what are some apps you use? - G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps

what kind of apps/games do you use? if youre rooted, what are apps do you use?

http://bit.ly/rickysappbrain.

the orange bandit said:
http://bit.ly/rickysappbrain.
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Haha! I like it.
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I have most of the Android-Essentials...
But a couple of my personal favorites are WhitePages Caller ID (great for numbers I don't recognize), TeamViewer, DropBox, Tether Share Switcher, and Startup Cleaner.

Setcpu,shootme,system panel,& ledmeknow just to name a few.
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This is about the 10th thread I've seen asking about what rooted apps to use. I think people that are new to this get some crazy idea that when you root, there are tons of these crazy apps that only root users have access to. Its really just a small group of apps that expand the functionality of the phone, and chances are you probably have aquired a good amount of them along your journey to obtain root.
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the orange bandit said:
http://bit.ly/rickysappbrain.
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Can i just cheers, I noticed your using u torrent remote, didnt know it existed been looking for a replacement since torrent fu stopped working for me with utorrent v2.0
nice one

wayde187 said:
This is about the 10th thread I've seen asking about what rooted apps to use. I think people that are new to this get some crazy idea that when you root, there are tons of these crazy apps that only root users have access to. Its really just a small group of apps that expand the functionality of the phone, and chances are you probably have aquired a good amount of them along your journey to obtain root.
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Thanks for the flame
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Why not just uninstall bloatware?

Everyone seems to always suggest downloading titanium backup and freezing everything instead of just deleting it. Why? We have plenty of evidence of the apps that it is safe to get rid of and the ones that ya better not. So why does it seem that people are worried about deleting them. I am not a NASCAR fan and I don't see myself becoming one so why not just get rid of the app completely? Am I missing something?
Safe from what I have been told and read to delete are :
Blockbuster
Kindle
Amazon mp3
NOVA
Sprint TV
NASCAR
Sprint Football
Sprint Hotspot
Sprint Navigation
Personal preference, if you don't want them, delete away.
I would say from your list that you are right as long as you have a nandroid backup to restore. I have had my Evo start acting weird after I uninstalled some bloat ware so I restored the nandroid and just froze the apps instead. After CM7 final came out I dropped the stock rom, still have a backup, installed the Cyan goodness and have no plans of going back other than install new radio updates. The main benefit to uninstalling them is to free up space. The choice is yours.
Why waste time deleting them? They are installed to /system, so freeing that up doesn't free up the /data partition.
strung said:
Why waste time deleting them? They are installed to /system, so freeing that up doesn't free up the /data partition.
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I'm confused , elaborate for me please.
Everyone is not experienced at flashing and tinkering with their devices. Think about it. A lot of people do things to their devices and when they've messed something up, they post here looking for help without stating what they have already done. Telling people to freeze the stuff they don't want is just a safeguard. Those of us who are a bit more experienced will go beyond TB. I hope that made sense.
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Everyone is not experienced at flashing and tinkering with their devices. Think about it. A lot of people do things to their devices and when they've messed something up, they post here looking for help without stating what they have already done. Telling people to freeze the stuff they don't want is just a safeguard. Those of us who are a bit more experienced will go beyond TB. I hope that made sense.
