I use SystemPanel to identify apps that are running, and Titanium to freeze apps that I don't want to run. Here is a list of apps that I have safely froze, and a list of apps that I am considering freezing but too scared because I don't know for sure what they do.
Apps that are safe to freeze:
AllShare -- never ran it, so I don't know what I am missing
Buddies Now -- never ran it, so I don't know what I am missing
com.sec.android.samsungapps.una --not sure what it was, but I don't seem to miss it
Daily Briefing --downloads news and stuff to show in its widget.
DRM Protected Content Storage --needed for the Avatar movie.
DRMContentLauncher --needed for the Avatar movie
Fancy Widget --comes with macnut
QuickOffice --lets you view MS Office documents. Not sure why it would need to run all the time though
SNS --social networking sync. I think it's needed for the social hub
SNS Account -- same as SNS above
Social Hub --an app that shows FB and twitter posts
Visual Voicemail --Never used it or needed it. Who uses voicemail anymore??
Voice Dialer --I don't use voice dialing
Wi-Fi Calling --Freezing this one is strange because it still shows as running even after being frozen. Maybe it should be deleted???
wssyncmlnps --another syncing app for one of the apps that I have froze above, I believe
Apps that I am considering freezing, but too scared since I don't know what they do:
BadgeProvider
com.sec.android.providers.downloads
Mobile tracker settings
My Uploads
Task Manager
Wi-Fi Calling --well, I know what this does, but freezing it won't stop it, so it might need to be deleted.
MTP Application
Gallery --why does this continue to run in the BG all the time?
HTC_IME mod
LogsProvider
Processes running under System Processes that I am considering freezing, but too scared since I don't know what they do
mmcqd 0.2
sensorserver_ya 0.1
mediaserver 0.1
rild 0.0
evetns/0 0.0
pvr_workqueue 0.0
zygote 0.0
Anyone want to add to the list, or explain what some of the apps that I am considering freezing actually do?
By the way, I am using the Macnut R13 ROM.
hey nice list...
one question off topic
i can't seem to find Social Hub in my r13 rom..... do you? i know Samsung IM & Email are probably part of samsung social hub.. but i cant seem to find the social hub app itself... weird..
All ROM Devs have removed wifi-calling because you can never shut it down and it eats through your battery.
ColorNapkin said:
All ROM Devs have removed wifi-calling because you can never shut it down and it eats through your battery.
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Incorrect for Eugene's Macnut R13 rom.
MrGibbage said:
Apps that I am considering freezing, but too scared since I don't know what they do:
BadgeProvider
com.sec.android.providers.downloads
Mobile tracker settings
My Uploads
Task Manager
Wi-Fi Calling --well, I know what this does, but freezing it won't stop it, so it might need to be deleted.
MTP Application
Gallery --why does this continue to run in the BG all the time?
HTC_IME mod
LogsProvider
Processes running under System Processes that I am considering freezing, but too scared since I don't know what they do
mmcqd 0.2
sensorserver_ya 0.1
mediaserver 0.1
rild 0.0
evetns/0 0.0
pvr_workqueue 0.0
zygote 0.0
Anyone want to add to the list, or explain what some of the apps that I am considering freezing actually do?
By the way, I am using the Macnut R13 ROM.
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I'm running Obsidian V5 and I uninstalled wifi calling all together.. I dont plan on using it. Here's others I froze/uninstalled without seeing any issues or anything:
- android live wallpapers 2.2 (dont use any)
- buddies now
- calendar 1.1 (dont use)
- calendar storage 1.1
- calendar sync
- car home 1.2
- car home 2.2
- desk home 1.0
- email 2.2
- feeds & updates (not sure what it is, but hasnt affected anything ive noticed)
- files 1.0
- google voice 0.4.2.8
- live wallpaper picker 2.2
- manage online album 1.0
- samsung apps 1.2.183
- talk 1.3 (dont use it - dont know what it is but always running)
- task manager 1.11
- voice dialer 2.2
- voice search 2.0.1
Wifi calling can be uninstalled through Titanium, but you need to reboot immediately because it will cause constant FCs.
As for the others, I wouldn't touch sns or the providers.downloads. The latter is necessary for market downloads I believe. Also leave the system processes alone unless you want to Odin back.
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hello, uhm i just installed titanium backup pro (TBP) and i have one question:
does TBP need to stay running on the background for frozen apps to stay frozen?
lockzackary said:
hello, uhm i just installed titanium backup pro (TBP) and i have one question:
does TBP need to stay running on the background for frozen apps to stay frozen?
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No, it doesn't need to run in the background (i.e., just freeze or un-freeze with TB and you're set to go).
Ok so I’ve seen a few people asking what apps are safe to remove on the EVO 3D, so I thought I would make a list of app names, what they do, and the effects of deleting them. I take no responsibility to anything that happens to your device, but I am or have already personally tested these. I would recommend doing a nandroid backup previous to deleting any bloat, as well as making a copy of all the apps you delete and placing them on your sd card, flashdrive, computer, or wherever else you feel they are safe. This is just a beginning list and I will come back and add more apps and details later!
If anyone wants to contribute just pm me, this list is taking quite a while to do and I am a full time collage student working a part time job as well haha. Please dont flame me for stupid things, this is my first guide posted.
