Hi all. I couldn't find a thread about this for the Z3 and now many more of us have root (thanks to giefroot) I thought I'd start one.
These are apps that come with the stock Z3 rom and can be uninstalled with no ill-effects. I used Titanium Backup to remove these having backed them up first.
Album
File Commander
LifeBlog
Retail Demo
Simple Home
SensMe Slideshow
Sketch
Sony Select
Support
Update Centre
Video Unlimited
Visualiser
Walkman
Xperia Chinese keyboard
Xperia Japanese keyboard
Xperia keyboard (make sure you have another installed and set as default)
Xperia Home (make sure you have another installed and set as default)
Xperia Lounge
Xperia Lounge Pass
I welcome any more input. There are many I haven't removed either because I want them or I'm scared to, lol.
This is what I uninstalled without running into issues:
Code:
AR effect 3.0.43 (com.sonymobile.androidapp.cameraaddon.areffect)
AR fun 1.0.16 (com.sonymobile.androidapp.cameraaddon.arfun)
Black Hole 1.0 (com.android.galaxy4)
Blue 14.0.A.0.7 (com.sonymobile.themes.id005)
Browser 1.0 (com.android.browser)
com.sonymobile.faceregistration 1.0 (com.sonymobile.faceregistration)
Creative effect 1.0 (com.sonyericsson.android.addoncamera.artfilter)
Drive 2.1.495.10.35 (com.google.android.apps.docs)
DUALSHOCK™3 wireless controller 1.0 (com.sony.nfx.service.WirelessControllerManagerService)
DUALSHOCK™3/DUALSHOCK™4 1.0 (com.sonymobile.dualshockmanager)
Email 6.1 (com.android.email)
Enchanted forest 1.6.A.0.14 (com.sonyericsson.androidapp.everchwallpaper)
Exchange Services 6.1 (com.android.exchange)
Face Unlock 4.4.4-1227136 (com.android.facelock)
File Commander 3.1.13137 (com.mobisystems.fileman)
Google lyrics extension 5.0.A.0.8 (com.sonyericsson.music.googlelyricsplugin)
Google Play Books 3.3.15 (com.google.android.apps.books)
Google Play Games 2.2.05 (1620489-008) (com.google.android.play.games)
Google Play Movies & TV 3.6.16 (com.google.android.videos)
Google Play Music 5.7.1788Q.1634597 (com.google.android.music)
Google Play Newsstand 3.3.1 (com.google.android.apps.magazines)
Google Search 3.4.16.1149292.arm (com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox)
Google+ 4.4.1.68642489 (com.google.android.apps.plus)
Green 14.0.A.0.7 (com.sonymobile.themes.id001)
Info-eye™ 1.7.05 (com.sonymobile.androidapp.cameraaddon.infoeye)
Lifelog 2.0.A.0.12 (com.sonymobile.lifelog)
Live on YouTube 01.00.21 (com.sonymobile.camera.addon.livefromsonyxperia)
Magic Smoke Wallpapers 4.4.4-1 (com.android.magicsmoke)
Movie Creator 1.3.A.0.11 (com.sonymobile.moviecreator)
Movie Creator 2.3.A.0.3 (com.sonymobile.moviecreator.rmm)
Movies 8.0.A.0.6 (com.sonyericsson.video)
Music Visualization Wallpapers 4.4.4-1 (com.android.musicvis)
NDR Utils 1.1.3 (com.camber.ndrutils)
Orange 14.0.A.0.7 (com.sonymobile.themes.id002)
Phase Beam 1.0 (com.android.phasebeam)
Photo Analyzer Service 5.6.A.0.4 (com.sonymobile.photoanalyzer)
Photo Screensavers 4.4.4-1 (com.android.dreams.phototable)
Photo slideshow 1.0.A.0.21 (com.sonymobile.slideshow)
PlayStation®App 1.73.0 (com.scee.psxandroid)
Premium Sms Updater (com.sonymobile.premiumsmsupdate)
Purple 14.0.A.0.7 (com.sonymobile.themes.id004)
Red 14.0.A.0.7 (com.sonymobile.themes.id003)
Retail Demo 3.23.8 (com.sonymobile.retaildemo)
Setup guide 1.0 (com.sonyericsson.setupwizard)
Setup Wizard 1.3 (com.google.android.setupwizard)
Simple Home 1.0 (com.sonymobile.simplehome)
