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How To Uninstall MMGuardian

The app MMGuardian is a parental controls app for Android that gets its power by using Device Administrator privileges. (found in Settings>Security>Device Administrators) It gains uninstall protection by having this privilege. If you go into the settings and try to uncheck the checkbox, it just provides a screen to enter the MMGuardian password. If you forgot your password and don't have access to the control device this can essentially brick your phone. To fix this issue you can boot into safe mode by following these steps. Note: "breaking" MMGuardian by following these steps will notify the device administrator Press and hold the power button until the power off box pops up. Tap and hold on the power off box until another box pops up that says something like this: " Reboot to safe mode  Do you want to reboot into safe mode? This will disable all third party applications you have installed. They will be restored when you reboot again." Press