The Remove apps used up 1.56 GB of data. How can I shut it down? Foreground = 0 but Background = 1.56 GB! What is going on? I'm getting close to my 5GB cap and got a message from at&t.
Thanks for the help!
Learn to freeze bloatware the correct way and don't use such nonsense apps. I have no idea why it would be using data.
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Learn to freeze bloatware the correct way and don't use such nonsense apps. I have no idea why it would be using data.[/QUOTE
Under Data usage, it is listed and I have not install such an app. I assume it is a core function in android. So STFU about your wise a$$ remarks if you don't know don't answer....
On another note it this like a cleanup function android does for removed apps?
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Your question is pretty unclear, what do you mean by "the remove apps" I'm going to take another guess and play store is updating your current apps. If you want to turn that off open play store and then go into settings and tell it not to auto update.
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Your question is pretty unclear, what do you mean by "the remove apps" I'm going to take another guess and play store is updating your current apps. If you want to turn that off open play store and then go into settings and tell it not to auto update.
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I'm hoping you have a Galaxy s4 at&t. They have a widget called Data Manager. It will list all the apps using data. I see a green android Icon called "Remove apps". I have no idea what this is or why it is using so much data, can anyone fill me in on what it does?
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I'm hoping you have a Galaxy s4 at&t. They have a widget called Data Manager. It will list all the apps using data. I see a green android Icon called "Remove apps". I have no idea what this is or why it is using so much data, can anyone fill me in on what it does?
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I would recommend doing a full factory reset right away.
Also, not to be rude by any means, but please read the forum rules..there's other ways to settle your differences with members other than public post. Thanks.
Thanks agent929, I will try the factory reset once I have all my pictures backed up. A few friends advised it was part of android but not sure the specifics on what it does.
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure he's talking about "removed apps" on the list of what's using his data. This is referring to the data used by apps you have uninstalled, hense why it says removed.
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deadenz said:
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure he's talking about "removed apps" on the list of what's using his data. This is referring to the data used by apps you have uninstalled, hense why it says removed.
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I'm curious on why data would be used to remove apps? Idk the answer.
deadenz said:
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure he's talking about "removed apps" on the list of what's using his data. This is referring to the data used by apps you have uninstalled, hense why it says removed.
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It can't be if it's constantly increasing in size....but then again it can if he keeps uninstalling apps lol. That's a very good point you make here, and possibly could be the culprit right there.
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I'm curious on why data would be used to remove apps? Idk the answer.
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Well data isn't used to remove apps, but if the quote I have above is true, it means apps that you have removed in the past has used a total of X amount of data in the past.
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It can't be if it's constantly increasing in size....but then again it can if he keeps uninstalling apps lol. That's a very good point you make here, and possibly could be the culprit right there.
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Well data isn't used to remove apps, but if the quote I have above is true, it means apps that you have removed in the past has used a total of X amount of data in the past.
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Dude, do you heave any clue what you're taking about?
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Dude, do you heave any clue what you're taking about?
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I have a very good clue what I'm talking about. Do you have a clue what I'm talking about? Lol
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I have a very good clue what I'm talking about. Do you have a clue what I'm talking about? Lol
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Frankly,I have no clue. Sounds like gibberish to me.
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Dude, do you heave any clue what you're taking about?
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It's not saying there is an app that's using that data. It's not saying that removed apps are literally using data.
For example. If I install Chrome, and use 10GB of data with Chrome, usage will say Chrome has used 10GB of data. If I uninstall it, it will say removed apps has used 10GB of data. Get what I mean?
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Yeah its cool but it sucks up a lot of space on your internal memory. Its in the Samsung folder.
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Well its showing as only a 164 Mb mkv file on mine ...
mitchellvii said:
Yeah its cool but it sucks up a lot of space on your internal memory. Its in the Samsung folder.
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The stock screensaver app, which is just the ~6 minute promotional video for the Note 10.1, is 69.82 MB -- no harm is scrapping that too, right?
