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What APK's are secure to remove.

Let's make a list of which apk's we can remove without the phone giving forcing close issues....
Code:
AnalogueAlarmWidget.apk
AnalogueClockWidget.apk
AppAdvisor_v1.5.78_production_signed_aligned.apk
CarHome.apk
com_lge_christmassnowcity.apk
com_lge_lgfirework2.apk
cyon.apk
DigitalAlarmWidget.apk
DigitalClockWidget.apk
EmailWidget.apk
F-Secure_Mobile_Security_Android22.apk
LGEmail.apk
LGLauncher.apk
MessageWidget.apk
PreloadedApp.apk
SNS.apk
Stk.apk
WorldClockWidget.apk

"App Advisor" and "Preloaded Apps 1.0" are fine to freez on uninstall from Titanium. no problems.

gensplejs said:
"App Advisor" and "Preloaded Apps 1.0" are fine to freez on uninstall from Titanium. no problems.
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Added to the list. More welcome.

What is cyon.apk?
And why is it "safe" to fremover the og launcher? At least you should put your launcher of choice in system/app first....
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What if you just remove the above apps without backup of them.
Do you brick the phone if hard reset is done ?
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dk_iceman said:
What if you just remove the above apps without backup of them.
Do you brick the phone if hard reset is done ?
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I believe if your HR it the apps will be back.
Cause there located in the ROM.

xmoo said:
I believe if your HR it the apps will be back.
Cause there located in the ROM.
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Okay so when we remove the apk program files we don°t actually remove the programs from the Rom ??
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dk_iceman said:
What if you just remove the above apps without backup of them.
Do you brick the phone if hard reset is done ?
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Nothing will happen, you just will miss apps.
When you hard reset your phone it wiil just delete user data and cache partition.
Any changes to system folder means you make changes to rom and cannot be undone without reflashing or restore backup.
Be careful with deleting of apps! If something goes wrong and the phone is not booting we don't have any global rom and flashing tool for now.

dk_iceman said:
What if you just remove the above apps without backup of them.
Do you brick the phone if hard reset is done ?
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Just freez them with Titanium backup if you want the free mem.... space wise deleting them is not really nessecary.... or pull them out with adb first.

Some Insight
Let's work top down guys, no panic, no alarm.
There are "system apps" and there are "system apps"
Most people refer to any app that's installed on the system partition as a "system app" but the real definition of a "system app" is one that is signed with a root or platform key. This key allows the app to interact with the OS at the lowest level, manipulating resources and other apps.​
It's safe to remove either
You can remove either types of these apps but some may be dependencies for other apps and removing these can cause Force Closes.​
A Factory Reset does not touch the system partition
As stated above, any modifications you make to the system partition (/system/*) will withstand a Factory Reset. This is why root still works after a Factory Reset.​
Safe-to-remove apps
I personally provided the list above and can confirm that these apps are safe to remove but you need to be aware:
Some apps are required (like a Launcher), if you remove it, make sure you have an alternative installed.
Some apps are not available on the Market, you may not be able to substitute them.
Make a backup before you delete any apps!
Note: For critical apps, like a Launcher you *must* have one on your system partition! Do *not* remove your only Launcher from the system partition!​
Additional Apps
A lot more can be safely removed from the system partition but they do not consume real-time resources and therefore there is no substantial benefit in removing them. I will post a full schedule of these apps later if somebody doesn't beat me to it.​
Enjoy.

More safe to remove: All widgets (loads of them), livewallpaper, protips, maps, lg memo

instead of making backup of the APK files with ADB... can't i just use root explorer to copy the APK files to a folder on my internal sd or computer ??

dk_iceman said:
instead of making backup of the APK files with ADB... can't i just use root explorer to copy the APK files to a folder on my internal sd or computer ??
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Yes, you can. But I would recommend backing up to pc for redundancy.

djmcnz said:
Let's work top down guys, no panic, no alarm.
Enjoy.
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Errug bedankt ! Nice overview.
Since space isn't an issue just freezing them with Titanium Backup should free up the memory as well right?
I'll be waiting for a conclusive list of "freezable" apps. ( And patiently await a custom booloader so we can get some really good custom roms.)

