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Root Explorer - Uninstalling Apps

Hey all,
So I went ahead and uninstalled stock apps using Root Explorer All went well & I'm happy enough. Boot speed alone has went from several minutes to <1. Less processes running, more RAM etc, it's all good
Question - I have installed Titanium Backup and I notice after a backup that the stock apps I uninstalled are still mentioned in the log file with a line through their name. There must be traces of each app still remaining. I'm sure Titanium would have removed them cleanly, but using root explorer I only removed the .apk from the system/app directory. I take it this was the dirty way to uninstall? Which directories should I look for for a manual clear out?
I'm new to linux based systems, but I want to learn & I can't leave traces of old files lying around cuz I'll have nightmares
Thanks for any info,
Rixter

Actually when you remove with titantium backup most apps will also stay with just a line through them.
Could you add to this topic some of the apps you removed? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046699

Just did
Didn't have much to add but thought I would post my results anyway & advise against one of the earlier recommendations.
Cheers,
Rixter

I used setinstalllocation2 before rooting, then after root uninstalling some bloatware the stock android process list was still showing traces on my sd card.
After clearing caches using cache mate for root users all traces are gone.

[Q] Deleting Files

Now that I have 'rooted' my Iconia Tab a500, and thank you to the folks on here for making the process very simple, what is the app I should use to delete some of the unwanted blotware? I have looked at several file managers but do not see the option for delete. Any suggestions appreciated.
Thank you
TJ

I used Root Uninstaller (Pro). By the way, don't uninstall things, it's better to 'freeze' them (the app is capable of doing that). That way you don't delete anything accidentally, and the frozen apps won't start or show up in the menu.
The free version of Root Uninstaller can freeze, but cannot unfreeze the apps (you need Pro for that). It can uninstall them however, but then they're gone forever unless you can get them from somewhere else.

adancau said:
I used Root Uninstaller (Pro). By the way, don't uninstall things, it's better to 'freeze' them (the app is capable of doing that). That way you don't delete anything accidentally, and the frozen apps won't start or show up in the menu.
The free version of Root Uninstaller can freeze, but cannot unfreeze the apps (you need Pro for that). It can uninstall them however, but then they're gone forever unless you can get them from somewhere else.
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Titanium Backup can freeze/backup/uninstall, etc - IMHO it's the best you can get

By the way, what exactly is 'freezing'? I know what it does in principle, but I'm curious about HOW it does it Thanks.

"Freezing" to open more ROM space?
Perhaps "freezing" means the program will not be loaded in ROM or RAM, not sure. If this is true, this would be a way to make more space available in ROM. Comments?

Titanium Backup cannot restore all Apps to 2.3.4 ROMs

Hello everyone,
I am pretty sure this has been brought up by many others in various other sub-forums of XDA, but I have never had this issue prior to yesterday's update. let me break it down real quick.
So basically I had an Atrix that was flashed with the HKTW version of 2.3.4 GB. Prior to that, I had backed up all my apps from the Froyo Rom and used it to restore to Gingerbread and everything restored fine, every single app was reinstalled.
However, since that version of 2.3.4 has so many bugs, I decided to finally update to the official ATT version of it, using Ken's ROM. Again, prior to flashing I backed up the apps using Titanium backup and proceeded with the flashing.
After all is done, I went ahead to try restoring the apps, but less than half of them got restored. over a hundred of my apps (and the critical ones too) do not get restored. I ran the batch for restoring missing apps, but it just blitz through all the apps without prompting installation. Thus, those apps don't get installed at all in the phone.
Is there something i should be doing to get these other apps installed? I've never had an issue like this, and it's really giving me a hard time. I have even tried different roms of the 2.3.4 variant and nothing is making a difference.
Please, any help is appreciated.
p.s. I read someone in another forum mention he resolved a similar issue by using My Backup Pro. How can you use My Backup to restore TiBu files?

doing individual restores won't work?

