Phoenix ROM - which tweaks/apps are useful? - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers

Hello,
I'm a previous iPhone-user and swiched to Samsung now
I never had an android mobile before so I don't really know which mods/apps/tweaks are useful.
Which apps/tweaks would you advise to enable when installing Phoenix ROM/which ones did you enable?
Apps:
Google Chrome
Google Maps
DropBox
Flipboard Briefing
Google TalkBack
Google Hangouts
Mobileprint services
S Health
GeoLookout
YouTube
Kids Mode
Game Features
ES File Explorer
Genie widget
Google Music
Google Search
Kies
Samsung Apps
SMemo
S Voice
Samsung Gear Support
Samsung Gear VR Support
Video Editor
Google Drive
Google TTS
Car Mode
My Files
MirrorLink
OperaMax
Tweaks:
EXT4 Tweaks
OpenVPN Tweaks
SQLite Tweaks
Tweak: Force Launcher into memory
Tweak: 3G Tweaks - Speed up 3G connection
Tweak: Net Speed Tweaks - Tweak to speed up internet connection
Tweak: Latest Seeder thx to lambgx02 his thread
Scrolling tweaks - Better, faster and stronger scrolling
Flash-Led Tweaks - Better flash-led intensity and camera-flash quality
Video-Streaming tweaks - Smoother and faster internet video streaming
I'm not sure which tweaks I should use and which I shouldn't combine (because of battery-life and performence/stability).
I know this question is a "little bit" stupid (sorry^^).
Another question: Is it possible to bind Google Now voice to the long homekey-press so voice control launches immediatley without having to tap the microphone/saying "OK Google" (like Siri)?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Nestade

Apps:
Google Maps
YouTube
ES File Explorer
Samsung Gear Support
Samsung Gear VR Support
Video Editor
Google TTS
My Files
MirrorLink
Tweaks:
OpenVPN Tweaks
Tweak: 3G Tweaks - Speed up 3G connection
Scrolling tweaks - Better, faster and stronger scrolling
Flash-Led Tweaks - Better flash-led intensity and camera-flash quality
Video-Streaming tweaks - Smoother and faster internet video streaming
at Tweaks , dont enable all tweaks , maybe its problem with system.
at apps, my is favo. you can use own apps
IronChrome is better as Chrome - more privatly

