I "upgraded" to Android 11 and, among the myriad of other issues, I can't open accessibility settings at all. The ROM is stock, not rooted, and opening the accessibility app via the app info screen with the button in the bottom left pulls up a full screen notification that vibrates my phone telling me it detected a baby crying. Accessibility settings don't work at all.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there anything I can do that isn't a factory reset in order to fix this? I tried restarting to safe mode and the behavior doesn't change.
WiggleCat said:
I "upgraded" to Android 11 and, among the myriad of other issues, I can't open accessibility settings at all. The ROM is stock, not rooted, and opening the accessibility app via the app info screen with the button in the bottom left pulls up a full screen notification that vibrates my phone telling me it detected a baby crying. Accessibility settings don't work at all.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there anything I can do that isn't a factory reset in order to fix this? I tried restarting to safe mode and the behavior doesn't change.
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Prior to your andoid 11 upgrade did you use adb to remove anything?
Limeybastard said:
Prior to your andoid 11 upgrade did you use adb to remove anything?
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Yes, and the accessibility settings were working fine afterwards. I uninstalled things llke Chrome, Facebook services, and the default Samsung browser to name a few. I didn't full on debloat the phone, I only removed things that were actually bloatware I'd never used in the past and won't use in the future. And Facebook. If it matters, I have the unlocked variant of the N20U.
Edit: My next move was going to be pulling up a list of packages somehow that tells me which are installed for user 0 and which aren't to see where the problem lies. But again, I only uninstalled the obvious bloatware such as browsers that other apps would open over my default. Various background services, fonts, themes, etc that are just there but don't use resources, such as the car mode stuff I know I'll never use, was left alone.
WiggleCat said:
Yes, and the accessibility settings were working fine afterwards. I uninstalled things llke Chrome, Facebook services, and the default Samsung browser to name a few. I didn't full on debloat the phone, I only removed things that were actually bloatware I'd never used in the past and won't use in the future. And Facebook. If it matters, I have the unlocked variant of the N20U.
Edit: My next move was going to be pulling up a list of packages somehow that tells me which are installed for user 0 and which aren't to see where the problem lies. But again, I only uninstalled the obvious bloatware such as browsers that other apps would open over my default. Various background services, fonts, themes, etc that are just there but don't use resources, such as the car mode stuff I know I'll never use, was left alone.
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The reason I mentioned this was because I had a similar issue whereby selecting accessibility within the settings menu would result in null,meaning nothing would happen. If memory serves me correctly it was related to samsung keyboard that I had removed, but can't be sure. But I believe you're on the right track to figure it out.
Limeybastard said:
The reason I mentioned this was because I had a similar issue whereby selecting accessibility within the settings menu would result in null,meaning nothing would happen. If memory serves me correctly it was related to samsung keyboard that I had removed, but can't be sure. But I believe you're on the right track to figure it out.
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I did disable the Samsung keyboard. That could be it. I'll give that a go when I get a chance.
Limeybastard said:
The reason I mentioned this was because I had a similar issue whereby selecting accessibility within the settings menu would result in null,meaning nothing would happen. If memory serves me correctly it was related to samsung keyboard that I had removed, but can't be sure. But I believe you're on the right track to figure it out.
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That was it. It was the Samsung keyboard. What a weird outcome for disabling something so trivial. I was trying to reinstall it with the old package name com.sec.android.inputmethod and it took me a while to figure out it is now called com.samsung.android.honeyboard. But once I reinstalled that for user 0 accessibility settings started working again. Thanks for the tip! I guess I'll have to leave that installed then.
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That was it. It was the Samsung keyboard. What a weird outcome for disabling something so trivial. I was trying to reinstall it with the old package name com.sec.android.inputmethod and it took me a while to figure out it is now called com.samsung.android.honeyboard. But once I reinstalled that for user 0 accessibility settings started working again. Thanks for the tip! I guess I'll have to leave that installed then.
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Glad it helped. It puzzled me originally also., Found it in the end by backtracking on all the apps I'd uninstalled via adb one by one.
