yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Thanks!

Couple of notes, too:

It was asked in IRC why I'm removing 'android-syncservice-app.apk'. This service is the extra backup stuff that Verizon added on (as evidenced inside the package in /assets/system.properties you'll find several references to verizon servers for sync, like sm_connection_url=http://syncba.myvzw.com/syncml). This service doesn't do anything beneficial for you unless you really have a hard-on for Verizon's sync stuff. I've had it disabled since we achieved root and it has no affect on account sync services (contacts, gmail, calendar, reader, etc.) nor SMS/MMS push notifications, etc.

Also, a fellow PM'd me saying he got errors that variable names were invalid -- turns out he had edited the script in Windows, saved it, and that broke the UNIX-style line endings. If you're going to modify the script, use Notepad++, UltraEdit, or something that will maintain the correct line endings. Or just use an editor on the phone, such as in Root Explorer. :D
[Motorola Droid 3] pplude:
Thanks a bunch man, works great. About to run a benchmark to see the results!
[Motorola Droid 3] wootizzle:
I thought I'd lose the data usage meter by allowing one of the choices to be changed I forget which, though. lol.. Anyone know the name that shows the data usage? I figure cityid is cityid just dont know the other.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
is it myverizon.apk ? Its def the my verizon app, but in my system/app its renamed due to the script, but shes still runnin.
[Motorola Droid 3] wootizzle:
I thought so after posting but must be something else to. Before the widget said it couldn't load. Now it recognizes when connected to wifi but just loads forever for 3g data. And im signed into myvzw. Idk
[Motorola Droid 3] adcurtin:
Confirmed. I had to reboot afterwards, but it's all fixed.

Also, HDMI out works with a DVI converter I bought too.
[Motorola Droid 3] g3m1n1:
Not sure why but the script did not really work as intended for me. Unfortunately the script auto-reboots immediately so I am not able to see what is failing and there does not seem to be any logging in this script. I just took your list of apps to remove and manually copied them to /system/app/backup.
[Motorola Droid 3] phobes:
Also not 100% sure why the script isn't working anymore, however, I ran the script without root permissions so it no longer has the ability to reboot and got an error regarding MyVerizon.apk not existing, could this cause the problem?
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
Why does running this script require a 3rd party launcher while freezing with titanium does not?
[Motorola Droid 3] librarat:
I'm sure I'm being an idiot here, buutt...

While running the script, I answer all of the questions, and have root ticked (SU asked for perms on first attempt) and as soon as I confirm that I'm ready, I see the script error (cant read it, its too fast) and then the phone reboots its self...

Thoughts?

using 890 and Script Manager - should I try run at boot?

Edit: ..... update failed, no such file or directory. I'll try once more to see if I can find out which file it is...

Edit2: myverizon.apk I think is what it said. It literally flashes across the screen and reboots. I still have a ****ton of apps in my drawer.
[Motorola Droid 3] nabilalk:
Can these scripts be used on the Droid 2 Global as well?
[Motorola Droid 3] TimelesslyPrecise:
Yes, but not readily. You must prepare the scrips for your phone model...

The apps on your phone might have slightly different names than what the d3 has...

just make sure that the app names match exactly; from the d2g to the names in the script file. Once the names match, it should work as intended.
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
So if I say YES yo "Do you want to keep Motorola's home/launcher? [Y/n]" , I dont need a custom launcher?

Why would you recommend a custom launcher?
[Motorola Droid 3] nabilalk:
Thanks for the heads up
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Alot of people prefer ADW and LP over stock blur for various reasons.

morse coded via my DROID 3
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I know its an old post, but the script worked fine on my xt860. It popped up an error msg of some kind(don't remember) but it for sure worked

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] jarzy00:
i feel like this is too risky.. there's a lot of data in there that i don't understand.. id rather use titanium backup. after all, i thought you cant get OTA updates anyway if you remove such things off the stock of your phone?
[Motorola Droid 3] g3m1n1:
I had the exact same problem. Not sure why either, because I used Root Explorer to manually move bloatware from /system/apps to /system/apps/backup and myverizon.apk was in there. The script would be handy but all I really needed was just a safe-list of apps to remove.
[Motorola Droid 3] Moon Shadow - NM:
Droid X2?

