Holy mother of bloatware, batman!

phositadc · Apr 25, 2013

NEVER have I seen a phone with so much bloatware. And this is just the stuff I disabled!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337

americasteam · Apr 25, 2013

Wow!!!!!

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bigworm50 · Apr 25, 2013

Yeah, between att and Samsung there is a bit more than average.

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Baldilocks · Apr 25, 2013

Bloat will always be the first thing to go.

soritong · Apr 25, 2013

How do you disable those on the phone?

SysAdmNj · Apr 25, 2013

Can someone start the list of whats safe to remove/freeze?

theraker007 · Apr 25, 2013

poker? lol

nattoleon · Apr 25, 2013

only google and samsung service application remain ,remove the others will be safe.

FIREONHIGH · Apr 25, 2013

wow that is sad, soon we be free, carriers i **** on you

Actionx1 · Apr 25, 2013

Holy crap. That's insane.

type R-blood

phositadc · Apr 25, 2013

Yeah I've got to say with the locked bootloader and all this bloat, my initial impression is not that great, unfortunately. Day to day use, the phone is not as fast as my GS3 running slim bean.

Screen and hardware are fabulous, but they really effed up the software this time around. Just went wayyyyyyy overboard. And locked bootloader? Come on now

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phositadc · Apr 25, 2013

soritong said:
How do you disable those on the phone?

Settings >more >application manager >all

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phositadc · Apr 25, 2013

SysAdmNj said:
Can someone start the list of whats safe to remove/freeze?

So far I haven't had any problems with all of this junk disabled.

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aleph_0 · Apr 25, 2013

Bloatware, in and of itself, is a justification for unlocking a devices bootloader and installing a custom rom. How much space is wasted?

phositadc said:
NEVER have I seen a phone with so much bloatware. And this is just the stuff I disabled!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337

familyguy26 · Apr 25, 2013

phositadc said:
NEVER have I seen a phone with so much bloatware. And this is just the stuff I disabled!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337

I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something, but if you are going to disable all that Samsung software whats the point in getting an S4? It seems their software was the big upgrade this time around and the hardware less so.

aleph_0 · Apr 25, 2013

It's more of a matter of form on AT&T's and Samsung's part.

familyguy26 said:
I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something, but if you are going to disable all that Samsung software whats the point in getting an S4? It seems their software was the big upgrade this time around and the hardware less so.

I don't think Com2UsPoker, Adapt Sound, At&T Family Maps, ChoKUKor, YPmobile,TripAdvisor, BlurbCheckout, Match3VS, or most any software displayed in the screenshots are particularly unique to the GS4. I'm sure most of us will not lament the absence of the majority of the displayed list of applications. All in all, it's a rather rude of Samsung and AT&T to put all of that clearly invaluable software on a $700 phone, then make it uninstallable.

Typed on savaged goods.

phositadc · Apr 25, 2013

familyguy26 said:
I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something, but if you are going to disable all that Samsung software whats the point in getting an S4? It seems their software was the big upgrade this time around and the hardware less so.

The point? Having a beautiful screen and the best hardware on the market.

I think I speak for many people on this forum when I say that if I could get a GS4 with vanilla Android, I would do so in an instant and never look back.

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phositadc · Apr 25, 2013

aleph_0 said:
Bloatware, in and of itself, is a justification for unlocking a devices bootloader and installing a custom rom. How much space is wasted?

Pretty sure there was less than 10gb free space before I even installed any of my own stuff.

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snakecharmer23 · Apr 25, 2013

familyguy26 said:
I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something, but if you are going to disable all that Samsung software whats the point in getting an S4? It seems their software was the big upgrade this time around and the hardware less so.

That bloatware is what is causing the lag online reviewers have been mentioning. If you disable/remove it, the phone will have no lag at all.

I'm hopeful to see some AOSP-based ROMS so I can remove the bloat known as TouchWIZ.

familyguy26 · Apr 25, 2013

aleph_0 said:
I don't think Com2UsPoker, Adapt Sound, At&T Family Maps, ChoKUKor, YPmobile,TripAdvisor, BlurbCheckout, Match3VS, or most any software displayed in the screenshots are particularly unique to the GS4. I'm sure most of us will not lament the absence of the majority of the displayed list of applications. All in all, it's a rather rude of Samsung and AT&T to put all of that clearly invaluable software on a $700 phone, then make it uninstallable.

Typed on savaged goods.

In my previous post I was referring to Samsung software.

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phositadc said:
The point? Having a beautiful screen and the best hardware on the market.

I think I speak for many people on this forum when I say that if I could get a GS4 with vanilla Android, I would do so in an instant and never look back.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337

Being the best is debatable. Nevertheless if you want a pure stock experience, then you might as well get a Nexus 5 when it comes out. It will be unlocked, cheaper, and probably have better specs.

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