Force delete app on non-rooted android - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.0&return_msg=41762.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.1">1–9</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41762.1">Force delete app on non-rooted android</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41762_1_9_10"> <a name="a41762_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41762_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">16 Jun 2016 14:09</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.1">41762.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> A while ago (> year iirc) I installed "player fm" so I could listen to podcasts. Never used it. I opened it last week, and while trying to remember why I installed it (thinking "FM" === "music"), unintentionally* subscribed to a bunch of things by clicking on a seemingly generic news link. So it informed me that it would now start downloading crazy amounts of stuff every time I'm connected to wifi. A couple of days later when I noticed it doing exactly that, I tried to delete it. It doesn't want to be deleted. Instead, attempting to delete it causes my nexus 7/Android 5.1.1 tablet to reboot after a lengthy time (>10-minutes), which I've tried 3-4 times always with same result: long wait, reboot, no delete. <span class="emoticon e_csad" title=":C"><span class="e__">:C</span></span> The stupid app is only ~30MB. It does not have "device administrator" permissions.<br /><br /> Any pro tips on how to force-delete an app from an unrooted deviced?<br /><br /><br /><br /> *this may have been facilitated by alcohol<br /><br /> **oh, and I did figure out how to turn off the downloads, so there's that.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 16 Jun 2016 14:13 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.1&return_msg=41762.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41762.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41762_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41762_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">16 Jun 2016 15:10</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jun 2016 15:19"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.2">41762.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.1#a41762_1" target="_self">41762.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> What method are you using to try and remove it? <br /> Is it rooted? </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.2&return_msg=41762.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41762.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41762_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41762_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">16 Jun 2016 15:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jun 2016 15:25"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.3">41762.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.1#a41762_2" target="_self">41762.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's not rooted. I'm going through settings/apps/click on the app & choosing "uninstall".<br /><br /> The tablet seems to be spontaneously rebooting now every hour or so. I'm going to try and get into safe mode and see if I can delete the app there.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 16 Jun 2016 15:22 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.3&return_msg=41762.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41762.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41762_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41762_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">16 Jun 2016 15:27</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jun 2016 15:27"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.4">41762.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.1#a41762_3" target="_self">41762.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I think it's possible to delete apps using adb if you have any idea how to use that? </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.4&return_msg=41762.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41762.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41762_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41762_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">16 Jun 2016 15:28</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jun 2016 15:33"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.5">41762.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.1#a41762_4" target="_self">41762.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I have adb set up, but I think I'll try safe mode first.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.5&return_msg=41762.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41762.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41762_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_41762_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">16 Jun 2016 15:37</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">6 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.6">41762.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Safe mode did it in about 2 seconds.<br /><br /> Then I was unable to delete any other apps, and it rebooted itself.<br /> <span class="emoticon e_pyfitg" title="(pyfitg)"><span class="e__">(pyfitg)</span></span> <div class="edit_text">EDITED: 16 Jun 2016 16:02 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.6&return_msg=41762.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41762.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41762_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_41762_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">16 Jun 2016 17:46</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">7 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.7">41762.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Hasn't rebooted since the app delete/reboot couple of hours ago. I installed "Bootlog Uptime" so I can track whether it is rebooting when I'm not looking. AFAIK this is/was completely new behavior (though it has spontaneously rebooted a few times since I got it ~3-years ago, usually after an OTA update).<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 16 Jun 2016 17:47 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.7&return_msg=41762.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41762.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41762_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_41762_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">16 Jun 2016 20:22</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Jun 2016 00:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.8">41762.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.1#a41762_7" target="_self">41762.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Soz (((Smiffy))), sounds like a pain in the bum. <br /><br /> Reading through the post sequence, I was going to write something like 'leave it there, what's 30mb?' but or course neither I, nor you, nor any self-respecting geek would or could have ever done that. Fuck knows how many hours - days indeed - I have spent wrangling stuff (and fucking bigger stuff up as a consequence) because it would be neater thus.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.8&return_msg=41762.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41762.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41762_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_41762_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">17 Jun 2016 00:04</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Manthorp <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Jun 2016 11:16"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.9">41762.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41762.1#a41762_8" target="_self">41762.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah, my concern was that it was some kind of malware that had its hooks in me. Also, I was wondering if it were merely a symptom of some underlyiing issue, like old age even. Not that I would know anything about that. Anyways I got rid of it.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 17 Jun 2016 00:07 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41762.9&return_msg=41762.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41762.9"> <span class="rating">+1/1</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>