Hi guys,
Let's do a list of the apps that we can safely remove from the 6.01 factory images
Or, even better, some categories like:
If you want to use such and such facility, don't remove this app.
We can use Titanium Backup for uninstall such bloatware apps that come with factory images or with customized mobile providers.
I'll start below such a list, you are welcome to add yours.
My list:
Books
CloudPrint2
EditorsSheetsStub
EditorsslidesStub
FitnessPrebuilt
GoogleEars
GoogleHindiiME
Google japaneseinput
GooglePinyiniME
Music2
NewStandStub
Photos
Playgames
PlusOne
PrebuiltbugleStub
PrebuiltKeepStub
PrebuiltNewsWeather
talkback
Videos
From /system/app folder:
Atfwd (Snapdragon Wifi Display Mirroring service) source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/help/com-qualcomm-atfwd-service-bloatware-t2820010
Books (Google Play Books)
Chrome (Google Chrome)
CloudPrint2 (Cloud Printing Service)
Drive (Google Drive)
EditorsDocs (Google Documents)
EditorsSheets (Google Sheets)
EditorsSlide (Google Slides)
FitnessPrebuilt (Google Fit)
GoogleEars (Sound search::Sound search provided by Google Now)
GoogleHindiIME (Google Keyboard Hindi Language Pack)
GoogleJapaneseInput (Google Keyboard Hindi Language Pack)
GooglePinyinIME (Google Keyboard Pinyin Language Pack)
Hangouts (Google Hangouts)
KoreanIME (Google Keyboard Korean Language Pack)
Maps (Google Maps)
Music2 (Google Play Music)
Newsstand (Google Newsstand)
Photos (Google Photos)
PlayGames (Google Play Games)
PlusOne (Google Plus)
PrebuiltBugle (Google Messenger)
PrebuiltExchange3Google (Email Client Interface -- Do not remove if you need email outside of Gmail!)
PrebuiltGmail (Gmail)
PrebuiltKeep (Google Keep)
PrebuiltNewsWeather (Google News and Weather App)
Tycho (Project Fi --Do not remove if using Project Fi!)
Videos (Google Play Movies)
Wallet (Android Pay/Google Wallet)
Youtube ( <-- It's that)
Using @Scott's base ROM found HERE for MOB30D, I went from a 924MB zip to 558MB zip. Everything installed properly and I've had no force closes as of this writing. However, searching for available networks seems to be failing under Settings > More > Cellular Network Settings > Network operators. So far that is the only hiccup.
AlkaliV2 said:
From /system/app folder:
Atfwd (Snapdragon Wifi Display Mirroring service) source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/help/com-qualcomm-atfwd-service-bloatware-t2820010
Books (Google Play Books)
Chrome (Google Chrome)
CloudPrint2 (Cloud Printing Service)
Drive (Google Drive)
EditorsDocs (Google Documents)
EditorsSheets (Google Sheets)
EditorsSlide (Google Slides)
FitnessPrebuilt (Google Fit)
GoogleEars (Sound search::Sound search provided by Google Now)
GoogleHindiIME (Google Keyboard Hindi Language Pack)
GoogleJapaneseInput (Google Keyboard Hindi Language Pack)
GooglePinyinIME (Google Keyboard Pinyin Language Pack)
Hangouts (Google Hangouts)
KoreanIME (Google Keyboard Korean Language Pack)
Maps (Google Maps)
Music2 (Google Play Music)
Newsstand (Google Newsstand)
Photos (Google Photos)
PlayGames (Google Play Games)
PlusOne (Google Plus)
PrebuiltBugle (Google Messenger)
PrebuiltExchange3Google (Email Client Interface -- Do not remove if you need email outside of Gmail!)
PrebuiltGmail (Gmail)
PrebuiltKeep (Google Keep)
PrebuiltNewsWeather (Google News and Weather App)
Tycho (Project Fi --Do not remove if using Project Fi!)
Videos (Google Play Movies)
Wallet (Android Pay/Google Wallet)
Youtube ( <-- It's that)
Using @Scott's base ROM found HERE for MOB30D, I went from a 924MB zip to 558MB zip. Everything installed properly and I've had no force closes as of this writing. However, searching for available networks seems to be failing under Settings > More > Cellular Network Settings > Network operators. So far that is the only hiccup.
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And for this hiccup what are suspecting being the cause?
Hi @AlkaliV2,
What about the apps from priv-app, have you delete something from that folder too?
gothy.gothy said:
And for this hiccup what are suspecting being the cause?
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gothy.gothy said:
Hi @AlkaliV2,
What about the apps from priv-app, have you delete something from that folder too?
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I don't really know the source of the Network Operator error. I can still pick the option "Choose Automatically" when it fails to find the providers in my area and it has not affected my signal, but I don't really know what is causing that particular function to fail. If I had to guess I would put my money on Tycho.apk (Project Fi) because it searches for networks to switch between them to get the strongest signal. But the only way to test that is for someone to remove the Project Fi application, reboot, and check Network operators and see if it fails. Or for me to put it back in, but I can't tackle that until next weekend.
As for the second piece, I looked through the /system/priv-app/ folder and I saw nothing I felt confident to remove. Most of those things are OS sensitive and not like OEM providers who shove all their bloatware in that folder (Samsung) so that it cannot be frozen or removed. I'd say it is free of bloatware and a folder I wouldn't mess with.
AlkaliV2 said:
I don't really know the source of the Network Operator error. I can still pick the option "Choose Automatically" when it fails to find the providers in my area and it has not affected my signal, but I don't really know what is causing that particular function to fail. If I had to guess I would put my money on Tycho.apk (Project Fi) because it searches for networks to switch between them to get the strongest signal. But the only way to test that is for someone to remove the Project Fi application, reboot, and check Network operators and see if it fails. Or for me to put it back in, but I can't tackle that until next weekend.
As for the second piece, I looked through the /system/priv-app/ folder and I saw nothing I felt confident to remove. Most of those things are OS sensitive and not like OEM providers who shove all their bloatware in that folder (Samsung) so that it cannot be frozen or removed. I'd say it is free of bloatware and a folder I wouldn't mess with.
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Here we don't have Project Fi, so I removed it with no bad consequences.
I deleted most of those from my ROM and some from priv-app. My zip is around 750 MB.
how does your slim roms compare against this rom?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/rom-5-1lightromstock-lmy47e-03-19-2015-t3059493
iluvatrix said:
how does your slim roms compare against this rom?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/rom-5-1lightromstock-lmy47e-03-19-2015-t3059493
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It's a great ROM, but it's not yet updated. It's still on
MMBX, not the latest and I think it's still bigger than what should be. I mean I have 1.23 GB free in the system, because of leaving system apps only the necessary.
My memory is under 1GB as I kept Gmail,Chrome, and added AdAway and root browser.
ronaldheld said:
My memory is under 1GB as I kept Gmail,Chrome, and added AdAway and root browser.
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I was talking about the space in the system partition, not memory.
Anyway, here is All started and have 1.9 free memory
Oh. I currently have 2.0 Gb free memory.
ronaldheld said:
Oh. I currently have 2.0 Gb free memory.
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Please check in Titanium Backup / Overview how much do you have in space partition
i hardly use that app: System ROM 2.08 GB(625 MB free)
Internals+media 27.8 GB(6.90 GB) free.
ronaldheld said:
i hardly use that app: System ROM 2.08 GB(625 MB free)
Internals+media 27.8 GB(6.90 GB) free.
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that 625 MB free ... is the sign you have a lot of apps in the system partition
gothy.gothy said:
It's a great ROM, but it's not yet updated. It's still on
MMBX, not the latest and I think it's still bigger than what should be. I mean I have 1.23 GB free in the system, because of leaving system apps only the necessary.
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Can you please send me a zip of your slimmest ROM so that I may try it? Tia
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA-Developers mobile app
iluvatrix said:
Can you please send me a zip of your slimmest ROM so that I may try it? Tia
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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I use tupac4u
gothy.gothy said:
I use tupac4u
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I have tried that and the only issue I had was I can never get my phone authorized on my PC after booting up & so my PC can never establish an adb connection with tupac4u ROM. This has happened on mmb29v & mmb29x
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iluvatrix said:
I have tried that and the only issue I had was I can never get my phone authorized on my PC after booting up & so my PC can never establish an adb connection with tupac4u ROM. This has happened on mmb29v & mmb29x
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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I had no such problem.
