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So out of our stock tmobile rom apps which one would you guys thing are the best ones to remove or freeze????????? i dont see myself using lookout i never needed an app like it on my vibrant so thats one i want to remove, which other ones would you remove or recommend removing or freezing? im using tbpro
Try bloat freeze, free in the market
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Try bloat freeze, free in the market
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It's no longer available since it pushes ads/spam until you give it a 5 star rating.
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Then you might want to give titanium backup products a shot it works great if you want to spend the $6 on it, it is a great app
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App Quarantine is a free option and it's adfree
I think the best way to get rid of bloat is to root your phone and installing a custom ROM without all the bloat.
I put off rooting my phone thinking it'd be too complicated or scary, I didn't want to brick my phone but there are great YouTube videos on it.
Then flash a custom ROM (more YouTube videos). I've tried the Mohkg, Zombie, Bombaridier, and Juggernaut ROMs. I like BeastMOD and am trying Paradox right now.
I'm using Root Freezer Pro and it works like a charm.
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Then you might want to give titanium backup products a shot it works great if you want to spend the $6 on it, it is a great app
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Agreed. Titanium Backup is well worth the money.
HERE is a spreadsheet that lists whats safe to remove, what they do, and whats not. Knock yourself out.
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I one of the forums there is a script by playya to remove bloatware. Does anyone know if it is only for custom ROMS, or whether one can flash it on stock ROM. Noob status does not let me ask the question in the apps/dev forum.
Does anyone know if this is possible? I've seen conflicting reports.
I want a stock, simple messaging app, every app in the market has so many bells and whistles...
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Try ics messaging app in the market. Should fulfill your requirements.
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saurabh159 said:
Try ics messaging app in the market. Should fulfill your requirements.
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I tried it, I can't deal with the ads inside the app. IMO ads don't belong in a "core" app. I know why the dev does, and not bashing it. But I won't use it.
It looks like what I am looking for, if they do an ad free version for a couple of bucks I'd gladly buy it.
Read thru this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449591
I'm an app finatic and am always searching for the next cool game, app, or widget for my galaxy s2. Let me know what you use and why. Screen shots are appreciated.
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I use Netflix and setcpu
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Twitter/Facebook for me.
Rom Manager! Flashing and restoring 20times a day
Rocketing on Juggernaut¡
I use my phone app to call people with my phone.
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For me it would be Facebook, Engadget, Android Chive, and Shush!
Shush! Is a an app that silences your phone for a certain amount of time. Say if you're going to class for an hour then you can silence it for an hour. If your going to watch a movie you can silence it for two hours. Really helpful for people that can forget to turn their ringer back on.
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Pulse, xda, and tweetcaster.
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How well does rom manager do? Does it restore apps as well?
Btw I use xda the most. Constantlychecking for new roms or opinions.
Instead of pulse y'all should taptu.
The android section is always updated and It never skips a beat
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Facebook, youtube, the browser, GrooveIP, email are apps i use everyday.
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How well does rom manager do? Does it restore apps as well?
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the only thing I use ROM manager for is to backup a ROM. It'll reboot into recovery, backup the ROM, then revolts when its done. You can install .zips from it. It does have ROMs available to download but its scarce. XDA site is much better. As far as I know rom manager does not install apps. I use titanium backup to back up my apparently plus the data within them so when I flash I don't have to download everything again
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Reboots. Not revolts
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Reddit is fun...and xda
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Apps I use every day, all day long at work and home:
Phone
Text
Email
Camera
Tapatalk
Pandora
Player pro
Dolphin HD. Not a day goes by I don't use every one of those.
I don't get why people use the stock browser
Dolphin HD is by FAR the best browser for android.
Unless you're worried about data usage, dolph is a no brainer.
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I use my phone app to call people with my phone.
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This.. And also the messaging app every once in a while
JaZart said:
I don't get why people use the stock browser
Dolphin HD is by FAR the best browser for android.
Unless you're worried about data usage, dolph is a no brainer.
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I thought the same thing, you should try Maxthon browser though. It's faster and you can install themes on it. My go to now.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
Apps used
Kaiten email - checking 5 accounts. Stock browser, I prefer it. Dolphin runs tunny in the bg. Juice Defender... saving battery big time.
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I thought the same thing, you should try Maxthon browser though. It's faster and you can install themes on it. My go to now.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
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You can on dolphin too and it has voice control
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trillian, best IM client ever
Dolphin is by far the best but the background running tunny browser? What is that? Its gotta have a battery drain. And dolphins new voice command is sweet!
Any one have there favorite rom?
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Are these type of apps needed or recommemded? Got lookout preinstalled(not activated) and got a txt about the T-Mobile mobile security app. Wife dloaded it, but I did not on to mine.
If needed which one is best?
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droptopMP said:
Are these type of apps needed or recommemded? Got lookout preinstalled(not activated) and got a txt about the T-Mobile mobile security app. Wife dloaded it, but I did not on to mine.
If needed which one is best?
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I dont think we really need those stuff. If you know well what you are downloading and from where you are downloading this stuff are useless.Beside they Consume battery alot.
I never used them on my 4 android devices lol
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I use Lookout a lot. It has saved me many times when I left my phone somewhere, and I had to find it. The web interface is great. You can locate it via GPS, make it scream, or even wipe it if you need to. It also does a daily back up of all your pics and calls. Not sure if we need the Anitvirus yet on our phones, but it's nice to have as a piece of mind. Especially when downloading all these third party apps from say XDA (not that members would try to give bad ones, but some links go to shady sites once in a while).
