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[Q] Remove Factory Apps

I would like to remove some of the factory installed apps on my Galaxy Tab7.
It has gingerbread 2.3.3 installed and has been rooted. I also have the free version of Titanium Backup installed.
I found one thread talking about this issue, but no explaination on how to remove the apps.
Thanks.

Systemappremover can do this for you.
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captirwin said:
I would like to remove some of the factory installed apps on my Galaxy Tab7.
It has gingerbread 2.3.3 installed and has been rooted. I also have the free version of Titanium Backup installed.
I found one thread talking about this issue, but no explaination on how to remove the apps.
Thanks.
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Just click on the app you want to remove and there is a pop-up with options : freeze, uninstall...ect. Be careful in doing so, the system may be unstable if you remove certain apps. Or you can just freeze them, less risky.
Hope it helps.
Edit : sorry I misread your post, I don't know if you can do it with the free version, I doubt it.

You should be able to freeze these apps in Titanium Backup. My recommendation would be to freeze the erroneous apps in favor of removing them, or at the very least back them up first and copy to a safe place.

your correct
aibo said:
Just click on the app you want to remove and there is a pop-up with options : freeze, uninstall...ect. Be careful in doing so, the system may be unstable if you remove certain apps. Or you can just freeze them, less risky.
Hope it helps.
Edit : sorry I misread your post, I don't know if you can do it with the free version, I doubt it.
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I need to use paid version.
Thanks.

While I do personally advocate purchasing the app, as for me it has been one of the most important pieces, it seems odd to me that you can't freeze/uninstall in free mode.
If you have the SDK you can use a command prompt in ADB to remove/rename them. But, that takes a little bit of knowledge of both the commands and the file structure.
Therefore, my suggestion is to shell out the $5 for pro.

yea...quit being so cheap!
Seamus1 said:
While I do personally advocate purchasing the app, as for me it has been one of the most important pieces, it seems odd to me that you can't freeze/uninstall in free mode.
If you have the SDK you can use a command prompt in ADB to remove/rename them. But, that takes a little bit of knowledge of both the commands and the file structure.
Therefore, my suggestion is to shell out the $5 for pro.
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There, I said it all

captirwin said:
There, I said it all
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download root uninstaller free from market, it puts the apps in quarantine and if u remove an app that makes fc's u just put them back in the program, free fast and safe

I bought Titanium Backup.
I freeze the apps I don't want to use and all is well.
Thanks.

captirwin said:
I broke down and bought Titanium Backup.
I freeze the apps I don't want to use and all is well.
Thanks.
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okey then u have the same fix but an app wich is more useful nice

[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
Sent from my HTC "ONE"

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.
~ Sent from my HTC One running ViperROM One using Tapatalk 4 beta

Use ROMCleaner
I have not used Tibu for months after I started using RomCleaner

Sense TV

Hello all, i cant seem to figure out how to get the sense tv app to work. It doesnt appear on my list of apps and when i went to reinstall the apk it says instal failed or something to that effect. Any ideas? Runnin Viper rom 104.

eotfofyl said:
Hello all, i cant seem to figure out how to get the sense tv app to work. It doesnt appear on my list of apps and when i went to reinstall the apk it says instal failed or something to that effect. Any ideas? Runnin Viper rom 104.
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you'll have to install that as a system app, viper should have a removed app folder on your interal storage

wranglerray said:
you'll have to install that as a system app, viper should have a removed app folder on your interal storage
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Thanks for your response but i dont see it in that folder. I have the following,
SPC HTC mobile guide
ID
JETCET_Print
JETCET_Print_resource
kidmode-google
lmirescue
lmirescueicon
lmirescuesecurity
sprint_worldwide
transfer
None of which see to be what i am looking for unfortunately. Any other ideas?

mprive seem
Ok i found the apk hiding in /system through titanium. Titanium said it was installed but like i said it wasnt on my list of apps. So... i uninstalled it through titanium and attempted to install it again, no dice. "App not installed"

