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My experience with Google Ears and Wallet on Bell

Hi guys,
I want to share how I tested Ears (Music Search widget) and Wallet on the Nexus phone I recently purchased directly from Google.
I live in Montreal Canada and use Bell Canada as service provider. Today I went to Bestbuy in Plattsburgh and purchased a T-Mobile SIM card with a one month 30$ prepaid unlimited data plan. I'm going next week to United States for a week vacation and I wanted to have unlimited data available on the road.
My phone is stock, not rooted or CWM installed. The idea was to see if Wallet and any other hidden apps will stay functional when I revert back to Bell SIM card. I use a VPN at home so I have access to all US services (Play Music, etc.) Google offers. After initial JB update done on Bell with VPN enabled for Wi-Fi, the Wallet was hidden and even if Music Search was listed into installed apps, it did not showed into widgets list.
Once the guy at Bestbuy activated my SIM card, I rebooted the phone and voila, Wallet and Ears popped as available. I also noticed another hidden app, Play Magazines. There is nothing fancy about it, it links to magazine subscriptions offered in Google Play.
With T-Mobile SIM card on, I configured Wallet and link it to my Google Apps account, everything worked properly:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I also tested the Music Search widget, everything worked properly.
Next, I shut down the phone and switched the SIM card to Bell. When I tried to open Wallet, I was greeted by this message:
However, the Music Search widget continued to work properly while on Bell network:
At least I got Ears working properly, without the rebooting issue others mentioned (the app will lock itself). BTW, no idea why people are referring to "unfreeze/freeze app", there is no such thing in Package Manager commands:
Code:
pm enable PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
pm disable PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
In conclusion, it sucks to be a Canuck and own a Nexus. Wallet is so awesome and we are prohibited to use it. I was reading on another Canadian mobile site that the usual "mobile" suspects (Bell, Rogers, Telus, etc.) plan create the "Mobile Wallet" app... a poor attempt to emulate Google Wallet in Canada. It will probably have a crazy ugly interface, remember the Visa one that looked like it was coded by a 5 years old kid. Anything they can do to stop users take advantage to a cool product like Google Wallet and get rich by pocketing the fees Google would otherwise.

Man I wish Google wallet was working in Canada would make things so much easier.
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Wallet fails to add money using my Canadian credit card that has a US billing address. Another "V" for canucks. :victory:
I'll buy a sandwich at McDonald's with the $10 I have not, just for kicks. Not sure I can afford a combo, heh.

Wish they would enable wallet over here in the UK, but I bet the carriers was to implement some solution of their own as always.
As far as freeze/unfreeze, that's what titanium backup called disabling applications before it could be done natively, seems the names stuck.
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veyka said:
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As far as freeze/unfreeze, that's what titanium backup called disabling applications before it could be done natively, seems the names stuck.
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How do you do it natively?
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Just wanted to share my experience with Google Ears.
I flashed yakju 4.0.2 a way back (it came with yakjuxw). 4.0.4 came via OTA and I manually flashed JB (the 4.1.1 version). The phone is only unlocked and rooted. I'm in Croatia and I've never had an issue with Google Ears. I put the widget on my screen the first day I found it and the app never froze after a reboot. Curious, huh?
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veyka said:
As far as freeze/unfreeze, that's what titanium backup called disabling applications before it could be done natively, seems the names stuck.
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Not sure what "natively" is referring to but let me see if I can expand on this comment.
Many apps come installed as part of the phone. These are called system apps. What you install are called user apps. When you go to uninstall apps, you can only remove user apps.
If you root you phone, you can take advantage of an app like Titanium Backup. One of many great function is that you can freeze or even uninstall system apps with it. It is recommended that you freeze the app first before permanently removing it. Freezing an app make is invisible to the phone, even though the files are still there. Unfreezing the app just makes it visible again.
So, you can freeze Wallet and it won't bug you, and then you can unfreeze it next time you go on vacation to USA.

