[Q] De-bloating OTA 4.3 - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

Hello Everyone,
Since it looks like I will be stuck on OTA 4.3 version for awhile,I might as well play with it for awhile... I was just wondering what would be the best way to de-bloat this sucker? I am rooted already and have CWM 6.0.4.3 installed. Has there been a script developed already like Ashman's for this new version?
Thank you in advance!

thawte said:
Hello Everyone,
Since it looks like I will be stuck on OTA 4.3 version for awhile,I might as well play with it for awhile... I was just wondering what would be the best way to de-bloat this sucker? I am rooted already and have CWM 6.0.4.3 installed. Has there been a script developed already like Ashman's for this new version?
Thank you in advance!
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Install titanium backup then delete whatever apps you want.
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Florad77 said:
Install titanium backup then delete whatever apps you want.
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Is there possibly a "safe" list for the new version?
Thank you

thawte said:
Is there possibly a "safe" list for the new version?
Thank you
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I haven't seen one yet but you can definetly delete carrier apps like my account etc and google apps like google maps safely.
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Also, make sure you make a nandroid backup before you delete any system files with titanium. There is no other way to go back if you delete the wrong app and/or softbrick.
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old list
thawte said:
... I was just wondering what would be the best way to de-bloat this sucker?
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I haven't seen a new list or script. An old list I came across has a post to a docs spreadsheet for the SGS3
docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?pli=1&key=0AqTvctlW89DtdC1qVUlLeVFTV3ZOdUtDclpBdVRQOUE&f=true&noheader=true&gid=0
attributed to the xda member 1234568
Please understand that I am not vouching for anything on that list, even the things I have frozen with TiBu

Thank you all for your help with this. I got rid of a bunch of apps I didn't want and things are running smoothly
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I have found as others have if you turn off Paper Artist that Gallery force closes when you attempt to share a picture. Not sure if using Tibu will cause the same issue, I haven't re-rooted yet. You may want to test if you got rid of Paper Artist. Just a thought.
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I uninstalled a bunch of stuff and was getting a bunch of force closes. I then decided to switch to quantum room and kernel for the debloating they did and the speed and reliability
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Market 3.5.15

Any idea why my friends lg has this market and we don't? I'm used to us always being like the first people to get market updates. I really like how it gives you a history of all installed apps and i want it.
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RayTrue04 said:
Any idea why my friends lg has this market and we don't? I'm used to us always being like the first people to get market updates. I really like how it gives you a history of all installed apps and i want it.
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That's the one I have, and for some time now..
You can find the inverted flashable ZIP here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279376
Or look around in the Apps section for another one..
We do have it its also already in Calk's rom as well as available for DL all over the place i got my apk from AP but sure there's plenty here.
Well I'm just running stock fc24 rooted. Just got done trying to install some apk's for it but they all failed. #Weird.. Guess I'll do the zip you linked. Dumb question and I'm pretty sure ima answer it but i would need to flash this with another recovery besides the stock one correct?
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Had no issues with the apk on FC18 but FC22 was a different story for me as well. Once i removed the original (i used titanium backup) it installed just fine.
RayTrue04 said:
Well I'm just running stock fc24 rooted. Just got done trying to install some apk's for it but they all failed. #Weird.. Guess I'll do the zip you linked. Dumb question and I'm pretty sure ima answer it but i would need to flash this with another recovery besides the stock one correct?
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That's correct, a non stock recovery.
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Thanks
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RainMotorsports said:
Had no issues with the apk on FC18 but FC22 was a different story for me as well. Once i removed the original (i used titanium backup) it installed just fine.
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Man that was such an pain in the u know what! I had a hard time uninstalling it with titanium it kept force closing on me. I uninstalled updates and it finally got removed with titanium.. Well i have my new market so now I'm happy lol
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Bloatware

I'm going to be rooting mine and my girlfriends phone in the next few days. I wanted to see about removing the Bloatware on the phones once they are rooted. Is there anything special I need to download to be able to remove them? I have most of them disabled but would like to totally get rid if them. I searched all over for an answer but was unable to find one.
Thanks in advance.
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Titanium backup. Just download it from the play store and that will do the trick. Search the forum to see which apps are safe to remove tho.
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Titanium backup. It allows you to uninstall anything. If you are not sure about a program, you can freeze it, which will not allow the program to run, then if no problems occur it can be uninstalled. if you search, you can find an ongoing list of programs safe to delete
Thank you guys, I ended up getting the pro version and will search for that list of apps you talkrd about and go from there.
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Frost0113 said:
I'm going to be rooting mine and my girlfriends phone in the next few days. I wanted to see about removing the Bloatware on the phones once they are rooted. Is there anything special I need to download to be able to remove them? I have most of them disabled but would like to totally get rid if them. I searched all over for an answer but was unable to find one.
Thanks in advance.
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you can try getting a stock rom that's been cleaned of bloatware?
Thanks, I didn't know I could do that with tb gonna try it
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You can't do that with TB. Find these bloatware-free ROMs in the android dev forum.

