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Your top 10 apps

I got my g2 a couple of days before the official release date and this is my first Android phone. I'm nerding out over this whole app thing lol.
Anyways to help myself and others I thought I would ask you guys what are your top ten apps. Brief description would be cool too. And I just typed this while thing using Swipe!
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

I probably only use 10 apps, lets try this out without thinking!
free:
xda app - in all honesty i dont really use this app, i need to get used to it first
teslaLED - led light flash app
reveal - free app for scriptures (dont bother if u arent religious haha)
zedge - nice/funny rinetones
rings extended - ez mp3 help for ringtones/alarms and such
speed test - just for the heck of it
paid:
gboid - gb and gbc emulator
gameboid - gba emulator
nesoid - nes emulator
snesoid - sne emulator
wii controller ime - so i can use wii controller for my emulators
wow so that was exactly 10 apps i have installed besides stock stuff. @@

welcome to the android nation. browse the market for things that u like and want on your phone. p.s. it has suggestive search to help you out

Hmm.
astro file mananger=great file manager
Chrome to phone of course
Myfitnesspal=great to keep in shape
Appbrain=great app management and use fast web installer feature to install apps to phone from computer wirelessly
Musicmod=great music app
Dropbox=great online storage
Rockplayer=great video player a lot of formats to play
Noled=good substitue for notification lights
Kindle=great for reading on the go
Diskusage=great for seeing what's taking up space on SD
Extened controls (paid app)= cost but its worth it trust me
History eraser= great for erasing history
Pulse (I think its a paid app)= great new reader app
Ringdroid=great great great ringtone creating app must have
Wavesecure (not sure if its free anymore)=best security app ever.
I know you said 10 but I had so many
Sent from my T-Mobile G2

In alphabetical order:
Barcode Scanner
Chrome to Phone
Kayak
PDANet
Read Later (for instapaper)
Sherpa
Ultimate Stopwatch

Angry birds
XDA
Tesla flashlight
Full tv episodes =)
Tweetdeck
Switch pro widget
Launcher pro plus
Fancy widget
Tikl
Sphaghetti marshmallow
Sent from my G2

Cool stuff everyone,
I have Chrome to Phone
Barcode scanner
ESPN Sports app
a flash light app
XDA
speed test
useless facts
body fitness
sex tips ^_^

Here are my top apps:
-Handcent Sms (Messaging Replacement)
-Launcher Pro Plus (Home Replacement)
-Quick settings (Fast Settings/Toggles)
-Mp3 Music Download
-Xda (Forums)
-Tikl (Walkie Talkie)
-FancyWidget (Clock Replacement)
-Zedge (Ringtones/Wallpapers)

Great stuff guys let's keep this going. I'm sure someone will find this very useful
Sent from my G2

Grooveshark: this is by far my favorite app, it allows me to upload all of my music files to their servers, and stream them on my G2 over 3g/HSPA/WiFi. I don't have to use my sd card for mp3's at all. The audio quality is just as good over streaming. I can also search other user's collections and stream those too. The app is very well constructed, with pull down menus, album art, and many other features I haven't even used yet. Costs $3/month and worth every penny.
AOR (Android Online Radio): pulls internet radio stations from all over the world. Just like Ootunes on iOS and WunderRadio on WinMo. But for Android it's free!
Zedge: wallpaper and ringtones app. Free, worth more. I have my phone setup to use R2D2's sounds for ringtone, and Chewbacca's cry for text notifications. Very cool.
Angry Birds Lite: enough said, fun and maddening game. Free
Raging Thunder 2: great racer for the G2, play it daily. $5.99? I think, don't remember.
Fruit Ninja: very fun, but very difficult game. I am lucky to last 90 seconds. But good for a quick game fix. $.99
Beautiful Widgets: customize your desktop with clocks and weather widgets. Lots of different styles, easy to adapt to whatever wallpaper you use. $2.99? Don't remember what it cost.

- ConnectBot - for all your remote *nix administration needs.
- Remote Desktop (by xtralogic) - my favorite RDC app for windows administration.
- Wikimind lite - a wiki formatted notes application. Useful for jotting stuff down.
- Powerstrip - for quick access to a few widgets without having to leave whatever application you are currently in.
- Newsrob - my favored RSS feed reader.
- Aldiko - an eReader.
- Angry Birds - time waster #1
- Robo Defense - time waster #2
- Barcode Scanner - QR codes for applications and general barcode scanning
- Shop Savvy - price comparison app.

LauncherPro - the best application on Android, period. Stop whatever you are doing and download it right now.
Shazam - That song that you hearing but don't know the name of, Shazam it
Power Control Plus - Allows you to add additional features that the normal Power Control widget doesn't offer such as Edge/HSPA toggle, Orientation toggle, and Flashlight toggle
Coupons - Never hurts to save a little money, you will find TONs of coupons and specials using this app
EasyTetherPro - Until the G2 is rooted this is a good application for transferring your HSPA+ speeds via USB
Music Downloader Pro - It downloads music...and its Pro at it
PhonemyPC - Allows you to connect to a PC very easily. No firewalls, no specific versions of windows, and no port forwarding. Just create a username and pass on your phone and do the same on the computer and your good to go.
Doubletwist - A music player that looks alot better than the stock version
Anything that ends in soid - Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Gameboy, Sega Genesis, even Playstation. You have a physical keyboard, take advantage of it.
XDA - Take a guess

This thread was really gaining speed, and good information in the general section. Here in the "theme and apps" sections it's going to die. Much like mine and a second similar one after that.
It was very informative while it lasted.

Apps:
AlarmDroid - Awesome Alarm Clock
APKtor - Public Market
Appbrain App Market
Dialerone - Alternative Dialer
EasyMoney Lite - checkbook app
File Manager
Gtasks - todo lists that syncs with Google Tasks
Handcent SMS - alternative texting app
Tasker - automation app like locale but much more features.
Zeam Launcher - Silly fast launcher
Widgets:
Brightness Level
Gauge Battery
tajm - clock widget
wifi onoff
Mobile Signal Widget

Not in any particular order...
Applanet - black market
Handcent - good for my particular texting needs
TeslaLED - Dear God that SOB is bright!!
Mobile Manager - nice app to get into the SD card and other things
DropBox Mobile - lets me access documents across multiple devices
Documents2Go - open and edit MS Office documents
EasyTether - USB tether
Mixzing - music player
Dolphin Browser - I like the tabs
RoadSync - exchange email sync
Those are the ones I use most often. The list could go on and on though... If I had root access I would add Barnacle WiFi to it which is a great hotspot creator, but since I can't use that app anymore, it doesn't make the list.

1. Official XBMC Remote - Beautiful if you have XBMC running on a PC or anything else for that matter
{
"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"
}
2. Juiceplotter - Shows my battery usage over time
3. Music Mod (froyo only) - Much better than the stock android player and has gester support
4. Pandora - Internet radio useful when i'm bored
5. Ringdroid - Great for making ringtones or alarms out of songs on your device
6. RockPlayer - I use it to watch .avi files at work
7. Swiftp - Great when you are on wifi without your usb cable to transfer files
8. WidgetLocker - Add widgets to your lockscreen

charlieton said:
Apps:
AlarmDroid - Awesome Alarm Clock
APKtor - Public Market
Appbrain App Market
Dialerone - Alternative Dialer
EasyMoney Lite - checkbook app
File Manager
Gtasks - todo lists that syncs with Google Tasks
Handcent SMS - alternative texting app
Tasker - automation app like locale but much more features.
Zeam Launcher - Silly fast launcher
Widgets:
Brightness Level
Gauge Battery
tajm - clock widget
wifi onoff
Mobile Signal Widget
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
question regarding dialer one: how do you set speed dial? I can't figure out yet. thanks

gottijr said:
question regarding dialer one: how do you set speed dial? I can't figure out yet. thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
when you launch the app. press menu and then speed dial.

charlieton said:
when you launch the app. press menu and then speed dial.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I go to menu -> speed dial
than i get this message:
Code:
Speed dial list is empty. You can create new speed dial in context menu of the contact

First off, I wanted to thank the contributors to this particular thread for their insight. I didn't have a Top 10 until I read through your choices.
01. VISIONary (Temp Root on Boot)
02. Android WiFi Tether
03. PDAnet
04. LookOut Mobile Security
05. Advanced Task Killer (Froyo)
06. StartUp Cleaner 2.0
07. Launcher Pro
08. FancyWidget
09. TeslaLED
10. XDA Official Android App

[Q] What would you like?

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!
Sent from my Wildfire using Tapatalk 2

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...

