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How to disable unwanted system apps and bloatware from your Android phone (Android 4.0 and up)

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http://www.talkandroid.com – A very handy but underrated feature in Google’s Android 4.x operating system is the ability to disable apps. Disabling apps is a way to basically freeze and hide any unused, unwanted, or unruly system apps that came on your phone (ie: ones that you can’t uninstall). This feature might come in handy if your phone came stocked with a bunch of unwanted bloatware that you never use. If you’re sick of looking at those unused icons cluttering up your app drawer, you can simply disable them and they’ll disappear for good.   Another reason you might want to disable an app i (IT news)

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Submitted by Androidboy on 11/30/2012

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Did verizon disable this feature in the SGS3, I am not going to start hacking my phone yet... But I want to know if it is possible to do this for the time being?

I have several apps installed, widgets mostly that I really don't want cluttering up my task drawer, but I actually like the Optimus 3.0 home (Hard as that is to believe) so I'd prefer to use it over another launcher.

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