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Hide / Rename Apps from App Drawer?

Hi Guys,
There are certain apps that I would like to hide from the App Drawer in my Tab since my friends are literally all over the tab and snooping around in my messages or photos or even password protection apps. Could you tell me of any possibility of Hiding apps from the App drawer or probably RENAMING them to a less catchy title?
Your help is much appreciated,
cheers!

There's only two ways of doing this.....
1. Route your phone and then using a Root Explorer rename the App.
2. Use an alternative Home App.
If you use Launcher Pro one of the options it has is to hide Apps from the App Drawer.
You would have to go back through the menu to un-hide them but it might work for you.
Launcher Pro
Menu>Preferences>General>Hide Apps

Btw, you have ****ty friends...
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Put a password on your lockscreen.

Beards said:
There's only two ways of doing this.....
1. Route your phone and then using a Root Explorer rename the App.
2. Use an alternative Home App.
If you use Launcher Pro one of the options it has is to hide Apps from the App Drawer.
You would have to go back through the menu to un-hide them but it might work for you.
Launcher Pro
Menu>Preferences>General>Hide Apps
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Beards,
Thanks for the reply. Now, i have rooted my tab and currently on Roto JMI v2. I have installed root explorer. Could you please guide me how to change the name from within ROOT EXPLORER. I mean, the directory / path of the apps? I tried myself but no luck
Cheers & Much Appreciated!

You should be able to simply mount the system/app folder and rename the App in question.
Can you confirm you have done a reboot.
If so Root Explorer should work as normal.

Beards said:
You should be able to simply mount the system/app folder and rename the App in question.
Can you confirm you have done a reboot.
If so Root Explorer should work as normal.
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I have done a reboot, and can see various files in the root explorer along with the option to mount. But I am unable to see the apps that I have installed from the market. For example : Catch Notes is one app I installed but can't locate it in root explorer so that I can rename or modify it.
Cheers!

sahildeswal said:
I have done a reboot, and can see various files in the root explorer along with the option to mount. But I am unable to see the apps that I have installed from the market. For example : Catch Notes is one app I installed but can't locate it in root explorer so that I can rename or modify it.
Cheers!
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Did you do a search for the App?

Yes I searched for the app but doesnt show any results :-(
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sahildeswal said:
Yes I searched for the app but doesnt show any results :-(
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Sorry but if the App is not showing in a search you must have a problem with your rooting or the file manager.
Installed Apps would show in System/App

Easy work around if they aren't super tech savvy. Get launcherpro and hide the apps in question
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charliebrown1321 said:
Easy work around if they aren't super tech savvy. Get launcherpro and hide the apps in question
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Yes, that's what I recommended in post 2.

sahildeswal said:
Yes I searched for the app but doesnt show any results :-(
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Try /data/app using root explorer.
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How You Use " Root Explorer " To rename App ??

Google Search Suggestions

I don't know about a lot of you but I like using the search suggestions when using the Google search on my phone. Out of the blue the other day, my phone no longer displays suggestions. It happened after I installed a different keyboard, but even after i tried uninstalling it, suggestions still do not show. Any ideas?
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Are you talking about the search function inside a browser or when you press the search button?
You may want to to unistall and reinstall the app

When I press the search button. And suggested search is on in the preferences.
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djsupersoak said:
When I press the search button. And suggested search is on in the preferences.
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Ok, my suggestion would be to uninstall the app, and then re-install it. Do you know if Google Search is installed as a data app or a system app? Easy way to check: go to settings > applications > manage applications > all, find google search, and try to uninstall it, if you can, it is data, if not, it is system.

Its system lol
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Do you have root? You are also going to need a file explorer with root permissions such as root explorer or es file explorer

Yes I'm rooted. Yes I have file explorer w/ root access
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Alright, go to /system/app and delete the google search app. BE SURE TO WRITE DOWN THE NAME OF THE FILE, YOU WILL NEED IT LATER. Go to the market, install google search. This actually may work, press the search button to see if you get anything. If not, copy the app from /data/app to /system/app and be sure to name it what it was before. Reboot and it should work