Just rooted. What apps can i remove?

I dont use 99% of these apps. At the same time i dont know what is safe / not safe to remove.
I would flash a already debloated rom. Probably easier.
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Five0nIt said:
I would flash a already debloated rom. Probably easier.
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Try the GS3 R6 ROM. I think you'll like it.
I just got the sg3 today after having the nexus one last couple years and xda nexus one forum. Loved the n1 but just time to upgrade. I have a lot to learn about the sg3. How do you root the easiest way? Also best idea for long battery life. Any other info I need. Thank you and glad to be here.
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BIG FELLA said:
I just got the sg3 today after having the nexus one last couple years and xda nexus one forum. Loved the n1 but just time to upgrade. I have a lot to learn about the sg3. How do you root the easiest way? Also best idea for long battery life. Any other info I need. Thank you and glad to be here.
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Welcome to the S3 family
Easiest way to root?
Download the T-Mobile image from this thread and extract the .tar file
Flash with ODIN.
Or you can choose a different method, but you will have to ODIN custom recovery onto the phone first.
Go to this thread for guides on rooting/flashing, etc.
As for the battery, read this article about battery conditioning.
Five0nIt said:
I would flash a already debloated rom. Probably easier.
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I would rather not . Any help?
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MikeJennni said:
I would rather not . Any help?
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Well for starters you can look at whats been removed from the debloated rom and debloat yours to match.
Additionally, you can just search these forums as there will likely be multiple threads about whats safe to remove.
Additionally+, you can buy Titanium Backup and freeze the apps one by one. If they dont cause problems when frozen they are safe to remove.
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Ok thx
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Hey Mike,
I would recommend installing a custom recovery, I highly recommend Clockwork mod. Make a backup of your system to be safe, so that you can always restore if needed. Next use a file manager with root permissions, I HIGHLY recommend Root Explorer. Create a folder on your sd card called backup_bloat (or anything really). Go to your app drawer and start jotting down the bloat. I'd recommend getting rid of all the TMobile stuff, as well as most of the samsung apps. Once you have a good idea of what to get rid of, go into your system -> apps folder and look for the same icons. Instead of just deleting the files, use the multi-select option in root explorer to select all the ones you want to get rid of. Once done, move them into the backup_bloat folder. Reboot. Test your device out thoroughly for a day or two. If it works great, you can get rid of the backup_bloat folder. Any errors, and you may have removed something needed by the phone. This is my standard debloat process, and it works well for me without having to install any custom roms.
Hope this helps!
Look in here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726842
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Safe to remove bloatware apps?

i didnt see any thread in here for the safe to remove apps on the Note 2
anybody have a list?
I think this is a legitimate question. For those of us that choose to remove system apps without using an Aroma type program we can really mess up functionality if we delete the wrong stuff. I would like to see a thread where a qualified Dev makes a list of all the system apps that come pre installed and tells us whether they are safe to remove or not
IIRC that stupid Sprint Connections Optimizer can at best only be frozen...if you try to remove it bad things happen. Most of the other bloat you can live without ime.
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Yeah I've seen lists made for other devices
Earlier I removed one I was almost was harmless to remove but then my notification bar disappeared. Luckily I recovered it
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Titaniums Backup is your friend. Backup everything, then freeze, test. If ok, then delete and test. If ok, cool. If not, restore or unfreeze.
Masturbatoe said:
i didnt see any thread in here for the safe to remove apps on the Note 2
anybody have a list?
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Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910885
s4pat said:
Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910885
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Thanks much!
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No Root