Use something like root explorer and paste the apk in /system/apps DONT INSTALL!
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flimsy888 said:
Use something like root explorer and paste the apk in /system/apps DONT INSTALL!
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Its already there apparently.... thoughts?
Just to be clear, i am expecting it to show up on my list of apps... ya know so i can use it... am incorrectly assuming that it will apear on my app list?

eotfofyl said:
Its already there apparently.... thoughts?
Just to be clear, i am expecting it to show up on my list of apps... ya know so i can use it... am incorrectly assuming that it will apear on my app list?
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Remove it from there...reboot...put a fresh apk back...reboot...profit!
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in your app drawer if you pull down from the top, if it says "Custom" click on it and change it to alphabetical

How about trying a clean install. I'm on viperROM and it's in my app drawer. Works perfect, as well.
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wranglerray said:
in your app drawer if you pull down from the top, if it says "Custom" click on it and change it to alphabetical
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Done no dice
reynoldsrobbie said:
How about trying a clean install. I'm on viperROM and it's in my app drawer. Works perfect, as well.
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Viper fresh install? Full version on 104, i wouldn't need to wipe since im coming from viper or is not correct?
flimsy888 said:
Remove it from there...reboot...put a fresh apk back...reboot...profit!
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Copied the apk to downloads, Deleted it with titanium from /system/app, verified it wasnt in there anymore, rebooted, attempted to replace it from download folder but alas, now it says file not found ...lol? Im looking at it... it sure is "there".
Thanks for all the replies by the way.

eotfofyl said:
Done no dice
Viper fresh install? Full version on 104, i wouldn't need to wipe since im coming from viper or is not correct?
Copied the apk to downloads, Deleted it with titanium from /system/app, verified it wasnt in there anymore, rebooted, attempted to replace it from download folder but alas, now it says file not found ...lol? Im looking at it... it sure is "there".
Thanks for all the replies by the way.
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ok here is what I would do
http://androidcommander.com
download this file, connect your phone with adb debugging enabled. This program will find your device, from there you can open an extracted rom browse the rom until you find the HTC TV app and install it as a system app,
I did this for my evo 3d when devs took out the 3d widgets I used.

wranglerray said:
ok here is what I would do
http://androidcommander.com
download this file, connect your phone with adb debugging enabled. This program will find your device, from there you can open an extracted rom browse the rom until you find the HTC TV app and install it as a system app,
I did this for my evo 3d when devs took out the 3d widgets I used.
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When you say "install as a system app" do you mean place it on the app folder in system/app then reboot?

eotfofyl said:
When you say "install as a system app" do you mean place it on the app folder in system/app then reboot?
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no if you double click the apk file for HTCTV another window will open, when you click install a third window will open and the last option is install as a system app, select that one and click install
this will chmod the app file as 777 allowing it be executed. I think your system is not set as rw and only as ro.

eotfofyl said:
When you say "install as a system app" do you mean place it on the app folder in system/app then reboot?
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Extract the apk from the viper download...
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wranglerray said:
no if you double click the apk file for HTCTV another window will open, when you click install a third window will open and the last option is install as a system app, select that one and click install
this will chmod the app file as 777 allowing it be executed. I think your system is not set as rw and only as ro.
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Neat app. Followed the instructions went exactly as you described, install was "successful" but nothing shows up in my app drawer. Rebooted to see if that would fix, still no dice. Im beginning to think downloading the full rom will be the best idea. If i do, would i need to wipe? I know i should wipe if going to a different rom but in this its the same rom.

eotfofyl said:
Neat app. Followed the instructions went exactly as you described, install was "successful" but nothing shows up in my app drawer. Rebooted to see if that would fix, still no dice. Im beginning to think downloading the full rom will be the best idea. If i do, would i need to wipe? I know i should wipe if going to a different rom but in this its the same rom.
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I would do a full wipe, then do a fresh install of viperROM 1.0.4
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just in case... it's called tv in the app draw, not htc tv or sense tv just plain "tv"

How to unisntall Chrome, Google+, Hangouts?

