What services and apps can be disabled. But please with a description what people are disabling, so they can decided if they need it or not.
So far i disabled:
Anonymous Usage Stats (self explanatory, not on cost of my battery and data plan)
Auto upload photo (no idea what it is, but if i want to upload a photo i do it myself)
Screen Mirror (brings your screen on a TV, dont have a compatible one, don't need it)
extension for youtube, wikipedia (don't know who is extended here, but if i need those i use my web browser)
extension for google lyrics search (don't care for that)
Exchange Services (suppose it has to do with Microsoft Exchange, which i don't use..)
Face Unlock (very useful feature, people just need a photo of you to unlock your phone, disabled)
Facebook (i'll do my little facebooking with the browser, thanks)
Movies / Devices (got an alternate video player anyway)
gmail (normal mail client is enough for me)
google partner setup (i'm not going to be a google partner)
Google Play Books, Movies, Music (not going to use those)
Google+ (don't need it)
Japanese keyboard layout and skins (not my language so i don't need it, skins won't work for the non japanese keyboard)
MirrorLink Service (Connects your phone to a car, don't need that)
Music unlimited (no idea, doesn't sound important)
News & weather (got my own apps for that)
location based wi-fi (i use wifi rarely and am able to manage that myself, don't allow my phone to locate me all the time anyway)
photo analyzer service (my photos don't need analyzing)
picasa uploader (dont use that service)
Pico TTS (i use only google TTS)
PlayMemories Online (not needed)
SensMe slidshow (sorry its a phone, not a digital photo frame)
Smar Connect (starts stuff if you connect stuff automaticly, doesn't fit my using habits)
Sony car (dont need that)
Sony select (no idea)
Support (thats what forums are for )
Talk (google IM service, don't need it)
Talkback (talks to you about what going on with your phone while using it, my eyes are still fine, so i don't need this practical feature)
TV-App Starter (no TV here that supports it anyway)
Video Studio (sorry, editing videos on a smartphone? no)
visualization (doesn't sound very useful)
weather widget (got a different one)
Xperia Appshare, Calendar sync, FB setup, Friendsmusic, Music Likes, Proxy, Share, Social Engine +photos +sharing, twitter (since i don't use Twitter, Facebook and whatever as native up i don't need any Xperia apps that can work with it)
whatsapp (dont like always on apps, just wastes my battery)
McAfee (i don't think Android need an antivirus program)
com.sonyericson.unplugchargerreminder (removes the annoying message after you removed your charger from the phone)
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nurps said:
What services and apps can be disabled. But please with a description what people are disabling, so they can decided if they need it or not.
So far i disabled:
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How to do this? Disabling all these? Steps, perhaps?
solidghost9 said:
How to do this? Disabling all these? Steps, perhaps?
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Disable most in the Settings > Apps section. Tedious, but worth it.
For apps that can't be disabled this way, you'll need root and Titanium Backup to freeze them. Always freeze, never uninstall until your ROM is stable after a few reboots.
You can disable all themes and wallpaper picker
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I recently rooted my Droid 1 with One Click and now have Super User access. From there I grabbed an Milestone Overclocking app to simplify speeding up the phone, (as I have mentioned in other threads I am completely out of my element with phones since they don't have a internal combustion engine) as well as Root Exlorer from the market. Then I went into the world of deleting .apk files that I had read here that were unnecessary and completely safe to remove. Along with those I also got rid of, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Amazon MP3. Since this I have not been able to get past "Getting Driving Directions" on my Navigation. I have checked with others I work with and they had some issues as well with Navigation over the past week. Both Droid 1 and 2 users reported the same issues of screen stall to me. As of Friday one of the users of Droid 2 let me know that his Nav was once again working properly, mine is still not. Did I overdo it on deleting and get rid of something that is causing this problem? My Maps still give proper directions from my location, (no matter where I am at the time of testing) but once going into Nav, stalls. If I did get rid of too many how can I get those files back to my phone so everything works again as desired? I am now left with the following .apk files (.odex files as well):
Account and Sync Settings
Applications Provider
Bluetooth
Browser
Calculator
*Calendar Google
*Calendar Provider
Camera Google
Cert Installer
Contacts
Contacts Provider
Corp Cal (what does this do exactly?)
