Hi, I recently just upgraded from my T-989 to a OnePlus One. I've been thinking about wiping my S2 and installing a low-resource ROM and using it as a media player.
I know that using an app to uninstall system apps, you can find things like
Would it be safe to uninstall particular things that I won't use? I'm referring to SMS apps, Phone/Messaging Storage, com.android.smspush, etc.
I really just want to purpose this as an mp3 player with a web browser. Would anyone have any suggestions as to what ROM I should look at and recommendations for apps?
EkkoMusic said:
Hi, I recently just upgraded from my T-989 to a OnePlus One. I've been thinking about wiping my S2 and installing a low-resource ROM and using it as a media player.
I know that using an app to uninstall system apps, you can find things like
Would it be safe to uninstall particular things that I won't use? I'm referring to SMS apps, Phone/Messaging Storage, com.android.smspush, etc.
I really just want to purpose this as an mp3 player with a web browser. Would anyone have any suggestions as to what ROM I should look at and recommendations for apps?
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There isn't really any roms that comes with Apps you needed, but I guess you could try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2-tmobile/development/rom-kernel-unofficial-cyanogenmod-11-t2885259
It has already installed a root access, which is what apps that uninstall system apps needed
Try this app to uninstall your system apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp&hl=en
Hope this helps:fingers-crossed:
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Does anyone use this app? I've installed it out of curiosity and found TONS of apps that start after boot. Will pruning down this list speed up my phone at all?
I've disabled some of the apps I never use such as Mail, FM Radio, Facebook for HTC Sense, Flickr, etc. Can I go further and disable apps I DO usem but stop them starting on their own?
Some of the ones I'm thinking of are Peep, FaBook Chat, HTC Widget Downloader.
And what's Open Sense Plugin Manager?
Can I disable Bug Report? Is Rosie Utility needed since I run ADW Launcher?
Updater? DRM Protected Content Storage? Media Storage? HTC Message Uploader?
Finally, am I wasting my time with all this?!!
Why not just test it out? Try removing a few apps from start up and then reboot the phone.
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Tander_ZA said:
Why not just test it out? Try removing a few apps from start up and then reboot the phone.
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Because I'm lazy and stupid, and wondered if someone else had done the hard work already, lol!
it wont stop apps starting, just stop them at boot, apps can start themseleves at any time so you will prob see all the apps running after a few mins anyway
Most apps in that list are not infact apps but widgets for apps.
I dissable everything (after boot) that I know I won't be using the widgets for.
I also dissable in "sms recieved" - Messaging, this is because I don't use stock messaging, I use handcent.
Just read all the headings, go down and dissable things you think you will never use in those situations.
If things don't play nice then you can always untick them again.
This may seem like a stupid question, but ever since this recent update my phone has a lot of worthless app's running in the background I can't seem to delete. App's such as; My Verizon mobile, Skype mobile, city ID (still there), news, amazon MP3, ect..
Is there an easy way to get rid of a huge chunck of these considering I never use most of them?
Thank you
The best way I can advise is to root and then use the Virtuous rom in the development forum. It is as sweet as it gets.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765447
Jstink101 said:
This may seem like a stupid question, but ever since this recent update my phone has a lot of worthless app's running in the background I can't seem to delete. App's such as; My Verizon mobile, Skype mobile, city ID (still there), news, amazon MP3, ect..
Is there an easy way to get rid of a huge chunck of these considering I never use most of them?
Thank you
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710009
If you're rooted you can also download Titanium Backup and uninstall with that.
you can also use ADB and remove the .apks from the app folder. I also use startup manager to handle which tasks are running upon boot that aren't necessary (fm radio, maps, stock mail/message)
This might be a newb question, but I just wanted to make sure. I see that Titanium Backup has the ability to uninstall system apps, and there are a few in the ROM I'm using that I just don't care to use. The apps are Twitter, Google+, Play Books, Play Music, and Play Movies & TV. These don't seem integral to the system itself so would it be okay if I just uninstall them? Is there a better way besides Titanium Backup to uninstall, and does it leave traces behind? Thanks for the help!
yea it would be okay to uninstall them , it doesn't effect
Remove and fear nothing
Back them up and then delete them, if the deletion of them causes problems then restore them and delete them one by one until you find the one causing the problem and just keep it (sadly), but the applications you listed should not effect the device in any way after uninstalling.
SAMPEL98 said:
Remove and fear nothing
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Yes commander!!
