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Now that we have root, Thanks to the awesome Da_G, I would like to know which bloatware is safe to remove from the AT&T rom...
I have Titanium Backup, and have frozen a dozen of obvious apps or so, but it seems that the list of installed applications and services is in the hundreds...
I am not sure which ones are safe to remove, and the ones that would affect the overall phone functionality.
Anybody has a list of the applications and services that can be safely frozen or uninstalled?
Thanks!
I uninstalled att messageing app without root.
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borijess said:
I uninstalled att messageing app without root.
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Well, are you using a different messaging app?
Are you loosing any functionality without it?
(SMS, Voicemails, etc...)
Any other apps worth removing?
Thanks.
Voicemail and message work fine.
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CTF said:
Now that we have root, Thanks to the awesome Da_G, I would like to know which bloatware is safe to remove from the AT&T rom...
I have Titanium Backup, and have frozen a dozen of obvious apps or so, but it seems that the list of installed applications and services is in the hundreds...
I am not sure which ones are safe to remove, and the ones that would affect the overall phone functionality.
Anybody has a list of the applications and services that can be safely frozen or uninstalled?
Thanks!
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Here is the list i posted in "App and themes". I removed lots of them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504766
sweetboy02125 said:
Here is the list i posted in "App and themes". I removed lots of them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504766
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Awesome!
Thank you, I would have not thought to look there.
borijess said:
I uninstalled att messageing app without root.
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Yeah me too. I was able to delete/uninstall at least about 4 AT&T app, including the AT&T Messages app. All without root.
Nice link,thanks!
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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.
DROID76 said:
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...
lanwarrior said:
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?
Sent from my Galaxy Note like a boss!
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
Sent from my G-Note Beast.......
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?
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.
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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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gabrielpina4 said:
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?
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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
After I download wechat from the play store, I get an popup error that says vzwavsservice has stopped. Anyone else getting this? If you guys don't have it yet can you guys try and see if this happens to you guys please. Thanks!
I get this error didn't realize it was from wechat though...are you sure that's it...I do have wechat so it could be, just didn't know it was...does it go away if you uninstall it
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czerdrill said:
I get this error didn't realize it was from wechat though...are you sure that's it...I do have wechat so it could be, just didn't know it was...does it go away if you uninstall it
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Yes after I uninstall it I don't get the popup anymore.
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Yes after I uninstall it I don't get the popup anymore.
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Strange yeah it goes away after I uninstall it...that's a weird one
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At least you didn't have to through the hassle of flashing your phone back to fsctory just to find that out like I did.
I dont have we chat and I have been getting those force xlose occasionally for almost a week. So definitely not 'just' wechat...
Also the new google+ updates causes that
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I just froze vzwavsservice, with Titanium, and all has been fine.
I get this error too. I don't even know what we chat is. I'm assuming a texting app.
That is correct. The Google+ Update is causing this. The recommendation is to either uninstall the update OR just going to the app mananager and force stop VZWwavsservice. I did the 2nd option and have not seen it since.
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That is correct. The Google+ Update is causing this. The recommendation is to either uninstall the update OR just going to the app mananager and force stop VZWwavsservice. I did the 2nd option and have not seen it since.
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Clearing google+ cache works fine and is easiest.
I tried clearing the cache for Google+. It didn't work for me. Still getting the force close
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I tried clearing the cache for Google+. It didn't work for me. Still getting the force close
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I changed the apks in root explorer to bak
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Just kill it in task manager. I will uninstall when I root upon bootloader unlock. I don't see the point of rooting just to uninstall apps.
spotmark said:
I just froze vzwavsservice, with Titanium, and all has been fine.
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Did the same with no adverse effects. Went through two different G3s with the same FC.
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I cleared cache then reset and it didn't work then cleared data and then logged back into google+ and it worked for me.
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So far, I've only found one thread on XDA where someone is asking how to disable Android System Update Notifications. Is there a way to do this? The method of disabling LGFOTA.apk for the LG G4 does not work. I'm currently rooted on 20J.
Thanks!
joesee said:
So far, I've only found one thread on XDA where someone is asking how to disable Android System Update Notifications. Is there a way to do this? The method of disabling LGFOTA.apk for the LG G4 does not work. I'm currently rooted on 20J.
Thanks!
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I too would like to know
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As I already wrote in another thread:
Go to Settings-Sound and Notification-Apps and block notifications for Google Play Services.
Won't that block ALL updates for Google Play Services such as if ANY apps have any updates available? Isn't it an all-or-nothing kind of thing with blocking notifications and not just for T-Mobile updates? Plus, my notifications show that this is already blocked but I'm still getting the notification for the T-Mobile update.
I just updated to the latest build through Eliminator's method and that's when I started getting this update notification.
DisableService app. I'm using it right now for this very reason. There are threads on xda on how to configure it.
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