Gallery App

Hi,
For some reason, my gallery app was causing my xoom to stay awake 100% of the time and I had no idea why...
So I just deleted it...
But now I need to use the gallery! I have tried a few links but none seem to work! If someone could attach it or a link or tell me how to get it back it would be of grat help.
Thanks!
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Nobody?
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This is why you never want to actually delete the file but instead rename. If you are using a ROM you can just reflash the ROM over it, otherwise, here's the gallery files I pulled, push these files to /system/app/

thanks a lot

Hey I had the same problem,,,did it work, deleting it? I saved it then deleted it and it still says my xooms battery is using 56 percent of my battery LOL when it is gone?
mcdevtingz said:
Hi,
For some reason, my gallery app was causing my xoom to stay awake 100% of the time and I had no idea why...
So I just deleted it...
But now I need to use the gallery! I have tried a few links but none seem to work! If someone could attach it or a link or tell me how to get it back it would be of grat help.
Thanks!
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As soon as I deleted it it stopped draining battery
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You could have extracted the apk from the rom or even used a third party app like quickpic.

scsa20 said:
This is why you never want to actually delete the file but instead rename. If you are using a ROM you can just reflash the ROM over it, otherwise, here's the gallery files I pulled, push these files to /system/app/
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I tried to copy and paste them but its not working. What should permissions be set to?
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It's the same permission as the others in the /system/app directory. It needs to be 744, rw-r--r--.

scsa20 said:
It's the same permission as the others in the /system/app directory. It needs to be 744, rw-r--r--.
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What app allows me to set this?
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mcdevtingz said:
What app allows me to set this?
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root explorer or any root accessible file explorer app

jerrycycle said:
root explorer or any root accessible file explorer app
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I haven't found.an option for the number
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You check the appropriate boxes. There are 3 columns with 3 boxes each total 9. Check all in the left column & 1 St and 2 md in the middle column. Leave all others un checked. Reboot

scsa20 said:
It's the same permission as the others in the /system/app directory. It needs to be 744, rw-r--r--.
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So close, but not quite chmod 644 /system/app/*.apk
The apk's themselves don't execute. The dalvik cache executes But as far as Gallery not sleeping, maybe it is trying to sync Picassa or something.

yeah, you're right, it's 644, still not fully used to the permissions in linux -_-

[Q] Problem with download icon in All apps screen (alway empty)

I have a problem, when I hit the download icon (all apps) on my nexus 7, it is always empty.
I check in my download folder and there is 9 files for 66 meg.
I check with parameter, storage, and I have 66 meg, when I hit the storage, its open download, and still empty????
What is the problem?
To solve the problem I create an shortcut with es explorer to the folder download, but I would like that my download (original) icon to work.
Help, is this a bug, or I am the only one?
My nexus is in French, (telechargement) but I try in English and it is the same problem (download)
Where is this setting for the download?

Are you going to Settings > Apps > Downloaded, and seeing nothing listed there? I have 52 apps listed there. If you go to the 'All' tab, do you see all your apps including the ones you downloaded or installed from the Play market?

I believe hes going to the Apps list form the home screen and licking on the Download app that in theory wold show any items he has downloaded in his browser.

knitler said:
I believe hes going to the Apps list form the home screen and licking on the Download app that in theory wold show any items he has downloaded in his browser.
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Yes this is it.
And in parameter, storage, there is 66 mg, in download, but when I hit download, the open window tell me there is nothing.
I am not able to see my download made with my browser.
Also, I try loaderdroid and I can see only folders. I have in download folder apk, pdf, files that I cannot see except with es explorer.

I try loaderandroid, and it is the same, files are not visible in the download folder.

This is going crazy.
I try to change download folder in loaderandroid, and I can see only folders, no content, no files, in any folder!!!!!
I have es explorer, and root browser lite, with these I am able to see files in folder!!!!! with any extension.
What is the problem??????

I just remove es explorer, and root browser lite, thinking that there was maybe a conflict. No luck, without those apps I am not able to see my download......
HELP

Ok now I can confirm that my Downloads icon in All apps screen is not working.
I have apk, pdf, .rar in the /sdcard/download/ folder, and I am not able to see them with the Downloads icon in All apps.
Only way to see them is with es explorer or root browser lite.
Is there a way to reinstall this Download manager apps????
Same problem with loaderandroid. (also not able to see any files, only folders)

How are you loading the files on? Perhaps you are putting them in another downloads folder?

knitler said:
How are you loading the files on? Perhaps you are putting them in another downloads folder?
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No they are in the good folder. Problem is look like the files are hide for any download manager.
Like I said, no problem with es explorer or root browser lite

I try removing es explorer and rootbrowser lite, and Avast, and still not able to see file in Downloads apps, and Loaderandroid.
But I need to access those files, and without a file managers like es explorer, there is no way to access them except with Downloads from all apps screen, that in my case do not work......

