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I have installed Google Now launcher on the 5..1.1 firmware, I have root access as well and have pm hid and removed (just rm'ing the process folders from /system/priv-app) most of the bloatware. Whenever I try to hit the "home" button it just brings up a message saying " The requested action is not permitted. Check Parental Controls settings and retry". I also pm hid and attempted to remove com.amazon.parentalcontrols and it hasn't had any effect either.
If I reboot the device it does bring up the Now launcher, but as soon as I go to another application view and try to go "back" or use the home button I get the parental controls message.
KennBr said:
I have installed Google Now launcher on the 5..1.1 firmware, I have root access as well and have pm hid and removed (just rm'ing the process folders from /system/priv-app) most of the bloatware. Whenever I try to hit the "home" button it just brings up a message saying " The requested action is not permitted. Check Parental Controls settings and retry". I also pm hid and attempted to remove com.amazon.parentalcontrols and it hasn't had any effect either.
If I reboot the device it does bring up the Now launcher, but as soon as I go to another application view and try to go "back" or use the home button I get the parental controls message.
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Well that's a new one, though have seen people say that now launcher is finicky and to have another launched installed as well.
I to have ota 5.1.1 with root and have tried to block the stock lauuncher got the same error i tried with 2 diff launchers, i havent tried to install both then disable the stock maybe it will trigger something to do with the default settings. in one of the settings menus for one of the launchers it says something about "set default launcher" and when i select it to set it to new launcher it just opens the stock one. does anyone know if there is a way to change what launcher the home button defaults to, either through adb shell or fastboot someway.
Have you tried su pm hide com.amazon.parentalcontrols
from a adb shell
jdeandeck said:
I to have ota 5.1.1 with root and have tried to block the stock lauuncher got the same error i tried with 2 diff launchers, i havent tried to install both then disable the stock maybe it will trigger something to do with the default settings. in one of the settings menus for one of the launchers it says something about "set default launcher" and when i select it to set it to new launcher it just opens the stock one. does anyone know if there is a way to change what launcher the home button defaults to, either through adb shell or fastboot someway.
Have you tried su pm hide com.amazon.parentalcontrols
from a adb shell
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How did you try to block it?
Whilst the stock launcher is on and is a system app the Fire OS won't let any other launcher steal default.
Pond-life said:
How did you try to block it?
Whilst the stock launcher is on and is a system app the Fire OS won't let any other launcher steal default.
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I used adb shell pm hide com.amazon.firelauncher -- adb reboot-- reboots to apex launcher but when i push home i get the error, do i need to actually uninstall it or can i install a rom management app and remove it from system app list and freeze it im trying not to do any of this stuff without confirmation on it working, my wife is worried ill ruin her fire. Do you know how hard is it to flash back to stock firmware from a bricked Fire?
i have flashed devices before roms and recovery so im not a noob but i would just hate to be wrong and try something and not be able to fix it.
jdeandeck said:
I used adb shell pm hide com.amazon.firelauncher -- adb reboot-- reboots to apex launcher but when i push home i get the error, do i need to actually uninstall it or can i install a rom management app and remove it from system app list and freeze it im trying not to do any of this stuff without confirmation on it working, my wife is worried ill ruin her fire. Do you know how hard is it to flash back to stock firmware from a bricked Fire?
i have flashed devices before roms and recovery so im not a noob but i would just hate to be wrong and try something and not be able to fix it.
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Hmm I'm sure that hiding it has worked for others, maybe not on 5.1.1 though, I froze it in titanium backup. Widgets didn't work in Apex until I pushed it to system but it did work as main launcher. As did trebuchet and Nova.
If it's opening when you've hidden it then suggests that it's not hidden maybe needs root shell to do it on 5.1.1 as with hiding the ads and ota
Pond-life said:
Hmm I'm sure that hiding it has worked for others, maybe not on 5.1.1 though, I froze it in titanium backup. Widgets didn't work in Apex until I pushed it to system but it did work as main launcher. As did trebuchet and Nova.
If it's opening when you've hidden it then suggests that it's not hidden maybe needs root shell to do it on 5.1.1 as with hiding the ads and ota
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it doesnt open but it gives me the parental control error, is it possible to rename the apex application maybe to com.amazon.firelauncher.apk and overwrite the current one, after backing up the original of course, to get rid of the parental error?
jdeandeck said:
it doesnt open but it gives me the parental control error, is it possible to rename the apex application maybe to com.amazon.firelauncher.apk and overwrite the current one, after backing up the original of course, to get rid of the parental error?
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Pretty sure that wouldn't work. It'll likely expect Apex to be able to work in ways amazon launcher can but it can't.
If you've got a back up of the original you could try renaming it or just deleting it on the tablet, I don't think hide is working as it should.
Could try the supertool to switch the launcher to nova and then change launcher to Apex after. The tool does delete the amazon launcher, so backed up original handy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/amazon-fire-5th-gen-supertool-root-t3272695
Using pm hide com. amazon. firelauncher worked fine for me to disable the Fire launcher but I had to reboot before Google Now tried to launch. Which it did, but then trying to use the home or back buttons brings on the message.
Another weird thing, all the bloat thst I hid the same way deems to have come back overnight somehow. I did disable Ota updates so not sure how that is.
KennBr said:
Using pm hide com. amazon. firelauncher worked fine for me to disable the Fire launcher but I had to reboot before Google Now tried to launch. Which it did, but then trying to use the home or back buttons brings on the message.
Another weird thing, all the bloat thst I hid the same way deems to have come back overnight somehow. I did disable Ota updates so not sure how that is.
