Which apps have you disabled?

[KoukiFC3S]

So far I only disabled:

-Sprint Music

 

[DougB541#CB]

Pretty sure you can uninstall Sprint Music...i think...

Its not on my app list.

 

[biggdogg9]

Guy rid of that one to today as it came up for a update

from my HTC evo lte that was smuggled through customs in a kilo of cocaine

 

[AlternetConcept]

sprint music
facebook
facebook htc

 

[crxssi]

Pretty sure you can uninstall Sprint Music...

Nope, not possible.

 

[crxssi]

Which apps have you disabled?

Sprint Music
Facebook
Dropbox
Google+

 

[KoukiFC3S]

I disabled a few more:

Adobe Flash ( I use Chrome)
Car
Play Books
Google +
Music
Shopper
Sprint Hotspot
Swype
Talk

So far I haven't had any issues.

 

[flyer8493]

Google wallet, until its fixed.

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

 

[lvs3]

Is there a difference between uninstalling an app and disabling an app? If so, how do you disable an app?

 

[m3lover1]

Google+
Picasa
Sprint Music
Stock Widget
Stocks
Twitter

 

[Mercury81]

None for me, I'm using all 68 apps I have from market.:beer::thumbup:

sent from my Evo4LTE

 

[Scotlac]

Is there a difference between uninstalling an app and disabling an app? If so, how do you disable an app?

To disable an app you have to be rooted and use an app such as Titanium Backup.

 

[olsonn]

To disable an app you have to be rooted and use an app such as Titanium Backup.

There is a Disable option under "Apps" in "Settings" for non-rooted users. I disabled Talk and other stuff.

Maybe it isn't a true "disable" like with root, though?

 

[crxssi]

To disable an app you have to be rooted and use an app such as Titanium Backup.

That is not true. In ICS (Android 4.X), for the first time, unrooted phone users are allowed to disable apps.

Is there a difference between uninstalling an app and disabling an app?

Yes. You can't uninstall apps that are installed on the system partition. These are apps that are part of what Sprint/HTC put on the phone. But by "disabling" them, they will no longer appear on the regular applications list and can no longer be run at all by the user OR by other apps OR by the OS. Although still installed, they are also ignored by the package management system and will not be updated by Google Play. It is as close as possible to actually having an app uninstalled. Disabled apps can then only be seen at the bottom of the apps list when in settings->apps->all or by performing a search while in "all" and they are labeled as "disabled".

The catch is that you have to be careful. You can not only disable end-user applications, but also services and parts of the OS, itself. Disable the wrong thing, and you can leave your phone in an unstable state.

The other catch is that Sprint removed the ability to disable the Sprint Zone app (which I think is a scummy move).

 

[DougB541#CB]

You know..this phone is super short on bloatware...i'll take sprint zone...esp. since they made huge improvements to it.

its actually useful.

 

[flyhighx]

Where is the option for disable? I'm not seeing it in Settings>Apps. Clicking on the app brings up options (clear data, uninstall....) but no disable.

 

[kkapoorr]

Where is the option for disable? I'm not seeing it in Settings>Apps. Clicking on the app brings up options (clear data, uninstall....) but no disable.

Disable should be there, but only for the pre loaded apps. Not for anything downloaded from the store.

Sent from my International HTC One X.

 

[crxssi]

Disable should be there, but only for the pre loaded apps. Not for anything downloaded from the store..

Correct. There is no need to disable something user-installed, since it can just be uninstalled.

 

[flyhighx]

got it. Thanks. I wasn't seeing it because it wasn't there for the apps I really wanted to disable (facebook, sprint music......) Oh, well. will just root and get rid of everything I don't want completely.

 

[JoshK]

got it. Thanks. I wasn't seeing it because it wasn't there for the apps I really wanted to disable (facebook, sprint music......) Oh, well. will just root and get rid of everything I don't want completely.

You can disable those apps you mentioned by first uninstalling the updates. After the updates are uninstalled the option to disable in in that buttons place.