I have an LG Optimus Slider phone (running Android 2,3.4), and some time ago I installed the Facebook app on it. Recently I wanted to uninstall it to free up some space, but I found that it would only let me uninstall the updates to Facebook, but not the Facebook app itself. Has anyone had this problem and know of a way to uninstall the Facebook app?

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to All on Sat Jul 14 2012 09:31:36

Ahoy Nightfox,

installed the Facebook app on it. Recently I wanted to uninstall it to free some space, but I found that it would only let me uninstall the updates to Facebook, but not the Facebook app itself. Has anyone had this problem and know of a way to uninstall the Facebook app?

Yes, this is "normal". Your ROM came with Facebook version x.y.z. All updates after that, you can uninstall the normal way. Facebook x.y.z., you "can't" uninstall--that is to say, the manufacturers didn't intend for you to uninstall it.

You of course, can remove the .APK manually if you have rooted your device.

Hope that helps,

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to All on Sat Jul 14 2012 09:31 am

I have an LG Optimus Slider phone (running Android 2,3.4), and some time
ago I installed the Facebook app on it. Recently I wanted to uninstall it to free up some space, but I found that it would only let me uninstall the updates to Facebook, but not the Facebook app itself. Has anyone had this problem and know of a way to uninstall the Facebook app?

Nightfox

that fb is on there due to an agreement between your carrier, google and fb.

you have to have root to either freeze it or remove it.
i would rather freeze it instead. you can also freeze or remove any crappy default apps that you would rather not use to free up your memory.

remember to backup first.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to All on Sat Jul 14 2012 09:31 am

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I have an LG Optimus Slider phone (running Android 2,3.4), and some time ago installed the Facebook app on it. Recently I wanted to uninstall it to free some space, but I found that it would only let me uninstall the updates to Facebook, but not the Facebook app itself. Has anyone had this problem and know of a way to uninstall the Facebook app?

Nightfox

did it take the permissions of the default facebook app? which is locked. unless you are rooted. then just get appmanager.


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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: art to Nightfox on Sat Jul 14 2012 18:24:43

Yes, this is "normal". Your ROM came with Facebook version x.y.z. All updates after that, you can uninstall the normal way. Facebook x.y.z., you "can't" uninstall--that is to say, the manufacturers didn't intend for you to uninstall it.

No, my ROM didn't come with it. I downloaded and installed Facebook myself from the Android store some time ago, after I bought the phone.

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sat Jul 14 2012 16:03:28

that fb is on there due to an agreement between your carrier, google and
fb.

you have to have root to either freeze it or remove it.
i would rather freeze it instead. you can also freeze or remove any
crappy default apps that you would rather not use to free up your memory.

No, I downloaded and installed Facebook from the Google app store after I bought my phone. It wasn't installed on it originally.

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Corey to Nightfox on Sat Jul 14 2012 15:11:09

did it take the permissions of the default facebook app? which is locked. unless you are rooted. then just get appmanager.

I'm not sure what you mean.. But anyway, Facebook wasn't included with my phone when I bought it - I installed it after I bought it, so I'd think I should be able to uninstall it like any other app that I've installed.

Nightfox

On 7/14/2012 1:31 PM, Nightfox wrote:

I have an LG Optimus Slider phone (running Android 2,3.4), and some time ago I
installed the Facebook app on it. Recently I wanted to uninstall it to free up
some space, but I found that it would only let me uninstall the updates to Facebook, but not the Facebook app itself. Has anyone had this problem and know of a way to uninstall the Facebook app?

Sorry, like Internet Explorer, its part of the operating system. :P


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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to art on Sat Jul 14 2012 05:32 pm

No, my ROM didn't come with it. I downloaded and installed Facebook myself from the Android store some time ago, after I bought the phone.

are you SURE your phone didnt have it to begin with?

if you really did not have a fb app you can get rid of the app manually by going into your system/ dir

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Sat Jul 14 2012 05:33 pm

No, I downloaded and installed Facebook from the Google app store after I bought my phone. It wasn't installed on it originally.

what version of android and what phone and what carrier? most phones
come with a FB app already installed. are you sure you didnt overlook this?

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Re: Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mindless Automaton to Nightfox on Sat Jul 14 2012 06:03 pm

the updates to Facebook, but not the Facebook app itself. Has anyone had this problem and know of a way to uninstall the Facebook app?

Sorry, like Internet Explorer, its part of the operating system. :P

well he can freeze it or remove it.

