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Stock Samsung apps/features on custom ROM?

Sorry if these Qs have been answered before - I tried finding them using the search function for the better part of the afternoon/evening, but...
Are there any decent ROMs that either include the stock Samsung apps (Samsung IM, Email, etc.), or is there an easy(ish) way to load them on after the fact (ADB push/install)? I made a Titanium BU of the stock Samsung apps that shipped with the phone, but when I tried either restore App or Restore App+Data, I ended up with FCs on the apps. Does this have to do with a bad B/U, or is it because I backed them up on 2.1 and am trying to restore them on 2.2?
Also, I've noticed that I can't create SNS accounts on my phone anymore, and the "Integrated contact accounts" section of Accounts & Sync has no option to add accounts. All I have is the option to create "other" accounts. I liked the tighter feeling integration of having my accounts added as part of the ROM itself without needing to install the Facebook or Twitter apps, but I suppose I have to take what I can get.
Thanks!

Well, for whatever firmware your rom was made for, you can take a stock, deodexed version of that and start readding applications from that. That is what I've been using from a JPX stock on my phone for the last 2 weeks or so.....

UNROOTED Peeps!

If you have not rooted and you don't mind, can you please give me a list of stock apps? I'd like to unroot but I need to download the apps I deleted and can't remember all of the apps I deleted (really didn't delete a alot).
I'd be VERY appreciative if anyone has the time to do this. Thanks

apps list please
This would be helpful. I did the samething I have a backup but I don't want to re-root my bionic again. I have downloaded many of the apps including all the vcast apps.

Here ya go, this is a full list of everything in my app tab (excluding stuff I've installed since purchase) on my un-rooted stock bionic.
Alarm & Timer
Amazon Kindle
Blockbuster
Books
Browser
Calculator
Calendar
Camcorder
Camera
Citrix
City ID
Contacts
Device Setup
Dialer
DLNA
Downloads
Email
Files
Gallery
Gmail
Google Search
GoToMeeting
Guided Tours
Help Center
IM
Latitude
Let's Golf 2
Maps
Market
Messaging
Mobile Hotspot
MOTOPRINT
Music
My Accounts
My Verizon Mobile
Navigation
News
NFL Mobile
Places
Quickoffice
Settings
Slacker
Social Location
Social Networking
Talk
Task Manager
Tasks
Text Messaging
V CAST Media Manager
V CAST Music
V CAST Tones
V CAST Videos
Videosurf
Voice Commands
Voice Search
Voicemail
VZ Navigator
YouTube
ZumoCast
That's the lot, hope this helps!

thank you this should help me out.

Wow, I just looked over my list, MAN that's a lot of junk... I may have to take the leap to root, didn't realize quite how much bloatware this thing had until right now...

soul777toast said:
Here ya go, this is a full list of everything in my app tab (excluding stuff I've installed since purchase) on my un-rooted stock bionic.
Alarm & Timer
Amazon Kindle
Blockbuster
Books
Browser
Calculator
Calendar
Camcorder
Camera
Citrix
City ID
Contacts
Device Setup
Dialer
DLNA
Downloads
Email
Files
Gallery
Gmail
Google Search
GoToMeeting
Guided Tours
Help Center
IM
Latitude
Let's Golf 2
Maps
Market
Messaging
Mobile Hotspot
MOTOPRINT
Music
My Accounts
My Verizon Mobile
Navigation
News
NFL Mobile
Places
Quickoffice
Settings
Slacker
Social Location
Social Networking
Talk
Task Manager
Tasks
Text Messaging
V CAST Media Manager
V CAST Music
V CAST Tones
V CAST Videos
Videosurf
Voice Commands
Voice Search
Voicemail
VZ Navigator
YouTube
ZumoCast
That's the lot, hope this helps!
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You rock!!!! Thank you SO, SO much!!

****! That's a boatload of bloat!
F#ck you Verzion!

Of course Titanium will show a LOT more.
If you root and freeze do not freeze any of the other authenticators like picasa, yahoo, etc. even if you don't use the apps.
It will cause your contacts to force close upon opening.

Abradax said:
Of course Titanium will show a LOT more.
If you root and freeze do not freeze any of the other authenticators like picasa, yahoo, etc. even if you don't use the apps.
It will cause your contacts to force close upon opening.
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Yahoo Authenticator is the only one that will mess up contacts.

Are there any apps that would potentially mess up your front facing camera?

Abradax said:
Of course Titanium will show a LOT more.
If you root and freeze do not freeze any of the other authenticators like picasa, yahoo, etc. even if you don't use the apps.
It will cause your contacts to force close upon opening.
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Yes, sorry I just realized I should have probably given the disclaimer that I don't have titanium on yet and so I can't tell you what other junk may be on here, what I listed were just the apps that are visible in the app tab, hope that didn't mess anyone up

UGH - I had deleted Guided Tours and News. Any ideas for putting these back on my phone in case I should ever have to return my Bionic?

