I was curious, does anyone know what stock apps on the EVO 3D can be removed safely?
And for that matter, is does anyone know if any of the Rogers apps that come pre-installed on the Rogers version of the phone are tied to the phone's functionality (and thus can't be removed)? One I really want to get rid of is "Wi-Fi Calling", but freezing it in Titanium doesn't seem to have any effect.
I've started freezing apps now that I have Titanium installed and working, but figured someone may have already gone through the process of removing useless stock apps.
saltorio said:
I was curious, does anyone know what stock apps on the EVO 3D can be removed safely?
And for that matter, is does anyone know if any of the Rogers apps that come pre-installed on the Rogers version of the phone are tied to the phone's functionality (and thus can't be removed)? One I really want to get rid of is "Wi-Fi Calling", but freezing it in Titanium doesn't seem to have any effect.
I've started freezing apps now that I have Titanium installed and working, but figured someone may have already gone through the process of removing useless stock apps.
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here is a decent post on which apps are safe to remove although its probably geared towards the sprint version, i'm sure there will be some overlap. hope that makes a decent starting point!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197265
Got a question.
When you freeze apps, all you do is add '_fro' at the end of a file.
e.g. 'Gallery.apk' will become 'Gallery.apk_fro' when frozen.
My question is that when you freeze an app, does the system still load it? Or will my phone be faster if I totally remove the .apk?
Thanks!
Freezing will help your system because the frozen app will not launch, however it will still be present in your system which means it will still take the memory in the rom. So freezing apps is the first thing you need to do before deciding to completely remove or uninstall such app.
Cheers
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I have an HTC Amaze with stock Sense rom. Looking at the list of permissions the HTC Lookout app has access to, I seriously would like to get rid of it specially that is constantly running in the background and I cant stop it or uninstall the app (if uninstall still has a meaning in the post-windows world)
As far as I know. For system apps to be removed, you need root.
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I have an HTC Amaze with stock Sense rom. Looking at the list of permissions the HTC Lookout app has access to, I seriously would like to get rid of it specially that is constantly running in the background and I cant stop it or uninstall the app (if uninstall still has a meaning in the post-windows world)
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No not anymore, all the preinstalled apps including bloatware by t-mobile, zinio etc are stuck unless you root...unless you're firmware is 1.36 or lower...if it is and wish to get rid of bloadware etc, I suggest using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310115 to get temporary root, then use titanium backup to freeze the apps, you do not want.
If you've have already updated OTA there's no going back to the old firmware, I repeat NO going back. So if you have 1.43 you have to root
I have not explored this and am wondering if I did this, would I notice any performance increase? My tablet isn't sluggish by any means despite Sense being what it is.
Is this something worth looking into? And more importantly, if it is, what exactly is worth freezing on the Jetstream? OR how do I go about just deleting these apps without crashing my device? I usually rely on ROMs from Devs to do these things, but being rooted, we have the ability to delete and freeze the Apps, yea?
Apps I have in mind for freezing/deleting are:
Gameloft, ATT branded bloatware, HTC Likes, HTC Hub, Featured Apps, Kid Mode, Lets Golf, Need for Speed, HTC Watch (is a hog, for some reason), Snapbooth, Teeter, YPMobile, and zinio.
Thanks guys. Hopefully this helps others as well.
i just recently installed go launcher, trying to get the device running smoother. the launcher itself isn't quicker, but he does have some pros.
one of them is the task manager widget that shows you which apps are running in the background.
i found out that google+, htc people, and some other apps are starting spontaneously, without me ever using them.
so try installing a task manager widget, and follow your background processes
interesting. I don't use g+. I will just uninstall it.
How about freezing or removing sys apps?
i froze them using titanium. no issues caused so far..
about system apps - i'm running diablo v1.2 so alot was removed already..and according to the widget non of them pop up..
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i just recently installed go launcher, trying to get the device running smoother. the launcher itself isn't quicker, but he does have some pros.
one of them is the task manager widget that shows you which apps are running in the background.
i found out that google+, htc people, and some other apps are starting spontaneously, without me ever using them.
so try installing a task manager widget, and follow your background processes
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I noticed something similar. I use an app called Rom Toolbox. It displays all the processes that start up with system boot. Many such as facebook, google + and a host of other things, I do not use regularly. So i just disabled the auto-start of those services using ROM Toolbox and it doesn't autorun now. Don't know how effective it is, but when I do check the running apps section under manage applications in settings, I do not see the unnecessary apps running and the memory freed up is more as compared to prior disabling. However I haven't noticed much of a difference in my daily usage of the rom hence don't know how effective it is.
I also use Quick System Information Pro. It has a task clearer widget which I find extremely useful and effective. Whenever I feel that my tab is working a bit slow, I just press on the widget icon and it clears up in the range of 200-300 MB of ram thereby preventing slow down of the tab. It does work with non-Sense launchers as well such as Go Launcher HD.
Using Titanium I uninstalled a lot of the bloatware and froze Sense. Cleared the cache and dalvik using CMW, and things have been working fine up to now. Performance-wise, no lagging and everything seems to run fine. Only kept Google's stock apps like maps and stuff, even though I don't use them.
Also note that I backed up everything I uninstalled just in case, so everything's dandy. Oh, and I reverted back to the stock kernel a while back (still rooted, though).
Quick question, if I clear the cache manually or dalvik through Titanium, does it do the same thing CMW does? It should work the same way and only need a restart, right?
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Quick question, if I clear the cache manually or dalvik through Titanium, does it do the same thing CMW does? It should work the same way and only need a restart, right?
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Yup!
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i froze quite alot of HTCs crap on this, and the more i freeze the better it gets.
been working with it for a few weeks and without the sense its more stable.
guru_shastri said:
i froze quite alot of HTCs crap on this, and the more i freeze the better it gets.
been working with it for a few weeks and without the sense its more stable.
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I Froze all the AT&T/HTC Bloatware, however I continue to have FREEZING problems with the YouTube (even after uninstalling the Upgrade).
My work around is to use the YouTube on the stock Browser.
Hope a Permanent FIX for the YouTube app comes sooner than later
I completely despise the fact that there is a menu option for the browser bar.
Short of changing the sku ID ( cuz I like integrated SMS/voicemail ) is there a way to get rid of that in settings?
Try to uninstall the app, or disable it? I noticed it popped up as a Play Store app which I had previously installed (ditched the AT&T stock ROM long ago): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skyfire.browser.toolbar.att
If rooted, just find the associated app, and uninstall or freeze with Titanium.
I agree the AT&T Browser Bar is awful. Takes up too much screen real estate (yeah, I know it often hidden, but still annoying as it pops up often) and has functions that are easily performed in other ways. Useless, as most of AT&T's bloat is.
Other than flashing a custom Rom, I'm afraid not. I'm stock rooted and uninstalled the app but it's still lingering in the settings menu. Clicking on it after the uninstall does nada
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Other than flashing a custom Rom, I'm afraid not. I'm stock rooted and uninstalled the app but it's still lingering in the settings menu. Clicking on it after the uninstall does nada
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Did you uninstall in Settings, or with Titanium. Try freezing in Titanium.
redpoint73 said:
Did you uninstall in Settings, or with Titanium. Try freezing in Titanium.
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Pretty sure it's hardcoded in the settings menu. Would be nice if sense toolbox or another xposed module removed it.
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it [email protected] into settings , it can be disabled from the stock apps in settings though, no need to go through all the freeze this or that or even be rooted