I'm trying to go bold here and flash ICS... It's my first time trying to modify the zip before I flash. I'm fairly confident in removing these APKs... but there's a few I'm not as sure about.
Anywho... here is a comprehensive list of APKs you may want to delete and what they do (if the name is obvious, I'll leave it off for brevity):
Blues need confirmation before I am comfortable with the label... Red means don't remove unless you're de-sensing, cause with it... Sense is busted.
This is about as good as I can do figuring out what these are by trial and error and Google. If you know what any of the blue ones are, let me know, I'll try to update them. At the very least, at least I'll know what we can remove before flash.
Anywho... here is a comprehensive list of APKs you may want to delete and what they do (if the name is obvious, I'll leave it off for brevity):
- ba-syncservice-app-signed.apk - Verizon Backup Assistant
- BlueSky.apk - Sense Blue Sky theme
- Burgundy.apk - Sense Burgundy theme
- com.htc.FriendStream3DWidget.apk - Used in friendstream (HTC app that combines social media - twitter, facebook, etc)
- com.htc.htcmsgwidgets3d.apk - HTC Messaging Widgets
- com.htc.idlescreen_SN.apk - ?
- com.htc.MusicWidget.apk - HTC Music Widget
- com.htc.Sync3DWidget.apk - HTC Widget for toggling Sync All
- com.htc.Task3DWidget.apk - HTC Tasks widget
- com.htc.TrendsWidget.apk - HTC Twitter trends widget
- com.htc.Twitter3DWidget.apk - HTC Twitter widget
- DFPI - ?
- DMPortRead.apk - used by Dock Mode... not sure what for.
- DockMode.apk - Dock Mode, allows your phone to have a kind of digital album/friend stream/calendar/time/weather viewer while it sits in a dock
- EPST.apk - Sound related (equalizer I think)
- FieldTrial.apk - HTC test tool (not necessary)
- Flickr.apk - Flickr application
- FriendStream.apk - HTC app that combines social media - twitter, facebook, etc
- GoogleTTS.apk - Google Text to Speech
- fusion.apk - Used by Rosie, it's a sense library you need
- FusionStockWidget.apk - is this the "Stocks" widget?
- GSD.apk - HTC test tool (not necessary, may drain battery)
- HTCAlbum.apk - HTC picture viewer
- HtcCarPanel.apk - HTC Car Panel - puts phone in a sort of standalone GPS mode with big icons for use while driving... preferably in a mount bracket
- HtcCdmaMccProvider.apk - gets CDMA (mp3 ID3 tags) information used from HTC music and maybe other apps?
- HtcCompressViewer.apk - Zip Viewer. If you have something like ES File Explorer or other useful file browser, it's not necessary
- HtcCOTAClient.apk - ???
- HtcDataStripWidget.apk - HTC toggles widget(s)
- HtcDLNAMiddleLayer.apk - DLNA service (for TV connectivity/streaming)
- HtcDm.apk - Checks for updates from HTC
- HtcDMC.apk - Digital Media Controller. used by the DLNA
- HtcDmSettingsPlugin.apk - Digital Media... also used by DLNA
- HtcFacebook.apk - Facebook app
- HtcFacebookChat.apk - Facebook Chat app
- HtcFacebookChatWidget.apk - Facebook chat widget
- HtcFeedback.apk - app that sends HTC data about your phone
- HtcFootprints.apk - HTC photo geotagging service
- HtcFootprintsWidget3d.apk - HTC photo geotagging widget
- HtcGreader.apk - HTC RSS reader
- HtcGreaderWidget.apk - HTC RSS reader widget
- HtcListen.apk - I had though this was the "Tell HTC" spyware, but googling says it may be related to beats... anyone know for sure?
