yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Archiimonde:
There's no need to criticize him for doing what he wants with his phone. He just shows that it's possible, and if others want to do the same, they can. He even provided a list of all apps he could remove without breaking anything he didn't want, which is awesome.

I for instance rarely use ROMs with a lot of tweaks and extras, as I like it as stock as possible. I rarely use custom kernels, except when they're superior and minimal compared to stock. I don't lash out against those who choose to use the ROMs and kernels with more features.

If everyone were to complain about everything that didn't fit their preferences, this forum would be a mess.

Haha, good one.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] zurkx:
oh please. lets not enable paranoia - and illogical paranoia at that. do you really think OPs crippled phone with "spyware" removed is secure ?

While removing all the actually useful features his phone has also been stripped of basic security. he does not have a knox encrypted container which means his phone data can be accessed using the modem baseband processor and all the data copied off it. Since his phone is no longer a phone he wouldnt even see the activity. Removing "location services" APIs do nothing since the phone is going to ping the towers anyway regardless of whether it has a SIM or not and since it has no SIM it will ping *all* the towers instead of the ones it is registered to. So everyone with a basic stingray can track his location at all times. Removing the cellular control protocol disables modem control using flight mode so even in flight mode the phone would be pinging everything in sight. bravo. awesome "security". and how does OP make it even more secure ? I know .. lets strip out the basic modem key loading so your baseband modem is now open completely to anyone with a spoofed cell tower with zero encryption keys loaded on it in default factory config! woo! home run.

He might as well buy an etch a sketch instead of a phone at this point since he converted his $900 smartphone into an insecure brick. there is nothing useful to be gained by stripping out functionality while reducing security in the name of "hiding from the man" when the "man" can easily get access to anything on your phone anyway and its kept there unencrypted for easier access. My stock 910U with encrypted knox container, DoD CAC enabled and switched to flight mode is waay more secure than his stripped down insecure brick.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] bnghty:
I think that android is perfect for those people that want to customize their phones the way they like it. that's what we're all here for and that's what the dude have done. *however* I can't feel that this wasn't done properly as the OP took the smart out of the phone. to the OP- you just own a 1990's phone now. maybe thats the way you like it but frankly I don't get why getting a 700$ phone for only calls/sms. if that's what you want i'd just get an actual old yearly 2000's phone that doesn't even have 3g, or the cheapest smartphone available today and do the same thing- just there it would make more sense(as all of the smart features are slow anyway). and as much as I agree regarding the lack of privacy these days- I'm also realistic. there are a few billions of people around the world and even more mobile phones. yes, google can locate you when you use location services. so what? if you are not a terorrist, not the NSA or anybody else gives a damn about it. there is no privacy today, and it's not necessarily worst thing possible.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jazzmachine:
OK, so we've established that different people use their devices in different ways. Moving on... take a look at the system apps on your phone. What percent percentage of them perform a function that you're aware of? How many of them provide the exact same function as other (in many cases system) apps? If either question is difficult to answer some research can be VERY illuminating.

Rather than jumping all over the OP for removing certain things due to personal preference, consider mine. I recently had 301 system apps on my phone (have begun uninstalling certain things I've just had frozen before). Of those 301 apps, I had 104 frozen. Determining the purpose of an app before ditching it, I've lost ZERO featues / functionality and hardly ever see an OOM error which happened somewhat often before debloating.

The fact is that there are pre-installed apps on your phone that are very likely just taking up space, or doing things that you would explicitly prohibit if you were aware / able to. OP has provided an excellent resource for determining to some extent what these apps are doing. What he's personally chosen to remove is a matter that's really of no concern to anyone but himself.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] bnghty:
question- so if you have a phone just for calls/texts and all you wanted is a device just for games, etc- and that's why you stripped everything from your note 4 and made it just for offline apps- why not just get an ipod touch?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Soulforged666:
This is a very comprehensive list on which apps are safe to remove and which are not. And to get the list from a person who is willing to strip off this much is even better as they will tell you all the apps that are sefe to remove because they were not afraid to take them off.

Thank you for this list I am going to go through it and remove the apps that make sense for me to remove.

One question though, How much space did you free up by uninstalling all of these apps? It might be good to add the weight of each app next to them as well for easy refrence. Just a thought. Great job by the way!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Archiimonde:
There's no need to rant. I never said the phone was more secure. You claimed that nothing of what he removed was spyware, which is wrong. I'm sure your phone is more secure. I agree with OP though that you statements make sense, but I'd also like to see some sources.

This is what I meant.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fundaprob:
Be realistic. iPod has inferior display, camera (don't tell me that iSight is awesome - I owned iPad Mini with the same camera and it's very poor when compared to Note 4's), it can only communicate via iTunes, it has no external card slot, built-in battery that you can neither buy a spare nor replace and iOS 8 that is worse than ever. Totally different world.

