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Can disabling apps hurt performance?
- Thread starter erick295
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someguyatx
Well-Known Member
Yes disabling some apps and widgets can mess things up but not those. On stock ics i removed all of the sprint apps, samsung apps, games, accuweather, dual clock and a few other worthless widgets and it ran much better. There are lists all over the internet with safe apps to remove.
Use an app like system panel lite or your task manager to see the stuff running in the background.
Use an app like system panel lite or your task manager to see the stuff running in the background.
someguyatx
Well-Known Member
Yep thats the problem you can end processes but they just start again. Rooting is the only way to really get rid of these apps. I use rom toolbox app manager to backup then remove apps.
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
If you disable something critical, yes, you can hurt performance. You can even make the system unusable.
A lot of those unwanted apps running in the background can be killed without anything bad happening when you're not using the product that they support. Some, like mail and anything else that checks something on a regular basis can be safely shutdown too, as long as you do it while they're idle. But you won't have your mail checked automatically until you restart the service. Some you don't want to touch, though. So know what you're shutting down first.
Unless you're having problems and are troubleshooting to find the offending app or service, you might as well leave them be. Look at how much RAM you have and how little RAM is being used. As long as you have plenty of free resources, killing those processes aren't going to gain you any performance.
A lot of those unwanted apps running in the background can be killed without anything bad happening when you're not using the product that they support. Some, like mail and anything else that checks something on a regular basis can be safely shutdown too, as long as you do it while they're idle. But you won't have your mail checked automatically until you restart the service. Some you don't want to touch, though. So know what you're shutting down first.
Unless you're having problems and are troubleshooting to find the offending app or service, you might as well leave them be. Look at how much RAM you have and how little RAM is being used. As long as you have plenty of free resources, killing those processes aren't going to gain you any performance.