Just a suggestion if you are rooted and are removing some of that bloatware, don't delete it. Use something like Root Explorer to rename the .apk file to something like .apk.old. This way you can easily recover it. Root Explorer also gives you the ability to change the system\app directory from read only to read/write so that you can rename them.
I have also heard of people taking the .apk renamed fike and moving it to the sdcard to free up space.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda premium

[Q] Moto Facebook Authenticator 2.3.4 not working

After installing the "Official Facebook" App I noticed that the social updates for the gallery were no longer working. I am presuming that the stock Moto Facebook program "FB Authenticator 2.3.4" is what provides the sync of contacts and social content to the device.
Here is a list of troubleshooting I have completed looking for any insight...
I proceeded to delete the official app and remove Facebook from "My Accounts" and rebooted the device.
FB contacts and contact pics disappeared.
Launched gallery added "social media account" selected the FB icon from My Accounts login was successful. Nothing
Looked at Moto "social networking" app and no FB updates only Linked In
Went to | settings>battery & data manager>data delivery> social applications and enabled Sync over Wifi only. Checked all applications "gallery" shows no FB updates or friends. "social networking" working. No FB contacts in contacts
Went to | manage apps>all>Facebook authenticator : storage and cache read all zeros 0.00 all options greyed out like app is not even running.

I'm having the same issue.. in other forums/threads rumor has it that Google is actively blocking facebook contact integration because Facebook does not allow users to export their data.

If you check apps is Moto Facebook Authenticator 2.3.4 running ?

Friendcaster is all you need.

Did anyone find a fix for this (other than using a 3rd party app like friendcaster) ?

[Q] contacts glitch

okay so I was posting the other day asking about uninstalling system apps and unrooting, thanks guys I was able to unroot my phone and return it back to verizon and get a new one.
The reason I had to return it was I was having a contacts glitch. I could dial out just fine, but if I went to my contacts and clicked a name, my phone would force close.
so I get my new phone, sync my account, root it, and check the contact list, it works ! sweet so now its time to get to work. under your advice instead of un-installing like I did the last time I went to titanium backup to FREEZE all the bloatware. Im pretty sure I tried my contacts again and it works fine. then I spend the rest of last night installing my launchers, games, tools, got rom toolbox changed my lcd density to 280, change my boot animation, and disable some apps from starting on boot,then went to the applications tab and disabled further autostart functions. I didn't try using my contacts because this was around 2am . but I woke up today and I now have the same problem. I can dial out fine, but if I open the contacts and try to choose one, or if I type in a number and even try to add to contacts , contacts FC's. Oh I should add, when I want to send a text message it is no problem I open the text message home, click the + icon and type a contacts name and I can stat a conversation no problem. anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
here's the list of apps I froze
Ad Service
Amazon Kindle
Android Live Wallpapers
Apps
Backup Assistant Plus
Backup Assistant+
Backup Assistant+ Contacts
Backup Assistant+ Media
Bookmarks
Browser
CarDock
Device Setup
Email
Email Accounts
Email Authenticator
Email Engine
Facebook Authenticator
Forest Wallpaper
Guided Tours
Help Center
Home screen tips
Homescreen (I replaced it with launcher pro its not an issue, Also this glitch happened last time and I hadn't uninstalled or froze this)
IM
IM Presence
LastFM Authenticator
Linkedin Authenticator
Live Wallpaper Picker
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Mobile Hotspot
Mog Music
MOTOACTIV
MotoCast
Motocast ID
MOTOPRING
Motorola Dock Service
MotoSignatureApp
MusicStore
My Music
My Uploads
My Verizon Mobile
Netflix
NFL Mobile
Orkut Authenticator
Photobucket Authenticator
Picasa Authenticator
Skyrock Authenticator
Slacker
Slingbox
Social Loctaion
social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Netowrking
Social Sharing
Social Status
Twitter Authenticator
V CAST Tones
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Video
VideoSurf
VZ Navigator
Webtop Connector
Yahoo Contacts
Yahoo Mail Authenticator
I am absolutely perplexed! anyone think they know what could be causing it?
EDIT: Okay so I did some researching and this appears to be a fairly prominent problem with moto Blur going back to the droid X etc...the fix was to go into /system/app and rename BlurContactSync.apk to BlurContactSync.bak ...now everything works perfect. credit goes to
droidforums.net/forum/tech-issues-bug-reports-suggestions/153062-contacts-wont-display-droid-x-w-gingerbread.html

