So the T-Mobile HTC One comes with quite a bit of bloatware and I just wanted to make sure I uninstall all that crap with doing any other harm. So I'm creating a list of bloatware below. My question is, is it safe to remove all the bloatware with doing any harm to OS/phone in anyway? Btw, I do have my phone rooted and have Titanium Backup.
List of Bloatware: Feel free to add to the list if I've missed anything.
LookOut
T-Mobile MyAccount
T-Mobile Name ID
T-Mobile TV
Visual Voicemail
Also, is there anyway of taking out the Internet and replacing it with Chrome?
arsalann24 said:
So the T-Mobile HTC One comes with quite a bit of bloatware and I just wanted to make sure I uninstall all that crap with doing any other harm. So I'm creating a list of bloatware below. My question is, is it safe to remove all the bloatware with doing any harm to OS/phone in anyway? Btw, I do have my phone rooted and have Titanium Backup.
List of Bloatware: Feel free to add to the list if I've missed anything.
LookOut
T-Mobile MyAccount
T-Mobile Name ID
T-Mobile TV
Visual Voicemail
Also, is there anyway of taking out the Internet and replacing it with Chrome?
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You can take out the internet but some of the HTC stuff most likely needs it. Also Chrome does not support Adobe Flash player where i am sure the internet one does. If you want to make chrome a System app, you do this with TB. Just long hold the app you want to make a system app in TB and click convert to system. This will move the app from the user data to the system. If you wipe the phone the app will still be there but will just need to be updated. An easy way to find bloatware is to freeze the app under TB and if you have problems you know that the system needs it. You can just go and unfreeze it and use it again. If you uninstall something and do not make a backup of it, chances are you are going to run into problems.
Prod1702 said:
You can take out the internet but some of the HTC stuff most likely needs it. Also Chrome does not support Adobe Flash player where i am sure the internet one does. If you want to make chrome a System app, you do this with TB. Just long hold the app you want to make a system app in TB and click convert to system. This will move the app from the user data to the system. If you wipe the phone the app will still be there but will just need to be updated. An easy way to find bloatware is to freeze the app under TB and if you have problems you know that the system needs it. You can just go and unfreeze it and use it again. If you uninstall something and do not make a backup of it, chances are you are going to run into problems.
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Thanks for your input, I'll look into it.
the bloatware is just reinstalling upon restoart
Need a Cusotm Kernel
advocat3 said:
the bloatware is just reinstalling upon restoart
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If you just have root the system files are not writable. You have to flash a writable kernel. Root and stock kernel will not let you R/W it will say it did and confirm, but upon reboot, well you already know that.
Check out some custom kernels to access those advance features. I am on bulletproof right now. Pretty slick
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If you just have root the system files are not writable. You have to flash a writable kernel. Root and stock kernel will not let you R/W it will say it did and confirm, but upon reboot, well you already know that.
Check out some custom kernels to access those advance features. I am on bulletproof right now. Pretty slick
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Thanks! I ended up choosing 'freeze' for now which is good enough for me.
EDIT: Needed a writable kernel to force uninstall talk in order to install the new hangouts. everything went great! installed this kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255160
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Yesterday i tried the new modaco rom and was amazed by the speed unfortunatly i'd have to reinstall everything else so i restored the premade nandroid backup..
Has anyone experiences with a good backup application on the Hero ? Currently i'm thinking about using the App Manager + Handy Backup (free apps from Android Market) but i'm afraid that some data could be missing..
greetz rivak
I've not tried Handy.
I can confirm that neither MyBackupPro nor Backup for Root Users correctly backup/restore the HTC Sense UI stuff, so you will lose all your home screen customisations.
AppManager will backup apps, but only free ones, not paid/protected ones. I'm not aware of anythign that does, but of course you could just copy the apk files manually.
I'n not aware of an app that correctly backs up app *settings* either, but would love to know of one.
I tried Sprite, but its restore actually failed to complete. I didn't have time to play with it, so got a refund.
I can imagine the difficulty of writing an app to backup "settings" for ROM changes, as different ROM could have different adjustable settings...
I hope that HTC could provide us some app to back up settings within their apps, or allow us to export those settings (e.g. exporting saved custom Sense)
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AppManager will backup apps, but only free ones, not paid/protected ones. I'm not aware of anythign that does, but of course you could just copy the apk files manually.
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AppManager will backup paid apps - it is only protected ones that it can't do. Since many paid apps are protected, the distinction is minor, but it is worth pointing out.
