My phone is not rooted. Its only a week old so I'd like to avoid rooting for a while due to warranty.
I want to remove a few apps that came pre-installed on my phone like "Hangouts" but every time that I remove them, they reinstall automatically a while later.
How do I permanently uninstall the apps so that they remain uninstalled?
Byte_76 said:
My phone is not rooted. Its only a week old so I'd like to avoid rooting for a while due to warranty.
I want to remove a few apps that came pre-installed on my phone like "Hangouts" but every time that I remove them, they reinstall automatically a while later.
How do I permanently uninstall the apps so that they remain uninstalled?
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Uninstall them, disable them, and turn off automatic updating for that app in the play store beforehand.
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I have an issue uninstalling apps. Sensation stock ics rom, not rooted, apps installed from market, everything regular. When I go to uninstall an app, it takes forever, the phone uninstalls it for 5-10 minutes and, if it comes to end, it says uninstall not successful although the app is actually uninstalled. Sometimes it is not uninstalled and I have to repeat the uninstalling. I consider it a bit strange, I also have an xperia that uninstalls the app in seconds...ana ideas or similar experiences?
clear data of play store (settings ->apps ) ...add your account again then see
It pops up every time I restart the phone
How do we make it stop?
So annoying!
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i accidentally let it install but after it installed the bloat I was able to uninstall all the apps without even being rooted. it doesn't store them as system apps. only one it wouldnt let me uninstall was sprint zone which may have already been on the phone to begin with
pizzlewizzle said:
i accidentally let it install but after it installed the bloat I was able to uninstall all the apps without even being rooted. it doesn't store them as system apps. only one it wouldnt let me uninstall was sprint zone which may have already been on the phone to begin with
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i dont care about uninstalling the apps...i just can't handle how it resets your home screen layout
eyecon82 said:
i dont care about uninstalling the apps...i just can't handle how it resets your home screen layout
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ah i gotcha...i use Apex launcher so all it was for me was clearing home default and re-selecting Apex...can you long press the popup in your notification bar->app info-> then disable notifications/ force stop? if not and you are rooted maybe you could freeze it in titanium backup.
And can I disable/remove it without removing features?
(who is your daddy and what does he do?)
Joe0113 said:
And can I disable/remove it without removing features?
(who is your daddy and what does he do?)
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Love the clip. It's an update service for the factory Samsung apps that aren't available in the play store (S Voice, S Calender, S memo, messaging, any of the Samsung apps). Prior to this there wasn't a reliable way of updating those apps without having Samsung Apps installed (Even now its not reliable). Now with this "Push" service updated Samsung will be able to push OTA updates to those apps if needed. Disabling/uninstall is the way to go since no real purpose (unless you use samsung play store and want push notifications). Other than that, its a wakelock for our device.
RevelationOmega said:
Love the clip. It's an update service for the factory Samsung apps that aren't available in the play store (S Voice, S Calender, S memo, messaging, any of the Samsung apps). Prior to this there wasn't a reliable way of updating those apps without having Samsung Apps installed (Even now its not reliable). Now with this "Push" service updated Samsung will be able to push OTA updates to those apps if needed. Disabling/uninstall is the way to go since no real purpose (unless you use samsung play store and want push notifications). Other than that, its a wakelock for our device.
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Aaaaand it's gone. Thanks man!
Joe0113 said:
Aaaaand it's gone. Thanks man!
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Anytime haha.
How do you guys get that nonsense to go away completely? I have uninstalled it 3 times and after every reboot it comes back. I disabled automatic updating, but I can't figure out how to remove it altogether. It shows up in the store as an update, so it isn't really gone. I looked in root/system/apps but didn't see it.
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How do you guys get that nonsense to go away completely? I have uninstalled it 3 times and after every reboot it comes back. I disabled automatic updating, but I can't figure out how to remove it altogether. It shows up in the store as an update, so it isn't really gone. I looked in root/system/apps but didn't see it.
