I had to switch from tmobile to verizon because of new employment and could not pass up the cost. I now have a droid 2 and a stock vibrant. I wanted to see if it is possible to pull the sims and the feeds and updates widget off the phone and put on my droid. Does anyone know if this is possible. thanks
It's possible. I think more than half the people in here have already uninstalled all of those unwanted apps. You have to be rooted, and have a terminal of some sort. I use "Better Terminal" which is AWESOME. I used it to uninstall all the bloatware.
HG! said:
It's possible. I think more than half the people in here have already uninstalled all of those unwanted apps. You have to be rooted, and have a terminal of some sort. I use "Better Terminal" which is AWESOME. I used it to uninstall all the bloatware.
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He isn't asking about removing bloatware he wants to know if possible to move some apps that came preloaded with his vibrant to his droid 2.
OP im not sure
demo23019 said:
He isn't asking about removing bloatware he wants to know if possible to move some apps that came preloaded with his vibrant to his droid 2.
OP im not sure
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Oh, sorry for misunderstanding.
I believe you can pull out the software... I've pulled out software and put it on my gf's phone. You can try it with Root Explorer [you have to be rooted].
The files are in system/app folder.
Ok, i went ahead and rooted the vibrant and used root explorer to get the file i needed for the widget. It must be a samsung thing only because it will not install on my droid.
No you can't get any samsung widgets on the droid they only work with tw. You can't evan use them if you are using adw or launcher plus.
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I'm not certain how many on here have used the new market, but i find it HORRENDOUS!
I plan on moving an old version of Vending.apk to system/app to replace it.
My concern is the market will automatically update. Can anyone comment who has tried this already? Is there any way to avoid it updating, or can the ROM developers prevent this in their custom ROMs?
I really have no clue why developers are using it.... its just SO bad. This is the first time I have been disappointed with Googles direction with Android.
how did it automatically update?? OTA???
s15274n said:
I'm not certain how many on here have used the new market, but i find it HORRENDOUS!
I plan on moving an old version of Vending.apk to system/app to replace it.
My concern is the market will automatically update. Can anyone comment who has tried this already? Is there any way to avoid it updating, or can the ROM developers prevent this in their custom ROMs?
I really have no clue why developers are using it.... its just SO bad. This is the first time I have been disappointed with Googles direction with Android.
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Preaching to the master ha? Lol, it does not auto update. Try this Market APK
i thought it was kind of bad myself but thats only the home screen that took me by surprise. going to like it when they mod it though!
s15274n said:
I'm not certain how many on here have used the new market, but i find it HORRENDOUS!
I plan on moving an old version of Vending.apk to system/app to replace it.
My concern is the market will automatically update. Can anyone comment who has tried this already? Is there any way to avoid it updating, or can the ROM developers prevent this in their custom ROMs?
I really have no clue why developers are using it.... its just SO bad. This is the first time I have been disappointed with Googles direction with Android.
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Preaching to the master ha? Lol, it does not auto update. Try this Market APK
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actually the MARKET does auto-update itself. how do i know? because i received the new market without any mods to the market the night people started to report the update. plus theres a 1st party apk called MARKET UPDATER.
100% sure this will work. go to SETTINGS/APPLICATIONS/make sure the filter is set to ALL and scroll down to MARKET... click it and hit UNINSTALL UPDATES. this method worked when i received the the SIMILAR tab update,but im not sure if itll completely remove the NEW revamped market.
HIT THANKS BUTTON PLZ =) no need to install an old vending.apk
brian_v3ntura said:
actually the MARKET does auto-update itself. how do i know? because i received the new market without any mods to the market the night people started to report the update. plus theres a 1st party apk called MARKET UPDATER.
100% sure this will work. go to SETTINGS/APPLICATIONS/make sure the filter is set to ALL and scroll down to MARKET... click it and hit UNINSTALL UPDATES. this method worked when i received the the SIMILAR tab update,but im not sure if itll completely remove the NEW revamped market.
HIT THANKS BUTTON PLZ =) no need to install an old vending.apk
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Well, the Market DOES AUTO-Update, even if you Uninstall Updates.... that's the problem.