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so if you have perm root than first download and install
HTML:
http://www.apkdrawer.com/rom-toolbox-pro-apk/
then install the google now launcher and run it and everything get it running then reboot
next through the Rom Toolbox make the Google Now a system app
then "adb shell pm hide com.amazon.launcher" then "adb reboot"
Just incase this factors in i used the script from the super tool, since i run linux and cant run the bat file, as a guide i was trying to get my laucher "adb push Apex-Launcher.apk" & "adb shell "cp /data/local/tmp/--Apex-Launcher.apk--(my preferred laucher) /system/apps/Apex-Launcher.apk" but it would not let me mount file system as RW, so before i tried the above solution, which worked for me, i ran (adb reboot-bootloader) and (fastboot oem append-cmdline "androidboot.unlocked_kernel=true") so you may or may not have to do this before you try to hide the launcher but after you install Rom Toolbox
KennBr said:
Using pm hide com. amazon. firelauncher worked fine for me to disable the Fire launcher but I had to reboot before Google Now tried to launch. Which it did, but then trying to use the home or back buttons brings on the message.
Another weird thing, all the bloat thst I hid the same way deems to have come back overnight somehow. I did disable Ota updates so not sure how that is.
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Those are both symptoms of the hide command not working fine. It needs to be done in root as jdeandeck did.
If you disable the ota with a hide command too I'd rename the ota files or do that again in root.
jdeandeck said:
so if you have perm root than first download and install
HTML:
http://www.apkdrawer.com/rom-toolbox-pro-apk/
then install the google now launcher and run it and everything get it running then reboot
next through the Rom Toolbox make the Google Now a system app
then "adb shell pm hide com.amazon.launcher" then "adb reboot"
Just incase this factors in i used the script from the super tool, since i run linux and cant run the bat file, as a guide i was trying to get my laucher "adb push Apex-Launcher.apk" & "adb shell "cp /data/local/tmp/--Apex-Launcher.apk--(my preferred laucher) /system/apps/Apex-Launcher.apk" but it would not let me mount file system as RW, so before i tried the above solution, which worked for me, i ran (adb reboot-bootloader) and (fastboot oem append-cmdline "androidboot.unlocked_kernel=true") so you may or may not have to do this before you try to hide the launcher but after you install Rom Toolbox
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I am using Linux as well, I got the persistent root going, Super SU installed as described in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-development/root-t3272362/post64347634#post64347634 I tried intsalling the Now launcher just via the Play Store app. However, when I tried to remove the bloat from the /system/priv-apps/ directory I also noticed the filesystem was read-only so I remounted it like so (I am totally unsure if this is proper)
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
That seemed to give me sufficiant read-write access with a root terminal.
Pond-life said:
Those are both symptoms of the hide command not working fine. It needs to be done in root as jdeandeck did.
If you disable the ota with a hide command too I'd rename the ota files or do that again in root.
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As in a root terminal? I launched an adb shell and used su and mount as described above to get read-write access and a root terminal, then did...
Code:
cat /data/local/tmp/bloat_list | while read process ; do pm hide $process ; done
and
Code:
cat /data/local/tmp/bloat_list | while read process ; do rm -R $process ; done
It seemed to remove the directories associated with the given item on the "bloat_list" file which I compiled from the "safe to remove bloatware" threads and pushed to the /data/local/tmp directory using adb. I did this prior on 5.0.1 without breaking too much... Aside from not being able to open my account settings any longer.
Contents of my "bloat_list"
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com.amazon.ags.app
com.audible.application.store
com.amazon.camera
com.amazon.client.metrics
com.android.contacts
com.amazon.csapp
com.amazon.device.backup
com.amazon.h2settingsfortablet
com.amazon.kindle
com.amazon.kindle.kso
com.amazon.kindle.otter
com.amazon.mp3
com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe
com.amazon.kindle.otter.settings
com.amazon.kindle.personal_video
com.amazon.legalsettings
com.amazon.photos.importer
com.amazon.photos
com.amazon.platform
com.amazon.tahoe
com.amazon.venezia
com.amazon.whisperlink.core.android
com.amazon.windowshop
com.amazon.zico
com.andoid.contacts
com.android.calendar
com.android.email
com.audible.application.kindle
com.goodreads.kindle
com.nuance.edr.androidservice.service
com.amazon.webapp
amazon.jackson-19.apk
com.kingsoft.office.amz
com.amazon.kor.demo
com.amazon.ods.kindleconnect
com.amazon.accessorynotifier
com.amazon.cloud9
com.amazon.weather
com.amazon.calculator
So every item in that list would have been acted on with both pm hide and rm -R (just clarifying)
Yet somehow a good amount of the items on that list came back over night. I'm not really sure my method for removing the files really had the effect that I think it did, because everything still seemed to work as if I hadn't deleted it... Well except for the "My Account" section of the "Settings", so I don't think I should have done the "rm -R" part to delete the files because it seems to have had some kind of effect.
As for the launcher situation, I backed up the firelauncher first before trying to remove and hide it and that did seem to work, but given the parental controls message I had to restore the launcher to maintain functionality. I don't think that trying to delete the items on the bloat_list first might have "broken" something and caused the message though because I tried to change the launcher BEFORE the items on the bloat_list.
I tried installing the Apex Launcher and for whatever reason it's working even without hiding or deleting Firelauncher... Though I haven't rebooted yet so I'm doubting that will remain the case.
As for the Rom Toolbox app, what exactly does it do? Reboots the device into some kind of custom recovery where I can alter settings? I've never heard of it before.
