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[Tip] freezing bloatware without rooting

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

Bars on Gallery App won't disappear

When I first got the phone, I could make the bars disappear on the gallery app by just tapping and now I can't make them go away for the life of me. Any help? Thanks
Here is an example below
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Anyone?

For me, just not touching the screen for a couple of seconds makes them disappear.

I've got the same problem
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benni2903 said:
I've got the same problem
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Sometimes I have the same problem, and sometimes they disappear from just waiting...
It's really annoying...
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No one knows a fix? Even if i dont touch it the bar will not disappear
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Maybe try updating the firmware? Maybe it's a bug they fixed.

I'm running the XXUAMDM version and i think that this is the latest firmware which is available.
Maybe i will try to flash a stock rom from the development section.
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Well I'm using XXUAMDN, which I'd expect is newer going alphabetically.

My galaxy s4 is not able no find a newer version than my current one. I'm from germany so maybe I'll have to wait

benni2903 said:
My galaxy s4 is not able no find a newer version than my current one. I'm from germany so maybe I'll have to wait
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Mine couldn't either, even though it was on XXUAMDC. I assume it's because it gets the update through your network provider, and you'll only get the newest one they'd let you get, especially if it's locked to their network like mine was.

I probably found out what was causing that bug. My gallery is working fine again.
Please test the following:
Enable all sounds on your galaxy s4 and get into the Gallery.
now select an folder with your pictures and long press on a picture. in my case the phone had read out loud that i've selected a picture.
Then i removed an app called Notify-Me and some other apps which could cause the problem and now the gallery works again :good:
I'm sorry for my english but I hope you can understand it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262790&highlight=gallery
There I found my solution.
Hope it works for you !

Actually my gallery was also doing talkback at some point. I had just frozen a bunch of bloat apps, so I thought that was the thing causing it.. So I unfroze them again..
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My phone is a completely stock US version and I have the gallery problem. You can never view a picture fullscreen no matter what you do.

Do you have an app installed which is enabled in accessibility? Disable it and try again in landscape mode
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Wow, it's Lightflow that's causing it! Well, maybe I should say Samsung's gallery sucks and can't coexist with lightflow. I've been using an app from the market called Gallery ICS which works fine with lightflow enabled. So odd. I don't get what would cause this.

What is lightflow?

...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow&hl=en

Yeah pretty annoying that no notification app works with the stock gallery. I hope this will be fixed soon :banghead:
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Thanks for the info! I've just disabled the Tasker accessibility service and the problem went away. Looks like the bug occurs when you have at least one active accessibility service.
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[Q] root or not?

Hi,i got my S5 9 days ago ,but i'm not sure if i root it or no, i do it with all my phone but with knox and the efuse ,i'm not hot to root it? SO aNY ADVISES ARE WELCOME....TKS

Have had the same problem. Lastly decided to root this beast. Finally, i now have the feeling that the device is mine. F**k knox for being chief of your mobile.
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sframbo said:
Have had the same problem. Lastly decided to root this beast. Finally, i now have the feeling that the device is mine. F**k knox for being chief of your mobile.
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take note that, the "private mode" will not function once rooted.

astoncheah said:
take note that, the "private mode" will not function once rooted.
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What else will not work when rooted?

Hi , yes it will be good idea to list what function or not with root, because i ignored that the private mode stop with it

hemander said:
What else will not work when rooted?
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screen mirroring, s-health when xposed is installed. Those are the few that i've read. Probably there's some more.

gyxter said:
screen mirroring, s-health when xposed is installed. Those are the few that i've read. Probably there's some more.
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That's not entirely true, they all still work for me with xposed installed. Can't comment on privicy mode though.
How can you go 9 days without root!? It would drive me insane lol! I was dotted within 5 hours of receiving the phone!
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As long as screen mirroring is not working on rooted phones, it's no way for me to root it. I also unrooted my 10.1 2014 to have screen mirroring activated
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moe67er said:
As long as screen mirroring is not working on rooted phones, it's no way for me to root it. I also unrooted my 10.1 2014 to have screen mirroring activated
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Screen mirroring DEFINITELY works after root - I just tested it and no problems at all :good:

Also some apps that detect root, such as skygo, virgin anywhere which wont work on rooted devices
I don't care about the knox, but need the apps to work so no root for me.

My phones rooted with omega ROM installed.
Absolutely everything on my phone works.. Screen mirroring, s health, private mode, xposed etc are all fine
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every phone ive had ive rooted and put a rom ,but this time i think the s5 has got it right ,for me ill lay of the root and roms ,because i dont think they can make it any better than it is ,they may be able to tweak a few things ,but for me not enough to root for me

I have to root every phone, I've been spoiled and can't go without adblock and xposed
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declan8888 said:
I have to root every phone, I've been spoiled and and go without adblock and xposed
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Exactly like me,!
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go through all that for 2 apps then you complain of battery drainage etc,im done with all that but i respect your choice go for it

1milenia said:
go through all that for 2 apps then you complain of battery drainage etc,im done with all that but i respect your choice go for it
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My battery on my s 5 has been superb. Can't complain about performance either even though I'm running Dalvik

yes, i root al my phone i want have admin privileges on my phone but with the root no ota, no update and good bye warrantly ,and yes i don't see at this time any real improvement the s5 n any custom rom ,i thing that is the fact the developper go to more easier device .

You can have adblock without root, yay
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726443
And you can disable more Samsung unused features and free up RAM with Startupmanager free.
I found firewall that didn't need root too.
But still no solution to slow Samsung updates and change of look of phone interface without root.
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ewa12321 said:
I found firewall that didn't need root too.
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what firewall is that??

Cannot imagine not rooting. Tasker, TiB, Secure Settings, Nandroid, Clocksync, etc., etc.

How to uninstall whatsapp?

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

Cannot uninstall Instagram Note 4

Hi All,
Im a noob.But my dilemma is since I opted to install the ota update that popped up when I got my Note 4. I am now unable to uninstall Instagram. All i can do is disable it. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Yes.
Instagramm is pre-installed (system app) and can't removed without root.
Just disabling works
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Disabling it is really almost just as good as uninstalling it. My problem is with Evernote, I can't even disable that one. I really hate that program, and if anything will make me root it would be to get rid of evercrap.

Thank you guys for the help. The Note 4 is taking me some time to adjust to. I'm coming from the Note 3, I thought the transition would be a lot smoother. I like to use themes for my facebook, twitter and instagram- making it a bit more feminine but I don't know if it's possible since instagram is now a stock application. Sheesh!!
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The app being installed on system shouldn't affect themes or anything? The app can still be modified and updated, just not uninstalled.

How disabling the app helps?
If you disable notifications and syncing in the app, why disable the app?
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TheRiceKing said:
The app being installed on system shouldn't affect themes or anything? The app can still be modified and updated, just not uninstalled.
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Oh okay that's really all I wanted to do was add a theme to make it look cute. Thank you!
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I have every possible app disabled at this point, however you can't download and install a new or custom version of IG I've tried at least 5 diff times ... :\ I'm going to end up rooting to unog my bloatware I suppose. If you figure it out let me know.