I suppose I will move an old Market and replace the current one in system/app... but I imagine that if I freeze (titanium backup) the Market Updater app that may lead to problems? I don't think that app can be removed and not cause FC's... I would love to know that is incorrect.
If that is the case, I imagine it would be easy to avoid the new market. Anyone else hate this new updated market and tried this yet?
s15274n said:
Well, the Market DOES AUTO-Update, even if you Uninstall Updates.... that's the problem.
I suppose I will move an old Market and replace the current one in system/app... but I imagine that if I freeze (titanium backup) the Market Updater app that may lead to problems? I don't think that app can be removed and not cause FC's... I would love to know that is incorrect.
If that is the case, I imagine it would be easy to avoid the new market. Anyone else hate this new updated market and tried this yet?
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Isn't the new market like a leak? If its official holy **** Google wtf happened I'm switchiibg back as well haha
Nero beta 3 + oclf
xriderx66 said:
Isn't the new market like a leak? If its official holy **** Google wtf happened I'm switchiibg back as well haha
Nero beta 3 + oclf
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well i wouldnt say its a leak leak if you know what i mean...it has been rolling out to some users automatically,but the new revamped market does look kinda pretty,but pretty slow and buggy....
s15274n said:
Well, the Market DOES AUTO-Update, even if you Uninstall Updates.... that's the problem.
I suppose I will move an old Market and replace the current one in system/app... but I imagine that if I freeze (titanium backup) the Market Updater app that may lead to problems? I don't think that app can be removed and not cause FC's... I would love to know that is incorrect.
If that is the case, I imagine it would be easy to avoid the new market. Anyone else hate this new updated market and tried this yet?
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i just tried the "uninstall updates" method and i will let you know how long it takes for my phone to update back to the new market
it does auto update and installs in data/app not system/app
Check the cache for the update apks. I all ready have two in my cache.
I thought I may get used to the UI.... I am not. Still FUGLY and not intuitive.
Has anyone tried
1. Uninstalling the update with data & wifi off
2. Using a shell and changing the permissions of the Market.apk to read only?
Anyone had success with this?
Uninstalling the update does nothing for me now.
s15274n said:
I'm not certain how many on here have used the new market, but i find it HORRENDOUS!
I plan on moving an old version of Vending.apk to system/app to replace it.
My concern is the market will automatically update. Can anyone comment who has tried this already? Is there any way to avoid it updating, or can the ROM developers prevent this in their custom ROMs?
I really have no clue why developers are using it.... its just SO bad. This is the first time I have been disappointed with Googles direction with Android.
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Download the axura rom. Extract go to system apps then get the vending app and put it on ur current rom for some reason... Axura s market doesn't work like others it never updates.
I used it for 2 weeks and it never updated. Try that but save your current vending in case out doesn't work.
As for me my new market its working fine a few complaints but its alright for now...
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xriderx66 said:
Download the axura rom. Extract go to system apps then get the vending app and put it on ur current rom for some reason... Axura s market doesn't work like others it never updates.
I used it for 2 weeks and it never updated. Try that but save your current vending in case out doesn't work.
As for me my new market its working fine a few complaints but its alright for now...
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can you just post the market.apk here? downloading an entire ROM just for one app sounds really unappetizing haha
outside of the above suggestion,I have personally tried every method you could possibly think of to permanently revert back to an old market, but this btch is quite relentless. I may create a Nandroid backup and uninstall the Market Updater....just to see what happens.
^ yeah, I have given up hope and now just hope Google can make another "improvement" to the market. It needs to change... I was LOVING the now older version with "Related" added, but the new UI and 15 minute policy just sucks (for me anyway).
Hello!
First and foremost i apologize if this has already been answered (I'd guess it has since it's a pretty basic question). I tried doing various searches (here and google) and all they brought back was how to install APK files . My question is if I take an APK from my phone can I install it on another device? Sorry I'm still a bit new to Android and dont know much about how APKs work and if there is security restrictions embedded in them making them only work on the device they were downloaded to or anything of the sort.
Thanks!
