I just got my little bugger this week for pennies on the dollar. It's a VZW SCH-I435 and its locked down harder than the Hanoi HIlton. So since we don't have a bootloader unlock, a custom rom scene, or anything, here's my guide that I'm currently using of Safe to Delete bloatware totally unnecessary on this phone. Hopefully its a much welcomed post considering this variant is highly overlooked in any discussions due to its crippling system.
You are responsible for your phone and I partake no responsibility should you decide to to a royal enema on your VZW mini s4.
Keep in mind I do not use my little bugger to talk on the phone; its my daily driver of apps and games only. If your phone loses data and/or functionality of the phone you will have to reflash the stock rom with odin to get it back working. The factory reset will not magically re-install the files by itself so flashing will be the only option of reset and then doing a complete factory reset to put it back in out of the box condition, as tedious as it is. If you don't do this, you will have double apps from those that were left plus the new apps from the flash, so remember, Odin flashing and THEN factory reset (volume up and menu botton to access recovery menu). Also, your phone will have the Custom boot screen with the unlock padlock at startup. This method will NOT trip knox.:good:
Things you will need:
1. Root
2. Titanium Backup Pro
3. Super Su (Chainfire)
4. Odin
5. Stock Rom
If you have taken any OTA, you will need Odin to flash back all the way to the first KK stock rom (the one right after JB) in order to obtain root. Stock Rom and Odin are both pretty easy to get on XDA, but official stock roms are on sammobile. You will also need the drivers for the phone (get Samsung Kies installed to do so) so Odin will recognize it when you are in the phone's FB mode (hold down volume rocker and the menu button on startup). Root will NOT take if you are on the latest KK or higher. TowelRoot will work just fine on the 1st KK stock rom.
Once you have gotten the aformentioned together, install Super Su and Titanium Backup Pro. Once that is all squared away, you can get to the VZW enema. You should be able to use it functionally, as well as have full access to the playstore and wifi in general.
The List:
Alarm 1.0
AllShare Control Share Service 1.0.0
AllShare FileShare Service 2.1
Amazon 2.9.2
Amazon app suite 3.0.78.0
Amazon Kindle 4.4.0.48
Amazon MP3 3.0.6
Appstore Release-8...557.1C_638000510
Audible 1.5.5 Beta
Backup Assistant Plus 2.0
Best Face 20131029.1.0.0.75
Bluetooth Share 4.4.2
BlurbCheckout 1.0 (Build 175)
Caller Name ID 2.5.. @Release-2493.0008
Chrome 33.0.1750.517 (don't delete if deleting Browser)
Cloud 13.6.4.22
com.sec.android.app.sbrowsertry 1.0 (don't delete if deleting Chrome)
Direct Connect Manager 3.7
Direct Share Manager 2.5.0
Drive 1.2.563.31
ELM Agent 14132
Email 4.4.2.0200
Emergency Alerts 1.0.7.1
Epson PRint Service 1.0.0
Exchange Services 4.4.2.0100
Flipboard 2.2.6
FW Upgrade 1.2.0
Gmail 4.7.2 (967015)
Google Calendar Sync 4.4.2
Google Contact Sync 4.4.2
Google Partner Setup 4.4.2
Google Play Books 3.1.33
Google Play Movies & TV 3.0.25
Google Play Music 5.4.1413N.1048534
Google Play Newstand 3.1.0
Google Search 1.0
Google Search 3.3.11.1069658.arm
Google+ 4.3.0.62241793
Group Play 2.5.299
Hangouts 2.0.303
Help 1.0
HP Print Service Plugin 1.0.29
HTML Viewer 4.4.2
IMDB 4.2.1.104210310
