[Q] Apps Safe to remove from ICS?

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mandarjoshiin

Senior Member
Hello all,
Can you please tell me which are apps (.apks) safe to be removed from the ICS rom? I can see many new files as compared to .42/.62 firmware of GB. I want to get rid of unwanted apps.. Please can someone give me a new and fresh list of apps which we can remove from /System/apps...

Thanks.. :)
 

Lycoss

Senior Member
Dec 8, 2011
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Apps Safe to Remove

Here is a list of the apps i removed successfully without crashes or other problems:

News & Weather (widget)
Calendar (widget)
Clock (widget)
Ap Mobile (widget)
Days (widget)
Digital clock (widget)
Dual clock (widget)
Mini paper (widget)
Application Monitor (widget)
Social Hub (widget)
Yahoo! Finance (widget)
AccuWeather.com (widget)
Game Hub
Music Hub
Readers Hub
SNSAccountFb (Facebook from Social Hub)
SNSAccountLi (LinkedIn from Social Hub)
SNSAccountMs (MySpace from Social Hub)
SNSAccountTw (Twitter from Social Hub)
com.sec.android.app.sns (Service from Social Hub)
com.sec.android.app.snsimagecache (Service from Social Hub)
Android Live Wallpapers
Live Wallpaper Picker
Microbes (Live Wallpaper)
AccuWeather Weather Daemon
Ocean weather (Theme)
Windy weather (Theme)
PressReader
Zinio Reader (Magazines reader)
Kobo (Part of Readers Hub)
AllShare
TwWallpaperChooser
ChocoEUKor (Extra font)
My files (Explorer)
TalkBack
Helv Neue S (Extra font)
Mini diary
Mobile Print (Print Remotely)
Mobile tracker (Remote track of the phone)
IM (Instant Messengers)
TrimApp (Part of Video maker)
Video maker
Photo editor
Swype
SNS disclaimer (A disclaimer of the Social Hub)
com.sec.android.socialhub
Talk
Gmail
Street View
Google+
Share App

This was done on my Galaxy S2 on ICS.
As you can see i also removed all the Social Hub parts except the "com.seven.Z7" (SevenEngine.apk), this is the second Social Hub app with a "@" logo on it, because this one helps the Email app to automatically get the correct emails server settings.
 
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ArcMan09

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Jan 18, 2012
883
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Mumbai
Hello all,
Can you please tell me which are apps (.apks) safe to be removed from the ICS rom? I can see many new files as compared to .42/.62 firmware of GB. I want to get rid of unwanted apps.. Please can someone give me a new and fresh list of apps which we can remove from /System/apps...

Thanks.. :)
Go to general section & search for Flo95 Guide.
Cheers. ;)