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Favorite underrated app

I realize this has been done 5,619 times before, but its something that is everchanging (like the android market)
Im always on the lookout for new apps. Theres probably a lot of great stuff out there that alot of people probably havnt heard about because they havnt really been discovered yet, or word of mouth just never circulated.
Im starting this thread with the intention of us sharing our favorite apps in hopes that we will find some new stuff based on what other users have used. I'll break it up into genre and we can list more than one in each category if you have one. List your primary app for each genre, and put a * next to any app you feel is great but a lot of people may not know about, and put an explanation and what you feel makes it good. Ill start with what I have:
Home Replacement/Launcher:
Primary - LauncherPro
Others - ADWLauncher
Sweeter Home*: Not available on Android market, but is a great project for an user who is OCD and wants to customize every little detail about their home screens. www.sweeterhome.com
Music Player:
Primary - Meridian Hermit*: Great U.I., allows for tag editing, good looking widgets in multiple sizes
Others - MixZing*: Very good looking U.I., tag editing, equalizer, lock screen player, fantastic widgets...some features are only available in the pro version which unfortunately costs $6
TuneWiki
Keyboard
Primary - Swype
Others - Better Keyboard
Facebook
Primary - Bloo 1.5*: I believe this is hands-down the best fbook app for android. The UI is a little weak but it makes up for it with direct notifications for EVERYTHING an you can choose how often to check for notifications, and version 1.5 has a perfectly functional facebook chat feature (unfortunately 1.5 is not available on the market, but 1.4.4 is)
Texting
Primary - Handcent
Others - ChompSMS
Browser
Primary - Dolphin Browser HD
Twitter
Primary - TweetCaster*: Excellent UI and scrollable widget
Task Killers
Primary - Process Manager*: Dont think its available on the market anymore, but has a GREAT widget that I use
Others - Autostarts
AutoKiller (Root required)
RSS/Podcasts
Primary - DoggCatcher*: The only reason this is my primary is because it has a GREAT podcast player and allows for downloading content, UI is a little shoddy
Others - BlueRSS*: Friendly UI, scrollable widget
Organization
Desktop Visualizer
Folder Organizer
File Explorer
Linda File Manager
Music Player: Winamp
Keyboard: SwiftKey
Twitter (Or statuses in general): TweetDeck
.. Maybe you could include a link to the app via AppBrain or something to make it easier for users to learn more about the app? And Task Killers aren't needed, if I was OP i would remove that but hey its whatever. I don't condone using task killers since they make your phone perform worse.
iheartradio: used to be crappy. Now with latest update I get all my talk radio on my Vibrant.
Tune in radio
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I followed your general format
Home Replacement/Launcher:
Primary - LauncherPro Plus
Others - AOSP Home: I use Bionix Fusion. It came with AOSP Home over
ADW Launcher: I don't use it... Not sure why I have it
SlideScreen: It's pretty cool to use sometimes... If I ever design an Android device for Business Power users, I'd definitely have a contract with these guys for the default home screen (it would be changeable in settings, of course.)
Music Player:
Primary - MixZing: mostly for what you said.
Others - Winamp: Because it's freaking WinAmp! I couldn't resist the "nostalgia" from 8 years ago lol
Keyboard
Primary - Swype
Facebook/Twitter
