2newbie questions

[Guest]

Ok just getting my head around the superb vega and this mod is great.

Certain apps will uninstall easily through the apps settings, but others can be force quit but not uninstalled - dialler is the main culprit, how do i get rid of this?

Also, when you close apps, how come they're still actually running? How do i stop apps running in the background?

Many thanks folks.

[Guest greenie-uk]

Ok just getting my head around the superb vega and this mod is great.

Certain apps will uninstall easily through the apps settings, but others can be force quit but not uninstalled - dialler is the main culprit, how do i get rid of this?

Also, when you close apps, how come they're still actually running? How do i stop apps running in the background?

Many thanks folks.

To remove the phone app easily I'd suggest using launcher pro. Going into preferences/general/hidden Apps and selecting phone app and all the other bloatware (ebooks,Vega help..etc) which hides them from the app tray. Either that or removing the Apk from the systems folder but there's no guarantee it'd damage the Rom (is a system app).

To stop running apps you can either stop the processes individually in settings/applications/manage applications/running applications or using the market for task manager app

Edited December 14, 2010 by greenie-uk

[Guest emergant]

To remove the phone app easily I'd suggest using launcher pro. Going into preferences/general/hidden Apps and selecting phone app and all the other bloatware (ebooks,Vega help..etc) which hides them from the app tray. Either that or removing the Apk from the systems folder but there's no guarantee it'd damage the Rom (is a system app).

To stop running apps you can either stop the processes individually in settings/applications/manage applications/running applications or using the market for task manager app

Careful removing the dialler, I did that amongst other things and ended up reinstalling. I think it is needed by the system for some reason. I used titanium backup to uninstall it.

[Guest greenie-uk]

Careful removing the dialler, I did that amongst other things and ended up reinstalling. I think it is needed by the system for some reason. I used titanium backup to uninstall it.

Thought it would be a system app.. I'd just hide on launcherpro if I was you..

[Guest warriorscot]

If its in the system folder I would leave it be its probably there for a good reason so its best to leave it. As far as quiting apps there are a few alps for doing that however there are some arguments that using them is actually not doing you any favours.

[Guest emergant]

If its in the system folder I would leave it be its probably there for a good reason so its best to leave it. As far as quiting apps there are a few alps for doing that however there are some arguments that using them is actually not doing you any favours.

Agreed. At least not wthout a good backup.

[Guest Pyr0x64]

you can remove the Phone and TelephonyProvider apks using something like Android Commander

if you try to do it on the tablet with root explorer or titanium backup, you will get FCs as soon as you remove the first file and then be unable to remove the second

the only negative i've noticed so far is a small signal strength meter in the notification bar with an x

[edit] found a thread on xda in the viewsonic gtab forum

the OP provides a simple update.zip script (to use in clockworkmod recovery) to remove four apks

Phone.apk

Mms.apk

TelephonyProvider.apk

VoiceDialer.apk

Disable Cell Standby (increase battery life)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855812

Edited December 14, 2010 by Pyr0x64

[Guest]

Thanks for the replies.

Dialler seems to be always running in the bg, so is it actually using battery power?

If the vega is left in standby overnight, it loses 5-10% battery charge- is this normal?

[Guest SilentMobius]

Thanks for the replies.

Dialler seems to be always running in the bg, so is it actually using battery power?

If the vega is left in standby overnight, it loses 5-10% battery charge- is this normal?

In Android, having the activity in memory does not mean its taking any CPU or battery. It may be, but a process list is _not_ the way to find out. Unlike your PC Android will terminate and restore processes as it deems necessary.

And yes 5%-10% charge loss overnight is normal