What can I erase or uninstall to free up space? My Note 2 was a 16GB aswell and it had tons of free space. Not my S4...
Any ideas what I can get rid of?
Thanks
search the general subforum, there are like 5 threads about what bloat can be removed
If your referring to only have 9gb out of the box...not much you can do as the stock bloatware are system apps...which means they are located in the system partition...which means even by uninstalling the size of the system partition will remain the same...we will need a dev to change the partition layouts if we want more space
Wow, lots of ... In there haha
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mcmb03 said:
search the general subforum, there are like 5 threads about what bloat can be removed
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Ahhh so it is the bloatware that actually uses up the space... I see. Ok thanks
Brava27 said:
Ahhh so it is the bloatware that actually uses up the space... I see. Ok thanks
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Yeah, it's a combination between the bloat and touchwiz. From what I've read, Canadian users don't have as much as AT&T crams the phone full of.. When I first booted my phone, I only had ~9.5gb. Ridiculous. But if I recall there is still some bloat on Canadian variants
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So I just got my hands on an i9500 Octa Galaxy S4.
I'm generally happy with my purchase except for one thing - the storage available to me for apps and games on the device itself.
Right now - I'm seeing about 8.82GB total storage out of which I have about just over 6GB free. That's just shocking !!!
This is supposed to be a 16GB device and I would have expected to see alot more than this. I understand that the other 7GB is taken up by Samsung's own bloat.
This might be a stupid question but is there any way that some of this 7GB can be recovered and used for installing apps etc. I mean, even my old S3 has over 11GB available to the end user.
Yes - I know I have the option of getting an SD card and using an app like Link2SD to move some the existing bloat off internal storage. However, when a device is advertised as having 16GB then it sure as hell should have close to what was advertised.
I really hate the fact how Samsung have marketed this to the general public - especially considering it's their flagship device.
Sorry if this has been asked already but I did do quick search and couldn't find anything on the subject.
mzaslam said:
So I just got my hands on an i9500 Octa Galaxy S4.
I'm generally happy with my purchase except for one thing - the storage available to me for apps and games on the device itself.
Right now - I'm seeing about 8.82GB total storage out of which I have about just over 6GB free. That's just shocking !!!
This is supposed to be a 16GB device and I would have expected to see alot more than this. I understand that the other 7GB is taken up by Samsung's own bloat.
This might be a stupid question but is there any way that some of this 7GB can be recovered and used for installing apps etc. I mean, even my old S3 has over 11GB available to the end user.
Yes - I know I have the option of getting an SD card and using an app like Link2SD to move some the existing bloat off internal storage. However, when a device is advertised as having 16GB then it sure as hell should have close to what was advertised.
I really hate the fact how Samsung have marketed this to the general public - especially considering it's their flagship device.
Sorry if this has been asked already but I did do quick search and couldn't find anything on the subject.
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Hi,
That is your lot.
Samsung were a little reticent about how much the user could actually use.
Mine was about 9.5GB on an unbranded device.
Yes you can free up some space. Root it and then then download Titanium Backup and freeze (uninstall) every bloat you want
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Thin_Bezel said:
Yes you can free up some space. Root it and then then download Titanium Backup and freeze (uninstall) every bloat you want
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That will only free up space in /system though. You would have to repartition to make use of it for other things.
JihadSquad said:
That will only free up space in /system though. You would have to repartition to make use of it for other things.
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Yes - that makes sense. So the next question is, how feasible is this, if at all ?
I expect that this "other" system partition is hidden and protected. So can we access it and if so, can we in effect, re-partition this storage for general purpose use ?
Wtf just look at attachments omg ... samsung
adrovic.ad said:
Wtf just look at attachments omg ... samsung
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How does this belong in Q&A? Do you have a question about it? This is common knowledge. If it annoys you, de-bloat it using the many methods out there.
kingzain900 said:
How does this belong in Q&A? Do you have a question about it? This is common knowledge. If it annoys you, de-bloat it using the many methods out there.
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I just want to know if someone else is haveing this I guess they do .. so what is the bloatware here ...touchwiz? and how can this be fixed
thats the question , sry
adrovic.ad said:
I just want to know if someone else is haveing this I guess they do .. so what is the bloatware here ...touchwiz? and how can this be fixed
thats the question , sry
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It's all the extra apps that Samsung has got in there, plus all the extra ringtones, wallpapers, etc.