+++++ Apps that common and fine to remove (remember that everyone uses different apps so what Is fine for me or someone else to uninstall may not be for you. Read the details) ++++++
/system/app
(remove with adb, root explorer, es file explorer, etc…)
-(app name).apk ---- (what will happen if you delete the file)
-Adobereader.apk ----- wont be able to read .pdf files removes adobe reader
-amazonmp3.apk ----- amazon mp3 will be removed
-blockbuster_stub_htc.apk ----- Blockbuster app will be removed
-booksphone.apk ----- google books app will be removed
-carhomegoogle.apk --- car home app will be removed
-com.htc.FMRadioWidget.apk – FM radio widget removed
-com.htc.FriendStrem3dWidget.apk ---- Friend stream widget removed
-com.htc.TrendsWidget.apk ----Trends widget removed
-com.htc.Twitter3DWidget.apk ---- Twitter widget removed
-EReader.apk ---- Ereader app removed
-Flickr.apk ---- Flickr app removed
-FriendStream.apk ---- friend stream app removed
-FusionStockWidget.apk ---- stocks widget removed
-GenieWidget.apk --- News and Weather app removed
-GoogleQuickSearchBox-apk --- Google seach Completely removed (includes widget, and single press on the search button)
-GreenHornet3D.apk --- deletes the shortcut to the green hornet movie, can still get to it through the “watch” app
-htcbookmarkwidget3d.apk ---- deletes the bookmark widget
-HtcCalculatorWidget.apk ---- deletes the calculator widget
-htccalendarwidgets3d.apk ---- deletes the 3 calendar widgets
-HtcCarPanel.apk ----- Deletes the car panel app
-HtcFacebook.apk ----- removes facebook for htc sense
-HtcFMRadio.apk ---- deletes the fm radio app
-HtcFootprints.apk --- deletes the htc footprints app
-HtcFootprintsWidget3D.apk --- Deletes the htc footprints widget
-HtcGreaderWidget.apk – Deletes the news app
-HtcImageWallpaper.apk --- deletes the HTC Slide Show Wallpaper
-HTCLivewallpaperStreak.apk – deletes the Streak live wallpaper
-HtclockScreen.apk ---- Removes sense 3.0 lockscreen and replaces with sliding lockscreen
-HtcMailWidgets3d – removes the stock mail widgets (not Gmail)
-LMW.apk ---- Removes Low Storage Wizard (disables the make more space feature in sd & phone storage part of settings)
-MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk ---- Removes magic smoke wallpapers
-Mail.apk ----- Removes stock mail app (not gmail)
-MSpotRadioSprint_VPL.apk ---- removes sprint radio
-NscmStub.apk --- Removes Nascar app
-PGAWidget_HTCEVo3D_Sprint_v100.apk ---- Removes 3D Games app
-picasapryramid.apk ---- removes picasa web albums
-PolarisOffice.apk ---- removes Polaris office (mobile document editing)
-Protipsapk ---- removes home screen tips
-qik.apk ---- removes qik video calling app
-SetupWizrd.apk --- removes the setup wizard that pops up when you get on a device the first time
- Spiderman_HTC_EVO2_ML_IGP_Sprint.apk --- removes the spiderman 3D game
-Sprint_Navigator_stub.apk ---removes TeleNav GPS Navigator (google navigation still works)
-SprintMobileWallet.apk ---- Removes Sprint mobile wallet app
-SprintTVstub_Signed.apk ---- removes sprint tv & movies app
-Stock.apk ---- deletes the stocks app
-Swype.apk ---- deletes the swype keyboard
-talk.apk ---- deletes google talk
-TrimIt.apk----- deletes the trim it app
-VisualizationWallpapers.apk ---- deletes the Music Visualization Wallpapers
-WifiRouter.apk ---- Deletes the Sprint Hotspot
++++ Full list of applications and what they do (in progress, might take a few days since I have college courses and work) +++++
-AccountSyncManager.apk ----- Manages the account synchronization in settings. If you delete it, you cant open up the accounts and sync in settings, Gmail still has notifications pop up, facebook doesn’t seem to want to load at all, google calendar doesn’t seem to want to sync up.
-AdobeReader.apk ---- Adobe reader, used to open .pdf file types.
-amazonmp3.apk ----- Amazon mp3 app
-applicationsprovider.apk ----- No information currently
-Appsharing.apk ----- Used to send a link to a friend for a download of an app
-blockbuster_stub_htc.apk ----- Blockbuster application
-booksphone.apk ----- Google books
-Bluesky.apk ---- No information currently
-bluetooth.apk ----- Bluetooth and the Bluetooth widget still work, Bluetooth still shows up in settings. Not sure what the apk does.
-BrcmBluetoothServices.apk ---- Bluetooth and the Bluetooth widget still work, Bluetooth still shows up in settings. Not sure what the apk does.
-browser.apk ----- Stock browser, you can still use another browser such as dolphin or firefox
-HtclockScreen.apk ----- Sense 3.0 lockscreen. If deleted it is replaced with a sliding lockscreen.
-SprintZoneNC.apk ---- sprint zone app. If deleted you cannot call *2 to reach sprint, you have to dial the actual number
Thanks!
Thank you very helpful
Awesome thread, bookmarked it!
Does anyone know what watch.apk does?
Also, I think these two can be safely removed:
bluesky.apk
burgundy.apk
I think they're just themes or skins or something.
Neo3D said:
Awesome thread, bookmarked it!
Does anyone know what watch.apk does?
Also, I think these two can be safely removed:
bluesky.apk
burgundy.apk
I think they're just themes or skins or something.
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bluesky and burgundy are skins/themes.
watch.apk is the Watch app.
ranger61878 said:
bluesky and burgundy are skins/themes.
watch.apk is the Watch app.
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That's the one required to watch Green Hornet right?
I'll probably delete it. I liked TGH3D, but it's kind of a dark movie, poor choice to launch this phone with. Avatar on the other hand, wow! But, it probably costed to much to put on the phone.
It's the watch app that is used to watch movies and you can rent movies through it as well. Your pretty safe to delete it .
I noticed that if you delete this:
SetupWizrd.apk
Then, Google won't backup/restore your apps and settings (like Wifi password) to your Google account. Even though, I enabled it in Privacy settings, it still wouldn't restore if that APK was missing.
Thks for going through all this for us
m8ighty said:
Thks for going through all this for us
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No problem, sorry I haven't updated I will soon but its finals week and I have some 12 page papers and huge tests so that's why I haven't yet.
Please delete... thx!
Thank you, kindly.
remove full sense theme
do you know which APK file do i delete to remove the full HTC sense?
im running leedroid v4.
nyc_louie said:
do you know which APK file do i delete to remove the full HTC sense?
im running leedroid v4.
