The battery in the M-pen doesn't seem to last that long for me - maybe a week with light use. How are others finding it?
Also the home and recent apps gestures from the bottom of the screen work fine with the M-pen, but the back gesture only seems to work maybe 1 time out of 10. Is this typical?
I'll be in a project next week with fairly heavy note-taking. I'll report in through the week.
Yes about a week sounds right. I don't use it daily bit every once in a while cos it's not as smooth as the note 8 stylus I have . (Feels weird using the pen on mate 2px screen , the contact feels unnatural to me )
So has anyone got the Back gesture to work reliably with the M-pen?
M Pen not working
My Pen Just arrived but doest seem to work, do i need to download an app o make adjustsments in my 20 x. Thanks for info
Have you charged it?
Yes fully charged, tried everyting, i guess Just dont work, thanks for the tip
Is it the m-pen specifically for the Mate 20 X? Does it say "For Huawei Mate 20 X" on the box?
20X M-Pen Battery Life
Used the pen extensively for note-taking for three days last week. I did not test the longevity, charging the pen each night. did not run out of power during the day. Since I have a spare M-Pen, I'll use one to fully drained status on my next project.
Yes, the box says specificly for mate 20 x, ill try to get a refound OR something
No-one has mentioned whether or not they can get the Back gesture to work with the M-pen?
I don't even know what these gestures are. Can anyone explain?
Moandal said:
No-one has mentioned whether or not they can get the Back gesture to work with the M-pen?
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I'm not sure your exact problem, but I was trying mine just to see if I can replicate the issue. Mine works fine. Is there a particular app or something you do that it doesn't work?
edit *My mistake, I was thinking the back button. I don't use the back gesture. Sorry.
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I don't even know what these gestures are. Can anyone explain?
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The gestures are when you go into System / System Navigation and choose Gestures instead of 3-key Navigation.
The navigation buttons disappear and you swipe up from the bottom for Home, or swipe from the left or right edge for Back.
The Home gesture works fine with the M-pen, but I have to use my finger for the Back guesture.
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The gestures are when you go into System / System Navigation and choose Gestures instead of 3-key Navigation.
The navigation buttons disappear and you swipe up from the bottom for Home, or swipe from the left or right edge for Back.
The Home gesture works fine with the M-pen, but I have to use my finger for the Back guesture.
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Ok. Thanks.
I just tested mine. I face the same situation. But the swipe left and right gestures are kinda hit and miss with my fingers as well.
I just stick with the navigation buttons.
My M-pen works fine with Back gesture
I got mine today and it wasn't working either. Called Huawei support. Simple, "did you activate handwriting in settings?" "Handwriting? No..."
Well... Do it... Search the option in settings... It started working immediately
Been trying to find Handwriting in settings but cant find it, I have the same problem with my m Pen, i guess i dont have it (handwriting) and this is why my Pen doesnt work
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Been trying to find Handwriting in settings but cant find it, I have the same problem with my m Pen, i guess i dont have it (handwriting) and this is why my Pen doesnt work
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It's under Smart Assistance. Or just use the search function.
Does anyone know how to turn the pen off while not in use to save battery life?
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I've been using my HOX+ for almost six months now, fairly light use but I'm mostly happy with it. I'm still running unrooted stock, just installed the official 4.2.2 update. This is my first real smartphone, I had an unsubsidized $100 3.14" Android smartphone last year that I don't think really qualifies.
The big complaint I have with the jump to a 4.7" screen is that one-handed use is uncomfortable and requires me to stretch to reach the corners, where the buttons are often stupidly located, or sometimes even to slide the phone up and down in my hand to make the buttons accessible, not exactly easy to do with one hand without dropping the phone. I would really like a phone that is comfortable to use one-handed, but I don't want to compromise by buying a smaller screen phone, say 4.3" or god forbid the 4" size of the iPhone, as I'm not exactly thrilled with the "looking through a keyhole" quality of 4.7" either.
I think the right solution would be a thumbwheel UI in the bottom right corner, placed in the arc right where my thumb is, so I can use it one-handed with my thumb and not have to reach with my fingers. As long as it let me virtually hit all the buttons on the screen, even native app buttons like the menu button at the top or the tab switcher button at the top in Chrome, I could even buy a phablet if there was something like this, maybe a 5.5+ inch screen that I could use comfortably one-handed with just my thumb in the bottom-right corner.
