since there are no custom roms for the LG Optimus L5 II yet i have decide to write a little tutorial on how to customize your phone.
I am not responsible for bricking your phone!
your divorce because you lost all the family photos!
you getting fired because your alarm didn't go off!
ROOT
First thing to do is root your device
you cant do much unless you have root access so head over to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343579
and follow the tutorial on rooting your device.
I personaly dont like doing a factory reset so I prefer to use this method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337802
and then following the instructions in the second post.
DEBLOAT
once you have successfully rooted your phone it is time to debloat
removing unessesery apps help to slim down you stock rom and make it faster
after allot of trial and error and allot of soft bricking I came up with a list of apps
safe to remove so that you dont have to.
so first you need to head over to the play store and download root browser or root explorer
this app is going to become your best friend.
grant su for root explorer then
delete the following folder
/system/apps not /system/app
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the navigate to
/data/app/
and delete the following
com.infraware.polarisviewer-1.apk(this is the office program you might want to keep this)
com.lge.filemanager-1.apk
com.lge.safetycare-1.apk
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/system/app/ and delete the following apps
AAT.apk
CBbin.apk
RemoteCallbin.apk
SetupWizard.apk(Not LGSetupWizard_JB.apk)
LGSmartWorld.bin
ChromeWithBrowser.apk
LGHome3_Theme_Biz.apk
LGHome3_Theme_CozyWall.apk
LGHome3_Theme_Marshmallow.apk
Music2.apk
PlusOne.apk
Talk.apk
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ADD BLOCK
now that you have removed some bloat its time to block some adds
go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916098
and download the flashable zip
then extract the zip folder and find the hosts file in /system/etc/hosts
use this file to replace the stock hosts file in /system/etc/hosts
thats all I have time for at the moment. I will post more at a later stage.there are still a few other apps that can be deleted but I am still testing them. I am also working on a list of the best replacement apps.
i use "romtoolbox or titanium" apk, to freeze and unisntall some apks. and anywhere,,i just freeze "talk apk" usually, because, i had some problem with playstore if i delete this... not you?
I have not experienced any problems deleting the talk app. What type of problem are you facing?
slipsystem said:
I have not experienced any problems deleting the talk app. What type of problem are you facing?
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i had some problem to install apk from playstore, but, maybe it was in motorola gingerbread system.. i dont try with L5ll yet.
Find the a flashable zip here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45994652#post45994652
For ads removal, adaway automatically installs and updates hosts file from online sources.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190753
mircea89fzr said:
For ads removal, adaway automatically installs and updates hosts file from online sources.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190753
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i find the host by BSDgeek_Jake blocks more adds
slipsystem said:
i find the host by BSDgeek_Jake blocks more adds
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You can find better sources and add them to adaway to download them. For me it's simpler and faster, that's the only reason I mentioned this app.
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?
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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:
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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.
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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.
I tried to use easy uninstaller and offers not much help.
Please kindly shed me some lights.
Many thanks in advance.
Go to settings->apps and click on the app you wish to remove and then disable/uninstall. Note some system apps cannot be disabled.
If you have root access you can disable and/or uninstall any app through a third party tool like titanium backup.
clouds5 said:
Go to settings->apps and click on the app you wish to remove and then disable/uninstall. Note some system apps cannot be disabled.
If you have root access you can disable and/or uninstall any app through a third party tool like titanium backup.
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Hi, I tried to remove the Bloatware app Facebook. But Titanium Backup PRO is not able to remove it. I get an error message that the APK file cannot be found.
Anyone already experience how to remove the bloatware and what bloatware apps are save to remove, like HiSense, Google Books, Google Drive, etc.
Cheers Chelaz
root phone, got some kind of root uninstalers, uninstal every thing you want.
Arnys said:
root phone, got some kind of root uninstalers, uninstal every thing you want.
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Clear that Titanium Backup does not run without root!
Do you have any concrete tipps/hints which uninstallers to be used? It looks like EMUI from Huawei is something special here. I am used to Google Nexus before and CM. And there it was much easier...
Cheers
Chelaz
Chelaz said:
Clear that Titanium Backup does not run without root!
Do you have any concrete tipps/hints which uninstallers to be used? It looks like EMUI from Huawei is something special here. I am used to Google Nexus before and CM. And there it was much easier...
Cheers
Chelaz
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jeah. You are right, root uninstallers are not remuving thease apps fully in huawei emui. sorry about the false info.
Hi guys
If you don't like Google wellbeingapp like me, you can delete it.
For me on A12 it was enough to freeze it but in A13 it enables automatically, so it is necessary to remove it.
Root is mandatory
Deinstall the wellbeing app with titanium or alpha backup....
Take root file manager and delete product\priv-app\weelbeing preinstsll
BTW I've deactivated com.android.traceur.overlay.pixel
and looks like no harmful change and battery consumption seems to be overall better.
Which root file manager are you using?
And with stock miui rom?
Laptapper said:
Hi guys
If you don't like Google wellbeingapp like me, you can delete it.
For me on A12 it was enough to freeze it but in A13 it enables automatically, so it is necessary to remove it.
Root is mandatory
Deinstall the wellbeing app with titanium or alpha backup....
Take root file manager and delete product\priv-app\weelbeing preinstsll
BTW I've deactivated com.android.traceur.overlay.pixel
and looks like no harmful change and battery consumption seems to be overall better.
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system app remover not worked for this, but now with manual delete works ! thanks( and i removed preinstalled google file manager and google gallery too )
Manthes4 said:
Which root file manager are you using?
And with stock miui rom?
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Mixplorer
Should work on all os
With stock miui isn't working for me.
Additional information
You can take the same procedure for all system apps in the folder. But carefully with backup, it it's possible to break the system