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Re:Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA by kotaKat on Saturday June 21, 2025 @08:56AM (#44337223)
This does not work on all phones. Some OEMs (like Motorola) leverage the 'nodisable' feature to prevent this and other APKs from being disabled.

On my 2025 Motorola RAZR 5G, in /product/etc/nondisable are a series of XML files listing carrier and activation apps for Dish Wireless, Tracfone/Verizon Value, T-Mobile, the Amazon App Manager, and two apps provided for finance providers PayJoy (who lock and disable phones for financial product recovery) and one for Claro internally (that operates similar to Payjoy).

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Re:Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA by grishka on Monday June 23, 2025 @02:32AM (#44353020)
These affect the "disable" button and the "pm disable" command, I believe. The "uninstall" command can't be prevented from working to my knowledge.

But then I haven't had any experience with carrier phones. We just don't do that where I live, all phones are sold unlocked for full price and all plans are prepaid.

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