Here is a list of all the apps that come on stock roms. It's main use will be determining which apps are safe to remove.
Although this is a solid starting point, a lot more information still needs to be added. I am going to need help from other members of the community to complete this.
Please PM me regarding any additions/changes. If anyone wants to become a regular contributor I will happily give them editing rights as well.
I am aware that there is a similar list here. Originally I started adding to that list but sadly I lost interest when some of my entries were deleted. As the OP didn't respond to comments about limiting editing rights I thought I would start fresh.
Always perform nandroid and app backups before deleting any apps. Although I have done this to the best of my ability I cannot guarantee that all the information is 100% accurate.
I personally do a nandroid backup straight after installing a new rom and before I flash anything. I also backup all my user apps and system apps with TB. When I decide to remove an app I first delete it's data, then freeze it. I carry on using the phone for a day or so to test the effects. If everything's good I finally uninstall it.
If you are going to ruthlessly uninstall system apps it is also a good idea to copy the System/App folder to your SD card first. This way, if you need to restore an app you can copy it back from your SD card to the System/App folder with Root Explorer. Remember you will need to first mount as r/w, then copy the app, long press the app to set it's permissions as Owner Read, Owner Write, Group Read, and Others Read, and finally restart.
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Edit: I am not personally maintaining this list anymore. I have made it so that anyone can edit it. If it gets messed up I am sorry, but it won't be my doing as I don't even own an S3 anymore.
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SteveTilsed said:
Dead Link?
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Nope it works for me .
jje
Dead here.
Dead here also....Although work browser may be blocking link will try at home later
Whats the situation with backing/restoring up system apps with TB? I know the process is the same but is there anything I need to be aware of? other than NOT deleteing required apps of course....
Weird that the link is being temperamental. I have changed it slightly in the OP, hopefully it will behave for everyone now. The same new link is here.
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Whats the situation with backing/restoring up system apps with TB? I know the process is the same but is there anything I need to be aware of? other than NOT deleteing required apps of course....
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I personally do a nandroid before I flash anything. That means I get a fresh nandroid backup every 2 days or so. With regards to TB, I backup all apps (system and user). When I decide to remove an app I first delete it's data, then freeze it. I carry on using the phone for a day or so, and then if everything's good I uninstall it. This is the method I have used in working out whether a lot of apps are safe to remove. Just because I came across no issues in my day or two of testing does not mean no issues exist though.
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I personally do a nandroid before I flash anything. That means I get a fresh nandroid backup every 2 days or so. With regards to TB, I backup all apps (system and user). When I decide to remove an app I first freeze it, carry on using the phone for a day, and then if everything's good I uninstall it.
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Good man, wasnt 100% sure as never normally stick with stock roms in order to have to uninstall, didnt fancy borking up the phone in the first day however.
Ive frozen apps previously but am still always wary about deleting even if no FCs occur cos never totally sure that it wont be required later....
Cheers though for the heads up
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Here is a list of all the apps that come on stock roms. It's main use will be determining which apps are safe to remove.
Although this is a solid starting point, a lot more information still needs to be added. I am going to need help from other members of the community to complete this.
Please PM me regarding any additions/changes. If anyone wants to become a regular contributor I will happily give them editing rights as well.
I am aware that there is a similar list here. Originally I started adding to that list but sadly I lost interest when some of my entries were deleted. As the OP didn't respond to comments about limiting editing rights I thought I would start fresh.
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post already exists buddy and has been made into a sticky
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634624
Ill copy your list into the sticky spreadsheet - thanks for your efforts
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winwiz said:
post already exists buddy and has been made into a sticky
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634624
Ill copy your list into the sticky spreadsheet - thanks for your efforts
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Did you read the first post?
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I am aware that there is a similar list here. Originally I started adding to that list but sadly I lost interest when some of my entries were deleted. As the OP didn't respond to comments about limiting editing rights I thought I would start fresh.
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As I clearly explained, I realise a thread already exists. I created a new thread as you didn't respond to users concerns about its open nature. I didn't want to put time into a project just to see it accidentally deleted. Instead it was copied without me even being given credit in your first post. Sigh. At least the community can benefit from it, one way or another.
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Did you read the first post?
As I clearly explained, I realise a thread already exists. I created a new thread as you didn't respond to users concerns about its open nature. I didn't want to put time into a project just to see it accidentally deleted. Instead it was copied without me even being given credit in your first post. Sigh. At least the community can benefit from it, one way or another.
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buddy i have given you credit in CELL A1 in the spreadsheet. your name is the first thing people see when they open the spreadsheet. I have also added your name to the post.
with regards to editing rights, I have made it uneditable. If you give me your google details, i'll make you an admin on the spreadsheet. thanks buddy
As I said... a reference in your first post to where you got all the information (i.e. here) would be the decent thing to do.
