Now that we have some root access, I figured we could use this thread to report what apps we've successfully frozen/uninstalled, and using which app.
So far from using Rom Toolbox (Pro) I was able to freeze the following:
-Amazon
-Amazon Kindle
-Backup Assistant Plus
-My Verizon Mobile
-SEAndroid
-Setup Wizard
-Sync Service (backup assistant)
-Verizon Login
-Verizon Mobile Security
-Verizon Remote Diagnostics
-Verizon Tones
-Verizon Navigator
-Verizon Voicemail
-Voice Recorder
Uninstalled:
-NFL Mobile
-Audible
Cant find/figure out:
-Viewdini apk (no idea what this even is)
-VZW Mobile Hotspot apk
-Audible Re-installs itself.
Some of the apps were stubborn and needed to be frozen a couple of times for it to stick.
I have frozen via TitanBU:
All things Amazon related
Appstore release 4.56
Backup Assistant Plus
Basic Daydreams 4.2.2
Beauty Face
Best Face
Bluetooth test 1.0
Blurbcheckout
Briefing
ChocoEUkor
Chrome
Come2uSPoker
CoolEUKor
DirectShareManager
DirectConnectManager
DroidSeriftalic
ELMAgent
Faceunlock
Flipboard
FWupgrade
GooglePlaybooks
Googlemagazines
GoogleTV/Movies
GoogleMusic
Google+
GroupPlay
Help 1.0
LocalFOTA
Match3VS
MobilePrint
MobileTracker
MobilePrintSvc
NFLMobile
OmaDrmpopup
Pagebuddy
RoseEUkor
Shealth
SSBooks
SSHub
SS Sans
SEAndroid
Setup Wizard (Both)
Share Music
Story Album / Widget
Sync Service
Talk Back
Travel Travel Wallpaper
TripAdvisor
VZWLogin
VZWRemote
VZWTones
Viewdini
VZWNav
All Yahoo
Wow, you don't like Chrome, huh?
PEOPLE YOU DON'T NEED TO ROOT THE PHONE TO FREEZE AND APP ICECREAM FIXED THIS WHEN THEY INTRODUCED ITS OWN VERSION OF FREEZING AN APP WERE IN JELLY BEAN WHICH MEAN YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FREEZE AN APP WITHOUT ROOTING DUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! AND YOU DON'T NEED A ROOTING APP TO DO SO!
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gabrielpina4 said:
PEOPLE YOU DON'T NEED TO ROOT THE PHONE TO FREEZE AND APP ICECREAM FIXED THIS WHEN THEY INTRODUCED ITS OWN VERSION OF FREEZING AN APP WERE IN JELLY BEAN WHICH MEAN YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FREEZE AN APP WITHOUT ROOTING DUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! AND YOU DON'T NEED A ROOTING APP TO DO SO!
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Wow. You're such an android wizz. Teach us your mighty ways, brilliant one, because apparently we don't know anything about android, which is why we are rooting.
/scoff
I dunno if you're joking or serious. Hard to tell, but from the way your write in all caps, have horrible structure, and have faces spread throughout your post, I'm inclined to think you're joking...or just really ignorant and/or stupid.
yyhd said:
Wow. You're such an android OS wizz. Teach us your mighty ways, brilliant one.
/scoff
I dunno if you're joking or serious. Hard to tell, but from the way your write in all caps, have horrible structure, and have faces spread throughout your post, I'm inclined to think you're joking...or just really ignorant and/or stupid.
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http://m.blogs.computerworld.com/19...evloc&q=frezzing+an+ice+cream+app&v=134000000
Click the link!!! and read instructions !! Should be the same for jelly bean!
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gabrielpina4 said:
http://m.blogs.computerworld.com/19...evloc&q=frezzing+an+ice+cream+app&v=134000000
Click the link!!! and read instructions !! Should be the same for jelly bean!
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/facepalm
He's serious.
You do know that the built in disable feature cannot disable every app, right? Hence one reason some of us root out phones.
Disabling app is the same thing as freezing if YOU watched the Google videos from there YouTube channel they explained it but Google is not gona use the stupid word (freeze) so they went for (disable) its exactly the same effect and does exactly the same thing nothing different at all !
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gabrielpina4 said:
Disabling app is the same thing as freezing if YOU watched the Google videos from there YouTube channel they explained it but Google is not gona use the stupid word (freeze) so they went for (disable) its exactly the same effect and does exactly the same thing nothing different at all !
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DUH!!!! Freezing is the same as disabling. I'm sure we all know that here on XDA.
I'm not going to continue this discussion because you obviously are too ignorant to know better as to why we want to root our phones and freeze/disable apps.
yyhd said:
DUH!!!! Freezing is the same as disabling. I'm sure we all know that here on XDA.
I'm not going to continue this discussion because you obviously are too ignorant to know better as to why we want to root our phones and freeze/disable apps.
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Then plzz enlighten me all I'm saying is if removing appS IS your only reason to root then don't root at all BEcause YOU can do it without root noW if wanna flash RomS and change kernels and change cpu FREQUENCYS then by allllllllllll means DEFINITELY ROOOOOT ..
