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Apps appear on notification / status bar after restoring to factory settings

I was having trouble with apps so I restored the phone to factory settings.
When I'd finished restoring using MyBackups and the Google account, I noticed that, when I pulled down the status bar, below the line of last used apps were 6 apps icons and labels. I thought they'd go away when I restarted the phone but they don't - they are permanently there.
Just to make it clear, I'm not talking about the recently used apps which appear in a horizontal line of 8 apps. This is a column of 6 apps each taking up one line.
Always the same 6 apps:
Notepad
MPE Tasks
MPE Notes
HP ePrint Home&Biz
File Expert
Driod 2 CAD
See the screen shot attached.
I can't find a way of getting rid of them and can't find out why they are there.
I've searched the forum but all I can find is discussions about removing the recently used app line, not this problem.
Definitely odd! Has anyone come across this or got any ideas? Unless someone has, I guess that the next step is to uninstall and reinstall them and see what happens?
Brian

Just a gues but maybe you installed an app that does bad things to your dhd so find that app and uninstall it ?

Apps still appear on notification / status bar (after restoring to factory settings)
Update:
I've uninstalled Notepad which was the first of the apps but it didn't disappear from the notification area until I restarted the phone. Then it went OK. I then reinstalled Notepad and the app reappeared in the notification area so, that didn't work.
Yes, there must be either a faulty app or something wrong with the setup of the phone that is keeping the app shortcut there.
I guess that my only solutions are:
1 Put up with it.
2 Restore to factory settings again and hope it gets back to normal but that's a lot of hassle.
3 Delete and reinstall each app in turn until I find one that removes the problem. That's a task and a half as I have loads of apps installed (and they are all established ones with 4 - 5 stars).
4 Can anyone suggest anything else or a suspect app for this type of behaviour?
Thanks
Brian

