AT&T Samsung Galaxy S5 DeBloating

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JEZZEJAMEZ

JEZZEJAMEZ

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I would like to 86 the bloat wear '. I'm very patient. I've waited for the active since release..

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bailey37821

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More bloat

Hopefully everyone has seen the article on the most recent OTA. More apps to disable because AT&T must think it's funny to push more bloatware OTA and label it as an update. Seriously what are they thinking? Is there actually some marketing strategist that is so out of touch with the real world as to think that people want this crap? It boggles the mind really that senior leadership and marketing does not troll XDA for ideas that would actually help them succeed in product management. The 1st carrier to the gate with a device that comes with nothing but vanilla android, is not boot locked, or in any other way hindered for root would (I predict) gain a 10% market share inside of 30 days. Business 101....cater to the majority ESPECIALLY when no one else is. fu***** idiots!!!

At any rate this is the only email address I have at the moment for At&t. I suggest we flood them with emails with "ATTN. Randall L. Stephenson, Ralph De La Vega" in the subject line

See this post for links to email address's please http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52539861
 
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jstinger9489

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az-dave said:
thx - I may or may not re-enable...gunna see if I have any issues. None so far.

In mean time, since there is no Root for AT&T, Ive paid to install Nova Launcher and widget Lock.

Im not all that keen on running piggyback skins, but its fast and I like many of the apps and How I can arracnge them better than the AT&T kitkat 4.4
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You may want to check out Buzz Launcher. I've used Go, Nova, ADW and a couple others and as far as customization and speed, I think Buzz is the best. *personal opinion*

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\system storage\

az-dave said:
Messing with S5 and Ubuntu now. Have some ways to mount via MTP but its buggy. saw the system directory one time, now gone.
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You may know this already, MyPhoneExplorer allows the user to view and navigate through the system files easily however it will not let you write to it.
(running Windows 7 pro)
 
LuckyColdJohnson

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Simer03 said:
My s5 is coming in a matter of hours! I'm looking forward to root but I don't mind staying stock for a while as long as I can disable apps! The part I'll have to get used to is no more "Greenify" app but oh well

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Greenify still works without root. Matter of fact, Greenify is awesome with this phone. There are settings on the phone just for Greenify. Just install it from the playstore and follow instructions. When I tried to hibernate an app, Greenify showed me a way to enable something within the phone firmware (Really interesting) It works great !!!!
 
neer2005

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Hey I turned off a bunch of Samsung bloat but recently wanted to try out s-note, I turned on the Samsung app store and downloaded it but when I try to create a new note it force quits? Are there any other apps I need to turn on that might fix this problem? (Already tried deleting cache/data)

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Commodore 64

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I ended up turning all Samsung related apps on since their apps have a lot of dependencies built in and would get prompted to run in the background.

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PS4AndroidHacker

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Great work trying to break into the system files to try to get root. This thread is getting very interesting. Will keep an eye open on this thread. Keep up the great work!!

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gbenhador

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Now that att sgs5 is rooted, how do I enable tether?

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apraetor

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Has anyone tried disabling (via Turn Off) the stock Messaging app? (com.android.mms) I use Hangouts as my default sms/mms app, but I've noticed Messaging still shows up in the list of apps using up my battery - not a lot, but still.. Wakelock Detector shows the usage as being for "new message notification LCD on", so I wanted to check first. I don't care whether my screen turns on when I receive text messages, I usually just look to see if the LED is flashing blue or not instead of waking up the screen anyway (I have an AT&T Note 3, rooted on stock 4.4.2).
 
bailey37821

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apraetor said:
Has anyone tried disabling (via Turn Off) the stock Messaging app? (com.android.mms) I use Hangouts as my default sms/mms app, but I've noticed Messaging still shows up in the list of apps using up my battery - not a lot, but still.. Wakelock Detector shows the usage as being for "new message notification LCD on", so I wanted to check first. I don't care whether my screen turns on when I receive text messages, I usually just look to see if the LED is flashing blue or not instead of waking up the screen anyway (I have an AT&T Note 3, rooted on stock 4.4.2).
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You def. can turn off the stock app. But in your case actually I am not certain that Hangouts is self contained and does not rely on the stock app. I have though several times in the past frozen the stock app because I use other sms apps.
 
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adhanda

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Yep freeze stock messaging app... I stopped using hangouts for sms because of the group message cpu usage bug, but it worked fine... I also used Lightflow to customize the led actions

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    Commodore 64
    Commodore 64
    Hello to all the fans of less programs/apps forced on the user.

    To begin I'm listing what I have disabled/turned off from the stock rom, and I'm getting a better battery life and see less junk.

