[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Deleted member 6200352:
well....disabling is safer because you can usually re-enable it(undo) it. Which is good for testing. If you delete something and something goes wrong, you are back to square #1. right now I'm dealing with an issue where I disable a bunch of stuff then I reboot, and my settings screen doesn't load. If I restore from backup, settings still doesn't work. I disabled something I shouldn't have. So I have to flash anew and start over and find out what I did wrong cuz I disabled too much stuff--don't get too greedy like me, hehe. Take it one little bit at a time. But, for the main apps listed above, yes those appear to be safe as also confirmed by other kindle devices/threads which share the same application apk.

* don't disable/remove/rename DeviceSoftwareOTAContracts (this is different from DeviceSoftwareOTA, which of course should be renamed/disabled>. DeviceSoftwareOTAContracts is tied to main settings menu for the device. I learned the hard way, lol.

So far this is what I have disabled and testing for stability. I'm sure there will be corrections.

If anyone here does the same, please advise if any of these disabled causes issues, crashes, or otherwise possesses your device and starts speaking in tongues and if there are those that I have currently skipped/forgot about/whatever, that seem to further trim the fat, PLEASE let this thread know so we can all benefit (or fall victim from, hahah..isn't it fun!?!)

C:\dump\adt-bundle\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
shell@giza:/ $ pm list packages -d
package:com.amazon.mw.sdk
package:com.amazon.photos
package:com.amazon.unifiedsharegoodreads
package:com.amazon.recess
package:com.amazon.platform.fdrw
package:com.amazon.whisperplay.contracts
package:com.amazon.venezia
package:com.amazon.webapp
package:com.amazon.dcp.contracts.library
package:com.amazon.device.sync
package:com.android.documentsui
package:com.amazon.firelauncher
package:com.amazon.alta.h2clientservice
package:com.amazon.advertisingidsettings
package:com.android.providers.downloads
package:com.amazon.socialplatform
package:com.amazon.dp.fbcontacts
package:com.amazon.h2settingsfortablet
package:com.amazon.calculator
package:com.amazon.kindle.otter.settings
package:com.amazon.dp.logger
package:com.amazon.ods.kindleconnect
package:com.amazon.weather
package:com.amazon.webview
package:com.amazon.android.marketplace
package:com.amazon.readynowcore
package:com.amazon.client.metrics.api
package:com.amazon.mp3
package:com.amazon.unifiedsharesinaweibo
package:com.amazon.sync.service
package:com.amazon.csapp
package:com.amazon.logan
package:com.amazon.tahoe
package:com.amazon.kindle.personal_video
package:com.amazon.kcp.tutorial
package:com.amazon.kindle.cms
package:com.amazon.kindle.kso
package:com.amazon.geo.mapsv2.services
package:org.mopria.printplugin
package:com.amazon.unifiedshare.actionchooser
package:com.amazon.whisperlink.activityview.android
package:com.amazon.device.messaging
package:com.amazon.digital.asset.ownership.app
package:com.amazon.device.messaging.sdk.internal.library
package:com.amazon.providers
package:com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe
package:com.amazon.photos.importer
package:com.amazon.geo.mapsv2
package:com.amazon.unifiedsharetwitter
package:com.amazon.client.metrics
package:com.amazon.acos.providers.UnifiedSettingsProvider
package:amazon.jackson19
package:com.audible.application.kindle
package:com.android.managedprovisioning
package:com.amazon.mw
package:com.amazon.pm
package:com.amazon.dcp.contracts.framework.library
package:com.amazon.whisperlink.core.android
package:com.amazon.kor.demo
package:com.amazon.device.messaging.sdk.library
package:com.amazon.geo.client.maps
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package:com.amazon.application.compatibility.enforcer
package:com.android.email
package:com.ivona.tts.oem
package:com.android.music
package:com.amazon.parentalcontrols
package:com.android.location.fused
package:com.amazon.windowshop
package:com.here.odnp.service
package:com.amazon.avod
package:com.amazon.zico
package:com.amazon.legalsettings
package:com.amazon.camera
package:com.amazon.cloud9
package:com.amazon.cloud9.kids
package:com.amazon.device.sync.sdk.internal
package:com.amazon.unifiedsharefacebook
package:com.amazon.dynamicupdationservice
package:com.android.bluetooth
package:com.android.captiveportallogin
package:com.amazon.webview.chromium
package:com.amazon.kindle.devicecontrols
package:com.amazon.kindle
package:com.amazon.application.compatibility.enforcer.sdk.library