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That was all I was trying to get across was that if you are new to rooting and deleting/changing system files then you are better off just freezing the apps. It is normally safe but most people try to change something before they realize what they are doing, and don't have or know of a way to fix it. If a person wants to uninstall an app by all means go ahead that is one of the main reason for rooting your phone. It also makes it a lot easier to help them fix it if they know what they did.
Smurph82 said:
That was all I was trying to get across was that if you are new to rooting and deleting/changing system files then you are better off just freezing the apps. It is normally safe but most people try to change something before they realize what they are doing, and don't have or know of a way to fix it. If a person wants to uninstall an app by all means go ahead that is one of the main reason for rooting your phone. It also makes it a lot easier to help them fix it if they know what they did.
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I understand. Thank you for your reply and enjoy the rest of your day...
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I've also heard people use the reasoning that if you uninstall system apps you cannot accept an ota, so they freeze them. This way if they want to update, they can just defrost and accept.
I don't understand wanting to accept an OTA, but I also don't understand staying on the stock rom when there are so many great devs making awesome roms.
But people like what they like, I guess you can't knock that.
Hey there are 3 different people from NC in this thread.
I've also heard people use the reasoning that if you uninstall system apps you cannot accept an ota, so they freeze them. This way if they want to update, they can just defrost and accept.
I don't understand wanting to accept an OTA, but I also don't understand staying on the stock rom when there are so many great devs making awesome roms.
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I thought about staying with the stock rom at first then I saw what I am missing. I love running CM7 and I have tried others. The main thing for me is that I'm now running Android 2.3.3 which has several features that I wanted and got tired of waiting on Sprint. Don't get me wrong I will stay with Sprint and they have one of the better update records but when Android 2.4 is coming fast and I am stuck on 2.2 with 2.3.3 what seems to be everywhere else. I can't stand that. I only hope that the HTC Evo 3D will get rooted because I plan on getting it as soon as it comes out. I was the first person at the Greensboro Besy Buy that got the Evo 4g and I will do it again.
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Hey there are 3 different people from NC in this thread.
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I'm actually from Orlando, Florida and I moved to NC a year ago, however, I will be moving back to Orlando in about a week...LOL...I was getting the "evil eye" for being bold enough to strut around wearing a University of Miami shirt in the land of Hoyas, Tar Heels, Blue Devils and Wolfpacks....
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At least you are still in the ACC.
LOL...That's true..
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haha i came from the droid x now im on cm 7, have you checked out the cm7 update to use a bluetooth mouse and have a mouse pointer on the screen with hdmi miorroring? its awesome. i have a blutooth mouse and keyboard hooked up to my evo and the phone is connected to the tv.. i actually use this now instead of my comp
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haha i came from the droid x now im on cm 7, have you checked out the cm7 update to use a bluetooth mouse and have a mouse pointer on the screen with hdmi miorroring? its awesome. i have a blutooth mouse and keyboard hooked up to my evo and the phone is connected to the tv.. i actually use this now instead of my comp
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WTF??????????

