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how to hide application in android uninstall list?

Hi to all,XDA developers !
i'm curious to make app that will not be seen by user in his/her mobile.. that would start on Boot. and will not be visible in android uninstall list as well !!
need help of you guys...
Regards,
Piyush

If you install it in /system/app/
it shouldn't be visible in 3rd party uninstallers.
If you use Settings->Applications->Manage it's still visible.

how to hide it in "If you use Settings->Applications->Manage " ?
any trick ?

Are you trying to write some kind of malware?
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Bateluer said:
Are you trying to write some kind of malware?
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Not that intention ! want to us it for 1app.

This seems pretty shady. I don't see why you would need to hide the application from the user's Application List.
...and you want it to run on boot? Hmm...

malware .. spyware .. **** lol ..

nope... ne idea ?

i got solution.....

How did you manage it?
I have an App which I'm wanting to do the same with (LocatorPro - to find phone if stolen)

piyushnp said:
Hi to all,XDA developers !
i'm curious to make app that will not be seen by user in his/her mobile.. that would start on Boot. and will not be visible in android uninstall list as well !!
need help of you guys...
Regards,
Piyush
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Regardless of what you intended on producing...I don't understand why NOBODY has actually given you a proper answer.
I think you asked a critically smart question...as I am a new member...I joined this forum ONLY because I was looking for the answer to this question.
I am not a developer (even though I would love to learn)... but I need to know how to discreetly add apps.
The Story:
I have installed a spy app on another phone of mine. (SmsBox)
I need to hide that software completley from the list of apps AND from the "Manage Applications" list in the settings.
I want it to run in the background constantly and do what it already does.
IF someone has a solution for me...(or gets an idea on producing a new app with this feature)...please let me know.
(Since I don't know how often I will be visiting this site...Please email me at : [email protected]
Thanks!

I found this thread also looking for some way to hide (maybe disguise and lock) locator apps.
I think it would be really useful to hide anti thieves apps. They're almost useless if anybody can just take a look at the apps list and throw em away.
I've been looking for an app with that feature (among others) with no luck (Watchdroid the closest, but can be removed along its disguise and password protection).
So... any advice?
Thanks

You could write a text-mode application and just compile as a bare executable (not an apk). Just add that to your startup script (does android use init.d?), and it will be invisible to most people. You'll need root, most likely. (might be able to push over adb, then run via shell. Not sure what the permissions are on some things).
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Hello piyushnp,
Would you like share your solution with us?
Thank you!

Hide application
Did you find a way to hide application both uninstall list and 4.0.3 settings..Data usage list?
thnx
zpurpz said:
Regardless of what you intended on producing...I don't understand why NOBODY has actually given you a proper answer.
I think you asked a critically smart question...as I am a new member...I joined this forum ONLY because I was looking for the answer to this question.
I am not a developer (even though I would love to learn)... but I need to know how to discreetly add apps.
The Story:
I have installed a spy app on another phone of mine. (SmsBox)
I need to hide that software completley from the list of apps AND from the "Manage Applications" list in the settings.
I want it to run in the background constantly and do what it already does.
IF someone has a solution for me...(or gets an idea on producing a new app with this feature)...please let me know.
(Since I don't know how often I will be visiting this site...Please email me at : [email protected]
Thanks!
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Avast anti-theft can be hidden from launcher, disguised in settings and survive a factory default wipe on a rooted phone.

[Q] Install 3rd party apps without rooting?

Hey I was wondering if it was possible to put on apps that I download online and install them on my captivate without rooting.
I know other phones have that check box thing to allow the installation of third party apps, but at&t was stupid and took this off.
I just don't want to root in case I return the phone, because rooting voids the warranty...right? Unless there's a way to unroot the phone and not letting at&t know that I rooted it in the first place...
Thanks

nfsplayer99 said:
Hey I was wondering if it was possible to put on apps that I download online and install them on my captivate without rooting.
I know other phones have that check box thing to allow the installation of third party apps, but at&t was stupid and took this off.
I just don't want to root in case I return the phone, because rooting voids the warranty...right? Unless there's a way to unroot the phone and not letting at&t know that I rooted it in the first place...
Thanks
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Download the Android SDK and open the tools directory on terminal or the windows equivalent.
Then if you are on a UNIX based system type:
./adb install [location of .apk]
it should then install (note to make sure that you include a / before the file path
eg: /android/apks/app.apk vs. android/apks/app.apk
on a windows pc type:
adb install [location of .apk]

So you want to know how to pirate apps?

k2snowboards88 said:
So you want to know how to pirate apps?
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I think he means apps that you can't find on the market such as slideme apps

nfsplayer99 said:
Hey I was wondering if it was possible to put on apps that I download online and install them on my captivate without rooting.
I know other phones have that check box thing to allow the installation of third party apps, but at&t was stupid and took this off.
I just don't want to root in case I return the phone, because rooting voids the warranty...right? Unless there's a way to unroot the phone and not letting at&t know that I rooted it in the first place...
Thanks
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Search for the "side load" and you will find a couple for very long threads that give you alternate ways of doing this.

nbs11 said:
I think he means apps that you can't find on the market such as slideme apps
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He mentioned apps he would normally pay for. That made me think he was talking about pirating.

