Rooted Galaxy Note 2, Many Pre-Installed Apps "Removed", Help or Advice Wanted
Today I rooted my Note 2 with a simple guide found on this website (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2143479) and then searching for a way to get rid of Pre-Installed apps, I came upon an app called Titanium Backup (knew of it, never used it before till now). I never used it because as the name implies it is for backing up your phone and I pretty much never do that, however, since it was part of the instructions I got it and unbeknownst to me it is also used to forcibly uninstall Pre-Installed apps. Here's my question...
I uninstalled the apps I did not want but when I look in the application manager I still see them on with about 1mb in size and the thumbnail shows "SD". So are they actually installed or is their factory portions just uninstalled with residual/cache remaining behind?
I'm not new to rooting but I am new to uninstalling apps that aren't "supposed to be uninstall-able".
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Seems like a great time to start comparing.
Im very confused as to what exactly Google backs up now.
I tried it out yesterday and it seemed to backup my wifi , desktop , apps , and user dictionary.
Desktop icons and Alarms dont seem to have returned.
I havent tried MyBackup Pro but the new "with root" feature claims to re-install apps with market links. But does it keep per app preferences ?
Titanium does all of the apps/data/market in batch. But does not do "settings" ((if it did i recall having issues I forget which))
Just wondering if Googles backup/apps2sd is comprehensive enough that from now on flashing new ROMS or updates we'll no longer need to worry about backup reinstalls.
((Yes I know nandroid is best but for updates like this useless))
I don't think the full Google Backup demo'd at the I/O will be operational until www.android.com has re-launched with the new functionality.
Is there a list of what it currently backs up ?
I never really tires it extensively so not sure what it does/doesnt do.
The apps did work for me though.
Apps only, and only if you're unrooted I think.
I've had my Note for almost 3 weeks and have been fiddling around installing and uninstalling stuff both from the Market and also from Samsung. Today I found an app listed as installed on my device and linked to the Market and I have no idea what it is, how or got there or how to remove it. I think it might be a Korean keyboard, at a guess, but I certainly didn't knowingly install it and I want it gone from my list of apps in the Market. The option to uninstall from within the Market is not offered.
https://market.android.com/details?...1bmcuc2VjLmFuZHJvaWQuaW5wdXRtZXRob2QuYXh0OSJd
It's possible it got linked to the Market when I used Titanium Backup, in the hope of improving administration of my device, but maybe my enthusiasm has backfired on me. Trouble is, since the app is entirely described in foreign characters I don't know where or how to find it using Titanium or anything else in the hope of remedying my apparent error. Any ideas? Thanks.
I might add that I even factory wiped my device, and after initially syncing my account again this wretched thing was once again listed as installed in the Market.
tdodd said:
I've had my Note for almost 3 weeks and have been fiddling around installing and uninstalling stuff both from the Market and also from Samsung. Today I found an app listed as installed on my device and linked to the Market and I have no idea what it is, how or got there or how to remove it. I think it might be a Korean keyboard, at a guess, but I certainly didn't knowingly install it and I want it gone from my list of apps in the Market. The option to uninstall from within the Market is not offered.
https://market.android.com/details?...1bmcuc2VjLmFuZHJvaWQuaW5wdXRtZXRob2QuYXh0OSJd
It's possible it got linked to the Market when I used Titanium Backup, in the hope of improving administration of my device, but maybe my enthusiasm has backfired on me. Trouble is, since the app is entirely described in foreign characters I don't know where or how to find it using Titanium or anything else in the hope of remedying my apparent error. Any ideas? Thanks.
I might add that I even factory wiped my device, and after initially syncing my account again this wretched thing was once again listed as installed in the Market.
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Heaven, Earth is a Hangul input method.
※ How to Install
1. Marketplace> "Heaven, Earth, Samsung IME" search> download and install it.
2. Select Menu> Settings> Language and Keyboard> Samsung keypad to select it.
3. Press and hold in the text input window> Input Method> "Samsung Keypad" to select.
Target Model: Nexus S
You can copy the characters to find it. Between root explorer and titanium backup you should be able to eliminate it. Knowing that it is a keyboard you should be able to locate the files and remove the appropriate ones. I was able to locate this in the market. The app name is 삼성 천지인 입력기(Nexus S전용). Use this name in your searches by copying and pasting.
