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My phone is much much faster now. Had absolutely no problems deleting ALL of the bloatware and verizon crap. My phone is ATLEAST 3x faster now. No more response lag. Before rooting and removing bloatware, I averaged 80-110mb free ram...after root and bloatware remove i now have 200mb free. I am blown away with how fast it is now...
Now I'm just wondering how long we will have to wait for custom roms like cyanogen...?
Could you maybe give us a guide on how to remove "bloatware". Could be very helpful for us less advanced users.
Once you are rooted, download Titanium Backup from the market. Open it up and delete these according to your taste:
Amazon Kindle
Blockbuster
Books
Citrix Receiver
City ID
GoToMeeting
Motoprint
My Verizon Mobile
NFL Mobile
Skype mobile
Slacker
Social Location
V CAST Media Manager
V CAST Music
V CAST Tones
V CAST Videos
VZ Navigator
ZumoCast
Backup assistant
DlnaSystemService
Backup Assistant Client
Social Networking
Help Center
Social Status
News
Picasa Authenticator
Social Messaging Service
Social Messaging
Social Sharing
DLNA
Guided Tours
IM
IM Presence
driftinaway said:
Once you are rooted, download Titanium Backup from the market. Open it up and delete these according to your taste:
Amazon Kindle
Blockbuster
Books
Citrix Receiver
City ID
GoToMeeting
Motoprint
My Verizon Mobile
NFL Mobile
Skype mobile
Slacker
Social Location
V CAST Media Manager
V CAST Music
V CAST Tones
V CAST Videos
VZ Navigator
ZumoCast
Backup assistant
DlnaSystemService
Backup Assistant Client
Social Networking
Help Center
Social Status
News
Picasa Authenticator
Social Messaging Service
Social Messaging
Social Sharing
DLNA
Guided Tours
IM
IM Presence
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Don't delete any apps, simply rename them to .bak or move them to another folder. Deleting them means you won't be able to get any OTA updates.
how do you rename them without root explorer? is there a free app that allows you to do the same thing?
pharaohoner said:
how do you rename them without root explorer? is there a free app that allows you to do the same thing?
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adb would let you rename and/or move them.
droid 3 rebot
I have a droid 3, I made the root, and delete some applications and then now every time I turn it on, it restarts and keeps restarting, help please
Any commentary on effect on battery life? I saw some guys in the dev section of the forum reporting really good battery life, but I believe they were undervolting or downclocking the cpu as well.
Also, when you say prevent you from getting OTA, do we need to rename bak's back to apk when we hear of an OTA in order to get it? I have heard OTA would likely undo root, so it may be a trade-off between fixing the blue tinted camera and having good speed/battery life.
Besides the dangerous suggestion of deleting apps, the OP must have had some apps killing his device, since I am not seeing any plausible way to get three times the performance. Device is responsive, 2500 Quadrant (FWIW) and this is in spite of no root yet, plus 1.3gb of apps installed.
Also, some the apps in the list to delete are interdependent on some stock apps, based on the rash of "help me!" posts that are starting to appear in forums.
Freeze them, yes, but do not delete them.
C'mon guys...we are smarter than this. Yes, having root is awesome but I just took delivery of the D3 for my wife last week and it is a quick and snappy phone all stock. The only real reason I see to root is that she was a bit disappointed that she couldn't tether. But we were able to get that working very simply by modifying the radio. Yes I now have free tether without root. I will not deny that I am just itching to root and unleash the power of this beast but I think it wise to wait or at least warn of potential consequences till we have a functional sbf available before just going ape-**** with the delete button and instructing how to do so? I have already seen a couple of threads by noobs pleading for a fix because they deleted something and bricked their device. It sucks! We need to warn there is no sbf or any other way of undoing **** ups yet.... just sayin
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Battery life
After freezing all the bloatware my battery life went up from 6 hours to 30 hours. I can't believe the difference. The main culprit may have been DLNA.
I still have no idea what dlna was supposed to do. Anyone?
haberbe said:
I still have no idea what dlna was supposed to do. Anyone?