@Xmoo
Haven't see inside the ROM but I assume googlefeedback.apk is in there.
Wouldn't hurt killing that to.

I wish I've red this thread before tinkering around witgh my phone. Seem to have kinda bricked it after owning it for 3 days.
I was playing around with it trying to get rid of the facebook, twitter & myspace for LG apps but I couldn't figure out what they were called in the Titanium Backup Pro list så i backed up LG Home (or was it just called LG) and naively thought the worst thing that could happen was that I would have to do a hard factory reset if anyting went wrong.
But as the android n00b that I am (first android phone) I should have known that LG Home is the launcher! So know I have a phone I can check emails on but if I go past the startup guide it crasches and im stuck at the startup LG logo until I do another hard factoryreset.
Anyone know if the default image/ROM is soon to be released or should I take a shot and send my phone in for repair hoping that they never pick up on what I did?
Sorry of this is offtopic.

There are a couple of threads with similar problems, so search a bit and you should find a way to fix it
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Have someone send you the lg home apk via email and install, or perhaps another launcher if you want. You'll get the "Install ?" question when you open the mail.. do so and you have a launcher again.

Gambit2K said:
I wish I've red this thread before tinkering around witgh my phone. Seem to have kinda bricked it after owning it for 3 days.
I was playing around with it trying to get rid of the facebook, twitter & myspace for LG apps but I couldn't figure out what they were called in the Titanium Backup Pro list så i backed up LG Home (or was it just called LG) and naively thought the worst thing that could happen was that I would have to do a hard factory reset if anyting went wrong.
But as the android n00b that I am (first android phone) I should have known that LG Home is the launcher! So know I have a phone I can check emails on but if I go past the startup guide it crasches and im stuck at the startup LG logo until I do another hard factoryreset.
Anyone know if the default image/ROM is soon to be released or should I take a shot and send my phone in for repair hoping that they never pick up on what I did?
Sorry of this is offtopic.
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Check this thread out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992945

When I check out my Active Services I can see the following programs: Whatsapp services (2), Twitter (1), Sim-toolkit (1), Google Services Framework (2), Media (without anything beneath it), Music (2), com.lge.omadmclient (1), Bluetooth Share (2) weird cause bluetooth is OFF! , Wheather & clock update (1), On-Screen phone (1), DRM Service (1), Maps (1), LG PC Suite ObexManager (1), and the Gingerbread Keyboard (1).
Big list in comparison to my G1 and I guess there can be SOME things deleted. Altough I don't know which ones. A guess:
1. Media (what does this do?)
2. Music (I disabled the music bar, and don't want that service running all the time!)
3. com.lge.omadmclient (what's this?)
4. Bluetooth Share... weird thing because I have my bluetooth OFF all the time... how to get rid of these?
5. Wheather & clock updater. I don't use that widget so...?
6. On-Screen phone, what does it do?
7. DRM Service
8. LG PC Suite ObexManager?
Can somebody please tell me if I can get rid of (some) of these services, and if so, which programs to freeze Thanks!

Remove F-Secure

Anyone know the command for adb to remove the F-Secure from a stock rom (rooted)
Also is the a way to copy text and paste in the command prompt?

adb shell pm disable package-name
As for copy & paste, use the mouse

Rusty! said:
adb shell pm disable package-name
As for copy & paste, use the mouse
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Does that leave f-secure on the phone but disabled?
And also does anyone know the full file name of it as when I looked it was somthing like F-Secure_android_device and the rest is off the screen so can't see the full path name

Yes it does, but I don't know the name as I'm on CM7

Why don't you just freeze it using titanium backup, that is what I have done. ;-)
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you can uninstall it with titanium as well, make sure chuck norris mode is on.

