[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Speedy Config Example: Maximise your phones performance by following this guide. ( self contained in this single posting )

Here is an example of a configuration where we've removed a whole lot of stuff, in sequence, and showing where I found a few more things that need to go that didn't get mentioned earlier in the thread. This procedure that follows is a hefty slimming down of the phone done in a specific order that keeps the system from complaining about what you're doing, as opposed to the category-type listing of my previous few postings. They were essentially a summary of what we all learned together so far.

Once finished following along the steps of this post unto itself in order, you'll have a pretty fresh, hollow system, running slick and fast, ready for you to install the apps you want to play with on your phone.

*NOTE - I highly recommend backing up all of your stock system apps if you have not already done so somewhere along the way. Burn them to a disc, or keep them on your computer, and if you ever decide you want to have one of them back you won't have to restore a backup to get them.

What you'll end up with

: 3RD party advertisement apps gone, T-Mobile Bloat removed, and most of the HTC stock apps gone as well. Optionally you can take it one step further and get rid of the Sense launcher, but i've written this post with that expectation.

( This does not remove the Sense frameworks that power the

stock camera app

, you will still have a perfectly working stock camera app, in all it's awesomeness. )

After installing Superuser and Busybox, checking with Root Checker, then uninstalling the busybox installer .apk and root checker .apk. I swapped out the 16 gig SanDisk class 4 microsd card I was using for an 8 gig PNY class 10 card I had.

I did a Factory Reset, includes erasing sdcard. Start the whole system fresh. ( The next time you do that, if you do, you should make a Clockworkmod Recovery backup the first thing you do once you make sure everything works after the reset, you'll always have a clean slate to go back to. )

+Pre-Installed:

-Superuser

-Busybox

Because they were installed before doing the factory reset, Superuser and Busybox stuck after the change. Cool thing about that is Superuser.apk is considered a system app after the factory reset. S-OFF and CWM 4.0.0.9 also stayed in proper working order after the Factory Reset.

Factory Reset was done from the settings menu on the phone while it was booted up and running, not from within the CWM recovery menu.

I used Absolute System to uninstall where it's noted for uninstall, and Root Explorer for delete where that's noted. Make sure to "clear data" first, before uninstalling with Absolute System.

*Note the difference between "Power off/on" and "Reboot"

*Mostly in alphabetical order, where not it works better that way.

*It is expected to re-install new/better versions of some things you are getting rid of. Follow the link at the bottom of the post to another thread about apps people want on their phone to see what I replaced some of the system apps with.

* Make sure to read the whole post through before starting, to see what's going to happen. These code tags are hiding a lot of information, this post would've been huge without them.

+Installed: Necessary (or equivalents) to do what this guide says. ADB works too.

-Absolute System

-Root Explorer

[B]Part 1: Like shooting bloat in a barrel.
+Uninstalled:[/B]

-Adobe Reader
-App Sharing
-App Pack
-Auto Sync Widget
-Bejeweled 2
-Bookmark Widget
-Calculator Widget
-Calendar Widget
-Clock Widget
-Data Dashboard Widget
-Data Roaming Widget
-dT Sync
-Facebook for HTC Sense
-Flickr
-FM Radio Widget
-Friend Stream Widget
-Home Screen Widget
-HTC Widget Download Manager
-Mail Widget
-Media Room
-Messages Widget
-Music Widget
-MyTouch Widget
-Netflix
-Photo Grid
-Photo Widget
-Picasa Web Albums
-Profile Widget
-Ringtone Widget
-Rosie Utility (Add Program Widget)
-Screen Brightness Widget
-Screen Timeout Widget
-Auto-Rotate Widget
-Setup Widget
-Slacker Radio
-Swype
-Sync Widget
-Telenav GPS Navigator
-Tips for Home Widget
-Trends Widget
-Twitter Widget
-Zinio Reader
-ZS Provider

[B]+Deleted Files:
/system/app:[/B]

-Appsharing.odex
-com.htc.FMRadioWidget.odex
-com.htc.FriendStream3DWidget.odex
-com.htc.msgwidgets3d.odex
-com.htc.MusicWidget.odex
-com.htc.Sync3DWidget.odex
-com.htc.TrendsWidget.odex
-com.htc.Twitter3DWidget.odex
-Flickr.odex
-HtcAddProgramWidget.odex
-HtcAutoRotateWidget.odex
-HtcBackgroundDataWidget.odex
-htcbookmarkwidget3d.odex
-HtcCalculatorWidget.odex
-htccalendarwidgets3d.odex
-HtcClock3DWidget.odex
-HtcDataRoamingWidget.odex
-HtcDataStripWidget.odex
-HtcFacebook.odex
-htcmailwidgets3d.odex
-HtcPhotoGridWidget3D.odex
-HtcPhotoWidget.odex
-HtcProfileWidget.odex
-HtcRingtoneWidget.odex
-HtcScreenBrightnessWidget.odex
-HtcScreenTimeoutWidget.odex
-HtcSetupWidget.odex
-HtcTipWidget.odex
-MediaRoom.odex
-MyTouchWidget.odex
-Protips.odex
-WidgetDownloadManager.odex

[B]+Power off/on to Recovery:[/B]

-Clear Dalvik Cache.
-Clear Cache.
-Power down phone.