Thanks for the detailed reply. It seems that Appbrain has a better description for it than the Market. It is the "Samsung Keypad". I've now located it with Titanium and unlinked it from the Market, which is all I really wanted to do, as I did not like seeing it listed when I was checking through my installed apps list.
At least it isn't some malicious app that sneaked onto my device through any of my butter-fingered fumblings.
The discussion I am searching for comes closest in the old "Holy Mother of Bloatware Batman" thread and I almost replied into it to ask for reports from folks who have done what I have and went a step further and actually uninstalled the system apps instead of just freezing them.
I have AT&T S4 and used Adam Outler's "Casual" tool to get root and TWRP recovery and have a 3.56 GB image of my device that I can restore saved in the phone and another copy on the SD card and also a copy saved on the PC. I did the backup in the custom recovery. I like the "windows" theme of TWRP as compared to CWM. Performing the backup took a little while but worked fine.
Then I installed Titanium Backup and started freezing system apps, and the long list looks similar to what's displayed in the OP in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249581 "Holy mother of bloatware batman" thread.
I've been using the handset with out any problems for over two weeks now. I was even amused to follow up reading an alert I saw from the NRA and installed the Gun Geo Marker app from the Play store. I read all the horrible establishment propaganda in the app description, and then explored the app itself and discovered an error because I have something frozen. I was able to send in the error report and I included my free and independent thoughts in the error report, on how important it is for all of us to keep and bear arms to prevent the very tyranny they're pushing (as if I were making a difference LOL).
All of the important apps I use like Root Explorer work just fine.
And thank goodness I was alert and had AT&T's software update frozen, otherwise that unrootable update would have pushed into my handset over the airwaves.
I've been searching around here for the best place to discuss actually uninstalling these system apps using Titanium Backup so I thought I'd start this new thread. In yet another thread I found using "search" I saw someone state that using the function in Titanium Backup to uninstall these system apps I have frozen does not free up any memory! Is this true?
Here's what I have frozen and have been just fine living without so far:
Adapt Sound 1.0
AT&T DriveMode 1.0.2.4
AT&T FamilyMap 1.3
AT&T Hot Spots 0.970w
AT&T Locker 1.1.5
AT&T Messages 1.0.0.11
AT&T Navigator 3.2.3.7230056
AT&T Smart Wi-Fi 1.0
AT&T Software update V42_1_1303_5_1
BlurbCheckout 1.0 (Build 64)
Bubbles 1.0
ChatON 2.6.0
ChatON V 1.0.1.0
ChocEUKor 1.0
Chrome 25.0.1364.169
Com2uSPoker 1.2.5
CoolEUKor 1.0
Flipboard 1.9.27
Google Play Books 2.7.39
Google Play Magazines 1.3.0
Google Play Movies & TV 2.4.1.4
Google Play Music 4.5.9141.590354
Google+ 3.6.0.44338848
Group Play 2.0.253
Match3VS 1.0.117
Mobile TV 2.0
myAT&T 3.4
Picasa Uploader 1.3.242047
S Health 1.5.4.5
S Memo 2.17.422276
S Note Provider 13.01.6000
Samsung Apps 2.13.052
Samsung Apps Widget 1.01.36
Samsung Books 1.00.040601.4
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter 1.2
Samsung Games 1.00.040401.5
Samsung Hub 1.00.040603.1
Samsung Knox 1.0
Samsung Link 1.6.0405
Samsung Music 1.00.040600.2
Samsung Print Service 1.0.1025
Samsung Push Service 1.1.10
Samsung SBrowser Bookmark SyncAdapter 1.1
Samsung SBrowser Tab SyncAdapter 1.2
Samsung SNote SyncAdapter 1.2
Samsung Syncadapters 2.5.6
SNS 1.1.0
Story Album 1.0
Story Album Widget 1.0
Swype 1.4.11.14567
Talk 4.2.1-552002
TalkBack 3.2.1
Travel 1.0
TripAdvisor 3.0.1
Yahoo! Finance 130406.01
Yahoo! News 13.04.01.01
YPMobile 3.10
Last week I got an error about displaying HTML 5 when I was going to share the video about the $100,000,000 penny embedded in my webpage http://lango.us but it was an isolated incident. My handset has been up for weeks and after rebooting it this morning I tested that and it worked fine.
Also note that I do not participate in Facebook and I'm sure some users would not want to shut off quite as much as I have kept frozen with Titanium Backup.
