TeamAmaze / TeamAmaze/AmazeFileManager
Cannot uninstall system app
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
- Stars
- 6.4k
- Forks
- 1.7k
- Avg merge
- 3d 9h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
I installed Amaze 3.2.1 from F-Droid into an Android 6.0 rooted chinese phone. It can uninstall user Apps installed via Google Play and via F-Droid without problems, but it fails when I try to uninstall com.android.service, which is a spyware installed by the chinese manufacturer (at least accordingly with Google Play Protect and some security sites).
When I tap the "uninstall" option, the Amaze app warns about removing a system app, the it says "done", but the app is still there, indeed. I DO NOT have any extra tools installed, like busybox.
It seems that the backup option instead is working well with system app too.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the uninstall flow on a rooted Android 6.0 device with Amaze 3.2.1, comparing user-app and system-app removal without BusyBox. Trace the system-app uninstall path and verify that the reported result matches whether com.android.service was actually removed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100