Unstalling app called Emoji Phone

[abc321xyz]

My daughter installed an app called Emoji Phone from Play Store on my Samsung Galaxy 7. I have tried everything, from unistalling at Play Store to searching my phone settings. It added a launcher (Touch Wiz) which is blocking Google. It also changed all of my settings. I HATE it! I can't find a way to get it off. Help!

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I moved this from the Android Apps forum to the General Help forum, since the former is intended for developers to promote their apps.

What happens when you try to uninstall it in the usual way? Do you get an error message? Go to Settings>Security>Device Administrators, and see if it's listed there with a checkmark next to it. If so, then uncheck it, and then try to uninstall it.

TouchWiz is the stock Samsung launcher on an S7, so that's normal.

 

[Scienceguy Labs]

I had to help my mom get this off of her phone after a grandson installed it. In her case, the settings icon was hijacked to only take her to the Emoji Phone settings. Eventually, we figured out that if you swipe down from the top and enter settings that way, you could get to the phone's actual settings. Once there, navigate to your apps list, look for Emoji Phone, clear cache, and uninstall it.

 

[B. Diddy]

I had to help my mom get this off of her phone after a grandson installed it. In her case, the settings icon was hijacked to only take her to the Emoji Phone settings. Eventually, we figured out that if you swipe down from the top and enter settings that way, you could get to the phone's actual settings. Once there, navigate to your apps list, look for Emoji Phone, clear cache, and uninstall it.

Good advice! But man, how sneaky and underhanded is that?

 

[Scienceguy Labs]

Good advice! But man, how sneaky and underhanded is that?

I agree. My Mom is elderly, and she had no idea what was going on with her phone. Very sneaky app indeed.

 

[Karen Churchill]

Where do I clear cache before uninstall Emoji Phone app

 

[Karen Churchill]

Nevermind I figured it out. Won't do that again

 

[Michelle Kerton Brown]

I installed this app myself but didnt realize it would take over my phone yikes!!

I tried uninstalling it through the apps list in my settings but it didnt give me that option... I clicked on the app itself and found at the bottom it says where the app came from "Google Play Store" I clicked that and the uninstall option was there - thank goodness for that *whew*

 

[Fulani Filot]

My daughter installed an app called Emoji Phone from Play Store on my Samsung Galaxy 7. I have tried everything, from unistalling at Play Store to searching my phone settings. It added a launcher (Touch Wiz) which is blocking Google. It also changed all of my settings. I HATE it! I can't find a way to get it off. Help!

If you can search Google for a rooting app for your phone model and find one to install (i.e. framaroot for some legacy Android 4.1 Samsung models, or Kingoroot for models like my galaxy note 3), you can then install an app like the one at I found a good free app to share you, #System App Safe Remover#, you may want it~，download link：https://play.google.com/store/...com.jumobile.manager.systemapp which should allow you to safely uninstall the app you are having difficulty with and even other bloatware.

The "Uninstall" app which I provided a link to above, even advises you via color-code permissibility, which apps are safe/unsafe to remove (you need to adhere to such advisories to avoid removing apps important to your phone's wellbeing). I'd be happy to guide you through the use of the app of you get it.

 

[Mooncatt]

If you can search Google for a rooting app for your phone model and find one to install (i.e. framaroot for some legacy Android 4.1 Samsung models, or Kingoroot for models like my galaxy note 3), you can then install an app like the one at I found a good free app to share you, #System App Safe Remover#, you may want it~，download link：https://play.google.com/store/...com.jumobile.manager.systemapp which should allow you to safely uninstall the app you are having difficulty with and even other bloatware.

The "Uninstall" app which I provided a link to above, even advises you via color-code permissibility, which apps are safe/unsafe to remove (you need to adhere to such advisories to avoid removing apps important to your phone's wellbeing). I'd be happy to guide you through the use of the app of you get it.//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181209/3b94a7a017545787eff1f73f38556ea2.jpg

This is bad advice for most users. For one, rooting isn't necessary to remove Play store apps like Emoji Phone, as others demonstrated above. Secondly, rooting can be risky and opens your phone up to being messed with in ways manufacturers don't want you to (and likely voids the warranty). If you have issues uninstalling a regular app, you have no business rooting unless you're prepared to potentially brick the phone.

 

[Javier P]

This is bad advice for most users. For one, rooting isn't necessary to remove Play store apps like Emoji Phone, as others demonstrated above. Secondly, rooting can be risky and opens your phone up to being messed with in ways manufacturers don't want you to (and likely voids the warranty). If you have issues uninstalling a regular app, you have no business rooting unless you're prepared to potentially brick the phone.

I completely agree with this, no need to root. With this kind of app the usual solutions are switching back to the stock launcher, unchecking the device administrator permission and clearing defaults and data. Root sounds like a risky and unnecessary long approach.

 

[Fulani Filot]

This is bad advice for most users. For one, rooting isn't necessary to remove Play store apps like Emoji Phone, as others demonstrated above. Secondly, rooting can be risky and opens your phone up to being messed with in ways manufacturers don't want you to (and likely voids the warranty). If you have issues uninstalling a regular app, you have no business rooting unless you're prepared to potentially brick the phone.

Mooncatt I agree with you and should have included in my post "rooting is best left to experts who know the risks and how to avoid the troubles associated with rooting (the reason why I have been getting away with rooting on two legacy Samsung Android phones).

I also agree with you on improvements made to the latest Android regarding removal of apps like the Emoji thing.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Rooting, in general, is almost becoming unneeded. Back in the days of Gingerbread, sure. You needed root to just disable apps. Now, most things that required root access for in 2012 can be done without it.