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Applications Safe To Remove

If you find applications which are safe to remove from the ROM, please post them here, along with what functionality is lost, including which "app" as it shows in the drawer, gets removed.
I will try to compile a big list in uniform format later on. Please only post if you have actually tested it.
Spreadsheet Of Applications Removable

I have removed all the hub apps social hub,music hub,game hub, etc using root explorer method I can confirm that it is safe to remove these with no problems system/apps is where they are.

would love a full list of this, i think this is going to be a commonly asked question. i'm still not 100% what i should be getting rid off

I've frozen or removed all of the above and AP Mobile, Yahoo finance, AccuWeather, Buddies now and Video maker with no issues using AntTek App Manager.

Analog clock
Bookstore
Buddies now
Choko EUkor
Days
Digital clock
Dlna
Dual clock
Email widget
Factory test
FTC
FTM
FTS
Gallery 3d
Genie
Gmail
Google feedback
HelNeue
Installflash
Kies
Kobo
Livewalls
Maps
Memo
Microbes
Minidiary
Mobileprint
Mtpapp
Musiccodp
Polarisoffice
PostIt
Pressreader
Samsungs apps
Samsung widgets
Secretwalls
Shareapp
Sns (facebook)
Social hub
Soundplayer (can give some bugs)
Speech recorder
STK
Street
Swype
Talk
Tasks
Touchwiz
Trimapp
TW cal and walls
Videoeditor
Voice recorder
Voice search
Voice to go
Toutube
Zinio
All tested and give no fc but some functionality lost

DocRambone said:
Analog clock
Bookstore
Buddies now
Choko EUkor
Days
Digital clock
Dlna
Dual clock
Email widget
Factory test
FTC
FTM
FTS
Gallery 3d
Genie
Gmail
Google feedback
HelNeue
Installflash
Kies
Kobo
Livewalls
Maps
Memo
Microbes
Minidiary
Mobile print
Mtpapp
Musiccodp
Polarisoffice
PostIt
Pressreader
Samsungs apps
Samsung widgets
Secretwalls
Shareapp
Sns (facebook)
Social hub
Soundplayer (can give some bugs)
Speech recorder
STK
Street
Swype
Talk
Tasks
Touchwiz
Trimapp
TW cal and walls
Videoeditor
Voice recorder
Voice search
Voice to go
Toutube
Zinio
All tested and give no fc but some functionality lost
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Tak tak jag mor bra?

DocRambone said:
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what sort of functionality loss this you notice? Can you please tell us, i'm planing to get rid of most of stock apps when i get the phone but like to know what will be affected.

So.
Being a new android user, I messed around with my phone without a full understanding of what would happen if i uninstalled a core application. I assumed incorrectly that Titanium Backup would allow me to reinstall applications, and then uninstalled the stock clock application thinking that it was one of the many clock widgets.
Could someone upload their stock Clock application apk here, or advise me as to how I can restore the stock clock without having to flash the original ROM?

Do you mean this apk?
i'm no expert either but if its the one you deleted then pushing it back via adb should do the trick.

Here are some I'm not sure about (some seem obvious) and would like clarification on what they do and if they're ok to remove:
chocoEUKor
com.orange.authentication.simcard.permission (is this specific to the Orange carrier?)
com.samsung.app.playreadyui
com.samsung.InputEventApp
com.sec.android.app.lcdtest
com.sec.android.app.screencapture (is this a built in one like LG?)
com.sec.android.app.smtsetup
com.sec.android.providers.downloads
Crash Notifier
DataCreate
EncryptApp
Error
Factory Test
Google Partner Setup
IMEITracker (is this the samsung tracking app?)
LogsProvider
MobileTracker
PCWDevice
PhoneUtil
PopupuiReceiver
Preconfig
Samsung account
Self Test Mode
Serial Number Read/Write
Service mode
Setup wizard
Share App
SyncmIDS
Wi-Fi sharing (only needed for hotspot?)
wipeoutreceiver
wlantest
wssyncmlnps

