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Anyway to unistall this pre-installed Facebook app for some reason they have it installed as a system app on the verizon version of the edge
You can't uninstall system apps without root. I do agree that it's silly for Verizon to install it as a system app. That said, I think they did it for two reasons: one, so it can't be uninstalled; two, to ensure facebook notifications work. In many cases, notifications from system apps work more reliably than regular apps.
Hi everyone, i got an s7 flat plus the keyboard cover. I always used cyanogen or pure android moto devices and i can't stand samsung's interface, even if it's better than ehat it used to be.
The keyboard is key for me so I dont want to install another rom, because it will probably not work, it seems baked into the OS.
I will install the Android N theme, chrome, google now launcher, contacts, calendar. Anything else? Can i remove all samsung apps by simple uninstall or do i need to root the device? I would like to get rid of know, the browser, etc. but not sure if I should get greenify. Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks
You can disable bloatware apps with Package Disabler Pro.
You can at least disable a lot of apps (samsung / facebook stuff too) within app manager, that is already on your device.
Hey guys!
Is anyone aware about this news?
http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/03/10/preinstalled-malware-targeting-mobile-users/
It seems that our devices has a bult-in malware:
com.lu.compass Galaxy S7 f901fd1fc2ce079a18c619e1192b14dcc164c97da3286031ee542dabe0b4cd8c
So... how do we remove it via ADB?
I own one Galaxy S7 Edge and I`m a little bit worried.... My device is non-rooted so I can't use Titanium Backup or any easy solution to remove it. I tried to look for "compass" and no app was found, probably this is an internal apk intented to run together with other apps (like GPS nav....). Right?
If the above statment is right, if we remove "compass" we may get force closes, right? Because every app that is intended to use compass will request data from it and there'll be no data being returned
Should we be worried?
Download this for the pc https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294 and look for the package and disable it, but i doubt its on our phones since its not on mine, maybe its tied to a specific region.
Maybe have a couple reserved replies for different carriers?
i just did disable bloatware, i have no issues so far
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i just did disable bloatware, i have no issues so far
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That's what we all want to do. Which carrier are you on and what did you disable that allows you to have no issues?
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That's what we all want to do. Which carrier are you on and what did you disable that allows you to have no issues?
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att variant with cricket sim, i just did disable all bloatware option in the app itself and i have no issues
Rather than a bunch of XML files from people that think it works FOR THEM, we need one big list of the packages WITH EXPLANATIONS as to what exactly they do, and any dependencies they may have that could break other stuff. Without that its all a waste of time. I've seen several threads like this now but not one was of any use at all because its just people posting an xml saying 'look at me i disabled 94 packages", which means nothing to anyone else who might need some of the stuff they disabled, or might not even have some of the stuff they disabled if its carrier specific.
I have no issue going down the list on my phone one at a time to see if it needs disabling, the problem is for a lot of them, I have no clue what they do, and googling them using the link form within the app didnt help at all. I am not going to disable something unless i know exactly what it does, I don't want to find out in 3 months time that something isnt working and spend forever trying to figure out why, at least if i know what each disabled thing does then i will remember that i had turned it off, i can refer back to the notes on what each one does and turn that one back on.
unitz0mbie said:
i just did disable bloatware, i have no issues so far
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Held my breath and did the same....All is well on att variant.
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so all this has been went over in the s7 forum multiple times if you do a Google search the info pops up everywhere. it will be the same for s8 since they are both on 7.0. Also debloat lists are different for everyone you may use something I don't...but there are plenty of safe apps to remove lists. Side note package disabler auto debloat has about 3 to 5 things you shouldn't turn off like the enterprise stuff and a couple others.
I also did disable all bloatware. However, I noticed it misses a lot of crapware on the phone. I ended up disabling another 30 or so myself. I'm sure I missed some and when I ha e time I will continue. I don't disable anything without knowing exactly what it is so it's very slow work
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so all this has been went over in the s7 forum multiple times if you do a Google search the info pops up everywhere. it will be the same for s8 since they are both on 7.0. Also debloat lists are different for everyone you may use something I don't...but there are plenty of safe apps to remove lists. Side note package disabler auto debloat has about 3 to 5 things you shouldn't turn off like the enterprise stuff and a couple others.