Primary - TweetDeck*: After the addition of Widgets, TweetDeck became nearly perfect for me. Now if only I could turn all notifications off at once...
Texting
I use Stock MMS (Not TouchWiz, I mean AOSP MMS)
Browser
Primary - Firefox: Because it's Firefox
Others - Dolphin Browser (Regular)
Skyfire: They're both pretty quick and easy to use, but I like Firefox more
Task Killers
Google told me not to use Task Killers
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html
RSS/Podcasts
Primary - iTunes and my iDevice*: Because it's perfect for it... most podcasts are designed for use with iTunes, it's just so easy.
Others - Listen*: Because Google made it?
File Explorer
Root Explorer
Home Replacement/Launcher:
Primary - LauncherPro Plus
Music Player:
Primary - CM6
Keyboard:
Primary - Multi-Touch
Facebook:
Primary - Stock
Texting:
Primary - Stock
Browser:
Primary - Opera
Twitter:
Primary - Stock
Task Killer:
Primary - Stock
Recovery:
Primary - ClockworkMod
Wow.. I use allot of stock things
Just a few things to add:
1) Quickdesk -- awesome secondary homescreen that you can reach with LP on search.
2) Smart Keyboard Pro -- I just keep coming back to it. LP for alt characters, a domain button, and arrow keys. S'nice!
3) Screen Timeout Widget -- Lets you set three different screen timeout settings and toggle between them.
4) Audio Manager -- All your volume controls in one interface.
Twitter - tuoiteur (however he spells it)
Widgets - beautiful widgets 1x1 weather
File manager-root explorer
Game-flick kick
Share files-dropbox & awesome drop.
Find your phone- lookout & latitude
Music- tunein radio (amazing)
Since the topic of underated was mentioned.
I really dig Timeriffic because I set it up to adjust my volumes through out the day, which for me is very inportant becasue nothing is more annoying than having the volume loud as heck at work and quite at home when you need it loud.
Some apps I didn't see posted (or missed) that I use. Trying to list non-mainstream. Have over 200 installed right now. Add/remove several a day. Love finding that new cool app!
Utilities
Tasker - Wow, is all I can say... Can automate anything if you can figure it out.
GScript - Great for organizing scripts and running them when you need to.
SU File Manager & Terminal - Another file manager with built in terminal. Good alternative.
ConnectBot - Great terminal/SSH client. I admin my Linux servers with this.
RealCalc - Flexible alternate simple scientific calculator.
Video/Audio
Act 1 Video Player - Later versions are pretty complete.
PicSay Pro - Great photo editor for the phone.
SoundHound Pro - Figure out what a song is by humming or singing.
Amdroid - Connects to my Ampache server.
GStrings - Guitar Tuner
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Sorry this might not be the place for this question, but is thre a way to get appsharing on my Vibrant.My buddy has the EVO and has that app when he tried to send it to me i was unable to install any thoughts?
A thread about APPS... is moved from the APP SECTION?
Okay...
Home Replacement/Launcher:
Primary - LauncherPro Plus down to 4 screen. 3 filled. 1 just whenever I want to see the wallpaper lol
Others - I honestly liked the standard android one back on the g1 when I didnt need a dock
Music Player:
Primary - Pandora
Others - Winamp
Keyboard
Primary - smart keyboard pro
Facebook/Twitter
None
Texting
Primary- standard touchwiz. only dislike is cropped long messages
Browser
Primary - Standard
Others - Dolphin Browser not bad, but a few quirks i didnt like
Task Killers
None
RSS/Podcasts
None
File Explorer
Astro
I'm going to add that SoundHound is certainly not talked about enough, that app is so much better than shazam (now that I've tried it).