IN RED THE APPS THAT I REMOVED IN GALAXY S Without losing functionality.
AGAIN SGS I
TheMathMan said:
Here are some I'm not sure about (some seem obvious) and would like clarification on what they do and if they're ok to remove:
chocoEUKor (Choco font)
com.orange.authentication.simcard.permission (is this specific to the Orange carrier?)
com.samsung.app.playreadyui
com.samsung.InputEventApp (Deleted it no harm)
com.sec.android.app.lcdtest (LCD Test via phone *#*# secret codes)
com.sec.android.app.screencapture (is this a built in one like LG?) (Screencapture if you don't use it you can remove it)
com.sec.android.app.smtsetup
com.sec.android.providers.downloads
Crash Notifier
DataCreate (Important for each boat without it you will get into boat loop)
EncryptApp (didn't result in any harm)
Error
Factory Test (Another Test via phone *#*# secret codes)
Google Partner Setup
IMEITracker (is this the samsung tracking app?) (NO IDEA, DIDNT HAVE THIS SGS)
LogsProvider (lots of force closes if you delete)
MobileTracker (no harm was done when deleted)
PCWDevice
PhoneUtil
PopupuiReceiver
Preconfig
Samsung account (Pretty useless why would I need to sign in in my galaxy s?)
Self Test Mode (Another Test via phone *#*# secret codes)
Serial Number Read/Write
Service mode
Setup wizard (Setup Wizard for first boat)
Share App
SyncmIDS
Wi-Fi sharing (only needed for hotspot?)
wipeoutreceiver (remote wipe by samsung ?)
wlantest (Another Test via phone *#*# secret codes)
wssyncmlnps
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Anyway to remove the Agenda widget? Can't find that anywhere in Titanium...

I think its part of one of the calendar listings. One is the set of widgets and one is the calendar app. Whatever one doesn't have "open" available when you click on it is the set of Widgets.
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Sorry this might sound stupid, but how do you remove the default apps (eg Yahoo finance)
I have a rooted, Galaxy S2 on generic firmware (initially O2 branded). I have root explorer installed

iOStoAndroid said:
Sorry this might sound stupid, but how do you remove the default apps (eg Yahoo finance)
I have a rooted, Galaxy S2 on generic firmware (initially O2 branded). I have root explorer installed
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Titanium Backup is what I use. Filter by system apps and either uninstall or freeze.
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Thanks
TheMathMan said:
Titanium Backup is what I use. Filter by system apps and either uninstall or freeze.
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great thanks

YES Titanium Backup seems to work fantastic, i just freeze tbh as i guess it same effect as uninstalling? but you can choose to defrost kinda cool

TheMathMan said:
I think its part of one of the calendar listings. One is the set of widgets and one is the calendar app. Whatever one doesn't have "open" available when you click on it is the set of Widgets.
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Yeah, already got rid of the "other" calendar, but the widget option is still there. Odd!

TheMathMan said:
com.orange.authentication.simcard.permission (is this specific to the Orange
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im on voda and have that on my phone o.o

Crucio_ said:
im on voda and have that on my phone o.o
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Yeah. I'm not Orange either. Unlocked handset.
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Removing stock apks

Will anybody offer expert advice regarding the pros and cons of uninstalling the following apks in Note 2.If doing so, will it anyway improve the performance?The apks are listed below.
All share cast, All share cast Dongle spl, All share play, All share service, Bubbles, ChatON, Choco EU Kor, Deep sea, Flipboard, Game Hub, Google Play Books, Google Play Magazines, Google+, Group Play, Luminous dots, Phasebeam, Picasa Uploader, Polaris Viewer, Ripple wall, Rose EU Kor, Samsung Apps, Samsung AppsUNA2, Talk, Windy weather, Yahoo Finance , Yahoo News, Google Play Music & Chrome.
Waiting with thanks in advance..