KLMS Agent 2.2 132
Knox 2.0.0
Knox Nofitifactio Manager 2.0
Knox Setup Wizard Client 2.0.0
LocalFOTA 20.0040.140326
Maps 7.7.0
Messaging 4.4.2
Mobile Print 3.0
Mobile tracker 1.0
Mobile Print Svcs_CUPS 1.0
Mobile Print Svc_CU...Backend 20130513
My InfoZone 2.2.17
My Verizon Mobile 10.0.615
Nearby devices 2.1
Nearby Service 2.1
New registration 1.0.3
NFL Mobile 9.0.1
PageBuddyNotiSvc 1.0
Play Games 1.5.08
Polaris Office 5.5.0.3404.01
Print Spooler 1
S Memo 2.17.1574082
S Note Provider 13.16.1108678
S Translator 1.1.68
S Voice 11.2.2.0
Samsung Account 1.5.0336
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter 1.3
Samsung Cloud Data Relay 3.04.009
Samsung Cloud Quota 1.4.15
Samsung Hub 14040101.1.30.1
Samsung Link 1.8.1613
Samsung Print Servi...Plugin 1.4.140317
Samsung Push Service 1.2.7.3
Samsung SBrowser SyncAdapter 1.3
Samsung SNote SyncAdapter 1.3
Samsung Updates 14041504.21.033.1
Samsung WatchOn V...14032001.1.21.75
Samsung Hub Updater 14031101.1.30.01
Security policy updates SPD_v2_1403_4_1
Setup wizard 1.0
Share music 2.2.0
Story Album 1.1.50
Story Album Widget 1.0
Street View 1.8.1.2
Sync Service 2.9.0.1.126
Talkback 3.5.1
Travel 1.0
Travel Wallpaper 1.0
Trim 113.7.ms_hw
Trip Advisor 8.5.1.
Verizon Location Agen 0.0.1.456
Verizon Login 3.1.19
Verizon Support & Protection 2.1.1
Verizon Tones 5.1.8
Voice Recorder 0.1
Voicemail 2.4.00
VZ Navigator 9.0.7.24
VZWAPN 12.0
VZWAVSService 3.3
WatchOn 6.3.4
Weather 140328.01
Wi-Fi Direct 2.1
Wi-Fi Direct share 2.1
Yahoo Finance 140213.01
Yahoo News 14.02.24.01
Youtube 5.5.27
Welcome to your enema cleansed VZW S4 mini.
You are responsible for your phone and I partake no responsibility should you decide to to a royal enema on your VZW mini s4.
Keep in mind I do not use my little bugger to talk on the phone; its my daily driver of apps and games only. If your phone loses data and/or functionality of the phone you will have to reflash the stock rom with odin to get it back working. The factory reset will not magically re-install the files by itself so flashing will be the only option of reset and then doing a complete factory reset to put it back in out of the box condition, as tedious as it is. If you don't do this, you will have double apps from those that were left plus the new apps from the flash, so remember, Odin flashing and THEN factory reset (volume up and menu botton to access recovery menu). Also, your phone will have the Custom boot screen with the unlock padlock at startup. This method will NOT trip knox.:good:
Things you will need:
1. Root
2. Titanium Backup Pro
3. Super Su (Chainfire)
4. Odin
5. Stock Rom
If you have taken any OTA, you will need Odin to flash back all the way to the first KK stock rom (the one right after JB) in order to obtain root. Stock Rom and Odin are both pretty easy to get on XDA, but official stock roms are on sammobile. You will also need the drivers for the phone (get Samsung Kies installed to do so) so Odin will recognize it when you are in the phone's FB mode (hold down volume rocker and the menu button on startup). Root will NOT take if you are on the latest KK or higher. TowelRoot will work just fine on the 1st KK stock rom.
Once you have gotten the aformentioned together, install Super Su and Titanium Backup Pro. Once that is all squared away, you can get to the VZW enema. You should be able to use it functionally, as well as have full access to the playstore and wifi in general.
