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Preinstalled apps

(Topic created on: 06-27-2020 04:58 PM)
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SamSungtwo
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Galaxy A
Is it possible to know what preinstalled apps (apps that cannot be removed from the phone) are installed? Does Samsung have a web site?
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Cassidy
Expert Level 5
Galaxy A

Which model and which year and which size for your Tab A ? Here is the link for all Samsung Tab A model on Samsung's website.

https://www.samsung.com/ca/search/?searchvalue=galaxy%20tab%20a

 

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Galaxy A
Settings - Apps - Three Dot Menu Top Right - Show System Apps... System Apps are preinstalled and can't be removed without Root - You can Disable System Apps in a couple of ways - Settings - Apps - Disable - BUT you can NOT Disable ALL System Apps with this method.
You CAN Disable System Apps with adb or one of a few apps available on the Play Store (elsewhere as well.. if you know where to look).
⚠️⚠️⚠️Disable System Apps ONLY if you KNOW what you are doing ⚠️ ⚠️⚠️
Note - Showing System Apps will show ALL the installed apps & you have to know which ones you downloaded & which were preinstalled - You can figure it out by clicking on each app & looking to see if it was downloaded or not - if it wasn't then it's a System or preinstalled app.
CHMultimedia
Expert Level 5
Galaxy A
If you mean that you'd like to be presented with a list of applications that are preinstalled on a device before you buy it? I don't think Samsung offers this. But here's what to expect:

-Apps preloaded by your carrier. For example, Vidéotron preloads absolute garbage like JDM, Rogers preloads Amazon and NHL and I don't know what the other carriers do, but be sure they preload their own app to manage your account plus a bunch of unwanted junk you never asked for that they get paid to preload.
-Facebook. There's a stub for Facebook + a bunch of Facebook service apps. Thankfully they can be disabled.
-Microsoft Office. Some MS apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive...
-Google apps. Some you expect to have, like Chrome and YouTube (though disable it and get YouTube Vanced instead).
-Samsung's intrusive ad malware. Visit-In and Samsung Positionning. Disable the package ipsgeofence !!!!!
SamSungtwo
Active Level 8
Galaxy A
Since I upgraded to 10, I noticed Bixby stuff which cannot be disabled or permissions removed. This is Samsung preinstalled on my A50.
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oooOmitoOooo
Active Level 10
Galaxy A
What's the name of the intrusive app?
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CHMultimedia
Expert Level 5
Galaxy A
ipsgeofence @oooOmitoOooo
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CHMultimedia
Expert Level 5
Galaxy A
That looks perfectly normal.
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SamSungtwo
Active Level 8
Galaxy A
Accept unlike Android 9, Android 10, cannot remove the permission s or disable the Bixby apps which I don't use.
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Kinsley
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Galaxy A

Hi @SamSungtwo,

As mentioned by @Shaggyskunk1BLM, you can go to Settings >> Apps >> Three Dot Menu Top Right >> Show System Apps. It will display the system apps, which are pre-installed.

Also, Consider the suggestion provided by @CHMultimedia, in which he explains about apps Apps preloaded by the carrier.

Thanks, @CHMultimedia, @Cassidy, and @Shaggyskunk1BLM for sharing the information.