KennBr said:
I am using Linux as well, I got the persistent root going, Super SU installed as described in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-development/root-t3272362/post64347634#post64347634 I tried intsalling the Now launcher just via the Play Store app. However, when I tried to remove the bloat from the /system/priv-apps/ directory I also noticed the filesystem was read-only so I remounted it like so (I am totally unsure if this is proper)
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
That seemed to give me sufficiant read-write access with a root terminal.
As in a root terminal? I launched an adb shell and used su and mount as described above to get read-write access and a root terminal, then did...
Code:
cat /data/local/tmp/bloat_list | while read process ; do pm hide $process ; done
and
Code:
cat /data/local/tmp/bloat_list | while read process ; do rm -R $process ; done
It seemed to remove the directories associated with the given item on the "bloat_list" file which I compiled from the "safe to remove bloatware" threads and pushed to the /data/local/tmp directory using adb. I did this prior on 5.0.1 without breaking too much... Aside from not being able to open my account settings any longer.
Contents of my "bloat_list"
Code:
com.amazon.ags.app
com.audible.application.store
com.amazon.camera
com.amazon.client.metrics
com.android.contacts
com.amazon.csapp
com.amazon.device.backup
com.amazon.h2settingsfortablet
com.amazon.kindle
com.amazon.kindle.kso
com.amazon.kindle.otter
com.amazon.mp3
com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe
com.amazon.kindle.otter.settings
com.amazon.kindle.personal_video
com.amazon.legalsettings
com.amazon.photos.importer
com.amazon.photos
com.amazon.platform
com.amazon.tahoe
com.amazon.venezia
com.amazon.whisperlink.core.android
com.amazon.windowshop
com.amazon.zico
com.andoid.contacts
com.android.calendar
com.android.email
com.audible.application.kindle
com.goodreads.kindle
com.nuance.edr.androidservice.service
com.amazon.webapp
amazon.jackson-19.apk
com.kingsoft.office.amz
com.amazon.kor.demo
com.amazon.ods.kindleconnect
com.amazon.accessorynotifier
com.amazon.cloud9
com.amazon.weather
com.amazon.calculator
So every item in that list would have been acted on with both pm hide and rm -R (just clarifying)
Yet somehow a good amount of the items on that list came back over night. I'm not really sure my method for removing the files really had the effect that I think it did, because everything still seemed to work as if I hadn't deleted it... Well except for the "My Account" section of the "Settings", so I don't think I should have done the "rm -R" part to delete the files because it seems to have had some kind of effect.
As for the launcher situation, I backed up the firelauncher first before trying to remove and hide it and that did seem to work, but given the parental controls message I had to restore the launcher to maintain functionality. I don't think that trying to delete the items on the bloat_list first might have "broken" something and caused the message though because I tried to change the launcher BEFORE the items on the bloat_list.
I tried installing the Apex Launcher and for whatever reason it's working even without hiding or deleting Firelauncher... Though I haven't rebooted yet so I'm doubting that will remain the case.
As for the Rom Toolbox app, what exactly does it do? Reboots the device into some kind of custom recovery where I can alter settings? I've never heard of it before.
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Once in terminal the commands are the same from whatever computer you are using aren't they? Doesn't rm need the full directory address as it's not through pm?
The rom toolbox I think he just used to make the Now launcher a system app, so not something you can't do in adb.
Rom Toolbox is my favorite app for everything. Here is a list of some of the features you will find:
ROM Management
Install ROM’s & themes from a growing list of ROM’s. KAPOK, Cyanogen Mod and other popular ROM’s included in ROM Toolbox Pro apk.
Create, manage & restore nandroid backups
Wipe data, cache, dalvik-cache, battery stats
Install multiple ROMs & ZIPs from your SD card
App Manager
Batch backup & restore apps and their data
Schedule backups to run at a certain time
Restore apps from nandroid backups
Backup/Restore text messages, bookmarks, accounts, etc.
Backup your apps to dropbox
Freeze/Defrost system & user apps
Backup/restore Android Market link
Task manager
Automated batch uninstaller
E-mail your apps to friends
Move any user app to the SD card
Clean up dalvik-cache
Zip align, fix permissions, wipe data & cache, force close any app
Root Explorer
Access the whole of android’s file system (including the elusive data folder!).
Batch copy/paste, zip, tar, delete, move any file or folder
Change file permissions and ownership
View, edit & share files with ROM Toolbox Pro apk
File manager with two panels for easier management
Script-er & Terminal Emulator
Create and run scripts as root
Set your scripts to run at-boot
Auto Start Manager
Enable/disable apps that run on start-up
Enable/disable any broadcast receiver, activity or service
Reboot er
Reboot recovery, powerdown, bootloader, restart status bar, etc.
Font Installer
Install custom fonts from a huge list or from your sdcard
Set fonts as favorites & send them to friends
Boot Animation Installer
Install custom boot animations from a huge collection or from your sdcard
Preview boot animations
Create a boot animation from a GIF file
Have a new random boot animation each time you boot-up!
Theme Manager & Status bar Icon Changer
Create and install full themes (Meta Morph compatible)
Customize your status bar by installing custom icons for wifi, signal, gps, etc.