Any help?

mroneeyedboh said:
Any help?
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To uninstall them you need to be rooted and have a file manager like as file manager.
Otherwise you can disable them in app settings.
Out of curiosity, I see you've been a member since 2008 and have well over a thousand posts so your not a "noob." Yet, uninstalling system apps is a pretty basic question... Is this your first Android phone?

No its not, I usually run custom ROMs. And when I install them usually there are no system apps like this. This is honestly the first phone that I have been damn near 100% happy with stock. Its weird haha
yeha I just went thru and deleted the APKs using RootExplorer.

mroneeyedboh said:
No its not, I usually run custom ROMs. And when I install them usually there are no system apps like this. This is honestly the first phone that I have been damn near 100% happy with stock. Its weird haha
yeha I just went thru and deleted the APKs using RootExplorer.
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I'm finding myself in the same situation, not really used to stock but now liking it enough to stick with it!
Just to clarify for the less forward-thinking among us, if you're rooted but on stock android and don't want to re-flash everything should you decide you want those deleted system apps back, it's better to rename them (for instance change crappyapp.apk to crappyapp.apk.bak) than to delete them, so you can just remove the .bak and restore the app instead of having to hunt down the .apk and re-install.
Or just freeze it in Titanium Backup, which is the easiest way. No reason to NOT have Ti Backup installed in my opinion...

How exactly do I uninstall and reinstall my adb drivers?

I'm trying to fix the "daemon started successfully" problem, but I don't think I'm uninstalling and re-installing the driver correctly, I just uninstall the device from device manager, then plug the phone back in and let it install.
That must be wrong because it's not working. The program I'm trying to use is xUltiamte2.4 to deodex my phone.

Astralogic said:
I'm trying to fix the "daemon started successfully" problem, but I don't think I'm uninstalling and re-installing the driver correctly, I just uninstall the device from device manager, then plug the phone back in and let it install.
That must be wrong because it's not working. The program I'm trying to use is xUltiamte2.4 to deodex my phone.
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If anyone has had this problem and fixed can you please tell me how you did it?

Astralogic said:
I'm trying to fix the "daemon started successfully" problem, but I don't think I'm uninstalling and re-installing the driver correctly, I just uninstall the device from device manager, then plug the phone back in and let it install.
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Why is that a problem? You want the "daemon" to start successfully, ADB won't work if it doesn't... If it stays stuck on that, maybe you have some program interfering/using ADB. Maybe you have some other ADB program open (flashtool) or maybe you use Bluestacks; check your running processes for a running "adb.exe" process and kill it, then try again.
Removing the drivers should should work as you're doing it already, but before connecting your phone, you should reinstall the drivers first. Or, once it's installed, manually update the drivers through the Windows "Device Manager", by locating the "sa0105adb.inf" file manually.
It can be extracted from the drivers installer (the one that comes with Flashtool) with 7zip, or you might find it still in your temp folder.

Antiga Prime said:
Why is that a problem? You want the "daemon" to start successfully, ADB won't work if it doesn't... If it stays stuck on that, maybe you have some program interfering/using ADB. Maybe you have some other ADB program open (flashtool) or maybe you use Bluestacks; check your running processes for a running "adb.exe" process and kill it, then try again.
Removing the drivers should should work as you're doing it already, but before connecting your phone, you should reinstall the drivers first. Or, once it's installed, manually update the drivers through the Windows "Device Manager", by locating the "sa0105adb.inf" file manually.
It can be extracted from the drivers installer (the one that comes with Flashtool) with 7zip, or you might find it still in your temp folder.
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Nothing works, isn't there a better way of deodexing then using this stupid program?
Edit: I have a better question. The only reason I want to deodex is so that I can debloat using this guide, that thread already gives me the list of bloatware, isn't there a way I can just go in and manually delete the bloat? Without have to worry about deodexing in order to get the debloat script to run?

