Questions tagged [disable-app]
To temporarily disable an app without uninstalling it, it can be "frozen". This has nothing to do with an "app freezing" in terms of "not responding to input".
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How can I see all installed packages, including those that have been hidden?
Recently I used ADB to hide a bunch of packages on an old phone (Verizon 2013 Moto X) I intend to use for development. I hid most of the phone-related packages, including the SIM Toolkit and the ...
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Are there benefits to using Greenify with Android Nougat?
Greenify by Oasis Feng (donation package) is a well-regarded tool to manually and automatically freeze apps that are not in use. Typically, Greenify's benefits are to:
increase battery duration
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Remove Backup and Factory reset option from Settings app [duplicate]
I want to remove some features from my settings app (device is rooted)
I used adb shell pm disable 'com.android.settings/.Settings\$SecuritySettingsActivity' to disable security settings and it ...
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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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Is there a method to freeze and thaw an application vs uninstall/reinstall?
On a non-rooted Android 5.1 phone, is there a way to "freeze" an applications, settings, and data?
I don't want to uninstall or need to consistently kill a process. I would like to archive an ...
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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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PM error Could not access the Package Manager
I am trying to freeze an app on my phone using the solution given here.
I am using the Terminal Emulator app to execute the commands:
su
pm disable {package_name}
But am getting an error:
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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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Init.d script trouble shooting
I'm trying to run an init.d script when my rom boots to disable system services, and they aren't running.
The script is as follows
#!/system/bin/sh
su -c pm disable com.google.android.gms/.update....
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How do I disable Google App?
I'm using Android 6.0 (non-rooted) phone. Holding home button opens up Google App which I never use.
I don't think that I can change the behavior of holding home button at least as non-root user. (If ...
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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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Disable system apps without closed-source tools?
After spending more than an hour searching through F-Droid for an app to disable system apps, I gave up. The only thing I was able to find was Disable Manager and that doesn't seem to be able to ...
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How do some android apps remember that this is not the first time they are being installed?
Some android apps are can remember whether they were installed on the same device earlier. Suppose you uninstalled an app a year ago. After one year if you install that same app again, that app will ...
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Consequences of disabling com.android.SystemUI
I have not been able to find the consecuences of disabling the SystemUI app (com.android.systemui) on Android Lollipop. The tablet is rooted so to disable it I just have to send the command pm disable ...
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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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