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Different phone. So excuse me for not expecting there to be some apps added or deleted. That might be needed or may not be. So kindly get fu-cked
djxn40 said:
I also did disable all bloatware. However, I noticed it misses a lot of crapware on the phone. I ended up disabling another 30 or so myself. I'm sure I missed some and when I ha e time I will continue. I don't disable anything without knowing exactly what it is so it's very slow work
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Like which ones.
paniro187 said:
Like which ones.
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I'll try to make a list in the next day or so but first I used the disable all bloatware feature. Then I added about 30 more myself. As the disable all bloatware disables roughly 70 general bloatware processes/apps
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I'll try to make a list in the next day or so but first I used the disable all bloatware feature. Then I added about 30 more myself. As the disable all bloatware disables roughly 70 general bloatware processes/apps
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Thank you
Disabling all bloatware also disables some apps/services that some wouldn't consider, like certain camera modes.
Hello Gang! I just wanted to point out a couple of my findings from my note 7/note 5 when using package disablers..
They can do more harm then good. Especially when disabling system APKS. Over time I would notice I was losing space because some aps were just creating error logs over and over and over.. Or trying to access apps over and over that have been disabled.
The best way to do things is to go into app manager and disable the bloatware ONLY. This is facebook,NFL, verizon apps, etc. Do not disable anything system related other then the updates if you want to stop getting updates but even then I believe that might cause some issues. I have currently used package disabler to disable ONLY the "samsung update" apks and manaully disabled or removed the bloatware from verizon via app manager and have been going a week strong with 0 issues that everyone else seems to have and over 170+ apps installed and enabled.
I have done EXTENSIVE testing on this matter. You can search the note 7 and note 5 verizon forums if you wish to check my creds =D
Just be careful. We found out with the S7 that disabling certain packages actually caused an increase in battery drain. What happens is that a certain process keeps pinging another process over and over again because it's not getting an answer in return.
I would recommend disabling 5 packages at a time and see what kind of effect it has on things.
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Hello Gang! I just wanted to point out a couple of my findings from my note 7/note 5 when using package disablers..
They can do more harm then good. Especially when disabling system APKS. Over time I would notice I was losing space because some aps were just creating error logs over and over and over.. Or trying to access apps over and over that have been disabled.
The best way to do things is to go into app manager and disable the bloatware ONLY. This is facebook,NFL, verizon apps, etc. Do not disable anything system related other then the updates if you want to stop getting updates but even then I believe that might cause some issues. I have currently used package disabler to disable ONLY the "samsung update" apks and manaully disabled or removed the bloatware from verizon via app manager and have been going a week strong with 0 issues that everyone else seems to have and over 170+ apps installed and enabled.
I have done EXTENSIVE testing on this matter. You can search the note 7 and note 5 verizon forums if you wish to check my creds =D
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Could you tell me where to look for error logs to see if this is happening? That sounds like it could cause major battery drain.
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If you click disable all bloat ware it disable the external media package which then makes it where you cannot access your sd card
You cant jus blindly disabled the stuff that package disabler has classed as bloatware and coloured pink because some of it is CLEARLY not bloatware and a lotof the bloatware is not even coloured pink.
What we need to know (still) is what ones are safe to disable, and what ones are NOT safe to disable. There are 4 ANT services it has coloured pink, i am not sure what they are but stuff to do with antennas doesnt sound like bloatware to me? I disabled them anyway and not noticed anything bad. I left all the knox stuff enabled because i use Secure Folder and I expect it needs all the knox stuff to work.
I have disabled things like DEX, bixby, S Health, anything to do with Edge stuff, blue light filter which i dont need, carmode stub (for some drivelink car thing that i dont have), the clock, "CNN for edge panel" which is obviously bloat but isnt even coloured pink, enterprise sim pin services, enterprise vpn servcices, epdgtestapp, anything to do with Gear VR, google play music, gooogle play movies and tv, nfc service, photos, professional audio. and the obvious bloatware like excel etc.
My battery life is good, but now im worried something might be creating logs and filling up my space!
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You cant jus blindly disabled the stuff that package disabler has classed as bloatware and coloured pink because some of it is CLEARLY not bloatware and a lotof the bloatware is not even coloured pink.
What we need to know (still) is what ones are safe to disable, and what ones are NOT safe to disable. There are 4 ANT services it has coloured pink, i am not sure what they are but stuff to do with antennas doesnt sound like bloatware to me? I disabled them anyway and not noticed anything bad. I left all the knox stuff enabled because i use Secure Folder and I expect it needs all the knox stuff to work.