I don't think removing all these will make your device fly
If any battery monitor showing any of these application draining juice then you can remove/disable.
Truly speaking i have all these and neither of it even records 0.1% juice at end of the day unless i have used that application.
Now if you saying about RAM, Android itself have inbuilt LMK (low memory killing)mechanism, whenever it needs RAM, it will remove unused application from background.
If still you needs more RAM (Cosmetically) you can find option in development option in setting to limit application number in background, though i can't say weather it will be helpful to save juice or raise performance.

dr.ketan said:
I don't think removing all these will make your device fly
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Exactly!
XDA effect! Phone, SMS, Email..... all are bloat anyway

pnsdhrn said:
Will anybody offer expert advice regarding the pros and cons of uninstalling the following apks in Note 2.If doing so, will it anyway improve the performance?The apks are listed below.
All share cast, All share cast Dongle spl, All share play, All share service, Bubbles, ChatON, Choco EU Kor, Deep sea, Flipboard, Game Hub, Google Play Books, Google Play Magazines, Google+, Group Play, Luminous dots, Phasebeam, Picasa Uploader, Polaris Viewer, Ripple wall, Rose EU Kor, Samsung Apps, Samsung AppsUNA2, Talk, Windy weather, Yahoo Finance , Yahoo News, Google Play Music & Chrome.
Waiting with thanks in advance..
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Instead of removing these, use Titanium Backup (you must be rooted) or similar to freeze them instead. Why? Sometimes you need them, and when you do you'll wish you hadn't uninstalled them completely. Also, a lot of the built-in application reside in the system partition, so removing them isn't going to get you any more storage space. What you really want to do is stop them from loading into RAM and hogging space if you don't use them at all. Freezing (i.e., disabling) them should do this. At the very least they won't run in the background and eat battery.
Also, some other apps/system services may link to these and if you uninstall them suddenly the system stops working the way it should (be especially careful of Samsung apps). When that happens you may need them to get the system back to where it should be. Unfreezing is a lot easier than trying to find them online or in a backup.
Finally -- before you do anything, backup, backup, backup.
mudge

dr.ketan said:
I don't think removing all these will make your device fly
Oh! Dr., you are here too! I thought of not pestering you with stealing your precious time by my frequent asking of these type unnecessary questions.However your answer is quite relevant and I value it and also follow it.So thanks a lot this time also.
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iCurmudgeon said:
Instead of removing these, use Titanium Backup
Finally -- before you do anything, backup, backup, backup.
mudge
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Thank you very much.

Don't forget about Greenify, easy to use yet powerful.
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Well I remove quite a bit out of my system/app folder and I see my android system battery usage drop significantly during the day, so I can't say it won't help as long as you don't use those items.
However all the things you listed are OK to remove, but I do recommend making a backup of the app folder at least. Ideally do a whole nandroid backup first.
When removing them, be sure to delete the apk and the odex file for the respected apk.
There's also alot more you can delete without losing much on the phone besides NFC which I never use anyway.

Lol i remove all system apps from samsung (except the snote, calendar etc.,) so far everything is fine

[Q] Zooper Widget Problems

So I just bought zooper widget pro and I'm not sure if I'm missing something or what but I've tried adding a couple different music widgets and it seems that they don't work... I've tried apollo and google play music apps and neither work... Am I missing a setting somewhere or something? Appreciate the help!

fatmando2 said:
So I just bought zooper widget pro and I'm not sure if I'm missing something or what but I've tried adding a couple different music widgets and it seems that they don't work... I've tried apollo and google play music apps and neither work... Am I missing a setting somewhere or something? Appreciate the help!
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For a lot of the Zooper and UCCW widgets you need this app to be able to use the Music widgets:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.batescorp.notificationmediacontrols.alpha.

zooper widget problems
You can try to return to the store and require the exchange for the new one.