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You can't remove Sense from a Sense ROM otherwise AOSP ROMS would be simple to make
IF YOU REMOVE SENSE ASPECTS WITHOUT A NANDROID OR HAVING SOMEONE TEST IT BEFORE HAND PREPARE FOR BOOTLOOPS
closest thing I can recommend is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16467400
It hides Sense but doesn't completely make your phone implode
thatguy11285 said:
You can't remove Sense from a Sense ROM otherwise AOSP ROMS would be simple to make
IF YOU REMOVE SENSE ASPECTS WITHOUT A NANDROID OR HAVING SOMEONE TEST IT BEFORE HAND PREPARE FOR BOOTLOOPS
closest thing I can recommend is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16467400
It hides Sense but doesn't completely make your phone implode
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thank you. i'll give it a try
Awesome List, I was looking for this! Thanks! (added to my Thread Links post at sdx).
Very helpful thread.
Thanks
Why?
cantRTFM said:
Please delete... thx!
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Why do you want this thread deleted? Do you work for Sprint or HTC?
phly95 said:
Why do you want this thread deleted? Do you work for Sprint or HTC?
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I think he meant his post, not the thread. People often do that when they post something and then change their minds about it for some reason.
Look at his reason for the edit at the bottom of that post.
ramjet73
while I was surfing the Older forums, i found one deep burried but useful post that mentions Which all apps are safe to remove from /system/apps folder. THANKS TO THE GUY WHO ACTUALLY POSTED THIS -- IonAphis
*Mod Message
Please know that removing certain system app may interfere in smooth functioning of your phone!
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The list below describes all stock i5800 apks under /system/app. You can see this folder via RootExplorer or FileExplorer or the like, or see them through Titanium Backup, although they might be out of order and with different names (they will use the display name rather than apk name on Titanium).
YES -- Indicates an application can be removed, but please don´t remove them without reading the description.
NO -- Means an application is essential or pretty important for the functionality of your phone.
Some of these descriptions have been based off of Insanity´s I9000 Galaxy S ROM, however all of these have been tested on the I5800 (this is not just a copy paste, rather I based my original understanding of this list in his).
Use at your own risk, I cannot be held responsible if you break your phone.
If your are going to attempt this, first your should have some knowledge of flashing your phone via ODIN, because if you happen to delete something that was important to you, you might need to reflash.
Keep in mind you don´t need to delete apps right off the bat. You can rename them from Application.apk to Application.OLDapk or whatever. This will prevent your phone from recognizing them as applications without you having to fully remove them. When you are sure of your choices and want to free up space, go ahead and delete them.
Some firmware versions will have .odex files with the same name as the .apk. When deleting and apk, delete it´s respective .odex. If you are going to rename an .apk, then rename the .odex as well (aka Application.OLDodex)
AccountAndSyncSettings.apk -- NO, Sync settings, this is required, even if out don´t sync, this is because it syncs more than just calendar and contacts, it is the effective sync to your google account, required for just about anything.
ApplicationsProvider.apk -- NO, required for application installation and uninstall.
audioTuning.apk -- ?, not really sure about this one. I guess this is an automatic sound adjustment according to background noise, however I´ve never seen this into effect. If you´re feeling lucky, you can try removing it, however I´ve never monitored this actually showing up resource managers.
AxT9IME.apk -- YES, This is the stock Samsung keyboard. You can remove it, but even if you have swype, swype doesn´t have all of the keyboard layouts. I´d leave it, to my opinion, this is kind of essential.
BadgeProvider.apk -- NO, Something to do with messaging and email. Removing this causes SMS and email related apps to force close. Even if you manage to keep the program open for long enough without it foce closing, you won´t be able to send messages, they´ll just be stuck on "sending".
Bluetooth.apk -- YES, incorrectly named, this apk actually manages the Bluetooth printing rather than the bluetooth itself. If you have no need for bluetooth printing, this won´t ever be missed or will never bother you in any occasion.
BluetoothOPP.apk -- NO, this apk actually manages file transfer between phones. Remove this and you´ll never be able to transfer files. This actually includes streaming music through Car bluetooth and headsets, since they effectively speaking, file transfers.
BluetoothServices.apk -- NO, provides general framework for Bluetooth. If you´re going to use bluetooth for any reason, this apk is a must. Removing this one breaks all other bluetooth applications.
BluetoothTestMode.apk -- YES, this is activated when you need to test the fidelity of your bluetooth. You can do that by going into the test section by typing the secret code *#*#197328640#*#*. Removing it is possible, however, some BT connections actually test the bluetooth to measure how much data is transfered. This way, it calculates the buffer size it needs to use, and at what quality media can be streamed. Removing it can disrupt communications with those BT terminals or you can experience fade-outs, where while listening to songs, the sound will fade every few seconds, because of inadequate bandwith. (this can occur even with this application left as is, if your BT terminal doesn´t have the auto regulation feature)
Browser.apk -- YES, removing this will make you lose your browsing ability (not internet as a whole). If you have firefox or opera for android, and like those best, you can remove this without any problems.
BuddiesNow.apk -- YES, this is just that widget offered by the TouchWiz launcher. If you don´t use it, remove it.
CallSetting.apk -- NO, do you like to use your phone for... umm calling people? This is kind of essencial, it will allow call setting to be edited. Stuff like call waiting and forwarding will not work if you remove this, as well as other stuff I didn´t have time or willingness to test, as soon as I confirmed dialpad and other things while calling had been disabled.
Camera.apk -- NO, this is the camera application. If you find an alternative one (I don´t think there are any on the market) you could remove it.
CameraFirmware.apk -- NO, this is the actual ROM (if you will) for the camera. Without this, camera.apk is useless.
CertInstaller.apk -- NO, Installs certificates for the apps you install. I assume without this, you cannot give permissions for apps to do things and access certain folders and files. I´m guessing if you don´t have this installed, you couldn´t even install root on your phone. So in short, no.
ClockPackage.apk -- YES, however this controls the alarm clock, stopwatch, world time and timer. There are alternative applications online if you want, but this seems to do the job pretty well and all under the same apk.