I saw in another thread that using Titanium to delete these does not free up any memory. My hope is those that have been more bold to go where I have never gone before could report their experience. So far I suspect that I am right where I want to be, just keeping them frozen. I realize a custom rom will free up phone memory, just to clarify.
I've flashed plenty of handsets, but I don't want to hear about a custom rom for the S4 if I lose all the giggles I get from the Universal Remote in WatchOn.
Is there no benefit to downright deleting? Sounds like the consensus is just to keep them frozen. I saw another post that indicated to just delete it as it can be re installed from the Playstore.
I bet I can free up some space with Root Explorer, but I KNOW I'll be flashing my backup image repeatedly if I start experimenting with that! I would love to hear from someone a little further along than I am. Thank you. There's got to be someone who's tried this, and can list certain files or even entire folders I can delete from the root of the S4.
fukenbiker said:
The discussion I am searching for comes closest in the old "Holy Mother of Bloatware Batman" thread and I almost replied into it to ask for reports from folks who have done what I have and went a step further and actually uninstalled the system apps instead of just freezing them.
I have AT&T S4 and used Adam Outler's "Casual" tool to get root and TWRP recovery and have a 3.56 GB image of my device that I can restore saved in the phone and another copy on the SD card and also a copy saved on the PC. I did the backup in the custom recovery. I like the "windows" theme of TWRP as compared to CWM. Performing the backup took a little while but worked fine.
Then I installed Titanium Backup and started freezing system apps, and the long list looks similar to what's displayed in the OP in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249581 "Holy mother of bloatware batman" thread.
I've been using the handset with out any problems for over two weeks now. I was even amused to follow up reading an alert I saw from the NRA and installed the Gun Geo Marker app from the Play store. I read all the horrible establishment propaganda in the app description, and then explored the app itself and discovered an error because I have something frozen. I was able to send in the error report and I included my free and independent thoughts in the error report, on how important it is for all of us to keep and bear arms to prevent the very tyranny they're pushing (as if I were making a difference LOL).
All of the important apps I use like Root Explorer work just fine.
And thank goodness I was alert and had AT&T's software update frozen, otherwise that unrootable update would have pushed into my handset over the airwaves.
I've been searching around here for the best place to discuss actually uninstalling these system apps using Titanium Backup so I thought I'd start this new thread. In yet another thread I found using "search" I saw someone state that using the function in Titanium Backup to uninstall these system apps I have frozen does not free up any memory! Is this true?
Here's what I have frozen and have been just fine living without so far:
Adapt Sound 1.0
AT&T DriveMode 1.0.2.4
AT&T FamilyMap 1.3
AT&T Hot Spots 0.970w
AT&T Locker 1.1.5
AT&T Messages 1.0.0.11
AT&T Navigator 3.2.3.7230056
AT&T Smart Wi-Fi 1.0
AT&T Software update V42_1_1303_5_1
BlurbCheckout 1.0 (Build 64)
Bubbles 1.0
ChatON 2.6.0
ChatON V 1.0.1.0
ChocEUKor 1.0
Chrome 25.0.1364.169
Com2uSPoker 1.2.5
CoolEUKor 1.0
Flipboard 1.9.27
Google Play Books 2.7.39
Google Play Magazines 1.3.0
Google Play Movies & TV 2.4.1.4
Google Play Music 4.5.9141.590354
Google+ 3.6.0.44338848
Group Play 2.0.253
Match3VS 1.0.117
Mobile TV 2.0
myAT&T 3.4
Picasa Uploader 1.3.242047
S Health 1.5.4.5
S Memo 2.17.422276
S Note Provider 13.01.6000
Samsung Apps 2.13.052
Samsung Apps Widget 1.01.36
Samsung Books 1.00.040601.4
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter 1.2
Samsung Games 1.00.040401.5
Samsung Hub 1.00.040603.1
Samsung Knox 1.0
Samsung Link 1.6.0405
Samsung Music 1.00.040600.2
Samsung Print Service 1.0.1025
Samsung Push Service 1.1.10
Samsung SBrowser Bookmark SyncAdapter 1.1
Samsung SBrowser Tab SyncAdapter 1.2
Samsung SNote SyncAdapter 1.2
Samsung Syncadapters 2.5.6
SNS 1.1.0
Story Album 1.0
Story Album Widget 1.0
Swype 1.4.11.14567
Talk 4.2.1-552002
TalkBack 3.2.1
Travel 1.0
TripAdvisor 3.0.1
Yahoo! Finance 130406.01
Yahoo! News 13.04.01.01
YPMobile 3.10
Last week I got an error about displaying HTML 5 when I was going to share the video about the $100,000,000 penny embedded in my webpage http://lango.us but it was an isolated incident. My handset has been up for weeks and after rebooting it this morning I tested that and it worked fine.
