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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] intre:
Well, I wanted to test data2sd on a fast microSD card because I want to get a fluid device. It gets freezed many times when working with it (in example, doing something while updating apps from the play store), and I read elsewhere it was caused by the very slow internal memory. So I suppose the faster the microSD I use, the faster the device will be.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jasueh:
It works, I have AndroWook 2.3 now and is running smoothly, far better than the internal sd . I'm running Data2SD with a 32GB Sandisk Ultra SD Card.

There are some discussions about the speed of different sd cards, It seems it has to do with random access speed.

What manufacturers state on their devices are secuencial access speeds.

Enviado desde mi Transformer Prime TF201 con Tapatalk 4
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] abraham.ramirez:
I am creating this topic because I think we could use a thread dedicated to see what is safe to remove and what is not.

Right now it won't have much, but I plan to provide good info. please post what you have been able to remove and even what Bootloops phone or just causes problems.

ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE TRYING THIS! BOTH NANDROID AND TITANIUM BACKUP

Ways to Remove Unnecessary Apps

One way and my personal favorite is to use Titanium Backup. It can uninstall these apps but can also back them up.

Another way is to use a file manager that can access /system/app. this is one of the harder ways since it can get difficult to know what is what because it just gives package names. ex. com.mobitv.client.tmobiletvhd.apk is the T-Mobile TV app

Safe to remove NOTE: This is how they appear in Titanium Backup. Always make a backup both TiB and Nandroid before starting

Buddies now 1.0

Custimize homescreen 1.o

Email 1.0 (this is the widget not the android email app)

Game Base

Gmail

Google Play Books

Highlight

Home screen tips

Lookout

Media Hub

More for Me

News & Weather

Ocean Weather

Polaris Office

Pro Apps

Slacker Radio

Social Hub (app)

Social Hub (widget)

TeleNav GPS

TwLauncher (only if you have a replacement launcher. Ex. Adw, go, Zeam, ...)

...

Unsafe to remove. Do not remove!

mediaprovider

...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] abraham.ramirez:
If you do remove something you shouldnt

If you can boot, then just restore the app you removed in titanium backup.

If you bootloop you got two options

1. Restore Nandroid backup in CWM (good thing I did a Nandroid backup, right?)

2. No Nandroid Backup, its not guarantied but you might be able to use this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1591601 . A factory reset/data wipe may be needed in stock recovery

I will try to see if I can post backup files in case some one does remove something they shouldn't.

mediaprovider.APK and .Odex: http://db.tt/EQquH1Zi
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Cirkustanz:
I'll say it here again, "bloatware" is a misnomer of a term. Your phone will not work faster removing these applications. Personally I removed them because I didn't want to ever see the notification for them having an update in the store. Also, having them installed, but not running, has *zero* impact on your battery.

I point this out because if you're ever unsure about whether you should remove uninstall something, don't.

These are the apps I have personally chosen to uninstall or freeze, and my phone has worked flawlessly for several weeks:

Zinio

Yelp

Visual Voicemail (may be desirable to many, but if you use google voice it's not)

Telenav GPS (yes, your google maps gps will work just fine without it)

T-mobile Video Chat

T-mobile Name ID

T-mobile Mail

Slacker

Netflix

More for Me

MobileLife Family

Media Hub

Lookout Security (the app didn't even work for me so I found it useless)

Linear

Pro Apps

Kies air

Highlight

Game Base

Bonus Apps

411 & More

Personally, I always selected "make a backup" with TitaniumBackup Pro before removing an app, and if TBP ever gave the warning message about that app not being deodexed, I instead chose to freeze it.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] abraham.ramirez:
True, it won't affect your phone much to remove these apps, but some of these still run in the background. I personally do this because I feel my phone runs a bit better and I just don't want them on my phone. I'm doing it for those who want to remove stuff but don't know what can be.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Cirkustanz:
You think those apps, "run in the background?" The majority of those apps, and probably more, don't even load up at all, much less "in the background" unless the user of the phone INSTRUCTS THEM TO.