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I guess it's the DLNA support function
but what is dlna?
haberbe said:
but what is dlna?
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It's a service that allows you to stream videos/movies to DLNA enabled devices.
Anyone have problems with Contacts FCing when selecting a name from the list?
I only unistalled all the VZ apps, now I'm having this problem.
I have the D3 system dump ready to go, but I'm not sure what app could have caused a symptom like this.
Any ideas?
*EDIT*
Logcat gives the Error:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Couldn't find authenticator for specific account type
**EDIT**
Resolved.
Damn yahoo app integration.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1237423&highlight=Contacts+force+close
I ran the remove script on this thread to rename all of the bloat. The op included a restore script, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238472
Just ran the Remove Bloatware script and the phone is running like a champ.
Only thing i miss is Swype. Anyone know who I can get the back?
jwish said:
After freezing all the bloatware my battery life went up from 6 hours to 30 hours. I can't believe the difference. The main culprit may have been DLNA.
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Are you sure is the DLNA the main culprit? Is the only one I didn t remove with the script,
Thank you
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Is it safe to delete the two games form Com2us? Even though I uninstalled them from the apps menu, their data still resides in the /preinstall/app folder and its taking up almost 250mb of data
Even though we don't have much in the way of Custom ROMS for our beloved XT860 at this point, you can get rid of much of the bloatware and speed up your device quite a bit.
I must give credit to lifeinanalog and his original post on Android Forums regarding bloatware on the Bell XT860.
I am in no way responsible for anything that you do to your phone. While this has worked great for me, it may not work out the same way for you.
You will need root access: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1240130
And will need Titanium Backup Pro installed: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackupPro&hl=en
Using Titanium Backup Pro, I have frozen the following Apps. Once you reboot your device, they will no longer appear in your app drawer. You can always bring them back by 'un-freezing' them:
Cardock
Citrix receiver
Connected music player (I use an alternate music player)
Desk Home
DLNA
Facebook Authenticator
Flickr Authenticator
Global Unplug
GPS Navigator
Help Center
Kobo
Media Share
Moto Print
Motorola Dock Service
Myspace Authenticator
News
News & Weather
Orkut Authenticator
Phone Portal
Photobucket Authenticator
Picasa Authenticator
Remote PVR
Self Serve
Social Location
Social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Networking
Suggestions
Suggestions Core Rule Checker services
Suggestions Poll Schedule Service
Toggle Widgets
Top HD Games
Tunes & Apps
Tunes & Apps Widget
TV & Radio
Video Player (I use an alternate video player)
Weather
Zoom Mode
Zoompass
DO NOT FREEZE
Corporate Mail Authenticator
Yahoo Contacts
Yahoo Mail Authenticator
This is known to cause problems with your contacts.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. If you've frozen something that has caused problems please mention it here. Likewise, if you have frozen other apps not listed above, feel free to share with the rest of us.
Lastly, if this post helped you, feel free to hit the 'Thanks' button.
Honestly I just used Pete's debloat script. Worked fine for me
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There are some apps in your list I hesitate to uninstall, I don't really know what they do.
Did you froze them and nothing significant happen or some are only a feature you don't need?
Phone Portal
Suggestions
Suggestions Core Rule Checker services
Suggestions Poll Schedule Service
Toggle Widgets
Zoom Mode
I didn't remove any of the apps that I listed - only froze them.
Have had no problems from freezing any of the apps in the OP.
The 'phone portal' does not affect your ability to make calls. From what I have read it is just another way to connect to the device through your computer. See this post here for more detailed information about it: https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/28340
I am not sure what the suggestions apps do, but freezing them hasn't caused any problems.
Zoompass is a mobile payment service and I am assuming zoom mode is related to it. Again no problems from freezing it.
Endoroid said:
Honestly I just used Pete's debloat script. Worked fine for me
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Thanks, didn't realize that the script could also be used on the XT860, thought it was designed for the Verizon D3 only.
Does the script freeze or remove the apps?
I'm hesitant to remove anything because of the lack of an .sbf for the XT860.
gbarayah said:
Thanks, didn't realize that the script could also be used on the XT860, thought it was designed for the Verizon D3 only.
