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Root [Froyo]APP Safety List

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Afteraffekt

Android Enthusiast
There are many apps in 2.2.1 considered Bloatware, and some that we just don't need, heres the list!

These can be removed with absolutely no problems!
-Amazon
-Amazon Mp3
-Backup Assistant
-Calendar Widget
-My Verizon
-Thinkfree Office
-Home Selector
-LG Home
-SNS (Socialite) (LG Social)
-Message Widget
-Alarm Clock Widget
-Dual Clock
-Bookmarks Widget
-City ID
-Clock Weather Widget
-Facebook
-Myspace
-Genie Widget
-Skype Mobile
-Visual Voice Mail
-YouTube
-Car Home

These can be removed but will disable some features

TalkBack - These are for handicap settings.
Kickback- These are for handicap settings.
Soundback - These are for handicap settings.
Deskclock - Will lose alarm clock.
Email - Will lose pop3 email support.
Gmail - Will lose Gmail support.
Launcher2 - Will remove all ways of opening apps or doing anything, safe if another launcher 2 is present (helix, zeam, adw).
LGHiddenMenu - Flashlight.apk, and a few other minor details stop functioning
LiveWallpapers - Lose Live wallpaper support
-MagicSmokeWallpapers
-VisualizationWallpapers
Street - lose street view in Maps
 
Made the move to update to froyo on my wifes phone last night. Was getting rid of the some of the bloatware, when i came across something called LGDunn Something that seems to run all the time in the background. Anyone know what this is, an is it safe for remove?
 
bamaredwingsfan said:
Made the move to update to froyo on my wifes phone last night. Was getting rid of the some of the bloatware, when i came across something called LGDunn Something that seems to run all the time in the background. Anyone know what this is, an is it safe for remove?
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That will remove all networking. Internet, texts,...

I'm wondering if dun stand for dial up networking. Also wondering what gtalk is used for.
 
dautley said:
removing gtalk will result in the market being broken if I remember correctly.
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I've had gtalk frozen via titanium backup for over a month with no issues and removed it last week. Market still works fine.

About TTS. Is this accessibility software? I've had Pico TTS and TTS Services frozen for a while and no noticeable issues.

Ahh: text to speech

I'd like to remove 3g hotspot from sys also...

How about a list of what not to remove and why?
 
Afteraffekt said:
There are many apps in 2.2.1 considered Bloatware, and some that we just don't need, heres the list!

These can be removed with absolutely no problems!
-Amazon
-Amazon Mp3
-Backup Assistant
-Calendar Widget
-My Verizon
-Think Office
-Home Selector
-LG Home
-SNS (Socialite)
-Message Widget
-Alarm Clock Widget
-Dual Clock
-Bookmarks Widget
-City ID
-Clock Weather Widget
-Facebook
-Myspace
-Genie Widget
-Skype Mobile
-Visual Voice Mail
-YouTube
-Car Home

These can be removed but will disable some features

TalkBack - These are for handicap settings.
Kickback- These are for handicap settings.
Soundback - These are for handicap settings.
Deskclock - Will lose alarm clock.
Email - Will lose pop3 email support.
Gmail - Will lose Gmail support.
Launcher2 - Will remove all ways of opening apps or doing anything, safe if another launcher 2 is present (helix, zeam, adw).
LGHiddenMenu - Flashlight.apk, and a few other minor details stop functioning
LiveWallpapers - Lose Live wallpaper support
-MagicSmokeWallpapers
-VisualizationWallpapers
Street - lose street view in Maps
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How are you actually removing these apps? What is the procedure?
 
jaseman said:
How are you actually removing these apps? What is the procedure?
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There are some applications (certain uninstaller apps) that require root that can uninstall them, titanium backup can also. Or you can use adb, terminal or a root explorer to go into the folder and delete them
 
KingOfGreen said:
There are some applications (certain uninstaller apps) that require root that can uninstall them, titanium backup can also. Or you can use adb, terminal or a root explorer to go into the folder and delete them
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So what you are saying is that the phone needs to be rooted in order for any of these procedures to work?
 
jaseman said:
So what you are saying is that the phone needs to be rooted in order for any of these procedures to work?
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That would be correct, thats why this is posted in the all things root forum. Removing bloatware was the original reason i got into root.
 
KingOfGreen said:
That would be correct, thats why this is posted in the all things root forum. Removing bloatware was the original reason i got into root.
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I don't have a problem using a one click root...but I'm not sure I want to go through all the hoopla to do it the way I have read about. I don't suppose there is a one click root for 2.2.1 out there somewhere?
 
jaseman said:
I don't have a problem using a one click root...but I'm not sure I want to go through all the hoopla to do it the way I have read about. I don't suppose there is a one click root for 2.2.1 out there somewhere?
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The guide trident posted isnt difficult and has recently been updated and is much simpler <if that is a word, more simple? You know what i mean. Or the super one click posted below

http://androidforums.com/ally-all-things-root/269555-oneclick-root-ally-2-2-1-froyo-avaiable.html
 
Removing gtalk will break Gmail, and messaging, as well as phone and text, so removing it isnt recommended, if you removed it and have no problems, then your didnt actually remove it.

Also ANything else thats not in that list, if you read the apk name you can see why not to remove it.

Gmail = Google Mail App
Email = Pop3 Email Support
Phone = Cant make calls
MMS = Cant get or send MMS or SMS
DUNserver = Cant get or send Data


The rest are very simple!

Removing most of these apps make NO impact on the phone performance, infact if its a Google app, then removing it wont make your phone faster at all! (Google apps are for the most part integrated to the OS, and the Apk is just the GUi for it.)
 
just go on your settings-applications-manage apps-facebook-remove 'or' go on your market and hit menu and click apps then find facebook and delete it.

since facebook didnt come stock, you dont need root permission to delete it
 
Thanks for your help. I wound up using Titanium which I'm sure is the equivalent of using a sledgehammer instead of tweezers. I'll remember to try simple first. Not everything has to be done the complicated way. Thanks for the reminder.
 
In the list where you said think office you mean thinkfree office right?
 
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