I'm going to continue updating my spreadsheet for personal use. I just don't trust using one that can be edited by anyone. That's nothing personal to you, its the accidental errors by others that I don't trust. Seeing as that's the case I may as well leave a link to it here on XDA.
Edit: I know this post makes no sense now. This is because winwiz edited the previous post, rather than writing another. Sorry for his noobish ways.
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IS there an automated way to do it or should I just go to the manage apps and move all the programs to SD? Are there some programs that aren't good to have on the card? Would titanium be a better alternative? Just looking for a heads up to make the switching of roms as painless as possible.
I find Android Mate to be very easy...it literally copies the apk to your SD card and then will allow you to reinstall it easy.
Titanium Backup.
Also next time please use the correct forum.
Waiting for spicytuna to post and be a jerk.....
arozer said:
Titanium Backup.
Also next time please use the correct forum.
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Looks like I have some competition!
Here's an app that will help. SD Move.
http://www.droidapps.org/sdmove-finds-apps-on-froyo-that-can-be-moved-to-sd/
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Looks like I have some competition!
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Lol. Look at the thread I made. I mentioned you in it.
Forgive me, since I was asking for a method that was able to help with the roms and switching back and forth, not just a specific program. Just wanted some help to see what everyone else that was rooting was doing.
Yes, I'm a noob, but I'm hoping someone can help me anyway. I used SuperOneClick just like the video said. I have my Superuser icon, but big deal. I can't see how to remove any pre-installed apps or even see what good this is for me.
What am I missing? I have a Samsung Galaxy S I9000M
Thanks gang!
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Yes, I'm a noob, but I'm hoping someone can help me anyway. I used SuperOneClick just like the video said. I have my Superuser icon, but big deal. I can't see how to remove any pre-installed apps or even see what good this is for me.
What am I missing? I have a Samsung Galaxy S I9000M
Thanks gang!
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Try Titanium Backup.
Go to the market and download "Android Optimizer" once installed run it and select the un-install button then select "Constrictor" click "OK" and remove all you do not need.
There is also a backup function within the app under the same section rather than remove but i wouldnt rely on that alone.
I would recommend doing a NANDROID backup before you Un-install anything in-case you remove something you later need, or did not know what it was for ect...
Thanks!! Seems to work. Can't find anything called NANDROID, but Optimize Tool Box worked
Doing backups you would need another app, I use is clockwork recovery, then you can boot in to "recovery" and make your back-up, and if say something were to go wrong you would reverse the process and restore your device, which would restore it to the the current state the phone was in prior to the problem not an actual factory restore.
You may wish to look in to nandroid backups and restore, you can find infinite information littered all over this forum, as its quite a common thing to want to do.
Thanks again. I sure could use all the help I can get. I love this phone so I don't want to 'brick' it. Learning the lingo too.
Now that I'm a 'superuser' is there any benefit other than deleting bloatware I had installed on the phone from the factory?
The biggest change you can make is changing ROMs, but that also gives you the biggest risk of bricking.
lifehacker.com/5563924/the-start-to-finish-guide-to-rooting-your-android-phone
You could also overclock your phone, to make it go faster
lifehacker.com/5623510/setcpu-overclocks-or-underclocks-your-rooted-android-phone
and for sure get a backup before you do too much
lifehacker.com/5784857/how-to-set-up-a-fully-automated-app-and-settings-backup-on-android
I can't make the links fully functional since i'm a noob on the forums, but you should be able to figure out how to get to the sites.
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The biggest change you can make is changing ROMs, but that also gives you the biggest risk of bricking.
lifehacker.com/5563924/the-start-to-finish-guide-to-rooting-your-android-phone
You could also overclock your phone, to make it go faster
lifehacker.com/5623510/setcpu-overclocks-or-underclocks-your-rooted-android-phone
and for sure get a backup before you do too much
lifehacker.com/5784857/how-to-set-up-a-fully-automated-app-and-settings-backup-on-android
I can't make the links fully functional since i'm a noob on the forums, but you should be able to figure out how to get to the sites.
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Thanks! I may give it a shot once I feel more comfortable, but that bricking has me really worried.
Great forums and very helpful members!!!! Thanks!
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Root explorer or root unistaller 2 apps that will do the trick
Useful
Use Root explorer 2.16 and should be able to look at your Root Directory, especially
Data/ Data directory where you games and apps are installed, can be useful
I just flashed my phone to the newest AOKP Task & Ktoonez (1/8) ROM and I always follow the OPs instructions by fully wiping, but for some reason this time my Titanium Backup app has NONE of my backups anymore and I'm not really sure how to fix it or who to go to. I did a quick search but I haven't found anything and I didn't see anything in Task's thread mentioning it. I don't want to mention it in his thread because he is very particular on what questions are allowed in his thread and anytime someone mentions an app he responds by saying that is a third party app and he does not support it. Thanks in advance for the help!