There is not a lot of use for Wallet in the US at the moment, at least not with NFC. As to your $30 unlimited data plan, you realize your 4G is capped, right?

netbuzz said:
Not sure what "natively" is referring to but let me see if I can expand on this comment.
Many apps come installed as part of the phone. These are called system apps. What you install are called user apps. When you go to uninstall apps, you can only remove user apps.
If you root you phone, you can take advantage of an app like Titanium Backup. One of many great function is that you can freeze or even uninstall system apps with it. It is recommended that you freeze the app first before permanently removing it. Freezing an app make is invisible to the phone, even though the files are still there. Unfreezing the app just makes it visible again.
So, you can freeze Wallet and it won't bug you, and then you can unfreeze it next time you go on vacation to USA.
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How does "freezing" or "defrosting" work? How does Titanium do it? What property does it change in the app so that it is frozen or defrosted? I would like to be able to do this without Titanium.

efrant said:
How does "freezing" or "defrosting" work? How does Titanium do it? What property does it change in the app so that it is frozen or defrosted? I would like to be able to do this without Titanium.
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You can use adb to issue the commands OP wrote in the first post: "pm enable /system/app/GoogleEars.apk"
I think that's the syntax.
Maybe some script at boot with a kernel that supports init.d folder I assume.
Cheers!

el_charlie said:
You can use adb to issue the commands OP wrote in the first post: "pm enable /system/app/GoogleEars.apk"
I think that's the syntax.
Maybe some script at boot with a kernel that supports init.d folder I assume.
Cheers!
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Strange. I tried that with Wallet and it didn't work. I'll give it another shot. Thanks.

Billie Jean (Y)
Is there any way to get Google Ears to work in Finland? :/ somehow titanium ROM Toolbox cannot find the google music widget app so I can't unfreeze it and also Google Music Player doesn't show music information sometimes.. :/
even by using DroidVPN I can't install or update Google Ears via Google Play..

patruns said:
There is not a lot of use for Wallet in the US at the moment, at least not with NFC. As to your $30 unlimited data plan, you realize your 4G is capped, right?
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Ya, they have a 5Gb limit, if that is what you are referring to. I should "survive" with it for a week.
I don't care about download speed, I just want to be able to read my emails and use Google Now.
el_charlie said:
You can use adb to issue the commands OP wrote in the first post: "pm enable /system/app/GoogleEars.apk
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Yes, that is what I used to do on my Galaxy S2. I always used a terminal as is much easier to control and see what is going on, on your phone.
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Strange. I tried that with Wallet and it didn't work. I'll give it another shot. Thanks.
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You could also install a recent .apk, it will make the Wallet show. Then, revert the update to previous version and Wallet will remain visible. It will not work though, you will see the error popup message I posted into OP.

manumanfred said:
even by using DroidVPN I can't install or update Google Ears via Google Play.
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Do you have a link for Google Ears in Play store? I could not find it

TECK said:
Do you have a link for Google Ears in Play store? I could not find it
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No I don't have, maybe the Google Ears app was unusable because I couldn't be able to install it again, so I searched the app from google and I found it then I installed it and it works now..
I used DroidVPN to update Google Music and I deforst the google apps then I installed them again from /system/app/ but I think some of those files will be gone again when I reboot my Galaxy Nexus because once them was on my phone 2 or 3 days but then suddenly them was gone I rebooted my Nexus many times then and I installed the google apps from system/apps so I din't defrost them with any app..

manumanfred said:
I think some of those files will be gone again when I reboot my Galaxy Nexus because once them was on my phone 2 or 3 days but then suddenly them was gone I rebooted my Nexus many times then and I installed the google apps from system/apps so I din't defrost them with any app..
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Just to let you know, Music Search works properly for me even if I reboot the phone on Bell network.
There is something weird though. When I find the song, if I click on the widget it will try to open the Play Store app then move to Chrome browser instead. Does anyone else has the same issue?