Contacts.apk -- NO, this controls the contacts application (the contacts / groups / history / activities tabs). Removing this will make you have to call everyone by physically inputing their number.
ContactsProvider.apk -- NO, this controls contacts sync. Pretty useful if you still don´t use google contacs sync, you should try it. In theory if you don´t use it, you could remove it, but I don´t know what effect it would have on your contacts.
CSC.apk -- NO. This breaks CSC. According to insanity, this can be removed after first successful boot, but if you ever have to hard reset or restore factory settings, this will not allow you to boot successfully.
DataCreate.apk -- NO.
DialerTabActivity.apk -- NO. This controls the dialer. Even if you have all your contacts already stored, you cannot call them without this app.
Divx.apk -- YES. This is some licesing information for the video player. I don´t really watch alot of videos on my phone, but after removing this I´ve never had any problems. If you do remove it, and have problems, post it on the comments.
Dlna.apk -- YES. This is allshare. Never had any use for it, and it shall not be missed.
DownloadProvider.apk -- NO. Handles file downloads and market downloads.
DrmProvider.apk -- NO. In theory, you cannot remove it, it will break your ability to play DRM protected files, aka, Ringtones and SMS notifications. I´ve been in the process of de-DRMing my ringtone files. I would imagine, if you don´t have a reason to play DRM protected files, this could be removed. However keep in mind all DRM protected files will not be able to play. This apk takes up a lot of memory and stays on all the time on the background. It is one of my most hated apks, it serves no function rather than to protect you from copying or editing the stupid samsung ringtones.
DrmUA.apk -- NO, see above.
DualClock.apk -- YES. Dual clock widget. If you don´t need, remove it.
Email.apk -- NO. According to insanity, removing this will break things.Haven´t tried it yet though.
EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk -- YES. This controls that ability to hold the menu button for a second or two and the search menu pop up. I usally keep it.
FactoryTest.apk -- YES. Removed it without any problems. If you have ever run autostarts, you´ll realize how much of a hog this apk really is during some actions.
FlashPlugin.apk -- YES. This allows flash content to be displayed, so even though you can, I don´t recommed it.
FlashSVGPlayer.apk -- YES. As far as I know, this is the player which provides you to view the flash content through the plugin above. Removing this might break your flashplugin.
FMRadio.apk -- YES. Radio player.
Gallery3D.apk -- YES. This is a battery hog. It´s that fancy 3D accelerometer enhanced gallery. If you remove it, you won´t be able to easily access photographs though. If you want a good replacement, I would suggest QuickPic, it does the job, it´s fast and doesn´t hog memory (although its not fancy like the 3D Gallery)
GlobalSearch.apk -- YES. This is the search function on your phone. Remember the Enhanced search this above, well, that actually accesses this to do the search. That can be removed and this will be fine (although you´ll have to access the search feature by the app drawer). But if you remove this, the enhanced search will be useless.
Gmail.apk -- YES. Don´t use gmail? It can be removed, but will break Talk.apk as well.
GmailProvider.apk -- YES. I guess it is tied to gmail.apk. See above.
GoogleApps.apk -- ?. This is didn´t even come installed on my phone, so I guess it´s not that important.
GoogleCheckin.apk -- ? Same as above.
GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk -- YES. Syncs contacts through google. This can be removed, but you won´t be able to sync contacts.
GooglePartnerSetup.apk -- NO.
GoogleSearch.apk -- YES. This is the google search widget you can add onto your launcher desktop.
GoogleSettingsProvider.apk -- NO.
GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk -- ?. Don´t know, this is not on my phone.
GpsSetup2.apk -- NO. This sets up GPS configurations.
gtalkservice.apk -- YES. You might have this as talk.apk or gtalkservice.apk, although it´s all the same thing, it´s Google Talk.
HTMLViewer.apk -- YES. No side effects were noticed when removing this.
HwCodec.apk -- ?. Don´t have this on my phone.
IcsService.apk -- ?. Don´t have this on my phone.
InfoAlarm.apk -- YES. This is the daily briefing widget. Don´t need it remove it.
InputEventApp.apk -- NO.
Layar-samsung.apk -- YES. Layar. Seems awesome on paper. Never has been of any use in reality.
LbsTestMode.apk -- YES. GPS testing mode. Can be accessed via *#*#197328640#*#*, but not needed per se.
lcdtest.apk -- YES. Removing this will cause your screen to not turn off when you lock your phone. By installing spare parts you can fix this, however if you don´t use spare parts for any other reason, that´s just replacing a passive apk for one that invades your phone on all levels. So I rather just leave it and not worry about it.
LogsProvider.apk -- NO. Lots of things will crash and force close if you do.
Maps.apk -- YES. Google Maps apk. If you don´t use it, remove it, but it is pretty useful, since it has gps navigation as well.
MarketUpdater.apk -- YES. Safe to remove but when the market gets updated you won´t be recieving the update.
MediaProvider.apk -- NO. Needed to access media files and ringtones.
MediaUploader.apk -- YES. This uploads pictures to picassa (facebook as well?). If you don´t need it, remove it.
Memo.apk -- YES. Remove it and you won´t be able to write memos though.
Mms.apk -- NO. This controls MMS sending and recieving on the phone.
MobileTrackerEngineTwo.apk -- YES. This app and the next control the tracker ability on your phone. What this does is if you lose your phone you can use this to track it down and find it. If it gets stolen, you can use this to lead the cops to the thief. Although this is an awesome idea, if you don´t live in a perfect world, it would be wiser not to go after the guy who stole your phone in case he decides to, hum..., go kill you afterwards... Besides, I live in Argentina, and the cops cannot be trusted to do this kind of job... they´ll tell you they can´t do anything. These things stay on memory all the time and really consume battery, so if you don´t care about this feature and really just take care of your stuff, you´ll not be needing these two apps.
