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[Motorola Droid 4] larikeal:
so i installed safestrap to my droid 4 running stock rom ics. i go into recovery to install cyanogen mod 10 so i wipe everything like always and then i selected install, next i know i look at my phone and the screen is black i figure the install is done so i go to power it on and it brings me to the safestrap 10 second option so i click menu....nothing happens it shows backlight black screen then i restarted the phone and tried to boot regular, same thing is there anyway to fix this?! and since safestrap is installed everytime i try to charge my phone it turns on and tries to boot into the backlight black screen.
[Motorola Droid 4] maddeath:
Sounds like you wiped ur system clean and nothing was installed over it. If you can get into safestrap then just usersd lite to put a clean version of ics on ur device. Then root and enjoy
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
Agreed. Probably going to have to fastboot ICS. In addition, if/when you try to install a custom ROM again, make sure you back up your unsafe system first. Then make sure you switch to your safe system to install the ROM.

Droid 4 - AOKP Skyline
[Motorola Droid 4] larikeal:
when i go into safestrap it just shows a black screen, i click menu at the 10 second screen and thats what it does.
[Motorola Droid 4] podspi:
As others are saying, it sounds like your system is hosed.

My advice would be to download RSDLite and the appropriate fastboot files and restore the phone's software that way.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1832992
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mico.barac:
Cyanogenmod 9 ivendor RC 3.1

I couldn't find these two useful options:

- contact swipe action (swipe left: Call / swipe right: SMS)

- face down silence (silent your phone when you turn its face down).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shram32:
There are different applications on gb and ics. So they have different functions. You can only search for another dialer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mico.barac:
I had these options with original stock firmware. With Cyanogenmod these options are gone. Do they exist on ICS Android at all???

Oh, I found out that:

-Contact Swipe Actions

This is a feature in Samsung’s TouchWiz skin. It isn’t in stock Android. At all.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shram32:
Maybe, you will find gb dialer port for ics. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] Stryke_the_Orc:
Trying to flash via Odin on my Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 YP-G1, only problem is the device isn't recognized by Odin in download mode, only when the device is booted and on home screen does Odin com port pick up the device. I've tried everything except starting Odin on the home screen. USB Debugging is enabled, device is rooted,re-installed device drivers, tried multiple USB ports on my computer, etc... Nothing I've tried will allow Odin to see my device in download mode. I'm out of ideas, anyone have a suggestion?
[General Questions and Answers] Babydollll:
Try a different version of Odin?

Sent from somewhere....if I could only remember where....
[General Questions and Answers] Rukbat:
Each USB port on your computer will show as a different COM port. Go into Device Manager when the phone is connected and see which COM port the phone is on. Set Odin to use that port.
[General Questions and Answers] Stryke_the_Orc:
Thank you, I finally got around to doing this and it worked flawlessly :beer:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] airtime82:
I downloaded a flashable zip of dsp manager, can I rename to update.zip and flash through stock recovery?

currently I am running (sprint) stock jelly bean rom JRO03U FH05 rooted (only rooted to flash dsp through cwm) and Ive been noticing data drops for long periods and want to unroot incase I need to go to the store but I want to keep dsp manager and any unroot method I see will wipe it out.

edit: ive found that when I have a lengthy data drop toggling wifi on and off re-establishes the 3g connection. Anyone think they know what my problem is?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
Stock recovery cannot flash, you need a custom one for that.

As for your data drops: have you tried verifying your APN settings? Tried a different radio?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] airtime82:
ive tried different roms, odining to stock, different radios, and different kernels. are the apns just like your "mobile network type",ip address, MEID, etc? thanks for the response.

Edit: So what you say about the recovery means I cant have dsp manager without being rooted? Or can I flash cwm or twrp by just changing the recovery files and flashing a recovery img without root?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
Couldn't you just turn on USB debugging, connect to your PC, "fastboot boot (somecustomrecovery).IMG", and use it to flash the dspmanager.zip?

BTW, to unroot, all you have to do is delete "su" and "supersu.apk" (or "superuser.apk" if you're using that).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
usb debugging is on by default on custom recoveries, and it's not needed for fastboot as well.

sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
Yes you can, if a flashable zip of DSP manager exists (I'm not sure). Just boot or flash a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP indeed), and use it to flash the DSP manager zip.

ADB is not fastboot. ADB is an interface provided by Android OS and custom recoveries, Fastboot is an interface provided by the bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
Derp... 'k, thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] airtime82:
Thanks for all the responses guys. I couldn't shake the data drops on the ota and sprint didn't know what to tell me over the phone so I just backed up odined fho5 complete and data is now working completely. As for not needing root yes I took your advice fast booted cwm, flashed DSP manager then just flashed the stock recovery back.