Carrier IQ

Is this Carrier IQ crap on the G2? Please say no!
I don't know too much, but I thought you could install TrevE's app and it would tell you about whatever Carrier IQ stuff is going on in your phone?
ohhdavid said:
Is this Carrier IQ crap on the G2? Please say no!
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I'm not running stock anymore so I can't tell you yes/no but you can always check for yourself.
lifehacker.com/5863895/carrier-iq-how-the-widespread-rootkit-can-track-everything-on-your-phone-and-how-to-remove-it
ive been talking to htc support via email and they tell me that carrier iq isnt shipped on the DZ.
ive still got the emails and webpages saved in-case they are full of crap but as my is still not rooted, i cant check and i have to take their word for it.
if someone does find it on the dz, ill be very unimpressed
Rooted T-Mobile G2 with Cyanogen 6.1.1
Used TrevE's app version 7.0. No CIQ found. Looks like good ol' cyanogen also removed some behavior tracking processes and logging to make the ROM even more secure.
I don't have a stock rooted ROM so I cannot verify if it's on the stock ROM, but most of us use cyanogen's stuff anyway, so I'm hoping it'll calm some people's minds.
Just adding to the comment above, this was just posted CyanogenMod will never have Carrier IQ
Keirnoth said:
Rooted T-Mobile G2 with Cyanogen 6.1.1
Used TrevE's app version 7.0. No CIQ found. Looks like good ol' cyanogen also removed some behavior tracking processes and logging to make the ROM even more secure.
I don't have a stock rooted ROM so I cannot verify if it's on the stock ROM, but most of us use cyanogen's stuff anyway, so I'm hoping it'll calm some people's minds.
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Cyanogen didn't remove it because it wasn't there in the first place; CyanogenMod is an AOSP ROM, CIQ is an application carriers add in to their build of Android.
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Is this Carrier IQ crap on the G2? Please say no!
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As everyone has said, no CIQ is not present. In fact, I ran TrevE's logging app before the story blew up and I was surprised to find next to nothing in the way of tracking, logging, etc. Running CM7.
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Running virtuous affinity 1.48 there is no CIQ but some htc logger... If i was reading the output correctly
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Yeh, found some htc log files whit trevE app, but the htc logging apps were gone, since im runing MIUI.
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Ditamae said:
As everyone has said, no CIQ is not present. In fact, I ran TrevE's logging app before the story blew up and I was surprised to find next to nothing in the way of tracking, logging, etc. Running CM7.
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You wouldn't find anything in CM7 because CM7 is AOSP; CIQ is added in by the carrier, not by Google.
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You wouldn't find anything in CM7 because CM7 is AOSP; CIQ is added in by the carrier, not by Google.
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Yeah, I'm aware of that... but there was quite a bit of other tracking code which was also absent for the most part.
Keirnoth said:
Rooted T-Mobile G2 with Cyanogen 6.1.1
Used TrevE's app version 7.0. No CIQ found. Looks like good ol' cyanogen also removed some behavior tracking processes and logging to make the ROM even more secure.
I don't have a stock rooted ROM so I cannot verify if it's on the stock ROM, but most of us use cyanogen's stuff anyway, so I'm hoping it'll calm some people's minds.
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Why are you still using cm6?
And as for carrier IQ we'll never have that in cyanogenmod
FREE!! None here.
I am running Xboarder MOD V3.0.1, no CIQ was found either.
I hear that this is being blown up by the media. Regardless, it's an aggressive way to loophole my privacy and find research material to base advertising on.
Gives a MASSIVE boost to why you should go ahead and root your Android phone.
-- Dirty Budha
dirtybudha said:
I am running Xboarder MOD V3.0.1, no CIQ was found either.
I hear that this is being blown up by the media. Regardless, it's an aggressive way to loophole my privacy and find research material to base advertising on.
Gives a MASSIVE boost to why you should go ahead and root your Android phone.
-- Dirty Budha
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I frankly don't care about advertising too much. I worry about them having massive amount of my data while ready and willing to hand it over to any governing body. Add to that the usually poor and easily overcome security measures in place to "safegaurd" our precious data. I seriously doubt they have the same security measures in place as what they use for their top secret products and software. Anyways yea eventually it all boils down to the basics, it is wrong to do this without consent, and don't tell me the contract is consent because i doubt it is clearly outlined there. I like my privacy and that is one fo the reasons I don't use facebook. the worst part is that they are not clear about what they do and don't gather, how long they keep it, what it is used for explicitly, what measures are being taken to prevent a leak, etc...
I worry about them having massive amount of my data while ready and willing to hand it over to any governing body.
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then I strongly suggest you go to the Market and pick up these apps (at least one of them)
LBE Privacy Guard
Droidwall

The possible advantages of ROOT being disabled in CM9..