I simply removed the apk file from system/apps.
Ok you will need to have root permissions and some kind of file browser like root explorer.
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holoduke said:
I simply removed the apk file from system/apps.
Ok you will need to have root permissions and some kind of file browser like root explorer.
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It's not that simple to remove a system apps as they are installed as Read Only files, tried with titanium and it still did not uninstall, but i did manage to freeze it

There is a way to make it so it doesn't run... Do a hard reset (non root) and never open the app. That's what I have done and never get the stupid sounds from it or anything else.
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titan
with titanium backup, make af backup of f-secure and then uninstall it...

Kickasskev said:
It's not that simple to remove a system apps as they are installed as Read Only files, tried with titanium and it still did not uninstall, but i did manage to freeze it
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Why not, i did this too..??

Nexus 4
Kickasskev said:
It's not that simple to remove a system apps as they are installed as Read Only files, tried with titanium and it still did not uninstall, but i did manage to freeze it
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i have tried setting>security>device administrator>then unchecking that app....but it says that it will erase all my data? will uninstalling frm titanium backup will also do that?

[Q] move apps into stock rom odexed

Guy How can I move applications into the system without causing them to crash, I tried it with titanium and terminal emulator but only rootexplorer okay....?

angel.sea said:
Guy How can I move applications into the system without causing them to crash, I tried it with titanium and terminal emulator but only rootexplorer okay....?
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To move some apps like android terminal emulator you must add lib(from this app) to /system/lib or something else. About titanium backup/pro i preffer to stayin' it in /data

Alucard1989pl said:
To move some apps like android terminal emulator you must add lib(from this app) to /system/lib or something else. About titanium backup/pro i preffer to stayin' it in /data
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Titanium does not move these lib when moving applications to / system / app?

Link2Sd?
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Alucard1989pl said:
To move some apps like android terminal emulator you must add lib(from this app) to /system/lib or something else. About titanium backup/pro i preffer to stayin' it in /data
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Titanium does not move these lib when moving applications to / system / app?ne Someone told me that if i don't deodex my rom i risk to crash all applications*

try luck with root explorer

I do not know how to pull these libraries, to move I can use the terminal emulator ... someone can tell me where I find them?

angel.sea said:
Titanium does not move these lib when moving applications to / system / app?ne Someone told me that if i don't deodex my rom i risk to crash all applications*
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I don't never say the Titanum backup can moves libs or something

Alucard1989pl said:
I don't never say the Titanum backup can moves libs or something
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Sorry for my english but it was a question

angel.sea said:
Sorry for my english but it was a question
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OK i mean the some app like Root Explorer don't need to move lib(s) (from this app) to /system/lib to working fine without ForceClose(FC) but some apps like Android Terminal Emulator need to move lib(s) (from this app, just open it like package file as rar or zip with 7zip or winrar on PC and copy lib(s) from folder(s)) to /system/lib. But i don't know how Titanum Backup work when you copy this app to /system/app and change permisions(rw-r--r-- / 644) and restart phone. Maybe it'll work good without FC or will FC . I hope you understand what i tell you

Kevo9513 said:
Link2Sd?
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^^ THIS
make sure you have root, download and install Link2SD then grand access to root permission (if not using to to make more space or its orginal intended use) then skip when it asks for partition info by pressing back.
select app you want to move then select convert to system app for normal apps or intergrade update into system for updates to system apps like playstore etc.
REBOOT phone after doing it all to get rid of forsed closes. Some apps dont like being used like this. You can also try Apps2Rom in playstore I have used but prefer L2SD as I use it for more memory my linking apps to the SD

[Q] remove sprint apps

I have successfully rooted and expected to be able to enter apps and easily remove the annoying sprint apps..but I can't . Anyone advise on how to make this happen?
Thank you.

I use root explorer and make sure you change to rw NOT r/o
remove from data/app

Um, do you mean system/app? my data/app folder is empty. And all I have to do is delete file?
budeone said:
I use root explorer and make sure you change to rw NOT r/o
remove from data/app
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thehungrymonkey said:
Um, do you mean system/app? my data/app folder is empty. And all I have to do is delete file?
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Should look like this
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Also, if you're on rooted stock (you didn't flash a rom from android development), make sure to disable system write protection.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236849
I suggest freezing an app, to see if it doesn't effect anything else, with Titanium Backup before you decide you delete as well.

