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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?
Thx
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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.
Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

Glad you were able to get it working.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using XDA Free mobile app

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.
Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

Moto Voice, Action and assist with CyanogenMod 12.1

Hey guys,
After moving from stock to cm there are some features that I missed a bit.
The Moto Voice is one of them:
Yesterday I managed to install the Moto Voice app directly from the Playstore to my Moto X 2014 (xt1092). I tried the same with several devices but none of them can see it on the Playstore.
You might want to see if you're able to download it but there is an issue (as always ^^), the app is installed and running but doesn't react to anything, I'll join some screen shots to let you see that.
As you can see on the screen shots other features like assist or action are working.
There might be some way to fix the problem of Moto Voice, I'll continue to try to find a fix and I'll share with you the progress of the work.
You can also try to find a fix on your way too that would be a big help
Hit the thanks button if you would like to see Moto Voice coming to our Moto X running CyanogenMod
Hope I've helped you

primaelq said:
Hey guys,
After moving from stock to cm there are some features that I missed a bit.
The Moto Voice is one of them:
Yesterday I managed to install the Moto Voice app directly from the Playstore to my Moto X 2014 (xt1092). I tried the same with several devices but none of them can see it on the Playstore.
You might want to see if you're able to download it but there is an issue (as always ^^), the app is installed and running but doesn't react to anything, I'll join some screen shots to let you see that.
As you can see on the screen shots other features like assist or action are working.
There might be some way to fix the problem of Moto Voice, I'll continue to try to find a fix and I'll share with you the progress of the work.
You can also try to find a fix on your way too that would be a big help
Hit the thanks button if you would like to see Moto Voice coming to our Moto X running CyanogenMod
Hope I've helped you
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Moto Voice works with the low power processor and needs support in the kernel and I think that is not in the public domain so difficult if not impossible to make work. Install the Google Now Launcher and "Ok, Google" comes pretty close to what Moto Voice does and everything it does do is a few seconds faster than Moto Voice (because most of what Moto Voice does, it just passes to Ok, Google anyway.)
Motorola is dropping Moto Assist in Marshmallow so that won't be a consideration in the future.
All of the Moto Actions are supported in CM 12.1 in Settings->Gestures.

mikeoswego said:
Moto Voice works with the low power processor and needs support in the kernel and I think that is not in the public domain so difficult if not impossible to make work. Install the Google Now Launcher and "Ok, Google" comes pretty close to what Moto Voice does and everything it does do is a few seconds faster than Moto Voice (because most of what Moto Voice does, it just passes to Ok, Google anyway.)
Motorola is dropping Moto Assist in Marshmallow so that won't be a consideration in the future.
All of the Moto Actions are supported in CM 12.1 in Settings->Gestures.
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Yeah the best thing with Moto Voice was that it runs in background even while the screen is off, and yeah, it makes sense that it is run by the low power processor ^^.
I didn't know Motorola was was going to drop moto assist, that's pretty sad, also its pity that at the time Motorola was Google and that haven't made a fully open source Smartphone :/
Well thanks for illuminate on that issue

Moto Assist , is another app which is already disabled in my MotoG
as Moto app will have the Assist integrated in it already; it will be unncessary to put again Moto Assist APK seperately , so the MotoAssist APK which used to be earlier is being removed
i am on MotoG i am currently seaching for MotoVoice , and i found this thread.. hope you find the solution bro all the best
if you can help me .. please visit this thread and see it bro
http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/help/qa-moto-voice-moto-g3-t3181467

Missing Moto Assist Option

Hey everyone,
I just bought my Moto X Pure just yesterday (long time wanting...but being a dad forces you to wait for what you want), and I noticed when I initially started my phone which was at Lollipop I had all 4 options in the Moto "See What I Can Do" section (Assist, Actions, Voice, Display). When I let the phone update to MM I noticed when I came back to that screen the Assist option was gone. I'm thinking, ok let's try deleting the data of the Moto app and that should fix it....false. Then I tried factory resetting the phone thinking that would do it...false. I've no other options, PlayStore shows the moto assist framework is installed, and the latest version of the app i'm seeing is 4.0.21.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Found my answer: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/108264

Thank you for providing an answer after you found one! Too often people create threads and then just respond with "solved it" without any explanation for those who found the thread via a search!

Has anyone received the Google Assistant update on their A2017U?

This past week, I've been reading that Google is pushing "Google Assistant" out, to replace the standard "Ok Google", to a bunch of Marshmallow and Nougat phones.
Has anyone received that yet, or know if the Axon 7 is going to get it soon?

Every phone running Android 6.0+ will receive the update but you already knew that. They are running the roll out as we speak but only for English users in US. English users in Australia, Canada and UK and Germany will soon follow. Rest during the course of the year apparently. So if you are in the US you will likely receive it soon or may already have received an update to the app. Hope this clarifies.

I just got the update a few minutes ago! I'm in northern California.
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I literally just got it a few minutes ago, Northeast US here. It's extremely quick, I'm impressed.

Yep, you guys prompted me to check mine, and I have it too!

