The list below describes all stock i5800 apks under /system/app.

You can see

this folder via RootExplorer or FileExplorer or the like, or see them through
Titanium Backup, although they might be out of order and with different
names (they will use the display name rather than apk name on Titanium).

YES -- Indicates an application can be removed, but please dont remove

them without reading the description.

NO -- Means an application is essential or pretty important for the

functionality of your phone.

Some of these descriptions have been based off of Insanitys I9000 Galaxy S
ROM, however all of these have been tested on the I5800 (this is not just a
copy paste, rather I based my original understanding of this list in his).

Use at your own risk, I cannot be held responsible if you break your phone.
If your are going to attempt this, first your should have some knowledge of
flashing your phone via ODIN, because if you happen to delete something
that was important to you, you might need to reflash.

Keep in mind you dont need to delete apps right off the bat. You can rename
them from Application.apk to Application.OLDapk or whatever. This will
prevent your phone from recognizing them as applications without you
having to fully remove them. When you are sure of your choices and want to
free up space, go ahead and delete them.

Some firmware versions will have .odex files with the same name as the .apk.
When deleting and apk, delete its respective .odex. If you are going to
rename an .apk, then rename the .odex as well (aka Application.OLDodex)

AccountAndSyncSettings.apk -- NO, Sync settings, this is required, even if out

dont sync, this is because it syncs more than just calendar and contacts, it is

the effective sync to your google account, required for just about anything.

ApplicationsProvider.apk -- NO, required for application installation and

uninstall.

audioTuning.apk -- ?, not really sure about this one. I guess this is an

automatic sound adjustment according to background noise, however Ive
never seen this into effect. If youre feeling lucky, you can try removing it,
however Ive never monitored this actually showing up resource managers.

AxT9IME.apk -- YES, This is the stock Samsung keyboard. You can remove it,
but even if you have swype, swype doesnt have all of the keyboard layouts. I
d leave it, to my opinion, this is kind of essential.

BadgeProvider.apk -- NO, Something to do with messaging and email.

Removing this causes SMS and email related apps to force close. Even if you
manage to keep the program open for long enough without it foce closing,
you wont be able to send messages, theyll just be stuck on "sending".

Bluetooth.apk -- YES, incorrectly named, this apk actually manages the

Bluetooth printing rather than the bluetooth itself. If you have no need for
bluetooth printing, this wont ever be missed or will never bother you in any
occasion.

BluetoothOPP.apk -- NO, this apk actually manages file transfer between

phones. Remove this and youll never be able to transfer files. This actually
includes streaming music through Car bluetooth and headsets, since they
effectively speaking, file transfers.

BluetoothServices.apk -- NO, provides general framework for Bluetooth. If you

re going to use bluetooth for any reason, this apk is a must. Removing this
one breaks all other bluetooth applications.

BluetoothTestMode.apk -- YES, this is activated when you need to test the

fidelity of your bluetooth. You can do that by going into the test section by

typing the secret code *#*#197328640#*#*. Removing it is possible,

however, some BT connections actually test the bluetooth to measure how
much data is transfered. This way, it calculates the buffer size it needs to use,
and at what quality media can be streamed. Removing it can disrupt
communications with those BT terminals or you can experience fade-outs,
where while listening to songs, the sound will fade every few seconds,
because of inadequate bandwith. (this can occur even with this application
left as is, if your BT terminal doesnt have the auto regulation feature)

Browser.apk -- YES, removing this will make you lose your browsing ability
(not internet as a whole). If you have firefox or opera for android, and like
those best, you can remove this without any problems.

BuddiesNow.apk -- YES, this is just that widget offered by the TouchWiz

launcher. If you dont use it, remove it.

CallSetting.apk -- NO, do you like to use your phone for... umm calling people?
This is kind of essencial, it will allow call setting to be edited. Stuff like call
waiting and forwarding will not work if you remove this, as well as other stuff I
didnt have time or willingness to test, as soon as I confirmed dialpad and
other things while calling had been disabled.

Camera.apk -- NO, this is the camera application. If you find an alternative

one (I dont think there are any on the market) you could remove it.
CameraFirmware.apk -- NO, this is the actual ROM (if you will) for the camera.
Without this, camera.apk is useless.

CertInstaller.apk -- NO, Installs certificates for the apps you install. I assume
without this, you cannot give permissions for apps to do things and access
certain folders and files. Im guessing if you dont have this installed, you
couldnt even install root on your phone. So in short, no.

