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Apps that I disabled / TiBu uninstalled

To disable apps: Go into your app drawer, hit the settings button in the upper right, hit manage apps. Tap the app you want to disable and it will give you the option
Go to the "all" section on the right.
These are the apps that I consider to be bloat and can be safely disabled.
EDIT: These can be force uninstalled with Titanium Backup with root access
-Amazon Kindle
-AT&T Contacts SyncMLProvider
-AT&T Contacts SyncMLService
-Flickr
-FlickrAPIEngine
-AT&T Address Book
-AT&T Code Scanner
-AT&T Ready2Go
-AT&T FamilyMap
-AT&T Hot Spots (this may help connectivity issues if you're in a city, unconfirmed)
-AT&T Navigator (use google maps)
-City ID
-Device Help
-HTC hub widget
-HtcBeatsNotify. (what I did here is I started playing music, disabled "beats", and then disabled this notification. I hate anything beats including this preset EQ that ruins music)
-Live TV
-MOG Music
-myAT&T
-SoundHound
-Top HD Games
-TuneIn Radio
-Yellow pages
-YPmobile (after uninstalling updates, thanks IdiotSavante)

do they still show up in the app drawer? Or do they simply not open if selected? I haven't ever disabled apps before as I've been on custom roms for about 18 months now.
Looking forward to the new phone on tuesday, and I'm planning on running it stock for at least a while, so this is good info

DrDubzz said:
do they still show up in the app drawer? Or do they simply not open if selected? I haven't ever disabled apps before as I've been on custom roms for about 18 months now.
Looking forward to the new phone on tuesday, and I'm planning on running it stock for at least a while, so this is good info
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They won't show up in the app drawer and they won't run in the background. You don't know they're there unless you go back into manage apps

awesome, thanks

Do you know if it is safe to disable AT&T Ready2Go as well?

UseYourIllusion said:
Do you know if it is safe to disable AT&T Ready2Go as well?
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yeah don't worry about it

UseYourIllusion said:
Do you know if it is safe to disable AT&T Ready2Go as well?
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Can be disabled after uninstalling updates.

Added a couple more

I was able to Disable YPmobile after un-installing the update.

Same here
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

Thanks for the list!

Maroon Mushroom said:
Can be disabled after uninstalling updates.
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How do you uninstall update/ diable ready2go?
Also.. It seems some of these apps come back even after I diasable them

ricktat said:
How do you uninstall update/ diable ready2go?
Also.. It seems some of these apps come back even after I diasable them
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The uninstall updates button is where the disable button usually is. Click that, and then the disable button will appear.
Which ones are coming back? None from that list come back for me.

Maroon Mushroom said:
The uninstall updates button is where the disable button usually is. Click that, and then the disable button will appear.
Which ones are coming back? None from that list come back for me.
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I see the disable button but it is greyed out for ready2go. It gives no option for disable.
The ones that came back were the google related.. like books, music, g+... and live TV..
Also I can sometimes see Flickr running even though it shows as disabled.

Oh sorry, yeah. Ready2Go can't be disabled without root.
And I left books / music / g+ installed. Can't test that
Live TV is gone for me - disabled it

I found another app that had Flickr in it... disabled that one.

ricktat said:
I found another app that had Flickr in it... disabled that one.
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Which one would that be? Trying to disable it too.

howsleyd said:
Which one would that be? Trying to disable it too.
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FlickrAPIengine

Oh right, totally overlooked that one. Has anyone tried disabling all the Friend Stream stuff?

You guys are awesome! I came from the iPhone so all this is pretty new to me so I wanted to thank you and the others for all of this very very helpful information
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

Any hidden call recorder

I was wondering is there any Call recorder..That would not leave any icon and could record all calls (made/received) ?
without letting the user know

ahmed470 said:
I was wondering is there any Call recorder..That would not leave any icon and could record all calls (made/received) ?
without letting the user know
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Ooh sneaky sneaky. There are a handful of apps that record from the microphone that fit your description. Try them out and see.

Call Recorder PRO.

neiljackson said:
Call Recorder PRO.
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That is the point I dont want it to have such an obvious name.
I wish the name could be changed.
It should preferrably have no icon

ahmed470 said:
That is the point I dont want it to have such an obvious name.
I wish the name could be changed.
It should preferrably have no icon
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It's pretty simple to take a working thing you want and make it like this. A project would be the app in its entirety...something like this is just a tweak.
Look into other apps that hide icons and such for examples.

