Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9987263)

There's some nifty guides out there that tell you exactly what all you can safely disable regarding unnecessary apps that the manufacturer or carrier rolls out. It's handy to cut down the stupid bloat.

Here's the link for stock Galaxy S3: http://forums.androidcentral.com/spr...ck-rooted.html

You can go into Application Manager, and disable them.

But a better solution is to "Freeze" them, so that they'll stay disabled even after a reboot. I use an app called Titanium Backup to "Freeze" these built in apps. That prevents them from running automatically. Titanium Backup has additional advantages as well.

Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9987263)

There's some nifty guides out there that tell you exactly what all you can safely disable regarding unnecessary apps that the manufacturer or carrier rolls out. It's handy to cut down the stupid bloat.

Here's the link for stock Galaxy S3: http://forums.androidcentral.com/spr...ck-rooted.html

You can go into Application Manager, and disable them.

But a better solution is to "Freeze" them, so that they'll stay disabled even after a reboot. I use an app called Titanium Backup to "Freeze" these built in apps. That prevents them from running automatically. Titanium Backup has additional advantages as well.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9987242)

That's a definite advantage of the Nexus phones. At the same time, Google has been systematically converting all the cool stuff from OS features into apps, so you're not missing that much anymore.

And of course, there's always CyanogenMod...

Originally Posted by luv (Post 9989881)

I had a couple of friends tell me last night that I should hold out and get the iPhone 5i when it comes out. They know someone who works for Verizon who seems to be tickled pink with the upcoming release (they guessed November).

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9989888)

So did they give an actual reason or are they just Applebots?

Originally Posted by luv (Post 9989893)

My friends said that if this guy was excited about it then it must have cool new features. They said that the camera improves with each new model, and maybe they'll do something with the screen size. They really didn't have any details.

Originally Posted by luv (Post 9989881)

I had a couple of friends tell me last night that I should hold out and get the iPhone 5i when it comes out. They know someone who works for Verizon who seems to be tickled pink with the upcoming release (they guessed November).

Originally Posted by MTG#10 (Post 9991002)

Your friends dont know what they're talking about.