Keep YouTube app disabled? It keeps re-enabling.

[muggii]

It doesn't make sense

 

[B. Diddy]

What if you also use it in Safe Mode for a while -- does it re-enable even in Safe Mode? https://www.getdroidtips.com/huawei-p20-into-safe-mode/

 

[muggii]

I have actually never used the safe mode before.

 

[B. Diddy]

First time for everything!

 

[frederickdawg]

It doesn't make sense

Question. You mentioned youtube re-enables all the time after it being disabled. My question is, what symptoms do you get when it re-enables?

 

[muggii]

I just don't want any apps that I don't use. I already have problems with the battery, so I want all apps I don't use uninstalled.
And then I got obsessed over that I couldn't decide what I want on my phone.
It shouldn't be possible for the YouTube app to keeps enabling itself.
I'm using another alternative for YouTube, so I don't need the app.

 

[frederickdawg]

I just don't want any apps that I don't use. I already have problems with the battery, so I want all apps I don't use uninstalled.
And then I got obsessed over that I couldn't decide what I want on my phone.
It shouldn't be possible for the YouTube app to keeps enabling itself.
I'm using another alternative for YouTube, so I don't need the app.

It would be best to use the adb uninstall option I mentioned earlier.

Here's a link describing how to.


https://www.maketecheasier.com/uninstall-system-apps-without-root-android/

 

[muggii]

Thank you, I will try to find a step by step guide to how i use it.

 

[Rukbat]

First, an installed, enabled, but not used, app doesn't use battery.

Second, rooting the phone enables you to freeze or uninstall any app. (It allows you to uninstall Android itself, so don't just fool around with it.) See https://www.skyneel.com/root-huawei-p20 for instructions - but I'd use Magisk, rather than SuperSU. Magisk is systemless, which means that if you flash the normal boot.img file, the phone is unrooted, and back to normal. (You can get a boot.img, to modify to install Magisk, out of any Huawei update zip, or you can just flash Magisk itself from TWRP [just install it].)

 

[Dooki]

go through the app information and turn off all the options. allow background activity, background data usage, uninstall updates, disable, force stop, and turn off notifications. For some reason, turning off notifications is required for some apps to not update as the play store still recognizes that it should update. I've seen it multiple times.

 

[mustang7757]

go through the app information and turn off all the options. allow background activity, background data usage, uninstall updates, disable, force stop, and turn off notifications. For some reason, turning off notifications is required for some apps to not update as the play store still recognizes that it should update. I've seen it multiple times.

Hopefully that works , i was thinking deny permission, and not allowing background activity didn't think about notifications .

 

[muggii]

I have actually tried everything and nothing works and I'm afraid to root the phone i have never tried it before, so i think I'll just keep the app even though i don't use the app.

But I have a question if anyone can help me. I'm gonna send my phone to get the battery changes but I have to make backup of all my apps and data, can I do that with some program like iTunes?

 

[mustang7757]

I have actually tried everything and nothing works and I'm afraid to root the phone i have never tried it before, so i think I'll just keep the app even though i don't use the app.

But I have a question if anyone can help me. I'm gonna send my phone to get the battery changes but I have to make backup of all my apps and data, can I do that with some program like iTunes?

should have Huawei cloud back up on the phone?

 

[muggii]

I rather use som program on my pc to make a backup

 

[mustang7757]

Maybe some others here can chime in

 

[Jason Ellison1]

Maybe some others here can chime in

I had the same problem, I think it was caused by the Huawei app store, since I disabled it youtube seems to stay deactivated.

 

[mustang7757]

I had the same problem, I think it was caused by the Huawei app store, since I disabled it youtube seems to stay deactivated.

Thanks for the input

 

[Jason Ellison1]

Thanks for the input

It didn't work. YouTube reinstalled itself again!

 

[mustang7757]

It didn't work. YouTube reinstalled itself again!

 

[Elky64]

I had the same problem, I think it was caused by the Huawei app store, since I disabled it youtube seems to stay deactivated.

It's not Huawei nor their app store...

I have a similar problem for the past couple of months or more but it's related to Chrome and Duo, they keep re-enabling themselves. To-date occurring on my P20 & Pro, Moto G7, and G8X ThinQ, not an issue on my Pixel 2 XL. And "Auto-update apps" on all devices is set to "Don't auto-update apps".

Over the course of time what I've noticed is "Android System WebView" appears to be playing a role in this because every time it gets updated at some point so does Chrome and Duo. So I've tried not updating WebView and/or disabling. Nope does not work nor has the several updates WebView has gotten done any good.

The most frustration part, all three of these apps have a mind of their own updating at will and whenever even though I've requested don't auto-update apps. Read where others are having similar problems too and from my gathering, this is only related to Google's apps.

BTW... Factory reset my P20 Pro a week ago as a new device (no backup and first time in two years), nada same problem. Also tried multiple suggestions on all my devices and they too did nothing to fix issue. Not planning digging any deeper as shouldn't have too since all was fine for many moons prior, just hoping a fix comes along at some point to rid those of us affected of this annoyance.