TECK said:
Just to let you know, Music Search works properly for me even if I reboot the phone on Bell network.
There is something weird though. When I find the song, if I click on the widget it will try to open the Play Store app then move to Chrome browser instead. Does anyone else has the same issue?
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OK.. have you selected sometimes "every time" when it's asking that with what app you want to open the link? I don't have that issue so I don't really know how to fix it..
Delete Chrome and then install it again maybe then it's fixed..

manumanfred said:
OK.. have you selected sometimes "every time" when it's asking that with what app you want to open the link? I don't have that issue so I don't really know how to fix it.
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So you are telling me that when you click on the found song image, it will open Play Store for you?
I did not selected to have Chrome open anything by default, I always use the choice once.
Play Store shows only Apps on my phone, yours shows other stuff also?

efrant said:
How do you do it natively?
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The enable/disable button in Android since ICS is what I meant by native, which is using the pm commands on the back end as mentioned in this thread
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TECK said:
So you are telling me that when you click on the found song image, it will open Play Store for you?
I did not selected to have Chrome open anything by default, I always use the choice once.
Play Store shows only Apps on my phone, yours shows other stuff also?
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Okay.., I select "choose once" always too and I have installed Google Chrome what I don't even use but for me it opens Google Play Store..

Region / Device / Root Patched Google Wallet APK (1.5-R79-v5)

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
​
Thought I'd spread the word. All credit goes to Paul on this! Amazing work!
Google Wallet is super cool. It allows purchasing of things using the NFC chip in your device at Mastercard PayPass terminals, using either an inbuilt pre-paid card (which is loaded up with $10 free credit initially) or a CitiBank Citi Mastercard. But, there is a problem - and that's that Wallet is only available for a very limited subset of devices on a limited number of operators in the US.
Hence the need to patch the APK.
Now, i'll start by saying that there may well be a patched APK out there already (I didn't check), I chose to patch the APK myself because, when i'm putting in my credit card numbers etc. I like to know what i'm working with. I started with the latest version I downloaded personally from the Google Play Store (by spoofing my operator with 'Market Access') which I then patched as required.
The patched APK
The APK has 3 features that I patched out. The first was a device check - the app will now work on any device. Of course you need to have NFC for it to be useful! I tested on a HTC One X successfully (as you can see in the screenshots above) but of course YMMV. The second patch was an operator check - the app should now not care which operator you are on. The third patch was removing the root warning. Google Wallet doesn't actually stop you using the app if you're rooted, it just gives you a warning on screen (which is a little annoying), so I removed it. BUT... rather than having the warning in app, let me post it here instead. If you are using Google Wallet on a rooted device, really think about which apps you are giving root access... because there is the possibility that a malicious app could do bad things. There's no evidence of this happening, but it's possible. As always, be wary of what you're installing and where it came from.
Installation
The APK cannot be installed in the regular way (because it is not re-signed and therefore has broken signatures), instead you should push the apk to /system/app (or copy there using a file explorer and set appropriate permissions) and then you'll be good to go. This means you'll need to be rooted or at least have a custom recovery installed mind. To uninstall, use the 'reset wallet' option in the settings menu then delete the APK.
Important note re: upgrading
If you are using a previous version of Wallet, please ensure you the 'reset wallet' option in the Wallet app settings.
Download
Download the patched APK here - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 775946c9b164d2dd1edc1a36e59e41a3
Topping Up
So you've installed the APK and spent your initial $10 at Greggs or maybe Mcdonalds. Healthy. Now you need to top up... there's a problem!
Google Wallet only allows you to load the prepaid card using a US card, which most of us accessing Wallet this way don't have! The card that you use needs to support AVS (address verification) with a US address, something that also excludes a number of US cards. I'm hoping that we as a community can collaborate to work out the best way to do this, but i've tried a few methods and i've chronicled them below. I'll update this post as more methods / information surfaces. I'm hoping we can find a low cost disposable Visa solution or similar that makes the process easy. Getting a US address is easy enough to associate with a card, just sign up (free) for US Unlocked.
BFPS - Virtual credit card in various denominations, configurable AVS address, use coupon 'modaco' for 5% discount - WORKING
EntroPay - Virtual credit card, turns out to be Malta registered and doesn't support AVS - FAILED
US Unlocked card - Virtual credit card, currently untested - UNKNOWN
The 1.5 release
The 1.5 release added support for third party Visa / Mastercard / Discover / Amex cards. This is officially US only at the moment and although you CAN get non-US cards appearing correctly, in my experience so far, payments are always declined.
Disclaimer
If you use any of the above modified APKs or top up methods, you do so at your own risk! Please let us know how you get on in the comments below, so we can refine / improve the process based on our experiences.
WARNING
If you plan to wipe your device, switch ROM on your device or otherwise do anything unusual (including 'clearing data' on wallet), it is highly recommended that you use the 'reset wallet' option in the Wallet app settings. Failure to do this could render Wallet inoperable on your device!
Another note of caution, we're using a 'hack' here, so it's probably not the best idea to load up your Prepaid card with a ton of money in case Google blocks hacked wallets, something changes, etc. etc. and you could lose your money. Again, use at your own risk.
And finally...
If you find the above useful and you want to support my work on this and all the other MoDaCo projects, please consider signing up for a premium MoDaCo account. Thanks!
Paul