Change your battery icons in the status bar to a custom one from a list of 200+
Boot Logo Changer
Change your boot logo for supported phones
Theme Chooser Themes
View a list of themes for the T Mobile Theme Chooser
Set CPU
Set CPU & scaling governor
CPU Profiles
Kernel tweaks to speed up performance
Build.prop Editor
Easily edit your build.prop
Change LCD density, improve battery life, increase performance
Auto Memory Manager
Set min free values & select from presets. Apply values at boot
SD Booster
Increase the speed of your SD card
Permissions
Contacts – Backup call log and sms
SMS – Backup call log and sms
Accounts – Backup and restore from Google Drive
As for the bloat problem the:
Code:
fastboot oem append-cmdline "androidboot.unlocked_kernel=true"
Seems to be imoportant for my Special Offer "screensaver" hiding a.k.a. com.amazon.kso
but idk if this works i guess i could try myself but Rom Toolboxes App Manager feature, that is only available in the pro, can "freeze" the com.amazon.firelauncher....
ok the above seems to worked maybe having the app installed when i did it did something in the settings or i froze the launcher and just dont remember it, but when i froze the firelauncher and pushed the home button, without the apexlauncher installed, nothing happened, not even the parental control message. then i reinstalled the apex launcher, hint get the pro from the site i mentioned before, and adb reboot, it worked.
next i might try to freeze some bloatware and see what i can get rid of but still save amazon app store stuff like books, audio books+store, videos, Game circle-thats for me, music player, shop amazon, which as i type i realize i can do from the Rom Toolbox with root, i swear im not selling anything
Pond-life said:
Once in terminal the commands are the same from whatever computer you are using aren't they?
The rom toolbox I think he just used to make the Now launcher a system app, so not something you can't do in adb.
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Yeah they are the same since it's basically a *nix shell, was just showing how I did it. I'm not sure if there's some nuance I'm not aware of thst would make it not work... It seemed like I had all the permissions I needed, and I have root set up persistently as described in the thread I linked to.
The rom toolbox app, how does it boot recoveries if fastboot can't? Sorry I'm so used to desktops, fiddling with Androids goes above my head.
And the commands are the same but the \ in windows commands are / in linux like android so scripts meant for windows wont work on linux, or that i have found and i cant get .bin to run but never tried to change to .sh and run as shell script but thats for another forum
jdeandeck said:
Rom Toolbox is my favorite app for everything.
As for the bloat problem the:
Code:
fastboot oem append-cmdline "androidboot.unlocked_kernel=true"
Seems to be important for my Special Offer "screensaver" hiding a.k.a. com.amazon.kso
but idk if this works i guess i could try myself but Rom Toolboxes App Manager feature, that is only available in the pro, can "freeze" the com.amazon.firelauncher....
ok the above seems to worked maybe having the app installed when i did it did something in the settings or i froze the launcher and just dont remember it, but when i froze the firelauncher and pushed the home button, without the apexlauncher installed, nothing happened, not even the parental control message. then i reinstalled the apex launcher, hint get the pro from the site i mentioned before, and adb reboot, it worked.
next i might try to freeze some bloatware and see what i can get rid of but still save amazon app store stuff like books, audio books+store, videos, Game circle-thats for me, music player, shop amazon, which as i type i realize i can do from the Rom Toolbox with root, i swear im not selling anything
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It does seem rather a flexible toolkit.
Once you've got permanent root the fastboot bit shouldn't be needed I don't think. Hmmm.
I did clear much of the apps out, though did put Shop Amazon back on as I think something I wanted to use wouldn't work. I can't recall what though.
KennBr said:
Yeah they are the same since it's basically a *nix shell, was just showing how I did it. I'm not sure if there's some nuance I'm not aware of thst would make it not work... It seemed like I had all the permissions I needed, and I have root set up persistently as described in the thread I linked to.
The rom toolbox app, how does it boot recoveries if fastboot can't? Sorry I'm so used to desktops, fiddling with Androids goes above my head.
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I use it to mostly change build.prop and backup apks and terminal emulator other things that i feel comfortable doing nothing like flashing or whatever i only flash from terminal on my linux pc or there is a app for flashing lg phones nothing easier than that.
KennBr said:
Yeah they are the same since it's basically a *nix shell, was just showing how I did it. I'm not sure if there's some nuance I'm not aware of thst would make it not work... It seemed like I had all the permissions I needed, and I have root set up persistently as described in the thread I linked to.
The rom toolbox app, how does it boot recoveries if fastboot can't? Sorry I'm so used to desktops, fiddling with Androids goes above my head.
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Ooops I edited that one while you were replying.
Unlike pm doesn't rm need to know where the file or directory is like in this from the supertool?
adb shell "rm /system/priv-app/com.amazon.firelauncher/com.amazon.firelauncher.apk"
so it'd need to know that those directories were in priv-app in system?
And it seems to make a different part writeable than you did, at least I think that's what the chmod does and uses disable rather than hide oh and the " " everywhere.
adb shell su -c "chmod 777 /cache"
adb shell su -c "pm disable com.amazon.otaverifier"
adb shell su -c "pm disable com.amazon.device.software.ota"
adb shell su -c "pm disable com.amazon.settings.systemupdates"
And the fastboot oem command followed by fastboot reboot, not fastboot continue, lets me adb remount fine then when im done doing whatever i use adb reboot then it will reboot and reconfigure apps and settings or something and works good.
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Pond-life said:
Ooops I edited that one while you were replying.
Unlike pm doesn't rm need to know where the file or directory is like in this from the supertool?
adb shell "rm /system/priv-app/com.amazon.firelauncher/com.amazon.firelauncher.apk"
so it'd need to know that those directories were in priv-app in system?
