Uninstalling HTC Blinkfeed

[E-TARD_The_LifeCaster]

I have a Rooted HTC One M7 that's all up to date: android 4.4.2 HTC sense v6.0 Software v5.03.651.3
I also have titanium installed & I have uninstalled apps that I don't want that came with the OS using the titanium uninstaller

yes I know you can turn off Blinkfeed but why waste the phone space.

What I want to know is if I uninstall HTC Blinkfeed v6.1.773850
will it F up the phone in anyway???

 

[JoeNeckbone]

I have a Rooted HTC One M7 that's all up to date
I also have titanium installed & I have uninstalled apps that I don't want that came with the OS using the titanium uninstaller

yes I know you can turn off Blinkfeed but why waste the phone space.

What I want to know is if I uninstall HTC Blinkfeed v6.1.773850
will it F up the phone in anyway??

Nandroid backup and let us know.

Sent from my kangaroo powered Inverted ViperONE using Tapatalk 2

 

[E-TARD_The_LifeCaster]

So that's all the replays I'm going to get

Well I did some looking around & found that the name of the APK for Blinkfeed is "launcherUpdateScreen.apk" that made me fear full about removing it.
So I ask again can I remove it???
I'm running HTC Sense UI everything is stock I have just unlocked & rooted the phone

Oh more ? I have can I delete gmail.apk I don't want it & want to know if I remove it will it F up my phone???

Is there a list of what's safe to remove & what's not safe to remove???

 

[Kannz2]

any time I tried to disable or remove Blinkfeed from my m7 the launcher would stop working. good thing before I tried disabling it I did a backup. (Dont bother trying to disable) the best that can be done to is it go into your settings and remove blinkfeed from the page itself.

 

[E-TARD_The_LifeCaster]

Thank you

any time I tried to disable or remove Blinkfeed from my m7 the launcher would stop working. good thing before I tried disabling it I did a backup. (Dont bother trying to disable) the best that can be done to is it go into your settings and remove blinkfeed from the page itself.

thank you & I have already done just that.
so from here on I will give up on removing it
but do you update Blinkfeed or see any point in updating it when you see Blinkfeed come up in the play store?

also got any input on gmail.apk?

 

[Kannz2]

If you don't use Gmail then I'm sure you could remove it. Although I would freeze it first to see if it causes any problems. It may mess with hangouts or other Google Apps.

 

[Sloth]

Use a third party launcher...Nova,Apex,ADW,Next,ect.

 

[sauprankul]

Use a third party launcher...Nova,Apex,ADW,Next,ect.

This is exactly what I was going to say. Honestly, there's nothing good about the Sense launcher except for blink feed, so if you're want to "desensitize" your phone, you can do that via Ti. I would freeze HTC Weather, blinkfeed, and service pack. I did that once, and I didn't see any negative effects. Once you're confident with that, you can defrost then delete those apps via Ti. Make a backup if your setup is valuable.

Oh yeah, you'll lose all lock screen shortcuts if you delete blink feed, so keep that in mind.

 

[E-TARD_The_LifeCaster]

Thanks for all the replies everyone

Thanks for all the replies everyone

I'm a upper level android user & that's only because I'm a hardcore Linux user
but changing things like the launcher & other things beyond that is too advanced for me.
I have fears of bricking my phone, so I keep everything stock & just root/unlock/s-off etc...
but stay stock.
As for the Blinkfeed I will just leave that turned off & alone
but even with it off should I update Blinkfeed?? there is an update for it in the play store.

As for the gmail I will try & freeze it & see what happens.
the Google user I have for my phone, I don't use the gmail.
the user I made is just for my phone, the only thing I use it for to just to access the play store & that is only to get free apps.

I have another gmail user that I use for email but I don't trust checking email over a phone so I don't. (I work in computer & network security so I'm always paranoid about security)

 

[orangekid]

Thanks for all the replies everyone

I'm a upper level android user & that's only because I'm a hardcore Linux user
but changing things like the launcher & other things beyond that is too advanced for me.
I have fears of bricking my phone, so I keep everything stock & just root/unlock/s-off etc...
but stay stock.

For future reference, root/S-OFF/unlock is a much higher percentage for bricking your phone than installing a launcher APK, which has about a zero percent chance.

So you should feel safe installing Nova or any other launcher that you want if that will help your situation...

 

[E-TARD_The_LifeCaster]

well I have confidence in doing that because I have done it soo many time & I understand all of it but there are areas of Android I just have not had the time to learn.
with a third-party launcher does the old one keep running in the background? & can the old be remove all the way?

 

[orangekid]

well I have confidence in doing that because I have done it soo many time & I understand all of it but there are areas of Android I just have not had the time to learn.
with a third-party launcher does the old one keep running in the background? & can the old be remove all the way?

A third party launcher is just another app. When you first install it, it asks you which launcher you want to use by default, or you can select either launcher every time you press the home key.

If you ever want to you can remove the new launcher via uninstalling the app and it just defaults back to the old one, exactly as you had it.

Just think of it as a normal app, it has about as much chance of bricking your phone as Candy Crush.