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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Vanishing-Warrior187:
I use free version of Uninstall master to remove bloatware. I'm running a custom rom however since I just can't leave things alone :laugh: Before I installed custom roms, I would put on a lot of mods on the stock rom. I basically flashed a new rom because I was getting some errors when trying to install apps like titanium backup so I figured I would just flash a new rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
I have the pro version so I'm not sure if the free version will uninstall system apps. But how long can it take to find out? Install it and try it :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
tibu is the best $7 you can spend!! Batch restore apps cant go wrong.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Or use Helium for free :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oohaylima:
It all boils down to options. I like branching out of stock to see what's out there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] budde2:
I have had my S4 since the first week it was out and haven't even thought about rooting it. I think its perfect as is I love this phone. I am a flash aholic have been with every device I have had from the Note 2 to the S3 and HTC one x. The S4 is by far the best stock experience on the market.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] P1NK13P13:
You are preaching to the choir. I flashed pretty much every rom so far & loved each one differently. Wishing for the same :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
FYI, we have 2 nice things going for us:

1. The developer of Hyperdrive informed me that the ROM will come to Sprint

2. Supposedly there were some major device compatability updates to AROMA, which is what was holding back a lot of ROM's from going multi-carrier.

:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Well once we get Aroma... I might HAVE TO try out a custom ROM.. or 2... or 3... ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] P1NK13P13:
You just turned my frown upside down.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
I do agree stock this phone works well. The lag here and there, well thats samsung. Data speeds/gps is amazing. Ive been flashing a few roms the past week (touchwiz only). First observation was that phone ran much better but the data speeds were terrible. Went from instant hd youtube to 1000 ping and slow as ****. After flashing stock kernal back it was back to normal and fast again. I am surrounded by network vision towers btw. Back to stock rooted mdl.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Zappy24:
I love how Samsung includes every imaginable feature on the stock S4 except for one called "free space"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bobbob1016:
I don't use the eye catching. I use the multi-window and remote control. Although, I wish there was a way to get rid of EVERYTHING in that app except the remote. I never use any of the stuff they show in it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
Plus the feature of lag! Brought to you by Samsung. They need to get rid of touchwiz and start fresh. Nothing has improved since 2.1. Still the same quirky sh**
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Simple as this... stop b!tchin and get the HTC One or an iPhone...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] miketucky350:
Understood. Its early in the game there will be updates to fix it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] devoureddreams:
They do its called the option that a lot of phone brands are getting rid of called "external SD"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KStyles69:
Lifestyle

S4 with a stock ROM is awesome but there is always modifications. Miore modifications will get your mind turning....thirsty for more. When a new ROM comes out with a new feature we try to quench that thirst by seeing it's new feature...A flashoholic is simply a never satisfied person looking for new exciting features. One ROM has one feature but lacks in a part another ROM has. Having one ROM to rule all is impossible because a new feature will always pop up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dschoms:
I just ordered my GS4 yesterday from Amazon for $140.00 on an upgrade (between the wife and kids there are 4 phones on the account so there's generally an upgrade available). On my rooted/stock GS3 I had removed/frozen a little over 100 items and I presume that a number of the same items can be frozen/removed from the GS4. A good number of the Items such as calculator and TouchWiz were removed simply because a better calculator and launcher app were downloaded from the Play Store. Others weren't used and were taking up space. On the GS3 forum, user Rooted in Vegas provide a great list of things that could be safely removed and that was a great place to start. The official question is, "Would you mind providing a list of the bloatware that you removed?"

Using a cell phone is a very personal experience and there is no one size fits all. Your list of removed items would be a great place to start and would prevent a lot of brain damage caused by trial and error. Thanks a lot!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
[MENTION=5216379]KStyles69[/MENTION] I disagree, because that's what mods are made for.... so you can flash them on any ROM!!

[MENTION=2449275]dschoms[/MENTION] Here is a link to my thread for your list!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Monkz:
They give you that open SD card slot. And when you move your google play apps and whatever data you want to a 64GB external SD, while having your 9 gigs of free space on your regular SD, what is wrong with that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
I've read reviews of this phone where the reviewer actually refers to the SD card slot as "useless." My half-full 64gb card begs to differ. This is why some people shouldn't be allowed to review phones.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Monkz:
Yeah man! People need to get the facts straight before they open their mouth. Just leads people in the wrong direction when they say stuff like that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Cast|el:
I like flashable zips for the features I want. I hate the hassle of reinstalling apps(even with titanium)

Personally, I like Touchwiz's look, rooted, recovery, installed, flashed the notification icons, widgets, froze bloat.

