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[Q] Complete List of Bloatwares safe to remove on GT-I9500

Guys need some help from you
I did some debloating from my newly flashed and rooted XXUBUBMG9. I didn't freeze or uninstall Collage 1.0.41, Gallery 4.2.2, My Files 1.0.0 & Video 1.00.062501.3. Now when I try accessing Gallery and try to access on of the videos there, the phone just hangs, nothing responds. I can't even turn it off till I remove the battery. Then I decided to reflash and re-root. Debloated again and now, Samsung-Text-To-Speech crashes if I view Gallery.
Does anyone have a complete list of bloatwares that are safe to remove and won't cause any problems on the phone?
Thank you very much!

Paolonicus said:
Guys need some help from you
I did some debloating from my newly flashed and rooted XXUBUBMG9. I didn't freeze or uninstall Collage 1.0.41, Gallery 4.2.2, My Files 1.0.0 & Video 1.00.062501.3. Now when I try accessing Gallery and try to access on of the videos there, the phone just hangs, nothing responds. I can't even turn it off till I remove the battery. Then I decided to reflash and re-root. Debloated again and now, Samsung-Text-To-Speech crashes if I view Gallery.
Does anyone have a complete list of bloatwares that are safe to remove and won't cause any problems on the phone?
Thank you very much!
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I found this tool yesterday! May be what you want!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307355
If not follow Wanamlite bloatwares list in the dev section, it is safe!
good luck

Paolonicus said:
Guys need some help from you
I did some debloating from my newly flashed and rooted XXUBUBMG9. I didn't freeze or uninstall Collage 1.0.41, Gallery 4.2.2, My Files 1.0.0 & Video 1.00.062501.3. Now when I try accessing Gallery and try to access on of the videos there, the phone just hangs, nothing responds. I can't even turn it off till I remove the battery. Then I decided to reflash and re-root. Debloated again and now, Samsung-Text-To-Speech crashes if I view Gallery.
Does anyone have a complete list of bloatwares that are safe to remove and won't cause any problems on the phone?
Thank you very much!
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Try this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258952
This is a list for the I9505....but it works just as well....be careful....good luck

apps crashing in my backup (kitkat) after upgrade to Cyanogenmod 12 (lollipop)

Hi guys, so basically I made a backup of my STOCK rom and then I installed CYANOGEN mod 12 on the phone... Realizing I totally forgot about my contacts I then backed it up and "restored" my old backup of the stock rom which is kitkat. to find that EVERYTHING "stops working" so I cant get to my contacts.
Now heres where I believe I went wrong. I used philz touchwiz and upon my process to flash the phone I did the system/factory reset option or something like that and it asks if you'd like to wipe the phone to install a new rom. I selected yes so I thought that I was good to go and did not go further into the other stuff... I flashed cyanogen mod on the phone and then it said it was "upgrading my apps" ok well thats fine, and it ran great and no issues.... So going back to my STOCK backup after that, all the apps just crash, which I assume is due to still having the old apps which are "upgraded" to lollipop but the apps of course crash on "kitkat"
So, I've read that in a backup it saves all your apps and stuff.. It should return your phone back to exactly where it was when you made the backup. so why is it i'm having the app issues? I guess I need to delete them right?
So what is the options i need to do to get rid of the apps and do a proper phone wiping prior to a backup so that when I load my kitkat backup that It runs fine as it should? Wipe cache? dalvik? /data?, etc etc.... will it erase the main phones memory as a hole or no?
let me know how to correct this, I greatly appreciate it. I've tried googling to no prevail so far.

If I'm understanding correctly, you're trying to restore your KitKat apps onto cm12.
If that is the case, it will keep force closing apps. When upgrading and moving from touchwiz based Roms to AOSP based Roms you can't just restore from backups, the environment is different.
So to carry your contacts, I suggest recreating the same KitKat environment by clean installing whatever ROM you had, let google play store install the apps, then restore your app data only using philz advanced restore option (make sure all other options besides app data or data are unchecked)
Once all are restored, make a backup of your contacts and SMS using call log back up and SMS backup apps from playstore.
Back up any app progress using adb like
#adb -backup -f appname.ab -obb -noapk com.android....
And then do a clean cm12 install, let play store install all apps and start restoring call log, SMS, and your app data.
This takes a while, but it is worth it!

[Help] Restoring to Stock Setting from WANAM Exposed

Folks,
I have used wanam exposed and changed few of my settings in my camera, dialer, browser, message and gallery. However, over constant apply of many settings, these apps become so buggy.
I have searched all over xda for restoring to stock from wanam exposed but all suggested to flash a stock rom. However, i flash the stock rom as my first option and would like to replace those apps with stock one to back to normal.
i am using SAMSUNG stock rom 4.4.2 and rooted with chainfire method. Completely stock without any changes.
Attaching the browser where the icon and layout are disordered and camera app - where the settings options are not available.
can you please share me the TouchWiz Camera/Dialer/Message/Browser/Gallery apks for me to restore to guys? Kindly share me please.

