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FB was already pre-installed and non-removable on many Anroid devices (including first-party Google devices!), so that's not a big change.
by trhtrsh 14y ago
FB was already pre-installed and non-removable on many Anroid devices (including first-party Google devices!), so that's not a big change.
- andrewaylett 14y agoRecent Android versions include the ability to disable built-in applications. I've got an S3, and I've successfully disabled all of the bundled stuff I don't want as well as most of TouchWiz. There are some Samsung services I can't disable, but they're bits that are non-UI or are hot-swapable and that would break the phone if disabled but not replaced. The stock keyboard and the TouchWiz launcher fall into this category, neither of which I see unless I go out of my way to re-enable them. My phone didn't come with Facebook installed, although it did have a link in the accounts section to install the application.
- mattmaroon 14y agoIf you really care, root your phone and then you can get rid of anything with Titanium Backup. Or you can do what I do and just install CyanogenMod on it. (Both are admittedly too much effort for the general public but not much for many people here.)