Default Container Service (job of this?)
Download Provider
Drm Prover
Droid Email Policy (Read it, can I get rid of it?)
Email Google
Gallery 3D Google
Genie Widget
Google Backup Transport
*Google Calendar Sync Adapter
Google Contacts Sync Adapter
Google Feedback
Google Partner Setup (Purpose of this?)
Google Services Framework
HTML Viewer
Kickback (Can I safely kill this? Have never enabled it)
Launcher2
Maps
Market Updater
Media Provider
Media Uploader (no .odex with this one)
Mms
Music google
Network Location
One Time Initializer (Purpose?)
Package Installer
Phone
Phone Config
Pico TTS (I use Vlingo, can I delete this as well?)
Program Menu
Program Menu System
Protips (Use?)
Settings
Settings Provider
Setup Wizard
Sholes Quick Office (no .odex)
Soundback (no .odex)
Sound Recorder
Superuser
Telephony Provider
User Dictionary Provider
Vending (Use?)
VPN Services
(*) I never input any events into my calendar, but I do like to look ahead at times for planning reasons, do I need all these?
Alright, I will leave you all alone and continue being a gearhead, drinker and general knuckle-dragger until more questions of me are asked or answers are available, thank you all again for all of your help!
hmm....i delete over 100 apps from delfy but if you delete all of it you will lost may fuctions
You wiped too much. Some apps are both app (as per UI for user) as data providers for certain functionality. You can tell that by looking in Manifest but you have to have enough knowledge to judge. Rule of tumb is to always move stuff off-side (i.e. to SD card folder) and not removing directly as you got no way back in case of failure, especially sometimes you may find out something does not work far too late. I wiped crap like GMail or Navigation and other 3rd party useless apps but I'd suggest to stay away from removing apps that may offer ecosystem functionality. Potential savings (like 200KB) vs time wasted on restoration is simply not worth for most cases.
Corp Cal - Corporate Calendar. Requires Exchange server. Probably safe to remove but again - do you *really* needs that to be removed?
Thank you for the info. Where would I be able to find all the original system apps so that I can add them all back and delete more carefully next time?
hey guys,
guess most of you using the autostarts app to improve RAM and battery performance. Can you share what are the apps we can safely disable (under heading "After Startup".
for example can we disable titanium backup, gmail, browser etc as i dont use this immediately. thanks.
what about the other drop downs. there are too many options. anything else we should be doing?
I honestly just stick to white colored text apps and leave the yellow system apps to be.
Think
- Does i use this application?
- Does it cause any problem, if it dont work without my knowledge?
when your answer is NO, just disable it. remember you can operate application any time by launching it, so stopping autostarts doesn't mean you cant use it.
i have stopped
-accuwheather - I dont need to update whether automatically
-AP mobile news - m using my own app Dr.Ketan's News
-Astro
-buddies Now - never used it
-calendar storage, I am using google calendar giving me reminder with SMS n Mail, i never care any device built calendar, just syncing once to see in advance if needed.
-camera , i dont know Y it is needed to start at boot
-contact storage
-Dialler
-Download
-Dropbox
-Email n Gmail - M using yahoo
-Facebook - i dont need push msg(n believe not working perfact too)
-Fring
-Internet
-Market
-S planner
-S memo
-Samsung Account
-Social Hub (as i dont use stock Email)
-Software update(once in while U getting it, i cant afford for that it starts always in background)
-Voice talk
-Titanium backup shud spare if you using schedule backup
-yahoo finance
as well more which i have installed, is no meaning to describe, as all have own list.
So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
M3wThr33 said:
So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
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I love the stock browser
I'm sure it's good, as is Chrome, except all my bookmarks and passwords are synced with Firefox. Makes everything 100x easier to just use that.
Good list. I also disabled Google Play Books, Google+, Samsung Push Service, Gmail and Chrome. I don't use any of those.
BTW, the stock browser does not support Flash. I'm using Boat Browser.
I have the stupid Sprint ID app install the default profile randomly again resetting all my home screens. It's happened on the S 4 and the HTC One on my account.
