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Re:Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device... by Nursie on Saturday November 30, 2013 @12:35PM (#6823773)
Root it, use something like SDMaid to lock out the annoying apps. Done.

No idea if this voids your warranty, but I buy phones upfront and unsubsidised anyway so it's less of a concern.

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Re:Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device... by ac29 on Saturday November 30, 2013 @04:47PM (#6824765)
No need to root since 4.1: http://thedroidlawyer.com/2013/05/how-to-disable-bloatware-i...
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Re:Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device... by dingaling on Saturday November 30, 2013 @02:40PM (#6824294)
Other than the principle that the user shouldn't have to wage war on his own phone, rooted phones are usually also blocked from corporate networks.
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Re:Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device... by Nursie on Saturday November 30, 2013 @07:42PM (#6825470)
As the CEO of my own one-man company, I've decided to go with a fairly lenient policy on employee devices...
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Re:Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device... by Elhana on Saturday November 30, 2013 @07:22PM (#6825396)
Until corporate networks stop demanding 8 character long pin every time I need to unlock, I will refuse to have corp mail on my phone.
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