Samsung Captivate :: Experiences After Disabling / Removing AT&T Crapware
Aug 3, 2010I still haven't rooted, but this might be the one reason that would compel me to. Am interested in other peoples' experiences.
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Samsung Captivate :: Hiding AT&T Crapware
Oct 11, 2010Is there a way to hide the at&t apps from the app drawer without rooting?I know I can do it in LauncherPro.
View 4 Replies View RelatedSamsung Captivate :: Un Installing Crapware
Oct 19, 2010Does anyone know if it's safe to uninstall AT&T apps using titanium backup? Under the backup/restore tab if you tap an application it gives you the option to delete the app. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything before I went and started deleting stuff.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSamsung Captivate :: Yahoo Mail 1.2 - Experiences?
Nov 12, 2010I got the update that Yahoo Mail 1.2.1 is available but it specifically says that Galaxy S phones aren't supported. Has anyone installed it to a rooted Capitivate? Experiences? I haven't yet installed it because I can't get side-loading enabled and I don't want to upgrade if I can't roll back to the prior version. That said, I hate the prior versions of Yahoo Mail because I find them extraordinarily slow. It routinely takes me >30 seconds for email body text to appear when I open a message.
View 7 Replies View RelatedHTC Incredible :: Removing / Disabling Backup Assistant
Aug 15, 2010I'm running SkyRaider 2.5.2 and I hate seeing Backup Assistant in my background apps in System Panel. Would it break anything if I did this.mv /system/app/ VzWBAService. apk /system /app.disabled and mv /system/app /VzWBAClient. apk /system /app.disabled
View 3 Replies View RelatedHTC Incredible :: Disabling / Removing Apps (including 2.2) Here Is List
Jul 31, 2010Disabling / removing apps (including 2.2) here is list
View 49 Replies View RelatedSamsung Captivate :: Removing At&t Preinstalled Apps
Jul 22, 2010I titanium backup on my captivate and i backed up all the at&t preinstalled apps on my sd card (navigator, maps, radio,etc).i was wondering if i uninstall them will it mess up my captivate?? i wanna freeze them but u have to pay 4.00 for the other version and im trying to stay cheap and if i uninstall them can i put them back on using the backup?
View 7 Replies View RelatedSamsung Captivate :: Removing Galaxy S Bookmark
Jul 31, 2010How do you remove that annoying Samsung Galaxy S bookmark? Is there a file to delete since you cannot remove it through the phone? Go to browser. Go to bookmarks. See that one? Click on it. Enjoy what you see for the last time. Then go to bookmarks again. Click the last tab "history" on top. Find that galaxshelp entry in there, and it would have a yellow star to it, meaning that the history entry is bookmarked. Hit the star to un-bookmark. You are done.
View 15 Replies View RelatedSamsung Captivate :: Removing AT&T Branding From Startup
Jul 22, 2010I just got the Captivate today, and when it booted up saw the ugly AT&T branding with the AT&T logo and their 3G animation.Is there any way to remove this junk?I already have it rooted.Would be nice to see the default Android bootup graphics.
View 23 Replies View RelatedSamsung Behold 2 :: Experiences With OTA Bug Fix
Feb 24, 2010I got the bug fix around 5pm-ish CST. The update took a couple of minutes and here are my thoughts at 8pm. The good:
1. Love the new boot animation with the Samsung logo instead of the Android logo as the graphic is much better done and looks very nice on this screen compared to the Android logo and its jagged edges.
2. I already had the evernote app downloaded, so what happened is now it no longer shows up in the download folder.
3. New settings menu. Great they added a couple of things to the settings menu. Under Phone Settings, they added "Use wireless networks" above GPS to aid in location. Before this was only accessible via the voice dialer or google maps. And they added "About Phone" which again was only accessible by the voice dialer.