ClockPackage.apk -- YES, however this controls the alarm clock, stopwatch,

world time and timer. There are alternative applications online if you want,
but this seems to do the job pretty well and all under the same apk.

Contacts.apk -- NO, this controls the contacts application (the contacts /

groups / history / activities tabs). Removing this will make you have to call
everyone by physically inputing their number.

ContactsProvider.apk -- NO, this controls contacts sync. Pretty useful if you

still dont use google contacs sync, you should try it. In theory if you dont
use it, you could remove it, but I dont know what effect it would have on
your contacts.

CSC.apk -- NO. This breaks CSC. According to insanity, this can be removed
after first successful boot, but if you ever have to hard reset or restore factory
settings, this will not allow you to boot successfully.

DataCreate.apk -- NO.

DialerTabActivity.apk -- NO. This controls the dialer. Even if you have all your
contacts already stored, you cannot call them without this app.

Divx.apk -- YES. This is some licesing information for the video player. I dont
really watch alot of videos on my phone, but after removing this Ive never
had any problems. If you do remove it, and have problems, post it on the
comments.

Dlna.apk -- YES. This is allshare. Never had any use for it, and it shall not be
missed.

DownloadProvider.apk -- NO. Handles file downloads and market downloads.

DrmProvider.apk -- NO. In theory, you cannot remove it, it will break your
ability to play DRM protected files, aka, Ringtones and SMS notifications. Ive
been in the process of de-DRMing my ringtone files. I would imagine, if you
dont have a reason to play DRM protected files, this could be removed.
However keep in mind all DRM protected files will not be able to play. This apk
takes up a lot of memory and stays on all the time on the background. It is
one of my most hated apks, it serves no function rather than to protect you

from copying or editing the stupid samsung ringtones.

DrmUA.apk -- NO, see above.

DualClock.apk -- YES. Dual clock widget. If you dont need, remove it.

Email.apk -- NO. According to insanity, removing this will break things.Haven

t tried it yet though.

EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk -- YES. This controls that ability to hold

the menu button for a second or two and the search menu pop up. I usally
keep it.

FactoryTest.apk -- YES. Removed it without any problems. If you have ever

run autostarts, youll realize how much of a hog this apk really is during some
actions.

FlashPlugin.apk -- YES. This allows flash content to be displayed, so even

though you can, I dont recommed it.

FlashSVGPlayer.apk -- YES. As far as I know, this is the player which provides

you to view the flash content through the plugin above. Removing this might
break your flashplugin.

FMRadio.apk -- YES. Radio player.

Gallery3D.apk -- YES. This is a battery hog. Its that fancy 3D accelerometer

enhanced gallery. If you remove it, you wont be able to easily access
photographs though. If you want a good replacement, I would suggest
QuickPic, it does the job, its fast and doesnt hog memory (although its not
fancy like the 3D Gallery)

GlobalSearch.apk -- YES. This is the search function on your phone.

Remember the Enhanced search this above, well, that actually accesses this
to do the search. That can be removed and this will be fine (although youll
have to access the search feature by the app drawer). But if you remove this,
the enhanced search will be useless.

Gmail.apk -- YES. Dont use gmail? It can be removed, but will break Talk.apk
as well.

GmailProvider.apk -- YES. I guess it is tied to gmail.apk. See above.

GoogleApps.apk -- ?. This is didnt even come installed on my phone, so I

guess its not that important.

GoogleCheckin.apk -- ? Same as above.

GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk -- YES. Syncs contacts through google. This

can be removed, but you wont be able to sync contacts.

GooglePartnerSetup.apk -- NO.

GoogleSearch.apk -- YES. This is the google search widget you can add onto
your launcher desktop.

GoogleSettingsProvider.apk -- NO.

GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk -- ?. Dont know, this is not on my

phone.

GpsSetup2.apk -- NO. This sets up GPS configurations.

gtalkservice.apk -- YES. You might have this as talk.apk or gtalkservice.apk,

although its all the same thing, its Google Talk.

HTMLViewer.apk -- YES. No side effects were noticed when removing this.

HwCodec.apk -- ?. Dont have this on my phone.

IcsService.apk -- ?. Dont have this on my phone.

InfoAlarm.apk -- YES. This is the daily briefing widget. Dont need it remove
it.

