What is LifetimeData app?

[AC Question]

Good day, I recently purchased a Nexus 6, and there is an app with the name 'LifetimeData' listed when I view all apps. It is not an app I installed, and might be necessary for the phone to function. It is 44.00KB in size.

Is this app native to Android Lollipop 5? It has full phone permissions, so I am just concerned. My provider is ATT if this information is useful.

When I view app info, I can only force it to stop. There is no uninstall function.

Thanks,
Eric

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Is it an AT&T-branded Nexus 6, or one you bought through Google Play?

 

[mayessmith]

Thanks for the quick reply. It is an ATT branded Nexus 6 which I purchased from ATT store in November 2014.

 

[B. Diddy]

I'd guess it's a preinstalled app from AT&T, but can't be sure. Hopefully someone else with an AT&T N6 can comment.

 

[theduder]

I have this on my Nexus 6 purchased from Motorola unlocked.

I found a reference to all the carrier stuff that was added in 5.1. It appears that this is for Sprint. There is other stuff that is specific to Verizon.

http://www.slashgear.com/carrier-apps-appear-in-nexus-6-no-surprise-13373639/

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

 

[Kaycy]

I have the same problem. I have the fairly new Motorola x4 Android phone. When I access all apps I finally found this app and clicked force stop. The disable button is grayed out and there is nowhere that you can uninstall/remove it. It just pops up out of nowhere and when it does it just shows a page listing news interest and other things people might be interested in. My carrier is Cricket. I noticed it after my latest update. So I don't believe it is germaine to any one carrier or any one phone. I believe it might be connected to Android updates.
Anyone have any ideas how to get rid of this app? It is driving me nuttie!
Karen

 

[kailash970]

hi,
Same problem I'm facing since yesterday in my moto g5 plus. but this is not only 1 these are total 6 nos bug HTML type files are also pop-up in my phone through webroot antivirus. i.e 1. com.andriod.htmlviewer. 2. com.andriod.dreams.basic 3. com.andriod.pacprocessor. 4. com.andriod.statementservice. 5. com.motorola.lifetimedata. 6. com.andriod.vpndialogs.

device bought from flipkart (directly from moto inshort) in india.

can any buddy help me out from this????????