Which is "must have" apps on Android?

I decided to try Android for longer time, but I'm new in this OS and I don't know which are the required apps for normal work.
For file explorer, I think ES File Explorer i good enough. For video - ES Player, but it can,t play flash videos.
What about for picture viewer, internet explorer - Opera?
Can you share what apps you are using(required and some interesting)?
Tnx
Google Search
3G watchdog - shows the used data while connected to mobile internet (nice for those who has a limited contract or whatever).
Battery FU - disables mobile internet while the screen is off (for better batery life. i got 75% of my battery after 14h normal use!)
Swype - better and fast writing keyboard.
barcoo - best barcodescanner (my opinion)
Gallery 3D - Gallery from the froyo builds. you can pinch the sown albums for a quick view. the pictures inside of the album are "flying" from one finger to the otherone (wihile pinching). looks very nice
HI
THE must have application : Titanium Backup / pro
Then, you should try GOOGLE >> "10 best android apps", and if available search in users comments, the should also give their advices...
setcpu ... 'nuff said
Similar post... May have the answers you are looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852560
Tnx all.
I will try and search

Must have apps for samsung vibrant?

Hey,
Got this phone a few days ago, and I wanted to ask, what are the must have apps for samsung vibrant?
Thanks.
Depends on what you're into.
Like music? Check out Slacker Radio, Pandora, Sound Hound, and any of the alternative media players in the market.
Like games? Cleck out Doodle Jump or any of the other games in market.
Like fitness? Check out LiftPro, or many of the interval timers in the market.
Basically... hit up the Market and search for things that are relevant to your interests.
handcent, launcher pro
Keyring - use it the most of any apps.
Watchdog i use and place the home widget right on my homescreen. Don't get all caught up in taskmanagers because android deals with tasks/programs differently than Windoz.
I paid for Launcherpro, but my home launcher of choice is Touchwiz. See Samsung but into your Vibrant a taskkiller, and it recognizes every home launcher out there as a task, so when you simply kill all tasks, your default home launcher has ti re-draw itself. Except for Touchwiz! Some reason the engineers as Samsung made Touchwiz invisible to the task killer.
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lawalty said:
Watchdog i use and place the home widget right on my homescreen. Don't get all caught up in taskmanagers because android deals with tasks/programs differently than Windoz.
I paid for Launcherpro, but my home launcher of choice is Touchwiz. See Samsung but into your Vibrant a taskkiller, and it recognizes every home launcher out there as a task, so when you simply kill all tasks, your default home launcher has ti re-draw itself. Except for Touchwiz! Some reason the engineers as Samsung made Touchwiz invisible to the task killer.
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Because its a system and default launcher.
Its like all thee, bloatware u can't uninstall them without rooting
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You aught to go ahead and download OCLF (one click lag fix), use that to root.
once rooted
1. Ad free (blocks easily 95 percent of ads on unpaid aps)
2. Titanium Backup (best for uninstaling bloatware, and general uninstaling, but best feature is it backs up all your aps and ap data, i have restored 4 times and it saves SOOO much time)
3. Rom Manager (backups your phones rom, basically everything but aps, plus it is amazing for flashing modifications to your phone and new better roms, if your into that)
4. astrid tasks (great task list, reminder)
5. Dolphin HD (much better browser than stock)
6. Gas Buddy (list of current gas prices around town)
7. Jet VD (app for downloading or just viewing youtube videos)
8. movie fone ( Shows movie times, buy tickets, view trailers)
9. Shoot Me (with a shake you take a screenshot of your phone)
10. Unified Remote ( turns your cell into a rmote for your pc, media remote, browser remote, or just a mouse)
11. wall Switch (automatic wallpaper switcher, every "x" minutes)
And if you really want your phone to fly, root your phone (NO lag fix), download rom manager, and to go teamwhiskey.com and instal their custom rom Nero 3 with voodoo lagfix. it changed my phones life
^ Thank you! I am considering some of the things on your list.
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Thx for wall switch suggestion.
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GTasks (automatically sync your tasks with google tasks online)
barcode scanner (to scan labels for prices, shipping status etc)
dropbox (to keep ur files in sync with multiple pcs and phone--- this app is a life saver in true sense of the word and its absolutely free) -------->> click my signature, if you like hehe, link to sign up and we can both get 250 mb additional space free
GPS Restore samsung (app made by samsung for vibrant to fix its gps issues --- this app helps but doesnt fix the issues in its entirety ....doesnt hurt to try)
RingDroid (to make ringtones ,right from your phone, from any audio file )
titanium backup (to back up ur sytem settings plus apps, only if ur rooted)
pandora (for streaming music --- caveat: uses alot of data)
stitcher radio ( if ur into podcasts.... you can find almost all podcasts of most of the tv/radio programs/news etc) data heavy