Sent from my stock jb machine
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
Nice one. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
just one thing: you didnt need to flash cwm, just boot it:

fastboot boot cwm_or_twrp.img

this way you keep whatever recovery is installed, allows you to try out stuff, without really flashing them.

sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] airtime82:
I didn't even know you could do that? Sooooo how do you just boot it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3rdstring:
:cyclops:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
Reading comprehension is hard
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] airtime82:
Whoops didn't even notice it said that too. I skim a lot while using my phone. Sorry.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Neil Fruit:
That, my friend, is a lot of bloatware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
Bloatware Indeed...

Yes my friend, too much bloatware, for sure! Best to be rid of it. Battery life is outstanding on this phone after the strip too...(and maybe prior to it as well, I never checked because I just rooted and stripped the rom straight away.)

Cheers! :)

VegasRooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tft:
less than 50% of it. basically strip key features of this phone.. NFC, wallet, etc? i'm all for bloatware removing but i wouldn't take half that stuff out. might as well buy one these:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
Bloatware

Key features for you sir, not for me...and the (short) list of what I do use my S3 for is listed in the OP, not many you could do on the ridiculous handset you chose to picture in your reply. Please re-read the OP for clarification. Have an excellent day!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HipKat:
Not everyone is going to want to remove all that, but it's nice to see what you can get away with and still retain functionality.

Nice list
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Frostacious:
That should be what your rockin since you obviously can't read the op. Good **** by the way very useful.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] davesbest:
Thanks for this info. I have already found several things that are not important to the way I use my phone and have deleted them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
Hahaha well played sir, well played... :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
Thank you, glad to help! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnnyEpic:
Great info.

I was doing the same thing. None at a time in fear of breaking something.

Noon question :

Is freezing the same thing without removing? (but with the option to unfreeze)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FrameCityJackal:
Technically no because the files still exist in the system they're just locked away
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnnyEpic:
I guess I should have asked that different. If youfreeze a apk, technically if the system runs while it is frozen you wouldn't need it? I froze some stuff and had things force close. Unfroze and it worked again. I guess I was wrong.... Or lucky... ..?

Either way, your list covers mostly what Ive already seleted to delete by freeze check... Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
Keep in mind also that sometimes you have to remove or freeze more than one component of a system app in order to prevent force closes; for example, some system apps have multiple apk's that are dependant on each other; one apk might be the main program while a separate apk might be a watchdog process for that same program....so when one is frozen or removed, the orphaned process apk (or yet another system process) may try to look for or use the missing one, triggering a F/C.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] psyman42:
Question...since of the .apk removable files listed above also have a .odex for, are these odex files safe to remove?

Samsung Galaxy S3 - StrongSteve Odexed Blue Rom using xda app-developers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
Yes, you should remove both...Easiest way would be to use titanium backup, click on each app, clear data, then delete. That will remove the apk and it's .odex as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Duce HD2:
Which ones would be to remove that are "known "to cause battery drain because start up in the background for no reason. I'm not wanting to remove everything, just what's necessary for battery. Thanks for the help if possible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
Can you count and post how many apk's you have in your /system/app folder,i have 74 apk files and everything works.

There is way more things that you can delete,i went from about 140 to 74 apk's,my battery life imroved too,i get 6hrs of screen time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mntbkr:
Thank you for posting this, my wife just got an SIII and I root it for her. Now I can strip it down to what she needs.

something clever goes here...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stopeject:
Renaming /system/bin/gsiff_daemon helped me a lot. I believe this file has something to do with facebook. It is known to cause high battery drain.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zay1967:
I removed some of those, and ironically they got reinstalled. For instance I removed Google Wallet, and some other Google apps, no sooner removed, they were reinstalled. Also, I noticed that after removing some of the Google apps, I started getting Stop errors for Google Play etc. I will just go ahead and leave those installed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
Yeah, Google's pretty aggressive about reinstalling its own apps (music, magazines, movies, wallet, etc). Seems like on reboot it does it every time from what I've seen. Fortunately, leaving them on, for me at least, doesn't seem to have any ill effect on stability, battery life or anything else... I don't use them myself so I've just been hiding the icons in Go Launcher... they DO seem to stay hidden at least. Out of sight, out of mind I guess, so long as they aren't doing any harm.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
There is code written into the stock boot script that reinstalls some of the "pre-installed" apps upon reboot and reinstalls the stock recovery. You should find a stock rooted rom (with baked-in root) from the forums (Freeza provided the one that I used, he is awesome), just follow his (or QBKing77's, equally awesome) procedures for installing ClockworkMod custom recovery, and then install the modified stock rom. The modified stock rom will have the "reinstall" removed from the boot script as well as the automatic reinstall of stock recovery, so you shouldn't have any apps reloading themselves when you reboot, and your custom recovery will remain intact as well...