I have disabled things like DEX, bixby, S Health, anything to do with Edge stuff, blue light filter which i dont need, carmode stub (for some drivelink car thing that i dont have), the clock, "CNN for edge panel" which is obviously bloat but isnt even coloured pink, enterprise sim pin services, enterprise vpn servcices, epdgtestapp, anything to do with Gear VR, google play music, gooogle play movies and tv, nfc service, photos, professional audio. and the obvious bloatware like excel etc.
My battery life is good, but now im worried something might be creating logs and filling up my space!
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I disabled all things that said att at this point.
ars0n said:
Hello Gang! I just wanted to point out a couple of my findings from my note 7/note 5 when using package disablers..
They can do more harm then good. Especially when disabling system APKS. Over time I would notice I was losing space because some aps were just creating error logs over and over and over.. Or trying to access apps over and over that have been disabled.
The best way to do things is to go into app manager and disable the bloatware ONLY. This is facebook,NFL, verizon apps, etc. Do not disable anything system related other then the updates if you want to stop getting updates but even then I believe that might cause some issues. I have currently used package disabler to disable ONLY the "samsung update" apks and manaully disabled or removed the bloatware from verizon via app manager and have been going a week strong with 0 issues that everyone else seems to have and over 170+ apps installed and enabled.
I have done EXTENSIVE testing on this matter. You can search the note 7 and note 5 verizon forums if you wish to check my creds =D
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This is dead on. Unless you know exactly what dependancies the app is that you are using package disabler depends on, you are going to do a lot more harm than good. This phone sleeps apps not used after a few days and the rest you need to be very careful with killing, because the phone could check for the app or an app that depends on it could check over and over and over, causing slowdowns, powerloss etc.
I've tried nearly all the paid android system cleaners and the devs are ripping you off. Let's take CCleaner as an example, it runs through the cookies, cache, storage etc and tells you that over 300mb has been deleted, (LIE). You go into device care and storage, might say 700mb to erase. So please stay well away from all these apps because the devs are just having a laugh, just use the stock system care.
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I've tried nearly all the paid android system cleaners and the devs are ripping you off. Let's take CCleaner as an example, it runs through the cookies, cache, storage etc and tells you that over 300mb has been deleted, (LIE). You go into device care and storage, might say 700mb to erase. So please stay well away from all these apps because the devs are just having a laugh, just use the stock system care.
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100% percent true, the same goes for antivirus, system and weather apps. They all also need to know too much of your info and usage/data and privacy.
I not i agree with you i use SD Maid app from first day when i found it and i use it long time ago on my Galaxy S1, Note 3 and Note 8 and now on my S10+ and its best app cleaner and optimizer...But you need PRO version
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galaxy2019 said:
I've tried nearly all the paid android system cleaners and the devs are ripping you off. Let's take CCleaner as an example, it runs through the cookies, cache, storage etc and tells you that over 300mb has been deleted, (LIE). You go into device care and storage, might say 700mb to erase. So please stay well away from all these apps because the devs are just having a laugh, just use the stock system care.
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SD Maid is the only decent one
Samsungs own device maintence keep or disable?
PapaD1978 said:
Samsungs own device maintence keep or disable?
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I'm not really sure how accurate this app is, because according to the optimization process it's cleaned up 22GB in 5 weeks. I don't believe that one bit, I've not really added or removed many apps, files etc. So what is it cleaning?
Same here, it says that it cleans alot, but what does it clean... I have no idea.
Same thing when you put apps asleep, is it something you really need?
Im confused about this one, but have not disabled it yet.
I think to get the best answer, is to tey it out with and without. Maybe someone already done it?
Why would you disable it Papa, it's free and it's the only one that works and regarding the anti-virus (gee2012), who's ever heard of anyone getting a virus on any Samsung phone or any smart phone. I've had every Galaxy phone/tab since the S2 and without using an AV and I've never had a virus. Yet another lie by our lovely Developers.
I like the fact that the samsung one can automatically optimize once per 24 hours (I set it to be done at 5am as I am always sleeping then, even in weekends) but on my S7 edge I used SD maid which I like as well, or at least it gives you the feeling it works/cleans something but it can be a placebo effect. But by every know phone I try to install as less apps as possible and it will build up while you use it longer and longer of course.