car home ( to use ur vibrant in car on a dock)
This thread is a great idea to get some new programs that you've never heard about before. Someone should sticky this, and just keep adding programs not already listed.
Angry Birds - awesome game where you launch birds to destroy stuff.
audiomanager console- lets you adjust each individual volume (phone, system, etc)
beautiful widgets - widget for your home screen where you can customize the clock, weather, etc
convertpad - lets you convert from any type of measurement (ft to inches etc)
coupons - shows local coupons for stores near you
color flashlight - turns your screen to full brightness (ie flashlight)
ninjump - fun ninja jumping game
out of milk - program to make lists for the grocery store w/ built in barcode scanner
pocket racing - awesome racing game
smooth calendar - adds home widget showing upcoming calendar events
weatherbug - weather program
zedge - browse and install tons of wallpapers and ring tones
xfinity mobile - allows comcast users to setup dvr and watch some vids (not many though)
A couple programs that I don't believe were mentioned that I'm a big fan of:
- Speed Test - allows you to test the speed of your data connection
- Pulse - gathers RSS feeds for your favorite sites
- PlayerPro - an amazing music player
- No Signal Alert - points out when you've lost signal, the paid version even maps it for you so you can remember deadzones
- Quadrant - tells you the speed of your phone and compares it to other droids
- Score Mobile - find the latest scores of your favorite sport teams
- Opera Mini - I love this browser, it's fast and responsive (note: only 1 zoom level, no pinch zooming)
I just learned about the VLC Stream app. I don't have it going yet, but it sounds sweet! Makes your phone into a server...
-radiant HD (awesome game)
-Chompsms (better messaging app)
-remote for itunes
-XDA app (access to forums to check up on rom updates etc.)
-battery indicator pro
-adobe reader (allows pdf files to be viewed)
-adb wireless (for those who are rooted and know what they are doing)
-google sky map (shows constellations)
-frozen bubble, gem miner, jewels (other fun games)
-AIM
-shazam
-where's my droid (let's you find your phone when you lose it)
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thanks for everyone, please share more if you know of more apps
awaisuk said:
thanks for everyone, please share more if you know of more apps
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More um ok let me know if any of these is what your looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928213
dougstoner said:
weatherbug - weather program
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I never liked weatherbug. Probably because it's tendency to be included with junk programs.
I have the Weather Channel app.
I have Meebo for IM, but it drains the battery like crazy.
Aesthetics - Battstat, Tajm, One Seven, Desktop Visualizer, Digital Clock Widget Music Mod, Switchpro
Games - Retro Tower Defense, Angry Birds (obviously), Need for Speed, Words With Friends, Snesoid/Nesoid/ataroid/etc.
Tools/utilities - HandyCalc (great graphic calculator), Speedtest, Google Goggles, SetCPU, Quadrant, Rom Manager, Wifi Analyzer, System Panel, Titanium Backup, Tricorder
Handiness - Handcent, Vlingo, Chrome to Phone, Tasker, bubble, Stopwatch and Timer
Eye Candy - Iamoscope, Fractoid, Fractal Explorer, Strobe Light, Spiral
Musical generation/processing - Micdroid, Ethereal Dialpad, Chordbot, Electrum Drum, Ringdroid, Rehearsal Assistant, RD3
Mindfuck - Hypnotoad
Utilities:
Brightness Control Widget (Curvefish)
Screen Timeout Widget
Audio Manager
Galaxy S Tuner
Quickdesk (awesome!)
mattchew008 said:
- Quadrant - tells you the speed of your phone and compares it to other droids
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Don't be fooled -- Quadrant scores have little to do with actual speed. You can have a low Quadrant score and still have an incredibly fast phone, and a high score with a slow phone. The quadrant rates on other factors as well. Just thought I'd clear that up..
Some of my favorites that have yet to be mentioned:
Google Books - I think it's the best overall, especially since it syncs with Google, so you'll have your collection wherever there is internet to be had.
Button Remapper - I just use this to soft key the Search button. I usually turn it into a Camera, just for convenience. (Requires root)
Gameboid - It's a GBA emulator. Need I say more?
SetCPU - This app makes overclocking/underclocking incredibly easy (although the app can be a bit of a pain to understand if/when you're just getting started.) You can set up profiles, scenarios, etc. (Requires root.)
SMS Backup - You can use this to automatically back up your text messages to your Google account. I don't know about you, but I flash a new ROM just about every week. it'd be annoying if I couldn't look back on my texts.
SGS Tools - This app is amazing. It replaces many of the stock programs your phone comes with, in addition to having a GPS Fix, Android Market Fix, Secret Codes (that Samsung doesn't want you to know,) as well as a slew of other things. I'd suggest this app for ANYONE with a Galaxy S series device.
SiMi Folder/Clock - I like making things look pretty. To keep it short and sweet, these two help you do that.
Twicca - I like to tweet and I wholeheartedly believe that this is the best overall app to do that. It's still in it's beta stages, but I find it to be a more complete package than any other in the Market.
Hope this helps.

