In this guide, we will show you various methods to disable ads on the lock screen on your Motorola device. The OEM is among the very few in the market that still offers a clean stock usage experience. However, its reputation seems to have taken a major dent owing to the recent controversial decision that it has taken. It has recently partnered up with the ad platform Taboola and started incorporating ads on the lock screen.
By rolling out the latest security patch update, Motorola has silently added this “feature” by installing the Live Lock Screen app and even going to great lengths to make it a system app! This has infuriated the masses and rightly so, after all, no one would like to get greeted with an ad as soon as they unlock their device. With that said, we have found a few nifty workarounds that should help you address this “issue”. So without any further ado, let’s check them out.
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How to Disable Ads on Lock Screen on Motorola
It is recommended that you try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and then see which one spells out success. So with that in mind, let’s get started.
FIX 1: Disable “Show content on lockscreen”.
- Go to the Settings menu and search Live lock screen.
- Then select the same from the search result.
- Now disable the toggle next to “Show content on lockscreen”.
- See if it does any good or not in addressing this issue.
FIX 2: Disable Live Lock Screen
Since the culprit is the Live Lock Screen, you should consider disabling it and then check out the result. Here’s how it can be done:
- Head over to Settings > Apps > Show System Apps.
- Then select Live Lock Screen and hit Disable > OK.
- Check if it disables the lock screen ad on Motorola.
FIX 3: Uninstall Live Lock Screen
If disabling the app didn’t do the job, then you should consider uninstalling it altogether. However, do note that removing a system app might prove to be a risky approach. So proceed ahead with caution.
- To begin with, download and extract Android SDK Platform Tools.
- Then go to Settings > About Phone > tap on Build Number 7 times.
- Next up, head over to Settings > System > Enable USB Debugging.
- Once that is done, connect your device to your PC via a USB cable.
- After that, open Command Prompt inside the platform tools folder.
- Then type in the below command to uninstall the Live Lock Screen.
adb shell pm uninstall -k –user 0 com.taboola.mip
- If the above commands didn’t work out, then try out the below ones:
pm list package | grep 'taboola' pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.taboola.mip
- Check whether it disables the lock screen ad on your Motorola device.
FIX 4: Switch to a Custom Launcher
If none of the aforementioned tweaks worked out in your favor, then your last course of action should be to switch over to a different launcher. In this regard, there are quite a lot of options to choose from, with the Nova usually being the most stable of them all. So switch over to a different one, make it the default one, and check out the results.
That’s it. These are the various methods that should help you disable the lock screen ads on your Motorola device. It is really a sad state of affairs that this OEM has opted for this route, just to prioritize it profit maximization over the user experience. Unfortunately, this is proving to be the new normal, and with many Chinese OEMs already taking this route, it was only a matter of time before Motorola jumped ships as well.
