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How can I stop TMobile from installing crapware?
I just got my OnePlus 10Pro finally updated to Android 13 this week, and found a few extra T-Mobile bloatware apps on my phone, like AppSelector, Device Manager, Global Search, Kid Space, T-Mobile Di...
ADB is about the best way. You can find just about everything you need on how to use ADB, drivers, and files over on the XDA forum for your device. You will also want an app from the Play Store called, Package Name Viewer 2.0. This app will show you the full package nam e of each app, which you need to uninstall through ADB.
Personally, I hate the bloat ware T-Mobile installs as well. They put these self-installing apps on all newer devices. I had to make sure that junk was removed off of mine because my girlfriend is a government employee and there is a list of apps we are not allowed to have on our devices.
Contact customer service. Ask them to put a block on changing the permissions and installing new software on your phone. They will say it takes 12 hours. It doesn't completely stop them, but it slows them down a bunch.
Then go to settings and in to right the three dots. Find everything with a T-Mobile logo and remove all the permissions you can. Hit force stop. Go to advanced and disable everything there. Then go to the Internet usage section and tell it no background data, no Wi-Fi, no mobile data. Do that for each one of their apps.
Then call T-Mobile and ask them to remove your apps. Tell them they crash all the time and cause your phone to act slow and restart. They will try to replace it with a free phone, but they will bill you for it, so do NOT accept the free phone replacement. Insist that you want their software removed. You don't want it. It doesn't work.
But whatever you do, do not look at the all permissions section!!! (settings-apps-any T Mobile app-permissions-three dots-all permissions)
You will realize they have your fingerprints, your browser history and cookies, all your files, are making videos of you with your camera, are listening to your phone calls, recording you with the microphone, all your networks, and are tracking what you do in other apps and what you click.
Lastly, do NOT read their Absolutely No Privacy Policy!!! It's completely Orwellian!!!
