[Q] Blinkfeed removal - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have removed the Blinkfeed screen from the left screens as it is an annoyance to me.
It is obviously still there as when I check power usage it is the 2nd highest pull with 17% usage. Within the power screens it gives me the option to uninstall.
Is it safe to remove Blinkfeed as it appears to be installed as a system app?
HTC sites says: Important: Most of the preloaded apps cannot be uninstalled.

Blinkfeed is the name of the Sense launcher, which is why it's still using cpu/battery. I imagine if you remove that apk without installing another launcher first, you're gonna be pretty screwed.
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craig0r said:
Blinkfeed is the name of the Sense launcher, which is why it's still using cpu/battery. I imagine if you remove that apk without installing another launcher first, you're gonna be pretty screwed.
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Makes sense...
I force closed it with no detriment but am not willing to have to reflash my phone if it goes tits up as they say

grentuu said:
Makes sense...
I force closed it with no detriment but am not willing to have to reflash my phone if it goes tits up as they say
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I just tried that too and then immediately hit the "home" button, and my home screen had to repopulate the widgets and icons, so I think that pretty much confirms it's a bad idea. You could always install another launcher (I like Nova) and then freeze the Blinkfeed launcher with Titanium Backup. Then if you don't like the results, just unfreeze it.
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yea i found this out the hard way.. wasnt thinking when i was using TB to remove system apps, wiped Blinkfeed and phone just displayed a black screen with the Nav bar at the bottom
you can however delete the page to the left of the home screen to remove blinkfeed

craig0r said:
I just tried that too and then immediately hit the "home" button, and my home screen had to repopulate the widgets and icons, so I think that pretty much confirms it's a bad idea. You could always install another launcher (I like Nova) and then freeze the Blinkfeed launcher with Titanium Backup. Then if you don't like the results, just unfreeze it.
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Thanks.
I decided to go to GPE Conversion. Blinkfeed was too much of a drain plus I love the Google number look up so Blinkfeed is no longer a problem

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TJDuckett said:
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ReAlives said:
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fknc said:
Perhaps there is a launcher setting to allow the app to persist in memory? Phone might be killing the task after a long period of inactivity, causing problems when relaunching in the form of redraws.
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