Could be a rouge application hijacking your status bar every time you restart your phone. If your rooted do a nandroid, flash a new ROM and see if the issue persists (obviously reinstall each app, after each app install restart and see what happens)
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Haha, sensible advice but . . .
I have about 120 apps so that would take light years! Also, I'm not rooted. Thanks for the suggestions though.
The odd thing is that I've had all the apps installed before without probs & I've looked at each one to see if they are the slight bit dodgy - none. Or the type that could affect the status bar - only one (Elixir) which I've uninstalled to test it. It isn't the problem.
I've sent a message to HTC but no reply yet. I have a horrible feeling that I'll have to reformat again but I don't know if I'll end up with the same problem. Do you think an upgrade to ICS later might sort it?
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Might do actually! Normally when they release a new update they fix a s**t ton of bugs so yeah an update to ICS might just fix it for you
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Can you go to Play Store>Installed apps, take screenshots page by page of all the apps in that list and put them here? Or put them in a Dropbox folder and link to it. You can also to to the Google Play website on your computer, go to 'My Android apps' and take screenshots of each page there.
I'm guessing you have an app, some kind of quick shortcut app that's putting these shortcuts in your notification bar as a persistent notification. You've forgotten about the app or didn't realise what it was before installing it. Me or someone will look through your list for such an app and tell you.
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Apps still appear on notification / status bar (after restoring to factory settings)
Hi Sashank
Yes, I'm sure you are right but, I don't have the knowledge to jusge which one it is. I have tried uninstalling a couple of the more obvious ones without success.
I've used App Referrer and deleted the Play Store links to leave the names (except where the names are identical). The phone is not rooted and, as you'll see from the list, I'm in the UK.
List of apps installed or native ones updated:
AA
AA B&B Guide
AA Days Out Guide
AA Pub Guide
AA Restaurant Guide
Agenda Widget Plus
AK Notepad
Aldiko
Amazon Kindle
Andoku 2 Free
Android System Info
AndroidSync Manager
AndroZip
App Backup & Restore
App Referrer
App2SD
AppBrain App Market
ASTRO
Audio Manager
Backgammon Free
Barcode Scanner
Bat Stat
Battery Monitor Widget
BBC iPlayer
BMW Icons - Transparent
Business Calendar
BusMapper London
Calculator
Calendar Snooze
CalenGoo
Call Confirm
CamScanner
Changelog Droid
Chrome to Phone
Clinometer
Cloud Print
ClubLocator
Contact Analyzer 2
Contact Remover
Contacts Plus
Cool Reader
Countdown Widget
CurrentWidget
Days Out
Default App Manager
DOF Calculator
Droid 2 CAD
DroidStats
Dropbox
EasyReader - UK News
eBay
Elixir
Elixir Widget
Expedia
F1 Calendar
Fast Reboot
FBReader
File Expert
File Manager
Fing - Network Tools
Folder Organizer
Freeview HD
GNotes
Google Sky Map
GPS Essentials
GPS Status
GTasks
gUnit Lite
HP ePrint Home&Biz
HTC Sync
Increasing Ring
JuicePlotter
JustUK Area Codes
KeePassDroid
Kobo
Libra
Libra Plugin: Pro
LinkedIn
Listen
LiveSports24 F1™ Racing
Local Traffic - England
Log2Calendar
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.tripadvisor.android.apps.cityguide.london
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.visualit.tubeLondonCity
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.visualit.zuti.AZVisitor
London Transport Free
Mail
My O2
MyBackup Pro
MyPhoneExplorer Client
National Trust
Navfree World
Network Signal Info
Network Speed
Notepad
OI File Manager
Opera Mobile
OS Atlas
Post Office
Rain Alarm
Rainwatch
Rainy Days
Scrabble
Scrabble Expert
Scrabble Helper Pro
Sensorly
Setting Profiles Lite
Shopper
Silent Boot
Smart Monitor Lite
Status Bar 2G-3G Lite
System Tuner
SystemPanel
Text Edit
Total Commander
Train Tickets
Travel News
vConvertIt
WeatherBug
WeatherBug Locator
WhatGas Petrol Prices Pro
Widgetsoid
Wifi Analyzer
WiFi Manager
WiFinder
Wikidroid
XDA
Yell
Zoner AntiVirus Free
Thanks for looking at the apps list and I hope you have some ideas. I'm trying to avoid a hard reset as it always takes me so long to get everything back to how I like it.
Actually, on that subject, is there a way of backing up and restoring the email settings - I have 6 - 7 accounts and not only does it take ages to reset that lot but I always struggle to get the colours the same as previously. MyBackup Pro is good but doesn't seem to restore the email settings.
Many thanks.
Brian

