Do we have a list of systems apps that are safe to freeze in tibu. I am mainly looking to freeze bloat and prevent unwanted ota updates without softbricking. once we get the bootloader and custom recovery it wont matter. But untill then i would just like to be on the safe side and not delete anything. Any help would be appreciated.
I just rooted my AT&T Galaxy S4, baseband version I337UCUFNI1, Android version 4.4.2. Which pre-installed programs can I now SAFELY delete or freeze using Titanium Backup Pro?
you can uninstall everything you want just be carefull, you can mess up other apps or the whole system and you will have to reinstall the rom
skaarax said:
you can uninstall everything you want just be carefull, you can mess up other apps or the whole system and you will have to reinstall the rom
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I know that I can uninstall anything, but what can i SAFELY uninstall or freeze without messing up the whole system?
So I rooted and installed Titanium Backup. Now I can remove the bloatware from the stock rom, aka "system apps".
I had experience in the past with a Moto X when some things stopped working after removing some system apps, and had to factory reset it.
Any of you have experience on this? Which ones I should avoid removing?
Thanks.
I *still* setting up this phone for my daughter, and I'm starting to wish I had just coughed up a little more cash for an easier phone to work with.
I could not get a custom ROM installed... period. Even with flashing Magisk after the ROM, it would still bootloop to recovery and never boot system. I was, however, able to get magisk installed and the stock ROM rooted. She's used to LineageOS, but I figured she'd be just fine.
Magisk manager seems to be working fine, and Root Explorer allows me to delete from the /data/system folder, so I'm sure it's rooted, yet TitaniumBackup just does not seem to work. I'm trying to freeze/uninstall the stock bloat, but nothing happens. It says it's frozen and hidden from the app drawer, but it's not. The app is still present, and going back into the app in TiBu shows the "freeze" option again (instead of "defrost"). If I try and uninstall a stock app, it just hangs on "uninstalling" forever. Same thing if I try and restore a backed up application.
Thoughts?
Freeze app function won't work through titanium backup but the backup and restore app does work, just a little finicky. You have to change the app processing mode to interactive.
Other apps, specifically free ones like "appfreezer" do work to freeze the bloatware.
Seems to be Oreo related, never had an issue on Nougat.
wang1chung said:
Freeze app function won't work through titanium backup but the backup and restore app does work, just a little finicky. You have to change the app processing mode to interactive.
Other apps, specifically free ones like "appfreezer" do work to freeze the bloatware.
Seems to be Oreo related, never had an issue on Nougat.
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Thanks for the info. Finicky indeed!
I've rooted my HD10 and removed most of the *safe" to remove amazon bloat. I used Titanium backup to freeze a few I wasn't sure of one at a time to make sure I didn't break anything but somehow I've broken Settings.
When I click on the gear icon/settings menu it just crashes back to the home screen. Any idea which apk I need to unfreeze or re-install to fix this issue?