Polaris Office kinda missing?

[Mooncatt]

I know I have the Polaris Office 5 app on my phone, but no icon in my app drawer for it. I checked to make sure it's not simply hidden from view and it's not. I do see it in the app manager list, but seems the only way I can get to it is to open a file like a PDF or text document and selecting it from the available compatible apps. I tried clearing app data and rebooting the phone to no avail and there's no uninstall update option because there's no earlier version to roll back to. A system cache clearing didn't help either.

On Verizon 4.4.3, but don't recall ever seeing the app available I'm my app drawer, including the factory stock 4.4.2. Am I missing something in trying to fix this, or is it not suppose to be independently accessible?

 

[757Dave]

I just checked mine and it is doing fine. Icon in on home screen and able to open files as usual. Don't really know what to tell you other than try to re-install. There are people here who surely know much more that I do, just wanted to let you know that mine's not having any problem. On verizon 4.4.3, too.

 

[mchockeyvette27]

I know I have the Polaris Office 5 app on my phone, but no icon in my app drawer for it. I checked to make sure it's not simply hidden from view and it's not. I do see it in the app manager list, but seems the only way I can get to it is to open a file like a PDF or text document and selecting it from the available compatible apps. I tried clearing app data and rebooting the phone to no avail and there's no uninstall update option because there's no earlier version to roll back to. A system cache clearing didn't help either.

On Verizon 4.4.3, but don't recall ever seeing the app available I'm my app drawer, including the factory stock 4.4.2. Am I missing something in trying to fix this, or is it not suppose to be independently accessible?

Search for it with google search. It'll pop up there. Or you can find it in the app drawer in an alternative launcher.
Its really weird. Same with the att model.

 

[benny3]

Do you have the apps still grouped by category? Sometimes disabling a app and enabling again will make the icon appear

 

[mchockeyvette27]

Do you have the apps still grouped by category? Sometimes disabling a app and enabling again will make the icon appear

That doesn't work. There's been a thread on this before. If its not in your app drawer already, the only way to find it is to search for it or use a different launcher.

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[benny3]

That doesn't work. There's been a thread on this before. If its not in your app drawer already, the only way to find it is to search for it or use a different launcher.

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Yeah a lot has changed in the last few versions. 4.4.3 has a lot code missing and its been a pain to port all the old mods. When L comes along i'm sure it's going to be a much bigger pain unless you are real good with smali

 

[Stanley Kubrick]

What you need to do is use a file explorer like ES File Explorer from the Play Store. Install it.
Then browse to system/priv-app and in there you will find a list of preinstalled apps that do not show up in the app drawer. Scroll down until you find PolarisOffice.apk and click on it and install it. Now you will have the icon in the app drawer. You can experiment with the other stuff at will.

 

[Mooncatt]

What you need to do is use a file explorer like ES File Explorer from the Play Store. Install it.
Then browse to system/priv-app and in there you will find a list of preinstalled apps that do not show up in the app drawer. Scroll down until you find PolarisOffice.apk and click on it and install it. Now you will have the icon in the app drawer. You can experiment with the other stuff at will.

This worked! Thank you.

 

[edklloyd]

Until you do a reboot and/or restart and it has disappeared again. (at least on my htc one m8 it does)

 

[Mooncatt]

Just checked and mine disappeared again too. Oh well, it's rare I'd use it buy now I know how to get to it if needed.

 

[edklloyd]

its an extra step but going to google search and opening it from there works just fine.

 

[Stanley Kubrick]

I reboot my phone every day and mine stays in the app drawer???
Not sure what you issues may be.

 

[lenamagdala]

Well, I have tried my best, even installed the ES Task Manager (very handy!), but I cannot find Polaris Office 5 anywhere within apps. Polaris Office itself is there, but not the 5 option. As the tablet offers me both programs separately when opening a document, I assume they are not part of each other. As a result I cannot change much in setting of Polaris 5, which prevents me to se it as a default opening program for some documents. I quite like it but dont want to be limited to it. Any other suggestions?

 

[AdamHunterATC]

Yeah, I don't get why they did this. On my Verizon model, (on 5.0.1), several apps, including HTC Stocks and Voice Recorder, are like this.