Im having the same problem, how you guys solve this cant install the apk and look like on my case adb is not picking up my ui 3.0 s20+ maybe a complete wipe (which im trying to avoid) thanks in advance
Limeybastard said:
The reason I mentioned this was because I had a similar issue whereby selecting accessibility within the settings menu would result in null,meaning nothing would happen. If memory serves me correctly it was related to samsung keyboard that I had removed, but can't be sure. But I believe you're on the right track to figure it out.
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Made an account just to say thank you so much for this. This was the perfect fix for me and I can use half of my apps again since I can use the accessibility app now. Never expected a keyboard uninstallation to scuff half of my apps.
WiggleCat as well for the honeyboard package name.
For anyone needing an easy copy paste into command prompt, it's:
adb shell
cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.honeyboard
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Made an account just to say thank you so much for this. This was the perfect fix for me and I can use half of my apps again since I can use the accessibility app now. Never expected a keyboard uninstallation to scuff half of my apps.
WiggleCat as well for the honeyboard package name.
For anyone needing an easy copy paste into command prompt, it's:
adb shell
cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.honeyboard
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My pleasure. Enjoy your stay here. Some nice folks.
User1038572 said:
Made an account just to say thank you so much for this. This was the perfect fix for me and I can use half of my apps again since I can use the accessibility app now. Never expected a keyboard uninstallation to scuff half of my apps.
WiggleCat as well for the honeyboard package name.
For anyone needing an easy copy paste into command prompt, it's:
adb shell
cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.honeyboard
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Thanks for the command. It fixed it for me!
Wow, i fixed successful, thanks thread.
Awesome the command fixed this issue on my S20 FE. Thanks so much for sharing!
Damn! that went smoothly. Accessibility fixed after reinstalling the Samsung keyboard. Anyways if someone still doesn't want that annoying keyboard shown, you can disable it via ADB. The command is
adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.honeyboard
Thank you for pointing out that the Samsung Keyboard was the issue.
For those of you without immediate access to ADB, you can also redownload the
Samsung Keyboard via the Galaxy Store.
WiggleCat said:
That was it. It was the Samsung keyboard. What a weird outcome for disabling something so trivial. I was trying to reinstall it with the old package name com.sec.android.inputmethod and it took me a while to figure out it is now called com.samsung.android.honeyboard. But once I reinstalled that for user 0 accessibility settings started working again. Thanks for the tip! I guess I'll have to leave that installed then.
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This saved me by inches from factory resetting my phone. However not long enough to save my whole Macrodroid macros library that i had already uninstalled because it was no longer working since it depends on accessibility services and i was desperate to get a solution. However, i have learnt a big lesson that debloating need to be done carefully if not at all. some apps are critical bindles of other critical functions
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I love my nexus s, but suddenly the OS became very slow and I need help on where to start the trouble shooting.
It is the entire operating system -- even the touch screen.
I will pull down the notifications window and it will get stuck,
The browser select screen will pop up when I click on the "world" icon to open up the internet and after I select browser, there is a long pause before the background color appears (recognizing that I selected which browser) and then there is another long pause after recognizing that I selected it.
I have installed apps from other sources besides the android market.
At first I started thinking that I had too many apps running, so I started using the apps manager to force close the apps, but that did not help.
I tried restarting the phone multiple times with mixed results. Sometimes it would help a little, other times not at all.
I looked at how much room I had left on the internal drive and started moving more to the USB drive -- that didn't help.
I started wondering if I installed too many apps.
Then suddenly, when barely chugging alone to try to update a few apps (literally the install part was lagging -- not the download) I got an error message:
Error: Activity Android System(in process system) is not responding
It's funny -- when I want to replicate the error (as in right before writing this post - I cannot).
Thanks for your help on this matter.
Please instruct me on where to start trouble shooting.
med007 said:
I love my nexus s, but suddenly the OS became very slow and I need help on where to start the trouble shooting.
It is the entire operating system -- even the touch screen.
I will pull down the notifications window and it will get stuck,
The browser select screen will pop up when I click on the "world" icon to open up the internet and after I select browser, there is a long pause before the background color appears (recognizing that I selected which browser) and then there is another long pause after recognizing that I selected it.
I have installed apps from other sources besides the android market.
At first I started thinking that I had too many apps running, so I started using the apps manager to force close the apps, but that did not help.
I tried restarting the phone multiple times with mixed results. Sometimes it would help a little, other times not at all.