And you put twlauncher in the "safe to remove" category? If ADW, LauncherPro, or whatever else a person is using crashes or gets corrupted, good luck!

This thread just shouldn't exist, the information has already been posted, in the thread where the instructions to even allow it to be done in the first place.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] abraham.ramirez:
Look, on my phone, lookout mobile along with Telenav and a few others still loaded on the memory. What I'm trying to do is something helpful for the blaze community.

If you have something against me, don't post it here. Pm me or bring it up with a moderator. If you want to post something help, please do so. ( I appreciate the fact that you reminded me to include a warning about touch wiz launcher). This is an open community where we try to help each other, not argue.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] CB620:
I removed touchwiz first. I use rootuninstaller to remove what I don't want.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] michaelstigers:
Your comment is completely untrue - Android is an operating system; just like any other - Windows, Linux, iOS, etc...

By removing applications that run in the backround and take critical memory (RAM) you instantly make your phone run faster...many of these applications run in the backround and the only way to stop them is to:

* Freeze them

* Uninstall them

THUS - removing applications that aren't vital to a user; and are taking system resources away; instantly speeds your phone up...not only do you free ram but you also take away applications which are using processor power...

...your comment couldn't be further from the truth and has no form of logic to it...sorry to bust your bubble.

...and don't get your panties in a wad and upset because someone has called you out and clearly disagrees with your flawed train of thought over the matter :-)

SOOO removing applications that are junk, that you don't want...bloatware, etc - WILL speed up your phone...

Although one program can be considered bloatware to one user, and vital to another - I prefer the term "junkware" - just like Windows (Microsoft); the companies get kick backs for installing software...(T-Mobile)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Bulletblitz27:
Samsung has actually optimized CPU and RAM quite well. Most of the "bloatware" does not take CPU or RAM, and some due. Removing them does not make a noticible difference on this phone, although on some past Samsung models it did.

And not to get off topic, but you can frame 'corrections' in a appropriate tone and not accuse him/her of being void of logic. Which wasn't even true.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] michaelstigers:
...if it quacks like a duck; and looks like a duck; and has logic like a duck - well, then it should swim in a pond, not be wrong; and give me no reason to correct it... :-)

And you clarified my point even further - "most"...thanks :-)

My posting was simply made so people were not under the WRONG assumption that taking a few minutes to get junkware off their O/S wouldn't make a difference. It will actually save a good amount of system resources; and give a much more rich experience that Google intended...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Bulletblitz27:
No, actually I did not clarify your point. My point was in contrast with yours. Rooting the phone has many other benefits than possibly speeding up a phone that's already optimized in this respect.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Cirkustanz:
Who cares. No one should.

The amount of time "saved" from "freeing up resources" so the phone can "have as rich of an experience as Google intended" is much less than the time it took for either one of us to write our posts, or for any would-be person to read them.

It's a dead issue, do whatever you want. Including having some silly opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] michaelstigers:
1 thing that we need to remember, is that this message board is not for arguing our points. How about we simply agree to disagree over this matter? You clearly are not going to see it my way - and I clearly believe that taking junkware/bloatware is clearly beneficial to the phone.

I have seen it in action on many android phones that I have serviced, and I also saw how removing junkware off of my personal blaze freed up a lo of memory.

What we should do is now let users of the thread that have seen 2 different peoples point of view make up their minds for themselves. If we continue to go back and forth it does nothing but take up valuable space here on the thread and does a disservice to the users...a healthy debate and conversation is good / but this is beginning to become toxic and redundant!

Thanks for a different point of view however and no hard feelings :-)

This message has been sent using my unlocked - ROOTED - Samsung GalaxyS Blaze 4G (With CWM) using the XDA PREMIUM Application (TapaTalk)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] michaelstigers:
I could not have agreed more, and thanks for not taking a lot of offense to what I said.