The unknown:
1. Battery life. As I've only had the update for a couple of hours, I'll have to get back to everyone on that.
2. Vibration: Hasn't happened yet, which is one of the big things I was having issue with when I would get a txt msg or wouldn't check it soon enough
The Bad:
Dont know, maybe just a fluke, I hope. I had the browser open to a blank page(I hit stop before it could load web2go), from the notification bar turned on wifi and poof, phone rebooted. Though it wasn't a complete reboot(with behold II, then tmo, then samsung logo). It simply went back to the Samsung logo and came back. Once back, I checked wifi, which was already set to on and I was able to connected and go on my happy way.So I'd say things are looking good, though of course too soon to say officially. Still gotta see if they fixed the issue with bluetooth file transfers.
Samsung Fascinate :: Need SF Experiences On GPS And Call Quality
Oct 28, 2010Well, my upgrade date was yesterday and it's crunch time. I am leaning toward the X because of call quality and great GPS (important for me). I like the "flash and style" of the SF as well as the reasonable size. NEED SOME FINAL OPINIONS AND EXPERIENCES FROM SF USERS ON GPS AND CALL QUALITY- I have been here for many weeks and have read many posts on the topics which have left me cornfused- I am heading to Costco Verizon tomorrow night to ink a deal.
View 25 Replies View RelatedHTC Incredible :: Easiest Way To Remove Crapware?
Sep 9, 2010So my phone is running 2.2 and is rooted. I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to this; what's the simplest way to remove the crapware, now that I can. Is there an app, or is it a more messy hands-on process? Either way, I can't wait to flush VZnav and City ID down the toilet they clawed their way out.
View 8 Replies View RelatedAndroid :: Which Phone / Carrier Gives Most Experience (least Crapware)
Sep 3, 2010I'm interested in getting an android based phone but so many carriers put their own layer on top of android: weird proprietary interfaces, apps that can't be deleted, possibly crippled features.Which phone/carrier has the least modifications from a pure android experience?
View 4 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Samsung Tab 2 7.0 - ICS And Disabling Apps?
May 5, 2012I've heard you can disable bloatware in ics, I've got a Samsung tab 2 7.0 and I don't see this option anywhere?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHTC EVO 4G :: Best Buy Experiences
Jun 4, 2010I was just wondering about what people have to say in regards to experiences from Best Buy today. I have an appointment set up after work and wanted to know what the process would be like. I will be a new Sprint costumer (switching from the Big Red One) and signing a 2 year contract. Do they let you open the Evo box and let you set up the phone or do they mostly do all of that stuff? Let me know your thoughts.
View 8 Replies View RelatedSamsung Moment :: Disabling Mobile Versions
Jan 9, 2010I switched to a Moment today and while setting things up Ive yet to locate where you disable "mobile versions" of websites. I had a Hero and there was a setting where you could disable the mobile view and see the natural version of a website.
View 3 Replies View RelatedSamsung Epic 4G :: Disabling Service Tone On Phone
Oct 11, 2010How to disable Service tone on the epic?I am in areas where network signals keeps fading in and out and am always hearing a service tone for loss of signal and also when it reconnects.Its very irritating and would like to disable this?any help?
View 3 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Way To Stop Camera From Disabling At 15% Battery
Sep 23, 2010I love this phone, but I am annoyed that it won't let me use my camera if I have less than 15% left on my battery. Is there anyway to disable this? I appreciate the idea, but if I want to let my battery run out using my camera, then I should be able to do so.
View 3 Replies View RelatedSamsung Behold 2 :: Is Advanced Task Killer Disabling Pandora?
Apr 29, 2010Is advanced task killer disabling Pandora? it is installed but the icon is not appearing, Pandora that is.
View 7 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Disabling Voodo / Phone Is Stuck In Reboot For 1 Hr
Nov 4, 2010I have JT's Voodo (v.2 Ext 4 installed) on my samsung fascinate, and I tried deactivating it using the voodoo toggle app so that I could flash his super clean rom. Things appeared to go ok, but now i'm stuck on the reboot screen (have the droid peeing on apple) for an hour now. I know JT said wait it out, but I havent read about anybody having it in reboot for over an hour.I dont know what to do?
