I have a European LG G2 and i want someone to tell me which system apps are safe to remove with titanium backup.
Anyone?
It isn't wise to remove system apps first place right out of the box. Instead freeze them with TB, that way, if glitch occurs later, you can enable the app again. If missing nothing and phone still performs what it supposes to be, then it's safe to completely remove.
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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.
Hey there, i have my phone rooted, i have installed the OTA update, and i have slowly removed some bloat through titanium backup.
i am still experiencing quite a bit of lag, and want to factory reset my phone, then see if that helps. i want all my data to stay though, can i just back it all up through keis? or is there an easier way?
Dallenn said:
Hey there, i have my phone rooted, i have installed the OTA update, and i have slowly removed some bloat through titanium backup.
i am still experiencing quite a bit of lag, and want to factory reset my phone, then see if that helps. i want all my data to stay though, can i just back it all up through keis? or is there an easier way?
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I personally use Titanium Backup Pro (if you haven't bought Pro yet, it's totally worth it - it has saved my @$$ countless times!). I Haven't actually uninstalled any bloatware, but frozen plenty of it. This made it really, really easy to get the OTA installed - all I had to do was unfreeze the 3 magic APKs that let me install the OTA, and even kept the rest frozen. Re-froze when done with OTA.
I have two sets of Titanium Backup backups right now:
- A backup of all system apps plus data. I would never want to restore my system apps, unless I get bored and start modding stuff later. I figured I'd just snag a backup NOW in case it ever comes down to that - I'd be able to theoretically restore a single broken APK, or manually extract the apks out of the backup files later.
- A backup of all my user apps plus data. Be careful not to ever restore system app backups, even the "green" or "yellow" ones in TiBu. Rarely, you can get away with restoring these (like SMS, or WiFi access points, or sometimes even the System Settings), but it's usually asking for trouble. If you're going from the same ROM to the same ROM without any version change, it's usually "okay" to try. Otherwise, use extreme discretion and be prepared for weird behavior.
So to answer your question, I would recommend using Titanium Backup Pro to keep data backed up. If you're thorough and have the patience, you can effectively backup all of your data, individually, for all of your apps and your system settings. I'm actually planning on doing a data wipe for good measure (haven't done so yet since I got the OTA), and this is how I plan to restore all my data and settings.
Hello,
I own a Sprint LG G2 stock rooted. Is there a way i can remove the bloatware by flashing a file or an app list that shows which apps are safe to be removed?
Thanks in advance.
Titanium Backup is your friend for disabling bloatware. There are threads here that go over what is safe to remove. If nothing else, you can always try freezing things, using the phone for a while to make sure it's still stable, then uninstalling them later.
I have a rooted G2 on VZW and would really prefer they leave it alone. No custom recovery so I don't have /system access to add/remove/del apps. Is there another way to block this update?
Sorry, apparently this is a minor update, not Lollipop yet. Still interested in blocking all updates because the phone is just fine as is. Is it best to just install twrp or cwm and remove the update apps?
Use Titanium Backup to freeze 'system updates MUC'.
Do you have to leave Titanium Backup installed or can you freeze and then remove the app?
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Do you have to leave Titanium Backup installed or can you freeze and then remove the app?
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Good question. I don't know the inner workings of the freeze option and couldn't say for sure. You could straight up force remove the updater app also. I just recommended freeze in case you ever changed your mind and wanted to attempt an update for some reason.
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!