Apps Safe to Remove for Sprint GS5!

JoeFCaputo113 · Apr 18, 2014

*Compiled this list myself while debloating with TiBu, actual list may be even bigger.
*Please keep in mind, ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP before you do something like this.
*Also please note that this WILL break some functionality of apps/services/etc depending on what you chose to remove!!

Active applications
Air WakeUp
AllShare ControlShare Service
AllShare FileShare Service
ANT Hal Service
ANT Radio Service
ANT+ Plugins
Baby Crying Detector
Backup
BlurbCheckout
Bubbles
Business card recognition
Car mode
Chrome
Clock (Digital)
Clock (Digital Easy)
com.sec.android.app.sbrowsertry
com.sec.app.MIPErrorNotify
Connections Optimizer
Dictionary
DirectShareManager
Drive
Dropbox
DropboxOOBE
Dual Clock
Email
Eureka Offers
Favorite Contacts
Flipboard
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
Google+
Group Play
HealthService
HP Print Service Plugin
Internet
Kids Mode
KLMS Agent
Knox
Knox Notifications Manager
Lookout Security
Lumen Toolbar
Magnifier
Messaging+
Mobile Print
Music
MusicFX
My Files
My Magazine
Nascar Mobile
NBA Game Time
NextRadio
NNL Fingerprint Passport
Phase Beam
Polaris Office
Print Spooler
S Health
S Voice
Samsung Apps
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Cloud Quota
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter
Samsung Galaxy Apps Widget
Samsung Link Platform
Samsung Print
Samsung SBrowser SyncAdapter
Samsung SNote3 SyncAdapter
Scout
Share Music
Share Video
Sprint - Discover Apps
Sprint ID
Sprint Money Express
Sprint Music Plus
Sprint TV & Movies
Sprint Worldwide
Sprint Zone
Studio
Swype
Talkback
TouchWiz Easy Home
TouchWiz Home
Travel Wallpaper
Weather

crazymook · Apr 18, 2014

Wait..does Titanium freeze apps w/o root? Its been a long while since I used it...cant remember.

Edit: Root needed.

eyecon82 · Apr 30, 2014

also add bubbles [if you don't care about moving wallpapers], clock (digital easy) [if you don't care about the widget], clock (digital) [if you don't care about the widget], Group play, NNL Fingerprint Passport, phase beam [if you don't care about moving wallpapers], print spooler, samsung link platform, swype (if you use another keyboard like swiftkey)

Change Mobile Print to MoblePrintSvc_CUPS and MoblePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend to be more specific
Change Samsung Print to Samsung Print Service Plugin to be more specific

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Joe0113 said:
*Compiled this list myself while debloating with TiBu, actual list may be even bigger.
*Please keep in mind, ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP before you do something like this.
*Also please note that this WILL break some functionality of apps/services/etc depending on what you chose to remove!!

Active applications

Air WakeUp

AllShare ControlShare Service

AllShare FileShare Service

ANT Hal Service **DO NOT DELETE, ONLY FREEZE!!**

ANT Radio Service **DO NOT DELETE, ONLY FREEZE!!**

ANT+ Plugins **DO NOT DELETE, ONLY FREEZE!!**

Baby Crying Detector

Backup

BlurbCheckout

Business card recognition

Car mode

Chrome

com.sec.android.app.sbrowsertry

com.sec.app.MIPErrorNotify

Connections Optimizer

Dictionary

DirectShareManager

Drive

Dropbox

DropboxOOBE

Dual Clock

Email
[*]Eureka Offers

Favorite Contacts
[*]Flipboard

Google Play Books

Google Play Games

Google Play Movies

Google Play Music

Google Play Newsstand

Google+

HealthService

HP Print Service Plugin

Internet

Kids Mode

KLMS Agent

Knox

Knox Notifications Manager
[*]Lookout Security

Lumen Toolbar

Magnifier

Messaging+

Mobile Print

Music

MusicFX

My Files

My Magazine
[*]Nascar Mobile
[*]NBA Game Time
[*]NextRadio

Polaris Office

S Health

S Voice

Samsung Apps

Samsung Cloud Data Relay

Samsung Cloud Quota

Samsung Contact SyncAdapter

Samsung Galaxy Apps Widget

Samsung Print

Samsung SBrowser SyncAdapter

Samsung SNote3 SyncAdapter
[*]Scout

Share Music

Share Video
[*]Sprint - Discover Apps
[*]Sprint ID
[*]Sprint Money Express
[*]Sprint Music Plus
[*]Sprint TV & Movies
[*]Sprint Worldwide
[*]Sprint Zone

Studio

Talkback

TouchWiz Easy Home

TouchWiz Home

Travel Wallpaper

Weather

the bolded and underlined can actually be UNINSTALLED

bigred97 · May 16, 2014

For ANT programs, why only freeze not delete?

roadrunnrr · May 22, 2014

Apps

It would be cool to have description to all of those...to know what exactly I am freezing/uninstalling

JollyGrnReefer · May 22, 2014

bigred97 said:
For ANT programs, why only freeze not delete?

