[GUIDE] Apps that are safe to remove

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This is a list of all applications that are safe to remove from the phone. In order to remove these apps, you must first be rooted. Using Root Explorer, navigate to /data/apps/ or /system/apps/ to find these corresponding .apk files.

Please feel free to reply with any applications that are found to be safe to remove and I will keep this thread up to date.

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Sprint Music
Sprint TV/Movies
Sprint Wallet
Sprint ID
Sprint Worldwide
Telenav GPS Navigation
Rich Location
Quickoffice
Nascar

(Courtesy of ravenstarr)
WARNING! YOU WILL LOSE SOME SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY DELETING THE BOLD APPS:

AdService 1.0
blur.res 2.3.4
BookMarks Widget 2.3.4
Books 1.3.4
CarDock 1.0
com.motorola.photowidget 2.3.4
DLNA
DlnaSystemService
Entertainment Center
Facebook Authenticator
Fingerprint Sensor
Flickr Autenticator
Forest Wallpaper
FOTA 2.3.4
Help Center
Home Screen Tips
InPocket
LastFM Authenticator
LinkedIn Authenticator
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Media Share
MediaSync
Music Visualization Wallpapers
Myspace Authenticator
News & Weather
News
Orkut Authenticator
Phone Portal
Photobucket Authenticator
Picasa Authenticator
Print to Retail
Quick Tutorial
Rich Clipboard
Rich Location
Setup Wizard
SIM Contacts
SIM Toolkit
Skyrock Authenticator
Social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Networking
Social Sharing
Social Status
Sticky Note
Swype
System Portal
Task Manager
Toggle Widgets
Twitter Authenticator
Voice Commands
Voice Readouts
Voice Search
Webtop
Webtop Connector

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i for some reason cant get rid of the google books apk i am rooted and i deleted the apk and the odex ......but for some reason when i look in the app tray it works and is functional also when i delete it from root explorer and refresh it it pops back up ive deleted other apps so i dunno ?.........figured it out ............if im not mistaken i need to clear data and force stop then delete the apk

Originally Posted by ajoerivera

i for some reason cant get rid of the google books apk i am rooted and i deleted the apk and the odex ......but for some reason when i look in the app tray it works and is functional also when i delete it from root explorer and refresh it it pops back up ive deleted other apps so i dunno ?.........figured it out ............if im not mistaken i need to clear data and force stop then delete the apk

I believe Books is a google framework apk. It even comes installed on the Nexus.

The included swype (dated version)can be removed, but you also have to remove a library so file.

Delete:
/system/app/Swype.apk
/system/lib/libSwypecore.so

You can then download the swype installler, run it and get the v3 version.

This is from memory, so I might have the case of the file name wrong.

You can create a .bat file to run and remove all the apks you dont want aswell. Or an update.zip but it has to be signed.

cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools adb remount

adb shell rm system/app/"__".apk

adb shell rm system/app/"__".apk

adb shell rm system/app/"__".apk

adb shell rm system/app/"__".apk

adb shell rm system/app/"__".apk


Put the name of the app that you wish to remove between the "_"s. Make sure you have debugging enabled on your phone aswell as the mopho drivers installed on your pc.

Sent from my MB855 using XDA App

MotoBlur

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Is it safe to remove the blur apps from the photon?

i was a dumbass and deleted a little too much without backing up first. i didn't think i deleted anything vital to phone, but i must have. is there any way to get those files put back? it was only a few apps and odex. PLEASE help

newalker, pm sent

good to know. thanks!

I

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I used this list from the Atrix forum and everything works fine for me




The following is my freeze list. I still have complete functionality with everything I use including email, SMS, MMS, dialer, contacts, calender etc.

AdService 1.0
blur.res 2.3.4
BookMarks Widget 2.3.4
Books 1.3.4
CarDock 1.0
com.motorola.photowidget 2.3.4
DLNA
DlnaSystemService
Entertainment Center
Facebook Authenticator
Fingerprint Sensor
Flickr Autenticator
Forest Wallpaper
FOTA 2.3.4 (do not freeze if you want OTA's.)
Help Center
Home Screen Tips
InPocket
LastFM Authenticator
LinkedIn Authenticator
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Media Share
MideaSync
Music Visualization Wallpapers
Myspace Authenticator
News & Weather
News
Orkut Authenticator
Phone Portal
Photobucket Authenticator
Picasa Authenticator
Print to Retail
Quick Tutorial
Rich Clipboard
Rich Location
Setup Wizard
SIM Contacts
SIM Toolkit
Skyrock Authenticator
Social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Networking
Social Sharing
Social Status
Sticky Note
Swype
System Portal
Task Manager
Toggle Widgets
Twitter Authenticator
Voice Commands
Voice Readouts
Voice Search
Webtop
Webtop Connector

Now, use your head when freezing things. Dont freeze this whole list and come back saying "MY FACEBOOK DOESN'T WORK!!11!"


edit: added SIM Toolkit and SIM Contacts