DRVB said:
Well its showing as only a 164 Mb mkv file on mine ...
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thats nothing to be concerned about. LOL if it was 500mb-1gb then yeah.
Plus I like that helicopter demo. great showcase of excellent 720p display.
uncreativeprofessional said:
The stock screensaver app, which is just the ~6 minute promotional video for the Note 10.1, is 69.82 MB -- no harm is scrapping that too, right?
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Can't imagine there is.
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Can't imagine there is.
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if its included as part of system files or apps, deleting it could likely cause future ota update to fail.
demandarin said:
if its included as part of system files or apps, deleting it could likely cause future ota update to fail.
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Can you explain how such a thing could cause such a failure?
Its looking to update something that isn't there. When it doesn't find it, the update doesn't know what to do, so it fails.
EmerikL said:
Its looking to update something that isn't there. When it doesn't find it, the update doesn't know what to do, so it fails.
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argh really? I deleted a couple of apps that came with it like the nook thing and some other thing. is there an easy way to put back the stock apps?
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if its included as part of system files or apps, deleting it could likely cause future ota update to fail.
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He is correct about this. If you delete or remove anything system wise make sure you have a back up copy. Come time for an update and that file is not there, it will most likely fail. Make sure you take note of the file permissions also.
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uncreativeprofessional said:
The stock screensaver app, which is just the ~6 minute promotional video for the Note 10.1, is 69.82 MB -- no harm is scrapping that too, right?
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This was really simple to delete but what a mistake as I actually want to run it from time to time. If no one can give me a way to download it I will be forced to reset my device as new.
I don't really want to do this but I will if necessary. Live and learn.
SYSTEM Updates do not look after apps present BUT ONLY THE DEVICE SPECIFIC SERIAL NUMBER AND VERSION NUMBER !
System updates do NOT look after specific apps to be present or not.
After major complete updates all system apps disabled are reinstalled and have to be deactivated again .
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SYSTEM Updates do not look after apps present BUT ONLY THE DEVICE SPECIFIC SERIAL NUMBER AND VERSION NUMBER !
System updates do NOT look after specific apps to be present or not.
After major complete updates all system apps disabled are reinstalled and have to be deactivated again .
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I second that e-motion!
Mickeylittle said:
This was really simple to delete but what a mistake as I actually want to run it from time to time. If no one can give me a way to download it I will be forced to reset my device as new.
I don't really want to do this but I will if necessary. Live and learn.
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Hard (factory) reset won't bring any files back. An update however, or a reflash of original ROM will do the trick.
To all saying that removing system files will fail OTA: Stop posting stuff you know nothing about. It's better to shut up rather than guessing.
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Hard (factory) reset won't bring any files back. An update however, or a reflash of original ROM will do the trick.
To all saying that removing system files will fail OTA: Stop posting stuff you know nothing about. It's better to shut up rather than guessing.
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So if I hit reset and wipe everything it won't restore the tablet like it was when I got it out of the box? You're kidding right! Every other tablet / phone I've ever owned will do so.
I guess I'll just have to back up some data to test this out.
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Hard (factory) reset won't bring any files back. An update however, or a reflash of original ROM will do the trick.
To all saying that removing system files will fail OTA: Stop posting stuff you know nothing about. It's better to shut up rather than guessing.
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This has been a proven case with the transformer series. So I would say we know nothing about. We are just stating that it could. I don't believe anyone stated that it would for sure.
Mickeylittle said:
So if I hit reset and wipe everything it won't restore the tablet like it was when I got it out of the box? You're kidding right! Every other tablet / phone I've ever owned will do so.
I guess I'll just have to back up some data to test this out.
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It will restore the tablet, but it won't magically restore files you've deleted.
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crystalstylez said:
This has been a proven case with the transformer series. So I would say we know nothing about. We are just stating that it could. I don't believe anyone stated that it would for sure.
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ASUS and Samsung are two entirely different setups.