Sketch 2.0.A.1.6 (com.sonymobile.sketch)
SmartcardService 3.1.0 (org.simalliance.openmobileapi.service)
Social live 1.0.25 (com.bambuser.sociallive)
SocialEngine 4.0.A.3.3 (com.sonyericsson.socialengine)
Socialife 4.1.04.4 (com.sony.nfx.app.sfrc)
Sound Photo 1.0.0 (com.sonymobile.android.addoncamera.soundphoto)
Street View 1.8.1.2 (com.google.android.street)
Style Cover 1.0.A.0.15 (com.sonymobile.coverapp)
Style Cover widget 1.0.A.0.13 (com.sonymobile.coverwidget)
Top Contacts 1.0.A.1.35 (com.sonymobile.advancedwidget.topcontacts)
Top Contacts provider 1.0.A.0.2 (com.sonymobile.providers.topcontacts)
TrackID™ 3.82.27 (com.sonyericsson.trackid)
TrackID™ TV 1.5.A.0.11 (com.sonymobile.acr)
TV launcher 1.4.A.4.5 (com.sonyericsson.tvlauncher)
Video Unlimited 12.1.A.1.6 (com.sony.snei.vu)
Weather widget 2.1.A.0.10 (com.sonyericsson.advancedwidget.weather)
Wfd Service 2.0 (com.qualcomm.wfd.service)
White 14.0.A.0.7 (com.sonymobile.themes.id006)
Wikipedia extension 5.0.A.0.8 (com.sonyericsson.music.wikipediaplugin)
World clock 1.0.A.0.38 (com.sonymobile.advancedwidget.worldclock)
Xperia Calendar Sync 4.0.A.7.2 (com.sonyericsson.androidapp.fbcalendarsync)
Xperia Music Likes 6.0.A.7.1 (com.sonyericsson.androidapp.fbmusiclike)
Xperia Social Engine Photos 4.0.A.3.3 (com.sonyericsson.socialengine.plugins.facebook)
Xperia Social Engine Photos 4.0.A.3.3 (com.sonyericsson.socialengine.plugins.picasa)
Xperia Social Engine Sharing 4.0.A.3.3 (com.sonymobile.socialengine.plugins.facebook_sharefrwk)
Xperia Social Engine Sharing 4.0.A.3.3 (com.sonymobile.socialengine.plugins.twitter_sharefrwk)
Xperia™ Chinese keyboard 17.1.A.0.32 (com.sonyericsson.textinput.chinese)
Xperia™ Japanese keyboard 2.0.A.0.10 (com.sonymobile.pobox)
Xperia™ Live Wallpaper 2.0.A.0.14 (com.sonymobile.experienceflow2)
Xperia™ wallpapers 3.3.A.0.9 (com.sonyericsson.wallpaperpicker)
Xperia™ with Facebook 6.0.A.7.4 (com.sonyericsson.facebook.proxylogin)
Xperia™ with Twitter 1.0.A.7.1 (com.sonymobile.twitter.account)
YouTube extension 5.0.A.0.8 (com.sonyericsson.music.youtubeplugin)
YouTube karaoke extension 5.0.A.0.8 (com.sonyericsson.music.youtubekaraokeplugin)
Anonymous Data 1.0 (com.sonymobile.anondata)
Anonymous Usage Stats 1.0 (com.sonyericsson.idd.agent)
Backup & restore 1.0.A.0.8 (com.sonymobile.synchub)
com.sonymobile.gmailreaderservice 1.0.A.0.6 (com.sonymobile.gmailreaderservice)
com.sonymobile.googleanalyticsproxy 1.0.A.0.4 (com.sonymobile.googleanalyticsproxy)
Enterprise Service 1.0 (com.sonymobile.enterprise.service)
OMA Client Provisioning 1.0.0 (com.sonyericsson.android.omacp)
Oma Download Client 1.0 (com.sonyericsson.omadl)
ProtectedMediaScanner 1.3 (com.sonyericsson.providers.protectedmedia)
ProtectedMediaScannerTrigger 1.2 (com.sonymobile.protectedmedia)
SensMe™ slideshow 5.2.A.0.4 (com.sonymobile.musicslideshow)
Sony Select 3.0.A.0.37 (com.sonymobile.sonyselect)
Support 1.1.11 (com.sonymobile.helpapp7)
Tasks 1.0.A.0.2 (com.sonymobile.tasks)
Update Center 2.3.0.A.0.7 (com.sonyericsson.updatecenter)
Update service 1.0 (com.sonyericsson.mtp.extension.update)
What's New 1.4.A.0.1 (com.sonymobile.advancedwidget.entrance)
Xperia™ Lounge 2.8.10 (com.sonyericsson.xhs)
Xperia™ Lounge Pass 1.0.1 (com.sonymobile.xperialounge.services)
Xperia™ Web Runtime 1.0.0.1.9 (com.sonymobile.webview)
XTP 1.0 (com.sonymobile.xtp.android)
it is NOT safe to delete the Sony Album application!
