Until we get permaroot/S-OFF... as we all know... the easiest way of getting rid of bloatware is freezing an app through terminal/terminal emulator. This app makes it quite a bit easier by providing an API for freezing and unfreezing apps. Requires temp-root of course, but it works amazing!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ramdroid.appquarantine
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I'm guessing this is the same has doing 'pm disable [package]' through adb?
Can't you just do this with titanium backup?
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Utking said:
Can't you just do this with titanium backup?
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You can if you paid for it. This is a not a feature in the free version.
And to reply to the previous poster, yes it is the same as pm disable but easier with a GUI.
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Didn't try those app as I simply use 'System Tuner' to uninstall unwanted system apps, and freeze Google Maps which keeps restarting and consuming CPU while I don't need it most of the time!
You can check the app there:
XDA
Android Market
Dev web site
Thank you. Already wrote 50% of code to do it by myself while googling for technical rpoblem found you did it already . (but i will reuse my code for other things )
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Didn't try those app as I simply use 'System Tuner' to uninstall unwanted system apps, and freeze Google Maps which keeps restarting and consuming CPU while I don't need it most of the time!
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Since you mentioned it - you are using System Tuner so I believe you possibly use it's backup feature too? Can it replace Titanium functionality? (and thanks for the tip that System Tuner has freezing too - it's interface has so small fonts that it's completely unusable for me without glasses or magnifying one, but at home it will be usable.
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You can if you paid for it. This is a not a feature in the free version.
And to reply to the previous poster, yes it is the same as pm disable but easier with a GUI.
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When you use "pm disable/enable packagename", you lost the settings...?
I use it too, but when I unfreeze, for example Dropbox, I need to reenter all data in the start session, like first time to use.
Why this happend?
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Since when did we get adds in the notifaction bar [IMG]http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa381/cjward23/CAP201105141720.jpg[/IMG]
Does anyone know what app I might be using that could cause this?
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I believe airpush got in trouble for that...are you using airpush?
That sucks. Im sure its against Google policy.
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Unlock my wifi free version did
LOL Link fail
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Looks like airpush ( http://www.airpush.com/ ). Install any new apps recently? Have any apps that ask for these permissions:
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READ_PHONE_STATE
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
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Of those the boot completed one would stand out the most. One way to try and find out would be to reboot the device and then immediately check what apps are running before doing anything else.
http://www.airpush.com/
What apps do you have installed? When you find the one doing it post the name of it so everyone can report it as malware
I hacked up a simple app that will search for installed apps using airpush: http://kllrnohj.com/android/FindAirpush.apk
(for those so inclined, the is source here: http://kllrnohj.com/android/FindAirpush.zip )
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I hacked up a simple app that will search for installed apps using airpush: http://kllrnohj.com/android/FindAirpush.apk
(for those so inclined, the is source here: http://kllrnohj.com/android/FindAirpush.zip )
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Ok it's an app called "easy filter call and SMS blocker" which had now been removed from my phone.
It does mean I now need to find a new way to block my mum's calls and texts.
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Ok it's an app called "easy filter call and SMS blocker" which had now been removed from my phone.
It does mean I now need to find a new way to block my mum's calls and texts.
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There are tons of call blockers out there, have you tried the root call blocker app? Not sure if it blocks sms as well, but I've heard great things about it. You can always use Handcent or another SMS app and blacklist the numbers you want to block.
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Thank you for this great service.. You've helped me regain my sanity!
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This is a great app that will remove all(i do mean all) the apps installed on your phone,including system apps.Its not free,its only $1.02 but worth every penny.I notice alot of roms do'nt include bloat remover,unless they remove it themselves,there are a couple that offer bloatware removal tool,like MikG 3.0.
Features....
Backup/Restore
Uninstall
Enable/Disable Apps​
View attachment SdxAppRemoval-1.5.apk
this one does the same thing (exactly)
and the price is right 0.0$$
Can I remove all the Carrier IQ stuff with this app? will it cause force closes?
Needed something like this, so will check it out
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Can I remove all the Carrier IQ stuff with this app? will it cause force closes?
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Ciq needs to be also removed from code framework files and specific apks as well. So short answer Is no.
But you can use this to remove some files like the carrieriq app itself. But keep in mind most up to date roms have Ciq removed.
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Ciq needs to be also removed from code framework files and specific apks as well. So short answer Is no.
But you can use this to remove some files like the carrieriq app itself. But keep in mind most up to date roms have Ciq removed.
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Interesting point, Tommy. I mean, if you remove the CIQ apk itself, wouldn't that render all the dependencies useless?
Also, Root Explorer is my System App Remover.
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Interesting point, Tommy. I mean, if you remove the CIQ apk itself, wouldn't that render all the dependencies useless?
Also, Root Explorer is my System App Remover.
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Thats what i would think,either that and FC's.