I assume you change to transfer from notification drawer
Related
Hey Guys,
So i've have a Samsung Galaxy S4 (I9500) as a secondary device (Primary is iPhone 5 :highfive
I used to love Android but off lately I am starting to hate every device its on like Note 3 (demo for 1 hour) Or HTC One or Note 2 or this S4.
Now I like Google & Android like everyone else, but have started to hate their approach, Google used to stand for "Freedom" of what users want to do but now they are forcing stuff on you and don't give you easier way to get out of it.
e.g. Google Play Movies / TV, Google Play Books < I don't give a crap for these service, I have found no way to remove them yet, even via Rooting I still am unable to remove them. they don't show up in NoBloat Free software.
Then there is Google Location Service, Why does location service / any other service for that matter need to run continuously when the phone is running, this is why I started to like iOS better than android (grant it has its issues) there is no optimization of the usage of resource these background task are taking & there is no way to just stop them from using up system resource unless you disable them. including other services like Dropbox Camera Upload, I don't think its that hard to build a trigger into an app that starts and stops the service when Camera application is launched.
Take a look at the screenshot below, the total amount of RAM used should be only 147MB according to the list of running apps & 123MB in Cached Processes but it is for some reason using 707MB.
Then there is the dependencies of apps, e.g. Google Hangout requiring Google Play services, Google Hangout in itself is a 16 MB app why would they build a dependency to another application and require its presence when the Play Services is only to Update Google Apps & other Apps from Play store?
Then the built-in Google Search, a freaking 30MB application & all that does is use the web search. Really Google?
So comming back to my real question here. I've looked in the sections but there aren't any ROM's that are designed to be used without any of the Google crap.. Is there any way i can run my S4 without these, I don't even want the Play store.
You can flash a deodexed google rom, and then remove the bloatware via a root file explorer of your choice, by deleting the apk files in system/app
Sent from my GT-I9103 using Tapatalk
Deadfreak said:
You can flash a deodexed google rom, and then remove the bloatware via a root file explorer of your choice, by deleting the apk files in system/app
Sent from my GT-I9103 using Tapatalk
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Ok thanks i will install arrow rom and remove the apps I dont need.. and see if the phone is stable.
Now that root has been established and titanium is available to use, what apps are people safely removing/freezing? My last rom was on the Note 2 so a lot has changed since then for me. I assume there's a S5 list around that we can use as a base.
Edit: The list can be found on post 3.
joshuar9476 said:
Now that root has been established and titanium is available to use, what apps are people safely removing/freezing? My last rom was on the Note 2 so a lot has changed since then for me. I assume there's a S5 list around that we can use as a base.
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I'd also like to know this coming from the note 2. ?I like some of the samsung / sprint feel but i dont need it at the cost of unresponsiveness when it runs out of resources
What I have personally done:
Stock apps deleted from app manager:
1 Weather
Amazon Preloader
App Pass
Chrome (installed Chrome Beta .. actually had to uninstall Chrome in Titanium)
Ebay
FamilyWall for Sprint
Messaging+
NASCAR mobile 2014
NBA Game Time
NextRadio
Scout
Spotify
Sprint-Featured Apps
Sprint Music Plus
Sprint TV & Movies
Sprint Worldwide
Uninstalled from Titanium:
Active applications 2.1.1
BlurbCheckout 1.0
Bubbles 1.0
ChocoEUKor 1.11.56913.118627
Clock (digital easy) 1.0.73981.149261
Clock (digital) 1.0.68078.138841
Dropbox 2.4.5.10
Dual Clock (digital) 1.0
Email 4.4.2.0400 (I only use Gmail)
Exchange services 4.4.2.0100 (backed up)
Favorite Contacts 1.0
Flipboard 2.4.0
Google Play Books 3.1.49
Google Play Games 1.6.07
Google Play Movies & TV 3.3.33
Google Play Music 5.6.1623P
Google Play Newsstand 3.3
Google+ 4.6.0.76970369
Hangouts 2.3.75731955
Help 1.0.0 (backed up)
HP Print Service
Internet 2.0.341100600.89011 (use Chrome Beta)
Launcher 1.0 (use Nova)
Live weather 1.0
Lookout Security 8.35.3-347a1b6
Phase beam 1.0
Photo Screensavers
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter (backed up)
Samsung Cloud Data Relay (backed up)
Samsung Cloud Quota (backed up)
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter (backed up)
Samsung Memo SyncAdapter (backed up)
Samsung Push Service (backed up)
Samsung Syncadapters (backed up)
Samsung SBrowser SyncAdapter (backed up)
Swype 1.7.9.30068
TalkBack 3.5.1 (backed up)
Travel Wallpaper 1.0.13429
TouchWiz easy home 1.0 (Nova)
TouchWiz home 1.0 (Nova)
Frozen from Titanium:
AllShare FileShare Service 2.1
ANT HAL Service 3.0.0
ANT Radio Service 4.7.0
ANT+ Plugins Service 3.1.0
Briefing 1.0.0
Connections Optimizer 3.0.9.14
Connections Optimizer Updater 2.1.4.0
EmergencyManagerService 4.4.4 (per hermeticist) - interferes with enabling Ultra Power Saving mode and can possibly cause brick
Evernote 5.8.5
Galaxy Apps 14093005.02.008.1
Knox 2.2.0
Knox Notification Manager 2.2.2
Knox SetupWizardClient 2.2.0
Mobile Installer 4.1.01.
Messages 4.4.4 (use Textra)
Nearby Devices 2.1
Nearby Service 2.1
NFC Service 4.4.4
Samsung Account 2.1.0014
Samsung DM Service 1.10.10
Samsung Galaxy Apps Widget
Sprint ID 2.0.23
Sprint Zone 4.7.019
I will update this as I go forward.
Put this list in the OP, and then just update the OP as people contribute more safe things to install - that way people don't need to scroll through the thread to find everything and it can all be in one place.
Great work on having the initiative to start this - these are always useful especially before there's a lot roms out that already take it all out/for people who like to customize their own stock.
*Probably should just change title to
Removable Sprint/Samsung Bloatware or something since you already got started on the list
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Out of paranoia, I just freeze instead of uninstalling. My $. 02.
The more I play with this rom, the more I like the multitasking features like expanding windows. Also like one handed mode.
I would love to be able to replace the notification quick settings with AOSP quick settings, and get an AOSP lockscreen, and AOSP phone and contacts. in a custom Rom
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Basically get all AOSP features and keeping TouchWiz innovation.
I feel that if we could get rid of any Samsung market tracking apps, this phone would be even better!
monkey3ddd said:
Out of paranoia, I just freeze instead of uninstalling. My $. 02.
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I get that. The programs I uninstalled I have uninstalled for many devices and roms in the past. I just finally purchased the pro version of Titanium so I'm starting to freeze more and add those to the list. Once I see no problems after a few weeks I'll back them up and remove them.
Can:
klms agenT
My interests
My places
be frozen or removed?
hermeticist said:
Can:
klms agenT
My interests
My places
be frozen or removed?
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I have the KLMS Agent on freeze, no issues...make sure to freeze com.sec.enterprise.knox.attestation too....
Edit: found New Registration and RCPComponets are Knox related, froze both, got hung up on Sprint splash screen, had to do a battery pull ( not 100% sure its related as I had done other things) but rebooted fine and running with both froze...
jauger said:
I have the KLMS Agent on freeze, no issues...make sure to freeze com.sec.enterprise.knox.attestation too....
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hermeticist said:
Can:
klms agenT
My interests
My places
be frozen or removed?
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I added these to the list
How about emergency manager service?
hermeticist said:
How about emergency manager service?
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Something keeps throwing an emergency manager service error at me when I restart so let's freeze it.
Me too.
For those of you who have rooted your device and Titanium Backup can not access "Backup Folder" (can not uninstall apps), you can simply change the default backup location in the settings. Change it to something that is writable.
Since I wanted to write to the SD card I had to install the SDFix app to allow Titatium Backup to write to the SD Card where I wanted and it allowed me to uninstall apps from then there after.
I didn't have an sd card problem.
ES file explorer, and titanium backup recognized the external card right off the bat.
