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[APP][5.0+] CCSWE App Manager (Root/Samsung) - Honest alternative to PDP

[APP][5.0+] CCSWE App Manager (Root/Samsung)
CCSWE App Manager was designed for users who want disable applications and packages to improve performance. It also allows you to hide icons for applications they do not use without uninstalling the entire application. You can also hide icons for stock system applications which will allow you to continue to receive system updates while saving space in your application drawer.
★★ NOTE: You must have a stock Samsung device in order to use CCSWE App Manager (Samsung) ★★
★★ NOTE: You must have root access in order to use CCSWE App Manager (Root) ★★
Contact [email protected] if you have any issues. We are more than happy to offer any help we can but cannot do anything if you simply give us a low rating instead of contacting us.
★★ Features ★★
★ Clear data for any application
★ Disable services and receivers
★ Export and import package lists
★ Hide (disable) application icons without uninstalling the application
★ Home screen widget
★ Favorites list
★ Freeze (disable) applications
★ Password protection
★ Uninstall applications

Wow, thanks for this.
I think i managed to remove like 5 or 6 useless icons from my app drawer
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note using XDA Premium app

Really works and it does so fast, clean and easy. I think it's the only app available on the Play Store that actually does this WITHOUT breaking the apps.
GREAT JOB!
Wish the UI was cleaner, based on ICS design elements.
Thanks!
(Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4)

Works great. Just one thing, when I tried to hide SIM Toolkit, it makes my phone lose the signal n when it got the signal back, SIM Toolkit appear again on my app drawer.

nice
Thanx this a great work...
I'm use for hide all in unused icons.
I'm use a miui launcher a this put any icons in home this unused icons take a one more page of laucher...
This app need to go to front page of XDA....
Sent from my MB525 using XDA

Thanks for all the positive feedback. Next releases will be focused on making it easier to use (filters and status indicators).

Only navigation from maps is going back after reboot.
Btw good work.
Thanks
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2

Guess I must be doing something wrong...?
Great idea, this app!
However, I don't get the option to "hide" a particular item...
All it offers for me - when long-pressing an app - is "Clear data", "Freeze" or "Uninstall"...
What am I doing wrong/missing?

androidarmin said:
Great idea, this app!
However, I don't get the option to "hide" a particular item...
All it offers for me - when long-pressing an app - is "Clear data", "Freeze" or "Uninstall"...
What am I doing wrong/missing?
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The freeze option would allow you to hide all icons and completely disable an app but this probably isn't what you want...
Short press the app to transition into the "Details" view at which point you'll see a list of icons associated with the application. Short press the icons you want to show/hide to check them and then click the "Show/Hide Icon(s)" button to process the operation.
After hiding/showing icons some launchers will require you to reboot before they actually show/hide.

I've installed it and when I run it, It asks for root permissions, which I click allow, but then the app just sits there with the spinning circle and "Asking for root permissions" It's been like that for about 10min so I think it's stuck
On a Sony Xperia Arc, rooted gingerbread 2.3.4
Anything I can try?

mr_exit said:
Anything I can try?
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You should try installing BusyBox. See if that helps.

mr_exit said:
I've installed it and when I run it, It asks for root permissions, which I click allow, but then the app just sits there with the spinning circle and "Asking for root permissions" It's been like that for about 10min so I think it's stuck
On a Sony Xperia Arc, rooted gingerbread 2.3.4
Anything I can try?
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Haven't seen/heard of this before. My first suggestion would be to exit out and retry. If that doesn't work you can PM me here or email [email protected] (better option since it dings my phone ) and I'll try and help you resolve it.

Awesome app!
machx0r said:
Short press the app to transition into the "Details" view at which point you'll see a list of icons associated with the application. Short press the icons you want to show/hide to check them and then click the "Show/Hide Icon(s)" button to process the operation.
After hiding/showing icons some launchers will require you to reboot before they actually show/hide.
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I knew it... This app is AWESOME!!!
Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction, machx0r!
Love the app, and it works exactly as described.
Will get the $$ version for sure...
Thanks, man!

mr_exit said:
I've installed it and when I run it, It asks for root permissions, which I click allow, but then the app just sits there with the spinning circle and "Asking for root permissions" It's been like that for about 10min so I think it's stuck
On a Sony Xperia Arc, rooted gingerbread 2.3.4
Anything I can try?
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I had the same problem here. I restartet the Device and it works now.

this is awesome, i've been looking for something like this since ditching non-stock launchers. Question, will uninstalling undo anything I hid? or do i need to do this before uninstalling to prevent apps from permanently being hidden? I also noticed that hiding the icons this way prevents them from showing up when searching on the Evo.

jonathan.strunk said:
Question, will uninstalling undo anything I hid? or do i need to do this before uninstalling to prevent apps from permanently being hidden?
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This application modifies system settings to hide the icons or freeze applications. They will continue to be hidden/frozen after uninstalling so you should unhide them first or reinstall the application when you need to restore them.