Must Have Apps for Google Nexus 4

Hiya everyone. This type of thread isn't new to XDA as it's on almost every device fora, but I decided to bring it over here aswell.
I'm going to share the most useful applications to have on a Google Nexus 4 and would like you to share your must have apps. If an app gets mentioned by numerous people, that isn't on this list, I'll be sure to add it.
Nexus 4 tested and approved apps Section​
FauxSound Audio/Sound - Total Control to boost your Audio Amplifier Gain to help clean up audio distortions! In other words great for music and will help boost your volume and give more better sound to your music...Great app to have.. Nexus 4 specific app
Trickster Mod - Trickster MOD app is a tweaking tool to change various settings included in your kernel and other mods to your phone.. How on earth i did not add this here from the start since i use it since day one. Nexus 4 specific app
AirDroid v2 - AirDroid already controls your phone from any web browser, but the latest version of the app offers more useful features, like a new "find my phone" service that pinpoints your device via GPS and complete remote control of your device's camera. Nexus 4 specific app Thanks to 22sl22 for the heads up
Car DashDroid - Car Dashboard has all the best features to make your drive easier. You can use smart dial to call your contacts in the same app, can browse for contacts and groups in a fancy way, you can view contact info Search contacts and add Shortcuts of apps. You can set the Music App and Navigation App for easy launch. Nexus 4 specific app
Unofficial Gapps by BaNkS - Three unofficial packages by Banks..Added these here as well so it is easy for users who are rooting for the first time to have them Nexus 4 Google apps to flash after flashing a new rom
Advanced Color & Gamma Control - Does what it says on the tin.. Nexus 4 specific app
Light Manager - LED Settings - Configure LED color and its flashing frequency for notifications for any app.. Nexus 4 specific app
Reduce Photo Size - This app reduce photo file size(resize/crop image) for Email, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Nexus 4 specific app
PGM - Allows us to wake phone (just like power button) by a swipe gesture on the screen. So it's slide2wake or slide 2 unlock. It also allows locking and so on. Nexus 4 specific app
GMD GestureControl - Control device with MULTITOUCH and MULTITASK gestures similar to iPad. Works in all applications. You can even hide status bar and enjoy full screen in your favorite games or while browsing. Nexus 4 specific app
Sidebar Pro - A brilliant new way of multitasking on Android. It's fast, functional, fluid, and customizable to your liking. Populate the sidebar with your favorite apps, and simply swipe in from the edge of the screen to gain instant access to the apps you use most. You can also get the free version but feel free to use this one to support the dev..Nexus 4 specific app
Retroarch Android - RetroArch now hits Android packed with all of the cores from the console and PC versions. Gaming emulators. Nexus 4 specific app
Snapdragon Battery Guru Beta - Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru extends battery performance and improves overall user experience by intelligently making changes that optimize Snapdragon device functionality. XDA thread here Nexus 4 specific app
TouchControl - This is a kernel module for Nexus 4 that allows us to wake phone (just like power button) by a swipe gesture on the screen. So it's slide2wake or slide2unlock. It also allows locking and so on. Nexus 4 specific app
Franco Kernel Updater - A well established top-100 paid app with one of the highest ratings in that top. It combines a series of powerful tools to manage your device with your favorite kernel, specially with franco.Kernel. Works perfectly for the N4
Zinio - Download the Zinio for Android app and read top magazines from around the world instantly. Zinio is the premier app for magazines on Android, giving readers immediate access to thousands of global titles. N4 specific app
Screen Filter - Applies a shade that acts as a dimmer to ensure your eyes don't hurt. Far more powerful than Android's built-in brightness setting. N4 specific app
Nexus 4 Display Control - Every eye is different, every person has its color taste. Therefore here's the fresh new Nexus 4 Display Control application that lets you tune your IPS screen to achieve the best result for the best user experience. You'll be able to change the Red, Green and Blue values that are used together to calibrate your screen. This is N4 app specifically and you need to be rooted
Eye in Sky Weather - Eye In Sky Weather is for those who like their weather clean, simple and beautiful. The app includes 12 of the best weather icon sets available, with the ability to add your own icon sets. N4 specific app
Fast File Transfer - The app uses Wi-Fi Tethering for establishing a connection between the devices but does not need the Internet. Fast File Transfer is an alternative for Bluetooth file sending. N4 specific app
Light Flow Lite - Take control of your notifications. LEDs, vibration, repeating sounds and more. N4 app specific
SoftKeyZ - Does what it says on the box..If you want to play around with the navigation buttons then you can use this appN4 app specific
General Must have Apps for Nexus 4​
Sygic: GPS Navigation - High quality TomTom maps stored on your Android (no internet connection needed!) together with a robust set of navigation features help you drive with confidence.
Orbot:Tor on Android - Orbot is the official port of Tor to Android. Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. STANDARD/NO ROOT - Works best with Firefox Mobile+ProxyMob Add-on - Works with Orbot-enabled apps like Gibberbot (secure chat) and Orweb
Power Toggles - This is simply the best toggle app around. Able to toggle lots of main features.
Picsay Pro - This is a brilliant photo editor, but limited compared to some others. My personal favourite.
Rotation Locker - WYSIWYG. It locks your screen to either Portrait or Landscape. Really useful on some apps.
XDA App ICS Blue Colours/Themed - Our favourite forum app but with a complete red or blue colour theme thanks to our own Whiskey103
Memory Usage - Lists all current apps and tells you current memory usage, peak memory usage and priorities.
Desktop Visualizer - Makes shortcuts or widgets using a custom image and can be used to make custom icons.
Neutron Music Player - Neutron is a professional music player with amazing high quality. Great for audiophiles.
AirDroid - For moving files between your PC and phone using WIFI
Tasker - The best app of its kind. It does almost anything
MXPlayer - MXPlayer is one of the best apps for viewing movies.
Photo Timeline - Lets you create a time elapsed sequence of anything you want with your camera and then play as a slideshow
Home Switcher - Switches between any Home Launchers you have on your device.
PicSpeed Wallpapers - Over 170,000 HD wallpapers of all different genres, for our device.
Solid Explorer - Solid Explorer is a file manager which with two independent panels is the most attractive, eye catching and intuitive file manager for the Android.
QuickPic - An alternate photo gallery app, incase you don't like the default
Aldiko Book Reader - Read and download thousands of eBooks right on your Android phone or tablet. Download one of the best Android eBook Readers now!
Dropbox - Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere.
ES File Explorer- ES File Explorer is a free, featured all-in-one file manager & application manager & task killer & cloud storage client & ftp client & samba client which explores the pictures, music, video, document & other files on your phone and your computer.
TeamViewer for Remote Control - Remotely control your computer with TeamViewer Free while you are on the road! Mobile and flexible: remotely access computers from your android device!
Unified Remote - Easily the most feature-filled Android-PC remote. Turns your Android device into a WiFi or Bluetooth universal remote control for your Windows PC. Control your favorite programs, mouse, and keyboard.
Whatsapp Messenger - WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages.
AireTalk - Aire is a new communication app loaded with features that lets you talk to your friends and family in more ways than ever! Use Aire to make calls to any Aire user with voice or video for free!
Astro File Manager - It's like Windows Explorer or Mac’s Finder for your phone or tablet and allows you to easily browse and organize all of your pictures, music, videos and documents. It also gives you the ability to stop processes that burn battery life and backup your apps in case you lose or change phones.
SketchBook Mobile - Autodesk SketchBook® Mobile is a professional-grade paint and drawing application offering a full set of sketching tools and a streamlined and intuitive user interface.
Pocket - When you find something on the web that you want to view later, put it in Pocket. It automatically syncs to your phone, tablet or computer so you can view it any time, even without an internet connection.
Adobe Photoshop Touch - Transform images with core Photoshop features in an app designed for tablets and smartphones. Really this one is self-explanatory. Says what it does on the Tin
AfterFocus - Bring DSLR-like Photography to Your Smartphone
Appy Geek - Appy Geek brings you all the leading tech news sources from the industry in a cleverly laid-out user interface, including TechRadar, Gizmodo, T3 Magazine, The Next Web and more... Staying at the cutting edge of innovation has never been so easy!
VLC for Android Beta - VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols. This is a BETA version of the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. It is intended for power users and hackers. This version is not perfectly stable and is slower than the final version.
Tapatalk Forum App - The only and the best fully functional forum app in the Market, endorsed by over 35,000 of forums worldwide.
Machinima - Machinima is the premier online network providing entertainment for the gaming culture, showing game trailers, gameplay videos and tips, video game reviews, first looks, and original series created in video games. One of the most viewed YouTube channels in the world!
SmartTools - Measure length, angle, distance, height, direction and sound with your phone. Smart Tools is a complete package of 5 app sets. It includes 5 Pro sets for a total of 15 tools. In a word, All-in-One.
News Republic - NEWS REPUBLIC features more content than ever including articles and opinions from major players right alongside specialist experts - including ITN, Press Association, Tech Radar, The Sports Review, WENN, HitFix, The Next Web, AFP... More content sources are added regularly with more top names already on the horizon for the future.
CPU Spy - This is a simple app to display the time the CPU spends in each frequency state. This can be a useful tool in diagnosing battery problems or tweaking your over-clock settings.
Avast! Mobile Security - Full-featured, best/top-rated Android antivirus & security app
DroidWall - Allows you to restrict which apps can access the network. This is the perfect solution if you don't have an unlimited data plan, or just wants to see your battery lasting longer. For advanced users, it also allows you to manually define custom iptables rules.
GO SMS Pro - GO SMS PRO brings you cool UI, fast and convenient SMS/MMS experience. GO SMS Pro is the most popular messaging app; Very powerful, Cool, Funny, Safe, Fully customizable; Well support SMS/MMS + GO Chat(free message) + Walkie Talkie(free voice).*
Plume for Twitter - Plume is a beautiful and completely customizable Twitter app that will revolutionize the way you use Twitter! Brought to you by the authors of the popular Beautiful Widgets, Plume is one of the best Twitter clients for Android! (Plume was formerly known as Touiteur)
GTA Radio - GTA Radio is a free way to listen to all radio stations of famous game Grand Theft Auto from every corner of the earth.
K-9 Mail - K-9 Mail is an open-source e-mail client with search, IMAP push email, multi-folder sync, flagging, filing, signatures, bcc-self, PGP, mail on SD & more!
Goal.com - Goal.com offers local coverage of all the latest developments including breaking news, exclusive interviews, transfer gossip, live commentary and much more. Whatever and wherever the story is, Goal.com offers the most comprehensive and expert coverage of the major domestic leagues and competitions, as well as all the major international tournaments
Aqua Mail - Easy automatic setup for popular email services (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, and more).
Android Lost Free - Lost your android? We will help you find it. See http://www.androidlost.com. Remotely control your Android phone from the internet or by SMS.
Chomp SMS - chomp SMS is a souped-up replacement to the stock android Messaging app with a heap more features.
FilePush - FilePush lets you transfer files to your Android device with only two clicks.
Poweramp - Poweramp is a powerful music player for Android.
LiveScore - This application comes directly from LiveScore Ltd., the leaders and inventors of real-time delivery of live sport data and owners of the no.1 ranked football / soccer web site globally... I use it and i love it and it is ten times better than the Sky Sports Football Center app.. Must have for all footy fans
Google Googles - Search by taking a picture: point your mobile phone camera at a painting, a famous landmark, a barcode or QR code, a product, a storefront, or a popular image. If Goggles finds it in its database, it will provide you with useful information. Goggles also works as a barcode / QR code scanner.
Headset Button Controller - Headset Button Controller is very configurable, allowing you to play music, change tracks, adjust volume, answer phone calls, start Voice Command and many other things, just by clicking the button on your headset. Paid app but worth the money
MD5Checker - This application allows the user to compare the MD5 checksum between two files or alternatively between a file and a value entered manually. When loading a .md5, it will read its content and put it in the field instead of calculating the hash.
Speedy Uploader for Facebook - Uploads pics in an instant, after compressing them. Great stuff.
Fast Reboot - Simulates a reboot by closing/restarting all core and user processes and thus frees up memory. Your phone should be much snappier after using Fast Reboot.
Falcon Pro for Twitter - Falcon Pro brings the Ultimate Twitter Experience to your Android Phone and Tablet.
Trial Xtreme 3 - Trial Xtreme 3, will take your breath away with its new innovations and amazing features. Tackle 76 completely original courses, fighting your friends for the race, win while carefully controlling your bike to ensure that you don’t fall victim to one of the many hundreds of mines, water pipes, or wrecked cars that are standing in your way. Great game and highly recommended and it is free
Temple Run - Need i say more
Subway Surfers - I like this game. Very fun and great graphics to.
Instagram - Share your photos in a simple photo stream with friends to see - and follow your friends' photos with the click of a single button. Every day you open up Instagram, you'll see new photos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world.
Viber: Free Calls & Messaging - Viber allows you to call, text, and send photos worldwide for free.
MovieTube: Free full Movies - MovieTube is a missing channel on YouTube for Free Full Length Movies. It manages free movies in 14 languages including: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Malay movies.
Amazon Mobile for Android - The Amazon Mobile app allows customers to browse and shop by department, search, compare prices, find deals, read reviews and make a purchase right from their mobile device.
IMDb Movies & TV - Does what it says on the tin..No need for further introduction..Must have specially if you are a movie fan
Netflix - Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies on your phone.
Jorte Calendar - For personal use or for business, Jorte will assist you to manage your daily schedule thoroughly.
Cerberus Anti Theft - Cerberus is a complete anti-theft application, the best protection you can get to recover your misplaced, lost or stolen Android device
BubbleUPnP - BubbleUPnP is a full featured UPnP/DLNA Control Point, UPnP Media Renderer and UPnP Media Server. Play easily your music, videos and images on your phone and devices on your network (DLNA TVs, XBMC, WMP, ...), from your external UPnP Media Servers.
Chrome - No need for any introduction here
ColorNote - Color Note is a simple notepad app. It gives you a quick and simple notepad editing experience when you write notes, memo, email, message, shopping list and to do list.
Sliding Messaging - Easily manage text messages in a new and up to date format compliant with the Android design guidelines and visually based on the stock messaging app from Google, with added features. Get Pro for more features though and show support to dev
gReader - gReader is an unofficial Google Reader client for Android. Read all your RSS/Feed news in one place with Google Reader, where keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email.
GSam Battery Monitor - Does what it says on the tin...Read the description in the link to find out what exactly it does..But this is the best battery monitor app out there...Link for FAQ here regarding the app
Buzz Launcher Beta - Buzz Launcher is a new concept launcher which enables you to apply others’ Homescreens to your own smartphone. Download Homescreens best suited for your taste and preferences via Homepack Buzz Service. Homescreens will be applied instantly.
Many thanks goes out to KidCarter93 for allowing me to share his thread here to...
On a side note more apps will be added in the coming days so stay tuned for more goodies..Will be adding more apps that i use as well and find useful and just like my other thread wanna compile the most used apps on your handset.
IF YOU'VE FOUND THIS POST, OR ANY OF THESE APPS USEFUL, INSTEAD OF POSTING THANKS, JUST USE THE BUTTON!
If there are any apps that you feel shouldn't be in this list, please let me know and suggest a better one. I can then test it and maybe add it to the list, in place of the other one.
If you don't suggest a better app, I won't change anything.

