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Bloatware removal

I've seen and been very grateful for bloatware removal discussions on other devices, titanium backup, root explorer and I have been busy with our new Sprint Note II and have been able to get rid of the following without (seemingly) any lost functionality:
system/apps
AllShare Cast 1.0
AllShare Play 1.0
AllShare Service 1.0
Calculator 1.0 (replaced with one from Market)
ChocoEUKor 1.0
Clock 1.0
Clock Digital 1.0
Clock (modern) 1.0
DualClock (analog)
DualClock (digital)
Dropbox 2.2
Dropbox 1.0 (replaced with market version after the 50G upgrade)
Enterprise Permissions 1.0
Email (provided you replace w/K9, EE, etc)
Exchange (provided you replace w/K9, EE, etc)
File Manager (replaced with root explorer, etc)
Flipboard
Lcdtest 1.0
Luminous dots 1.0
Messaging 4.1 (replaced with market SMS)
Music Hub 30.2
MusicFX 1.4
Music
Media Hub 1.6
Phase Beam 1.0
Polaris Office 4.0.4
S Voice 10.0
Samsung account 1.2
Samsung Apps 2.8
Samsung keyboard 1.0 (replaced with market keyboard)
SlateTest 1.0
S Suggest 3.2
TouchWiz home 4.1.1 (replaced with Nova)
TestService 1.0
Yahoo*
Video Player 1.0 (replaced with market)
Voicemail T.6 (replaced with google voice)
VPN Client 2.6
Weather Daemon
Weather Widget
Weather Widget Main
I hope we can work together to describe, prioritize and root out the really bad bloatware actors at least until some custom roms come along.

Any noticeable difference? Or just peace of mind?

monkey3ddd said:
Any noticeable difference? Or just peace of mind?
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I removed a bunch of stuff too. For me its not a speed or battery problem , but clutter. I can't stand all the clutter of so many useless apps. I haven't noticed and changes though.

AFter I made a complete with Titanium backup, when I tried to remove bloatware like 'AllShare', it said :
"If you uninstall the wrong package, you may need to reinstall from your ROM"
What does it mean? If I really removed a wrong package, why can't I reinstall it from the Titanium backup?
Thanks!

LOL...everybody wants to remove it..i want it back...at least the possibility to sync my contact and messages..noone posted bloatware to download and add to the rom?

Here is the list of TB backups I have (just meaning I removed it and still have a record that it was stock):
AvrcpServiceSamsung 4.1.2
Bubbles
com.android.samsungtest 1.0.0
Deep sea
Enterprise SysScope Service
Enterprise VPN Services
EnterprisePermissions
Google Search 1.0
Google+
Help 1.0
Helv Neue
HTML Viewer
Live Wallpaper picker
MobileZone
Photo wall
Picasa Uploader
Ripple wall
Samsung Push Service
Sprint Installer
Sprint Worldwide
VPN Client
VPNDialogs
My Files
Pickup Tutorial
RoseEUKor
SamsungAppsUNA
Self Test Mode
Topic wall
Trim

Help!!!! Alarm is useless! It just doesn't go off!!!

Hi. I have a gt7100 and the stock alarm is abysmal. I have to use the stock because it is the only one that works past my lock screen.
Just to clarify - It doesn't activate itself, so It fails to come on. Hence I've gotten up very late on a couple of occasions.
It is definitely on, and is set to repeat every week....
It does work if you set it for 1 minute later and just wait, but if you leave it, something happens which makes it not go off.
Somebody was saying something about programs that could cause this, but I don't have ANY lock screen widgets..... Is that even possible? I don't have widget locker installed.
The programs/services that were running last night / shown by Wheres my droid power (app). This was a long 2 minutes.
Nexus Revamped pro
Nova Launcher
Switchpro Widget
System UI
Switfkey 3
Light Manager
HD Widgets
S Suggest
Falcon for Twitter
Facebook
Phone
Twitter
Slideshow
Youtube
TWDVfsapp
Beautiful Widgets
BadgeProvider
BatterWidget Reborn
Viber
SwipePad
Wheres my droid power
Temp+CPU PRO
com.sec.android.app.FlashBarServ
Messaging
ContextProvider
Samsung Push Service
Maps
BBC News
Poweramp
LogsProvider
Contacts
Email
Nfc Service
SysScope
Hill Climb Racing
S Note
BetterBatteryStats
Google Account Manager
Advanced Task Manager Pro
Resources Provider
SmartcardService
com.android.smspush
Enterprise VPN Services
Enterprise Syscrope Service
App Lock
SwipePad
Messenger
Wizz Widget
Stock Daemon(EUR)
MapServiceSamsung
SuperSU
Maps
Google+
Google Play Store
WhatsApp
Kaspersky Mobile Security
Clock
Exchange Services
Software update
S Voice
Package installed
Simple alarm clock
MTP Application
Google Search
Remote Controls
Allshare play
Learning Hub
Video Hub
Gallery
Package Access Helper
S Planner
Help
Titanium Backup
Samsung Backup
Settings
My Story
Factory Mode
Battery Monitor Widget Pro
Allshare play
DSMLawmo
Where's my droid
AvrcpServiceSamsung
Google play services
Calendar Storage
GlanceViewMK
Samsung Account
Google Partner Set up
Favorite Apps
MusicFX
SecPhone
SamsungAppsUNA2
Key Chain
Task Manager
Swipepad
Remote Controls
Capability Manager Service
No other alarms applications are installed either.
Please help as I just got my old iPhone 4 to use as my alarm (Airplane Mode). Really want to get this problem fixed. Can't stand using the iPhone as my alarm.
Also my phone is on stock Touch Wiz 4.1.1 - Rooted. And I use Nova Launcher Prime 2.0
It's understandable why some people just stick with basic iPhones now!

