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[Q] Lost phone app that can hide itself?

Is there any apps that are like "wheres my droid" but able to hide themselves from the UI "i would assume its not possible to hide it 100%" since other tools can see the process. but like just to hide it from the average user?

You could run another launcher and hide it from the app drawer that way. I'd say most people around here customize their launchers anyway.
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decent start, how would one go about hiding it from the built in uninstaller? if this is possible. the main concern is someone uninstalling it. the average user would just use the default installer/launcher hiding from those 2 specific thing would ensure a much higher success rate of recovery.

seekdroid, you can hide it from the website, after a reboot, it's gone, other than under uninstall. But it takes a couple steps to uninstall it.

thanks ill check it out.

works flawlessly and exactly what i needed. i sent a request asking for the hide feature to relabel the APK with a new icon and rename the process. that would ensure true stealth if the phone enters the wrong hands unless they perform a complete wipe.

Avast anti virus has the feature your looking for. Anti theft that hides itself. Its free in the play store.
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[Q] More than one launchers installed: Is it ok?

I already have Appex and Go Launcher installed. Appex opens with my phone. I also like Go Launcher and would like to test some other launchers like Nova. I was wondering what happens with the launchers that are not open. Do they or any of their services run in the background ? Do they anyway affect battery or cpu performance? Is it wise to have three or four of them installed?
Any opinion on the matter would be much appreciated...

they needa Little bit resource,but no worth worrying about. ithink.
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Every launcher has notifications and sometimes the automatic updates could be set as default. So keep that in mind when you don't use a launcher, it should never show in the running app list. What I do to make sure, I freeze the app. Of course, you need to be rooted for that.
hope this helps
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Will Google features work with another launcher?

Thinking of installing Nova launcher when my phone ships, but was wondering if features like "OK Google.." and searching online for numbers within the phone app would still work?
Also, has anyone with a Nexus 5 found a way to hide apps in the app drawer you don't want there, or at least make a folder? I really want to use the stock launcher, and it baffles me Google leaves out basic functionality to sort and organize your apps... if anyone found a way please let me know, or if root can fix this somehow. Thanks.

You'd have to wait for Kevin to put similar features if he decides to assuming he can mimic the new launcher. I think the new launcher is closed source.. maybe we'll get a kernel soon with always listening
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For hiding the apps part if you want to hide one of the stock apps you can simply disable it in the settings? (Settings > apps)
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Looking for app to keep other apps from being killed

Hi All,
Most people are looking for apps to kill other apps when they are running - I'm actually looking for the opposite. Phone keeps killing apps to free up some RAM here and there, and some of the apps to not restart themselves. Are there any good apps out there that can be used to monitor specific apps and restart them if they are killed by the system?
Thanks!

LifeAsADroid said:
Hi All,
Most people are looking for apps to kill other apps when they are running - I'm actually looking for the opposite. Phone keeps killing apps to free up some RAM here and there, and some of the apps to not restart themselves. Are there any good apps out there that can be used to monitor specific apps and restart them if they are killed by the system?
Thanks!
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Thanks, I'll check it out.

Or Xposed plus the app settings module. You can force apps to stay in memory so they won't be killed.
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MikeRL100 said:
Or Xposed plus the app settings module. You can force apps to stay in memory so they won't be killed.
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That's perfect, I already have Xposed and the App Settings module. Thanks a ton! Would this be the "insistent notification" option?

Nope. The resident checkbox is what you want. http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/mod-app-settings-v1-7-1-2013-12-15-t2437377
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Hmm, that actually makes a lot more sense. Thanks again for the help!

No problem.
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I'm not sure about Rom Toolbox Lite but the Pro version lets you add apps to the exclude list for task manager so those apps don't get killed.

famewolf said:
I'm not sure about Rom Toolbox Lite but the Pro version lets you add apps to the exclude list for task manager so those apps don't get killed.
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Thanks, I think I have the pro of that app purchased from a while ago. Will give that one a try as well.

[How to] Free more ram on samsung galaxy devices

Hi guys
Having a gb of ram and almost 3/4th ofbthat is always filled.
Your device can play asphalt 8 but you cant due to low fre ram.
Samsung galaxy devics provide a lots of junk apps.
You can free ram in many ways.
1 - DISABLING APPS
you can go to settings - application manager - all apps. Now you can tap on app which you dont want to run and disable it.
This will give you 10 mb of free ram per app disabled.
2 - REMOVING JUNK SYSTEM APPS
if you have a rooted device. You can always remove apps which you can only disable when you are not rooted. For this open es file manager and slide your fingure fron left edge to center. A menu will open in that menu just head to root menu and tap it on. After that tap on same root menu text. Many options will open choose unstall system apps and uninstall apps you dont use BUT ALWAYS REMEMBER UNSTALL ONLY THOSE APPS WHICH YOU DO NOT USE AND REMOVE THEIR ODEX FILE MAUALLY. ONLY UNSTALL APPS WHICH YOU KNOW WILL NOT EFFECT SYSTEM WORKING. This method always frees ram and internal space also.
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This has always been the advice. But I found that even though I had a lot of junk apps on freeze, my RAM still gets occupied by who-knows-what. I'm beginning to think it's a touchwiz problem
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Replace Touchwiz with Apex or Nova.
Touchwiz launcher uses about 600MB RAM, Apex and Nova only about 60MB.
My Note 3 averages around 700MB in use when Idle.(of 2.71GB free) (And I'm on an old 4.4.2 stock, not even rooted. Just disabled most apps, greenified nearly everything and using Apex. I could probably free up more, but I can't be bothered to root at the moment. XD)
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Actually touchwiz is designed fr devices running more than 1.5 gb of ram. It has its oun benifits. Beautiful shaders and lots of widgets. This is the problem that the touchwiz needs ram which others donot do. Thats why i recomend to replace it with nova.
Nova also gives a lollipop look.
We have to adjest with this only as core 2 never get a official lollipop update
You may refer toy post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3174146
Lollipop for samsung galaxy core 2 duos
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If you are non rooted then dont make your heart shrink.
You can also do a trick.
Install nova launcher and then disable the touchwiz and yohooooo.
You are one
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droid_god said:
If you are non rooted then dont make your heart shrink.
You can also do a trick.
Install nova launcher and then disable the touchwiz and yohooooo.
You are one
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How it's possible to disable TouchWiz? The option isn't enabled on the app manager...

In the home option of settings select nova as default and toychwiz will automatically will be disabled
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