Step one: Go To Settings
Step two: Go To App Manager
Step three: Go To The All Tab
Step four: Select the application you wish to turn off
Step five: click "turn off"
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Turning Off Bloat Apps On The Verizon Note 3. No Root Required!
- Thread starter DroidModderX
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Step one: Go To Settings
Step two: Go To App Manager
Step three: Go To The All Tab
Step four: Select the application you wish to turn off
Step five: click "turn off"
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TheOldFart
Active Member
I don't think that the bloatware apps take up over half of the memory. I believe that the apps on my HTC One took up less than 1GB. The total memory used by all apps, including the ones I've installed, is only 1.18GB on my One. I also don't think that the disabled apps have to be enabled before an update. I had a lot of deactivated apps on my Galaxy Tab 3 when it updated from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2.
The apps do need to be present on the phone so this method is good for disabling apps if you want to update later. If you were to root your phone and remove the apps all together you would be screwed when it was time to update.
You have 2 options. Option 1) Go into your app drawer> hit your menu button> hit "show disabled apps". Or option 2) Go one section further to the right from ALL in the app manager, and it's your Turned Off Apps
I finally rooted my Note 3 with the method that doesnt' trigger Knox and am looking for a way to kill My Magazine. I have no use/want for it and it is annoying as hell.
If you're rooted, you should be able to download Root Explorer. From there, you can open the app, and from the root directory, look for a folder called "System." Once in System, you'll look for "App." When you're in there, be sure that you click the Mount R/W button towards the top, then look for "MagazineHome.apk." Long-press MagazineHome.apk and select rename. Change the name to MagazineHome.bak. That will disable the app and leave it on your phone. Looks like Lounge.apk has the same icon as MyMagazine, so they may be related. Before doing that, I'd suggest waiting for a [Root] Safe to Disable Apps list for the Note 3. I'd say one will probably be out there somewhere within a couple weeks. Basically what I mean is, you can disable the app that way, but I have no way of knowing what adverse effects it will have, so I'm not responsible if it breaks something. I don't know what other things MyMagazine is tied to in the OS. Theoretically, it shouldn't break anything, but until that's confirmed in a Safe to Disable Root list, it's proceed at your own risk.
Sometimes you can't disable because the app has been updated. Try uninstalling updates. And sometimes you can't disable them because they and VZ suck.
On the Note 3, if the app has been updated, the "Turn Off" button is still functional, and it simply uninstalls the updates and disables the app when you press it.
TheOldFart
Active Member
This is somewhat different than what you originally said. You said that they have to be turned on before update. I did not have to turn on any of the apps that I turned off before the update from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 on my Tab 3 7.0 and they were still turned of after the update.