And it seems to make a different part writeable than you did, at least I think that's what the chmod does and uses disable rather than hide oh and the " " everywhere.
adb shell su -c "chmod 777 /cache"
adb shell su -c "pm disable com.amazon.otaverifier"
adb shell su -c "pm disable com.amazon.device.software.ota"
adb shell su -c "pm disable com.amazon.settings.systemupdates"
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i edited what i read to what i needed and if it said adb shell i ran everything from the adb shell fro terminal instead of saying adb shell su every time i said adb shell then su then pm ...
Hi. good day. I am new, I see that it is an excellent community, where they help others.
I received the xz1c a few days ago, the phone is fast, incredible I love it, I had z1c and z5c, I'm from Paraguay.
I want to know how to remove bloatware and tutorial from how to do it and safe applications to remove.
read about the command 'adb uninstall --user 0 <package name>'
but I would like some tutorial to do it right
With regard to many of the 3rd party applications which are installed by default, and which cannot be removed entirely: If you disable them the "stubs" that are left only take up a few KB of space and will not be automatically updated. I believe you run the fewest risks of other problems if you handle it in this way.
Cryte-k said:
read about the command 'adb uninstall --user 0 <package name>'
but I would like some tutorial to do it right
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In order for you to avoid mistake, here is what I've done on mine:
1) Under your application list, force stop app, then delete cache, delete data and finally deactivate the app
2) If not already done, activate developer option, by tapping 7 time on build version
3) Enable USB debugging only
4) Download android platform tools from official developer website according your OS, unzip tools into a folder, and open a cmd console from there
4) Plug you device, do not select any option
5) Test your connection by typing C:\>adb devices to see if your phone is correctly seen by your computer, accept any prompt from your devices if any, and yours should appear on the list under the console. This tuto is still useful if needed on this step
6) Then enter this following command to get the list of any deactivated application
Code:
C:\Users\baudbox\Downloads\platform-tools>adb shell pm list packages -d
package:com.sonymobile.deqp
package:com.google.android.apps.work.oobconfig
package:com.google.android.webview
package:com.sonyericsson.xhs
package:com.google.android.videos
7) Finally remove each dedicated application, one by one by the following command:
Code:
C:\Users\baudbox\Downloads\platform-tools>adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.videos
Success
You should have a Success at the line.
If you have any doubt of the package name, just grab the name and browse either on xda or internet to find out what to which app belongs the package name.
Hope that helps
Does anyone have a full list of which ones they disabled / are safe to disable?
need an access root?
is it root access? or still as an official software?
baudbox said:
In order for you to avoid mistake, here is what I've done on mine:
1) Under your application list, force stop app, then delete cache, delete data and finally deactivate the app
2) If not already done, activate developer option, by tapping 7 time on build version
3) Enable USB debugging only
4) Download android platform tools from official developer website according your OS, unzip tools into a folder, and open a cmd console from there
4) Plug you device, do not select any option
5) Test your connection by typing C:\>adb devices to see if your phone is correctly seen by your computer, accept any prompt from your devices if any, and yours should appear on the list under the console. This tuto is still useful if needed on this step
6) Then enter this following command to get the list of any deactivated application
Code:
C:\Users\baudbox\Downloads\platform-tools>adb shell pm list packages -d
package:com.sonymobile.deqp
package:com.google.android.apps.work.oobconfig
package:com.google.android.webview
package:com.sonyericsson.xhs
package:com.google.android.videos
7) Finally remove each dedicated application, one by one by the following command:
Code:
C:\Users\baudbox\Downloads\platform-tools>adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.videos
Success
You should have a Success at the line.
If you have any doubt of the package name, just grab the name and browse either on xda or internet to find out what to which app belongs the package name.
Hope that helps
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j_rindra said:
is it root access? or still as an official software?
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Nope, no root access is needed.
Anyone know the package name for whats new? Hate that stupid app and I can't disable it so I can't find it with the above method.
Thanks
Frontier3 said:
Anyone know the package name for whats new? Hate that stupid app and I can't disable it so I can't find it with the above method.
Thanks
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com.sonymobile.entrance
Here is a list of safe applications to uninstall .. is in German. but it is understood.{
https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/...pps-bloatware-entfernen-ohne-root.852451.html
pbarrette said:
com.sonymobile.entrance
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Thank you!
Future update
i mean if i deleted those file, my software still official?
am i still getting update from sony in the future?
baudbox said:
Nope, no root access is needed.
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j_rindra said:
i mean if i deleted those file, my software still official?
am i still getting update from sony in the future?
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Regarding your question, yes you'll still get sony updates. For some for which name contains "sony", regarding the list, it worth to check what it does (ie. com.google.android.gm = gmail, so if you use gmail, you should keep it).
Smart move to disable the apps to have something to find them by in adb! :good:
I do wonder however, why would you use the -k option to pm uninstall? Isn't that to preserve app data and cache? Is there any danger in removing it all, ie without -k (hope not, I recently did that for both my and my wife's phones... )?
baudbox said:
Code:
C:\Users\baudbox\Downloads\platform-tools>adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.videos
Success
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is there any way to reinstall this packages? i see you're using -k to preserve the app data. i uninstalled something i just realised i needed.
budiii said:
is there any way to reinstall this packages? i see you're using -k to preserve the app data. i uninstalled something i just realised i needed.
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by resetting the device
switcher said:
by resetting the device
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did exactly that. and it worked.
hate to redo all the setup process, so others please be aware.
In my efforts to troubleshoot battery drain, I found that "Advanced Logging" was using a lot of my battery. A quick Google search shows that it's part of the Support app and involved in sending usage data (which I have unchecked and declined consent in the Support app): https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-XZ/Advanced-Logging-Spyware/td-p/1180249
Can this safely be disabled via ADB? Any idea what the package name is? For now I've just Greenified it and will see if that helps.