Apps safe to freeze on Galaxy Tab with Gingerbread 2.3.3 ROM

Hi guys,
I flashed the Gingerbread stock ROM, courtesy of Chainfire (see thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073854) and noticed there are no threads about apps that are safe to freeze/remove from the system to improve performance and (maybe) battery life as well.
Therefore, here is my compiled list, along with some info on what the apps do. Please note that this list of safe to freeze apps apply to the Galaxy Tab running the stock 2.3.3 ROM only. The list of apps is different than the one on the 2.2 ROM, although some are the same.
Note: I use TitaniumBackup to freeze apps. These apps are safe to freeze no matter what app you use to freeze them.
Note2: Safe to freeze (in the following list) means your Galaxy Tab will work fine without it and other apps won't crash / not work if you freeze something. The apps you freeze will no longer work until you defrost them, though. Where dependencies exit, I will note them.
So, here goes the list (alphabetical). First, the "no dependency apps":
AccuWeather Clock => widget
AllShare => DNLA client/server
[BOOKMARKS] Browser 2.3.3 => Chrome Browser. Freeze if you use another
Calculator => simple calculator
Calendar Clock => widget
Daily Briefing => widget
Date, time and weather => widget
Date time or weather => widget
Digital Frame => nightstand app. Freeze dependencies as well if you don't use it
Dual Clock => widget
Google search => widget,app. Freeze of not used
Home screen tips => widget
Live Wallpaper Picker => Freeze if you don't use live wallpapers
Magic Smoke Wallpapers => live wallpaper
Music Hub => Samsung app
Music Visualization Wallpapers => live wallpaper
News & Weather => widget
Pico TTS => Text to Speech (reads text for you). Freeze if not used
Pulse => news reader. Freeze if you use another
Readers Hub => paper, magazine and book reading app. Freeze dependencies as well if not used.
Samsung keypad => Freeze if you use only Swype
Sketch Memo => simple drawing app
Social Hub => Samsung app (frontend for email accounts). Accounts work normally without it.
Talk => Google talk application
ThinkFree Office => office suite. Freeze if you use another or don't use it.
Voice Search => Google voice search
World clock => simple world clock management app
Y! Finance Clock => widget
Youtube => youtube app
Now the list of apps that others depend on. Only freeze these apps if you plan on freezing the parent app as well or don't use it:
eBook => ebook reading app. Readers Hub depends on it.
Kobo => ebook reading app. Readers Hub depends on it.
Music => standard music player. Digital Frame depends on it. Freeze if you use another music player.
My Files => email app depends on it. You can't attach files without it.
PressReader => newspaper reading app. Readers Hub depends on it.
Program Monitor => widget. Samsung Home depends on it
Samsung Apps => samsung market. Supposedly updates samsung apps. Freeze if you don't use samsung home or apps installed via Samsung Apps.
Samsung Home => Freeze ONLY if you have another home replacement app (another launcher / home).
TTS Service => Pico TTS depends on it
TwWallpaperChooser => samsung wallpapers
Video => Video player. Freeze if you use another video player
Zino Reader => magazine reader. Readers Hub depends on it
Blocking all of these WILL NOT give you more space on your device drives. It will, in some cases increase the amount of RAM available. Currently, I have not blocked all of the above as some of them I actually use (like youtube, lol).
I have 242 MB free RAM after a clean boot-up. Also note that a clean boot for me includes ADW, Pure Messaging scroll widget, Beautiful Widgets, 3G Watchdog, SwypePad, WidgetLocker and Multitasking Pro all started at the same time. All of them are memory hogs, so your restuls may be better than mine after you freeze all unneeded apps.
Only a couple of the apps in the lists above actually use up RAM. Best things to freeze (if not used), should be:
Pico TTS & TTS Service
Everything related to Samsung Home (wallpapers, widgets etc.)
Y! Finance Clock (for some reason it runs in the background even if not used)
Readers Hub (for some reason it runs in the background even if not used)
Music Hub (for some reason it runs in the background even if not used)
Pulse (updates news in background as service)
News&Weather (runs a service in background)
AllShare (runs a service in background)
User reported successful freezes without noticeable impact:
[SMS/MMS PREFS]Messaging 2.2 => messaging app. Thanks to Sef_P1000 for reporting this.
Street View => google maps extension. Thanks to pendevous for reporting this.
Maps => maps application. Freeze if you don't use or have a different GPS app. Thanks to pendevous for reporting this.
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Apps part of making ANDROID work. DO NOT FREEZE ANY OF THESE, OR YOUR TABLET MAY BECOME UNSTABLE.
BluetoothTest
wssyncmlnps
WlanTest
Security Storage
Android System
Software Update
com.sec.android.app.lcdtest
MTP Application
Factory Test
Mobile tracker settings
Google Backup Transport
Mobile Tracker
com.samsung.InputEventApp
License settings
PhoneSetupWizard
PopupuiReceiver
Settings
Error
VPN Services
Perso
DRM content
Service mode
Settings Storage
PhoneUtil
Status Bar
Task Manager
Account and Sync Settings
Preconfig
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That's it! Hope the thread is useful to some of you. Post some results / improvements / updates if you find any issues or want to add other apps to the list.
Best regards and happy freezing!
CM.
