I installed a app called Custom Navigation Bar, phone no longer able to be unlocked.

VirusRenamon

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So there is this app that if you use ADB, it can give you Android O's navigation bar...without root: Here

However, when I checked something off in one of the settings, something crashed my phone and sent me back to my lockscreen, now when I try to go to put in my passcode, it crashes before I have a chance to use it. The command I put in is this to get the app to let me use it: "pm grant xyz.paphonb.systemuituner android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS" but thats not what broke it, I think it was a setting where I tried to add a extra button. I dont think my navagation bar works anymore...

Is there a way to reverse this without resetting my phone back to default? Let me know if I need to give out anymore info.

Running Unlocked HTC One A9 on 7.0, stock/unrooted/unmodified.
 

alray

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Try to reboot in safe mode and uninstall that app?
With the phone powered off, press the power button. As soon as you see the HTC logo, release the power button and press and hold the volume down button until you're in the OS. It should now be in safe mode and hopefully that app shouldn't boot.

 
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jync11

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i had the same problem, after the compatibility test of that app (customized nav bar by paphonb),.. status/notification bar, navigation bar disappeared. and when I try to open an app, the phone freezes. Please help!