Well I don't know how to close my own thread but I fixed my problem. All I did was went preferences>backup folder location>detect and chose that folder it detected and I was good to go.
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I just flashed my phone to the newest AOKP Task & Ktoonez (1/8) ROM and I always follow the OPs instructions by fully wiping, but for some reason this time my Titanium Backup app has NONE of my backups anymore and I'm not really sure how to fix it or who to go to. I did a quick search but I haven't found anything and I didn't see anything in Task's thread mentioning it. I don't want to mention it in his thread because he is very particular on what questions are allowed in his thread and anytime someone mentions an app he responds by saying that is a third party app and he does not support it. Thanks in advance for the help!
Well I don't know how to close my own thread but I fixed my problem. All I did was went preferences>backup folder location>detect and chose that folder it detected and I was good to go.
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Did you try the "whole device" search in TB to see if it locates your backups??
Just getting the word out to everyone. This works without root and makes it super easy for you to remove any Bloatware you would like and fully control it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
Thank you Sir! :highfive:
PRoot.com said:
Thank you Sir! :highfive:
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Your welcome.
Already discussed in a previous thread. It only allows blocking the Apps. Absolute removal of Apps require Root.
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Already discussed in a previous thread. It only allows blocking the Apps. Absolute removal of Apps require Root.
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That's a big deal to a lot of people though. For a lot of people who do not have root and are on KitKat, they can completely block packages on their phone that they otherwise could not. Sure, they allow you to block / disable certain ones on the phone itself, but not anything. This allows them to block any package, Knox included. And sure they could download a script, modify it for their purposes and create another script to unblock and so on and so on. But this maintains nothing and interacts with their device directly. Nothing to maintain and nothing to edit, etc. etc..
Anybody got a list of app that's safe to block. Don't want to cause an endless boot.
here's my complete script I have handy, after testing things and trying a few things without success, my phone many times would automatically erase all data and do a factory reset in the end of my failed experiments. Either that or I'd have to resort to that Odin package someone posted on here to flash back to stock. I think I've flashed my phone using that Odin package around 12 times now after downgrading from the forced updated NK3 back to original. I immediately run this script after enabling Developer options and enabling USB Debugging.
Just right click on the script and Run As Administrator on Vista,Win 7, Win 8 and Win 10.
**Make sure to have the 3 required Adb files to run Adb to communicate with device. I attached those 3 main files which you can extract to c:\windows\system32. This way you can run adb commands from any location on the computer since System32 is included in the environment variables for the OS
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Anybody got a list of app that's safe to block. Don't want to cause an endless boot.
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Jump on the forum thread, I have built in export and import of blocked packages support built in, someone will give you a list.
I Thank you Sir ... that is a nice, clean app that's works well, but I do have one suggestion for an improvement if you are open to it.
I like the fact that it has a filter function, but the filter only works on the name in the apk name, not the package name. It would be really sweet if it would search both areas. :good:
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I Thank you Sir ... that is a nice, clean app that's works well, but I do have one suggestion for an improvement if you are open to it.
I like the fact that it has a filter function, but the filter only works on the name in the apk name, not the package name. It would be really sweet if it would search both areas. :good:
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Great idea. Consider it done.
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Great idea. Consider it done.
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I used it and liked it, I agree with that idea and I'd also like to be able to not have to reload packages after I'm done with the filter, good all around program though.
thanitos said:
I used it and liked it, I agree with that idea and I'd also like to be able to not have to reload packages after I'm done with the filter, good all around program though.
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You can uncheck the filter and it will display the full list again and it will keep your changes you made during filter.
Please start adding comments and questions in the main Xda thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/andr...bloat-t2998294
gatesjunior said:
Please start adding comments and questions in the main Xda thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/andr...bloat-t2998294
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Seems the link you provided is broken (possibly just me, not sure)
JScorpio said:
Seems the link you provided is broken (possibly just me, not sure)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2998294
where have you been my whole life...
Version 3.4 with the enhanced search and the import/export options works awesome. Very nice!
Dimarini said:
Version 3.4 with the enhanced search and the import/export options works awesome. Very nice!
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3.5 just released
Version 3.7 is out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
broken 4 lollipop 5.01
not working, error dialog attached.
I figured if SD was writable and debloater cleared out the junk I could live without root with the update. I know I can disable some of the apps from the launcher, but there are / were some under 4.4.4 that only debloater could take care of for me. Unable to do that under 5.01.