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It will restore the tablet, but it won't magically restore files you've deleted.
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ASUS and Samsung are two entirely different setups.
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of course I know that as I have the Galaxy Series Phone (II and III). Isn't it just insight and we just nearly stated that it may be an issue. Some insight is better than none. There is plenty of wrong information given around here. The whole point of the community is to try and help out..
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Hard (factory) reset won't bring any files back. An update however, or a reflash of original ROM will do the trick.
To all saying that removing system files will fail OTA: Stop posting stuff you know nothing about. It's better to shut up rather than guessing.
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Had the same thing happen with the rezound. If the bloatware was removed it failed to update. If it didn't have the stock recovery it failed to update. Again differences between OEMs as has been stated with Asus having done the something.
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Deleting the screensaver app should not cause the ota to fail. Otherwise Samsung wouldn't allow that action to be performed so easily without root. Put it this way... if you can go into manage apps and click uninstall chances are it's not system critical.
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After my first attempt of debloating my phone i managed having to download the stock firmware and reset it with ODIN. Does anyone have a list of app they were able to get rid of without causing problems in the phone (Samsung text to speech crash, ect)
There's a list here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2254143
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There's a list here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2254143
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Everything i removed was on that list and the phone had major issues. S4 so far seems way more finicky than my Note 2
rexxcastle said:
Everything i removed was on that list and the phone had major issues. S4 so far seems way more finicky than my Note 2
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Well list exactly what you removed, and what "major issues" it caused... Maybe someone will be able to help.
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Everything i removed was on that list and the phone had major issues. S4 so far seems way more finicky than my Note 2
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This list is only okay for freezing/disabling applications, NOT removing them. It's already been stated in several other threads that removing/deleting ChatOn and ChatOnV affects S-Voice, removing AT&T Messages can cause issues, removing other items listed on the link from defnow can certainly affect other apps and system performance.
I would not recommend removing ANY of the items, but rather disable or freeze the ones you really don't want and THEN remove after a week or two of no problems.
Even though this is not specific to AT&T and will therefore not include the AT&T bloatware, the only official list I know of that you can safely remove/delete is for the international version of the S4.
Here you go
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApUQpspiZeBTdHotUXJ5bTQycHJLMHA1U0ROQ1NpZ1E#gid=0
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It seems the link I provided, some people have been messing with since it was open to editing.
Sobai has started working on a separate list including AT&T bloatware and a North American variant edition. See his post here for the link to the document:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41137346&postcount=13
thanks for the help
I'm likely upgrading soon to the new one, but I want to easily transfer all my stuff to the new one. I have over 500 apps, I use this thing every day, so I need a way to transfer Everything easily. Titanium Backup won't really work because I have used almost all the space on the device; and to make a full backup I'd have to use less than half the space. Unless you have an alternative solution.
Thanks in advance.
Nandroid using TWRP to 8G memory stick on USB OTG cable.
After rooting, Install TiBu on new one.
Restore from nandroid via same media on OTG using TiBu.
Never restore data from system apps.
Cumbersome, but if you absolutely need all 500 apps and data because you use them all regularly.....
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Nandroid using TWRP to 8G memory stick on USB OTG cable.
After rooting, Install TiBu on new one.
Restore from nandroid via same media on OTG using TiBu.
Never restore data from system apps.
Cumbersome, but if you absolutely need all 500 apps and data because you use them all regularly.....
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I have CWM
I have a 32GB device, not a tiny 8GB one.
You didn't say that.
Use a 32G drive.
Install TWRP through GooManager.
Code:
adb backup -all -f c:/backup.ab
will use your tablet's native backup feature to save your apps and app data to your PC hard drive. On your new device go to Titanium Backup > Menu > Extract from ADB backup.
what Username invalid said is probably the easiest and most efficient method. :good:
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what Username invalid said is probably the easiest and most efficient method. :good:
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Can you do that if it's rooted with a custom ROM?
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Can you do that if it's rooted with a custom ROM?
