[Q] Dialer and Contact application - Galaxy 3 General

Hello,
after going through various threads about building roms...replacing and removing applications...i found the following threads very informative-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049846
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005512
But,i'm still not clear about replacing the Dialer and the contact applications..
I want to use Gocontacts and Godialer instead of the stock ones. It would b really helpful if someone could share some information regarding what applications need to b removed if i want to do tht. Some of the applications that i think are related to it are-
Contacts.apk
ContactsProvider.apk
Phone.apk
dialertabactivity.apk

Oh C'mon guys....Nobody has any clue abt it
A little help won't hurt

You don't need to remove anything. Just install the apps and replace shortcuts.

yes i did the same...but i still have both the dialers and messaging app...now already our phone has a low internal memory and in my phone there's just 60mb of tht left...so i was thinking it might save me an extra 10mb or so

I believe that it's better to keep the stock apps in case something stops working.
Besides, the "third place" apps are stored in data partition, while stock ones in system. So deleting stock apps won't free you app space.

Yeah i searched several other threads and found that dialer apps are necessary coz of the incoming calls...and deleting them will cause instability
though the messaging app can b deleted...thanks for the reply though
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Related

Removing Peep

I'm using Panorama MoTweets now so would like to remove
HTC's Peep completely from my phone,
could someone hold my hand and talk me thru the process please ?
Anyone ?
Surely others have removed this largely useless App ?
As its one of the apps shipped with the phone (or bloatware) its not as simple as just uninstalling it...........
You could just go into the appropriate folder and delete all the files.................
And relevant registry entries.........................
(I wouldnt advise that though........).
Or you could flash a custom ROM that has things such as peep stripped out.......
Hope that helps......
Thanx mate,I realised it was set pretty deep within
the system that's why I asked for a step by step guide,I'm unsure
which steps to take and in which order.
I can't help you with that I'm afraid.....
I've not removed it myself..... sorry.
why remove it why not just turn the tab off and sign out of it?
Well that was easy thanx Demon_man,nice simple fix.
Would still like to explore complete removal and free up some more Device memory.
remove un-used ringtones, message tones, wallpapers, animated wallpapers, clear cache