Cheers! :)

VegasRooted

Link to Freeza's thread with his stock rooted Sprint roms: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1743923
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtafairlane:
Do any of these remove the stock Sprint hotspot? If not do you know what files to delete so it will be removed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
+1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
I'm pretty sure the Sprint Hotspot is built into the framework, so the only way to remove it would be to modify the framework...I.know, it is annoying to have it sitting there in the app tray. :(

VegasRooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
Awesome thread... Thanks. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtafairlane:
That sucks. Thanks for the reply.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
do we also delete the .odex files with the same name associated with the apk?

thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
Yes, remove the .odex file of each as well. Titanium Backup does this automatically as you delete each app, which will save you some time. Cheers!

VegasRooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dare599z:
This is a fantastic thread. I was very cautious going down the list of installed applications.. And there are so many! I will surely be taking advantage of this in a few minutes!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Forboding Angel:
It's probably already been mentioned, but in order to use the phone tap thing for sharing (without relying on other play store apps), you will need AllShare.

Useless post #3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RaySorian:
Nice list, thanks. It will make the job easy for my new s3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
important question. I was "debloating" one of my S3 and I BROKE MTP (it flat out would not mtp to the pc ONE MORE REASON to hate this freaking MTP crap) I would the phone be NON FUNCTION when connected to the PC and have full UMS than have this MTP crap.

anyway. I did NOT touch anything with MTP in the name so "something" I removed (no where near as aggressive as this list) BROKE mtp.

when I flashed the new LJ7 MTP came back. (i have 2 S3 one would work one would not and right after I cleaned house)

anyone know what app contains MTP critical components?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
I'm running LI3 still, with everything listed in the OP stripped out, and MTP still works...and yes, I hate MTP also. :(

VegasRooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mcalan:
This is a definitive list of bloatware, to be sure.

Great job! and very, very, helpful, i`ll be sure to put some of these .apk`s in the bin.

Q: In the previous post you meantioned MTP, could you please enlighten me as to what that exactly is/does?

Thank`s
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Can this be updated for LJ7 Please?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
Dial ##3424#, then choose Qualcomm USB settings, and make sure "MTP+ADB" is selected. Save the changes.

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
OP Updated to Reflect Strip of Latest OTA Stock Build

I updated the OP today to reflect the stripping of the latest OTA stock build. (4.1.1-L710VBPLJ7)

This new list will evolve over time...

Cheers! :)

VegasRooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] techjunkie860:
wi-fi direct

My Wifi direct on galaxy s3 stock application wont send files it will only receive. Any suggestions? I am rooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hllywd:
Are these apps safe to delete in jelly bean, or are they strictly for ics?

Thanks

I Love The Smell Of Burnt Rubber Anytime
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ImEVO:
I think its OK but in your case freeze them first

Just hit that THANKS button for fun!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] castle_bravo:
Thanks for this, I was hoping to get around to this. Finally got rid of all that bloat. I actually love the stock OS.

Sent from rooted stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] newworld:
This is a very useful info. Thanks for sharing sir. I'm uninstalling the majority of those apps now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eruben:
Thanks for info! Is there a difference between uninstalling and freezeng an app?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ImEVO:
Uninstalling perm. Deletes it from your phone.. back up what ever your deleting.. freezing just keeps it there but will remove it from app drawer..

I have SENSATIONS and its WICKED!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYHusker:
Gmail had pinch to zoom now!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nightmare918:
Be very careful not to break Gapps completely

Thank you so much to the author as this list was quite useful!

Remeber to do backups prior to any mass uninstall of system files!

I do not have a baked ROM. I use the Sprint 4.1.1 stock rom. After uninstalling the complete list I then received the "process.com.google.process.gapps" error after reboot and this caused the play store to not function. It took me a while to narrow down which one it was. I chose to not uninstall Downloads 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7 due to instability with the play store.

It should be noted that I chose to not uninstall the "Internet 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7" (Stock Browser) due to adobe recently pulling support for future flash player updates from the play store as keeing the AOSP browser on the phone may help fine tune 3rd party browsers down the road.

I also chose to not uninstall the "Wallet 1.5-R81-v4" as I believe (and could be wrong...) that this is required for making purchases in the app store. (Which I choose to do to support developers... rather than piracy)

(just something for others to consider)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Frankly my dear:
Non-Critical Apps

Thank you for putting this list together. Was looking for this for a bit and don't know why I never came here...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VegasRooted:
Clarification

Thank you for the props on the list!