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hate to redo all the setup process, so others please be aware.
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To save data all you do is flash the system, you'll still have to disable apps and stuff but won't have to start from scratch like you do when you do a full wipe.
jrbmed08 said:
Can this safely be disabled via ADB? Any idea what the package name is?
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I have done with no issues, - pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sonymobile.support
jrbmed08 said:
Any idea what the package name is? For now I've just Greenified it and will see if that helps.
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com.sonymobile.advancedlogging
No need to freeze the support app then. Please give feedback if it works.
shaftenberg said:
com.sonymobile.advancedlogging
No need to freeze the support app then. Please give feedback if it works.
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The ADB command was successful but it doesn't seem to have solved my wakelock problem. Still, even with the setting for usage stats off and consent declined in the Support app, the Advanced Logging app was reported as using data and battery in the background, so good riddance!
Edit: System Update force closes after doing this and upgrading to .8.49. I'm not sure which one of those actions caused the problem, but reflashing my firmware minus userdata did not fix it, so I'm thinking it's possibly due to removing Advanced Logging.
Hi, just now I upgrade to the the last Samsung update and now I got the error.
The AOD is work and I got notification tone but can not enter to the phone.
I enter to safemode and still the same.
I hope there is a way to solved it without erase the phone.
I can't enter to download mode because I can't close the phone
What should I do?
SAME TO MEE... OMG!!! ****ing samsung send me this update|
i even cannot call any one with this phone right now ..
I did a factory reset and now i need to spend hours to download and customized all over again!!
I think it's because the tweaks and system modes of Substratum.
I think that on the next time we should delete all of the system modes.
Hope some one can approve it because I really don't want to get through this again.
What make it to a sad joke is that the update is not what i thought it was, still I don't have the new Samsung VPN.
All for nothing!!!
soilentgreen said:
I did a factory reset and now i need to spend hours to download and customized all over again!!
I think it's because the tweaks and system modes of Substratum.
I think that on the next time we should delete all of the system modes.
Hope some one can approve it because I really don't want to get through this again.
What make it to a sad joke is that the update is not what i thought it was, still I don't have the new Samsung VPN.
All for nothing!!!
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Correct, you have to uninstall all your layers and substratrum mods before accepting the OTA. I just saw this but you can boot into safe mode while system ui is fc and uninstall all the mods there and you should be good when you boot out of safe mode. No factory data reset needed.
soilentgreen said:
Hi, just now I upgrade to the the last Samsung update and now I got the error.
The AOD is work and I got notification tone but can not enter to the phone.
I enter to safemode and still the same.
I hope there is a way to solved it without erase the phone.
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I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages
houboy said:
I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages
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Thanks for the tip! Rather than saving to text I just used one window to output the packages to stdout, while I used another to do the uninstalls. Removing these two packages fixed the issue:
com.android.settings.SwiftDark.Android8defaultgrey.SamsungS8
com.android.systemui.SwiftDark.SamsungS8
how can u access to cmd with adb ?
houboy said:
I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages
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Hello, give me tutorial, how can i uninstall apk from pc ?
i can access cmd but how can i uninstalled apk ?
please help,,,
Thanks,
Thank you for all the answers.
ggrant3876 said:
Correct, you have to uninstall all your layers and substratrum mods before accepting the OTA. I just saw this but you can boot into safe mode while system ui is fc and uninstall all the mods there and you should be good when you boot out of safe mode. No factory data reset needed.
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But I did boot into safe mode and the phone continued to stuck on "system ui has stopped"
houboy said:
I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages
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enrico.fm08 said:
Hello, give me tutorial, how can i uninstall apk from pc ?
i can access cmd but how can i uninstalled apk ?
please help,,,
Thanks,
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I never knew how to use adb,
There is any tutorial about it?
soilentgreen said:
Hi, just now I upgrade to the the last Samsung update and now I got the error.
The AOD is work and I got notification tone but can not enter to the phone.
I enter to safemode and still the same.
I hope there is a way to solved it without erase the phone.
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Edwanzhuang said:
SAME TO MEE... OMG!!! ****ing samsung send me this update|
i even cannot call any one with this phone right now ..
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Did any of you have substratum installed?
EDIT: i just read up higher.
This also happened to me with substratum. One thing I did before however is I already had adb debugging enabled and trusted with my pc via adb.
I used these instructions found here for adb
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/737y3j/helpfix_substratum_system_ui_has_stopped_issue/
What is the latest version of samsung update?
Mine is N950FXXU2BQKG/N950FOXM2BQKG/N950FXXU2BQKG.
My phone updat 6 days ago, and I don't have the new samsung VPN.
And just to be clear, in the next update after uninstall all the layers and substratrum mods and accepting the OTA, it is safe to install all the layers again after the update?
Thanks again
soilentgreen said:
What is the latest version of samsung update?
Mine is N950FXXU2BQKG/N950FOXM2BQKG/N950FXXU2BQKG.
My phone updat 6 days ago, and I don't have the new samsung VPN.
And just to be clear, in the next update after uninstall all the layers and substratrum mods and accepting the OTA, it is safe to install all the layers again after the update?
Thanks again
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You should have the VPN under wifi advance settings.
Yes it's safe to install all your layers and substratrum mods I using it on 2BQKG.
Merry Christmas to all!
BluePhnx said:
You should have the VPN under wifi advance settings.
Yes it's safe to install all your layers and substratrum mods I using it on 2BQKG.
Merry Christmas to all!
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I don't have the VPN, and we on the same version. It's weired.
