Comment on Samsung Embeds Israeli Surveillance App on Phones Across MENA
goodboyjojo@lemmy.world 4 days ago
i have a samsung phone and im not surprised to hear this. my phone keeps installing these crappy mobile games without my consent and i had to manually uninstall them a few times. so yeah, not much of a stretch.
devedeset@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Could it be your carrier somehow doing that? I’ve literally never had that happen
FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
it definitely is a carrier thing. my phone is carrier unlocked, but because it used to be a T-Mobile phone I still had their shitty T-Mobile app manager randomly installing shit. I was wise enough to disable it but many have no idea you can. same goes for this appcloud thing, it’s been around for a long time and affects a lot of Japanese and Chinese phones too. I switched from iPhone and this bewildered me, no idea how it’s even legal.
NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
You can flash the US Unlocked firmware. I use a US Unlocked S22 Ultra. Works on all carriers. No bloatware like what you described. I know what you’re talking about – it’s called Carrier something. It’s a system app. You can disable it but updates might re-enable it.
FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
oh wow, I’ll have to try that. will I have to backup everything on the phone? I got it a couple of weeks ago but I already have it pretty extensively set up.