I've been testing out some custom ROMs and have noticed one thing: I no longer have some of my favorite apps that came with the phone. Apps such as the file and task manager are no longer around on my phone. Anyone know where I can go to download those stock apps?
If you are on a Blur ROM look for the "bloat ware restore" .zip in the thread of the ROM you are running. If you are on AOSP ROM you wont be able to restore bloat ware. Download apps from the Market that do the same functions, in most cases you will find there are apps in the Market that perform better. For file management Root Explorer, and for task management Watchdog.
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Does anyone have the DNLA and task manager apk's? I got the remove bloatware function from gingerblur and would like these apps back.
run the restore bloatware zip that's on the gingerblur site and delete the apks from the ZIP that you don't want back.
In almost every ROM are apps which are not really needed to run the phone.
I use Cyanogenmod and every Nightly comes with the same "safe to remove apps"... I'd like to stay uptodate with every nightly BUT i always get these not needed apps.
So I start removing them 1by1 with TitaniumBackup which takes time and sometimes I forget one or another app.
Is there a app which can remove apps that I can define in a list? How are you handle those barebones?
(I guess a good alternetive would be ADB or a terminal script)
temesek has a script that you can flash, after flashing a CM7 ROM, to do this. You can adapt it to add the Apps that you usually remove. The script can be found in his mediafire folder. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18523875&postcount=20861
It's called System App Remover iirc
Edit: Personally i just use Root Explorer, and with W/R and Multi-Select enabled, i just run down the list in /System/App and delete all the ones i don't need.
Quite a few installed, and stock, apps loads itself after boot.
In my case, stock:
Stock internet browser
Google Search
Settings
Gallery
Messages
Installed:
Titanium Backup
Script Manager
I don't use widgets from any of these and I see no reason why I should they should run, in my case.
I don't want to freeze them and wonder if Startup Manager, or any other apps is of any use or doesn't it do any good. Startup Manager is like msconfig in win7. You can tick off apps you don't want to run. But, of course, Startup Manager has to run un boot.
Any views on this?
I have a YP-G70 (with hardware home button), running stock 2.2 and rooted. When I try to use adfree, android complains about not enough space for the hosts file in /etc. Is there a solution for that other than installing custom ROM (I can't do that for now, for various reasons...)
Thanks!
If you have root, you can get Titaninum Backup Pro and use it to convert some system apps to user apps.
Some apps that are safe to convert are Email, Memo, MiniDiary, Calculator and Calendar. There are some more, but that should give you enough space.
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If you have root, you can get Titaninum Backup Pro and use it to convert some system apps to user apps.
Some apps that are safe to convert are Email, Memo, MiniDiary, Calculator and Calendar. There are some more, but that should give you enough space.
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I couldn't convert minidiary or calculator --- TBP keeps running. But even if I could, together they don't have release enough space for the hosts file (about 1MB). But I was able to convert the Think Office app, which is +8MB, and after that I was able to copy over the hosts file to /etc.
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Actually this is one of the problem I am trying to tackle in the next update of my ROM. A testing version of my ROM can now have over 40MB free space in /system by installing various Samsung apps and Google apps to /data.
Can I remove some soft from official rom completely by deleting apk in system folder?
I would like to free some ram
Can I install apk named UpdateMeSmartphone like is in source of icehybrid rom?
UpdateMe is useless on stock ROM, as it doesn't give you any updates.
UpdateMe is for custom ROM developers, so that ROM users can easily update directly from phone.
You can remove some system APKs, but be careful with what you remove. Removing needed files can result in some functions not working or even bootloop. Make backups
You can also use the free version of sd maid, it can uninstall stock apps along with its data
Saiphable said:
Can I remove some soft from official rom completely by deleting apk in system folder?
I would like to free some ram
Can I install apk named UpdateMeSmartphone like is in source of icehybrid rom?
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Before removing a sys app, freeze it. That way you can restore it if you get some error or problem.
Apps like Titanium Backup, system tuner etc. are able to remove/freeze system apps.
OR you may want to try this out using the flashtool
Requirements:
1. Rooted phone with sufficient battery.
2. Tick check to the following options on your phone settings: USB cable at debugging mode, stay awake, Unknown services (Under the application menu and the development sub-menu directly inside the application menu settings).
In the flashtool UI choose clean apk (garbage icon) pick this to pull out those apps suspected as bloatware on your ROM. Check the forum for safe to list apps to pull during your clean up.
Once you have the list refer to the second pic, it is the list of all the apps installed on your phone. Be sure to create a profile name which serves as your reference when you re-install (just incase) The rest is self explanatory bro.