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Bundled Microsoft apps keep getting updated even though they are disabled
My phone came with several non-uninstallable "factory apps". Three of these are Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Even though I have disabled these, and uninstalled any updates to save space, the ...
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How to enable a disabled app in Samsung
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S9, Android 10, OneUI2.0
After updating my OS last month, the "Enable" button disappears from App info panel(Settings | Apps | (app) | Enable, said How to enable a disabled app)....
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How to disable redmi note 7 recommended apps
Since one of the last updates, my phone has started showing me recommended apps when opening a folder on my screen.
How do I disable such behavior?
I tried following some guides online involving ...
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Can disabled application influence / modify system and UI
This is somewhat a follow up to my 1,5 year old question (still not answered).
I already know that applications displayed as disabled may still be running in background in certain scenarios (mostly, ...
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Disabling certain applications on Android 6.0.1
I am trying to disable certain applications from being run on our android company issued cellphones. We tried simply downloading Applock on the play store but apparently some employees have gone ...
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Do frozen/disabled apps get triggered by broadcast receivers?
If an app is frozen/disabled, does it still get executed if triggered by a broadcast receiver?
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How to prevent apps to become auto install without user interaction?
In my mobile some app automatically install without my any action. Some times thos apps are auto install even I already uninstalled them, but every time I uninstalled thos apps are automatically ...
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Why does Android require you to revert back to factory version in order to disable a system app?
In Android, you can go to the App info page and do things like see how much data storage it's using, force stop the app, and uninstall it. If the app isn't installed via the Play Store or APK (ie, it'...
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Uninstalling versus disabling apps
When I select the menu entry called "Uninstall/Disable apps" - from the apps drawer which can be reached from any home screen by tapping the 16-square icon in the lower-right hand corner - I can ...
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Which apps cannot be disabled (without root)?
I need to know more about disabling built-in apps. Some apps can be disabled, but there are some which has "disable" button disabled.
Is there any way how to find out which apps cannot be disabled? (...
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How to check if a package is enabled via shell?
I have been writing a tasker task to enable/disable a package. I know
adb shell pm enable com.android.contacts
will enable the package and
adb shell pm disable com.android.contacts
will ...
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Disabling downloaded app
In Android, you can disable a built-in app so it won't run and will disappear from the app list. But it will still remain on the phone and
can be easily re-enabled.
However, there's no such option ...
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How to prevent disabling of apps
All my searches on this topic just return results about how to disable (built-in) apps on Android, which is the opposite of what I want. I want to know how it is that some apps do not allow disabling ...
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Why are disabled apps still running?
I've noticed that apps (such as Google Contacts Sync) that have been disabled using the stock Android (KitKat) app manager still show up as running when using process observer tools. This is true ...
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Is "Disabling" apps with Android 4 similar to "Freezing" in Titanium backup?
I just saw that I can "disable" an app in the app editing menu on my new HTC Droid DNA (stock Android 4.1 w/Sense).
The main effect I can see is that the app disappears from app drawer.
How is this "...
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