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Guide to removing stock apps....
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Due to lack of time after my last daughter was born (5 kids and a wife and job eat up alot of time I have found ) and me no longer having the Elite this thread was in need of updating as I hadn't added the zv5 apps yet. With that i felt it better to turn it over to someone who was still using the Elite and had the time to update it.

Artine was nice enough to step up and create a new updated thread for you guys. You can find the thread here ....

http://androidforums.com/elite-all-things-root/664141-guide-removing-stock-apps-12-21-2012-a.html#post5334755

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This guide is a work in progress and is meant to help determine which apps can be safely remove from your Optimus Elite. As I test more apps this guide will change.

This worked for me but remove apps at your own risk.

Id's suggest backup up all apps with Titanium Backup and also freezing the apps for a while before uninstalling them. Everyone uses a phone differently so just because it works for me don't mean it'll work for you

These are safe to remove if you don't use them
Adobe Flash Player - Plays online flash content.
Android Live Wallpapers - Animated Wallpaper
Application Stubs - Virgin Mobile App
Buzz Feed - Virgin Mobile App
Calculator - Built in calculator app
Calender - Built in calander app
Calender Storage - On phone Calender storage
Clock - Built in clock and alarm clock app - Does not affect system clock
Downloads - Shows downloads you've made from Virgin Mobile
*There are 2 download apps. This is one with red logo
Email - Email program for pop3 and imap accounts
Facebook - Facebook app
Gmail - Check Gmail email
Google Play Books - E-reader for Google books
Google Play Music - Buy and Sync music app
Google Search - Desktop search widget
Google+ - Google+ app
Image Editor - View and edit images
LG Wallpapers - Wallpapers
Live Wallpaper Picker - Manages live wallpaper
Maps - Google Maps
Mobile Id - Virgin Mobile App to add customization packs
Music Visualization Wallpapers - Live wallpaper pack
My Account - Virgin Mobile account shortcut
News & Weather - News and weather app
Polaris Viewer - Document viewer
Quickmemo - Quickmemo App
Shopper - Google shopping app
Smart Device Manager - Sprint App
Streetview - Streetview in Google maps
Swype - Swype keyboard
Tags - Nfc tag reader
Talk - Google talk chat app
Tuning Fork - Stupid Virgin Mobile App
Tutorial Widgets - Tutorial widget
VM Icon Pack - Virgin Mobile App icons
Virgin Mobile Live - Virgin Mobile music app
Virgin Mobile Live Widget - Virgin Mobile live widget
Voice Dialer - Voice dialing feature
Voice Recorder - Voice recording app
Voice Search - Voice search feature
Voicemail - Voicemail desktop shortcut
Wallet - Google Wallet
Wikipedia - Wikipedia App
Yelp - Yelp app
YouTube - YouTube app


These can be removed with caution
Android Keyboard - Default android keyboard - Only remove if another keyboard is set as system app
Browser - Only remove if you have another web browser installed
Camera - Only remove if you have another camera app installed
Downloads - Handles downloads for Google apps.. Youtube, Picasa, etc
*There are 2 download apps. This is one with green logo
Gallery - Only remove if you have another picture gallery app installed
Google Calender Storage - Only remove if you don't sync Calender to Google server
Google Contact Sync - Only remove if you don't sync Contacts to Google server
HTML Viewer - Safe to remove but recommend leaving
Launcher - Only remove if you have another launcher installed and set as system app. If not you won't have launcher after factory reset
Market Updater - Checks for app updates. If you remove market won't prompt you to update apps
Messaging - Only remove if you have another text messaging app
Music Player - Only remove if you have another media player installed
My Uploads - Handles uploads for Google apps, Youtube, Picasa, etc.
Pico TTS - Text to speech, can be removed but some apps may not be happy you did
Preferred Activity Setter - Sprint app but not sure of purpose - Removed and have seen no issues
SSA - Activation app. Removing will prevent activating via app
Setup Wizard - First time phone setup. Phone will FC after factory reset if removed
Sprint Android Requirements - Removing prevents Activation app from working, Can be removed if you removed SSA activation app
TTS Service - Text to speech, can be removed but some apps may not be happy you did
VPN Services - Allows phone to Make VPN connections - Should be safe to remove


Don't even think about removing these
Android System - Android operating system
Bluetooth Share - Bluetooth function
Camera Test - Camer test app for LG Hidden Menu
Certificate Installer - Manages Secure Certificates
Contacts - Your contact list
Contact Storage - On phone contact storage
DRM Protected Content Storage - Handles rights to protected media
Dialer - Phone Dialer
Dialer Storage - Syncs something to Google
Download Manager - Handles Downloads
Framework.apk - Icons and Various theme settings
Google Backup Transport - Backs up phone settings to Google
Google Partner Setup - Not sure yet
Google Play Store - App store
Google Services Framework - Handles Google login
Home Screen Tips - Desktop tip widget. Will make phone FC after factory reset
LG MLT - Not sure yet
LG Hidden Menu - LG programming menu. Not sure if safe to remove
Market Feedback Agent - Allows apps to prompt you for feedback on market. not sure if safe to remove yet
Media Storage - Handles on phone media storage
Network Location - Tower based location info
NFC Service - Near field communications - Removal will result in FC's
NFC Handover - Near field communications - Removal will result in FC's
Package Access Helper - Handles app installs
Package Installer - Handles app installs
Search Application Provider - Not sure yet
Sensor Test - Test proximity and accelerometer
Service Program Menu - The ##virgin# programming menu
Settings - Phone settings
Settings Storage - On phone setting storage
Status Bar - Status bar
System_ui.apk - User Interface
UTS UI - not sure yet
User Dictionary - Stores words you add to phone
com.android.qualcomm - not sure yet
com.android.qualcomm.qcom_oncrpc - not sure yet
com.qualcom.prohibit - not sure yet
com.sdcard.test - Tests sdcard at startup
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