Does the script freeze or remove the apps?
I'm hesitant to remove anything because of the lack of an .sbf for the XT860.
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It renames. Them to include a .Bak at the end
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I'm hesitant to remove anything because of the lack of an .sbf for the XT860.
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You can flash the me863 rom
It did throw up some kind of error when I ran it but it did work
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I tried doing a manual debloat a while back but didn't really see much performance change. That's why I made those changes to the build.prop files (I posted it under general). My phone is pretty fast, but the battery still really sucks. I think we are all impatiently waiting the XT860 update together!
I manually removed about 50MB of apk's in system/app folder of the 5.7.894 ROM. I did not remove Yahoo and Corporate.
I can't sync the FaceBook and/or Twitter avatars with my address book. Did I remove too many?
sanchezz said:
I manually removed about 50MB of apk's in system/app folder of the 5.7.894 ROM. I did not remove Yahoo and Corporate.
I can't sync the FaceBook and/or Twitter avatars with my address book. Did I remove too many?
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Just install/reinstall facebook from market, I've had similar problems with FB a few times and that's always fixed it.
That didn't work unfortunately. I did not get the question what I'd like to sync; none, all contacts, or existing contacts.
sanchezz said:
That didn't work unfortunately. I did not get the question what I'd like to sync; none, all contacts, or existing contacts.
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You need to keep the blur facebook authenticator if you want to sync facebook with your contacts
About de-bloating:
When I uninstall the blur activesync autenticator I get force-close when I select a contact in the contacts menu.
I can confirm that I do not have the ability to sync Facebook contacts after removing the authenticator (I never synced them to begin with)
I am not have any force close issues with my contacts...
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APK names?
Is it possible to get this list of apps with the names of the APK files? I plan on removing them by renaming the apk files, but it isn't always obvious what the mapping between APK and app name is...
-Craig
acwest said:
Is it possible to get this list of apps with the names of the APK files? I plan on removing them by renaming the apk files, but it isn't always obvious what the mapping between APK and app name is...
-Craig
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Hope someone else here can help you out as I'm not longer on the same phone.
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So, I've rooted my HD 8.9 and installed the Google Apps I'm interested in running i.e. Play store, gallery, voice search etc. I installed the framework and such in the system/app folder. I also replaced the calendarprovider.apk with the Google version, it will allow for my shared calendars in my Google account to sync propery in the native Kindle calendar app, mostly cause I hate the low res icons in the Google Apps (I've not been able to swap the Google Calendar icon and get the app to install). Anyway, today I attempted to install super box pro and accuwether from the Amazon app store and they failed. They will download, but once they start installation they fail and show a red exclamation point on the app icon. I've been able to install other apps, allrecipes, Documents to go, the dark Knight rises and a couple others. Any thoughts?
One thing, after installing the Google apps and necessary files, I unrooted and did a factory reset. I don't need a rundown of the reasons to leave it rooted. I'm content without having root. Plus, after rooting I loose my Amazon books. No point in having g the kindle if I can't use it for its original, intended purpose.
Thanks, in advance, for any productive suggestions.
Happy New Year,
Ray
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One quick addition bit of info. The popup that I get says that "application storage space is running low". Does this make sense?
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After rooting, did you re-register you KFHD 8.9 with Amazon? Or after un-rooting, for that matter. If I remember correctly, I had to re-register with Amazon after rooting to sync with Amazon services.
Sure did. After posting I decided to factory reset again and, for the time being, I'm having no problems getting apps. I haven't installed any of my molded apps with 256 icons though. That shouldn't make a difference but seems the only variable I can think of.
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Thread Moved
If you are asking questions, and have no development work to post, then the issue belongs in Q & A, and not development.
No Problem, as I'll move the thread.
MD
Thank you. It seemed to me, without a specific place for 8.9 questions the 8.9 development section was the most logical place to post. No biggie just seems that a place for 8.9 questions and such would be handy. I understand the two devices are similar but they do have differences from a root and development standpoint.
