So, I installed Samsung's Smart Switch app on my old S3 and my new S4, then held the two phones together. NFC was used to setup a wifi direct connection, and then Smart Switch transferred photos, videos, messages (txt/mms), and a few other things... but, Samsung seems to ignored two of the most painful parts of getting a new phone: app settings and icon placement.
Anyone who has had an Android phone for more than a few months likely has more than 100 apps installed, each has been configured (login, settings, saved games, etc) and icons have been moved to your desired location on the home screen. Getting a new Android phone means you have to manually do all of this again...
Did I have too high of hopes for Smart Switch or did I miss something during the transfer?
Are there any other options for this that do not require rooting the phone?
shaunco said:
So, I installed Samsung's Smart Switch app on my old S3 and my new S4, then held the two phones together. NFC was used to setup a wifi direct connection, and then Smart Switch transferred photos, videos, messages (txt/mms), and a few other things... but, Samsung seems to ignored two of the most painful parts of getting a new phone: app settings and icon placement.
Anyone who has had an Android phone for more than a few months likely has more than 100 apps installed, each has been configured (login, settings, saved games, etc) and icons have been moved to your desired location on the home screen. Getting a new Android phone means you have to manually do all of this again...
Did I have too high of hopes for Smart Switch or did I miss something during the transfer?
Are there any other options for this that do not require rooting the phone?
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I doubt any app or method would allow you to copy/replicate your app placement.
For app data, Titanium Backup is the best but you require root for that.
If you don't wanna root, you could try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=en
You will need a pc, but it can restore apps as well as app data across devices without root. A word of caution though, don't restore samsung apps/app data as it may clash with newer versions of the apps on the S4. Use it only for other third party apps you may have installed.
Awesome! I'll give Carbon a try.
*Compiled this list myself while debloating with TiBu, actual list may be even bigger.
*Please keep in mind, ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP before you do something like this.
*Also please note that this WILL break some functionality of apps/services/etc depending on what you chose to remove!!
Active applications
Air WakeUp
AllShare ControlShare Service
AllShare FileShare Service
ANT Hal Service
ANT Radio Service
ANT+ Plugins
Baby Crying Detector
Backup
BlurbCheckout
Bubbles
Business card recognition
Car mode
Chrome
Clock (Digital)
Clock (Digital Easy)
com.sec.android.app.sbrowsertry
com.sec.app.MIPErrorNotify
Connections Optimizer
Dictionary
DirectShareManager
Drive
Dropbox
DropboxOOBE
Dual Clock
Email
Eureka Offers
Favorite Contacts
Flipboard
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
Google+
Group Play
HealthService
HP Print Service Plugin
Internet
Kids Mode
KLMS Agent
Knox
Knox Notifications Manager
Lookout Security
Lumen Toolbar
Magnifier
Messaging+
Mobile Print
Music
MusicFX
My Files
My Magazine
Nascar Mobile
NBA Game Time
NextRadio
NNL Fingerprint Passport
Phase Beam
Polaris Office
Print Spooler
S Health
S Voice
Samsung Apps
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Cloud Quota
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter
Samsung Galaxy Apps Widget
Samsung Link Platform
Samsung Print
Samsung SBrowser SyncAdapter
Samsung SNote3 SyncAdapter
Scout
Share Music
Share Video
Sprint - Discover Apps
Sprint ID
Sprint Money Express
Sprint Music Plus
Sprint TV & Movies
Sprint Worldwide
Sprint Zone
Studio
Swype
Talkback
TouchWiz Easy Home
TouchWiz Home
Travel Wallpaper
Weather
Wait..does Titanium freeze apps w/o root? Its been a long while since I used it...cant remember.
Edit: Root needed.
also add bubbles [if you don't care about moving wallpapers], clock (digital easy) [if you don't care about the widget], clock (digital) [if you don't care about the widget], Group play, NNL Fingerprint Passport, phase beam [if you don't care about moving wallpapers], print spooler, samsung link platform, swype (if you use another keyboard like swiftkey)
Change Mobile Print to MoblePrintSvc_CUPS and MoblePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend to be more specific
Change Samsung Print to Samsung Print Service Plugin to be more specific
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*Compiled this list myself while debloating with TiBu, actual list may be even bigger.
*Please keep in mind, ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP before you do something like this.
*Also please note that this WILL break some functionality of apps/services/etc depending on what you chose to remove!!