You can set the Pulse to not run any updates in the background. I froze almost all. A reboot gives me 276 free ram with widgetsoid, player pro widget, twicca, adw launcher ex and thumb keyboards running.
Gmail can also be frozen if you use a different email app. Same goes for the default email app.
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I use GOsms for messaging. is it safe to freeze the stock sms app?
- [SMS/MMS PREFS]Messaging 2.2
Thanks on the way!
My Pulse still runs some service in the background after disabling automatic news updates. I don't have a problem with data usage; RAM is golden for me on the other hand.
Regarding the messaging app "[SMS/MMS PREFS]Messaging 2.2", don't disable it!!!
On top of managing your messages and showing you a list of them, it also manages the SMS center information and distribution of messages. So, even if you don't need the front-end you will still need the back-end.
Hope this helps!
CM.
cheatman said:
Regarding the messaging app "[SMS/MMS PREFS]Messaging 2.2", don't disable it!!!
On top of managing your messages and showing you a list of them, it also manages the SMS center information and distribution of messages. So, even i yo don't need the front-end you will still need the back-end.
CM.
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I just did. goSMS still works. It's so much better now. Before, when I receive an SMS, I get TWO notifications, one for each SMS app. Even if I open the msg from goSMS, the notification for stock SMS is still there. Now it's fixed.
I will do more observation, including MMS. Thanks anyway!
I have updated the first post to include your report. Thanks a bunch!
However, in theory you COULD still encounter issues at least when changing SMS/MMS setup such as message expiration time, sms center number etc. On the other hand, how often would you actually do that?
Probably never, but you should write an update in case you notice anything funny :-D
cheatman said:
My Pulse still runs some service in the background after disabling automatic news updates. I don't have a problem with data usage; RAM is golden for me on the other hand.
Regarding the messaging app "[SMS/MMS PREFS]Messaging 2.2", don't disable it!!!
On top of managing your messages and showing you a list of them, it also manages the SMS center information and distribution of messages. So, even if you don't need the front-end you will still need the back-end.
Hope this helps!
CM.
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That's pretty weird. Have you updated to the latest version of pulse? I updated it at once. After closing it, it doesn't show in my "running" apps, nor can I force close it (since it has already been closed).
You can also freeze Maps and Street View, btw.
wow, ive been looking for something like this for ages! thanks!
@pendevous: after a reboot, the service was not started anymore (defrosted it, disabled updates). Guess something wasn't stopped correctly or got hung up.
PS: updated main post.
Thx for the tips.
CM.
Why install pulse and then freeze it? Why dont you just not install it in first place if you dont want to use it.
Am I missing something here?
TheATHEiST said:
Why install pulse and then freeze it? Why dont you just not install it in first place if you dont want to use it.
Am I missing something here?
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Updating to gingerbread will you give you the old version of Pulse included. I think that the op thinks it's part of the system.
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Even if it was you can use a program like SystemApp Remover to uninstall it. Much better then freezing.
Kinda... The 2.3.3 ROM comes with Pulse by default. Although I kinda like Pulse, I've moved to Taptu for the time being. Similar interface, but smaller footprint.
Update: I know it's not system app, lolz. Point is, if you remove it outright, will you be able to update later? It is part of the ROM and by all standards considered bloatware. Should be frozen unless used. I highly NOT recommend removal.
PS: why not remove Samsung Home as well if not used?
Anyway, there you have it )
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TheATHEiST said:
Even if it was you can use a program like SystemApp Remover to uninstall it. Much better then freezing.
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Titanium can also uninstall system apps . Freezing is a way to "hide" an app and reduce mem usage without really uninstalling it. It's like putting the app in cold storage!
Yes Titanium can also unfreeze just in case an issue comes up that you will need the freezed app....
Good to know thx for this thread
I removed all the bloatwear from system/apps using root explorer all working great no force closes now i have it the way it should be.

Disable system apps

Hello,I´ve been disabling apps on my Samsung Galaxy A5,to try to improve the performance of the device and improving the duration of the battery, and I had found some system apps that I`m not very sure about if there are safe to disable, I`m not root and I have Android 5.0.2 and I use Nova Launcher. The apps that I don´t know if they´re safe to disable are:
Setup Wizard ("Asistente de configuracion" in Spanish)
ColEUKor
RoseEUKor
ChocoEUKor
com.android.providers.partn.
Sound Alive
ANT Radio Service
com.sec.agif_maker
EmergencyProvider
post_t_promo
ant+ plugins service
tour virutal
com.sec.android.ofviewer
com.samsung.android.visual
agent market comments (agente comentarios market in spanish)
Thanks and sorry for my English!

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