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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Disable default Internet app on Android 6.0.1 on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
I'm trying to disable the default "Internet" app. I can't deactivate it via the app manager. I need it disabled, because the Tablet should not be allowed to use an internet browser, but other apps ...
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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
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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 disable third-party apps without uninstall? [duplicate]
Is there a way to temporarily disable apps I downloaded from the Google play store without having to uninstall them?
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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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Greenify ruins my Samsung Keyboard Input Languages
I've installed this Greenify app on my non-rooted Galaxy S3. It really does the magic after hibernating some of the non-system apps (e.g. FB, Twitter, etc.) - phone runs faster, battery drains down ...
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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 it safe to disable Network Location process?
I only use GPS in case of navigation and not the others methods(determine location using wireless networks); so is it safe that I disable 'Network Location' process? this process spawn three other ...
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Disable option greyed out, how to disable the app then? [duplicate]
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I am having a problem with the Play Store. I searched for a solution, it noted that we need to make sure our Download Manager is disabled. But the "Disable" button is greyed ...
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Disabling the Google App
A while back, I disabled the Google App (com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox).
IIRC, disabling the app caused some problems which I discovered over time. Unfortunately, all my notes on the topic ...
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Is disabling an app functionally similar to unistalling it? [duplicate]
I don't know much about how apk and apps in android work.
Title says it all. In my specific case, I installed icon packs from a playstore app to be used along with Nova Launcher. Now I want to get rid ...
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Cannot boot into Android after freezing Blink Feed Launcher in HTC One M7
Using Titanium Backup Pro I froze Blink Feed Launcher.
Now all I see on the screen is just logo and bootloader page by using Power and Volume buttton. I have an HTC One M7 running Lollipop 5.0.2.
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How to permanently disable mediaserver service?
I am trying to permanently disable the notorious power hogging mediascanserver or mediaserver (whatever it's better known) service on a rooted Jiayu S3.
Here are my ADB commands:
su
pm disable com....
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Disable disable option
Is it possible to disable the disable option for a system app?
For example, if I turned Google now launcher into a system app, the disable option is grayed out. However, if I do the same for Google ...
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