Personally I am 1 that is always messing with my phone, so I put more time into it than most people ever would...gotta love ADHD and Ritalin :-)

This message has been sent using my unlocked - ROOTED - Samsung GalaxyS Blaze 4G (With CWM) using the XDA PREMIUM Application (TapaTalk)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
FYI

i wouldn't get rid of the default Gallery app (Gallery3D.apk) it seems like for some reason you can't set a Lock screen wallpaper it only has Wallpaper gallery as an option but if i want to set a Home screen wallpaper i can choose from Live wallpapers, Quickpic Wallpaper (an gallery app i downloaded), & Wallpaper gallery.

With Gallery installed the Lock screen options are Gallery & Live wallpapers and when i tap on Gallery i get a bunch of options including the Quickpic and i set that as default and when i go to Quickpic and say "set as" i get options to set as Home screen or Lock screen wallpaper now as i didn't before without Gallery installed

So yeah not sure why i need the default Gallery app to set Lock screen wallpaper but whatever
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chjema:
Use autoresizewallpaper instead..don't need the stock gallery..I got rid of mine
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
'bloat' and boot...

Removing 'bloatware' from an android (linux) environment will only effect boot time (phone will be fully booted/usable faster). As it is so often pointed out in forums, once an app is cached (most of the time this happens during boot) it is not using cpu cycles and thus not eating away at any battery life (the RAM will have the same power draw whether it is being used or not) - that is until that app is opened (as any running app will use battery). So if you are looking for a more responsive phone removing bloat isn't going to help - you are literally better off buying a more powerful phone. However I can attest to removing bloat and speeding up boot times from using a 1st gen Exhibit 4g. Removing the 'bloat' decreased my boot time on my exhibit by 10-15 seconds! But beyond speeding up boot times there is no real reason to remove 'bloat' (unless you just don't want those crappy apps on your phone). Let's not get on a tangent on ram cleaners (task killers) please... as they are worthless and do eat away at battery life (as the os realizes it needs to re-cache those apps...) :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] abraham.ramirez:
Look, we dont need any more of those kind of posts. I understand it wont affect much, but some do want to remove certain apps like myself. I have wanted to rename post to safe to remove apps, but i dont know how to do that. Unless you have something to contribute to this, dont post things like those apps arent bloatware or that they dont do anything to affect performance. We are trying to help each other out.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
no offence please

Uh.. wha? I believe you misunderstood my post entirely. I never said that there is no point in removing 'bloatware'/preinstalled apps. The purpose of my post was only to inform. Please re-read my post (without bias). There's this false assumption that removing bloat will make a phone faster and it's just not true. Removing '411 & more' & 'netflix' is NOT going to make my quadrant score higher or give me more FPS playing games.

I may be over-generalizing here but this is what I have come to understand in regards to Android:

Need more storage & want faster boot times? ---> remove bloat/preinstalled apps.

Want better battery life? --> buy extended battery, adjust screen brightness to lowest viewing level.

Want a faster phone? ---> get a custom rom with OC/buy setcpu and OC or buy a faster phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] abraham.ramirez:
Okay, i see now. Sorry bout that. You are right. I have seen the same pattern with android that you describe and that is why i removed a few things from my phone
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
It seems that app only can set the Home screen wallpaper not the Lock screen one?

is this the app you have?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.hyoromo.automaticsettingwallpaper
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
master list for sgs2-may help

Was pokin around here on XDA elsewhere because I know I have seen some spreadsheets that would be helpful...

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html (Thanks to Veyka for making and maintaining this list!)

This is for the SGS2 but some of the apps are shared with our device (I remember looking at this before removing the 'Let's try panning' app). Most of the apps that are NOT safe to remove are the same for the Blaze. This should help you out a bit, especially for the apps that are NOT safe to remove :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
I remember looking at that list or a similar list awhile back and yeah most apps on there i recognized thanks for the list :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chjema:
Ahh the locker ..gotcha. I dont use the stock one as it doesnt work right on Erik rom. I use MiLock (i think its called that) that he provided and I love it! Lets me set wallpapers inside the app.