MobileTrackerUI.apk -- YES. See Above. I forgot to mention though an extra feature this offers though. If you have these 2 apks installed, you have the samsung apps and singin (you´ll see them later further down), you can use another apk called wipereciever.apk to remotely wipe all the data on your phone, in case you are very privacy concious. However, removing any of these 2 apks, removing samsung apps and not setting up a samsung apps account before your phone gets stolen, this feature becomes disabled. Really in my opinion, its too much stuff to be worried about, and my phone doesn´t contain any nuclear launch codes. So I rely on my lock screen password to protect my data. (Most thieves don´t have the knowhow to crack the lockscreen protection and access the info inside the phone. At most they´ll get bored and might find the info on how to flash a new ROM or reset to factory settings, where your info will be deleted and your privacy sensitive stuff with it).
MtpApplication.apk -- YES. Required to sync with Kies. Do you flash your ROMs rather than update through Kies, this is useless to you then. (Updating through Kies is the equivalent of upgrading from XP to windows 7. It does the job, but it never works as well as installing from scratch.)
MusicPlayer.apk -- YES. This is the music player. If you remove this, you can still preview sounds and stuff through the SoundPlayer.apk. This can be effectively replace by PowerAMP and Winamp. In fact, if you have a stable music player alternative installed, I would recommend you delete this, since it could cause clashes and you might even get both players playing different songs at the same time via Bluetooth.
MyFiles.apk -- YES. This is the default file viewer installed by Samsung. If you use RootExplorer, this is kind of pointless. However, I sometime do things on the go and need to access things fast. I usually use this for everyday use and leave RootExplorer just to do alterations such as what we are doing in this list, so as to not delete important things by accident.
NetworkLocation.apk -- YES. This is the semi-accurate GPS simulation. It uses Cellphone Cell information to estimate your location, rather than using the battery hog GPS antenna. If you remove this, things like automatic weather location will be broken (you´ll have to input your location manually). I usually leave this on, because since it uses the very GSM network used by the phone, it seems like hitting two birds with one stone. Using the real GPS will force you to have two antennas working together. This wastes a lot of battery, and really most of the time the network location does a pretty good job of narrowing down your location. If you use GPS A LOT, I recommed just buying one of those TomToms or Garmin GPS, it has better maps, better accuracy and the very device is optimized to use only the GPS antenna, therefore wasting less battery, and not wasting your phone battery life.
OtaProvisioningService.apk -- NO. According to insanity, this is required. However see wssyncmlnps.apk to get more of an idea.
PackageInstaller.apk -- NO.
Personalization.apk -- NO.
Phone.apk -- NO. Remove this and you won´t have the dialer application. Even though your phone will theoretically work, you just won´t be able to dial out or view missed calls and stuff.
PhoneCrashNotifier.apk -- ?. Don´t know, my phone doesn´t have this.
PhoneErrService.apk -- NO.
Phone_Util.apk -- NO.
PicoTts.apk -- YES. This is part of the text to speech (not speech to text). If you´re blind, this is kind of important, because the phone will read via a a robotic voice things to you. This is also part of the Google GPS application where it will tell you "turn left" "keep right". If you remove this, GPS navigation will work, you just won´t have someone talking to you. If you decide to remove this, remove TtsService.apk as well.
Preconfig.apk -- NO.
RilFactoryApp.apk -- ?. The galaxy 3 seems to be the only phone in the world that has this. Nowhere I have seen is this apk mentioned. I have no idea what this does.
SamsungApps.apk -- YES. Samsung apps, if you remove this, you can remove signin.apk as well. If you remove this, and you manage your music and have apps via Kies, they might not work, however Kies will still connect (if you want to update firmware via Kies). By removing this, your samsung and touchwiz widgets will still work.
SamsungWidget_CalendarClock.apk -- YES. Calendar clock widget.
SamsungWidget_FeedAndUpdate.apk -- YES. Feeds and Updates widget.
SamsungWidget_StockClock.apk -- YES. Stock clock widget.
SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk -- YES. Weather clock widget.
SecDownloadProvider.apk -- NO. I believe this has to do with the maket, so I´d just leave it alone.
serviceModeApp.apk -- NO. Required for secret codes and service tasks, such as those accessed by secret codes.
Settings.apk -- NO. Isn´t settings explicit enough?
SettingsProvider.apk -- NO. Some Carriers will send you settings via sms or internal message. This is mostly for those people who don´t really know how to configure their phone (anyone not reading XDA ). Although it seems banal, it could be useful at some point, and some people have reported things force closing because of this
SetupWizard.apk -- NO. In theory can be deleted after first successful boot. However this could cause problems if you need to factory reset
shutdown.apk -- NO. Tells you your battery is low and manages shutdown notifications.
signin.apk -- YES. See SamsungApps.apk
SisoDrmProvider.apk -- NO. Has to do with the DRM. If you successfully manage to remove DRMUA and DRMService, maybe this can be removed as well. Don´t know, haven´t been able to rid my phone from drm still.
SnsAccount.apk -- YES. Does the feeds sync with facebook and twitter. Without this, you won´t be informed of new tweets of your friends saying "OMG! I´m at the toilet reading cosmo magazine. LOLZ".
SnsProvider.apk -- YES. See above.
SoundPlayer.apk -- YES. This, not to be confused with MusicPlayer.apk plays sounds and previews ringtones. Even though it can be removed, you´ll be pretty limited if you do, since it works a bit faster and to the point than MusicPlayer. It doesn´t genera playlist, history and has no visualization. It just plain to the point plays sounds. Even if you have Winamp, PowerAMP, cubed or whatever I recommend keeping this.
Stk.apk -- YES. You know those annoying menus your carrier offers you, you know, to inform you about your hororscope (no I didn´t misspell it), roaming information or traffic information, making you send a message so they can send you the info back? This is the menu apk for that. Don´t want to download your carrier (payed) games or apps telling you bad jokes? Delete this.
Street.apk -- YES. Streetview for Google Maps. Removing it will not break google maps, but you won´t get to view street pictures.
