Hello all,
I just finishing rooting my phone. I plan to keep it stock but i was just wondering what are some "must" interms of what apps i should freeze or uninstall. I have a Telus GS3 16GB.
I know there is a google doc with all the apps that are safe to uninstall. I was more looking for everyone's opinions on which ones you remove.
Thanks
SHiFT.
SHiFT. said:
Hello all,
I just finishing rooting my phone. I plan to keep it stock but i was just wondering what are some "must" interms of what apps i should freeze or uninstall. I have a Telus GS3 16GB.
I know there is a google doc with all the apps that are safe to uninstall. I was more looking for everyone's opinions on which ones you remove.
Thanks
SHiFT.
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Anything you're not going to use.
I think i am more scared about removing something important
SHiFT. said:
I think i am more scared about removing something important
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If you are worried, then only freeze applications one at a time and see how your phone functions. If something is out of whack you can just unfreeze what you had frozen. If you uninstall it, there is a longer process of getting it back onto the phone.
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hey guys i rooted my phone a few weeks back and now an running synergy sense 3.0.
how do i go about deleting the system apps or stock apps that phone will not simply let u uninstall is there an app to do that or do i have to go through the phone hardware itself??
View attachment SdxAppRemoval-1.5.apk
i use this
be careful you can delete important stuff, use caution. back up first!!
I use Titanium Backup to remove system apps.
It has the capability to "freeze" them without actually removing them. This is helpful when you don't really want to get rid of it permanently but just want to stop it from running on its own.
It also allows you to be sure that no problems will be caused by removing the app. If something else depends on it and you start getting force closes you can thaw the app to recover it.
Once you are sure that you want to be rid of it forever you can remove it completely.
off the top your head do u know what all can be removed without messing up pone?
+1 for using Titanium Backup to remove system apps.
kam0603 said:
off the top your head do u know what all can be removed without messing up pone?
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At one time I saw someone here trying to build a comprehensive list. Definitely can remove the 'bloat' like Amazon MP3, NASCAR, NFL, Kindle, Nova, Sprint Navigation, and the other Sprint apps.
Things that get you into trouble are things that are integrated into Android (like Google Talk) or HTC Sense.
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This is the list I was thinking of:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...EZSd1pFTy1OTlEzWTZkZ3BpS2JXdlE&hl=en_US#gid=0
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misfits MisfitROmV1.2 with ChopSuey kernel works really REALLY well for me and it dosent have almost all the stuff and you can download the stuff you want, (i just did youtube and maps) only downside is he aint around no more. still rom works great
Hello all,
I just finishing rooting my phone. I plan to keep it stock but i was just wondering what are some "must" interms of what apps i should freeze or uninstall. I have a Telus GS3 16GB.
I know there is a google doc with all the apps that are safe to uninstall. I was more looking for everyone's opinions on which ones you remove.
Thanks
SHiFT.
SHiFT. said:
Hello all,
I just finishing rooting my phone. I plan to keep it stock but i was just wondering what are some "must" interms of what apps i should freeze or uninstall. I have a Telus GS3 16GB.
I know there is a google doc with all the apps that are safe to uninstall. I was more looking for everyone's opinions on which ones you remove.
Thanks
SHiFT.
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Sorry i wasn't paying attention and posted in the wrong section.. please delete.
Rooted it today. First android phone I've ever owned (though been jailbreaking since 2009).
I installed Ttanium Backup, and i think i backed up my apps and data, but not exactly sure where to, as i don't have an SD card in it yet. If I backed up to the phone, I'm guessing that's mostly useless. But I'm new to this stuff so i don't really know.
So, now that i have root access, what apps should i be installing?
What stuff should i be uninstalling or freezing?
What cool things can i now do that i couldn't do yesterday?
Anything specific to the OGP that i should or should not do?
andygold said:
Rooted it today. First android phone I've ever owned (though been jailbreaking since 2009).
I installed Ttanium Backup, and i think i backed up my apps and data, but not exactly sure where to as i don't have an SD card in it yet. If I backed up to the phone, I'm guessing that's mostly useless. But I'm new to this stuff so i don't really know.
So, now that i have root access, what apps should i be installing?
What stuff should i be uninstalling our freezing?
What cool things can i now do that i couldn't do yesterday?
Anything specific to the OGP that i should or should not do?
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You can block ads, search adaway here on xda since Google recently rid the store of all ad blocking apps. You can use programs like sqlite editor to enable hotspot even if you're not subscribed to a plan that supports it. You can use xposed framework also here on xda (under our phones themes and apps) to apply themes to the phone. You can disable built in apps using titanium backup. Also, you should install Cwm under android development for our phone and make a nandroid backup in case you ever screw up your phone.
Best of all, you can install greenify root to make your battery last a lot longer. It hibernates apps for you that would normally run in the background.
When we have our bootloader unlocked is when the real fun will start though.
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lessthanzach said:
You can block ads, search adaway here on xda since Google recently rid the store of all ad blocking apps. You can use programs like sqlite editor to enable hotspot even if you're not subscribed to a plan that supports it. You can use xposed framework also here on xda (under our phones themes and apps) to apply themes to the phone. You can disable built in apps using titanium backup. Also, you should install Cwm under android development for our phone and make a nandroid backup in case you ever screw up your phone.
Best of all, you can install greenify root to make your battery last a lot longer. It hibernates apps for you that would normally run in the background.
When we have our bootloader unlocked is when the real fun will start though.
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Thank you!
Couple more questions...I was able to do a search for adaway, and found it, but you mention (under our phones themes and apps), and could not find that. Is there a section that just has XDA Apps in it? All I was able to find was forums, and not repositories (don't know if that's the right word).