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it's one of the requirements to root your device unless you used a method similar to the Exynos exploit for certain Samsung devices (But last I checked something like that didn't exist for Nexus 7 2012).
You'd just need adb set up on your PC. If you aren't sure if you have it set up you can redo it here (Plus has a little bit of extra info which may be helpful later down the road): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387527
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I'm likely upgrading soon to the new one, but I want to easily transfer all my stuff to the new one. I have over 500 apps, I use this thing every day, so I need a way to transfer Everything easily. Titanium Backup won't really work because I have used almost all the space on the device; and to make a full backup I'd have to use less than half the space. Unless you have an alternative solution.
Thanks in advance.
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if you have 500 apps on your tablet, you're doing it wrong
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if you have 500 apps on your tablet, you're doing it wrong
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If you DON'T have 500 apps on your tablet, you're doing it wrong.
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I can do it HOWEVER I DA** WELL PLEASE.
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If you DON'T have 500 apps on your tablet, you're doing it wrong.
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I can do it HOWEVER I DA** WELL PLEASE.
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I wanna see what 300 persistent notifications looks like.
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I can do it HOWEVER I DA** WELL PLEASE.
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EXACTLY!!! I think it's funny how people try to tell others the right/wrong way to use their personal devices!
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I wanna see what 300 persistent notifications looks like.
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Why would he/she have 300 notifications???
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stanglifemike said:
EXACTLY!!! I think it's funny how people try to tell others the right/wrong way to use their personal devices!
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Why would he/she have 300 notifications???
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Exactly. In fact I have no notifications, except the ones I want, which are almost never. I use apps like Startup Auditor and Autorun Manager to prevent apps from running in the background and giving unwanted notifications.
I use apps like Ad Detector and Default App Manager to make sure none of my apps have pesky popup or notification ads, and easily remove them if they do.
I force close or disable apps I don't want running, like gmail and occasionally maildroid, gallery, and others.
The only somewhat annoying thing with having over 500 apps is that the Play store frequently tells me about all these updates that are ready. But I just turn off automatic updates for all apps and once a month or so I'll go in and manually update the apps I want to.
By the way, I went camping recently for 5 days and was very surprised and happy that I was still at 40% battery life by the end of the camping trip.
Sadly, however, during the camping trip I got a tiny scratch on the screen, because like a moron I procrastinated getting a screen protector
Yeah, I'd really like an answer from the person who said you'd have 300 notifications! I don't know if that post was an accident, not very well thought out, or simply just an ignorant and pointless remark. At any rate, I don't know why anyone would think that having a lot of apps installed would lead to a lot of notifications. The only answer that makes any sense to me is that it was simply an ignorant comment....
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Yeah, I'd really like an answer from the person who said you'd have 300 notifications! I don't know if that post was an accident, not very well thought out, or simply just an ignorant and pointless remark. At any rate, I don't know why anyone would think that having a lot of apps installed would lead to a lot of notifications. The only answer that makes any sense to me is that it was simply an ignorant comment....
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Yea, it prob was simply an ignorant comment.
Looks like Verizon somehow got their backup bloat into the Nexus 6 5.1 image. I am on AT&T and have the backup app with Verizon's logo for it.
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Looks like Verizon somehow got their backup bloat into the Nexus 6 5.1 image. I am on AT&T and have the backup app with Verizon's logo for it.
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That is disgusting to see. Then again, like SprintDM, the phones will have all of this so that all the models with have the same OS and therefore one model for all networks.
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Looks like Verizon somehow got their backup bloat into the Nexus 6 5.1 image. I am on AT&T and have the backup app with Verizon's logo for it.
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Somehow I think you'll survive.
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Can it be uninstalled?
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Doesn't look like Verizon. file name says com.motorola.android.buacontactadapter
Yup, go to Accounts and click Add Account, you'll see 2 Verizon items in there, Backup and Verizon!!!! I'm on a T-Mobile Nexus 6 too. Grrrr
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Doesn't look like Verizon. file name says com.motorola.android.buacontactadapter
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It's the same backup assistant my gf had on her Razr M from Verizon.