dLo GSR said:
doing individual restores won't work?
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How do I do so kind sir? I'm still not quite familiar with TiBu after all this time haha.
Also, in case this matters, the apps under the Restore Missing Apps Batch are all crossed out, and you can only select or deselect them. Funny part is, the apps that installed properly were also crossed out so it's all really weird now.

aquariuz23 said:
Hello everyone,
I am pretty sure this has been brought up by many others in various other sub-forums of XDA, but I have never had this issue prior to yesterday's update. let me break it down real quick.
So basically I had an Atrix that was flashed with the HKTW version of 2.3.4 GB. Prior to that, I had backed up all my apps from the Froyo Rom and used it to restore to Gingerbread and everything restored fine, every single app was reinstalled.
However, since that version of 2.3.4 has so many bugs, I decided to finally update to the official ATT version of it, using Ken's ROM. Again, prior to flashing I backed up the apps using Titanium backup and proceeded with the flashing.
After all is done, I went ahead to try restoring the apps, but less than half of them got restored. over a hundred of my apps (and the critical ones too) do not get restored. I ran the batch for restoring missing apps, but it just blitz through all the apps without prompting installation. Thus, those apps don't get installed at all in the phone.
Is there something i should be doing to get these other apps installed? I've never had an issue like this, and it's really giving me a hard time. I have even tried different roms of the 2.3.4 variant and nothing is making a difference.
Please, any help is appreciated.
p.s. I read someone in another forum mention he resolved a similar issue by using My Backup Pro. How can you use My Backup to restore TiBu files?
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What are "the critical ones" are you talking about?

Seems like a lot of folks had problems when they restored apps after flashing to 2.3.4.
I just reloaded everything from the app store to avoid issues.

GerardAnthony said:
What are "the critical ones" are you talking about?
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Lol! Tbh, I can't actually remember what are all the critical ones. I know my Root Explorer and My Backup Root did not install. Other things like the different apps for my widget are also missing.
I actually found out why I cant restore those Apps. They were missing the APKs from the TiBu backup folder. for example, my Engadget App only has 2 files, a tar file and properties file. I'm guessing those 2 are the data files?

That is weird. i haven't any problems restoring apps. I know there was some problems with an older version of Titanium Backup.

*Double post*

Yeah, i never had a problem before, but this time, most of my backups are missing the Apk files. Now I'm gonna have to revert further back and loose some apps. Hopefully I'm not losing too much. I can't remember how many apps I installed since my last backup.

aquariuz23 said:
Lol! Tbh, I can't actually remember what are all the critical ones. I know my Root Explorer and My Backup Root did not install. Other things like the different apps for my widget are also missing.
I actually found out why I cant restore those Apps. They were missing the APKs from the TiBu backup folder. for example, my Engadget App only has 2 files, a tar file and properties file. I'm guessing those 2 are the data files?
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Don't think it's a TiBU 2.34 compatibility issue... must be something else going on as all my 2.3.4 restores have been fine and i have both of the examples you mentioned Root Explorer and My Backup Root...

I think its a 5.4.2A problem as I haven't been able to install some apps on any rom based of that build
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It may have been that when you set up backups on HKTW 2.3.4 that you mistakenly hit the radio button for data only and it overwrote your app and data backups.
You aren't completely dead in the water... You can download the apps again and then restore the data you have.

[Q] Safe bloatware to remove

Hi I have an A100 that I just picked up and rooted, seeing how this section is more developed I was wondering if you guys can tell me what apps can be removed. Without having a custom recovery Im being super cautious. Thanks

bowtieduece said:
Hi I have an A100 that I just picked up and rooted, seeing how this section is more developed I was wondering if you guys can tell me what apps can be removed. Without having a custom recovery Im being super cautious. Thanks
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Before removing any sort of bloatware I would suggest creating a recovery image in case something goes wrong. The last thing you want to do is brick your device and not have a backup you can restore to.
If done properly, there should be quite a bit you can remove. I remember removing bloat off of my A500, until I found ROMS like Lightspeed that basically removed all the bloat already. I would check the dev section for Lightspeed and see what apps have been removed from it to give you a better idea of what could be removed.