View 7 Replies View RelatedSamsung Vibrant :: Disabling Charge Complete Notification Completely
Sep 5, 2010I could swear that I've seen a forum for this somewhere around here, but after 30 minutes of searching, I can't find it. What I'd like to do is completely disable any notifications showing that the charge is complete. Reason being, I use Bedside and at roughly 2am the notification closes bedside and lights my screen up until I acknowledge it. Then I have to close it, re-open bedside and I'm back in business. Anybody know a way to just turn that notification off all together?
View 15 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Disabling Lockscreen On MIUI - Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant
Mar 15, 2012is there any way to disable the lock-screen on MIUI. I've been in the process of turning my Galaxy S Vibrant into a Windows 7 Phone Clone, and I am using an app for a lock screen which works about 85% of the time, but after awhile, the other regular lock screen displays over this one creating two lock screens.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Disabling Password Policy In Phone - Lockpicker Works?
Sep 13, 2010When I connect to my company's Exchange server, it pushes a password policy that makes me have to use a password on the phone. With my Sprint Hero, I used an app called LockPicker to disable this requirement. Apparently this app only works on HTC Sense. Anyone know how to do this with the Fascinate?
View 8 Replies View RelatedHTC Desire HD :: Share Your Thoughts / Experiences About DHD Here
Oct 22, 2010Well now that shops finally sell it and more and more people have it by now, I thought to put this kind of thread up for everyone to comment their initial impressions and feelings about the phone, I am sure all of us who are still waiting for it are anxious to read your thoughts!Was it everything you hoped for, which things could have been done better? What good there is , what bad ?
View 18 Replies View RelatedHTC EVO 4G :: Any Overclock Experiences To Share Above Sticky?
Jun 11, 2010Not that the above sticky is not useful and interesting. For those who have not read it, there is a debate raging about the effect of a specific OC setup on battery life.Regardless of that, has anybody else tried to overclock the processor for speed, or underclock it for battery? I am curious about a few things:
1. If you overclock the process for speed, which applications benefit? So far, there is very little lag anyway - without overclocking.
2. Is it not necessary to up the voltage going to the Evo processor when overclocking? For example, when I overclocked my home pc, I changed the voltage and the RAM timing.
3. When underclocking, if the same "stock" voltage is going to the processor anyway how does anybody expect to get battery savings? In my mind, the speed of the processor is not the issue, it is the energy that the processor consumes. (Or is this automatically handled by the widget behind the scenes?)
4. When underclocking the processor - have you experienced more lag? What is the "slowest" the processor can run before you notice anything?
5. What general experiences have you had with applications, the process, etc.
Media :: Bluetooth Headphones - Opinions / Experiences
Aug 30, 2010I'm having trouble finding a GOOD bluetooth headphone thread on these forums. Even googling things the "top 10" lists I've found are mostly from 2007-2008.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMotorola Droid :: Experiences Of Cases And Accessories?
Sep 20, 2010I have searched around the forum quite a bit, looking for advice and experiences with cases and accessories, and haven't found much. The forum is sure big, Would love some input on this. Looking at otter box at the moment.
View 20 Replies View RelatedMotorola Droid :: Battery Life Experiences
Nov 19, 2009Today, I decided to test out my battery life by doing...nothing. Last night, I fully charged my Droid's battery. I woke up at 8am and unplugged it from the charger. I never turned the screen on and only have the default programs running. I received no phonecalls (haven't given out my new number) and I made no phone calls. I never even turned the screen on.
Tonight around 8pm I turned the screen on and had a warning about my battery's life. It said it was below 20% and when I clicked on the icon, it showed me a list of everything that had been using up the battery life. The Android OS and "standby" were the leading battery usage, but at only 29% and 37% respectively. Everything else was minimal.
Having not even used the phone, having bluetooth and wifi off and having the barebones applications running, this is completely unacceptable to me. Is this normally what the rest of you are seeing with your battery life? Did I possibly get a bad battery, a bad unit? Is there any other cause that I should be looking into?