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Yup, go to Accounts and click Add Account, you'll see 2 Verizon items in there, Backup and Verizon!!!! I'm on a T-Mobile Nexus 6 too. Grrrr
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It's the same backup assistant my gf had on her Razr M from Verizon.
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When I click add, I see backup but I don't see Verizon. I click on backup and it just goes to a blank account screen. I definitely don't doubt you but I just thought it was odd it has Motorola in the process name.
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When I click add, I see backup but I don't see Verizon. I click on backup and it just goes to a blank account screen. I definitely don't doubt you but I just thought it was odd it has Motorola in the process name.
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You know what, I think Verizon shows up because I have the My Fios app installed, yeah that's why.
My Nexus 6 has this App and I didn't buy it in the US (nor do I use it there).
It's very disappointing to see stuff like that which can't be disabled.
There's also something called "VZWAPN"
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My Nexus 6 has this App and I didn't buy it in the US (nor do I use it there).
It's very disappointing to see stuff like that which can't be disabled.
There's also something called "VZWAPN"
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YUCK. The worst part is you can't even disable it or uninstall it. OH well it's going right next to SprintDM in titanium backup frozen hell
There's SprintDM and T-Mobile MyAccount too, on mine. Sounds like the risk of having a single update for all carriers is you gotta have the stuff for all carriers in it. I wonder if the factory image will have this stuff.
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There's SprintDM and T-Mobile MyAccount too, on mine. Sounds like the risk of having a single update for all carriers is you gotta have the stuff for all carriers in it. I wonder if the factory image will have this stuff.
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Exactly. People need to get over this.
Think isn't that bad ?
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stas333 said:
Exactly. People need to get over this.
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Yeah, it's really not bad. It's not like the apps are even being used at all. I mean, you can always delete the apks with a file manager if it hurts that much.
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There's SprintDM and T-Mobile MyAccount too, on mine. Sounds like the risk of having a single update for all carriers is you gotta have the stuff for all carriers in it. I wonder if the factory image will have this stuff.
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The t-mobile one you can uninstall. I don't have that one on my phone. The sprintDM and verizon backup wouldn't be such a big deal if it was just on the phone but the fact that it runs in the background is the annoying part for me. I'll probably end up needing that Verizon one as I plan on swapping my VZ and Tmobile sims from time to time. I hope 5.1 allows me to just swap the sim in instead of factory resetting the phone.
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The t-mobile one you can uninstall. I don't have that one on my phone. The sprintDM and verizon backup wouldn't be such a big deal if it was just on the phone but the fact that it runs in the background is the annoying part for me. I'll probably end up needing that Verizon one as I plan on swapping my VZ and Tmobile sims from time to time. I hope 5.1 allows me to just swap the sim in instead of factory resetting the phone.
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All you have to do is switch sims, no need to reset. Also you have 3 GB of ram in the phone. You'll be OK.
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david279 said:
All you have to do is switch sims, no need to reset. Also you have 3 GB of ram in the phone. You'll be OK.
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Good to hear they fixed that in 5.1 . every ounce of RAM counts hahaha. I'm just OCD when it comes to memory management hahaha.
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YUCK. The worst part is you can't even disable it or uninstall it. OH well it's going right next to SprintDM in titanium backup frozen hell
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Wow, people. You should really listen to yourselves. When you have a device that works on multiple carriers, there are ALWAYS going to be carrier specific libraries in order to make things work. Yes, there's a VZWAPN APK. Yes, there's a SprintDM APK, there are also US Cellular-specific APKs in there, and there's probably some very T-Mobile and AT&T specific code if you want to dig for it. Christ, people. You have a phone that works on just about every network in the history of the world. Do you think that all happens just like magic without any involvement from any carrier at all?
