Deleting Apps - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I used Xplore to delete manually:
/system/app/Blurb.apk
/system/app/PageBuddyNotiSvc2.apk
/system/app/PageBuddyNotiSvc2.odex
/system/app/SamsungHubUpdater.apk
/system/app/SamsungHub_phone_qHD.apk
/system/app/PreloadInstaller.apk
/system/app/PreloadInstaller.odex
Is there more files to these apps (like .so files or whatever) that I missed? Where can I find them?
If I use Titanium, will it remove apps more completly?
It seems after rooting (with arco) and deleting those files it isn't as snappy as before...

Nobody?

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system app space

maybe a daft question but what is the benefit from deleting system apps,wallpapers etc.
does it speed up things , create more space?
anybody no
Speed up things? Not really, it is a linux based device, not windows But depending on what you delete (e.g. running unnecessary apps).
Removing factory stuff will create more space.
And what to remove? It depends on the ROM what you use. If it is a HTC Sense based ROM, then there is a list over at Leedroid's site what can be remove.
cheers, what will it create more space for tho? can u say obtain apk files of apps from the market and install then as system apps therefore creating more space for downloaded apps on internal memory?
Just cut and paste apks from /data/app into /system/app, preferably large apps that rarely get updated and your unlikely to uninstall.
Or
Use titanium backups "convert to system app" feature.
Don't forget they will disappear when updating your rom.
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i can convert to system apps in titanium, then backup the rom , extract the boot and system image and run it thru disxda kitchen and that will create a rom with the titanium backups in system apps .wont it??????
Not all apps convert well as system apps in titanium. Also I think you'd need to be s-off to do that.
Why not just run your rom.zip through dsixda, then drop the .apk's you want into the system/app directory and pack it up again?
sounds like a plan dan!
rootSU said:
Not all apps convert well as system apps in titanium. Also I think you'd need to be s-off to do that.
Why not just run your rom.zip through dsixda, then drop the .apk's you want into the system/app directory and pack it up again?
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i used this method time ago and it works...

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this app com with sebastian15 rom (runnymede5.0).
so how to prove it?
or how to remove this app?
I do not know how to prove, but you can uninstall it in setting>applications>manage applications.
If you can not remove it there, use Titanium Backup to delete or freeze it.
remove apps
you can easily remove apps BEFORE you flash a rom,
u can use winrar or 7zip
you only have to access the folder (in the zip file of the rom) with the system apps and delete the apps you dont like

[Q] ZIP file/script to remove bloatware?

Hey
I've started to flash custom ROMS on my Note 2 (atm i'm on ARHD), but there is ALOT of bloatware that i simply don't want or need.
Instead of manually removing it with a file explorer or Titanium Backup, etc etc, i was wondering if there was a flashable .zip or a script i could run over ADB that would remove the bloatware that i want to remove?
So i could make a list of the names as they are in /data/app/ (such as com.adobe.reader-1-apk) and it would simply uninstall those (even if they are system apps)
That way i won't have to manually remove all the apps each time i update my ROM, i could just run this zip/script again and it would all be gone
Hope someone can help me
- Moon

Deleted stock programs from the root

Using root explorer i can explore my root. I read somewhere in this forum that i can delete some of the unwanted stock programs; i also read that many of the stock programs waste a lot of ram!
So i want to delete some of the programs i never use. Is it possible? Do i have to just delete the apk file, or do i have to delete the .odex one too? And will it not hurt my phone?
Also, i noticed i can extract some of the programs from there. Is it possible for me to say, extract "video.apk" and "video.odex" from this rom, and simply paste it in the root folder of another rom and expect it to work?
Thankyou
List of programs i want to delete (Notice: these are programs i NEVER use. Also, those marked with an asterisk (.apk*) also have a .odex file too.):
BuddieNow.apk*
Days.apk*
Email.apk*
EmailWidget.apk*
GameHub.apk
GenieWidget.apk*
Gmail.apk*
All “google*syncadapter”.apk*
Maps.apk*
marketupdater.apk*
memo.apk*
minidiary.apk*
operamini-5.1.24639.apk
plusone.apk*
postit.apk*
samsungwidget_news.apk*
snsaccountfb.apk*
snsaccountli.apk*
snsaccountTw.apk*
other “sns” .apk*
SocialHub.apk*
street.apk*
talk.apk*
talkback.apk
youtube.apk*
Just delete the apk and the apps will disappeared but make sure the apk you want to delete is really not important or your phone will not work properly. Or you can try to freeze the apps you want to delete and see it for 1 - 2 days to see if it's working properly with other apps. If its not working properly just unfreeze it again.
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Question How to best save APK files of downloaded apps?

Looking in my rooted OOS 12 One Plus 9 Pro phone in /data/apps with Root Explorer, I found that all the apps I downloaded from Google Play are stored in separate folders with cryptic names for each app, and that many apps downloaded as more than one APK, with names such as "base.apk", "split_config.arm64_v8a.apk" and "split_config.xxhdpi.apk" in their directory.
I tried the App backup functions of Cx File Explorer and ApkExtractor and these both save only the base.apk, simply giving it a proper identifying file name.
While I could rummage and save the files I found with my root file explorer, I find it cumbersome and wonder if there is any App backup utility that backs up app APKs completely so they could be reinstalled later locally if necessary.
Thanks
tk_xda said:
Looking in my rooted OOS 12 One Plus 9 Pro phone in /data/apps with Root Explorer, I found that all the apps I downloaded from Google Play are stored in separate folders with cryptic names for each app, and that many apps downloaded as more than one APK, with names such as "base.apk", "split_config.arm64_v8a.apk" and "split_config.xxhdpi.apk" in their directory.
I tried the App backup functions of Cx File Explorer and ApkExtractor and these both save only the base.apk, simply giving it a proper identifying file name.
While I could rummage and save the files I found with my root file explorer, I find it cumbersome and wonder if there is any App backup utility that backs up app APKs completely so they could be reinstalled later locally if necessary.
Thanks
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Swiftbackup
tk_xda said:
Looking in my rooted OOS 12 One Plus 9 Pro phone in /data/apps with Root Explorer, I found that all the apps I downloaded from Google Play are stored in separate folders with cryptic names for each app, and that many apps downloaded as more than one APK, with names such as "base.apk", "split_config.arm64_v8a.apk" and "split_config.xxhdpi.apk" in their directory.
I tried the App backup functions of Cx File Explorer and ApkExtractor and these both save only the base.apk, simply giving it a proper identifying file name.
While I could rummage and save the files I found with my root file explorer, I find it cumbersome and wonder if there is any App backup utility that backs up app APKs completely so they could be reinstalled later locally if necessary.
Thanks
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Or migrate. It even restores all data in apps. Then flash zip to restore.
Same thoughts Swiftbackup, Migrate, etc...
Cheers

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