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Freeze it, I use Rom toolbox pro
BMP7777 said:
How do you guys get that nonsense to go away completely? I have uninstalled it 3 times and after every reboot it comes back. I disabled automatic updating, but I can't figure out how to remove it altogether. It shows up in the store as an update, so it isn't really gone. I looked in root/system/apps but didn't see it.
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Its in priv-app as SPPPushclient.
BMP7777 said:
How do you guys get that nonsense to go away completely? I have uninstalled it 3 times and after every reboot it comes back. I disabled automatic updating, but I can't figure out how to remove it altogether. It shows up in the store as an update, so it isn't really gone. I looked in root/system/apps but didn't see it.
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TiBu.... wipe data for SPS and then uninstall!
I''ve never turned Zen Mode on.
I've disabled it in several places.
Despite disabling it everywhere, if I am on my phone continuously for 2 hours, I get a notification from Zen Mode telling me to put my phone down and enjoy my day.
I don't like that.
I'm rooted
I went into a root Uninstaller app to delete it, but it is considered a "key module"
Because the app keeps a recycle bin, and decided to Uninstall it anyway.
It wouldn't let me.
Uninstall failed.
Any suggestions?
Dew Me said:
I''ve never turned Zen Mode on.
I've disabled it in several places.
Despite disabling it everywhere, if I am on my phone continuously for 2 hours, I get a notification from Zen Mode telling me to put my phone down and enjoy my day.
I don't like that.
I'm rooted
I went into a root Uninstaller app to delete it, but it is considered a "key module"
Because the app keeps a recycle bin, and decided to Uninstall it anyway.
It wouldn't let me.
Uninstall failed.
Any suggestions?
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Remove OPBreathMode and it should be gone.
I use the Root Essential program to remove unwanted programs eg. ZEN MODE
Use ADB to disable it
There is an option it Zen mode to disable the notification, no need to mess around with freezing apps and ADB.
Uninstalling system apps is no longer possible in Android 10 without a Magisk Module or through TWRP. Disabling it is much easier
In ADB type the following:
adb shell pm disable-user com.oneplus.brickmode
-- this is zen mode and this command will disable it.
Change from magisk Canary build 19.4 to magisk stable 19.3 and you can delete anything you want.
Dew Me said:
I''ve never turned Zen Mode on.
I've disabled it in several places.
Despite disabling it everywhere, if I am on my phone continuously for 2 hours, I get a notification from Zen Mode telling me to put my phone down and enjoy my day.
I don't like that.
I'm rooted
I went into a root Uninstaller app to delete it, but it is considered a "key module"
Because the app keeps a recycle bin, and decided to Uninstall it anyway.
It wouldn't let me.
Uninstall failed.
Any suggestions?
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Imo, do this.
Use the Debloat magisk mod
You can uninstall it.
If you happen to run Into any problems, the Debloat mod allows you to bring the uninstalled app right back the same way you removed it.
Hopefully you won't need to, but it's a good backup in case your system doesn't like it.
Good luck.
Thanks so much guys.
To start I took Eagles advise & DL'd Root Essentials. I went into Zen Mode planning to delete. Was given pause when I saw it was first installed in 2008. Made me wonder what else is in there since Zen Mode is less than a year old AFAIK. So instead I disabled it, since I didn't see a built-in recycling bin to easily add back if needed.
Root Essentials already seems much better than the other one I'd DL'd. Thank you.
I'm gonna do what Sheetzie suggested & use the Deblote Magisk Module in the next couple days. After I've spent 2 hours straight on my phone again to make sure the pause had an affect.
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There is an option it Zen mode to disable the notification, no need to mess around with freezing apps and ADB.
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Like I said, I disabled it in several places already. Plus had never activated it.
If you haven't spent 2 hours straight on your phone, you wouldn't experience what is bothering me. After 2 hours it sends you a notification to get off your phone and go play catch outside. Or something like that. I think the message changes.