Anyone have any luck with Titanium Backup on Android Q? Mine always boots, confirms root permissions, and then only shows a blank screen with "All Done" printed in the middle.
Any alternatives for app and appdata backups that are working on Q?
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Anyone have any luck with Titanium Backup on Android Q? Mine always boots, confirms root permissions, and then only shows a blank screen with "All Done" printed in the middle.
Any alternatives for app and appdata backups that are working on Q?
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Haven't had anything issues. Mine works as expected.
Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
Eudeferrer said:
Haven't had anything issues. Mine works as expected.
Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
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Beta 6? Titanium Backup v8.3.3? Pro or base version?
Did yours install the add-on application it requests on Pie? Mine did not.
Edit: Got it working - I needed to download the add-on manually. Thanks.
I'm on Stable 10 and notice I'm not able to remove a system app with Ti Backup. I tried to remove Play movies with no luck.
ethanelle said:
Beta 6? Titanium Backup v8.3.3? Pro or base version?
Did yours install the add-on application it requests on Pie? Mine did not.
Edit: Got it working - I needed to download the add-on manually. Thanks.
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Where did you get the add on from and what version is it?
C5Longhorn said:
I'm on Stable 10 and notice I'm not able to remove a system app with To Backup. I tried to remove Play movies with no luck.
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Even with Root Explorer I'm unable to delete system apps.
airmaxx23 said:
Even with Root Explorer I'm unable to delete system apps.
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Hmmm, on 9 I was able to remove system apps I didn't use.
TitBu works but root explorer isn't mounting the system to read write.
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Where did you get the add on from and what version is it?
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I found the add-on (v 1.0.0) on apk mirror. Installed it separately and the main app works.
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I'm on Stable 10 and notice I'm not able to remove a system app with Ti Backup. I tried to remove Play movies with no luck.
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I can't either. I get an error that it can't find the apk.
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I can't either. I get an error that it can't find the apk.
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Yes, that is the error I get.
Use Swift Backup. Works perfectly on Q.
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Use Swift Backup. Works perfectly on Q.
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Read their privacy policy at: https://sites.google.com/swiftapps.org/dash/home/privacy-policy?authuser=0
You are selling your soul.
With TiBu, you can make it never allow the internet access. So, all this info collection gets shut right there. You can't run Swift Backup in local phone only mode, you have to connect to your Google account within the app and they get access to pretty much everything about you.
Running Custom Kernel? If you dont have a customer Kernel to allow R/W access to the System folders etc then it wont allow you to uninstall apps.
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Read their privacy policy at: https://sites.google.com/swiftapps.org/dash/home/privacy-policy?authuser=0
You are selling your soul.
With TiBu, you can make it never allow the internet access. So, all this info collection gets shut right there. You can't run Swift Backup in local phone only mode, you have to connect to your Google account within the app and they get access to pretty much everything about you.
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Well you're wrong. Anyways for OP Swift Backup is working perfectly on Q.
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Well you're wrong
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That statement is usually at the end of a logical argument presented to prove someone wrong, not as a first statement. I did not see any arguments provided. But to each their own! Good luck!
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That statement is usually at the end of a logical argument presented to prove someone wrong, not as a first statement. I did not see any arguments provided. But to each their own! Good luck!
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Don't want to get into it but I've even spoken to the dev.
After reading a little more, I don't think the issue is with Ti Backup. Rather no one has been able to get r/w access to system folder with root on Q.
devsk said:
That statement is usually at the end of a logical argument presented to prove someone wrong, not as a first statement. I did not see any arguments provided. But to each their own! Good luck!
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Thanks for the link to the privacy policy. It doesn't seem good for those who care about privacy.
First of all, why should you have to allow an app to sign into your Google account to do backups? It makes no sense and serves no functional purpose. First warning sign.
But then, the privacy policy clearly says they collect personal information about you and share it:
We collect Personal Data such as your name, email address & if available, a link to your profile image.
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Note the "such as," which means they are not even clearly spelling out everything they collect.
We may share some or all of your Personal Data with our parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control... If another company acquires our company, business, or our assets, that company will possess the Personal Data collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.
Additionally, we may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
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https://sites.google.com/swiftapps.org/dash/home/privacy-policy?authuser=0
And so on. This is all unnecessary for the apps functionality, so clearly part of their business model is data collection and marketing. Too bad, because it looks like a nice app.
Mine is working...
I had the mentioned blank screen when first booting up and trying to use it...after rebooting a couple times and making sure I had the pro key downloaded, I rebooted and it worked fine and has been working fine (freezing/unfreezing/backing up)...