I didn't want to post this in the CM9 dev thread because it is not dev related.
First off..
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/security-and-you
Users will be able to configure their exposure to root as:
Disabled
Enabled for ADB only
Enabled for Apps only
Enabled for both
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So this is what I am thinking.. The CM team is not just going to come out and say "This is how we get around Google's (and other's) 'you can't use this app if your device is rooted' thing".. But if you can disable/enable root with a setting it seems to me you wont have to worry about not being able to access certain apps, or features of apps, because of root.
Example: My "Horrible Bosses" BD came with a digital copy only accessible through the Flixster app. Because of the "security risks" Flixster will only let you view/download the movie on non-rooted devices. The simple fix to this was to download OTArootkeeper (which is an awesome app), the app essentially is a switch to enable/disable root access. Turn root off, Flixster never knows the difference.
It seems to me CM has just integrated this feature into their ROM, and maybe improved upon it. Any time an app (Flixster, Google Video & even maybe Google Wallet) will not work because you are on a rooted device, just turn it off. I have even heard of some people that cannot access databases at work because of root, seams like the same thing applies here.
So what do y'all think? Does this sound like a legitimate thought? Obviously being rooted is a security risk, and CM is becoming more mainstream. But still.. Do you think I am that far off? And do you think the "feature" will function just like I have described it? Just came to get you opinions on this change.
Sounds like you've hit the nail on the head there, although I don't see why company's don't want you consuming there content if your rooted.
Jameslepable said:
Sounds like you've hit the nail on the head there, although I don't see why company's don't want you consuming there content if your rooted.
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The MPAA/RIAA don't understand technology, that's why. Remember SOPA/PIPA?
Why does root matter? I am rooted and can rent movies from the market with no issue. Yet people say video is blocked for rooted users. It just worked for me. Maybe cause i am rooted on stock?
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Why does root matter? I am rooted and can rent movies from the market with no issue. Yet people say video is blocked for rooted users. It just worked for me. Maybe cause i am rooted on stock?
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Possibly, the last time I tried I got shot down. I'm not sure which of the root option(s) the Market looks for (?). Want to test, but can't find a movie I want to see just yet.
Root matters to watch videos from the market. Unroot, watch, then reroot.
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OTA Rootkeeper can temporarily unroot and then reroot any ROM. Tested and works with rented movies.
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My job has a BYOD policy that allows everyone in the company to get their email on their phones. They make you go through the Touchdown app and MobileIron.
This program reports back to them if your phone is rooted and they disconnect your account if you are...
Try as I might, I cannot figure out what BYOD stands for.
Bring your own ****?
Buy your own douche?
Maybe my mind is just warped.
adrynalyne said:
Try as I might, I cannot figure out what BYOD stands for.
Bring your own ****?
Buy your own douche?
Maybe my mind is just warped.
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Buy your own device?
mudferret said:
Buy your own device?
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Probably. Don't mind me, I suffer from a deranged and sick mind.
adrynalyne said:
Probably. Don't mind me, I suffer from a deranged and sick mind.
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I think it's Bring Your Own Device.
adrynalyne said:
Try as I might, I cannot figure out what BYOD stands for.
Bring your own ****?
Buy your own douche?
Maybe my mind is just warped.
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Bring Your Own Device
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... possible advantage: have a phone manufacturer use CM as their firmware? yes....?
This was actually mentioned sometime earlier... a month or 2 ago... the idea was that if the ROM provided the best level of customization, root really should not be needed for the average user... but the ROM would still have the option to enable root if the user wanted too...
craigacgomez said:
This was actually mentioned sometime earlier... a month or 2 ago... the idea was that if the ROM provided the best level of customization, root really should not be needed for the average user... but the ROM would still have the option to enable root if the user wanted too...
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That's the problem though. The average user would not know what root is and activate it and would do something to their phone that would cause problems. U.S. carriers will not like this.
I wonder if Tasker or llama could be setup to turn root off when a particular app runs?
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nicholaschum said:
I think it's Bring Your Own Device.
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This has actually become pretty popular in the workplace now and will probably continue to grow...
And to the dude who said bring your own d.ck, I sure hope you do because carrying around someone elses is just wrong.
player911 said:
Root matters to watch videos from the market. Unroot, watch, then reroot.
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But i am renting a movie right now and it plays fine. I am rooted.
Here is a video of the feature in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mRyE10eKzqE
Its strange to me that some people are reporting root not affecting Google Video. I haven't tried it on my Nexus, between TiVo Netflix and Redbox there is no reason for me to, but on my Atrix when Video first released I remember it saying I couldnt use the app because my device was rooted..
Those of you able to use the Google Videos app on a rooted device, what root method did you use?