However, since the Market remembers your paid apps anyway, it is a rather moot point, since paid apps are generally very easy to recover directly from the Market. I use AppManager to backup and restore all the free apps that I use, as it saves me (a) having to remember what I installed and (b) hunting round for them on the Market.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
AppManager will backup paid apps - it is only protected ones that it can't do. Since many paid apps are protected, the distinction is minor, but it is worth pointing out.
However, since the Market remembers your paid apps anyway, it is a rather moot point, since paid apps are generally very easy to recover directly from the Market. I use AppManager to backup and restore all the free apps that I use, as it saves me (a) having to remember what I installed and (b) hunting round for them on the Market.
Regards,
Dave
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But does the restore really work flawless with free apps? i made the experience with many wm phones and different backup apps like sprite backup, that you will nearly always have some kind of minor bugs after restoring data (especially if you made a FW update). Thats why i resorted in setting up everything manually again, which is the cleanest way to setup a newly updates device. So is using appmanager for restoring apps really safe?
Well, thus far I've not had a problem with any apps that I restored using AppManager. Essentially all it does is copy the APKs to to the SD card, and reinstalls them when you restore. Therefore, I don't see any reason why they shouldn't work just as well as redownloading from the market, since that is just going to download and install the same APK.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
AppManager will backup paid apps - it is only protected ones that it can't do. Since many paid apps are protected, the distinction is minor, but it is worth pointing out.
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indeed yes, apols; I've blurred this distinction before, too
foxmeister said:
However, since the Market remembers your paid apps anyway, it is a rather moot point, since paid apps are generally very easy to recover directly from the Market.
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Well, it's easy, yes, but also rather tedious if you've got dozens of paid apps, as you'd have to re-installed each one individually.
Anyway, the latest Root Explorer can now copy around entire directory hierarchies, so I'll just use that to take a copy of the protected apk files, and restore them after.
there is one major drawback to those backup apps:
after restoring all apps the android market doesn't recognize those installled apps, and therefore there i had no easy overview of app update notes.
but since this is an important feature i had to reinstall everything from the market again, so i can see in the download list if my apps have got any updates...
so while app manager did work, this drawback makes it unusable for me sadly...
Note that aTrackDog gives similar functionality, so that is at least a workaround.
Backup for root users claims to backupt the Market DB, and it did seem to work a bit, in that some, but not all, of my non-paid apps show as installed. Odd.
Another huge problem with AppManager, I'vejust found, is when you use it to re-install 100-odd apps: you still have to answer two prompts for each one (OK & Done).
Since it doesn't even result in the Market DB being correctly updated, you might as well just copy the apk files en masse, using Root Explorer. I would do that in future.
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Note that aTrackDog gives similar functionality, so that is at least a workaround.
Backup for root users claims to backupt the Market DB, and it did seem to work a bit, in that some, but not all, of my non-paid apps show as installed. Odd.
Another huge problem with AppManager, I'vejust found, is when you use it to re-install 100-odd apps: you still have to answer two prompts for each one (OK & Done).
Since it doesn't even result in the Market DB being correctly updated, you might as well just copy the apk files en masse, using Root Explorer. I would do that in future.
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root explorer sounds like you need a rooted device for it. correct?
Shahpur.Azizpour said:
root explorer sounds like you need a rooted device for it. correct?
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yes, that's right; the easiest way is to install the MoDaCo custom ROM, which currently includes the new 2.0 HTC release, too
cdmackay said:
yes, that's right; the easiest way is to install the MoDaCo custom ROM, which currently includes the new 2.0 HTC release, too
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do you mean the FW update by htc 2.0? i did the update using the RUU - no need for rooting...
Shahpur.Azizpour said:
do you mean the FW update by htc 2.0? i did the update using the RUU - no need for rooting...
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No, not quite. the MoDaCo custom ROM is based on HTC's 2.0, but is already rooted, so you can run root explorer, and other apps needing root, directly. It also has lots of other tweaks. You *do* need root to run Root Explorer.
Unfortunately, if you've installed the HTC RUU, you've also likely been installed a new bootloader which has removed your ability to boot custom recovery images, and so removed your ability to gain root in the future. The MoDaCo ROM does not include the new bootloader (which is not otherwise required).
But all is not lost: apparently you can use a tool called "flashrec" to restore the old bootloader... lots more detail at the MoDaCo site.
Does Backup for Root work then other than missing a few apps?
Seemed ok for me, other than:
- not backing up protected apps, even thought it could
- not backing up the HTC Sense UI desktop, folders, etc.
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Seemed ok for me, other than:
- not backing up protected apps, even thought it could
- not backing up the HTC Sense UI desktop, folders, etc.
