Cannot deactivate(deselect) anti theft from device administrator page

[Lisandro]

But it could have a separate uninstall password.

Yeah. Including, if possible, a longer password or even with alpha-numeric characters.

[slmguy]

I have performed a factory data reset through the settings/privacy screen and it did remove the antitheft component from the device administrator.  Is there a way to install just the anti virus portion of avast and not the antitheft component?

[Filip Havlicek]

Yes, just uninstall the Mobile Security.

Filip

Oh, you were talking about installing

Sure, just skip the anti-theft setup during the setup wizard.

Filip

[mrm1]

Titanium Backup successfully remove anti theft for me when I had an issue with an earlier version. As long as you remember what you called the program during install.

[reinhardholzner]

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).

[Lisandro]

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).

Great!

[java007md]

You are seriously suggesting that you knowingly install software that canot be removed?! I would argue that makes it little better than a virus!

As it happens I managed to remove it using Root Explorer. Many thanks for your help anyway.

Thanks for the tip. I was hesitating on installing due to the reports regarding the inability to install. Is this an apk file that is named with the "hidden" application name?

[Filip Havlicek]

Yes, that is correct.

Filip