How to hide this icon in the app drawer?

[Kahenraz]

I have a Verizon Ellipsis 7 which is rooted. I've been cleaning out the app drawer by freezing apps and using Hide App (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thinkyeah.apphider&hl=en).

The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to get the Wi-Fi icon to hide. There is no good reason to have this icon as I can easily access the wifi options by navigating from the Settings icon. I can't freeze it because it's part of Settings.apk which adds BOTH the Settings icon and Wi-Fi. I've confirmed this by just moving Settings.apk out of the apps folder and both icons disappear.

If I use Hide App and select it to hide the Wi-Fi icon then it hides Settings and the Wi-Fi icon remains.

I happen to like the launcher I am currently using and would rather not have to change it to remove this icon from the app drawer. Does anyone know a way to remove this icon?

 

[Droidriven]

I have a Verizon Ellipsis 7 which is rooted. I've been cleaning out the app drawer by freezing apps and using Hide App (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thinkyeah.apphider&hl=en).

The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to get the Wi-Fi icon to hide. There is no good reason to have this icon as I can easily access the wifi options by navigating from the Settings icon. I can't freeze it because it's part of Settings.apk which adds BOTH the Settings icon and Wi-Fi. I've confirmed this by just moving Settings.apk out of the apps folder and both icons disappear.

If I use Hide App and select it to hide the Wi-Fi icon then it hides Settings and the Wi-Fi icon remains.

I happen to like the launcher I am currently using and would rather not have to change it to remove this icon from the app drawer. Does anyone know a way to remove this icon?

Maybe decompile settings.apk and remove the image and the text associated to the WiFi icon then re-sign and compile the app then overwrite the existing settings.apk with the newly modified settings.apk.

Or, if this icon only shows with the launcher you're using and doesn't show when you aren't using that launcher then it's probably something you'd have to modify in the launcher's .apk instead of settings.apk.
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