InputEventApp.apk -- NO.

Layar-samsung.apk -- YES. Layar. Seems awesome on paper. Never has been

of any use in reality.

LbsTestMode.apk -- YES. GPS testing mode. Can be accessed via

*#*#197328640#*#*, but not needed per se.

lcdtest.apk -- YES. Removing this will cause your screen to not turn off when
you lock your phone. By installing spare parts you can fix this, however if you
dont use spare parts for any other reason, thats just replacing a passive
apk for one that invades your phone on all levels. So I rather just leave it and
not worry about it.

LogsProvider.apk -- NO. Lots of things will crash and force close if you do.

Maps.apk -- YES. Google Maps apk. If you dont use it, remove it, but it is
pretty useful, since it has gps navigation as well.

MarketUpdater.apk -- YES. Safe to remove but when the market gets updated
you wont be recieving the update.

MediaProvider.apk -- NO. Needed to access media files and ringtones.

MediaUploader.apk -- YES. This uploads pictures to picassa (facebook as

well?). If you dont need it, remove it.

Memo.apk -- YES. Remove it and you wont be able to write memos though.

Mms.apk -- NO. This controls MMS sending and recieving on the phone.

MobileTrackerEngineTwo.apk -- YES. This app and the next control the tracker
ability on your phone. What this does is if you lose your phone you can use
this to track it down and find it. If it gets stolen, you can use this to lead the
cops to the thief. Although this is an awesome idea, if you dont live in a
perfect world, it would be wiser not to go after the guy who stole your phone
in case he decides to, hum..., go kill you afterwards... Besides, I live in
Argentina, and the cops cannot be trusted to do this kind of job... theyll tell
you they cant do anything. These things stay on memory all the time and
really consume battery, so if you dont care about this feature and really just
take care of your stuff, youll not be needing these two apps.

MobileTrackerUI.apk -- YES. See Above. I forgot to mention though an extra

feature this offers though. If you have these 2 apks installed, you have the
samsung apps and singin (youll see them later further down), you can use
another apk called wipereciever.apk to remotely wipe all the data on your
phone, in case you are very privacy concious. However, removing any of
these 2 apks, removing samsung apps and not setting up a samsung apps
account before your phone gets stolen, this feature becomes disabled. Really
in my opinion, its too much stuff to be worried about, and my phone doesnt
contain any nuclear launch codes. So I rely on my lock screen password to
protect my data. (Most thieves dont have the knowhow to crack the
lockscreen protection and access the info inside the phone. At most theyll
get bored and might find the info on how to flash a new ROM or reset to
factory settings, where your info will be deleted and your privacy sensitive
stuff with it).

MtpApplication.apk -- YES. Required to sync with Kies. Do you flash your

ROMs rather than update through Kies, this is useless to you then. (Updating
through Kies is the equivalent of upgrading from XP to windows 7. It does the
job, but it never works as well as installing from scratch.)

MusicPlayer.apk -- YES. This is the music player. If you remove this, you can
still preview sounds and stuff through the SoundPlayer.apk. This can be
effectively replace by PowerAMP and Winamp. In fact, if you have a stable
music player alternative installed, I would recommend you delete this, since it
could cause clashes and you might even get both players playing different
songs at the same time via Bluetooth.

MyFiles.apk -- YES. This is the default file viewer installed by Samsung. If you
use RootExplorer, this is kind of pointless. However, I sometime do things on
the go and need to access things fast. I usually use this for everyday use and
leave RootExplorer just to do alterations such as what we are doing in this
list, so as to not delete important things by accident.

NetworkLocation.apk -- YES. This is the semi-accurate GPS simulation. It uses

Cellphone Cell information to estimate your location, rather than using the
battery hog GPS antenna. If you remove this, things like automatic weather
location will be broken (youll have to input your location manually). I usually
leave this on, because since it uses the very GSM network used by the phone,
it seems like hitting two birds with one stone. Using the real GPS will force
you to have two antennas working together. This wastes a lot of battery, and
really most of the time the network location does a pretty good job of
narrowing down your location. If you use GPS A LOT, I recommed just buying
one of those TomToms or Garmin GPS, it has better maps, better accuracy
and the very device is optimized to use only the GPS antenna, therefore
wasting less battery, and not wasting your phone battery life.

OtaProvisioningService.apk -- NO. According to insanity, this is required.

