Things I've disabled with Package Disabler Pro on my Verizon S7 Edge

[wu-wei]

This post is round and smooth on all edges.

It is also pointless.

 

[Doc Marten]

Does the OP (or anyone) know whether doing this is counter to any EULA or terms and conditions that came with buying that phone from that particular carrier? There may be certain processes a carrier wants active all the time and it's reflected in the terms and conditions, possibly the small print. It may be of some concern if a warranty was invalidated, for example.

 

[ClintRo]

That's okay, I really don't care what you think.

And, your post was pointless as you also can't seem to understand what my post said.

I completely understand!

LOL #InsideJoke sorry you missed the irony.

 

[chanchan05]

I really fail to see the point. The stuff is still there, most likely has very little affect on performance, and may screw up something else. If you want a Nexus, buy one, trying to make another phone into one is pointless.

I can give you one reason why this is not pointless: hardware.

A person can want the S7 hardware, but not the S7 software. As this is Android, there is really no need to compromise. Just buy the S7 and change the software. Get an AOSP ROM once available. Or just disable what you don't like. Just like how someone can like a specific laptop by HP/ASUS/Dell that ships with Windows but want doesn't like Windows Security or Windows Defender. Just get a different AV then.

 

[Jade Vella]

Anyone disable any google play services processes with this?

 

[snake2332]

Exactly. The only reason I buy Samsung and Apple products is the hardware. I mostly loathe the software they put on their devices. But the hardware is so good that I put up with the bloat, at least until root comes out. However, I just couldn't live with iOS both times I tried an iPad (4th and 6th gens), even with tons of Cydia apps on them. Honestly, iOS is less user friendly and more weird dead-end bugs than Android has.

I really hoped LG, Sony, HTC, and others would compete with Samsung hardware and let Verizon sell their flagship devices, but they didn't and I ended up with Samsung products against my will, haha. Now my family of three has Note5, Note4, S7E, S6, and a spare S4. I guess if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Just glad we got root for the Verizon S7Edge.

That said, I've rooted my S7E, installed Xposed and 7 or 8 modules, Flashfire and the big zip fix, set up Greenify, Amplify, Titanium freezes, etc. to help battery life, and am seeing about 2% - 3% standby drain per hour on fairly weak 4G signal and was seeing about 1% stand-by drain per hour at home on strong WIFI. Pretty much exactly the same battery usage as before, though I suppose there is less potential for services and apps to use battery now that I've frozen 61 items. I do use AOD (always on display) and I have a Gear S2 watch connected to it. I didn't root it to save battery life, to be honest. I have wireless chargers all over the place, having used them for all my phones since the LG G2 came out, so my phones almost never dip under 50%. I root it for Xposed modules, Titanium/MyBackupPro, ad-blocking that doesn't use as much battery as AdGuard VPN does (8% - 10% of my battery life seemed to go to AdGuard), other root-only apps like Sixaxis and Viper4A, and just tweaking the UI to my liking.

Sorry for the rambling on...

 

[Aquila]

I believe we're done here. Thanks everyone!