At some point I'll flash something like PACMAN, but not today.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Well my stance on this might change and I might be lashing my first ROM tonight... Sbreen's Hyperdrive just got ported to our Sprint GS4's! Also Google Edition ROM port is looking like a sick ROM as well as soon as everything is 100% working, I might give that a try too! :good: :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] deizell:
I agree, I'm running the stock rom , rooted with the bloatware removed (gives me a little over 1gb of free ram). It's the best rom I've had on a phone so far, even thou Ive been tempted to flash some custom roms, I just dont want to give up the look and feel of the stock rom just yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ahl395:
One reason: AOSP.

I hate Touchwiz and Samsung's bloated software. Not sure if I would even buy the phone if I couldn't put pure AOSP on it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] medicalkid123:
what exactly is the procedure for removing the bloatware?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Here ya go man. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] deizell:
I have both apps, but I use titanium bkup to freeze the apps I want to uninstall first just to see how the rom runs before I completely delete a system app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hongbao1988:
I have been using customized rom for a while.. It s cool, but so much work...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hitman4274:
I've been running pretty stock roms with some tweaks and a new kernal and it's perfect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
I have yet to run a custom ROM on this phone!! I haven't even DL'ed one let alone flash one :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] agroupoffatgirls:
My S4 wasn't that laggy, but it wasn't that smooth either, that is why i rooted and put on PACMAN Rom. Also that i was able to wipe a lot of the storage that was taken up by TW was great and having a "custom rom" or a unique phone compared to my friends, who don't know what any of this website even is. I just find it fun to tinker with my phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Same here. It's hilarious. They don't know what rooting is custom ROMs or anything. My GF just switched Android from years with iPhones. She loves it, I'ma try and get her into all this stuff... geeky as f*ck, but damn that'd be sexy hahahahahhaa :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
I think I want to join the twrp team, how easy would that be?

J3lly B0m3d GsIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
You'd need to redo any backups because they are not interchangeable between the two recoveries.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
I was just thinking that, how do I get twrp on my s3? Also to redo a backup I wld have to flash ech rom I've used again?

J3lly B0m3d GsIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeyhdownsouth:
Follow this thread to get twrp-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1809307, as Cnexus says, just the backups would have to be redone, not the ROM.

message brought to you by my GalaxyS3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
How do you redo a bck up tho. ....??

J3lly B0m3d GsIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Notorious:
Restore it and then backup it up with twrp
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
There's an app named Nandroid Manager. I never tried but it converts cwm to twrp nands.

infected with the unspeakable
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
Ok so I got twrp installed but when I go to bck up my set up I get a error msg in recovery saying could not backup because not enuff diskspace wth my internal memory is about 75% n my ext is about 50% I need to delete su m stuff from my internal but idk what's safe to do

J3lly B0m3d GsIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
If you need more space, you can copy your older backups to the Laptop / PC ? Then delete them off the Device / SD Card. That way you still have a copy of you need it. I always keep one in Cloud Storage just in case.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
Thanks bruh sounds like a win to me. Last night I deleted sooooo much stuff from my internal memory, I even used a file explorer to move some pics to my external and it STILL shows my internal memory maxed out. It all got worse when I moved those albums over to external

J3lly B0m3d GsIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nymisiz:
Go on the play store and look for an app called DiskUsage it should be able to look through your phone and tell you whats using up your space. Used it before and was pretty helpful
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
Cool I got overwhelmed and just flashed 15.6 again.....but im gonna give it a try tho

J3lly B0m3d GsIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nymisiz:
Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
I did Dl that app and free up over 6gb!

J3lly B0m3d GsIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nymisiz:
:good: The dopeness. Dunno why its not part of some ROMs yet. Would be a good tool to have built in.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
I just keep my stock original nandroid on my phone. All other backups (both cwm and twrp) are moved to the cloud. I keep zips of cwm and twrp on my extsd...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
Yea I'm gonna have to utilize my drop box. Well since I deleted all my cwm bck ups ill be sure to upload my term bck ups thanks!

