Hi,
I am running Viper Amaze rom on my Ruby and would like to know whether it is possible to uninstall all google apps which came with it. Most are removable but I realized that some do not allow me to uninstall them. I use other apps so they are just wasting space. Is there any way to un-flash(?) them all? Thanks.
You could probably try titanium backup or Root App Delete although i haven't tried Root App Delete. on a side note though, what apps do you use in place of the Google ones ?
I will try titanium, thanks. I use dolphin for internet, mx for video and Sense apps for everything else. The few games I have are from humble bundle
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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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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.
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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You aren't perm rooted on 2.2 btw on your signature. You would be on 2.2.1.
mftek said:
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.
LORD JUNIOR said:
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 am running a custom Rom from the android development section. It came with Google music beta. Now I am trying to update it to Google play music and it says I need to uninstall my previous one. I can't uninstall it. I tried super manager and that didn't work. Any way to do it from terminal? Thanks
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Does it work by using root explorer?
System/apps
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Use root explorer or rom toolbox
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remove it with titanium homie!! i ran into this with my infuse... even with titanium it seemed to not uninstall..it was stuck ..but then i rebooted and it was gone!!
+1 for titanium
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Keep in mind there is no difference between google music and google play music.
Just different icons.
Also when are they going to fix this damn app for our phones?
Got it uninstalled titanium. I had no idea I could do that. And the reason I wanted to uodate was so the update icon from the play store would stop showing up. Thanks guys.
And I hope they update it soon. I hate tablet mode.
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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.
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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...
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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?
I'm newbie with htc legens
I install cm10 rom made by zeubra
But i find free MB in system on my device is very small..
What can i do?
Bad english..sorry
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Uninstall stuff you don't need, like messaging, Google search, apps you don't need. Now assuming you are s-off or unlocked boot loader you can uninstall directly using link2sd or root uninstall.
P.s. I use handcent for my messaging app, so don't use stock app.
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Here's a list of apps safe to delete with Titanium Backup in case you don't have S-Off, like me:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Barebones
Long-press the app in TB, choose force uninstall. Wait patiently.
whenever i switch roms its a pain getting my apps back. i know that there is titanium but they dont go through google play and i want them to be noticed through google play so i can update them through there.
is there any way to do this?
for now i have an app that just back ups the names of the apps and i just re download them like that.
familydude99 said:
whenever i switch roms its a pain getting my apps back. i know that there is titanium but they dont go through google play and i want them to be noticed through google play so i can update them through there.
is there any way to do this?
for now i have an app that just back ups the names of the apps and i just re download them like that.
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In my opinion, the best backup app that has worked as advertised in every ROM and every phone I've ever owned is Titanium Backup.
It's quick and easy to install and it's cheap to go pro, plus the dev offers incredible support and provides frequent updates to the software when needed.
You can do batch backups, backup only installed apps or the whole thing, it backup apps with the data; you can do cloud backups as well.
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Try Helium. It's really easy to use and you don't have to be rooted. They offer a free version and a premium version that costs $4.99.
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Titanium Backup is the best!
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it's subjective.
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