The downloads app isn't meant to show the contents of your downloads folder. It only shows the files you download from your browser.
I'm not sure if it gets cleared automatically at any point, never tested it.
Its the same thing as the downloads tab in chrome on a desktop PC.
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strafe_dog said:
The downloads app isn't meant to show the contents of your downloads folder. It only shows the files you download from your browser.
I'm not sure if it gets cleared automatically at any point, never tested it.
Its the same thing as the downloads tab in chrome on a desktop PC.
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This.
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strafe_dog said:
The downloads app isn't meant to show the contents of your downloads folder. It only shows the files you download from your browser.
I'm not sure if it gets cleared automatically at any point, never tested it.
Its the same thing as the downloads tab in chrome on a desktop PC.
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Ok with which apps you can see your files already downloaded from your browser? I use firefox, dolphin, and chrome, and I cannot see the files, except with es explorer, an add-on apps. Same problems with loaderandroid a download manager.

Lachaine said:
Ok with which apps you can see your files already downloaded from your browser? I use firefox, dolphin, and chrome, and I cannot see the files, except with es explorer, an add-on apps. Same problems with loaderandroid a download manager.
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Chrome downloads appear in there for me. Haven't used other browsers.
I use es file explorer anyway coz I don't leave stuff in my download folder.
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Google Maps?

So I'm rooted with the De La Vega method and it works great. As we all know, the new google maps v7 will not allow you to do a lot of things that the old versions would allow. I've found some older APKs from v6 and previous, but when I go to install, it will not allow it. Any ideas why, or how to get around it?

I'm interested in this as well. Plus the navigation voice is so robot like and it can hardly pronounce street names properly.
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takemo said:
I'm interested in this as well. Plus the navigation voice is so robot like and it can hardly pronounce street names properly.
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You can change the speech from Samsung to Google speech engine, sounds MUCH better. The method is somewhere in these forums.
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I'd imagine maps is a system app, so using a file explorer go to system> apps and replace the maps apk with your older one, change permissions and reboot.

dirtyfingers said:
I'd imagine maps is a system app, so using a file explorer go to system> apps and replace the maps apk with your older one, change permissions and reboot.
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How do I change permissions? I've tried using ES File Explorer but I can't replace that system file.

KOKJ said:
How do I change permissions? I've tried using ES File Explorer but I can't replace that system file.
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Sorry I'm not familiar with es file explorer. I use root explorer and just long press the file and select change permissions. Maybe try changing the extension of the original apk to something like .bak before you copy the new apk then you could always go back if you wanted the newest version again.

dirtyfingers said:
Sorry I'm not familiar with es file explorer. I use root explorer and just long press the file and select change permissions. Maybe try changing the extension of the original apk to something like .bak before you copy the new apk then you could always go back if you wanted the newest version again.
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Will give it a shot and report back. Thanks.

dirtyfingers said:
Sorry I'm not familiar with es file explorer. I use root explorer and just long press the file and select change permissions. Maybe try changing the extension of the original apk to something like .bak before you copy the new apk then you could always go back if you wanted the newest version again.
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Once I downloaded the correct app to allow permission changes, I was able to rename the v7 file, copy over the v6 file and rebooted with no problems. However, the application didn't show up in the app list. So, I had to then install that same APK and everything works great. I now have all of my stored maps back!

What can't u do on v7?
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Where did you locate previous versions of Maps? I am tired of current version of Maps forcing me to allow WIFI and Network Locations to work. Just a battery hog doing that.
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MichaelMcC said:
Where did you locate previous versions of Maps? I am tired of current version of Maps forcing me to allow WIFI and Network Locations to work. Just a battery hog doing that.
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There are several places online that have archives. I also had my APKs all backed up in such an event.

If you get blackout updater (Google play) or in Android themes. The blacked out version of Google maps is the last V6 version. I was glad to have the map view back.
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