Patent ID: 9703542
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A preinstalled application management method for a mobile terminal, wherein storage space of the mobile terminal comprises at least one directory, the method comprising: uninstalling one or more preinstalled applications, wherein the one or more preinstalled applications have user-level permission to allow the uninstallation via a user, wherein the one or more preinstalled applications were previously installed from an installation package located in the at least one directory as factory defaults; retaining the installation package in the at least one directory when the one or more preinstalled applications are uninstalled; starting the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is restored to the factory defaults; scanning, in response to the starting the mobile terminal, the at least one directory for the installation package of the one or more preinstalled applications having the user-level permission; determining whether the one or more preinstalled applications have been installed; installing the installation package of the one or more preinstalled applications in the at least one directory scanned to generate the one or more preinstalled applications having the user-level permission when the one or more preinstalled applications have not been installed.