The link is just text Mike
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doktortaru said:
The link is just text Mike
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Just fixed it bro
Good to see you here!

Says cant install ?? .
Stock rooted rom !
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bikrame said:
Says cant install ?? .
Stock rooted rom !
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Read the install directions....

Wait. So I can install this on all my android phones and receive 10$ on each? And could I spend the money like a cc without NFC?
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ayeitschris said:
Wait. So I can install this on all my android phones and receive 10$ on each? And could I spend the money like a cc without NFC?
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No you'll need the NFC....it'll check for that.....but anything else it won't check for....

won't connect to account/
Thanks for posting this. Unfortunately, connecting my account is not working for me. The install works fine and I can open the app but then it gets stuck when I try to link my google account. On the "Select an Account" screen I select my account and press "continue" which triggers the "adding account" waiting pop-up but nothing happens. It'll just stay like that until the screen turns off then I'm back to the "Selecting an Account" screen. Tried over cell signal and wifi. Anybody else out there with more luck?

This is the message i get when trying to sign in...
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ayeitschris said:
Wait. So I can install this on all my android phones and receive 10$ on each? And could I spend the money like a cc without NFC?
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It's most likely $10 per account not per device so you would probably have to link the app on each phone to a separate account in order to do that.
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youngchris29 said:
This is the message i get when trying to sign in...
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I get the same thing. I wonder if it's the NFC configuration that's missing for us.
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youngchris29 said:
This is the message i get when trying to sign in...
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I get the same error.

youngchris29 said:
This is the message i get when trying to sign in...
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That sounds like the secure element was messed up due to clearing data or falshing a rom without reseting wallet. I beleive there is a fix floating around for that.

pytyper483 said:
That sounds like the secure element was messed up due to clearing data or falshing a rom without reseting wallet. I beleive there is a fix floating around for that.
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This is my first time ever trying to use google wallet on my s3. So i never had to reset it or anything
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pytyper483 said:
That sounds like the secure element was messed up due to clearing data or falshing a rom without reseting wallet. I beleive there is a fix floating around for that.
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Same here, I've never had wallet installed on this phone.
But, this apk did work great on my verizon nexus (which stopped working after it requested an update) lol. thanks!

I just installed Google wallet today from another thread. There were some library file to flash then the .apk. I'll find the thread and link you guys. Maybe it will shed some light.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794733
EDIT: This site has a solution for Touchwiz and AOSP ROMs. Maybe that's the problem? It links to yet another thread for more complete instructions and discussion.