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Then plzz enlighten me all I'm saying is if removing appS IS your only reason to root then don't root at all BEcause YOU can do it without root noW if wanna flash RomS and change kernels and change cpu FREQUENCYS then by allllllllllll means DEFINITELY ROOOOOT ..
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I could be mistaken but i think when you don't root, there isn't ALWAYS an option to disable an app. I know on my wife's phone there are some apps she has to leave in the app drawer because when you go to disable it, the "disable" button is greyed out. You can't click it.
If you root, you can disable EVERY app, even the ones with the greyed out buttons.
But i'm sure if i'm wrong you will correct me with all caps and annoying exclamation points
I feel dumber for reading this thread (past the first couple responses).
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gabrielpina4 said:
Disabling app is the same thing as freezing if YOU watched the Google videos from there YouTube channel they explained it but Google is not gona use the stupid word (freeze) so they went for (disable) its exactly the same effect and does exactly the same thing nothing different at all !
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If only you could disable every app... On the S3 and Note 2 there are several pre-installed Google, Samsung, and Verizon apps that can't be disabled or removed without the use of root.
joshw0000 said:
I feel dumber for reading this thread (past the first couple responses).
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I concur...
So do I open an app and place my phone the freezer and let it get frozen? And if I re-enable the app.. am I an enabler?
joshw0000 said:
I feel dumber for reading this thread (past the first couple responses).
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Seriously!!!
sk337sk337 said:
I concur...
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I concur your concur.
notown775 said:
So do I open an app and place my phone the freezer and let it get frozen? And if I re-enable the app.. am I an enabler?
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YES!!!! LOL
andross77 said:
I could be mistaken but i think when you don't root, there isn't ALWAYS an option to disable an app. I know on my wife's phone there are some apps she has to leave in the app drawer because when you go to disable it, the "disable" button is greyed out. You can't click it.
If you root, you can disable EVERY app, even the ones with the greyed out buttons.
But i'm sure if i'm wrong you will correct me with all caps and annoying exclamation points
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he better not correct you since you're correct. lol. i just didnt want to argue with dumb.
Just to clarify, by freezing applications it doesn't remove them, it just stops them from taking up system resources?
vanydotk said:
Just to clarify, by freezing applications it doesn't remove them, it just stops them from taking up system resources?
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Correct.
All i have to say is one thing and hope this guy can comprehend .... If root is pointless to "freeze/disable" apps and only for flashing roms... then explain to us how you can disable Verizon apps without root (like VZ Backup Assistant) cause without root, the disable button is gone or grayed out.
wow...came here to see what apps people had uninstalled (instead of just freezing them) and all i got was dumber!
so...to try to salvage this thread....
what apps have you uninstalled without issue?
thanks
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So i am wondering. Does changing the build.prop to another device allow us to view ALL apps on the market. Because ATT is still blocking a lot of them. Or if not how.? I know this is a fairly simple task.
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What Capps are you not seeing?
Coldheat1906
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Put the phone in airplane mode then turn on WiFi. Go to market and no apps will be blocked.
harlenm said:
Put the phone in airplane mode then turn on WiFi. Go to market and no apps will be blocked.
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Also remove your Sim card
Swyped on my Galaxy SII
harlenm said:
Put the phone in airplane mode then turn on WiFi. Go to market and no apps will be blocked.
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Can someone point out to me which apps are blocked. I feel like I'm missing out.. LOL
Is Google Talk one of the blocked apps? I mean you cannot see it in the market.
I can't see Google Talk on my marketplace, either. More disconcerting for me, though, is anyone else unable to see more than 20 or so apps when doing a search? It's like my marketplace isn't loading the next set of apps when I scroll to the bottom of a list.
Smoghog said:
I can't see Google Talk on my marketplace, either. More disconcerting for me, though, is anyone else unable to see more than 20 or so apps when doing a search? It's like my marketplace isn't loading the next set of apps when I scroll to the bottom of a list.
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Are you talking about on the Android market place? If you are, this is a known issue that they are working on...
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/static.py?page=known_issues.cs
Are you talking about the "Only first page of search results displays" issue?
speedking261 said:
Are you talking about on the Android market place? If you are, this is a known issue that they are working on...
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/static.py?page=known_issues.cs
Are you talking about the "Only first page of search results displays" issue?
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Yup, that's exactly what I was talking about. Thanks =)
No apps like from gameloft and others are blocked and dont. Unlike my cm7 cappy that saw all of them.
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Smoghog said:
I can't see Google Talk on my marketplace, either. More disconcerting for me, though, is anyone else unable to see more than 20 or so apps when doing a search? It's like my marketplace isn't loading the next set of apps when I scroll to the bottom of a list.
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My understanding is the GoogleTalk.apk was replaced by the new GoogleVoice.apk and integrated into one app.
isnt there a few apps that emulate other carriers market so you can see all the apps. like market enabler or market access
Can anyone see Madden 12 in the marketplace?