Batxda said:
Hi Sashank
Yes, I'm sure you are right but, I don't have the knowledge to jusge which one it is. I have tried uninstalling a couple of the more obvious ones without success.
I've used App Referrer and deleted the Play Store links to leave the names (except where the names are identical). The phone is not rooted and, as you'll see from the list, I'm in the UK.
List of apps installed or native ones updated:
AA
AA B&B Guide
AA Days Out Guide
AA Pub Guide
AA Restaurant Guide
Agenda Widget Plus
AK Notepad
Aldiko
Amazon Kindle
Andoku 2 Free
Android System Info
AndroidSync Manager
AndroZip
App Backup & Restore
App Referrer
App2SD
AppBrain App Market
ASTRO
Audio Manager
Backgammon Free
Barcode Scanner
Bat Stat
Battery Monitor Widget
BBC iPlayer
BMW Icons - Transparent
Business Calendar
BusMapper London
Calculator
Calendar Snooze
CalenGoo
Call Confirm
CamScanner
Changelog Droid
Chrome to Phone
Clinometer
Cloud Print
ClubLocator
Contact Analyzer 2
Contact Remover
Contacts Plus
Cool Reader
Countdown Widget
CurrentWidget
Days Out
Default App Manager
DOF Calculator
Droid 2 CAD
DroidStats
Dropbox
EasyReader - UK News
eBay
Elixir
Elixir Widget
Expedia
F1 Calendar
Fast Reboot
FBReader
File Expert
File Manager
Fing - Network Tools
Folder Organizer
Freeview HD
GNotes
Google Sky Map
GPS Essentials
GPS Status
GTasks
gUnit Lite
HP ePrint Home&Biz
HTC Sync
Increasing Ring
JuicePlotter
JustUK Area Codes
KeePassDroid
Kobo
Libra
Libra Plugin: Pro
LinkedIn
Listen
LiveSports24 F1™ Racing
Local Traffic - England
Log2Calendar
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.tripadvisor.android.apps.cityguide.london
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.visualit.tubeLondonCity
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.visualit.zuti.AZVisitor
London Transport Free
Mail
My O2
MyBackup Pro
MyPhoneExplorer Client
National Trust
Navfree World
Network Signal Info
Network Speed
Notepad
OI File Manager
Opera Mobile
OS Atlas
Post Office
Rain Alarm
Rainwatch
Rainy Days
Scrabble
Scrabble Expert
Scrabble Helper Pro
Sensorly
Setting Profiles Lite
Shopper
Silent Boot
Smart Monitor Lite
Status Bar 2G-3G Lite
System Tuner
SystemPanel
Text Edit
Total Commander
Train Tickets
Travel News
vConvertIt
WeatherBug
WeatherBug Locator
WhatGas Petrol Prices Pro
Widgetsoid
Wifi Analyzer
WiFi Manager
WiFinder
Wikidroid
XDA
Yell
Zoner AntiVirus Free
Thanks for looking at the apps list and I hope you have some ideas. I'm trying to avoid a hard reset as it always takes me so long to get everything back to how I like it.
Actually, on that subject, is there a way of backing up and restoring the email settings - I have 6 - 7 accounts and not only does it take ages to reset that lot but I always struggle to get the colours the same as previously. MyBackup Pro is good but doesn't seem to restore the email settings.
Many thanks.
Brian
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Holy crap that's a long list! Possibly the reason your status bar is messed up
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Yes, that's true but it was all working OK until I reset it.
B
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Disable apps

What are the recommended apps to disable and/or get rid of? I did a factory reset because of nasty wake locks and trying to figure everything that can be disabled without losing features or anything. I know some of this is subjective, but still like some ideas. Thanks.
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List of them
jagrave said:
What are the recommended apps to disable and/or get rid of? I did a factory reset because of nasty wake locks and trying to figure everything that can be disabled without losing features or anything. I know some of this is subjective, but still like some ideas. Thanks.
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1.if you have two tts then disable one!
2.if you dont use apk's like chaton you can uninstall or disable it!
3.you can disable widgets that you dont use!
4.you can disable system lockscreen if you are using any second lockscreen from playstore.
5.disable useless apk's like samsung hub, watchon, Samsung apps etc.
Hit thanks if i helped you!

Mehul mehta said:
1.if you have two tts then disable one!
2.if you dont use apk's like chaton you can uninstall or disable it!
3.you can disable widgets that you dont use!
4.you can disable system lockscreen if you are using any second lockscreen from playstore.
5.disable useless apk's like samsung hub, watchon, Samsung apps etc.
Hit thanks if i helped you!
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What is tts? I think part of the problem is that I don't know what certain things are. For example, wh as the is the travel wallpaper?
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jagrave said:
What is tts? I think part of the problem is that I don't know what certain things are. For example, wh as the is the travel wallpaper?
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Tts is text to speech! Its used in s voice! And travel wallpaper is for wallpaper scrolling! If you dont want your wallpaper to scroll then you can diaable it! Anything else?

Mehul mehta said:
Tts is text to speech! Its used in s voice! And travel wallpaper is for wallpaper scrolling! If you dont want your wallpaper to scroll then you can diaable it! Anything else?
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You said if you have two tts, where would I find them? One isn't showing up under all my apps.
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Tts
Two tts means mybe you have google tts and samsung tts both on your s5!so you u can disable one!
Go to settings and then to application manager in general tab!
Go to system apps and go through the list of apps!
Background apks like tts never show in the apps!