[B]+Power up Phone:[/B]

-Check all is working.

[B]+Deleted Folders:
/sdcard:[/B]

-.bookmark_thumb1
-slacker

[B]+Deleted Folders:
/data/data:[/B]

-com.adobe.reader
-com.android.calculator2
-com.android.protips
-com.doubleTwist.desktopPointer
-com.eamobile.bejeweled2_small
-com.htc.AddProgramWidget
-com.htc.appsharing
-com.htc.autorotatewidget
-com.htc.clock3Dwidget
-com.htc.FMRadioWidget
-com.htc.FriendStream3DWidget
-com.htc.fusion.htcbookmarkwidget
-com.htc.htccalendarwidgets
-com.htc.htcmailwidgets
-com.htc.htcmsgwidgets3d
-com.htc.MusicWidget3D
-com.htc.photowidget3d
-com.htc.picasa
-com.htc.rosiewidgets.backgrounddata
-com.htc.rosiewidgets.dataroaming
-com.htc.rosiewidgets.datastrip
-com.htc.rosiewidgets.mytouch
-com.htc.rosiewidgets.photogridwidget3d
-com.htc.rosiewidgets.screenbrightness
-com.htc.rosiewidgets.screentimeout
-com.htc.rosiewidgets.tip
-com.htc.setupwidget
-com.htc.socialnetwork.facebook
-com.htc.socialnetwork.flickr
-com.htc.Sync3DWidget
-com.htc.Trends3DWidget
-com.htc.Twitter3DWidget
-com.htc.widget.profile
-com.htc.widget.ringtone
-com.netflix.mediaclient
-com.slacker.radio
-com.swype.android.inputmethod
-com.telenav.app.android.telenav
-com.tmobile.apppack
-com.zinio.android.settings
-com.zinio.mobile.android

( Absolute system sure did miss a lot of dependencies here... )

+Reboot Phone:

-Check all is working.

-Power off/on to recovery.

-CWM Backup.

-Power off phone, pull out memory card and backup to computer, then drop it back in the phone and power it on again.

* Note - after booting from finishing Part 1 above, and letting it settle for a few minutes while I finished making my coffee, I came back and it was sitting pretty steady at around 230-ish MB free ram, according to the stock Task Manager app. I checked it every couple of minutes over the course of about 15-20ish, and it didn't fluctuate much, only 2-3MB either way. ( Out of 575 Total memory ( Ram ) listed. )

Not bad for what we've uninstalled so far, and we haven't even really gotten to most of the T-Mobile specific bloat, or that danged stock notes program that always want's to stay in memory, even when we're not using it.

It's a shame, I like that notes app, but not if it's gonna behave like that. It'll get replaced with something better. ( Thanks to the unknown person who posted that before, if I come across your post where you said it i'll make sure to thank you for bringing my attention to it. )

Okay, back down the list again now that we've got a backup of what we just did:

[B]Part 2: Survivors get shot again.
+Uninstalled:[/B]

-Backup
-Calculator
-FM Radio
-Friend Stream
-Internet
-Music Enhancer
-Music
-Notes
-Peep
-Polaris Office
-Settings Widget
-Setup
-T-Mobile Device Carbon
-T-Mobile Name ID
-T-Mobile TV
-Video Chat

[B]+Deleted Files:
/system/app:[/B]

-Browser.odex
-Calculator.odex
-FriendsStream.odex
-HtcAlbum.odex
-HtcFMRadio.odex
-HtcMusic.odex
-HtcMusicEnhancer.odex
-htcsettingwidgets.odex
-HTCSetupWizard.odex
-HtcTwitter.odex

[B]+Deleted Folders:
/data/data:[/B]

-com.android.browser
-com.android.calculator2
-com.android.setupwizard
-com.htc.album
-com.htc.android.fusion.calculator
-com.htc.android.htcsetupwizard
-com.htc.autorotatewidget
-com.htc.fm
-com.htc.friendstream
-com.htc.htcsettingwidgets
-com.htc.htctwitter
-com.htc.music
-com.htc.musicenhancer
-com.marigold.android.notes
-com.infraware.docmaster
-com.mobitv.client.tmobiletvhd
-com.qiktmobile.android
-com.voxmobili.sync.MobileBackup2
-comcom.zipwhip.devicecarbon.tmobile

[B]/app-cache:[/B]

-com.android.browser

+Exit Root Explorer, Power off/on to Recovery:

-Clear Dalvik Cache.

