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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jutley:
Tak tak jag mor bra?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ke3pup:
what sort of functionality loss this you notice? Can you please tell us, i'm planing to get rid of most of stock apps when i get the phone but like to know what will be affected.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] poofish:
So.

Being a new android user, I messed around with my phone without a full understanding of what would happen if i uninstalled a core application. I assumed incorrectly that Titanium Backup would allow me to reinstall applications, and then uninstalled the stock clock application thinking that it was one of the many clock widgets.

Could someone upload their stock Clock application apk here, or advise me as to how I can restore the stock clock without having to flash the original ROM?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sckc23:
Do you mean this apk?

i'm no expert either but if its the one you deleted then pushing it back via adb should do the trick.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TheMathMan:
Here are some I'm not sure about (some seem obvious) and would like clarification on what they do and if they're ok to remove:

chocoEUKor

com.orange.authentication.simcard.permission (is this specific to the Orange carrier?)

com.samsung.app.playreadyui

com.samsung.InputEventApp

com.sec.android.app.lcdtest

com.sec.android.app.screencapture (is this a built in one like LG?)

com.sec.android.app.smtsetup

com.sec.android.providers.downloads

Crash Notifier

DataCreate

EncryptApp

Error

Factory Test

Google Partner Setup

IMEITracker (is this the samsung tracking app?)

LogsProvider

MobileTracker

PCWDevice

PhoneUtil

PopupuiReceiver

Preconfig

Samsung account

Self Test Mode

Serial Number Read/Write

Service mode

Setup wizard

Share App

SyncmIDS

Wi-Fi sharing (only needed for hotspot?)

wipeoutreceiver

wlantest

wssyncmlnps
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Chief_Death:
IN RED THE APPS THAT I REMOVED IN GALAXY S Without losing functionality.

AGAIN SGS I
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cmd512:
Anyway to remove the Agenda widget? Can't find that anywhere in Titanium...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TheMathMan:
I think its part of one of the calendar listings. One is the set of widgets and one is the calendar app. Whatever one doesn't have "open" available when you click on it is the set of Widgets.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] iOStoAndroid:
Sorry this might sound stupid, but how do you remove the default apps (eg Yahoo finance)

I have a rooted, Galaxy S2 on generic firmware (initially O2 branded). I have root explorer installed
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TheMathMan:
Titanium Backup is what I use. Filter by system apps and either uninstall or freeze.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] iOStoAndroid:
Thanks

great thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vimto25:
YES Titanium Backup seems to work fantastic, i just freeze tbh as i guess it same effect as uninstalling? but you can choose to defrost :) kinda cool
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cmd512:
Yeah, already got rid of the "other" calendar, but the widget option is still there. Odd!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Crucio_:
im on voda and have that on my phone o.o
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TheMathMan:
Yeah. I'm not Orange either. Unlocked handset.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shelter:
Yeah but as example, Swype.apk is listed as "Caution". Of course if you use that to type you will lose the functionality otherwise I don't think it's very dangerous to remove, unless I'm missing something.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nightranger73:
If you remove/freeze both keyboard and you have to make a system factory reset you won't be able to type the Google account data needed to open the market and download another keyboard or even titanium backup so system is unusable

Same if you freeze touchwiz and you haven't another launcher pushed to system partition

Even flashing another non-wipe firmware (as most of custom rom are) won't solve your problem as frozen apps will remain frozen and you'll have to find a rom full wipe to install to sort out of that or... if you have clockword recovery you have to manually format system partition... not something I will recomend to someone who's asking which apks to freeze

If you read the thread you'll undetstand

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] justbenice:
So, do we have a safe list yet ? I am really want to remove everything and have a VERY clean Android install. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] meltedphone74:
Could somebody explain me how to push another launcher into system partition? May I do a back up of Zeam with TB and restore it in the system partition? And if it is the case, should I restore Data only, App only, or App+Data?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dseo80:
DO NOT DELETE syncmlds.apk

For some reason this causes the statusbar to update continuously (in logcat: onDataActivity)

which prevents the phone from sleeping. causing massive drain on battery during standby.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Foxdraed:
I got the same question! If i want to have an available launcher in the case i factory reset because i froze/uninstalled TW Launcher, do I simply have to click on the Launcher of my choice with Titanium Backup and click "Convert to System App" ?

Is this the correct way of doing it?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Foxdraed:
PHEWWWWWWWWWW! I nearly crapped in my pants! I froze all my launchers, including touchwiz except the one I use which is Go Launcher. For some reason Go Launcher didn t want to start and it was force closing.

