[Nexus 4 Android Development] 22sl22:
Hey everyone,

Just thought i'd let you guys know, I have a new device now, the HTC One M8. I picked it up during all the Black Friday/Cyber Monday madness last week on a relatively cheap contract which means I will probably sell my Nexus 4 although I am undecided yet. This means that i'm not just gonna disappear it's just that i'll be busy with my new device now do I won't be able to make mods and things and rom updates. I'm still gonna be here helping out and things just won't be able to help with things that need to be tested and things :good:

As a parting gift of sorts, here is the long overdue Debloating Guide which I started a month or two ago but postponed it because of personal family matters that I had to deal with. Nether the less it is here now:

A word of advice/disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage done to your phone whatsoever. So if you just uninstall things without reading what the app is linked and related to, it's not my fault.

Please note that I am already thinking of ways to improve this guide. I typed this up on my laptop so if you use an app like Root Explorer or ES File Explorer to disable or remove apps that's fine. I use Titanium backup so if you use that, the apps might have different names but i'll add that soon. I'll be constantly editing this post over the next few days but the main gist of things is here, ENJOY and press the thanks button if you like my work and make sure not to sue me if things go south when messing with your phone :good: :good:

PS almost forgot, i'm not a dragon so if I made any mistakes or if you have any suggestions be sure to let me know and i'll be happy to change things :good:

Debloating Guide:

Pre-installed User Apps:

MiKey...................Safe to uninstall: Used for operating the MiKey if you have one.

Transfer................Safe to uninstall: Used for making transfer of files. Using an app like Root Explorer or ES Explorer will be easier.

XiaomiAuthenticator.....Safe to uninstall: Used to authenticate Xiaomi Products.

System Apps (In Alphabetical Order)

App

AntiSpam/Blocklist................Caution: Self explanatory. Related to Xiaomi Security. Only remove if you do not use this feature and/or elements of MIUI security

Bluetooth...............Do not uninstall: Controls Bluetooth

Browser.................Safe to uninstall: This is the stock Browser app.

BugReport...............Safe to uninstall: Used to report rom bugs to Xiaomi, not that they listen to us anyway :)

Calculator..............Safe to uninstall: Calculator app, not much more to say. If you want to remove it, see below for an alternate with a nice UI

Calendar Provider.......Do not uninstall: Needed for Calendar Sync to function

Camera..................Safe to uninstall: This is the stock camera app

CertInstaller...........Do not uninstall: Unknown

ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter....Caution: Only uninstall if you don't need Bookmarks synced with Chrome

Cloud Service/Sync with Mi Cloud...........Unknown

Contacts Provider.......Do not uninstall: Needed for Contacts to function

Data Hub Provider.... Caution: Only uninstall if you do not use MIUI's mobile data usage feature

Desk Clock/Clock..............Safe to uninstall: Stock MIUI Clock

Documents UI/Documents............Do not uninstall: Linked to Downloads in MIUI and more

Download Provider UI......Do not uninstall: Linked to Downloads in MIUI and more

Email/Mail................Safe to uninstall: Whilst it is a useful mail provider, I find it to be too slow and laggy at times. If you want to remove it, see below for an alternate Google Email

File Explorer...........Caution: Possibly needed in order to import themes. Maybe..........

Gallery2................Caution: Stock AOSP Gallery. Only uninstall if you are using another gallery app

GameCenterSDKService/Mi Service Security Framework...Safe to uninstall: Stock Game service, use Google version instead

Google Calendar Sync Adapter....Caution: Needed for sync to work with calendar. Only uninstall if you do not sync your google data with a calendar

Google Contacts Sync Adapter....Caution: Needed for sync to work with contacts. Only uninstall if you do not sync your google data with contacts

Google Keyboard/AOSP Keyboard............Safe to uninstall: Stock Google Keyboard, See below for a nice themed version to fit in with MIUI

Guard Provider/com.securitycore.miui_t 1.0 ..........Caution: Only uninstall if you do not use MIUI security features. (See AppOps for an alternate :good: )

HTML Viewer..........Do not uninstall: Unknown

KeyChain.............Do not uninstall: Unknown

King Soft Cleaner/com.cleanmaster.sdk 5.5.0 .....Caution: Only uninstall if you do not use MIUI security features. (See AppOps for an alternate :good: )

LBSEC MIUI/ Permission Manager............Caution: MIUI Permissions Manager- Only uninstall if you do not use MIUI security features. (See AppOps for an alternate :good: )

Live Wallpapers........Caution: Needed for live wallpapers to function. Only uninstall if you do not use live wallpapers

Live Wallpaper Picker......Caution: Needed for live wallpapers to function. Only uninstall if you do not use live wallpapers

Mi Link Service/UniPlay Service..........Safe to uninstall: UniPlay service by MIUI (connect to other devices)

Miui Compass.............Safe to uninstall: Stock Compass app

Miui Video...............Safe to uninstall: Stock video playing app

Mi Wallpaper.............Caution: Needed to change wallpaper

Network Assistant/Data Usage .........Caution: Controls Data Usage for MIUI, only uninstall if you do not keep track of data usage