RaymondPJR said:
I just installed Google wallet today from another thread. There were some library file to flash then the .apk. I'll find the thread and link you guys. Maybe it will shed some light.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794733
EDIT: This site has a solution for Touchwiz and AOSP ROMs. Maybe that's the problem? It links to yet another thread for more complete instructions and discussion.
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When i tried it....it removed the NFC function from the phone....I think it's for ICS based ROMs....I'm running Jelly Bean which may be why it's not working for me....I posted to see if it was me maybe getting the error, but seems we all are....

itsmikeramsay said:
When i tried it....it removed the NFC function from the phone....I think it's for ICS based ROMs....I'm running Jelly Bean which may be why it's not working for me....I posted to see if it was me maybe getting the error, but seems we all are....
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Yea i think you're right. The same thing happened to me (losing nfc options in settings) when i tried that method. I was also running jb so i think that it only works on ics for now
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I can't get the apk to install using UVDLI8. I changed permissions and put it into /system/app but the install fails.
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itsmikeramsay said:
When i tried it....it removed the NFC function from the phone....I think it's for ICS based ROMs....I'm running Jelly Bean which may be why it's not working for me....I posted to see if it was me maybe getting the error, but seems we all are....
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Oh, sorry then. I'm wondering if anyone can answer this: I tried to give GW it's first test today and it failed. I have NFC enabled in settings and I've set up my account. I have a FlyGrip attached to the rear of my phone, an accessory that allows me to hold this big phone with one hand and reach all areas of the screen with my thumb. I'm wondering if it failed because I cant touch my phone flush with the PayPass reader? For this same reason I cannot do the wireless charging hack the rear of the phone needs to be flush with the charging pad. So, can it be less than an inch away or does it need to touch? Maybe that FlyGrip has got to go.

[Q] Auto-Debloat

I was looking for an auto-debloat script for the S4. I have manually removed a good tonnage of crap and then I came across these two threads:
Auto-Debloat S4 Flashable Zip and TrulyClean, both of which are for the ATT S4 variants.
I modified the the TrulyClean script to suit my preferences and debloated without a hitch. As I look through TitaniumBackup, there is still a lot of bloatware installed and some of them are hard to judge if they are safe to remove or not.
Are there any thorough SGH-M919 scripts/flashable files for debloating or a list of files safe to remove?
Forgive me if this has already been addressed. Thanks.
EDIT: I am already aware of this list as well.

There is an app on the play store called nobloat as well
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Rainbowbright081 said:
There is an app on the play store called nobloat as well
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I've already used No Bloat and Titanium Backup and removed a lot of stuff manually. I guess I should refine my question.
Are there any scripts or programs that can automate the removal of "unnecessary" files (i.e., bloatware, "useless" services, etc) for the T-Mobile M919? Clearly your definition and my definition of useless will be different, but I just want to see something where someone went through processes or services that are not really useful on a daily basis?
For example, a script that removes all the T-Mobile added crapware, removes certain 3rd party services (HP Print Svcs, Epson Print Svcs, etc), etc. I've used the ATT ones but they are still lackluster.
Any script specifically for the Tmobile variant?

Bump.

Double check the truly clean thread. I think if you updated an app the update remains and has to be removed manually. Other than that....not sure. Trulyclean was enough for me.

