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Autostarts!

I'm not sure if everybody uses this, but Autostarts is one of my favorite root apps and I recommend it to all of my friends who have rooted. I don't see too many people talking about it anymore so I figured I would remind everyone of this awesome app. It allows you to prevent any apps from running on their own. After using Titanium Backup to debloat my ROM, I then open up Autostarts and run down the list and disable any apps that I don't want to startup without my say so. It does wonders for freeing up RAM. I did this on my Epic 4G Touch and never needed to flash a single custom ROM because I was able to get the stock ROM running flawlessly. It is an invaluable tool to me and I recommend it highly.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts

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Maroon Mushroom said:
broken link?
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My bad, I just fixed it.

I know this is old post, but I bought this app a long time ago also. It's a pretty powerful app and you can modify every reason for an app to start.
I vote to move this to the App section.

rom toolbox also has this feature

expertzero1 said:
rom toolbox also has this feature
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Yep! I actually like ROM Toolbox's feature a little better now. It's got an easier layout.
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_MetalHead_ said:
Yep! I actually like ROM Toolbox's feature a little better now. It's got an easier layout.
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Hahaha! Last night I just found this feature in ROM toolbox and was about to post it here!!
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_MetalHead_ said:
I'm not sure if everybody uses this, but Autostarts is one of my favorite root apps and I recommend it to all of my friends who have rooted. I don't see too many people talking about it anymore so I figured I would remind everyone of this awesome app. It allows you to prevent any apps from running on their own. After using Titanium Backup to debloat my ROM, I then open up Autostarts and run down the list and disable any apps that I don't want to startup without my say so. It does wonders for freeing up RAM. I did this on my Epic 4G Touch and never needed to flash a single custom ROM because I was able to get the stock ROM running flawlessly. It is an invaluable tool to me and I recommend it highly.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts
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Is it able to disable Google Play from starting up at boot? I´ve disabled the event I consider to be associated with Google Play (with Autostarts), but still the app launches by itself at every reboot...

Ricfil said:
Is it able to disable Google Play from starting up at boot? I´ve disabled the event I consider to be associated with Google Play (with Autostarts), but still the app launches by itself at every reboot...
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no, it will not. more importantly, google maps is a battery hog, and a privacy killer, and it is also unable to be killed. not by gemini app manager, nor in conjunction with autostarts. google maps will report everywhere you go, and there is nothing you can do about it.
if only someone (windows maybe?) would come out with a nifty phone and declare "Hey we won't sell your soul!" i would so be on board. HTC is slowly drowning themselves, so i am finally, after 6 years, ready to move on to a new brand, and wouldn't mind leaving google behind.

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no, it will not. more importantly, google maps is a battery hog, and a privacy killer, and it is also unable to be killed. not by gemini app manager, nor in conjunction with autostarts. google maps will report everywhere you go, and there is nothing you can do about it.
if only someone (windows maybe?) would come out with a nifty phone and declare "Hey we won't sell your soul!" i would so be on board. HTC is slowly drowning themselves, so i am finally, after 6 years, ready to move on to a new brand, and wouldn't mind leaving google behind.
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Thanks man.:good:
If your interested I managed to disable Maps from always being on the background on my system . What I did? Used Titanium Backup (Pro edition) to convert it to a user app (because it needs to be so, for the next step). After, used a free app called Greenify (you may find it on the Play Store), to "hibernate" Maps at boot time. Result: No more Google Maps on the background . This app is great! You should give it a try. Maybe you may keep your HTC a few more years using it
Unfortunatly trying the same for Google Play messes with its app update functions... that is why I ask.
Hope it helps you on the Maps issue.
Any other ideas anyone?

i use gemini app manager itll stop it all but also remember that certain actions also stop it from updating the market so be careful which autostart functions u stop: although there are more than just at boot for most apps
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Ricfil said:
Thanks man.:good:
If your interested I managed to disable Maps from always being on the background on my system . What I did? Used Titanium Backup (Pro edition) to convert it to a user app
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Mine is already a user app..?

imma reinstall autostarts see if it has stopped working correctly. i know many instances can trigger apps so you can't just disable on startup for it not to run. but i remember disabling maps in like 3-4 places and it stopped starting unless i told it to start.