U can remove all the bloatapps just don't mess with Mms. Apk. System ui. Apk phone. Apk if u are going manually through folders
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I've always used Titanium Backup to remove bloatware from stock roms on my phones and its been great. Just try and be sure that the apps you uninstall are not sense related, google services, sms, phone, stock browser, etc. etc.
Hello All,
I purchased a Tab 3 7.0 and after applying root and installing titanium back and am wondering which APKs are safe to remove. I've gotten rid of the music player, music hub, the samsung app store, and there video player.
I was hoping we could get a list together to see what other systems apps are safe to remove.
Thanks!
good idea
meber said:
Hello All,
I purchased a Tab 3 7.0 and after applying root and installing titanium back and am wondering which APKs are safe to remove. I've gotten rid of the music player, music hub, the samsung app store, and there video player.
I was hoping we could get a list together to see what other systems apps are safe to remove.
Thanks!
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Good first removals.
One of the greatest advantages of Rooting is getting rid of all of the useless BS.
I use root explorer, go into system/apps and start marking the apk and odx of files I know I don't/won't use. I move them to my sd card in the "bloat" folder a few at a time and have not seen any issues. 340 MB and rising in there now.
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So far I have:
130521 screensaver
accuweather
blurb
chaton
com2uspoker
facelock
flipboard
fotaclient
gamehub
groupplay
learninghub
magazines
musichub
musicliveshare
paperartist
plusone
polarisoffice
readershyb
samsungapps
samsungservice
samsungwatchon
storyalbum
swype
yahoonews
yahoostock
http://techspooler.com/guides/remove-bloatware-apps/1868/
bloatware that can be removed YMMV
I've now removed 520MB of junk
hey guys can i use this app called "system app remover" to uninstall those? and or maybe can i delete it directly on /data/app and data/data??
Thanks it works
@vlucchetti
First thanks for that link it was helpful:highfive:
I can confirm that almost everything on the list from the link can be safely removed, mind you not everything on the list was installed
I went from an average of over 25+ things being open in memory to 13+ after that cleansing. :victory:
question
how do you check whats running in the background is thier an app for it or anything ..
removed everything from the above list, on both the website, etc .. and just want to check how many processes i have running ..
tab is alot faster now ..
Quizzer2094 said:
how do you check whats running in the background is thier an app for it or anything ..
removed everything from the above list, on both the website, etc .. and just want to check how many processes i have running ..
tab is alot faster now ..
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To see whays running in vackgroung go to app manager in settings and swipe to go to running apps window
The ones running can be seen there
Also the cached apps the app processes tht h been stored in ram for faster multitasking can be found by clicking on cached apps on the top cornee
See the helium script in dev section it is a cwm flashable package to remove bloat
If u wanna find out yourself
Id suggest freezing apps then see if there r any problems then make a backup (if u r still unsure) and safely delete the app. So if u find the need u can just restore it
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vlucchetti said:
http://techspooler.com/guides/remove-bloatware-apps/1868/
bloatware that can be removed YMMV
I've now removed 520MB of junk
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That list is exactly what I've been looking (unsuccessfully) for.
Thank you :good:
I tried uninstalling certain system apps via Titanium Backup such as Play Movies & TV but to my horror, PlayStore reinstalled them immediately.
It's not a huge deal but I dislike seeing apps on my app drawer that I will never use. Alternatively, I could freeze it but I rather free up the space.
Has anyone had any luck in permanently uninstalling system apps?
hamisgood said:
I tried uninstalling certain system apps via Titanium Backup such as Play Movies & TV but to my horror, PlayStore reinstalled them immediately.
It's not a huge deal but I dislike seeing apps on my app drawer that I will never use. Alternatively, I could freeze it but I rather free up the space.
Has anyone had any luck in permanently uninstalling system apps?
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You could try using your root explorer type app and delete the apk. Should be gone after a reboot.
hamisgood said:
I tried uninstalling certain system apps via Titanium Backup such as Play Movies & TV but to my horror, PlayStore reinstalled them immediately.
It's not a huge deal but I dislike seeing apps on my app drawer that I will never use. Alternatively, I could freeze it but I rather free up the space.
Has anyone had any luck in permanently uninstalling system apps?
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I always use solid explorer to do that. Works every time
I have the same problem. Have you guys been able to use a file explorer to do it? Root Explorer just says that the delete fails and Solid just hangs during the delete process. Anyone figure this out?