Must Have Widgets for the Google Nexus 4
Beautiful Widgets - Beautiful set of Widgets containing clock widget, clock and weather widget, weather widgets, date widgets and toggle widgets with skins/themes support!
Fancy Widgets - Personalize your Android home screen with highly customizable clock widgets, weather widgets, home (clock & weather) widgets, forecast widgets, and more with lots of customization options.
Appy Geek - Have to add this part of the widgets to cause it is simple awesome to read all the main headlines on your homescreen and saves from going into the app to find out what is happening in the tech world
Spotify - Spotify gives you instant access to millions of songs on your Android device. With the Spotify app, you can choose to listen for free, or subscribe to Spotify Premium
Flipboard - Flipboard brings together world news and social news in a beautiful magazine.
Elixir 2 Widgets - This application is an add-on for Elixir 2 but it can use as a standalone application too. Widgets makes it possible to put higly configurable widgets to your home screens.
Battery Monitor Widget - Complete battery monitoring with notification icon, history, graphics and alarms
Zedge - Free Ringtones, Wallpapers, Alerts, Live Wallpapers & Games enjoyed by millions.
Daily Mail Online - The Mail Online (Daily Mail) app has been optimised for Android mobile devices on OS version 2.1 and above and offers various features that will allow you to stay up to date with the latest news, gossip, sport, pictures
SiMi Clock Widget - This is a simple minimal Clock Widget. Available size 2x1 3x1,4x1 and 5x1 (Galaxy Tab). If you have a Taskmanager running please exclude SiMi Clock !!!.. I highly recommend this great widget..I personally use it and it is a must have
Battery Clock Calendar - Battery, Clock and Calendar in one widget. Nice design, and good looking.
Falcon for Twitter - Falcon is a powerful *WIDGET* that brings a full Twitter client to your homescreen
Multicon Widget - Save space on your homescreen with this free widget. Use it to clean up or add more applications. It will let you put more then one shortcut in the same space as one icon normally takes up.
Evernote Widget - The Evernote Widget lets you go directly to core Evernote features right from your home screen
ClockQ Digital Clock Widget - Simple digital clock widget for your homescreen. The power of this widget is in variety of customization options.
Android Pro Widgets - A set of powerful and extremely useful home screen widgets!
Glass Widgets - All the widgets are semi-transparent, with a nice smoked glass look
Pulse News - Pulse News is a beautiful app that takes your favorite websites and transforms them into a colorful and interactive mosaic.

XDA Apps - From our XDA forums
Sidebar - A brilliant new way of multitasking on Android. There is a lite free edition and a paid edition. As of course with the paid edition you get more features and support the dev but if you want to try the lite first you can do. No need to root to use this.
App Update Notifier: Crowd Edition - Free app that check for updates, your app versions are sent with the request and used to update the database. So, once the first user has an update installed, everyone else will see the update, instantly.
Sliding Messaging - Easily manage text messages in a new and up to date format compliant with the Android design guidelines and visually based on the stock messaging app from Google, with added features. And it is a free app
LockScreen Notifications Widget - NotificationsWidget is a very useful widget that displays notifications on lockscreen using Android 4.2 lock screen widget mechanism. Free app. So if you like to have iOS style notifications on your lockscreen then this is a must
FunnyApp - This app gathers several pages of funny pictures, memes and fails as 9gag, damnlol, lolhappens, hugelol, failblog, memecenter, epicfail and several more. Also you can share the pictures or download them to your device..Free app
Call Recorder - Convenient and simple as it sounds!! Does what it says on the tin and i have been using it myself and works great plus it is FREE
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"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"
}
MOD-APP Viper4Android FX sound mod - V4A already made great improvements in Bass, with dynamic bass system; Surround, with field surround and VHS+; Auditory Healing, with Cure Tech+ and, Simulation, with Convolver. The parts left are vocal/clarity/treble and EQ. This FX v2.2.0.9 update will cover vocal,clarity,treble category, balancing the ultimate bass and treble in V4A!.. And please read the instructions on the XDA thread to know what to do

