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Android Central Question
For years now, I've owned a Google Nexus 7, which I love to bits. But I recently bought a drone, which the Nexus isn't compatible with, so I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite. I'm just charging it up ready to switch it on for the first time.
My worry, though, is that the user interface won't be as beautifully simple as the Nexus: a while ago, I bought a Huawei tablet, and everything was so complicated that I sent it back.
Now, I've learned that the reason my Nexus was so easy to use was because it had 'vanilla Android', where the OS is stripped of all its unnecessary extras. That's what I want for my new tablet. To tell you the truth, I've heard so many stories about Samsung and bloatware, I've literally been afraid to take the thing out of its box for fear of what I might be confronted with.
So I need advice on how to get Android down to its basics, plus how to identify what stuff is bloatware that I can safely get rid of, and also, how to get rid of it, if it isn't clear how to do it (I'm not that computer savvy).
I'd also like people's opinions on whether to root it. As far as I can see, the only advantage to me from rooting would be in order to install an ad-blocker, but for all I know, these days you might be able to do this without rooting. I certainly don't want to 'brick' the device before I've even used it, so rooting is something I need to think carefully about.
Any advice would be gratefully received. Thanks.
My worry, though, is that the user interface won't be as beautifully simple as the Nexus: a while ago, I bought a Huawei tablet, and everything was so complicated that I sent it back.
Now, I've learned that the reason my Nexus was so easy to use was because it had 'vanilla Android', where the OS is stripped of all its unnecessary extras. That's what I want for my new tablet. To tell you the truth, I've heard so many stories about Samsung and bloatware, I've literally been afraid to take the thing out of its box for fear of what I might be confronted with.
So I need advice on how to get Android down to its basics, plus how to identify what stuff is bloatware that I can safely get rid of, and also, how to get rid of it, if it isn't clear how to do it (I'm not that computer savvy).
I'd also like people's opinions on whether to root it. As far as I can see, the only advantage to me from rooting would be in order to install an ad-blocker, but for all I know, these days you might be able to do this without rooting. I certainly don't want to 'brick' the device before I've even used it, so rooting is something I need to think carefully about.
Any advice would be gratefully received. Thanks.