-Clear Cache.

-Reboot phone, make sure everything is working. ( ...as much as can be.)

-Power off/on into recovery again and make another CWM backup.

-Power down phone, pull memory card and copy backup to a safe location.

-Power phone back up, and move on to part 3.

( You can stop here if you want to keep the Stock Sense launcher and Gallery Apps. If so, just skip over the next set of code tags and follow the link to the app recommendation thread. )

*NOTE: YOU MUST INSTALL A NEW LAUNCHER BEFORE REMOVING THE SENSE LAUNCHER.

Go Lancher EX is probably the most visually appealing, with lots of fun animations and endless desktops. ( It's free, some of the themes you can get are paid, but plenty of free stuff to play with. ) This phone is powerful enough to unlock the potential of that launcher, but there are others to choose from.

Follow these steps:

-Load the Google Market, and find a launcher you like. Download and install it.

-Once done that, press the home button at the bottom of your screen.

-When the menu pops up asking what you want to do, MAKE SURE you choose "use by default for this action" and then select your newly installed launcher. You must make your new launcher default or you could have lots of problems. ( ...or not, do you want to risk it? )

-Once you click through the menus ( If applicable to your new launcher ), go through your desktops and delete all the widgets or shortcuts that may or may not be there now.

-After that's all done, move on to Part 3 below:

[B]Part 3: Sense? We don't need no stinkin' Sense.
Uninstall:[/B]

-HTC Sense
-Weather Widget ( won't work without Sense Launcher, but the weather app itself does )

[B]Delete Files:
/system/app:[/B]

-HtcWeather3DWidget.odex
-Rosie.odex ( this is the Sense launcher )
-Gallery ( If you'd like a different gallery app. )

[B]Delete Folders:
/data/data/[/B]

-com.htc.launcher
-com.htc.widget3d.weather

Also of note:

-We didn't mess with any Google Apps this time around, so you're still good on Market, Maps, Navigation ( + Places ), and GMail...as well as Latitude, Car Dock ( kept the genius app too ) Talk, Voice Search, and YouTube. Both "Search" and "Quick Lookup" won't do anything until you install a web browser.

-The rest of the apps we kept installed and working are:

+Dialer, Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, Voice Recorder. Visual Voicemail too...but i've never used it so I dunno on this one.

+Wifi Calling and Wifi Hotspot apps.

+Clock, Camera & Camcorder, Flashlight - Screen Share & TV out.

+Stock Weather app, It's pretty awesome, but you can get rid of it if you like. It's got a lot of components to it though.

+Settings, Task Manager & Superuser.

We also kept the T-Mobile "My Account" app, but you can toss that one too if you'd like. It comes in two parts, and one part will put you in a force-close loop when you get rid of it. This one is just easier to keep but you can make it go away if you really want to.

-If you chose to install the Go Launcher EX, you lose your live wallpapers. Go back 7 spaces to see what you have to do to get rid of them.

-If you removed the Sense launcher, i'd recommend replacing the stock gallery app with something else, as your phone will run better.

-If you followed this guide completely, then you also need:

+Music player

+Calculator ( stock one is garbage anyway - doesn't even fit right on the screen )

+Internet Browser

+Maybe some kind of notes app

+Any other widgets or apps you want.

Go here to see what i'd recommend you add to this bare-bones system to perk it up a little bit.

Either way, you can get rid of all of this stuff, and the Gallery and Browser are the only two things you NEED to replace - so you can see the pictures/videos you take and don't pay your data plan for nothing. (...or very little. )

I've taken it down to this level quite a few times now, and this way is probably the most efficient and stable way to make that happen.

I wanted to post this up so this thread wasn't just full of lists of apps you could get rid of, this is a pretty straightforward step-by-step to remove damn near all the bloat and streamline the phone's stock operating system to unleash it's speed.

It'll be some time (?) before we get a nice and stable ROM running on this freakishly powerful phone, so chew on this for a little while until then. I know this won't exactly suit everyone, but it's a good picture of what you can get rid of all at once to get your resources back. Visiting the thread I linked with what I put back on it should give you some decent ideas of where to go from here - refer to the lists in the preceding few posts to see what you have to do to keep/remove anything not listed in this guide.

Anyone else have some examples of how they configured their phone to get rid of what they didn't want?