[TUT] Remove Some of the Bloatware

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Hello again everybody.
Here is a little tutorial to get rid of the crap thats shipped with the phone
and get it on a sweet diet of slimfast.

If you think to yourself "HEY! that shouldn't be removed!"
I most likely removed it because there is a Market alternative.

*Always be careful when modifying /system*

First we need to remount our phone and make /system/app - R/w
adb remount

then type:
adb shell

*In Shell ($)

su (IMPORTANT)
cd /system/app/
ls

Now you can start removing the bloat.

rm Launcher.* (ONLY IF YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE LAUNCHER INSTALLED!)
rm Maps.*
rm SystemTutorial.*
rm LatinIME.* (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ANOTHER KEYBOARD INSTALLED)
rm Email.*
rm Calculator.*
rm EmotionWeather.*
rm EmotionPhotoWidget.*
rm EmotionCalendar.*
rm EmotionPhotoAlbumWidget.*
rm EmotionBookmarksWidget.*
rm EmotionEvents.*
rm Twidroid.*
rm EmotionMemo.*
rm EmotionRSSReader.*
rm EmotionVideoWidget.*
rm EmotionClockWidget.*
rm HwIME.*

as always, reboot.

and, as with most things in the filesystem, this can also be done
with Root Explorer

If you messed something up, it probably wasn't meant to be
removed and most likely wasn't listed above. Start over from scratch...
unless you made back-up of course

If i missed anything, shoot me a message!

You honestly consider Calculator, Maps and Email "bloatware"?

Originally Posted by raduque

You honestly consider Calculator, Maps and Email "bloatware"?

if they can be downloaded (and be more up to date from the market) then yeah.

You don't need to delete them to download the updated versions. My tablet prompted me to update them as soon as I connected to wifi and logged into my google account.

Updates take more space

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When you update a Android app that is part of the rom it takes up 1.5 to 2x the storage than if you just simply download the newest version.

Originally Posted by crispien

When you update a Android app that is part of the rom it takes up 1.5 to 2x the storage than if you just simply download the newest version.

That honestly means nothing to me. I don't load 500 apps on my devices.

Originally Posted by raduque

That honestly means nothing to me. I don't load 500 apps on my devices.

look, when you delete /system files obviously it doesn't touch the /data... obviously... now your /system is on your INTERNAL partition so removing these files frees up space on your INTERNAL memory, and as for obviously downloading the updated apps from the market does update them YES AND INSTALLS THEM INTO /data, but it does not delete the OLD outdated version which still reside in /system which need to be updated and is taking up space, i hope this helps you understand whats going on... hopefully.

Originally Posted by joenilan

look, when you delete /system files obviously it doesn't touch the /data... obviously... now your /system is on your INTERNAL partition so removing these files frees up space on your INTERNAL memory, and as for obviously downloading the updated apps from the market does update them YES AND INSTALLS THEM INTO /data, but it does not delete the OLD outdated version which still reside in /system which need to be updated and is taking up space, i hope this helps you understand whats going on... hopefully.

Yes, I understand this. But, they are two separate partitions. The S7 does not dynamically resize partitions. /system and /data are completely self-contained, and the size of either does not effect the other.

Space on /system, does not effect space on /data. I don't know how much plainer I can say this. All you're doing is freeing space on /system, but nothing goes there except pre-installed *system* files!

The bolded, underlined, italicized is the part that doesn't make any sense. It's taking up space in /system, which has no bearing on space in /data. Period, end of sentence, full stop. I'm not saying anything more on this matter, because I don't think you're going to get it.

Originally Posted by raduque

Yes, I understand this. But, they are two separate partitions. The S7 does not dynamically resize partitions. /system and /data are completely self-contained, and the size of either does not effect the other.

Space on /system, does not effect space on /data. I don't know how much plainer I can say this. All you're doing is freeing space on /system, but nothing goes there except pre-installed *system* files!

The bolded, underlined, italicized is the part that doesn't make any sense. It's taking up space in /system, which has no bearing on space in /data. Period, end of sentence, full stop. I'm not saying anything more on this matter, because I don't think you're going to get it.

probably not, i can't get through the fog of cocky responses. instead of being a helpful person.

Originally Posted by joenilan

probably not, i can't get through the fog of cocky responses. instead of being a helpful person.

Well, that's an interesting way of saying that you don't understand what I'm saying.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...68&postcount=9

Repeat after me:
"/system space is completely separate from /data space. One has no bearing on the other"