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Issues and Wiki for the Android NFC Ring Unlock app
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Cannot uninstall NFC Ring Unlock app #36

Closed mougino closed 10 years ago

mougino commented 10 years ago

It is impossible to uninstall the NFC Ring Unlock app from my Xperia Z Android 4.2.2.

When I go in Settings > Applications it appears as "co.mclear.nfcringunlockpro" (package name) while all the other apps appear as their app name. Then when I tap to display the app details, both buttons "force stop" and "uninstall" are grayed (?)

Screenshot here: http://imgur.com/JBhm9rs

Also the Sony phones offer an uninstall option from the app menu, and here too the uninstall is deactivated for NFC Ring Unlock (although here it is listed under the correct app name).

Screenshot here: http://imgur.com/dqJv06c

JohnMcLear commented 10 years ago

Good spot, will test that now and report back.

JohnMcLear commented 10 years ago

Weirdly it is showing on my desktop as co.mclear.nfcringunlockpro despite the fact the manifest reads correctly..

JohnMcLear commented 10 years ago

The shortcut on my apps was perfect, so it';s just the desktop shortcut that's borked..

Uninstall worked perfect...

@mougino how did you install the app? From the play store or?

JohnMcLear commented 10 years ago

Uninstall worked both ways for me, goign through settings and pressing and holding on app icon list screen and dragging to uninstall..

mougino commented 10 years ago

Ok after more investigation I managed to find the reason why it can't be uninstalled, it is when the option Device Security > Manage Device Administrator is enabled. It gives admin privileges to the app preventing it to be uninstalled by the user. Disable that option and you can uninstall the app the normal way.

mougino commented 10 years ago

And yes the app was installed from the Play Store.

JohnMcLear commented 10 years ago

@mougino good spot, would you mind whacking that on the Wiki please? I think others will benefit from your discovery :)

mougino commented 10 years ago

Ok, done: https://github.com/mclear/Android_NFC_Ring_Unlock/wiki (last Q/A) I am not a native English speaker so please rephrase any way you prefer and that is more understandable.

JohnMcLear commented 10 years ago

Excellent, cheers buddy :) I cleaned it up a bit too!

bootstrapt commented 10 years ago

Thanks for sharing the fix mougino. Had this issue and it started to get really annoying. Glad it was a quick fix.