You actually must have removed the wrong "Downloads 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7"...there are two that show up with the same name when you use Titanium Backup, even though they are named differently in the root system/app folder...one is a simple graphical user interface that allows you to access files after they are downloaded through the stock browser; it is the app that appears in your app tray as a circle with a green arrow pointing downward. This GUI app can be removed with no problems whatsoever, but the other "Downloads 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7" is a necessary system app used for Google Play downloading of apps/update notifications. If you uninstall the latter, it will indeed cause F/C's related to Gapps. I added a note in the OP to prevent this confusion in the future.

Just to clarify as well: The stock browser (Internet 4.1.1-L710VPBLJ7, aka SecBrowser) is actually a Samsung browser, not AOSP...and you don't have to worry about uninstalling Google Wallet (Wallet 1.5-R81-v4), as it is not necessary to have it installed for you to purchase apps and other stuff from Google Play. (I definitely support the Devs through Play purchases, with Google Wallet already removed from my S3.)

Cheers! :)

VegasRooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nheos:
I've deleted the USB Thingy, now i can't connect my phone to my computer :') trololol ..is there any option to get it back..?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alphahere:
If you don't have a backup on your phone you have to use Odin. You could put it the app on your sd card and reinstall it.

Sent from my dumbphone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ImEVO:
With root explorer look in the rom zip under system/app locate the apk extract it copy it to system/app set permissions reboot done!

I have SENSATIONS and its WICKED!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hal2001:
or, one could restore from a Titanium backup of the thingy. that's what I did and it seems to have worked.

Hal
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] !crazy:
Don't have sprint but lte version, but here I found the this thread. I am also trying to remove most of samsung sh*t I don't need. There is an app called ReaourcesProvider. I have freezed it for now and so far so good. Do you jave this app delivered with your phones? Ok maybe it is a service or something since it doesn't shows up in the app menu. I see it with Rom Toolbox under All Apps.

Anyone knows what ResourcesProvider does?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lord dredd:
Thanks for the list mate.

wanted to ask i there is any flashable zip around to remove the bloatware as there are at the epic touch forums and evo 4g lte forums ?

thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
great thread

exactly what i was looking for, for my sprint galaxy s3 running 4.1.1

what i wish you could do (the OP) is with the list you have could you please provide an explanation to what those files goto?

you have the name but you didnt list what it does and some of the names are not clear.

there are some things i would like to keep that you deleted and im not sure how to do that as the list of items you have there dont tell me which one or more that i would have to leave to keep what i wanted to stay.

thanks but a nice list with what each one does would be great
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lobo69ga:
Just what I was looking for; Thanks for creating the list and posting :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mbaker1965:
Awesome.. I have the same phone u do. Just rooted mine today.

Awesome, I now have a safe list. I also have a Samsung S 3 and I am going to remove the SprintZone first and keep most of the others but the Yahoo crap is going too. I want to thank you for your well written post.

mbaker.....;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lajara4G:
From my experience when u freeze an app using tb it not only rmoves from drawer but also prevents it from running. I removed connection optimizer and now never see it in running apps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] K.M.Guruprasad:
my live wallpaper option is gone :(

I have messed up with something on my phone and now my live wallpaper option is gone. It is not showing from anywhere ( neither through long pressing on screen nor through settings ) . My phone is rooted running stock Sammy Rom . Please advise on how to get back the live wallpapers :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] beyeond:
Did you freeze live wallpaper picker?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] K.M.Guruprasad:
Not sure ! I tried removing few of Sammy's bloatware and probably have somehow deleted the live wallpaper picker too. Is there anyway to re install the live wallpaper on to the phone ? ( I tried by downloading the apk and installing , but it failed ) .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] beyeond:
I'm sure there is but i have no idea... in the future just freeze instead of uninstalling.. i know that doesn't help you now.

If it's feasible, do a full wipe and reflash of your rom or nandroid back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] K.M.Guruprasad:
Thank you. I'll try to find a solution, else I'd re-flash the ROM.

If anybody has a clue of how to have this feature back, thanks in advance .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nightvision1:
Glad I found this thread...!!! Thats a lot of Bloat..!!!:eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr.Miyagi555:
is it possible to label what each apk deleted does or what its for?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bluedevils2003:
I was gonna ask the same thing lol

Btw if I use handcent sms app can I delete my stock messaging app ? Or will that screw up my sms / mms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] beyeond:
Just freeze it. No need to delete it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
with the "App Name List" in 1st OP someone should make a script that we can run in ADB that will remove all files and wipe the cache.

I can not tell what the name of the apk files are to remove (odex and deodex)

if someone makes a script then please make sure it gets posted in the 1st message so we can have the choice to use titanium backup or adb

i install so many custom roms and switching back and fourth that a script would defintely make it alot easier.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Koolaid62:
Very useful thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] atraperegrinus:
If i leave wallet, and the 2 or 3 notable nfc apps, will i retain the use of wallet? besides that i got rid of everything else. :D ty for this lovely list.