    ANT Radio
    ANT+ Plugins
    AT&T FamilyMap
    AT&T Hot Spots
    AT&T Locker
    AT&T Messages
    AT&T Mobile Locate
    AT&T Navigator
    Beats Music
    BlurbCheckout
    Business card recognition
    Caller Name ID
    ChatON
    Device Help
    DriveMode
    Flipboard
    Google Play Books
    Google Play Games
    Google Play Movies & TV
    Google Play Music
    Google Play Newsstand
    HP Print Service Plugin
    Keeper
    Mobile TV
    MobilePrintSvc_CUPS
    MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend
    My Magazine
    myAT&T
    Print Spooler
    S Voice
    Samsung Account
    Samsung Apps
    Samsung Galaxy
    Samsung GALAXY Apps Widget
    Samsung Link Platform
    Samsung Print Service Plugin
    Samsung Push Service
    Travel wallpaper
    Wallet (Isis)

    Note: I'm not using any of the apps/services listed above, and I have not run into any problems. If you are going to use them then don't disable them.

    Battery life has increased enough to be noticed, but not dramatically.

    Next Project: Make an Odin flashable DeBloated stock ROM in both rooted and unrooted versions.

    I got a full Stock ROM download from Samsung Kies to start Debloating and adding Root using Android Kitchen.
    This file contains four files:

    AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
    CP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
    CSC_ATT_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
    BL_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5

    Accomplished:
    System folder is located and the apps listed above deleted from "AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5"

    Also ran this through the Kitchen and got it rooted, signed, zipaligned, ... (Choosing the lazy option for now) and got my output .Zip

    Stuck on:
    1- the Android kitchen .Zip file is flashable using a custom recovery mod. e.g. CWM or it's PhilZ version, which isn't currently available for this phone.
    I don't have previous experience that these .Zip files can be flashed through Odin. So I assume it won't work.

    2- Cannot put the System folder I Debloated back together to get accepted and read by Odin.
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    az-dave
    Messing with S5 and Ubuntu now. Have some ways to mount via MTP but its buggy. saw the system directory one time, now gone.



    az-dave said:
    Has anyone tried connecting a rooted S3 or non ATT/VZN S5 to an ATT or VZN S5 and tried tunneling into the non-rooted phone file system thru the USB cable?

    In other words get (or make) a special cable that will connect 2 phones together. Boot em both up, open terminal and SU on the rooted phone (so now you have full access to rooted phones file system) - and then try to see if there is a way to view the non-rooted phones files?
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    cstayton
    cstayton
    Commodore 64 said:
    so what needs to happen now is the content inside that zip file need to get converted to "system.img.ext4" file, then I will put that file back into the tar ball "AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_.... .tar.md5" and load it up in the PDA section of Odin.

    So that is where i'm stuck; in re-packing all those files back into "system.img.ext4" file. There is a delicate way to do this, also discussed in parts somewhere on the XDA forums. One has to know the final partition size to include it in the command used to pack those in to a "system.img.ext4" file.
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    even if you get it back in the tar your not going to flash it in odin, the AT&T bootloader is locked odin will not flash a file once you have rebuilt it because it does not contain the samsung signatures. i have already got a fully built flashable ROM for the AT&T just waiting for root and BL unlock.

    your on the right path, so dont get discouraged but it just isnt that simple.

    P.S. Before you even ask, yes i have tried multiple iterations of building the system.img.ext4 file and signing it.
    P.P.S if you really want the best experience from building a rom build a linux box (either linuxmint or ubuntu) the kitchen is a great tool
    but running under cygwin in windows there are many limitations including not being able to create a system.img.ext4 file or generate the correct md5sum.
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    Commodore 64
    Commodore 64
    Intersting view. I used to peak inside corrupted hdds with various permissions using Knoppix linux in the old days and that thing just ignores the current permissions and let you do your own combination of -rwx ... let's see if I can get this puppy mounted on Knoppix when I get back from work

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    az-dave
    this is what I have Turned off without any issues:

    Adapt Sound
    ANY Radio
    ANT+ plugins
    AT&T Family Map
    AT&T Hotspots
    AT&T Locker
    AT&T Message
    Basic Daydreams
    Beats Music
    BlurbCheckout
    Bubbles
    Caller Name ID (Imagine, I still see who is calling...HAHA)
    ChatOn
    Com.Samsung.android.sdk.spenv10
    Com.Samsung.android.mimage/photo
    Device Help
    DirectConnectManager
    Drive
    DriveMode
    Emergency Provider
    Flipboard
    Google Calander Sync
    Google Partner Setup
    Google Play Books
    Google Play Movies
    Google Play Music
    Google Play Newsstand
    Google+
    Group Play (sounds kinda kinky)
    Hangouts
    Keeper (lock with @ in it - what is this?)
    Market Feedback Agent
    Mobile TV
    MobilePrintSvc_CUPS
    MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend
    My Magazine (AFTER removed from desktop manager)
    NNL Fingerprint Passport
    One Time Init
    Phase Beam
    Photo Screensavers
    Picasa Uploader
    S Health (Was too gimicky and adds - great idea, poor implementation)
    S Voice
    Swype (I dont like the predictive nor swiping keyboard)
    Talkback
    Travel Wallpaper
    Wallet

    A few others I may turn off:
    AT&T Mobile Locate
    AT&T Navigator
    BusinessCard Recognition
    DirectShareManager

    And there were a Dozen or more apps I'd like to turn off, bit dont allow me to, such as
    Geo News
    FWUpgrade - etc etc...bloatware

    skifreek said:
    List of apps?

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