Extremely useful app for rooted users - LBE Privacy Guard

Have a feeling a lot of people have already heard about it, but for anyone who hasnt tried it, definitely get it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite
Its an app manager that lets you control what apps have access to. You can block apps from accessing the internet, viewing your personal info and take away any permissions you dont want it to have.
A big benefit to this also is battery life will go up as a result of blocking apps which always connect to the internet to upload your data or steam ads to you. A lot of freeware apps also have way too many permissions and this lets you effectively block them.
Its the first thing I install everytime I use a new rom
I'm gonna check it out...thanks for posting it
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redspeed said:
Have a feeling a lot of people have already heard about it, but for anyone who hasnt tried it, definitely get it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite
Its an app manager that lets you control what apps have access to. You can block apps from accessing the internet, viewing your personal info and take away any permissions you dont want it to have.
A big benefit to this also is battery life will go up as a result of blocking apps which always connect to the internet to upload your data or steam ads to you. A lot of freeware apps also have way too many permissions and this lets you effectively block them.
Its the first thing I install everytime I use a new rom
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I really appreciate you posting this and letting us know about this app! I don't think I would've come across it otherwise.
So I installed it and I'm just dumbfounded at all the stuff that some apps want access to....Why the f*** does Angry Birds: Space need to access my phone's GPS data?? There's an odd one!
Oh, by the way....a co-worker of mine with an iPhone smugly showed me that the functionality of LBE Privacy Guard app is actually built right into the iOS.
Not trying to turn this into an Android Vs Apple thread, but man, that kinda got under my skin.
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I really appreciate you posting this and letting us know about this app! I don't think I would've come across it otherwise.
So I installed it and I'm just dumbfounded at all the stuff that some apps want access to....Why the f*** does Angry Birds: Space need to access my phone's GPS data?? There's an odd one!
Oh, by the way....a co-worker of mine with an iPhone smugly showed me that the functionality of LBE Privacy Guard app is actually built right into the iOS.
Not trying to turn this into an Android Vs Apple thread, but man, that kinda got under my skin.
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If I recall, there's a developer option you can enable in CM7 that allows you to do just this. Just press the permission you want to block when installing the app or afterward. CM9 doesn't (to my knowledge) have this option yet, but I'm sure it will. Good day, iPhone users =).
GRK4G63 said:
I really appreciate you posting this and letting us know about this app! I don't think I would've come across it otherwise.
So I installed it and I'm just dumbfounded at all the stuff that some apps want access to....Why the f*** does Angry Birds: Space need to access my phone's GPS data?? There's an odd one!
Oh, by the way....a co-worker of mine with an iPhone smugly showed me that the functionality of LBE Privacy Guard app is actually built right into the iOS.
Not trying to turn this into an Android Vs Apple thread, but man, that kinda got under my skin.
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Its scary how many apps want full control of your phone. Ive seen them wanting to read my contacts list and even control my messaging app. A lot of it has to do with data mining of their customers. All the info they collect from you is pretty valuable and the gps thing is pretty scary too. Theyre able to record your coordinates and report the info back to them. Not to mention its going to kill your battery too with them doing this.
Security apps I use
Droidwall - simple iptables for android
PDroid - like it better than Lbe, takes less resources but needs patch and waiting for ics support
Addons detector - shows which apps have "adware, spyware, etc."
Thanks William for mentioning PDroid. The app thread is here
PDroid gives message saying I needed to build somethingortheother first in order for it to work on my OG EPIC 4G .... LBE working great right outta the box though
Wow its come a long way I remember this when I first got rooted the guy mentioned using this... but its icon was red and the ui was bland they really uped it a notch =] completely forgot about this app thanks.. love it.
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how do I get it out of my notification bar?
It says "Allow Haypi KingdomobtainIMEI" but I can't swipe it away
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Nvm its the event logger I thought I needed to accept from there and it was being buggy LOL
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Nvm its the event logger I thought I needed to accept from there and it was being buggy LOL
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There is an option in the prefrences to turn off the notifications in the status bar.
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Apps that can be safely Frozen or Removed

