I thought it'd be nice to build a list of apps to disable when picking this up stock from Verizon. Here's my list so far and I'd be happy to compile any additional ones others feel can be safely disabled.
Amazon app suite
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Music
Android live wallpapers
Appstore (Amazon)
Audible
Badger
Black hole
BrowserMessage
Bubbles
Call my Droid
Caller Name ID
Camera (and install Google Camera)
Cloud
Cloud Print
Command Center
Device Management
Droid Zap
Face Unlock
FamilyBase Companion
Google keyboards Hindi, Korean, Hindi
Google Playbooks, Movies & TV, Newsstand
Help
HP service plugin
IMDB
IWinn IME and keyboard
Message+
Mobile hotspot
Moto actions, display, voice
Moto Flipcase
Moto
Motorola Connect
My InfoZone
My Verizon Mobile
NFL Mobile
Slacker Radio
Softcard
Talkback
Verizon Login
Verizon Support & Protection
VZ Navigator
MY list is the same as above but added the following:
Android live wallpapers
Audible
Badger
Black hole
BrowserMessage
Bubbles
Call my Droid
Caller Name ID
Cloud Print
Command Center
Device Management
Face Unlock
Google keyboards Hindi, Korean, Hindi
Google Playbooks, Movies & TV, Newsstand
HP service plugin
IMDB
IWinn IME and keyboard
Mobile hotspot
Moto actions, display, voice
Moto Flipcase
Talkback
Straight from my list of disabled apps so there might be some duplicates
*Some I disabled because I never use them but don't have to be disabled
Amazon
Amazon app suite
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Music
Android live wallpapers
Appstore
Audible
Audio Effects
Black Hole
Bubbles
Call My Droid
Caller Name ID
Cloud
Cloud Print
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral
Command Center
Device Management
Droid Zap
Email
Family Base Companion
Google Hindi Input
Google Korean keyboard
Google Pinyin Input
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Newsstand
Google+
Hangouts
Help
Home Screen Tips
HP Print Service Plugin
IMDb
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Message+
Mobile Hotspot
Moto Voice
Motorola Checkin
Motorola Connect
Motorola FlipCase Services
Motorola Migrate
Motorola Notification
My InfoZone
My Verizon Mobile
NFL Mobile
Phase Beam
Slacker Radio
Softcard
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Login
Verizon Support & Protection
VZ Navigator
VZWAVSService
Added more to the list, that is a huge amount of bloat removed and seems to be running fine without it! Definitely seems much more stock Android as well.
Good thread but quick question pls. I see many of you are disabling the hot spot. One of the top things i use is the a hot spot for my daughters homework while in the car and such. Is there a secondary hot spot youre using?
Thx
KevTN said:
Good thread but quick question pls. I see many of you are disabling the hot spot. One of the top things i use is the a hot spot for my daughters homework while in the car and such. Is there a secondary hot spot youre using?
Thx
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Not that I know of, but if you need it, just don't disable it
The idea here is to get to stock Android, then perhaps enable the things you needed from Verizon.
I'm a little shocked anyone would disabled the moto features. I guess this thread is about the most stock experience. But if the moto apps were on the market, & I was rocking a nexus. I would still have it downloaded lol
Yeah I may still re-enable some of those.
Also disabled the Camera app and installed the Google Camera. No reason to have two
I have disabled most of these apps. Now I can not answer my phone when it rings. The phone rings, but no animation comes up to let me swipe or any way to choose to answer it. What have I disabled/changed that would cause this? Every thing else seems to work fine.
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I have disabled most of these apps. Now I can not answer my phone when it rings. The phone rings, but no animation comes up to let me swipe or any way to choose to answer it. What have I disabled/changed that would cause this? Every thing else seems to work fine.
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Post your list and maybe we can figure it out. My guess is maybe you only disabled some of the Motorola specific ones? I have the full list as advertised in the first post and have no prob answering from a screen off.