I installed this because it sounded like it would hide the icons but still let me use the apps. I spent about 10 minutes going through my apps and hiding them.
I hid my Apex launcher and after I exited the app the system freaked the **** out going to a few other apps and then finally the default CM9 launcher when I hit the home key.
Also it doesn't highlight everything I check to be hidden in blue. So I had to go through and unhide everything just to be safe, taking another 10 minutes to sort through my app list trying to remember what I ticked off. Around 500 apps, not fun.

Scary Guy said:
I installed this because it sounded like it would hide the icons but still let me use the apps.
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Technically it disables the Activity associated with the icon which does in fact make it unusable while hidden. Beyond a launcher with the capability to hide icons this is the only way to do it.
Scary Guy said:
I hid my Apex launcher and after I exited the app the system freaked the **** out going to a few other apps and then finally the default CM9 launcher when I hit the home key.
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For most launchers this would be fine as separate Activities are created for the "Settings" and "Launcher" functionalities. Unfortunately this is not the case with Apex launcher and I sent them an email a while back suggesting a change.
In general care should be taken while hiding launchers and system apps (titles in red). Maybe I should do something more than just the red text to indicate caution should be taken. Maybe a warning prompt with an option to disable it for those that like to live dangerously ;-)
Scary Guy said:
Also it doesn't highlight everything I check to be hidden in blue. So I had to go through and unhide everything just to be safe, taking another 10 minutes to sort through my app list trying to remember what I ticked off. Around 500 apps, not fun.
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Hmm I haven't heard of this issue but will definitely look into it. The Activities (icon rows) are not cached and are loaded when you enter the details screen so they should represent the current state (ie: blue = hidden).
In the next few days I'll be putting out an updated release that will contain filtering which would have made it easier to locate what you hid. Sorry for your troubles.

Just uploaded version 1.0.5. Only change is to filter Apex Launcher from the list of available applications since it doesn't like being hidden. As always shoot me an email at [email protected] and I'll be more than happy to help.

I assume that pretty much any launcher is going to react the same way if it's the active launcher and you're hiding it.
Anyway thanks for the quick response.

Best Apps for Root

Can we start a best apps for root thread?
I have to say I think AirAudio is one of the best apps to take advantage of root imo.

My top root apps (in no particular order) are:
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
Greenify (donation package)
Xposed Installer
Various Xposed modules
Wanam Xposed
Safestrap

There is so many apps bro. Good idea by the way. It'll help so many people to pick apps that might be helpful and they don't know about them. For me I like what @Face_Plant mentioned plus font installer ☆root☆.
I'll post more if I run into some new ones.
sent from my?3

K-Alzwayed said:
There is so many apps bro. Good idea by the way. It'll help so many people to pick apps that might be helpful and they don't know about them. For me I like what @Face_Plant mentioned plus font installer ☆root☆.
I'll post more if I run into some new ones.
sent from my?3
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I thought about asking this... its been since my captivate since I had root on my cell. I used international, Europe and Orange OS on my Xperia T so it was tolerable. So far my tablet has xposed on it but I havent had time to mess with it.
Def using:
Titanium Backup for manual deploating and freezing.
Solid Explorer for editing and moving things around.

Great Thread!!! A nice "One Stop Shop" for all ROOT Apps!!
I use (some free, some paid):
AdFree
Titanium Backup
ESFileExplorer(Root explorer)
NextApp SDFix (for root access to sdcard after 4.4.2 "broke" it)
SuperSU
Market Helper
JRummy ROM Toolbox Pro

Moved to Themes and Apps.