You can do a few things (all of which require rooting the phone).
The fastest and best method (IMO) would be to install a custom ROM and remove the bloatware that way. Look at Omega ROM
Alternatively, you can do it yourself using root explorer and apps like Root App Delete.
Or use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468596
Use any of these methods at your own risk. The first one is the safest and easiest.
Forget it, Samsung has "reserved" a certain amount of space, approx 7gb, for the system files whether its used or not.
You can't change it in any way unless you want to play around with the partition table - pit file... This is an extremely BAD idea...
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Forget it, Samsung has "reserved" a certain amount of space, approx 7gb, for the system files whether its used or not.
You can't change it in any way unless you want to play around with the partition table - pit file... This is an extremely BAD idea...
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He can still free up a bunch of space by removing all of the non-essential Samsung apps.
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He can still free up a bunch of space by removing all of the non-essential Samsung apps.
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Asa long as they aren't installed as part of the system. Otherwise there's no point as you may free up system memory but you still can't utilise it...
ultramag69 said:
Asa long as they aren't installed as part of the system. Otherwise there's no point as you may free up system memory but you still can't utilise it...
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Thats right my friend I noticed exactly that but the taskmanager that samsung provides is bloatware?
Really omg I just cant believe what they are selling
Is there any way to remove completely the whole system memory and replace it with the google stock android while also being able to update the phone normaly.
If there isnt then im just going to swap it for an iphone 5 I made arrangements.
I dont trust all the moded firmware on this forum or anywhere else so is there any genuine 100% firmware from google stock android that I could use
Thank you
You could check out the developement part of the forum for a google rom.
There is no problem with most of what's done here as long as you read and are sure to follow the steps to flash. Most problems are people, and its not just noobs, jumping ahead and stuffing things up...
Hi all, I do not have root on my N3 because I do not want to toggle Knox.
Is there any chance to free rom?
I cannot understand, I have 3 GB Rom and only 160 Mb free.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance
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lmerega said:
Hi all, I do not have root on my N3 because I do not want to toggle Knox.
Is there any chance to free rom?
I cannot understand, I have 3 GB Rom and only 160 Mb free.
Any advice?
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Read around to learn more.
Long story short - there are many partitions (on all Android phones), on the Note 3 the partition where you only have 160 Mb free is the system/ROM partition (where you have absolutely no write access without root, so even if you had just 5 Mb free there that would not be a problem). The partition where you have normal-user rights (and where all apps and user data and so on goes by default) is the internal/media partition, where you should have on the order of 24 Gb free.
I was wondering why only 160 Mb free. Do you think that having root and removing bloatware should free some space? I am because, as you surely know, some apps install files under system folder.
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lmerega said:
I was wondering why only 160 Mb free. Do you think that having root and removing bloatware should free some space? I am because, as you surely know, some apps install files under system folder.
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Like what apps?
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Like Samsung Hub, Samsung Music, etc. etc.
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lmerega said:
Like Samsung Hub, Samsung Music, etc. etc.
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If you want, install Rom Toolbox Pro, choose continue when you get warning about not having root. Go to App Manager, and there you will see all apps, system ones too, listed, with all needed information about them, like size. So you can find out how much space exactly would be freed, if you remove these apps.
In my case I don't care so much about 'disk' space, but I hate having them floating in RAM.
Especially that knox ****, which takes around 150 MB of RAM, and it uses CPU cycles constantly (one can see it with System Monitor for example. It is almost always on top.).
I really hate having all this apps useless to me, which not only do take RAM, but also make connections and who knows what else.
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The last 8" Samsung tablet I got was filled with bloatware. Here's my rant the bloatware took up 985 MB right out the box and the tablet only have 1.5 GB. After rooting and deleting about 80% of the bloatware that I will never use, my memory was free up to 335 MB and made the OS feel a lot more snappier and reduced battery drainage. It took me hours and hours to figure out which app was essential and which was garbage.