I looked at how much room I had left on the internal drive and started moving more to the USB drive -- that didn't help.
I started wondering if I installed too many apps.
Then suddenly, when barely chugging alone to try to update a few apps (literally the install part was lagging -- not the download) I got an error message:
Error: Activity Android System(in process system) is not responding
It's funny -- when I want to replicate the error (as in right before writing this post - I cannot).
Thanks for your help on this matter.
Please instruct me on where to start trouble shooting.
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root or no root?
no root. Thanks for fast reply.
my hunch is that an app was screwing something up.
There were a few that I wasn't updating because I didn't like how they started changing permissions. But maybe I should go through and update every app that I can... thoughts?
med007 said:
no root. Thanks for fast reply.
my hunch is that an app was screwing something up.
There were a few that I wasn't updating because I didn't like how they started changing permissions. But maybe I should go through and update every app that I can... thoughts?
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anything that you could have installed recently that works in the background? what launcher do you use?
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med007 said:
no root. Thanks for fast reply.
my hunch is that an app was screwing something up.
There were a few that I wasn't updating because I didn't like how they started changing permissions. But maybe I should go through and update every app that I can... thoughts?
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update is good. there could be an app freaking out holding up the system.
And at the worst case scenario you can do a factory reset (menu, settings, privacy) and see if that fixes it... of course you'll need to re-install your apps afterwards
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anything that you could have installed recently that works in the background? what launcher do you use?
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I don't know how to check what launcher I use...
I don't even know what that is
med007 said:
I don't know how to check what launcher I use...
I don't even know what that is
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try updating your apps. a factory reset will help, but that should be your last option. launcher apps replace the stock launcher, the thing you press to open the app drawer and that holds the phone app and such.
My phone was acting all sorts of crazy lately (couldn't connect to the internet amongst other random performance issues) and it turned out to be an app causing the problems. It was actually one of two apps. It was either Tetris or memory trainer. I deleted them right after one another so I'm not sure exactly... Just a heads up to be cautious if you're using these. For the record these apps were from the official Android market.
Hey. I seem to have a problem with my phone.
Last night I was playing with my Sensation XE, and noticed that there was an app called "Wallpaper" taking up 60mb of memory, which was the biggest app at the time. I closed this app, and everything was fine, but it appeared again later. This time I cautiously disabled the app, and then checked that my wallpaper was still working OK, and I changed it a few times to make sure that was fine still, then carried on playing some games, and everything was peachy.
However, this morning I unlocked my screen to find a black screen where my phone used to be. The status bar at the top is there, and still works fine, and can be pulled down showing notifications, but even clicking on those notifications does not bring up the associated app onto the black screen below. Accessing the settings menu via the status bar also does not work, although it appears to open somewhere, as it appears in the recently used apps on the status bar menu.
Does anyone have any suggestions how I can re-enable this wallpaper app? Or any way to recover my phone? I have a previous backup from 1 month ago. Can the system state be recovered from that?
Thanks in advance for any help.
HTC Sensation XE
Flashed with Android Revolution HD 6.5.5
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hmmmm. have you used a task killer to keep the app disabled??
you could try to use adb ro remove the app entirely, and then use adb to reinstall it followed by a reboot. best make a full backup though incase it goes tits up. worst comes to worst do a backup of your rom, wipe and start fresh and reinstall apps from the backup.( i think thats possible )
heavy_metal_man said:
hmmmm. have you used a task killer to keep the app disabled??
you could try to use adb ro remove the app entirely, and then use adb to reinstall it followed by a reboot. best make a full backup though incase it goes tits up. worst comes to worst do a backup of your rom, wipe and start fresh and reinstall apps from the backup.( i think thats possible )
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Thanks for the quick reply!
I haven't used a task killer for the disabling. I disabled it in the system page for the app. Where it usually has Force Stop, Uninstall, Clear Data etc. The uninstall option had changed to Disable.
I have used adb a couple of times in the past, but not extensively. Any chance you could run through the commands required?
al090187 said:
Thanks for the quick reply!
I haven't used a task killer for the disabling. I disabled it in the system page for the app. Where it usually has Force Stop, Uninstall, Clear Data etc. The uninstall option had changed to Disable.
