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Root Bloatware List help + questions. HELP!

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clor

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Can anyone help me with a list of safe bloatware to remove from metro pcs ascend? i know this question has been asked over a billion times but just wanted a clear answer. i also know that the rule is remove what you are comfortable removing but i would feel more comfortable if more than one person removed the same thing. :D

Can i remove file manager if i downloaded ASTRO?

Is document to go important or can i also delete it?

email, G mail, mail@metro..... do i really need all 3?

is metro navigation the same thing as navigation? or can i delete metro nav. ?

FREEdi youtube download. wtf is that? i already have youtube and it works.:confused:

did alot of people deleted metro easy wifi and boingo ? i heard that it kills battery but also heard that after some deleted it, the internet didnt work.

i installed titanium backup but whenever i moved some preinstalled apps i see that the phone internal memory stays the same? or is the internal memory something completely different? :confused:

ive been on this forum for a couple of days now and decided to make an account. hopefully there can be ascend users that help me out here. sorry for so much questions. help will be appreciated. thanks!:)
 
I deleted email & gmail but left metromail and all is well. I also deleted metronavigator & now I cant find navigation. So I guess those two are tied together somehow.
 
I installed titanium and did a backup and then uninstalled uno and free games and froze: loopt, metrobackup(since you have to pay for it and i know ill never use it), mocospace, myextras, and pocketexpress.
all seems to be working now. most of teh ones you mentioned are things id use so i left those and like you im too uncomfortable removing more..
 
Thanks for the help! Was also wondering if Latitude is safe to uninstall? Scared to remove because I'm thinking it might be linked to Navigation etc.
 
clor said:
Thanks for the help! Was also wondering if Latitude is safe to uninstall? Scared to remove because I'm thinking it might be linked to Navigation etc.
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Do not. It is part of Maps. If you DID uninstall, then you will need to reinstall Maps again.
 
Here is a List of the things I removed.

1) Boingo Wifi
2) MetroPCS Easy Wifi
3) Virtual Card
4) Documents To Go
5) Games ( Which Just Took You To A Place To Buy Them ) Goodbye
6) Pocket Express
7) Online Banking

I kept the rest
 
rlugo29 said:
Shouldn't you keep one of the two Boingo Wifi or MetroPCS Easy Wifi???
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Absolutely not. :) Boingo is paid wifi. So unless you subscribe to it, it's a completely stupid useless app that ALWAYS runs and CONTINUES to run in the background no matter how much you kill it. You can use the metropcs easy wifi if u like it. I hated it. I just use a wifi on/off toggle widget to turn mine on and off, and if I touch the bottom of the widget, it takes me to my wifi settings. The easy wifi is simply a wifi app that controls your wifi settings and shows private hot spots and what not.
 
thanks for the info.. I'm having a problem though. i have astro and I'm rooted (z4root) my problem is all the permissions are set to read only for all the bloatware.. how do i change the permissions?
 
Hello to all. I have a problem. I installed titanium and I tried to uninstall the programs that are listed and I get an error that says cannot locate apk file. What can I do because my extras id getting on my nerves.
 
swtnss said:
Hello to all. I have a problem. I installed titanium and I tried to uninstall the programs that are listed and I get an error that says cannot locate apk file. What can I do because my extras id getting on my nerves.
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Welcome to the forum. Titanium Backup won't work if you have 2.2. You need to use Root Explorer.
 
swtnss said:
Hello to all. I have a problem. I installed titanium and I tried to uninstall the programs that are listed and I get an error that says cannot locate apk file. What can I do because my extras id getting on my nerves.
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root explorer 2.16, older versions will not work and its in the market.
 
NY11725 said:
Here is a List of the things I removed.

1) Boingo Wifi
2) MetroPCS Easy Wifi
3) Virtual Card
4) Documents To Go
5) Games ( Which Just Took You To A Place To Buy Them ) Goodbye
6) Pocket Express
7) Online Banking

I kept the rest
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I kept doc to go, but I got rid of UNO, I freed up a ton of room.
Right after you dump these programs, then reboot, you will see a ton of room. I am actually going to flash my phone to cm7, I have heard and read great things about it. :o
 
nuttmeg said:
root explorer 2.16, older versions will not work and its in the market.
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Make sure that you change the icon on the top from r/o to r/w, then it will let you remove the files. You have to do that in each folder you want to remove things in, I took a while to figure that one out and then it worked beautifully!!
 
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