Okay, I know this post in in the droid 3 forum, however, I was wondering if anyone has has success running this on the Droid X2? Thanks!

Caio!
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
What exactly is motorola's social features? Thanks
[Motorola Droid 3] TimelesslyPrecise:
Short answer: garbage

Extended answer: most of the integral features relating to Facebook, twitter, Flickr, whatever else they can pile on, to work seamlessly with moto blur...
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
So you're better of downloading facebook from the market?
[Motorola Droid 3] TimelesslyPrecise:
Wish I could find that article I ran across the other day, on how motorola admits to it's motto blur software being characteristic of spyware...

But, IMO, blur sucks..

I would definitely use the Facebook app to deal with social networking, rather than interfacing through blur...

Take a look on the forum for the Droid 3 ROM, Steel Droid or something like that.. Steel Droid cleaned it up a bit, got rid of the trash for you already :)
[Motorola Droid 3] 640k:
i'm pretty sure i know the article you're talking about and i'm also pretty sure that the CEO of Mobility basically trumped whatever was said by expressing how Blur (or whatever they call it now) is so much better and is necessary and blah blah blah.

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so, this is the first time i've run the script. i've been doing it manually, been waiting for recovery, etc....

anyway, i wanted to point out that you should do two things:

1. your questioning goes back and forth. first you ask if you want to remove, then if you want to keep. this can be confusing, so keep it as either "keep" or "remove". i do like the comments, however, that warn the consequences.

2. you should list a summary of the options, with a confirmation at the end ("the following will be removed", etc).

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alright, got a boot-loop from the script... trying a couple things.

kept stock launcher

kept stock messenger

kept dlna

i think i kept something else...

boot-looped during initial restart.

did a factory reset and am starting over now...
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
This list is wonderful. Thanks for taking the time to write this.

I am anal, so I used this in conjunction with this http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1192795.html, which is a bloat removal list I used for my X, and X2, to remove even more.

Thought I would add to this already great list so people could remove even more if you like.
[Motorola Droid 3] DiscGo:
I just used the One Click root and it worked great! Thank you!
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
Btw why does my droid still have V cast apps and zumocast? Zumo was needed for DLNA or HDMI?
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
bump?

/10char
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
What do you mean I've missed something? I ran the script, but those apps remain

I can't delete them from settings >> manage apps
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
you can go in and manually delete them from sys/app folder, using something like root explorer
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
I know that..but i was wondering why they were left behind.. there must be a reason for it?
[Motorola Droid 3] mess123:
There is a type-o in the script, line 371 reads:

mv ZumoCast_1.0.25.apk ZumoCast_1.0.25.apk.bak 2>/dev/null

and it should read:

mv ZumoCast-1.0.25.apk ZumoCast-1.0.25.apk.bak 2>/dev/null

Where the underscore is a dash. If you want to manually fix this, run any terminal emulator from the market, and run the following commands:

su root
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/app
mv ZumoCast-1.0.25.apk ZumoCast-1.0.25.apk.bak

Then reboot your device.

Thanks OP for writing this script. I used it and besides the mentioned bug, it worked perfectly. :)
[Motorola Droid 3] dvet:
should it not be easier to do this using Root Explorer or similar?
[Motorola Droid 3] SrulDog:
5.7.894

Does this work on the new update, 5.7.894? I'm trying to run it and it's not working?
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
Yes

Probably not because they are different even though things may look the same. Kinda like different versions of windows
[Motorola Droid 3] jerinaw:
Script not working

I just got a Droid3, I ran this script and nothing got removed. I ran it again and my phone bricked. It just sat at the red eye boot thing...

I factory rest the phone and it's now crashes and loops at the Location consent screen.

Any ideas? If flash a new ROM on this phone (will be my first time doing thing, ever) will that (hopefully) get rid of all the bloatware Verizon puts on this device? And make wireless tether easier to get working? I tried to get wireless tether working but someone Verizon detected it and locked me out of data connection till reboot. Kept redirecting me to some verizon page that told me to pay for tether.

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
Hi.

1) debrick http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1336980

2) I installed maverick rom after I bricked my phone. Thought why the hell not since i'm already flashing etc. Yes it removes all bloat, like most other ROMs.