M3wThr33 said:
So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
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Quick question all; so will disabling a App free up RAM (and/or improve speed & performance) or does it simply remove it from the home screen?
Thank you!
Some of those it doesn't even remove from the home screen. (Like Scout and other pre-installed things)
But mainly it's to prevent them from running background services and taking up space on the device from the updates. An update doesn't replace the original system file, so it essentially doubles the size an app takes, even more as it grows. Though Titanium Backup Pro has a feature to replace the stock app with the update.
Also curious things I disabled, like the Weather widget which doesn't even seem to have an app of its own. Just "Weather Widget"
On a slight tangent, I figured out where Com2usPoker and the Match 3 game are. Go under Group Play->Create Group->Play Games. There you will find those two games listed. The poker requires at least two people, but the Match 3 game has a single player mode.
M3wThr33 said:
Some of those it doesn't even remove from the home screen. (Like Scout and other pre-installed things)
But mainly it's to prevent them from running background services and taking up space on the device from the updates. An update doesn't replace the original system file, so it essentially doubles the size an app takes, even more as it grows. Though Titanium Backup Pro has a feature to replace the stock app with the update.
Also curious things I disabled, like the Weather widget which doesn't even seem to have an app of its own. Just "Weather Widget"
On a slight tangent, I figured out where Com2usPoker and the Match 3 game are. Go under Group Play->Create Group->Play Games. There you will find those two games listed. The poker requires at least two people, but the Match 3 game has a single player mode.
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Thanks, I was going through disabling apps and was wondering what the hell those were. Kudos, sir!
M3wThr33 said:
So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
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Here's what I've disabled so far...
M3wThr33 said:
So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
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I think Flipboard > News360, but that's just my op...
I'd agree with the rest... I don't even own and HP printer why would I need that crap is what I'm saying HP must have paid Sprint to put that crap on...
Also, given the pressure Samsung is getting about lack of storage on the device AND the notorious size of printer drivers, anybody want to bet that'll be uninstallable in a future update AND that it takes up a bunch of room?
Hey guys,
Is there any system apps or tasks that I can't ever freeze?
All google apps like Google Docs, Sheets, Play Movies, Play Games, Google+ etc. Then various Google keyboard inputs which you are not using like I am not using Google Korean so disabled it. HP Print service, Photos (I don't take online backup of photos so don't need it).
Avoid using Facebook app, instead use browser for FB and G+.
No need to disable Moto Service, afterall these features are what make it a MotoX and also turning any of those service doesn't make any big difference in battery life or performance.
Once you disable the above services/apps, nothing useless left.
Jack Sparrow xda said:
All google apps like Google Docs, Sheets, Play Movies, Play Games, Google+ etc. Then various Google keyboard inputs which you are not using like I am not using Google Korean so disabled it. HP Print service, Photos (I don't take online backup of photos so don't need it).
Avoid using Facebook app, instead use browser for FB and G+.
No need to disable Moto Service, afterall these features are what make it a MotoX and also turning any of those service doesn't make any big difference in battery life or performance.
Once you disable the above services/apps, nothing useless left.
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Thanks for the reply, man.
But I want to make a new question.
As we navigate on Rom Toolbox (for example), we see a lot of tasks there and somethings I neved heard of... I'd like to know which one of them I can freeze and which ones I can't ever because it would shut the system down.
Don't freeze anything unless you know what it is, and have a specific reason for freezing it.
A lot can actually be frozen depending on what 3rd party apps you use. I actually freeze/disable a ton of stuff on my phone!
If you use a 3rd party camera, you can uninstall the stock one.
Tags is another, i don't even have a clue what this is for but i've never had a drawback from disabling or uninstalling it.
Sound recorder.
I could go on and list a whole bunch, but i really don't know what you have installed for 3rd party.
I need a phone that would have just a few selected apps (calling, sms, whatsapp, google maps, c:geo, AnkiDroid, Strava, Teams and two other) and nothing more. No possibility to open any links (e.g. in whatsapp), no option to install anything (even for a smart guy), no option to uninstall anything. Is it possible? Would someone be able to prepare such a ROM? Does not have to be for S20FE, ay cheaper alternative would also be ok.