I need to "open" it somehow?
How do you color your notifaction clock and icons?
hello i just uptdated my software and im stuck with the same thing can somebody walk me thru how to fix this?
houboy said:
I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages
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Thanks houboy, you're a lifesaver.
Tried to center the status bar clock and the phone crashed.
Your method worked like a charm
I was reading through the reddit thread posted earlier and found an alternative solution which worked for me.
Log into Samsungs Find My Phone website, unlock your device and then switch on Power Saving Mode, then reboot. Once in Power Saver you will regain control of your phone. Now, switch off power saver and go disable all substratum mods and reboot again.
Happened twice to me while setting up my new Note 8. Resolved to finally wipe through hard reset menu, and setup as new phone. Some Substratum addon was lingering when I did a restore which was likely causing the UI crash.
this happened 3 times to my note 8, the culprit seems to be android pay, once you add a credit card to be specific . To fix the phone you need to put the phone in powersaving mode via Samsung dive then reboot.
once the phone rebooted in power saving mode just put it back to normal , after this procedure all cards are removed from google pay.
davnav899 said:
Did any of you have substratum installed?
EDIT: i just read up higher.
This also happened to me with substratum. One thing I did before however is I already had adb debugging enabled and trusted with my pc via adb.
I used these instructions found here for adb
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/737y3j/helpfix_substratum_system_ui_has_stopped_issue/
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What's strange is that I have substratum installed but never ran it but I'm still getting the system UI error, thank good it hasn't totally blocked need but still doesn't make sense why this is all happening. I forgot I even installed it honestly.
I just uninstalled it so I'll see if that changes anything.
@squick You could try booting into safe mode to see if its a program causing it, but for me, i updated my phone software(update) with the substratum ui apk installed which caused me to get the force close error where only the screen showed system ui has stopped. I used adb to get a list of packages and remove the substratum system ui apk. A sure way to fix would be to reset the phone, but if you're able to use it, try removing apps you dont need from your applications in the settings. It's possible there could be another app interfering with the system ui
In this guide we will see step by step how to debloat the Galaxy Tab S8
First of all we have to enable: Developer Options
Settings->About tablet->Software information->(tap 7 times)Build number
After that we will enable: OEM Unlocking & USB Debbuging
Settings->Developer Options->OEM Unlocking(ON) & USB Debbuging(ON)
On the next step we need to download & install : ADB & Fastboot tools
Once you install the tools, connect your {Tablet} - {PC}
Select: USB Debbuging & Open your: Terminal
We are almost there
Now i will make a short explanation in order to understand what are we doing exactly & how we will do it.
What is ADB?
ADB provides us with commands that can be used to debug Android devices,
installing or uninstalling apps and getting information about a connected device.
adb shell
This command activates the remote shell command console on the connected Android smartphone or tablet.
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0
Using this, you can easily uninstall the unwanted system apps. To be able to execute it, you must issue 'adb shell' command first.
You can then use 'pm uninstall -k --user 0' followed by the Android app package name as shown below.
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.whatsapp_2.20.apk
This command can help you if you want to remove all the bloatware from your phone.
Please note that most system apps don't have the 'Uninstall' option on the device but this command works magically.
If you don't know the app package name for the apps you want to remove, you can use adb shell pm list packages to find it out.
adb shell pm list packages
Using the above ADB Shell command, you can print the list of the app package names for all apps installed on your Android device.
You can use this command with different parameters to get a more specific list of app packages.
For instance, if you want to list the system apps only, use
adb shell pm list packages -s
In order to list all third-party apps installed on your Android phone or tablet, you issue the following command.
adb shell pm list packages -3
Do you want ADB Shell to show the list of all enabled or disabled apps on your device,
try the command with '-d' (disabled apps) and '-e' (for enabled apps) parameter.
adb shell pm list packages -d
adb shell pm list packages -e
Now, if pm list command troubles you or you are unsure that you are making the right choice you should stop right there
(uninstalling the wrong app might harm your tablet's operating system) and use another method for identifying which app you want to uninstall.
(GUI method - Graphical User Interface) For example: APK Inspector will provide you with a detailed list of installed packages (plus their icon) on your device, once you select an app, extra details will be shown to you & that's how you will get the correct name.of.the.app
Thanks for your time ❤
Reserved
I really appreciate this write-up it has been a big help..
I use my OnePlus 9 pro with ADB and fastboot for Android NDK to debloat..
and that application inspector is a God send so again. thank you
I don't know if it was just a fluke or what but when I rebooted after successfully deleting digital well-being my tablet booted up super fast...
either way I'm good.
Awesome thanks for the tip. Is using "install" put the app back if I screw up something?
So it really doesn't uninstall just uninstalls from your app draw?
striker59 said:
So it really doesn't uninstall just uninstalls from your app draw?
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For the os, it is like it has been uninstalled. But you don't free disk space, as the data of the app are still there. They just been hidden from os. That's why you can have back the app again just with an adb command again.
Man I used this to shut down numerous apps on all of my Android devices. Samsung and Verizon apps. Thanks!
Went back in to uninstall more apps. Device is recognized but adb shell won't load. The last time I used adb it was for my phone.
Figured it out, had to revoke USB debugging on my tablet. Delete on the computer c:user.android and restart (actual path on the computer could be different than what I stated).
Hi there.
Can anyone confirm, if it is save to remove the phone app from the device since it is connected to this samsung feature "calls/ messages on other Galaxy devices"? Actually i fully wanne get rid of this feature and app since i don´t use a galaxy phone.
Can someone share experiences/ideas according this topic?
