Hey guys ,
I am making my first ever ROM and would like to cater to what everybody would like most. I've extracted the rom.zip from the latest WWE RUU, rooted it (by putting the SU.apk and the binary into the ROM) and would like to release it as a completely stock option but still rooted for those people who would like to enjoy Sense with nothing added or removed. (Of course people can change stuff themselves by adding and removing apps, etc.) But yesterday I also thought of another option - making the ROM extremely fast and leaving it with the bare minimum - Calendar, Play Store, Camera, Dialer, Settings, HTC People etc. So I would like to get on to my original question - which would you like to see? Vote in the poll, or if your answer is "other" post your request there.
And if you would like me not to release it as there are too many Sense-based ROMs cluttering up the Android Development section, vote that option and I 'll keep it to myself
I would like a bare bones stock rom, Basically remove as much as you can without causing my app choices to break. and overclock 15%
also if possible make it so when I touch the all apps button, I would like a pop up menu with settings and a button for app screen, also can you code it so I can have pages of apps scroll sideways
adobe reader - remove
app sharing - remove
calculator - remove
calender - remove
call history
camcorder - remove
clock
desk clock
flashlight - remove
fm radio - remove
footprints - remove
friend stream - remove
gallery
gmail - remove
latitude - remove
learn more - remove
mail - remove
maps - remove
messages
navigation - remove
music
news - remove
peep - remove
people
phone
places - remove
play store
quick office - remove
google search - remove
search people - remove
settings
stocks - remove
superuser
talk - remove
teeter - remove
transfer data - remove
videos - remove
voice recorder - remove
weather - remove
wifi hotspot - remove
youtube - remove
Well you can make both and put them on the same thread. Make a lite and a full versions of the same ROM and let people choose.
You can also change the kernel to an overclockable (is that a word ?) Kernel.
Sent from my still alive, ICS capable HTC Wildfire.
OK, I'll make two versions, although I can't make a horizontal app drawer as I'm quite new at making ROMs , but that doesn't mean it can't come in a later update!
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Actually i would prefer as light as possible rooted ROM..even in cm7 i found couple apps i have never used and could be deleted..
i was stuck on froyo after ota (i didnt know anything about android, even xda ) and since revolutionary/alpharev is available i am on cm7 (now on unofficial cm9) and i was thinking about seeing froyo again, so this is probably my no1 for the moment
little ot, sorry for that, i cant post in dev section, so at first thanks for your and others work on cm9
after flashing cm9 build from 04-15 i found that in settings->about phone the android version says 4.0.3 so i am a bit confused
and i dont know if it was mentioned, but Apex launcher is working also good for me and i found it more customizable than Nova which is in recommended in op...
Since I have started to disable some applications, I have noticed a significant improvement regarding battery life (+45min screen on time). But I have also experienced that disabling certain applications may cause system error, or even increase battery drain.
I was wondering if someone had an exhaustive list of apps that are safe to disable?
So far I have disabled those with success:
- 7digital
- car
- face unlock
- facebook
- facebook for htc sense
- facebookapiengine
- flickr
- flickrapiengine
- friend stream
- friend stream
- friend stream widget
- google+
- htc account
- htc dock screen
- htc sense input (I use a replacement)
- mail (I use kaiten)
- mail widget
- movie editor
- news & weather
- notes
- notes
- notes provider
- pdf viewer
- picasa web albums
- ringtone trimmer
- soundhound
- stock widget
- stocks
- stocks
- talk
- talkback
- teeter
- trends widget
- trimit
- tunein radio
- twitter
- twitter widget
- twitterapiengine
- weather
- weather widget
Disabled applications that I experienced to crash phone upon restart:
- htc weather sync provider
Disabled applications that I experienced to increase battery drain (subjectively - I might be wrong):
- dropbox
- dropbox for htc sense
- htc sense input
Has anyone further apps to suggest?
Note: to disable an application:
go to 'Settings'
Apps
All
Press the application you want to disable
Disable
was about time for someone to do this. i didnt disable all of them just the once i was really sure about nothing could happen. now im gonna do the rest thanks.
great post bro, ill disable some of the useless apps and see if it reduces random stutter for me
Thanks for this list! will see if i notice any differences in battery life
eadred said:
Since I have started to disable some applications, I have noticed a significant improvement regarding battery life (+45min screen on time). But I have also experienced that disabling certain applications may cause system error, or even increase battery drain.
I was wondering if someone had an exhaustive list of apps that are safe to disable?
