disable apps?

**bryonp** · 12-05-2012, 02:15 PM

I was just wondering if you disable apps does it's have any benefit and also do you guys suggest the app called tapa talk thanks for your help.

**pool_shark** · 12-05-2012, 02:23 PM

The benefit is not having any of the apps you disable ever run again until you enable them or do a factory reset.

**bryonp** · 12-05-2012, 02:25 PM

So technically if I disable them would I gain memory and speed because there is alot on here I wont use?

**pool_shark** · 12-05-2012, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by bryonp

So technically if I disable them would I gain memory and speed because there is alot on here I wont use?

No.
Disabling them does not delete them. I don't believe there is a performance increase from deleting crap ware anyway, unless it's crapware that's always running.

**ibcop** · 12-05-2012, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by bryonp

So technically if I disable them would I gain memory and speed because there is alot on here I wont use?

It simply hides the app - as of now you can't get rid of the bloatware.

**ToddL** · 12-05-2012, 07:26 PM

So is there any real benefit to disabling apps? If so, which ones are safe to disable?

**Synycalwon** · 12-05-2012, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by Todd_L

So is there any real benefit to disabling apps? If so, which ones are safe to disable?

I think the biggest benefit is that it cleans up your app and widget drawer as the disabled apps are no longer listed there (I like it because it keeps things less cluttered). It does save a little on system resources, in particular available memory which I've seen go up on my Nexus 7 and Note 2 after disabling a bunch of apps (a reboot afterward helps ensure all disabled apps are stopped). That alone hasn't increased performance on either device that I can tell, but it keeps more available memory for other processes if needed.

As to a list, I've disabled the following without any negative effects so far:

AllShare Play
Amazon (two of them, 2.0.11 and 2.0.5)
Amazon Kindle
Amazon MP3
Audible
Google Play Books
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Movies & TV
Google+
Group Cast
IMDb
Kies air
Media Hub
Music Hub
News Daemon(EUR)
NFL Mobile
S Voice
SNS
Talk
Talkback
Viewdini
VZ Navigator
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo News
Zappos

**Raptor007** · 12-05-2012, 08:46 PM

I would say cut/paste them to the Ext SD Card and back them up. This way you gain an extra 500+MB of storage and you don't have them cluttering the space up. Now as for S-Voice, I'm not sure yet if I will remove it as I haven't played with it yet. Is it any good, I know SIRI sucked and worked like 20% of the time based on my real world experience.