Mehul mehta said:
Two tts means mybe you have google tts and samsung tts both on your s5!so you u can disable one!
Go to settings and then to application manager in general tab!
Go to system apps and go through the list of apps!
Background apks like tts never show in the apps!
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OK I see them. Which one should I disable, Samsung or google?
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By the way s5 is awesome! Even my s2 is completely s5
The useless one is samsung tts you can disable that one!

Mehul mehta said:
The useless one is samsung tts you can disable that one!
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Won't let me disable that one lol
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Until I can completely remove some bloat, I have the following turned off so far. It's by no means a thorough list.
Accessories
Audible
BlurbCheckout
Calculator (installed 3rd party Calculator)
Caller Name ID
Cloud
FamilyBase Companion
Google Play Books
HP Print Service Plugin
Message+ (Didn't even bother to figer out what this is before I killed it)
Messages (installed Hangouts and/or 3rd party messagin app)
My InfoZone
NFL Mobile
Smart Remote (downloaded the latest WatchOn app from Samsung)
Swype
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Support and Protection
Verizon Tones
VZ Navigator
As far as the text-to-speech deletion goes, just uninstall whichever ones you don't anticipate needing.
Settings>Language and Input>text-to-speech options>Listen to an example. Really it's personal preference, and uninstalling unused tts voice data only serves to free up internal storage. For example, the "high quality" female English US voice for Google TTS is 244MB, The Samsung high quality voice data is around 90MB per language/gender.

jagrave said:
Won't let me disable that one lol
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Samsung has launched s5 devices with less permissions do to whatever you want! So maybe you have to root your device (which is not possible right now bcoz it will cut your warranty out) So another solution for it is try to search for an app on play store which disables system applications! Without root

I've turned off the following:
Accessories
Audible
Blurb Checkout
Caller Name ID
Family Base Companion
Flipboard
Google Play Books
Google Play Newsstand
IMDb
Isis Mobile Wallet
My InfoZone
My Magazine
NFL Mobile
Samsung Link Platform
Slacker
Smart Remote
VZ Navigator

This is my complete list... everything still works (except the Samsung bloat crap like S-voice and the verizon garbage pre-loaded). I did turn off some Google apps that were needless, and the Samsung fitness stuff (e.g. ANT+ connection, fitness, etc.), in addition to other things (S-pen, fonts, etc.)

ravenofdoom said:
This is my complete list... everything still works (except the Samsung bloat crap like S-voice and the verizon garbage pre-loaded). I did turn off some Google apps that were needless, and the Samsung fitness stuff (e.g. ANT+ connection, fitness, etc.), in addition to other things (S-pen, fonts, etc.)
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What are things like samsung billing, the app that just says samsung galaxy, and samsung link? What do they do?

jagrave said:
What are things like samsung billing, the app that just says samsung galaxy, and samsung link? What do they do?
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I believe samsung billing is for app purchases through their proprietary app store
Samsung Link is a protocol for connecting only with samsung TV's/laptops - has functionality for screen-mirroring, DLNA only with samsung branded devices.
Samsung Galaxy... I'm not entirely sure what it does to be honest. I've tested fairly extensively if any functionality / apps / services are broken as a result, and everything still seems to work fine. I have a suspicion that this is related to a tutorial/demo function.

ravenofdoom said:
I believe samsung billing is for app purchases through their proprietary app store
Samsung Link is a protocol for connecting only with samsung TV's/laptops - has functionality for screen-mirroring, DLNA only with samsung branded devices.
Samsung Galaxy... I'm not entirely sure what it does to be honest. I've tested fairly extensively if any functionality / apps / services are broken as a result, and everything still seems to work fine. I have a suspicion that this is related to a tutorial/demo function.
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Ah ok, thanks! I see that you have the "Downloads" app turned off. What does that app do? I know it's part of media, which is giving me a lot of wakelocks. The three things that are part of "Media", can you uninstall all three, and what does each one do?