So i ended up in an infinite loop of force closing Go Launcher. I am using Litening Rom and i remembered that it has LauncherPro as a system app (which I also froze XD) So i flashed stock rom in order to remove LauncherPro and than i flashed Litening Rom again which contained LauncherPro and I was able to select it. This is because the apps that you freeze will remain frozen only if you flash a rom which contains those apps. However if the frozen apps are removed because the rom you flash does not have these apps, when you reflash the other rom back, they will be unfrozen automatically. This only applies for system apps of course

Everything is fine now and I learnt my lesson :P I am going to keep two launchers from now on as a means for safety :)

I hope this helps if somebody ends up without any launchers :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mguel:
Defrosting "Samsung Account 1.0"... Thanks!!! for the advise. Although didn't notice any worsening of the already bad battery life I'm having :P

~OT: in the APK list published maybe there could be a column with the name of the apps as displayed on Titanium Backup since some times it can be very ambiguous to guess wich file is (I haven't found the way in TB to know ie the apk file name).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Foxdraed:
+1! :D Agree with ya :P
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DJTaurus:
Help...IM app not working (it stucks in connecting)...i just uninstalled social hub,game hub,readers hub,polaris,samsung suggest,memo,mini diary,SnsAccountFb/TW/ETC.apk
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] almorsol:
Hi, Just a quick question.

What is the reason of freezing or uninstalling apps besides battery life?

I frozed the ones that could cause more battery consumption. But you mention so many apps, that don't seem to consume too much battery.

Or am I wrong?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nightranger73:
It's part of social hub... if I'm not wrong defrosting 7engine only should be enough (the second social hub with white envelope)

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shelter:
I think IM app depends on social hub.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DJTaurus:
I found and installed com.seven.Z7.apk (social hub).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nightranger73:
Not the whole social hub needed

Only com.seven.z7.apk

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mguel:
The main reason for me at least is battery life and use of resources by apps that I don't use at all. These apps may run in the background, check for updates, or appear on the market when an update arrives, etc... also not to clutter your app drawer.

On SGS2 there is no reason in deleting them imo to free space... and added to backup/security reasons I don't recommend deleting any of these files... only freeze them with TB or rename them adding a .bak
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cybrid3:
Is there an up to date txt file to run via terminal to remove all the safe to remove apps?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
List updated with recent discoveries, added a titanium backup name column hope I have the time to fill it :)

Edit: All Titanium Backup names have been added and the list is now sorted on them...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MoeBD:
wanna say thanks plus uping your post
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mguel:
Great!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Shadey1:
Very helpful, just planning to root and start the clean up.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Boezelman:
Thank you for this!!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] meltedphone74:
I found way better to install ebuddy and to freeze all hubs+IM.

Friend caster replaces nicely facebook, who didnt work properly in social hub
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] aehmkei:
Thank you for the list - I safely deinstalled lots of crap :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] damian5700:
I noted that the commands for music in voice command are linked to music 1.1.1, despite of the installation of PowerAMP.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ithehappy:
Guys I heard that the Facebook app drains too much battery and I wanna uninstall it, but where is this app in my phone. I can't locate it. And how will I uninstall Readers hub and Games hub with TB? or what's the procedure to freeze an app in TB?

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
Check the apk list in my signature. Find the applications responsible for facebook part of the social hub and the readers hub, now find these applications in the Titanium backup app and select uninstall or freeze
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ithehappy:
Thanks. I've uninstalled the stuff SNSAccountFb.

One more thing, how do I permanently disable this Wi-Fi sharing? Does it have anything to do with my Wi-Fi net browsing?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
Check the FTC,FTM and FTS applications. Removing those will not change your wifi browsing
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ithehappy:
Thanks, but I don't know how to check them! Poor me :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DJTaurus:
I deleted Downloads apk....any link to install?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
Find the following apps in Titanium Backup and delete them to completely remove wifi sharing:

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi sharing

Wi-Fi sharing manager
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
Here you go!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] skycamefalling:
Great,

I've unintentionally deleted "GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk" which is used for the Exchange sync of the calendar.

Would anyone be so kind to provide me the file?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] skycamefalling:
Thank you very much for your quick response.

Unfortunately, it's still not working.

Don't know, maybe CalendarProvider.apk or the GMail application is needed too?

CalendarProvider.apk is safe to delete according to your list...so I really don't know.

I'm really sorry to ask, but would you mind uploading the files that could be important for the calendar sync?

Otherwise I would need to hardreset my phone again :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
CalendarProvider is safe to remove as long as you do not need Exchange sync support. Not entirely sure, so please let me know if this fixes it, so i can update the description in the list.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] skycamefalling:
No, it's not working unfortunately.

In addition, I was getting an process.acore error warning.

It's better to hardreset the phone and delete the system-apps at first. I will take notes this time and see when the exchange calender sync is starting to fail.

*sigh*

Not much time for my dog today evening, it seems :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ithehappy:
Thanks. I think removing only the Wi-Fi sharing and the Manager will do, right? No need to uninstall Wi-Fi, right? May I know what's the purpose of this Wi-Fi sharing stuff? And say I upgrade my firmware when available, will it restore these apps again?

