Hi, anyone know of a lock app that actually works on 5.1? Ive tried a couple inc. Lockdown Pro and it just does nothing, apps can be freely be opened despite being locked in the app. Thanks.
Titanium backup "freeze" feature
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Titanium backup "freeze" feature
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Thanks but still want to use the app...I want to password protect it but when I use Lockdown Pro and enable the switch to password protect a certain app, it opens regardless with no prompt for password. This happens on every lock app I have tried on 5.1.
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I am considering buying (or as the Dev calls it "donating") for Titanium Backup for the freezing feature. I am tired of having to reset all of my settings, redownloading apps, etc, etc.
Anyway, I heard that if I just freeze the apps it "fools" the update into thinking that it is still there while the app not running.
Does this work?
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I am considering buying (or as the Dev calls it "donating") for Titanium Backup for the freezing feature. I am tired of having to reset all of my settings, redownloading apps, etc, etc.
Anyway, I heard that if I just freeze the apps it "fools" the update into thinking that it is still there while the app not running.
Does this work?
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I think freezing only shuts off and hides the app from the app drawer so you can modify it. (At least, that's what another site says)
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I think freezing only shuts off and hides the app from the app drawer so you can modify it. (At least, that's what another site says)
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And does it hinder the OTA process?
Anyone know of an app that can monitor and log all actions on the phone i.e.: hard or soft key presses, apps opened, unlock and locking of phone, files deleted? There's a no phone policy at work and I don't exactly trust my locker to be a safe place for my phone even with a security lock on it. All I've found on the play store are either ip sniffers or data loggers and superuser only logs apps that request root.
Hmmm, do you have root? You could use the catlog app but that's a whole lot of everything. I think you want a keylogger of sorts but I haven't really seen one for android. I use smart app protector and it can take pics and video of failed unlocks and successful attempts as well plus lock down every single app.
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Does anybody know a list of pre-installed apps that can be safely "turned off" in our device? This is of course referring to pre-installed apps that can't be uninstalled.
I've read that sometimes turning off certain apparently inoffensive apps may bring instability to the device.
For example, I was just checking my location settings and I saw that AT&T Navigator had been requesting location (with high battery usage), but I don't use that app at all, so I'm plan on turning it off, but I wonder in what other apps that can be done safely.
lebertian said:
Does anybody know a list of pre-installed apps that can be safely "turned off" in our device? This is of course referring to pre-installed apps that can't be uninstalled.
I've read that sometimes turning off certain apparently inoffensive apps may bring instability to the device.
For example, I was just checking my location settings and I saw that AT&T Navigator had been requesting location (with high battery usage), but I don't use that app at all, so I'm plan on turning it off, but I wonder in what other apps that can be done safely.
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Generally the asps that allow you to "disable" them are all okay to turn off.
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I disabled anything that had to do with att.
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The only thing I've found that I had to enable was S Voice, I kept getting a pop up on the camera because it uses it for the selfie camera trigger.
Same here. Disabled everything AT&T and left S Voice active.
Everything ATT except MyAtt and s voice
I've disabled all att stuff and a few other things like s health, s voice, galaxy apps, Samsung account, Samsung billing, Samsung link, remote, print services, ANT services, milk, yahoo weather
I left S Voice alone (other things make use of it), and also Galaxy Apps (allows you to update S Health)
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I've disabled all att stuff and a few other things like s health, s voice, galaxy apps, Samsung account, Samsung billing, Samsung link, remote, print services, ANT services, milk, yahoo weather
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How do disable the Samsung stuff? I can see how to stop it but I don't see an option to disable or turn off.
Also, anyone knows how to disable Lockout? All the options in app info ate greyed out, even force stop
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How do disable the Samsung stuff? I can see how to stop it but I don't see an option to disable or turn off.
Also, anyone knows how to disable Lockout? All the options in app info ate greyed out, even force stop
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Update the app then go to application manager and turn it off.
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Update the app then go to application manager and turn it off.
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Awesome, that worked! Weird that you have to update it to disable it
I realize this is an older thread, but for others that stumble upon it via search, here's a discussion that includes an extensive list of apps to safely be disabled.
(same link as above) http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/apps-to-disable-removed-att-note-4-t2943779
lebertian said:
Does anybody know a list of pre-installed apps that can be safely "turned off" in our device? This is of course referring to pre-installed apps that can't be uninstalled.
I've read that sometimes turning off certain apparently inoffensive apps may bring instability to the device.
For example, I was just checking my location settings and I saw that AT&T Navigator had been requesting location (with high battery usage), but I don't use that app at all, so I'm plan on turning it off, but I wonder in what other apps that can be done safely.
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You can install package disabler pro for a small fee.. great app but be careful when u use their auto bloatware disable feature because it can disable some stuff that your phone needs to function.. but this app let's you disable stuff that is greyed out in your app manager like music player for example.