Apps that can be safely Frozen or Removed

Thought this may be useful for everyone to have as the device does sadly have a tendency to be a bit laggy.
Have followed a few guides and got some great info from XDA so trying to give a little back if I can
From what I have done I have found no ill effects that I have noticed so far, all fairly obvious choices so early on, but will get braver as I get more used to the handset and I'm sure others have been more adventurous than me and can help bulk the list up a bit and we can do away with a whole bunch of bloat to get a smoother ride from out G3. Some of these I froze as I prefer other 3rd party apps.
Frozen/Removed
Cell Broadcast
E-Mail
Documents
File Manager
Internet/Stock Browser
LG Health
LG Search Widget Provider
LG Setup Wizard
McAfee Security
Messaging (stock)
Music
Video
Video Trim
Weather
Weather Theme
Weather Platform
If you have any other suggestions please post and and I'll add updates to Post 1 for easy reference :highfive:
Hope this helps some fellow G3 users

557953 said:
Thought this may be useful for everyone to have as the device does sadly have a tendency to be a bit laggy.
Have followed a few guides and got some great info from XDA so trying to give a little back if I can
From what I have done I have found no ill effects that I have noticed so far, all fairly obvious choices so early on, but will get braver as I get more used to the handset and I'm sure others have been more adventurous than me and can help bulk the list up a bit and we can do away with a whole bunch of bloat to get a smoother ride from out G3. Some of these I froze as I prefer other 3rd party apps.
If you have any other suggestions please post and and I'll add updates to Post 1 for easy reference :highfive:
Hope this helps some fellow G3 users
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I think you should do a different list for the Google apps, the main attention people will give this thread is to find out what LG apps they can freeze and remove, most people will not be interesting in removing the Google apps from their devices.

Lennyuk said:
I think you should do a different list for the Google apps, the main attention people will give this thread is to find out what LG apps they can freeze and remove, most people will not be interesting in removing the Google apps from their devices.
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Understood, you are most likely correct. Google Apps removed from list

If possible, can you post the real app name (the apk name in /system/app or /system/app-priv) ?
Thanks

Get my G3 later today. Thanks for the list! I'm completely new to Android, so how do I remove bloat ware?

you need to keep file manager if you wish to write to the extsd card
I've not been able to disable the mcafee software

walkerx said:
you need to keep file manager if you wish to write to the extsd card
I've not been able to disable the mcafee software
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I didn't find the apk by myself, but root uninstaller found somehow

Is freezing them through TB essentially a better version of hibernating them through Greenify?

alphamini said:
Is freezing them through TB essentially a better version of hibernating them through Greenify?
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They do different things. Freezing them is like uninstalling them - they are gone and won't work at all but can be retrieved by unfreezing. Greenifying them just hibernates them but they work as normal.

bartito said:
If possible, can you post the real app name (the apk name in /system/app or /system/app-priv) ?
Thanks
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Also in system/vendor/app. Found some stuff in there that tibu couldn't get rid of. Here's most of what I froze. If it's not in my list of frozen apps I deleted it lol
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Could we have a non-root list, and also a description of what gets disabled/broken for each one. E.g. what does Cell Broadcast do? (I've googled, I 'm now aware, not relevant currently in the UK).
ActionManager service? Board Content Provider?
I've found this list but most of the bloat on Verizon wasn't on mine, since I'm not in the US: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/list-bloatware-safe-to-disable-t2819370

I wonder if anyone has the time, patience, and good will to compile all of these threads into one master index?
ohmegosh said:
Could we have a non-root list, and also a description of what gets disabled/broken for each one. E.g. what does Cell Broadcast do? (I've googled, I 'm now aware, not relevant currently in the UK).
ActionManager service? Board Content Provider?
I've found this list but most of the bloat on Verizon wasn't on mine, since I'm not in the US: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/list-bloatware-safe-to-disable-t2819370
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I've noticed that the system doesn't allow you to disable everything if you're not rooted so maybe anything you are allowed to disable is safe to disable.
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drock212 said:
Also in system/vendor/app. Found some stuff in there that tibu couldn't get rid of. Here's most of what I froze. If it's not in my list of frozen apps I deleted it lol
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And how is everything working out after having disabled all those 3 weeks ago? Any anomalies or bad experiences? So far your screenshots give the best list of the removable apps (I'm completely new to LG so I don't know about their stock stuff), and I'd love to remove them but I'm afraid to experiment without a fully working recovery to restore nandroid.

