[Guide] Freezing Moto X Bloat with Titanium Backup [Final list for 4.4.2]

[Icon000]

in es file explorer you still have to enable r/w protections for the /system. click on root explorer in the app. then a screen will pop up. click the title Mount r/w. then next to /system click on RW instead of RO and click ok. Now you will have the ability to do what you want.

So I did just as you told me today. Did a long press on the root explore and was able to into the Mount R/W menu just like you said. I clicked RW instead of RO for /system as well as / since I have been having so much trouble I feel like it couldn't hurt. I copied a licence in each location hoping it would solve the problem even if I did put it in the wrong location. I uninstalled titanium back up and reinstalled. When I open if after the reinstall some how I'm still in free mode. Tried removing it from / and just keeping one copy in /system free mode.

Thank you so much for all your help.

---------- Post added 8th October 2013 at 12:00 AM ---------- Previous post was 7th October 2013 at 11:44 PM ----------

in es file explorer you still have to enable r/w protections for the /system. click on root explorer in the app. then a screen will pop up. click the title Mount r/w. then next to /system click on RW instead of RO and click ok. Now you will have the ability to do what you want.

So I did just as you told me today. Did a long press on the root explore and was able to into the Mount R/W menu just like you said. I clicked RW instead of RO for /system as well as / since I have been having so much trouble I feel like it couldn't hurt. I copied a licence in each location hoping it would solve the problem even if I did put it in the wrong location. I uninstalled titanium back up and reinstalled. When I open if after the reinstall some how I'm still in free mode. Tried removing it from / and just keeping one copy in /system free mode.

Thank you so much for all your help.

 

[jayboyyyy]

So I did just as you told me today. Did a long press on the root explore and was able to into the Mount R/W menu just like you said. I clicked RW instead of RO for /system as well as / since I have been having so much trouble I feel like it couldn't hurt. I copied a licence in each location hoping it would solve the problem even if I did put it in the wrong location. I uninstalled titanium back up and reinstalled. When I open if after the reinstall some how I'm still in free mode. Tried removing it from / and just keeping one copy in /system free mode.

Thank you so much for all your help.

---------- Post added 8th October 2013 at 12:00 AM ---------- Previous post was 7th October 2013 at 11:44 PM ----------



So I did just as you told me today. Did a long press on the root explore and was able to into the Mount R/W menu just like you said. I clicked RW instead of RO for /system as well as / since I have been having so much trouble I feel like it couldn't hurt. I copied a licence in each location hoping it would solve the problem even if I did put it in the wrong location. I uninstalled titanium back up and reinstalled. When I open if after the reinstall some how I'm still in free mode. Tried removing it from / and just keeping one copy in /system free mode.

Thank you so much for all your help.

taking this to pm since it is not thread relevant

 

[phositadc]

Anybody else lose the twist-to-open-camera gesture when they disabled these? I disabled a bunch of stuff and now the twist-to-open-camera gesture only works when my screen is on and phone is unlocked. Does not work if screen is off or on the lock screen. Any ideas?

Sent from my XT1053

 

[jayboyyyy]

Anybody else lose the twist-to-open-camera gesture when they disabled these? I disabled a bunch of stuff and now the twist-to-open-camera gesture only works when my screen is on and phone is unlocked. Does not work if screen is off or on the lock screen. Any ideas?

Sent from my XT1053

try enabling moto drive activator

 

[phositadc]

try enabling moto drive activator

Nope, that's not the culprit. I rebooted after enabling it to be sure and it still doesn't work. I'll try some others.

Admittedly, I never used the twist gesture before disabling stuff so I guess I don't know for sure that it works when the screen is off. Weird that it works fine when the screen is on and unlocked.

The twist gesture is supposed to work even when phone is asleep, right?

Sent from my XT1053

 

[tw1tch175]

Nope, that's not the culprit. I rebooted after enabling it to be sure and it still doesn't work. I'll try some others.

