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dookie1 · Jul 23, 2010

Gareee said:
Since they are saying we'll see froyo within the week...

eh?

thought i saw mid- to late-august elsewhere.

chrlswltrs · Jul 23, 2010

mazz0310 said:
I removed ALOT.....

Corp Directory
Emergency Alert
Home Screen Tips

Do you know the .apk for these? I removed the other ones that I wanted to already. I think workcontacts.apk might be the corp directory, is that right?

Airmaxx23 · Jul 23, 2010

Here's my current list of apps that I've backed up, frozen and then eventually deleted using Titanium Backup. Everything is running fine.

Kindle
Amazon MP3
City ID
Blockbuster
Weather 2.1
Emergency Alert
Corporate Directory
3G Hotspot
Home Screen Tips
Skype
Swype
My Verizon
Email 2.1
FM Radio 2.1
FMRadioServices
Help Center
Messages 2.1
Messaging 2.1
News
Social Messaging 2.1
Social Messaging Services
Social Network
Social Sharing
Social Status
VPN Services

chrlswltrs · Jul 23, 2010

I Deleted a few apps:
Hot spot
Amazon mp3
Skype
City ID
Visual Voice mail

And I froze:
Email
Corporate contacts
Weather 2.1
Universal inbox
Text messaging 2.1
Social everything
Quick contact
News 2.1
Mesages 2.1
Messaging 2.1
Home screen tips
Help center
Emergency Alert
Email 2.1
DLNA
Media share
Car dock
Backup assistant

WOW there was a lot of bloatware!!! I still get my emails through gmail and my messages through handcent just fine.

Airmaxx23 · Jul 23, 2010

chrlswltrs said:
I Deleted a few apps:
Hot spot
Amazon mp3
Skype
City ID
Visual Voice mail

And I froze:
Talk
Email
Corporate contacts
Weather 2.1
Universal inbox
Text messaging 2.1
Social everything
Quick contact
News 2.1
Mesages 2.1
Messaging 2.1
Home screen tips
Help center
Emergency Alert
Email 2.1
DLNA
Media share
Car dock
Backup assistant

WOW there was a lot of bloatware!!! I still get my emails through gmail and my messages through handcent just fine.

Be careful with Backup Assistant...

quietguy · Jul 23, 2010

chrlswltrs said:
I Deleted a few apps:
Hot spot
Amazon mp3
Skype
City ID
Visual Voice mail

And I froze:
Talk
Email
Corporate contacts
Weather 2.1
Universal inbox
Text messaging 2.1
Social everything
Quick contact
News 2.1
Mesages 2.1
Messaging 2.1
Home screen tips
Help center
Emergency Alert
Email 2.1
DLNA
Media share
Car dock
Backup assistant

WOW there was a lot of bloatware!!! I still get my emails through gmail and my messages through handcent just fine.

Why is DLNA a bloatware?

aldo · Jul 23, 2010

quietguy said:
Why is DLNA a bloatware?

It's bloatware if you'll never use your phone to share anything with a PC or TV.

ckochinsky125 · Jul 23, 2010

if you remove these apps when another ota comes will it put those back on your phone?

D13 · Jul 23, 2010

ckochinsky125 said:
if you remove these apps when another ota comes will it put those back on your phone?

Yes they would be installed back into system/app

ckochinsky125 · Jul 23, 2010

Gnomesarealive said:
I have removed Blockbuster.apk yet I still have it in my apps drawer?

I removed it and it is gone on my phone. Did you reboot?

Airmaxx23 · Jul 23, 2010

Backing up and freezing apps with Titanium Backup removes them from the app drawer.

D13 · Jul 23, 2010

Airmaxx23 said:
Backing up and freezing apps with Titanium Backup removes them from the app drawer.

