Pre-requisites
- developer options switched on on phone
- adb installed on computer (macosx: brew install android-platform-tools)
Steps
- switch on debugging on the phone
- connect the phone to the computer
- start the adb shell
💬 input:
adb shell
💻 expected output:
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
💬 input:
pm block com.sonymobile.advancedwidget.entrance
💻 expected output:
Package com.sonymobile.advancedwidget.entrance new blocked state: true
Optional: for good measure you can switch of sony select too
💬 input:
pm block com.sonymobile.advancedwidget.sonyselect
💻 output:
Package com.sonymobile.advancedwidget.sonyselect new blocked state: true
💬 input:
reboot
expected:
The phone reboots. After reboot, the "what's new", should be gone. Test by sweeping from the home button about a centimeter or three north-west. If "what's new" doesn't start you were successful.
Woaw. Thanks mate ! "What's new" is removed. Any idea how to customize this "long press home button" menu and put my own shortcut inside it ?