ravenofdoom said:
I believe samsung billing is for app purchases through their proprietary app store
Samsung Link is a protocol for connecting only with samsung TV's/laptops - has functionality for screen-mirroring, DLNA only with samsung branded devices.
Samsung Galaxy... I'm not entirely sure what it does to be honest. I've tested fairly extensively if any functionality / apps / services are broken as a result, and everything still seems to work fine. I have a suspicion that this is related to a tutorial/demo function.
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This is with 2 hour 11 min screen on time. So Not Bad At All. (Not sure why, but keyboard randomly does that) but it is waking up a lot.
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jagrave said:
Ah ok, thanks! I see that you have the "Downloads" app turned off. What does that app do? I know it's part of media, which is giving me a lot of wakelocks. The three things that are part of "Media", can you uninstall all three, and what does each one do?
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Downloads app is just an app that shows a history/list of everything you've recently downloaded (e.g. in the downloads folder). I prefer to use ESFileExplorer as it's more versatile as a file manager, and I don't care for an app that tracks file downloads/history.
In previous android versions, I believe the Media app was part of what cached/listed files such as images (thumbnails), music files, docs, etc. I vaguely recall disabling it in the past to find that all my MP3's and photos no longer appeared in the gallery/google music app. I would not disable it if my memory serves me correctly.
Yeah, your battery usage looks about in-par with mine. I came from a GNex and was used to seeing display always overtaking androidOS/systemUI (man, that phone had atrocious battery life and screen-on time)... the GS5 has such a great power-sipping display that I came to the same surprise as you to find it ranks on-par/sometimes below OS usage in a normal day. The battery life on this phone rocks.
EDIT: Media usage will sometimes spike if you've recently added a bunch of new files (photos, mp3's, etc.) to your device, as it's scanning/caching/indexing lists to the files. I'd give it a day or two if that's the case, and you'll see it won't consume much of anything once things are static on your phone.

ravenofdoom said:
Downloads app is just an app that shows a history/list of everything you've recently downloaded (e.g. in the downloads folder). I prefer to use ESFileExplorer as it's more versatile as a file manager, and I don't care for an app that tracks file downloads/history.
In previous android versions, I believe the Media app was part of what cached/listed files such as images (thumbnails), music files, docs, etc. I vaguely recall disabling it in the past to find that all my MP3's and photos no longer appeared in the gallery/google music app. I would not disable it if my memory serves me correctly.
Yeah, your battery usage looks about in-par with mine. I came from a GNex and was used to seeing display always overtaking androidOS/systemUI (man, that phone had atrocious battery life and screen-on time)... the GS5 has such a great power-sipping display that I came to the same surprise as you to find it ranks on-par/sometimes below OS usage in a normal day. The battery life on this phone rocks.
EDIT: Media usage will sometimes spike if you've recently added a bunch of new files (photos, mp3's, etc.) to your device, as it's scanning/caching/indexing lists to the files. I'd give it a day or two if that's the case, and you'll see it won't consume much of anything once things are static on your phone.
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Oh OK. I see. So perfectly safe to disable downloads. What about the media app itself? Do you have it disabled? That screen shot with the high media usage, I'm not sure we have it was so high. It's first time it has been like that and I haven't added any more music. Another question.
Do You Know What The Chrome sandbox is? And does your keyboard ever do that thing with the capital letters?
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jagrave said:
Oh OK. I see. So perfectly safe to disable downloads. What about the media app itself? Do you have it disabled? That screen shot with the high media usage, I'm not sure we have it was so high. It's first time it has been like that and I haven't added any more music. Another question.
Do You Know What The Chrome sandbox is? And does your keyboard ever do that thing with the capital letters?
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I don't have the media app disabled and wouldn't recommend it. I also wouldn't disable chrome sandbox ( though I'm not sure of its function, its installed alongside the app so it may be a plugin for other apps).
Not sure what keyboard caps problem you're referring to. I use only the android keyboard (not Samsung nor Swype).

