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Root Which apps (bloatware) are okay to remove?

Arcadia

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Aug 13, 2010
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I rooted my phone, installed lagfix, and removed some bloatware from the phone via Titanium. The phone was stupid fast after doing this, almost everything loaded up instantly. However I started to notice some things weren't functioning properly. Apps on the marketplace would not download, I would try to download Launcher Pro and nothing would happen, nothing downloaded. Tried this with other apps, same thing. I rebooted the phone and noticed upon reboot that a force close/app error happened, not sure which app it was but it had google in it. I have no idea what app it could have been since I only removed apps if I knew what they were like Slacker, Kindle, Sims etc. Maybe removing the Sims caused the error?

I also noticed that emails wouldn't send (or would take a long time) even when I was on wifi. And the XDA app wouldn't work. I would go to make a post, click the text input box, but it wouldn't let me move the text cursor. I would press the keyboard and nothing happened.

I removed a crap ton of apps but they weren't anything major. I also removed the samsung widgets since I would never use those. Guess I should have asked on the forums before removing so much stuff.

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Which apps are okay to remove? Any ideas on which app could have caused the market to mess up?
 
Yes, and the corresponding odex files (shortcuts).

Here is the list of most of the files / applications which I have deleted from my Vibrant (most of the names are pretty self-explanatory):

AccountAndSync.apk
BuddiesNow.apk
MediaHub.apk
Swype-Tips.apk
AddToHome.apk
Avatar.apk
vvm-signed.apk
Avatar.apk
KindleStub.apk
MediaHub.apk
Telenav.apk
MobiTV.apk
MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk
layar-samsung.apk
amazonmp3_1.7.63_signed_zipaligned.apk
slackerradio.apk
MiniDiary.apk
MiniDiary.odex
Writeandgo.apk
Days.apk
DualClock.apk
Days.apkls
Days.apkrm
Days.apk
Swype-Tips.apk
SamsungWidget_CalendarClock.apk
Sims3_Samsung_Embed_Launcher.apk
 
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Yes, and the corresponding odex files (shortcuts).

Here is the list of most of the files / applications which I have deleted from my Vibrant (most of the names are pretty self-explanatory):

AccountAndSync.apk
BuddiesNow.apk
MediaHub.apk
Swype-Tips.apk
AddToHome.apk
Avatar.apk
vvm-signed.apk
Avatar.apk
KindleStub.apk
MediaHub.apk
Telenav.apk
MobiTV.apk
MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk
layar-samsung.apk
amazonmp3_1.7.63_signed_zipaligned.apk
slackerradio.apk
MiniDiary.apk
MiniDiary.odex
Writeandgo.apk
Days.apk
DualClock.apk
Days.apkls
Days.apkrm
Days.apk
Swype-Tips.apk
SamsungWidget_CalendarClock.apk
Sims3_Samsung_Embed_Launcher.apk

Thanks for the list...I'll go through it and see what else I can whack. And that's what odex files are, shortcuts? Wondered about that.
 
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I read somewhere that you will need the bloatware for the 2.2 update to work properly. Is that right?

I've not heard that, and can't imagine why it would be true. You need to be running the stock ROM with TouchWiz, but beyond that I don't know that much else would matter.

You would do well to keep a copy of the stock firmware anyway. That way if you for whatever reason need to get back to fully stock you'll be prepared. That and learn about Odin.

If you really do need the bloatware to update to 2.2 I'd certainly like to hear why that is.
 
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