stuff,...it really helped speed up my tablet. If recommend doing this
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I can't disable any unwanted app, i took a screenshot to show you guys. What gives?
http://www.imgur.com/IsQyg.jpeg

Vo01985 I think you need to uninstall the updates and then the option to disable will appear. Try it.

Yes that seems to be it, thanks.

Glad I could finally help someone. Have fun with the Infinity a lot better then the Prime

Wow, disabling the bloatware really does help... I followed your list and disabled most of the same apps, except a few that I do use (ie. Kindle). It's much snappier now, and I haven't had a lockup yet.
Thanks!!

Hi,
I have also clean my, tablet but now i have lost the Asus widget that was displaying the date of current day. Does somebody know what app i have to reactivate ?
Thanks in advance
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Ghorin look at the bottom of the column that lists all apps and should see the ones you disabled. From there you can re-enable them. Hope this helps

littlejohn07 said:
Ghorin look at the bottom of the column that lists all apps and should see the ones you disabled. From there you can re-enable them. Hope this helps
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Thanks littlejohn07 i have activated the date Asus clock and my widget is back
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Mine started to lag quite a bit when I used Go Launcher EX. As soon as I uninstalled it and deleted the cached in Chrome browser, which for some reason accumulated 110mbs of memory and did a cold boot everything is so fast and smooth again I've always used Go Launchers on all my android devices. It must not be optimized yet...
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Even after disabling the apps listed in my original post I was still experiencing lag and the occasional lockup. I thought it my have been "News 360" but this turned out to be victim rather than cause of the problem. I thought it was maybe the "YouTube" app because of the problems I had read that others were having but this too turned out to be a victim as well. Basically browser video playback was causing the tablet to lock up, the launcher to FC and even forcing reboots.
The problem app was in fact Adobe Flash! I unistalled it last night to test my theory and sure enough EVERYTHING is now fine. Of course it is no longer available as a download on the Play Store and I am wary of trying to reinstall / sideload it from another source. The version that I had installed was 11.1.1 . If anyone knows of the existence of a more recent version could they post a link?
In the end it's not an essential app for me but it does make some of the older sites a bit more usable until they fully update to HTML5.

[Q] Cleaning the tab, removing apps

Hi
I'm cleaning the tablet removing some apps that I think I'm not going to use
Can I remove this apps without any risk?
Pulse (english news, I prefer to use one app with spanish news)
Readers hub (magazines, books and newspapers that I'm not going to buy, so I think I'n not going to use)
Zinio Reader(part of readers hub, but i dont know if part of another app)
Kobo (same that zinio)
AccuWeather (I prefer another weather app)
Googleplay books y google play movies
Samsung account (this is important?)
Samsung apps (same, with play store, why we have this?
samsung push service (no idea about this app)
Social Hub (I prefer to use facebook app, or gmail app)
Sns, snsaccountfb, snsaccountTw, etc etc,this "sns" are part of social hub?
two more called SNS and SNSImageCache, i dont know if they are important
thank you very much

no idea?
thanks

You can try titanium backup and remove the apps you don't want
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those files are safe to delete... i think i have post the list somewhere a year ago...

edan1979 said:
those files are safe to delete... i think i have post the list somewhere a year ago...
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thx!!!
i'm going to search your list

[Q] What apps are others disabling?

With Kitkat being a little more "Google-integrated", what system apps are you disabling, if any? What alternative(s) are you using, instead?
I'm using the AOSP MMS.apk instead of Hangouts for messaging. There will be others; still checking it out.

That HP printing cobblers can go jump off a cliff

I've disabled Books, Movies, TV, etc. I only use the music app for streaming. I wish there was a way to hide apps from the app drawer (like specific widget's settings apps) without using a third party launcher.

Yea I will probably get rid of that printer thing along with Google books and mags.
I know you can use titanium to freeze but if I want to get rid of them the old fashion way (say in root explorer) ripping the apk out. I forgot what is the proper way to do it on an odex ROM to not leave a trace?

Which app are safe to remove.

Hi, I am using Samsung s duos 2.
Is it safe to remove following inbuilt apps from my device.
Hangouts
Chat on
Chrome
Google pluse
Google drive
Paly news stand
Paly games
Drop box
Hp print services
Samsung print services
Samsung push services
And a few inbulit ring tones
Please help. Also suggest me which rooting procedure is best, as many of my friends ask me to use vroot. Can I unroot after removing those apps? I just need to get rid of above apps as they eat space on updates too and I dont need those apps.
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Is it safe to remove Samsung app store too?
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Puckish said:
Is it safe to remove Samsung app store too?
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if your android OS version is 4.3 and 4.2.2 official look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514703
if not here: http://www.downloads.galaxyunlocker...e-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-S2-GalaxyUnlocker.com.pdf
just be careful

Puckish said:
Hi, I am using Samsung s duos 2.
Is it safe to remove following inbuilt apps from my device.
Hangouts
Chat on
Chrome
Google pluse
Google drive
Paly news stand
Paly games
Drop box
Hp print services
Samsung print services
Samsung push services
And a few inbulit ring tones
Please help. Also suggest me which rooting procedure is best, as many of my friends ask me to use vroot. Can I unroot after removing those apps? I just need to get rid of above apps as they eat space on updates too and I dont need those apps.
Sent from my GT-S7582 using XDA Free mobile app
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don't delete any apps that say play( i mean the ones related to google play of course) since some of the "google play services" might stop working and suddenly you no longer have store and you'll need to download gapps again... other than that everything you mentioned is safe to remove, although some of it is great stuff, i don't see why you'd want it gone...

I think you can safely remove the following apps:
Paly news stand
Paly games
Drop box
Hp print services
Samsung print services

Most any (good) root app that'll let you uninstall system apps should also let you freeze them (as well as back them up). Titanium Backup is one of the best and most popular, Rom Toolbox Pro is great too. Before uninstalling anything, freeze it first, and use the phone for a while to see if any problems arise. If not, BACK IT UP before removing it. You can store your back-ups on your SD card, or save them to your computer. This way you can free up the space on your phone, but you can still put it back on your phone if you need to (for an OTA update or warranty service, for example).
Clean Master, besides being a great RAM booster and junk file cleaner, also has an app manager that (with root access) can do backups and uninstalls, but also sorts the apps into what's safe to uninstall and what shouldn't be uninstalled. Use this as a guide, but follow the steps above as well (you'll still need Titanium or Rom Toolbox or similar; pay the $6 or $8 or whatever it costs - it's worth it).