Has nobody experienced this sort of issue? Alarm has always gone off?

[Q] My eMail won't sync (yes, I have the sync box checked)

Can anybody tell me why my eMail won't sync? In the email app itself, the box has a green check mark next to auto-sync. I can check and refresh and it does sync then, but I won't automatically receive messages
HOWEVER, if I go to settings>accounts>email, it says "sync is disabled." If I hit "sync all" or try to individually sync it, it won't stay enabled. This leads me to believe one the of the following programs or a combination of a couple are responsible for it not doing what it's supposed to.
AllShare Cast 1.0
AllShare Play 1.0.1983
AllShare Service 1.0.0
AVrcpServiceSamsung 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Bluetooth share 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Bubbles 1.0
Calculator 1.0
Calendar widget 1.0
CapabilityManagerService 2.4.0 (Popups when headphone jack used)
ChatON 1.10.4
ChocoEukor 1.0
Clock (digital) 1.0
Clock (digital) 1.0
Clock (funky) 1.0
Clock (modern) 1.0
com.samsung.app.playreadyui 1.0.0
com.samsung.InputEventApp 1.0.0
com.sec.android.app.wfdbroker 1.0.0
Deep sea 1.0
DirectShareManager 2.0.3
Downloads 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7 **There are two APKs with this name; only remove the one that is a GUI for the browser's downloading. If you are unclear which is which, leave both installed**
DRM Protected Content Storage 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Dual clock (analog) 1.0
Dual clock (digital) 1.0
Dual clock (digital) 1.0
Enterprise SysScope Service 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Enterprise VPS Services 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Enterprise Permissions 1.0
Face Unlock 4.1.1-438695
Favorite apps 1.0
Favorite Contacts 1.1
Flipboard 1.9.6
FWUpgrade 1.2.0 (Upgrade client for AllShare app)
Game Hub 2.1.0
Gmail 4.1.2
Google Bookmarks Sync 4.1.1-438695
Google Play Books 2.5.83
Google Play Magazines 1.0
Google Play Movies & TV 2.0.21
Google Play Music 4.3.606.400990
Google Search 1.0
Google+ 3.1.1.32879387
Help 1.0
Helv Neue S 1.0
HTML Viewer 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Internet 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7 (Stock Browser)
Kies air 2.1.209281
Kies via Wi-Fi 2.0.0
Live wallpaper picker 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Luminous dots 1.0
MAPServiceSamsung 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Market Feedback Agent 4.1.1-438695
Media Hub 1.6.0(LI0D, 1107480)
Mobile print 1.6.1.0803
More Services 1.0
Music Hub 30.2012.10.01.22
News Daemon(EUR) 120911.01
Nfc Service 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
NFC Test 1.0.0
OmaDrmPopup 1.0
Phase beam 1.0
Photo wall 1.0
Picasa Uploader 1.1.40000
Pickup Tutorial 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Polaris Viewer 4.1.4.1.4209.11
Remote Controls 4.30
RoseEUKor 1.0
S Memo 12.02.07.4816
S Memo 12.02.07.4816
S Suggest 3.2.47
S Voice 10.0
Search Applications Provider 41.1-L710VPBLJ7
Samsung account 1.3.019
Samsung Apps 2.8.026
Samsung Backup 1.0
Samsung Backup Provider 1.1
Samsung Browser SyncAdapter 1.0
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter 1.0
Samsung Cloud Data Relay 1.4.10r7
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter 1.0
Samsung keyboard 1.0
Samsung Push Service 1.1.2
Samsung SMemo SyncAdapter 1.0
Samsung Syncadapters 2.1.5
Samsung TTS
SamsungAppsUNA2 2.0.35
SASlideShow 1.0
Setup Wizard 1.3
ShareShotService 1.0
SIM Toolkiet 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Simple alarm clock 1.0
Smart Device Manager 3.3.2
SmartcardService 2.3.2
SNS 1.1.0
Sprint Zone 4.1.14
Stock Daemon(EUR) 120917.01
SysScope 1.1.15
Tags 1.1
Talk 4.1.1-438695
TalkBack 3.1.1_r68
Try panning 1.0
USB settings 1.0 (Kies.apk)
VPN Client 2.6.1
VpnDialogs 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7
Wallet 1.5-R81-v4
Weather Daemon 120905.01
Weather Widget 121002.01
Weather Widget Main 120917.01
Wi-Fi Direct 1.0
Wi-Fi Direct share 1.0
Windy weather 1.0
Yahoo! Finance 120917.01
Yahoo! News 12.10.08.02
Those are the the programs I froze using Titanium back-up....well, most of them. I left Google talk unfrozen (so my talk-to-text works), Samsung TTS, Google Wallet and one or two others that I can't immediately recall. I got that list from this thread that's dead and nobody looks at or replies to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913428
Anybody know how to fix this? I tried individually turning one on that appeared to be obvious, like Samsung sync adapter, and trying to sync and it still stays disabled. I need my emails

