The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow uses 60GB of storage

Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by clumsysmurf on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:56PM (#34684210)

Android has a bloat problem in general. I uninstalled almost everything on my new iPad. On my Pixel 6A, I can only disable stock apps (they are still there taking up space). Its 2023, I should be able to completely uninstall apps I don't need.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by tpush on Monday February 06, 2023 @04:42PM (#34684833)

You can't uninstall apps contained in the OS image; you're just hiding them. Applies to Android as much as iOS and macOS, too, for that matter.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by nijave on Monday February 06, 2023 @04:45PM (#34684880)

Afaik on Android you can still uninstall updates so you're left with the OS image app version instead of OS image app + updated app

On the other hand, now you have an old app version lingering

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by nszceta on Monday February 06, 2023 @06:07PM (#34685860)

adb pm uninstall is pretty strong on stock unrooted Android

This functionality can ONLY be accessed via ADB. It is DIFFERENT from "hiding."

You can break lots of stuff, even Google spyware (Play framework), which is the evidence I need that adb pm uninstall actually works to disable prepackaged manufacturer malware!

Don't wait - try it today: https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by capitainenemo on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:14PM (#34701320)

pretty sure that just removes it for current user. the app still sits around on the image bloating things up that way. although it does save a little space.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by nszceta on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @07:28AM (#34707145)

You can uninstall for all users using the adb helper tool I don't know the command line to do it manually.

Yes it's not removed but at least the guarantee it won't run is quite strong.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by capitainenemo on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:43PM (#34714770)

True... but in that case isn't it the same thing as using the "uninstall" feature in Android app management settings for bundled apps that just deactivates and removes all updates, basically just keeping the bundled installer?

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by murderfs on Monday February 06, 2023 @04:13PM (#34684422)

That's likely because Apple is doing the same thing but just lying to you about it. You can't uninstall stock apps because they came on a read-only system image that was signed by your device manufacturer.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by MBCook on Monday February 06, 2023 @06:36PM (#34686200)

Depends on the app. You can get rid of the real ones like Pages or Sheets or Clips.

Mail or Calculator or Find My is just getting hidden.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by marcellus23 on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:04PM (#34686470)

This isn’t true. Deleting apps does actually remove that app and usually user data too. Associated system frameworks might stick around because other parts of the OS depend on them.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by Mindwipe on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:58AM (#34692126)

> This isn’t true. Deleting apps does actually remove that app and usually user data too.

It is true. Factory reset your iOS device and they will come back. That happens because the app is stored still, Apple just creates a second copy that it deletes when you remove the app.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by nijave on Monday February 06, 2023 @04:44PM (#34684866)

LineageOS (Android build without Google Play) is generally <500MiB. Google apps usually had on something like 500MiB-1.5GiB depending on what you install. Usually OEM devices have at least that much plus whatever their own stuff is piled on

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by bee_rider on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @01:02AM (#34689293)

For that kind of futuristic functionality you’ll need to go to the year 2000.

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