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
Yes, upgrading firmware will restore everything. The wifi app is the client part of the sharing.has nothing to do with wifi browsing
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Leecifer:
Deleted Clock 1.0, woops!

Can a kind soul post up the Clock 1.0 apk please, mistook mine for a widget! Need my alarm for an early start tomorrow morning :)

Edit: Scratch that, got it from a VillainROM zip I've downloaded.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
List updated!

The APK Name column now holds links to the apk files for download. So you can now always get a backup in case of an error ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mguel:
Freeze instead of Remove

IMHO: Instead of having to post all the apk ppl are deleting who after regret of doing it, and come back to ask for the apk... I would suggest to advise on "freezing" (TB or .bak or backup) instead of removing... starting by the thread title...

If you are messing with system files the expected is to have errors:

ie first I frozen all the hubs and SNS stuff. The other day I wanted to have the facebook calendar sync feature so defrost all the SNS, but afterwards the CPU went crazy and my phone got really hot... with OS monitor I saw that "Mini paper" was taking 50% CPU or so... and the strange was that I had freezed it before, so went to TB and defrost it, and the problem was gone. What I mean is that there are unknown interactions/functions of system files which we can't be 100% sure... so this "safe to remove" is dangerous for all the newbies (like me) that come here.

The forum tries that users don't clutter the dev section with questions (10 post restriction and so), so I believe it is important not to unintentionally misguide them.

just my opinion ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] yaronAD:
+1 & many THX M8. Iv done the same mistake :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] (•.•):
Where is it ?

get startet!

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
Check the link in my sig ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] (•.•):
finally

Wow man, great work !!!

favorited !
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ravian29:
what about freezing market related services ? will it work ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] reidar.ostrem:
+1..

The OP should post your list in the 1st post....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Ibb1982:
Thanks for your help, AntTek App Manager is such a useful app :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nightranger73:
Much more better is Gemini apps manager but you need to know what to do so you can even toggle off the autorun triggering events (not only on startup)

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Hrti:
Is there a way to remove widgets from the widget list in Touchwiz? When freezing i.e. the AP Mobile widget, it stills shows up on the widget list when adding a widget to a homescreen. Not a biggie, but one of those tiny annoyances :p
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ogdobber:
this is a good list from Novek to get rid of Tw samsung crap. you will need to install an aosp calander and of course an alternative launcher prior to doing this. I have done all of this (and more) and everything works good. I am using the calender from a nexus s fyi

su
mount -o remount,rw -t /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
rm /system/app/BuddiesNow.apk -f
rm /system/app/Days.apk -f
rm /system/app/DigitalClock.apk -f
rm /system/app/DualClock.apk -f
rm /system/app/Emailwidget.apk -f
rm /system/app/Factorytest.apk -f
rm /system/app/FTC.apk -f
rm /system/app/FTM.apk -f
rm /system/app/FTS.apk -f
rm /system/app/GameHub.apk -f
rm /system/app/GoogleFeedback.apk -f
rm /system/app/Install_flash_player.apk -f
rm /system/app/Kieswifi.apk -f
rm /system/app/Kobo.apk -f
rm /system/app/Lcdtest.apk -f
rm /system/app/MiniDiary.apk -f
rm /system/app/MtpApplication.apk -f
rm /system/app/Musichub_U1.apk -f
rm /system/app/ReadersHub.apk -f
rm /system/app/SamsungIM.apk -f
rm /system/app/SamsungWidget_News.apk -f
rm /system/app/SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk -f
rm /system/app/SamsungWidget_StockClock.apk -f
rm /system/app/SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk -f
rm /system/app/SelfTestMode.apk -f
rm /system/app/serviceModeApp.apk -f
rm /system/app/SnsAccountFb.apk -f
rm /system/app/SnsAccountLi.apk -f
rm /system/app/SnsAccountMs.apk -f
rm /system/app/SnsAccountTw.apk -f
rm /system/app/SnsDisclaimer.apk -f
rm /system/app/SnsImageCache.apk -f
rm /system/app/SnsProvider.apk -f
rm /system/app/SocialHub.apk -f
rm /system/app/Stk.apk -f
rm /system/app/Touchwizlauncher.apk -f
rm /system/app/Touchwizcalendar.apk -f
rm /system/app/Twcalendarappwidget.apk -f
rm /system/app/Twwallpaperchooser.apk -f
rm /system/app/Userdictionaryprovider.apk -f
rm /system/app/Videoeditor.apk -f
rm /system/app/Wlantest.apk -f
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bbqnelli:
i'd like to know it too
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nightranger73:
Instead of freezing rename them to .bak so they won't came out. It's even safe to delete them as they're not system app

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hawkice:
EXCELLENT WORK plz keep this page alive & updated

