What apps have you disabled so far?

BADDINOROX99

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I was very pleased and surprised by the lack of bloatware. There were a few games that I uninstalled. Not a lot left on the phone after uninstalling them. Conversely, my Note 4 was a bloatwarefest.
yeah I honestly thought it would be worse since I've stuck to Motorola and the nexus line I'm use to stock aosp usually no bloat, this is my first Samsung phone and I'm very pleased to see most bloat could be disabled or uninstalled
 

liquidraven

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yeah I honestly thought it would be worse since I've stuck to Motorola and the nexus line I'm use to stock aosp usually no bloat, this is my first Samsung phone and I'm very pleased to see most bloat could be disabled or uninstalled
Thanks, yea I disabled everything you had done as well. I noticed that some of the bloat have an uninstall option but when you look in updates available on play after uninstalling, some bloat is still there but needing an update.

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pete4k

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So to make sure I am understanding this correctly, you can flash the unlocked firmware on top of the AT&T Note 8 and it basically is the unlocked Note 8?

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If your ATT comes SIM locked, then you'll have unlocked firmware but your phone will still be SIM locked to ATT network and may be more difficult to unlock later. If I was you I would first SIM unlocked it with ATT, then load unlocked firmware. At that point not only you don't have ATT bloatware, you can also use your phone on other networks when needed.
 
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johnwayne27

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Do not disable dex home or it drains the crap out of your battery. I watched it with GSAM. Try for yourself. Its the strangest thing. Disable it and its the top battery user

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saywhat4118

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If your ATT comes SIM locked, then you'll have unlocked firmware but your phone will still be SIM locked to ATT network and may be more difficult to unlock later. If I was you I would first SIM unlocked it with ATT, then load unlocked firmware. At that point not only you don't have ATT bloatware, you can also use your phone on other networks when needed.
That's a great idea. Thanks!

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roaduardo

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Do not disable dex home or it drains the crap out of your battery. I watched it with GSAM. Try for yourself. Its the strangest thing. Disable it and its the top battery user

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I've yet to see this on my phone and it's disabled. Maybe its a bug on those other examples but I haven't noticed this.