Apps to disable for "pure" Android experience

I thought it'd be nice to build a list of apps to disable when picking this up stock from Verizon. Here's my list so far and I'd be happy to compile any additional ones others feel can be safely disabled.
Amazon app suite
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Music
Android live wallpapers
Appstore (Amazon)
Audible
Badger
Black hole
BrowserMessage
Bubbles
Call my Droid
Caller Name ID
Camera (and install Google Camera)
Cloud
Cloud Print
Command Center
Device Management
Droid Zap
Face Unlock
FamilyBase Companion
Google keyboards Hindi, Korean, Hindi
Google Playbooks, Movies & TV, Newsstand
Help
HP service plugin
IMDB
IWinn IME and keyboard
Message+
Mobile hotspot
Moto actions, display, voice
Moto Flipcase
Moto
Motorola Connect
My InfoZone
My Verizon Mobile
NFL Mobile
Slacker Radio
Softcard
Talkback
Verizon Login
Verizon Support & Protection
VZ Navigator

MY list is the same as above but added the following:
Android live wallpapers
Audible
Badger
Black hole
BrowserMessage
Bubbles
Call my Droid
Caller Name ID
Cloud Print
Command Center
Device Management
Face Unlock
Google keyboards Hindi, Korean, Hindi
Google Playbooks, Movies & TV, Newsstand
HP service plugin
IMDB
IWinn IME and keyboard
Mobile hotspot
Moto actions, display, voice
Moto Flipcase
Talkback

Straight from my list of disabled apps so there might be some duplicates
*Some I disabled because I never use them but don't have to be disabled
Amazon
Amazon app suite
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Music
Android live wallpapers
Appstore
Audible
Audio Effects
Black Hole
Bubbles
Call My Droid
Caller Name ID
Cloud
Cloud Print
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral
Command Center
Device Management
Droid Zap
Email
Family Base Companion
Google Hindi Input
Google Korean keyboard
Google Pinyin Input
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Newsstand
Google+
Hangouts
Help
Home Screen Tips
HP Print Service Plugin
IMDb
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Message+
Mobile Hotspot
Moto Voice
Motorola Checkin
Motorola Connect
Motorola FlipCase Services
Motorola Migrate
Motorola Notification
My InfoZone
My Verizon Mobile
NFL Mobile
Phase Beam
Slacker Radio
Softcard
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Login
Verizon Support & Protection
VZ Navigator
VZWAVSService

Added more to the list, that is a huge amount of bloat removed and seems to be running fine without it! Definitely seems much more stock Android as well.

Good thread but quick question pls. I see many of you are disabling the hot spot. One of the top things i use is the a hot spot for my daughters homework while in the car and such. Is there a secondary hot spot youre using?
Thx

KevTN said:
Good thread but quick question pls. I see many of you are disabling the hot spot. One of the top things i use is the a hot spot for my daughters homework while in the car and such. Is there a secondary hot spot youre using?
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Not that I know of, but if you need it, just don't disable it
The idea here is to get to stock Android, then perhaps enable the things you needed from Verizon.

I'm a little shocked anyone would disabled the moto features. I guess this thread is about the most stock experience. But if the moto apps were on the market, & I was rocking a nexus. I would still have it downloaded lol

Yeah I may still re-enable some of those.
Also disabled the Camera app and installed the Google Camera. No reason to have two

I have disabled most of these apps. Now I can not answer my phone when it rings. The phone rings, but no animation comes up to let me swipe or any way to choose to answer it. What have I disabled/changed that would cause this? Every thing else seems to work fine.

frankeegee said:
I have disabled most of these apps. Now I can not answer my phone when it rings. The phone rings, but no animation comes up to let me swipe or any way to choose to answer it. What have I disabled/changed that would cause this? Every thing else seems to work fine.
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Post your list and maybe we can figure it out. My guess is maybe you only disabled some of the Motorola specific ones? I have the full list as advertised in the first post and have no prob answering from a screen off.