Blue6IX said:
It's pretty simple to take a working thing you want and make it like this. A project would be the app in its entirety...something like this is just a tweak.
Look into other apps that hide icons and such for examples.
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Hiding apps? Is it possible on a non-root phone?

ahmed470 said:
Hiding apps? Is it possible on a non-root phone?
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Yes. Hell you dont even need an app to hide applications in the drawer with this phone.
Open app drawer > menu > Hide Applications

Sccrluk9 said:
Yes. Hell you dont even need an app to hide applications in the drawer with this phone.
Open app drawer > menu > Hide Applications
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Does Samsung Galaxy Note (gingerbread) default launcher have this option?

hiding works great. but it will still show up in play store or worse case as an update notification.

Well you can avoid that by unattaching it from the market. I know apps like Titanium can do this.

Some roms have this functionality built into them.

apacseven said:
Well you can avoid that by unattaching it from the market. I know apps like Titanium can do this.
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The phone isnt rooted.
Does Titanium backup work with a non rooted phone?

ahmed470 said:
The phone isnt rooted.
Does Titanium backup work with a non rooted phone?
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no, has to be rooted

For those who are rooted and have unlocked the bootloader, I know when I was running SynergyRom R73 nightly, there was a button in the upper right when I was in a call that allowed me to record. I believe the button was labelled "Record" and then it would get saved to the Samsung stock ROM voice recording app for the audio recordings. I'm on Liquidsmooth right now and am missing that feature dearly. Made me feel like a superspy or something :laugh:

ahmed470 said:
I was wondering is there any Call recorder..That would not leave any icon and could record all calls (made/received) ?
without letting the user know
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There is a hidden recorder of calls https://blog.ikeymonitor.com/call-recorder.html but why do you want it to be hidden? do you want to spy on someone?

ahmed470 said:
I was wondering is there any Call recorder..That would not leave any icon and could record all calls (made/received) ?
without letting the user know
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I would recommend MobileRecorder24 (see MobileRecorder24.com). It does exactly what you want - records all calls, sms and audio surrondings in stealth regime and stores them online. Also it can hide its icon.

[QUICK CIRCLE APP] Quick Circle Notifications

Hi,
I made an app to check notifications in the quick circle: "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=zsoltmester.qcn".
It is makes your case more useful. Feel free to send me a feedback!
Regards,
ZS

Thanks
It's more comfortable than notifications on "Quick Circle Apps"
I like it and I can wait for new features (swipe for delete, double tap...)
Good work !

It says it's incompatible with your device, I have D852 with cloudy

Says incompatible for me as well. Stock rooted 851.

Stock LG G3 D852 shows incompatible.
Thx

Nm

zsoltmester said:
Hi,
I made an app to check notifications in the quick circle: "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=zsoltmester.qcn".
It is makes your case more useful. Feel free to send me a feedback!
Regards,
ZS
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I cannot access your app in my play store.
Please share the apk file !

Currently support only 5.0. Maybe that is the problem?
I working on the kit kat version, i will post when it is done.
Or play store said incompatibility with 5.0?

Looks very nice!
You can use it for swipe to dismiss: https://github.com/krossovochkin/Android-SwipeToDismiss-RecyclerView

Thx! Looks useful.

Bump. Will there ever be support for kit kat? I'm really trying to get as much Quick Circle apps on my phone as possible, and this will be a great addition to it.

How can it be uninstalled?
I installed but it doesn't allow me to uninstall it.
Frankly the fact really bothers me that I cannot control this app myself.
Please let me know how to uninstall it or I have to do factory reset.
zsoltmester said:
Hi,
I made an app to check notifications in the quick circle: "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=zsoltmester.qcn".
It is makes your case more useful. Feel free to send me a feedback!
Regards,
ZS
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G3 User said:
I installed but it doesn't allow me to uninstall it.
Frankly the fact really bothers me that I cannot control this app myself.
Please let me know how to uninstall it or I have to do factory reset.
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Go to Settings / Security / Phone administrators and deactive the app. Then you can uninstall it.
The permission is required for the double tap feature.

zsoltmester said:
Go to Settings / Security / Phone administrators and deactive the app. Then you can uninstall it.
The permission is required for the double tap feature.
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Thank you.

Thank you for this app. At the moment, I need to doubletap and swipe the clock away to open the notifications. Is it possible to wake the device and show the notification instantly in the circle, if one is received ?

need apk please... can't test because its say ... not compatible -_-

Is this a no longer being supported? I'm currently using LG g4 and it works great just wish we had swipe to delete and tap to open the notification's app.

Can you hide apps from the app screen?

