Disabling Services - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have several apps Greenified, but I was looking to see whether there were any other apps/services we could safely disable/freeze. Let me know if there would be any issues with the following:
SmartcardService
com.motorola.triggertrainingservice
Exchange Services (I have Outlook accounts added to the Gmail app, and I don't use the Email app)
Google Play Music

Titanium backup will freeze any app or process. Its in the play store and it's a must have app if you root your phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wq.disableservice

Pilz said:
Titanium backup will freeze any app or process. Its in the play store and it's a must have app if you root your phone.
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True...
But TiBu and Greenify are totally different beasts..:thumbup:

kashk5 said:
I have several apps Greenified, but I was looking to see whether there were any other apps/services we could safely disable/freeze. Let me know if there would be any issues with the following:
SmartcardService
com.motorola.triggertrainingservice
[*]Exchange Services (I have Outlook accounts added to the Gmail app, and I don't use the Email app)
Google Play Music
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I disabled "Exchange Services" the first day I got my N6 (about two weeks ago) and I have not had any issues. I also do not use the "Email" app.
I don't know about the other three but I too am interested.

I apologize, when I said freeze, I was referring to Titanium Backup. I wasn't asking for advice on HOW to freeze, but rather WHAT to freeze.

So greenify on 5.0 is useless at least to me. Tried it for 4 days but was losing a lot of notifications on my g watch. I feel lp dies a really good job handling apps.
Note is there any real reason to use this?

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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.
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[Q] Account Bound to Phone

I'm used to using ROMs that don't support backup assistant on my phone so I'm not sure about this.
I would like my Market account to be my Gmail account, not my backup assistant or whatever.
When i first started the phone, I skipped all backup assistant things and added my Gmail. But when i go to Accounts, it still locked with backup assistant.
I need it to be my Gmail account to get all my paid apps.
Do you mean when you go into menu>settings>accounts, you still see the backup assistant account with a lock on it? b/c in the stock ROM, you can't get rid of the account. you can not set it up and it won't do anything, but it's like the stupid VZW bookmarks in the browser or the VZW contacts on your contact list - you can't get rid of them, but you can ignore them.
You should still be able to set up your gmail account; as far as I know, the android market requires a google account. It won't use any other accounts, e.g. facebook, backup assist, etc. Happy to help more if that doesn't answer your question.
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Do you mean when you go into menu>settings>accounts, you still see the backup assistant account with a lock on it? b/c in the stock ROM, you can't get rid of the account. you can not set it up and it won't do anything, but it's like the stupid VZW bookmarks in the browser or the VZW contacts on your contact list - you can't get rid of them, but you can ignore them.
You should still be able to set up your gmail account; as far as I know, the android market requires a google account. It won't use any other accounts, e.g. facebook, backup assist, etc. Happy to help more if that doesn't answer your question.
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Well I know for a fact that the market isnt reading from my google account because it still says I have to pay for the apps i've already paid for.
I would get another ROM but BigDX's theme is only for stock
I'm too lazy to add the PNGs to the new ROM myself...lol
Umm.. You have to use a Google account for the market. Backup assistant is only related to your account info with verizon (ie. your phone #). If your market isn't showing your apps you are logged in with the wrong google account, OR, the apps you had downloaded are not the same apps capable of working on your new device. For example, there are games like Fruit Ninja that have a TegraHD only version that will only show up on Tegra phones, 2 different apps entirely that effectively are the same.
Thanks, i fixed it. I had to delete the account that didnt have my apps on it, clear market then reload it so it only had 1 google account to choose from (i have 2 on my device), the re-add the gogle account that didnt have apps.
Tivo7 said:
Thanks, i fixed it. I had to delete the account that didnt have my apps on it, clear market then reload it so it only had 1 google account to choose from (i have 2 on my device), the re-add the gogle account that didnt have apps.
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In the future, while in the market, you should be able to go to menu>accounts and select the correct account, without deleting/re-adding your accounts.
Glad I could help!

Merge apps into one Gmail

Somehow, over the past year or so, I managed to get a few apps associated with my school gmail account and now to update those apps I must go in and manually switch market accounts. Is there a way to merge these apps into my main account?
You could try uninstalling the apps, unsyncing with the school gmail, downloading the apps with your normal gmail, then resyncing with your school gmail. That may work
If you're rooted and have titanium backup you might be able to run the market doctor and have all links fixed to your active account. I think you're out of luck if it is paid apps though.
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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.

Question Apps cloning that i don't want cloned

I cloned Facebook and Messenger the other day, and right after, my google pay stopped working. I realized that it's trying to use the clones of google pay and google wallet instead of the actual apps. It's very weird. I can't figure out how to make it not do this. I already disabled the app cloner app, no luck.
It's not listed in app cloner, either.
I've never seen anything like this.

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