My phone just gave me a notification to "free up space by deleting unused apps"
Now, given I've tried to do this many times, but was always told "No" by my phone, I figured this is finally my chance, so I tapped the notification.
And do you want to know what apps it wanted me to delete?
ALL THE APPS I ACTUALLY USE.
It wanted to delete:
The calculator.
The sound db meter.
Firefox.
And both home security appliance management apps (the only reason I own this phone)
GOSH DAMMIT GOOGLE
@OpenComputeDesign
>I've tried to do this many times, but was always told "No" by my phone
You can't uninstall apps from your phone?
@light I can Uninstall things I install, but not things it installs. So I could Uninstall Firefox, but not creditcarma or taptap tiles
@OpenComputeDesign You seriously need to install a custom OS.
@light Nothing I can afford is ever supported by anything
🅰️ ®️ ✝️ U
@OpenComputeDesign Wasn't there something about giving no longer needed devices a new home?
I'm sure there are lots of semi-new devices collecting dust.
At the very least new enough to support custom foss OS should be something people can throw at you until you suffocate in the devices ^^
@unspeaker @admitsWrongIfProven @light
No, I tried screwing around in developer mode an an android several phones back, and it was such a frustrating experience, I haven't wanted to try again.
it's absolutely a frustrating experience. even getting adb on your computer in usable form can be a damn little adventure.
speaks volumes of the regard the participants in the computing supply chain have for each other and the end consumer. but i guess that's nothing new, is it.
i stand by my recommendation to go at the most obvious crap with the `adb uninstall` or whatever it was called; understandably, ymmv.
@admitsWrongIfProven @light I don't think there's any programs like that here. Usually I'm the one who gives ewaste a second life. Trouble is, I'm good at giving 10+ year old stuff a second life. And androids are good for like 4 max.
@OpenComputeDesign
I didn't mean a program, i mean i dimly remember someone offer to send you some not-that-old phone? If that didn*t work you can ask around again.
@light
Seems people just don't actually keep old devices around very long any more. Although, considering modern phones have a tendency to explode when left around, I guess that's fair
@OpenComputeDesign
Huh, i saw a picture of an anime girl on my feed this morning, with a bomb belt and a clock showing four seconds left saying "i want a hug".
I didn't realize this was obviously about smartphones.
@OpenComputeDesign
have you tried enabling developer mode on your phone and connecting it to adb? (haven't seen an android device where this is disabled yet, but i do avoid looking.)
as far as i remember, this lets you remove some of the pre-installed crapware without rooting. (not from the rom obvs, but at least they wouldn't be eating ram and shitting in storage any longer.)
@admitsWrongIfProven @light