Help Can I remove Polaris Office and if so how?

[Galaxy Tab2 47]

I want to remove Polaris Office but seems I can't get removed. I drag it to the trash can. But it is still there.

 

[vosg]

You have to be rooted to remove bloatware. An alternative might be disabling it. Go to settings, applications, press all and scroll down to Polaris, then press disable.

 

[Galaxy Tab2 47]

You have to be rooted to remove bloatware. An alternative might be disabling it. Go to settings, applications, press all and scroll down to Polaris, then press disable.

Polaris is not shown in my applications.

 

[jrowlings]

GT2 47... make sure when you're in the Application Manager that you slide the title bar (right to left) and tap on ALL. You should see it then.

 

[Galaxy Tab2 47]

GT2 47... make sure when you're in the Application Manager that you slide the title bar (right to left) and tap on ALL. You should see it then.

Thank you I found it it was not easy to get it to show, took some dragging to make the all show How many other Apps can I turn off without causing other Apps to have problems?

 

[jrowlings]

Thank you I found it it was not easy to get it to show, took some dragging to make the all show How many other Apps can I turn off without causing other Apps to have problems?

There are other forums with posts about what can be disabled on Android phones... don't know if there's one for the GT2. Further... there are probably more you can disable than the following list of the apps I disabled. I was being fairly conservative to start out.

ChatON
Game Hub
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Kobo
Media Hub
Peel Smart Remote
Polaris Office

Would love to hear from others for additional apps that can be disabled.

 

[Galaxy Tab2 47]

There are other forums with posts about what can be disabled on Android phones... don't know if there's one for the GT2. Further... there are probably more you can disable than the following list of the apps I disabled. I was being fairly conservative to start out.

ChatON
Game Hub
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Kobo
Media Hub
Peel Smart Remote
Polaris Office

Would love to hear from others for additional apps that can be disabled.

A few of these listed Apps. say "Force stop Remove updates" and not just disable as with others. What does this really mean?

 

[AnciusD]

GT2 47... make sure when you're in the Application Manager that you slide the title bar (right to left) and tap on ALL. You should see it then.

I would have never known that! I thought that there were just the two tabs Downloaded and Running.

 

[Galaxy Tab2 47]

I would have never known that! I thought that there were just the two tabs Downloaded and Running.

Took me a while to find it as it's hidden from view on my Tab2. I am now using Kingsoft Office, a much better choice.

 

[jrowlings]

A few of these listed Apps. say "Force stop Remove updates" and not just disable as with others. What does this really mean?

I didn't encounter any "force stops". Several will say "uninstall updates"... which you need to do to get the app back to the factory version which you can then disable. I would probably not disable a app that is running... what's the worst that can happen by not disabling?... you get updates and it remains high in the app list... livable.

 

[Galaxy Tab2 47]

I didn't encounter any "force stops". Several will say "uninstall updates"... which you need to do to get the app back to the factory version which you can then disable. I would probably not disable a app that is running... what's the worst that can happen by not disabling?... you get updates and it remains high in the app list... livable.

I guess it's not a really big deal as the Tab2 is more of a toy, then a device I depend on for doing important things.

 

[hkmk23]

I guess it's not a really big deal as the Tab2 is more of a toy, then a device I depend on for doing important things.

Its a fantastic sat nav device with copilot live, other than that unfortunately I agree with you. But for navigation it is not overpriced.