J3lly B0m3d GsIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
How do you make a zip of a back up? Also I'm using es file explorer and I want to upload a bck up to drop box but I don't see the I option

J3lly B0m3d GsIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
To make a zip, select your files/folders click on more and compress. To set up drop box you have to go to network/cloud and choose drop box. Set up your account, and you'll then have the option to share files...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
I set up my drop box in my account sync. I don't see an option to set up a cloud on this rom. When I use es file explorer I go to my twrp folder and long hold the backup I want to upload but no option to send to drop box. Am I doing it rite?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
Sorry bout that. You set up your drop box in es file explorer (fast access/network/cloud, then in es file explorer you'll have the option to share files to drop box...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
Open ES File Explorer. Long press on the Zip file you made. Then : More - Share - Add to Dropbox. Choose the folder, and Upload.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
Good to hear man :) .

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
How come it takes soooo dang long to upload a zip or even a backup to Dropbox? I canceled my upload because the time to finish was over 5hrs on wifi!

MSGV5.02
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] barberboy420:
I tried to upload a zip of a backup to my dropbox. Wasn't even 1.5gb and it told me file to large, who/what do you use for cloud storage? Thanks in advance yo
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] azamataz buckshank:
Here is something I have used for a long time. On my S3, this text is usually added to my init.qcom.post_boot.sh file found in /etc/ or /system/etc/ (same thing, they are symlinked directories so go whichever route you please)

This particular one is a very simple line of code, but does a fantastic job at keeping the CPU cool, and saving power while its tucked away in my pocket. Performance does not degrade much either. I typically overclock all of my own devices so this is a good offset to that extra power consumption

The code is from my Samsung Note II. However, it will work with the S3. Just remove lines calling out cpu2 and 3.

Values representing speed will need to be modified as well for this device, very simple to do, though, even if you are new.

You can "cat" your /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/scaling_available_frequencies from a programming window/terminal or simply navigate to the directory and read the file.

For those that are "new", the cat command just shoots back information/data found within the file/directory you are calling out. So, doing this is very safe. Give it a shot! Get your hands dirty!

#!/system/bin/sh

(while [ 1 ]; do

SLEEPING=`cat /sys/power/wait_for_fb_sleep`

if [ $SLEEPING = "sleeping" ]; then

chmod 644 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 644 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 644 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 644 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

echo 1200000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

echo 1200000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

echo 1200000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

echo 1200000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 444 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 444 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 444 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 444 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

fi

AWAKE=`cat /sys/power/wait_for_fb_wake`

if [ $AWAKE = "awake" ]; then

chmod 644 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 644 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 644 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 644 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

echo 2000000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

echo 2000000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

echo 2000000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

echo 2000000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 444 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq

chmod 444 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq

chmod 444 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

chmod 444 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

fi
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EtherealRemnant:
Looks like a pretty easy tweak. :good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] azamataz buckshank:
browser is being a little bit funky on me...

proper spacing of the text is important.

(while [ 1 ]; do

SLEEPING=`cat /sys/power/wait_for_fb_sleep` (no spacing for these two lines)

(next line is spaced once)

chmod, and echo lines are all double spaced

Easy to implement, yes, and very effective as I mentioned.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] derride8:
Can you make a flashable zip please
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Code tags?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aaryana:
Hey guys

After upgrading my pc to win 7

It dosent hav drivers installed for my streak

So now I am not able to upgrade my rom:confused:

Where can I download these drivers from.?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giveen:
http://d-h.st/iqA
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arryhariyadi:
ftp.us.dell.com/Handheld/

Sent from my Dell Streak 5

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[Sony Xperia ZL] zuma77:
Which 32 gb 10 class for ZL? Samsung , sandisk , sony, transcend or which? Need to buy one soon.
[Sony Xperia ZL] bodson66:
samsung or sandisk both are good. Just so you know the 64gb sandisk works in our ZL's
[Sony Xperia ZL] zuma77:
i know 64 gb works but it's too costly for me so i am going with 32gb.
[Sony Xperia ZL] kickthefreak:
juct check my sig, im using 32GB UHS1 from sandisk and work well.
[Sony Xperia ZL] control freak:
Me too. Iam abt to buy a card. But im scared that the card might get corrupted. Is dat corruption problem common in ZL too?? or only in Z?

So iam thinking of buying a Sony micro sd presuming it will not get get toasted!

