I’m not buying a Pixel because I’m not giving Google any money. I’m in the US so the other OSs will not work for me. I just need this crap off my phone. I can’t uninstall Youtube, and it came with Facebook. It’s just infuriating. Can I just root it and connect it to my Linux laptop and just force uninstalls or something without bricking the device?
Any help appreciated!
You need to return that phone ASAP and get something that will let you install a custom ROM on it, like a Pixel or a OnePlus.
Edit: shitsung just recently sent out an update that finally kills off bootloader unlocking for all shitsung devices. Us Americans haven’t been able to do it for quite a long time, but Europe and Asia could, and now they no longer can. So shitsung is absolutely not a brand to be using at all.
Indeed. Samsung’s software can only be stripped down so far, which still means many megabytes sent back home on any given day. From first-hand experience, there is no good way of installing a custom ROM on newer US Samsung phones, let alone get working service on it.
If anyone has qualms about contributing to Google, get a factory-unlocked Pixel second-hand or from a discount reseller.
I’m not buying a Pixel because I’m not giving Google any money.
Refurbished pixels :D
Swappa is a great site for gently used phones, btw.
Actually, that’s not a bad idea!
I did the same. No money to Google and I have a pixel 8 with GrapheneOS
What provider worked? Also, no worries about malware in firmwar?
I’m not in USA. But I’m pretty sure everyone
If you install from the official site and you don’t buy a pixel with GrapheneOS pre-installed, you’re fine. What kind of malware you expect to get?
I don’t know. I hear about backdoor in Chinese chips all the time, but it could be propaganda.
Then that’s hardware and not software/firmware
In my experience, the easiest way to get rid of bloatware junk is to use Universal Android Debloater. This gives you a GUI/wizard to execute the ADB commands. Here is an introduction (in German): Google-Apps und weitere Bloatware loswerden mit dem “Universal Android Debloater Next Generation”
I have tried this and it is really good. However, I’m still going to have to find all the shitty apps and whatnot that it missed and delete them. Also, it will not remove the link to Windows. All that has to be done through adb.
You can use ADB and Universal Android De-bloater to disable them completely: https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater/releases
I had a Samsung phone once through the mobile company…never - ever - again. seriously made me contemplate a old school flip phone but all our banking is done on the phone app because their website is shit
Change banks
Actually did, then also got a new phone, lol
which did you end up getting?
Moto G54 5g for 185€.
The only complaint I have is there is a ‘live lockscreen’ app that is terrible, if you try and uninstall it pops up again and again, you just have to remove all permissions, clear the cache, etc ad disable…just like all the other Google bullshit.
Jesus, I got a pixel 8 for 300usd, it’s been great
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Top end samsung stuff is pure bloatware as well. Reviewers never mention the bloatware.
@ScoffingLizard You can remove whatever you want with adb shell or this: https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater
It will not allow you to remove the Windows Link app. It gets rid of most of the other stuff I hate though.
Everything’s uninstallable for me.
Don’t buy a Samsung next time
Try to trade in your current Samsung for something with less bloat