The Tweak Thread (Advanced Eris Stuff) minor update 10/30/10

Hey all i created this thread for ADVANCED users (and some newbies lol) so that i can better help users tweak and improve performance on their eris. My inbox was getting crazy so i thought this would be better i will still take pm questions but it would be better if we can all learn here. This isn't really a place to report bugs as it would be better to contact your respective developer or post in that developers thread. I will try my very best to get the best performance out of your eris and hopefully we will have some fun along the way. So hopefully this can help take some of the load off of the developers threads and reduce noob-age.
I ONLY ASK THAT IF USERS WANT TO TWEAK I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU EITHER..........
1) PURCHASE ROOT EXPLORER FROM THE MARKET OR THE FREE ESTRONGS FILE EXPLORER APP FROM THE MARKET WHICH ALSO ALLOWS ROOT ACCESS AS WELL.... BUT I THINK ROOT EXPLORER IS BETTER IMHO.
2) HAVE ADB SET UP FOR YOURSELVES AT HOME OR KNOWLEDGEABLE OF ADB. I WILL NOT HELP YOU SET UP ADB OR THE SDK
ALSO I RECOMEND PURCHING THE FULL VERSION OF TITANIUM BACKUP AS IT IS AN INVALUABLE TOOL FOR ROOTED USERS AND MAKES BACKING UP AND TWEAKING MUCH EASIER FOR NEWBIES PLUS IT HAS SOME REALLY AWSOME FEATURES
so hopefully this will give us fun things to do in between releases from our devs. And always remember to donate to these awesome awesome eris devs for their hard work and commitment to us.
i want to keep an open discussion thread, nothing is off the table.
kernels
kitchens
cooking
roms
tweaks
hacks
apps
fixes
workarounds
you name it lets talk
lets figure it out together while learning along the way
Things are always changing so if you see any errors or things that need to be updated please let me know and i will be more than happy to get the correct information posted.
Moving apks and deleting dulicates...make your system efficient
YOU need either rootexplorer OR be ADB inclined to do the following....
i was thinking while doing some root exploring of ways to make this rom more solid and here are a few tips i thought everyone could use.
IF YOU DONT HAVE DUPLICATES DONT KILL YOURSELF SEARCHING JUST CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY. AND YOU DONT NEED THIS POST
FIRST
when i flash a Rom i always do my set up. here is an overview of what i do when i flash........
-i flash the Rom
-then i login to google as normal so i can receive Titanium Backup (TB) and Root Explorer (RE) from the market updates
if someone could be kind enough to give us a sample command to use terminal to install apps from the sd would be a great shortcut for us
-move those two apps from data/app to system/app
-then i do a full wipe (huh a full wipe you say....system files are never wiped....they can only be flashed over, so TB and RE will still be there)
-clean nand (so if you get crazy and screw up you can easily start over)
-Rom surgery
-Restore
-login to google last and sync
-batt tweaks and extras
this process IMHO makes your rom way more efficient than flashing, login and syncing.
OK
first thing i do when i flash a rom is to remove junk
i navigate with either explorer to system/app folder
then i remove all the useless apps i dont use, need or want
AND/OR remove the "ONE USE" apps (like setupwizard.apk only need it once or none at all if your a pro )
this reduces the ROMs footprint making it smaller
the smaller the Rom the better the faster
here are some things i like to rip out of system/app folder....
ADWLauncher.apk (make sure you have another launcher first i use lanucher pro)
Mail.apk (i use gmail)
Twitter.apk (i currently dont tweet)
ProTips.apk
HtcCalibrate.apk (after i calibrate of course)
Launcher2.apk(why have a bunch of other launchers you dont use hogging memory get rid of them)
MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk (this dont work for me but other do)
Carhomegoogle.apk ONLY
etc. there are others you can remove as well depending on you
and we will experiment to find more......
NEXT
i like to move IMPORTANT apks or apps from the data/app folder to the system/app folder epically if your Rom dev has not updated the gapps lately or you cant get access to the latest gapps.zip.
if you do not then you will end up with a lot of duplicate apps installed in your system when ever you receive a gapps update and that wastes memory and will cause memory issues in the future and it screws with autokiller
i like to move my favorite launcher (launcher pro paid) to the same place where launchers go, in the system/app folder (why have your launcher where regular apps go and get killed by autokiller) i think this is better for the system and doesn't hog your app data space plus it adds stability to your launcher.
here are some things i like to move into system/app.....
i like move into system/app are
launchers (stabilze launcher)
keyboards (should speed up keyboard strokes)
root tools and IMPORTANT apps (R.E. T.B.)
security apps (never deleted or wiped in case of theft, hoping thief is not nerdy)
any of the latest gapps update
and some others
this way if any issue occurs wipe and restore is easy as pie
IMPORTANT: APPS IN THE SYSTEM FOLDERS DO NOT GET WIPED OR DELETED DURING A FACTORY DATA WIPE OR DALVIK WIPE.....THEY CAN ONLY BE FLASHED OVER BY A ROM(OVERWRITTEN)
APPS IN THE DATA FOLDERS WILL GET DELETED DURING A FACTORY WIPE......BUT NOT DALVIK
i know we are ALL have at least one pair of identical (double apks in the system)
-but the identical apks have different names
-on is in data/app the other is in system/app
if you have updated ANY google app then chances are that you may have some double apps on your system wasting. when we update these google apks 'think' the rom comes with the apk already and is stored in the protected system/app folder WHILE the actual update is stored in the data/app folder (or where regular apps go) under a different name
EXAMPLE
google maps
-MAPS.apk ........is stored system/app
-com.google.android.app.map-1.apk........is stored in the data/app (this is the latest update of google maps and should replace the older MAPS.apk in system/app)
-these are the SAME APKs