The only app that is acting weird is Dolphin browser refusing to let me change external sd download directories.
gpvlog said:
For those of you who have rooted your device and Titanium Backup can not access "Backup Folder" (can not uninstall apps), you can simply change the default backup location in the settings. Change it to something that is writable.
Since I wanted to write to the SD card I had to install the SDFix app to allow Titatium Backup to write to the SD Card where I wanted and it allowed me to uninstall apps from then there after.
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I too downloaded SDFix and backed up to my SDCard
What does the Amazon Preloader actually preload?
Is the connections optimizer bloat? Or is there a bug in it, it keeps shutting off location services randomly. I get it may be trying to save battery live but when you over 30% over 50% and over 80% i don't see why i keep getting notices location info was turned off. I think it still "may" serve a purpose of optimizing lte over wifi if the wifi is a poor connection and i have a strong lte spot but not sure.
Fangs87 said:
Is the connections optimizer bloat? Or is there a bug in it, it keeps shutting off location services randomly. I get it may be trying to save battery live but when you over 30% over 50% and over 80% i don't see why i keep getting notices location info was turned off. I think it still "may" serve a purpose of optimizing lte over wifi if the wifi is a poor connection and i have a strong lte spot but not sure.
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I did some research and found you can disable it from within the phone under settings/more networks/moble networks ... I went ahead and added it to the freeze list.
Yea i saw that also i was trying to avoid disabling it but it notifying me every so often it shut things down now i need to turn it back on to do something is annoying
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Guide Updated for Lollipop in post 2 below! This first post is for Kit-Kat releases
Removing these apps WILL remove functionality, break some of your menus, lead to force closes, and reduce the capability of your device. I am not responsible for what you remove and you have been warned
*Freezing these Apps will have the same effect as uninstalling them and is a much safer option for the user. Please consider freezing first and then uninstalling after you have tested the device.*
I originally set out to make this a list of "safe" to remove software for users bold enough to remove them if they didn't want that feature. The "Apps removed" list is still that original work, but what it has turned into instead is a reference library of all the Samsung apps and what they do. This is a work in progress and I will need the help of the community to keep it accurate, updated, and relevant. The way I have the software listed is the exact name as it shows in Android Tuner. I may edit this post later to include APK names, but for now this is the list as I can report it. The annotations I've added are intended to be as accurate as possible and some provide references for why I think they do what they do. If you know what one of these does and want to add to it or correct me (cause I am wrong a lot) please post and tell me so I can change the descriptions. If we do this right many people can benefit from this, including devs, who want to remove unneeded features from Touchwiz and maximize their ROM's efficiency.
Tools I Used:
Android Tuner (I use Pro but you can use normal for this as well)
BetterBatteryStats
*Please backup your apps when you remove them. Also after removing several system files please reboot and wipe cache/dalvik before noting phone performance.
(You MUST install and run Viper4Android (Or HERE if you use Rapture) before removing things from this list)
Reference List/Apps Removed:
3DTourViewer (Removes 'Tour' feature from Samsung Gallery app/Reference: HERE)
Active Applications (the engine that keeps track of open programs for the widget)
Active Applications widget (The widget that closes the app)
Adapt Sound (Adjust call sounds and custom headphone settings)
AirWakeUp (Wakes up the device by running palm over it)
AllShare FileShare Service (Samsung Fileshare engine)
Application Installer (Preload installer for stock software to restore removed apps)
Automation Test (Phone dialer code for system test/Reference: HERE)
Backup (SCloud Backup Application/Works with Samsung Account)
Beacon Manager (Part of QuickConnect Software)
Beaming Service (Mobeam Beam service coupons and barcodes/Reference: HERE)
Briefing (This is the homepage where you swipe left and it shows news stories on Touchwiz Launcher)
Bubbles (Live wallpaper)
Calculator (Talking caculator. Why it talks, I'll never know)
Calendar (do not remove "Calendar Storage")
Calendar Widget (do not remove "Calendar Storage")
CapabilityManagerService (Reports plugging or unplugging of headphones/headset)
Car Mode (Hands-free software for car rides with many controls)
Car Mode Remote (Part of Car mode software; no idea what else it interfaces with)
ChocoEUKor (Samsung font option)
ChromecastServerService (Removal Could break Chromecast functions)
Clock [Digital Easy] (Clock widget for 'Easy Touchwiz')
Clock [Digital] (Digital Clock Widget)
CloudAgent (Samsung Cloud Backup and Restore Service/Reference: HERE)
com.samsung.android.app.watchmanagerstub (Gear Watches & possibly Android wear device component)
com.sec.android.app.sbrowsertry (No idea/Linked with Stock Samsung Browser in some way)
com.sec.android.app.wfdbroker (Engine for Samsung file sharing service)
com.sec.android.gallery3d.panorama360view (No idea/part of gallery function?)
com.sec.android.pagebuddynotifsvc (Used with Page Buddy Service)
com.sec.android.sviewcover (Controls S-View Cover/Do not remove if you have Flip Cover)
CoolEUKor (Samsung font option)
DCMProvider (Part of Direct Connect Software)
demo stub (Preload installer that reinstalls apps you remove on reboot provided by Tmobile)
DeviceKeystring (Removed from XstrestoLite as test software/Reference: HERE)
DiagMonAgent (No idea)
DirectShareManager (Samsung Sharing Manager)
DSMLawmo (No idea/part of DSMForwarding.apk)
Dual Clock [Digital] (Clock Widget for Touchwiz)
Easy settings (Settings available for Easy Touchwiz Launcher)
EasyOneHand (Resizes screen for single-handed use)
EasySidePanel (Part of EasyOneHand)
ELM Agent (Samsung Multi-user support/Reference: HERE)
Email (Email service for anything besides Gmail)
EpdgTestApp (Part of Page Buddy Service)
EpsonPrintService (Epson printer driver interface for printing from device)
Exchange services (Part of Email app)
Favorite Contacts (Widget for Favorite Contacts)
Flipboard (News providing app that works with 'Briefing' above)
FWUpgrade (Update software for Samsung/Not needed if using custom ROM)
Gear VR Service (New Gear VR from Samsung interface software)
Gear VR Shell (Wrapper? for Gear VR Software)
Health and Safety (Information pop-ups for S-Health and other apps)
Health Service (Needed for S-Health)
HP Print Service Plugin (Print spool driver for HP printers and printing from device)
IndexService (Indexing service, similar to windows, and connects with SFinder for file location)
Internet (Stock Samsung browser)
Live Weather (Live Weather wallpaper from Yahoo)
Magnifier (Accessibility option for magnifying the screen and text)
Mobile Print (Another Print Spooler for printing from phone)
Mobile Tracker (Allows you to track phone if stolen)
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS (CUPS is the linux printing service used for printing from device)
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend (Extra driver/wrapper for CUPS software and printing)
Multimedia UI Service Layer (No idea/interfaces with Stock Samsung Music Player)
Music (Stock Samsung Music player)
Music Controller (No idea/part of Samsung music player?)
My Files (Samsung file browser)
My Interests (If you use travel wallpaper this updates the lock screen wallpaper)
My Places (Location widget)
Nearby Devices (Part of NFC capabilities)
Nearby service (Part of NFC capabilities)
OCR Service (Optical Character Recognition for reading text with camera and within PDFs/Reference: HERE HERE )
Phase Beam (Live wallpaper)
Photo Note (Converts pictures taken with camera into editable document with S-Pen/Reference: HERE)
Photo Studio (Picture editing software with stock Samsung camera)
Post_T_Promo (Equivalent of Samsung Preload that re-installs T-mobile software if removed)
Print Spooler (Ability to print from your device)
Private Mode Service (Allows for Private Mode to be enabled or disabled)
Quick Connect (Searches for nearby devices for wireless sharing/Reference: HERE)
Quick Connect Interaction Service (Part of the above sharing service)
RoseEUKor (Samsung font)
SFinder (File finder added by Samsung)
Samsung Account (Account with NUMEROUS ties to software. Do not remove unless you know you don't need this)
Samsung Billing (Used for app purchases in Galaxy App Store)
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter (Relays calendar information to Samsung cloud backup)
Samsung Cloud Data Relay (Part of Samsung cloud backup and restore)
Samsung Cloud Quota (Part of Samsung cloud backup and restore)
Samsung Contact Syncadapter (Backs up your contacts to Samsung cloud service)
Samsung Content Agent (Used with Samsung Link Software?)
