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.
Simba501 said:
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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I have my phone rooted and I was under the impression that I'd be able to uninstall some of the crap that came preloaded. Can anyone give me some tips or direct me to a link? Thanks in advance...
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Download Root Explorer (i'm not associated with) and go to System/App to remove a lot of the bloatware that came on the phone. I strongly encourage researching what can & can NOT be removed. ALWAYS make a backup. Here is a good thread about removing the bloat. Remember, I am not responsible. It will be some time before we have a custom ROM that removes this crap for us.
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From here. Tons of useful information in that post
You can also use Titanium Backup to remove the bloatware. It is free from the market. You can also use adb to manually remove the apps via cli.
And here is a list of the apps that I removed.
AccountAndSync.apk/odex -> The app in the drawer, not the settings.
AddToHome.apk/odex
AudioPostcard.apk/odex
Avatar.apk/odex -> The app that launches Avatar in the video player.
BuddiesNow.apk/odex
Dlna.apk/odex [Allshare]
FlashPlugin.apk/odex
GoGo.apk/odex
Infoalarm.apk/odex [Daily Briefing]
KindleStub.apk/odex
Layer-samsung.apk/odex
MediaHub.apk/odex
Memo.apk/odex
Mini Diary.apk/odex
MobiTV.apk/odex
MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk/odex
Myfiles.apk/odex
Sims3_Samsung_Embed_Launcher.apk/odex
slackerradio.apk/odex
Swype-Tips.apk/odex
Telenav.apk/odex
thinkdroid.apk/odex [ThinkFree Office]
vvm-signed.apk/odex -> T-Mobile Visual Voicemail [can be re-downloaded from the market. for some reason that version is the preferred one.]
VoiceRecorder.apk/odex
VoceDialer.apk/odex
Writeandgo.apk/odex
TouchwizWidgets:
Day.apk/odex
DualClock.apk/odex
SamsungWidget_Calenderclock.apk/odex
SamsungWidget_Feedandupdate.apk/odex
SamsungWidget_stockclock.apk/odex
SamsungWidget_Weatherclock.apk/odex
The link posted by hurrpancakes is an excellent read and should answer most of your questions.
If you already happen to have Titanium Backup (or want to buy it), you can freeze/uninstall the apps with it with a GUI.
tjhart85 said:
If you already happen to have Titanium Backup (or want to buy it), you can freeze/uninstall the apps with it with a GUI.
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Yes, just make sure you enable chuck norris mode in the settings.
this may help
edit: scroll up to the top of the page, my bad.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...t-software-not-suck/page__p__36615#entry36615
Lost Swype?
Hello
Got my vibrant rooted today and started removing bloatware..but after deleting swype tips it seems that swype is also gone
any help would be appreciated. Really liked swype..
thanks
Did you do a nandroid backup before removing the bloatware?
If you did, you will have to restore your nandroid backup and then start removing bloatware again.
If not, you will have to restore back to original using Odin...
I am not able to post links, but the odin restore method is posted several times throughout the forum if you do a quick search.
Thanks..I'll try odin. I installed slideIT but it seems pretty inaccurate at first
I used the titanium backup method and rid myself of most of the crap on my phone. Thanks for the Info everyone!
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I have found a couple people that have frozen or removed apps and are starting to get issues with their contacts. Not being able to remove, add, update, or anything with them. So I am posting a zip file off all of the apps for people that have removed them without backing them up. You simply need to restore the app that you removed which is most likely a yahoo contacts or email that is tied into the contacts. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2VU48HSU
Great resource this. I was going to post mine up soon, but you beat me to it. Only had my X2 for a day.
Do you restore these with titanium backup? Because I backed up the bloat ware and later tried to restore it to no luck. However the apps were frozen when backed up so perhaps that caused an issue?
I don't think titanium backup is good at restoring. I've tried it a couple times with no luck. if you place a copy of the zip file extracted on your sd card and open it with files select the application you want to install you can install it from there. I personally only like titanium backup for freezing the application I don't use and cannot remove.
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I have tried to install the apps in your list but some would not be installed. Is there another way I can force them to be installed? By putting them in a location?
The list is:
Backup Assistant
Backup Assistant Client
DLNA
DLNA System Service
Emergency Alerts
All Authenticators
Help Center
Home Screen Tips
IM 3.0.4.6
IM Presence 2.2.2
News
Pico TTS
Social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Networking
Social Status
Sticky Note
Tasks
Video Editor Lite
Voice Commands
Just use root explorer and place them in system/data or push through adb.
Reboot after you place them there.
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Sorry, I'm rather new to this whole root thing. I uninstalled backupassistant with Titanium backup and my contacts got screwed. I downloaded the zip and tried to install Backupassistant.apk but it says "application was not installed". Is there a specific way that I need to reinstall? Root explorer does not allow me to change permissions from read only for "system" so I can't move the apk files in there.
ffejin123 said:
Sorry, I'm rather new to this whole root thing. I uninstalled backupassistant with Titanium backup and my contacts got screwed. I downloaded the zip and tried to install Backupassistant.apk but it says "application was not installed". Is there a specific way that I need to reinstall? Root explorer does not allow me to change permissions from read only for "system" so I can't move the apk files in there.