hardslog said:
Before removing any sort of bloatware I would suggest creating a recovery image in case something goes wrong. The last thing you want to do is brick your device and not have a backup you can restore to.
If done properly, there should be quite a bit you can remove. I remember removing bloat off of my A500, until I found ROMS like Lightspeed that basically removed all the bloat already. I would check the dev section for Lightspeed and see what apps have been removed from it to give you a better idea of what could be removed.
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There is no recovery for the A100, otherwise I would. I don't plan on removing them completely just changing .apk to .bak in root explorer. Ive also made a backup of the system with Titanium backup

bowtieduece said:
There is no recovery for the A100, otherwise I would. I don't plan on removing them completely just changing .apk to .bak in root explorer. Ive also made a backup of the system with Titanium backup
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Any 3rd party app which isnt google related you can remove.
Anything further than that isnt really necessary since the other apks are so small in size. Unless you see something eating up ram that youre curious about than just give me the app name and Ill tell you weather you should be able to or not. I dont know the complete list of what can or cant be removed but I know the andriod OS well enough to have an idea of the things you definately need. Ive also done a lot of trial and error on both my phone and tablet lol.
Also, i suggest using titanium backup to freeze the apps and run the phone a few days to make sure you dont get any issues.

Just when I modify any bloatware it could lead to problems when taking updates
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BrianDigital said:
Just when I modify any bloatware it could lead to problems when taking updates
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What do you mean?

Best bloatware remover for a rooted SM-G935T?

Hello mates, I am new to XDA and first and foremost I want thank to thank all contributors and developers for providing amazing tricks, tutorials, and features for all device users.
I own an S7 Edge under T-Mobile carrier (SM-G935T) and last time I tried to remove bloatware/system apps using Titanium Backup I believe I deleted necessary system apps that I shouldn't have deleted.
So my question for you guys is:
What app should I use or which app is the BEST out there that will help me disable ALL UNNECESSARY BLOATWARE without messing up the phone? I've heard of System App Remover Pro, Titanium Backup... but I don't know if Titanium itself would do the work. (I believe I could if I could get a list of Bloatware that can be removed with no problem)
Thank you guys, any help will be appreciated.

Just Google what each package does and then use titanium to freeze/uninstall them
If it sounds important then it most likely is
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FNGHobo said:
Just Google what each package does and then use titanium to freeze/uninstall them
If it sounds important then it most likely is
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Thank you amigo! Will do that right now

purotijuana said:
Thank you amigo! Will do that right now
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Honestly, I'd stay away from something as invasive as Titanium backup these days. If you do use it use the freeze feature (Only paid version).
They way I did it, I simply went into App Manager and disable natively anything that I could. For system Apps that won't allow me to disable that I know I can safely disable without screwing things up (not very many anymore) I use Package Disabler Pro from the Play Store. You can safely enable and disable system Apps.

Best way to get rid of bloat is install the u firmware.
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Don't bother uninstalling system app bloats, just freeze with titanium backup. if you screwed up and froze the wrong file you can always unfreeze. Uninstalling won't get you any extra storage since you can't install user apps in the system partition anyways.

maximus96 said:
Don't bother uninstalling system app bloats, just freeze with titanium backup. if you screwed up and froze the wrong file you can always unfreeze. Uninstalling won't get you any extra storage since you can't install user apps in the system partition anyways.
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Titanium backup is a nice way to go, but you need root.
I have seen Remove ALL Bloatware from any Android Smartphone without Root
ADB for Windows is a nice way to start.
You can google that as well.
I want to remove the bloat myself, but I am wait for 7 to drop then start cleaning house.
Good luck to ya! :good:

serendipityguy said:
Titanium backup is a nice way to go, but you need root.
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Well yes of course, the OP requested best remover for rooted S7E. If not rooted, the recommendation would have been for EZ Package Disabler or equivalent.