Thought this may be useful for everyone to have as the device does sadly have a tendency to be a bit laggy.
Have followed a few guides and got some great info from XDA so trying to give a little back if I can
From what I have done I have found no ill effects that I have noticed so far, all fairly obvious choices so early on, but will get braver as I get more used to the handset and I'm sure others have been more adventurous than me and can help bulk the list up a bit and we can do away with a whole bunch of bloat to get a smoother ride from out G3. Some of these I froze as I prefer other 3rd party apps.
Frozen/Removed
Cell Broadcast
E-Mail
Documents
File Manager
Internet/Stock Browser
LG Health
LG Search Widget Provider
LG Setup Wizard
McAfee Security
Messaging (stock)
Music
Video
Video Trim
Weather
Weather Theme
Weather Platform
If you have any other suggestions please post and and I'll add updates to Post 1 for easy reference :highfive:
Hope this helps some fellow G3 users
557953 said:
Thought this may be useful for everyone to have as the device does sadly have a tendency to be a bit laggy.
Have followed a few guides and got some great info from XDA so trying to give a little back if I can
From what I have done I have found no ill effects that I have noticed so far, all fairly obvious choices so early on, but will get braver as I get more used to the handset and I'm sure others have been more adventurous than me and can help bulk the list up a bit and we can do away with a whole bunch of bloat to get a smoother ride from out G3. Some of these I froze as I prefer other 3rd party apps.
If you have any other suggestions please post and and I'll add updates to Post 1 for easy reference :highfive:
Hope this helps some fellow G3 users
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I think you should do a different list for the Google apps, the main attention people will give this thread is to find out what LG apps they can freeze and remove, most people will not be interesting in removing the Google apps from their devices.
Lennyuk said:
I think you should do a different list for the Google apps, the main attention people will give this thread is to find out what LG apps they can freeze and remove, most people will not be interesting in removing the Google apps from their devices.
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Understood, you are most likely correct. Google Apps removed from list
If possible, can you post the real app name (the apk name in /system/app or /system/app-priv) ?
Thanks
Get my G3 later today. Thanks for the list! I'm completely new to Android, so how do I remove bloat ware?
you need to keep file manager if you wish to write to the extsd card
I've not been able to disable the mcafee software
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you need to keep file manager if you wish to write to the extsd card
I've not been able to disable the mcafee software
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I didn't find the apk by myself, but root uninstaller found somehow
Is freezing them through TB essentially a better version of hibernating them through Greenify?
alphamini said:
Is freezing them through TB essentially a better version of hibernating them through Greenify?
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They do different things. Freezing them is like uninstalling them - they are gone and won't work at all but can be retrieved by unfreezing. Greenifying them just hibernates them but they work as normal.
bartito said:
If possible, can you post the real app name (the apk name in /system/app or /system/app-priv) ?
Thanks
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Also in system/vendor/app. Found some stuff in there that tibu couldn't get rid of. Here's most of what I froze. If it's not in my list of frozen apps I deleted it lol
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Could we have a non-root list, and also a description of what gets disabled/broken for each one. E.g. what does Cell Broadcast do? (I've googled, I 'm now aware, not relevant currently in the UK).
ActionManager service? Board Content Provider?
I've found this list but most of the bloat on Verizon wasn't on mine, since I'm not in the US: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/list-bloatware-safe-to-disable-t2819370
I wonder if anyone has the time, patience, and good will to compile all of these threads into one master index?
ohmegosh said:
Could we have a non-root list, and also a description of what gets disabled/broken for each one. E.g. what does Cell Broadcast do? (I've googled, I 'm now aware, not relevant currently in the UK).
ActionManager service? Board Content Provider?
I've found this list but most of the bloat on Verizon wasn't on mine, since I'm not in the US: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/list-bloatware-safe-to-disable-t2819370
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I've noticed that the system doesn't allow you to disable everything if you're not rooted so maybe anything you are allowed to disable is safe to disable.
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drock212 said:
Also in system/vendor/app. Found some stuff in there that tibu couldn't get rid of. Here's most of what I froze. If it's not in my list of frozen apps I deleted it lol
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And how is everything working out after having disabled all those 3 weeks ago? Any anomalies or bad experiences? So far your screenshots give the best list of the removable apps (I'm completely new to LG so I don't know about their stock stuff), and I'd love to remove them but I'm afraid to experiment without a fully working recovery to restore nandroid.
Horcza said:
And how is everything working out after having disabled all those 3 weeks ago? Any anomalies or bad experiences? So far your screenshots give the best list of the removable apps (I'm completely new to LG so I don't know about their stock stuff), and I'd love to remove them but I'm afraid to experiment without a fully working recovery to restore nandroid.
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Everything is working great. Battery life is spectacular. There are 0 negative results to report.
drock212 said:
Everything is working great. Battery life is spectacular. There are 0 negative results to report.
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Awesome, thanks for the quick feedback! I just got a notification about a new downloadable software update (will not do it ofc), I suppose freezing the software update app will mean no more notifications and to setbacks either?
Horcza said:
Awesome, thanks for the quick feedback! I just got a notification about a new downloadable software update (will not do it ofc), I suppose freezing the software update app will mean no more notifications and to setbacks either?
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Correct. I have mine frozen to avoid receiving update notifications. Also this is good until you find out if the new update is rootable. If its not then its good to stick with the current software.
drock212 said:
Also in system/vendor/app. Found some stuff in there that tibu couldn't get rid of. Here's most of what I froze. If it's not in my list of frozen apps I deleted it lol
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My list is almost this one of yours. Had to unfreeze some of those because it made the home screen very lagged.
Everything Google uninstalled or frozen for over 2 weeks. No problems or complaints.
thanks the development has really taken off for this great device
So I froze most of these. Will it free up memory or do I have to delete them? Kinda scared to delete them. I have nandroid backup, just hate to possibly have to restore when the phone is running good.

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