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Protect Your Android Phone By Killing All Its Crapware

Posted by timothy on from the easier-said-than-done dept.

jfruh writes "Like Windows, Android has built a dominant market share because any hardware manufacturer can license it — and as they did with Windows, those manufacturers are loading up Android devices with their own proprietary crapware. Although the process is a bit convoluted, you can get this crapware off your phone — and in doing so you'll actually make the device more secure."

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  1. Hooray by egr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Some guy found new button in application management settings... good for him! However the summary is misleading, it does not get the crapware off, it just disables the applications.

  2. Re:O'rly? No wai! by Mr+D+from+63 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Title should have read: "Disabled apps are disabled."

    Android vs IOS debate in 3.....2.......

  3. Or buy an iPhone by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As reviled as Apple might be by gearheads about issues like flexibility and not letting samsung et all reap all the rewards for taking none of the risks, Apple stands up to telcos and don't let them put crapware on the phone, and the stuff Apple themselves makes and puts on the phone they actually attempt to make decently. The walled garden keeps the bad people out as much as it keeps the good people in. Stuff like this generates loyalty, folks. It's not just fanboyism.

    1. Re:Or buy an iPhone by AmiMoJo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      More importantly you can't replace Apple apps. No replacement home screens, keyboards, browser engines (all browsers are just crippled Safari wrappers), SMS messengers, personal assistants (Siri), text to speech voices, one touch dialers, market places or anything else that Apple considers to be duplicating functionality. I want the ability to duplicate functionality with something better or more suited to my needs.

      At least on Android you can always just hide the crapware away, disable it in the app manager and replace it with something from Play.

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  4. Re: O'rly? No wai! by spire3661 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am so sick of Google being annoying as fuck. NO i dont want to sign new terms of service, i dont give a fuck about having an SMS emergency contact, no i will NOT provide my real name to youtube and SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT GOOGLE+. In the last year google has gotten incredibly annoying with notifications.

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  5. Re:O'rly? No wai! by P-niiice · · Score: 3, Insightful

    yeah but its a blackberry