Cannot re-enable apps that I've disabled.

[biglilsteve]

I have a thing against having lots of apps in my app drawer that I never use. I always go through and disable ones that I won't need. Well, I disabled some of the ZTE apps like My Voice, and now I can't re-enable them. When I go to app info, it shows "disabled" on the list for the app, but when I tap it, there is an "enable" button that is grayed out.

I'd like to be able to do this without factory resetting the phone.

 

[peramikic]

If you can get ADB running to connect the phone to the PC try this

adb shell pm list packages -d

adb shell pm unhide package.Name

 

[DrakenFX]

If you can get ADB running to connect the phone to the PC try this

adb shell pm list packages -d

adb shell pm unhide package.Name

:laugh: looks like we are all here , by the way wont work (unhide command) needs to be " pm enable " and requires system access (root) "Permission Denial" , i try with a disabled app(s), just hope we get that update soon to avoid all this problems

P.S. yeah i'm the guy from ZTE forum

 

[biglilsteve]

Haha good to see you guys!

 

[peramikic]

Too bad on the ADB pm cmd, i was 50/50 on it working

I need to find a way to auto-post to both forums through :laugh:

 

[DrakenFX]

Haha good to see you guys!

Too bad on the ADB pm cmd, i was 50/50 on it working

I need to find a way to auto-post to both forums through :laugh:

LoL, good to see people from ZTE Forums here too hehehe and yeah this is what i get when trying to enable it back (using terminal app but is the with ADB)

 

[peramikic]

LoL, good to see people from ZTE Forums here too hehehe and yeah this is what i get when trying to enable it back (using terminal app but is the with ADB)

Technically i went there from here

Looks like you ran directly from terminal emulator. I'm not sure, but ADB shell might run under a different UID and have more permissions. This might have changed in MM, but you could use pm command to grand permission to Greenify package on non rooted devices

 

[imp3r10]

Was there ever a fix for this? I am running into the same issue and can't re-enable apps.

 

[xtermmin]

Was there ever a fix for this? I am running into the same issue and can't re-enable apps.

Are you on software version B27?

 

[imp3r10]

Are you on software version B27?

B20

 

[xtermmin]

B20

Update to B27 (and maybe factory reset). I'm pretty sure this was one of the things fixed in B27.

 

[imp3r10]

Update to B27 (and maybe factory reset). I'm pretty sure this was one of the things fixed in B27.

Oh. I was putting off upgrading until I got root and there was more development in the phone to recover corrupt devices.

 

[mh127]

Update to B27 (and maybe factory reset). I'm pretty sure this was one of the things fixed in B27.

Are you sure about this? I have seen posts on ZTE board saying that apps can no longer be enabled/disabled with B27. With B20 you can at least do disabling (I am not sure about enabling).

 

[choadtron11]

some you can some you can't. you can disable ZTE browser, but can't disable ZTE calendar or ZTE messanger for instance.

 

[An Droid]

For disabling apps, are you using a different launcher?


Launch the Stock Android launcher and disable apps through the app drawer - I've successfully disabled ZTE calendar and messenger on my device.

Re-enabling seems another problem altogether though..

 

[xtermmin]

Oh. I was putting off upgrading until I got root and there was more development in the phone to recover corrupt devices.

B27 can still be rooted and bootloader unlocked. No real reason not to update.

 

[choadtron11]

no such love for B27

 

[xtermmin]

Are you sure about this? I have seen posts on ZTE board saying that apps can no longer be enabled/disabled with B27. With B20 you can at least do disabling (I am not sure about enabling).

That was something else that was changed.

On B20, if you disabled apps in Settings > Apps, sometimes you would not be able to re-enable them.

(What you're talking about) On B20, if you use the Stock Android theme, if you press and hold on an application icon, there's a "Disable" option at the top of the screen that you can drag the icon to. Using this method, you could disable apps that you couldn't via Settings > Apps, such as the ZTE Calendar and Messaging apps. However, this allowed you to disable things that could cause issues with the device, such as disabling Settings or the Dialer. If you disabled apps this way, you could not re-enable them via Settings > Apps.

On B27, you can still disable apps in Settings > Apps, and people haven't reported having issues re-enabling them.

On B27, the "Disable" option in the Stock Android theme has been removed. So while you're not able to disable some stock apps, you cannot accidentally disable something that could break the OS.

 

[An Droid]

On B27, you can still disable apps in Settings > Apps, and people haven't reported having issues re-enabling them.

On B27, the "Disable" option in the Stock Android theme has been removed. So while you're not able to disable some stock apps, you cannot accidentally disable something that could break the OS.

Thanks - hadn't noticed that difference with B27 till now.

However, I've disabled the stock clock, and can no longer re-enable it through the App settings.

There does appear to be another solution (I haven't tried it though) - from the App settings, if you select the 3 dot menu on the top right, the option to reset app preferences should re-enable apps (and reset other settings as well).

 

[xtermmin]

Thanks - hadn't noticed that difference with B27 till now.

However, I've disabled the stock clock, and can no longer re-enable it through the App settings.

There does appear to be another solution (I haven't tried it though) - from the App settings, if you select the 3 dot menu on the top right, the option to reset app preferences should re-enable apps (and reset other settings as well).

Did you disable it back in B20? Cause when I look at the stock clock in B27 on my device, the disable option is greyed out.