I ran into issues with camera and whatsapp. Even worse is, that I somehow can't restore it. Neither with Titanium nor with system app remover.
thanks for the list anyway.
kuzcoTheGreat said:
it is NOT safe to delete the Sony Album application!
I ran into issues with camera and whatsapp. Even worse is, that I somehow can't restore it. Neither with Titanium nor with system app remover.
thanks for the list anyway.
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What problems did you experience? I've had no issues with either of those.
U probably need another Gallery APP like quickpic. I habe no issues either
If u remove Album app means simply install Quick Pick. Without a gallery app u will face problems for sure..
Uninstalled even Walkman?
Arxelance said:
Uninstalled even Walkman?
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May be he found a better app than walkman...
3Shirts said:
What problems did you experience? I've had no issues with either of those.
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sorry for late reply, just came back from snowboarding.
First, whatsapp had some proplems sharing pictures. Using google pictures solved that. Still, the camera app link to previously taken photos does not work. If I tap on it nothing happens. I can access the photos in google pictures app, though.
I deleted a few 100mbs and the only issue I face is an empty section in the selection tab that pops up sometimes. But it appeared after changing the bootanimation so its probably related to that. I will check after I complete the test cycle. An complete list would be nice. Maybe we can build something like that.
Just to note: if you uninstalling Xperia live wallpapers app, its not only remove live wallpapers and its app, you also lose functionality of locked screen wallpaper( you just cant set one), not a big deal but still bothered me
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Album + Movie Creator
I've read that removing Sony's Album application will cause a lot of issues with camera functionality and other applications. Is this simply because people are neglecting to install an alternative gallery application, like QuickPic? Or are there still lingering issues with removing Sony's Album application, such as what @kuzcoTheGreat mentions with the Camera application's previous pictures link?
It's also referenced at this blog (lockone[dot]wordpress[dot]com/2014/11/24/xperia-z3-compact-disabling-movie-creator-will-kill-your-time-shift-video-camera-mode/ - can't link due to ten posts rule) that removing Movie Creator will kill the timeshift feature for videos. Can anyone else confirm this?
kuzcoTheGreat said:
it is NOT safe to delete the Sony Album application!
I ran into issues with camera and whatsapp. Even worse is, that I somehow can't restore it. Neither with Titanium nor with system app remover.
thanks for the list anyway.
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Just reinstall it from here via APK
I initially deleted it to use quickpic, but what I didn't like was the fact that if I wanted to reach my photos from the camera via the quick button in the corner, it wouldn't tie me to another photo viewing app... so I reinstalled it using the link above and it works ok.
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@apSlain - see my above post. Try it yourself. Feel free to let us know. But I didn't see any issues w/ album deleted. You can do same thing with the Movie app - dl APK and install.
thanks for the link. Sadly, the apk does not work for me. Seems that I haven't deleted the app properly. Well, I can live with the misssing camera-app-link. So it is fine
kuzcoTheGreat said:
thanks for the link. Sadly, the apk does not work for me. Seems that I haven't deleted the app properly. Well, I can live with the misssing camera-app-link. So it is fine
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So...I realized that while the APK works, the app deletes itself every time I reboot... and I hate not having the camera-to-album link working, so I just flashed the firmware again, and everything is working smoothly.