Root explorer
Adfree
Titanium backup
Xposed
Modules:
Winam xposed
Statusbarvolume
Activityforcenewtask
Crappalink
Disable clear defaults dialogs
Greenify
Smooth system progress bar
Statusbar scroll to top
YouTube adaway
Thats my MUST BE IN MY ROM root apps
Sent from my SM-N900A using Tapatalk

thanks guys, def getting some great ideas to try out!
Does anyone know how I can remove the keyboard icon in the statusbar whenever I have my beyboard pulled up?

earhog said:
thanks guys, def getting some great ideas to try out!
Does anyone know how I can remove the keyboard icon in the statusbar whenever I have my beyboard pulled up?
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you need wanam xposed the go to notification settings>notifications>hide input method switcher and put a check on it then restart
Sent from my SM-N900A using Tapatalk

Titanium
Solid Explorer(The Best root Explorer App, My OP)
Those are the most important Root Apps i have.

the2rrell said:
Titanium
Solid Explorer(The Best root Explorer App, My OP)
Those are the most important Root Apps i have.
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Those are the only two programs I have ever used on my phone and bought premium instantly.
SOLID explorer is just a nice file explorer to use even without root. Either use it double screen mode or just flipping from folder to folder by swiping.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Free mobile app

Didn't see Viper4Android FX...

Face_Plant said:
My top root apps (in no particular order) are:
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
Greenify (donation package)
Xposed Installer
Various Xposed modules
Wanam Xposed
Safestrap
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What are you greenifying. Debating whether or not to use it. Are you seeing any difference?
Note 3 Rooted

Krunk83 said:
What are you greenifying. Debating whether or not to use it. Are you seeing any difference?
Note 3 Rooted
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Greenify is definitely worth it. I just use the free one and for sure a must have
Sent from my Fired-up Note3

Krunk83 said:
What are you greenifying. Debating whether or not to use it. Are you seeing any difference?
Note 3 Rooted
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I Greenify all of my downloaded apps plus a few system apps like the calculator, calendar, some of the S Pen stuff, etc. If you do decide to Greenify system apps, make sure you are 100% sure of what it is and what it does. Also, if you value Action Memo, don't Greenify it. It took me almost 3 days to figure out why Action Memo wasn't working when I tried to launch it from Air Command and it was because I Greenified it...
The donation package has a feature where GCM push notifications will wake up hibernated apps like Facebook, Tapatalk, Gmail, etc and will allow hibernated weather apps to auto update at their regular intervals. This makes the paid version worth it for me. It is a bit buggy though and doesn't always work.

Face_Plant said:
I Greenify all of my downloaded apps plus a few system apps like the calculator, calendar, some of the S Pen stuff, etc. If you do decide to Greenify system apps, make sure you are 100% sure of what it is and what it does. Also, if you value Action Memo, don't Greenify it. It took me almost 3 days to figure out why Action Memo wasn't working when I tried to launch it from Air Command and it was because I Greenified it...
The donation package has a feature where GCM push notifications will wake up hibernated apps like Facebook, Tapatalk, Gmail, etc and will allow hibernated weather apps to auto update at their regular intervals. This makes the paid version worth it for me. It is a bit buggy though and doesn't always work.
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Dang that's a lot of apps! Thanks for the info I'll try this.
Note 3 Rooted

Are this apps for att note 3? I have it rooted but I don't know if this are good to it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Is xposed installer stable? Why does it give me a warning that I might get my cellphone brick? Running kitkat rooted with geohot method on note 3 att. Pls reply.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Xposed installer is perfectly stable. I've never had any trouble with it. They put that warning up to CTA.

Are u running the same thing as iam. Geohot towelroot on a at&t kitkat 4.4.2? Pls reply I already downloaded the xposed on appstore then it warned me that it might brick my phone when I started to install it. I canceled it LoL
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[Q] hide apps on stock?

Hello everyone,
My friend has a T-Mobile One S that is completely stock and unrooted.
I was wondering if there is a way to be able to hide applications from the app drawer without rooting the device.
Does anyone know a way of doing this with the default launcher?
I have looked at a few apps in the play store and couldn't find anything.
Any help you can give would be appreciated.
Thank you.

As far as I know this is not possible without using Xposed modules or third party apps and both requires root. An alternative is to use a different Launcher that has the "hide app" option included but that might not be desired
Sent from nowhere over the air...

[Q] Should I root?

Hi all,
I just got my Dutch Ascend Mate MT7-L09 in moonlight silver, and so far, I really like it!
Now I am wondering: should I root it?
I rooted my old phone, a gnex, because it missed the kitkat boat. I used different launchers and even used the Paranoid Android ROM for a while. But since I can get Google Now Launcher working, the only reason I found so far to root my Mate 7 is to change the grid size. And I miss google contacts.
Did you root your mate 7, and why did you? What are the benefits? Can you remove all huawei bloatware? Is it better for battery life?