To my knowledge there are no such restrictions on APKs. You can pull them from one phone to be installed on others as you see fit.
Awesome, thanks for the quick reply!
nitox.n2o said:
To my knowledge there are no such restrictions on APKs. You can pull them from one phone to be installed on others as you see fit.
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If it's system apk's you will run into issues when pulling from different phones. All really depends
Running ICScrewD ROM
yes and no. basically whats been said. a system app (aka one that i on the phone after a stock flash) will most likely not work from phone to phone unless it is the same type of phone on the same rom. however market type apps (including downloaded apps from the internet) will most likely transfer from phone to phone
Astro manager extracts non system apps you have installed into apks. Makes it ridiculously easy to send an app you have to your friends. Your app data is not included in the apk. One of the best features of astro manager in my book.
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Its market apps, so i think ill be good to go! system apps i could definitely see not working though, guessing they're more hardware/system specific.
Thanks for all the responses!
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What program to use and what is safe to freeze? I have already tried AntTek app manager and App Quarantine. I have root explorer and not quiet sure how to use it to freeze apps.
I use Super Manager but I think the free ver won't do freezing. Its build into the apk manager.
robertsneed said:
What program to use and what is safe to freeze? I have already tried AntTek app manager and App Quarantine. I have root explorer and not quiet sure how to use it to freeze apps.
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Use root explorer to find the system/app .apk u wanna freeze and rename it to.bak
Be careful..freezing some apps can cause force closes or issues in other apps if they are dependent on the one u froze....nandroid first just in case u need to restore
Titanium Backup Pro (paid version) and ROM Toolbox Pro (paid version) freeze apps.
I don't know of any free app that does this.
iBolski said:
Titanium Backup Pro (paid version) and ROM Toolbox Pro (paid version) freeze apps.
I don't know of any free app that does this.
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Only thing is BF used to be the BEST at it.
And was a lightweight app SPECIFICALLY for freezing.
I didn't want an app with all those "features" I didn't use so were useless to me
I can see at the apks in root explorer. Now how do i change the last part and when i do change it where should i store it.
Ashclepdia I hope you year has started out good... And thanks for all the steps on rooting my phone. Your right once you start it becomes addicting and eclipse is cool, I wish i could use the boot up screen as a live wallpaper..
And again thanks for everything on rooting
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I can see at the apks in root explorer. Now how do i change the last part and when i do change it where should i store it.
Ashclepdia I hope you year has started out good... And thanks for all the steps on rooting my phone. Your right once you start it becomes addicting and eclipse is cool, I wish i could use the boot up screen as a live wallpaper..
And again thanks for everything on rooting
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Lol
I didn't create rooting
I know what you mean tho lol
All u gotta do is long press the apk and choose rename....and just add to the name .bak
(u gonna have to mount/system as R/W first to be able to edit anything though....just Tap the gray button on top of screen once u are in /system/app)
After you rename it there is no reason to move it. You could just move the apk to your sd card or straight up delete also. But I don't recommend that until u figure out what is safe to remove without causing problems....
As I said tho...be careful what u "freeze"
Things like Yahoo.apk if frozen will break your contacts.. They will force close on u.
Ooh yeah...and thank you hope yours is too
And your welcome.
Have fun experimenting! Lol
Ok.. Got it so it will just stay in the same location. So, no freezing yahoo.. My year has started out not drama free...lol
robertsneed said:
Ok.. Got it so it will just stay in the same location. So, no freezing yahoo.. My year has started out not drama free...lol
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Yeah that's fine to leave it there
And my year isn't exactly dramas free but I do have a lot of good things to look forward to...
so far so good tho lol besides losing my wallet new years eve lol
Happy I found it the next day in my friend car lol
Speaking of this does anyone know the apk name for places and latitude. It just clutters my drawer.
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Bloat Freezer or Titanium Backup have also worked great for me.
The title says it all.....
I am NOT looking to flash a ROM yet. I want to stick with the stock rom / sense...
Now that I took all the bloatware off.....
What else could / should I do????
Maybe improve battery life?
Maybe tweak settings??