I have maps disabled completely in both autostarts and Gemini app manager. And maps is still my #1 battery drain. often my phone displays the gps signal when I wake it up, even though I haven't used maps in days.

wdkingery said:
Mine is already a user app..?
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Ok. Good. But did you follow the rest of my post? Have you used Greenify to stop Maps from loading? It works perfectly for me.
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wdkingery said:
I have maps disabled completely in both autostarts and Gemini app manager. And maps is still my #1 battery drain. often my phone displays the gps signal when I wake it up, even though I haven't used maps in days.
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I do really advise you to try Greenify

Greenify does the same thing right?
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The_Zodiac said:
Greenify does the same thing right?
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You may use both in conjunction. Hell, I´m using Autostarts, Autorun Manager (for its simplicity) and Greenify. You just have to know what apps/events are disabled/enabled in them.
Greenify is a little diferent in the way that it hibernats apps when they are not being used/when with the screen off. It works of boot and is really pretty helpfull on those "stubburn" apps that do wish to always remain in the background. With Greenify on they are gone! For good .
Check it on Play Store for more info. Older versions seemed to have some issues with superuser access, with the new one, that seems fixed. It is a great app IMO, saves LOTS of battery and enables a little more ram available for things that do matter (good specially for phones with low RAM memory chips). In the case of your phone you will mainly notice an improvement in battery life, since RAM seems not an issue.
You should try it out

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Ok. Good. But did you follow the rest of my post? Have you used Greenify to stop Maps from loading? It works perfectly for me.
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I do really advise you to try Greenify
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Yes I did! And it worked well! Thanks a bunch! Battery life has been great since that very moment! Over 24 hours and still 70%!

wdkingery said:
Yes I did! And it worked well! Thanks a bunch! Battery life has been great since that very moment! Over 24 hours and still 70%!
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Maps, as you said, has got several instances and events triggered for the most crazy things (at least in my book - since I do not need many of them), and that was why it still kept restarting even after all events disabled (there should be hidden ones related to other apps still operating in a complex interconection). At least that is how I imagine it was working. Greenify manages to hibernate it altogether (Titanium style), with the advantage of being "quicker" "unhibernating" it when needed. No complains for me so far
Glad it helped. It seems an excelent app!
See you:good:

Re: Greenify
Just bought titanium backup pro to use in conjunction with Greenify. $6 to stop maps and facebook from eating half of my battery. Totally worth it IMO.
Kudos to whoever suggested the app first.
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Bloatware issues w/LG Motion

(Thanks to this forum) I successfully rooted my new LG Motion. However once I deleted the bloatware via ROM Toolbox Pro and rebooted; my phone said something along the lines of security violation under the LG logo and would not boot.. I fixed that problem and it's back to working and rooted again, however I still have bloatware bogging me down.
All I want to delete are the metro pcs useless apps and some extra Google crap like Google play books, movies, music, etc... Can I freeze these apps without making my cell a paperweight? Or can I delete them another way? The a ton...
–Rob

I think most of the google apps are important. But should be fine with removing carrier apps.
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Thanks but I am paranoid now... I use my Motion for work too, so I can't risk deleting carrier apps until someone is absolutely positive.. It's a pain in the *app and takes to long to fix it if it bugs out, again, ya know?
Yet at the same time I don't want all that crap on my phone...

Has anyone with an lg motion successfully deleted the bloatware?

Flashing a custom rom is the most effective way to remove bloatware from your device.
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Domoo said:
Flashing a custom rom is the most effective way to remove bloatware from your device.
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Ok great. Now is there a "full-functioning" rom for the LG Motion? I've Googled it & only found one, which had not been able to use the text messaging. Any help is greatly appreciated.

What root related apps are you guys using?