So far I have disabled those with success:
- 7digital
- car
- face unlock
- facebook
- facebook for htc sense
- facebookapiengine
- flickr
- flickrapiengine
- friend stream
- friend stream
- friend stream widget
- google+
- htc account
- htc dock screen
- htc sense input (I use a replacement)
- mail (I use kaiten)
- mail widget
- movie editor
- news & weather
- notes
- notes
- notes provider
- pdf viewer
- picasa web albums
- ringtone trimmer
- soundhound
- stock widget
- stocks
- stocks
- talk
- talkback
- teeter
- trends widget
- trimit
- tunein radio
- twitter
- twitter widget
- twitterapiengine
- weather
- weather widget
Disabled applications that I experienced to crash phone upon restart:
- htc weather sync provider
Disabled applications that I experienced to increase battery drain (subjectively - I might be wrong):
- dropbox
- dropbox for htc sense
Could anyone complete the list?
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I've disabled pretty much everything except HTC sense and Google maps when I have disable google maps everything starts to act weird and freeze and stuff so I left that one alone I use titanium backup, I have also disabled some system stuff like NFC and widgets and languages that I never use and a lot of other stuff.
Was gonna make a list too but didn't have time
Johnny0906 said:
I've disabled pretty much everything except HTC sense and Google maps when I have disable google maps everything starts to act weird and freeze and stuff so I left that one alone I use titanium backup, I have also disabled some system stuff like NFC and widgets and languages that I never use and a lot of other stuff.
Was gonna make a list too but didn't have time
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If you do find the time to selectively complete the list with your findings, please do. I would update the first post accordingly.
Excellent post, thanks ...
I also disabled lot of appz from first list.
Everything is OK til now. I just noticed that flickr still appear on task manager even if disabled. I tried force kill but it returns back later ...
It looks like it is not completely disabled ...
DanRZ said:
Excellent post, thanks ...
I also disabled lot of appz from first list.
Everything is OK til now. I just noticed that flickr still appear on task manager even if disabled. I tried force kill but it returns back later ...
It looks like it is not completely disabled ...
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Yeah, I have also noticed this. Pdf viewer does the same. I wonder if there are further underlying services that need to be disabled in order for them to be truly gone.
Yes, i had the same idea, something like a "hard coded" use of these apps ...
It is also a very good way to disable all specific appz from branded phones
I disabled all SFR appz and they never get back and even disappear from appz menu or home page.
eadred said:
If you do find the time to selectively complete the list with your findings, please do. I would update the first post accordingly.
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Ok yeah sure no problem.
I might have time to do it tonight.
Cheers
great post and great reference. but for more apps to find out which are safe to disable just have a look at the rom cleaner thread in development. Patricss has a whole list of apps that he removes with his rom cleaner so maybe you can have a look there as well and add a few more if there are any missing.
here you go :http://www.androidrevolution.nl/Patrics83/ROM Cleaner and Addons/OneX/ROMCleaner/ROMCleaner_user.txt
Some more crapware
A few more to add to your list:
- Gmail (I use Sense Mail app)
- HTCSkydrive_GLRPlugin (F*ck Microsoft)
- SkyDrive for HTC Sense (Fu*k Microsoft)
- Trimit (useless)
- TripWidget (beyond useless)
- Trends Widget (safe to remove even if you use twitter)
- Tell HTC (I ain't telling them nothing)
- Transfer (You will never use it except maybe once when the phone is new)
- Show Me (crap)
- Show Me Widget (more crap)
- Ringtone Trimmer (WTF)
- HTC Hub (garbage)
- HTC Hub Widget (Why God WHY?)
- Google Search (I never used that)
Screenshots of frozen/disabled apps
I thought this way would be quicker and easier, I hope at least excuse my laziness otherwise
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Johnny0906 said:
I thought this way would be quicker and easier, I hope at least excuse my laziness otherwise
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images forbidden...so in other words your laziness has shine through...no pics we can see Jonny boy
Goku80 said:
images forbidden...so in other words your laziness has shine through...no pics we can see Jonny boy
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Haha hold your horses pony, I've been uploading and accidently pressed the wrong button before completion.
so what the point of freezing these apps, are they really all running and using up resources? eg Trends... yes it a widget you can put onto a homescreen, but if i dont is it zapping my memory/cpu.
also whats TAlKBack?
kazgor said:
also whats TAlKBack?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.marvin.talkback&hl=en
and yes if you freeze or disable apps it clears a bit more of the memory ram and makes the phone a bit faster
Freezing unneeded apps improves a lot battery life. Many of those unwanted/unneeded applications run randomly in background using cpu/battery etc.
From my experience, I have seen an increase of 45min screen on time after freezing the list provided in first post, all other things remaining equal.
HtcBeatsNotify
I disable HtcBeatsNotify because the notification icon would bother me even if I did use the beats profile. However I don't and the icon still persists therefore I disable it.
