How would you uninstall the rogue app (Launcher)?

Question

If you had to install the "Home Screen" application, which does not give you access to the "System Settings" screen (to go to "Application Management"), and also does not allow you to launch applications (for example, the Market App or a third-party installation / unistallers), is there any way to remove such an application?

I know that Android requires your permission before allowing a new application to gain privileges on the home screen. But say that you are trying to use the recently published Launcher application, which is a bug (or malware). You, of course, are still going to tell Android that it is normal to grant this app privileges on the main screen. Now that it is installed, is your phone useless now?

Is there a way for a regular end user (who doesn't have Eclipse / ADB) to get out of this situation? Besides doing a full factory reset?

I understand that there are ways to uninstall the application via ADB ("adb uninstall package.name")

But it looks like a typical end-user is potentially screwed up if he ever installs such a malicious / buggy application. It looks like a gaping security hole in Android, no?

Answer 1

Someone from StackExchange has posted a very useful solution for this problem . It seems that in addition to factory reset, most phones also support safe mode, which disables other Home / Launcher applications that were installed (at least what it did on my Droid X). This allows you to remove the intruder application. Then simply reboot into normal mode again to return the old phone.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Actually, really, is this a simple solution these days? Use market.android.com to install the new home screen application remotely on your device. After you do this, pressing the "home" button again will display a list of home applications to choose from, and you can select a non-malicious, non-buggy, and then use it to remove the evil.