APK X Original APP
Hello there! I'm from Brazil.
I always loved to customize my Galaxy S3 home screen. I have always been using UCCW.
I have always heard about Zooper Widget, but have never tried. Then I did it... And realiazed how I was wasting time with UCCW.
Zooper is, by far, much more customizable, it is easier and faster as well.
So I decided to purchase the Pro version, but a few days ago, the banks here in Brazil were not approving the credit card international purchases in Google Play Store, because the prices were in Reais (Brazil's currency), and people were not been warned that they would be charged with some taxes.
I was really lookin forward to try the Zooper Widget Pro version. Then, for the fisrt time in my 'android life', I downloaded an APK file. And installed it...
I loved Zooper. I created so many widgets by myself... It is amazing..
Now, the credit card issue I told you above is gone. I can finally purchase the Pro version then.
Would somebody please tell me what should I do, so I won't loose all the widgets I created with the APK file I've downloaded and installed??
I tried Google Play Store, but it shows that Zooper Widget Pro is already installed.
Should I uninstall it, delete the APK, and then buy the app??
How can I restore all my widgets then??
That's it. I hope someone can help me with that.
PS: sorry if I don't make myself clear, my english is not that good.

[Q] APK File Vs. Original APP

Hello there! I'm from Brazil.
I always loved to customize my Galaxy S3 home screen. I have always been using UCCW.
I have always heard about Zooper Widget, but have never tried. Then I did it... And realiazed how I was wasting time with UCCW.
Zooper is, by far, much more customizable, it is easier and faster as well.
So I decided to purchase the Pro version, but a few days ago, the banks here in Brazil were not approving the credit card international purchases in Google Play Store, because the prices were in Reais (Brazil's currency), and people were not been warned that they would be charged with some taxes.
I was really lookin forward to try the Zooper Widget Pro version. Then, for the fisrt time in my 'android life', I downloaded an APK file. And installed it...
I loved Zooper. I created so many widgets by myself... It is amazing..
Now, the credit card issue I told you above is gone. I can finally purchase the Pro version then.
Would somebody please tell me what should I do, so I won't loose all the widgets I created with the APK file I've downloaded and installed??
I tried Google Play Store, but it shows that Zooper Widget Pro is already installed.
Should I uninstall it, delete the APK, and then buy the app??
How can I restore all my widgets then??
That's it. I hope someone can help me with that.
PS: sorry if I don't make myself clear, my english is not that good.

My suggestion would be to backup each widget, uninstall the apk, buy the play store version and then import all your widgets back. I know the app can do auto-backups but doing it also manually guarantees a backup.
There should be a save in the upper-right hand corner of each widget config.

Thanks man... I will try that...

thanks, really helpfull

Disabling system apps and bloatware list anyone?

Im looking for a list of standard system apps I can disable along with any bloatware (other than the obvious Sprint apps) that I can disable. A list of recommendations or the like wound be great if anyone can point me in the right direction please.
Thanks for your time...

I would love this also - for MM 6.0.1
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I extracted the 6.0.1 update & deleted all the apps that i didnt wanted basically all sprint & some google & Samsung apps. Went from 1.78gb to 1.2gb... everything works like it supposed to...just dont know if it will have the same effect by doing it with titanium. .honestly i dont wanna find out lol...
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how did u do this and what did u delete ? Details would be nice

jglm4u said:
I extracted the 6.0.1 update & deleted all the apps that i didnt wanted basically all sprint & some google & Samsung apps. Went from 1.78gb to 1.2gb... everything works like it supposed to...just dont know if it will have the same effect by doing it with titanium. .honestly i dont wanna find out lol...
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how < and what was deleted?
details would be awesome ..

chinonj908 said:
how < and what was deleted?
details would be awesome ..
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Unzip the rom.. Go through system /apps & system/priv-apps you can pretty much tell what is what. Remove the folders you don't want (deodexed roms}
Then re zip the rom and voila!
Place the removed folders in corresponding folders on your pc so you know what you took out.
Of course you can use titanium backup to freeze apps (recommended ) and if all is well uninstall them and in the future you'll know what is safe to remove.

Great info ,thanxs
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cletusarrarr said:
how did u do this and what did u delete ? Details would be nice
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Doing the process now, once I've flashed the modified ROM and it works I'll post details. FYI, this is my first time but it seems straightforward enough.