I heard this latest Pro line is no exception to Bloatware and in fact Samsung have increase the numbers of bloatware. How many of you are just as annoyed as me wishing Samsung could make a great tablet with a clean OS. If Samsung's direct competition is with Apple then they should consider looking at their competition and see how horrid their OS is when compared. Will they ever learn that It's the whole right out of the box experience that counts. People are not stupid and eventually the consumers will notice the different experience.
Your point is well taken but majority of tablet users need a lot of handholding (i.e. bloatware). Not to mention that they want freewares. Technically savy users are a very small portion of the pie. Hope it changes in future.
It won't because most people wants something for nothing hence the bloatware. Only the tech savvy know the bloat is garbage.
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It would be nice to have a list of what's safe to uninstall and what has to stay. For no, out of caution, I just froze a whole bunch of stuff.
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JaylanPHNX said:
It would be nice to have a list of what's safe to uninstall and what has to stay. For no, out of caution, I just froze a whole bunch of stuff.
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Also some apps that goes missing from the OS can cause dramatic battery drain. We shouldn't have to work this hard to have a good clean running OS out of the box.
I did find a post, I think I in the Q&A section, that linked to a list of safe to remove apps for the Note 3. Our device is not too different. Still, I just froze, rather than delete.
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I absolutely gutted the system on the 8.4 and I'm getting excellent battery life and nothing is broken. Settings FCs on boot but it's a 1 time thing and the app works just fine. Also Samsung keyboard was broke, but I use the Google keyboard anyhow.
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NixxonExxo said:
The last 8" Samsung tablet I got was filled with bloatware. Here's my rant the bloatware took up 985 MB right out the box and the tablet only have 1.5 GB. After rooting and deleting about 80% of the bloatware that I will never use, my memory was free up to 335 MB and made the OS feel a lot more snappier and reduced battery drainage. It took me hours and hours to figure out which app was essential and which was garbage.
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which apps did you remove?
Hope this helps. There's over 150 of them. Some you may keep but these are the ones I consider dead apps. Remove at your own risk.
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which apps did you remove?
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Also, I suspect the new Pro line have doubled the amount of bloatware after going through 18 pages on the set up wizard. This goes to show how far Samsung will go to annoy their customer to make an extra profit. I'm still debating to get the 12.2" or iPad air as my next tablet.
NixxonExxo said:
Hope this helps. There's over 150 of them. Some you may keep but these are the ones I consider dead apps. Remove at your own risk.
Also, I suspect the new Pro line have doubled the amount of bloatware after going through 18 pages on the set up wizard. This goes to show how far Samsung will go to annoy their customer to make an extra profit. I'm still debating to get the 12.2" or iPad air as my next tablet.
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thanks, which app is this that you removed them?
dante`afk said:
thanks, which app is this that you removed them?
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I root it first then I downloaded ES file manager to remove the apps
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It would be nice to have a list of what's safe to uninstall and what has to stay. For no, out of caution, I just froze a whole bunch of stuff.
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An Uninstall list here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514703
So I just switched from ATT to Tmobile, just now upgraded to 5.0.1 on my I337, as always... filled with bloat.
Anyone know what apps are safe to force remove from the system using titanium backup? (Man I miss the good ol days where we had that auto installer/debloater rom flashes) Just checking since I dont want to mess this up. Mainly I already have "Turned off" these ATT apps.. but still... no point in keeping them really... if anyone has seen a thread or knows. Would be great. Thanks. =)
Anyone? Or does no one really remove all the bloat anymore?
Mysticales said:
Anyone? Or does no one really remove all the bloat anymore?
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Try searching, I337 bloat removal xda
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Freeze any At&t apps... See how it goes and then uninstall them after some testing.
Same with any Samsung apps
Yea, thats the thing tho, Ive looked at those results. Most of that talks about stuff from 2013. Which of course is a lil different to todays stock bloat.
I also HAVE seen this.
http://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-remove-bloatware-from-your-android-device-xda-tv/
Which does talk about the debloater tool. However as you know the app doesnt support "blocking" for the I337, You can hide stuff, maybe even remove, HOWEVER this app itself doesnt say whats safe to remove like old debloating tools did which were clearly bloat. This one, if you do the wrong thing, you can mess up quite a bit.
Which leaves me to my orig question. =/