The closest thing I've been able to find like this is the Splay launcher, but I don't think such launchers actually let me control menus within apps, only launch apps. This guy wrote a small app earlier this year to do something similar, seems to be a great article talking about the idea but I don't think that effort went anywhere.
Is there any effort within the xda community to integrate a one-handed control interface like this? This is a feature that would actually make me root and install a ROM, as I haven't had the need to go to the trouble yet. I'd love to see an effort like this on Android, wonder what everyone else thinks.
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I've been using my HOX+ for almost six months now, fairly light use but I'm mostly happy with it. I'm still running unrooted stock, just installed the official 4.2.2 update. This is my first real smartphone, I had an unsubsidized $100 3.14" Android smartphone last year that I don't think really qualifies.
The big complaint I have with the jump to a 4.7" screen is that one-handed use is uncomfortable and requires me to stretch to reach the corners, where the buttons are often stupidly located, or sometimes even to slide the phone up and down in my hand to make the buttons accessible, not exactly easy to do with one hand without dropping the phone. I would really like a phone that is comfortable to use one-handed, but I don't want to compromise by buying a smaller screen phone, say 4.3" or god forbid the 4" size of the iPhone, as I'm not exactly thrilled with the "looking through a keyhole" quality of 4.7" either.
I think the right solution would be a thumbwheel UI in the bottom right corner, placed in the arc right where my thumb is, so I can use it one-handed with my thumb and not have to reach with my fingers. As long as it let me virtually hit all the buttons on the screen, even native app buttons like the menu button at the top or the tab switcher button at the top in Chrome, I could even buy a phablet if there was something like this, maybe a 5.5+ inch screen that I could use comfortably one-handed with just my thumb in the bottom-right corner.
The closest thing I've been able to find like this is the Splay launcher, but I don't think such launchers actually let me control menus within apps, only launch apps. This guy wrote a small app earlier this year to do something similar, seems to be a great article talking about the idea but I don't think that effort went anywhere.
Is there any effort within the xda community to integrate a one-handed control interface like this? This is a feature that would actually make me root and install a ROM, as I haven't had the need to go to the trouble yet. I'd love to see an effort like this on Android, wonder what everyone else thinks.
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A "Whole" UI made especially for one hand usage? Well I know the second best solution.
Install "Pie Controls" and assign it to any corner/side of the screen, it will allow you to launch apps but for the function that you want, you will need to root. Once you are rooted PIE has extra features like "Back, Home, Sleep, Menu, Recent Apps" ..etc.
A Second best is "LMT" launcher ALSO requires root. Once you have it, you will be able to have PIE Controls as well, PLUS a unique feature to have gestures working in all screens. You can swipe down to bring up the notification bar or swipe up for recent apps. The reason i put it as second best was because I don't really like it ..
Ofcourse there are normal launchers , like nova launcher ..etc. that allows you to swipe down to bring up the notifications but sadly that only works on the home screen.
There are also ROMS like AOKP (For us Carbon rom or something similar) which has a stock feeling but extra buttons in the Power menu. When you hold down the power menu , under the normal "Power off, restart, screenshot, airplane" you will also find "Back, Home, Recent apps"
I honestly think that PIE Controls is the best app to have out of them all since it works on all ROMs . Though for full features you should buy the Pro version.
P.S: All apps that you are looking for will require ROOT access.
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A "Whole" UI made especially for one hand usage? Well I know the second best solution.
Install "Pie Controls" and assign it to any corner/side of the screen, it will allow you to launch apps but for the function that you want, you will need to root. Once you are rooted PIE has extra features like "Back, Home, Sleep, Menu, Recent Apps" ..etc.
A Second best is "LMT" launcher ALSO requires root. Once you have it, you will be able to have PIE Controls as well, PLUS a unique feature to have gestures working in all screens. You can swipe down to bring up the notification bar or swipe up for recent apps. The reason i put it as second best was because I don't really like it ..
Ofcourse there are normal launchers , like nova launcher ..etc. that allows you to swipe down to bring up the notifications but sadly that only works on the home screen.