Admittedly, I never used the twist gesture before disabling stuff so I guess I don't know for sure that it works when the screen is off. Weird that it works fine when the screen is on and unlocked.

The twist gesture is supposed to work even when phone is asleep, right?

Sent from my XT1053

Did you delete the gesture engine?

 

[phositadc]

Did you delete the gesture engine?

Nope, don't think so. I didn't delete anything and only disabled those things in the screenshots posted above. I'm not rooted btw.

Sent from my XT1053

 

[jayboyyyy]

Nope, don't think so. I didn't delete anything and only disabled those things in the screenshots posted above. I'm not rooted btw.

Sent from my XT1053

i checked my setup and nothing you have frozen is the problem. it should work with your phone off. Have you downloaded any different camera things? Also, make sure this is true. go to camera and gesture to the right to pull up setting. scroll down the bar until you see the hand holding the phone. make sure that that is on. I know you said it work while the phone is awake but just thought i would say to double check that. I'm also sure that you are doing it correctly since you can do it with the phone on but I know some people move their hand weird and it doesn't work sometimes so make sure you can do it accurately each time.

 

[phositadc]

Thanks for the suggestions. I do have the gesture turned on in camera settings. If I can't figure it out soon I'll factory reset and see if that fixes it.

Sent from my XT1053

---------- Post added at 08:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 PM ----------

I just unfroze every thing that could possibly be responsible, rebooted, and still no twist to activate camera while screen is off or locked. Still works fine when phone is unlocked. Guess I'll have to try a factory reset in the next few days.

Sent from my XT1053

 

[Kloster909]

So my screen turns off and can't be turned on if Im in the middle of a call, not a terrible issue BUT still annoying.

If for example, I have to input digits over the phone while I'm in call I won't be able to.

Anybody else experience this? Could it be a hardware error?
Gonna try unfreezing ****, see if it gets fixed.

 

[bso44]

So my screen turns off and can't be turned on if Im in the middle of a call, not a terrible issue BUT still annoying.

If for example, I have to input digits over the phone while I'm in call I won't be able to.

Anybody else experience this? Could it be a hardware error?
Gonna try unfreezing ****, see if it gets fixed.

Probably not the right thread for that question but are you using a case? Some people have reported that the lip of their case is casting a shadow over the proximity sensor and turning the screen off.

 

[jayboyyyy]

So my screen turns off and can't be turned on if Im in the middle of a call, not a terrible issue BUT still annoying.

If for example, I have to input digits over the phone while I'm in call I won't be able to.

Anybody else experience this? Could it be a hardware error?
Gonna try unfreezing ****, see if it gets fixed.

Agreed its not the right thread so start a new one if you want to. I'm replying merely so I can tell you that I have noticed the same thing on several occasions. Didn't want you to think its just you. I am thinking about installing a module in xposed that let's you end a call with the power button because it happens often enough when I'm trying to end a call that I get frustrated. Click the power button several times and eventually works but it sometimes takes over 10 seconds. I shake the phone to to no avail lol. On that note active notifications should pop up if you rotate the phone once like you are trying to start the camera but you only do it once. Also a topic for another thread. Anyway, its not just you.

Sent from my XT1060 using xda app-developers app

 

[mx828]

Heads up if you disable MotoCare, then you don't have the Battery Saver option in the Battery Menu.

 

[flashallthetime]

I deleted all moto touchless control extra extra, now I have almost a pure aosp ROM, I know you think I'm crazy for deleting all the bells and whistles but I never really used it

Sent on my Moto X

 

[VegasRooted]

Excellent

Great work Scorpion, I love doing the same with my phones, stripping down stock. (I started a few "apps safe to remove" threads myself in the past.)

