Author Topic: Anti-Theft is now included in Avast Mobile Security- can't uninstall old version  (Read 2063 times)

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Got this prompt:
"Anti-Theft is now included in Avast Mobile Security
You may wish to uninstall the unsupported Anti-Theft app from this device and then use the feature here instead."

followed by: UNINSTALL ANTI-THEFT APP

Trying to do that led me to the "App info" screen with FORCE STOP and UNINSTALL both grayed.
I turned off all App permissions there.
I dialed the PIN and turned off the app - now it became visible, but still protected from uninstalling.

It seems it's defined somewhere as an administrator.

Any ideas?


LG G4 with Android 6.0

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Solved it:
Click > Settings > Security > Device administrators and TAP the app you want to disable Device admin

Found it here:
https://www.julianevansblog.com/2016/07/how-to-disable-android-app-device-admin-rights.html