Couldn't resist myself seeing as I am now far too pissed with the crappy radio chip in the Gnex. Cost me 580 euros on my vacation here in Finland.
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Best phone ever. Enjoy!
Enjoy man. I also had a GNexus previously, and I found that the hardware on SGS3 is so much better. Camera, storage, processor, everything is much better. You just have to learn how to deal with Samsung bloatware and be happy
right choice
I can live with TW for now.
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You can always put a different launcher on the stock ROM
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Is there a way to deactivate bloatware without rooting?
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ched2k said:
Is there a way to deactivate bloatware without rooting?
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Removing bloatware requires you to edit Rom and that requires root
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rishabho1 said:
Removing bloatware requires you to edit Rom and that requires root
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Please note he said deactivate, not remove. You can still freeze a lot of the bloat without rooting. Go into system settings - application manager - all. Select the bloat in question then select disable. The bloat will no longer be able to run and won't appear in the app drawer.
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Please note he said deactivate, not remove. You can still freeze a lot of the boat without rooting. Go into system settings - application manager - all. Select the bloat in question then select disable. The bloat will no longer be able to run and won't appear in the app drawer.
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But a lot of the bloatware can be removed with root only. The easiest way imo is to root and use titanium backup to freeze them.
juliano_q said:
But a lot of the bloatware can be removed with root only. The easiest way imo is to root and use titanium backup to freeze them.
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Yes I know you need root to remove it. He asked how to deactivate it without rooting. Deactivating != removing.
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Just wondering if its possible to disable the voice software on my phone... Dont use it and I'm sure its taking a fair chuck of ram in the background...
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TheSteeples said:
Just wondering if its possible to disable the voice software on my phone... Dont use it and I'm sure its taking a fair chuck of ram in the background...
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you could:
1. turn it off in settings
2. try Autorun Manager to prevent it's autostart (or of any other unnecessary app)
3. check the thread on Note apps safe to remove
Appreciate it thanks.... Been a while since I used Android, still playing catchup....
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Hi,
I'm looking for a ROM that is as close to the Nexus ROMs as possible, also without root access.
Basically imo touchwiz sucks, but all the replacement ROMs i find seem to come with root access. As I want to use certain apps that won't work when the phone is rooted, these aren't suitable for me!
Is there anything available that fits my needs?
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Er flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604366 and uninstall the SU app?
That's the sort of thing I'm looking for, but the apps I'm looking to use can still seem to detect root even after the such app and binaries are uninstalled :S
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which apps are you refering too.
Barclays Mobile Banking apps
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Its the kernel..
Buy a Nexus.
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okmijnlp said:
Buy a Nexus.
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I will when the next one comes out, I'm looking for something to tide me over until then thanks
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I think that in Cyanogenmod 9 you can choose if you want root access or not. On my Xperia arc running cm9, it's under settings -> Developer Options -> Root access. I hope this helps.
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I think that in Cyanogenmod 9 you can choose if you want root access or not. On my Xperia arc running cm9, it's under settings -> Developer Options -> Root access. I hope this helps.
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Yeah tried that, no luck
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This is the only ROM that matches what you're actually after and was the first true AOSP ICS ROM for the S2. It is a little outdated but will give you the stock experience and ran fine when I first used it.
[ROM][GT-I9100][4.0.4] koud AOSP (v.21.04.12)
Alternatively flash any AOSP ROM and then flash the Siyah kernel and extweaks from Play store as IIRC there's an option to remove root in the app so you can use apps that don't like root.
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Buy a Nexus.
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I have an S2 and a Nexus - prefer the Nexus now...sorry S2 people... but Nexus with JB 4.1.1 is just better.
Anyway.. sure you have the pure Nexus set up, with no root and run Barclays PingIT etc with a Nexus, but you still cant if you root it an any way and it is a hard thing to resist considering the GNex is so easy to root, to back up everything completely in case any thing goes wrong etc and to remove the few remaining google bloatwares like google+, book store app and things.
All i want now is a way to remove root from a system you have tided and improved without losing any of your improved settings and not adding anything stock back to the phone and simply leaving it just how you want it., cant be done it seems.
Hi
Just wanted to share this with others
(Dont know if it is already mentioned)
I'm using stock poland jb
In settings / applications/all
Choose any app ex. Gmail
Uninstall updates (if asked to)
Disable
Boom. App will disappear from apps drawer
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Nice tip Thanks :thumbup:
Does it get deleted though? I.e. does it free up memory?