What are some cool things I can do to my cool Amaze...
What do you guys think????? I need ur opinions!!!
mznatnat said:
The title says it all.....
I am NOT looking to flash a ROM yet. I want to stick with the stock rom / sense...
Now that I took all the bloatware off.....
What else could / should I do????
Maybe improve battery life?
Maybe tweak settings??
What are some cool things I can do to my cool Amaze...
What do you guys think????? I need ur opinions!!!
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Lol most of what you ask comes with flashing custom roms and kernels. I guess you can start by exploring root only apps...?
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Try System Tuner (free on the market)
adjust clock speed when the phone is on standby. You will see a significance in battery. Or you can try a different battery app. Explore your options.
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highly recommend titanium backup on the market it's worth the price...you can get rid of bloatware with it too, and back up and and all programs and their data...
the person above is right, system tuner is a good program, but I don't know how it'll do with the stock kernel, if you downclock your phone you might start to see some lag...if you do decide to do that make sure you go to boot settings in system tuner and make sure set cpu on boot completion so everytime your phone restarts you don't have to reset the settings you put in system tuner..
honestly the best way to get a better battery life is don't install a lot of junk and you can also use the program juice defender...
install badass battery program and see what is sucking up the battery...
good luck
glacierguy said:
Lol most of what you ask comes with flashing custom roms and kernels. I guess you can start by exploring root only apps...?
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Thanks .... Ill try it out in about an hour or so.....
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seansk said:
highly recommend titanium backup on the market it's worth the price...you can get rid of bloatware with it too, and back up and and all programs and their data...
the person above is right, system tuner is a good program, but I don't know how it'll do with the stock kernel, if you downclock your phone you might start to see some lag...if you do decide to do that make sure you go to boot settings in system tuner and make sure set cpu on boot completion so everytime your phone restarts you don't have to reset the settings you put in system tuner..
honestly the best way to get a better battery life is don't install a lot of junk and you can also use the program juice defender...
install badass battery program and see what is sucking up the battery...
good luck
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I actually already have titanium backup .... Its a great app.... That's how I removed all my bloatware.....
And thanks ill follow your advice ..... I appreciate it...
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mznatnat said:
the title says it all.....
I am not looking to flash a rom yet. I want to stick with the stock rom / sense...
Now that i took all the bloatware off.....
What else could / should i do???? .................................................................
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status update:
Removed too much when i removed bloatware.... Bluetooth = gone... I effed up!
Should always freeze apps before removing permanently. Did you do a nandroid or titanium backup?
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aaldiar said:
Should always freeze apps before removing permanently. Did you do a nandroid or titanium backup?
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Nope.... I didn't do any of it because like an idiot... I thought I knew what I was doing..... FML!
Hello,
Similar situation here. Rooted my Droid Razr Maxx today to remove the Verizon bloatware. I only did this because they where insisting I update their apps and give them more permissions and I didn't use them either.
I'm not looking to use a custom rom or anything, just wanted to remove those apps. I did use the backup option on each app prior to deleting it.
The Beginners guide suggests I add CWM. Is this really needed for my situation or should I get this setup as well? I won't be loading any roms and plan to stick with the default one. I am fine with it just wanted the bloatware to be gone.
I would've flashed a recovery first. Just because you can make a backup and reflash it just incase something goes wrong. Like removing something you shouldn't have. To each his own. But if the RZR Maxx is anything like the older Moto devices you can use RSD Lite to go back to completely stock. So since this is the HTC Amaze Forum I don't know if that option is available for the RZR. You can navigate yourself to those forums and ask over there.
Wait....I sent this with Tapatalk?
hackShack said:
Hello,
Similar situation here. Rooted my Droid Razr Maxx today to remove the Verizon bloatware. I only did this because they where insisting I update their apps and give them more permissions and I didn't use them either.
I'm not looking to use a custom rom or anything, just wanted to remove those apps. I did use the backup option on each app prior to deleting it.
The Beginners guide suggests I add CWM. Is this really needed for my situation or should I get this setup as well? I won't be loading any roms and plan to stick with the default one. I am fine with it just wanted the bloatware to be gone.