No amount of disabling seems to make this stop, so I'm trying to get more serious about it using root access. The responses in this thread have been exactly what I was looking for.
The Root Essential app said it disabled Zen Mode...it didn't
So I went back to Root Essential to delete Zen Mode...it didn't. It couldn't complete the task.
So I got the Magisk Debloater, went into the terminal, and deleted it.
Looks like it is really gone. Went back into Root Essential app and I no longer see it.
When I deleted it showed Zen Mode and OPBreathMode to be one and the same as this thread suggests.
Thank you everyone for your help.
I used ADB to first of all disable Zen Mode. Then I used ADB to uninstall it without issue. I am not rooted. It was simple. It is no longer on my phone at all. OnePlus appears to allow system apps to be uninstalled using this method. Whether they will come back at the next update remains to be seen. I am sure they will come back during a factory reset!
On a side note I wanted my Gmail to be available to remove it from battery optimization because it comes from the factory installed as a service. So I uninstalled Gmail using ADB and it worked just fine. I rebooted and it remained gone. I then installed Gmail from the Play Store and it went back to being installed as a service app, not a user app? Not sure why?
Because, logically, you simply can't remove system apps while not being rooted. They will reside on the phone in a kind of dormant state. Not actually "removed".
Pfeffernuss said:
Because, logically, you simply can't remove system apps while not being rooted. They will reside on the phone in a kind of dormant state. Not actually "removed".
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I cannot argue with your logic about system apps not "truly" being deleted using ADB without root. However, I cannot find it anywhere on my phone. So I am happy to not even see it. Granted, I am not removing certain apps because of storage space concerns, I am removing Zen Mode because to me it is the epitome of BLOAT!
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Use ADB to disable it
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With root he can just do pm disable. No need for ADB.
I used Titanium backup to freeze it.
i also really dislike zenmode
I also really dislike zenmode, I left a comment saying as much on the google play store after i saw it on the update list on google play. I suggest that others also leave bad reviews for this app and maybe it will help get the message across that it should not be forced upon people. It should be optional if it is even bunduled with the os at all.
Is the information here safe to be used for removing bloatware on my 8T?
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imcrazyz said:
Is the information here safe to be used for removing bloatware on my 8T?
edit: grammar error
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This isn't really removing, more hiding from the main user those apps, thus making them not start. But the apks are still here, and after a reset the apps will be there again.
This is totally safe tho, and it's a great way to get rid of them if you don't reset every 2 days, so feel free to try
i just tried using titanium backup paid version to freeze some apps. it still works. you won't see the apps in the drawer until you defrost them again.
issuing those adb commands will modify system settings, so it might be a pita to get updates after you do that. you'll have to remember which apps you deleted and reinstall them again. i could be wrong and this might be a non-issue, i just remember earlier days and modifying system data and then having to make sure all the stock apps were still there to take an ota.
ADB will not stop OTA's from taking place unless you uninstall/disable something relevant to the app that is needed to search/find/download/install the said OTA. After the OTA is applied the apps you uninstalled/disabled (whichever worked) will not come back. As mentioned, using ADB itself without root does not really uninstall them like you think it does. They're still there. So although an OTA will not show them to still be there, a factory reset will bring them back. So the only real way to completely uninstall bloat is to have root. But even then a factory reset will bring them back because they are built in to the native OS.
Raiz said:
This isn't really removing, more hiding from the main user those apps, thus making them not start. But the apks are still here, and after a reset the apps will be there again.
This is totally safe tho, and it's a great way to get rid of them if you don't reset every 2 days, so feel free to try
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Disabling the app is just as good as removing it completely. There isn't really any reason to delete the apps like this (if no uninstall option exists) because once they're disabled they will not run.
I know people have a fascination with deleting system apps, but it's not like you can free up space this way.
Factory reset should bring them back. But this is safer for the integrity of the firmware.
Freezing system apps that do not have the disable option (with TB) is always preferred over deleting them, in my opinion.
Ultimately, you can always save yourself by using the MSM tool to restore.