Sorry, I was unable to post them. I did go into settings and enabled every one that I had disabled with my wife periodically calling me. I also randomly turned the phone off and on a few times. Still nothing. The phone rings, but the answering icon does not appear and I can not answer. Is there another way to answer the phone? Could I have turned something off that would affect this or maybe download an app?

I just went into recovery and wiped the cache partition, reboot. This did not fix the problem. Don't know what else to try? I'm thinking it is something simple. I will take it into Version tomorrow.

That's really strange. Maybe it wasn't related to the disabling?

Possibly. I've been trying to remember what I may have done. I received a call yesterday morning just fine. Yesterday afternoon, I received a call and could not answer it because I do not get the answer phone icon. Most of the time in between those two calls, I was driving and not messing with the phone. ?

Full List
96 disabled / 117 enabled / 213 total. Droid Turbo 4.4.4
Amazon
Amazon app suite
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Music
Android Live Wallpapers
Appstore
Audible
Basic Daydreams
Black Hole
BrowserMessage
Bubbles
Call My Droid
Caller Name ID
Clock
Cloud
Cloud Print
com.android.providers.partnerbook
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral
com.motorola.devicemanagement
com.qualcomm.interfacepermissions
com.qualcomm.qcom_qmi
com.verizon.permissions.appdirecte
com.verizon.permissions.vzwappapn
Command Center
ConfigUpdater
CQATest
Device Management
Downloads
Drive
Droid Zap
Email
Emergency Alerts
Face Unlock
FamilyBase Companion
Google Hindi Input
Google Korean keyboard
Google One Time Init
Google Partner Setup
Google Pinyin Input
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Newsstand
Google Search
Google Text-to-speech Engine
Google+
Hangouts
Help
Home screen tips
HP Print Service Plugin
IMDb
iWnn IME
iWnnIME Keyboard (White)
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Manage SIM card
Market Feedback Agent
Message+
Mobile Hotspot
Moto
Moto Actions
Moto Voice
Motorola Checkin
Motorola Connect
Motorola FlipCase Services
Motorola Migrate
Motorola Notification
Motorola One Time Init
Motorola Sensor Services
Motorola Services
Motorola System Services
Music Visualization Wallpapers
My InfoZone
My Vrizon Mobile
NFL Mobile
OMA Client Provisioning
Phase Beam
Photo Screensavers
Picasa Uploader
Preset
Print Spooler
Setup
Setup Wizard
Slacker Radio
SmartcardService
Softcard
Sound Recorder
Tags
TalkBack
Translate
Trusted Devices
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Login
Verizon Support & Protection
VZ Navigator
VZWAPN
VZWAVSService

Wow. That's a lot. Update on my problem. I took the phone into Verizon this morning. The lady that helped thinks I probably uninstalled something to cause this.
What she did to fix the the problem was to do a complete default wipe.
That seems to have resolved it.
It was working properly when I left the store. In now I'm the process of restoring all my apps. That takes a little while.
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Glad you were able to get it working.
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That's strange, because you can't really uninstall anything, only disable.
itanas, wow that's a big list. I think some are stock Android apps, so that's cool that you can disable them, but I don't know that it gets us the pure Android.
I'll note for anyone reading that I re-enabled the Moto, Moto Activity, and Moto Display apps so I could have the notifications back (since this phone has no notification LED w/the stock software).
Also updated the first post with Camera.

http://www.rootjunky.com/motorola/motorola-droid-turbo/
Has any one tired this yet?

I've been into recovery, but just wiped the cache partitions.
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Since I have no paid Google apps what do you suggest for 6P ?

Hypothetically since I have no paid Google apps and a bunch of free ones and I am not rooted, what do you suggest ?

