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(Tip) Safe way to disable unwanted applications

From other post:
Another way to disable apps is to use Titanium backups "freeze" or the "disable" with adb. Both prevents the app from running BUT leaves it intact and give you a possibility to restore all apps with a hard reset.
Here is a guide from Paul at Modaco:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809231
Basically its use adb to run a PM command:
pm disable com.Apps.apps (change the file name to the apk you want to disable.
Note: titanium "freeze" do same thing

Your link is destroyed, how's the right one?

PatSend said:
Your link is destroyed, how's the right one?
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Fixed (hopefully)

I noticed that freezing using titanium takes a while... It just reports 'freezing...' and seems to hang there (after terminating and restarting the apk appears as frozen though).
Anyone with similar issues?

I can recommend SystemApp Remover, cheap nice UI installer/remover/disabler/backup app for your system apps, works very fine.

Can you disable the icon for alarm and call log and still get access to these in the call-app and the clock-app?

Anyone know this?

Hi, i just got my 2x and i‘m very new to this process, but does anyone know if you can do this with a temporary root then have your phone reboot with the apps still frozen? I‘m reluctant to void my warranty without a good reason e.e custom gingerbread ROM‘s, thanks in advance for any replies
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cazman34 said:
Hi, i just got my 2x and i‘m very new to this process, but does anyone know if you can do this with a temporary root then have your phone reboot with the apps still frozen? I‘m reluctant to void my warranty without a good reason e.e custom gingerbread ROM‘s, thanks in advance for any replies
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Not really sure, but with root you dont really have to be carefull for waranty issues. You can very easily unroot your phone with SuperOneClick root and there won't be any trace left

Thank you for such a quick reply, i think i‘ll attempt it with a temp root and if it doesn't work i‘ll root it permanently since i will be flashing ROM‘s to it in the future.
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The app disabling is not "linked" to the rooting process.
If you disable apps using a temproot they will stay disabled until you factory reset the phone or re-enable them.

VistaX said:
Can you disable the icon for alarm and call log and still get access to these in the call-app and the clock-app?
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I tried, and it didn't work. Anyone know if it is possible to get rid of those two icons from the app drawer?

Just a word of warning: if you freeze some important apps and do a factory reset (using default recovery) you will probably get stuck on boot animation or beyond.
That is what I did. I froze LG Home using AntTek App Manager, then did a factory reset without unfreezing it and I was stuck after the first Setup Wizard. I had to reflash the phone using NVflash.

Bloat Freezer is free on the market and works much the same way as titanium for freezing apps

S-health and S-voice won't update?

Hello everyone,
So i have towel rooted the S5, it's great and works fine except for a couple things. Like the title says, neither s-voice or s-health update. They both keep telling me they have updates but, when I try to update the app force closes. Unfortunately "blank" has stopped. I was wondering is this because of towel root or another reason. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Namikaze Minato said:
Hello everyone,
So i have towel rooted the S5, it's great and works fine except for a couple things. Like the title says, neither s-voice or s-health update. They both keep telling me they have updates but, when I try to update the app force closes. Unfortunately "blank" has stopped. I was wondering is this because of towel root or another reason. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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do you have xposed install
have you cleared cache??
If you have xposed do here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784945
Then wipe apps cache and done
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carlospr21 said:
do you have xposed install
have you cleared cache??
If you have xposed do here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784945
Then wipe apps cache and done
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I do not have xposed installed. Does this mean I just have to wipe the cache from the settings app?

Yes, thats what he means. Going to app manager and clearing cache
I had updated everything before I used towelroot, so I can only help in saying that a few days ago I updated with no problem.
I might also try a difference between WIFI and Data attempting to update.

