Android ADB Shell doesn't enable packages

Question

I ask to pm (package manager) to enable some package, but it doesn't enable and shows the message "new state: disabled"

shell@android:/ $ pm enable my.app.com

Package my.app.com new state: disabled

Weird... It seems to be a bug...

Samsung GT-P3100 with Android 4.0.3

Any Idea how to solve it?

Underworld

In my case, "pm enable my.app.com" results in message "Killed". Why? – Ducat

Is there any message in logcat pertaining to the error? try logcat -c && pm enabled my.app.com && logcat -d. – Tripitaka

Answer 1

You may need to be root in order to use the command pm disable <app_package> on system apps.

Manado

FWIW, looking at the source to pm, it appears that a privilege is needed, and the adb shell account may or may not have it, depending on how the OS was configured by the vendor (or whether you've rooted it yourself). I get the "Killed" message when running on an HTC One with 4.4.2. When trying the same thing on my Nexus 7 I get an exception message. – Ducat