3) you can enable tethering with the hack found on this forum. You can also tether via bluetooth if you dont wish to do the hack
[Motorola Droid 3] jerinaw:
So if these scripts don't work on the newer version, how do I use Root explorer to get rid of all the apps? Go in and rename them all to .bak?
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
You can go and rename them all .bak if you plan on reverting your phone to stock at some point,or you could make a nandroid of your stock phone,and use either TiBu or RE to delete the apps if you wanna clear space.

morse coded via my DROID 3
[Motorola Droid 3] virus5877:
I did this months ago, and I now find that I am unable to OTA update. apparantly I disabled some service that allowed me to OTA update. can somebody post the script to re-enable all the stuff I disabled?

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
it's the same script!
[Motorola Droid 3] virus5877:
definitely not.

I remember there used to a Restore script. what happened to that?
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
The zip comes with 2 scripts. Unless you deleted the restore one. In that case, redownload the correct version and use the correct script.

morse coded via my DROID 3
[Motorola Droid 3] SchwassKIN:
App removal

Will this script work if I have already removed some of the apps with the root app remover?

I just dont want the script to hang and put me in an unknown state.:o

Thanks
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
It should work fine, just be sure if you remove the stock launcher that you have another one (ie: adw, launcher pro)

morse coded via my DROID 3
[Motorola Droid 3] SchwassKIN:
Ok cool. The script doesnt remove the launcher does it?
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
not if you tell it not to
[Motorola Droid 3] SchwassKIN:
HELP!!!

Ran the script phone rebooted and is now stock on splash screen!!!

PLZ help!
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1336980
[Motorola Droid 3] nailbomb3:
Any reason I couldn't use this on a Droid 2 Global or a D2?
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Different System App versions, your welcome to try it, but I hope you know how to SBF.
[Motorola Droid 3] nailbomb3:
I've done it a few times ya hehehe. I'll have to look at the names of the apk's. I bet a lot of them are the same.
[Motorola Droid 3] WaltA:
Any way of getting rid of the "Mobile Hotspot" bloat app? Since VZW charges to use that app, I have no intention of ever using it.
[Motorola Droid 3] pgunning1:
My moto droid 3 is unlocked & rooted, but on std rom. script manager has root access but when I run it errors on myversion.apk - read only file then states can't reboot. So its not worked on mine. Does anyone know why its not getting root access or why its failing, tried both scripts neither change this error.

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] eww245:
You have Verizon Droid 3? And have you removed any apks by any other method? Check to see that /system/app/MyVerizon.apk exists. And for some reason it is not mounting /system as writable, which could be the actual problem. If you have root explorer be sure that /system can be mounted r/w
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Delete it with Root Explorer or Titanium Backup.

morse coded via my DROID 3
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
I knkw how to delete apps. Would also like to know how to delete mobile hotspot, but cant figure what to delete to get rid of it.
[Motorola Droid 3] nu2droid:
I don't know that you can. Think its intergrated in the systems apk.
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
If its it system/app and is one of the apks we should just need to find what to delete.
[Motorola Droid 3] nu2droid:
Sorry, I ment in the settings.apk
[Motorola Droid 3] WaltA:
From what I have since been able to figure out, the Mobile Hotspot is not an apk by itself, but part of the settings.apk. However, if you remove settings.apk you will loose a lot of other apps, some of which are required for your phone to work.
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
psouza4 will you fix the typo?
[Motorola Droid 3] pecosROB:
Peter, this has been a huge help. First your one click root and now this. Thank you and congratulations, you are officially the first person I've donated to on XDA! $10 to you! Go check it out!
[Motorola Droid 3] mattk_r:
Working on a Bionic here, but with some minor file naming I noticed a few apps that didn't "disappear" from the apps list even after I renamed the /settings/app file to .bak (VCAST_Tones, Citrix Receiver, etc). What I wonder what the connection is from the the same named apk to the settings apk? The apps seemed to still work. :confused:
[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
Just fyi for anyone using the Chinese xt883 ROM or radio.img, the script didn't work for me (I'm using the radio.img, but not the ROM), and I have to restart my launcher every time I restart the phone so that some of the icons names aren't in Chinese (this may be unrelated). Also, adding .bak to the conversations.apk caused my incoming texts to be broken, even though I use Chomp SMS. I could send texts, but didn't receive any for some reason. Dropping the .bak fixed the problem :-)
[Motorola Droid 3] newshook:
Just wonder if anyone knows if it is ok to remove:

FakeBlurXmppApp.apk

Fota.apk

Term.apk

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] nabilalk:
Stock Android SMS/MMS app anyone

Anyone have a stock SMS/MMS app that works on the Droid 3? Not the TextMessaging app preinstalled by Motorola, the one that Google makes. Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Just google AOSP Messaging apk and you should find it. I can post it tomorrow though if I remember when I'm on my home computer.
[Motorola Droid 3] nabilalk:
Having trouble finding a working apk. I would appreciate it if you would post it, thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Here ya go, its extracted from CM7.
[Motorola Droid 3] nabilalk:
Thank you for that
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
No problem :D

This version has a ton of options, even has a Black Background option in the settings, you just have to restart the app for it to show up after you select it.

morse coded via my DROID 3
[Motorola Droid 3] bsteph10:
Default Messaging restore

Hi, I removed the .bak from the Messaging.apk and Messaging.odex and I'm able to open the Messaging app but everytime I hit the "Text Messaging" section I get a force close. If I leave Messaging.odex.bak I get an immediate force close when I try to start messaging. Anybody else been able to successfully re-enable Messaging?

I have Handcent installed btw, could there be a conflict?

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Ok, nm about my previous post. I used the CMMS.apk posted by Yonnor and that's more of what I wanted anyway, the vanilla Android messaging app. Thanks to Yonnor :)
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Glad I could help. :D

The problem you ran into though I believe stems from the interdependence of Moto apps on the D3. You need the Messaging APK, Conversations APK and 1 other I can't recall to have Texting to work. Or like you found, the CM-Messaging is all you need in the case you want a more AOSP feel :)
[Motorola Droid 3] cisland2000:
Scripts for deodexed

Dear psouza4,

thank you for your scripts,

and

In my country we have to deodex Stock ROM's to be able to localize it,

so

Do you have (or if possible you modify :)) scripts for :

- deodexed 5.5.959

- deodexed 5.6.890

- deodexed 5.7.894

the latest is the better,

Thank you
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
If you are rooted, there are stock deodexed Update.zips floating around on Rootzwiki.com and you can just boot into recovery and flash them.

Can't recall if they have the latest version but I know for sure they have the previous System Versions.

morse coded via my DROID 3
[Motorola Droid 3] kernelguy:
Boot loop after running the bloat removal script?

I recently received an unlocked D3 running 5.6.890. I rooted it, installed safestrap on it, backed up the system from the recovery menu, rebooted and ran the bloat removal script. In the next reboot the system went into a boot loop. Has anyone seen this issue? I did say 'no' to keeping the messaging apps.

BTW, the system backup seemed to have a bad md5 and restore didn't work. I could turn on safe mode and flash motoblur 5.6.890 rom on the phone and get it out of the boot loop.
[Motorola Droid 3] scbond:
Sorry if this has been mentioned and I've missed it but is it possibly to remove everything as per the script and then install the stock Google apps such as the standard text, email and calendar apps?
[Motorola Droid 3] Dunkelherzmann:
Hi, I think I found a bug in the scripts, "ZumoCast_1.0.17.apk" in your scripts is depicted as "ZumoCast-1.0.17.apk" So, when I run the "Remove Bloatware Script" Zumo cast is not removed even if I chose it to be...

I opened the script with notepad and changed "-" to "_" problem solved...

Just making an observation as I don't quite like "ZumoCast"

Keep up the good work!
[Motorola Droid 3] nkg:
I tried rooting my Bionic which has 902 with your rooting tool but I keep getting error message. I downloaded you tool version 1.07 and it says 1.07 when I see it in my folder but when I run it it says ver 1.06. Also, you said to download the motorola drivers ver 5.2 but when I try to install it it says I have later ver version installed and it does not install drivers (I have ver 5.5 of drivers). When I try using your root tool without changing from driver ver 5.5 I get error message "adb could not be granted root access via local.prop method.