So look out is good? What about avg?
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Avast beta FTW
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Another really good security app is cerberus doesn't provide any type of virus protection be offers a wide array of lost or stolen options definitely worth a try.
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2nd for avast. Don't care much for lookout and I wouldn't give me dead grandmother AVG.
Casperi
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I don't think lookout is necessary, although the locating feature is great..you can try cerberus or seekdroid if you want an app that locates your phone
I like my Roms the way I like my women..... Clean and smooth
I use avast. Use it on my desktop and it's way better than most other anti virus for PC. Avast doesn't seem to use much battery and is very light on my phone. Plus the anti theft feature is the best out there. Period.
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All I have to say is Cerberus the best for rooted and non rooted users its like alarm force for my phone
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What's wrong with AVG? Im still on the.fence on if I want to use any of it......
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I use Lookout mainly for its backup and lost devices capabilities... as long as you are downloading from known sources you should have no need to scan files for viruses.
Quick question about these type of apps: do they automatically enable GPS if lost and you try to find the device?
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Quick question about these type of apps: do they automatically enable GPS if lost and you try to find the device?
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No it does not enable GPS, but it still narrows it down to a couple feet using triangulation with the surrounding towers and/or wi-fi. I just did it for mine, and the map pinpoints it to inside my living room. Since it also has the ability to scream (actually screams a loud noise) there should be no issues finding it within a few feet while screaming. On that note even if the phone is set to silent Lookout will turn the volume all the way to 100% to scream making it very easy to locate.
My favorite combo is tmobile security (auto location off) with dropbox for backup purposes... less battery drain. (Wont find your phone if its off)
Themes, stock, custom ROMs, custom icons. Post it.
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Cm10 stable. Afterburner theme. Pixel rain lwp
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Paranoid Android, Blue Cobalt theme, random background pic... simple, yet visually pleasing.
I love the cobalt themes just for the icons. But I am in a stock icon mode atm, I have all the colors from cobalt as well as a few others. They are nice. And afterburner looks pretty sweet. Thanks for sharing.
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Simple. Red cobalt, clockr, and joker.
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I like those clocks as well. :thumbup:
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Yea that clock is the proverbial tits
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X0dus said:
Simple. Red cobalt, clockr, and joker.
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Why so serious? Ha
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My new daily driver, such a solid rom in every aspect:
Liquid Nitro V4, no tweaks needed, already blows everything else away BD
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Nice look to it, is it pre-tweaked? I like PA due to the hybrid-ness between phone and tablet modes as well as some other settings. But I'll keep that one in mind if I end up trying a different ROM.
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Just a question to you than I'll post a screenshot lol, I see your using Avast and I had it on but do you believe they actually work of just take up space/battery/ & memory space?
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Just a question to you than I'll post a screenshot lol, I see your using Avast and I had it on but do you believe they actually work of just take up space/battery/ & memory space?
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I've actually done research and there are a few that do work. Avast and Zoner work. You can test it with a file from the market. Search for 'Zoner antivirus test' and DL that to test your av app. Its not harmful to your phone, just has a piece of code that is recognized by av software. That will tell you if it works. Personally, I've used both and have found Trojans in apps on the market which are immediately scanned and deleted automatically. So I know they work for me.
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nightlimits said:
I've actually done research and there are a few that do work. Avast and Zoner work. You can test it with a file from the market. Search for 'Zoner antivirus test' and DL that to test your av app. Its not harmful to your phone, just has a piece of code that is recognized by av software. That will tell you if it works. Personally, I've used both and have found Trojans in apps on the market which are immediately scanned and deleted automatically. So I know they work for me.
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Yeah I've used Avast but don't you wish that these so called security programs would scan the apps for unwanted ads instead of trying different 'Ad Blocker' apps that most times don't work anyway lol, I guess the only way is to get rooted (soon) so I can use 'Lucky Patcher' just nervous about rooting even though the 'hereric rooting' thread looks easy enough but I had it easy with HTC/Android phone rooting cuz it's just one click programs and your done with basically '0' chance of bricking
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Yeah I've used Avast but don't you wish that these so called security programs would scan the apps for unwanted ads instead of trying different 'Ad Blocker' apps that most times don't work anyway lol, I guess the only way is to get rooted (soon) so I can use 'Lucky Patcher' just nervous about rooting even though the 'hereric rooting' thread looks easy enough but I had it easy with HTC/Android phone rooting cuz it's just one click programs and your done with basically '0' chance of bricking
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Uncool. Using lucky patcher is, first of all, illegal, second, these devs who give you free apps need to support themselves somehow. So they put ads in their apps. If you're not willing to see a few ads for the functionality of the app, you don't deserve to use it.
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rani9990 said:
Uncool. Using lucky patcher is, first of all, illegal, second, these devs who give you free apps need to support themselves somehow. So they put ads in their apps. If you're not willing to see a few ads for the functionality of the app, you don't deserve to use it.
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I am not talking about ads just in free apps but also 'PAID' apps, which should not be aloud and I do pay for apps and I agree all devs deserve to get the money for their work so if your the first to cast stones do so but not in my glass onion.
Rooting the nitro is a process but its quite simple. As long as you follow the instructions you shouldn't have any problems. Ad free usually takes care of ads on a rooted device, without having to use lucky patcher. You should definitely give it a shot once you root.
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