I'm a developer who distributes free and paid apps on the Play Store, and have recently been seeing accusations that my apps use notification bar advertising.
MY APPS DO NOT USE THIS TRASH AND NEVER WILL.
I actually have avoided advertising altogether, (I'm using the free-lite-version/paid-full-version model).
I want to put some apps on a test phone that actually do use notification bar ads to determine if this is simply random chance or if perhaps these apps are doing more nefarious things like waiting for other APKs to be installed before pushing ads, or waiting until other app-processes are in the foreground before pushing ads. This may be difficult as I believe the push rate is fairly infrequent.
My wild guess is that these apps aren't that evasive, though their design is still to disassociate the advertising from the app that is its source. I imagine they simply delay a week or more before firing the first ad, and probably only do so if the device is asleep.
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Edit: if you do know of any apps that do this, please post links here (on the Play Store or off). I have no idea what apps actually do this, and so far haven't run into any myself.
Thanks for your dedication. I will follow this thread and try to spread the word.
On my Samsung I long press the notification and i can see the app info of the app that actually sent the notification, maybe you can use this to know which apps are messing with yours
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On my Samsung I long press the notification and i can see the app info of the app that actually sent the notification, maybe you can use this to know which apps are messing with yours
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Thanks, but I actually don't have any such apps on my devices at this time...this is all coming from user reviews, so I don't actually know which other apps they have installed that might be firing the push ads.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mjva1/list_of_known_airpush_enabled_infested_apps/)
BTW, I personally have a Tasker profile I enable/disable on need. It just logs all notifications with the notification's title and app, allowing me to detect airpush apps.
EDI: I remember some game kept sending chinese ads to my notification bar, and if I remember correctly, I had it for quite some time before it started doing so.. and it only started doing so after I installed another app. I'm not entirely certain about it as it happened a few months back, but now that you mention it, it might have been the same scenario.
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Hi there. Recently, ads that look like the image above have been popping up insistently on my phone. Every single time i pick it up after an interval, the ad pops up and takes up the whole screen, unless i click "no, thanks" or "Back" or "Home" it won't go away.
I'm getting very frustrated and i have uninstalled about 90% of my apps. I installed cleanmaster to clean my system cache to get rid of any unwanted files and i run it all the time. I've also tried all the ad blockers/detectors on the play store but they cannot detect any sign of malicious software.
Any advice? I would really hate to do a factory reset but i would like to know the cause of the problem, if it's an app. What's the point of having an android if i can't install any apps?!
Any ideas on how i can get to the root of the problem? It's frustrating as f***.
what happens if you press the recents button? does it show any app or just not respond?
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what happens if you press the recents button? does it show any app or just not respond?
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It opens a webpage. One of those annoying "contest" websites where you are asked to do quizzes or enter your number to win a prize.
Hi,
clpw said:
I'm getting very frustrated and i have uninstalled about 90% of my apps.
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And what about the other 10%? Check all your apps...
Have you rebooted after uninstalled the others?
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What's the point of having an android if i can't install any apps?!
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Hum... It's on your side, not Android... You obviously downloaded something...
It's an app for sure, but we cant help you unless you show us the list of your remaining apps.
When you find it, just uninstall it. No need to clear cash or anything, it wont make a difference anyway. And if you got it from google play, you should report it since it is against their guidelines. https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2479847?hl=en
If it is not from the play store e.g. some pirate app, I dont feel sorry for you... If it's a legitimate app from outside the playstore you should raise your concern with the developer.
This is pretty messed up. On airplane mode. Running greenify.
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This is pretty messed up. On airplane mode. Running greenify.
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Yet your battery still looks to be very close to full (actually, it looks like it's full). 85.7% of jack squat is jack squat.
Point is it kept it awake the entire time I was in a movie with the phone on airplane mode.
Always in search for app updates!
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Always in search for app updates!
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Definitely needs to be an easier way to stop it.
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Definitely needs to be an easier way to stop it.
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can't just ''Force close at application list ? '' I've tried that one and my task manager did not saw it or just try to find some app blocker when airplane is for special profiles/modes etc. Did not get in deep enough to just understand but mostly as he said ''Finding all time updates'' when i do not use it, i just disable google updates and when i need then just simply enable them.
Hope this could help you !
Fyi - Maybe Some task killlers may do this the same while blacklisting them
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can't just ''Force close at application list ? '' I've tried that one and my task manager did not saw it or just try to find some app blocker when airplane is for special profiles/modes etc. Did not get in deep enough to just understand but mostly as he said ''Finding all time updates'' when i do not use it, i just disable google updates and when i need then just simply enable them.
Hope this could help you !
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just freeze it. you can use several apps to freeze google play and google play services. as for me my favorites are Link2SD and LuckyPatcher. everytime you have to go to the movies just quickly freeze it (and reboot if want to make sure).