Ant Radio and plugins can be reinstalled in Google Play, they are free apps to download. I agree, definitely remove if not needed, but why say no to an FM radio!

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mnuttall87 · May 22, 2014

Thanks for the list Joe. I'm going to have to go through this and make sure I've got all of the bloatware turned off.

AlkaliV2 · May 28, 2014

crazymook said:
Wait..does Titanium freeze apps w/o root? Its been a long while since I used it...cant remember.

Edit: Root needed.

Root isn't necessary to freeze/disable apps (freeze and disable are the same commands)

This link here http://galaxys5guide.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-how-to-guides/turn-off-my-magazine-on-galaxy-s5/ explains how to disable the Magazine app from the Applications Settings menu in the phone and this can be done for any system app on the phone.

This was a feature put in place around 4.3(?) because system apps could not be uninstalled without root; only updates could be uninstalled. So they added a disable feature to keep it from running in the background and it removed it from your App Drawer.

eyecon82 · May 28, 2014

AlkaliV2 said:
Root isn't necessary to freeze/disable apps (freeze and disable are the same commands)

This link here http://galaxys5guide.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-how-to-guides/turn-off-my-magazine-on-galaxy-s5/ explains how to disable the Magazine app from the Applications Settings menu in the phone and this can be done for any system app on the phone.

This was a feature put in place around 4.3(?) because system apps could not be uninstalled without root; only updates could be uninstalled. So they added a disable feature to keep it from running in the background and it removed it from your App Drawer.

Being unrooted, you can only disable only certain apps , not all of them.

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AlkaliV2 · May 28, 2014

eyecon82 said:
Being unrooted, you can only disable only certain apps , not all of them.

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Taught me something I didn't know. I went through and looked at a few crucial system apps and noticed "Turn Off" was greyed out on a few of them which I hadn't noticed before.

liqrisquicker · Jun 2, 2014

also add

you can also add smart remote, and internet/ chrome depending on what browser you like, to this list that can be completely removed... never understood why people would remove sprint zone when it is the easiest way to do things on your account. To each their own o guess... great list too as there are a few I missed on my debloating adventures.

eyecon82 · Jun 2, 2014

liqrisquicker said:
you can also add smart remote, and internet/ chrome depending on what browser you like, to this list that can be completely removed... never understood why people would remove sprint zone when it is the easiest way to do things on your account. To each their own o guess... great list too as there are a few I missed on my debloating adventures.

Exactly, I find it the best way to track my usage as well.

I guess this is a list of things that are safe to remove, but not necessarily recommend to remove

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eyecon82 · Jul 28, 2014

here are some more you missed

beaming service, 2 connections optimizer files, 2 enterprise files, 2 nearby device files, Samsung galaxy apps widget, Samsung keyboard, saumsung text to speech, screen mirroring, Sprint Installer, 2 wifi direct files

PMGRANDS · Aug 3, 2014

How come my titanium app won't let me backup? It says storage full, but it isn't.

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youngpro83 · Aug 4, 2014

PMGRANDS said:
How come my titanium app won't let me backup? It says storage full, but it isn't.

Sent from my SM-G900P using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

If you are mostly stock then you need to download sdfix from the market. It is free. Or you can change the build.prop line yourself to write to sd with a file manager of your choice. Idk the build.prop line but you can google it and it will come up. I hope that is your issue and it helps.

Sent from The Beast in my pocket

Cowboyup65 · Aug 9, 2014

the ANT app is actually usefull

for those of us that like to bike/run/hoke or other physical activity in which we monitor our performance or heart rate, ANT radio is a big part of that.
http://www.thisisant.com/directory/ant-radio-service

Might want to investigate this site before removing completely as it uses hardware already on your phone, after all whats the point in getting the phone with all this stuff in it, if you just not going to use it.

megan23247 · Aug 17, 2014

youngpro83 said:
If you are mostly stock then you need to download sdfix from the market. It is free. Or you can change the build.prop line yourself to write to sd with a file manager of your choice. Idk the build.prop line but you can google it and it will come up. I hope that is your issue and it helps.

Sent from The Beast in my pocket

This worked for me thank you!

Sent from my Sexy Samsung S5

seattleal · Sep 9, 2014

553

Has anyone actually removed all of these without consequence to remaining functionality?

sedric1 · Sep 9, 2014

seattleal said:
Has anyone actually removed all of these without consequence to remaining functionality?

Honestly im not sure I can say without consequence. Sometime after I removed a bunch of these apps, I have had some issues with my phone. the screen blacks out while the buttons work. took it to a sprint store finally and they think its 'software related' but didnt really help beyond that.i am still investigating though as it could have been something else too potentially (but i havent really installed much on this phone to begin with outside of root).

marcdd · Jan 12, 2016

i have rooted my GS5 and installed SuperSU and ConnectBot.
I would like to remove much of this bloatware and the automatic updating of certain apps.
I have no idea how to proceed with uninstalling, any help would be appreciated.

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