Hardcore productivity - Utility root apps
Rooted apps Section​
SuperSU - SuperSU is the Superuser access management tool of the future. *ROOT*
ROM Toolbox Pro - ROM Toolbox combines apps like Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, ROM Manager and others. A must-have root app *ROOT*
Rom Manager - Must have app for any root user. Make backups, flash ROMs, and own your device. ROM Manager is THE MUST HAVE APP for any Android root user.
System Tuner - The most complete system tuner and manager for all your phones and tablets!
BetterBatteryStats - With BetterBatteryStats you can analyse the behavior of your phone, find applications causing the phone to drain battery while it is supposed to be asleep and measure the effect of corrective actions. Guys you can also find this app if you search on XDA..
Titanium Backup - EXTREMELY powerful tool. Backup ALL apps, Market links, remove bloatware & MORE! ☆Needs ROOT, Android 1.5-4.1+
ZDBox - ZDbox is an amazing and free all-in-one toolbox. It holds a collection of useful tools and has a nice and easy to use interface. With ZDbox you’re getting your mobile/cell phone under control, do easily some optimization and customize it to your needs.
Appextractor - AppExtractor is a tool which will allow you to restore individual applications, data, SMS, and MMS messages from your ROM Manager backups.
Greenify *ROOT* - Greenify help you identify and put the bad behaving apps into hibernation when you are not using them, stop them from lagging and battery leeching, in an unique way! They could do nothing without your explicit launch, while still have full functionality when running in foreground, like what iOS apps act!

I have a good portion of some of these apps myself:
SuperSU, AirDroid, Tasker, Dropbox, Rom Manager, TeamViewer, Titanium Backup, Unified Remote, Pocket, Beautiful Widgets.
I love using AirDroid to text from my computer.
Tasker is amazing at automating everything!
Rom Manager isn't much use until CWM Recovery is fixed though.
Titanium Backup is great for restoring all of your apps if you're coming from another Android phone.

I find AirDroid useless when Google gives you Google Voice.
I prefer Root Explorer for management. Light Flow I imagine will be compatible with the N4
Beamed with rasbeanjelly & trinity

DaX05 said:
I find AirDroid useless when Google gives you Google Voice.
I prefer Root Explorer for management. Light Flow I imagine will be compatible with the N4
Beamed with rasbeanjelly & trinity
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What does AirDroid have to do with Google Voice?

DaX05 said:
I find AirDroid useless when Google gives you Google Voice.
I prefer Root Explorer for management. Light Flow I imagine will be compatible with the N4
Beamed with rasbeanjelly & trinity
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AirDroid can be used for so much more than typing stuff...
Adding music, deleting music.
Removing apps, adding apps.
Its really easy compared to hooking up a USB cord and going from there.

Photoshop Touch is incompatible, you need to sideload it. But do agree with a lot of them. Lightflow is a definite must, morequicklypanel is a good one but does take up a notification, and also for me Battery Widget Reborn is a quality app. great battery statistics

DaX05 said:
I find AirDroid useless when Google gives you Google Voice.
I prefer Root Explorer for management. Light Flow I imagine will be compatible with the N4
Beamed with rasbeanjelly & trinity
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Lightflow works great!

What about games. What do you recommend for showing off its power

What note apps have you tried on your new Nexus 4? Any one using handwritten notes on your new Nexus 4? If so which ones?

I'm about to test out NFS Most Wanted & Shadowgun Dead Zone
Sent from my Nexus 4

Photoshop touch isn't even compatible, are you just listing your favourite apps?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

Evernote is all you need.
Beamed via Nexus 4

charlieb620 said:
I'm about to test out NFS Most Wanted & Shadowgun Dead Zone
Sent from my Nexus 4
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let me know how you are finding them mate and i can add them in a games section on the thread
jameslfc5 said:
Photoshop touch isn't even compatible, are you just listing your favourite apps?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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photoshop touch is compatible buddy..used it on the Note, galaxy s3 and on my One X so i should not see any reason it should not work for the N4

3Shirts said:
What about games. What do you recommend for showing off its power
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Need For Speed Most Wanted
Dead Trigger
Max Payne
Nova 3
To name a few Most wanted looks great!

unproductive apps
Simple Text
Widgetsoid

FX File Explorer
Mobi Calculator
DropBox
Evernote
SMS Backup & Restore
PocketWeather
Just to name a few.

few more apps have been added to the OP

[App][JB + ]ApolloMod v1.5 - Modified Apollo Music player (updated 3/15/14)

Description:
ApolloMod is an open source music player based on CyanogenMod's Apollo Music Player and released under the same Apache License. It has many changes to the layout and basic functionality as well as a growing list of new features.
Major Changes:
- Reworked ALOT of the UI, some big changes & some small(check the screenshots below)
- Now playing screen is now a panel that slides up from the bottom actionbar
- Drag/Drop sortable playlist and now playing queue(with swipe to remove)
- Swipe left/right to change song on now playing view
- Built in simple Eq when no external Eq is available
- Prev button actually works when in shuffle mode
- 'Shuffle All' action now creates an actual shuffled playlist of all songs(previously would create an ordered playlist with shuffle mode enabled)
- Fetches album art from files before fetching from the web
- Ability to edit album, artist, playlist & genre images(long press images on their respective views)
- Tab visibility controls(only show the tabs you wish)
- Grabs highest quality images available from the web
- Ability to choose widget style (holo dark or holo light)
- Extended notifications
- Audio visualizations on now playing screen(experimental at this point)
NOTE: You will have to hit 'play' or another button on the widget to get it to change themes after altering settings, I am working on getting the widgets to update themselves after a setting has changed.
Screenshots:
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"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"
}
Changelog:
-v1.5
More UI changes(gridview touchup)
DragDrop Sortable playlist and now playing queue(with swipe to remove)
Added swipe to change song on now playing view
Added built in simple Eq when no external Eq is available
fixed context menus
fixed memory leak due to visualizer initialization
fixed display of thumb instead of full image on now playing screen
restructured/refractored fragment/adapter code bases
added dependency licenses to about section
-v1.4
More UI changes(listview/gridview)
Now playing screen is now a sliding panel
fixed shuffle mode
-v1.3
Alot more UI changes
removed theming support(no longer compatible)
fixed menu functionality
fixed broken last.fm image fetching
-v1.2
fixed FC bug on some devices
-v1 after renaming to ApolloMod
renamed package ApolloMod
added ability to edit images
Experimental audio visualizations on now playing screen
Extended notification
Ability to choose widget style (holo dark or holo light)
small UI tweaks here and there
fixed theme issues caused by earlier changes
changes under the hood here and there(such as storing images of appropriate size in memory cache instead of large ones)
----versions previous to package name change ------
-v3
more UI changes
now attempts to fetch album art from mediastore before fetching from the web
grab the highest quality image available instead of defaulting to the smallest image available on last.fm
various other small changes
-v2
lots of UI changes
fixed it so that the UI of main screen only refreshes after settings have been changed
-v1
initial post
added the ability to choose which tabs show
Github Repo(all changes have been moved to a seperate repo)
https://github.com/Splitter/android_packages_apps_apolloMod
DOWNLOAD:
Latest version HERE!!!!!
IF YOU USE MY WORK IN YOUR ROM I WOULD APPRECIATE AT LEAST A THANKS
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Good stuff as always, thanks for sharing

Awesome! Cant wait to try this!

This is working great on my GS3! Nice work BigSplit. :good:

I still have some new features in the works, just need to make sure everything I changed is functioning in this version since the changes in it are the base for whats coming. So if you find any bugs let me know.
I already know about the bug in some of the context menus.

The only issue I've come across is when I hit menu/equalizer the app FCs. Is that the bug you were referring to? So far everything else I've used has been perfect.

No, that's another bug I didn't know about. I'm on CM11 so dsp always comes up for me when hitting it.
I'm talking about the context menus of the artist, album, playlist and genre views. The context menu for list items are showing the context menus for editing the images of said artist,album,playlist or genre.

BigSplit said:
No, that's another bug I didn't know about. I'm on CM11 so dsp always comes up for me when hitting it.
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Ok. The ROM I'm on is Dandroid 2.0 which is 4.3 touchwiz. In case you need the info. Let me know if I can help.

Chad The Pathfinder said:
Ok. The ROM I'm on is Dandroid 2.0 which is 4.3 touchwiz. In case you need the info. Let me know if I can help.
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Does that ROM have an eq app in it?
EDIT: I just set it up like the newer Apollo now. If it can't detect an Eq app then it won't show the menu item

Well it does but I uninstalled it along with the stock music player in favor of using the Sony Walkman. I'll reinstall it and let you know what happens
Edit: That was the issue. Its perfect now. :thumbup: :beer:

Chad The Pathfinder said:
Well it does but I uninstalled it along with the stock music player in favor of using the Sony Walkman. I'll reinstall it and let you know what happens
Edit: That was the issue. Its perfect now. :thumbup: :beer:
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Well instead of hiding the Eq menu item when no EQ app is available I now added this. It is only available when there is no external app installed.

BigSplit said:
Well instead of hiding the Eq menu item when no EQ app is available I now added this. It is only available when there is no external app installed.
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Wicked. Great stuff.