That's funny actually, it took me 3 reflashing or so to realize that I could blindly remove every 3rd or even 2nd component and the system will stay stable and let me work as before like nothing was taking from it. There's no risk - even if you mess up the OS you can reset it via Kies in under 5 minutes. It doesn't have to be bootable - only be able to boot into download mode (volume down + home + power).

I'm not sure how to measure this. As far as I understand System App Remover shows space taken by the APK that it removes, not the actual system files.

If I go to Storage I get this: total = 32 Gb, system = 7.34 Gb, used = 2.91 Gb, cached = 18.18 Mb, misc = 1.49 Gb, available = 21.36 Gb. I suppose "used" and "misc" stand for space taken by my custom apps and their components on the internal memory.

However, I did notice the difference in RAM usage - when I reboot or clear RAM I get about 0.93 Gb in use as opposed to 1.7 Gb or so when I had the stock firmware.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] zurkx:
oh please. now its naturally changed into an argument for security to an argument for battery life. none of what was removed was stock spyware. does anyone here even understand what fixmo is ? Its a DoD CAC library. its not used unless you enabled DoD CAC in knox. And if you DO enable it you get a one page huge warning message saying this device is DoD CAC enabled. it verifies the device is as it is supposed to be from the manufacturer. it is certainly not spyware. spyware would be something compiled into the kernel or hidden in the system libraries which there was no way to possibly detect. not the usual random bunch of libraries shipped with any phone or operating system. by that measure windows has tons of "spyware" hidden in it which enable automatic updates, error reporting etc. this is just paranoid thinking and completely pointless unless you want to go back to pencil and paper and live in a cave somewhere wearing a tinfoil hat.

and removing all those inactive or briefly active when necessary libraries does absolutely zero for battery life.

e.g. my phone with knox enabled, wifi enabled, 3G enabled, air wake enabled, all libraries intact and everything turned on including bluetooth, nfc and GPS (and scheduled weather downloads AND no flight mode) etc.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Soulforged666:
I have 7.82g in system so this process cleared at least a half gig or useless bloat. Thats good to know. With greenify on and clean master my ram usage usually sits aound that much in use as well. I would be uninstalling mainly for extra memory on phone as well as saving battery life.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] zurkx:
useless bloat = stuff you dont use but other people find extremely useful. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Soulforged666:
Exactly! Hahaha
[Galaxy Note 4 General] pbedard:
Id love to remove them just to save battery n keep my phone as a phone
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jhill110:
Yep, and other people don't use my phone so they won't be missing anything.

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Here that. In my case it's that simple.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] pratik_193:
which app is responsible for lock screen security ? when i press the power button to wake the device, there is no lock screen security ( swipe/pattern etc)..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fundaprob:
Again, you are not providing any sources with this reasoning, nor you are replying to my earlier question about "cellular controls removed". You're also ignoring most of my other points. Given this your arguments are very weak.

I am eager to check your proofs if you have them, go ahead.

Yeah, and this is only the problem when you are renting out your own personal device.

Internal memory was of minor concern to me (external SD provides more storage than I have had on my desktop a few years ago); it's interesting that removing ~65% of all apps resulted in just that extra free space - which supports my suspicion that 90% of the system functionality is in the core that you cannot easily remove like that.

Also note that RAM usage will boost up to regular 1.7-2 GB very quickly (that's how eager caching works AFAIK) but it is fact that with stock apps I couldn't clear it below 1.6-1.7 GB.

I agree with all your points, that's well-said. Previously I have owned iPad for more than a year and it was the worst experience I have ever had with any computer device (not going into details as it would take a few pages of text).

II think it's com.android.keyguard - I haven't tried removing it but I can confirm that with all the apps listed in my first post removed from my OS I still can switch to swipe/pattern/PIN/password and maybe fingerprint screen lock. Device/SD encryption work as well. More info here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17689842/what-the-heck-is-the-keyguard-in-android
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jutley:
I just disabled all the bloat using the menu then disable apps removed all the samsung crap running pretty well now.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dacorsa:
Thanks,

i have removed so many apps!!

very interesting 3d!!

thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] -Zork-:
Used most of all list and going fine, system seem more smootly.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] EP2008:
I know I'm raising this thread from the dead, but many "vanilla" smartphones do just fine without all the extra garbage, and they perform better with better battery life too.

Samsung doesn't need to bloat their phones this much.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] kolembo:
I think it's a great thread for information. You don't need to take all of it off.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] shegeloaf:
[MENTION=6389809]fundaprob[/MENTION] Awesome list. I used your list to De-bloat my Note 5 Ported Rom for N4. Its so snappy and fast and haven't lost any core functionality.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] shegeloaf:
After using this my SmartSwitch does not connect anymore. Is there any file in the list i should avoid.?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fundaprob:
It's been over 1 year of using this stripped firmware daily (literally never letting the device from my hands). Results? Love it. Didn't factory reset it once since last March.