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Re: Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mindless Automaton to Nightfox on Sat Jul 14 2012 18:03:55

Sorry, like Internet Explorer, its part of the operating system. :P

Well I remember installing the Facebook app after I bought my phone.. I don't remember it being there when I bought it.

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sun Jul 15 2012 03:15:22

are you SURE your phone didnt have it to begin with?

I'm pretty sure.

if you really did not have a fb app you can get rid of the app manually by going into your system/ dir

Does the phone need to be rooted to do that? Mine isn't rooted.

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sun Jul 15 2012 03:16:03

what version of android and what phone and what carrier? most phones
come with a FB app already installed. are you sure you didnt overlook
this?

It's running Android 2.3.4. It's an LG Optimus Slider through Virgin Mobile. I'm fairly certain the Facebook app wasn't there. Just now I double-checked the specs on Virgin Mobile's web site and Facebook isn't listed there: http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phones/lg-optimus-slider-phone.jsp/

Nightfox

Re: Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mindless Automaton on Sun Jul 15 2012 01:05 am

Re: Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mindless Automaton to Nightfox on Sat Jul 14 2012 18:03:55

Sorry, like Internet Explorer, its part of the operating system. :P

Well I remember installing the Facebook app after I bought my phone.. I don't remember it being there when I bought it.

it was probably already there.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Sun Jul 15 2012 01:06 am

if you really did not have a fb app you can get rid of the app manually by going into your system/ dir

Does the phone need to be rooted to do that? Mine isn't rooted.

yeah it has to be rooted. rooting your phone isnt such a big deal. it just gives you the access that you should have to your phone. there are several benefits as well.

i know a phone hacker [i hate to use that word now] and he's on my irc network.

his name is mikeredd and he'd be glad to answer any questions you have. he has owned several phones , sometimes 2 or 3 a year and he has rooted and bricked and restored them all. :D he works a lot and he's on the west coast so he's on evenings and during the day when he's at work.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Sun Jul 15 2012 01:09 am

It's running Android 2.3.4. It's an LG Optimus Slider through Virgin Mobile. I'm fairly certain the Facebook app wasn't there. Just now I double-checked the specs on Virgin Mobile's web site and Facebook isn't listed there: http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phones/lg-optimus-slider-phone.jsp/

okay i am now positive you had that fb app. i use virgin mobile too because of the unlimited data plan for 25/month.

i'm sure they have rooted your phone. just look around on android forums.
i have the intercept.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sun Jul 15 2012 15:31:22

okay i am now positive you had that fb app. i use virgin mobile too
because of the unlimited data plan for 25/month.

hmm.. I'm fairly certain I remember downoading the Facebook app though because it was one of the first things I installed. Maybe I'm just remembering wrong though..

i'm sure they have rooted your phone. just look around on android forums.
i have the intercept.

My phone isn't rooted.. I've tried doing some things with it that I wasn't able to do (i.e., changing the startup sound) that I found out required rooting. Why would a phone company root their phones though? I'd think it would be in their best interest not to root their phones, so that they'd have more control over what their phones do, and to prevent customers from doing stupid things and then clogging up tech support lines or returning the phones to the store.

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Sun Jul 15 2012 03:11 pm

rooting. Why would a phone company root their phones though? I'd think it would be in their best interest not to root their phones, so that they'd have more control over what their phones do, and to prevent customers from doing stupid things and then clogging up tech support lines or returning
the phones to the store.

those phones fuck up one way or another, dude. with root you can backup everything and have full control.

it's just better.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Sun Jul 15 2012 03:11 pm

rooting. Why would a phone company root their phones though? I'd think i would be in their best interest not to root their phones, so that they'd have more control over what their phones do, and to prevent customers fro doing stupid things and then clogging up tech support lines or returning the phones to the store.

those phones fuck up one way or another, dude. with root you can backup everything and have full control.

it's just better.

and shoot yourself in the head too.


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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Corey to Mro on Sun Jul 15 2012 08:59 pm

think i would be in their best interest not to root their phones, so that they'd have more control over what their phones do, and to prevent customers fro doing stupid things and then clogging up tech support lines or returning the phones to the store.

those phones fuck up one way or another, dude. with root you can backup everything and have full control.

it's just better.

and shoot yourself in the head too.

okay but you first.

if you are trying to say that rooting your phone is stupid, it's not. it's simply giving you control over what you should have control over.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sun Jul 15 2012 22:38:00

those phones fuck up one way or another, dude. with root you can backup everything and have full control.

it's just better.