If you are well satisfied with HAM7 currently then there is no reason for you to root. Otherwise just root ur Ham
Also, rooting will also give you the inability to receive official updates from Huawei later.
I also wont say that it will drastically improve your battery life since rooting wont touch anything unless youre giving it the authority to (i.e. Using apps like Greenify can improve ur battery life since it will hilbernate chosen apps)

DEFO Root ... u can uninstall unnecessary stock apps install third party apps .. etc ..

Unless there is a custom rom for this phone, there is no sense in rooting.

vince_junior said:
Unless there is a custom rom for this phone, there is no sense in rooting.
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Why u saying useless
of course it is good ..
so many apps still running in background and drains batt. rooting to install ad-away to remove annoying banners ! installing exposed fram. to add useful apps .. for modding build.prop or local.prop .. and many more. .how can u say it is useless.. I would say what is useless is just CWM or TWRP .. as this needs for installing custom ROMs ...
I always when I root and I have all done I then go flash stock recovery back.. bcos when OTA update pops up I can quickly update..

Thank you for your reply. At the moment I will not be rooting, because I just don't understand too much about it. I want to be able to get the ota updates, and would not like to lose any warranties. But I will be missing some apps and functions

dekraan said:
Thank you for your reply. At the moment I will not be rooting, because I just don't understand too much about it. I want to be able to get the ota updates, and would not like to lose any warranties. But I will be missing some apps and functions
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You won't loose warranty.. it is not HW modofy.. it is SW modify which can be put back to origin state..

For sure. I rooted my Mate 7 and flashed rom on the next day after I bought it. I do it for all the Android phones I have ever had.

Rooting Titanium bu
dekraan said:
Hi all,
I just got my Dutch Ascend Mate MT7-L09 in moonlight silver, and so far, I really like it!
Now I am wondering: should I root it?
I rooted my old phone, a gnex, because it missed the kitkat boat. I used different launchers and even used the Paranoid Android ROM for a while. But since I can get Google Now Launcher working, the only reason I found so far to root my Mate 7 is to change the grid size. And I miss google contacts.
Did you root your mate 7, and why did you? What are the benefits? Can you remove all huawei bloatware? Is it better for battery life?
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The principle reason that I rooted my old Samsung was to use Titanium Backup in order to backup my phone. Plus it allows one to freeze apps, restore older versions of apps that actually work, if you downloaded a new version that has problem. With my old Samsung S plus there was no problem with loosing anything after rooting. It saved me more than once. Yet, for the Huawei, everyone seems to report that they have lost some function. I will root my Mate 7 if I can be certain it won't screw it up on some way.

I rooted my phone the second day I bought it. Main reason for me was the DPI that was set on 480 (everything is sooo big on your screen!). I find this impossible to work with and with root I changed it to 380. Geloof me, dit werkt veel prettiger!
Besides that I could also remove some of the Huawei apps that I never use.

Can some one explain to me for an idiot that has never rooted before how to root the mate 7? All I want is to have super permission in my phone so I can for instance get enter privacy control of which apps that I accept Internet access.
Is there any simple way to root my phone in a way that the phone appears 100 procent as an non rooted official mate 7 phone? And I want for instance the Huawei backup program to work with the computer.
How does it work when I install any future updates?
Will I need to Unroot the device?
I am. A computer Geek but I am a real idiot when it comes to Android rooting since
I have or dared to do it before.

blackinfinity said:
Can some one explain to me for an idiot that has never rooted before how to root the mate 7? All I want is to have super permission in my phone so I can for instance get enter privacy control of which apps that I accept Internet access.
Is there any simple way to root my phone in a way that the phone appears 100 procent as an non rooted official mate 7 phone? And I want for instance the Huawei backup program to work with the computer.
How does it work when I install any future updates?
Will I need to Unroot the device?
I am. A computer Geek but I am a real idiot when it comes to Android rooting since
I have or dared to do it before.
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I can understand your concerns but there is only one way in the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2941525
If you are computer geek then it should be much easier for you as everything is done from computer... ? ? ?
If you want OTA updates, then you have to install the original recovery of your version (in case you want to install cwm recovery) plus you may need to unroot.
You can't hide root but you can unroot. Hope it help.
Sent from my Coolpad 9976A using Tapatalk

DGNL said:
I rooted my phone the second day I bought it. Main reason for me was the DPI that was set on 480 (everything is sooo big on your screen!). I find this impossible to work with and with root I changed it to 380. Geloof me, dit werkt veel prettiger!
Besides that I could also remove some of the Huawei apps that I never use.
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Hmmm that could be a great reason to root! Can you post a screenshot, preferably with google launcher? And what did you use to change the DPI? Ik ben erg benieuwd!

