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(Tip) Safe way to disable unwanted applications

From other post:
Another way to disable apps is to use Titanium backups "freeze" or the "disable" with adb. Both prevents the app from running BUT leaves it intact and give you a possibility to restore all apps with a hard reset.
Here is a guide from Paul at Modaco:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809231
Basically its use adb to run a PM command:
pm disable com.Apps.apps (change the file name to the apk you want to disable.
Note: titanium "freeze" do same thing

Your link is destroyed, how's the right one?

PatSend said:
Your link is destroyed, how's the right one?
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Fixed (hopefully)

I noticed that freezing using titanium takes a while... It just reports 'freezing...' and seems to hang there (after terminating and restarting the apk appears as frozen though).
Anyone with similar issues?

I can recommend SystemApp Remover, cheap nice UI installer/remover/disabler/backup app for your system apps, works very fine.

Can you disable the icon for alarm and call log and still get access to these in the call-app and the clock-app?

Anyone know this?

Hi, i just got my 2x and i‘m very new to this process, but does anyone know if you can do this with a temporary root then have your phone reboot with the apps still frozen? I‘m reluctant to void my warranty without a good reason e.e custom gingerbread ROM‘s, thanks in advance for any replies
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cazman34 said:
Hi, i just got my 2x and i‘m very new to this process, but does anyone know if you can do this with a temporary root then have your phone reboot with the apps still frozen? I‘m reluctant to void my warranty without a good reason e.e custom gingerbread ROM‘s, thanks in advance for any replies
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Not really sure, but with root you dont really have to be carefull for waranty issues. You can very easily unroot your phone with SuperOneClick root and there won't be any trace left

Thank you for such a quick reply, i think i‘ll attempt it with a temp root and if it doesn't work i‘ll root it permanently since i will be flashing ROM‘s to it in the future.
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The app disabling is not "linked" to the rooting process.
If you disable apps using a temproot they will stay disabled until you factory reset the phone or re-enable them.

VistaX said:
Can you disable the icon for alarm and call log and still get access to these in the call-app and the clock-app?
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I tried, and it didn't work. Anyone know if it is possible to get rid of those two icons from the app drawer?

Just a word of warning: if you freeze some important apps and do a factory reset (using default recovery) you will probably get stuck on boot animation or beyond.
That is what I did. I froze LG Home using AntTek App Manager, then did a factory reset without unfreezing it and I was stuck after the first Setup Wizard. I had to reflash the phone using NVflash.

Bloat Freezer is free on the market and works much the same way as titanium for freezing apps

Help needed to remove bloatware.

Hi everyone,
I've just gotten my note today and it comes pre-installed with LOTS of bloatware by telco.
Is there anyway to remove them? I tried to uninstall via applications in settings but it doesn't allow me to remove them.
Googled but can't find the answer too, so very much appreciate if someone knows of a solution.
Thanks.

Using Titanium Backup, I pretty much removed the same stuff from my Note as my S2. I got info from this thread. Also, there's a reference for S2 apps with comments on how safe they are to remove here.

If I flash to a custom rom, it will remove all bloatwares as well right?
Im new to Android, just gotten my phone and have not root yet. Was thinking of playing around with my phone for awhile before i attempt to root and flash, im worried of screwing up and bricking

galaa said:
If I flash to a custom rom, it will remove all bloatwares as well right?
Im new to Android, just gotten my phone and have not root yet. Think i'll just root and flash a rom to get rid of all those bloatwares instead.
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A custom rom will only come without bloatware if the developer chose to remove it from the rom. Just use titanium backup. It only takes a second to remove the app.

thx for the help.
Ive rooted and installed titanium backup, used it to remove quite a few bloatwares.
However there are some bloatwares that cant be removed (ive removed it, but when i restarts my phone it comes back again).
But at least there's alot of them thats gone now

galaa said:
thx for the help.
Ive rooted and installed titanium backup, used it to remove quite a few bloatwares.
However there are some bloatwares that cant be removed (ive removed it, but when i restarts my phone it comes back again).
But at least there's alot of them thats gone now
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https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0Ag43oj7rLQP4dENZcmhGN0ZUa3pHSENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
Check this list to know which are the apps which are safe enough to be removed..

Yeah check whats safe and not safe first dont wanna end up untieing a knot you need..

[Q] Flashing Verzon's Stock VRZ_XT875_5.7.983.xt875.Verizon.en.US_cfc_01.xml.z ip

I was wondering if i could flash this VRZ_XT875_5.7.983.xt875.Verizon.en.US_cfc_01.xml.zip using Safestrap (in Safe mode) so i can have a Stock Rooted Rom without the bloatware. I dont want to delete the bloatware in my Non-safe system because i want to be able to update if the send any OTA updates for it. Has anyone tried this?

Not a good idea!
Why don't you just buy Titanium Backup Pro from the Market and freeze all the bloatware? That way when a OTA is available all you have to do is unfreeze the bloat.

I thought about that. If you freeze it its still there right?