I just took the sourced link and edited his script file to match ours it worked flawless
note: it does get rid of SFinder and QConnect bar
So edit that out if you don't want That removed.
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B37pWIqfNmDxemZrSE9LNWZwRms&export=download
Edit to your liking and make a zip with it if anyone wants i can make one for you. just send me back the edited code
Found this here: so credit to this guyfor the script he has zips but its for the international phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/recovery-zip-bloatware-guard-1-0-t2956756
I'm going to make a zip with this i'll test it and upload it if everything goes smooth!

Cool. Looking forward to your zip.
Thank You very much for taking your time to share your work.
Jack
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i was able to put together a much bigger list and successfully deleted about 550mb of junk thanks to the list, i will share the list soon, will give it a day to see how the phone performs, a few hours that ive upgraded to MM, no FC or errors so far.

cletusarrarr said:
i was able to put together a much bigger list and successfully deleted about 550mb of junk thanks to the list, i will share the list soon, will give it a day to see how the phone performs, a few hours that ive upgraded to MM, no FC or errors so far.
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awesome can't wait!
let us know how the phones battery is.

ive seen the phone battery perform worse than Lollipop, but to early to say, as ive just reflashed and wiped everything, plus had pulled the battery a few times, so it needs calibration, overall seems more responsive, the new animations are really nice, GoodLock is the cherry on the cake, makes i tfeel like a brand new phone.
My list is a cocktail of the note 4 lollipop list above and some s7 and s7e , s6 bloatware list , since the core remains the same , figured it should work and it seems like it has .

This is the list that i have used, all seems well so far , just trying to have the email app configured, it isnt picking up settings, rest all seems fine, pls note when rebuilding the zip, leave compression to support old devices, if you use tooo high a compression , the phone would not be able to unpack, i had this issue the first time around.
The file under etc folder takes off the persistent S finder bar under notifications
Code:
Directory \System\app
AASAservice
AccuweatherPhone2014_T_MMR
AdvSoundDetector
AllShareCastPlayer
AllshareFileShare
AllshareFileShareClient
AllshareFileShareServer
AllshareMediaServer
AllshareMediaShare
AntHalService
ANTPlusPlugins
ANTPlusTest
ANTRadioService
BasicDreams
BBCAgent
BCService
BeaconManager_40
BeamService
BluetoothTest
Books
Chrome
ChromeCustomizations
CoolEUKor
DriveLink
DriveLinkRemote
Dropbox
Evernote
Facebook_latest
FactoryCameraFB
FBAppManager
FBInstagram_stub
FBMessenger_stub
FBPagesManager_stub
Flipboard
FlipboardBriefing
FunAndGames
GearManagerStub
GoogleTTS
InteractiveKeyguardTutorial
InteractiveTutorial
MirrorLink
MobilePrintSvc_Samsung
Newsstand
Personalization
Post_T_Promo
PreloadInstaller
QuickConnect_30
RoseEUKor
SafetyInformation
SamsungAppsWidget_BannerStyle_common
SamsungContentsAgent
SamsungTTS
SapaAudioConnectionService
SapaMonitor
SBrowser_4_LATEST
SmartcardService
SnsImageCache
talkback
Videos
WfdBroker_MUPG
WhatsAppDownloader
WritingBuddyService3
YouTube
Directory \System\priv-app
AutomationTest_FB
BackupRestoreConfirmation
CallLogBackup
CarrierConfig
CloudAgent
ConfigUpdater
CSC
DCMProvider
DiagMonAgent
DirectShareManager
FBInstaller
FotaAgent
GoogleBackupTransport
GoogleFeedback
GoogleOneTimeInitializer
GooglePartnerSetup
HancomOfficeEditor
Hearingdro_V4
HwModuleTest
KeyguardWallpaperUpdator
LocationWidget_M
MagicShot_WQHD_T
OmaCP
PhaseBeam
PhoneErrService
RNB
RNBShell
S-Voice_Android_phone
SamsungBilling
SamsungLinkPlatform
SamsungMagnifier
Samsungservice2_xxxhdpi_zero
sCloudBackupAppMOSUpgrade
SCloudService
Scrapbook
SNS_v2
SOAgent
SoundAlive_31_M
Tag
TransmitPowerService
UcsPinpad
Velvet
VoiceNote4T
VRSetupWizardStub
/system/etc
com.sec.feature.findo.xml
p.s. email app worked just fine after a couple of tries a little later , perhaps issues with my exchange server. so all good so far, 0 issues.

