[robh2]

Yes I was talking about logging into the apps. Got it everyone. Thanks.

[eyecon82]

I'm not sure what you're getting at. Register and log in to what? The apps? No, you don't have to log into the apps. But you can only disable the apps that came with the phone (system apps). Anything that you installed you can just uninstall.

To disable an app that came with the phone, perform these steps:

1. Pull down the notification bar and locate the little gear/sprocket icon in the top right corner. Tap it. The settings will open.
2. Scroll down until you see Application Manager. Tap it. The application settings will open. Notice that at the top of the screen, there are three tabs: Downloaded, Running, and All. Tap All to view all the apps on the phone.
3. Scroll down until you find a system app that you want to disable (like S-Voice, S-Memo, AT&T Navigator, etc.). Tap the name of the app and a settings window for that app will open.
4. At the top of the settings page, you will see the name of the app and its icon. Immediately under that will be two buttons: Force Stop and Disable. If the app has been updated at all, the second button will instead be Uninstall Updates. If it says Disable, tap it to disable it. If the button is labeled Uninstall Updates, then tap it and uninstall the updates. After the app reverts, that second button should now be labeled Disable. Tap it to disable the app.

For apps that you have installed, you can use this same method to uninstall them. Open the settings for the specific app and tap the Uninstall button.

Hope that clears things up.

Oh, and a word of warning: if you don't know what something is...DON'T disable or uninstall it.

thanks for that detailed post!

[21plays]

here is a doc with apps safe to remove/freeze(disable) and some description. Most of them require you to be rooted and using titanium backup. There are a few that dont require root and can be disabled via application manager. AND

[naviwilliams]

I reloaded my device yesterday, and before a whole bunch of updates and the likes, I disabled lots of apps

[endersdestiny]

Does anyone know if by disabling S Voice, do you gain back the normal Google voice actions capabilities?

[velvetelvis]

thanks, just went thru and disabled a bunch of apps on my new sg3

[eddieras]

thanks guys- great thread. is there a way to disable 'internet' browser - i use chrome. also what about s memo, the voicemail app on sprint and sprint connection manager? thanks!

[pachi72]

Originally Posted by Covart<br />
Just so you know, disabling S-Voice also prevents you from making any changes to 'Language and Input' under Settings. In fact, trying to click on it will cause a FC, every time. Enjoy.

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Worked fine for me.

No problems with me here.

[winmod21]

Thanks to the OP for this thread. Very Interesting.

Okay, I just disabled all these apps. . .

AllShare Play
AT&T Navigator
ChatON
DeviceHelp
Flipboard
Kies air
Media Hub
S Suggest
S Voice
Samsung Backup Provider
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Cloud Syncadapter
SNS (facebook?)
YPmobile

. . .and if I'm not mistaken, it seems like there's a slight delay when I now click on anything in 'Settings'. There's no delay going to Settings. But once there, no matter what I tap in the Settings menus.....the touch/highlight seems to flash for a half-a-second or so. Or, am I just imagining it, and it was already like that? I don't know!

[Edit] . . .
Oppps! . . .just noticed that the 'World Clock', in the stock clock app, has a frozen globe view when initially opened-up; the globe won't spin; then upon backing-out to 'Add City' and then going back to the (spinning globe view)sic...it's just black, with no globe at all. After backing-out and coming back again...the globe appears but is flashing wildy. lol

Any ideas which app may be suspect? Guess I'll just re-enable them one at a time, to see which one lets the globe stop acting up.

[Update] . . .
It doesn't seem to be any of these, as I re-enabled them, to no avail, (unless I should have rebooted?):
AllShare Play
AT&T Navigator
Samsung Backup Provider
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Cloud Syncadapter

[veritas_vincit]

You can either Flash Rom to remove the bloatware apps or install a launcher such as Apex and hide the apps in the drawer. Your choice. I did the latter one. I don't like messing with my device.

[Starpower11]

I was curious about the "bloatware". When I look at my Battery usage, none of these bloatware Apps are showing up as draining the battery. In that case, is going through the hassle of uninstalling them, then "disabling" them, pointless? My concern is to just minimize battery usage, but my "Battery" section shows that none of them are bleeding any of it.... of course, unless that Battery-usage data is not usually too accurate? Thanks.

[starleaf1]

Hmm... I can't seem to disable AllShare.
The button is greyed out.
I haven't updated it or anything. Maybe because it is curently not running in the first place?

[grunt0300]

I'm running stock, and i've disabled nothing. I accept all updates, even the apps that i don't use. I believe that if the app isn't opened, it's using little or no juice. Now, with medium use, my battery is at 35%-40% by the end of the day. That works for me.
P.S. I've added Earth Rot Live Wallpaper to my home screen, with no visible loss in battery drain.