Here is another list which I have followed. Not all of them, but quite a few. It definitely made a difference.
Now, I think many of those you would need to be rooted to do. And of course we know that's not much good now for AT&T phones.
I'm on a T-Mobile Note 4, rooted, so I was OK to try. I did the TIBU/Freeze method.
Hi guys. I gotta problem and need your help. Tried to convert Google Messages as a system app through Titanium Backup and something went wrong... I don't really know where I fail. Titanium Backup says "Working, please wait" after taping "convert as a system app" and already waiting 30 minutes and absolutely nothing happened. The application icon disappeared in my application list and I'm unable to find it anymore. What to do now? I've taken a backup of the app right before try of converting it. I see a message in notification bar about the app being converting and "please wait" but how long time it takes to convert actually? I don't really know if I can restart the phone to skip it or maybe should I stop Titanium Backup to skip it, without any issues? I don't wanna anything go wrong more, as it looks like it's some problem out here. Any solutions?
It's done... after 40 minutes of converting... but the Messages icon disappeared from my system and isn't visible in applist in settings. I can see it in Titanium Backup as you can see on attached picture. I'm kinda panic when **** like that happens ? Forgot I can just activate pre-installed SMS app so far, until this problem is fixed.
I lost this menu option after 9.0.0 update. Someone know how to getbthis back?
It looks like it's not possible to convert any app (or maybe just this) through Titanium Backup. Maybe the functionality is broken. Google Messages has been simple deactivated and that's why I couldn't find it on the application list in stock Settings app, though I tried to convert it, not deactivate. After activating it through TB (post nr. 2) I couldn't see the name of the Google Messages in applist anymore, it was stated as com.google.messages or something like that, with Google Framework icon and reset app settings. I've uninstalled this app through Settings and installed from Google Store from scratch and it's back to normal but it looks like TB is unable to do this operation.
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It looks like it's not possible to convert any app (or maybe just this) through Titanium Backup. Maybe the functionality is broken. Google Messages has been simple deactivated and that's why I couldn't find it on the application list in stock Settings app, though I tried to convert it, not deactivate. After activating it through TB (post nr. 2) I couldn't see the name of the Google Messages in applist anymore, it was stated as com.google.messages or something like that, with Google Framework icon and reset app settings. I've uninstalled this app through Settings and installed from Google Store from scratch and it's back to normal but it looks like TB is unable to do this operation.
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Use Systemize, it's a module from Magisk.
I'll but it seems a little bit complicated or maybe I just need more time to read about it .
I have the unlocked model LG-G820QM running Android 10 software version G820QM20a.
I'm using the Google Phone Dialer app instead of the default phone app. It works perfectly fine and can be set as the default app. However it is disabled every time the phone boots. I'll see it on the screen for a second and then it's gone. I have to go back into the play store to enable it, add it to my home screen, and reset it as default every time.
Has anyone else experienced this or know of anything I can do to stop this from happening?
Hmm... wonder if adb disabling the LG phone app (com.android.phone, or maybe there's a more specific package for this?), then installing the Google Phone app would work. Disabling the LG app may cause some pages in About device to not load (i.e. Network information), but it's easy to re-enable, so if anything goes wrong you can go back.
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Hmm... wonder if adb disabling the LG phone app (com.android.phone, or maybe there's a more specific package for this?), then installing the Google Phone app would work. Disabling the LG app may cause some pages in About device to not load (i.e. Network information), but it's easy to re-enable, so if anything goes wrong you can go back.
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Thank you sk8223, I gave that a shot.
I used Application Inspector to track down the stock phone app name and then ran this command.
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adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.phone
While that did stop the Google phone app (com.google.android.dialer) from disabling at boot, it broke phone functionality. I kept getting a pop up that com.android.phone keeps stopping. Trying to use the Google phone/dialer app wouldn't connect. It would let me enter the number, but then clicking the call button just caused it to reset.
I also tried disabling the stock Contacts app com.android.contacts, and that didn't solve anything. I tried combinations of both stock phone and contacts disabled. One of each. And the same with the Google equivalents.
You're probably right about there being some link in the chain that I can disable to solve this, but it seems there are quite a few dependencies baked in to the phone applications, that I'm not sure which service I could disable to let the Google app work without the actual phone functionality breaking.
Interestingly enough I couldn't re-enable either the Google Phone or Contacts app from adb after reboot. However I could navigate to them in the Play Store and click enable there. Then checking the disabled apps list in adb showed they were no longer there.
That's weird, you should have been able to adb pm enable the apps again without issue. I think LG's heavy skin over Android is affecting the way the app is supposed to work. Probably because the stock LG Phone app is labelled com.android.phone when it really should be com.lg.phone... which is probably why upon reboot the phone app keeps reverting back. Stupid LG. Wish a safe BL unlock was possible so we can get a nice AOSP ROM on the G8 already
tl;dr don't think this can be fixed because of LG