hmmm so think gmaps is 5-6 megs in size and you have 2 of them so thats like 10-12 megs in your system, get rid of the old one.
there are two thing you can do here with two different benefits
-you can either remove the copy from either the data OR system folders depending on what you prefer.
if you remove the old app from system/app that means easier updates with now file moving BUT less app storage
OR move from data/app to system/app which means less FCs, more other app memory, and dealing with future updates and moving each app.
i like to move the new apks to the system/app where they belong
unstable Launcher PRO
my launcher was very unstable for a while wasn't a big deal for me
soo i decided to move my launcher to the system/app folder like all the other launchers....
I think the instability of that launcher was because of AUTOKILLER thinking this is just a regular app in data/app which it was at the moment. i may be wrong but autokiller doesnt kill system apps. so i move my launcher there and guess what now my launcher is much better and faster and stable beacuse you now have lots more memory.
SPEED TIP: in spare parts speed up your transition and animation windows to FAST
MOVING APPS ADVANCED SHORTCUT
i finally figure out a great short cut for moving apps
-first rename and put your favorite file manager (ROOT EXPLO) onto the sd.
to be even faster rename and put your launcher and TB on there too.
-after flashing a rom bypass the setup (touch the android screen) to home screen.
-open terminal
-type
SU
cd sdcard
busybox install yourapp.apk /data/app
-now you have the file explorer ready to go
instead of trying to restore wipe restore.
and hopefully you know what to do next.
so to summarize...
-get rid of junk you dont use and free up that memory
-move apps to the proper locations in system/app AND/OR data/app
-make sure you dont have multiple google apps using different names
"MAPS.apk" and "com.google.android.app.map-1.apk" IS THE SAME APP IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. remove the old and put the new in system/app
make sure your main launcher is in system app so it doesn't keep getting killed by auto killer settings and reloading
Replace THESE apps = with THESE apps
system/app = data/app
Gmail.apk = com.google.android.apps.gm-1.apk
ChrometoPhone.apk = com.google.android.apps.chrometophone-1.apk
Maps.apk = com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk
CarHomeGoogle.apk = com.google.android.carhome-1.apk
GoogleSearch.apk = com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox-1.apk
Googles.apk = com.google.android.appsunveil-1.apk
SuperUser.apk = com.noshufou.android.su-1.apk
AutoKiller = com.rs.autokiller-2.apk
TitaniumBackup = com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup-2.apk
Twittter = (forget)
Voice= com.google.android.apps.gv-1.apk i think
YouTube=
delete OLD in system/app = move NEW from data/app to system/app
YES i did all those with success more memory and speed and a massive increase in overall Rom stability
there may be more
BUT ALL THESE HAVE DUPLICATE APPS USING DIFFERENT NAMES stored in data/app and/or system/app WHEN the latest update should be system/app IMHO to prevent AUTOKILLER from always killing i believe autokiller will try to kill data apps first before system apps.
i still have my auto killer set at optimum and things work even better now
and i gained 25mb of system memory no more Force closes
Batt tweak custom set up process (a 1-2 day process to complete)
How to increase battery life
first off battery life depends on many factors.....
where you live, work, and the daily place you travel to.
im one of the lucky ones who has a cell tower down the street from me here in S. FL.
WARNING: IF you multitask alllllll day on your phone then this is not for you.This is more beneficial when your phone is at rest or in an idle state or screen off state.
Others may not be so lucky and may live in a bad signal area....which causes your phone to constantly search and listen for signals.
Also battery life could depend on the widgets you use or apps that you have active.
Example: Beautiful Widgets beautiful home is a constantly running app that also
-on occasion activates the GPS to acquire location
-on occasion downloads update weather data
Example: Facebook Widget
-by default update statuses every 15 minutes, so every 15 minutes its downloading data
so i usually adjust these settings to my personal liking
Now for the battery calibration process and how it works
Decad3nce port of Colins_ph batt tweak allows us to use some setcpu profiles without setcpu.
Setcpu and its widgets were resource monsters crippling our system and drain battery life as well. kiss setcpu goodbye we wont be needing it anymore.
the batt tweak calibration process takes some patience as the entire process could take 1-3 days to complete depending. Also i highly recommend using the latest CFS kernel by Conap as it provides extra battery savings
we will be running colins batt tweak during the calibration process so that both calibrate together, which makes a lot of sense as opposed to doning them separately.
here is the process and DS's custom settings for batt tweak 1 (the first release)
please remember to prepare yourself not to interrupt the process. the draining process may die while you are at work or during an emergency. so be prepared to have little use of your phone.
-flash latest CFS kernel found here
-flash batt tweak attached at the bottom of this post until its updated and fixed....more info in thread here
-turn off phone and let charge for a few hours or more to ensure that it is full
-when ready boot into recovery mode and wipe the batt stats and power off
-unplug phone and power on (charging cable not needed) you may experience weird battery levels or fast draining (this is normal)
-immediately open TERMINAL and activate colins_ batt tweak
with command batt-cfg and go to option 3 and input these settings........
I think this works much better
this schedueler keeps the cpu much lower
here if anyone want to try it out
underclock
ondemand
anticipatory
19200
710400
19200
710400
19200
710400 (ONLY IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN 768000)
90
15
15
15
- close terminal and operate phone normally if you want...i highly suggest leaving it alone as much as possible until it drains completely dead.