Will you be going root?
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root or not, you should at least get Manual Camera (or similar)

painfree said:
Hypothetically since I have no paid Google apps and a bunch of free ones and I am not rooted, what do you suggest ?
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Android System WebView http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.webview
ASTRO File Manager http://market.android.com/details?id=com.metago.astro
Calendar http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.calendar
Calendar Status PRO http://market.android.com/details?id=com.SagiL.calendarstatuspro
Chrome http://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome
Chromecast http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app
Clock http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.deskclock
CNN http://market.android.com/details?id=com.cnn.mobile.android.phone
Deliveries http://market.android.com/details?id=de.orrs.deliveries
Device configuration http://market.android.com/details?id=android.autoinstalls.config.google.nexus
Docs http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.docs
Drive http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs
Dropbox http://market.android.com/details?id=com.dropbox.android
Earth http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.earth
eWeather HD http://market.android.com/details?id=com.Elecont.WeatherClock
Fancy Widgets http://market.android.com/details?id=com.anddoes.fancywidgets
Fancy Widgets Unlocker http://market.android.com/details?id=com.anddoes.fancywidgets.unlocker
FileDrop http://market.android.com/details?id=com.growme.filedrop.lite
Finance http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.finance
FlightTrack http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobiata.flighttrack.five
Gmail http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.gm
Goggles http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.unveil
Google App http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
Google Keyboard http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
Google Opinion Rewards http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.paidtasks
Google Play Books http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
Google Play Games http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.play.games
Google Play Movies & TV http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.videos
Google Play Music http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.music
Google Play Newsstand http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.magazines
Google Play services http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.gms
Google Play Store http://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.vending
Google Text-to-speech Engine http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.tts
Google Voice http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googlevoice
Google+ http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.plus
Hangouts http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.talk
Hangouts Dialer http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.hangoutsdialer
Hotel Tonight http://market.android.com/details?id=com.hoteltonight.android.prod
HP Print Service Plugin http://market.android.com/details?id=com.hp.android.printservice
Jorte http://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.johospace.jorte
Keep http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.keep
Lookout http://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout
Maps http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps
Messenger http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging
MightyText http://market.android.com/details?id=com.texty.sms
MX Player http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
News & Weather http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.genie.geniewidget
Nova Launcher http://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher
Nova Launcher Prime http://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher.prime
OfficeSuite http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobisystems.editor.office_registered
OnTheFly http://market.android.com/details?id=com.itasoftware.android.airshop
Pandora http://market.android.com/details?id=com.pandora.android
Photos http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos
Power Toggles http://market.android.com/details?id=com.painless.pc
Pushbullet http://market.android.com/details?id=com.pushbullet.android
Share Apps http://market.android.com/details?id=com.theronrogers.shareapps
Shazam http://market.android.com/details?id=com.shazam.encore.android
Sheets http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.sheets
Slides http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.slides
Smart Voice Recorder http://market.android.com/details?id=com.andrwq.recorder
Street View http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.street
TalkBack http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.marvin.talkback
Translate http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate
Uber http://market.android.com/details?id=com.ubercab
Volume http://market.android.com/details?id=ca.xvx.volume
Wallet http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.gmoney
Weather Timeline http://market.android.com/details?id=com.samruston.weather
WOTSOPEN http://market.android.com/details?id=com.wotsopen.wotsopen
YouTube http://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.youtube
Share Apps http://goo.gl/8BGU3

Tfast500 said:
Will you be going root?
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I hope to in the future if NRT is supporting it.

Make idol 4 faster for non rooted phones

Hi I noticed somtimes my idol 4 gets super slow but I found the solution first go to settings apps disable all the apps that you don't need after disabling the app force stop app and clear data if you don't do that the app is still running in ram you must clear data and force stop each app try it now my phone is super fast better battery life

This is after disabling all the pre installed apps that I didn't use this is a list
Amazon
Stock browser
Chrome
Compass
Deezer
Google drive
Email
Gmail
Google app
Google books
Movies
News
Games
Google plus
Hangouts
Keep
Little Star
News whether
Google photos
Smar suit
Tizr
Vr launcher
Vr store . In this picture the phone is running YouTube
Facebook
messenger
snap chat
Samsung browser
camera
dialer
Am online radio
Pandora
do a test before and after with a ram monitoring app and you'll see the difference