I've chosen not to root my gn2 but I would still like to customize it as much as I can. I love black out apks and was wondering if somebody knows of any apks I can use on my unrooted gn2 to customize it? A lot of thanks to anybody who can help me...
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MzBossn said:
I've chosen not to root my gn2 but I would still like to customize it as much as I can. I love black out apks and was wondering if somebody knows of any apks I can use on my unrooted gn2 to customize it? A lot of thanks to anybody who can help me...
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Can I ask why not? I get not wanting to go as far as custom roms, but with adblockers and access to the system and data partitions, you can do quite a bit without having to go for a full rom.
Well I'm just comfortable with touchwiz and honestly the last phone I had I thought I knew what doing and bricked. So I lost the courage just getting into all this so I'm a newbie...
:'( but I see all the customizations and would love to have them so I just wanted to take the easy way out and get some apks that would work with my stock...
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Best way to customize your unrooted phone is probaly thru your launcher of choice... there are some that can be customized more than others, basically what your looking for is different themes/icons which you can find for free or buy in the play store.
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What I really want is a black screen planner or a blacked out Facebook, Twitter, transparent multiview a different lockscreen clock... I'm guessing everything I want in going to have to root my phone for huh?
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Actually those can probaly be found doing searches thru xda,or google for sure.
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I had found some but most of them said must root... And the ones that didn't I was afraid to install because I wasn't sure... I'll keep looking though... I thought maybe someone would have a link or something here...
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lickarock said:
Can I ask why not? I get not wanting to go as far as custom roms, but with adblockers and access to the system and data partitions, you can do quite a bit without having to go for a full rom.
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Have to agree with lickarock. There's still quite a lot you can do without going all out like full ROMs. If you simply root your phone and load SuperSU (SuperUser), you can load something like ES File Explorer and do simple installs of apk files through there. You really don't have to worry about bricking your phone in that situation.
While I do load different roms on my N2, like you, I just wanted to get blacked out apps also. I'm running blacked out Gmail and Facebook currently, which I loaded through ESFE. Just make sure you uninstall the original apps then install the apks through ESFE and reboot. Everythings running smooth on my phone.
I've had a few scares loading different ROMs where my phone wouldn't boot up and I thought I maybe bricked my phone.......luckily I got it back up and running. Battery pulls suck.......lol
Just be sure to read through all the posts that you find which interest you. Typically, people post issues they are having and possible fixes. If you want to run different roms or something later, just be sure your phone is running the correct specs for it, ie....your baseband version is MA7 vs MC2, not all roms are compatible with multiple versions.
Okay I think I will go that route... ? Say I root it, and 4.2 finally makes its way ota will it still hit my phone or will I have to unrooted in order to get it?
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MzBossn said:
Okay I think I will go that route... ? Say I root it, and 4.2 finally makes its way ota will it still hit my phone or will I have to unrooted in order to get it?
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You would have to either unroot, or wait for a dev to put out a stock rooted version as far as I know..
From my rat infested note ii
It's some black out apps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236579
I believe other apps require root
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MzBossn said:
Okay I think I will go that route... ? Say I root it, and 4.2 finally makes its way ota will it still hit my phone or will I have to unrooted in order to get it?
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What spary said! You're really better off just waiting for one of the devs to roll the updates out.
Again....read the threads all the way through and if you still have questions, do a SEARCH and see if you can find your answers.......if you can't find after searches, don't be afraid to ask ?s.
GL!
If you want a brick-proof(ish) method to get a Root, just Odin a full rooted restore to your phone. Such as this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241136. Its about as mindless and safe as you can get.
I'm a noob when it comes to rooting/flashing
This phone has been the easiest to root and flash roms to
i used this video as a reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BweCW5ck8
mrmondaynight said:
I'm a noob when it comes to rooting/flashing
This phone has been the easiest to root and flash roms to
i used this video as a reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BweCW5ck8
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Your awesome thank you!!!
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If you choose not to root, there are still several ways to have a highly customized phone.
Personally, I am a fan of rooting. I have rooted every android phone I have had except my Note 2. Long story short, I bought my Note 2 through my business and cannot afford to run into any headaches that can sometimes pop up even to the most experienced flasher. I will say the Note 2 is also the first android phone that I haven't felt the need to root for increased performance. CPU, RAM, Battery life, this phone has all three for days.
I created a thread dedicated to creating a custom look without root. And in many ways this is the most custom phone I've ever had.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274378
It's a work in progress and I am adding more and more stuff all the time.
Also check out mycolorscreen.com
For a blacked out messaging app you might check out Go SMS Pro. There are downloadable themes and you can make your own.
Dakota0206 said:
If you choose not to root, there are still several ways to have a highly customized phone.
Personally, I am a fan of rooting. I have rooted every android phone I have had except my Note 2. Long story short, I bought my Note 2 through my business and cannot afford to run into any headaches that can sometimes pop up even to the most experienced flasher. I will say the Note 2 is also the first android phone that I haven't felt the need to root for increased performance. CPU, RAM, Battery life, this phone has all three for days.
I created a thread dedicated to creating a custom look without root. And in many ways this is the most custom phone I've ever had.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274378
It's a work in progress and I am adding more and more stuff all the time.
Also check out mycolorscreen.com
For a blacked out messaging app you might check out Go SMS Pro. There are downloadable themes and you can make your own.
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Thank you that's very informative... I really enjoy touchwiz but I just want to root to remove the system apps that prevent me from installing the blackout apps I want like gmail, playstore, ect... And get rid of the ones I don't want or use but I still want the ota's and touchwiz and thanks to the people in this thread is figured out how to customize it exactly how I want it... Thank You all of you!!!!
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Just root! I was new to samsung and odin with the gn2 and I swear its simple and worth it! You can then go with custom sized touchwiz launcher that you know and want, but looks more appropriate and utilizes the size of the display properly!
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