Samsung Galaxy (Samsung Social network sync which connects contacts to Facebook, Twitter, etc./ Reference: HERE)
Samsung Galaxy Apps Widget (Widget for the Samsung Galaxy app store)
Samsung Keyboard (Removal Breaks Ultra Power Saving Mode)
Samsung Link Platform (Remote sharing of media between devices)
Samsung Link Platform Connectivity (Connection interface for Link Platform above)
Samsung Memo SyncAdapter (Syncs your saved memos to Samsung cloud service)
Samsung Print Service Plugin (Another Printing driver for printing from device)
Samsung Push Service (If you use the Galaxy app store this alerts you when Samsung software you have installed needs to be updated)
Samsung SBrowser Syncadapter (Syncs your bookmarks from the stock browser to Samsung's cloud service)
Samsung Setup wizard (Samsung login wizard used for first setup)
SamsungSans (Samsung Font)
SapaMonitor (Audio monitoring system/possibly related to CapabilityServiceManager for detecting headphones?)
Screen mirroring (Samsung software used to display phone screen to Samsung TVs)
Setup Wizard (Stock Android Setup Menu for first boot after clean install or factory resetSafe to remove but if removed you will have to add accounts manually!)
Shots & More (Photo editing software)
SmartcardManager (Interfaces with certain SIM cards and other security related cards/Reference: HERE)
SmartcardService (Background service associated with SmartcardManager)
Sound Detectors (Keeps microphone active for certain sounds)
SoundAlive (Installed and successfully ran Viper4Android before removal)
Studio (Photo editing software)
TMServerApp (Linked to Samsung Drivelink or Samsung Mobile software/Reference: HERE)
Touchwiz Easy Home (Easy Launcher for Touchwiz)
Travel Wallpaper (Wallpaper? Yeah, no idea)
Trim (Video editing software available in AOSP/Reference: HERE)
Video (Samsung's proprietary video player and says it is Samsung in the APK name)
Video Clip Studio (Video editing software)
Video Trimmer (Samsung video editing tool)
VPN Client (Needed for Android VPN protocols and available in AOSP so it does not need to be removed)
VpnDialogs (Part of VPN protocols and found in AOSP so it does not need to be removed)
VRSetupWizardStub (Software setup for GearVR Hardware)
Weather (Weather widget from the main Touchwiz screen)
Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi file sharing)
Wi-Fi Direct Share (Wi-Fi file sharing)
wssyncmlnps (Samsung Updater/Reference: HERE)
Stats Removing Software Above (Base: Rapture v2.3)
System Partition: 632 MB
Apps Removed: 83 (not including Google Apps which I moved to /data partition)
Clean Boot RAM Usage (System): 343 MB
Clean Boot RAM Usage (User): 143 MB
Clean Boot Kernel Usage: 422 MB
Total RAM: 908MB
Battery loss per/hr: 0.5% (according to BBS)
Functional Features with My List:
All S-Pen Functionality (Menus, screen write, S-Note, etc)
Google Now activation screen on/off
Camera functionality
Gallery
Camera Voice Commands
Phone, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Calls, NFC etc.
Pebble functionality
Chromecast functionality
Viper4Android Installed (Power Saving Driver)
3Minit Battery Settings
Multi-Window
Wi-Fi Calling
Fingerprint Scanner
Samsung Keyboard (For Ultra Power Saving Mode)
Touchwiz Launcher (As a fallback to Nova)
Xposed
Ultra Power Saving Mode
Unknown Apps List/Removed Apps Being Tested (Highly Experimental!):
AutoPreConfig (No idea/Seems no one does: LINK)
com.android.sharedstoragebackup (needs further testing/no idea)
com.sec.android.SamsungDrmProvider (may control things like Netflix or Music content/Remove with care)
com.sec.android.soagent (No idea, possibly security related?/Reference: HERE)
com.sec.bcservice (Security related to syscope and SecSettings/Reference: HERE)
Context Service (Shares phone usage stats with Samsung devs/Reference: HERE)
Enterprise SIM Pin Service (no idea/likely security and knox related)
Enterprise VPN Services (no idea/VPN service related to knox?)
Intelligence Service (No idea/Removed from Xstrestolite/Reference: HERE)
Interaction Control (No idea/interfaces with weather widget perhaps?/Reference: HERE)
Market Feedback Agent (Works with the Play Store providing statistics and usage information)
MDMApp (Does a LOT for security/Reference: HERE)
Smartcard Manager (No idea/Security smartcard manager perhaps?)
SmartcardService (No idea/Something to do with security smartcards perhaps?)
SnsImageCache (Where social media contact pictures and media are saved)
Sysscope (No idea/security related/see "com.sec.bcservice" link above)
Tasks provider (No idea/Quick Google search shows everyone removes it)
Other Software Explained: I Don't Recommend Removing or Freezing Most of These
AirWakeUp (Found under accessibility options; used for hand gestures associated with waking the device and other functions)
Android System (Core Android process//Never remove or freeze this is you value a working device)
Assistant Menu (Part of the settings menu that allows for customization of your accessibility options)
AudioConnectionService (No idea, but I'm not bold enough to remove it)
Automation Test (A phone dialer and manufacturer's testing application to ensure working hardware)
AutoPreconfig (No idea//Likely associated with Samsung
Basic Daydreams (This is associated with the daydream function used with docks and other screensaver options)
Bluetooth Share (If you remove this functional bluetooth features WILL fail//I removed it and bluetooth would not activate)
Bluetooth Test (This is the testing application for ensuring that bluetooth is functional in the factory hardware tests)
Calendar Storage (If you remove this your calendar will not launch or sync to Android server)
Camera (Fairly self-explanatory//Can be frozen or removed if you have a replacement, but this is why you bought the phone...right?)
Camera Test (Factory test menu for the camera hardware)
Certificate Installer (Used for accepting and revoking of Internet certificates with the Android OS)
ChromecastServerService (This is going to control your Chromecast connection availability//can be removed if no Chromecast used)
ClipboardSaveService (Samsung's clipboard interface program//I haven't tested it removed, but this one is not the stock android clipboard)
Clock (Android clock app//I HIGHLY discourage you from removing this)
Clock Settings (If you have Potato Clock installed this service will be here and is the settings menu for Potato Clock)
Color Adjustment (Samsung's screen color program that allows you to choose color settings//Don't remove)
com.android.backupconfirm (no idea; perhaps part of Android cloud service backup to Google servers?)
com.android.browser.provider (no idea; part of Android browsing capabilities I assume?)
