[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CZ Eddie:
DIY BLOATKILL

Note: This is my first entry into the Android development forum. I am not a developer. Proceed at your own risk. I'm not responsible for any fubar situations.

I'll post this in the d2vzw, d2tmo & d2spr if it works well here.

WHAT CZ_BLOAT-KILL.zip DOES:

This thread is designed to help you create your own recovery-flashable bloatkill zip. You can either use mine, or modify mine to create your own. When you flash this, it automatically removes all the aps (apk’s) that you don’t want on your phone. This means you don’t have to go through and uninstall each app one-by-one. This zip will remove it ALL, in just two seconds.

HOW TO USE IT:

1)	Flash CZ_BLOATKILL.zip in recovery after you have installed your ROM and installed all your apps.

2)	Wipe cache & dalvik and fix permissions.

3)	Reboot and test your phone.

WORKS ON:

Should work on all AOSP 4.2.2 Galaxy S3 phones. Tested successfully on 4.2.2 d2att with TWRP 2.5 so far. While the script includes a few TouchWiz items that are not found on AOSP, it is NOT designed for TouchWiz. This is only for AOSP 4.2.2 ROM's.

SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO

:

---Broadways – Everything you see here is possible because of his original work on Bloatkill.zip. Please go give him some thanks!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2058944

---CyanogenMod – I used their updater script from 4.2.2 gapps to modify bloatkill.zip to work on our Galaxy S3 phones.

HOW TO MODIFY MY CZ_BLOATKILL.zip AND MAKE IT YOUR OWN:

Note--I’ve only tested this on Win7x64 and d2att and 4.2.2 AOSP. Your mileage may vary.

Note--You must follow the directions EXACTLY as I have them listed, or the zip will not flash properly.

1)	Download the attached cz_bloatkill.zip.

2)	Download & install 7zip on your Windows 7 computer.

http://filehippo.com/search?q=7zip

3)	Download & install Notepad++ on your Windows 7 computer:

http://filehippo.com/download_notepad/

4)	Right-click CZ_BLOATKILL.zip and select 7zip/Open Archive.

5)	Go to the following directory: CZ_BLOAT-KILL.zip\META-INF\com\google\android\

6)	Left click to drag & drop “updater-script” onto your Windows desktop.

7)	Right-click “updater-script” on your Windows desktop and select “Edit with Notepad++”.

8)	Copy several of the “delete” lines.

9)	Change each of the .apk filenames to match whichever apk/app names you want removed from the phone.

10)	In the screenshot below, you’ll see that I copied the “Apollo.apk” line several times. When you edit my file, you'll do the same thing.

11)	Then I edited one of the lines and changed the wording to “TEST”. Just change each of the copied lines to include whichever app name you want.

12)	Then save your changes and close Notepad++.

13)	Now just drag & drop this modified “updater-script” back into the open-archive window. It will replace the existing file.

14)	Close out of the archive window.

15)	Copy the zip to your phone and flash to remove the apps you selected.

Here are the apps I’ve chosen to remove from my phone. NOTE: If you flash mine, you will lose your Internet browser, text messaging, launcher, keyboard and a lot of other things that I use 3rd party apps for. So flash at your own risk!!! :)

delete("/system/app/ClockWidget.apk");

delete("/system/app/ClockWidget.odex");

delete("/system/app/DualClock.apk");

delete("/system/app/DualClock.odex");

delete("/system/app/Email.apk");

delete("/system/app/Email.odex");

delete("/system/app/EmailWidget.apk");

delete("/system/app/EmailWidget.odex");

delete("/system/app/Gmail.apk");

delete("/system/app/GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk");

delete("/system/app/Maps.apk");

delete("/system/app/Phonesky.apk");

delete("/system/app/Quickoffice.apk");

delete("/system/app/SamsungApps.apk");

delete("/system/app/SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk");

delete("/system/app/SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.odex");

delete("/system/app/SamsungWidget_StockClock.apk");

delete("/system/app/SamsungWidget_StockClock.odex");

delete("/system/app/SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk");

delete("/system/app/SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.odex");

delete("/system/app/signin.apk");

delete("/system/app/signin.odex");

delete("/system/app/SnsAccount.apk");

delete("/system/app/SnsAccount.odex");

delete("/system/app/Street.apk");

delete("/system/app/Swype.apk");

delete("/system/app/talkback.apk");

delete("/system/app/UnifiedInbox.apk");

delete("/system/app/UnifiedInbox.odex");

delete("/system/app/VoiceSearch.apk");

delete("/system/app/GenieWidget.apk");

delete("/system/app/GoogleFeedback.apk");

delete("/system/app/KeyChain.apk");

delete("/system/app/GooglePartnerSetup.apk");

delete("/system/app/DashClock.apk");

delete("/system/app/LockClock.apk");

delete("/system/app/HoloLauncher.apk");

delete("/system/app/VideoEditor.apk");

delete("/system/app/VisualizationWallpapers.apk");

delete("/system/app/TvOut.apk");

delete("/system/app/Stk.apk");

delete("/system/app/PhaseBeam.apk");

delete("/system/app/LiveWallpapers.apk");

delete("/system/app/HoloSpiralWallpaper.apk");

delete("/system/app/Gmail2.apk");

delete("/system/app/Galaxy4.apk");

delete("/system/app/MediaUploader.apk");

delete("/system/app/OneTimeInitializer.apk");

delete("/system/app/FaceLock.apk");

delete("/system/app/Talk.apk");

delete("/system/app/CMWallpapers.apk");

delete("/system/app/Exchange2.apk");

delete("/system/app/Email2.apk");

delete("/system/app/Browser.apk");

delete("/system/app/EmailWidget.apk");

delete("/system/app/Mms.apk");

delete("/system/app/Tag.apk");

delete("/system/app/LiquidPapers.apk");

delete("/system/app/LatinIME.apk");

delete("/system/app/Apollo.apk");

ps. I know some of the apps listed above are TouchWiz only and not found on AOSP. I was just too lazy to figure out which are which, and remove them. :)