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How to hide or rename an app

Guys is there a way to hide or to rename an application in app drawer in android ?? Any tool or trick to do this ?
Thanks
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namz said:
Guys is there a way to hide or to rename an application in app drawer in android ?? Any tool or trick to do this ?
Thanks
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you can use adb in recovery to delete system apps

I wanted to know about apps downloaded from mkt , can we hide or rename them ????
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namz said:
I wanted to know about apps downloaded from mkt , can we hide or rename them ????
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no but why would anyone want to downlaod an app then hide it lol

AndroHero said:
no but why would anyone want to downlaod an app then hide it lol
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Could be something dirty lol

good one ..lol..nothing dirty..

I've used an app called App vault which hides apps (requires root and not free though).

kien said:
I've used an app called App vault which hides apps (requires root and not free though).
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do we anything similar for non-rooted phones..

Rename
While on the subject. I would like to rename down loaded apps. Primarily to assist sorting and also some of the names could be better.
TIA
David

Unknown Icon in notification bar

Any Idea what this icon is? I have closed ALL running apps and this icon persists in the notification bar....Help?

Some sort of adware probably, installed when you installed something else. There is an app you can use to find what it is but I don't remember off hand what it's called

EddyOS said:
Some sort of adware probably, installed when you installed something else. There is an app you can use to find what it is but I don't remember off hand what it's called
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Thanks for your quick response.. maybe someone else will remember that app.

Like this one
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so if it is Adware is there a tool that scans and removes it, and if there is would some one point me in the right direction...Thanks in advance!

laserbiz said:
so if it is Adware is there a tool that scans and removes it, and if there is would some one point me in the right direction...Thanks in advance!
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Is it the same icon as on the pic i provided?
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If it's adware it's Airpush. Download Airblocker or Airpush detector.

Esteway.619 said:
Is it the same icon as on the pic i provided?
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No it is not the same... it is similar but not the same ...see the picture i posted in my original post...thanks again

Notification Toggle
It looks very close to icon of the Notification Toggle app by j4velin
Do check if this is the case. The icon might have gotten themed/updated.

This icon is old...this is from GPS in older versions of android...
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Questions about hiding apps

For iPhone in the Cydia app store there is an app called Poof that makes apps invisible. You run the app by actually typing in the name in the search screen. Is there anything like that on android?
- Solved Apex launcher ahs the option_

JGoN86 said:
For iPhone in the Cydia app store there is an app called Poof that makes apps invisible. You run the app by actually typing in the name in the search screen. Is there anything like that on android?
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Hiding apps? There are plenty of apps that let you freeze an app or disable an app.
I use es file explorer. You have to be rooted though.
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JGoN86 said:
For iPhone in the Cydia app store there is an app called Poof that makes apps invisible. You run the app by actually typing in the name in the search screen. Is there anything like that on android?
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Guess your new to ANDROID. Welcome Cuz your speaking of Crapple:banghead: lol.
Anyhow you can disable any app from showing up in the applications drawer. Just go into setting applications, pick the one you don't want disable done. But your going to have to root your phone like the last post stated. Then you'll b able to do plenty more. Like completely remove what you don't want or NEED!
Just my 2¢
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You're able to hide apps natively by going to apps then menu then hide app.. You can also install app hider pro from play store, its free.
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Woogie360 said:
You're able to hide apps natively by going to apps then menu then hide app.. You can also install app hider pro from play store, its free.
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This^
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[Q] missing gallery app

Can someone please help? My wifes GN2 gallery app has been deleted somehow. Her phone is stock and unrooted. From my understanding root is required to delete a system app, so I'm not sure how it happened. Does anyone have any ideas on how to recover the gallery, aside from factory reset? Maybe an apk? Thanks!
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It's probably not deleted. Open your app draw, then click menu and select hide applications. Find gallery and uncheck it.
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I've checked the app drawer, and it's not hidden. I have also looked in the application manager, it's missing from there as well.

chrisbo4 said:
I've checked the app drawer, and it's not hidden. I have also looked in the application manager, it's missing from there as well.
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Okay that's strange because you do need root to remove a system app. Silly question, have you scrolled to the bottom of app manager where the disabled apps are and made sure it wasn't accidently disabled?
Also, have your rebooted and seen I'd it just shows back up
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Thank you guys for the replies. I have performed a reboot, however I have not scrolled to the bottom of the app manager to see if it was disabled. I only looked for it in the alphabetical list. I'll try that when she gets home with her phone.

kintwofan said:
Okay that's strange because you do need root to remove a system app. Silly question, have you scrolled to the bottom of app manager where the disabled apps are and made sure it wasn't accidently disabled?
Also, have your rebooted and seen I'd it just shows back up
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This worked! Thanks so much for your help!

chrisbo4 said:
This worked! Thanks so much for your help!
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Good to hear
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enable all apps popup view?

Does anyone got any idea how we can enable all apps in multiWindow and popup view? Right now there are only a few that can do that which is almost useless for me.

you need to root.

All I need is root? Or do I need more than that to get it working?
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Root and there are a couple multiview apps in the playstore that will allow you to pick which apps you want to have that feature.

Examples?

verks said:
Root and there are a couple multiview apps in the playstore that will allow you to pick which apps you want to have that feature.
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I just rooted my device and install multiview in playstore and it doesn't work. tried all of them.