Awesome! a backup seems like a very good idea!
hmooblis said:
Also, if you're on rooted stock (you didn't flash a rom from android development), make sure to disable system write protection.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236849
I suggest freezing an app, to see if it doesn't effect anything else, with Titanium Backup before you decide you delete as well.
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I'm a big fan of System Tuner. It makes a backup as soon as you click uninstall.
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hmooblis said:
I suggest freezing an app, to see if it doesn't effect anything else, with Titanium Backup before you decide you delete as well.
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This^^^
Use Titanium Backup to freeze apps you don't want. Use your phone for a day or two to make sure there are no I'll effects. Then use Titanium again to backup and remove the apps.
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Use ROMCleaner
I have not used Tibu for months after I started using RomCleaner

App not installed on lp 5.1.1

Hey guys really need your help I can't seems to install the some apps on 5.1.1 like dubai racing. I used titanium backup to back up it and after flashing another rom I cant install back the app. Any throughs?

reasonz20 said:
Hey guys really need your help I can't seems to install the some apps on 5.1.1 like dubai racing. I used titanium backup to back up it and after flashing another rom I cant install back the app. Any throughs?
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Take the apk from your titanium backup, and move it manually to /data/app. Create the folder for the app, put the app in the folder, and make sure the folder and app permissions are set correctly. Look at the permissions for the other folders and apps that are already in /data/app to know what the permissions need to be. Once you've done that, then reboot, and check to see if the app is in your app drawer.

bouchigo said:
Take the apk from your titanium backup, and move it manually to /data/app. Create the folder for the app, put the app in the folder, and make sure the folder and app permissions are set correctly. Look at the permissions for the other folders and apps that are already in /data/app to know what the permissions need to be. Once you've done that, then reboot, and check to see if the app is in your app drawer.
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What you mean when you say create the fold for the app? could you give an with app please and thanks in advance

reasonz20 said:
What you mean when you say create the fold for the app? could you give an with app please and thanks in advance
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Go into /data/app using root explorer or something similar, and you will see what I mean. The file structure for LP is different than KK.
Example (uk.co.nickfines.RealCalc-1 app):

bouchigo said:
Go into /data/app using root explorer or something similar, and you will see what I mean. The file structure for LP is different than KK.
Example (uk.co.nickfines.RealCalc-1 app):
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I know this is asking a lot but could you do a video on ow to do it because am not getting it?

reasonz20 said:
I know this is asking a lot but could you do a video on ow to do it because am not getting it?
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It doesn't work anyway (Dubai Racing). I tried it, and it won't even show up in the app drawer unless it's installed to /system/app. Even then, the app opens and begins to load, and then it just stays stuck at a blank screen and never loads.
Re-reading your initial post, does titanium backup not see your backup of Dubai Racing only, or it cannot you not see any of your backups?
If that is the case, make sure you don't have a lot of /0 folders in /data/media. There should only be one /data/media/0 folder If there is more than one you have to fix that. Make sure titanium backup is pointing to the correct backup location in settings too.
Also try this in terminal emulator: restorecon -FR /data/media/0

bouchigo said:
It doesn't work anyway (Dubai Racing). I tried it, and it won't even show up in the app drawer unless it's installed to /system/app. Even then, the app opens and begins to load, and then it just stays stuck at a blank screen and never loads.
Re-reading your initial post, does titanium backup not see your backup of Dubai Racing only, or it cannot you not see any of your backups?
If that is the case, make sure you don't have a lot of /0 folders in /data/media. There should only be one /data/media/0 folder If there is more than one you have to fix that. Make sure titanium backup is pointing to the correct backup location in settings too.
Also try this in terminal emulator: restorecon -FR /data/media/0
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Thanks a lot for the help it worked!