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FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days agoit 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 3 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.