Bloatware apps safe to remove on the Droid 4

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Below are the apps that are safe to freeze on the Motorola Droid 4. Freezing apps hides them from your app drawer, prevents them from using system resources, and can help with battery life. You can freeze them using an app like Titanium Backup Pro (root required). Do not uninstall them as you will need all the system apps when you receive updates in the future. If you freeze others and have no problems, post them here and I'll add them to the list. Likewise if you've frozen any below and you have problems, also let me know and I will remove them from the list (although that shouldn't be the case.)

Blockbuster, GoToMeeting, Let's Golf, and Madden NFL can be uninstalled normally from the Applications menu in Settings.

***There are more apps that can be frozen safely (Calculator, Google Search, My Files, Device Setup, etc.) but I am leaving them off this list because either a.) they are basic apps that aren't really bloatware or b.) links to them are built into basic menus/widgets and clicking on them would cause force closes (i.e. Device Setup, News.) Also there may be items below which you may very well want to use...this list is simply what's safe to freeze, and not necessarily what you should freeze.***

READ THE LIST CAREFULLY as some apps have very similar names but should not be frozen (e.g. Yahoo Calendar Service and Yahoo Contacts can be frozen safely, but Yahoo Mail Authenticator cannot...and most of the "Social" apps can be frozen, but Social Location cannot.)

AdService
Amazon Kindle
Android Live Wallpapers
Apps
Backup Assistant Plus
Backup Assistant+
Backup Assistant+ Contacts
Backup Assistant+ Media
Car Dock
Facebook Authenticator (required for Facebook contact sync; not required for Facebook app)
Flickr Authenticator
Help Center
Home screen tips
IM
IM Presence
LastFM Authenticator
LinkedIn Authenticator
Live Wallpaper Picker
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Mobile Hotspot
MOG Music
MOTOACTV
MotoCast (required for MotoCast, obviously)
MotoCast ID (required for MotoCast)
MOTOPRINT
My Music (Google Play Music app still works)
My Uploads
My Verizon Mobile
Netflix
NFL Mobile
Orkut Authenticator
Photobucket Authenticator
Picasa Authenticator
Skyrock Authenticator
Slacker
Slingbox
Social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Networking
Social Sharing
Social Status
Talk
Twitter Authenticator
V CAST Tones
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Video
VideoSurf
VZ Navigator
Yahoo Calendar Service
Yahoo Contacts
YouTube Authenticator (YouTube app still works)
ZumoService (required for MotoCast; freeze only if you freeze MotoCast and MotoCast ID as well)

important question

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If you use facebook, should i keep the 6 things that says social?

Originally Posted by Briteyez83

If you use facebook, should i keep the 6 things that says social?

The "Social" apps are not required for Facebook. "Social Location" is required for location-based Smart Actions though so that one should be left alone.

redacted......as i was inaccurate....

Just a note - picked this up on another forum - if you freeze the Yahoo bloatware, you must rename the BlurContactsSync.apk to .bak. This fixes the contacts crashing issue.

Can you freeze the pre-installed "Smart Actions" ??

Nope, you wont be able to turn the screen off manually. I tried

Originally Posted by WaltA

Can you freeze the pre-installed "Smart Actions" ??

I freezed it just fine and have not had any problems

Sent from my DROID4 using xda app-developers app

Originally Posted by icebear8

I freezed it just fine and have not had any problems

Sent from my DROID4 using xda app-developers app

Well, I had a somewhat different experience.

I froze Smart Actions and wound up in an FC loop. Smart Actions FC'd, which locked down the UI... I responded to the FC, and before I could do anything else with the UI it FC'd again... grabbing the UI again...

Had to pseudo-battery-pull the phone (power-button plus down-volume) and the machine was never right again. I wound up having to fastboot reflash to get things back to normal.

YMMV. I hope my case was an exception.

Anyone now having trouble with Facebook contacts sync? My contact pictures are not updating. I unlinked the blur fb account, re added it. It synced all my fb contacts to the contact list but never dled any pictures. I left Facebook authenticator. In addition to most of the list, I also have swype, the blur launcher, and smart actions renamed to .bak