Once again SUPERB WORK:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ogdobber:
hey great list:D one thing though, SoundPlayer.apk can be removed...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tamarian:
Is OMACP for sms notification only? I froze it, and stopped getting sms all together. Defrost it, and sms is back. Just a caution that it may stop sms for being received.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Hrti:
Aha, so freezing only "disables" them, while they still show up in the widget list. I now renamed them by adding the .bak extension, and they disappeared. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MuayThaiFighter8:
Here's a list with the apk's whether good or not to remove/freeze (TB). Maybe it's posted already.. This comes from another forum, don't know who made the file:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...SENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
That is my list ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tosin01:
I just want to remove a few apps from my sgs2. Can anyone please tell me how? rooted device btw.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Hrti:
Either use Titanium Backup Pro, or use a file browser with root permissions and navigate to /system/app :) freezing through TB is really safe, or you can alternatively rename the application names in /system/app by adding a .bak extension. This way you can easily restore the apps if you get any trouble or simply want the apps back :)

[BOLD]Another question:[/BOLD] If one adds a .bak extension to remove some apps and later upgrade the rom through Odin (say when 2.3.4 arrives :D), will the apps with the .bak extension get installed again so that you'll have both the .apk and the old apk.bak? Figuring someone has experience with this.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bbqnelli:
as for the widgets, can i also delete them via titanium pro?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
Yes widgets can also be deleted with Titanium.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sygmasf:
why there is not a definitive list on first post?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nightranger73:
Freezing is preferable

When you flash another rom/firmware using Odin the system partition is wiped. Using CWM it depends on the rom installation script so yes it could happen but usually when flashing a new/different rom is always better to format system partition together with cache and data manually.

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zidane:
i cant access root through adb? any ideas?

i tried adb shell

su

i got permission denied
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nightranger73:
This works for unsecure kernels

You have to use adb rootshell... google around

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] goldbergx:
This was extremely useful!! Might want the OP to put the link in the first post though!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] noncents:
Guys, I have tried freezing Dual Clock.. 1st app i've tried freezing.. but its after 5 minutes and the screen is still showing the freezing process...

Does it usually take so long? Can I force close it?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sboulema:
Should only take a second... Not sure what is going wrong :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] B3311:
Have you checked "USB Debugging"? I've had the same when I forget to do so, no probs afterwards.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] noncents:
U r right. Forgot to turn on usb debugging :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mach0boi:
Anyone knows what will happen if I remove logsprovider.apk? I just don't want all my sent and received messages to appear there everytime. Or is there a way to disable those logs? Need it badly..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Audiohub:
sorry to post this but...

I've mounted R/W with mount system..

I can't seem to reinstall the gallery which i deleted..

Any help?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Shinky0:
Hi,

Is there anyway to reinstall market cuz i uninstalled it.

The link to download the apk file in the spreadsheet is not working.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ogdobber:
2 ways...find the apk then

adb push xxx.apk /system/app/xxx.apk

or reflash rom via odin

market can be found here http://goo-inside.me/gapps/
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Shinky0:
^

thks alot!

i am new to android.. just got the phone 2 days ago and i kinda screw up. i been trying whole day to recover and i just did it with some reading + trials and error.

=D now i can sleep peacefully
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] goldbergx:
I am getting a lot of force closes on android.process.acore (or is it process.android.acore?). I have not seen any loss of functionality due to this

What does this do?

I have not frozen PCW Device or the logs thing that came up with a search of "acore" on this thread. Anyone know what other process might be? I have frozen only the processes marked "Yes" on the spreadsheet.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mdbde:
First: Defrost all in batch mode!

100% safe: freeze all apps with sns in the name (filter the word sns). Wifi sharing+manager, all the samsung hubs and Samsung Im.

These are the battery drainers
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cigaro78:
Not being funny but this thread really needs that list finally compiled :p
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Alienfreak:
like... this?

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...SENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Medulla_Oblongata:
I'm guessing the phone has to be rooted in order to uninstall system apps? Because I can't seem to uninstall them.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Alienfreak:
You are right.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] EarlZ:
I removed kies wifi, is it expected for its option to stay under settings?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] veyka:
Yes.

chars, 10 of them
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kaasbroodje:
I did find a nice list with apps that you can remove

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...SENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nightranger73:
That list is born on this thread and it has been posted thousand times... even on this page... Did you care to read before posting?

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wind79:
Need some help guys... I've accidentally uninstalled com.sec.android.app.screencapture and I am unable to capture screenshots on my phone since. I've managed to install the

ScreenCaptureService.apk

but I am still unable to capture screenshot. Anyone can help?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Alienfreak:
Use adb to install it
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ogdobber:
adb

adb remount
adb push ScreenCaptureService.apk /system/app/ScreenCaptureService.apk
adb reboot

or

reflash rom with odin