Basically, I have both the pre-installed Files app and the Files by Google app on my phone. It's not the end of the world but it is annoying to see them side by side on the app screen when I swipe up. Is there a way, without disabling apps or using a different launcher, to hide apps form the app screen? So it only shows when I go to settings and click on apps from there.
Thank you for any help in advance!

buyhighselllow101 said:
Basically, I have both the pre-installed Files app and the Files by Google app on my phone. It's not the end of the world but it is annoying to see them side by side on the app screen when I swipe up. Is there a way, without disabling apps or using a different launcher, to hide apps form the app screen? So it only shows when I go to settings and click on apps from there.
Thank you for any help in advance!
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No, it looks like it is part of Google's security policy to keep malware apps from hiding themselves. Even the "full version" type apps that can then be hidden don't go away even on reboot. The devs of such apps have confirmed. Custom launcher it is.

sliding_billy said:
No, it looks like it is part of Google's security policy to keep malware apps from hiding themselves. Even the "full version" type apps that can then be hidden don't go away even on reboot. The devs of such apps have confirmed. Custom launcher it is.
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That's too bad! thanks for the reply though! Do you know if I could I do it if my phone was rooted by any chance?

buyhighselllow101 said:
That's too bad! thanks for the reply though! Do you know if I could I do it if my phone was rooted by any chance?
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There is no way right now even if rooted. The issue is that it is part of Pixel launcher and of course it is locked down to that kind of a change. My suggestion is Lawnchair beta which is now available on the Play Store. You can make it as identical to stock as you want yet can also put in some improvements. The only hard change I have come across in Lawnchair is that the swipe up to gen into the drawer doesn't require that idiotic LONG swipe through recent items but starts like it should in the center of the home screen. It is worth changing just for that and the ability to hide apps, and it is free. Of course, Pixel launcher is still on the device and can be accessed by changing your default launcher back in settings.

Question 3rd Party Launcher with Vivid Navigation Gestures

In the app settings for Vivid Navigation Gestures, it has the option to hide the navigation bar. It says I can do it through ADB without root. Does anyone know how to do this or can give me steps to do this without root? Thanks!

so i entered the command (ive tried this with Fluid navigations also) that it gives to hide the navigation bar and it does not hide the buttons or the navigation bar... Is there a way to hide them and still use a 3rd party launcher with either Fluid or Vivid navigation apps? Thanks

ajschill77 said:
so i entered the command (ive tried this with Fluid navigations also) that it gives to hide the navigation bar and it does not hide the buttons or the navigation bar... Is there a way to hide them and still use a 3rd party launcher with either Fluid or Vivid navigation apps? Thanks
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Does not work on miui there is only one way I found without root that would work. I'll post it later. Much easier with root and no reason not to root

Ok. How would I do it if I did root? I'm just kinda worried I might mess up the phone.... If I only have a Mac computer can I still root? Thank you.

ajschill77 said:
Ok. How would I do it if I did root? I'm just kinda worried I might mess up the phone.... If I only have a Mac computer can I still root? Thank you.
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i know nothing about MAC you'll have to google.
use the app setedit you can download in the play store
use adb to get the proper permissions, if you check the app description in the play store it says the command you need to enter
select global table on the right side and find
force_fsg_nav_bar 1
i'm not sure if the standard value is 0 or 1 cause I already have mine changed. so if its 1 change it to 0. if its 0 change to 1.
you will have to do this everytime you reboot though
much easier and better to root, install magisk and hide with a module. read my tips/tricks thread on what you need to do

Thanks, the setedit app worked great. When I restart the phone, do i just have to go back in to change the value? That would be all I need to do to have it hiding the buttons? Thanks again!

ajschill77 said:
Thanks, the setedit app worked great. When I restart the phone, do i just have to go back in to change the value? That would be all I need to do to have it hiding the buttons? Thanks again!
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Yes. There is a way to buy the app and it will auto do it when you reboot too. You'll have to try to figure it out

You can hide navbar without root using adb by changing into miui gestures overlay. It works until you reboot your decide, then you have to repeat.
Here's the command:
adb shell cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.gestural
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Hey all:
Vivid Gestures keeps losing accessibility settings, and I need to keep reenabling it.
Does anyone else have this problem and (ideally) some kind of solution.
Thanks

Ok...
Started using Full Screen Gestures, and that seems to work better

You cant use third party launchers then, correct?

Full Screen Gestures is an app, an alternative to Vivid.
It seems to play nicer with the Fold 2.

rcs1000 said:
Full Screen Gestures is an app, an alternative to Vivid.
It seems to play nicer with the Fold 2.
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And I'm using Niagra as my launcher, which is great with foldables.