This is the best Music player I've ever used on my phone but there are some issues that I always face with this and also with the original Apollo Music player...
1. The app always force closes and restarts (automatically) after playing a couple of songs.. Sometimes it'll get "stuck" while playing a music file and it will either stutter and skip that song OR "freeze my phone" for a couple of seconds and then it shows a F.C message
2. The app freezes and force closes if I keep skipping songs..
But still, I like using this app because I really like it :good:
Sent from my GT-I9070

Sami Kabir said:
This is the best Music player I've ever used on my phone but there are some issues that I always face with this and also with the original Apollo Music player...
1. The app always force closes and restarts (automatically) after playing a couple of songs.. Sometimes it'll get "stuck" while playing a music file and it will either stutter and skip that song OR "freeze my phone" for a couple of seconds and then it shows a F.C message
2. The app freezes and force closes if I keep skipping songs..
But still, I like using this app because I really like it :good:
Sent from my GT-I9070
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Can u get me logcats of when it happoens?

This is a rad music player. However, most of the album artwork looks very low quality. I checked on my PC if the artwork was in low quality but, they look completely fine and crisp.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

HighxVoltage said:
This is a rad music player. However, most of the album artwork looks very low quality. I checked on my PC if the artwork was in low quality but, they look completely fine and crisp.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk
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Can you tell me which section of the app you are talking about? I ask because I store and use two different size images for all the images displayed( a thumbnail and fullsize image). I create a thumbnail for all of the smaller views such as the main tabbed layout. I do this purposely to reduce the memory.
Edit: If you are talking about the 'Now Playing' screen I realize I was using the thumbnail instead of the fullsize image for that screen.

BigSplit said:
Can you tell me which section of the app you are talking about? I ask because I store and use two different size images for all the images displayed( a thumbnail and fullsize image). I create a thumbnail for all of the smaller views such as the main tabbed layout. I do this purposely to reduce the memory.
Edit: If you are talking about the 'Now Playing' screen I realize I was using the thumbnail instead of the fullsize image for that screen.
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Should have been more specific, oops. But yes, I'm talking about the Now Playing Screen.

Should have a new version up tonight with bugfixes, more layout changes and new features

OP updated, check the changelog section for changes.
Edit: I changed alot of things under the hood, so bugs may have crept in that weren't there before so just let me know if I screwed something up.

BigSplit said:
Can u get me logcats of when it happoens?
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(On version 1.4) I can't replicate those issues now (for some reason) but I'll share it if I ever encounter it again..
(On version 1.5) For some reason, the app force closes if I tap on any music to play it (from the app and also from Widget).. Here's the log file, please take a look at it
Sent from my GT-I9070

[INFO] Fire OS App List / Debloat / Factory Images

PART 2 of 2 - SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION, TWEAKS, RECOVERY, FACTORY IMAGES, TIPS
Picture for stock lock screen:
./sdcard0/lock/user-photo/user_photo.jpg
./sdcard0/lock/user-photo/user_photo_thumbnail.jpg
Replaced the original JPGs with a black 1x1 px JPG.
Change / Replace Lock Screen:
I used "Next Lock Screen" (NLS) as a replacement, not my favorite but it's a suitable example.
After installation, make sure to give notification access to the new lock screen. In the NLS settings, choose 'compact' or 'hide' as status bar mode. Doing this will prevent problems showing the quick access panel from NLS.
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"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"
}
Stock Ringtones, Alarms, Notifications, UI Sounds, Boot Animation:
./system/media/audio
I deleted most of the files in the subfolders, since I don't need / like them.
./system/media/fremedia
Contains 4 videos (01s.mp4, 02s.mp4, 03s.mp4, 04s.mp4). 20 MB of useless data = deleted.
They are used for the Fire "tutorial" that you can choose to watch when you first boot up a "factory fresh" phone.
./system/media
boot.wav & bootanimation.zip = default boot logo & audio, deleted, who cares.
Textures (for the atrocious "dynamic perspective"):
./system/euclid/vbls/home_icons/...
and folders like "home_icons-de", "home_icons-es", etc. depending on your OS version
The textures folder in the above mentioned folder(s) can be removed if you don't use "dynamic perspective".
Text to Speech:
./system/tts/ivona
One folder for each language, e. g. "deu.deu.marlene_1418201400000", "eng.usa.nina_1418201400000".
The two folders above have over 340 MB(!) of data. Folders can be deleted if you don't use TTS.
./system/tts/lang_pico
The bin files inside this folder can also be deleted if you don't need TTS.
Factory Data Reset Whitelist - "protects" the following folders & files:
/data/app
/data/dalvik-cache
/data/resource-cache
/data/app-res
/data/app-lib
/data/system/packages.list
/data/system/packages.xml
/data/media/0/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files/dictionaries
/data/securedStorageLocation/com.amazon.providers.contentsupport/tts/ivona
/data/system/uiderrors.txt
/data/system/dropbox
Just to show you which parts exactly get spared when FR is executed.
Delete Fonts:
./system/sqfs/container.sqfs
Stored in a compressed sqfs container (read only), because including 160 Fonts was a good idea. -.-
The fonts folder weighs over 180 MB, compressed into a container it's still 109 MB.
Replacing the XMLs ➜ clicked on settings ➜ FC, third party apps still work (e.g. root explorer) ➜
Replacing the container.sqfs ➜ clicked on settings ➜ everything ok ➜ restart phone ➜ everything ok ➜ power off phone ➜ boot up phone ➜ stuck in boot ➜ black screen ➜
Copied the fonts from the container to a temp directory ➜ deleted the container.sqfs file ➜ created a real folder namend "fonts" in ./system ➜ moved the fonts back into the real fonts folder ➜ survives restart & complete power off
I deleted the CN and JP fonts, font configuration list:
DELETE:
STKai
STYuanMedium
TBGothic_213
TBMincho_213
TsukuMinPr5
MYingHeiSMedium
STBShusong
STYuanMedium
MTChineseSurrogates
MHeiM-Big5HKSCS_E
Code2000
DroidNaskh
DroidSansEthiopic
DroidSansHebrew
NotoSansThai
NotoSansThaiUI
DroidSansArmenian
DroidSansGeorgian
NotoSansDevanagari
NotoSansTamil
NotoSansMalayalam
NotoSansBengali
NotoSansTelugu
NotoSansKannada
NotoSansKhmer
NotoSansLao
NanumGothic
Padauk-book
NotoSansSymbols
AndroidEmoji
NotoColorEmoji
MTLmr3m
KEEP:
Roboto
DroidSerif
DroidSans
DroidSansFallback
Helvetica
LucidaSans
Baskerville
Palatino
Verdana
Georgia
Amazon DCP Menu / OTA Dashboard:
I will just link the post from rbeavers since it explains it perfectly.
Final Steps:
Used SD Maid Pro to clean up unused Libs, obsolete & orphaned files (e. g. Epson & Canon Printer Libs, etc.) won another ~ 50 MB of system space.
I made an exception for:
./data/data/vitals.db
./data/data/vitals.db-wal
You can delete them when SD Maid offers to, but they will be generated again by the system.
Using Greenify depends on the selection of your apps, some people will profit more from using it than others.
Stock Apps (pre-installed) / Updated Apps:
3 archives. One with all system apps, the other with all priv-apps and the third with all updated apps as of 2015-06-21.
Download - System Apps Archive
Download - Priv-Apps Archive
Download - Updated Apps
Recovery / Sideload Factory Images:
If your OS is messed up "beyond repair", try re-installing it.
All images are multi language (English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, regarding the UI & keyboard, some TTS languages need to be downloaded if the user wants to have proper support), so you could use the US version for an EU user / phone.
You might run into problems using certain WiFi channels (e. g. CH 13) because of the WiFi country codes. Advanced users know how to handle / fix that, ofc. The US image is the so called "GSM unlocked" version, suitable for most users.
1.a Download the *.bin file (FireOS 4.6.1):
——————————————————
US - Amazon Server DDL
US - Mega.nz Mirror
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UK - Amazon Server DDL
UK - Mega.nz Mirror
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GER - Amazon Server DDL
GER - Mega.nz Mirror
1.b or download the *.bin file (FireOS 4.6.3):
——————————————————
US - Amazon Server DDL
——————————————————
UK - Amazon Server DDL
——————————————————
GER - Amazon Server DDL
2. Connect device to PC & boot in recovery: PWR + VOL. UP (hold both buttons until recovery screen appears)
From the list, choose "Apply update from ADB"
3. adb sideload 'name_of_your_bin_file'
I recommend renaming the the downloaded file to "update.bin" so you can just type in cmd: adb sideload update.bin
4. If you have trouble getting your device recognised after entering recovery / ADB sideloading mode:
If you boot up your phone in recovery mode / ADB mode, you will need additional ADB device drivers for your Windows system.
The regular (Amazon / Kindle) USB driver that is used when you connect your phone to the PC won't work, it's simply not the same method.
That's why your phone "disappears" as soon as you (re)boot into recovery / ADB sideload mode.
Open your "device manager" (assuming, you're using Windows as your main OS) and check for your device with missing drivers.
Try this tool (& driver) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
You can even use (old) "Google USB drivers", I successfully tested google drivers from 2010 on Win 7 x64 with this phone in ADB mode.
If everything worked as planned, it should look like this: next to your device name, it will say "sideload"