cletusarrarr said:
This is the list that i have used, all seems well so far , just trying to have the email app configured, it isnt picking up settings, rest all seems fine, pls note when rebuilding the zip, leave compression to support old devices, if you use tooo high a compression , the phone would not be able to unpack, i had this issue the first time around.
The file under etc folder takes off the persistent S finder bar under notifications
Code:
Directory \System\app
AASAservice
AccuweatherPhone2014_T_MMR
AdvSoundDetector
AllShareCastPlayer
AllshareFileShare
AllshareFileShareClient
AllshareFileShareServer
AllshareMediaServer
AllshareMediaShare
AntHalService
ANTPlusPlugins
ANTPlusTest
ANTRadioService
BasicDreams
BBCAgent
BCService
BeaconManager_40
BeamService
BluetoothTest
Books
Chrome
ChromeCustomizations
CoolEUKor
DriveLink
DriveLinkRemote
Dropbox
Evernote
Facebook_latest
FactoryCameraFB
FBAppManager
FBInstagram_stub
FBMessenger_stub
FBPagesManager_stub
Flipboard
FlipboardBriefing
FunAndGames
GearManagerStub
GoogleTTS
InteractiveKeyguardTutorial
InteractiveTutorial
MirrorLink
MobilePrintSvc_Samsung
Newsstand
Personalization
Post_T_Promo
PreloadInstaller
QuickConnect_30
RoseEUKor
SafetyInformation
SamsungAppsWidget_BannerStyle_common
SamsungContentsAgent
SamsungTTS
SapaAudioConnectionService
SapaMonitor
SBrowser_4_LATEST
SmartcardService
SnsImageCache
talkback
Videos
WfdBroker_MUPG
WhatsAppDownloader
WritingBuddyService3
YouTube
Directory \System\priv-app
AutomationTest_FB
BackupRestoreConfirmation
CallLogBackup
CarrierConfig
CloudAgent
ConfigUpdater
CSC
DCMProvider
DiagMonAgent
DirectShareManager
FBInstaller
FotaAgent
GoogleBackupTransport
GoogleFeedback
GoogleOneTimeInitializer
GooglePartnerSetup
HancomOfficeEditor
Hearingdro_V4
HwModuleTest
KeyguardWallpaperUpdator
LocationWidget_M
MagicShot_WQHD_T
OmaCP
PhaseBeam
PhoneErrService
RNB
RNBShell
S-Voice_Android_phone
SamsungBilling
SamsungLinkPlatform
SamsungMagnifier
Samsungservice2_xxxhdpi_zero
sCloudBackupAppMOSUpgrade
SCloudService
Scrapbook
SNS_v2
SOAgent
SoundAlive_31_M
Tag
TransmitPowerService
UcsPinpad
Velvet
VoiceNote4T
VRSetupWizardStub
/system/etc
com.sec.feature.findo.xml
p.s. email app worked just fine after a couple of tries a little later , perhaps issues with my exchange server. so all good so far, 0 issues.
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My good sir, you are the real MVP. Many thanks for your hard work! Just unzipped tx's PC1 stock deodexed rom and deleting the bloatware to try it out. So after deleting, I just compress and flash with TWRP?

Kris_b1104 said:
My good sir, you are the real MVP. Many thanks for your hard work! Just unzipped tx's PC1 stock deodexed rom and deleting the bloatware to try it out. So after deleting, I just compress and flash with TWRP?
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That's correct

http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/recovery-zip-bloatware-guard-1-0-t2956756
has been updated for MM.