Sorry for the confusion!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
Thanks much for that link; it's very helpful. I don't remove anything, but I use Gemini App Manager to block/freeze what I don't use, and that liberates RAM.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] LiveFaster:
Would wifi sharing be safe to remove? Or what exactly is it needed for?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
According to that spreadsheet it is and to me it sounds like it's for to share stuff over wifi lol
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] nirajpant7:
This should get stickied
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ThinkSmall:
Instructions - how to remove bloatware please?

Exactly I want to do this and get rid of unnecessary preloaded apps and sure of how? Can you please help with any stepbystep instructions?

Already tried:

google play>> app> select > but no option for uninstall, only open/update>> then tried clicking menu>> it also don't give option to uninstall. so is the title "Instructions - how to remove bloatware please?"

Any help much appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] rbeier1221:
See the other thread you asked this in. Traditional methods of uninstalling don't work on system apps or we wouldn't need root to remove them in the first place.

This thread was a list not a how to.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
The original poster already said how to

---------- Post added at 08:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:44 PM ----------

I second that!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] abraham.ramirez:
Lol, i was going to post the same as above
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ThinkSmall:
Thanks for your response rbeier1221. Can you please help me with any link of the other tread about the 'how to' . Thanks again...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ThinkSmall:
did i Briked it or is it called soft brick or what are my options? please help?

Just understood that its an app. So installed it (free version) and took backup and tried to uninstall the buddy or so.. some thing happened and it boots to kindof bios (with options to upgrade from sdcard, factory restore, patition/cache clear etc options) but after click ok (assuming ok=click menu button) i get error picture..

---------- Post added at 10:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:40 PM ----------

Finally it worked.. and uninstalled all OPs list of bloatware. Thanks ALL

btw, don't know how/why? I gave up with below error and put into charging.. after time time tried but this time.. insead of menu, i clelected home .. thats it it worked and system started booting into and didn't gave the error again.. so just to make sure i restarted again and all working fine.. then uninstalled the bloatwoare.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
Well that's new to me never read anything about that happening but to fix a soft brick try This

Also you might want to check out The Samsung Galaxy Blaze 4G Bible it has loads of information and stuff!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] LiveFaster:
If you use the original alarm clock don't delete the original file manager as the clock app uses it when you want to make the tone something in your external sd. I deleted it since I have root explorer, but the alarm clock will only let you pick the song file with the original file manager.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chjema:
Thought this thread would be ok to post this...

Could anyone do me a huge favor and upload the stock mms apk?

I need it for a locker I have... any help would be greatly appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
That's lame

Here you go
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chjema:
No idea how to download that...I'm on my blaze...well not be near a pc for about a week
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
Oh hmmm try this

The APK

The Odex (If Needed)

Okay so this is how i downloaded it on my Blaze

1. Click the APK link and go to your browser (I.e mine is Dolphin) and it says Save as and then save it

2. Either from the browser go to downloads & tap on the apk it should ask to be installed or find out where you save your downloads and then install it from there

Or an alternative way is if you have the Google drive application and you open the link in Google drive it will ask you right away to install the APK
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chjema:
Sweet that did the trick! Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] rbeier1221:
In the future, though I suggest a new thread for posts like this. This is off topic and could have easily gone unnoticed.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] duckpond:
On a rooted phone, I do "freezing" an app by renaming it in adb shell, like this:

mv App.apk App.apk_

Here's a list of apps that I have frozen for weeks, without an issue:

AccountAndSyncSettings.apk_

AnalogClock.apk_

AxT9IME.apk_

bonusapps.apk_

BuddiesNow.apk_

ClockPackage.apk_

com.mobitv.client.tmobiletvhd.apk_

DigitalClock.apk_

ECID-release.apk_

Email.apk_

EmailWidget.apk_

GameBase.apk_

highlight.apk_

Kies.apk_

KiesAir.apk_

kieswifi.apk_

LiveSource.apk_

lookout.apk_

MallLite.apk_

MediaHub.apk_

MobileLife.apk_

MobileLifeContacts.apk_

More4Me.apk_

MyAccount.apk_

PhotoRetouching.apk_

PolarisOffice.apk_

qik.apk_

SamsungWidget_News.apk_

SamsungWidget_StockClock.apk_

ShareApp.apk_

slackerradio.apk_

SnsAccountFb.apk_

SnsAccountLi.apk_

SnsAccountTw.apk_

SocialHub.apk_

SocialHubWidget.apk_

Swype.apk_

TeleNav.apk_

VVM.apk_

ZinioReader.apk_

ZinioSettingsProvider.apk_

A side question: what is the "system update" service that is always running in background? can it be safely removed given that I never need to update firmware OTA? if yes, what is the associated apk file? (the last question because i don't use Titanium Backup).
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] saintsatinstain:
How do I say thank you to all youse folk?

How do I say thank you to all of you without going singularly to do so?

Even the near the edge arguments were helpful, though the important facts were which app safe to uninstall, freeze, and delete. Most I've renamed the app, wait, see if something happens or doesn't happen to my phone, then rid myself of the app permanently.

I also began a review of apps I downloaded myself to see if really necessary. An example is the IMDb app. Why keep the app when I can add the site to my browser's speed dial and uninstall the app. It's not just the carriers that add bloat? We do it too. CIA Factbook organizes better than the site, so I keep it. Do I need to install a music player if the stock is sufficient? Haven't answered that yet.

I bought the DW Contacts & Phone for use on my previous phone; I didn't install it on the Blaze because it's stock sufficient. I also bought a clock for the previous phone because the stock was inferior, but on the Blaze the stock clock is superior to one I bought which still uses the wheel to set number values, and there's a separate stopwatch. The Blaze clock unifies timer, alarm, and stopwatch; it has keypad to insert the number values.

I doubt that I'll flash rom and rom. I just want a tight, fast, and efficient phone. I dont need fancy or feature rich. Some Google market apps, say dialers and contacts, which have skins and lots of configuration I dont need, won't use. The Stock dialer and contacts allow only nine quick dial numbers; I only need eight and that includes voice mail.

The apps I install I know safe to remove.

What I need to know which ones added by the carrier T-Mobile are safe to remove, and how? Whether there is an advantage to their removal may be interesting, but it's not central to my interest and need.

Thank you.

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[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magus92:
Is there a way to pull the address book from the phone internal storage?

why:

the screen is cracked, this is the best idea I came with xD.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavy_metal_man:
possible help

well, you could try pull the phonebook app but i dont know if it will hold the data you want. is your digitizer still working???? and what rom are you on? afaik you can export all your contacts to the sdcard :D no extra apps required.

it all depends just how bad your screen is tbh. or! if you keep your contacts backed up with your google account (which is default) just go there and you should find them :cool:
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magus92:
Sadly the woman who did this, has completely cracked the screen, the only thing I hope she did was to enable the usb debug (since she is on stock, no CWR, nothing... FFS ._.)

Still trying to understand where stock sense stores the address book ._.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavy_metal_man:
Well, even if you can't see you may still be able to feel :D please tell me she has vibrate on touch enabled :p if so we are on. I could get ****loads of screen shots and walk you through the process :cool:

Also, did you look into the Google account backup option? May be your only option like.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavy_metal_man:
Did you have any luck?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magus92:
Still no answer from the phone holder D: .

I'll update you asap
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Qvp:
Seems like the cpu power on the new stock ICS is limited to 1200 instead of 1400 in GB. Am I right?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] crizolli:
Nope.

I'm on 4.0.3 LPY and CPUSpy shows activity in the 1400mhz range.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] deadundead:
Disable Power Saving Mode.