Problems that I observed, likely caused by removing some useful APKs listed in the first post, that I didn't bother to fix:

S Pen's Action Memos didn't work. This includes quick double tap holding the Pen button, as well as selecting Action memo from the Pen menu (when pressing its button).

Accessibility Services could not be used because Text-To-Speech could not be found. I did remove TTS but I didn't think it was essential to be able to enable any accessibility service (even non-speech related).

Location services worked unreliably (in the beginning I could get them working but then either something broke or I didn't wait enough time for GPS to sync).

The battery might last a little bit less when the device is not sleeping. I noticed that stock Edge could happen to lose not even 1% of the battery if it was left with the screen turned off for days. Mine didn't, it was draining constantly albeit slowly. On the other hand, the same stock Edge could suddenly use 50% of the battery in the same situation within hours. So in the end mine was more stable and easy to predict.

None of these were critical in the day-to-day usage.

As a bonus, I discovered that most of games that rely on GSF, when you attempt to start them up, would tell you they won't run without Google Play, Internet connection, etc. but they actually do run. On my other stock phones they would close after the warning. I guess the code relies on GSF to actually kill the process which is also removed. That's funny.

I did use the camera, barcode/QR scanners, screen recording, the browser for offline HTML reading, My Files, Voice Recorder, system and SD card encryption, music (using native speaker, via Bluetooth, via audio jack), alarm, S Health (pedometer, heart rate), Unix stuff (terminal, Busybox, etc.), games (like Out There, The Tiny Bang Story), Edge panels (music control, notifications, EdgeBoard, clock), MultiWindow apps, custom keyboards, printing via Bluetooth (via PrintStation)... I have used everything except what I have removed and it worked like a charm.

Obviously, this was the story of the KitKat Edge. I'm going to see how this will work on Lollipop once I upgrade. I'll post again when I have results.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nimnull:
Hello

Does anyone know anything about:

samsung.android.svcagent

com.sec.android.soagent

What is it and is it necessary or I can disable it?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] AMR-720:
Thanks for the list, I was searching for something like that.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fundaprob:
I don't have samsung.android.svcagent on my stock KitKat but quick googling suggested it's related to KNOX (source, look under CHANGELOG > v4.2).

I do have com.sec.android.soagent on my both stock and "lean" KitKat's so I can't say that it's not necessary because I haven't tested living without it. However, quick googling suggested it's related to system software update (source, another). However, as those threads indicate people have disabled soagent without breaking things so I'd say it's safe to get rid of it. It looks more like your carrier's update than vendor's.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhananjay123:
Please suggest some good kernels for stock lollipop . Moto g xt1033

Thanks in advance.:eek:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldYellowBricks:
Pall, read the **** around and realize that there are none.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddydc1:
Not yet, but they will come soon because motorola released lp sources some time ago
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stavr0s91i:
Hi im not quite sure wheather cpu settings reset to default after reboot on lollipop(N910F) im trying some tweaks out and its not exactly clear.Im on a stock lollipop rom and kernel.Can N910F users share their stock cpu settings?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
If it's stock kernel, the settings won't stick, they'll revert back straight away after reboot (and often before the reboot).
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stavr0s91i:
cheers,its a really noobish question but i never really worked with kernels before ;) thanks for help out mate!
[C++ or Other Android Development Languages] TECHGiGswanand:
Can anyone plz tell me how to edit APK files from mobile directly.

Is there any method for doing this??

Share if you have one.

:thumbup::thumbup::D:thumbup:
[C++ or Other Android Development Languages] Andre1299:
I don't know what do you mean, but you can use lucky patcher to do some useful stuffs.

If you want to change code or resources, I don't know..

Sent from my Vodafone 875
[C++ or Other Android Development Languages] pranavraut033:
Use apktool you can find the thread on XDA about it

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2541509 here is one
[Moto E General] Aakash07:
Here are the collection of boot logos specifically for moto E

Instructions

download minimal adb and fastboot

then extract any of these and copy "logo" to the folder of minimal adb and fastboot in program files in c drive

now open minimal adb and fastboot.exe and

type "fastboot flash logo logo.bin" (remove quotes)

reboot to bootloader

connect phone to pc

reboot phone

If you like my post hit thanks........
[Moto E General] spandu500:
Pics of these imgs pls
[Moto E General] sharkaddi:
Any screenshots could be appreciated
[Moto E General] -Adarsh-:
ss is a must in this case
[Moto E General] leonardoroza:
No screenshots? Has anyone tried it?
[Moto E General] leonardoroza:
I'm on Ubuntu, like it
[Moto E General] 16kingsman16:
Thanks man awesome boot logos
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaDi:
Hi there,,

currntly i'm using kitkat rom , I want to flash Echoe Rom v.23 which is android 5, what should I do first ?

