With GO Launcher, you can just press the menu button, press "hide app" and select the app that you want to hide from the list. One of the many features I love about that launcher.

 

Well, if you don't want apps, for example "Backup Assistant," to be using data, or to be eating up CPU cycles, then you freeze them. They should also disappear, which reduces bloat, but I'm not rooted, so I just remove them from the list.

Not to sound mean or anything, but if you find yourself saying "thanks," we have a button for that.

 

It can't even be started since the app is "disabled".

Frozen apps still show-up in your app drawer and your Market, and you can, of course, uninstall them--you just can't select them to run and Android can't either (they're on the "disabled list" ).

If they can't run, they can't use any memory (other than where they're stored), but not any "running" memory.

Cheers!

 

Oh, good point...I forgot I had a launcher installed.

You are absolutely right! (of course you were ).

I just re-tested this by freezing an app, checking the Launcher Pro app drawer: app was still there. I restarted Launcher Pro and the app disappeared.

Interestingly enough: the app auto-reappears once the app is defrosted without having to restart LP (I'm sure there's a system intent that its listening for, but it most not get one (or isn't checking for one) when an app is frozen).

Cool and thanks for clearing that up!

Cheers!

 

Interesting. On the stock launcher it immediately disappeared, no restart necessary.

 

LPP is a little more memory intensive, so (I think) it saves a little RAM usage by not polling the App list all the time for changes. Which reminds me, I need to go beg for a restartless refresh in LPP, something that is sorely missing....

 

Some launchers need restarted because they cache those icons and what-not.

 

has anyone using other launchers like launcher pro go launcher or adw, tried to freeze the stock launcher. i know that most roms come with a market launcher already loaded and therefore there is no stock launcher.

So any ideas if running a market launcher, that freezing the stock launcher would be ok or not

any ideas

 

I did have the Bionic's stock Launcher frozen (called "Homescreen 1.0.0.106") ... no problems. But when I thought about it, because we currently don't have a safety net, I decided to unfreeze it for now. But once we have an alternate Recovery Console, I'll simply delete it for good. I never had more than one Launcher installed on my OG Droid for the past 18 months or so.

UPDATE: I just read the FAQ on TiBu Pro's wiki page. It states that if you freeze an app, then perform a factory reset, the app will be UNfrozen. So, I'm going to refreeze the Bionic's Homescreen Launcher. Why? Because I can.

 

i confirm as well you can freeze homescreen (default home) if you have 3rd party home launcher installed such as adw you wont bootloop or at least i did not.

 

Not even ME???

 

Nice Joe! Thanks for the tip regarding Homescreen 1.0.0.106...

 

How about a list of the actual app names that can be frozen without any ill effects? It could become the next sticky then....

 

Stealing from the list in this post, I added all of the apps I have frozen as well. My notes are in RED.


Alarm & Timer 2.3.4
Amazon Kindle 3.0.2.71
Android Live Wallpapers 2.3.4
Android Live Wallpapers 2.3.4
Backup Assistant 2.3.4
Backup Assistant Client 1.0
Bookmarks Widget 2.3.4
[BOOKMARKS] Browser 2.3.4 (stock browser) (I kept this one)
Citrix Receiver 2.1.1059
City ID 1.1.7
Device Setup 1.0
DLNA 0709.69
DlnaSystemService 1.0
Email 2.3.4 (I kept this one)
Email Authenticator 2.3.4 (I kept this one)
Files 2.3.4
Flickr Authenticator 2.3.4
Gmail 2.3.5 (I like K-9 Mail)
GoToMeeting 1.0
Guided Tours 2.3.4
Help Center 2.3.4
Homescreen 1.0.0.106
Home screen tips 1.0 (I deleted this one)
IM 3.0.4.6 (I deleted this one)
IM Presence 2.3.4 (I deleted this one)
Live Wallpaper Picker 2.3.4
Messaging 2.3.4 (I kept this, even though I use Handcent)
MOTOPRINT 2.0.0.38 (I froze updated version 2.0.0.62)
News 2.3.4 (I deleted this one)
Print to Retail 1.0
Setup 2.3.4
Slacker 3.0.535 (I kept this one)
Social Location 2.0
Social Messaging 2.3.4
Social Networking 2.3.4
Social Status 2.3.4
Sticky note 2.3.4
Swype 3.21.87.27685 (I deleted this and installed version 3.25.91.31127)
System Portal 2.3.4
Talk 1.3
Task Manager 10.0
Tasks 1.0
Terminal Emulator 2.3.4 (I deleted this one)
Toggle Widgets 2.3.4
Twitter Authenticator 2.3.4
Universal Inbox 2.3.4 -- there are 2, both can be safely frozen
V CAST Media Manager 4.4.1.0
V CAST Music 03.72.110
V CAST Tones 4.5.11
V CAST Videos 5.72.008
VideoSurf 1.0.10
VZ Navigator 7.2.0.353
Weather 2.3.4
Webtop 1.0 (I kept this one)
Webtop Connector 1.0 (I kept this one)
World Clock 1.0
Yahoo Contacts 2.3.4
ZumoCast 1.0.25

 

I need to go through and pick an choose. Some of the ones you've deleted I won't b/c I am using them - twitter, FB and LinkedIn integration, which means I probably need to keep the social apps as well...

I'll be posting on what I chose to freeze soon enough.

 

For now, I'm gonna wait an do this later. Some things I want to keep just to show off (live WPs, etc) and some things I want to keep b/c ... well, I want o. lol.