-use a cpu monitoring app just to make sure the cpu is idle i have seen mine dip down 80mhz if not then you need to kill active open apps
-let phone naturally drain completely until its dead (could take a full day or two mine was 48hrs with some usage)
-when dead make sure by pressing power rapidly a few times
-while off let phone recharge for as long as possible maybe four hours or more the mor the better
-when ready unplug phone and turn on
-when powered on reactivate batt tweak using terminal batt-cfg, then option 9 to save and your done (once setup all you need is option 9 to save and reactivate)
-wtf DS my phone is on but reads less than 100% battery. this is normal replug while on and let charge to full
- when full the process is now complete and you can use phone as normal
REMEMBER THAT SOME ROMS DO NOT ACTIVATE THE TWEAK AND YOU WILL NEED TO DO SO UNTIL YOUR DEV AS ADD THE SCRIPT TO ACTIVATE ON A REBOOT. SO UNTIL THEN OPTION 9 IN BATT TWEAK WILL DO THIS
use an app like system panel or seepu to look at cpu speeds make sure the cpu isnt running at 100%.
try to close apps if you see this but a reboot usually fixes this.
these settings allow for the cpu to use lower clock speeds when idle. much lower than the stock 245000 settings yes were going to the minimum 19200 with little to no side effects or slow downs, but the benefits are more when in a idle state. But it WILL drain at about same rate when your using it heavily.
make sure the tweak is running by either opening terminal and enter pidof batt.sh you should see the processing id number if its running.
OR for a full read out of stats do batt-diag
and observe the time in state read out at the bottom. if you see values next to the 19200 clock speeds........SUCCESS!
PS if you screen on time is 3 hours and your phone is dead, DONT BLAME THE BATT TWEAK....BLAME YOURSELF !
ENJOY
alright now lets get some real stuff in here....lol
jdog94 said:
alright now lets get some real stuff in here....lol
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just trying to a make a nice neat place to put all my post on past tweaks for users and to do some advanced stuff in the future stay tuned
DS36 said:
just trying to a make a nice neat place to put all my post on past tweaks for users and to do some advanced stuff in the future stay tuned
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good, i need this!
Great idea"!"!!
HAI! Hau do i route mai fone? I wantz haxorz warez an wireles heatherin fo free intanetz!
So seriously, is this a fan-club for DS? I'm totally in if it is.
sticktodrum said:
HAI! Hau do i route mai fone? I wantz haxorz warez an wireles heatherin fo free intanetz!
So seriously, is this a fan-club for DS? I'm totally in if it is.
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LMAO can you please please be my threads personal comedian
Keep this thread development related or Ill move it to General, Is this a support thread or something? Something about tweaks?
Its all about me
Captainkrtek said:
Keep this thread development related or Ill move it to General, Is this a support thread or something? Something about tweaks?
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this is a thread to help old and new users tweak and mod their phones and other advanced stuff
trying to put all the knowledgeable stuff in to one easy thread and it will be dev related
im just started this thread im not done i have lots to do here
my in box is getting a little crazy
this should benefit all and provides basic dev techniques and instruction
this is the beginning stages
plus should reduce the number of faqs for everyone
less fights
less arguments
and less captainrtek (but thats not a bad thing)
DS36 said:
this is a thread to help old and new users tweak and mod their phones and other advanced stuff
trying to put all the knowledgeable stuff in to one easy thread and it will be dev related
im just started this thread im not done i have lots to do here
my in box is getting a little crazy
this should benefit all and provides basic dev techniques and instruction
this is the beginning stages
plus should reduce the number of faqs for everyone
less fights
less arguments
and less captainrtek (but thats not a bad thing)
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Haha gotcha, and thanks
Thanks in advance, DS.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Thanks in advance, DS.
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Looking forward to working together with everyone learning along the way.
Will be post new batt tweak setting in the morn keep an eye out
Do not up date to the latest version of batt tweak it doesn't work.
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
Brilliant.
sticktodrum said:
HAI! Hau do i route mai fone? I wantz haxorz warez an wireles heatherin fo free intanetz!
So seriously, is this a fan-club for DS? I'm totally in if it is.
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Lol I haz cheez burger
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
rick311 said:
good, i need this!
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hey man are you ready
im going to post in the third POST what i have written down so far
but its NOT complete yet....so take a gander
DS36 said:
hey man are you ready
im going to post in the third POST what i have written down so far
but its NOT complete yet....so take a gander
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ok, i did all the setting tweaks that you recommend. do i have to input them every time i reboot? i dont see a setting that restores my previous settings.
Hey DS,
Great idea to help newbs like me! So after reading your first two posts I looked where my apps are, and every one of them seems to be in system/app... I checked in data/ and can't see anything in there (unless it's sdcard/data, in which case I have folders for Beautiful Widgets and Titanium). I'm using the EStrongs FE, although I don't think that would make a difference. Also, couldn't find any of the duplicate apps you were talking about either (I only have com.google.android.apps.maps.apk, for example). I'm on xtrROM 4.6 and used Titanium Backup to restore my apps.