There are also ROMS like AOKP (For us Carbon rom or something similar) which has a stock feeling but extra buttons in the Power menu. When you hold down the power menu , under the normal "Power off, restart, screenshot, airplane" you will also find "Back, Home, Recent apps"
I honestly think that PIE Controls is the best app to have out of them all since it works on all ROMs . Though for full features you should buy the Pro version.
P.S: All apps that you are looking for will require ROOT access.
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Thanks for all the info. I tried the Pie Control app by coolace based on your recommendation, but it didn't seem to do anything on my unrooted HOX+. I'll look into the other stuff you talked about.
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Thanks for all the info. I tried the Pie Control app by coolace based on your recommendation, but it didn't seem to do anything on my unrooted HOX+. I'll look into the other stuff you talked about.
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How didn't it function?
Well here is a good video that will help you install it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBud1hk27Rw
Although to have full features you will require to BUY the pro version and root, the free version on an unrooted version should have some functions that will work like launching apps and other stuff. Try to clarify what you meant
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How didn't it function?
Well here is a good video that will help you install it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBud1hk27Rw
Although to have full features you will require to BUY the pro version and root, the free version on an unrooted version should have some functions that will work like launching apps and other stuff. Try to clarify what you meant
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I installed the app and set it to work on the left, right, and bottom, then configured two short-click apps in level 1. I would then long-press at those edges and nothing happened with pie control: HTC Sense would send me to widget configuration instead.
I just watched your video and he does a slight swipe from the edge, instead of the long-press I was trying. I just installed the app again and tried that on the home screen and within a couple other apps, again no pie controls. If I do it on the home screen, it starts to scroll to the next home screen, as it always did.
There may be something about HTC Sense that it's not giving control to the pie app for gestures, or maybe there's some other switch I have to hit somewhere to actually enable the pie gestures?
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I installed the app and set it to work on the left, right, and bottom, then configured two short-click apps in level 1. I would then long-press at those edges and nothing happened with pie control: HTC Sense would send me to widget configuration instead.
I just watched your video and he does a slight swipe from the edge, instead of the long-press I was trying. I just installed the app again and tried that on the home screen and within a couple other apps, again no pie controls. If I do it on the home screen, it starts to scroll to the next home screen, as it always did.
There may be something about HTC Sense that it's not giving control to the pie app for gestures, or maybe there's some other switch I have to hit somewhere to actually enable the pie gestures?
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Oh yeah I forgot to tell you. Although HOX+ and S3 have the same screen size, for the PIE to activate you just need to increase the activation area width. Just thought of installing Pie again after a while of not using it and just remembered. Now it's working fine
I remember there was a small bug of the activation area width being reset everytime you open the app if I can remember correctly. That or everytime you press on the activation width area. Can't really remember but my point is, while using the app if it suddenly doesnt appear anymore just increase the width again and it will work.
Sorry it took me a while to reply since I couldn't really remember
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Ghand0ur said:
Oh yeah I forgot to tell you. Although HOX+ and S3 have the same screen size, for the PIE to activate you just need to increase the activation area width. Just thought of installing Pie again after a while of not using it and just remembered. Now it's working fine
I remember there was a small bug of the activation area width being reset everytime you open the app if I can remember correctly. That or everytime you press on the activation width area. Can't really remember but my point is, while using the app if it suddenly doesnt appear anymore just increase the width again and it will work.
Sorry it took me a while to reply since I couldn't really remember
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Thanks, now it shows up. I'll mess around with it and let you know what I think.
On the Mate 10, when you have the on-screen navigation buttons, a double tap of the task button automatically switches to the last app and back and forth. I can't see how to replicate this with the single gesture key when hiding the on-screen navigation buttons.
I also wish you could customise the gestures:
Swipe to left, go back.
Press once, go to home.
Press and hold, tasks view.
I think this makes logical sense.
Btw, I love this phone.
I think its a copyright issue with regards to your second point.
Regarding your first point, switching apps with fp is not featured yet. But its a good idea and you should send it as feedback using the Hicare app. Either a double tap of fp to switch between last app, or configure the swipe left to do so (while the swipe right remains as "back") or maybe all together do a iphone x style swipe from bottom of screen to switch between apps.
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Regarding your first point, switching apps with fp is not featured yet. But its a good idea and you should send it as feedback using the Hicare app. Either a double tap of fp to switch between last app, or configure the swipe left to do so (while the swipe right remains as "back") or maybe all together do a iphone x style swipe from bottom of screen to switch between apps.