Enterprise is the only of those that have anything to do with email, unfreeze those and try again...

Didn't work...it still does the same thing as far as me hitting the sync all button and each account still says sync is disabled. It retrieves messages at that moment, but it doesn't gather the messages unless I manually check or sync. I even restarted my phone.

Remove the account, then readd it and try it... if it still don't work I don't have a clue... is it a gmail account and what app?

Is the auto sync option on the phone itself tired on?
Transmitted with a portable device using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2

It's a work email account using imap and the other is a school account, also imap.
It worked fine before I clean wiped my phone. I clean wiped it because it was getting super slow and unresponsive. I backed up my programs obviously and re-installed them via ti back-up. However, I didn't freeze NEARLY as many programs until I found that thread. Phone runs awesome now, but that's really the only gripe I have.
Again, through the email client, it says autosync is on. however, through setting>accounts>email it won't enable the sync. It will sync momentarily, but then turn back off/disable itself. It won't stay enabled.

Is it only the email sync that's turning off our all sync? If it is all sync, it might be one of the frozen apps that's causing the sync to turn off.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

topherk said:
Is it only the email sync that's turning off our all sync? If it is all sync, it might be one of the frozen apps that's causing the sync to turn off.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
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It's only the email sync. I know the other syncs work cause if I sync my Facebook, I still get those notifications.

Have you tried clearing data + cache, removing your account, and then adding it again?

[Q] Disable Startup Processes/Applications for Battery's-sake

Hey everyone,
A couple of inquiries...
Startup Processes/Applications
I am looking for a list of processes/applications that have descriptions so I can determine if I can disable them or not. I can't seen to find anything useful and wondered if there was anything out there. I am currently using Startup Manager (Free) to disable the apps. Any ideas?
I am sticking with the default TMo ROM for now. I don't see a big need to move. I have it configured how I was, for now, and I'd rather not do that all over again. The only option I would consider is a move to a bare bones TMo ROM or something like that with most of the bloat out of there.
Freshly Rooted... sort of
I've got my TMo Samsung Galaxy S3 w/ Android 4.3 freshly rooted yesterday. The process wasn't as smooth as I would have liked but for the most part it worked. I had downloaded CF-Auto-Root and use ODIN to transfer the CF-Auto-Root-d2tmo-d2tmo-sght999.tar.md5 file and using SuperUser.zip. I had run into KNOX issues and these were only fixed until after I allowed "Unknown Sources" (under Settings > More > Security) to install the superuser.apk manually to bypass KNOX. Rebooting, SuperUser still doesn't start with the 'stopped' message. So then I have to go through the process again to allow "Unknown Sources" and reinstall the APK. Any ideas?
Also, I've been able to allow some apps to work, whilst others don't seem to work. For instance, I've tried to use Boot Animation * Root to change the Boot Animation, that seems to have an issue changing the file(s). Also, in ES File Explorer, I can't change system\bin\gsiff_daemon to help lower the Android OS process to use less power. Any ideas?
This is an awesome community and I'm glad to start being a part of it.
Thanks,
Johnathan