I just asked because I was wondering if it was more or less on the battery, using it or disabling it.
Agree that I've never had any problems with the program, but someone might have got better battery life without it or the like.
I will keep it if no one can prove the opposite. Only me who is curious about someone already tested
Yeah Papa, maybe try disabling it with Package Disabler and let us know how it goes, doubt that would be eating the battery. My battery has been running great over the last 3 months since I got PD, I'll post you a list of my disabled apps if you'd like, let us know.
galaxy2019 said:
Yeah Papa, maybe try disabling it with Package Disabler and let us know how it goes, doubt that would be eating the battery. My battery has been running great over the last 3 months since I got PD, I'll post you a list of my disabled apps if you'd like, let us know.
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Yes please
Yes do so please. I have disabled alot of apps through PD, and uninstalled through ADB
I'll test it in the weekend
Package Disabler System Apps List
Package Disabler.
MOD = bloatware disabled and now using a mod. PM me for details.
System apps disabled are my choice and apps I don’t/never use and maybe not be yours but my phone is 100% working. A lot of these apps you will use daily but I don't and my battery is loving it.
“bixby” voice wake-up
360 photo editor
Android setup
Apps Edge
AR Emoji
Automation Test
Badge Provider
Basic Daydreams
BBCAgent
Bixby Home
Bixby Routines
Bixby Service
Bixby Vision
Bixby Voice
Bixby Voice Stub
Bixby Framework
Blocked Numbers Storage
Bluetooth
Bluetooth Midi Service
Bluetooth Test
Bookmark Provider
Com.android.backupconfirm
Com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks
Com.android.sharedstoragebackup
Com.android.wallpaperbackup
Com.android.wallpapercropper
Com.samsung.android.smartwitchassistant
Com.samsung.faceservice
Com.sec.android.app.chromecustomizations
Call.log.backup/restore
Carmodestub
Chrome
Clipboard edge
Clipboardsaveservice
clipboardUIService
Clock
Configuration message
Configuration update
Contacts
Dark Theme
Digital wellbeing
Dual message
Emojiupdater
Easyonehand
Edge screen
EpdgTestApp
Error
External Storage
Face
Face decorations
Facebook
Facebook App Manager
Facebook Services
Favourite Contacts
Finder
Galaxy Essentials Widget
Game Launcher
Game Optimizing Service
Game Tools
Gear VR Service
Google
GOS Legacy
Keyguard Wallpaper UpdatorKids Home Installer
Kids Home Characters
Kids Home Installer
Link Sharing
Linkedin
Live Focus/Focus Picture/Message/Wallpaper Picker
Magnifier
Market Feedback Agent
Messages - MOD
My emoji stickers
Office Mobile
OK Google enrolment
OneDrive
People Edge
Photo editor
Photo Screensaver
Ringtonebackup
Samsung cloud
Samsung DEX Home/Panel
Samsung Internet panel
Samsung Keyboard - MOD
Samsung Push Service
Samsung Setup Wizard
Samsung text-to-speech engine
Select background music
Settingsbixby
Smart Switch Agent
Smart View
Smart FaceServices
SmartThings – both
Sound picker
Story Video Editor
Tasks Edge
Upday
User dictionary
User manual
Video editor/player/trimmer
Wearable manager installer
Weather - MOD
What’s new
X Google enrolment
Youtube - MOD
I give up. My package disabler dont work, license key failed.
And Im not gonna pay for it one more time
PapaD1978 said:
I give up. My package disabler dont work, license key failed.
And Im not gonna pay for it one more time
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license key failed? there is no license key, PM me sometime and I'll get it working for you.
Skizzy034 said:
You don't use Bluetooth, Chrome, the Clock app, or the Messages app?
Why buy a smartphone if you're going to disable all of its features? You seem like you'd be better off with a flip phone..
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And thats not your problem at all. What you do with your phone, and what others do with their phones is up to the owners. Stupid comment and its reported
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And thats not your problem at all. What you do with your phone, and what others do with their phones is up to the owners. Stupid comment and its reported
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Lol. You reported it? Little over reaction don't ya think?
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Lol. You reported it? Little over reaction don't ya think?
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No I dont think so. Respect and be nice and this forum will be good.
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No I dont think so. Respect and be nice and this forum will be good.
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Thin skin. Definitely overreacted.
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