[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theemaster:
From this thread.. a list of apps to be removed is.. (for a clean well-honed phone) my question is.. is any of those apps actually essential?

Here's the list again...

./system/app/AcousticWarning.apk
./system/app/AcousticWarning.odex
./system/app/BackupAssistanceClient.odex
./system/app/BackupAssistanceClient.apk
./system/app/VmmBackupManager.apk
./system/app/VmmFileManager.apk
./system/app/VzwSecureSettings.odex
./system/app/VzwSettingsExt.apk
./system/app/BackupRestoreConfirmation.odex
./system/app/BackupRestoreConfirmation.apk
./system/app/BlurUpdater_VZW.apk
./system/app/BlurUpdater_VZW.odex
./system/app/BuaContactAdapter.apk
./system/app/BuaContactAdapter.odex
./system/app/VzwMusicApp.apk
./system/app/cce.apk
./system/app/cce.odex
./system/app/netflix.apk
./system/app/ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk
./system/app/ChromeWithBrowser.apk
./system/app/Cmas.odex
./system/app/Cmas.apk
./system/app/ContactIce.odex
./system/app/ContactIce.apk
./system/app/DataRoaming.apk
./system/app/DataRoaming.odex
./system/app/FaceBook.apk
./system/app/FileManager.apk
./system/app/FileManager.odex
./system/app/GuidedTours.odex
./system/app/GuidedTours.apk
./system/app/HelpCenter.odex
./system/app/HelpCenter.apk
./system/app/HuxVmmSetting.apk
./system/app/HuxVmmSetting.odex
./system/app/IlsVzW.odex
./system/app/IlsVzW.apk
./system/app/Kindle.apk
./system/app/LMIRescueSecurity.apk
./system/app/Magazines.apk
./system/app/MdmMoveNotice.apk
./system/app/MdmMoveNotice.odex
#./system/app/ModemPanicReporter.apk
./system/app/MotoCare.apk
./system/app/MotoCare.odex
./system/app/MotoCareInt.apk
./system/app/MotoCareInt.odex
./system/app/MotoCast.apk
./system/app/MotoCast.odex
./system/app/MotoSmartHandWriting.apk
./system/app/MyVerizon.apk
./system/app/NFL.apk
./system/app/SlackerRadio.apk
./system/app/Pinyin.apk
./system/app/Protips.apk
./system/app/Protips.odex
./system/app/SmartActions.apk
./system/app/SmartActionMFW.apk
./system/app/SmartActionFW.odex
./system/app/SmartActionFW.apk
./system/app/SmartActionMFW.odex
./system/app/SmartActions.odex
./system/app/StrokeIME.apk
./system/app/Swype.apk
./system/app/VCP.apk
./system/app/VZWAPNLib.apk
./system/app/VerizonSSOEngine.apk
./system/app/VmmBackupManager.odex
./system/app/VMMServiceInterface.odex
./system/app/VmmFileManager.odex
./system/app/VMMServiceInterface.apk
./system/app/VRDClient.apk
./system/app/Vvm.odex
./system/app/Vvm.apk
./system/app/VZ_Tones.apk
./system/app/VzwMusicApp.odex
./system/app/VzwSecureSettings.apk
./system/app/VzwSettingsExt.odex
./system/app/vznavigator.apk
./system/app/VzwDeviceSetup.apk
./system/app/vzwPhoneExt.odex
./system/app/VzwController.apk
./system/app/VzwPhoneService.odex
./system/app/VzwDeviceSetup.odex
./system/app/VzwEntitlementService.apk
./system/app/vzwapnpermission.apk
./system/app/VzwEntitlementService.odex
./system/app/MotoVzwAtCmdPlugin.odex
./system/app/MotoVzwAtCmdPlugin.apk
./system/app/VzwController.odex
./system/app/VzwPhoneService.apk
./system/app/VZWInstaller.apk
./system/app/VZWAPNService.apk
./system/app/vzwPhoneExt.apk
./system/app/Videos.apk
./system/app/Books.apk

./system/bin/bug2go-bugreport-oem
./system/bin/bug2go-bugreport

./system/framework/com.vzw.android.gex.odex
./system/framework/com.vzw.android.smart.jar
./system/framework/com.vzw.android.gex.jar
./system/framework/com.motorola.vzw.vmm.util.jar
./system/framework/com.motorola.vzw.vmm.helper.odex
./system/framework/com.motorola.vzw.vmm.helper.jar
./system/framework/com.vzw.android.hux.odex
./system/framework/com.vzw.android.hux.jar