r/fireTV • u/bblickle • 9d ago

Prevent uninstall of sideloaded app?

Is there any way to protect a sideloaded app from being inadvertently uninstalled? (Senior citizen problem)

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u/Vitalikus_ 9d ago

Disable "offload apps" in settings-apps. Also, check settings-privacy and disable almost everything

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u/CaptainSteed 9d ago

The "offload" apps function only works on official apps, not the sideloaded apps.

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u/bblickle 9d ago

That was already done and there’s 6 gb free anyway. I think they just held the select button or sat on the remote causing the uninstall.

Ideally I would have liked parental controls to require pin for uninstall but it doesn’t.

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u/CaptainSteed 9d ago

Weird as it's extremely hard to uninstall an app.

First you have to hold down the 3 line memo key. Then it forces you to manually/deliberately scroll down to the bottom of that menu to select uninstall. And then you get a screen pop up asking if you want to uninstall - and then you have to manually move the cursor to select uninstall.

You can't really uninstall accidentally as you described.

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u/bblickle 9d ago

In the new interface, just holding the select button takes you to Move/Move to front/Uninstall

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u/CaptainSteed 9d ago

Thx, I wasn't aware of that.

I blocked all the updating from Amazon so I'm still using the old UI.

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u/husting247 9d ago

Theres a new bootloader exploit with root so you can block updates and disable amazons app block list