I have used adb a couple of times in the past, but not extensively. Any chance you could run through the commands required?
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I think the best thing for you to do would be plug into computer with usb debugging enabled.
Then run "adb reboot recovery"
from there reflash your ROM (a full wipe shouldnt be necessary)
then reboot and you should be good
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After many hours trawling google to try and find an answer, I finally found something.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1151150.html
I had no idea what the disabled app name was though, so I used the following to list the disabled packages.
Code:
pm list packages -d
The command needed to enable the apps was
Code:
pm enable APPNAME
Did a restart, and now everything seems fine again. That's possibly the last time I play with things on my phone.... Or maybe not.
Thanks for your help and time =]
Edit: Just to let anyone know, these commands are performed using a remote shell interactively through adb.
glad you got sorted buddy, and thats handy to know!
If any apps are uninstalled the phone does an automatic download of the Default Sprint configuration on every start up. Is there any way to stop it from doing this?
AdRock02gt said:
If any apps are uninstalled the phone does an automatic download of the Default Sprint configuration on every start up. Is there any way to stop it from doing this?
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It shouldn't do this from just uninstalling apps, if so that is a bug for sure! Somehow its internal preferences must be getting wiped. Anyways just uninstall or disable com.sprint.w.installer
I thought it was strange also but everything is working fine. Where can I find that installer file? I've looked around for it but am just not seeing it.
AdRock02gt said:
I thought it was strange also but everything is working fine. Where can I find that installer file? I've looked around for it but am just not seeing it.
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If you are rooted, adb uninstall com.sprint.w.installer will do it. Otherwise you'll have to use pm commands to disable its broadcast receivers that gets a little more in depth but you can download an apk manifest viewer off the playstore to see what the class names are to disable. Just disable all the things.
I'm "playing" with a Chuwi Hi9 Pro tablet these days, and as a good power user, I've also disabled some apps I don't need and cannot be uninstalled. YouTube is one of them. However, I've noticed that it keeps getting re-enabled every day or two. Any idea why this is happening, and how to prevent it (other than rooting the device)? I've only noticed it when it appeared in the pending updates section of Google Play app.
I also disabled all its notifications, revoked all its permissions, etc.
For what it's worth, even Chrome stays disabled. :laugh:
Neuromancer said:
I'm "playing" with a Chuwi Hi9 Pro tablet these days, and as a good power user, I've also disabled some apps I don't need and cannot be uninstalled. YouTube is one of them. However, I've noticed that it keeps getting re-enabled every day or two. Any idea why this is happening, and how to prevent it (other than rooting the device)? I've only noticed it when it appeared in the pending updates section of Google Play app.
I also disabled all its notifications, revoked all its permissions, etc.
For what it's worth, even Chrome stays disabled. [emoji23]
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Open Playstore app then open its app settings, find the "do not auto update apps" option and select it, then turn off the notifications for updates. Then disable YouTube app, it "should" stay disabled.
Also disable app updates from your carrier and your manufacturer if your device has settings related to this.
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Auto-updates were already off before (as well as other relevant settings). I disabled "notifications for updates" in Play store later on as well, but unfortunately it didn't help. It seems as though the app reappears once a day (I assume in its factory version) soon after the first connection is done (e.g. after turning airplane mode off).
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Auto-updates were already off before (as well as other relevant settings). I disabled "notifications for updates" in Play store later on as well, but unfortunately it didn't help. It seems as though the app reappears once a day (I assume in its factory version) soon after the first connection is done (e.g. after turning airplane mode off).
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That is strange, indeed.
Try refreshing your stock firmware, you might have some minor corruption going on, flashing stock firmware would solve it if that is the issue.
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Maybe it's "by design"... I'll leave it be for now, it's only been a few days since I bought it (I don't think I did anything to corrupt it so far).
Update from the battlefield... I found out I can actually uninstall unneeded apps for the "current user" with adb shell command "pm uninstall -k --user 0 <name of package>" (I'd been out of Android world for a while, and had no idea that was possible on un-rooted devices.)
I hope this trick also works on Xiaomi devices, in case I get to one again (a while ago I remember a lot of apps had the "disable" button grayed out, which was kind of a dealbreaker).
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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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!
taanh1412 said:
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.