I haven't seen a list of bloatware / AT&T apps that are safe to remove. So I thought I will ask:
- Which apps that you know are NOT SAFE to remove?
- I keep seeing in the task bar a double-arrow icon, indicating that an AT&T app is checking for software update. As a matter of fact, I did receive a message from it about a new software update. Which .apk I need to disable for this?
Again, this is only for the bloatware.
I deleted everything that had at&t in front of it. At&t messaging, my at&t, at&t navigation and the at&t update services thats the blue and red arrows you are seeing. I did this through task manager.
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I should also mention that I am rooted using a stock gingerbread rom.
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DROID76 said:
I deleted everything that had at&t in front of it. At&t messaging, my at&t, at&t navigation and the at&t update services thats the blue and red arrows you are seeing. I did this through task manager.
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Thanks for the info. No problem so far with freezing these AT&T apps, including AT&T Update Services?
BTW, when you said "delete", did you mean "freezing it with Titanium Backup" or you actually REMOVE the .apk?
I froze the above apps using TB, but it is still shown in Google Play as being installed and needing update.
You can search XDA for "apps safe to remove". The SGS-II forums have a spreadsheet that works for the note.
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With Google Play, the feature to DETACH from Market no longer works. So even if the app is frozen, it is still shown in Google Play, especially if there is an update.
This applies to ALL bloatware. After a while, you'll see tons of these in your Google Play list and you no longer can select
"Update All".
Can we SAFELY move the .Apk from /system/apps?
I deleted them. I froze them first and then deleted ecerything with at&t on it through task manager.
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I delete a majority of the bloatware, especially if I know I will never use it.
How did you DELETE these built-in apps?
There is NO uninstall feature, even when accessing it from System --> Applications --> Manage Applications.
DROID76 said:
I deleted them. I froze them first and then deleted ecerything with at&t on it through task manager.
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slix71 said:
I delete a majority of the bloatware, especially if I know I will never use it.
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titanium backup. select the app hit uninstall...
lanwarrior said:
How did you DELETE these built-in apps?
There is NO uninstall feature, even when accessing it from System --> Applications --> Manage Applications.
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If you have root on your phone, many third party apps will allow you to delete them. A popular one around here is Titanium Backup. I highly suggest installing this and purchasing the key (although the free version will work just as well). Its a staple in apps to install for rooted phones.
I deleted them through task manager. I used the uninstall feature. Try it.
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I use titanium backup to uninstall what I don't want, you have to be rooted though.
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Can I delete Social Hub without any problems?
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I havent tried the social hub not sure I would since its samsung software.
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I have removed Social Hub without issue
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same here, social hub deleted and no problems........and of course all the AT&T crap since I'm with TMobile
Just a helpfull hint for safety.
Personaly I would use titanium backup (in batch) to freeze apps you may want to uninstall.. leave them frozen for a few days to ensure there are no problems.. if once your sure there are no problems you can uninstall them (delete).. Uninstall can be done most of the time though the task manager .. but if that does not work titanium backup will most defently do it..
As someone else pointed out.. I did a search for i717 app safe to remove and got this nice spread sheet..
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html
How can I delete YouTube?
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I know HOW to remove the bloatware from Android phones using Titanium Backup Pro, but I'm curious to know what bloatware is SAFE to remove without causing any major problems with the OS. Thoughts, ideas and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
dustrho said:
I know HOW to remove the bloatware from Android phones using Titanium Backup Pro, but I'm curious to know what bloatware is SAFE to remove without causing any major problems with the OS. Thoughts, ideas and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
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I would like to know this as well.
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I removed all the demo games, friend stream, some of the themes and peep and I havent had any adverse actions as of yet, I plan to take off the faves and the modes too.
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GentMAB said:
I removed all the demo games, friend stream, some of the themes and peep and I havent had any adverse actions as of yet, I plan to take off the faves and the modes too.
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When you go to applications>manage are there still remains from the uninstalled apps?
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GentMAB said:
I removed all the demo games, friend stream, some of the themes and peep and I havent had any adverse actions as of yet, I plan to take off the faves and the modes too.
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I took off faves, modes as well. Also amazon, setup, all themes, swype if you don't use it. I think that was about it. Make sure you do a good nandroid backup before you do it, so you can restore all of it if you need to take it back in for some reason.
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I know HOW to remove the bloatware from Android phones using Titanium Backup Pro, but I'm curious to know what bloatware is SAFE to remove without causing any major problems with the OS. Thoughts, ideas and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
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You aren't perm rooted on 2.2 btw on your signature. You would be on 2.2.1.
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When you go to applications>manage are there still remains from the uninstalled apps?
