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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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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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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!
GentMAB said:
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
samsci said:
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
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 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 updated using the qdl tool, then updated to 318. Is there anyway to uninstall some of the stock apps I'll never use ?
Install titanium backup and you can uninstall and delete just about anything you want with it
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to couple with that.......is there any risk? For instance I use Handcent for the my text client, and everytime I get a text I get both apps open and it's just a PITA.
dave032766 said:
I updated using the qdl tool, then updated to 318. Is there anyway to uninstall some of the stock apps I'll never use ?
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I like using Titanium Backup to freeze apps that I want to get rid of, this allows you to see what effect that the absence of the app will have on your phone and if you want to restore the app for some reason you can just 'defrost' the app.
Some apps provide services for other apps, this is a good way to test that you don't delete something you need.
marvin02 said:
I like using Titanium Backup to freeze apps that I want to get rid of, this allows you to see what effect that the absence of the app will have on your phone and if you want to restore the app for some reason you can just 'defrost' the app.
Some apps provide services for other apps, this is a good way to test that you don't delete something you need.
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I'm guessing that's in the pay version, no?
just turn off notification in default sms app and then hide it with launcher pro or respective replacement launcher.
Krad said:
just turn off notification in default sms app and then hide it with launcher pro or respective replacement launcher.
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LOL such a simple yet easy solution. Done. WOW it's amazing what I overlook sometimes.
sukemecuke said:
I'm guessing that's in the pay version, no?
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Yes, you need the pay version of Titanium backup to freeze apps. See this page for the extra features in the paid version.
does the phone need to be rooted for titanium backup or will it work on a unrooted phone ?
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does the phone need to be rooted for titanium backup or will it work on a unrooted phone ?
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must be rooted
I'm unlocked, and rooted. I just want to get rid of some of the bloat. I don't want to flash a custom Rom, yet. With other phones I remember just renaming the apk file. I can't quite remember how to do that. Also how would I do it with titanium backup? I see the is an option for freezing apps, but it seems to be to freeze all apps, I certainly don't want that.
Is there a list out there with all the apps that are safe to rename/ freeze?
Any help would be appreciated
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putney1477 said:
I'm unlocked, and rooted. I just want to get rid of some of the bloat. I don't want to flash a custom Rom, yet. With other phones I remember just renaming the apk file. I can't quite remember how to do that. Also how would I do it with titanium backup? I see the is an option for freezing apps, but it seems to be to freeze all apps, I certainly don't want that.
Is there a list out there with all the apps that are safe to rename/ freeze?
Any help would be appreciated
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Alright, freezing with titanium is simple. You can just go to the list of apps, long press the item, and then select freeze. If you do a batch freeze, it's faster, but this is just as easy. As for the list, yes, it's in the forum.
EDIT: Here's the list.
You can check out this tool. It's a script that will remove all the bloat for you.
You can also use it as a reference on which apps are safe to remove.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367591
Hope that helps!
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GordoGuapo said:
You can check out this tool. It's a script that will remove all the bloat for you.
You can also use it as a reference on which apps are safe to remove.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367591
Hope that helps!
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Yeah, that's easy too. I would suggest a nandroid backup before you do this one, though, just because I heard it doesn't allow everything to come back if you rebloat. But that's a good list of stuff you can freeze.
put your phone in the freezer for an hour. That should be long enough.
putney1477 said:
I'm unlocked, and rooted. I just want to get rid of some of the bloat. I don't want to flash a custom Rom, yet. With other phones I remember just renaming the apk file. I can't quite remember how to do that. Also how would I do it with titanium backup? I see the is an option for freezing apps, but it seems to be to freeze all apps, I certainly don't want that.
Is there a list out there with all the apps that are safe to rename/ freeze?
Any help would be appreciated
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Check in the CleanTool thread in the dev section, between Scott and myself there are several lists. My list is all preinstalled packages on the Rezound, with apk, package name, and "normal" name.
My suggestion is to build a list of the packages you want to ditch, then move them to a separate directory. Reboot and make sure everything is still working the way you want it to. That way you have the package backed up in case something goes wrong.
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put your phone in the freezer for an hour. That should be long enough.
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LOL...I should have knowm someone would say that
WasabiWa83 said:
Alright, freezing with titanium is simple. You can just go to the list of apps, long press the item, and then select freeze. If you do a batch freeze, it's faster, but this is just as easy. As for the list, yes, it's in the forum.
EDIT: Here's the list.
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OK, I went in to the list of apps (while in TiBu) I went under the backup restore button, long pressed apps from there, but there was no option to freeze, tons of other options. Am I looking in the right place?
putney1477 said:
OK, I went in to the list of apps (while in TiBu) I went under the backup restore button, long pressed apps from there, but there was no option to freeze, tons of other options. Am I looking in the right place?
