In this guide, we will show you the steps to disable the app verification on your Oppo device. While Oppo does offer great hardware and built camera and even an impressive camera setup on its flagships, however, it tends to fall short on the software side. The OS is filled with tons of bloatware and pre-installed apps, most of which hardly serve any purpose whatsoever. On the flip side though, they tend to consume crucial device resources, including RAM, battery, and storage space.
Making matters worse is the fact that even OnePlus has started taking a page or two from Oppo’s book. Not to mention the fact that the entire UI/UX is quite questionable with tons of non-sensical decision-making being implemented throughout the OS. On top of that, the irksome app verification process is enough to make enough infuriated.
For the unaware, when you sideload an app [i.e. install an APK file that is downloaded from outside the Play Store], then the OS will first perform a check whether the file is legitimate or not. While that’s great from the security point of view, however, it tends to perform a check for every app that is being sideloaded. And this is a matter of great furor.
If we talk about other OS [well, except HyperOS/MIUI as it also follows the same pattern], then you just have to enable Installation from Unknown Sources only once, and then you can easily sideload the app as many times as you want without the device manually performing the checks every time. So is there a way to make Oppo follow in the same footsteps? Well, there does exist a nifty workaround using which you can get this job done. And in this guide, we will make you aware of just that. So without further ado, let’s check it out.
How to Disable App Verification on ColorOS
In order to get this job done, you just have to disable three system apps. Don’t worry, they wouldn’t lead to any other negative consequences apart from the intended results of disabling the verification. Moreover, you can easily re-enable all these three apps as and when [or if] needed. So with that said, let’s now get started with the instructions.
- To begin with, download and extract Android SDK Platform Tools on your PC.
- Then go to Settings > System > About Phone > Tap on Build Number 7 Times.
- This will enable Developer Options. So go to Settings > System > Dev Options.
- Then enable the toggle next to USB Debugging and hit Allow/OK in the prompt.
- Now connect your device to your PC via a USB cable to establish the connection.
- After that, type in cmd in the platform-tool folder’s address bar and hit Enter.
- Next up, open the Command Prompt window inside the platform tools folder.
- Now type in the below command to verify the ADB Connection on your PC.
adb devices
- If you are not getting any serial ID, then refer to this guide to fix the issue.
- Moving on, now type in the below command to open the Shell environment:
adb shell
- Finally, type in the below three commands to disable these apps right away:
pm uninstall --user 0 com.oplus.appdetail pm uninstall --user 0 com.coloros.securityguard pm uninstall --user 0 com.coloros.phonemanager
- If the above command didn’t work, then try out the below-listed ones:
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.oplus.appdetail pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.coloros.securityguard pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.coloros.phonemanager
- Now try installing an APK and there will no longer be any app verification.
How to Revert the Changes
If for some reason, you wish to revert the change and re-enable app verification, then carry out STEPS 1 to 10 given above and then execute the three commands given below, one after the other:
cmd package install-existing com.oplus.appdetail cmd package install-existing com.coloros.securityguard cmd package install-existing com.coloros.phonemanager
That’s it. These were the steps to disable the app verification on your Oppo device. Likewise, we have also listed the steps to re-enable it. If you still have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
