Is it possible to remove or hide dialer from my droid x? I don't have verizon and wont be using it for making phone calls.
In theory, you could remove the APK using Root Explorer. But that could break some things...
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You can "freeze" it with Titanium Backup which will render it inoperable. However, it does continue to appear in the app drawer.
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Well, you can hide the dialer in the app drawer using launcher pro. You can check and uncheck apps you want to show... So it'd be hidden, but not removed.
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The "dialer" is actually part of contacts.apk in the /system directory. Removing that would also break many things me thinks.
There is an app that i have on my phone that is called vault that you can use to stow apps which hides them from the app drawer but for some reason i can't find it on the market anymore. If you want it i can upload the .apk
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I was just wondering if any of y'all know how to remove some apps icons from the app menu? For instance better keyboard or some live wallpapers I've installed. I just wanna remove things that you can access from the settings. Thanks for your time.
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I'm running LP (not sure if TW has this feature) and if you hit the
setting button > preferences > general settings> Hidden Apps > Choose the apps you want and hide them. I hid a lot it really comes in handy like swype tips.
I don't have launcher pro (which I'm assuming LP is) I'm using the default Touchwiz.
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Touchwiz is a slow, uncustomizable, piece of junk. Use lp or adw
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Though I'm a fan of anderwebs, I find launcher pro to be a better product. It comes with its own widgets and is very smooth. You can also hide apps in your app drawer.
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I also use LaucherPro but I will also actually answer your quesiton.
Go into the App List and press
Menu>View Type>Cutomizable grid
Then press
Menu>Edit
You'll see little red minus signs on icons that can be removed. When you've gotten rid of the ones you don't want, just hit Menu>Save and you're all set. Of course, this means that you'll have to move the icons of new apps if you like the alphabetical list.
So my Tab app tray is a mess! I have lots of apps but unlike any other Android I have the added apps are 'shelter skelter'. Yes, that bad. Any help?
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If you press the menu button while the app tray is open, it will give you an edit option. This will allow you to rearrange the apps in the app tray. I never could find an option to put them in alphabetical order, and new apps always insert themselves in the first open slot.
If you are looking for a way to make sure the app tray stays in alphabetical order, I would suggest trying a new launcher app. LauncherPro and ADW will both give you want you want and a whole lot more. I use Zeam as it is fast and doesn't get bogged down with too many options.
A bit like the iphone but worse
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Okay, so I know this has been asked before, I've been searching XDA and googling and have found some threads on the topic, but most of them are old and unresolved. So I'm reaching out to see if maybe there's a new development that I haven't been able to find.
Is there any known way to HIDE apps from the app drawer of a stock launcher? I know that Launcher Plus Pro and some other home replacements have this feature built in, but I'm using Virtuous Unity and am really happy with Sense 3.0 at the moment.
It seems like such a basic function, I can't believe there's a) no native feature to do this; and more surprisingly b) there's no 3rd party app that will do this?
I've found some apps that 'hide' your drawer apps (i.e. Hide It Pro) but this not only hides the app from the drawer, but makes it so you can only launch the hidden app from within the app that's hiding it (meaning you have to go into Hide It Pro to launch the hidden app).
I'm using wave launcher and swipepad for my most used apps and games, and would ideally like to remove these apps from the app drawer so they're not cluttering it up, but STILL BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE APPS from the alternate launcher/shortcuts. With Hide It Pro I was able to remove the apps from the app drawer, but was then unable to launch that app from wave launcher for example.
My reasoning for wanting to do this is not confidentiality/privacy, but rather just to clean up my drawer/app system. Ideally I want my most used apps to be accessed via the secondary launchers (wave and swipepad) and just have the other, less-used apps in the app drawer. Is this possible?
at the moment, I dont think its possible...but I may be wrong. the best current solution would be to use a diff launcher, but yeah it sucks because all the sense widgets would disappear when trying to add them to homescreens (but the apps still work fine). keep us updated if you find a solution, I would like to know as well
Unfortunately I did not find a way to do it too. I am using Go Launcher EX. It can hide apps from the drawer, and still you can launch them from the home screen or elsewhere.
Thanks for the replies. Yeah from my research it doesn't really seem possible. It seems like it should be a pretty basic function but oh well. Thanks anyway guys.
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Thanks for that, I came across that during my research. Seems cool and if it replaced the default app drawer I'd be all over it. But I don't want a homescreen icon as my app drawer. But thanks for the suggestion!!
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I was just removing a couple of apps with titanium backup, google and samsung voice command. When I was done I opened my app drawer to find it was blank! Dispite the missing icons I can still navigate, and when I press options then edit my apps appear and I change them etc. I can add the folders etc to my home screen too.
I have tried rebooting and reinstalling the voice apps.
I am rooted running xxkg3.
Thanks!
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Gotta bump this sorry, has anybody seen this before?
I done it with my sgs you have frozen or deleted the launcher either unfreeze if you can still get into titanium or download another launcher from the app market if you can get into it. Personally I ended up installing a custom rom and have never looked back
Has anyone noticed that some of your paid apps are missing from the app drawer? The only way I can find some of them is to go into the Play Store and search for the app and open it that way. It shows as being installed but doesn't show in the app drawer. They aren't disabled and hidden because of that. I noticed this problem both before and after rooting. I'm still using the stock launcher though. Perhaps they would show up in Nova Prime?
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I finally got my apps to appear. In the app drawer hit the menu button. Click on Hide/Show apps. Hide the app that is hidden already but not shown being hidden. Go to the home screen and then back into the app drawer and Hide/Show apps. Uncheck the hidden apps and they'll magically appear in your app drawer.
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