Horcza said:
And how is everything working out after having disabled all those 3 weeks ago? Any anomalies or bad experiences? So far your screenshots give the best list of the removable apps (I'm completely new to LG so I don't know about their stock stuff), and I'd love to remove them but I'm afraid to experiment without a fully working recovery to restore nandroid.
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Everything is working great. Battery life is spectacular. There are 0 negative results to report.

drock212 said:
Everything is working great. Battery life is spectacular. There are 0 negative results to report.
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Awesome, thanks for the quick feedback! I just got a notification about a new downloadable software update (will not do it ofc), I suppose freezing the software update app will mean no more notifications and to setbacks either?

Horcza said:
Awesome, thanks for the quick feedback! I just got a notification about a new downloadable software update (will not do it ofc), I suppose freezing the software update app will mean no more notifications and to setbacks either?
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Correct. I have mine frozen to avoid receiving update notifications. Also this is good until you find out if the new update is rootable. If its not then its good to stick with the current software.

drock212 said:
Also in system/vendor/app. Found some stuff in there that tibu couldn't get rid of. Here's most of what I froze. If it's not in my list of frozen apps I deleted it lol
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My list is almost this one of yours. Had to unfreeze some of those because it made the home screen very lagged.

Everything Google uninstalled or frozen for over 2 weeks. No problems or complaints.

thanks the development has really taken off for this great device

So I froze most of these. Will it free up memory or do I have to delete them? Kinda scared to delete them. I have nandroid backup, just hate to possibly have to restore when the phone is running good.

Sprint Bloatware For Removal - Need Help Listing

Let me start by being explicitly clear that I am NOT the developer, all credit should go to @blaz1nr who has created a script to remove bloatware from our devices, Lollipop builds. We are looking to identify the Sprint specific apps for deletion. Unfortunately I have already deleted most if not all the Sprint apps as I don't use them, but I am trying to help out with a comprehensive list. I am sure that I have missed some, can you remind me. Here is what I recall off hand:
Connections Optimizer
Connections Optimizer Updater
Sprint ID
Sprint Zone
Those are all the ones that I can recall. There is a much longer list of general bloatware here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...pt-galaxy-cleaner-lollipop-debloater-t3156007
Please let me know what I have missed.

koop1955 said:
Let me start by being explicitly clear that I am NOT the developer, all credit should go to @blaz1nr who has created a script to remove bloatware from our devices, Lollipop builds. We are looking to identify the Sprint specific apps for deletion. Unfortunately I have already deleted most if not all the Sprint apps as I don't use them, but I am trying to help out with a comprehensive list. I am sure that I have missed some, can you remind me. Here is what I recall off hand:
Connections Optimizer
Connections Optimizer Updater
Sprint ID
Sprint Zone
Those are all the ones that I can recall. There is a much longer list of general bloatware here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...pt-galaxy-cleaner-lollipop-debloater-t3156007
Please let me know what I have missed.
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Thanks for your help i appreciate your effort to help the community.

A few thing I see:
Sprint Fun & Games
Family Wall for Sprint
Sprint TV & Movies
Sprint Music Plus
Sprint Family Locator
I don't know if these are part of Sprint but would be nice to see gone:
Galaxy Apps
Spotify
plus Messaging
1Weather
NextRadio
Uber
App Spotlight
Scout
NBA Game TIme
Nascar Mobile 2014

Don't forget the devil of Sprint apps... ItsON.

Ok guys I finally got my hands on a pure stock rom. I'll be adding all the sprint bloatware in today. Thanks for the list.
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Is this flashed via twrp?
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FlowingAway said:
Is this flashed via twrp?
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Flashfire seems to work as well.

Ok so far every stock rom I'm getting does not have most of the listed apps. I'm going to look around some more to find what I need. While I'm doing that. If someone could look in the system and give me the folder paths,that would be helpful. Folder path would be something like (system/app/ConnectionOptimizer or what ever is needing to be removed.