Android Help It's still unlikely the Galaxy S7 will be treated to Android 9.0 Pie - SamMobile

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It's still unlikely the Galaxy S7 will be treated to Android 9.0 Pie - SamMobile

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 05:34 AM PDT

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Android 101: How to stop location tracking

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:24 AM PDT

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ActionDash 2.0 adds enhanced security, insights & more

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:43 PM PDT

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RCS messaging is going live for dual SIM phones in North America

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:31 PM PDT

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Motorola Moto G7 and G7 Power Review: Still the Budget Phones to Beat

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:09 AM PDT

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Facebook is bringing the Chats back to the app for preparing integrated messaging

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:45 AM PDT

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The bloat on a new Samsung Galaxy phone is phenomenal

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:31 AM PDT

I bought a Samsung Galaxy A 30 for my father to replace his ageing moto G. It came with the latest Android Pie and Samsung One UI.

Samsung has a reputation for bloating the phone, but this was just next level.

I really wish I had documented everything better with screenshots because it just blew my mind how blatant the promotion and marketing push was during the initial setup. If it was my father and not me setting this phone up I am sure the amount of spam he would receive daily would flood his notification and lockscreen completely. There are loads of apps installed, samsung's own and 3rd party, which are either redundant or just present to mine data or push ads. Most of them can be uninstalled, disabled or opted out of. But there are at least 2 which can't be disabled and will keep nagging you regulalrly. One is lockscreen stories and another is Samsung widget. Notification for them can't be disabled and they will show up in the notifications to pester you to enable them. Also to disable Samsung pay mini's persistent home shortcut swipe which is enabled by default you have to first give it contact and phone permission. There were many other things which I had to enable, disable, uninstall. All in all around a couple hours of intense screen tapping and swiping.

I have been happy using Samsung phones since the Galaxy S2. Currently I have the S7 and am very satisified with it. Yes they came with bloat but it was never this much. I can't even recommend these phones to someone else now, because I am sure they will be blasted with spam. I don't know if the current top of the line S or Note series suffers from the same amount of bloat or this is how Samsung is subsidizing the mid range phones.

I am planning to buy a new phone this year and would have bought the latest samsung Galaxy S or note series. But now I have to seriously consider if I should go for some other brand.

My wife's One plus 6 came bloat free and runs just as well as a Galaxy.

Edit: Forgot to add that it is an Indian device.

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Samsung releasing a new Night Mode to the S10 around May

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 03:07 AM PDT