However see wssyncmlnps.apk to get more of an idea.

PackageInstaller.apk -- NO.

Personalization.apk -- NO.

Phone.apk -- NO. Remove this and you wont have the dialer application.
Even though your phone will theoretically work, you just wont be able to dial
out or view missed calls and stuff.

PhoneCrashNotifier.apk -- ?. Dont know, my phone doesnt have this.

PhoneErrService.apk -- NO.

Phone_Util.apk -- NO.

PicoTts.apk -- YES. This is part of the text to speech (not speech to text). If
youre blind, this is kind of important, because the phone will read via a a
robotic voice things to you. This is also part of the Google GPS application
where it will tell you "turn left" "keep right". If you remove this, GPS
navigation will work, you just wont have someone talking to you. If you
decide to remove this, remove TtsService.apk as well.

Preconfig.apk -- NO.

RilFactoryApp.apk -- ?. The galaxy 3 seems to be the only phone in the world

that has this. Nowhere I have seen is this apk mentioned. I have no idea what
this does.

SamsungApps.apk -- YES. Samsung apps, if you remove this, you can remove
signin.apk as well. If you remove this, and you manage your music and have
apps via Kies, they might not work, however Kies will still connect (if you
want to update firmware via Kies). By removing this, your samsung and
touchwiz widgets will still work.

SamsungWidget_CalendarClock.apk -- YES. Calendar clock widget.

SamsungWidget_FeedAndUpdate.apk -- YES. Feeds and Updates widget.

SamsungWidget_StockClock.apk -- YES. Stock clock widget.

SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk -- YES. Weather clock widget.

SecDownloadProvider.apk -- NO. I believe this has to do with the maket, so Id

just leave it alone.

serviceModeApp.apk -- NO. Required for secret codes and service tasks, such
as those accessed by secret codes.

Settings.apk -- NO. Isnt settings explicit enough?

SettingsProvider.apk -- NO. Some Carriers will send you settings via sms or
internal message. This is mostly for those people who dont really know how
to configure their phone (anyone not reading XDA ). Although it seems banal,
it could be useful at some point, and some people have reported things force
closing because of this

SetupWizard.apk -- NO. In theory can be deleted after first successful boot.

However this could cause problems if you need to factory reset

shutdown.apk -- NO. Tells you your battery is low and manages shutdown
notifications.

signin.apk -- YES. See SamsungApps.apk

SisoDrmProvider.apk -- NO. Has to do with the DRM. If you successfully

manage to remove DRMUA and DRMService, maybe this can be removed as
well. Dont know, havent been able to rid my phone from drm still.

SnsAccount.apk -- YES. Does the feeds sync with facebook and twitter.
Without this, you wont be informed of new tweets of your friends saying
"OMG! Im at the toilet reading cosmo magazine. LOLZ".

SnsProvider.apk -- YES. See above.

SoundPlayer.apk -- YES. This, not to be confused with MusicPlayer.apk plays

sounds and previews ringtones. Even though it can be removed, youll be
pretty limited if you do, since it works a bit faster and to the point than
MusicPlayer. It doesnt genera playlist, history and has no visualization. It just
plain to the point plays sounds. Even if you have Winamp, PowerAMP, cubed
or whatever I recommend keeping this.

Stk.apk -- YES. You know those annoying menus your carrier offers you, you
know, to inform you about your hororscope (no I didnt misspell it), roaming
information or traffic information, making you send a message so they can
send you the info back? This is the menu apk for that. Dont want to
download your carrier (payed) games or apps telling you bad jokes? Delete
this.

Street.apk -- YES. Streetview for Google Maps. Removing it will not break
google maps, but you wont get to view street pictures.

Swype.apk -- YES. Swype keyboard, and awesome alternative to samsungs.

It does a good job at predicting text, but not essential if you like to manually
type all words out.

syncmldm.apk -- YES. Device Management. I read something somewhere but

dont really remember what it was. I deleted this accidentally while trying to
delete syncmlds.apk but nothing has broken yet...

syncmlds.apk -- YES. This has to do with the Synchronize page options in the
settings menu. If you dont use it, it has no meaning in your life.

Talk.apk -- YES. Google Talk. There was some chatter about removing this
breaking Gmail or the Market. As far as Ive read, this can be removed,
although I still havent gotten around to trying it out.