My thing is, I dont like opening my app drawer and seeing a bunch of useless apps that i have to scroll through to find the one im looking for.

Try a new launcher that lets you exclude apps from the app drawer (as opposed to Blur, which to my knowledge only lets you include apps into categories).
I used to use LauncherPro, which has that exclude functionality. There are other launchers that work better with rooted phones though.

Alright i will try that. Thanks guys for the different suggestions. Very much Appreciated!

darthbird1 said:
I thought about that. If you freeze it its still there right?
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darthbird1 said:
My thing is, I dont like opening my app drawer and seeing a bunch of useless apps that i have to scroll through to find the one im looking for.
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Freezing keeps them on the phone but not seen in the app drawer. You can also create a new folder in the app drawer and just put in what you want to see, the open the app drawer to that folder.

just do a back up in recovery before you delete anything so when you want to do an ota update you can just restore to the backup.

[Q] Root, modify and then unroot

Hi all,
Im new to Android but I have done a fair bit of developing with Windows phones. I have recently bought a LG Optimus 4X HD and the first thing I want to do is install PhoneLocator Pro for security.
In Windows I used to install security software to the extended ROM so if it was factory reset the software would stay. PhoneLocator Pro says it can do this if the phone is rooted. I have read the guide to rooting and im ready to give it a go.
My question is after I have rooted it, installed the software and removed the bloatware is it then possible to unroot the phone to protect it from accidental deletion and also to increase the security by not allowing deletion of PhoneLocator Pro when it is installed to the ROM.
I have done a lot of reading up on rooting but cant find anything on unrooting. I have also searched but when you search for "ROOT" a lot comes up.
Thanks

parf said:
Hi all,
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Thanks
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PhoneLocator Pro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5ydm8ucGxwcm8iXQ..
"5th. Automatically turns on the GPS giving you greater accuracy. Available only on phones with ROOT"
Soo, if you unroot the phone, the app won't work...
Stock apps can be uninstalled from the phone, and if you unroot there is no problem.
We can't have everything...

Thanks for your help.
If I leave the GPS activate all the time it should still work though shouldnt it?
How do I unroot and then i can try it?

parf said:
Thanks for your help.
If I leave the GPS activate all the time it should still work though shouldnt it?
How do I unroot and then i can try it?
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In "SuperSU" you have the option "Remove root completly".
About the app... I don't know if only needs root for that option or to work normally. I never tried that app.

Thanks RuedasLocas.
In your opinion what freeze app software do you consider the best. Im thinking of trying App Quarantine and AntTek App Manager. From what I can see a few havent been updated for a while and therefore dont run so well on ICS.

parf said:
what freeze app software do you consider the best
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Sorry if I steal the answer to this question but you can use the free app SDmaid. It also has an App management menu where you can freeze apps.
Or use Titanium Backup Pro Root.

parf said:
Thanks RuedasLocas.
In your opinion what freeze app software do you consider the best. Im thinking of trying App Quarantine and AntTek App Manager. From what I can see a few havent been updated for a while and therefore dont run so well on ICS.
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Well... I use Root Uninstall Pro and AntTek Explorer, now, if they are the best or not...
They're very easy to work with and very effective.
RU allow to uninstall or freeze, give the app file location and directory thru AntTek Explorer.
AntTek Explorer allow to see and manage hidden files on the device.

If you plan to do some more Android stuff (especially flash roms what might be possible soon), I'd recommend you to buy Ti Backup.It's great for backups and can freeze, root uninstall, fix market links and more. I have never regretted buying it because you can do so much with it.
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[Q] removing stock apps

I've got some apps on my rooted nook that I don't think I need (social, browser, gallery, news and weather, etc). How can I go about uninstall them? Long pressing gives me an error that Uninstall was unsuccessful.
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viniosity said:
I've got some apps on my rooted nook that I don't think I need (social, browser, gallery, news and weather, etc). How can I go about uninstall them? Long pressing gives me an error that Uninstall was unsuccessful.
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deleting some apparently irrelevant ones like talk etc causes problems, careful:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp&hl=en
full sysfile control and easily too:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander&hl=en

Hey , every time i try to delete something it tells me that i have no root access ?
What shall i do to gain the app the access ?

Definitely need more information, What are you trying to delete and how are you attempting it?
OB
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Alphavillain said:
Hey , every time i try to delete something it tells me that i have no root access ?
What shall i do to gain the app the access ?
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Sounds like you need to root it... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35267728
I strongly suggest using titanium backup and freezing apps rather than uninstalling them. You can save yourself some serious headaches.

scottdanpor said:
Sounds like you need to root it... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35267728
I strongly suggest using titanium backup and freezing apps rather than uninstalling them. You can save yourself some serious headaches.
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I have followed the procedure yesterday , its all "Ok" , yet i don't have root privileges :/

It's impossible to give you any advice when you're being so cryptic, please explain in detail exactly what you've done, trying to do and anything else that relates. Telling us that you've rooted the device but don't have root access tells us exactly nothing unfortunately.
OB
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