Also note that I do not participate in Facebook and I'm sure some users would not want to shut off quite as much as I have kept frozen with Titanium Backup.
I saw in another thread that using Titanium to delete these does not free up any memory. My hope is those that have been more bold to go where I have never gone before could report their experience. So far I suspect that I am right where I want to be, just keeping them frozen. I realize a custom rom will free up phone memory, just to clarify.
I've flashed plenty of handsets, but I don't want to hear about a custom rom for the S4 if I lose all the giggles I get from the Universal Remote in WatchOn.
Is there no benefit to downright deleting? Sounds like the consensus is just to keep them frozen. I saw another post that indicated to just delete it as it can be re installed from the Playstore.
I bet I can free up some space with Root Explorer, but I KNOW I'll be flashing my backup image repeatedly if I start experimenting with that! I would love to hear from someone a little further along than I am. Thank you. There's got to be someone who's tried this, and can list certain files or even entire folders I can delete from the root of the S4.
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I always backup all the apps bloatware apps that I delete... If there frozen and have no issues deleting them will not change that...
You'll gain a little usable storage space but not much.. The reason why is the way the phone is partitioned... It was always have close to the same amount of usyable storage give or take a GB or 2 unless someone figures out a way to repartition the phone without turning it into a paperweight...
I've run multiple modified touchwiz Roms and aosp/aokp/Google edition Roms and even though they're smaller usuable storage remains roughly the same..
RAM however does free up some as well with the custom Roms
Sent from my Omega AT&T S4
rcklss1 said:
I always backup all the apps bloatware apps that I delete... If there frozen and have no issues deleting them will not change that...
You'll gain a little usable storage space but not much.. The reason why is the way the phone is partitioned... It was always have close to the same amount of usyable storage give or take a GB or 2 unless someone figures out a way to repartition the phone without turning it into a paperweight...
I've run multiple modified touchwiz Roms and aosp/aokp/Google edition Roms and even though they're smaller usuable storage remains roughly the same..
RAM however does free up some as well with the custom Roms
Sent from my Omega AT&T S4
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Thank you for explaining the partition details. Root explorer can delete what's in those partitions which is a good way to get a brick.
you have been very helpful and I will stick with Titanium Backup to make as much room as I can on my handset and I will stay away from root explorer
using root explorer to make room on the handset would be hazardous for even one who understood what all that stuff was in there
fukenbiker said:
Thank you for explaining the partition details. Root explorer can delete what's in those partitions which is a good way to get a brick.
you have been very helpful and I will stick with Titanium Backup to make as much room as I can on my handset and I will stay away from root explorer
using root explorer to make room on the handset would be hazardous for even one who understood what all that stuff was in there
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Root explorer is safe if your CAREFUL lol.. I use root explorer as my only file manager but I only delete through tibu so I have a backup.. Root explorer can be a very powerful and helpful tool.. Again just gotta be careful
Sent from my Omega AT&T S4
rcklss1 said:
Root explorer is safe if your CAREFUL lol.. I use root explorer as my only file manager but I only delete through tibu so I have a backup.. Root explorer can be a very powerful and helpful tool.. Again just gotta be careful
Sent from my Omega AT&T S4
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Root explorer is my favorite file tool because you can do anything with it but like you said I am going to stick with titanium backup and I am being careful thanks.
if there is anyone out there who has successfully deleted a large file off the root of their phone without it becoming a brick I would like them to find this thread and give me the names of what I can get rid of
Amd just to clarify...uninstalling system apps will give you no useable space...unless you start pushing all your apps to the system partition.
No matter what you will be stuck with ~9gb of useable storage you had when you booted up your s4 for the first time. And it will remain this way until a dev remaps our partition...which wont happen until we have a true bootloader unlock.