First of all, how were you able to delete the album app in the 1st place since you can only do so with root. In which case I assume you know a bit about what you're doing, so just do the same thing. I'm not sure why you'd have an issue, but in case you need some guidance...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58515452&postcount=915
Follow step 1, 2, skip 3, and do 4 BUT for .77 FW, NOT .93 FM
NOTE:
DO NOT select to wipe Data. This will make sure to keep your phone exactly in the state that it was when you began this process, except you'll have all the main apps you deleted that you didn't want, installed again, including album, which you want back.
IF:
You are experiencing issues with stupid error messages, you just need to reset some things, just follow steps 4, 5, and 6 here and you're good to go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/...-data-wipe-t3016521/post58515776#post58515776
If you do all of that, I'm quite sure it'll work, and in this whole process you're preserving locked BL, and not doing anything.
If you're rooted... then disregard what I just said, and simply flash a pre-rooted FW, and you're set.
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@apSlain - see my above post. Try it yourself. Feel free to let us know. But I didn't see any issues w/ album deleted. You can do same thing with the Movie app - dl APK and install.
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I gave it a shot, and yep, I can confirm that the Camera link to previously taken pictures is broken and timeshift video is broken. I'd assume that most other "creative" video functions would be broken with the removal of Movie Creator, too.
For these two applications, I'd probably say keep Movie Creator if you like having the extra video editing functions on the phone, and keep Album if you really want the previously-taken-photos link to be active. Maybe someone will be able to find a way to force-link a new application to that Camera function? :fingers-crossed:
Debloat these apps will gain speed or Battery Life?
Enviado desde mi D6653 mediante Tapatalk
Both.
The 2nd post is better.
Be sure to remove the .odex files too.
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If you're rooted... then disregard what I just said, and simply flash a pre-rooted FW, and you're set.
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jup, will do, if I get my lazy ass to do the work As for right now, I can live with the missing link in camera app.
Thanks for all the advice!
@kuzcoTheGreat. Lol. It prob took more to write my explanation than to reflash your pre rooted fw.
Has anyone else experienced this? Ever since yesterday (Canada Day) my play store on my nexus 4 displays a blank home screen (See photo). In addition to this the "my apps" section loads forever and doesn't display my installed apps and app updates (See photo).
Is there a way to fix this? Or has Google half-ass ceased to support my version of the Play Store any longer (5.0.38).
Hope we can get this fixed community.
Thanks!
-NeXusLeXus
Why don't you update it? This is like really old version.
Head over to apk mirror, download the latest play store, and side load it. Should fix your issues.
Hi, I used an Xperia L for almost 2 years and I really like the SensMe Slideshow option but I see that is not available in the Z3 Compact... How can I install it? Maybe with an older Galery App or there is an option to use it again?
Hi all,
Those Samsung emoji are really bugging me after being on a fully-rooted, xposed-heavy, super-customized phone. I found some apps in the Play store that promised the ability to change emoji, but (at least for me; maybe you've had better luck?), they're incompatible with my device.
I'd love to see Roboto + Noto Color Emoji and am contemplating trying to modify an existing Flipfont to add them both, but no idea if that would be successful.
Has anyone found a way to replace the emoji on our rootless devices?
Bump!
I would like to know this as well... I *hate* the Samsung emoji set! I've tried downloading different Emoji fonts from the Play store, but none of them seem to work. :sigh:
Keeping my fingers crossed for a root solution... As that would be the answer I think we're all looking for (in the US at least. )
Hi. Does anyone still have this phone?
Please tell me, does Google Assistant work officially? (I mean, without workarounds)
I have [Lolipop 5.1.1][Stock][PreRooted][Xposed]
When I switch to English, I get a message that my phone does not meet the requirements.
But it seems that all requirements are fulfilled.
To use the Google Assistant, you’ll need a phone or tablet with:
Android 5.0 or higher
Google app 6.13 or higher
Google Play services
1.4 GB of memory and 720p screen resolution
Device's language set to a language listed above
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Maybe it's because of the small screen (4.3")?
i have google assistant! lock on playstore for it