Tamping down on preinstalled garbage on an Android is a tradition as old as the OS itself. Unlike Apple, which tightly controls both the hardware and software of its smartphones, Android phones aren’t necessarily made by Google. Third-party hardware manufacturers can bog their phones down with apps whose developers paid to have them preinstalled alongside core Google apps. This unnecessary, unwanted software is colloquially called bloatware, and in this guide, we’ll explain the process of removing or at least
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