Dialer app and other unneeded apps.

I keep finding Dialer running on my 101. How do I remove it entirely and what other apps can I remove?
Sent from my A101IT using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
First of all your device must done permanent rooted.
I had used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930197
After rooted you can move/remove these apps from /system/app to /sdcard/backup via Root Explorer app.
- DemoMode.apk
- OnlineRegistration.apk
- Protips.apk
- QuickSearchBox.apk
- StartupWizard.apk
- TelephonyProvider.apk
- Phone.apk <-- when you move/remove this app an error message will show as force close, reboot your device.
Do it with your own risk.
jakkrith said:
First of all your device must done permanent rooted.
I had used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930197
After rooted you can move/remove these apps from /system/app to /sdcard/backup via Root Explorer app.
- DemoMode.apk
- OnlineRegistration.apk
- Protips.apk
- QuickSearchBox.apk
- StartupWizard.apk
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Yeah these can go. There is another one the firmware upgrade thing I don't have access to my device just now but I suspect it can go too.
jakkrith said:
- TelephonyProvider.apk
- Phone.apk <-- when you move/remove this app an error message will show as force close, reboot your device.
Do it with your own risk.
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And again with the TelephonyProvider.apk and Phone.apk. I can't understand why people want to remove them.
It's not because the Archos is not a phone that they are not needed to support the Android operating system and all the apps that you are going to be install.
TelephonyProvider.apk is only 49k and probably does contain no real functionality only entrypoints for other apps that expect the functionality to be there.
Phone.apk contains the complete contacts management and probably also some empty entrypoints that other applications expect.
So even IF you could remove them it would cripple about 50% of all apps you could install via the market.
wdl1908 said:
And again with the TelephonyProvider.apk and Phone.apk. I can't understand why people want to remove them.
It's not because the Archos is not a phone that they are not needed to support the Android operating system and all the apps that you are going to be install.
TelephonyProvider.apk is only 49k and probably does contain no real functionality only entrypoints for other apps that expect the functionality to be there.
Phone.apk contains the complete contacts management and probably also some empty entrypoints that other applications expect.
So even IF you could remove them it would cripple about 50% of all apps you could install via the market.
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I'm noticing this is a real bugbear for you!
I think people initially started asking about this because of this thread on the Nook forum. It was suggested that removing these would shut off the cell standby service, and improve battery life ... dramatically.
Have to say, I'm using Uruk 0.5, which has Telephony.apk and phone.apk removed, and have not had any problems installing any apps, using contacts etc.
fisha21 said:
I'm noticing this is a real bugbear for you!
I think people initially started asking about this because of this thread on the Nook forum. It was suggested that removing these would shut off the cell standby service, and improve battery life ... dramatically.
Have to say, I'm using Uruk 0.5, which has Telephony.apk and phone.apk removed, and have not had any problems installing any apps, using contacts etc.
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Good for you did you read the thread? on page 14 ther are some interesting observations about removing those files. It does not affect battery life. But I guess impression are everything. Anyway I still suspect people are going to run into trouble by removing these things.
wdl1908 said:
Good for you did you read the thread? on page 14 ther are some interesting observations about removing those files. It does not affect battery life. But I guess impression are everything. Anyway I still suspect people are going to run into trouble by removing these things.
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have to say, no I didn't read much of that thread! Doubt it's something I would have bothered removing myself, but thought I'd mention that the setup I'm using hd them removed and it didn't seem to be causing any problems.
Though, if I do get odd problems with contacts, apps not working properly, I'll know what to check first, won't I
After removed TelephonyProvider.apk and Phone.apk I have not found any problem about Market app download. Contact app still work fine and can sync with Google contact.
I can't see noticeable battery saving by removing both phone.apk and telephoneprovider.apk; but agree removing them don't have any negative effects so far