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Check and see if you are rooted first. You cannot install system files as a normal app. They must be pushed to system/app or placed there using root explorer. Check and see if you are rooted or that you superuser has blocked root explorer.
ffejin123 said:
Sorry, I'm rather new to this whole root thing. I uninstalled backupassistant with Titanium backup and my contacts got screwed. I downloaded the zip and tried to install Backupassistant.apk but it says "application was not installed". Is there a specific way that I need to reinstall? Root explorer does not allow me to change permissions from read only for "system" so I can't move the apk files in there.
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I think I know what your talking about, follow Nitros instructions but when you are at the starting folder in Root Explorer press the Mount R/W button, I believe as long as you stay in the program (or don't press back too many times, because if you are at the base folder and press back it will go back to R/O) any folder you go into will say "R/W" at the top. So just press the button when its available and THEN go into the folder you need to go to and the setting will stick.
Edit: actually I just was messing with my phone and the reason I saw that behavior is because I was in the SD card where its always R/W. If its not showing up then yeah I'd listen to Nitro on this one, though I have no idea how you got rid of Backup assistant without root.
So I just copied the app list you posted onto my phone and now its in a boot loop. I thought that when I copied all of them over it would let me choose to not replace files already there. Now the phone is in a boot loop.
This may sound stupid, but I am kinda hoping its reinstalling the apks, one with each boot? But I kinda have a sneaking suspicious that I just ruined my phone since there is no SBF
Also, the boot times before restarting are not consistent, does this mean anything?
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So I just copied the app list you posted onto my phone and now its in a boot loop. I thought that when I copied all of them over it would let me choose to not replace files already there. Now the phone is in a boot loop.
This may sound stupid, but I am kinda hoping its reinstalling the apks, one with each boot? But I kinda have a sneaking suspicious that I just ruined my phone since there is no SBF
Also, the boot times before restarting are not consistent, does this mean anything?
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If you are in a bootloop but all of your apps are still in place there is a slight chance that you could do a factory reset through recovery and the phone will boot.
nitroglycerine33 said:
Check and see if you are rooted first. You cannot install system files as a normal app. They must be pushed to system/app or placed there using root explorer. Check and see if you are rooted or that you superuser has blocked root explorer.
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Yeah I am rooted with gingerbreak 1.2. As of now Im not really concerned with the contacts anymore because I can still add and save new contacts. My concern now is that when the OTA Gingerbread update is out for the X2, will I be able to install it without the original Bloat.
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If you are in a bootloop but all of your apps are still in place there is a slight chance that you could do a factory reset through recovery and the phone will boot.
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Yeah my office tech support guy took a look at it and tried it, we got an error indicator icon when we tried. I don't think it finished copying, I think everything dying killed the copy process and left something important unfinished.
Now I am a little wiser for my new phone.
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I have tried to install the apps in your list but some would not be installed. Is there another way I can force them to be installed? By putting them in a location?
The list is:
Backup Assistant
Backup Assistant Client
DLNA
DLNA System Service
Emergency Alerts
All Authenticators
Help Center
Home Screen Tips
IM 3.0.4.6
IM Presence 2.2.2
News
Pico TTS
Social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Networking
Social Status
Sticky Note
Tasks
Video Editor Lite
Voice Commands
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So I'm guessing the only way to get these programs reinstalled is if the SBF is available for the X2, which it is not?
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.
hi all. does anyone know the folder that system apps ( like bloatware) are stored?
redheadplantguy said:
hi all. does anyone know the folder that system apps ( like bloatware) are stored?
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sorry to make a pointless post but i felt like replying
i cant help you as i just removed them all with titanium back up (uninstalled not freezed) actually havent had any problems at all (ima say yet)....
azureusflames said:
sorry to make a pointless post but i felt like replying
i cant help you as i just removed them all with titanium back up (uninstalled not freezed) actually havent had any problems at all (ima say yet)....
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I did too. but someone without root in India lost one of the bloatware apps that he likes with the last update. if I know location, I can factory reset, duplicate apk, then restore my nandroid
redheadplantguy said:
I did too. but someone without root in India lost one of the bloatware apps that he likes with the last update. if I know location, I can factory reset, duplicate apk, then restore my nandroid
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yea i saw that app in my app manager but i dont see it on my phone and i think im having problems now lol
my middle button aint working right (lg optimus p769v10g, and for some odd reason all my setting were reverted to stock 0-0
ok while looking through all the folders i stumbled upon my only stock app left social+ which is located in
root /system/app/all the "stock $%^&" should be here
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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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.
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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.
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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