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To be honest I have no idea why we the consumer figure out this last app shortcut is a must, what happen to their software engineers, eating donuts too?
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To be honest I have no idea why we the consumer figure out this last app shortcut is a must, what happen to their software engineers, eating donuts too?
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Are you aware of other manufacturers havings similar switch to last app on their fp button ? Probably all eating donuts I guess. Or maybe figure out that moving software navigation to fp guestures will have gaps and compromises.
And fyi, the switch between last app was implemented on emui first before android officially implemented it.
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Are you aware of other manufacturers havings similar switch to last app on their fp button ? Probably all eating donuts I guess. Or maybe figure out that moving software navigation to fp guestures will have gaps and compromises.
And fyi, the switch between last app was implemented on emui first before android officially implemented it.
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Are you a software engineer? Anyways I am guilty I am a regular on Krispy Kreme, Anyways I know double clicking recent app does bring you to the last app, what I am saying is there should be more easy way to do it because on Mate 10 its a lot better not showing the soft key 3 buttons on the bottom, I am asking about that they should place a shortcut on the fingerprint gesture which they don't, you can't double swipe the F sensor to go to last app, or the floating white button because it requires you to press and hold it and swipe up or left to call a command. When you have the Mate 10 you will understand what I mean, and I am not talking about other phones, I just want to remind you may be you missed it, this is the Mate 10 forum or may be I am wrong.
Did you found a solution to this "problem" because I really miss that feature. Doble tap to switch to last app.
I'm so sad because this option disappeared
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Did you found a solution to this "problem" because I really miss that feature. Doble tap to switch to last app.
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what if u wanted to zoom in on a picture on your explorer, or double tap like on instagram?
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what if u wanted to zoom in on a picture on your explorer, or double tap like on instagram?
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We talking about doble tap on the square button on the bottom.
Enviado desde mi ALP-L09 mediante Tapatalk
ivan333 said:
We talking about doble tap on the square button on the bottom.
Enviado desde mi ALP-L09 mediante Tapatalk
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OHHHHHHH lmao. soz
Hi everyone, I got a Huawei Mate 10 pro a while ago and it has been an excellent device so far.
Lately I have been experiencing a bit of an issue with wake up time.
Some times it take a good 10 seconds with my finger on the fingerprint reader before the phone wakes up and unlocks. Some other times I press the lock button dozens of times before it actually wakes up.
Has anybody experienced the same issue?
Be aware that I have tinkered with adb to enable some features with a few apps (mainly to enable gesture based navigation and immersive mode).
Do I factory reset it or is there any way to debug the issue?
Any help is truly appreciated.
I have same issue and I solved it with factory reset.
I think it was adb commands.
With which apps used adb?
I now have oneplus gestures app and hide nav bar via adb for this app and it works like charm.
Mate the 10 pro be with you
I had that problem but with POWER BUTTON, when i press it, it wakes up with 3 to 4 sometimes 5 seconds behind. Finger works very fast thou.
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I have same issue and I solved it with factory reset.
I think it was adb commands.
With which apps used adb?
I now have oneplus gestures app and hide nav bar via adb for this app and it works like charm.
Mate the 10 pro be with you
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I used it mainly with apps that attempted to hide the navbar. But all they did was using the command to change the overscan value, messing up with the position of other elements in the os.
Does your setup hide the navbar completely or does it still pop up when sliding up from the bottom edge?
I'll factory reset it today anyway, because I'm getting really frustrated.
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I had that problem but with POWER BUTTON, when i press it, it wakes up with 3 to 4 sometimes 5 seconds behind. Finger works very fast thou.
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The new face unlock seems to not suffer from this issue on my device, but still I'll reset it
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I used it mainly with apps that attempted to hide the navbar. But all they did was using the command to change the overscan value, messing up with the position of other elements in the os.
Does your setup hide the navbar completely or does it still pop up when sliding up from the bottom edge?
I'll factory reset it today anyway, because I'm getting really frustrated.
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It hides it completely! Oneplus gestures app is the best full screen gesture app by far at least for me.