Swype.apk -- YES. Swype keyboard, and awesome alternative to samsung´s. It does a good job at predicting text, but not essential if you like to manually type all words out.
syncmldm.apk -- YES. Device Management. I read something somewhere but don´t really remember what it was. I deleted this accidentally while trying to delete syncmlds.apk but nothing has broken yet...
syncmlds.apk -- YES. This has to do with the Synchronize page options in the settings menu. If you don´t use it, it has no meaning in your life.
Talk.apk -- YES. Google Talk. There was some chatter about removing this breaking Gmail or the Market. As far as I´ve read, this can be removed, although I still haven´t gotten around to trying it out.
TalkProvider.apk -- YES. See above.
TelephonyProvider.apk -- NO.
thinkdroid.apk -- YES. This is the mobile version of a microsoft office clone. Removing this will not let you open .doc or .xls or .pps on your phone.
TouchWiz30Launcher.apk -- NO. Even though if you use Zeam or LauncherPro or GoLauncher, removing this is kind of dangerous. Let me explain. A while ago when I was a virgin at ODIN flashing and new to the phone, i deleted this because I was using LauncherPRO. I had also deleted something that made my phone force close all the time. I didn´t trust flashing yet, and in my haste, I decided to restore factory settings. The thing is, when you do that, it deletes all non stock apps and reconfigures the phone to use stock apps. When I that, even though the phone booted, I couldn´t access anything, because launchers also control the appdrawer. My phone was literally blank, although if was working. The problem is, if you factory reset, the settings that control your USB connection as MODEM or PDA go back to its original settings. As mine did. So I couldn´t get to anywhere on my phone and couldn´t get my computer to recognize the phone. Until I flashed it via Odin (after a 7 hour desperation overnight, and finding some miracle Samsung USB x64 drivers for mobile phones on a forum) the phone was in effect soft bricked.
If you remove anything from this list and have problems, you can factory reset or prepare you contacts and apps for a flashing via ODIN. If you delete however, you won´t even be able to prepare yourself or backup anything. I wish this upon no one, so I advise keeping this, just to be on the safe side.
TouchWizCalculator.apk -- YES. Calculator app, although can be removed, it´s pretty cool and functional.
TouchWizCalendar.apk -- YES. Calendar app, although can be removed, it´s pretty cool and functional.
TouchWizCalendarProvider.apk -- NO. This has something to do with calendar sync and seems to be the connection between the calendar app and the phone´s internal calendar and date settings.
TtsService.apk -- YES. See PicoTts.apk
TwWallpaperChooser.apk -- YES. Wallpaper Chooser. If you have 3DGallery or QuickPic installed, you can use those to set wallpaper, even though there are some wallpapers (internal to this apk) you won´t get.
UNAService.apk -- ?. I have no idea what this is, and so doesn´t insanity.
UserDictionaryProvider.apk -- YES. You know when you add new words, like names and nicknames to your keyboard prediction? This is where those are kept. Delete this and you´ll have to write like the English Academy of Words wants you to write. LOLZ and WTF won´t be recognized as words and you´ll have to write them out everytime you write them, rather than it being available to you via prediction.
Vending.apk -- NO. Part of the Android Market. Actually this IS the Market.
VideoPlayer.apk -- YES. Video player. Do as you wish.
VoiceDialer.apk -- YES. Allows you to dial by speaking someone´s name. Most people´s names when I say them, tend to return something entirely different from what I was looking for. Sometimes though, it surprises. For some reason this sometimes doesn´t work if you don´t have mobile internet activated, making me believe this actually sends via internet the recording, and an algorith somewhere in the Google empire sends the decodification back... Very ineffective.
VoiceRecorder.apk -- YES. Allows you to record your voice. Some people complain the quality is too low, however I use this as a notepad, rather than writing my to-do list, I speak them. Much faster and much easier. Don´t see why something such as this would need audiophile levels of quality.
VpnServices.apk -- YES. VPN for Android. Perhaps gMote or applications that allow you to control your phone via PC desktop might require this. I don´t , so I delete it, and it doesn´t break anything.
wipereceiver.apk -- YES. Remember mobile tracker? This is the apk that lets you wipe your data remotely.
WlanTest.apk -- YES. Tests wireless settings, via the same test menu mentioned on the above test apks. Required for OTA updates.
WriteandGo.apk -- YES. Write and Go application.
wssomacp.apk -- NO. Required for SMS messaging.
wssyncmlnps.apk -- YES. This is Over The Air Programming. What this does is if your provider decides it has a better way to configure your device or alterations to do to improve something, they´ll send you a message telling to dial such and such number. Your phone will go into download mode and somethings will be updated. My carrier never has done such things, and really I trust the guys from XDA to configure my phone way better than my carrier. I usually remove this.
YouTube.apk -- YES. Since android has limited flash support, this application allows you to take the full youtube experience, rather than having to access youtube through the browser. Delete it if you don´t watch videos.
I was looking for this, thanks
Well... Thats pretty cool! Brilliant!!!
I think it is safe to remove market updater.apk. It is responsible for automatic updating of market app. People who do not want new version of market can remove it safely
[email protected] said:
I think it is safe to remove market updater.apk. It is responsible for automatic updating of market app. People who do not want new version of market can remove it safely
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Excellent!!! Very well written with explanation!!!!
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IT IS NOT SAFE TO REMOVE BLUETOOTH.APK. I REMOVED IT AND THERE WAS NO OPTION TO SEND ANY FILES TO OTHER DEVICE VIA BLUETOOTH(noticed it when i long pressed an app to send via bluetooth after deleting them).
Am on cm7. It may be safe to remove on froyo. Not sure. But not safe to remove on cm7
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IT IS NOT SAFE TO REMOVE BLUETOOTH.APK. I REMOVED IT AND THERE WAS NO OPTION TO SEND ANY FILES TO OTHER DEVICE VIA BLUETOOTH(noticed it when i long pressed an app to send via bluetooth after deleting them).
Am on cm7. It may be safe to remove on froyo. Not sure. But not safe to remove on cm7
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Please don't try to remove remove these apps on any rom except for froyo... These have only been tested in froyo...
thanks a lot really helped.
I was looking for this, thanks
sha4nef said:
thanks a lot really helped.