Not for me, yes i tried a reboot. I just added .bak to anything I didn't want
Never mind I see what you are saying
You mean to add .bak then freeze it?
Just checked in TiBu, first I froze it then added .bak and now it doesn't show up in TiBu

Airmaxx23 · Jul 23, 2010

droider13 said:
Not for me, yes i tried a reboot. I just added .bak to anything I didn't want
Never mind I see what you are saying
You mean to add .bak then freeze it?
Just checked in TiBu, first I froze it then added .bak and now it doesn't show up in TiBu

No, I just press on the app that I want to apply the freeze to and press backup, then freeze. A message even pops and says that it will not appear in the app drawer. I've checked each one that I've frozen and they are not in the app drawer.

D13 · Jul 23, 2010

Airmaxx23 said:
No, I just press on the app that I want to apply the freeze to and press backup, then freeze. A message even pops and says that it will not appear in the app drawer. I've checked each one that I've frozen and they are not in the app drawer.

Ok I see you made a backup with TiBu. Yeah I definitely think this is one of the easier ways to do it. Personally I just add .bak
Do you have a licensed version?...of TiBu

chrlswltrs · Jul 23, 2010

Freezing them did remove them from my app drawer.

If you freeze Talk the market will not download anything though, I had to thaw that. I wish I could remove it, I never use it for anything.

Gamble · Jul 23, 2010

Do you guys actually see a performance or battery life difference after removing the bloatware?

I haven't touched any of it yet and I wasn't going to unless it makes a noticeable difference.

D13 · Jul 23, 2010

chrlswltrs said:
Freezing them did remove them from my app drawer.

If you freeze Talk the market will not download anything though, I had to thaw that. I wish I could remove it, I never use it for anything.

If you have root explorer then just add .bak
if not I don't know if this would work but maybe you could do an adb pull, rename, then push it back
I don't know haven't tried it

ckochinsky125 · Jul 23, 2010

droider13 said:
Yes they would be installed back into system/app

Damn well that really sucks i went through all that and they will be put right back on once froyo is pushed

ckochinsky125 · Jul 23, 2010

droider13 said:
Yes they would be installed back into system/app

Now when the froyo update for example comes out will you be able to use the same root or will they have to find another root to use?

BuTbKa · Jul 23, 2010

Hm, I'm trying uninstall apps with Titanium, but it says "Failed to locate the apk file "..
Any ideas?

chrlswltrs · Jul 23, 2010

BuTbKa said:
Hm, I'm trying uninstall apps with Titanium, but it says "Failed to locate the apk file "..
Any ideas?

Try check for updates, or problems at the bottom

Did you push menu -> refresh app list?

humungus · Jul 23, 2010

Airmaxx23 said:
Here's my current list of apps that I've backed up, frozen and then eventually deleted using Titanium Backup. Everything is running fine.

Kindle
Amazon MP3
City ID
Blockbuster
Weather 2.1
Emergency Alert
Corporate Directory
3G Hotspot
Home Screen Tips
Skype
Swype
My Verizon
Email 2.1
FM Radio 2.1
FMRadioServices
Help Center
Messages 2.1
Messaging 2.1
News
Social Messaging 2.1
Social Messaging Services
Social Network
Social Sharing
Social Status
VPN Services

Have you done a factory reset Airmaxx?

Airmaxx23 · Jul 23, 2010

droider13 said:
Ok I see you made a backup with TiBu. Yeah I definitely think this is one of the easier ways to do it. Personally I just add .bak
Do you have a licensed version?...of TiBu

Yes I do...

humungus · Jul 23, 2010

chrlswltrs said:
I Deleted a few apps:
Hot spot
Amazon mp3
Skype
City ID
Visual Voice mail

And I froze:
Email
Corporate contacts
Weather 2.1
Universal inbox
Text messaging 2.1
Social everything
Quick contact
News 2.1
Mesages 2.1
Messaging 2.1
Home screen tips
Help center
Emergency Alert
Email 2.1
DLNA
Media share
Car dock
Backup assistant

WOW there was a lot of bloatware!!! I still get my emails through gmail and my messages through handcent just fine.

Quite a lot. Did you do a factory reset after deleting and freezing?

Airmaxx23 · Jul 23, 2010

humungus said:
Have you done a factory reset Airmaxx?

No, should I do one for some reason?

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