I would appreciate your guidance to root my Bionic
[Motorola Droid 3] Bo W:
I live the script but i use business calendar to sync my google calendar. This script disables google calendars. At least after inran the script, no calendar information is available in in the business cal. app. Could someone guide me as to how to use the AWESOME tool but keep my calendar functionality?
[Motorola Droid 3] blackbuddha:
If you only want to run a lean debloated version of stock ROM, make sure that you have BlurCalendarProvider.apk in /system/app. Deleting BlurCalendar.apk will not affect the system. In fact, almost any cooked ROM for Droid 3 now is debloated and heavily tweaked for faster performance. I think you should try them and make sure the file above or CalendarProvider.apk is intact.

I also use Business Calendar on CyanogenMod with no problem.
[Motorola Droid 3] anonymous-x:
Thanks I'm very glad you've done this for us all.
[Motorola Droid 3] Sloop:
Downloaded Script Manager and installed and allowed superaccess. In settings I also double checked rootaccess, and I remembers the choice. I transfered the remove_script for my device OS (5.6.890) and loaded it through ScriptManager. I checked root access, so the script is executed with superrights. After I answer the questions (which apps I want to keep) I start the installation. The only thing I am able to see is ..myverizon.apk ... then phone reboots and nothing especially happens. Of course all of the apps mentioned in the scripts are still on my device. They were not removed.

Any clues why this script doesn't work on my Motorola Droid 3 which runs stock 5.6.890 Android 2.3.4 and is rooted ?
[Motorola Droid 3] indy1811:
Any way i can get this working on 5.7.906? It fails when i try to run the script using script manager.
[Motorola Droid 3] scotepi:
Please update for 5.7.906...
[Motorola Droid 3] tcrews:
Ran fine for me on my Droid 3 on 5.7.906, both to unbloat and rebloat (resetting to stock since I now have the Droid 4).

I used the 5.6.890 script.

Did you make sure to re-root your phone after the OTA update to 5.7.906? You have to use the Droid4 motofail root method...but then the de-bloat script works fine.
[Motorola Droid 3] jerinaw:
Not working, need help!

My phone is rooted but I can't get this to work.

I pretty much want to get rid of all this crap Motorola put on my phone and have the ability to tether.

I tried running both versions 595 and 890. I had to get a referb phone and it wasn't east to root, I had to use motofail. Anyway I'm lost, very new to rooting/romming.

I even failed at putting Steel Driod on my phone...it's Steel Droid with all the damn moto bloatware!
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
I can help with the Steel Droid part.

Boot into Recovery and go to Wipe Options, then select Wipe All. After you successfully wipe, then install/flash Steel Droid. You should have a fresh system w/out the Bloatware.

Just make sure you have a backup to use in case anything goes wrong! lol

PS: You WILL have to re-setup your phone (Homescreen, Add Accounts, etc)
[Motorola Droid 3] tk40:
So I followed your instructions but it does not seem to be working.

I keep getting this error: Failed on MyVerizon.apk, no such file or dir.

It reboots but nothing has been removed. How should I go about this?
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Depending one what your base system is (I'm assuming its up to date and is .906). This script won't work unfortunately. You can though use the provided list of apps and freeze them with Titanium Backup or change the file extension with Root Explorer from .apk to .bak so the apps won't load.
[Motorola Droid 3] tk40:
Can I use the free app named Explorer made by the same company as Root Explorer to rename those extensions, or must I purchase the full version? I'm not that happy with this phone so I'm just trying to do a few simple things to it until my contract is ready for renewal within 6 months. Don't feel like spending money on it.
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
I believe that should work, im not 100% sure as I've never used the free version. Doesn't hurt to try though, also you could try the free version of titanium backup.

Also if you dont mind me asking, what dont you like about the phone? Sure stock rooted its is a bit plain but there are quite a few custom roms out that really breathe new life into the phone.

Beamed down from my PCB'd Transformer
[Motorola Droid 3] SyCoREAPER:
Legit bump.

Anyone else have issues with this for ICS? Right at the very end, when it asks if you are very sure you're ok with the settings, gets to first item, says quickly, failed to find MyVerizon.apk (something like that) and it crashes my phone.
[Motorola Droid 3] vbhokiefan:
I would guess that since this is made for the stock VZW GB ROM, it's not gonna work on an ICS ROM, since none of them are "stock" from Verizon, and probably won't have the files the script is looking for.