PART 1 of 2 - APP LIST
This thread was created before ggow introduced Safestrap and custom ROMs to the Fire Phone.
No pre-installed app stores / markets. Only 'Phone', 'Messaging', 'Camera', 'Contacts', 'Settings' remain untouched.
The following list represents a highly modified configuration of the OS to my liking.
Please DON'T APPLY THESE SETTINGS BLINDLY to your device.
Tested OS versions: [ROOTED] US "GSM unlocked" 4.6.1 (461013820) & 4.6.3 (463001620)
If an Android L based version gets released, it will be a discussed in a separate thread.
ACTIVE APPS:
./system/app/
Amazon Clipboard Provider (com.amazon.clipboard.provider.apk) - Mandatory Framework for copy & paste
Bluetooth Ext(BluetoothExt.apk) - Mandatory for BT use
Bluetooth Share (Bluetooth.apk) - see ▲
Certificate Installer (CertInstaller.apk) - WiFi Certificate installer, mandatory
Documents (DocumentsUI.apk) - Simple document interface, e.g. used for BT file browsing, certificate import, etc.
Download Manager (DownloadProvider.apk) - Mandatory for general download function
Fast Dormancy (fastdormancy.apk) - GSM / mobile data feature, switches to idle state faster IF your carrier supports it
Key Chain (KeyChain.apk) - Mandatory password keeper
Media Storage (MediaProvider.apk) - Provides local & web media access & handling, e.g. ringtones, notification sounds, etc. through the menu on your phone
Pac Processor (PacProcessor.apk) - Mandatory proxy (script) parser
Package Installer (PackageInstaller.apk) - Mandatory app installer (non-market apps as well)
Phone / Messaging Storage (TelephonyProvider.apk) - Mandatory for phone calls
Qualcomm Timeservice (TimeService.apk) - Qualcomm hardware "time-keeper"
Settings (AmazonSettings.apk) - The big, main settings app
Unified Settings Provider (UnifiedSettingsProvider.apk) - Mandatory for a variety of settings
./system/priv-app/
Camera (Camera.apk) - self-explanatory
Clock (com.android.deskclock.apk) - the default clock incl. widgets
Contacts (com.android.contacts.apk) - self-explanatory
Contacts Storage (com.android.providers.contacts.apk) - needed by ▲
External Storage (ExternalStorageProvider.apk) - External storage handler
Fused Location (FusedLocation.apk) - Balances battery and combines GPS, Wifi, cell tower data into one module that determines the location
Keyguard (Keyguard.apk) - Mandatory for (any) lock screen
Location Services (com.qualcomm.location.apk) - self-explanatory
Location Services (com.qualcomm.services.location.apk) - self-explanatory
Messaging (com.amazon.scrod.apk) - Amazon messaging app
Modem Settings (ModemSettings.apk) - Contains signatures for carriers and (net)unlocked devices
Package Access Helper (DefaultContainerService.apk) - Mandatory android app container (needed for installs)
Phone (com.amazon.uhura.apk) - Amazon phone app
Phone (TeleService.apk) - Part of phone functionality, mandatory
Proxy Handler (ProxyHandler.apk) - Android HTTP proxy support
Settings Storage (SettingsProvider.apk) - Android settings backend, mandatory
Shell (Shell.apk) - Launched by "adb shell", mandatory for all terminal users
System UI (SystemUI.apk) - System UI (theming), related to framework-res, mandatory
VPN Dialogs (VpnDialogs.apk) - Part of android VPN system
DEACTIVATED APPS:
./system/app/
Amazon Settings Permissions (AmazonSettingsPermissions.apk) - DCP related (DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk) and permissions for a dozen other apps
Gesture Service (KinesisGestureService.apk) - For motion gestures, it's not used for the Amazon swipe gestures, however: pressing the home button to minimize an app worked better with this one remaining on the system. If removed, minimizing through home button only worked after long pressing it once first
Qualcomm Interface Permissions (InterfacePermissions.apk) - Permission to read / write external storage & read phone state
Qualcomm QMI Permissions (QComQMIPermissions.apk) - Qualcomm Mobile Station Modem Interface
./system/priv-app/
Amazon DP Logger (com.amazon.dp.logger.apk)
Client Metrics API (MetricsApi-2053110.apk)
DCP Contracts Framework (DeviceClientPlatformContractsFramework.apk)
Whenever I removed one of those 3 apps, the phone was heating up after reboot, basically running unthrottled, massive battery drain by the minute, FC on most stock apps (e. g. contacts, messages, phone).
I "triple checked", wiped cache, tested them one by one, removed and restored them multiple times. I was able to reproduce the above mentioned problem every time, that's why they remain on the device (deactivated).
DELETED APPS:
./system/app/
Amazon Enterprise Controls (DeviceControlService.apk) - Can access WiFi, Bluetooth & Touch Screen, permission to clear app user data, write secure settings
Content Adaptive Backlight Settings (CABLService.apk) - Auto brightness, color over saturation, can be removed, standard auto brightness control is still available after that
Downloads UI (DownloadProviderUi.apk) - Let's you see / "manage" all the downloads, not mandatory for downloading files through browsers and apps
Emergency Alerts (CellBroadcastReceiver.apk) - Receive government alerts (threat levels, amber alerts)
Factory Data Reset Whitelist Manager (fdrw.apk) - Useful to keep if you want to use your own whitelist, see paragraph below: "Factory Data Reset Whitelist - "protects" the following folders & files"
Home Screen Tips (Protips.apk) - self-explanatory
Keyboard (com.nuance.swype.input.apk) - replace it with your favorite keyboard
Kinesis Policy Service (KinesisPolicyService.apk) - Amazon Kinesis is a fully managed service for real-time processing of streaming data at massive scale = usage tracking, corporate junk
Lock Screen (LockScreen.apk) - Only delete this if you installed an alternate lock screen
Lock Screen Previewer (LockScreenPreviewer.apk) - Only delete this if you installed an alternate lock screen
Lock Screen Settings (LockScreenSettings.apk) - Only delete this if you installed an alternate lock screen
Lock Screen Settings Previewer (LockScreenSettingsPreviewer.apk) - Only delete this if you installed an alternate lock screen
NFC Service (NfcNci.apk) - self-explanatory
Notifications App List (com.amazon.lock.notification_app_list.apk) - Allows to configure banner, sound & vibration notifications from installed apps on top of the screen and on the lock screen. Can be found in main settings under "Sounds & Notifications" ➜ "Manage notifications"
OTA Verifier (otaverifier.apk) - self-explanatory, access to cache filesystem
Print Spooler (PrintSpooler.apk) - self-explanatory, mandatory for printing
Provision (Provision.apk) - Runs once on first boot, that's all
Shipmode (shipmode.apk) - Discharges the battery if it's higher than 70%, useful before shipping the device (lithium battery safety) and for long term storage
SIM Toolkit (Stk.apk) - The annoying sms "news" you could request from your provider in the 90s = garbage
SMS Push (WAPPushManager.apk) - Tethering connectivity, in combination with Qualcomms "WiFi Direct Service" (WfdService.apk)
Sound Recorder (SoundRecorder.apk) - System standard sound / voice recording, if you don't use voice controlled services = delete
Storage Manager (AmazonStorageManager.apk) - Removed it, explorer & nandroid still work, it's showing you the usage of your internal storage in the main settings menu, how much data is used by pictures, music, video, etc. and can offer to free up space. Apps like 'SD Maid Pro' are more efficient and far superior
Switch Virtual Interface Settings (SVIService.apk) - Qualcomms VLAN (supports bridging configurations and routing protocol) in combination with "WiFi Direct Service" (WfdService.apk)
User Dictionary (UserDictionaryProvider.apk) - self-explanatory, dictionary for pre-installed keyboard
WanPeek (Wanpeek_214000-release.apk) - It's for debugging the LTE modem connections, according to kschang
White Listed URL Provider (WhiteListedUrlProvider.apk) - self-explanatory, contains these URLs
WiFi Direct Service (WfdService.apk) - Enabling multiple devices to connect with each other without requiring a wireless access point
./system/priv-app/
Amazon App Store (com.amazon.venezia.apk) - self-explanatory, best app market in ze world. not
Amazon Backup and Restore (DeviceBackupAndRestoreInternalSDK-release.apk) - dfeldt91: After removing, access to 3 apps only: Texting, Contacts & Phone. Everything else will disappear. QuickSwitch stopped working. Custom Launcher is mandatory
Amazon Backup and Restore (DeviceBackupAndRestore-release.apk) - The Amazon backup solution, better leave your OS untouched if you plan on using this
Amazon Communication Discovery (com.amazon.communication.discovery.apk) - Use & manage accounts, DCP related, see (DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk) & (DeviceSoftwareOTAContracts.apk)
Amazon Communication Services (com.amazon.tcomm.apk) - Internal communication service mainly used by the DCP apps
Amazon Communication Services Client Library (com.amazon.communication.apk) - Lib. for ▲
Amazon DCP (DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk) - Handles updates autonomously, mandatory if you want to use the Amazon "ecosystem" with all its content
Amazon DCP Contracts (DeviceSoftwareOTAContracts.apk) - Lib. for ▲
Amazon Device Messaging (DeviceMessagingAndroid.apk) - Uses c2d messaging, can check & queue pending OTA updates, uses DCP
Amazon Device Messaging (DeviceMessagingAndroidInternalSDK.apk) - Lib. for ▲
Amazon Device Messaging (DeviceMessagingAndroidSDK.apk) - SDK Lib. for ▲
Amazon Device Settings (RemoteSettingsAndroid.apk) - Messaging as in DCP related communication, handle data migration
Amazon Device Settings (RemoteSettingsInternalSDK.apk) - SDK Lib. for ▲
Amazon Facebook Share (com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook.apk) - self-explanatory
Amazon Instant Video (com.amazon.avod.apk) - self-explanatory
Amazon Jackson19 (amazon.jackson-19.apk) - Part of the "Shop Amazon" app (com.amazon.mShop.android.apk)
Amazon Kindle (com.amazon.kindle.apk) - self-explanatory
Amazon Maps API V2 (MapsAPISupportLibrary-release-signed.apk) - self-explanatory
Amazon Maps Platform Services V2 (MapsAPIClientServices-release-signed.apk) - self-explanatory
Amazon Metrics Service (MetricsService-2088210.apk) - Collect & upload metrics, DCP related
Amazon Platform (AmazonPlatform-release.apk) - Collect metrics, manage & auth. accounts, DCP related
Amazon PS (PrinterSetup-release.apk) - Want to print? Don't delete this