Astralogic said:
Nothing works, isn't there a better way of deodexing then using this stupid program?
Edit: I have a better question. The only reason I want to deodex is so that I can debloat using this guide, that thread already gives me the list of bloatware, isn't there a way I can just go in and manually delete the bloat? Without have to worry about deodexing in order to get the debloat script to run?
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Actually you can also debloat your rom while its odexed. At least as long as the framework is not changed.
Just do a backup, then get a root file manager and delete the safe to remove apps and their odex files. Reboot afterwards.
The only reason why the debloat script doesn't support odexed roms ia that the odex files are not deleted during the script. (However, it would be easily possible to add these lines)

WhiteNeo said:
Actually you can also debloat your rom while its odexed. At least as long as the framework is not changed.
Just do a backup, then get a root file manager and delete the safe to remove apps and their odex files. Reboot afterwards.
The only reason why the debloat script doesn't support odexed roms ia that the odex files are not deleted during the script. (However, it would be easily possible to add these lines)
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Could you tell me what folder those files are in that I should delete?

Astralogic said:
Could you tell me what folder those files are in that I should delete?
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Well, if you were following that guide you would have seen that practically everything it's deleting is in /system/app:
delete("/system/app/FBCalendarSync.apk"
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The odex files are in the same folder, and have the same name aside from the .odex extension.
Then again, that program sometimes has issues; you could always copy the files from /system/app and /system/framework manually without using ADB to the corresponding folders, after starting the program open the Windows Task Manager and kill of the "adb.exe", and the program will continue running and let you deodex the files. Then you'd just have to figure out how to copy them back which is not hard.
Or you could also try a different deodexing program such as Universal Deodexer V4. I've never used any of those since I've deodexed my ROM with dsixda's Rom Kitchen, for which you'd just need to follow the instructions and then copy the resulting files manually (as you'd have to do in the above mentioned example anyway).

Antiga Prime said:
Well, if you were following that guide you would have seen that practically everything it's deleting is in /system/app:
The odex files are in the same folder, and have the same name aside from the .odex extension.
Then again, that program sometimes has issues; you could always copy the files from /system/app and /system/framework manually without using ADB to the corresponding folders, after starting the program open the Windows Task Manager and kill of the "adb.exe", and the program will continue running and let you deodex the files. Then you'd just have to figure out how to copy them back which is not hard.
Or you could also try a different deodexing program such as Universal Deodexer V4. I've never used any of those since I've deodexed my ROM with dsixda's Rom Kitchen, for which you'd just need to follow the instructions and then copy the resulting files manually (as you'd have to do in the above mentioned example anyway).
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I don't mean I want to manually deodex, I mean I want to manually debloat, deleting the appropriate APK and ODEX file from /system/app seems easy enough, but what would I delete (if anything) from the /system/framework folder?

Astralogic said:
I don't mean I want to manually deodex, I mean I want to manually debloat, deleting the appropriate APK and ODEX file from /system/app seems easy enough, but what would I delete (if anything) from the /system/framework folder?
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I know, I'm just giving you a solution since that program you're using has always given me issues, and even now, knowing that ADB works, it still get's stuck on that "starting ADB daemon" message.
I'm not trying to be rude, but if you're following the guide you'd have noticed that nothing gets deleted from the framework folder. All it tells you are which apps are safe to remove; whichever apps you do end up removing are up to you. I think the Google Talk app is garbage, but someone else might use it, so debloating is also subjective.
Also, you could just as easily do this with Titanium Backup and actually just freeze the app first in case you're not sure about deleting it.

Astralogic said:
I don't mean I want to manually deodex, I mean I want to manually debloat, deleting the appropriate APK and ODEX file from /system/app seems easy enough, but what would I delete (if anything) from the /system/framework folder?
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I know, manually deodexing that way would cause a bootloop because of missing classes.dex files in every system app.
Some people that dont like the preinstalled Sony apps prefer getting rid of all the bloat and remove SemcGenericUXPRes.apk from framework folder.. And some (or most) of the framework jar files beginning with "com.sony..."
This will of course bring noticeable smoothness increases, but is very likely to cause bugs when not done by experienced users.
And it could cause a bootloop on odexed builds as the odex files in system/app do no longer fit to the framework.
Just for information.