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I was looking for this, thanks
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Thats why we have a thanks button
sys apps
Very usefull! Thanks!
Many thanks for it...... I loking it long time....its really good info
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ScreenCaptureService.apk
is it safe to remove ScreenCaptureService.apk, i'm on kyorarom (jpu-based)?
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is it safe to remove ScreenCaptureService.apk, i'm on kyorarom (jpu-based)?
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I think yes
nishant_713, Removing Talk.apk leads to instability of Market on eclair(no downloading at all). Hope helped with testing
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Please don't try to remove remove these apps on any rom except for froyo... Three have only been tested in froyo...
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I think yes
nishant_713, Removing Talk.apk leads to instability of Market on eclair(no downloading at all). Hope helped with testing
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I hope thats clear... But thanks for the info....
Apps Safe to Remove
Here is a list of the apps i removed successfully without crashes or other problems:
News & Weather (widget)
Calendar (widget)
Clock (widget)
Ap Mobile (widget)
Days (widget)
Digital clock (widget)
Dual clock (widget)
Mini paper (widget)
Application Monitor (widget)
Social Hub (widget)
Yahoo! Finance (widget)
AccuWeather.com (widget)
Game Hub
Music Hub
Readers Hub
SNSAccountFb (Facebook from Social Hub)
SNSAccountLi (LinkedIn from Social Hub)
SNSAccountMs (MySpace from Social Hub)
SNSAccountTw (Twitter from Social Hub)
com.sec.android.app.sns (Service from Social Hub)
com.sec.android.app.snsimagecache (Service from Social Hub)
Android Live Wallpapers
Live Wallpaper Picker
Microbes (Live Wallpaper)
AccuWeather Weather Daemon
Ocean weather (Theme)
Windy weather (Theme)
PressReader
Zinio Reader (Magazines reader)
Kobo (Part of Readers Hub)
AllShare
TwWallpaperChooser
ChocoEUKor (Extra font)
My files (Explorer)
TalkBack
Helv Neue S (Extra font)
Mini diary
Mobile Print (Print Remotely)
Mobile tracker (Remote track of the phone)
IM (Instant Messengers)
TrimApp (Part of Video maker)
Video maker
Photo editor
Swype
SNS disclaimer (A disclaimer of the Social Hub)
com.sec.android.socialhub
Talk
Gmail
Street View
Google+
Share App
This was done on my Galaxy S2 on ICS.
As you can see i also removed all the Social Hub parts except the "com.seven.Z7" (SevenEngine.apk), this is the second Social Hub app with a "@" logo on it, because this one helps the Email app to automatically get the correct emails server settings.
Hi guys this are my Current HTC Sensation 4G:
=JuopunutBear=
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1111
RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
Thanks to kgs1992, ok so far i Currently have: JB S-Off + Root + 4EXT Touch Recovery.
Ok, now i need people who really know about this stuff cause what i want to do now is to remove most if not ALL of my Bloatware (T-Mobile US) Stuff and probably some that i wont need.
This is the list of Apps Currently Installed that came with My Stock OTA ICS update:
01- Access T-Mobile
02- Adobe Reader
03- Calculator
04- Calendar
05- Camcorder
06- Camera
07- Clock
08- Connected Media
09- Contacts
10- Downloads
11- Facebook
12- Flash Player Settings
13- Flashlight
14- FM Radio
15- Friend Stream
16- Gallery
17- Gmail
18- Google+
19- HTC Hub
20- Internet (I thought they were gonna put Chrome Beta)
21- Latitud
22- Lookout Security
23- Mail
24- Maps
25- Messages
26- Messenger (Google+ messenger)
27- Mirror
28- Mobile Hotspot
29- Music
30- Music Hub (Has T-Mobile Colors And Directs ME to their Site)
31- N.O.V.A.
32- Navigation
33- News
34- Notes
35- Personalize
36- Phone
37- Play Movies
38- Play Music
39- Play Store
40- Polaris Office
41- Search (Google)
42- Settings
43- Slacker
44- Stocks
44- T-Mobile Mall
45- T-Mobile Tv
46- T-Mobile Video Chat
47- Talk
48- Task Manager
49- Tasks
50- Teeter
51- TeleNav GPS Navigator
52- Transfer
53- Visual Voicemail
54- Voice Recorder
55- Watch (never used before so its useless)
56- Weather
57- Wi-Fi Calling
58- YouTube
ok, now what i want to now is what Apps + other files to remove without making my ROM Unstable and without loosing funtionality?
what T-Mo Apps?
what System Apps?
Im gonna be using Root explorer file manager
worked great for me in 2.3.4
Thanks in advanced Hope this thread also helps other people
Remove all the stuff that you desire, but one by one and making a backup in each case. If your phone is still stable, you can continue removing stuff (otherwise, restore the backup and try to remove another app).
I think that you can remove safely these apps: 2-4, 11-18, 21-24, 26, 27, 29-34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44-58.
Wow I've forgotten how much bloat these phones/stock roms come with. RoberGalarga pretty much covered everything that can be safely removed. I would just add 44 and I'm not sure what 1 and 19 are but usually any carrier/manufacturer branded apps can be safely removed. Just remember to backup just in case.
Should I remove them with Titanium?
What about those files that end in extension ".odex" do I delete those also or just the app related to the ".odex" file?
1- is the same as My T-Mo Account
19- is the HTC kind of App store.
Does anyone knows if ics has a battery widget? I cat find it under HTC ones like in GB. If not is there a way to get battery % on my stock ice?
Thanks in advanced
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Should I remove them with Titanium?
What about those files that end in extension ".odex" do I delete those also or just the app related to the ".odex" file?
1- is the same as My T-Mo Account
19- is the HTC kind of App store
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You need to remove both the apk and the odex files. It's up to you but to me Titanium is easier to use to remove apps plus you can create a backup of the app before removing it.