Mate the 10 pro be with you
I have tested 3 mate 20 pros today in switzerland and for the most part they look and feel great but when I tried to enable gesture control the back swipe from the left or right works very well but the bottom swipe for home or multi does not do anything . The units where in demo mode in 3 separate stores .
Am I missing something? Gesture control is one of the main features in emui 9 for me.
Is anybody else getting this or better yet has a solution to?
Thank you
Unsure, but what I can tell you is that this does work. I have a Black unit on the .122 firmware and the gestures for home and multi-tasking as well as Google ASsistant work absolutely fine
Guys, got my mate 20 Pro and it's a beast but, that REALLY annoying Hisearch thing is driving me nuts! I can't find a way to turn it off!
To be clear, this is the thing that if you swipe down on the screen brings up Hisearch. Trouble is, it happens all the time when pulling down the notifications. Who thought this was a good idea?!
Also, while I have you.... Is there an easy way to remove some of the stubborn Huawei crap apps? Previous on other phones, I've used something like Package Disabler Pro that didn't require root. Anything similar available that works without root?
Thanks, Pete.
I think accidentally bring HiSearch up is amuscle memory thing.
Providing you start the Swipe down from the sides of the notch (ie from on top of the notifications) then (for me at least) it reliably brings up the notifications only.
If you start the Swipe down from on top of the notch it's a little hit & miss whether you get notifications of Hi Search.
Swiping down from the middle of a screen reliably brings up HiSearch.
Well, I'm new to Huawei, so maybe I'll get used to it..
All the same, I don't like it, and would rather disable it or have the option to turn it off.
Agreed. I have a Google calendar agenda widget on one of the home screens. Every time i scroll down, the hi search come up. It's infuriating.
As far as I know, the only way to get rid of it is to switch the launcher. I use Nova, but you'll have to use the navigation bar instead of gestures otherwise the home gesture animation doesn't work properly.
Thanks, Nova has Indeed stopped it.
TBH, I really should have done that anyway shouldn't I?
I like the traditional 3 button setup anyway, so nothing lost for me.
Thanks again.
HiSearch is horrible. I also used to use a package disabler pro but that won't work on this mate 20Pro.
That HiSearch swipe is looking more and more like a Bixby button that can't be remapped.
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HiSearch is horrible. I also used to use a package disabler pro but that won't work on this mate 20Pro.
That HiSearch swipe is looking more and more like a Bixby button that can't be remapped.
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How to disable Hisearch
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-pro/how-to/how-to-disable-hisearch-guide-t3863411
Can also use to debloat if you know what apps you want to get rid of
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How to disable Hisearch
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-pro/how-to/how-to-disable-hisearch-guide-t3863411
Can also use to debloat if you know what apps you want to get rid of
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Thanks! Just what I need. That warning headline looks pretty scary lol to a guy not adept at command line. :-O
Fortunately looks like everyone is having good success and no side effects of removal yet. I'm gonna break out of my comfort zone and take the plunge. That HiSearch is truly abysmal, insultingly so.
I'm gonna do a little happy dance in the grave of HiSearch once it's dead and gone.
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Thanks! Just what I need. That warning headline looks pretty scary lol to a guy not adept at command line. :-O
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It's not scary. Just a CYA for me. I don't want to troubleshoot peoples mistakes.....
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It's not scary. Just a CYA for me. I don't want to troubleshoot peoples mistakes.....
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Ok cool, totally understand. Exceeded my thanks quote for the day so here is one instead. :good:
It makes scrolling widgets unusable such as fenix or BBC news.... So 3rd party launcher for me. + I want the dock hiding too
You can get rid of Hi-Search with the surgical removal listed above. So far no-one has reported any side effects from doing so. What drives me nuts is that Android doesn't have the split pulldown as rule of law. Pull down ANYWHERE on the left or right to either swipe down your normal notifications screen or just the raw full system settings icons. Disabling Hi-Search doesn't help if you still have to dislocate your thumb to scrounge around on the 3 pixels that will trigger the pulldown.
it's a long time since nobody wrote here but, hey new stuff for XPERTz:
2 mobile phones: Huawei P9 Lite - Huawei Y7 2018 & no ****ing com.huawei.search package inside to remove! How's that possible? (I got rid of all the bloatware I could, using pm unistall etc... BUT CAN'T REMOVE HISEARCH )
Let me give you the chance to become more than XPERTz...