Thus far I'm down to about 1% drain an hour, what I've done...
Hey guys,
So, I've been continuing to research and change things to get the battery drain lessened. I am about down to 1% drain per hour if left alone. This is what I've done, any further suggestions would be appreciated:
Turned down the display to the lowest setting unless I needed it higher.
Turned off any Live Wallpapers... just using a black background.
With all the stuff on the screen, I can't see it anyway.
CPU Tuner Profiles
Screen On
Governor = Full Speed
Max Freq = 1512
Min Freq = 594 (Now my phone is more responsive when using it.)
All other settings = leave unchanged​
Screen Off
Governor = Save Battery
Max Freq = 486
Min Freq = 486 (One option higher than the lowest setting (384) so it wakes up quicker.)
All other settings = leave unchanged​
WifiScheduler
Power On Daily = 0100
Power Off Daily = 0700
This allows radio comms drain to be lessened since it is using local WiFi. Plus any updates are downloaded.​
Disabled Background Wifi Scanning
Settings > Connection > WiFi > Menu > Advanced > Always allow scanning = unchecked​
Startup Manager (Free)
Disabled User Apps
Aldiko
Amazon MP3
Authenticator
Carbon
Dolphin Browser
Dropbox
Dropsync
Evernote
Facebook
Groupon
HeyZap
iHeartRadio
MortPlayer Audio Books
Pandora
Pry-Fi
Skype
T-Mobile My Account​
Disabled System Apps via Startup Manager Free and Turned Off via Application Manager
(Some are duplicated names so I figured they all could go under the same list.)
Basic Daydreams
Best Face
Bluetooth Share
Bubbles
CapabilityManagerService
ChatOn
Clock(All Widgets)
com.sec.android.allshare.framework
Deep Sea
DirectShareManager
Dual Clock (All Widgets)
EpsonPrintService
Face Unlock
Favorite Apps
Favorite Contacts
Flipboard
Google Partner Setup
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Search
Google Search (Widget)
Google+
Group Play
Hangouts
HP Print Service Plugin
KNOX
Knox Notification Manager
Luninous dots
Mobile print
MobileLife
MobileLife Contacts
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend
Nearby devices
Network Location
News Daemon
PageBuddyNotiSvc
Paper Artist
Phase Beam
Photo Screensavers
Photo Wall
Picasa Uploader
Polaris Viewer
S Memo
S Suggest
Samsung Account
Samsung Apps
Samsung Books
Samsung Browser SyncAdapter
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Cloud Quota
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter
Samsung Games
Samsung Keyboard
Samsung Link
Samsung Link (Yes, this shows up twice.)
Samsung Music
Samsung Print Service
Samsung Push Service
Samsung SMemo SyncAdapter
Samsung Syncadapoters
Samsung Video
SamsungAppsUNA2
SmartcardManager
Smartcard Service
Stock Daemon(EUR)
T-Mobile My Account
T-Mobile Name ID
T-Mobile TV
TalkBack
Weather Daemon (EUR)
Weather Widget
Weather Widget Main
WFDS Print Service Plugin
Wifi Direct
Wifi Direct Share
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! News​
As an added benefit, it also charges faster.
My next step is to see if I can reduce the power used by the attenae to reduce consumption there as well.
Anyone else have any ideas?
Thanks,
Johnathan

Perhaps you should go through De-Bloating. De-Bloat is a process where you remove manufacturer added unnecessory programs and recover space and Battery life.
Here's one of several Guides on programs that you don't need to keep.
Once the un-needed programs are removed, you can remove from startup among those remaining.

johnathanamber said:
Anyone else have any ideas?
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Greenify works wonders for me, both on my S3 and my Xoom. It's not your average battery saving app, it "hibernates" apps that you choose when they're not active, instead of keeping them in memory, which helps keep your phone fast over time, as well as saving battery. After just a couple hours, my Xoom used to be bogged down and it would turn into a battery hog, and I thought it was just because of how old it is. But since I installed Greenify, it's almost as fast as the day I got it, and the battery life is even better than that. Also, I use the BootManager Xposed mod to disable start-up apps, dunno how it compares to the app you're using, but you might wanna check it out. Good luck.
Edit: Also, as far as root goes, I believe there's 5 or 6 different apps you have to remove/freeze to stop Knox. You might try flashing a de-Knoxed stock ROM, that'd almost surely get rid of your root problems.

