Rooted?

[Puddy Tat]

Both connectBot and Root Checker show my phone rooting process was a success.
I thought a rooted phone allowed you to remove anything from the phone. Allows you to remove junk you do not want. If that is correct, why can't I remove the junk or unwanted programs?

 

[lunatic59]

Root Checker and connectBot will only tell you if you have root access but not elevate permissions. For that you will need to install SuperSU.

Let me offer a word of caution about removing carrier apps. Many apps provide services for other parts of the OS and if you remove them, you can disable certain features or make your phone unusable. More importantly, system apps are not easily restorable like simply installing an .apk file. And once deleted, even a factory reset will not recover them. You will have to locate and flash a stock rom image to get them back. If you plan on rooting and deleting those apps, please check back here first before you do anything so we can make sure it's safe for you to delete those without any negative impact to your phone.

 

[vosg]

You can't uninstall bloatware the same way as you uninstall "normal" apps. You'll need something like Root Uninstaller, or Titanium Backup.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.free
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup

 

[Puddy Tat]

lunatic59,
I have SuperSu installed. Good information on what you can or maybe should not delete.
vosg,
I just recently installed Titanium Backup Pro.
We will get into all this new stuff and see.

 

[lunatic59]

With titanium, you should freeze the apps first to see if there are any problems with it not running. If your phone works with the app frozen for a good test period (a week or two?) then it should be safe to remove it.

 

[Puddy Tat]

Very good idea.

 

[Mr. Lucky]

I thought a rooted phone allowed you to remove anything from the phone.

That's true… to a point. Assuming you have Superuser or SuperSU running, there are still some limitations. For example, you can't delete or move a file/folder that is symlinked without first removing the symbolic link. As has already been suggested, you are better off be first freezing the candidate apps and then test for awhile to see if anything breaks. For example, on my S4, I initially removed S Voice because I had no use for it. However, I subsequently discovered that doing so broke S Translate, which I did have a use for.

 

[Puddy Tat]

Yes, I will do some app freezing. Being in cold, cold, Michigan that will not be of much of a problem.