Namikaze Minato said:
I do not have xposed installed. Does this mean I just have to wipe the cache from the settings app?
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yes sir or drag it to the app drawer on top it says App Info you can clear it from there
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johns86 said:
Yes, thats what he means. Going to app manager and clearing cache
I had updated everything before I used towelroot, so I can only help in saying that a few days ago I updated with no problem.
I might also try a difference between WIFI and Data attempting to update.
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I just tried to go through app manager and clear the cache and it still doesn't fix the problem. I'm thinking the only way to get around this would to be uproot and then update and root again. My only complaint about that way is - do I have to do that everytime these apps want to update?

Namikaze Minato said:
I just tried to go through app manager and clear the cache and it still doesn't fix the problem. I'm thinking the only way to get around this would to be uproot and then update and root again. My only complaint about that way is - do I have to do that everytime these apps want to update?
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I've updated plenty of apps since then. I wouldn't get carried away right off the bat.
There are several factors that could be preventing it from updating that are out of your control. Next thing I'd try, a stupid, yet simple. turn off, pull battery, turn on and try again. If that doesn't work just wait 12 or 24 hours before attempting again.
Like I said before, stuff out of your control, servers, networks, etc.

Namikaze Minato said:
I just tried to go through app manager and clear the cache and it still doesn't fix the problem. I'm thinking the only way to get around this would to be uproot and then update and root again. My only complaint about that way is - do I have to do that everytime these apps want to update?
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FOUND IT!
I'm sorry for all the trouble guys but I found the problem. What I forgot was that I froze the Samsung appstore app from within titanium backup. Realizing those are Samsung apps and not the playstore apps and defrosting the Samsung appstore is what fixed the problem.
Thank you again for trying to help. Also really sorry for the trouble. Will hit "thanks" to the responders!

Namikaze Minato said:
FOUND IT!
I'm sorry for all the trouble guys but I found the problem. What I forgot was that I froze the Samsung appstore app from within titanium backup. Realizing those are Samsung apps and not the playstore apps and defrosting the Samsung appstore is what fixed the problem.
Thank you again for trying to help. Also really sorry for the trouble. Will hit "thanks" to the responders!
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lol...yea, that'll do it!

Namikaze Minato said:
FOUND IT!
I'm sorry for all the trouble guys but I found the problem. What I forgot was that I froze the Samsung appstore app from within titanium backup. Realizing those are Samsung apps and not the playstore apps and defrosting the Samsung appstore is what fixed the problem.
Thank you again for trying to help. Also really sorry for the trouble. Will hit "thanks" to the responders!
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hahahaha stuff like thats happens when your rooted!!! [emoji38]
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[Q] Uninstallation Problem

Hello,
i have updated my N5 to lollipop & i want to uninstall the xposed framework till it gets the ART update "if it happens" .. but there is error shows telling me "No backup found at system/bin/app_process.orig".
the attachment has a screenshot of the error show up.
thx

Caughtflying said:
Hello,
i have updated my N5 to lollipop & i want to uninstall the xposed framework till it gets the ART update "if it happens" .. but there is error shows telling me "No backup found at system/bin/app_process.orig".
the attachment has a screenshot of the error show up.
thx
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If you are using LP you can't run Xposed FW so you have nothing to uninstall.

Primokorn said:
If you are using LP you can't run Xposed FW so you have nothing to uninstall.
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so is it ok to remove it by android default uninstaller?

Caughtflying said:
so is it ok to remove it by android default uninstaller?
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Yes

But many people have bootloop after uninstalling Xposed. So, I wait... for a version for LP...

I'm in exactly the same situation. So @Caughtflying did you take the chance to uninstall it like @justmpm suggested or not?
If I backup from recovery, uninstall it and have a bootloop, is the backup going to fix the bootloop?

Backing up app with data

How do you guys back up? I can't get to work Titanium on my Mi Note Pro, anyone has alternatives?

Settings < Additional Settings < Backup & Reset

skw5115 said:
Settings < Additional Settings < Backup & Reset
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How to get it across devices?

Ultimate backuo
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Restoring apps using titanium backup does not work for me either. But it's frustrating because it seems to work for some people. I never figured out why...