Did you uninstall Xposed and all the mods you used? If not, do so and reboot. The last time I used Xposed, after uninstalling it and rebooting the S4 returned to normal. However, if there is no change, you'll most likely have to do a factory reset in recovery. You'll lose all data, but you should have a clean slate afterward.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Did you uninstall Xposed and all the mods you used? If not, do so and reboot. The last time I used Xposed, after uninstalling it and rebooting the S4 returned to normal. However, if there is no change, you'll most likely have to do a factory reset in recovery. You'll lose all data, but you should have a clean slate afterward.
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Yes.. Uninstalled and rebooted. Changes are not reverted to stock. Yes, factory reset is last option. Can you share me the apks if you are using kitkat rom?
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I'm on Android 5.x but the 4.4.2 apps won't help you here. Xposed by design is, if I recall correctly, not supposed to touch the app files when making changes, so something else is causing this. Flashing your stock ROM via Odin should resolve this.

Can anybody share me the stock touchwiz 4.4.2 stock browser, dialer, sms, gallery. Apks please..
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[Q] How to use stock LG gallery on rooted phone

Hello everyone.
I locked some files back when I was not rooted and on stock rom, then I rooted by phone using a resurrection remix.
Since I am not on LG framework anymore, I can't use LG Gallery app as far as I know.
It lets me install directly or through adb, but I still can't get it to work.
I even tried installing it as a system app, but still no luck.
Does anyone know how to use LG stock apps without lg framework?

Have you tried to use APK Editor from the playstore? There are threads on how it works, but you're basically opening the APK with the app, hitting a "manifest" then saving, then installing without actually editing anything. For most of the stock apps it works, esp Gallery and Music. Let me know if you have trouble getting it to work--I'm not familiar with that ROM, but I'll try to help.

Wish I could help but Google Photos and FOTO are the best gallery apps anyway imo

Galaxy s4 Kitkat4.4.2 rooted

I have a Galaxy s4 Kitkat4.4.2 rooted with dr.phone removed all the bloat ware with TitaniumBackup Pro.I tried to flash to 6.0.0 using odin3_v3.12.5 which failed, see screensots for the errors. I tried other andriod versions including the factory one for this phone all from: androidmtk.com/download-samsung-stock-rom. I have not been able to flash any roms with odin not even custom roms. Any help on this is appreciated! After that I had a problem with samsung keyboad and had to do a factory reset to correct this. Afer which all the bloat ware I removed was no longer there after the factory reset. How did this change of unistalling apps go to the recovery rom? I want to be able to integrate all my additional apps into the rom. Used Titanium pro to convert a few programs from user to system aps such as esFile exsplorer and airdriod, also to integrate updates into the rom. I still need to learn some things about TitaniumBackup and how I use it to make a recovery rom built into the device.Also looking for a video player free of ads that allows you to make playlists, and continuously play videos, and be ableto run in the bkrd w/o stopping play while doing tasks such as texting. These are the issues that need the most attention for now.

There is no Android 6.0 for the s4 and you cannot flash custom ROMs with Odin.

galaxys4rooted said:
I have a Galaxy s4 Kitkat4.4.2 rooted with dr.phone removed all the bloat ware with TitaniumBackup Pro.I tried to flash to 6.0.0 using odin3_v3.12.5 which failed, see screensots for the errors. I tried other andriod versions including the factory one for this phone all from: androidmtk.com/download-samsung-stock-rom. I have not been able to flash any roms with odin not even custom roms. Any help on this is appreciated! After that I had a problem with samsung keyboad and had to do a factory reset to correct this. Afer which all the bloat ware I removed was no longer there after the factory reset. How did this change of unistalling apps go to the recovery rom? I want to be able to integrate all my additional apps into the rom. Used Titanium pro to convert a few programs from user to system aps such as esFile exsplorer and airdriod, also to integrate updates into the rom. I still need to learn some things about TitaniumBackup and how I use it to make a recovery rom built into the device.Also looking for a video player free of ads that allows you to make playlists, and continuously play videos, and be ableto run in the bkrd w/o stopping play while doing tasks such as texting. These are the issues that need the most attention for now.
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First of all , i would recommended you do a full wipe and make the system clean. After do your necessary stuff and once you done/
i used VLC beta as my video and audio player. You can use that

system restore/update
Horridhenry said:
First of all , i would recommended you do a full wipe and make the system clean. After do your necessary stuff and once you done/
i used VLC beta as my video and audio player. You can use that
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i actually have a s3 mini with the same kitkat os that is on the s4 and have been using that for trial and error stuff. after i posted that i did a factory reset and learned that with titanium bkup i made a few up system apps and made an update.zip which has the removed bloatware and the couple apps i made system apps. airdriod did not retain its log in info which is something i want so if someone stole my phone and did a factory reset i would still have access to it and be able to locate it. i had vlc and 321 player installed but both of these do not continuously play videos. i did find xplayer though that plays continuously, runs in bkrd, just as i was searching for.

tried to flash stock roms with odin
audit13 said:
There is no Android 6.0 for the s4 and you cannot flash custom ROMs with Odin.
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androidmtk.com/download-samsung-stock-rom got the couple different stock roms there but odin wouldnt work. i have screenshots but since im a noob i cant post them yet

Copy and paste the Odin log, no need for a screen shot.