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Consumer Products => Avast Mobile Apps => Avast Anti-Theft for Android => Topic started by: wihe on December 08, 2011, 08:13:11 AM

Title: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: wihe on December 08, 2011, 08:13:11 AM: hi,guys
I am testing the avast anti-theft,but I found that I cannot uninstall the program.
(maybe I miss the uninstall method when the program told me how to do it.)
I have already disable the device admin,but I still can't uninstall the program.
Can anyone told me how to uninstall the software？
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: tcntad on December 08, 2011, 03:10:49 PM: You have to disable it as well.....

Installed as systemapp?
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: reinhardholzner on December 08, 2011, 03:36:08 PM: did you install it rooted?
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: wihe on December 08, 2011, 05:44:44 PM: yes,I installed it rooted.
The document in the software told that I should follow the guide below to uninstall it.
http://forum.avast.com/offline/forum.theftaware.com/viewtopic664f.html
But since I follow the second way to use the ConnectBot,I still don't know the apk's name of the Anti-theft.
(I enter the command "mount | grep system",and it returns "grep:not found")

By the way,can I remove the software by using Titanium backup or link2sd？
Does it anything different from the guide？
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: Raj.Kashyap on December 11, 2011, 06:53:39 AM: Did you tried to remove the Anti Theft from Device Admins?
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: mrm1 on December 14, 2011, 10:14:54 AM: Quote from: wihe on December 08, 2011, 05:44:44 PM

By the way,can I remove the software by using Titanium backup or link2sd？
Does it anything different from the guide？

Can confirm, uninstalling with Titanium works.
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: mackousko666 on January 02, 2012, 12:44:22 AM: Go to Settings → Location and security → Select device administrators
and untick checkbox with the name you gave to your Anti-Theft profile or whatever.
Then go to Settings → Applications and uninstall the application. It worked for me.
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: RejZoR on January 02, 2012, 07:55:54 PM: God, what a pain in the ass to remove this thing even if you have it unlocked with your passphrase. Why can't there be an option to uninstall it automatically as well once you log in with the password that you selected? This way only you can access the uninstall feature anyway.
Tried console, tried Titanium Backup and nothing worked. Really annoying...
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: reinhardholzner on January 05, 2012, 04:12:57 PM: Good news: in the next official update Mobile Security will contain an uninstall wizard for Anti-Theft which is also able to uninstall rooted installations (of course password protected).
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: goldenpixie1 on January 22, 2012, 06:07:10 AM: "Go to Settings → Location and security → Select device administrators
and untick checkbox with the name you gave to your Anti-Theft profile or whatever.
Then go to Settings → Applications and uninstall the application."

Using an LG OptimusV. The Device Administrators option won't let me untick the checkbox. When I go to untick it, I get a message asking me if I really want to deactivate it. I click "ok" and then I'm back on the Device Administrators screen and the box is still ticked.

My device is not rooted.

Help please. Thanks!
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: reinhardholzner on January 23, 2012, 12:09:20 PM: hi this seems to be a problem of your android installation. unfortunately i can not help you on this :-(.
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software?
Post by: prashu12419 on January 26, 2012, 04:28:57 PM: hw to uninstall theftaware software from my nokia C6-00...?
Title: Re: How to uninstall the Anti-theft software？
Post by: reinhardholzner on January 26, 2012, 06:10:55 PM: you have to call your access code, then disable theft aware. then uninstall it within the app manager.