Amazon Retail Demo (com.amazon.kor.demo.apk) - used by the Quick Start app
Amazon Twitter Share (com.amazon.unifiedsharetwitter.apk) - self-explanatory
Amazon WebView (AmazonKKWebViewLib.apk) - DCP & Amazon Retail Demo related
Amazon Whispersync DX(com.amazon.device.sync.apk) - Synchronizes collections across Amazon devices and (kindle) reading apps so they’re available on all of your devices
Amazon Whispersync SDK (com.amazon.device.sync.sdk.internal.apk) - SDK Lib. for ▲
App Compatibility Settings (com.amazon.lastmile.appsettings.apk) - Can only read phone state, read / write ext. storage
Application Compatibility Enforcer (FireApplicationCompatibilityEnforcer.apk) - DCP related, read settings & check for pending updates
Application Compatibility Enforcer (FireApplicationCompatibilityEnforcerSDK.apk) - SDK Lib. for ▲
Audible (com.audible.application.kindle.apk) - self-explanatory
Audible Store (com.audible.application.store.apk) - self-explanatory
Backup Confirmation (BackupRestoreConfirmation.apk) - Restores (synced) settings.
Bookstore (com.amazon.webapp.apk) - self-explanatory
Calculator (com.amazon.calculator.apk) - replace it with your favorite calculator
Calendar (com.android.calendar.apk) - replace it with your favorite calendar
Calendar Storage (com.android.providers.calendar.apk) - needed by ▲
Canon Print Service (CanonPrintService_Kindle.apk) - self-explanatory
Canon Print Service (CanonPrintService-KitKat.apk) - self-explanatory
Contact Sync Adapter (com.amazon.dp.contacts.apk) - You want to keep this. I transfer & sync my contacts differently
Content Library (com.amazon.kindle.contentlibrary.apk) - DCP & CMS related
Content Management Service (com.amazon.kindle.cms-service.apk) - CMS that can SQL DB search for any content (apps, books, music, etc.)
Content Support Manager (ContentSupportProvider.apk) - Can access the download manager, content DL in background
Context Client Library (PinochleClientLibrary-signed-release.apk) - Can collect metrics, no idea what it actually does
Crash Manager (CrashManager-2080810.apk) - self-explanatory
Digital Asset Ownership Android Client (com.amazon.digital.asset.ownership.app.apk) - DCP related
Docs (com.amazon.zico.apk) - Just use documents with your favorite office app, delete this one
Dynamic Updation Service (com.amazon.dynamicupdationservice.apk) - DCP related, so only important if DCP apps are still used
Email (com.android.email.apk) - replace it with your favorite email client
Enterprise Identity Service (com.amazon.kindle.identityservice.apk) - Another authenticator app, DCP related
Epson Print Enabler (EpsonPrintServicePlugin_1_0_0.apk) - self-explanatory
Epson Print Plugin (EpsonPrintPlugin_BuildIn_1_0_5.apk) - self-explanatory
Facebook Sync Adapter (com.amazon.dp.fbcontacts.apk) - self-explanatory
Family Library (com.amazon.household.sharing.settings.duke.apk) - self-explanatory
Fire Input Devices (com.amazon.fireinputdevices.apk) - Contains keyboard layouts, this can be deleted if a custom keyboard is installed
Fire Tutorial (com.amazon.kcp.tutorial.apk) - Kindle tutorial, useless
Firefly (FireflyAppFireOS-release.apk) - Product identification / Amazon marketing reseach tool ^^
Firefly Identifies (FireflyIdentifiesSDK-release.apk) - part of ▲
Games (com.amazon.ags.app.apk) - self-explanatory
Geo Service (com.amazon.geo.service.apk) - Used for navigation with GPS
H2Client Service (com.amazon.alta.h2clientservice.apk) - Database engine used by Amazon for storing, uhm, stuff
Help (com.amazon.csapp.apk) - self-explanatory
Home Right Panel (com.amazon.pinochle.deviceagent.apk) - A panel that can be swiped in, useless if you're using a custom launcher
Home Screen (com.tyto.home.apk) - replace it with your favorite launcher
HP Print Plugin (HPLegacyPlugin_AmzPreload-release.apk) - self-explanatory
Identity Mobile Platform (com.amazon.imp_130130310.apk) - Authenticate accounts, DCP related
Ivona TTS (IvonaTTS.apk) - Mandatory if you use TTS services / apps
Kindle Connect (com.amazon.ods.kindleconnect.apk) - Can use camera (autofocus) & microphone
Legal Notices (com.amazon.legalnotices.apk) - self-explanatory
Lock Screen Scene Group 0 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.apk) - This is the big pack, that holds the basic set of lock screens (125 MB!) There's one lock screen scene that is stored separately: ./system/etc/com.amazon.lock/files/lockscenes/ls_moon.vbl
Lock Screen Scene Group 1 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot1.apk) - More lock screen scenes via update, if you like them, keep them
Lock Screen Scene Group 2 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot2.apk) - see ▲
Lock Screen Scene Group 3 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot3.apk) - see ▲
Lock Screen Scene Group 4 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot4.apk) - see ▲
Lock Screen Scene Group 5 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot5.apk) - see ▲
Lock Screen Scene Group 6 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot6.apk) - see ▲
Lock Screen Scene Group 7 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot7.apk) - see ▲
Lock Screen Scene Group 8 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot8.apk) - see ▲
Lock Screen Scene Group 9 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot9.apk) - see ▲
Lock Screen Scene Group 10 (com.amazon.lock.scenes.slot10.apk) - see ▲
Log Manager (LogManager-1078110.apk) - Can send logs, collect metrics, e. g. CMS & DCP logs
Manage Social Networks (com.amazon.socialplatform.apk) - self-explanatory, centerpiece for all things "social", services can use location, etc.
Maps (com.amazon.geo.client.maps.apk) - self-explanatory
Maps Context Cards Service (com.amazon.geo.contextcards.apk) - needed by ▲
Marketplace Service Receiver (marketplace_service_receiver.apk) - Appstore can forward information to the client
Media Player (com.amazon.mediaplayer.apk) - replace it with your favorite media player
Messaging Backup (com.amazon.messbackup.apk) - self-explanatory, can use cloud services
Mobile Authentication Platform (MobileAuthenticationPlatformAndroid-1001000610.apk) - Helps with authentication by handling account information, etc.
Music (com.amazon.mp3.apk) - self-explanatory
My Accounts (com.amazon.kindle.otter.settings.apk) - Manage your Amazon & social network account(s), menu can be found in the main settings
Notes (com.amazon.notes.apk) - replace it with your favorite notes app
Octantis (HorizonAndroidSourcingService-release.apk) - Uses GPS & WiFi location...
Parental Controls (com.amazon.parentalcontrols.apk) - self-explanatory
Photos (com.amazon.gallery.app.apk) - replace it with your favorite gallery app
Platform Remote Settings (com.amazon.platformsettings.apk) - DCP related, if you removed "Amazon Platform" (AmazonPlatform-release.apk), this can be removed as well
Precog (com.amazon.precog.apk) - Data analysis platform that helps companies productize their data assets = no thanks
Quick Start (com.amazon.quickstart.apk) - The tutorial that can be watched at first setup and everytime you re-install the OS, can launch the "try Amazon prime" app and the "Amazon retail demo" = useless
Recess (FireRecessProxy.apk) - Can receive cloud to device messaging (c2dm), that's all
Remote Device Management (com.amazon.kindle.rdmdeviceadmin.apk) - Remote device admin tool, DCP related
Screen Reader (TalkBack.apk) - Accessibility service that helps blind and vision-impaired users interact with their device. If you can read this, you probably don't need it
Search (com.amazon.kindle.unifiedSearch.apk) - self-explanatory
Setup Wizard (com.amazon.setupwizard.apk) - Used after first boot, after that: useless
Share To Menu (com.amazon.unifiedshare.actionchooser.apk) - Keep this to share files and actions with various apps (e. g. share to "twitter", "bluetooth", etc.)
Shared Storage Backup (SharedStorageBackup.apk) - Android backup component. Removed it, external backup tools still work
Sharing Service Android Client (com.amazon.sharingservice.android.client.proxy.release.apk) - Amazon related sharing service, again DCP related. If you removed the "Amazon DCP" apps, this can go as well
Shop Amazon (com.amazon.mShop.android.apk) - self-explanatory
Silk Browser (com.amazon.cloud9.apk) - replace it with your favorite browser
Store Picker (com.amazon.storepicker.apk) - not verified
System Browser Provider (com.amazon.cloud9.systembrowserprovider.apk) - Part of Silk Browser (com.amazon.cloud9.apk), read / write history & bookmarks
System Updates (SystemUpdatesDuke.apk) - Used for the Amazon updates, e. g. new app version of Appstore, lock screen scenes, etc.
System Updates (SystemUpdatesUI.apk) - Used for the Amazon updates, e. g. new app version of Appstore, lock screen scenes, etc.
Tags (Tag.apk) - NFC tags
Try Amazon Prime (com.amazon.primeupsell.apk) - self-explanatory
Voice Input (com.amazon.device.speech.apk) - Don't delete this if you use voice controlled apps / services
Voicemail (com.amazon.nyota.apk) - Voicemail, used in the 90s, if you still do, keep this one
Wallet (com.amazon.wallet.apk) - Electronic wallet, if you can put it to use, keep it
Warranty (com.amazon.warranty.apk) - self-explanatory
Weather (com.amazon.weather.apk) - self-explanatory
Weather Service (com.amazon.weather.service.apk) - needed by ▲
Whispercast (com.amazon.kindle.devicecontrols.apk) - Discover, procure, manage and deliver eBooks, eTextbooks, apps and documents to almost any device (including Fire tabs, eReaders, iPads, PC, Mac & android devices, also helps to centrally manage all of your Amazon devices. Yay
Whisperlink Activity View (WhisperplayActivityViewDuke.apk) - Part of Whisperplay: fling content from tablet to TV, download prioritization ensures data transfers in the background don't compromise device performance
Whisperlink SDK (WhisperlinkSdk.apk) - Part of Whisperplay, depends on "Amazon Communication Services" (com.amazon.tcomm.apk)
Whisperplay CDS Service (CdsServices.apk) - Part of Whisperplay
Whisperplay Daemon (WhisperplayCore.apk) - Part of Whisperplay
Whisperplay Display Mirroring (WhisperplayCDSSettingsDuke.apk) - Part of Whisperplay
WPS Office (moffice_6.0.1_default_en00105_multidex_195423.apk) - Pre-installed office app, replace it with something better
Xtra Injector (com.amazon.xtrainjector) - GPS location injector
Thanks to all XDA members who contributed additional information: dfeldt91, Kryxan, ratbags