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I believe you need the paid version to freeze but you can uninstall the bloat you don't want for free. You could just backup the apps you remove before you uninstall them. Or get the key on the market for a couple of bucks and then freeze them up.
Freezing apps with titanium is a paid feature. I think Root Uninstaller has a freeze option that might be available. Or you can just remove them if you know you don't want them.
Just click on the app in the list, the option isn't under the long press menu.
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SteveG12543 said:
Just click on the app in the list, the option isn't under the long press menu.
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OMG I can't believe I couldn't find the freeze option until I read your post. LOL Thanks for explaining (what may seem to you like) the obvious cuz I totally missed that short press option!
~Cherie
skourg3 said:
Freezing apps with titanium is a paid feature. I think Root Uninstaller has a freeze option that might be available. Or you can just remove them if you know you don't want them.
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freezing is a paid feature, but defreeze is a free featuer though it says it's a paid feature.
If you haven't bought TB I'd def recommend it. It's one of those things that you just have to have when doing the root thing. I bought it like 2 years ago and I still use it ALL of the time
Also, if you're running ics, it's a built I'm feature. You just go to any apps details and disable it.
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You need to uninstall any updates first for the crapware apps then the disable function will be visible in stock ics.
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Ok guys, so ive just rooted my s3, and wanna get rid of some of the bloatware. Which is the best way to do this? Backup through titanium backup, and then unistall selected apps?
Thanx, gibbo.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634624
Freeze these apps, Or there's a bloatware removal tool here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827817
Freezing with Titanium Backup is the best way -- that way the next time you update your software, they are still frozen.
Cool. Ok, I'll do that. Thanx
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Baldilocks said:
Freezing with Titanium Backup is the best way -- that way the next time you update your software, they are still frozen.
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what if someone doesn't have a paid version of titanium backup? Any free way out?
sohebq said:
what if someone doesn't have a paid version of titanium backup? Any free way out?
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You still can uninstall the apps with free version.
Or you can use the bloatware removal tools
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If your phone is already rooted and you are willing to take one more step, try one of the Omega ROMs. They letz you choose duifng installation what bloatware to install and what to omit. And you can always install previously omitted bloatware afterwards.
gibbo82 said:
Ok guys, so ive just rooted my s3, and wanna get rid of some of the bloatware. Which is the best way to do this? Backup through titanium backup, and then unistall selected apps?
Thanx, gibbo.
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ROM CLEANER works great and works with all roms and u can customize it via the TXT http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827817
Hi guys,a have a question about titanium backup,it has a tool for freezing any application we want,i would use this feature if it helps for battery drain and ram ,is it realy usefull? i have read some body says titanium worsensthe situation,i would like to know some expert opinion,thanks.
babak said:
Hi guys,a have a question about titanium backup,it has a tool for freezing any application we want,i would use this feature if it helps for battery drain and ram ,is it realy usefull? i have read some body says titanium worsensthe situation,i would like to know some expert opinion,thanks.
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Have been using TiB for 2 years now and never had a problem because of frozen apps. But you have to know which app to freeze. Freezing is just like uninstalling so be careful with system apps. Normally rather than freeze, I just uninstall apps and restore from backup with data if required. But you can freeze apps like Maps, may be useful for that.
jesrani said:
Have been using TiB for 2 years now and never had a problem because of frozen apps. But you have to know which app to freeze. Freezing is just like uninstalling so be careful with system apps. Normally rather than freeze, I just uninstall apps and restore from backup with data if required. But you can freeze apps like Maps, may be useful for that.
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Thanks for your replay my friend i would be sure ,when i freeze some app,have any precess of that app realy in back ground.
jesrani said:
Have been using TiB for 2 years now and never had a problem because of frozen apps. But you have to know which app to freeze. Freezing is just like uninstalling so be careful with system apps. Normally rather than freeze, I just uninstall apps and restore from backup with data if required. But you can freeze apps like Maps, may be useful for that.
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+1
It also helps if You have multiple launchers, You could freeze the launchers which You don't use, Which will lead to a better battery life and user experience
Always making a backup before doing anything helps a lot .. You'll need it trust me ^_^
Good luck
Can i ask something? I see this topic about titanium backup but is it possible if you backup some apps that he automatic all the apps installed ... now i need 2 press install and done everytime if i install a new rom
Thxx
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gamesz2 said:
Can i ask something? I see this topic about titanium backup but is it possible if you backup some apps that he automatic all the apps installed ... now i need 2 press install and done everytime if i install a new rom
Thxx
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Its available in the PRO version only.
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Its available in the PRO version only.
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I never know that thanks
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