- HTCMediaAutoUploadSetting.apk - No idea
- HtcMediaCacheService.apk - another DLNA related app
- HtcMessageProvider.apk - HTC's SMS/MMS app
- HtcMessageUploader.apk - appears to be Tell HTC spyware
- HtcMIM.apk - HTC Instant Messaging client
- HtcMimWidget.apk - HTC Instant Messaging widget
- HtcMusicEnhancer.apk - HTC Music Equalizer, used by Beats and HTC Music
- HtcPhotoWidget.apk - HTC Photo viewer widget
- HtcPowerSaverWidget.apk - HTC Widget with power toggles
- HtcPowerStripWidget.apk - Unified HTC Widget with power setting (Power Dashboard)
- HtcProfileWidget.apk - HTC Sound profiles widget
- HtcResetNotify.apk - Notification that appears on the statusbar when the phone is reset
- HtcRingtoneTrimmer.apk - HTC App for trimming ringtones
- HtcRingtoneWidget.apk - HTC Ringtone widget
- HtcScreenBrightnessWidget.apk - HTC Widget for toggling screen brightness
- HtcScreenTimeoutWidget.apk - HTC Widget for toggling screen timeout
- HtcSettingsProvider.apk - ?
- htcsettingwidgets.apk - Set of HTC Widget toggles
- HTCSetupWizard.apk - HTC's setup wizard
- HtcSoundRecorder.apk - HTC Sound recording app
- HtcSoundSetDownloadManager.apk - Used by HTC to create and download Sound Sets (sets of ringtone and notification sounds in Personalize)
- HtcSSOClient.apk - HTC object that allows login across HTC apps?
- HtcStreamPlayer.apk - HTC Streaming Video App
- HTCSync.apk - HTC service for syncing contacts, people, social media, etc together
- HtcTwitter.apk - HTC Twitter app
- HtcVideoPlayer.apk - HTC Video App
- htcwatchwidget3d.apk - HTC Watch (purchasable video) Widget
- HtcWeather3DWidget.apk - HTC Weather Widget
- HtcWeatherWallpaper.apk - HTC Weather Wallpaper
- HTC_Diopen.apk - HTC file, appears to be used by IME Keyboard?
- HTC_IME.apk - HTC Keyboard (should probably not remove before installing another keyboard)
- htc_vmm_hux.apk - Verizon Media Manager
- Idlescreen_Base.apk - ?
- idlescreen_photo.apk - ?
- idlescreen_shortcut.apk - ?
- IdleScreen_Stock.apk - ?
- IdleScreen_Weather.apk - ?
- KeyChain.apk - used by Ice Scream Sandwich for storing passwords
- LMW.apk - Low Storage Space wizard?
- MySketcher.apk - Screenshot App (Home + Power) You can remove it if you don't want native screenshots
- MyTask.apk - Management Application (Tasks List)
- NewBayService-market.apk - what is this?
- NoiseField.apk - Stock ICS Live Wallpaper
- PCSC.apk - ?
- PhaseBeam.apk - Stock ICS Live Wallpaper
- Phonesky.apk - Google Market (post 3.2)
- picasapryramid.apk - Picasa
- PlusOne.apk - Google+
- PrivInit.apk - ?
- qospermission.apk - some kind of Verizon background service
- RebootWarningWin.apk - ?
- Rosie.apk - Bottom launcher, do not remove
- Stk.apk - SIM Toolkit, may be used on first boot/setup
- Stock.apk - Stocks app
- Talk.apk - Google Talk
- talkback.apk - Android accessiblity
- TaskManager.apk - ICS Task Manager
- TetheringGuard.apk - used by Verizon to monitor tethering usage, may block 3rd party tethering apps
- TrimIt.apk - Another Ringtone Trimmer
- VerizonSSOEngine.apk - used by verizon to log into many verizon apps (including NFL mobile and others)
- verizonWave.apk - Verizon's Wave wallpaper
- VVM.apk - Visual Voice Mail
- vzwapnpermission.apk - used to connect to the Verizon network
- VzWBAClient.apk - used by Verizon backup assistant, if you use teh verizon backup assistant, don't delete this
- VZWInstaller.apk - unsure, but appears to cause no errors when removed
- VzwLBSPerm.apk - may be verizon location manager?
Blues need confirmation before I am comfortable with the label... Red means don't remove unless you're de-sensing, cause with it... Sense is busted.
This is about as good as I can do figuring out what these are by trial and error and Google. If you know what any of the blue ones are, let me know, I'll try to update them. At the very least, at least I'll know what we can remove before flash.