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Sounds promising...were you using the latest version? Noticed the dev saying was aware of bugs on latest version, and suggesting may be better to use the old version.
Thanks
Phil
yup, latest version. I think those comments are a rejoinder to some others commenting that it had wiped all their data. I've had no problems, and those comments looked a little unlikely to me.
But a nandroid backup is always a good safety measure, before trying anything
backing up SMS and Email
How can you backup all SMS and email so that you re-install them with all threads correct if you change the ROM?
P!
SMS yes; there are several backup tools around; I used SMS Backup for Root.
email: my email is Gmail-based, so no need to backup, as it's not stored on the phone.
Hi, how can i remove the At&t Apps installed on mi GS2?
First, acquire root.
Install titanium backup and freeze the files you don't want
Reboot.
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I have installed Titanium Backup, but when i open it says: root access failed
Biut my phone is already rooted, why?
EDIT: Solved, i have updated Superuser
Which is the difference between "freeze" and "uninstall", i wnat to completely remove the At&t program.
DARKF3D3 said:
What is the difference between "freeze" and "uninstall" ? I want to completely remove some AT&T programs.
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Uninstall removes the application completely. Freezing however simply renames it to something else that way the program/process/app can't be used. Also, in the event that you need to update, you can simply go back and rename the original file back to it's original extension as some critical system apks are required for updates in certain phones.
rdubyah said:
Uninstall removes the application completely. Freezing however simply renames it to something else that way the program/process/app can't be used. Also, in the event that you need to update, you can simply go back and rename the original file back to it's original extension as some critical system apks are required for updates in certain phones.
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I thought freezing meant re-nicing that process to some special state, when kernel doesn't designate any CPU cycles to it, yet it still hangs in memory.
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I thought freezing meant re-nicing that process to some special state, when kernel doesn't designate any CPU cycles to it, yet it still hangs in memory.
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You may be correct, I have no idea. Basing from the context in this thread however, I'm nearly certain in this specific case however, what he means by freezing is what I stated.
Different definitions for different things.
Naturally, after obtaining root, I like to rid my tab of carrier junk.
Can we get a list of apps with locations of the files that we can safely delete?
Be careful, without a valid backup of the system this could be dangerous.
yes I know. I not make a backup, deleted many system app and market and now I cannot use my JS. Can you upload your factory backup of the rom??
Thanks for help. I have sent you a PM too
rangercaptain said:
Naturally, after obtaining root, I like to rid my tab of carrier junk.
Can we get a list of apps with locations of the files that we can safely delete?
Be careful, without a valid backup of the system this could be dangerous.
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You can safely delete the ATT apps using Liberty ROM tool after making a back with TB or LRT.
APKs removed so far
1. ATT Code Scanner
2. ATT Family Map
3. ATT Navigator
4. Featured Apps
5. GameWorld
6. YP
We still need S-Off on this device to really unlock it's full potential.
I agree with you. We are waiting for S-OFF Jetstream. After that this device will be the best tablet in the market now. I cant wait to get rid of that slow and buggy ATT rom.
Also I have removed AT&T communication Manager BY Titanium Backup.
After you remove it it will give you FC just reboot and will working very well
ATT communication manager? where can I find that?
Thanks for the advice, i followed the instructions and used Tool Box to remove the AT&T stuff after i backed up my device with Titanium backup.
I reset the device - however some of the AT&T stuff was removed and some apps came back like i never removed them.
Any idea why some were remove and the rest not ?
The apps that came back (not removed are)
- AT&T code scanner
- Game world
Very good to remove unneeded bloatware
Thanks !
itzik-g said:
Thanks for the advice, i followed the instructions and used Tool Box to remove the AT&T stuff after i backed up my device with Titanium backup.
I reset the device - however some of the AT&T stuff was removed and some apps came back like i never removed them.
Any idea why some were remove and the rest not ?
The apps that came back (not removed are)
- AT&T code scanner
- Game world
Very good to remove unneeded bloatware
Thanks !
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You backed up the whole rom with titanium backup or just the apps?
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Yep, backup full rom system and user application with titanium backup.
Then used root explorer pro to define which at&t apps to delete.
Deleted the apps and rebooted.
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why not uninstall the apps with titanium backup?
itzik-g said:
Thanks for the advice, i followed the instructions and used Tool Box to remove the AT&T stuff after i backed up my device with Titanium backup.
I reset the device - however some of the AT&T stuff was removed and some apps came back like i never removed them.
Any idea why some were remove and the rest not ?
The apps that came back (not removed are)
- AT&T code scanner
- Game world
Very good to remove unneeded bloatware
Thanks !