On my last phone a majority of my rooted apps were performance related and are just not really needed now on a brand new phone.
But what are you guys using so far?

Hand76 said:
On my last phone a majority of my rooted apps were performance related and are just not really needed now on a brand new phone.
But what are you guys using so far?
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SetCpu so far.
I tried to use market enabler with a vpn to download pandora but didn't work for me. the playstore still recognizes me as canadian.

I love AdAway, personally. Gets rid of those pesky ads in free apps!

Root Explorer. So far I've used it to adjust DPI down to 445 in order to decrease the enormous icon size.

kaywalker23 said:
SetCpu so far.
I tried to use market enabler with a vpn to download pandora but didn't work for me. the playstore still recognizes me as canadian.
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What are you doing with setcpu?
I mean since the phone already runs everything perfectly. Just curious. I was thinking about throwing it back on and setting a screen off profile for battery life but not sure that is even needed with this phone and 4.4

Titanium back up for transfering stuff from my motorola defy to the nexus 5 (apps+data) and adaway

Not sure which ones aren't working yet as I don't get my phone until tomorrow but I'll always keep Titanium Backup, Greenify, Viper4Android, ES File Explorer, Ad Away, Xposed Module, and Deep Sleep Battery Saver installed on any ROM I run.

Yeah titanium, root explorer, quick reboot and ad away go on first thing.

What is the best cache cleaner/history eraser for root?

Hand76 said:
What is the best cache cleaner/history eraser for root?
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Don't need a cache cleaner with 4.2+. Go into storage, press cache.

Hand76 said:
What are you doing with setcpu?
I mean since the phone already runs everything perfectly. Just curious. I was thinking about throwing it back on and setting a screen off profile for battery life but not sure that is even needed with this phone and 4.4
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Battery saving measures. Not overclocking as the phone is already overkill for current apps.

Deleting Google Apps

Hi all. Quick question; searched and didn't find a response. So...
There are a few Google apps I'd really like to lose. Namely Play Books, Play Movies/TV, Play Newstand, and Play Games. I'm never going to use them, so I'd just as soon uninstall them. My question is can I uninstall these through Titanium Backup or are they crucial system apps that I should just leave alone and learn to live with?
Thanks!

You can deactivate them in settings -> apps. You will not gain more storage, but the apps will disappear. They can be enabled again of course

experience7 said:
You can deactivate them in settings -> apps. You will not gain more storage, but the apps will disappear. They can be enabled again of course
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I freeze every one of those apps with Titanium backup every time I install gaaps or return to stock. No issues with them frozen on N5 at all.

experience7 said:
You can deactivate them in settings -> apps. You will not gain more storage, but the apps will disappear. They can be enabled again of course
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I never thought about that. Thanks! :highfive: I feel so dumb...

Well, I don't see any advantage in freezing them with TiBa. Of course it works flawlessly, but my method also does plus you don't need a third-party app

Actually, all deactivating them in Apps does is uninstall the updates. They're still there.

experience7 said:
Well, I don't see any advantage in freezing them with TiBa. Of course it works flawlessly, but my method also does plus you don't need a third-party app
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The advantage in freezing them is you retain the ability to take OTA updates without reflashing system.
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Actually, all deactivating them in Apps does is uninstall the updates. They're still there.
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Titanium Backup is worth the price. The UI is terrible. Still can't find a replacement I'm happy with.

experience7 said:
Well, I don't see any advantage in freezing them with TiBa. Of course it works flawlessly, but my method also does plus you don't need a third-party app
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I would think most people who are active on these threads chose a nexus for ease of changing ROMS. I would lose my mind doing that without the pro version of TiBu. Have it anyway so used it. Also, freeze is nice because I can quickly thaw out a memory hog program, use it as I need to and then quickly refreeze it with all data in tact.

Aerowinder said:
The advantage in freezing them is you retain the ability to take OTA updates without reflashing system.
Titanium Backup is worth the price. The UI is terrible. Still can't find a replacement I'm happy with.
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Of course it is - bought it years ago.

