[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Throbin Wood:
Pebble Dash Removal

My goal here is to rip out everything I can. My old phones Rom (x10 mini pro)

was 100mb in size, with all my apps installed and it did everything I wanted it to.

The way I see it... everything past 100mb must be battery draining, spyware, adverts and pebble dash.

Apologies to the the people that put time and effort into the apps I just called pebble dash :p

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TiMiN8R has already removed a fair amount of bloatware from this rom. But as hes made it available for the majority im sure he didn’t want to remove apps that people might want.

Note! I will be removing the default keyboard and home screen (as far as I can tell it doesn’t have landscape mode)

If you decide to do this YOU MUST FIRST INSTALL REPLACEMENTS. I use the keyboard from gingerbread

& Launcher Pro as my home-screen. (Go Launcher seems popular but iv never tried it)

Ill also be removing all themes and lots of things you might miss... like the walkman, nfc, bluetooth, backup software.

Be aware that removing an application will affect others that depend on it... for example removing “live wallpaper picker”

will make ALL live wallpapers unuseable and you wont be able to use any live wallpapers that you get from the play store in future.

To do this I used root uninstaller

The safest way to do this is to enter ClockWorkMod by pressing the volume down but 2 or 3 times when you first turn your phone on and make a back up (of your entire setup) remove a few applications at a time... check everything still works. And repeat the process. If something goes wrong.... do a restore and start over. Its not advised to try and uninstall them all in one go

Current total of installed APK's 223 afterwards 126

<----- data use before and after

Here’s the list of apks that I was able to remove from this rom without errors or crashes (after a reboot)

in the order they appear in root uninstaller

About PlayStation Certified 1.0 (just a notice in the setting menu?)

Adobe Flash Player 11.1 11.1.115.34 (youtube and firefox work without it)

Amber 5.0.A.0.6

Amethyst 10.0.A.0.9

Android live Wallpapers 4.1.2-bvt_tw

Back up & Restore 1.0

Backup over MTP 1.1

Backup-Restore 1.0

Black Hole 1.0

Bluetooth Share 4.1.2-bvt_tw ( I don’t use bluetooth )

Browser 4.1.2-bvt_tw ( I prefer Firefox )

Bubbles 1.0

Chrome 28.0.1500.64 ( I prefer Firefox)

Clocks 3.0.a.0.2 (its a widget I use ClockQ)

Content Sharing 2.2.0 (NFC)

Cosmic Flow 1.3.A.0.4 (wallpaper?)

CrashMonitor 1.0.A.0.1

Download music info 3.0.A.0.6

Email 4.0.1 (I use gmail instead)

Emerald 10.0.A.0.9

Exchange services 5.0 (dunno what it is looks like email?)

FM radio 4.2.A.0.4

Face unlock 4.1.2-509230

File Manager 1.0.1 (I use Root Browser)

File Manager Themes 1.0.0

General Data Disclaimer 3.0.A.0.14

Gmail 4.5.2-714156 ( I prefer the old gmail )

Google calendar sync 4.1.2-509230 (app works without this)

Google One Time Init 4.1.2-509230

Google Search 2.6.7..721924.arm

Gps satellites Notification 1.0.0

HTML Viewer 4.1.2-bvt_tw

Hangouts 1.0.2.695251

Infinite view qo.1.A.0.0

InitialBootSetup 1.0

Japanese keyboard layout 1.0

Key Chain 4.1.2-bvt_tw

Live Wallpaper Picker 4.1.2-bvt_tw

Location-Based Wi-Fi 1.1.A.0.6

lock screen 1.0 (safe to remove reverts to basic jb lockscreen I use the pin unlock and media player widgets work)

MHL 2.0

Magic smoke wallpapers 4.1.2-bvt_tw

Market Feedback Agent 4.1.2-509230 ( No feed market my battery)

Movie Studio 1.1

MusicFX 1.4 (I use MortPlayer instead of walkman it works fine without this)

NFC Service 4.1.2-cvt_tw

Phase Beam 1.0 (wallpaper?)

photo slideshow 1.0.A.0.6

Picaso Uploader 1.1.40000

Picture Effect 1.0

Picco TTS 1.0 (navigation uses google text to speech engine?)

Quarts 10.0.A.0.9

Recorder 9.1.A.0.14

Remote Control Service

Ruby 10.0.A.0.9

Sim toolkit 4.1.2-bvt_tw (cant find it in the menu just for orange?)