HTC Droid Eris :: New Phone Experiences At Verizon Today
Dec 9, 2009So I returned my Eris today.The battery issues had been pretty much contained.I could get a full day out of a charge, but the lag was terrible.I had it all over the place despite running task killer, spare parts, clearing cache, etc.Then the phone started to get wacky. It would freeze with black screens when switching to home.Sometimes when going to home, I would get a black screen with an HTC logo displayed for about 20 seconds, then it would show Sense UI loading for about 10 seconds (dimmed picture, loading logo, no applications).Also, I would have periods where I could not switch between screens.The dialer was ridiculously laggy as well. I would press end, and the phone wouldn't end for about 5 seconds. Dialing the phone sometimes I would have a 1-2 second delay when pressing buttons.
View 12 Replies View RelatedSprint HTC Hero :: Non - Rooted Phone Performance / Opinions / Experiences
Mar 19, 2010I'm hoping to get a little insight here from the members of the community that have devices that are not rooted, or from members that have experience prior to their rooting. Before I go into my questioning, I do want to preface this by stating that I have considered rooting my phone in the past, and have even tried (but failed) using the PreKitchen. Since then, I have made a definite decision that I will not be rooting my device. I have done TONS of research and reading on the topic, have asked and have had answered a lot of questions, and I've just decided that I do not want to do it. Yes, I understand the pros of doing it, I just choose not to. That being said, I would respectfully ask that those who take the time to respond to this post, please don't suggest rooting.
Ok, so I've owned the Hero since October, and for the most part, it has performed only marginally. The quirks, odditys and under performance issues I have experienced are nothing different from what has been talked about on this board, or others. Some issues, however, have been persistently bad, even after the "typical" troubleshooting methods have been used. Additionally, some of the things I've seen my device do haven't been talked about, or at least not in great detail, by many people. Some of the issues that I am experiencing, I am hoping that 2.1 will cure, however, I've come to a breaking point where I don't want to wait it out for the upgrade to finally release, only to find out that it didn't help. I've talked to Sprint Advanced Tech Support a few times and they seem to believe that it's a faulty device. Whether or not that is their response because they are stumped, or if the device actually IS faulty is what I'm hoping to figure out. They have agreed to send a replacement device to me, so I'm trying to get a feel for what to expect. Below are some of the issues I'm experiencing:
1. Wifi will not stay connected 85% of the time, despite a strong signal.
2. Apps take quite a bit of time to respond. The phone, however, does not seem to lag all that much. Screens respond pretty quickly and swiping is pretty smooth. Apps just take quite a bit of time to open/respond, even if still in "running" mode in the background.
3. Browser and other data requesting apps take quite a bit of time to get data, despite a strong EVDO signal or strong Wifi signal.
4. The phone's antenna seems to be weak. I can barely get a signal in my office (a one story building, sitting close to a window) and I'm in a heavily populated city. I've never had a hard time getting any less than 3 bars on any other Sprint phone in this location. Additionally, in areas where reception should be strong, I've found my phone switching between 1x and EVDO for data, and Roaming for voice.
There are other miscellaneous issues as well. I also want to stress that all of the typical troubleshooting methods have been done. I hard reset the phone last week and cleaned house, and am still seeing these issues. Prior to hard resetting, I had around 25-30 MB of free space on the phone. After the hard reset, I'm around 75 MB of free space, so that doesn't seem to be an issue. Text messages are cleared off the phone as they come in and program caches are cleared out daily. As for the signal issues, that's something I can't figure out, and neither can Sprint Tech Support, which is why I'm getting the replacement. My questions to the community are these:
1. I know that some of the issues I have listed are common among Hero users, however, does troubleshooting (clearing caches, texts, etc) solve the issues, or do they persist?
2. Has anyone had signal/data speed issues?
3. For people who have had replacement devices for issues similar to these, did the new device work better, or is this just a function of the device? One of the main reasons I ask these questions is because if this is going to continue to be an issue from device to device, there is no need to waste time continually swapping phones. I think at that point, I'll just have to wait for 2.1, hope it resolves the issues, and if not, cross that bridge at that time. I've expressed concern to the Sprint reps about receiving a refurb device. They had stated that it isn't up to them what gets shipped, however, they did advise that if a refurb was shipped, to send it back and go to a repair center to return it (in hopes that they have new phones on hand). I'm truly hoping that this is an issue with my device and not the Hero itself.