What apps to strip out of a new cell phone?

[Quirt Evans]

Ok, they cost a lot more to buy directly than they do to get from a carrier, but you get far less bloatware.
Oh, also an easily removable/replaceable battery.
They fit-in well with the active life-styles that I'm sure many of us on this forum lead.
https://store.sonimtech.com/products/sonim-xp10-ultra-rugged-smartphone-unlocked

 

[Flopsweat]

Ok, they cost a lot more to buy directly than they do to get from a carrier, but you get far less bloatware.
Oh, also an easily removable/replaceable battery.
They fit-in well with the active life-styles that I'm sure many of us on this forum lead.
https://store.sonimtech.com/products/sonim-xp10-ultra-rugged-smartphone-unlocked

That's a Push To Talk phone.

 

[Quirt Evans]

That's a Push To Talk phone.

No, it's not unless you want it to be by subscribing to a PTT service.
They have three buttons, and you can configure the buttons to do whatever you want, (or nothing).

 

[trekkerpaul]

Everything I'm never going to use. Then restrict app permissions to only when in use. Also remove location data when taking pictures. Every update I get phone games uploaded without wanting them. Delete

 

[Koda]

On Android, for bloatware you cant uninstall some you can "freeze" them. Delete all cached info first, and the app will no longer operate until you unfreeze it.


These Linux phones mentioned above, will those work with any carrier like Verizon?

 

[Flopsweat]

On Android, for bloatware you cant uninstall some you can "freeze" them. Delete all cached info first, and the app will no longer operate until you unfreeze it.


These Linux phones mentioned above, will those work with any carrier like Verizon?

I don't remember, and it's probably changed by now.

 

[trekkerpaul]

I have to go into each app and clear the cache. No main way to do it like Apple. Verizon has a notification that tells me when I get too much cache use. Usually Google using it

 

[MikeInOr]

Root the phone then flash a clean version of Android on it. There will be no junkware unless you install it.

I used to be a Google ecosystem fan but I have been increasingly disappointed in their heavy handed tactics the last few years.

https://www.google.com/search?q=moto+edge+root&oq=moto+edge+root&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhA0gEIMzU3MmowajGoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8https://www.google.com/search?q=moto+edge+root&oq=moto+edge+root&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhA0gEIMzU3MmowajGoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[Flopsweat]

Root the phone then flash a clean version of Android on it. There will be no junkware unless you install it.

I used to be a Google ecosystem fan but I have been increasingly disappointed in their heavy handed tactics the last few years.

https://www.google.com/search?q=moto+edge+root&oq=moto+edge+root&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhA0gEIMzU3MmowajGoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8https://www.google.com/search?q=moto+edge+root&oq=moto+edge+root&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhA0gEIMzU3MmowajGoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I can't help but notice that you express your growing distain for Google, and yet supply us with a link to Google, complete with a tracking information string longer than the actual URL. This is all you needed:

https://www.google.com/search?q=moto+edge+root

and this search works pretty well too:

Brave Search

Search the web privately…

search.brave.com

Just sayin'.

 

[MikeInOr]

I can't help but notice that you express your growing distain for Google, and yet supply us with a link to Google, complete with a tracking information string longer than the actual URL. This is all you needed:

https://www.google.com/search?q=moto+edge+root

and this search works pretty well too:

Brave Search

Search the web privately…

search.brave.com

Just sayin'.

Yep, pretty ironic isn't it!