com.android.keyguard (This is your lockscreen//DO NOT FREEZE OR REMOVE)
com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks (no idea; not sure it is needed and have removed it personally but don't know what it affects and it is part of standard android system [AOSP])
com.android.wallpapercropper (Cropping tool for wallpaper//Removing or freezing causes wallpaper changes to crash)
com.qualcomm.interfacepermissions (no idea and I sincerely think this interfaces with the CPU/GPU so I'd leave it alone)
com.qualcomm.qcom_qmi (no idea; personally would not touch)
com.qualcomm.timeservice (no idea; personally would not touch)
com.samsung.android.sdk.spenv10 (This is your S-Pen software//If you remove it the S-Pen will do nothing fun)
com.samsung.authenication.gba (No idea; likely security layer for Samsung applications//I have not removed this)
com.sec.android.app.chromecustomizations (no idea, probably an interface for Google Chrome's addons or sync capabilities)
com.sec.android.app.FlashBarService (This is your Multi-Window feature//You can remove this if you don't care about the feature, but I don't know what else it affects [read: at your own risk])
com.sec.android.app.minimode.res (no idea; I'd only be guessing putting something here)
com.sec.android.app.sbrowsertry (this is software that links the stock Samsung Browser to Android//Can be removed if you don't use stock browser)
com.sec.android.app.SmartClipService (S-Pen feature//Can be removed, but Smart Clip won't work on Air Command menu and possibly other side effects)
com.sec.android.chromecastservice (part 2 of chromecast functionality//can be removed if you don't have a Chromecast)
com.sec.android.SamsungDrmProvider (no idea as mentioned previously//I've left it in, it uses negligible resources and likely has an important role with the OS)
com.android.visualeffect.res (no idea; but part of the original AOSP so I would leave it in)
com.sec.chromecast.remoteplayer (part 3 of Chromecast services//Can be removed if you don't use Chromecast)
com.sec.ims (All services related to IMS in any fashion is related to Wi-Fi Calling//Do NOT remove if you use a T-mobile device and/or Wi-Fi Calling)
com.sec.imsservice (All services related to IMS--in any fashion--is related to Wi-Fi Calling//Do NOT remove if you use a T-mobile device and/or Wi-Fi Calling)
com.sec.phone (Don't remove if you like placing calls)
ConfigUpdater (no idea; couldn't even begin to guess)
Contacts (You contacts app//Freezing or removing this causes major issues with the Samsung Framework: Do so at your own risk)
Contacts Storage (The AOSP app for saving your contacts information//leave it in)
Context Service (no idea; I only know this is a Samsung service and I have no idea what it does or affects)
CSC (Part of the standard AOSP OS and dialer code entry information//can be removed but I don't recommend it)
DeviceKeystring (no idea; can't even begin to guess)
DeviceTest (Another factory test option for your device and part of AOSP software)
Dialer Storage (AOSP and where recent numbers dialed and other dialer information is stored)
Dictionary (AOSP dictionary for auto-correction and reference information//leave it in)
DigitalPenSDK (no idea; I can't prove it, but I think this is related to your touchscreen driver for the active digitizer)
Direct Pen Input (no idea; makes the S-Pen an active stylus is my guess//Don't remove if you like your S-Pen)
Documents (no idea; perhaps related to Google Drive?//I wouldn't remove it)
Download Manager (You need this for downloads to work//DO NOT remove)
Downloads (This is the UI for the Download Manager service above//It can be removed, but I wouldn't do it)
EmergencyManagerService (Related to Emergency mode//You can remove it, but I wouldn't)
EmergencyProvider (Related to Emergency mode//You can remove it, but I wouldn't)
External Storage (no idea; I think it is related to the MicroSD card but I don't know//I wouldn't remove it)
Factory Mode (no idea; I assume it is related to the factory hardware tests)
Filter Installer (no idea; I wouldn't remove this)
Filter Manager (no idea; I wouldn't remove this)
FilterProvider (no idea; I wouldn't remove this)
FixmoISA (no idea; related to security//Reference: HERE)
FlashAnnotateSvc (no idea; couldn't even guess)
Fused Location (no idea; related to Google location service?)
Gallery (Samsung picture gallery//Don't remove it, it breaks part of the camera functionality)
GestureService (no idea; related to Google service//I wouldn't remove it)
GlanceViewMk (Related to recent apps button//I don't recommend you remove this as it is part of AOSP)
Google Account Manager (Keeps Google account login info//Do not remove)
Google App (Google!//If you remove this version from /system you CANNOT activate the "OK Google" with the screen off)
Google Backup Transport (no idea; but related to Google so I don't recommend removing it)
Google Calendar Sync (Syncs your calendar to Google servers//I don't recommend removing it)
Google Contact Sync (Syncs your contacts//don't remove this)
Google One Time Init (Google service//Do not remove)
Google Partner Service (Google service//Do not remove)
Google Play Services (Critical Google service//DEFINITELY do not remove)
Google Services Framework (Critical Google service//DEFINITELY do not remove)
Google Text-to-Speech (Critical for OK Google voice reading//can be removed but I wouldn't recommend it)
HTML Viewer (no idea; important for web viewing?)
HwModuleTest (More factory test software)
IMS Settings (All services related to IMS in any fashion is related to Wi-Fi Calling//Do NOT remove if you use a T-mobile device and/or Wi-Fi Calling that being said others have said it can be removed, but I wouldn't personally)
IMSLogger+ (All services related to IMS in any fashion is related to Wi-Fi Calling//Do NOT remove if you use a T-mobile device and/or Wi-Fi Calling that being said others have said it can be removed, but I wouldn't personally)
InCallUI (Important for dialer and phone calls//Do not remove it)
Input Devices (no idea; driver for inputs perhaps?//Don't remove it)
Interaction control (no idea; related to Samsung settings features//I recommend it not be removed)
Internet (Stock Browser//Can be removed if another browser is put in place)
IPsec Service (Security related service for AOSP//Don't remove this)
IWlan Settings (important for Wi-Fi Settings//Do not remove)
Key Chain (Contains password information for app logins//Do not remove)
Launcher (Part 1 of Touchwiz interface//it can be FROZEN if you have another launcher to save RAM HOWEVER: Several force closes if you remove it!)
Live Wallpaper Picker ( Just what it says//Force closes if you try to access Live Wallpaper)
LocationServices (Google Location service//Do not remove)
LogsProvider (no idea; logs something? I'm a simple man)
Manage accessibility (This is part of Samsung's settings//I don't recommend removing this)
Mapcon Provider (no idea; couldn't even begin to guess)
Media Storage (no idea; driver for internal/external SD card?//Don't remove this)
Messages (Samsung messaging app//Can be frozen or removed if you have another SMS program in place)
Mobile Tracker (Samsung feature for tracking phone in the settings menu//Can be removed but I wouldn't)
MTP Application (Driver for MTP interface//Do not remove)
MyScript Resource Manager (no idea; couldn't even begin to guess)
Nfc Service (Needed for NFC//Do NOT remove!)
OMACP (no idea; couldn't even begin to guess)
Package Access Helper (Part of Android package installer//Do not remove)
Package Installer (Android Package Installer//Do NOT remove!)
PacProcessor (no idea; couldn't even begin to guess)
Perso (no idea; couldn't even begin to guess)
Phone (If you like making calls with your phone this should stay)
Photo note (S-Pen feature//I don't recommend removing unless you don't want this feature)
PopupuiReceiver (no idea; couldn't even guess)
Preconfig (no idea; couldn't even guess)
Private Mode Storage (This allow private mode to function//This can be removed but for stability I would NOT remove it)
ProxyHandler (Proxy handling for Android//I would leave this alone)
Remote controls x3 (There are three of these and one is likely linked to the IR Blaster//I do not recommend removing these)
RilNotifier (Ril are system files that store phone information//DO NOT REMOVE)
ringtonebackup (no idea; I'd be guessing)
RootPA (no idea; I'd be guessing)
S-Voice (Voice commands for the phone//This can be removed HOWEVER: If removed screen-off OK Google command will not work. You need this file and the original Google App that come installed to make the screen off version work)
Safety Assistance (Critical part of Emergency mode service//Can be removed, but I recommend against it)
Samsung Camera Filter (no idea; I know it is part of the camera app but I don't know its role//I'd leave it alone)
Samsung keyboard (Stock keyboard//Can be removed if another keyboard replaces it HOWEVER: If you remove this Ultra Power Saving mode will NOT function properly unless you modify it with UPSM. I recommend you leave this in)
Scrapbook (Tied to gallery in some way; I do not recommend removing this due to people's reports saying it causes a force close and I'll locate the link later)
Screen Write (S-Pen feature of Air Command//I would leave this in unless you don't use S-Pen at all)
Secure UI Service (no idea; couldn't even begin to guess)
to be continued...
My Thanks goes to:
Google! You make me smarter or at least appear smarter. Thank you for that
Linux - My OS of choice
Samsung - You may use Touchwiz, but I love your phones
@iB4STiD for ALL his amazing ROMs
The Alliance Team for their spectacular ROM releases and amazing customization
@edgarf28 for the inspiration and his work on XstrestoLite for the S5
@fAiLOfax for his AMAZING reference work found HERE
The XDA Community and all their posts
*If I forgot anyone they will be added as soon as I remember
Lollipop List of Software that can be frozen for AOSP Experience:
As a reference I am using AllianceROM v1 on COD6 as my base for this release because it is a full ROM (nothing removed) as a starting point. See Post 1 above for the software I used for removal and explanation of most Samsung software.