[gingersnapgirl]

I'm not sure what you're getting at. Register and log in to what? The apps? No, you don't have to log into the apps. But you can only disable the apps that came with the phone (system apps). Anything that you installed you can just uninstall.

To disable an app that came with the phone, perform these steps:

1. Pull down the notification bar and locate the little gear/sprocket icon in the top right corner. Tap it. The settings will open.
2. Scroll down until you see Application Manager. Tap it. The application settings will open. Notice that at the top of the screen, there are three tabs: Downloaded, Running, and All. Tap All to view all the apps on the phone.
3. Scroll down until you find a system app that you want to disable (like S-Voice, S-Memo, AT&T Navigator, etc.). Tap the name of the app and a settings window for that app will open.
4. At the top of the settings page, you will see the name of the app and its icon. Immediately under that will be two buttons: Force Stop and Disable. If the app has been updated at all, the second button will instead be Uninstall Updates. If it says Disable, tap it to disable it. If the button is labeled Uninstall Updates, then tap it and uninstall the updates. After the app reverts, that second button should now be labeled Disable. Tap it to disable the app.

For apps that you have installed, you can use this same method to uninstall them. Open the settings for the specific app and tap the Uninstall button.

Hope that clears things up.

Oh, and a word of warning: if you don't know what something is...DON'T disable or uninstall it.

For some apps, S Memo for example, there is a "Disable" button, but it is not active.

[winmod21]

I was curious about the "bloatware". When I look at my Battery usage, none of these bloatware Apps are showing up as draining the battery. In that case, is going through the hassle of uninstalling them, then "disabling" them, pointless? My concern is to just minimize battery usage, but my "Battery" section shows that none of them are bleeding any of it.... of course, unless that Battery-usage data is not usually too accurate? Thanks.

I've had these (32) apps disabled (not uninstalled, just disabled) for well over a month now, with no issues:

AllShare Controller
AllShare Play
AT&T Messages
AT&T Navigator
Bubbles
ChatON
Clock (funky)
Clock (modern)
Dual Clock (analog)
Dual Clock (digital)
Face Unlock
Flipboard
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Googe Search
Luminous dots
Media Hub
My AT&T
Phase beam
Samsung account
Samsung Backup Provider
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Syncadapters
SNS
Street View
Talk
TalkBack
Trim
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo News
YPMobile

. . .didn't record spec's before & after, but my battery performance seems to have definitely improved. Although I'm not sure if disabling any of these apps had anything to do with it. Nevertheless, however the higher battery performance was brought about, it's now running sweeter than ever!

[CozierZebra]

I just disabled:
AllShare Play
AT&T Navigator
ChatON
Flipboard
Kies Air
Media Hub
SNS
YPMobile

Went into Google Chrome afterward to watch a video and discovered Flash videos no longer work. I've gone and enabled everything I disabled, but I'm still not getting flash to work through Chrome now. It works fine in the Internet app, but not in Chrome anymore.

Any suggestions?

[D16RR]

Run it on the internet app. It never worked on chrome. On the plus side, you have vivid dreams. In flash even!

I just disabled:
AllShare Play
AT&T Navigator
ChatON
Flipboard
Kies Air
Media Hub
SNS
YPMobile

Went into Google Chrome afterward to watch a video and discovered Flash videos no longer work. I've gone and enabled everything I disabled, but I'm still not getting flash to work through Chrome now. It works fine in the Internet app, but not in Chrome anymore.

Any suggestions?

[CozierZebra]

It did work in Chrome lol. I know because I was upset that after finding a way to get flash videos to play that they wouldn't work in Firefox. I settled for Chrome and now I can't even get that going again.

I tried reinstalling Firefox just for kicks and now it works in Firefox.

[CozierZebra]

It works again! Thanks for the assistance anyway!

[Harahan Mike]

Thanks for the info.

[moify]

I like to root in stock and just uninstall apps through that. Does anyone have a list of safely removable apps?

I saw this:

AllShare Controller
AllShare Play
AT&T Messages
AT&T Navigator
Bubbles
ChatON
Clock (funky)
Clock (modern)
Dual Clock (analog)
Dual Clock (digital)
Face Unlock
Flipboard
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Googe Search
Luminous dots
Media Hub
My AT&T
Phase beam
Samsung account
Samsung Backup Provider
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Syncadapters
SNS
Street View
Talk
TalkBack
Trim
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo News
YPMobile


I would uninstall all of that, but I want to get it as clean as a Custom ROM.

[KreepyKen]

I like to root in stock and just uninstall apps through that. Does anyone have a list of safely removable apps?

If you don't know what something is, make sure you disable it first, just to make sure your phone runs fine without it. If you uninstall something that the phone needs, you'll be in trouble.