[GUIDE]Freezing GS3 Bloat with Titanium Backup!

[Andrew Cecere]

I got my galaxy note 2 a few days ago and found this list on here. I went though and disabled (not uninstalled) a lot of the bloatware apps and other apps listed here which I felt I would never use and did not need. For the first few days, when bringing my phone to campus, it would automatically connect to the att wifi signal in most buildings, which was nice cause then I wouldn't worry about using data. After disabling a bunch of apss, I went to campus, and it still automatically connected, but now it wants me to sign in and pay to use the att wifi. I know that the wifi is meant to be free for AT&T smartphone users, so I know that it wasn't a trial or anything.

One of the apps I disabled must have lost my phones ability to connect with att wifi and inform the network that I have an att smartphone. Any ideas as to what the app could be??

Thanks!!!

 

[hmaidhoff]

So I have my phone rooted and was wondering, do I need to turn off sync so that Verizon cannot do automatic updates? Or does just having it rooted take care of that problem?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Nicholi2789]

Awesome. Titanium backup really is worth the money. I just went through and froze all the unnecessary apps in my system. It seems to be running smoother already. Also, I use Nova launcher prime. I disabled touchwiz home in titanium, it seems to run even smoother. I figured the two launchers didn't need to be fighting eachother everytime I hit the home button. Or is this a bad idea?

 

[Ticojpunk]

Awesome. Titanium backup really is worth the money. I just went through and froze all the unnecessary apps in my system. It seems to be running smoother already. Also, I use Nova launcher prime. I disabled touchwiz home in titanium, it seems to run even smoother. I figured the two launchers didn't need to be fighting eachother everytime I hit the home button. Or is this a bad idea?

I do the same. I run Nova Prime and I've frozen Touchwiz in Titanium. No problem in doing that.


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[Nicholi2789]

Yeah it seems to run a little smoother now. Especially when I press the home button. I'm getting ready to flash slim Rom now so it's kinda moot... We'll see how my first custom ROM goes. Fingers crossed..

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[Nicholi2789]

Two ROMs later.... Wow I see why this is so addicting now..

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[Trees]

So I have my phone rooted and was wondering, do I need to turn off sync so that Verizon cannot do automatic updates? Or does just having it rooted take care of that problem?

Thanks for the help!

If you're running the stock TouchWiz ROM and just rooted then you do want to prevent automatic OTA updates. Here's a recent thread where a similar question popped up.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...oms-hacks/268564-newbe-difficult-problem.html