Removed:
Amazon
Chrome
com.facebook.appmanager (could break contact pictures from Facebook)
com.facebook.system (same warning as above; I don't use Facebook and even if I did it would be a user app)
Google Drive
Dropbox
DT Ignite
Facebook (This is better as a user app because it can be greenified)
Google Play Books
Google Play TV & Movies
Google Play Music (moved to user app)
Google Play Newstand
Google+
Hancom Office 2014
Hangouts (moved to user app)
Instagram
Lookout
Google Maps
Messenger
Milk Music
Pages Manager
PEN.UP
S Health
S Note
Smart Remote
T-Mobile My Account
T-Mobile Name ID
T-Mobile TV
T-Mobile Visual Voicemail
YouTube
Frozen Apps (Being tested for stability):
Active Applications (RAM Usage Monitor)
Active Applications Widget (RAM Usage widget)
AllShare FileShare Service (Samsung App that allows sharing files over Wi-Fi)
ANT+DUT (Low power fitness tracking controller--If you have a workout device that uses this you know it)
ANT HAL Service (Low power fitness tracking controller)
ANT Radio Service (Low power fitness tracking controller)
ANT+ Plugin Service (Low power fitness tracking controller)
Application Installer (This application used to auto-reinstall removed software--seems it no longer functions)
Backup (Part of Samsung Account Backup client--if you need it don't freeze it)
BeaconManager (Part of Samsung Quick Connect Software--if you need it don't freeze it)
Beaming service (Used with coupon scanning application from Samsung--if you need it don't freeze it)
BlurbCheckout (Coupon scanning service app--if you need it don't freeze it)
Briefing (The screen at the far left of the Touchwiz Launcher that does news--if you like this feature don't freeze it and keep Flipboard as well!)
Bubbles (Live wallpaper found it stock Android--you are welcome to keep it, if not in use it does not impact system resources)
Calculator (If you like it, keep it. I just don't like it)
Calendar (25.25MB) (This is the actual Calendar app from Samsung--if you freeze it, it will not sync)
Calendar (2.33MB) (This is the widget for the Samsung Calendar--if one goes they both should go)
DO NOT REMOVE CALENDAR STORAGE IF YOU USE A CALENDAR AT ALL ON YOUR PHONE
Car Mode (This is a feature that allows for hands-free driving--I don't use it)
CarModeRemote (Assistant app to Car Mode above--if you freeze one then freeze them both)
Clock (digital easy) (Easy Mode Touchwiz clock widget)
Clock (Digital) (Clock widget)
CloudAgent (Part of Samsung's sync software--if you don't backup to Samsung account freeze it)
com.sec.android.app.sbrowsertry (This is the sync tool for the Samsung stock browser--I use Chrome so I freeze this)
DiagMonAgent (Used with T-Mobile My Account app for monitoring phone actions--freeze this because this community doesn't like spyware)
Dual Clock (Widget)
Easy Settings (If you use easy mode this is the settings menu--if you use normal Touchwiz freeze this)
EasyOneHand (As long as you don't run Easy Mode you can freeze this)
EasySidePanel (As long as you don't run East Mode you can freeze this)
Email (If you use it, don't freeze it--I use Gmail so I don't need it)
Exchange Services (If you use the stock Email app above do not freeze this)
Favorite Contacts (Widget that can be safely removed)
Flipboard (If you use Briefing--far left Touchwiz screen--you must leave this installed) Note: Can be installed as a user app for Greenifying
Gear VR Service (Self Explanatory)
Gear VR SetupWizardStub (The setup program for Gear VR)
Gear VR Shell (You need this if you have a Gear VR)
Health and Safety (Because I like to live dangerously)
Health Service (If you use S-Health this cannot be frozen)
Help (Because I don't need Samsung's Help menu--I have Google and XDA)
IndexService (If you don't use S-Finder this can be frozen)
Internet (This is the stock Samsung browser and if you use another browser this can be safely frozen)
KNOX (FREEZE BUT DO NOT REMOVE--things have changed and this is tied to the system settings)
KNOX II (FREEZE BUT DO NOT REMOVE--Seriously, we don't know what changes have been implemented yet surrounding this)
Launcher (I froze this accidentally, but Touchwiz still seems to work with it frozen--if you use Touchwiz as your launcher do not freeze)
Live Weather (I don't need another live wallpaper--thanks anyway Yahoo)
Multimedia UI Service Layer (Works hand-in-hand with the Samsung stock music app--if you use Music Player don't freeze)
Music (Stock Samsung Music player)
Music Controller (Don't freeze this if you use stock music player)
My Files (Samsung File Manager)
My Interests (Another live wallpaper that tracks your locations and preferences)
My Places (Works in conjunction with My interest so if you freeze one, freeze them both)
Phase Beam (Stock AOSP live wallpaper--this does not impact performance unless it is being used)
Photo Screensaver (I don't have any idea how to make this app work--3 out of 4 dentists freeze it)
Photo Studio (Samsung software for editing photos)
Post_T_Promo (This is T-Mobile's auto-installing application--freeze this)
Power Sharing (I don't know what this does, but I don't trust it)
Print Spooler (If you print from your device do not freeze this)
Quick Connect (Samsung software for connecting to other devices)
S-Finder (Indexing application for your media and files--if you freeze this then freeze IndexService as well)
Samsung Account (If you do anything with Samsung you need this installed)
Samsung Billing (Used to pay for apps in Galaxy App store)
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter (Syncs stock Samsung calendar to Samsung servers)
Samsung Cloud Data Relay (Used for backing up to Samsung Cloud)
Samsung Cloud Quota (Samsung Cloud Sync)
Samsung Contact Sync adapter (Sync contacts to Samsung servers)
Samsung Content Agent (Manages your multimedia with Samsung's servers)
Samsung Galaxy (Not named properly--this is SNS and is used to sync your contact pictures from Social media)
Samsung Link Platform (Used for connecting Samsung devices to other Samsung devices like TVs)
Samsung Link Platform Connectivity (Ensures connection reliability for the app above)
Samsung Memo SyncAdapter (Syncs your S-Note Memos to Samsung servers)
Samsung Mirrorlink (How many apps do they really need of sharing things with other screens?)
Samsung Print Service Plugin (If you print from your phone leave this running)
Samsung Push Service (Notifies you of Samsung app updates from the Galaxy Store)
Samsung SBrowser SyncAdapter (Syncs bookmarks and other browser info to Samsung servers)
Samsung Setup Wizard (This is the setup screen for Samsung account--after initial setup it can be frozen)
Samsung SyncAdapters (The system of backing up to Samsung servers)
Scrapbook (Picture stuff? Freeze this, don't remove it as there have been issued reported with removing it)
Screen Mirroring (Seriously Samsung?)
Shot & More (This is photo editing software found on the phone)
Slow Motion (Video mode capture setting--if you use special features with the camera do not freeze this)
SmartCardManager (My suspicion is that this relates to Android system support for Smart Cards and those don't work on any phone I know of)
SmartCardService(See above)
SNSImageCache (Cache for storing contact pictures imported from Facebook--tied to the other apps so if you left those on leave this on as well)
Software Update (You know these only come from XDA--but, if you still like to get your updates OTA leave this unfrozen)
Software Update (See above)
Studio (Photo editing software)
Touchwiz Easy Home (If you don't use Easy Mode this can be frozen)
Trim (Camera editing feature--do not remove if you use advanced camera features)
Video (AKA com.samsung.everglades.video--AKA an extra video player for no reason)
Video Clip Studio (Video editing software)
Video Trimmer (Video editing software)
Wi-Fi Direct (Another file-sharing app over Wi-Fi)
Wi-Fi Direct Share (self-explanatory)
Some Tips from Me for What It's Worth:
-If you're not sure you'll use it then freeze it first -- there is nothing worse than removing an app and discovering not only that you needed it, but that it is a pain to re-install
-Making a system app a user app is good for battery saving because it can be easily greenified
-Get 3C Toolbox Pro: not only does it remove and backup software it also optimizes libraries, cleans deleted data to speed up read/write times, controls kernel settings, and can be set to automate tasks. It is amazing software
-RAM Usage is handled differently in Lollipop because of ART so this list is not used to free RAM. This is to freeze applications that would take up resources that we don't use or want running
-If you follow this guide and remove all of these apps I highly recommend clearing cache and dalvik--a few removed apps is fine for ART but if you remove a lot of them it is important to give it a clean database to start with. Then run TRIM with 3C or something similar
-Support the devs! Don't thank this post, thank the dev of the ROM you are using and consider donating to them! Note 4 users are incredibly lucky to have so many talented developers. Show them that they are appreciated!
Will be doing this when I get home from work. Thanks!
unibomber said:
Will be doing this when I get home from work. Thanks!
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I'm excited to hear about your results. Please post them good/bad/or indifferent and if you encounter any problems try to let me know what the circumstances were. My hope is that we can get to a point where this information could be used to strip down a ROM and let the user put back the particular software they needed and nothing more.