Well you're both kind of correct.
I know how to find the paid apps, it's just that I don't know how to install them. I'm not sure what those slideme apps are, so I'm not talking about that. I just mean apps that are on the market, but I don't want to pay for them.
Maybe sideloading is the answer...I thought that required rooting, but I'll go look into that. I'll look into the Android SDK thing later too, I just have been avoiding that because I was reading about it earlier and it looked long and confusing.
edit: ok so I'm under the impression side loading is for 3rd party apps, ie apps not sold/offered in the android market, which is not what I'm looking for.
Unless of course this method works with paid apps too?

nfsplayer99 said:
Unless of course this method works with paid apps too?
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It does still work with paid apps. I do not know where you find those though.
A word of caution though. Not only is pirating paid apps illegal, it is also just plain wrong. People can argue that pirating music is ok, so I wont go into that. However, applications require hours upon hours of the developers time and effort, so pirating the app is on par with stealing.

nfsplayer99 said:
Well you're both kind of correct.
I know how to find the paid apps, it's just that I don't know how to install them. I'm not sure what those slideme apps are, so I'm not talking about that. I just mean apps that are on the market, but I don't want to pay for them.
Maybe sideloading is the answer...I thought that required rooting, but I'll go look into that. I'll look into the Android SDK thing later too, I just have been avoiding that because I was reading about it earlier and it looked long and confusing.
edit: ok so I'm under the impression side loading is for 3rd party apps, ie apps not sold/offered in the android market, which is not what I'm looking for.
Unless of course this method works with paid apps too?
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-1 for blatent pirating. get outa hur.

systoxity said:
-1 for blatent pirating. get outa hur.
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agreed. its against the rules of XDA and its just wrong

oh...I wasn't aware it was against the rules here...my bad. Well ok, scratch that then. I would edit my previous posts, but there's no point to it now.

@OP:
Correct; we do not permit warez or methods to obtain them.

[Motorola Atrix] unistalling and installing apps

I am new to this thread and rooting phones in general. I know you probably hate dealing with people like us, but you have to start somewhere...
anyways... I have a motorola atrix and i had recently rooted it just to delete the unwanted pre installed apps... and then i "unrooted" it? ... i beleive... i just dont know if unrooting it actually unroots it. well now i just tried to install the new update that came out yesterday, but it fails on installation. i was wondering if that has something to do with the uninstalled apps? if so... that brings me to a second problem. i did back up the apps with titanium before uninstalling. but it wont let me put them back. and i believe that is because the atrix wont let you install 3rd party apps? please correct me if i am wrong?
well i was just wondering if anyone else was having this problem or if any one could help. thanks! and sorry for being a noob

ShaneBaty said:
I am new to this thread and rooting phones in general. I know you probably hate dealing with people like us, but you have to start somewhere...
anyways... I have a motorola atrix and i had recently rooted it just to delete the unwanted pre installed apps... and then i "unrooted" it? ... i beleive... i just dont know if unrooting it actually unroots it. well now i just tried to install the new update that came out yesterday, but it fails on installation. i was wondering if that has something to do with the uninstalled apps? if so... that brings me to a second problem. i did back up the apps with titanium before uninstalling. but it wont let me put them back. and i believe that is because the atrix wont let you install 3rd party apps? please correct me if i am wrong?
well i was just wondering if anyone else was having this problem or if any one could help. thanks! and sorry for being a noob
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I just hate it when people use USELESS thread titles...
How is "UH OH" better than "[Motorola Atrix] Root & Installing/Deleting Apps"...
Use the edit button and change it so other people with the same problem can actually find this thread.
To know if you have root or not there is actually a free app on the market to check this and tell you if you are rooted or not.
Depending on the apps you uninstalled, yes this failed update could be caused by this.
If you can provide the names of the apps you uninstalled i might be able to tell you more.
Installing third party apps can be turned on at Settings/Applications.
Depending where the app was, Titanium Backup might need root to put it there.
You don't have to be sorry for being a noob, just use a good thread title so people know with a look at the title, if they can help or not, and provide as much information in the post as you can, to help people help you .
Not everyone looks into every thread, most if they don't have to spare alot of time (skilled people usually don't have too much free time ), just take a look at the thread titles and decide if they look in it or not.