You can delete any app with the full version of Titanium Backup.

But I'm pretty sure that you can disable them like I mentioned above and still receive OTA's Am I wrong?

[Q] Disable OTA updates possible?

I am trying and getting absolutely nowhere disabling the OTA update nag screen. Even though my phone is rooted I can not disable the OTA update service nor rename the otacerts.zip file (as it still says access is denied.)
Motorola is refusing to help me aswell.
Surely there is a way of doing this?
Any help would be much appriciated.

I disabled the OTA and a whole bunch of other services using Greenify. There is a thread in this forum, with a comprehensive list of services that can be disabled (far more than I disabled). I also disabled some apps from multi tasking. I typically get 3 days of moderate usage. So its a win win situation.

Can u tell me the apps that i can disable to save battery life.
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grahamgo said:
I disabled the OTA and a whole bunch of other services using Greenify. There is a thread in this forum, with a comprehensive list of services that can be disabled (far more than I disabled). I also disabled some apps from multi tasking. I typically get 3 days of moderate usage. So its a win win situation.
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I understand to do this I have to install the xposed framework? Something that does worry me after seeing the dreaded boot loop recently.
I am under the impression from some thread in here, renaming otacerts.zip in the system folder to otacerts.bak can disable the function, but likewise I am a bit worried about bricking my phone. Motorola have informed me that updates are mandatory now and they will not tell me how to disable OTA updates.
The lack of working apps for things like this is also putting me off playing around too.

kartik sehgal said:
Can u tell me the apps that i can disable to save battery life.
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Here is the link hope it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2818992
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I got rid of the nag screen by disabling an app called "motorolaOTA" and erasing the cache in recovery to delete the OTA file. I really wouldn't recommend upgrading to 4.4.4 as I eventually did anyway about a week after disabling the nag screen (wanted to test it out lol) and in the process hard bricked my phone.
So, disable "motorolaOTA" and whatever you do DO NOT upgrade!

kartik sehgal said:
Can u tell me the apps that i can disable to save battery life.
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Sorry, I dont have access to the phone right now so cannot list the services. But I think I fed some miss-information, I now realize that I used Titanium backup to freeze the unwanted apps. This being all Motorola services. I then used Greenify on my messaging apps, like Facebook, Whatsapp and others.
But I do agree with another comment in this thread that rooting does mess up the upgrade process, it becomes a real pain! So its worth considering to not do it. Like others I have not upgraded to 4.4.4

grahamgo said:
Sorry, I dont have access to the phone right now so cannot list the services. But I think I fed some miss-information, I now realize that I used Titanium backup to freeze the unwanted apps. This being all Motorola services. I then used Greenify on my messaging apps, like Facebook, Whatsapp and others.
But I do agree with another comment in this thread that rooting does mess up the upgrade process, it becomes a real pain! So its worth considering to not do it. Like others I have not upgraded to 4.4.4
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This helped me with the upgrade (Phone is unlocked, rooted and had xposed modules on it before the upgrade)
For me to succesfully update the OTA i had to do follow the steps in the OP of this Post. I tried a lot of flashing, but in the end only this worked:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/ota-file-indian-dual-sim-4-4-4-t2810166
Just follow the steps below the text:
REVERT TO STOCK WITHOUT LOSING DATA OR ANYTHING ELSE
After this, you have to root it again with superboot. It's worth the effort to have 4.4.4. The phone feels more responsive for me.

Problem Solved!
I installed "System app remover (ROOT) by Jumobile". Its a free app in the google play store. This allowed me to uninstall Motorola OTA service.
The upgrade nag screen has yet to re-appear, and my phone is otherwise functioning perfectly.

Well done! I had never heard of this app, it looks neat. I use Titanium primarily for backups, the ability to freeze apps is just a nice bonus. I wonder if Titanium and "System app remover" work using the same method? With Titanium its easy to restore a frozen app. I read that "System app remover" puts removed apps in the recycle bin. I'm wondering what the chances are of this storage getting erased by accident, making it harder to restore?