Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete Facebook

Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by iscrewyou on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:57PM (#18868814)

I don’t think that’s what it does.

When you redownload a now-deleted-preloaded app, it actually downloads it. You can see the progression in the App Store. Which makes me think that Apple actually removes the App package from the phone.

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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by jdmichal on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:04PM (#18868868)

This is how disabling apps in Android works also. There is a baseline version baked into the ROM, but any updates are installed into normal memory. Disabling the app removes the updates from normal memory, so when you enable the app again it will (likely) need to update.

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