Great list! Here are a few questions:
How's the general performance of your device now?
My Fire phone has approximately 35-45% available ram at boot up (thanks Whatsapp, Telegram, Skype, Facebook, etc.), how about yours now?
Do you play games? Have you noticed any improvement in frame-rate/responsiveness?
Has your Battery life improved? My phone lasts about 8-12 hours on very light use (mostly instant messaging over wi-fi).
So, you disabled the Download UI... Do you still get notifications for downloads?
Totally unrelated, but I'm curious... do you think it'd be possible to modify status bar icons and the boot animation?

@ namelessxsoul
Performance is gooood. Quick responses, fluid navigation. But it should be like that, this is basically a "Galaxy S5 lite" running with a (almost) bare minimum of apps.
RAM used: 400 - 450 MB / RAM free: 1,2 GB. (Then again, I only use whatsapp. Skype is ridiculous on any platform, as we all know.)
I played "Monument Valley" & "Real Racing 3" some time ago while testing. I assume games will perform almost the same, although having less background processes & more free RAM never hurts.
2 days with "medium" usage: browsing (watching videos in browser as well), music, messaging... I can go 4 days+ if I use it strictly for communication. I used the "battery calibration" app, hold on let me finish... This app is no snake oil garbage, no "battery booster", etc. It simply lets the system generate a new batterystats file, so that the full capacity is the actual capacity. This is only useful after flashing / reinstalling OS, or if you tampered a lot with the device, hehe.
I still get a notification bar popping in from the top whenever a download is started and finished. Since I don't need the Download UI only the Download Manager, it's perfect. I manage my downloads with the browser or through repo(s).
Hm, boot animation. I checked the original file: 5 folders and the "desc.txt". If someone wants to try his luck... (I don't care at all). Btw. bootanimation is 19 MB - Amazon splurge mode activated. -.-
Status bar icons? Let's consult ze infamous hydromän. I haven't tested it myself (again, don't care... ^^)
hydromän said:
...but for status bar icons you need xStana.
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Woah, that is a huuuuuuge improvement overall. I am definitely going to try this out in my own way. Thank you!

Don't like the lack of window previews on recents. Is there away to get Amazon's quick switch assigned as an app to use as a shortcut or gesture?

@ ratbags You mean the "recents" on the screenshot? That is due to the launcher used at that time, so it won't affect you ^^. (Although QuickSwitch is always active as well.)
Unfortunately, QuickSwitch can only be called by the home button. QS is part of the SystemUI, I found some files in the 'euclid' folder but it takes more than that to create a stand alone app.
You could get involved here, super posh switcher, in app purchases, wall street journal approved, knock yourself out.

I use gestures for several things including bringing up recents with a slide from the side of the screen. Good for multi tasking. Regardless of launcher on the fire phone, recents appear as in your shot. No preview, only icon on window. Anyways, thanks for the other info regarding quick switch.

I am a clean freak and love to delete everything but some of the things you have mentioned deleting will cause issues with apps showing in the drawer. After deleting DeviceBackupAndRestoreInternalSDK-release.apk you will get access to 3 apps only: Texting, Contacts and Phone. Everything else, although still installed on the phone, will disappear. The regular app switcher will stop working also.

Оne question. If I use a custom keyboard, calendar, when I install it I should rename it to the original programs name? (com.nuance.swype.input.apk)

@ mazay2 No need to rename, just install it. Multiple keyboards are supported by FireOS, select your new keyboard as standard after installation and you're done. You can deactivate your old calendar when you found a good replacement.

After resetting my phone, I deleted the problematic app and see if it would repeat the issue. It did again for me but I had another launcher installed and the defaults cleared. I pressed home and all apps are visible in home replacement app. So it is only an issue if you plan to keep the stock Fire home app.
Also Stock music app will not open after deleting everything so be ready to find a new music app if it is important to you.
Back to stock again, The settings app does not open which is a big issue for me.
Will try to pinpoint problem at later time.

tried disabling most of the apps on the list. still have several disabled and would like to disable some more, but don't feel comfortable not knowing whats what. After I had disabled most of the apps in the list my phone deregistered itself, had to re enable apps to re register my phone. don;t know which apps caused the problem, but a non registered phone does not seem to launch all built in apps.
I think with a little more refinement of the list (something we all can add to) then this list would be an appropriate post to make sticky. perhaps an edit with a dependencies list as more feedback comes in. I realize thats a lot more work on top of what you have already done, but i worry about disabling apps I use (or at least have not found an adequate replacement for yet).
for example
*if you do not use the kindle app or audible it seems logical that the bookstore, whispersync, whisperlink etc. are dependant
* conversely, if you take out the fire launcher you will find the amazon quick switch will lose some of the default quick switch buttons. other apps have links to their quick switch as well but im uncertain which
sorry, don't mean to sound all naggy. I did a lot a testing last night and didn't make notes. your work to compile this list obviously took a lot a time and I am really glad to see some mentions of apps I wanted to take out but wasn't sure if i could.

Thanks for all the info. Is there a simple way to get rid of the Amazon lock screen by removing or disabling something?

@ ratbags You can freeze / remove just the "LockScreen.apk" and leave "LockScreenPreviewer.apk", "LockScreenSettings.apk" & "LockScreenSettingsPreviewer.apk" untouched (so it's easier / faster to undo it later).
Remember that the phone can also be woken up with the home button. Don't "activate" your phone by accident because of a missing lock screen.

I guess you might guess my next question: is there any way to disable wake with home feature?

@ ratbags I assume this option is buried "deep" somewhere and sadly won't be editable with an XML file that just happens to lay around in the system partition.
Oh, and about the "lack of window previews on recents", it needs an option enabled, something like onCreatethumbnail, so that's android API related, I guess you won't see nice little thumbnails any time soon. Maybe beg a Dev. to include this into an Xposed module.

I froze lock screen but things got a little flaky and the start button starting acting strangely so I've enabled it again. You wouldn't think that disabling the lock screen would have a knock on effect but it does.

@ ratbags
The inconsistency of this OS is driving me nuts. I had no trouble with lock screen (+ LSpreviewer & LSsettings) removed on my heavily modified system, now I'm running almost vanilla and it's a lottery. ^^
Look at the picture on the left, the first 3 entries of the menu are "behind" the header and the search field. Next try, all fine. Btw: My app drawer got messed up too but only after the first time, then it was perfectly fine.
Good thing I wrote "Only delete this if you installed an alternate lock screen" in the app list. Replacing is the way to go, or a "null lock screen". A lock screen that does nothing, just like the "null launcher" and "null live wallpaper". Maybe that would make this drama queen OS calm down.
Just to be clear: I encountered said problems when only the LockScreen.apk was removed, never had problems with custom launcher itself. 7 / 10 attempts without lock screen were successful, the others looked pretty much like the one on the pictures.

Some weird stuff this fire os. I'm trying to use it as it is to avoid the inconsistencies of an alt launcher but it's tough. Compared to my nexus that is.