So tell me a brand less prone to corruption

Thanks
[Sony Xperia ZL] bodson66:
Just get a 64GB sandisk and you're all good.
[Sony Xperia ZL] FranzDages:
I concur. I've been using a 64GB sandisk since I got my ZL at the beginning of May. No problems here.
[Sony Xperia ZL] kickthefreak:
what extension do you use ? exFat or ...

do you using foldermount or directory bind ?

im using 4.2.2 and sometime my card rejected itself.
[Sony Xperia ZL] FranzDages:
When I got the phone, I just reformatted it using the phone. I never even looked in to what extension it's using. This was on 4.1.2, and it read it as 64GB then, though I believe the new update says it NOW allows 64GB. I just copied the card onto my computer, reformatted the card, and then put everything back on it. No problems up to this point, though I've only been using 4.2.2 for a few days.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Viralistic:
I just picked up a 32gb Sandisk Ultra UHS-1 for it. (64gb was pretty spendy and far more than I really needed) I hope this was a good choice on my part, but judging by the comments it should be fine. I should have my Xperia ZL on Wednesday and will report back how it works out. (Just ordered it, got free overnight shipping)
[Sony Xperia ZL] ylapas:
I am using SanDisk 32 GB UHS-1. Just reformatted it with phone to see, what file system is used with new firmware. It is formatted in FAT32 by default. No problems so far.
[Sony Xperia ZL] control freak:
So I finally brought a 32GB SanDisk ultra uhs 1 class 10 today. I just hope it doesnt fry :(

Also, is there any option to format the card on the phone?? if not then do I need to format the card on pc? Which format should I use? ExFaT or FAT 32?

Thanks for ur help..
[Sony Xperia ZL] kickthefreak:
i read many post on several posting, they use exFat format,

but for me, i dont know what my card format because my card is formatted by phone.
[Sony Xperia ZL] control freak:
That's what I want to know, how do u format the card on the phone? :confused:
[Sony Xperia ZL] kickthefreak:
its shown when i put my sdcard in the phone and shown notification i need to format the card by phone, thats it :laugh:

but first i format my card on computer with ntfs format.

:eek:
[Sony Xperia ZL] control freak:
ay... But I didnt get a notification when I put the card in.

Actually, I just opened the card packaging and inserted directly into my phone :) anyways, thanks
[Sony Xperia ZL] nitin_ko:
even i am using that, just insert and your good. am using us 16GB wifi.

edit > sorry i thot this was XTZ forum
[Sony Xperia ZL] zuma77:
It Works!!

Bought Sandisk 32GB 10 class 1-2weeks ago and it's working without any problem. :good:
[Sony Xperia ZL] bouvrie:
Whatever you do, be wary of corrupt/mislabeled SD cards!

When you get your SD Card, always first check it out with a tool like H2testw or Check Flash and make sure that the reported size (32GB, 64GB) is indeed the actual storage capacity.

I once bought a 16GB flash drive that could only store 8GB of data; exceeding this 8GB would corrupt the data on the drive. H2testw proved that cheap deals online usually come with a price... :(
[General Questions and Answers] JethroUK:
I bought Huawei G520 from China but it has no google apps - and even when i install by apk - it closes them down as soon as I open them

I think i have rooted

I have installed Clockworkmod

Always fails when i try to install anything

I think I may have a locked bootloader

Just wondering (Newb question) - after hearing all this - is there any way i can install Google apps at all?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsaeed050:
i flashed this leaked 4.2.2 rom and it gives me "hot mobile" boot animation i want to change it but then there is no bootanimation.zip file in the directory of system/media

how can i change it to one of my choice :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Samsung roms use qmg files instead of bootanimation.zip

If it's rooted, it may have support for bootanimation.zip in /data/local

Otherwise there is a "how to" for making qmg animations in the general section
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys3lover:
Flash the enable_4.2.1 file , it works on 4.2.2 also , take a backup just in case before flashing , once you ve flashed it , reboot , if u see a differentt bootanimation other than your hot mobile bootanimation , and then you can change and keep whatever bootanimations you want . :good:

P.S : If this works for you , check my signature for some super cool bootanimations ! :cowboy:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malimukk:
I've tried few busybox version. none helps..

When i try to turn on the swapper 2 it says "swapon - function not implemented"

I couldn't find any workaround. I'm stuck on stock GB because of locked bootloader (Tried ICS, used miui for a year, but damn it. I want performance).

So, is there any way to enable swap on this kernel?

(Atomic 7.0 rom)
[Android Apps and Games] Listy2021:
You've already got an open thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2268598

Why open another one?