The List:
Alarm 1.0
AllShare Control Share Service 1.0.0
AllShare FileShare Service 2.1
Amazon 2.9.2
Amazon app suite 3.0.78.0
Amazon Kindle 4.4.0.48
Amazon MP3 3.0.6
Appstore Release-8...557.1C_638000510
Audible 1.5.5 Beta
Backup Assistant Plus 2.0
Best Face 20131029.1.0.0.75
Bluetooth Share 4.4.2
BlurbCheckout 1.0 (Build 175)
Caller Name ID 2.5.. @Release-2493.0008
Chrome 33.0.1750.517 (don't delete if deleting Browser)
Cloud 13.6.4.22
com.sec.android.app.sbrowsertry 1.0 (don't delete if deleting Chrome)
Direct Connect Manager 3.7
Direct Share Manager 2.5.0
Drive 1.2.563.31
ELM Agent 14132
Email 4.4.2.0200
Emergency Alerts 1.0.7.1
Epson PRint Service 1.0.0
Exchange Services 4.4.2.0100
Flipboard 2.2.6
FW Upgrade 1.2.0
Gmail 4.7.2 (967015)
Google Calendar Sync 4.4.2
Google Contact Sync 4.4.2
Google Partner Setup 4.4.2
Google Play Books 3.1.33
Google Play Movies & TV 3.0.25
Google Play Music 5.4.1413N.1048534
Google Play Newstand 3.1.0
Google Search 1.0
Google Search 3.3.11.1069658.arm
Google+ 4.3.0.62241793
Group Play 2.5.299
Hangouts 2.0.303
Help 1.0
HP Print Service Plugin 1.0.29
HTML Viewer 4.4.2
IMDB 4.2.1.104210310
KLMS Agent 2.2 132
Knox 2.0.0
Knox Nofitifactio Manager 2.0
Knox Setup Wizard Client 2.0.0
LocalFOTA 20.0040.140326
Maps 7.7.0
Messaging 4.4.2
Mobile Print 3.0
Mobile tracker 1.0
Mobile Print Svcs_CUPS 1.0
Mobile Print Svc_CU...Backend 20130513
My InfoZone 2.2.17
My Verizon Mobile 10.0.615
Nearby devices 2.1
Nearby Service 2.1
New registration 1.0.3
NFL Mobile 9.0.1
PageBuddyNotiSvc 1.0
Play Games 1.5.08
Polaris Office 5.5.0.3404.01
Print Spooler 1
S Memo 2.17.1574082
S Note Provider 13.16.1108678
S Translator 1.1.68
S Voice 11.2.2.0
Samsung Account 1.5.0336
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter 1.3
Samsung Cloud Data Relay 3.04.009
Samsung Cloud Quota 1.4.15
Samsung Hub 14040101.1.30.1
Samsung Link 1.8.1613
Samsung Print Servi...Plugin 1.4.140317
Samsung Push Service 1.2.7.3
Samsung SBrowser SyncAdapter 1.3
Samsung SNote SyncAdapter 1.3
Samsung Updates 14041504.21.033.1
Samsung WatchOn V...14032001.1.21.75
Samsung Hub Updater 14031101.1.30.01
Security policy updates SPD_v2_1403_4_1
Setup wizard 1.0
Share music 2.2.0
Story Album 1.1.50
Story Album Widget 1.0
Street View 1.8.1.2
Sync Service 2.9.0.1.126
Talkback 3.5.1
Travel 1.0
Travel Wallpaper 1.0
Trim 113.7.ms_hw
Trip Advisor 8.5.1.
Verizon Location Agen 0.0.1.456
Verizon Login 3.1.19
Verizon Support & Protection 2.1.1
Verizon Tones 5.1.8
Voice Recorder 0.1
Voicemail 2.4.00
VZ Navigator 9.0.7.24
VZWAPN 12.0
VZWAVSService 3.3
WatchOn 6.3.4
Weather 140328.01
Wi-Fi Direct 2.1
Wi-Fi Direct share 2.1
Yahoo Finance 140213.01
Yahoo News 14.02.24.01
Youtube 5.5.27
Welcome to your enema cleansed VZW S4 mini.
