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Bloatware
Some Android devices sold through T-Mobile might come with pre-installed apps (bloatware) that cannot be easily removed. These apps can take up storage space and consume system resources, impacting the device's performance.
Carrier related bloatware is common in every carrier sold device from every carrier around the world. There are ways to remove it and how easy or difficult it is can vary by device. What device are you using?
ADB is not complicated! It's a simple command line that doesn't require root that can remove apps that are normally not removable. Used with things like, PackageNameViewer 2.0 from the PlayStore can make it very easy to identify the apps you want to remove. Lets take Netflix as a perfect example. With ADB installed or on your PC or used with a termianl emulator for Android and identifying the apk name using an app to show you the name of the apk you want to remove. Enabling Delveloper Mode and turning on USB Debugging before connecting your device or launching a Terminal Emulator. In the command line window, you type, adb shell. The command should return a prompt with a $. You use, pm uninstall -k --user 0, followed by the apk name and hit enter to remove the apk from the running system. This will not remove it from the recover image so a factory reset will return the app.
Removing YouTube on my s23 Ultra (because apk names can vary by device) using ADB to remove would be: pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
Obviously, you should only remove apps you know and fully understand what they do because removing the wrong app or apps can prevent your device from booting.