The app that was most likely causing the crashing was the Yahoo Mail Authenticator. Droidforums had a few posts about it. Renaming the sync probably bypasses the authenticator.
droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-hacks/198081-bloatware-apps-safe-remove-droid-4-a-4.html#post2015606 (can't post links apparently)

Freeze
Are you experiencing the contact force close only when all apps are frozen? I had issues with the Verizon Backup Assistant goofing with my contact list.

kasouti said:
The app that was most likely causing the crashing was the Yahoo Mail Authenticator. Droidforums had a few posts about it. Renaming the sync probably bypasses the authenticator.
droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-hacks/198081-bloatware-apps-safe-remove-droid-4-a-4.html#post2015606 (can't post links apparently)
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I had the same issue until I unfroze Yahoo Mail Authenticator.
I am not sure I want to go renaming files yet until a recovery is available so I will just leave that one item unfroze.

blpw said:
I had the same issue until I unfroze Yahoo Mail Authenticator.
I am not sure I want to go renaming files yet until a recovery is available so I will just leave that one item unfroze.
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well the good thing about renaming the file is I am able to rename it back just as easy as un freezing . so I actually just renamed my blurcontactssync back to apk from .bak and unfroze yahoo mail authenticator and it is working great thanks for the tip!

In my opinion, stay away from Backup-Assistant. I've had nothing but trouble with it, everything from not backing up correctly, to poor restores that rendered my data useless. There is another program out there I use for this. Super Manager. It works for my application, and I would recommend it if you are still having trouble.

List of removable system applications and how to.

My Story Skip if you like
I know some people don't really like those nasty system applications like social hub and samsung account. It takes up space!
Some of those applications even use your memory!
Anyway I remove system apps a lot every time I flash. I just want to use the necessary applications and install what I need
Comment below if you know more apps that can be removed or fix some of my English and/or list etc
How to
1.Root your phone!( look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552792 how too)
2.Download link2sd from playstore.
3.Start link2sd
4.Tab the unwanted app you want to remove.
5.Tab "Actions"
6.Do your action(Freeze or Uninstall?)
7.If necessary press back to get back to the list and go to step 4 or if you are done go to step 8.
8. press beck again to exit duh.
Removable apps.
Calendar
The Calendar app on your phone. Like a digital calendar
Calendar storage
I think this is needed for the Calendar app
Google Calendar Sync
Sync the calendar with your google account
Google Contacts Sync
Sync contacts from/with your google account.
Google Search
Browser will still work but you won't be able to search apps trough your phone.
Home screen tips
Who needs tips ?
Maps
Google maps. (It is like this: www.maps.google.com)
News&Weather
A widget to see the news and weather.
Pico TTS
Text to speech. I don't use it.
Samsung Account
Remove it if you have a custom rom or don't use any Samsung services.if you try to update your android it will force quit the settings option.
Samsung Hub
Not sure. But it have Samsung in its name and it is visible in the app drawer. Might not work without Samsung account
Social Hub
Not sure something to do with social media? But it is visible in the app drawer.
Street view
No maps.No street view... Street view is a sort add on for maps
Talk
Google talk. Google instant messenger. If you don't use it why not remove it
TTS Service
Not sure but it have something to do with text to speech
Voice search
Search with your voice.(Used by search widget)
Youtube
If you don't use the app why keep it?
Frozen(Not sure what they do or if it is safe)
Factory Test
Not sure but some kind of test done in the factory?
Google partner setup
Not sure. Seems like it holds something that has to do with their partners
Google backup transport
It will backup some things online if I'm not mistaken.

Nice thread would be nice to narrow down what system apps are needed an what they do. I like Google maps an it's other apps but would like to know what others do an if I really need them
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SNS and SNSAccount are used to sync/backup/restore/fetch your contacts (and calendar) from your SNS accounts (e.g. google).
Do not freeze them if some of your contacts are saved to your google account, or if you use another SNS app (facebook, twitter, google, samsung, viber, whatsapp, etc)). The same goes for Google Contacts Sync and Google Calendar Sync.
Also, I wouldn't freeze DRM. Judging by its name, it's used to authorize applications that use DRM.
Lastly, this doesn't belong here. It's not even Ace related.

GermainZ said:
SNS and SNSAccount are used to sync/backup/restore/fetch your contacts (and calendar) from your SNS accounts (e.g. google).
Do not freeze them if some of your contacts are saved to your google account, or if you use another SNS app (facebook, twitter, google, samsung, viber, whatsapp, etc)). The same goes for Google Contacts Sync and Google Calendar Sync.
Also, I wouldn't freeze DRM. Judging by its name, it's used to authorize applications that use DRM.
Lastly, this doesn't belong here. It's not even Ace related.
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Thanks.
I guess you are right you can put this everywhere. :S But yea I do this on my ace phone that is why it is here I mean why not many people only search their phone and don't look at general things.