[SHARE] Using the best out of CM7 a9

DISCLAIMER: This is a share of my experience for better usage. It might not work the best for you. You do this at your own risk. !
Hi there!
If use use this lovely G3 with CM7 a9 as your daily driver, you would have wanted to have it fast and smooth. (Basically the ROM is buttery smooth, but due to different wrong settings/apps that we use make it little slow)
So here are some DOs and DON'Ts, from my experience:
DO NOT use apps2sd or a2sd scripts. Please don't use them. There is a little work around for it in the lines below. Keep reading.
DO NOT use 'task killers'/auto task killers. If you really want one task manager, then there is a port of stock samsung task manager. It does well, doesn't run in background. It is attached at the end of this post.
Say NO to heavy launchers. I would recommend ADW/ADW EX. Works best, buttery smooth, with an ocean of features.
Say YES to cpu governors and profiles. Helps you get the best battery as well as performance.
Try to stick to CM stock Music app, QuickPic instead of Gallery, it helps a lot.
Work around for installing apps (without using a2sd scripts):
[CM7 a9 has quite a lot of space in system directory, if you DE-ODEX it. So let's make use of that. I deleted the following from /system/app folder, after deoxeding. It doesn't affect me. Please do this with care. (If you use odexed ROM, you can try deleting both .apk and .odex files. I hope it doesn't cause any problem )
Androidian.apk, Cyanbread.apk - these are the inbuilt themes. I use ice10 theme. So, i placed ice10 apk instead of these two. If you use some other, you can place it instead of these two.
CMStats.apk,CMUpdateNotify.apk,CMWallpapers.apk - I don't use any of these. So, it doesn't affect me.
Email.apk - I use only gmail. If you are using pop mail, you might need this, and there are alternatives too.
FileManager.apk - I use RootExplorer. I I removed it.
Gallery3D.apk - This is the first one I deleted. I replaced it with QuickPic.
LiveWallpapers.apk, LiveWallpapersPicker.apk, MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk - I've never used them and will never use them.
PicoTts.apk - it is for text to speech. I don't use it.
Protips.apk, QuickSearchBox.apk, RomManager.apk - I don't use them at all.
Now, you would've got good space in our system folder. Now, goto /data/app folder. Move Play Store, Play Services apks and other apps that you use to /system/app/ folder. You can do do this until system folder goes full.
NOTE: Whenever you copy an apk from /data/app/ , many times there might be an old version sitting inside system/app/ , for example,Google Play store. So, make sure, you delete the old version before copying from /data/app.
Once in a week/couple of weeks DO clear you cache and dalvik cache. It frees up space and also builds new cache, so your phone gets a little faster.
Make use of CyanogenMod settings: I Use 'long press back button kills foreground app'. It is really helpful.
I could have missed something, I'll add if I remember.
Don't forget to share your settings/ work-arounds for using out G3 better!
Useful thread that helped me: LINK
GOOD
Nice tips dude ..... The advices look awesome
For me ... the only problem is " Whats app "
It is showing an error that .... Date & Time invalid ...
Im using G3 with Cosmic experia ... Custom ROM
Looks nice ... Please help me
And Hats off to you :highfive:

Getting rid of intrusive system apps...