Sapphire 10.0.A.0.9

Screen Mirroring 1.0

SensMetm slideshow 2.0.A.0.9

Silk 10.0.A.0.9 (think this is a keyboard theme)

Skyfall 3.0

SmartConnect 5.1.5

SmartSearch 7.1.A.0.4

Sound Recorder 4.1.2-bvt_tw

Street View 1.8.1.2 (maps and nav work without it)

SuperSU 1.45 (don’t need it for root access will probably make your phone less secure)

SuperSU NoNag 1.00 (don’t need it for root access will probably make your phone less secure)

Tv Launcher 1.3.A.0.4

Tags 1.1

Tether Entitlement Check ( Tethering works fine for me without this )

Themes 1.0.A.0.20

Tools 2.0.A.2.0

Torch 2.1.8

Update Service 1.0 (will probably break updates via pc companion)

User Dictionary 4.1.2-bvt_tw

Voice Dailer 4.1.2-bvt_tw

Walkman 2.0.A.0.26 (I use mort player instead)

Walkman 7.6.A.0.1 (I use mort player instead)

WarrentytimeService 1.0

Weather Widget 2.0.A.0.36

World Clock 1.0.A.0.11

XthemeEngien beta5 (sorry I dont use it)

Xperia Share 1.0.A.0.10

Xperia Home (must install alternative before uninstalling)

Xperia extention for Throw

Xperia Keyboard 6.1.A.0.4 (must install alternative before uninstalling)

Xperia Wallpapers 3.3.A.0.5

XperimenT 10.0.A.0.9(sorry I don’t use it)

Xposed installer 2.1.4 (sorry I don’t use it)

Youtube 4.5.17 (theres a newer version would rather have fresh clean than updated)

com.android.backupconfirm 4.1.2-bvt_tw

com.android.browser.res.overlay 1002.0

com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks 4.1.2-bvt_tw

com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks.res.overlay

com..android.sharedstoragebackup.4.1.2-bvt_tw

com.android.wallpaper.holospiral 4.1.2-bvt.yw

com.google.android.voicesearch 4.0.0

com.sonyericsson.home.res.overlay 1002.0 (must install alternative before uninstalling)

com.sonyericsson.res.setupwizard.overlay 1002.0

com.sonyericsson.res.trackid.overlay 1002.0

com.sonymobile.connectivitycenter 1.0.A.0.15

devicemonitor 1.1 (no monitoring my device)

Theme-manager 1.0.A.0.8

I couldn’t find a list like this for the Xperia T

It took me a hell of a long time to test the removals and reboot over and over as well as typing it up.

So please don’t copy and paste it elsewhere. The next two lines are for googlers

Xperia T bloatware removal lt30p

Xperia T safe to remove list lt30p (safe if you understand what your doing)

Step 2

After removing all those apks I use a file browser to navigate to

/ > system > framework

and remove any .jar files that relate to the apks that I just uninstalled

like Bluetooth, NFC, Facebook, Music, Music Visualizer ect.ect.

Then I go to my settings and change the ringtone to PYXIS

This is the only pre installed ringtone I want to keep

Its no good dropping beats in a room full of suits so I use this tone when im at work to keep things professional

Then I go to / > system > media > audio > ringtones and delete all but pyixs

and paste my own .ogg ringtones (ill attach some of the ringtones I made to post 8)

I do the same for alarms and notifications

first set the ones that I use then delete the rest and paste my own

/ > system > media > audio >alarms

/ > system > media > audio >notifications

I don't like to use ringtones from sd card/storage locations because if I were to accidentally delete them maybe my alarm wont go off in the morning :confused: Not a risk I wanna take lol

why I removed the lockscreen and all themes / theme manager?

I removed every single theme & theme manager

so now instead of my phone looking like this it looks like this! iv made a dreadful mistake :crying:

I also removed the lock screen 1.0 app which reverted the lock screen to basic jb

lets add a wallpaper and change it to pin

Much better! (settings > security > screen lock > pin)

Dont panic the music widget still works

I also like to add: If Found Please Call - 07MYMUMMY505

To the lock screen Found in settings > security > owner info

(you have to enter the pin when connecting the phone to a usb cable)

One thing I miss from cyanogen mod was "skip on security" meaning you don't have to press ok when you enter the correct pin. id also like to remove the grey and maybe make it more transparent (Dam locked bootloader) that's something ill have to come back to tho (think it would involve decompileing the system UI)