WhiteNeo said:
I know, manually deodexing that way would cause a bootloop because of missing classes.dex files in every system app.
Some people that dont like the preinstalled Sony apps prefer getting rid of all the bloat and remove SemcGenericUXPRes.apk from framework folder.. And some (or most) of the framework jar files beginning with "com.sony..."
This will of course bring noticeable smoothness increases, but is very likely to cause bugs when not done by experienced users.
And it could cause a bootloop on odexed builds as the odex files in system/app do no longer fit to the framework.
Just for information.
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I'm just gonna use titaniums backups freeze feature, I never knew it could do that.
I don't suppose someone somewhere has listed which of the com.sony*** files are safe to disable have they?

Astralogic said:
I'm just gonna use titaniums backups freeze feature, I never knew it could do that.
I don't suppose someone somewhere has listed which of the com.sony*** files are safe to disable have they?
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TiBu's freeze doesnt help against some apps. They keep running in background but are no longer shown in Settings or Greenify.
Nope, but you might check any flashable "Xperia Media App port" zip. The more complete, the better.
The files that are included in framework folder are usually safe to remove. :good:

WhiteNeo said:
TiBu's freeze doesnt help against some apps. They keep running in background but are no longer shown in Settings or Greenify.
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I have yet to see this happen. Maybe you can point me to one example, since I'd like to test this?

Antiga Prime said:
I have yet to see this happen. Maybe you can point me to one example, since I'd like to test this?
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OmniSwitch.
Add it to Greenify first, then freeze it and reboot. Check Greenify main activity and you'll see.
Was getting on my nerves for two months, till I finally decided to uninstall it.

WhiteNeo said:
OmniSwitch.
Add it to Greenify first, then freeze it and reboot. Check Greenify main activity and you'll see.
Was getting on my nerves for two months, till I finally decided to uninstall it.
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Well, don't know why you would add it to Greenify first, makes no sense, but nonetheless, you're right. But then again, this might be due to the way OmniSwitch is integrated into OmniRom in order to use it for the Recent Apps switch. I don't remember this happening on Carbon, which also has OmniSwitch without that integration. I'm on Omni right now so I can't verify this.

In Titanium Backup some apps are red, any idea why?
I'm going to disable two of those com.sony things every morning, but most of them are red.

Astralogic said:
In Titanium Backup some apps are red, any idea why?
I'm going to disable two of those com.sony things every morning, but most of them are red.
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Most of the framework stuff cannot be disabled, it has to be uninstalled because Dalvik cache would have to be rebuilt when its gone.
I suggest trying doenen's heavily debloated 4.3 rom. Or at least having a look at its apps and framework to see what he has removed. :good:

Astralogic said:
In Titanium Backup some apps are red, any idea why?
I'm going to disable two of those com.sony things every morning, but most of them are red.
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Titanium Backup has a help section which explains the colors. A red colored app means it's a System Service. I'm sure you can open the help section and check out what the other colors mean.
And as @WhiteNeo said, having a look at some other debloated ROM will help you decide what you can remove or not; don't disable or uninstall something just for the sake of disabling it. Find out what it's for and then decide if you need it, or if your Rom needs it in order to function properly.
If it's of any help you can use this as a reference. I made that back when I used to use Stock ROMs .

WhiteNeo said:
TiBu's freeze doesnt help against some apps. They keep running in background but are no longer shown in Settings or Greenify.
Nope, but you might check any flashable "Xperia Media App port" zip. The more complete, the better.
The files that are included in framework folder are usually safe to remove. :good:
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Antiga Prime said:
I have yet to see this happen. Maybe you can point me to one example, since I'd like to test this?
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WhiteNeo said:
OmniSwitch.
Add it to Greenify first, then freeze it and reboot. Check Greenify main activity and you'll see.
Was getting on my nerves for two months, till I finally decided to uninstall it.
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Just confirming that @WhiteNeo is right. Even on Carbon Omniswitch's process is still active even though it's frozen/disabled. It doesn't consume RAM as far as I can tell, but this is odd behavior.