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Lets start with actually being able to completely uninstall bloatware. On my Pixel 4a / Android 12 I can only "disable" most pre-installed apps, which are Googl

• 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
  motorola is awesome in this regard. i have disabled all of the stock apps out of habit and i would not touch a xiaomi, redmi, samsung bloat with a 10 fot pole.
  • iggldiggl 5y ago
    Not perfect, though, because on my phone they've still blocked up a few 100 MBs of precious storage space with a completely useless [1] OEM partition. [1] It contains a file explorer app – given that at least at that time Android didn't really have a proper built-in file explorer this is actually a somewhat sensible idea, but then on the other hand as a power user I still prefer a file explorer of my own choosing (and with root support), so it's still mostly useless to me. Other than that, it contains what looks like configuration apps for a few American mobile service providers, plus something like some sort of Brazil-specific app store – all completely and utterly useless, especially given that my phone was bought in Europe and is on the European software update channel!
• andrewaylett 5y ago
  A factory reset must restore the device to an "out-of-the-box" state without needing to re-download anything, so the original versions are still in the system image -- changing the button to read "uninstall" rather than "deactivate" wouldn't make any difference to the amount of user space available.
  • clumsysmurf 5y ago
    If that /was/ true, out-of-the box state should be absolute minimal, not including things like Android Auto, Google TV, or Playground.