I tried Ultimate Backup and it seems to work although it doesn't offer freezing apps which I liked in titanium

trace1er said:
Restoring apps using titanium backup does not work for me either. But it's frustrating because it seems to work for some people. I never figured out why...
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Titanium backup worked for me. Are you using SuperSU?

ac3dts71 said:
Titanium backup worked for me. Are you using SuperSU?
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No I am not.... Since the China developer ROM is pre-rooted I never installed it. I just granted titanium backup root permission through the security app... I wonder if that's the problem? I'll try installing SuperSU and report back, thanks

trace1er said:
No I am not.... Since the China developer ROM is pre-rooted I never installed it. I just granted titanium backup root permission through the security app... I wonder if that's the problem? I'll try installing SuperSU and report back, thanks
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Same for me...
Can we install SuperSU just like any other app or does it require some tweaking on Miui?

SUCCESS! I installed SuperSU, gave the app root permissions, then opened SuperSU to update binaries. After rebooting, Ti backup works like it should.

Same, thanks.

[Pledge] Snapchat With Xposed

I'm sure a lot of people know that Snapchat has blocked Android users from using their app if they have Xposed installed. I'll pay anyone $30 if they can help me use Snapchat on my XT1060 on Android 5.1(Moto X Verizon), either by removing Xposed or by other means. Thank you!

1. Uninstall xposed.
2. Sign in to your Snapchat account.
3. Reinstall xposed.
Try not to sign out next time . Let me know if it helps.

or if you have some tablet or other phone witouth xposed but rooted ... log in, create a backup with titanium and send the data to your phone later restore the data and voila!

I've tried both of those methods and it still didn't work.

Asisentr said:
I've tried both of those methods and it still didn't work.
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Try my method again but this time uninstall Snapchat and then reinstall it before you install xposed.
What errors are you getting?

only the Snapchat error saying it can't log in

Asisentr said:
only the Snapchat error saying it can't log in
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Did you try wiping the data and cache of Snapchat after you uninstalled xposed?

when @Android_noob17 said "uninstall xposed" did you just uninstall the Xposed Installer or did you uninstall the Xposed Framework. Because you need to uninstall the Framework, the Installer app can be left on. then after its off, clear the cache and data of Snapchat, then login, then reinstall the Framework.

PBombNZ said:
when @Android_noob17 said "unistall xposed" did you just uninstall the Xposed Installer or did you uninstall the Xposed Framework. Because you need to unistall the Framework, the Installer app can be left on. then after its off, clear the cache and data of Snapchat, then login, then reinstall the Framework.
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I probably should have clarified what I meant.

PBombNZ said:
when @Android_noob17 said "uninstall xposed" did you just uninstall the Xposed Installer or did you uninstall the Xposed Framework. Because you need to uninstall the Framework, the Installer app can be left on. then after its off, clear the cache and data of Snapchat, then login, then reinstall the Framework.
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I did it and Snapchat is still crashing. How can i make it work properly?

Namisaro said:
I did it and Snapchat is still crashing. How can i make it work properly?
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I had the same problem. Ended up reverting back to an older version of snapchat.

PBombNZ said:
I had the same problem. Ended up reverting back to an older version of snapchat.
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Which version you downgraded to?

9.21.1.0

PBombNZ said:
9.21.1.0
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What did u do exacly? I uninstalled Snapchat and then installed 9.21.1.0 version and now i can't log in.

Boot to recovery and flash the xposed-uninstaller found here.
Reboot your device and log in on Snapchat, I use version 9.21.1.0.
Make a Titanium backup of your Snapchat.
Reboot to recovery and flash the xposed framework again.
Reboot again and you'll be inside Snapchat again, if you log out and log in again you'll have the same problem.

PBombNZ said:
9.21.1.0
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This version doesn't have Xposed detection?
Apologies for thread revival, I saw 'Jan' and assumed it was from this year