topic Re: How to disable developer option in Other/General

How to disable developer option

samrocks — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:20:56 GMT

By mistake i clicked thrice on the build number and the developer option appeared on my settings menu
After that my battery is draining very quickly and even in idle mode when m not using the phone..
Can anyone plz tell me how to disable it from the settings menu
Plz help

Re: How to disable developer option

Danial-mach1 — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:37:48 GMT

on top of developer option screen you have slider..you can turn develoer option on or off

Re: How to disable developer option

Thommo — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:41:55 GMT

I don't think you can - There is a toggle when you open Developer options but it won't remove the option from settings

Re: How to disable developer option

_alexdon_ — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:42:18 GMT

Actually,settings-apps-all-settings,clear data should help.

Re: How to disable developer option

Thommo — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:00:13 GMT

Just tried that and no luck still the same on my phone running 4.3 - However every app I disabled got re-enabled so I won't be doing that again

Re: How to disable developer option

_alexdon_ — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:02:24 GMT

Sorry,but I suggested this to someone before and it worked.

Re: How to disable developer option

dm84 — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:17:42 GMT

reflash the ftf file and it will disappear

Re: How to disable developer option

Thommo — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:33:55 GMT

Apologies to Alex it does work

As Alex said but when you get to all don't choose the Settings icon scroll down the list untill you see Settings then tap Clear data

Re: How to disable developer option

_alexdon_ — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:36:07 GMT

Yes,that is what I meant,scroll down to settings app.Anyway,glad I could help.No problem,Thommo.

Re: How to disable developer option

Jake-SonyXperia — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:00:51 GMT

Hi samrocks,

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With the information currently available to me, I can advise that the only way to hide the developer options is to perform a Factory Reset.

I hope this helps.

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Re: How to disable developer option

_alexdon_ — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:11:30 GMT

Jake,that is a drastic solution,you have a more simple one.

Re: How to disable developer option

samrocks — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:23:17 GMT

Clearing settings data will wash off everything from my settings
Isn't there any easy way for it..

Re: How to disable developer option

_alexdon_ — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:26:42 GMT

If you clear data for the settings app in settings-apps-all-scroll down to settings,you will not lose much,but if you reset to factory settings,you will lose internal memory.

Re: How to disable developer option

samrocks — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:30:38 GMT

Thanks alexdon..
It worked

Re: How to disable developer option

_alexdon_ — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:35:50 GMT

Anytime.

Re: How to disable developer option

Ehsan120 — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 06:41:14 GMT

Tnx Alex, it's worked very well

Re: How to disable developer option

_alexdon_ — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 09:38:13 GMT

Nice to hear.

Re: How to disable developer option

Rumrai — Sat, 23 May 2015 16:39:15 GMT

Thank you to @alexdon, now I know how to fix it .
Please be informed that your advice of this issue is working well on Lollipop 5.0.2 software 14.5.A.0.270.

Re: How to disable developer option

Anees1 — Tue, 26 May 2015 07:25:31 GMT

Worked. Thanks

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