Active applications
Air WakeUp
AllShare ControlShare Service
AllShare FileShare Service
ANT Hal Service **DO NOT DELETE, ONLY FREEZE!!**
ANT Radio Service **DO NOT DELETE, ONLY FREEZE!!**
ANT+ Plugins **DO NOT DELETE, ONLY FREEZE!!**
Baby Crying Detector
Backup
BlurbCheckout
Business card recognition
Car mode
Chrome
com.sec.android.app.sbrowsertry
com.sec.app.MIPErrorNotify
Connections Optimizer
Dictionary
DirectShareManager
Drive
Dropbox
DropboxOOBE
Dual Clock
Email
[*]Eureka Offers
Favorite Contacts
[*]Flipboard
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
Google+
HealthService
HP Print Service Plugin
Internet
Kids Mode
KLMS Agent
Knox
Knox Notifications Manager
[*]Lookout Security
Lumen Toolbar
Magnifier
Messaging+
Mobile Print
Music
MusicFX
My Files
My Magazine
[*]Nascar Mobile
[*]NBA Game Time
[*]NextRadio
Polaris Office
S Health
S Voice
Samsung Apps
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Cloud Quota
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter
Samsung Galaxy Apps Widget
Samsung Print
Samsung SBrowser SyncAdapter
Samsung SNote3 SyncAdapter
[*]Scout
Share Music
Share Video
[*]Sprint - Discover Apps
[*]Sprint ID
[*]Sprint Money Express
[*]Sprint Music Plus
[*]Sprint TV & Movies
[*]Sprint Worldwide
[*]Sprint Zone
Studio
Talkback
TouchWiz Easy Home
TouchWiz Home
Travel Wallpaper
Weather
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the bolded and underlined can actually be UNINSTALLED
For ANT programs, why only freeze not delete?
Apps
It would be cool to have description to all of those...to know what exactly I am freezing/uninstalling
bigred97 said:
For ANT programs, why only freeze not delete?
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Ant Radio and plugins can be reinstalled in Google Play, they are free apps to download. I agree, definitely remove if not needed, but why say no to an FM radio!
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Thanks for the list Joe. I'm going to have to go through this and make sure I've got all of the bloatware turned off.
crazymook said:
Wait..does Titanium freeze apps w/o root? Its been a long while since I used it...cant remember.
Edit: Root needed.
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Root isn't necessary to freeze/disable apps (freeze and disable are the same commands)
This link here http://galaxys5guide.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-how-to-guides/turn-off-my-magazine-on-galaxy-s5/ explains how to disable the Magazine app from the Applications Settings menu in the phone and this can be done for any system app on the phone.
This was a feature put in place around 4.3(?) because system apps could not be uninstalled without root; only updates could be uninstalled. So they added a disable feature to keep it from running in the background and it removed it from your App Drawer.
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Root isn't necessary to freeze/disable apps (freeze and disable are the same commands)
This link here http://galaxys5guide.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-how-to-guides/turn-off-my-magazine-on-galaxy-s5/ explains how to disable the Magazine app from the Applications Settings menu in the phone and this can be done for any system app on the phone.
This was a feature put in place around 4.3(?) because system apps could not be uninstalled without root; only updates could be uninstalled. So they added a disable feature to keep it from running in the background and it removed it from your App Drawer.
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Being unrooted, you can only disable only certain apps , not all of them.
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Being unrooted, you can only disable only certain apps , not all of them.
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Taught me something I didn't know. I went through and looked at a few crucial system apps and noticed "Turn Off" was greyed out on a few of them which I hadn't noticed before.
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you can also add smart remote, and internet/ chrome depending on what browser you like, to this list that can be completely removed... never understood why people would remove sprint zone when it is the easiest way to do things on your account. To each their own o guess... great list too as there are a few I missed on my debloating adventures.
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you can also add smart remote, and internet/ chrome depending on what browser you like, to this list that can be completely removed... never understood why people would remove sprint zone when it is the easiest way to do things on your account. To each their own o guess... great list too as there are a few I missed on my debloating adventures.
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Exactly, I find it the best way to track my usage as well.
I guess this is a list of things that are safe to remove, but not necessarily recommend to remove
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here are some more you missed
beaming service, 2 connections optimizer files, 2 enterprise files, 2 nearby device files, Samsung galaxy apps widget, Samsung keyboard, saumsung text to speech, screen mirroring, Sprint Installer, 2 wifi direct files
How come my titanium app won't let me backup? It says storage full, but it isn't.
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How come my titanium app won't let me backup? It says storage full, but it isn't.
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If you are mostly stock then you need to download sdfix from the market. It is free. Or you can change the build.prop line yourself to write to sd with a file manager of your choice. Idk the build.prop line but you can google it and it will come up. I hope that is your issue and it helps.
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the ANT app is actually usefull
for those of us that like to bike/run/hoke or other physical activity in which we monitor our performance or heart rate, ANT radio is a big part of that.
http://www.thisisant.com/directory/ant-radio-service
Might want to investigate this site before removing completely as it uses hardware already on your phone, after all whats the point in getting the phone with all this stuff in it, if you just not going to use it.
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If you are mostly stock then you need to download sdfix from the market. It is free. Or you can change the build.prop line yourself to write to sd with a file manager of your choice. Idk the build.prop line but you can google it and it will come up. I hope that is your issue and it helps.
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This worked for me thank you!
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Has anyone actually removed all of these without consequence to remaining functionality?