I myself try to keep my phone clean and running perfectly which contributes to great battery life...I just had to do a clean install and with the amazing root SD maid app it helps me keep track of exactly how many items are running, stopped, and that are installed... if their system, user or actual library.
before I had to wipe my phone I had on an average 36 items running in the background which is phenomenal. My phone performed perfectly... I could easily get 3 days and 8 hours sot....
What I use is an old app called "Total Commander "what's funny is it hasn't been updated for ages. Sometimes it won't uninstall everything unless you open the folder and uninstall the app itself.. It unmounts gets rid of it and then remounts ...I tried uploading some videos that I took doing it but this crappy XDA app won't allow me to do it it keeps failing if anyone has any questions just ask.... Nevertheless here's a couple screenshots before during and after but, to say the least I think everyone should have SD maid and total commander on their phone unless you prefer to run modules that can do it all for you... Those that thinks this is nonsense and please don't leave smart remarks just pass it up and laugh if you will I'm just sharing what has kept my OnePlus 6t in Tip-Top shape...
also I've done a lot of research on what certain apps are there for such as OnePlus device manager odm what a joke who would wants their info sent to China every 6 hours every day I mean come on. Lmao...
These screenshots are with the app. The app being deleted and then the third screenshot is showing you that the app is no longer there...
Also if you don't feel safe deleting the app you can create a folder on the internal storage I make my system apps folders in my Download folder and just move to that folder that way if you're paranoid and you think something may happen wrong you can just move it back....
believe me I've deleted everything that can possibly be deleted and the only thing that's happened is my phone runs way better.??
Yeah like this is exactly what I want on my phone ????
I'm not here to stomp toes or be a prick...I just feel people should really know what is on their phones and I believe everyone has the right to be enlightened and have their eyes opened and I'm hoping that this will help people out.
TENlll423 said:
I'm not here to stomp toes or be a prick...I just feel people should really know what is on their phones and I believe everyone has the right to be enlightened and have their eyes opened and I'm hoping that this will help people st
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I agree. One of the reasons I don't run OOS is because of the absurd number of trackers and other stuff they have. A lot of their System Apps are Trackers and removing some of them causes a Bootloop. So I just prefer to run an AOSP ROM.
BTW, MiXPlorer from XDA works perfectly fine for removing apps from /system. It can also delete the Folders. Just make sure you don't have any Magisk Module that modifies System otherwise it won't work. I also had a Custom Debloater that would remove all apps that can be removed but I no longer have it. In my opinion, running AOSP is much better than OOS. Waay less tracking services and better Privacy and Battery.
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I agree. One of the reasons I don't run OOS is because of the absurd number of trackers and other stuff they have. A lot of their System Apps are Trackers and removing some of them causes a Bootloop. So I just prefer to run an AOSP ROM.
BTW, MiXPlorer from XDA works perfectly fine for removing apps from /system. It can also delete the Folders. Just make sure you don't have any Magisk Module that modifies System otherwise it won't work. I also had a Custom Debloater that would remove all apps that can be removed but I no longer have it. In my opinion, running AOSP is much better than OOS. Waay less tracking services and better Privacy and Battery.
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Right on I had mixplorer.. it wasn't for me... I like test kernels so for now I'm staying on OOS..
right now I got 42 items running in the background which is pretty damn good
TENlll423 said:
I myself try to keep my phone clean and running perfectly which contributes to great battery life...I just had to do a clean install and with the amazing root SD maid app it helps me keep track of exactly how many items are running, stopped, and that are installed... if their system, user or actual library.
before I had to wipe my phone I had on an average 36 items running in the background which is phenomenal. My phone performed perfectly... I could easily get 3 days and 8 hours sot....
What I use is an old app called "Total Commander "what's funny is it hasn't been updated for ages. Sometimes it won't uninstall everything unless you open the folder and uninstall the app itself.. It unmounts gets rid of it and then remounts ...I tried uploading some videos that I took doing it but this crappy XDA app won't allow me to do it it keeps failing if anyone has any questions just ask.... Nevertheless here's a couple screenshots before during and after but, to say the least I think everyone should have SD maid and total commander on their phone unless you prefer to run modules that can do it all for you... Those that thinks this is nonsense and please don't leave smart remarks just pass it up and laugh if you will I'm just sharing what has kept my OnePlus 6t in Tip-Top shape...