TalkProvider.apk -- YES. See above.

TelephonyProvider.apk -- NO.

thinkdroid.apk -- YES. This is the mobile version of a microsoft office clone.

Removing this will not let you open .doc or .xls or .pps on your phone.

TouchWiz30Launcher.apk -- NO. Even though if you use Zeam or LauncherPro

or GoLauncher, removing this is kind of dangerous. Let me explain. A while
ago when I was a virgin at ODIN flashing and new to the phone, i deleted this
because I was using LauncherPRO. I had also deleted something that made
my phone force close all the time. I didnt trust flashing yet, and in my haste,
I decided to restore factory settings. The thing is, when you do that, it deletes
all non stock apps and reconfigures the phone to use stock apps. When I that,
even though the phone booted, I couldnt access anything, because
launchers also control the appdrawer. My phone was literally blank, although
if was working. The problem is, if you factory reset, the settings that control
your USB connection as MODEM or PDA go back to its original settings. As
mine did. So I couldnt get to anywhere on my phone and couldnt get my
computer to recognize the phone. Until I flashed it via Odin (after a 7 hour
desperation overnight, and finding some miracle Samsung USB x64 drivers
for mobile phones on a forum) the phone was in effect soft bricked.
If you remove anything from this list and have problems, you can factory
reset or prepare you contacts and apps for a flashing via ODIN. If you delete
however, you wont even be able to prepare yourself or backup anything. I
wish this upon no one, so I advise keeping this, just to be on the safe side.

TouchWizCalculator.apk -- YES. Calculator app, although can be removed, its

pretty cool and functional.

TouchWizCalendar.apk -- YES. Calendar app, although can be removed, its

pretty cool and functional.

TouchWizCalendarProvider.apk -- NO. This has something to do with calendar

sync and seems to be the connection between the calendar app and the
phones internal calendar and date settings.

TtsService.apk -- YES. See PicoTts.apk

TwWallpaperChooser.apk -- YES. Wallpaper Chooser. If you have 3DGallery or

QuickPic installed, you can use those to set wallpaper, even though there are
some wallpapers (internal to this apk) you wont get.

UNAService.apk -- ?. I have no idea what this is, and so doesnt insanity.

UserDictionaryProvider.apk -- YES. You know when you add new words, like
names and nicknames to your keyboard prediction? This is where those are
kept. Delete this and youll have to write like the English Academy of Words
wants you to write. LOLZ and WTF wont be recognized as words and youll
have to write them out everytime you write them, rather than it being
available to you via prediction.

Vending.apk -- NO. Part of the Android Market. Actually this IS the Market.

VideoPlayer.apk -- YES. Video player. Do as you wish.

VoiceDialer.apk -- YES. Allows you to dial by speaking someones name. Most

peoples names when I say them, tend to return something entirely different
from what I was looking for. Sometimes though, it surprises. For some reason
this sometimes doesnt work if you dont have mobile internet activated,
making me believe this actually sends via internet the recording, and an
algorith somewhere in the Google empire sends the decodification back...
Very ineffective.

VoiceRecorder.apk -- YES. Allows you to record your voice. Some people

complain the quality is too low, however I use this as a notepad, rather than

writing my to-do list, I speak them. Much faster and much easier. Dont see
why something such as this would need audiophile levels of quality.

VpnServices.apk -- YES. VPN for Android. Perhaps gMote or applications that

allow you to control your phone via PC desktop might require this. I dont , so
I delete it, and it doesnt break anything.

wipereceiver.apk -- YES. Remember mobile tracker? This is the apk that lets
you wipe your data remotely.

WlanTest.apk -- YES. Tests wireless settings, via the same test menu
mentioned on the above test apks. Required for OTA updates.

WriteandGo.apk -- YES. Write and Go application.

wssomacp.apk -- NO. Required for SMS messaging.

wssyncmlnps.apk -- YES. This is Over The Air Programming. What this does is
if your provider decides it has a better way to configure your device or
alterations to do to improve something, theyll send you a message telling to
dial such and such number. Your phone will go into download mode and
somethings will be updated. My carrier never has done such things, and really
I trust the guys from XDA to configure my phone way better than my carrier. I
usually remove this.

YouTube.apk -- YES. Since android has limited flash support, this application
allows you to take the full youtube experience, rather than having to access
youtube through the browser. Delete it if you dont watch videos.