DirecTV app sucks battery juice-can it be deleted?

[Barney Lerten]

Looking at battery manager, DirecTV is using as much of my battery as my email - and I use email a LOT, have it set to check very frequently. But of course AT&T seemingly makes it impossible to delete that app - I don't have DirecTV and I don't want to lose all that power to their app! I did search here to try to find something first, so pardon any repetition - if I take it back to no updates, then will it allow uninstall or am I stuck? Thanks all!

 

[B. Diddy]

Are you able to Disable it in the App Manager?

 

[Barney Lerten]

I tried that, but then it asks "do you want to replace this app with the factory version" - so if I say OK, does anyone know if THEN I can yank/disable it (for good)?

 

[Derewd]

You have to replace the current version on your phone with the stock image built into your phojne by the a-holes at ATT. Then, YES, you can disable it for good.

 

[Dooki]

yes, go back to the stock version. then force stop, clear the app cache, stop all notification. this will disable the app permanently but not delete.

 

[B. Diddy]

Yeah, all it does it uninstall any updates, which reverts it back to the original factory-installed version.

 

[Barney Lerten]

OK thanks!