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Yes it does
Same action performed by titanium backup
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thx for the tips ^^
thx for the tips ^^
Nice tip. Thanks
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Yeah, but just one thing, not everything is bloat, and blocking it is sometimes, or most times becomes an obsession rather than necessity.
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cpm said:
Nice tip Thanks :thumbup:
Does it get deleted though? I.e. does it free up memory?
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Nope it doesn't free up memory. It's still there but unusable. Btw this option has been available in android since ICS, nothing new.
MohJee said:
Nope it doesn't free up memory. It's still there but unusable. Btw this option has been available in android since ICS, nothing new.
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Simple proof of concept
do a benchmark
disable majority of heavy apps
benchmark again
again this tip will help people who does not want to root
One more question.
I've rooted and disabled know, but I keep getting this message. What's this about?
Also, I get FCs on a lot of apps either after backing out, or after using them a while. I'm completely stock aside from root and adaway
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Rippley05 said:
One more question.
I've rooted and disabled know, but I keep getting this message. What's this about?
Also, I get FCs on a lot of apps either after backing out, or after using them a while. I'm completely stock aside from root and adaway
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That would be Verizon Protect.. You can disable it, or download Titanium Backup and Remove it from your phone....
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That would be Verizon Protect.. You can disable it, or download Titanium Backup and Remove it from your phone....
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I can not find an app named Verizon Protect. I see Verizon login
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Rippley05 said:
I can not find an app named Verizon Protect. I see Verizon login
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In Titanium Backup look for something that says Verizon and shows that Shield. Select and uninstall. Believe mine was called that, but I don't know why yours wouldn't be the same. You can also in the interim go into your apps on your phone and find that Icon and long hold, App Info, and Turn Off until you find the App to force Uninstall on TiBu
Hye..want ask...how to uninstall whatsapp from note 4 n910c?its already installed..and just can be disabled..how to uninstall it without root?because i want install whatsapp+..so need uninstall whatsapp 1st..thanks...
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using titanium backup you can uinstall pre-installed apps.
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Without root also can?
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astalavista88 said:
Without root also can?
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Have to have root to uninstall system apps...(apps that can only be disabled.)
Hmm..im trying not to root...other option?
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astalavista88 said:
Hmm..im trying not to root...other option?
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U cannot uninstall with our root but block the app
astalavista88 said:
Hye..want ask...how to uninstall whatsapp from note 4 n910c?its already installed..and just can be disabled..how to uninstall it without root?because i want install whatsapp+..so need uninstall whatsapp 1st..thanks...
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Also i want to uninstall whatsapp from note 4
There should be a list somewhere of all this pre-loaded bull**** so you can remove it without missing any.
Without root you can't install WA+.
Disabling WA ist maybe possible, but anyhow, you can't install WA+!
It's so unbelievable from Samsung.
I've written Samsung and complained about this. Also on Facebook. Public is always more effective. Maybe if more complaints come, possibly something happens
Facebook App ist also a System App and can't removed, or no old version can't be used.
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buell47 said:
Without root you can't install WA+.
Disabling WA ist maybe possible, but anyhow, you can't install WA+!
It's so unbelievable from Samsung.
I've written Samsung and complained about this. Also on Facebook. Public is always more effective. Maybe if more complaints come, possibly something happens
Facebook App ist also a System App and can't removed, or no old version can't be used.
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Not sure what would actually be effective. People have complained about pre-installed apps on Android for, what, five years now? It's never done any good, and the hundreds of millions of additional Android users since back then clearly haven't made the complaints any more effective, either. The option of rooting is there, for people who want to completely have them removed from storage. Otherwise, disabling the apps gets rid of the icons and takes care of any performance hit. The actual size they take up is less than one half of 1% of device storage, so they're really not a big deal. It's just the psychological effect of knowing they're there. I've just learned to ignore it.
After coming from the Nexus 5 with its lack of expandable storage, I learned pretty quick that a couple megs for a stock app make a poor target for blame when I'm angry because I've got nowhere to put a 500+mb game I bought.
-Edit: On the other hand, when a preinstalled app makes it impossible to install another version of the same app from the store, it might go further to train yourself to treat that sort of thing like a bug. Report it to their technical support and act incredulous that they'd let such broken behavior into a production release. ;P