Sorry, I was unable to post them. I did go into settings and enabled every one that I had disabled with my wife periodically calling me. I also randomly turned the phone off and on a few times. Still nothing. The phone rings, but the answering icon does not appear and I can not answer. Is there another way to answer the phone? Could I have turned something off that would affect this or maybe download an app?
I just went into recovery and wiped the cache partition, reboot. This did not fix the problem. Don't know what else to try? I'm thinking it is something simple. I will take it into Version tomorrow.
That's really strange. Maybe it wasn't related to the disabling?
Possibly. I've been trying to remember what I may have done. I received a call yesterday morning just fine. Yesterday afternoon, I received a call and could not answer it because I do not get the answer phone icon. Most of the time in between those two calls, I was driving and not messing with the phone. ?
Full List
96 disabled / 117 enabled / 213 total. Droid Turbo 4.4.4
Amazon
Amazon app suite
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Music
Android Live Wallpapers
Appstore
Audible
Basic Daydreams
Black Hole
BrowserMessage
Bubbles
Call My Droid
Caller Name ID
Clock
Cloud
Cloud Print
com.android.providers.partnerbook
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral
com.motorola.devicemanagement
com.qualcomm.interfacepermissions
com.qualcomm.qcom_qmi
com.verizon.permissions.appdirecte
com.verizon.permissions.vzwappapn
Command Center
ConfigUpdater
CQATest
Device Management
Downloads
Drive
Droid Zap
Email
Emergency Alerts
Face Unlock
FamilyBase Companion
Google Hindi Input
Google Korean keyboard
Google One Time Init
Google Partner Setup
Google Pinyin Input
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Newsstand
Google Search
Google Text-to-speech Engine
Google+
Hangouts
Help
Home screen tips
HP Print Service Plugin
IMDb
iWnn IME
iWnnIME Keyboard (White)
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Manage SIM card
Market Feedback Agent
Message+
Mobile Hotspot
Moto
Moto Actions
Moto Voice
Motorola Checkin
Motorola Connect
Motorola FlipCase Services
Motorola Migrate
Motorola Notification
Motorola One Time Init
Motorola Sensor Services
Motorola Services
Motorola System Services
Music Visualization Wallpapers
My InfoZone
My Vrizon Mobile
NFL Mobile
OMA Client Provisioning
Phase Beam
Photo Screensavers
Picasa Uploader
Preset
Print Spooler
Setup
Setup Wizard
Slacker Radio
SmartcardService
Softcard
Sound Recorder
Tags
TalkBack
Translate
Trusted Devices
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Login
Verizon Support & Protection
VZ Navigator
VZWAPN
VZWAVSService
Wow. That's a lot. Update on my problem. I took the phone into Verizon this morning. The lady that helped thinks I probably uninstalled something to cause this.
What she did to fix the the problem was to do a complete default wipe.
That seems to have resolved it.
It was working properly when I left the store. In now I'm the process of restoring all my apps. That takes a little while.
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Glad you were able to get it working.
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That's strange, because you can't really uninstall anything, only disable.
itanas, wow that's a big list. I think some are stock Android apps, so that's cool that you can disable them, but I don't know that it gets us the pure Android.
I'll note for anyone reading that I re-enabled the Moto, Moto Activity, and Moto Display apps so I could have the notifications back (since this phone has no notification LED w/the stock software).
Also updated the first post with Camera.
http://www.rootjunky.com/motorola/motorola-droid-turbo/
Has any one tired this yet?
I've been into recovery, but just wiped the cache partitions.
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Long story short, I've been trying to use Tasker to launch the Google Voice Search overlay whenever Moto Voice is activated. It works relatively well, though it doesn't work when Moto Voice is launched while the screen is off. Moto Voice launches but Google Voice Search never overrides it.
I would use the built in feature from the Google App but it doesn't work while the screen is off like Moto Voice does.
I recall there being an xposed module called "okgooglenowtriggerintent" that would help with this on the Moto x 2013. Does anyone know if it still works or if there's an alternative to it?
Thanks in advance!