Basic newbie question...if an app is listed as being for Jellybean 4.1, can we use it even it was made for a Galaxy S3 for example? If it's Jellybean 4.1 is it good to go?
As to adaway...if you disable ads, will some programs refuse to run?
Is the hotspot app, safe for my phone bill?
If you "disable" apps using titanium backup, does it remove them from the phone, or just hide them? What is freezing an app? And if later you want to have them back (let's say for a trip to the cell store) are they readily returned to view?
I was under the impression (probably wrongly) that CWM at this point could brick our phone. Am I mistaken? And where does the nandroid backup get stored? Hopefully not on the phone...
I ask a lot of the above questions as being a new android user (2-weeks now), I'm clicking or checking out everything I see on the phone (and in the store(s) to learn about what it can do. I'm also installing a ton of apps that are new to me, and I've also gone to some non-Google Play stores to DL some stuff. I know that sooner or later I'm going to want to restore the phone to factory stock to get rid of conflicts, viruses (virii?), and anything that does not play well with other stuff. So, during this learning quest, I assume I'm going to frag the phone in some way, and will have the need to return it to stock (hopefully without needing to go back to the store)!!! I just want to have a bit of assurance that with everything I do, I can get back to stock.
Lastly, is there anything somewhat similar to iTunes that will make a restore a bit less time consuming. Is Titanium Backup what I"m searchnig for?
Wasn't aware of greenify root.. will give that one a go right now!
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lessthanzach said:
You can block ads, search adaway here on xda since Google recently rid the store of all ad blocking apps. You can use programs like sqlite editor to enable hotspot even if you're not subscribed to a plan that supports it. You can use xposed framework also here on xda (under our phones themes and apps) to apply themes to the phone. You can disable built in apps using titanium backup. Also, you should install Cwm under android development for our phone and make a nandroid backup in case you ever screw up your phone.
Best of all, you can install greenify root to make your battery last a lot longer. It hibernates apps for you that would normally run in the background.
When we have our bootloader unlocked is when the real fun will start though.
Sent from my LG-E980 using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks for mention greenify root, I install it. It's a hit!!
Now that I'm rooted (and installed some associated apps) I've noticed some laggy operation. When I'm on pretty much any of the home screens, and click on the app drawer icon, I'm brought to the page where I see "Apps", "Downloads", and "Widgets" at the top, but occasionally I have a blank screen below that. It stays blank for anywhere from one to three seconds and then the apps and folders appear. Sometimes they will show up instantly, but quite often there is a few second lag. The only things I've installed since rooting are Root Checker, Titanium Backup and Greenify. I'm not sure whether it is the root or the new apps, so I guess I can uninstall the three apps and see.
I also seem to be getting the circling "please wait" message more often than in the past.
Anybody else experiencing this? And does this sound like a root issue or an issue from one of the three apps?
Yes I know what that means but I was doing this way and I was wondering if it did the same thing.
I was disabling the apps instead of uninstalling them; are they the same in the sense, to save battery
kevinrubio1 said:
Yes I know what that means but I was doing this way and I was wondering if it did the same thing.
I was disabling the apps instead of uninstalling them; are they the same in the sense, to save battery
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My understanding is that disabling (freezing in TiBu, etc) has the same outcome as uninstalling... just one method frees up space while the other one doesn't.
lordcheeto03 said:
My understanding is that disabling (freezing in TiBu, etc) has the same outcome as uninstalling... just one method frees up space while the other one doesn't.
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Check here. Its a very easy way to debloat any TW rom including stock :good:
lordcheeto03 said:
My understanding is that disabling (freezing in TiBu, etc) has the same outcome as uninstalling... just one method frees up space while the other one doesn't.
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This is true.
The advantage of freezing an app is that it can be quickly and eaasily unfrozen to get it back. Though backing up an app, uninstalling it, and reinstalling it accomplishes the same thing.
The advantage of uninstalling is that the app is gone. It's not taking up space. It can't be accidentally turned back on. It's gone. Done. History.
So it's more of a preference than anything else.
I will say that if you're talking about a custom rom that you're goign to update somewhat frequently and it comes with apps that you consider bloat, it's better to freeze them than uninstall them. Otherwise when you install the next update of that rom, the system apps you uninstalled will come back. But if you freeze them, the frozen system apps will stay frozen after the update. So it eliminates the step of having to get rid of them again.
For instance Cyanogen comes with a CM Wallpaper app that has a bunch of CM wallpapers. I will never use it. I don't want to see the icon for it. So I freeze it once. When I update the next nightly, it's still frozen. If CM puts out a stable release that I plan to keep fro a couple months, maybe I'll uninstall the Wallpaper app completely.
Also for help debloating, consider Alka Seltzer. Plop plop. Fizz fizz. On what a relief it is!
Alright I have been messing with freezing and uninstall most of the bloat that comes on a Verizon Samsung device. But i was wondering is there a list of such that I can compare with. The reason I ask is I know there is more that I could freeze/uninstall but not sure if i should. I want to get the rom as close to AOSP Stock as i can get. If any one has any suggestion I would appreciate it.
computerguydd said:
Alright I have been messing with freezing and uninstall most of the bloat that comes on a Verizon Samsung device. But i was wondering is there a list of such that I can compare with. The reason I ask is I know there is more that I could freeze/uninstall but not sure if i should. I want to get the rom as close to AOSP Stock as i can get. If any one has any suggestion I would appreciate it.
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You can do a simple search a lot of result will come up: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=list of safe freeze
Pretty much anything start with Samsung you can delete - including the TouchWiz launcher. Obviously to be on the safe side, freeze them for few days, and if it nothing you would use and no side effect - delete them after.