NfcNci/NFC....................Caution: Controls NFC, safe to uninstall if you do not use NFC features

NoiseField/Bubbles................Safe to uninstall: Bubbles live wallpaper

Notes.....................Safe to uninstall: MIUI notes app

O2O.......................Safe to uninstall: Random chinese xiaomi app

PackageInstaller...........Do not uninstall: Controls the installing of apps

PacProcessor...............Do not uninstall: Unknown

PaymentService............Caution: Only uninstall if you do not have xiaomi credit and use it to buy themes

PhaseBeam.................Safe to uninstall: Live wallpaper, safe to uninstall

PhotoTable/Photo Screensavers ................Caution: Controls Daydream/Sceensaver function. Only uninstall if you do not use this feature

PicoTTS...................Caution: Not 100% about this one, related to Voice activated features.

PrintSpooler..............Caution: Controls printing features. Only uninstall if you do not use printing features

Provision.................Do not uninstall: Unknown

SoundRecorder/Recorder.............Safe to uninstall: Stock sound recorder app

SuperMarket/Market...............Safe to uninsall: Stock xiaomi market for apps. Play Store is recommended and is much safer, please flash Gapps instead

TelephonyProvider.........Do not uninstall: Needed for telephone features

ThemeManager/Themes..............Caution: MIUI Themes Manager. Only uninstall if you do not use themes

TrafficControl............Caution: Related to DataUsage possibly

Updater...................Safe to uninstall: Stock MIUI rom updater app

UserDictionaryProvider...Do not uninstall: Related to dictionary when using a keyboard and adding pesonal words to it

VisualizationWallpapers/Music Visualization..Safe to uninstall: Live wallpaper, Music Visualization

VoiceAssist/Assist..............Safe to uninstall: Stock voice Assist. Google Now is recommended instead

WAPPushManager...........Unknown???

Weather..................Caution: Linked to Weather provider, uninstall if you don't use otherwsie keep it

Weather Provider.........See above

XiaomiServiceFramework....CAUTION: Ok this is different. Xiaomi Framework will keep your device awake and cause a lot of wakelocks. If you disable it, MIUI functions won't work. I don't use any except for Themes. If, like me you only use MIUI themes then if you already have themes installed you can disable it. However, you will not be able to downlaod new ones if you do disable it. If you use features like MIUI backupp, could backup etc then do not touch this. Proceed with caution!!!!!!

Priv-App

Backup.........Safe to uninstall: Stock MIUI backup app, uninstall if you do not use it

BackupRestoreConfirmation...Do not uninstall : I'm not sure if this is for MIUI or for android backups so leave this one for now

Calendar.......Safe to uninstall: Stock MIUI Calendar, see below for Google Calendar

Contacts........Do not uninstall: Stock contacts app

DefaultContainerService... Do not uninstall: Related to package installation

DownloadProvider.....Do not uninstall: Needed for Downloads

ExternalStorageProvider...Do not uninstall: System related

FusedLocation............Do not uninstall: Needed for GPS functions

InputDevices............Do not uninstall: Needed for keyboard input

MediaProvider..........Do not uninstall: Needed for Media related things

MiuiGallery/Gallery............Safe to uninstall: Stock Gallery app

MiuiHome/System Launcher..............Caution: Only uninstall if you have an alternate launcher installed

MiuiKeyguard..........Do not uninstall: System related

MiuiSystemUI/SystemUI..........Do not uninstall: MIUI System. You do not want to uninstall this

Mms/Messaging..................Do not uninstall: Stock SMS/MMS app

Music................Safe to uninstall: Stock Music app

MusicFX.............Caution: Needed for media effects. Only uninstall if yo have an alternate available such as Viper Audio

OneTimeInitializer...Do not uninstall: System Related

Phone.............Do not uninstall: Stock phone app

ProxyHandler......Do not uninstall: System related

QuickSearchBox/Search..Safe to uninstall: Search box for MIUU

Settings..........Do not uninstall: Settings app

SettingsProvider..Do not uninstall: Needed for settings to function

SharedStorageBackup..Do not uninstall: System Related

Shell.............Do not uninstall: System related

Tag.............Caution: NFC related

VpnDialogs......Do not uninstall: System Related

WallpaperCropper...Caution: Needed to crop wallpapers

YellowPage/Directory........Safe to uninstall: Chinese yellow pages

Alternate Apps:

Coming Soon!!!.............................In Progress...........

Email:

Gmail: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm

To use outook/hotmail accounts use this Exchange apk (singed by Google) http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/exchange-services/exchange-services-6-5-1533254-apk/

Calculator:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android2.calculator3

Theme to make things look nice https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xlythe.calculator.theme.light

Calendar:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.calendar

Themed Google Keyboards:

Shaftamle does some amazing themed google keyboards in a variety of themes and colours, much better than stock!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2387785