What apps can be safely frozen or disabled?

[tc1]

I think a list of what can and cannot or shouldn't be frozen would help out a lot of people.

The obvious junk, preinstalled games, vzw navigator, etc.

But what about htc's crap? Like "peep",, watch, etc.

 

[svdroiddude]

Good question! Would like to know too.

 

[king72a]

I've disabled about a dozen apps so far. Some Verizon apps and some HTC apps. Unfortunately some Verizon apps couldn't be disabled. Go figure right. Anyway phone seems stable and smooth.

 

[redwood]

so far I've disabled

Blockbuster
Hot Pursuit
Let's Golf
NFL Mobile
VCast Music
Verizon Video
VZ Navigator

No issues so far

 

[king72a]

Redwood, how did you disable VZ Nav? There wasn't a disable button.

 

[redwood]

Redwood, how did you disable VZ Nav? There wasn't a disable button.

Uninstall all updates to VZ nav and the button changes to disable.

 

[acejavelin]

so far I've disabled

Blockbuster
Hot Pursuit
Let's Golf
NFL Mobile
VCast Music
Verizon Video
VZ Navigator

No issues so far

Also seem to be completely safe so far:

Any Live Wallpaper you don't use
Apps (With the gray circle, shopping cart and red V circle)
VideoSurf
Amazon Kindle
Facebook (assuming you don't use it)
Google Play Books
Google+
Mobile IM
Mobile Instant Messaging
Polaris Office
Slacker Radio
Talk
Youtube

Probably more, but these are the ones I know can be disabled with no issues, provided you don't use them.

Interesting that you can't disable Visual Voice Mail...

 

[svdroiddude]

You can disable stocks, talkBack, videosurf, watch and watch widget too...oh, and mobile IM....and FB chat. I use Kindle and Google+ so want those. Yes, you cannot disable visual VM?

 

[mrmobileperformance]

On my HTC One X I disabled the following without repercusións:

Wallpapers (I disabled 7)
AT&T Address Book
AT&T Code Scanner
AT&T Family Map
AT&T Navigator
Widgets (17)
Calculator
Car (Dock App)
Device Help
Dock Mode
Facebook
Facebook for HTC Sense
Flickr
Friend Stream
Friend Stream Lock Screen
GMail
Google Play Books
Google Search
HTC Dock Screen
Live TV
Mail
MOG Music
Movie Editor
Music (Stock Music Player)
PDF Viewer
Picassa Albums
Polaris Office
Soundhound
Stocks
Stocks Lock Screen
Top HD Games
TuneIn Radio
Twitter
Twitter for HTC Sense
Watch
Yellow Pages
YPmobile


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[tc1]

Nice keep them coming.

Really helpful

 

[PatG]

How do you disable an app?

 

[TisMyDroid]

Pat, I assume it is very similar to the razr ICS. Go to settings > Apps > All apps. Open the stock-bloatware apps and you will see either uninstall, disable or a grayed out icon. Disable will disable the app and move it to the end of the list. If it says uninstall, then either it will uninstall the app or it will uninstall the updates then give you the option to disable.

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[mountainbikermark]

Pat, I assume it is very similar to the razr ICS. Go to settings > Apps > All apps. Open the stock-bloatware apps and you will see either uninstall, disable or a grayed out icon. Disable will disable the app and move it to the end of the list. If it says uninstall, then either it will uninstall the app or it will uninstall the updates then give you the option to disable.

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Yup same method on the Rezound

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[TisMyDroid]

Thanks for the confirmation mountainbikermark! I'm still waiting for my son to get ICS on his Rezound... then time to teach him about backup, factory data reset, disabling and everything ICS!

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[JeffDenver]

I think a list of what can and cannot or shouldn't be frozen would help out a lot of people.

The obvious junk, preinstalled games, vzw navigator, etc.

But what about htc's crap? Like "peep",, watch, etc.

I have disabled all bloat and ALL Verizon apps. I have disabled the Sense lock screen. No side effects on any as far as I can tell so far. System is stable.