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Has anyone actually removed all of these without consequence to remaining functionality?
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Honestly im not sure I can say without consequence. Sometime after I removed a bunch of these apps, I have had some issues with my phone. the screen blacks out while the buttons work. took it to a sprint store finally and they think its 'software related' but didnt really help beyond that.i am still investigating though as it could have been something else too potentially (but i havent really installed much on this phone to begin with outside of root).
i have rooted my GS5 and installed SuperSU and ConnectBot.
I would like to remove much of this bloatware and the automatic updating of certain apps.
I have no idea how to proceed with uninstalling, any help would be appreciated.
Do you know smart remote , the universal remote control in the galaxy note 4
I have a galaxy note 3 and I want either to install it on mine or t find another app the same quality
Thanks in advance
It's included in a couple of Note 3 ROMs I've seen, so as long as you're on the same version of Android as those (4.4, I believe), you should be able to just pull the apk from the zip and install it. Might have to push it to /system/priv-app....
Smart Remote is a Samsung stock app.. Check Galaxy Apps.
Alternatively, I much prefer Smart IR Remote - AnyMote: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remotefairy
The guide in WatchOn and Smart remote is entirely useless outside the US.
pretty new to using android wear , using lolipop on my phone and the watch
1. how do i change google now travel card ( car etc) to km from miles , miles is useless to me as i use km etc where i live?
2. how do i check the memory left on my wear watch ?
3. is there any wear apps which allow you to control volume and third party music players such as poweramp?
4. any way to store files on the watch eg. like a wirless storage device ?
thanks for the help , loving android wear so far ,if there is a repeat thread i apologise
keith456 said:
pretty new to using android wear , using lolipop on my phone and the watch
1. how do i change google now travel card ( car etc) to km from miles , miles is useless to me as i use km etc where i live?
2. how do i check the memory left on my wear watch ?
3. is there any wear apps which allow you to control volume and third party music players such as poweramp?
4. any way to store files on the watch eg. like a wirless storage device ?
thanks for the help , loving android wear so far ,if there is a repeat thread i apologise
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1. I believe it's somewhere in the phone's settings but I'm not quite sure about that
2. Android Wear app, go to the watch's preferences and there you can see the available and max storage
3. Yes, the default one gets the job done, using it myself with PowerAmp
4. Yes, but you need to download apps from the Google Play Store
Putting this here in hopes of helping other J7 perx users pull the most from their battery . Thanks to Ashyx we have root on our device!! Wich makes this possible. Recovery atm is still being worked on so bootloops are no fun, figured id help everyone out, took quite the number of bootloops and several hours to come up with rebooting after every single uninstall to pin point certain apks, hopefully it is useful.
First make a backup with titanium backup!!
(The list does not rob the os of many features, but if theres something here you dont want taken out then simply look over it or restore it)
68-70 apks removed with titanium backup, lets get goin.
All Amazon related apps
App stack
All Facebook related apps
Basic daydreams
Beacon manager
Boost featured apps
Boost hub
Caller id
Device protection manager
Google Drive
Duo
Easy setup
Gadget guardian
All Galaxy related apps
Game optimizing service
Google calander sync
Google videos
Google music
Google tts
Hancom office viewer
Health service
Instagram
Internet
All Knox related apps
Quick connect
Link sharing
Live wallpaper picker
Market feedback agent
Messenger
Mobile id
My boost launcher
My interests
Nearby service
Photo editor
Photo screensaver
Prime videos
Prime photos
Print service
Quick connect
S health
Safety assistance
Samsung location
Samsung notes
Samsung push
Samsung theme
Samsung tts
Samsung plus
Secure folder
Sound alive
Sound picker
Smart switch
Themes
Touchwiz easy home
Universal switch
Voice assistant
All weather apps
Wifi direct
Withtv
Youtube
Do not remove dictionary.apk or device maintanance.apk, as both result in bootloops. Make sure to run the sd maid app from the playstore afterwards to clean things up!
Also feel free to adventure and add to this list!!
any news my friend about more apps that can be uninstalled?
Note of advice while debloating Stock Oreo ROM for SM-J727P
All the listed apps in here just apply fine except you have to keep in place the native Email and Message apps because if you uninstall any of those the Camera app stop working properly right away https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77722457&postcount=29
Ragazzza said:
any news my friend about more apps that can be uninstalled?
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I have an Oreo debloat script in my Spacesung thread. Everything without a # sign in front of it in my script is safe to remove. Additionally, it's also safe to remove Samsung experience, the theme store, and Touchwiz launcher, if you have another launcher to replace it. You can remove google videos as well, I just forgot about it. The native Samsung video player will kick in from the gallery if you do. I prefer it myself.
For those who still rock with this warrior phone.
As of this writing and latest ROM version J727PVPU7BTH1 do not uninstall the included Chrome web browser apk as it would prevent you from signing in to the Play Store account.