Thanks again! :good:

VegasRooted

 

[chaoslimits]

So... an update for 4.4?:fingers-crossed:

 

[rmead01]

So... an update for 4.4?:fingers-crossed:

I just disabled all the same stuff. Then if you want it's pretty much trial and error from there. Freeze 2-3 things at a time, monitor for a day and decide if it's ok or not. repeat

 

[VegasRooted]

System Apps Safe to Remove for Sprint Moto X (4.2.2)

This is a list of what I've completely removed from my (4.2.2) 16GB and 32GB Sprint Moto X's using TiBu: (Wiped Data and Deleted all of them one-by-one, all in one sitting...then rebooted to recovery and wiped Cache & Dalvik) This is based largely on Scorpion's recommendations in the OP with his AT&T version Moto X, combined with my own past experience stripping stock Sprint Motorola's. (Admiral, Xprt, Photon, etc.) NOTE: I still use Active Notifications; this strip-down does not affect the functionality of Active Notifications at all, so no worries there. I've been running this stripped down stock ROM for a few weeks now, with no issues so far...

Wiped Data and Removed with TiBu:
Android Live Wallpapers
Avatar 1.0 (This is basically Motorola's Spotlight Player, silly videos and whatnot)
Avatar 0.1 (See above)
Basic Daydreams
Bubbles
Calculator (I use RealCalc instead)
com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral
com.motorola.digitalpersonalization
D2DCallHandler 1.0 (com.motorola.android.SmartNotificationFwAdapter)
Demo mode
Device Management
Downloads (I only remove the UI apk, not the Download manager; I use Root Explorer as my file explorer)
Drive
Emergency Alerts 4.2.2
Face Unlock 4.2.2
Gmail (I use stock email app)
Google Keyboard (If you have another keyboard installed already)
Google One Time Init
Google Play Books
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google+
Hangouts
HTML Viewer
Live Wallpaper Picker
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Migrate Writer
Migrate Reader Library
Migrate Writer Library
MotoCare
MotoCare 1.1
MotoCareInt
Motorola Assist 1.0.1
Motorola Assist Engine 6.0.1b
Motorola Assist Framework 1.0.24
Motorola Assist Talk to Me 1.0.1b
Motorola Checkin
Motorola Connect
Motorola DriveActivator
Motorola ID (Part of Motorola Connect)
Motorola Notification
Motorola Services (Part of Motorola Connect)
Motorola Services Main (Part of Motorola Connect)
Motorola Skip Setup (NFCAuthenticator)
Motorola OTA
MotoSignatureApp
Music Visualization Wallpapers
NFC Service (I don't use NFC related stuff...)
Phase Beam
Photo Screensavers
Picasa Uploader
Quickoffice
LMIRescueSecurity
Setup
Setup Wizard
Smart Device Manager (This is Location Labs tracking client, used for Sprint's child-based monitoring/text-while-driving prevention stuff; I've been removing this forever...removing it doesn't affect Android Device Manager or any other location services)
SmartNotificationsClient
Sprint ID
Sprint Zone
Tags
TalkBack
Touchless Control
Translate
Voicemail (I use Google Voice)
Wallet
Wireless Display
Wireless Display Service
Wireless Display Widget

ADDED TO SYSTEM/APPs: (Make sure to set permissions to match others in System/App folder after move...)
Apollo (Music player app from Cyanogenmod 10.1)
Torch (Flashlight app from Cyanogenmod 10.1)
GenieWidget (Google News & Weather app from Cyanogenmod 10.1)

Cheers!

VegasRooted

PS--Thanks and big props to Scorpion!!!

 

[mistermojorizin]

i used the OP, but i had to reinable these apps to make motoconnect work (not saying it was necessary to renable all these, but i just noticed it started working again after enabling them so i didn't narrow it down exactly):

--8. com.motorola.authentification
--13. Device Management 1.0
--33. Moto Care 1.1
--34. MotoCareInt 1.0
--39. Motorola Checkin 1.0
--43. Motorola Notification 1.0
--49. MotoSignatureApp 1.0

i can say for sure that if all of these are disable, motorola connect doesn't work for me

 

[Thomas_BA]

@VegasRooted
Followed your list, well most of them i had froozen.
So far no problems. I do not use Motorola Connect.