Doing Better.
Hey everyone,
As a continual work to improve battery life on my SGS3, I've decided to uninstall as many apps can I can on my rooted stock rom. Who knew that by removing extra Google apps would improve battery life!
Recently uninstalled:
Google Goggles
Google Text-to-Speech
Google Translate
Google Voice
SCouldStarter
(Others but I don't remember what they were.)
Turned off:
Basic Daydreams
Best Face
Bubbles
CapabilityManagerService
ChatOn
Clock(All Widgets)
com.sec.android.allshare.framework
Deep Sea
DirectShareManager
Dual Clock (All Widgets)
EpsonPrintService
Face Unlock
Favorite Apps
Favorite Contacts
Flipboard
Google Partner Setup
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Search
Google Search (Widget)
Google+
Group Play
Hangouts
HP Print Service Plugin
Luninous dots
Mobile print
MobileLife
MobileLife Contacts
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend
Network Location
PageBuddyNotiSvc
Paper Artist
Phase Beam
Photo Screensavers
Photo Wall
Picasa Uploader
Polaris Viewer
S Suggest
Samsung Account
Samsung Apps
Samsung Books
Samsung Browser SyncAdapter
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Cloud Quota
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter
Samsung Games
Samsung Link
Samsung Music
Samsung Print Service
Samsung Push Service
Samsung SMemo SyncAdapter
Samsung Syncadapoters
Samsung Video
SamsungAppsUNA2
Stock Daemon(EUR)
T-Mobile My Account
T-Mobile Name ID
T-Mobile TV
TalkBack
Weather Widget
Weather Widget Main
WFDS Print Service Plugin
Wifi Direct
Wifi Direct Share
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! News
I also have an app that will auto-kill apps when I turn the phone screen on. Don't remember which one it is though, I think it is Android Tuner Free... I also use Startup Manager Free to disable apps during startup.
About that application reference, where are the APKs stored and if you simply remove them using a file explorer, does that stop it from running and 'uninstall' it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35103966&postcount=2
With the above done, my phone boots from start to finish in 58 seconds (According to Startup Manager Free and that's down by about 28 seconds from previous reboots using the same app.) and it is much more responsive as one would expect with less running in the background.
Updated my 2nd post list of Turned Off apps.

Could anyone let me know which of the below items are safe to disable. The below are the pre-installed applications:
Calender
Calender Storage
ConfigUpdater
Contacts Storage
Gallery
Google Contacts Sync
Google One Time Init.
Google Partner Setup
Google Play services
Google Services Framework
Media Storage
MusicFX
Omcap
Android System
Atci_service
Cell Broadcasts
SIM Toolkit

Safe apps to debloat SPH-L520

Since there is no custom recovery available for the sprint s4 mini, I looked for rooting method achieved that. But I could not find a list of apps safe to remove.
Has anyone seen, or know where to find a way to get this phone running as close to bare minimum as possible?
Sent from my SPH-L520 using Tapatalk

I have not rooted my S4 mini SGH-I257M [Canadian edition] so i cannot delete any of the built in apps, but the phone does have an option to Disable most of them. This is the same as the TurnedOff on other editions. I have disabled these ...
BlurbCheckout
ChatON
Dropbox
Dropbox00BE
Flipboard
Google Text-to-speech Engine
Google+
Hangouts
S Voice
Samsung Books
Samsung Link
Samsung WatchON
TripAdvisor
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! News
100%HDGames
EpsonPrintService
Gmail
GooglePlayBooks
GooglePlayGames
GooglePlayMagazines
GooglePlayMovies
GooglePlayMusic
HPPrintService
PicasaUploader
S Translator
SamsungPrintService
StoryAlbum
StoryAlbumWidget
Adapt Sound - 80.00 KB
Briefing - 4.00 KB
Downloads - 4.00 KB
Google Calndar Sync
Group Play
POLARIS Office Viewer 5
S Memo
S Note Provider
S Planner widget
Samsung Apps Widget
Samsung Backup Provider
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapt..
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter
Samsung Push Service
Samsung SBrowser Bookmark..
Samsung SBrowser Tab SyncA
Samsung SNote SyncAdapter
Samsung Syncadapters
SNS
Weather Widget