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Nope as soon as you move/delete the apk from the apps folder its gone!
timbo1083 said:
I took off faves, modes as well. Also amazon, setup, all themes, swype if you don't use it. I think that was about it. Make sure you do a good nandroid backup before you do it, so you can restore all of it if you need to take it back in for some reason.
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Did you delete ALL your themes or did you just delete the ones you weren't using? Also deleting modes and faves didn't conflict with anything? I was kinda on the fence on these apps
Nope I used titanium backup to uninstall the stuff, I also did take off amazon as well
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Do I need to be s-off or just perm rooted to delete system apps? because when I try to delete some of the themes or system apps with Titanium Backup and I restart my phone they come back.Please Help!
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Nope I used titanium backup to uninstall the stuff, I also did take off amazon as well
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With Titanium backup, you don't have to uninstall, if you want to keep them in case you need them later. You can simply 'freeze' the apps. This way, you keep them, they just go out of system memory and the icons will not show up either on your Launcher.
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Do I need to be s-off or just perm rooted to delete system apps? because when I try to delete some of the themes or system apps with Titanium Backup and I restart my phone they come back.Please Help!
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You cannot delete system apps via Titanium Backup. You can only backup the data. You will need Root Explorer or something equivalent to delete the system app. Make sure you make a backup first though.
samsci said:
You cannot delete system apps via Titanium Backup. You can only backup the data. You will need Root Explorer or something equivalent to delete the system app. Make sure you make a backup first though.
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You could delete system apps via titanium backup.
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mftek said:
You could delete system apps via titanium backup.
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Confirmed you could delete system apps.
LORD JUNIOR said:
Confirmed you could delete system apps.
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+3 but be careful some apps are needed by the system to run properly head over to the g2 section basically you can remove the same apps
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Thanks. Did not know that. Thought system apps were off limits with Titanium Backup.
Here is the thread I saw that says it does system apps are off limits. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835810
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Thanks. Did not know that. Thought system apps were off limits with Titanium Backup.
Here is the thread I saw that says it does system apps are off limits. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835810
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Ti Backup cannot backup system apps - only their data. It can, however, remove them with the 'force remove' function.
But, a major +1 for freezing them instead. It might just save your ass, and it serves the same function as deleting the app anyway.
Can someone please share the htc lockscreen app from the app folder I mistakenly deleted it and the oden file
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I removed all the demo games, friend stream, some of the themes and peep and I havent had any adverse actions as of yet, I plan to take off the faves and the modes too.
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I wouldn't remove friend stream if you plan on using facebook. What happened, was the phone was constantly looking for friendstream to "sync" but since the app was gone, it never reported back as completing syncing...so i'd always have the circle with arrows "sync" in my task bar. got so annoying.
had no problem when I froze friend stream and still use FB.
Anyone know what the my device, my account and search people is listed under in titanium?
I can't seem to find them.
Also any one have a complete list of what can you can freeze or uninstall?
So far I only freeze but here is what I have:
AppPack Asphalt com.tmobile.theme x6 demo videos Faves x2 flickr Friend Stream x2 Gallery I use 3d HTC Weather locationPicker x2 Mail x2 Email account messager x2 my Downloads Provider (No clue what it does) my modes news x2 peep quickoffice ringtone trimmer rockband screen share setup stocks x2 t-mo tv themes provider (no clue what it does) TTS Service Twitter Visual Voice Mail Voicemail Weather x2 Weather Agent and provider
Has anyone uninstalled the genius button app after remapping the button to the search function? I don't use it at all and its always running...
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I used my backup pro to restore apps after a new rom. Now all of the apps I got through the amazon market are showing as purchased in the google market. Is there a was to completely remove them from the google market. I tried uninstalling bus as soon as it is reinstalled the google market thinks its was installed from there and wants to give it an update, which fails. Also, a few apps i got from amazon for free I want to actually purchase to support the DEV and they already show as purchased in google and will not let me do so. Any thoughts?
*edit* ignore my sig, its old
Never used backup pro but titanium backup has the option to delete market link from specific apps.
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So does mybackup but it doesn't work on the new market
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Bump....... Anyone?
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Well if you paid for them you can just re-download them from the Amazon market instead of restoring them.
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I have same issue. For some apps I uninstalled them, then reinstalled them from the amazon marketplace. It didn't work. They still show up in the android market, and it says they need updates (even though they were just reinstalled from amazon marketplace). I think what's needed is a Titanium backup option to "fix amazon market link", or some other way to accomplish that.
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You need to disable and re-enable your device from the web site. It's happened to me a couple of times.
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Thanks, i'll try that
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...looks like it worked. Thanks.
By deactivate do you mean set it to not show in menus? That's the only option I see
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He means goto amazon app store on a pc and disable your phone from there, then reenable.