Yeah.. I've done jailbreaks of the iPod Touch and have thought about rooting my phone but I'm a little nervous of bricking it. I've found some instructions for rooting it online, but they seem a little sketchy - the risk of bricking it seem somewhat high..

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to art on Sat Jul 14 2012 17:32:39

Ahoy NF,

No, my ROM didn't come with it. I downloaded and installed Facebook myself from the Android store some time ago, after I bought the phone.

I have a ROM here, that does have FB installed. When I go into Play, it doesn't recognize that FB has been installed, and lets me download it just the same, as if it weren't installed. To date nothing bad has happened, but I've seen this behavior here if it helps.

Regardless of when it was installed, it does seem that you will need root to remove it. It's actually fairly easy to do--you don't need to call in the "haxors". I've done it on a handful of android devices over the years without issue--read a few separate posts/pages that describe the process (not just one), and I think you should be fine.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Mon Jul 16 2012 07:16 am

Yeah.. I've done jailbreaks of the iPod Touch and have thought about rooting my phone but I'm a little nervous of bricking it. I've found some instructions for rooting it online, but they seem a little sketchy - the risk of bricking it seem somewhat high..

even if you brick your phone there is a way to access it and restore a default rom.

i screwed up my phone and i was able to restore it. actually an app screwed it up real bad. it locked up and when i rebooted it was pretty much bricked.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: art to Nightfox on Mon Jul 16 2012 05:21 pm

to remove it. It's actually fairly easy to do--you don't need to call in
the "haxors". I've done it on a handful of android devices over the years without issue--read a few separate posts/pages that describe the process (not just one), and I think you should be fine.

well he should read up on the process for that exact phone. i'm sure there's an apk out there that he installs and it will root and unroot it.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sun Jul 15 2012 03:28 pm

yeah it has to be rooted. rooting your phone isnt such a big deal. it
just gives you the access that you should have to your phone. there are several benefits as well.

My phone is not going to have Jellybean and I will likely have to root it to get CM 10.
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Re: Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sun Jul 15 2012 03:26 pm

Re: Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app

Sorry, like Internet Explorer, its part of the operating system. :P

Well I remember installing the Facebook app after I bought my phone.. I don't remember it being there when I bought it.

Just a FYI to whoever posted it originally... I installed Facebook on my
Motorolla Back Flip. I once had to uninstall it and re-install it. To get
it removed totally, I had to download an app that was designed for removing
hard to remove apps. You could try going to settings, running programs,
then killing anything related to facebook, then go to settings, applications
and try removing it there, but I remember facebook, one of my task killers,
and a few other apps you had to download a special program that whipes it off
your phone... And even then, there was like 2-3 programs that claimed to do it, and only one actually seemed to work...

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sun Jul 15 2012 03:16:03

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Sat Jul 14 2012 05:33 pm

No, I downloaded and installed Facebook from the Google app store after I bought my phone. It wasn't installed on it originally.

what version of android and what phone and what carrier? most phones
come with a FB app already installed. are you sure you didnt overlook this?

I don't have the problem, but just to add to the conversation. I have a Samsung Nexus S 4G on Sprint (The 4G network is nonexistent) running
Android ICS 4.0.4. Its a very flexible and friendly device. I can
uninstall Facebook at anytime. Its Google+ garbage that I'm stuck with.
The facebook app does hog more and more resources without any added functionality. Its cutting into my Temple Run resource needs. At least
I can play Grabatron without any problems.

Sorry Nightfox. I don't understand why you would be unable to uninstall facebook. Have you tried stopping the processes first and then
uninstalling?



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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: art to Nightfox on Mon Jul 16 2012 17:21:59

I have a ROM here, that does have FB installed. When I go into Play, it doesn't recognize that FB has been installed, and lets me download it just the same, as if it weren't installed. To date nothing bad has happened,
but I've seen this behavior here if it helps.

I'm seeing something different - If I go into the Play Store, the Facebook app appears as another app that has been downloaded from there. And if I go into my phone's application settings, Facebook appears on the "downloaded" list, as do the other apps I have downloaded. I'm fairly sure I downloaded it after I bought the phone.

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Mon Jul 16 2012 17:36:50

even if you brick your phone there is a way to access it and restore a default rom.

i screwed up my phone and i was able to restore it. actually an app
screwed it up real bad. it locked up and when i rebooted it was pretty
much bricked.