Note this only disables the icon in the notification area, the profile can still be chosen within the music application.
You add 'screen timeout' to list of apps not recommended to disable. Trying to restart your phone results in a boot loop, as I found out yesterday :/
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battery will save more then 10% make Google maps backup first if you don't want to backup also can, and uninstall it.! when u want to use install it back.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Thanks... But it is only one tip... LOL
You can also use autorun manager pro to disable the receivers ...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
It would be a good idea to have a thread on optimizing google apps which have become invasive bloatware IMO. Along the lines of gapps recommendations for battery: uninstall maps, network location, google backup transport (use mapquest). Also with play services I keep it frozen with disabled receivers since it reinstalls itself if you uninstall it. If anybody knows a good fix for that or has other info on disabling receivers that won't stay disabled, that would be greatly appreciated. Or good apps to use for freezing/backups/modifying receivers and startups. I use system tuner.
Here's my list of user/system apps that I uninstall, some listed by apk and name. This does get rid of live wallpapers and other crap I consider bloatware, definitely personalized for me, be careful. Make sure you back up each app per rom.
--(c.g.a=com.google.android, c.a=com.android)--
black hole, bubbles, Microbes, Phase Beam, holospiral - live wallpapers
Car home
c.a.providers.partner*
c.g.a.voicesearch
Email - c.a.email
exchange services - c.a.exchange
google backup transport - c.g.a.backup - has to do with setings google backup
**Google one time init - need this to only add a new google account
**google partner setup - need this to only add a new google account
Google search
google text-to-speech engine
google maps - i remove all traces of this from my phone with solid explorer
market feedback agent - c.g.a.feedback
news and weather
sound search - google play
tags - for nfc
talk - don't use it anymore,
talkback
vzwapnservice
picasa uploader - mediauploader.apk and c.g.a.uploader
android live wallpaper
google bookmarks sync
launcher, trebuchet, etc. - stock launcher unless it's Apex or Nova
SPG - bloatware
basic sleep mode apps - c.a.dreams.basic or basicdreams.apk
live wallpaper picker
speech recorder
setup wizard - there's already package installer, may be needed to add an account
voice dialer
photo screensaver
c.a.backupconfirm - has to do with setings google backup
stlsync(sp?) - bloatware
if you don't use nfc or bluetooth:
nfc service - c.a.nfc
bluetooth share - c.a.bluetooth
These are from notes/memory, but are good build.prop entries to add or change
config.nocheckin=1 (stop sending data to google)
ro.htc.nocheckin=1 or ro.config.htc.nocheckin=1
>>set your google location services entry whatever it's called to 0
some other good ones for battery, definitely check my spelling:
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0 or ro.disable.power.collapse=0
pm.sleepmode=1
persist.sys.use.dithering=0
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval = 1000 (in milliseconds, use ~100 min)
ro.config.hw_quickpoweron=true (fastboot)
...others can't remember
hello , can i get a list app that can be remove from my acro s ? my phone get low ram , low free system. .already root my phone :laugh:
Check the attached image below.
Apks marked in blue can be safely removed. If you face any issues, then just move the apk back to system again and set permission to rw-r-r
If you Facebook and timescape then leave them as it is, I don't so moved those too.
Try this...Just go to Settings > Apps > All
Disable the apps that you think you dont use...
Just click on any apps, Force Stop then hit Disable
List of apps that ive disabled, all are safe :
- Ant Radio Service
- Email
- Event Stream Engine
- Exchange Service
- FBiX CalendarSync
- FBiX Music Likes
- FM Radio
- Friends Music
- Gmail
- Google Bookmark Sync
- Google Calendar Sync
- Google Contacts Sync
- Google Lyrics Extension
- Google Search
- Google+
- Maps
- NeoReader
- News & Weather
- Picasa Extension
- Street View
- Talk
- Talkback
- Timescape
- TV Launcher
- Twitter
- Twitter Extension
- Voice Search
- Weather Widgets
- Youtube Karaoke Extension
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Depends on the apps that you dont intend to use/dont use...Which apps that is out of your concern, just disable it but dont disable system related apps
Hi,
Does anyone have a script to remove bloatware for Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0? I see a lot script like this in XDA, but non of them for this tablet.
Maybe i can modify from their script, but i don't know which app is not safe to remove. If any of you know which app is safe or not to remove please drop me a line. Thanks!
Apps that i want to keep is...
- Samsung music player
- Weather widget
- S-Planner (Calendar)
- Camera
- Gallery
- Play Store
- Contacts
- Paper Artist
- Alarm
- Stock Internet Browser
- Gmail
- Google Now
- S-voice