I've added 4 screenshots from my rooted Mate 7 with Nova Launcher. DPI is set at 380.
Ik hoop dat dit een goed beeld geeft.

I just got the ham7 and am using Nova launcher. You can set the app drawer for rows and column to 6 X 5etc. So they will look smaller. Basically the same as rooting. Per se...

Hi all,
what I finally did was edit the build.prop to set my dpi to 320. I like it this way! Then I used Xposed module 'App Settings' to adjust the system-UI dpi back to 480, like mentioned here earlier to get the nav buttons back in centre. Finally I used Xposed Module Dimensions Editor to change the status bar height and status bar icon size, because my browser and other apps started to overlap my status bar at the top. All looks great now, just the way I like it

If all you want is a different grid size just install a custom launcher. I have used both Nova and Apex and would recommend either. I think you will be stuck with the Huawei contacts though unless you can find an alternative you like at the Play Store.

I NEED to root regardless of what phone I'm using because i can't use another phone without the Tasker app.

dekraan said:
Hi all,
what I finally did was edit the build.prop to set my dpi to 320. I like it this way! Then I used Xposed module 'App Settings' to adjust the system-UI dpi back to 480, like mentioned here earlier to get the nav buttons back in centre. Finally I used Xposed Module Dimensions Editor to change the status bar height and status bar icon size, because my browser and other apps started to overlap my status bar at the top. All looks great now, just the way I like it
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Bro, what version of xposed and dimension editor did you use?
Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-TL10

Easy Computer said:
Bro, what version of xposed and dimension editor did you use?
Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-TL10
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Got Xposed version 2.5.1 and dimension editor 1.1, working like a charm!

How to find hidden apps

I need help from some serious power users/hackers to find out how my girlfriend is hiding apps on her (unrooted) GS6. I'm a medium-advanced Android user, but this is some good stuff. I know that it may have to do with the notification shade, as she constantly checks it to see if there is anything new, but she has somehow (not through normal OS) disabled chimes and icons in notification bar. I believe that she may have "vaulted" apps, but can't find anything conspicuous in the app manager (even when displaying system files). I believe she can basically hide or "ghost" any app so that it doesn't appear in recent app list, app drawer, or app manager. Is anyone aware of such apps?
One thing I noticed that seems a bit different is in her notification access menu (settings/lock screen and security/other security settings/notification access) there is an entry called "Notification" that I don't normally see.
I'm wondering if maybe it's a dual-boot setup where she can choose which apps to hide from the normal boot via a rooted "clone" boot of the OS? Or maybe an easy way/shortcut to root, then hide apps, then unroot?
Any other ideas?
Oh, also: No custom launcher in use from what I can tell; stock Touch-Wiz only.

Ryezen said:
I need help from some serious power users/hackers to find out how my girlfriend is hiding apps on her (unrooted) GS6. I'm a medium-advanced Android user, but this is some good stuff. I know that it may have to do with the notification shade, as she constantly checks it to see if there is anything new, but she has somehow (not through normal OS) disabled chimes and icons in notification bar. I believe that she may have "vaulted" apps, but can't find anything conspicuous in the app manager (even when displaying system files). I believe she can basically hide or "ghost" any app so that it doesn't appear in recent app list, app drawer, or app manager. Is anyone aware of such apps?
One thing I noticed that seems a bit different is in her notification access menu (settings/lock screen and security/other security settings/notification access) there is an entry called "Notification" that I don't normally see.
I'm wondering if maybe it's a dual-boot setup where she can choose which apps to hide from the normal boot via a rooted "clone" boot of the OS? Or maybe an easy way/shortcut to root, then hide apps, then unroot?
Any other ideas?
Oh, also: No custom launcher in use from what I can tell; stock Touch-Wiz only.
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Not really sure this is something you should be helping you with, spying on someone isn't the sort of thing we condone at xda
Regards
Sawdoctor