What verizon apps are safe to delete!

[Pinesal]

Hey, guys, when I get my S3 on Wednesday, I'm going to root it ASAP.

I want to remove as much bloatware as I can without losing the cool and useful things Samsung has added to their UI. Like S-voice the eyeball watching thing, the gestures etc are all things I want to keep.

What I don't want is verizon nag screens and useless apps and adware that they put on.

Any suggestions or point me to a thread where this is already talked about?

 

[antawnm26]

Geez No response yet? I would like to know this as well....

 

[blackhemi4x4]

Id like to know to. In the mean time, I just hid them. There was only 4 apps from VZ and the only one that I use is the mobile hotspot app.

VZ mobile, apps, and nav are hidden and never seem to show up in my running apps.

 

[SightSeeker]

I've froze in titanium backup without issue so far...

Allshare (All 3 of them)
Amazon Kindle
Apps 3.05.78
ColorGoogle+
Guided Tours
Keis air (Both)
Media Hub
Music Hub
S Suggest
S Voice
Samsung Account
V Cast Tones
Voicemail
VPN Client
VZ Nav
Yahoo (both)

 

[garypen]

Do either of the Kies apps need to be enabled in order to receive OTA updates?

 

[ExodusC]

I would recommend using an app like Titanium Backup that has the capability to freeze applications rather than deleting them, so you can play around with it and disable what you don't use or don't like.

I also recommend using the standard ICS application disabling capabilities first, then using a solution like Titanium Backup for those apps that cannot normally be disabled.

For the record, on my Verizon S3 I have roughly 30 applications frozen/disabled.

 

[seoulstyle]

I actually worked in the opposite direction. I flashed the stripped version onto my phone and then manually added back the apps that I wanted to keep via Root Explorer. The only apps that I added back were Divx, Video Player, and Music FX. The phone runs fast and battery life has been GODLIKE.

Stripped ROM thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759642