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Did you remove your bloatware yet??? Or are you about to?
I used titanium backup to backup the apps before I deleted them.
I haven't used TB in a long time.. But I don't think you can restore system/apps after they are removed. Unless its different now.
Wait....I sent this with Tapatalk?
I have the option on the apps I removed to restore them from backup.
I have yesterday flashed ICS first time in my life, rooted it and installed titanium backup Pro (the first time too). Then I uninstalled more than forty precious pre-installed apps what definitely were placed there for my benefit and thriving...
So far everything’s running just perfect. I can’t imaging smartphone can perform better than what I hold and play in my hands. I am so happy again with my amaze.
However, I still have seven apps “frozen” in my TB. I do not understand what to do.
1. Google Backup Transport.
2. Google One Time Init.
3. Google Partner Setup.
4. Maps.
5. PC Synchronization.
6. Location Picker.
7. Network Location.
PLEASE someone who understand the meaning of the aforementioned ones advise me so I would better refrain from removing them too..
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jauhien said:
I have yesterday flashed ICS first time in my life, rooted it and installed titanium backup Pro (the first time too). Then I uninstalled more than forty precious pre-installed apps what definitely were placed there for my benefit and thriving...
So far everything’s running just perfect. I can’t imaging smartphone can perform better than what I hold and play in my hands. I am so happy again with my amaze.
However, I still have seven apps “frozen” in my TB. I do not understand what to do.
1. Google Backup Transport.
2. Google One Time Init.
3. Google Partner Setup.
4. Maps.
5. PC Synchronization.
6. Location Picker.
7. Network Location.
PLEASE someone who understand the meaning of the aforementioned ones advise me so I would better refrain from removing them too..
Thank You. Merci Beaucoup. Muchas Gracias. Danke.
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If you ask me, those apps that you have frozen are quite important to your phone. I have to go to work I am late so I'll try to respond in depth tomorrow when I get back.
My job gives me a Samsing S4 from Verizon that is filled with bloat. I have to manually go in and disable everything which takes about 4 hours or so. I am looking for an app that can do it for me but it needs to be a well known app not something that somebody just posts an apk. Any auggestions?
We are not allowed to root the phones. It would be great if I could put a googe play edition or developer edition rom on it or something but I don't think that's possible.
bird11 said:
My job gives me a Samsing S4 from Verizon that is filled with bloat. I have to manually go in and disable everything which takes about 4 hours or so. I am looking for an app that can do it for me but it needs to be a well known app not something that somebody just posts an apk. Any auggestions?
We are not allowed to root the phones. It would be great if I could put a googe play edition or developer edition rom on it or something but I don't think that's possible.
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You will have to root your phone for all this. You can only flash stock rom on the device without rooting it.
What bloat wares are we talking about specifically? Do you mean all the S-voice/S-Note/Air gestures??
They can be activated and deactivated from the pull down menu. Other things need to be disabled manually!There is no work around this without root. You can try the widgets on the screen that allow you to disable wi-fi and bluetooth but its nothing new than what samsung offers from the pulldown menu
Hit thanks if this was helpful!
You should did root
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What, you mean you don't absolutely NEED NFL Mobile? And Verizon Navigator is so much better than Google Maps!
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You can't remove system apps without root. Clean Master has a function to remove bloat if you're rooted. I don't know if this is changed to disabling if you're not rooted, because my devices are rooted. I seem to remember a previous version of Clean Master had something like that. It merely took you to the app info scree, one at a time, but at least it did it sequentially instead of you having to hunt for each one on your own. Maybe that still exists.
Since Android 4.1, many bloatware type apps can just be disabled via the the built-in Application Manager in your Settings app. Disabling it will hide it from the launcher and make it so it does not run, essentially doing the same thing as uninstalling it. It is better this way because some phones will not properly update if something is modified or removed from the /system partition. Also worth noting in regards to this as it is a popular misconception, removing these unwanted apps will not provide you with more usable storage as they are contained in /system/app and the apps you install via the Play Store or 3rd party sources will only install to /data/app unless rooted and moved.
