So I'm rooted with a full nandroid and I'm ready to remove all the bloatware..
Are there any apps that shouldn't be removed? If I remember correctly, the og Evo had some problems if you removed the stocks, or news app, I forget which one.
I just switched from a Note 2 and on that thing you can pretty much delete whatever you want without affecting Touchwiz. Hoping I can do the same with the One.
Since there's no root or custom rom available I wanted to know exactly what can be disabled or turned off as they call it now to stop as much bloat from running as possible.
There's a bunch of things I've never heard of in the apps list and I'm not sure if they're essential or not. It would be great if we can compile a list here to help ourselves minimize the bloat while we wait for a root/flashing ability.
Thanks!
Here is a general Note 3 list: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2470862
AT&T-specific apps can all be frozen with Titanium Backup.
I generally try to run a minimalist setup, with all the bloatware and unwanted apps removed on my rooted devices. I don't plan o root this s6 edge but would like to know if there is a way to remove bloatware permanently and other unwanted apps. Just ordered the phone and it is on its way so I don't have it yet but I have read some articles on bloatware being disabled but not really removed.
Yes i realize this is a verizon sub forum.
cheers
The best you could to is disable the unwanted apps. It's (I believe) equivalent to freezing apps on Titanium Backup, so it's fairly effective. To remove them, however, you are going to have to root your phone because you would need access to the system partition.
Thanks makes sense.
Go check out this thread. Post number 8 has a link to a tool that can safely disable apps without the need for root. My phone is flying now after i disabled over 100 apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/general/disabled-list-t3087463
great thanks
The entire time I have been an Android Fanboid I have rooted and flashed and customized my androids to my heart's content. But I'm considering not doing so with this device and I submit the reason to the forum for discussion:
This phone appears to me to do exactly what I want, how I want, when I want it. It doesn't appear to have anything I don't want. It doesn't appear to lack anything I do want (except auto night view). Every app I would have on it backs it's data up in the cloud or IS a cloud service. I do not need to change anything so I don't need root. I do not need to backup stock settings (nandroid) if I don't need to flash Roms. If I don't need to flash Roms, I don't need a custom recovery.
The only caveat is I'm waiting on the phone to get here.
I welcome your input
Edit: As of Jan 2017 I have flashed TWRP and rooted. So yeah. I couldn't stay away from it ?
i ended rooting it because i wanted a better sounding headphones on my ear. but i was also considering going back to stock, but not for now. viperArise is the main reason why im staying unlocked for now
I tried that - The ads got to me after a while. They hurt browser performance, are distracting, and consume data. If you can live with ads then you'll be fine.
AdAway, xposed, that's why i'm rooted my device.
scorpion667 said:
I tried that - The ads got to me after a while. They hurt browser performance, are distracting, and consume data. If you can live with ads then you'll be fine.
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I use my phone very little for social media and browsing. Is almost all work for me. I don't think ads are going to get to me.
acmerw said:
AdAway, xposed, that's why i'm rooted my device.
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Xposed. ... Coming off ios for the last 2 years, I had forgotten about xposed.
I'm rooted but I think I'll keep it almost stock when N arrives. I'll just flash adfree hosts once in a while.
I rooted mainly to install two Xposed modules:
- GravityBox [MM] to have center clock, always expanded volume sliders and a couple of other tweaks;
- App Settings to have custom DPI values on some applications (mainly the ones who benefit from displaying more content on the screen, like web browser, XDA Labs, etc. etc.).
I'm back to stock with locked bootloader only advantage for root I had was the ability to use adblock to get rid of annoying ads
Am stock at the moment. Phone runs great.
Dealing with ads may help me to get to rooting but the main reason I'll root is to add bands to the phone.
It's being worked on at the moment so fingers crossed.
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Ad blocking seems to be the major contributor, but I'm not bothered by any now.... on my Android tablet or on my iPhone (getting replaced with op3).
Only place I'm annoyed with them at all is reading articles in Google +. Otherwise I don't really notice them.
Yeap totally after i flash many roms im about to going to lock oem and get rid of this
Cuz flashing roms is pain in the ass
Only problem was dpi but i can satis with it ?
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For ads, why not use Adguard? It does not require root and works very well. Only downside is that it uses VPN for blocking ads, so not suitable for people who want to use their VPN for anonymity or when connected to unsecured Wifi in café for example.
I did not root this device yet as I use Android Pay alot.
Cheers
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NetGuard blocks ads and doesn't require root.
Twilight has a night filter and doesn't require root.
This is my first phone i didn't root or added custom recovery. I like it the way it is. The only things i want to see gone is the stock google apps like: music, books, games,...
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This is my first phone i didn't root or added custom recovery. I like it the way it is. The only things i want to see gone is the stock google apps like: music, books, games,...
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you can disable them
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you can disable them
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Yeah i know but with root and An system app uninstaller they are gone.' but i don't really mind
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Yeah i know but with root and An system app uninstaller they are gone.' but i don't really mind
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i would never root simply to remove apps that can be disabled - there's plenty of space on the system partition as well as the phone
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i would never root simply to remove apps that can be disabled - there's plenty of space on the system partition as well as the phone
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With my other phones i did. With this one i didn't. Because the only bloatware is the Google apps.
I'm considering not unlocking it or rooting until CM14.1 nightlies are official. OxygenOS is working really well so far and the battery endurance is really good. The only thing I'm thinking about is AdAway because plenty of website from my country use obnoxious ads (I don't mind and actually support them on a few major websites) and the ability to backup/restore in TWRP.
The thing that is inclining the balance towards rooting is that somehow QuickPic feature of fixing the date on restored videos (from my PC) is not working on OOS. It always worked really well on my OPO with different ROMs. I need this badly because I hate seeing the videos in dates I did not shot them. To be able to modify the dates I need to be rooted, so that could make the decision for me.
I just rooted my Moto g6 play and would like to remove the extra stuff (bloatware).
Is there any references on which apps would be safe to uninstall? Thanks
Motorola phones don't have much bloat. You can remove Facebook and that type of crap. The rest is needed by the system
The only real bloatware these things come with are the Moto branded apps and TBQH you can safely remove 90% of it and it'll work fine. Just make sure you keep the stuff with "ccc" in the package name since that deals with OTA stuff.
Truth be told though I've only pseudo-removed these things via ADB and not actually deleted them from the system so PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION as always when messing about with stuff in the system partition.
Apart from Moto guff, LinkedIn, Outlook and a handful of Google apps you may not want are the only things that come pre-installed here.