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Go into the market and un-check update automatically and then do not do an update all. I used Liberty Rom toolbox to delete mine and they did not comeback.
I don't know if this is the right method but It has worked for me. I removed for countless of time the ATT bloatwares with TBup adn when rebooting the all come back.
After I delete them from this directory /data/app/ applications are not installed anymore. Hope this helps.
ok, so i just rooted and unlocked my phone, and i am gonna start removing some bloatware from the phone, but am concerned because i don't want to delete an app that i think is bloatware, but it is tied into another appp and then both apps won't work.
for example, if i delete viewdini, i don't know if that will affect how i watch videos on the phone.
so what i am asking is basically if there is a list of all the stock samsung/amazon/google/verizon bloatware apps that i can safely delete?
thanks!
just downloaded the file from the cleanrom build of what scott removed... is it safe to say if i remove these i will be ok?
The pro version of titanium backup is ideal for this. You can freeze apps before you remove them to find out if they're important or not. I don't know of an official cheat sheet of what's safe to remove but if you look at ROMs and what the devs have removed, that's a good start to let you know what you can do without.
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If you delete an application you will NOT get Verizon phone updates. It's better to freeze the applications with Titanium Backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2298150
this thread contains a list of apps safe that are supposed to be safe to remove. remove them at your own risk.
Excellent, thank you all for the help! I deleted the obvious bloatware last night, I will delve into the others at a later time.
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Excellent, thank you all for the help! I deleted the obvious bloatware last night, I will delve into the others at a later time.
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Deleted or froze? If you deleted you better habe a backup or you wont get Verizon updates.
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steveperrry said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2298150
this thread contains a list of apps safe that are supposed to be safe to remove. remove them at your own risk.
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I've just rooted my device for the first time, I'm using Titanium Pro to freeze stuff on this list (I figured freezing would be safest being a noob)...but more than half of them dont even appear in Titanium, and none of the files show .apk on them. Is there another method being used to see these files?
What is the advantage to freezing them vs. disabling them in the regular system manager?
Parafly said:
What is the advantage to freezing them vs. disabling them in the regular system manager?
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Some applications can't be disabled in the system. So you have to freeze them instead. Freezing allows you to unfreeze them if Verizon releases a software update. If you delete them however you will never get a software update.
DarkMenace said:
Some applications can't be disabled in the system. So you have to freeze them instead. Freezing allows you to unfreeze them if Verizon releases a software update. If you delete them however you will never get a software update.
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The only reason for a sotware uodate is if you plan on staying stock. Mind you verizon will more than likely patch root access and the loki method of bypassing the bootloader in future updates. In my experience rom devs usually stay on top of adding all must have features that would be included in ota updates without loosing root and recovery.
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The only reason for a sotware uodate is if you plan on staying stock. Mind you verizon will more than likely patch root access and the loki method of bypassing the bootloader in future updates. In my experience rom devs usually stay on top of adding all must have features that would be included in ota updates without loosing root and recovery.
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True but someone will always find a new method. Voodo OTA rootkeeper might even work to restore it.
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Ok, So I have an AT&T HTC One rooted. I installed Titanium Backup to delete bloatware from my phone. but when i restarted the phone this morning to install a kernel, all the apps I had deleted reloaded themselves, am i doing something wrong, or am i missing a step on how to delete these apps permanently? Thanks for any help in Advance.
droidroid956 said:
Ok, So I have an AT&T HTC One rooted. I installed Titanium Backup to delete bloatware from my phone. but when i restarted the phone this morning to install a kernel, all the apps I had deleted reloaded themselves, am i doing something wrong, or am i missing a step on how to delete these apps permanently? Thanks for any help in Advance.
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A lot of people use Titanium to freeze apps; not sure what's happening if they're coming back.
I, on the other hand, rename the apks in root explorer (change the name to camera.apk.bak, for example). Another viable (and easier) option is to find the app in settings -> app -> all and disable it. With both methods, they can easily be reenabled if the mood strikes you.
The stock kernel has write protection so if you delete apps they come back.
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A lot of people use Titanium to freeze apps; not sure what's happening if they're coming back.
I, on the other hand, rename the apks in root explorer (change the name to camera.apk.bak, for example). Another viable (and easier) option is to find the app in settings -> app -> all and disable it. With both methods, they can easily be reenabled if the mood strikes you.
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Thanks. This helped to get them out of sight.
gunnyman said:
The stock kernel has write protection so if you delete apps they come back.
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Ok thanks gunnyman, ill look for a good rom that is stock and debloated.
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