Thanks
Ray
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Moscow Desire said:
If you are asking questions, and have no development work to post, then the issue belongs in Q & A, and not development.
No Problem, as I'll move the thread.
MD
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On that note -can we get a Q&A Thread for the KFHD 8.9" ? It gets rather confusing have 4 different devices all in the KFHD 7" Q&A Thread.
Reborn627 said:
So, I've rooted my HD 8.9 and installed the Google Apps I'm interested in running i.e. Play store, gallery, voice search etc. I installed the framework and such in the system/app folder. I also replaced the calendarprovider.apk with the Google version, it will allow for my shared calendars in my Google account to sync propery in the native Kindle calendar app, mostly cause I hate the low res icons in the Google Apps (I've not been able to swap the Google Calendar icon and get the app to install).
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Have you updated to 8.3.1 yet? I just did so and the CalendarProvider.apk I was using previously no longer works.
Like you, I discovered I had to replace that file in order for the Kindle to save my synced calendar settings, otherwise they'd be lost once Calendar was removed from memory by the Android OS. The CalendarProvider.apk I was successfully using under 8.3.0 came from ICS AOKP ROM and it was one of the few I found that worked properly. But now, it's not. Instead, Calendar Storage isn't showing up in the list of Installed Applications and my Google Sync Settings shows "Sync com.android.calendar" instead of just "Sync Calendar" under Google Sync Settings, and throws an error when trying to sync.
For now, I've reverted back to the system default CalendarProvider until I can find another that works. I'm fairly certain I've done everything I did the last time, and am even running the same version of all the Google Apps I was using previously. So I can't figure out why it's not working like it used to.
Are you in the same boat? Or have you not upgraded yet?
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Have you updated to 8.3.1 yet? I just did so and the CalendarProvider.apk I was using previously no longer works.
Like you, I discovered I had to replace that file in order for the Kindle to save my synced calendar settings, otherwise they'd be lost once Calendar was removed from memory by the Android OS. The CalendarProvider.apk I was successfully using under 8.3.0 came from ICS AOKP ROM and it was one of the few I found that worked properly. But now, it's not. Instead, Calendar Storage isn't showing up in the list of Installed Applications and my Google Sync Settings shows "Sync com.android.calendar" instead of just "Sync Calendar" under Google Sync Settings, and throws an error when trying to sync.
For now, I've reverted back to the system default CalendarProvider until I can find another that works. I'm fairly certain I've done everything I did the last time, and am even running the same version of all the Google Apps I was using previously. So I can't figure out why it's not working like it used to.
Are you in the same boat? Or have you not upgraded yet?
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I actually have not run 8.3.1 at all. I ran 8.3.0 for about an hour just to make a backup. I've been running the sg17 CM ROM for a month or more now. I've lrarned to live without Amazon Instant Video for the time being. I've been quite pleased with CM on the kindle. In fact, with the latest Kindle app update, the book part of the tablet is virtually identical to the Amazon ROM app. Wish I could be more help to you.
Ray
Hello everyone. Happy Humpday
I got a new note 5 from T-Mobile
now I wanted this cause it has excel and word and power point.
problem is when I try to use either app it will not launch it will flash the screen and go back to my home page. I tried factory settings and dumped dev cache and I cant remove the apps as they came with the unit.
when I do try to find it in the play store I cannot find any of them but one note.
I need excel and word to work. HELP
Some people (including me) can't download them from the play store.
If that is the case, download or update them from the Samsung App Store (aka Galaxy Apps). You usually need to log into Samsung account to do so.
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What @apd said. Look in galaxy apps to see if there is an update for those apps. I remember about three updates to the Microsoft apps. Also maybe clear cache and data under settings / apps then try again. It could be a T-Mobile thing so you might search the t-mobile threads. Good luck
When doing a factory reset, it asks about restoring apps, etc. I check yes.
Then it seems it's doing it again through Samsung when I login to Samsung during setup.
Are redundant restores happening? Should I should one and not the other?
Any thoughts?
