Recent content by TheAtomicBuddha

I see. Then I guess there was no way I could have prevented it then. So goes the saying that buying from the manufacturer helps you avoid carrier bloatware. For future reference, do you of anyway to prevent this automatic checking of software?

Hmm that's strange. I am not even sure how to check carrier network programming updates. How do you do that? I just remember when I turned on the phone there was the typical language select screen and then all of the sudden it said installing. What it was insfalling, I have no idea, but I did...

I am sure I am not confusing Samsung's bloatware and the carrier one. I am on Rogers, and there was a whole bunch of apps in a Rogers folder. When I opened chrome, Rogers was also the home page which is weird. I never specified go Samsung which network I was going to be on which is the really...

General Android Question Hello, I have a general Android Question that I was hoping you guys could help me out with because I have heard multiple different answers and the quick Google search does not not answer my question. This is a question regarding bloatware. I have always been under the...

So all those websites saying that buying from the manufacturer is better because you won't have all that carrier bloatware are wrong? I read somewhere that they say that when you put a sim card in, it will automatically download all that bloatware, but I just realised my old Nexus did not have...

Hello I recently received my note 7, which I purchased directly from Samsung which means it should not come with any carrier bloatware. I inserted my Canadian Rogers SIM card before turning on my phone and going though the initial set up only to finish and find a bunch of Rogers bloatware like...