I'll flash lollipop modem as the dev said, then do full wipe, then flash the rom .

any thing else should I do ?

thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
1. Make what the dev said.

2. Ask again if you have more problems when you finish all the process.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asifmobilestec:
i need mtk andriod tool witch restore format

i mean when we format any andriod phone its dead but any tool restore its again

thanks & sorry if i wasted your time
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asifmobilestec:
wait for your suggestion..................
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RAYHAN HOSSAIN:
Can i use in android handset this MTK mood?

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and how can i use this MTK option
[XDA Assist] MrSlendy:
Hi, Pardon me if this have already been ask.

How do you properly install this OTA Update? I've flashed dandvdh's custom rom which is the GPE ROM and Im getting this notification about a new update of the ROM. I haven't installed it yet because I don't know what's the proper way to install it.

Should I backup first then tap Install?

Thanks
[XDA Assist] MrSlendy:
Up
[XDA Assist] Heisenberg:
Hi :)

Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Please be more specific, you've failed to identify your device and exactly which update you're talking about.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] anubus12:
The OK button only minimizes. Anyway to map it so it closes the open application? I know holding down the "X" button closes, but then I have to touch the screen.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jk30213:
Try installing the x-button application. I've constantly used the ok button to close apps with no problem.

I'm using black 2.0 and have never had to manually close apps since wm5.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] donsaxena:
you are right but i like the minimize function so i can minimize siriuswm5 and lock the phone so i can put it in an armband at the gym.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] SkyyBoy:
if you are on WM6, go to Start->Settings->System->Task Manager
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gtmaniak:
AE Button Plus is what you want. You can map almost all the buttons on outside of your device to do what you want. One of the included options is to "CLOSE ACTIVE APPLICATION"

I've attached a cab, and below are the details on the application from their website

This utility extends functionality of hardware keys on Windows Mobile devices. It allows you to:

intercept almost any standard button: application buttons, WM5 SoftKeys, Volume slider, Action and even Red/Green phone buttons

distinguish up to 4 different keypress events on each button grabbed (single, double, triple and "long" keypresses).

remap each of the keypress events to "virtual" application button or assign them directly to one of the wide set of built-in actions.

As a result you may "convert" volume slider to up/down arrows, assign several essential application buttons to these "SoftKey" buttons and even assign your favorit alternative dialer to red/green phone buttons.

Current list of built-in keypress actions

Run Application

Emulate keypress of Enter (Action), Esc and up/down/left/right keys

Emulate standard application buttons

"Virtual Application Button"

Being specified as keypress action, "Virtual button" appears in standard Start -> Settings -> Buttons setup dialog and may be assigned here.

Volume up/down

Emulate Soft Keys

Close (terminate) active application

Switch next application

Alt+Tab (switch between two last applications)

Task Manager with charge level / memory summary info. Task manager may be operated with directional pad (up/down - choose application, left/action - switch to, right - terminate) or finger/stylus.

You may apply filters to hide annoying applications (e.g. Phone)

Ok/Close

Start Menu

Switch Display Off/On. Once you switch display OFF you may turn it back ON by the same keypress event or simply pressing Power On button.

Switch BlueTooth Off/On

Switch WiFi Off/On

Vibration mode Off/On (WM5 only)

Turn Off PDA

Soft-Reset PDA (Soft Reset)

Screen rotation

Go Online / Drop DialUp connections / Trigger Online

Disable "Power Off device if not used..."

Switch to Today screen

Clipboard operations: Select All / Copy / Cut / Paste

Memory Monitor

Battery Monitor/Uptime Forecast. It will show battery voltage/current/temperature if corresponding sensors are available

Current Date/Time

Pop-up menu with important AEBPlus actions. This feature is available in activated version only

Any built-in action may be initiated by shortcut calling aebplus.exe with corresponding command line parameter
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] daedalia:
You could go for the free and better working PQzII. AE was a bit temperamental for me. I use it in conjunction with Wisbar Advance 2 to minimise some programs & close others. There is an option to close with OK or see below for mapping the OK button.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=301023&highlight=PQzII

PQzII website on how to install:

http://www.nicque.com/PQz/
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] natong:
Dinarsoft HandySwitcher

http://www.dinarsoft.com/handyswitcher/

The mother of Task Manager software & Button3.

Task Manager

Pretty.

Clean.

Don't show big options item menu.

Can add some addition item menu or none.

Click [x] button to really exit application.

Show real icon from running application.

Hardware button (Button3) can really exit application.

[ok] is ok.

[x] is really exit application.

I can sleep tight now after reaserch 8 hrs. and reading many articles here.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] egoist6:
if you want to go for a small and neat program: vjokbutton.

you'll find it here: www.vijay555.com
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dioxda2:
hoe about this? ^_^

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