And for those of you outside the US, clearly Google doesn't want to have to manage two separate ROMs for the Nexus 6 just over a few APKs, so yeah, your ROM is going to have APKs for US based carriers in it too. Somehow, I think you'll survive.
Come on, now. I know y'all are smarter than this.
I think its funny people are calling it bloat. Like its bing maps, skype or the samsung S apps.
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Wow, people. You should really listen to yourselves. When you have a device that works on multiple carriers, there are ALWAYS going to be carrier specific libraries in order to make things work. Yes, there's a VZWAPN APK. Yes, there's a SprintDM APK, there are also US Cellular-specific APKs in there, and there's probably some very T-Mobile and AT&T specific code if you want to dig for it. Christ, people. You have a phone that works on just about every network in the history of the world. Do you think that all happens just like magic without any involvement from any carrier at all?
And for those of you outside the US, clearly Google doesn't want to have to manage two separate ROMs for the Nexus 6 just over a few APKs, so yeah, your ROM is going to have APKs for US based carriers in it too. Somehow, I think you'll survive.
Come on, now. I know y'all are smarter than this.
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We are smarter than that. That's why we freeze it. . It's just one of the things friends ask me is. Why do you like nexus phones and why should I switch? I tell them that nexus phones don't have all that bloatware carrier phones come with. And while it's still free of bloatware for the most part, I hope it's not a trend in the wrong direction. If they can install carrier apps depending on what carrier Sim, why weren't they able to keep these apps carrier specific? It's not THAT big of a deal for now but like I said I hope it doesn't go in the wrong direction.
My theory is that eventually the upcoming Google wireless service will be compatible across all 4 carriers. Imagine never having a coverage issue because you have a phone that works on all 4 concurrently with one service.
I didn't see a discussion yet so figured I'd start one. What files have you safely frozen or removed with root?
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I didn't see a discussion yet so figured I'd start one. What files have you safely frozen or removed with root?
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I don't plan on rooting, but would love to hear about disabling apps. Have there been any apps you CAN'T disable and keep out of the app drawer?
Facebook, Instagram, T-Mobile apps (kept visual voicemail, device unlock, and hotspot), flipboard, play books magazine music newsstand, hangouts, Google+, calculator. All without problem, make sure to reboot right after removing system apps.
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Facebook, Instagram, T-Mobile apps (kept visual voicemail, device unlock, and hotspot), flipboard, play books magazine music newsstand, hangouts, Google+, calculator. All without problem, make sure to reboot right after removing system apps.
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Any of the non-obvious named ones? Like ones that are named as com.samsung.....
I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.
Fokus007 said:
I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.
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I think the obvious answer is: yes, they really don't care about Samsung Pay. It being "the most important feature" is highly up to personal opinion
piccit said:
I think the obvious answer is: yes, they really don't care about Samsung Pay. It being "the most important feature" is highly up to personal opinion
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Right, and it's not even available until the summer. Definitely the most important thing to me is having full control over my phone, to remove/add what I want!
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km8j said:
Any of the non-obvious named ones? Like ones that are named as com.samsung.....
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There were more like some widgets, and yes some of those named as you said but only one that I specifically new what they were for! I didn't make a list though, probably should have.
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Fokus007 said:
I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.
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Never again will I use a computer or phone with ads in it. That's my reason. I couldn't care less about Samsung Pay, if it ever exists.
Fokus007 said:
I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.
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You do realize that no one knows this for sure bc Samsung Pay isn't even out yet -_-
Fokus007 said:
I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.
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Not everyone lives in America either... I would be surprised if Samsung pay ever came to Canada.
mrapp said:
Not everyone lives in America either... I would be surprised if Samsung pay ever came to Canada.
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they're probably only interested in deploying in the biggest economy. Canada is like 15th place. speaking from business point of view, probably not worth the effort setting up a bank system with so little money flowing.
Im in the UK. Doubt we will ever see it. Im gonna root. People complain about battery life but those bloatware apps are the biggest battery killers you can get. Facebook, whatsapp, instagram etc