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Does this market restriction go away after flashing to a custom rom like CM7?
desiromeo719 said:
Does this market restriction go away after flashing to a custom rom like CM7?
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Yes
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Delete
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ljwnow said:
Is Google Talk one of the blocked apps? I mean you cannot see it in the market.
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No - it is simply not available on the market an it never has been. That's why you see apps like Talk 1.3 Installer.
Note that you can see ANYTHING available on the market using market.android.com from a PC.
cnuckols1 said:
Can anyone see Madden 12 in the marketplace?
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i wish. i think its only for a tablet
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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MrSmith317 said:
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.
it is aanoying and keeps telling me things about ipads and such..
miguel11691 said:
it is aanoying and keeps telling me things about ipads and such..
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probably and advertisement that came from an app you downloaded. I hate those..
Find the app that is doing it, rate it 1 star then uninstall and find a better similar app where the developers aren't douchebags.
Having same problem. How do i find the app thats responsible?
I wouldn't know.. if it only happened recently and you installed apps recently I would start with those..
Maybe read comments on the apps you downloaded, many people will complain about it.
All the big apps are likely safe to assume they're not the one doing it. It's usually smaller apps, less known games that do it to bring in more money.
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Actually I take that back. There is an app to see which apps are pushing those annoying advertisements:
http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/market/apps/app/com.brosmike.airpushdetector/AirPush-Detector
ZolaSlo said:
Having same problem. How do i find the app thats responsible?
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You need Ad push detector, it's available free from the market.
I had same problem, for me it was a an ics theme for launcher go. I removed it and found alternative, now all is good no more crappy star notification.
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Eddy T said:
You need Ad push detector, it's available free from the market.
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I had the same issue and downloaded Addons Detector. I scanned for Push Notifications...and nuked the app responsible.
Google really shouldn't allow such crap into the market though. It takes away from the integrity of the app market.
Tnx guys, it was Live 3D wallpaper...
br Zola
POQbum said:
I wouldn't know.. if it only happened recently and you installed apps recently I would start with those..
Maybe read comments on the apps you downloaded, many people will complain about it.
All the big apps are likely safe to assume they're not the one doing it. It's usually smaller apps, less known games that do it to bring in more money.
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Actually I take that back. There is an app to see which apps are pushing those annoying advertisements:
http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/market/apps/app/com.brosmike.airpushdetector/AirPush-Detector
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Thanks for the tip on the app, downloaded it and found the app, It was a Battery Calibration app that had many people who had rated it as an air push app. What a pain in the ass those things are, they should be illegal. I have a rooted phone with adfree downloaded and it still came thru. Not any more, didn't need that damn app anyways.
Thanks again,
Vinny
tonybuzz32000 said:
I had same problem, for me it was a an ics theme for launcher go. I removed it and found alternative, now all is good no more crappy star notification.
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Mine too!!!!!
I have been getting some spam notifications i don't know where they are coming from. Please see the screenshot below. Help me take care of this. Thanks.
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i have been getting these 2 but cant think of anything new i have installed since they started to appear
Its an app you have recently installed. Uninstall that app and they go away or download airpush blocker to get rid of them. But If I were you guys just uninstall that app I hate those stupid notifications
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I'd recommend getting an antivirus software for Android.
Sadly even mobile phones nowaday need such software regardless of OS and manufacturer.
Either avast (free) or Dr.Web Beta (also free) are excellt and additionally report such Spammer apps.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en
10076757 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en
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+1
Works well
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I along with a bunch of people have root and am just curious what are some of the things you guys are itching to do or have done right away. I figure this could be a place where we share ideas.
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billymaloney3 said:
I along with a bunch of people have root and am just curious what are some of the things you guys are itching to do or have done right away.
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Removing all the bloat would probably be the number one thing people Will be doing.
But rooting allows so much more.
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1. Titanium Backup to remove bloat
2. Get Google Wallet back.
3. Get all my Tasker scripts that required root working again.
No more ads...
wy1d said:
1. Titanium Backup to remove bloat
2. Get Google Wallet back.
3. Get all my Tasker scripts that required root working again.
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+1 on wallet
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I installed Wallet right from the Play Store... haven't rooted my phone yet.
1. Titanium backup
2. no more ads!
3. AutomateIt (it's like Tasker) now can control app specific GPS on/off toggle.
4. I'm going to debloat the crap out of the phone
5. GMD GestureControl (get my swipe to Alt-Tab between apps back)
I almost never get a phone before it's been rooted, and in the few days that I've used the note 3 without Root, I've come to realize that rooting is pretty important in my day-to-day usage.
toddnbrown said:
I installed Wallet right from the Play Store... haven't rooted my phone yet.
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Are you able to pay with Wallet? I thought we could install it but the Verizon Note 3 would not allow us to pay with it.
What do you mean no ads. I have no ads now. What about DPI. Note 2 was all about 240 DPI. what's the hot DPI now.
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since we have no recovery option yet are you guys jus editing the build.prop to get tap to pay to work on wallet?
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Get a sound enhancer.
Viper4android
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Please take this discussion to the earlier created thread on the same topic. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481634