Hey guys
I like the moto voice trick but I find google app voice commands to be more responsive and especiallly working better offline I mean for exemple I wasn't able to set alarm offline in moto app while I could in google app
But "Ok google" won't work while the screen is locked so is there anyway to make it work while device is locked or to make moto app work better offline?? Thx in advance
the option is built into settinga to make google now work at the lock screen. If you meant screen off, googling for ok google screen off and installing the first result (the app) gets you there
Has anyone received the Google Assistant update yet? It was suppose to role out yesterday. Just wondering since the default for this phone is Moto assistant if we will get it or not.
Love the Nougat update
Gary
I installed the "Play Services Info" app by weberdo and used it to download Google Play Services version 10.2.99 (440-148249840) from APK Mirror. After a couple of reboots and disabling Moto Voice, Google Assistant became active. I had to touch the microphone icon, and after a couple of tries, it went into "configure" mode and learned my voice. Now working fine.
rhickers said:
I installed the "Play Services Info" app by weberdo and used it to download Google Play Services version 10.2.99 (440-148249840) from APK Mirror. After a couple of reboots and disabling Moto Voice, Google Assistant became active. I had to touch the microphone icon, and after a couple of tries, it went into "configure" mode and learned my voice. Now working fine.
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Didn't work for me. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait.
Gary
Interestingly, for me, even while running on play services 10.2.98, I had all the assistant settings in the google app, and even paired it with my smartthings account, but alas, voice search is still going to the old style search. Updated to 10.2.99 and still seeing the same behavior. I didn't even know we were getting assistant, and was quite excited when I saw the settings, so when it didn't work, of course I got unreasonably upset. oh well
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Interestingly, for me, even while running on play services 10.2.98, I had all the assistant settings in the google app, and even paired it with my smartthings account, but alas, voice search is still going to the old style search. Updated to 10.2.99 and still seeing the same behavior. I didn't even know we were getting assistant, and was quite excited when I saw the settings, so when it didn't work, of course I got unreasonably upset. oh well
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Alright, I let it sit for a couple hours, and it's working now. Though, still can't launch it from the microphone button in the google app or the google search bars on the home screens. That still launches the old voice search. Have to long touch the home button or use the "ok google" launch phrase. It's a shame it can't use the always-on mic from moto voice though.
I'm seeing some similar things. Google Assistant came down to my phone automatically. Set up the OK Google voice command. Seems to work fine when launching from the mic button on the assistant, but will not respond to always on mic when the phone is idle.
You do have to disable Moto Voice, or change the voice phrase to something other than OK Google. Phone still responds to Moto Voice command on idle, but not OK Google.
Yea, so unless there's a software update for Moto Voice, we're likely not going to get the always-on mic to work with assistant. There's a dedicated processor on the SoC that handles the always-on mic, and it's tied directly to Moto Voice. Moto voice really doesn't do a whole lot other than listen for the launch phrase. Everything after that point is basically handed off to Google Voice search. It really should be quite a easy fix (pass the requests onto assistant instead of voice search), but I doubt that will happen.
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Has anyone received the Google Assistant update yet? It was suppose to role out yesterday. Just wondering since the default for this phone is Moto assistant if we will get it or not.
Love the Nougat update
Gary
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I woke up this morning and I finally got the assistant. just an FYI
I got it too. However, while it unlocks the phone when locked and the screen being on, it will not wake the phone when saying ok google. You hear the sound prompt that it heard you, but nothing ever follows up and the screen stays black
Have You got any ideas, how to force phone to use GA commands, instead of google app voice commands? The only way to use it I know, is to say "open assistant" and then use final verb. But awakening twice every time?
Hey man
I installed automagic and configured a flow that launches google assistant when the google search application runs
The flow has some conditions, so that google assistant doesn't run when I'm manually searching in google
Unfortunately it is not perfect, because it doesn't automatically run google assistant with the screen off, you have to say the command "open assistant" to launch it, but if it works in any other situation
I'm looking for some way to modify the moto voice apk to change google now to google assistant by default, but I don't know enough about programming, so it's still a long way off
If you have any news about it, I would appreciate it if you let me know