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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Why can't I uninstall/disable all bloatware through ADB without root?
I recently tried to disable bloatware in my cheap Vivo and Oppo smartphones. These apps named Themes, Game Center, etc. keep giving me notifications that can't be disabled through the UI. The ...
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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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Reinstall apps/services via phone directly?
I uninstalled certain apps/services via adb, then disabled the USB Debugging option. After restart the phone's settings option is not working. Please suggest how to enable developer options, usb ...
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How does freezing an app work technically?
Apps like Link2SD and Titanium Backup are able to "freeze" other apps, that is disable them without removing them. What do these apps do to achieve this?
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Turn an old Samsung Galaxy S6 into a GameBoy/eBook reader
I have a Galaxy Tab S6 (I know, old...) and I would like to turn it into something that, once turned on, will do two things:
GameBoy (via an emulator)
Ebook (via the Kindle reader)
I want to make ...
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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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What EXACTLY does "pm uninstall" do on an unrooted Android 9.0 device?
There seems to be confusion regarding the behavior of pm uninstall from the ADB shell, see also here and here.
Question: What configuration files does pm uninstall write to, is it /data/system/...
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Cannot log in after disabling Android package from TWRP or with ADB
I have Google packages on Android disabled for security. Today I enabled the Play Store, Framework, and other stuff and now I can't log in to Android without restarting. I can't remove the package ...
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How to list suspended apps?
You can "suspend" user apps via cmd package suspend <packageName> (which acts kind of like pm disable; the differences are explained in this answer by @Firelord), and later unsuspend ...
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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 to enable and disable app using LADB?
So far, I only could find this related discussion from this site regarding disabling app on android by ADB, but I'm using LADB app and confirm whether these commands are correct or not since the ...
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How do some system apps prevent themselves from being disabled?
I have been researching about this for quite some time and frankly I haven't found anything that reproduces this effect in any phone that I have tried, as you know there are a few system apps that ...
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Cannot remove google account from Samsung android phone. Remove button greyed out
I cannot remove my google account from my android phone. Samsung XCover 4s Android 10.
This is a work phone and I only used my account to download whatsapp for work communication group.
I have deleted ...
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pm Disable activity
Have been asked many times, how to block the installation of applications from an apk file, how to block the package installer ... The common answer is that it is impossible because even if you will ...
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Enable Package Installer
I have rooted OnePlus 5t, I used Lucky Pacher to disable Package Installer and when I reboot my device I got boot loop... Is there something I can do beside factory rest? is there an option to enable ...
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