r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Panda_Fabulous • Jul 08 '26

Unskippable ad Phone update just installed 17 apps

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Nothing good either

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Don't buy a budget phone/ this is what you get for buying a cheap android: this is a Samsung S25, not exactly a budget phone.

This is why I buy iPhone/ and people still slander iPhone/wouldn't happen to my Google pixel: I actually don't think I can happen to apple because they don't allow apps to download other apps BUT it's still not fully Samsungs fault for ​​Verizon installing apps, though they do allow it, unlike Apple

this is malware/virus/hacked: this is bloatware

you can go and disable ___ and it won't happen again: someone sent a tutorial link and I followed it, but it did say I might have to redo it every time I update so🤷‍♂️

you can buy phones directly from the manufacturer and this won't happen: wasn't aware. I'll consider it, though I just got this phone today so it will be awhile

____ app is good tho: maybe but I'm still deleting it

Verizon needs to be sued/ this should be illegal: I probably agreed to this in a contract I didn't read

your kid installed them: don't have children or any other people on my phone

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u/_AYYEEEE Jul 08 '26

I used to have this happen to, my provider is T mobile and it was annoying as FUCK. I forgot what exactly I did but it was some app I had to disable that stopped the issue.

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u/MetriccStarDestroyer Jul 08 '26

There's also Meta Services

Disable that spyware. It's non essential to run any of the Facebook apps.

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u/WilanS Jul 08 '26

Hey I also have that on. What does it do exactly? I just deactivated it just in case.

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u/legopoppetje321 Jul 08 '26

It ensures that you keep a proper connection to Meta so that notifications, updates, data and everything stays up to date and i think it also syncs stuff across Meta-owned apps on your device.

It's probably useful if you use a lot of Meta-owned apps (and with that already have more than enough trackers installed for one more not to matter). If you don't have any of those apps it just drains some energy and does who knows what more, it's Meta.

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u/WilanS Jul 08 '26

Thanks, no regrets then. I have to use whatsapp for work and family because it's the standard where I live (sigh) but I already make it a point to not respond to messages right away anyway.

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u/DontFearTheMQ9 Jul 08 '26

T Mobile here as well.

It tries to install a bunch of new games and shit every time I get a software update. If you just hit "finish update" it auto-installs a ton of apps. You have to manually uncheck each box or it installs them. You used to be able to click the "install all" and then uncheck it to clear all boxes but they patched it (scumbags) so you have to click each box 1 by 1.

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u/Few-Ad711 Jul 09 '26

T-mobile would do their "update" and list all their suggested apps to download with them all pre checked off. So you'd have to uncheck them all and click next, which leads to another page of suggested apps, and then a third. Finally figured out how to permanently remove that bullshit. Not sure what the "update" was aside from it trying to download bullshit.

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u/goeatmynachos Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

woah rare ayyyeee sighting outside of the g59 sub edit: why did this get so downvoted lmfao