i google'd this but can't find anything on it and was wondering if the s3 is the first phone that allows users to disable at&t services without root. this is my first android device so i wouldn't know if that's true...
anyway, i have hotspots, navigator, messages, and updater. Carat is saying updater uses a lot of my battery, but that is the only one i can't disable in the application management menu in settings. however, i assume if i disable the other 3 then updater will have nothing to update and will consume less battery (hopefully).
has anyone tried to disable these programs with success, i.e. without it causing problems to your phone?
im not sure. but i did try to uninstall one and then it just showed up that it needed a update so i ended up redownloading the app because im so OCD about having updates not done
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tuffluck said:
i google'd this but can't find anything on it and was wondering if the s3 is the first phone that allows users to disable at&t services without root. this is my first android device so i wouldn't know if that's true...
anyway, i have hotspots, navigator, messages, and updater. Carat is saying updater uses a lot of my battery, but that is the only one i can't disable in the application management menu in settings. however, i assume if i disable the other 3 then updater will have nothing to update and will consume less battery (hopefully).
has anyone tried to disable these programs with success, i.e. without it causing problems to your phone?
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You go into the application manager and DISABLE the app. I have gotten rid of ALL the ATT bloatware this way. Works sort of like
Titanium Backup but you do not need the root. Great option.
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This is actually one of the 'features' of ICS (being able to disable apps w/o needing root). It basically very similar to "freezing" apps in TiBackup if you have root. It's generally much safer than outright deleting an app since if you do find you need it you can always re-enable it.
Make sure you have "auto update" unchecked in Google play first. Go to manage apps in settings and then go to "all".
Disable the ones that you don't need which is prolly a lot. You can also hide them if you want. While in your app drawer hit the menu button and choose hide apps.
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Hi. Im running lolipop on N910F. I've dusabked all the services that I dont use and removed all bloatware. NFC related services also been frozen in titanium. NFC is turned off in settings and to my knowledge I dont yse any apps that use NFC. But I keep getting this NFC error message: "unfotunatly nfc service has stopped".
Anyone know what could be causing this? can I find what app/process is trying to use NFC?
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I have made a battery thread a while ago and also mentioned a few services you could disable (without any hassle) from Google Play Services to lower the wakelocks from it.
One of those was LocationManagerService. I saw that Google Maps worked fine with GPS while other apps did'nt work if it was disabled.
I then tried to move apps like Endomondo and Snapchat to system and made them system apps and suddenly they could access the GPS too.
So well, if anyone want to disable a few services to lower Google Play Services wakelocks you can make your GPS apps to system apps and use the GPS just fine again.
I want to disable an app because it run in the background all the time, even I Force Stop, it comes back later, the only time I need it when I don't have wifi connection. If I uninstall it, I need to download it via 3G that cost money
So is there any way to disable it, and only enable when I need it.
Yes, if you have root access Titanium backup can freeze and unfreeze it as needed.
I have a Custom ROM Installed. I was trying to do a glitch in a game which requires Firewall. I used the NoRoot Firewall. But it doesn't work for me, When I click turn off the internet access. It doesn't turn it off. I also tried it with YouTube it doesn't work either. I decided to install AFWall+ It works like once but when I tried to turn it off it sometimes said "error purging iptables" Is there any way to fix it?
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Why don't you just disable wifi/data useage from app info settings?
Just a toggle to enable or disable internet iseage of a specific app.