Also if you have any suggestions to submit for removal and you know what feature it is a part of just let me know. :good:
I have found removing one of these files has made the recent app button almost instant. I don't know which one is the one that made it faster.
Unused ram is wasted ram
unibomber said:
I have found removing one of these files has made the recent app button almost instant. I don't know which one is the one that made it faster.
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Very cool. I hadn't tested the multi-task button since doing my slimming down, but now I am going to try it out.
CheesyNutz said:
Unused ram is wasted ram
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Unused/unwanted programs waste my RAM.
Compare two setups. The first is stock software exactly the way it comes with Facebook, ChatOn, Hancom, Twitter, Air Wake Up, Direct Answer, etc. Many of these programs you don't use are set to launch at boot. You can verify this by checking the Startup Manager tab of Android Tuner. On boot stock RAM usage is full of programs I don't necessarily need running in memory and the Android OS has to use its memory management routines in order to close those apps and fill the RAM with apps I launch.
The second setup is my setup which boots with on 908MB of RAM used and the RAM is filled by programs I launch and want to stay in memory without having to close other programs in the background that Samsung gave priority.
(less programs closed = less CPU routines = lower battery usage)
Which setup is more efficient for the end user? This post isn't about stripping it down so I don't ever use the RAM, it is about creating a library of information about what these programs do so users can remove what they want and run a system tailored to their needs; not the needs of the many.
Edit: is anyone running pure stock and can tell me what RAM usage is on a clean boot? I genuinely cannot remember its been so long.
UPDATE v1
-Added some new descriptions/explanations
-Discovered error in original list "com.sec.android.app.SmartClipService" is part of S-Pen feature. I put mine back.
-Added some references for where I found my information
-Added a few people to the 'Thanks' section. Take the time to thank them when you can!
Thanks for this! Now, just to be sure, if i remove/freeze all of those under "Reference list/apps removed", I won't lose the "functional features with my list" features??
I'm glad I could help!
gretschpr said:
Thanks for this! Now, just to be sure, if i remove/freeze all of those under "Reference list/apps removed", I won't lose the "functional features with my list" features??
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I did add a few back that if removed would break certain features, but the descriptions are bolded. Otherwise, yes if you remove things from the reference list it should still function similarly to mine.
However, if you run into anything weird using that list (force close/crash/unusable feature) let me know so we can track it down and know what it does.
Edit: @gretschpr you MUST install Viper4Android before removing AdaptSound and SoundAlive so that you have a mixer control installed. Otherwise, potential force closes.
Much thanks! I'll give it a try!
Hey guys
I don't have a T-Mobile note 4 but I have and N910G which i have been debloating since day one.
Currently I have about 200 apps on my note 4 whilst retaining wifi, bluetooth, camera, and s-pen functionality. I do not use chrome cast, NFC or Health applications so those things dont work with my current configuration.
Below is a list of currently installed system apps on my note 4:
3Minit Battery Settings 2.2 (com.three.minit.minitbatterysettings)
Accounts (com.keramidas.virtual.ACCOUNTS)
Active applications 2.1.14090411 (com.sec.android.app.taskmanager)
AdAway 2.1 (org.adaway)
Application Widgets (com.keramidas.virtual.APP_WIDGETS)
AudioConnectionService 1.0.69809.141137 (com.samsung.android.sdk.professionalaudio.app.audioconnectionservice)
AutoPreconfig 2.0.0 (com.sec.android.AutoPreconfig)
BadgeProvider 1.0 (com.sec.android.provider.badge)
Bluetooth Pairings (com.keramidas.virtual.BLUETOOTH_PAIRINGS)
Bluetooth Share 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.android.bluetooth)
BluetoothTest 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.sec.android.app.bluetoothtest)
Calculator 1.0 (com.sec.android.app.popupcalculator)
Calendar Storage 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.android.providers.calendar)
Call log (com.keramidas.virtual.XML_CALL_LOG)
Camera 3.0 (com.sec.android.app.camera)
Camera Test 1.0 (com.sec.factory.camera)
Certificate installer 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.android.certinstaller)
ClipboardSaveService 1.0 (com.samsung.clipboardsaveservice)
ClipboardUIService 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.samsung.android.clipboarduiservice)
Clock 1.0 (com.sec.android.app.clockpackage)
Colour adjustment 1.0.81023.161641 (com.samsung.android.app.colorblind)
com.android.backupconfirm 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.android.backupconfirm)
com.android.browser.provider 4.4.4-1227136 (com.android.browser.provider)
com.android.keyguard 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.android.keyguard)
com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks)
com.android.sharedstoragebackup 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.android.sharedstoragebackup)
com.android.wallpapercropper 4.4.4-N910FXXU1ANK4 (com.android.wallpapercropper)
com.qualcomm.interfacepermissions 1.0 (com.qualcomm.interfacepermissions)
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This is pretty much a debloated X-Note Rom. The reason why i use X-Note is so that I can have a black theme (settings menu, dialer, etc).
After a fresh reboot RAM usage sits at 1.17GB after 5 minutes of idle time. After some use (phone calls, facebook, messenger, etc) it sits around 1.4-1.6gb. After a day or so, it sits around 1.7gb. At which point I will just reboot the phone (I usually do this in the morning after a fresh charge). That being said, you don't need to reboot the phone and it will perform smoothly for days (never gone more than a few days without having to reboot for one reason or another - usually flashing stuff lol)
After I have sucessfully used the phone with frozen apps, after about a week or two, i will remove the apps permanently from the rom. Currently the system Rom partition has 2.16GB free of 3.7GB.
Let me know if you have any questions and i apologise if this post is not suitable for T_mobile devices.
Thanks,
Ed
This is a great list! Had about 20 that I didn't know I could remove. Total of 184 apps when I boot up very nice!
That sounds about right!
It gets addictive trying to figure out what can and can not be removed. haha
Thanks for this list, my phone seems a bit snappier now and no fc's.
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d12unk13astard said:
Thanks for this list, my phone seems a bit snappier now and no fc's.
Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk
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I'm glad to hear it! Keep testing and if you see anything strange please report it so we can pin down what app it is. I'm going to revise it when Lollipop comes out, but it will require EXTENSIVE testing. Enjoy!
Awesome. have been looking for something like this. I am stock rooted Tmobile Note 4 and since I am in India I do not need ant tmobile stuff. An list where I can find tmobile apps which are safe to remove.
Regards
sidhak said:
Awesome. have been looking for something like this. I am stock rooted Tmobile Note 4 and since I am in India I do not need ant tmobile stuff. An list where I can find tmobile apps which are safe to remove.
Regards
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This list should help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/experiencing-lag-t2914618
Someone should make a rom
this list may not be complete, you can help me improving it if you want
Thanks to the following users for their help improving this list: daspex
=== Safe to remove (free up some space) ===
The following list contains app which are safe to remove to free up some space in the rom.
You can gain some hundred megabytes of free space by removing this apps from the system.
Gmail (2 mail apps are unnecessary)
Google+ (how the hell uses G+ anyways)
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Kiosk
Google Play Movies
Zinio (some random magazine app)
Amazon Kindle (good reader app, but way to huge for a system app ~100MB)
Omlet Chat
Bbbler Actors for Omlet (comes with latest OTA update)
Flipboard
Facebook (need it? install it as a user app. needs too much space)
Maps (i personally think Google Maps on this device is completely useless)
Street View
Chrome Browser (reinstall as user app if you use it, another app which eats up space in the rom)
EMusic
Contacts (why is this app actually installed?)
Gallery (default image viewer)
MyASUS (classic bloatware app)
RemoteLink
ShareLink
Mirror (uses front camera for a mirror)
WebStorage
What's Next
Google Drive
=== Safe to disable (remove at your own risk) ===
The following list contains background processes and services which are safe to disable.
CMService & DMService* (get rid of OTA update notifications and reduce network usage)
Bubbles (if you don't care about live wallpapers disable it)
PlayTo* (never tried this out, maybe to transfer video?)
EnergySaver*
DLNA Service*
* confirmed save to remove
CAUTION: always make a backup before you remove a app in case you want to restore it later not all apps are available on the play store!
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BREAK ANYTHING OR END UP BOOTLOOPING! REMOVE AND/OR DISABLE APPS AND SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK AND DON'T BLAME ME IF ANYTHING STOPS WORKING! I TESTEST EVERY APP/SERVICE BY MYSELF AND IT WORKED FOR ME!