The apps i deleted were...
Talk 1.3
Help center 2.2.1
Task Manager 9.0 (performance manager)
Home screen tips 2.2.1
Yes you are correct, phone does have to be rooted to put the apps back. It actually has to be rooted just to run titanium. I did Reroot it and try putting them back, but when i do the restore with titanium, its puts all apps back to their setting at the time of the back up, but the missing apps dont install (basically everything on the restore works but the apps i deleted)
i do get the warning when opening titanium saying i will not beable to restore apps with my current settings on my phone and to do what you said (settings> applications>) but from what iv found. it seems the atrix does not have this option.
if you need any more info please let me know. i just want this update because it is supposed to fix a few bugs.
Thanks!

I got it taken care of.
thanks!

Can I load my game after rooting?

Well I think it can by copying the game file or something else... but I didn't manage to find the folder where the apps installed. (The game use internal memory and can't be moved to external)
If anyone wants to check the game,its caligo chaser, which is a paid game, so use the cracked one...
Sory for this kinda dumb question... I have search it by myself and no hint
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you can re-install any app after you have completed the root process. rooting your phone really just means to gain root access thus allowing you to do things not normally possible. it wouldn't interfere with installing a app or anything like that.
i would suggest appmonster or appmonster pro because it will make a backup of every apk (app file) you install. also i wouldn't suggest you tell people on this site to use the hacked version because XDA has a very strict policy against warez.

Oh ok thx for the suggest and the advice
I think it's wise to make the reader understood 'bout the problem i'm facing by providing the step2step way until the condition same like i am now :\
By the way ok then. I'll be sure tp thx you and delete this post as soon as I open my computer
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Apps not allowed on root?

Recently tried installing 9 innings baseball and upon startup of the app it prompted me that "Device is Rooted, Please try again when Unrooted". First, is this legal? Second, is there a way to get around this? Third, How does this app even detect my root?
I'd love to play this game as I heard good things about it!
Thanks in Advance!

fadac said:
Recently tried installing 9 innings baseball and upon startup of the app it prompted me that "Device is Rooted, Please try again when Unrooted". First, is this legal? Second, is there a way to get around this? Third, How does this app even detect my root?
I'd love to play this game as I heard good things about it!
Thanks in Advance!
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been looking for a good baseball app - but I guess I cannot use it now. found this forum though - might have better luck there:
http://global.com2us.com/forum/showthread.php?p=424792

Why would it not be legal? Note, this is the not the same question as whether or not it's the right thing to do. They can stop anyone they want from playing, it's their right. Apps typically block root when they used some type of shared scoring or leaderboard system that is susceptible to client-side hacking. It's a cheap workaround to prevent rooted players from playing rather than having to actually make their app secure.
As for how, a quick Google search turned up this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1101380/determine-if-running-on-a-rooted-device
That's a very simplistic way to check, and even it would be difficult to hide from. I've no doubt companies that are doing this as an anti-hacking measure are doing things more complex than this.

Yea I did a google search too and nothing seemed to help. I tried the temp unroot but that doesn't work. Was wondering if the XDA community knew some better way as I didn't find anything on the forums.
Legality side of it, Yea I suppose your right. But it's like saying I can't install WinAMP on Windows because I changed some registry files. Companies should defiantly not use rooting as an "anti-hacking" tool against their app. Either way they got a bad review because of it, hopefully they will take it into consideration and fix it.
It's the first time I've ever heard of an app not allowed because of root, is that a common thing?

Not really common, per se, but I've heard of it on a couple of other games. It's almost universally games that are susceptible to some type of client side hacking. There are some other apps that will do more specific things, like block you if you try to run an ad blocker, but very few will outright stop you for only rooting.

fadac said:
Yea I did a google search too and nothing seemed to help. I tried the temp unroot but that doesn't work. Was wondering if the XDA community knew some better way as I didn't find anything on the forums.
Legality side of it, Yea I suppose your right. But it's like saying I can't install WinAMP on Windows because I changed some registry files. Companies should defiantly not use rooting as an "anti-hacking" tool against their app. Either way they got a bad review because of it, hopefully they will take it into consideration and fix it.
It's the first time I've ever heard of an app not allowed because of root, is that a common thing?
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User SuperSU then click enable root . The game will run after that .
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AgentFour20 said:
User SuperSU then click enable root . The game will run after that .
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Hey it WORKED!
What I had to do:
1) Installed SuperSU
2) Went to Settings>Apps>Manage Apps>All and Force Stopped Superuser
3) Opened SuperSU, Settings, and unchecked Enable Superuser.
This app must use the 3rd method listed on shrike1978's link where it checks for su binary. Thankfully because the other two checking methods would be impossible to get around without unrooting. (I'm sure it's not impossible, but more work than I care to do)
Thanks for the help AgentFour20

No problem . Just hit the thanks button , that would be greatly
appreciated .
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