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Hello peeps just wanted to know disable the V Cast Media Manager from syncying, I tried unchecking everything the list, but the next day it magically checks everything on the list again.....
I know its part of the bloat ware package and can't be unistalled, just wanted an alternate option.
(Sorry for my grammer)
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Just use one of the approved temp root methods and freeze the App with Titanium Backup.
fullmetal509 said:
Hello peeps just wanted to know disable the V Cast Media Manager from syncying, I tried unchecking everything the list, but the next day it magically checks everything on the list again.....
I know its part of the bloat ware package and can't be unistalled, just wanted an alternate option.
(Sorry for my grammer)
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Go over to the dev section, grab scrosler's CleanTool and it becomes pretty elementary from there. Oh and Media Manager's package name is com.htc.vmm.
Merry Christmas
will this disable the nfl app?
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Only if you want it to.
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Only if you want it to.
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I meant will disabling verzion media manager disable the nfl app as well? It requires several other apps to work properly and don't want it disabled.
If you just disable the vcast apps, NFL Mobile will work fine
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I know this isnt helpful but........ VERIZON BLOATWARE FTMFL! I sooo cant wait to permanently get RID of that trash. I never seen so much shi** stuffed onto a phone from the factory.
Now that we have root, Thanks to the awesome Da_G, I would like to know which bloatware is safe to remove from the AT&T rom...
I have Titanium Backup, and have frozen a dozen of obvious apps or so, but it seems that the list of installed applications and services is in the hundreds...
I am not sure which ones are safe to remove, and the ones that would affect the overall phone functionality.
Anybody has a list of the applications and services that can be safely frozen or uninstalled?
Thanks!
I uninstalled att messageing app without root.
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borijess said:
I uninstalled att messageing app without root.
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Well, are you using a different messaging app?
Are you loosing any functionality without it?
(SMS, Voicemails, etc...)
Any other apps worth removing?
Thanks.
Voicemail and message work fine.
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CTF said:
Now that we have root, Thanks to the awesome Da_G, I would like to know which bloatware is safe to remove from the AT&T rom...
I have Titanium Backup, and have frozen a dozen of obvious apps or so, but it seems that the list of installed applications and services is in the hundreds...
I am not sure which ones are safe to remove, and the ones that would affect the overall phone functionality.
Anybody has a list of the applications and services that can be safely frozen or uninstalled?
Thanks!
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Here is the list i posted in "App and themes". I removed lots of them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504766
sweetboy02125 said:
Here is the list i posted in "App and themes". I removed lots of them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504766
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Awesome!
Thank you, I would have not thought to look there.
borijess said:
I uninstalled att messageing app without root.
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Yeah me too. I was able to delete/uninstall at least about 4 AT&T app, including the AT&T Messages app. All without root.
Nice link,thanks!
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So I've always tried to keep my roms as light as possible, as I don't use many LG functions. Thought I'd share my list!
All the applications listed are frozen with Titanium Backup. Hope someone else will have use for this
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A lot of the bloatware can actually be uninstalled. Just be sure to have a Nandroid backup ready (don't do this if you don't have a custom recovery and a backup), because uninstalling some things can cause a Security Error when you try to boot. I found out the hard way yesterday that uninstalling LGSmartcardService will cause that error, but I was able to remove a lot of other things.
antinorm said:
A lot of the bloatware can actually be uninstalled. Just be sure to have a Nandroid backup ready (don't do this if you don't have a custom recovery and a backup), because uninstalling some things can cause a Security Error when you try to boot. I found out the hard way yesterday that uninstalling LGSmartcardService will cause that error, but I was able to remove a lot of other things.
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It would be helpful if you can list out the 'Safe to Remove' bloatware if possible,
Right. But the /system partition isn't really readily available for anything useful, so I settled with freezing it at the moment. I've heard of people running into trouble when actually removing the apps before as well, beware!
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Incep said:
So I've always tried to keep my roms as light as possible, as I don't use many LG functions. Thought I'd share my list!
All the applications listed are frozen with Titanium Backup. Hope someone else will have use for this
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how come everyone freezes music and videos. what do you use for music that is better than whats built in?
with these apps frozen do you have alternates you use that are less intrusive and memory hogs
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It would be helpful if you can list out the 'Safe to Remove' bloatware if possible,
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697691
If you freeze LGSetupWizard you could get FC when plug-in headphones.
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how come everyone freezes music and videos. what do you use for music that is better than whats built in?
with these apps frozen do you have alternates you use that are less intrusive and memory hogs
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I use Spotify, Google Music for local content! I don't watch other videos than those in my gallery, for which I use the Photos app that comes with Google Plus.
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