Hi,here are the asus and bloatware apps i removed from the .201-system:
emusic
galerie
googleplaybooks
googleplaygames
googleplaykiosk
googleplaymovies
google+
Contacts
myasus
playto
remotelink
sharelink
mirror
webstorage
what´s next
galerie
energysaver
DLNA Service
DM Client
chrome
drive
facebook
Amazon Kindle
Omlet chat
Flipboard
Zinio
i removed this app´s a few month´s ago and
no issues so far.....when they come i´ll report it here.
work with lollipop?
GhettoGirl said:
this list may not be complete, you can help me improving it if you want
Thanks to the following users for their help improving this list: daspex
=== Safe to remove (free up some space) ===
The following list contains app which are safe to remove to free up some space in the rom.
You can gain some hundred megabytes of free space by removing this apps from the system.
Gmail (2 mail apps are unnecessary)
Google+ (how the hell uses G+ anyways)
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Kiosk
Google Play Movies
Zinio (some random magazine app)
Amazon Kindle (good reader app, but way to huge for a system app ~100MB)
Omlet Chat
Bbbler Actors for Omlet (comes with latest OTA update)
Flipboard
Facebook (need it? install it as a user app. needs too much space)
Maps (i personally think Google Maps on this device is completely useless)
Street View
Chrome Browser (reinstall as user app if you use it, another app which eats up space in the rom)
EMusic
Contacts (why is this app actually installed?)
Gallery (default image viewer)
MyASUS (classic bloatware app)
RemoteLink
ShareLink
Mirror (uses front camera for a mirror)
WebStorage
What's Next
Google Drive
=== Safe to disable (remove at your own risk) ===
The following list contains background processes and services which are safe to disable.
CMService & DMService* (get rid of OTA update notifications and reduce network usage)
Bubbles (if you don't care about live wallpapers disable it)
PlayTo* (never tried this out, maybe to transfer video?)
EnergySaver*
DLNA Service*
* confirmed save to remove
CAUTION: always make a backup before you remove a app in case you want to restore it later not all apps are available on the play store!
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BREAK ANYTHING OR END UP BOOTLOOPING! REMOVE AND/OR DISABLE APPS AND SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK AND DON'T BLAME ME IF ANYTHING STOPS WORKING! I TESTEST EVERY APP/SERVICE BY MYSELF AND IT WORKED FOR ME!
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work good with lollipop?
i don't have lollipop installed by myself, but since the apps are the same you are should good to go
I CAN'T GARANTEE ANYTHING, BE CAREFUL!
deleted:
Asus Launcher
Asus Demo
No issues so far...if they come i'll post it here...
everything works well instead of asus launcher i use go launcher.
as i read the asus demo app installs the flashplayer and removes itself after entering the password no need to do that for me couse i use mxplayer and codecs.
Don't delete Asus launcher If you don't have any launcher installed and currently in use, it'll throw your device in to boot loop.
But Asus Demo is safe to delete.
I have the Lollipop .33 version as far as I tried if any app associated with quick settings is deleted, you can't go to Asus Customize settings and change the apps order anymore.
When you press Quick settings options it'll throw you an "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped." error. But apart from that it doesn't effect the system stability.
The .24 doesn't have this problem.
My suggestion is when you have a freshly and fully installed Lollipop .33 and want to delete some apps like Splendid, go to Asus cuatomize settings and change them to your liking first. Then you can safely delete system apps.
deleted:zsprovider/settings-app for zinio
deleted:googleplaymusic
deleted:asuszenui services,asusezlauncher
no issues so far....
deleted:google text to speech,google search engine
deleted:
AsusServices
(I don't know if this thread is still aktualized and confirmed by the OP.
But i will post every deletion i make in the future here and report if there
are any issues.Just to be safe:If you decide to remove/freeze System
App's make a Nandroid Backup of your System or at least a backup of the
removed system app's.I use the titanium backup app to make backup's of
system files,so if something went's wrong you can restore your system.)
daspex said:
AsusServices
(I don't know if this thread is still aktualized and confirmed by the OP.
But i will post every deletion i make in the future here and report if there
are any issues.Just to be safe:If you decide to remove/freeze System
App's make a Nandroid Backup of your System or at least a backup of the
removed system app's.I use the titanium backup app to make backup's of
system files,so if something went's wrong you can restore your system.)
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i have had no issues so far device works well.
deleted:Asus Do it later
deleted:Asus Miracast dongle tool
deleted:Asus com.provider.partner.bookmarks
(disables the pre-installed bookmarks in asus webbrowser)
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deleted:com.asus.youtubesearch
Removed those 4 music apps (musicfx , audiowizard, audiowizard service and iceservice) have no issues.
deleted: Asus filemanager
deleted:asus webbrowser a few months ago...i use firefox instead of stock browser.no issues so far.
Don't even freeze it.
daspex said:
AsusServices
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I don't have AsusService, but I do have Asus ZenUI Services and 3G internet (Wi-Fi?) was not working anymore after freezed it.
Working me70c,
AstroLaur said:
I don't have AsusService, but I do have Asus ZenUI Services and 3G internet (Wi-Fi?) was not working anymore after freezed it.
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Wich memo pad do you own?The me176c doesn't comes with 3G.
My WiFi runs pretty well.
I ran across this "solution" while investigating ways to avoid installing GApps on low-RAM tablets. It is not a perfect solution but if you want to be able to search, browse, etc., and download/install PlayStore apps right on your device, this may serve that purpose.
The app is called the Yalp Store and is available on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore/
It runs just fine on the NST/G. Options are accessed via the menu "button". As default configured, it uses a generic shared login to access the PlayStore. You could substitute your own credentials, but I would advise against this as using this app would probably make the big G very angry. Search works fine, apps that are not compatible are listed as such and you can set the app to instantly download/install, just like the real thing. The app keeps track of your on-board apps, and can even be set to check for updates (probably unwise, as updates are likely to break functionality for our old devices).
Does this mean I don't need GApps?
Maybe, but probably not. One of the other things I discovered while pursuing this issue is that an increasing number of PlayStore apps which have nothing to do with Google sync or logins, incorporate a Google Framework Services API. So you may be able to download and install them but they will either refuse to run or else whine constantly about needing said Services to be installed. While GApps on the NST/G is not good for much these days except maybe Google Books sync, its hidden system files--which include the Services--may be needed to run PlayStore apps (like even the NPR app--go figure).
There are a few Xposed modules I tried that appear to be able to circumvent this issue (though not for apps requiring Google sync), but you're not going to get Xposed on the NST/G!
Anyway, there are a lot of other places to get apps (like the F-Droid store itself) but even if you get a "PlayStore" app from one of these sources, it may refuse to run if you don't have the GApps package installed. The Yalp Store app indicates which apps rely on GFS.
Edit: oh, and quickest way to exit the app is Settings > More > Log Out
Edit-Edit: no need for GApps except for Google Books. See https://forum.xda-developers.com/nook-touch/general/gapps-install-tested-confirmed-t3782459
the yalp apk installed but it isn't opening ...
aiamuzz said:
the yalp apk installed but it isn't opening ...
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Wow...something majorly funky going on there with the packages at F-Doid and the GitHub. Version 0.32 is as you describe. Versions 0.31-0.30 install with a lot of Chinese characters in the title bar and then do not run. Version 0.29 from the GitHub gives a package parsing error like it's for the wrong Android version.
Version 0.28 from the GitHub is the newest that functions for me (although the anonymous login is broken). I've attached a copy below and I've made an issue report to the developer via the GitHub.
Edit: here is the response I received to my report of the issue to the developer: "Apparently, new build-tools (specifically aapt2) generate apks which are unusable on old androids.". So....it's not clear whether this will be addressed or not. One of the intents of the simplicity of the Yalp Store was to keep it available to Android systems as old as 2.0. Version 0.28 functions fine except for the anonymous login. If you use your own Google login you should be good, although you might want to open a separate account just for that purpose--to be safe.
update
Just a heads-up on the Yalp Store. The issues with installation, etc., seem to have been resolved with version 0.33 (available via the developer GitHub as of this writing, but not yet on F-Droid).
I had an issue or two at first with search but after exiting and reopening the app everything seemed to work fine. Categories are a little slow, but they do work.