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If you have root, you can install this functionality with AppOps X. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger.appopsinstaller https://play.g

• RexRollman 13y ago
  If he has root? I thought the selling point of Android is that it is open. Certainly people don't still have to jump through hoops to root their devices?
  • ars 13y ago
    You still have to do it though, it doesn't come that way by default. But you don't have to crack it first.
    • dTal 13y ago
      In the vast majority of cases, yes you do. I had to use an exploit to root my phone. When I lost it and insurance got me an identical phone, there had been a firmware update that patched the hole. Didn't update anything else, still the same outdated version of Android, I just couldn't root it. I still haven't been able to. It drives me mad.
  • dTal 13y ago
    Nope. The "selling point" of Android is that it's free (as in no licensing costs). Carriers are still free to lock it down, and of course they do, complete with bootloader lock. Personally I think bootloader locks on general-purpose computing hardware should be made outright illegal, regardless of whether the company would like to sell it as an "appliance".