Yes they are basically redundant. I do both to restore as much data as possible and save myself some effort setting everything back up.
I use both also, often feel I'm wasting time but who knows.
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its all about freshness.
so appart from apps, one thing samsung offers that goofle dosent is if u use stock launcher, homescreen layout and wallpaper and aod get restored. same goes for keyboard and related custom data associated to it if you use stock input.
wifi and bluetooth pairings would also be restored too, not to mention alarms also.
So in essence if one believes their next device is going to be another Samsung then perhaps best disable most if not all of the Google backup and restore options? If anything perhaps more added battery life perhaps.
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its all about freshness.
so appart from apps, one thing samsung offers that goofle dosent is if u use stock launcher, homescreen layout and wallpaper and aod get restored. same goes for keyboard and related custom data associated to it if you use stock input.
wifi and bluetooth pairings would also be restored too, not to mention alarms also.
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So in essence if one believes their next device is going to be another Samsung then perhaps best disable most if not all of the Google backup and restore options? If anything perhaps more added battery life perhaps.
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well knowing google, apps are tagged from the playstore as being installed.( app library vs installed).so backups arent done on/from your device. when restoring they check last device ID and match the associated installed app from your library.
anyways thats what i think. so all in all not sure if disabling it would help or not.
BUT again, its all about the freshness.
which service offers the very last apps you installed?
but one thing to rhink about is: samsung will restore google play and samsung store apps.
where as whit Google, i think would only restore playstore apps(since they just check playstore library associated to device ID).
I was also referring to other things Google also backup. Turning these off.
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well knowing google, apps are tagged from the playstore as being installed.( app library vs installed).so backups arent done on/from your device. when restoring they check last device ID and match the associated installed app from your library.
anyways thats what i think. so all in all not sure if disabling it would help or not.
BUT again, its all about the freshness.
which service offers the very last apps you installed?
but one thing to rhink about is: samsung will restore google play and samsung store apps.
where as whit Google, i think would only restore playstore apps(since they just check playstore library associated to device ID).
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I was also referring to other things Google also backup. Turning these off.
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oh ok yeah maybe it el help.
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I was also referring to other things Google also backup. Turning these off.
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so this just in, samsung backup dosent restore app data where as google does. so this means apps are restored but none of the custom data)settings) is actually restored (like rooted people do with titanium backup).
edit i should mention that i was on android pie doing a backup using smart switch. it asked me where i wanted it and i chose my ext sd card. unpon flashing a new rom and setting it up, i used again smart switch to to restore this time, so i chose the sd card logo at the the top right of the screen and it took a while. so not sure how this backup /restore method differs from the regular samsung cloud ...but it did not restore app data. since it was local i am a bit flabbergasted by these findings. would have expected data since google restores it from the network and does include it....i wont try the other regular method via Samsung cloud since the space allotted is limited to around 10 or 15 gig.in comparison my local backup with smart switch took over 25 gb(got 400+ apps) so thats why im not expecting any better viaa regular cloud sync... but we never know. maybe someone with a smaller volume of content can offer some results.
oh and on the flip side, samsung restores more apps than googles does. i suspect it dosnt check for the playstore app signature and just blindly backups all user apps.. just a darn shame about the data part...(not user settings data like passwords and for wifi and bluetooth pairing but acctual applicaion data)
just wanted to share my findings with you guys
google play back will restore all apps downloaded from the play store but it will not restore any app downloaded from other sources like galaxy apps or aptoide
samsung backup and restores all the apps that are installed on your devices regardless of where it came from
so usually i will let google restore my apps so that i will get the latest apps from the store then i will restore from samsung cloud to get the extra apps i installed from other sources plus my apps folders
BuHaneenHHHH said:
just wanted to share my findings with you guys
google play back will restore all apps downloaded from the play store but it will not restore any app downloaded from other sources like galaxy apps or aptoide
samsung backup and restores all the apps that are installed on your devices regardless of where it came from
so usually i will let google restore my apps so that i will get the latest apps from the store then i will restore from samsung cloud to get the extra apps i installed from other sources plus my apps folders
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wow this is news to me !