Here is a list of apps that I have removed from the 4.4.2 (NC2) build using Titanium Backup and Root Explorer. There are more apps that can be removed but these are the ones I've deleted so far. Please keep in mind that you use your phone differently than I do so some of these may interfere with your daily use if frozen/removed. I have completely removed them but the best thing to do is to freeze them for a while in Titanium Backup or rename them with a .bak extension in Root Explorer to be sure that they aren't going to cause any issues.
Feel free to post any additional apps that you have removed and I'll add them to the list.
The following were removed with Titanium Backup:
allshare controlshare service
allshare fileshare service
amazon 2.8
amazon 2.0
amazon kindle
amazon mp3
ant hal service
ant radio service
ant+ plugins
audible
backup assistant plus
bluetooth test
blurbcheckout
bubbles
business card recognition
calendar widget
caller name id
cloud 13.5
com.verizon.permissions.appdirectedsms
com.verizon.permissions.securesettings
com.verizon.permissions.vzwappapn 1.0
easy settings
ELM agent
epsonprintservice
email 4.2
exchange services 4.2
favorite apps 1.0
favorite contacts
fwupgrade
gear manager 1.0
gear manager 1.0
group play
help
hp print service
imdb
interactivekeyguardtutorial
localfota
location services
mobile print
mobileprintsvc_cups
mobileprintsvc_cups_backend
music
my infozone
my magazine (will break the ability to open the stock email from the notification area)
my magazine - here and now
my verizon mobile
nfl mobile
pagebuddynotisvc
pickuptutorial
remote controls
remote controls
remote controls
s finder
s health
s translator
s voice
samsung account
samsung calendar syncadapter
samsung cloud data relay
samsung cloud quota
samsung contents agent
samsung hub (can be frozen or removed with a root explorer app but DO NOT UNINSTALL WITH TITANIUM OR YOU'LL HAVE SCREEN ROTATION ISSUES)
samsung link
samsung print service
samsung push service
samsung sbrowser syncadapter
samsung snote3 syncadapter
samsung syncadapters
samsung text-to-speech engine
samsung updates
samsung video
samsung watchon
samsung watchon video
samsunghub updater
screen mirroring
sensorservice
share music
share video
slacker
sns
software update
software update
story album
story album widget
sync service
travel wallpaper
trip advisor
verizon location agent
verizon login
verizon support and protection
verizon tones
vpn client
vpn dialogs
vz navigator
vzwapnservice
weather widget
wfds print service plugin
wssyncmlnps
yahoo financial
The rest were removed with Root Explorer:
AllshareFileShareClient.apk
AllshareFileShareServer.apk
AllshareMediaServer.apk
AllshareMediaShare.apk
amazon imdb.apk
isiswallet.apk
keyguardsplannerwidget.apk
snamecard.apk
sprintspooler.apk
vzwlbs.apk
yahoostockphone2013.apk
The ones you removed with titanium backup... were u not able to remove those with root explorer?
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The ones you removed with titanium backup... were u not able to remove those with root explorer?
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I usually remove/freeze all that I can with Titanium Backup first then I use Root Explorer for the ones that I can't find in TiBu.
Did you freeze them or did you actually remove the apk? Only reason I ask is some of those might fall under the category of do not remove but you can freeze so we should probably clarify
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Did you freeze them or did you actually remove the apk? Only reason I ask is some of those might fall under the category of do not remove but you can freeze so we should probably clarify
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They have been completely removed from my Note 3.
Does anyone know what com.qualcomm.location.apk does?
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Does anyone know what com.qualcomm.location.apk does?
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I removed it and the GPS works fine, it is LocationServices in Titanium Backup.
Is it possible for a moderator airmaxx23 to keep a complete listing in the OP? I cam see this list useful in ROM development. Thanks.
Don't remove my magazine if you're using the email app. Here and now is safe to remove still
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Thanks for putting this together. I usually freeze/delete all the bloat I can. I hardly ever use the Samsung apps anyways.
Wanted to drop a thanks as well. I LOVE ASOP and I hate bloat that I never use. I'm seeing some of my best battery life on 4.4.2 with all of the above removed.
I plan on removing some of these items from the system/apps folder of the de odex version before flashing to 4.4.2. I assume there shouldn't be any issues as I have done this with several other roms in the past?
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I plan on removing some of these items from the system/apps folder of the de odex version before flashing to 4.4.2. I assume there shouldn't be any issues as I have done this with several other roms in the past?
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You shouldn't have any issues, but I can't guarantee anything.
Just wanted to say thank you for this helped delete every thing from two N3's.
Just chiming in I did remove a lot of the mention apps from the system/apps directory of nc2 rom floating around before flashing from 4.3 and it works perfectly fine. thanks again for the list!
I removed a lot (but not all) of apps from this list using Titanium Backup. I noticed a few things that broke after doing so and was wondering if anyone knew which missing apps might be the culprit?
1: Automatic screen rotation seems be broken for all apps.
2: I have Battery Widget Reborn installed and the quick settings in the notification shade don't work anymore.
Here is a link to my list.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52337960&postcount=1089
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Here is a link to my list.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52337960&postcount=1089
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Hey thanks! I'll compare the 2 lists and try restoring the ones that aren't on your list.
EDIT: Restoring "Easy Settings" in the Titanium gave me back the ability to use use my Battery Widget Reborn quick controls again. Strangely, after rebooting, this program name doesn't appear in Titanium anymore.
Also, I have no idea what is causing my rotation to not work, and no one else is reporting this, so I don't know. I found 2 apps that I removed in Titanium by mistake because I don't any backup for them: media and imsqmisocket.
I may just hard reset at this point.
So I've been trying to track down the app that is causing rotation to break but I can't figure it out. I started fresh and each day I've been deleting around 15 apps twice a day until they have all been removed. Today I removed the last 12 apps from the list and rotation is still working so far.
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So I've been trying to track down the app that is causing rotation to break but I can't figure it out. I started fresh and each day I've been deleting around 15 apps twice a day until they have all been removed. Today I removed the last 12 apps from the list and rotation is still working so far.
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Thanks for the reply. It helped me to know that I wasn't the only one having this problem. I found the solution today after some searching:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644293
You might want to update your list as I don't think all of these are "safe to remove."