That being said, TowelRoot is a newer rooting method for many newer phones running 4.4+(especially Galaxies like the S4 and Note 3). This root method is done via an app on the phone and only takes seconds and does not trip Knox. You could root, freeze what you needed and then unroot without anyone the wiser, though, of course, this is done at your own risk - like any other mod.
lpimpale said:
You will have to root your phone for all this. You can only flash stock rom on the device without rooting it.
What bloat wares are we talking about specifically? Do you mean all the S-voice/S-Note/Air gestures??
They can be activated and deactivated from the pull down menu. Other things need to be disabled manually!There is no work around this without root. You can try the widgets on the screen that allow you to disable wi-fi and bluetooth but its nothing new than what samsung offers from the pulldown menu
Hit thanks if this was helpful!
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How do I flash stock roms without rooting?
As I mentioned every time I need to do a factory reset it takes about 4 hours of disabling things to get it to the state I want.
There's this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058944
xda'dra said:
You should did root
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I can't.
Planterz said:
What, you mean you don't absolutely NEED NFL Mobile? And Verizon Navigator is so much better than Google Maps!
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You can't remove system apps without root. Clean Master has a function to remove bloat if you're rooted. I don't know if this is changed to disabling if you're not rooted, because my devices are rooted. I seem to remember a previous version of Clean Master had something like that. It merely took you to the app info scree, one at a time, but at least it did it sequentially instead of you having to hunt for each one on your own. Maybe that still exists.
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Thanks.
es0tericcha0s said:
Since Android 4.1, many bloatware type apps can just be disabled via the the built-in Application Manager in your Settings app. Disabling it will hide it from the launcher and make it so it does not run, essentially doing the same thing as uninstalling it. It is better this way because some phones will not properly update if something is modified or removed from the /system partition. Also worth noting in regards to this as it is a popular misconception, removing these unwanted apps will not provide you with more usable storage as they are contained in /system/app and the apps you install via the Play Store or 3rd party sources will only install to /data/app unless rooted and moved.
That being said, TowelRoot is a newer rooting method for many newer phones running 4.4+(especially Galaxies like the S4 and Note 3). This root method is done via an app on the phone and only takes seconds and does not trip Knox. You could root, freeze what you needed and then unroot without anyone the wiser, though, of course, this is done at your own risk - like any other mod.
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Yes you can disable them but it takes about 4 hours to do it each time. There's a lot of them. About 95% of stuff needs to be disabled.
Towelroot looks great unfortunately I am not able to root the phone. They don't use knox. I can do anything but root the phone really. I really just want vanilla android I'm a bit sick of touchwiz. I'd love to just flash to the developer edition or something.
bird11 said:
My job gives me a Samsing S4 from Verizon that is filled with bloat. I have to manually go in and disable everything which takes about 4 hours or so. I am looking for an app that can do it for me but it needs to be a well known app not something that somebody just posts an apk. Any auggestions?
We are not allowed to root the phones. It would be great if I could put a googe play edition or developer edition rom on it or something but I don't think that's possible.
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The S4s bootloader is locked so basically not a lot to choose from. And as others have mentioned you need root to gain access to remove bloatware. Sadly samsung phones on VZW are filled with it as well as many other phones, it's not limited to just samsung.
And navigator may be better than Google maps but maps is free and having been a former user of both NFL mobile (when it was free) and navigator I'm happy I got rid of both of them
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bird11 said:
How do I flash stock roms without rooting?
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You can't flash any ROM without rooting, and aren't you already on stock?
I think you're gonna have to just live with it...
el-figurin said:
You can't flash any ROM without rooting, and aren't you already on stock?
I think you're gonna have to just live with it...
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I'm almost sure they are on stock as its a work phone and mentioned in the first post that they aren't allowed to root
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ShapesBlue said:
I'm almost sure they are on stock as its a work phone and mentioned in the first post that they aren't allowed to root
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Yes, not much to do with those restrictions...
el-figurin said:
Yes, not much to do with those restrictions...
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That's very true. Some people however don't know you need root to remove bloatware or unneeded apps
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