I hate it. I use long press for Google Now to search like a hundred times a day. Now it is the Assistant and I see no way of typing my query. So now I have no way to do a search in one step. Anything I can do to get it back the way it was? Or a way to get a text field into Google Assistant?

yes!.. its working for me.. but..
dont know how it started working?
dont know where it the got the update from?
dont know where to check the update?... can someone pls help me find the answer?
use to use the long home press to check screen search.. disabled it today and thought because i disabled it, the assistant got kicked in.
Happy its working now coz the only reason wanted to get the pixel is for the assistant. this is great!

It seems like Google just doesn't want me to have assistant lol
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I can force my phone to set up the Google Assistant, naturally, by removing my account and clearing data from the Google App, Play Services, and Play Store, and then holding the home button > then adding my account. But as soon as I back out of the assistant it goes back to On Tap.

How do you update, is this an upgrade to Google home? Presume this is not available to the Chinese version?

swashybrigand said:
dont know how it started working?
dont know where it the got the update from?
dont know where to check the update?... can someone pls help me find the answer?
use to use the long home press to check screen search.. disabled it today and thought because i disabled it, the assistant got kicked in.
Happy its working now coz the only reason wanted to get the pixel is for the assistant. this is great!
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If you have the correct Google app, you already have Assistant. It just wasn't enabled yet. I don't know exactly how it works, but the app sees that you're on Marshmallow or higher in your build.prop and enables it. I currently have a Nexus 6p and before Google decided to enable it for all phones over 6.0, devs figured out that changing a couple of lines in the build.prop tricked the app to think the phone was a Pixel, thus enabling Assistant.
effluent said:
I hate it. I use long press for Google Now to search like a hundred times a day. Now it is the Assistant and I see no way of typing my query. So now I have no way to do a search in one step. Anything I can do to get it back the way it was? Or a way to get a text field into Google Assistant?
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https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/

Howie Dub said:
If you have the correct Google app, you already have Assistant. It just wasn't enabled yet. I don't know exactly how it works, but the app sees that you're on Marshmallow or higher in your build.prop and enables it. I currently have a Nexus 6p and before Google decided to enable it for all phones over 6.0, devs figured out that changing a couple of lines in the build.prop tricked the app to think the phone was a Pixel, thus enabling Assistant.
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/
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I found those instructions weeks ago but I'm not rooted and there's no option to add languages so I'm screwed. The update also made do not disturb mode turn on 24/7 unless I completely disable it. What a load of BS.

effluent said:
I hate it. I use long press for Google Now to search like a hundred times a day. Now it is the Assistant and I see no way of typing my query. So now I have no way to do a search in one step. Anything I can do to get it back the way it was? Or a way to get a text field into Google Assistant?
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I feel your pain bro. I hate this fact. I'm still using the Pixel launcher which has the search widget for text. I find myself going to the home screen to do my Google searches. It's horrible.

Avantiel said:
I feel your pain bro. I hate this fact. I'm still using the Pixel launcher which has the search widget for text. I find myself going to the home screen to do my Google searches. It's horrible.
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I'm using Nova so I set it up so that pressing home (once home) or swiping up on the drawer icon takes me to search. Yeah it really sucks to have to go to the home screen. That damn assistant sucks. It forgets my voice training after awhile too and I have to do it again.

I have on my G version, I don't know for sure, but I got so fed up waiting, I tried changing my language to US, rebooted the phone and bam! Within 10 seconds I had it. Also I had updated to the latest google play services. I had done this a million times but nothing happened until the language change. Coincidence?
Mike

Google Assistant Force Closing

Here is the problem, and I have been looking on various sites and forums but thought I would take a peek on XDA and surprised that there isn't much chatter about it in here so wanted to start this thread.
For a few months now I cannot access "Google Now" .
I am running a Rooted Sprint Note 3 and still using Josh's KitKat Killer. Its a GREAT ROM and had been working fine until about Decemberish. Whenever I click on the Google Now Cards, or press the Google App Icon, I get a brief opening of the page with Weather Map and Events etc. but as soon as it loads it crashes out.
I can access a pure voice command search through my Widget to set an alarm, get the weather etc...
I cant help but Note (get it? NOTE!!! Ha!!) but it would seem to have happened at the same time Google Assistant broke onto the scene en masse back in December or so. Coincidence??? hmmmmmmmmmm
I have another phone that also had this problem, (Galaxy S4 Running Lollipop) and quite honestly couldn't get Google to work until I flashed a Nougat ROM and launched the new Google Assistant. I wonder if they are tired of supporting these older phones and are going to force people to up their game by making them upgrade to Nougat phones.
I have seen lots and lots and lots of 'help' sites talk about how if you 'Clear Cache/Uninstall/Re-install/Update' etc that it will work. That is A LIE! And don't talk to me about using the Google Now Launcher (which I am not that thrilled with) because that does not even seem to make a difference either. I have been, and currently using Nova Launcher. The whole process of Install/Uninstall/Install only works once then as soon as it gets a chance to load the data you are back to being screwed. It wont even stay open long enough to access the page to delete/alter/change settings. Very very frustrating.
I cant believe there inst rioting in the streets from millions of disgruntled Google users!!!!
So now I am just not using it. I'd like to but until then it is a hearty HELLO to S-Voice I guess.
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