Stogie87 said:
Hi there.
Can anyone confirm, if it is save to remove the phone app from the device since it is connected to this samsung feature "calls/ messages on other Galaxy devices"? Actually i fully wanne get rid of this feature and app since i don´t use a galaxy phone.
Can someone share experiences/ideas according this topic?
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I have Debloated it (adb frozen) months ago. Didn't have any problem. You can always enable it again.
Am I right? If i debloat I don't clean up the system space used from the os ?
nofear5888 said:
Am I right? If i debloat I don't clean up the system space used from the os ?
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You won't earn more free space. Apps are still there after Debloating.
sosimple said:
For the os, it is like it has been uninstalled. But you don't free disk space, as the data of the app are still there. They just been hidden from os. That's why you can have back the app again just with an adb command again.
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You remove the app for the current user but its still inside system's root directory.
You don't gain storage.
What you can achieve tho if you remove/disable the unnecessary services without causing softbrik or error spamming 'service has stop working' is a lightweight $user who uses less ram, your phone's overall performance is better and the battery reduction is slower.
Hi there. My X Fold doesn't close all apps when I press "X" button in the backgrounds app menu.
It performs animations like closing all apps, but they still remain the same apps (if I ask to show the backround apps by navigation menu I see them all there....)
I suppose it may be related to debloat..but I did a light standard debloat...
Any ideas?
thank you
Does swiping up remove the running apps? Check to see if you have not "locked" those apps to stay running. In the floating all running apps screen, click on the title of app and see if lockdown is enabled.
Koysii said:
Does swiping up remove the running apps? Check to see if you have not "locked" those apps to stay running. In the floating all running apps screen, click on the title of app and see if lockdown is enabled.
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Yes. If I swipe one at the time it's ok and it closes...
Lockdown is disabled in the app I have in background
It's a real mystery
Hmmm that is weird. Could it be the "autostart" feature in permissions with "startup" enabled. Or try reinstalling the app clearing cache etc
Koysii said:
Hmmm that is weird. Could it be the "autostart" feature in permissions with "startup" enabled. Or try reinstalling the app clearing cache etc
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Yes, it's weird... It seems the button that close all apps have its action stuck.
This problem persists even after major updates and clearing all the caches...it happens for all the apps...reinstalling doesn't work...
I'm trying to figure out if developers options or some specific app need to be installed or reinstalled (debloat consequence case)
Solved: it was debloat operation
How u solved it?
I've restored all the apps I debloated (ivideo, browser, vivocloud, vivo.com, com.vivo.pem, jovi and a pair of vivo apk something like bbklog and baidu input ). Then I only re-debloated com.vivo.pem (the most important debloat ) and now the button it closes all the apps in background it works like a charm!
guybrush2099 said:
I've restored all the apps I debloated (ivideo, browser, vivocloud, vivo.com, com.vivo.pem, jovi and a pair of vivo apk something like bbklog and baidu input ). Then I only re-debloated com.vivo.pem (the most important debloat ) and now the button it closes all the apps in background it works like a charm!
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Hi, quick question on pem debloat. Are you on Android 13? I see that pem is a system app and adb throws an error when I run the command.
gkarkala said:
Hi, quick question on pem debloat. Are you on Android 13? I see that pem is a system app and adb throws an error when I run the command.
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Yes, I am on Android 13. Have you switched on debug mode? Have you installed adb drivers? Have you kept turned on display while you execute the command? Have you tried ADB AppControl from Windows?
guybrush2099 said:
Yes, I am on Android 13. Have you switched on debug mode? Have you installed adb drivers? Have you kept turned on display while you execute the command? Have you tried ADB AppControl from Windows?
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I switched Developer option, turned on USB debug. Connected Vivo to the Windows 11 laptop via USB-A to Type C. Accepted the "Allow control" dialog on the phone.
Tried both ADB control AND powershell adb with the phone screen on.
shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.vivo.pem
Failure [DELETE_FAILED_USER_RESTRICTED]
adb shell service call package 131 s16 com.vivo.pem i32 0 i32 0 - also not working.
Use CMD (black background) and don't use PowerShell (blue background) to prompt the command. Use admin mode with the right mouse button on the CMD icon.
Then, try without the word shell before, thus write only:
pm uninstall --user 0 com.vivo.pem
Anyway you can try:
ADB AppControl
Official website of the ADB AppControl application. Free Download. Latest release. The ultimate applications manager and debloat tool for Android devices.
adbappcontrol.com
This windows app does everything with a few click
guybrush2099 said:
Use CMD (black background) and don't use PowerShell (blue background) to prompt the command. Use admin mode with the right mouse button on the CMD icon.
Then, try without the word shell before, thus write only:
pm uninstall --user 0 com.vivo.pem
Anyway you can try:
ADB AppControl
Official website of the ADB AppControl application. Free Download. Latest release. The ultimate applications manager and debloat tool for Android devices.
adbappcontrol.com
This windows app does everything with a few click
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Thanks for your help. Unfortunately same issue.
I also used adbcontrol windows app to try this. I tested to uninstall two other apps, and it was able to uninstall one app, but both PEM and Albums gave the same error (based on appcontrol app).
BTW, you are on OrginOS 13 right and not funtouchOS right?
gkarkala said:
Thanks for your help. Unfortunately same issue.
I also used adbcontrol windows app to try this. I tested to uninstall two other apps, and it was able to uninstall one app, but both PEM and Albums gave the same error (based on appcontrol app).
BTW, you are on OrginOS 13 right and not funtouchOS right?
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Very strange...Yes, I am on OriginOS 13...