So ill end with this, uninstalling the apps you have already frozen will not affect anything...your performance will remain the same, there shouldnt be any new errors...you should be safe to uninstall everything youve already frozen since you havent experienced issues with them frozen
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2
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fukenbiker said:
Root explorer is my favorite file tool because you can do anything with it but like you said I am going to stick with titanium backup and I am being careful thanks.
if there is anyone out there who has successfully deleted a large file off the root of their phone without it becoming a brick I would like them to find this thread and give me the names of what I can get rid of
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Read above...there really isnt any point in deleting large root files
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Hi, I'm a fairly new Android user, I just rooted my Tegra Note and installed Titanium Backup for deleting the apps that came with Android that I don't use. However, there were more apps on that list that apps I knew were on my tablet. Googling, I found that some apps that come with Android can be deleted, but can reduce the system performance. I found some lists in the forum (below), but still there are lots of apps that don't appear on them. Can anyone tell me which apps are safe to delete using Titanium so my tablet don't get broken??. I want to eliminate anything (apps, game, utilities, etc.) that is not needed by the system.
Thanks in advance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487073
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089470
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-u/general/tip-sola-apps-safe-to-remove-t1939918
albgones said:
Hi, I'm a fairly new Android user, I just rooted my Tegra Note and installed Titanium Backup for deleting the apps that came with Android that I don't use. However, there were more apps on that list that apps I knew were on my tablet. Googling, I found that some apps that come with Android can be deleted, but can reduce the system performance. I found some lists in the forum (below), but still there are lots of apps that don't appear on them. Can anyone tell me which apps are safe to delete using Titanium so my tablet don't get broken??. I want to eliminate anything (apps, game, utilities, etc.) that is not needed by the system.
Thanks in advance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487073
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089470
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-u/general/tip-sola-apps-safe-to-remove-t1939918
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You could always try "freezing" the apps instead. As far as the system knows, they're deleted, but they can easily be unfrozen if something goes wrong.
I would like to bring attention to every owner with the US version to this thread:
I would strongly recommend to check this video with two ROM available.
Most importantly these ROMs are eliminating the bloatware software from the original one.
Even with the first update the phone is living up to your expectation.
Search youtube for
"LeEco Letv Le1 Pro X800 (US version/Review & Unboxing) Best value for money? // by s7yler"
Unfortunately I am a passive reader of XDA, so I am not allowed to post links directly (only after 10 posts)
EDIT on 14/07/2016:
The malware gmail app started after one week it's usual auto-install stuff. So switched to CUOCO92-5.5.014S Rom
Yes but does this rom contain the malware issues the stock ones have? Reports on the web suggest that it does.
I am using the first update for more than a week without having any issues. (The second one was not detecting my SIM and endlessly searched for it, so I reverted it back to the first one).
I am using TrustGo and Anti Adaware still the previous annoying auto-installed software bloatware did not show up
I bought a US/EU spec Le 1 Pro from Efox-shop a couple of weeks ago and it came with malware and dodgy Google apps installed. I had to Root to remove them so I'd be wary of any Efox roms.
martinbanshee said:
I bought a US/EU spec Le 1 Pro from Efox-shop a couple of weeks ago and it came with malware and dodgy Google apps installed. I had to Root to remove them so I'd be wary of any Efox roms.
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Can I ask did you remove all Google apps including Google store ? I removed all except the Google store. I understood the malware was in a hacked YouTube app, are you aware of any other issues with the installed software, eg apart from Google apps.
Thanks in advance.
I removed all the pre installed Google apps except for the Play Store, the pre installed Calculator app (which was requesting network access), File Manager, Ant Keyboard (which was being flagged as malware) and the stock messaging app. I'll probably remove the stock dialer, contacts and email apps too and install some trustworthy apps but to be honest I'm not sure how safe my data is with this phone so I'm not using it at the moment.
After removing and reinstalling the Google apps the phone runs quicker and the battery life is slightly better, YouTube behaves perfectly too.
It's a very nice phone but I just don't trust it yet.
martinbanshee said:
I removed all the pre installed Google apps except for the Play Store, the pre installed Calculator app (which was requesting network access), File Manager, Ant Keyboard (which was being flagged as malware) and the stock messaging app. I'll probably remove the stock dialer, contacts and email apps too and install some trustworthy apps but to be honest I'm not sure how safe my data is with this phone so I'm not using it at the moment.
After removing and reinstalling the Google apps the phone runs quicker and the battery life is slightly better, YouTube behaves perfectly too.
It's a very nice phone but I just don't trust it yet.
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Thanks, I had noticed the calculator app, I froze it. I'll dump it.
I have to say I agree, I just don't trust the rom, no matter what I remove.