Good to know I could restore it if I had to.

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to art on Wed Jul 18 2012 10:51 pm

I'm seeing something different - If I go into the Play Store, the Facebook app appears as another app that has been downloaded from there. And if I
go into my phone's application settings, Facebook appears on the "downloaded" list, as do the other apps I have downloaded. I'm fairly sure I downloaded it after I bought the phone.

your phone came with it.
you downloaded an update.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to art on Wed Jul 18 2012 10:51 pm

I'm seeing something different - If I go into the Play Store, the Faceboo app appears as another app that has been downloaded from there. And if I go into my phone's application settings, Facebook appears on the "downloaded" list, as do the other apps I have downloaded. I'm fairly su I downloaded it after I bought the phone.

your phone came with it.
you downloaded an update.

thats what I was thinking. the android os usally dont lock a app unless the carrier tells them too. it is very rare a unbundled app would toggle app lock on it's own. but a update is varied. some let you remove a update, but not the original app. and some will lock the update too.
If he roots he must becareful. some program will uninstall a app and not tell you want the dependencysare, untill you os crashes on you.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Thu Jul 19 2012 18:23:04

your phone came with it.
you downloaded an update.

No, I haven't downloaded an update for my phone, since there have been no overall system updates for it. It has had Android 2.3.4 since I bought it. Besides, how do you know what all I've done with my phone? :P

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Thu Jul 19 2012 18:23:04

your phone came with it.
you downloaded an update.

No, I haven't downloaded an update for my phone, since there have been no overall system updates for it. It has had Android 2.3.4 since I bought it. Besides, how do you know what all I've done with my phone? :P

Nightfox

hmm, one way to find out thou.
make a FULL backup of all youur added stuff.
then do a factory reinit of the phone.
and see if it is still there. since you didnt root, it would not be in the factory rom image.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Corey to Mro on Thu Jul 19 2012 04:24 pm

not the original app. and some will lock the update too.
If he roots he must becareful. some program will uninstall a app and not tell you want the dependencysare, untill you os crashes on you.

yeah, that's why a lot of root admin tools have the 'freeze' feature.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Thu Jul 19 2012 07:26 pm

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Thu Jul 19 2012 18:23:04

your phone came with it.
you downloaded an update.

No, I haven't downloaded an update for my phone, since there have been no overall system updates for it. It has had Android 2.3.4 since I bought it. Besides, how do you know what all I've done with my phone? :P

i didnt say you downloaded an update for your phone's os. your phone
updated the app that was already installed.

if you want to clear up this confusion call up VM and ask them if fb app is already installed. it is.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Corey to Nightfox on Thu Jul 19 2012 20:42:58

hmm, one way to find out thou.
make a FULL backup of all youur added stuff.
then do a factory reinit of the phone.
and see if it is still there. since you didnt root, it would not be in the factory rom image.

I guess that would be one way to do it..

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Fri Jul 20 2012 00:49:46

i didnt say you downloaded an update for your phone's os. your phone
updated the app that was already installed.

Yeah, and I know there have been some updates to the app. But what I've been saying all this time is that I'm fairly sure that the app didn't come with my phone - I remember downloading it at one point.

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Fri Jul 20 2012 09:50 am

Yeah, and I know there have been some updates to the app. But what I've been saying all this time is that I'm fairly sure that the app didn't come with my phone - I remember downloading it at one point.

it did!

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sat Jul 21 2012 01:11:47

been saying all this time is that I'm fairly sure that the app didn't
come with my phone - I remember downloading it at one point.

it did!

How are you so sure it came with my phone? On the link to my phone's specs I shared earlier, I didn't see Facebook included in the list of apps.

Nightfox

Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Sat Jul 21 2012 01:44 pm

How are you so sure it came with my phone? On the link to my phone's specs I shared earlier, I didn't see Facebook included in the list of apps.

because i know it comes with either a facebook app or a type of stub app.

just revert your phone. export your contacts and do a reset.

it doesnt say it in my phone specs either.

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Nightfox to Mro on Sun Jul 15 2012 01:09 am

what version of android and what phone and what carrier? most phones
come with a FB app already installed. are you sure you didnt overlook this?

http://i.imgur.com/lFVQG.png

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Re: Can't remove Android Facebook app
By: Mro to Nightfox on Sat Jul 21 2012 21:12:56

http://i.imgur.com/lFVQG.png

I see. I guess that answers my question. :P

Nightfox