also I've done a lot of research on what certain apps are there for such as OnePlus device manager odm what a joke who would wants their info sent to China every 6 hours every day I mean come on. Lmao...
These screenshots are with the app. The app being deleted and then the third screenshot is showing you that the app is no longer there...
And also if you don't feel safe deleting the app you can create a folder and the SD card that's what I used to do just name it "system apps" and instead of deleting you can just move to that folder that way if you're paranoid and you think something may happen wrong you can just move it back....
believe me I've deleted everything that can possibly be deleted and the only thing that's happened is my phone runs way better.??
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Hello , can you post list of deleted apps? Thank you in advance
rrusl1 said:
Hello , can you post list of deleted apps? Thank you in advance
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Yeah I will eventually... I have to make up another list I wiped my phone the other day and forgot about saving that list... But if you don't want to wait the best thing to do would be download xXx no limits and then go through the profile that comes with that zip and that gives you a good idea of what you can and can't get rid of.
rrusl1 said:
Hello , can you post list of deleted apps? Thank you in advance
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Here's a list thanks to Tomatot Debloater. You might just want to use that..There's a thread or you can just delete them one by one like I do...I just prefer to do it that way so if something goes wrong I could just move the system app right back...that's why it's good to just delete the app from the folder that way you can place it back in the folder where It came from...
TENlll423 said:
Here's a list I got from an invisible script from a debloater so you might just want to use that..There's a thread or you can just delete them one by one like I do...I just prefer to do it that way so if something goes wrong I could just move the system app right back...that's why it's good to just delete the app from the folder that way you can place it back in the folder where I came from...
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Thanks. But what is AntHal and PhotosOnline ?
rrusl1 said:
Thanks. But what is AntHal and PhotosOnline ?
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AntHal is used for connecting to Fitness Devices like Bluetooth Smartwatch & Fitness Bands. Photos Online is OnePlus's Wallpaper app. Sort of. You can browse photos clicked by the Community and set them as a Wallpaper. Both are pretty useless. Unless you use them. In that case, they are not useless.
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AntHal is used for connecting to Fitness Devices like Bluetooth Smartwatch & Fitness Bands. Photos Online is OnePlus's Wallpaper app. Sort of. You can browse photos clicked by the Community and set them as a Wallpaper. Both are pretty useless. Unless you use them. In that case, they are not useless.
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Thanks for explaining. Does anyone got debloat script/zip?
rrusl1 said:
Thanks for explaining. Does anyone got debloat script/zip?
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Your best bet is Tomatot's Debloat Script. It is available in the Cross Device Development section. Mine was based on that, just customized to my needs. It's actually pretty easy to customize it and Tomatot has a done a good job at explaining it in the OP.
Using this is generally unnecessary. I think there's easier ways to get rid of system apps and not have to rely on an app to do it for you. Just install a terminal emulator. Then run these few commands.
$su
#mount -o rw,remount /
#cd /system/app/
#rm -rf name-of-app-folder/
#cd /system/priv-app/
#rm -rf name-of-app-folder/
#reboot
This is just a quick way to accomplish the same thing if you run into problems with an app. If you mess anything up, reflash rom and it will restore all system apps again.
Apps I recommend to definitely get rid of are OPcommon log tool,OPbugreportLite..
all ODM ,,(OnePlus system service) and OnePlus System Service manager...all items on that list are safe to get rid of..
Although I recommend you to look into it yourself for educational reasons..
I got 10.3.2 running smooth and all junk ( intrusive bloat) removed and so far this update seems good to go...
TENlll423 said:
I got 10.3.2 running smooth and all junk ( intrusive bloat) removed and so far this update seems good to go...
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No freezes/framerate drops?
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No freezes/framerate drops?
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Not that I've noticed...really running smooth for me.. I use Omega kernel too.

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