Root APKs/files safe to remove in Gingerbread/Gingerblur...

ShanDroyd said:

I had a Droid X running OTA stock GB. I SBF'd to Froyo, and then installed rooted GB. everything worked fine, until I believe I froze an .APK that is messing with my contact list. I can not call any of my contacts. when I open my phone book, and click on a contact, my phone goes back to the home screen every time. I only froze app's that were on the "safe list" on this site, excluding a few that were not listed on safe or not safe list, suck as Madden 11. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

Click to expand...

I thawed out every app I froze, then re booted. got my contact list to work. then I went back in and was less liberal on the freezing. still working. when I get time, I will try freezing a few more selectively to see what happens and report back.

Thanks!!!

Will removing these files speed up my phone? I'm not worried about space, but if I can see a significant increase in boot speed or general performance, Ill go for it.

Poehring said:

Will removing these files speed up my phone? I'm not worried about space, but if I can see a significant increase in boot speed or general performance, Ill go for it.

Click to expand...

Some not all, its best to just flash a rom like apex that already removes the ones that slow your phone.

I removed many of the apps on the safe list and lost the ability to make/edit calendar events. I can track it down eventually, but I though someone may already know what app causes this?

can anyone tell me the name of the app that is 3G Mobile Hotspot - it used to be mynet.apk but not any more....

herbivore said:

I removed many of the apps on the safe list and lost the ability to make/edit calendar events. I can track it down eventually, but I though someone may already know what app causes this?

Click to expand...

NM, I found it to be the BlurEmailEngine.apk. Let it be known that removing this will result in inability to create/edit google calendar events.

Thanks for the list - how does a newbie like me remove one of these apps, then? I assume you can't just move the apk because the file will be in use.

@bv, that's a heck of a more clever way to do it than renaming all of the .apk files to .bak files (which takes forever). Recently, I've been using TiB to just freeze them but I like your solution also. Makes the xfer back very fast before OS upgrades.

binary visions said:

Actually, you can just move most of them. A couple might be in use, but it will still successfully move the file - you'll just get a ton of "Force Close" messages until you reboot the phone. I've noted at least one of those in the list.

My preference is to use Root Explorer.

- navigate to /system/app
- mount as read/write (press the little button in the upper right that says "Mount R/W")
- press the "Menu" button and hit "Multi Select"
- select all the APKs you want to move (if your system has odex files, you can select the associated .odex file too), then click the "Move" button
- navigate to a folder on your SD card and click "Paste"
- if you get a bunch of force closes, you can just pull the battery and reboot, it'll come back fine

Click to expand...

worked great! thanks for the tip! quick and easy

DO NOT REMOVE/RENAME blur_yahoo.apk

it has been said somewhere in here, but I didn't read that, oops. I learned the hard way (sort of... since all I did was rename it, not delete it.)


oh yeah...bump

is this thread still good for 4.5.602 OTA and Droid-X?
i mean does it need updated or is everything exactly the same?

i started making a guide (after many hours of searching making sure there wasnt one) i seen tons on froyo but i was following those guides on removing bloat and was having problems because file names changed from froyo to gb and locations to...

so i started going through and testing and rebooting and finding my facts but i would google the .apk files i removed so i could see what the name we see in programs menu and what do you think happend?
i googled one of the .apk`s and it brought me here....I WAS LIKE ARRRGGGG

2-3 days on this and its already here...
good job anyhow as mine wasnt as good as the OP`s
just wish i would have found it first before doing all this crap

note:
i was going to make a batch file so when you double click it, it would mv the file from .apk to .bak
so all anyone had to do is open ADB up and either copy and paste or run the batch file off their sd card.

then anyone could just edit the .bat file to their liking by either putting // in front of the file or not.

like on off switch then you just run that file...
that way if you make an img file with CWR that it backs up all your .bak in the /system/app dir instead of missing them if you copied them to your sd card.

i still think thats a better idea then using root explorer and coping them to the sd card
i know that has nothing to do with the op and it was just someone who replied but maybe the op could incorporate a simple one click .bat that does all this and every used could look in that file and edit to their likings

idk just a suggestion

A small finding:

If I freeze DLNA, my phone suddenly lags as hell... Defrosting it solves the problem.

Running stock 602 rooted w/ D3 exploit.

kinnerful said:

A small finding:

If I freeze DLNA, my phone suddenly lags as hell... Defrosting it solves the problem.

Running stock 602 rooted w/ D3 exploit.

Click to expand...

If you reboot after freezing the app it should stop lagging.

kinnerful said:

A small finding:

If I freeze DLNA, my phone suddenly lags as hell... Defrosting it solves the problem.

Running stock 602 rooted w/ D3 exploit.

Click to expand...

I have never seen that. I freeze the DLNA SystemService 1.0 file also.

I make a filter to include all bloat, wipe all bloat data, freeze, power off, pull batt. wipe cache, reboot. Works well for me.

Wally World said:

I have never seen that. I freeze the DLNA SystemService 1.0 file also.

I make a filter to include all bloat, wipe all bloat data, freeze, power off, pull batt. wipe cache, reboot. Works well for me.

Click to expand...

That used to happen to me all the time as well. Freezing Home or DLNA would cause severe lag until I rebooted.

Droid X rooted (odexed) 602:

i have found that if i freeze DLNA.apk (listed as safe on OP), the expanded battery usage graph (click on the little graph at the top of the battery usage screen) does not update correctly. the data curve itself appears to be correct, but the bars at the bottom for "phone signal", "awake", "screen on", and "charging" are solid for all time. unfreezing DLNA.apk corrects this issue.

just as an FYI, i did not notice any lag while DLNA.apk was frozen.

I rooted an extra Droid phone i had that has no phone service. I use it as a small tablet just playing cards and reading. The rooting worked I think because I can see the program super user and other things.

What I am not understanding is how do I delete the unwanted programs on your list. Where are they located? I see a directory called root, but I see nothing in it.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

thanks
M

Thank you OP!

Still suffering from the contact view/edit crash bug.

To get the simple stuff I'll be asked on later out of the way:

1) I'm running a rooted DX on 4.5.605 (Gingerbreak v1.20)
2) I have restored 'blur_yahoo.apk' and 'YahooContacts.apk' (changing CMOS settings accordingly)

The only thing which I have seen on any forum anywhere which may yet be an issue is the Yahoo Mail Authenticator program which I now see we are advised against freezing/deleting, but which I did not see in time.

My question is this: Is this program contained within either of the two apks I already restored, or is it a separate apk? If it is separate, does anyone know where I can find it? (I have googled every combination of words I can think of that might have taken me there, but to no avail.)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I don't want to have to do a full reset to restore one annoyingly necessary little program.

Thanks.

am i the only one that can not get this stupid amazon mp3 app to delete. i deleted the apk, and its back i deleted it using titanium backup, and its back and it works uuuuuuuggggggggggg, anyone know how to get rid of this stupid thing?