Suspicious Apps You Can't Turn Off

[sienna4498]

Yes I've seen this on my note4

 

[palandri]

If I had a Note 4 I would take this issue up with the FCC because a common lay person wouldn't know how to turn it off and from what I've read it allows the carrier to install whatever they want without your knowledge for a kickback.

 

[ChemMan]

It's just Google spying on everyone and EVERYbody knows it.

FIFY. lol

 

[H3aTeRzz]

umm...I don't have any of that stuff. :-D

 

[Trigati]

Insane! As much as the Note 4/Edge costs, this should definitely be an option!

They were optional for me. They are "gifts" from Samsung for purchasing the phone and DT Ignite does install them, but once I deleted them they have not come back and I have not "turned off" DT Ignite. If you don't want to use DT Ignite simply "turn it off" in Application Manager, clear the phone's cache, and you are good to go.
You can also go into the APP STORE under My Apps and remove the unwanted apps from your list. Without an app on your personal list it shouldn't ever be automatically re-installed.

If I had a Note 4 I would take this issue up with the FCC because a common lay person wouldn't know how to turn it off and from what I've read it allows the carrier to install whatever they want without your knowledge for a kickback.

Let's actually put the blame where it belongs. It's not Samsung that's putting these apps on the phone, it's the Carriers. I'm on Sprint and I don't have DT Ignite, whereas we know at least T-Mobile phones do (no idea about AT&T or Verizon). While it may be 'fun' or 'cool' to blame Samsung for everything (and they do deserve some of it *coughTouchWizcough*), in this case, complaining about and to the party or parties actually at fault would be best.

This is one of those cases where having the Carriers able to stick their fingers in the Android pie definitely doesn't work best for the customer. It's much less of an issue on iOS phones, because Apple doesn't really let the carriers (or anyone really) do anywhere near as much with the operating system as a whole. With Android being so open, not only do many manufacturers feel the need to muck around with stock Android, but then the carriers are able to add their own junk on top.

 

[H3aTeRzz]

Re: Woke up this morning with 4 new "Crap Apps" installed on my phone.

What Carrier are you on? I don't have, nor ever heard of DT Ignite.

 

[ahutchga1972]

Re: Woke up this morning with 4 new "Crap Apps" installed on my phone.

I've never heard of it either. I checked, after reading these threads. I'm on AT&T.

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[Caddyman46]

Root is def the way to go. Or even a custom rom..... I'm still on my Note 3.... Not sure the 4 is enough of an upgrade for me.

 

[felloffthetruck]

Re: Woke up this morning with 4 new "Crap Apps" installed on my phone.

I'm on Verizon and have had the phone since Verizon released them. My DT Ignite was back alive and I'm sure I disabled this in the past.
It's disabled again.

 

[pappcam]

Let's actually put the blame where it belongs. It's not Samsung that's putting these apps on the phone, it's the Carriers. I'm on Sprint and I don't have DT Ignite, whereas we know at least T-Mobile phones do (no idea about AT&T or Verizon). While it may be 'fun' or 'cool' to blame Samsung for everything (and they do deserve some of it *coughTouchWizcough*), in this case, complaining about and to the party or parties actually at fault would be best.

This is one of those cases where having the Carriers able to stick their fingers in the Android pie definitely doesn't work best for the customer. It's much less of an issue on iOS phones, because Apple doesn't really let the carriers (or anyone really) do anywhere near as much with the operating system as a whole. With Android being so open, not only do many manufacturers feel the need to muck around with stock Android, but then the carriers are able to add their own junk on top.

Someone gets it. The majority of "bloatware" is stuff installed by the carrier. I have Sound Detector which is a Samsung system app but I can disable it if I want to.

I have none of the other apps listed in this thread.

 

[fantom305]

Re: Woke up this morning with 4 new "Crap Apps" installed on my phone.

From reading previous post yesterday or the day before, Verizon and TMobile are the ones with DT ignite.

 

[GregMargie]

Confirming that my "Verizon" Note 4 phone does have DT Ignite.

 

[floridahater]

Re: Woke up this morning with 4 new "Crap Apps" installed on my phone.

Is DT Ignite on iPhone also?

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[monsieurms]

Hadn't heard about this yet, but I'm noticing now that I do have DT Ignite, but not the other apps. Hmmmm.. This seems a little sneaky, but not such a big deal. It's annoying though that even more space can be taken up by bloatware that I can't delete!

Here's a good article:

T-Mo Galaxy Note 4 customers complaining of DT Ignite software installing apps without permission » TmoNews

 

[felloffthetruck]

I don't see the IMSlogger on my Verizon Note 4.

 

[UniQue WerkX]

It seems that those permissions have been changed to all apps on my phone that use camera and microphone. Even Chrome now has those same permssions.

Going to factory reset when I get home. This is ridiculous!

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[Almeuit]

I personally don't worry about some of these permissions. Any app that can access the "Microphone" will say that. It is just the description of the "Microphone" on the phone.

Something such as Chrome needs this since some like to speak to Chrome to do searches .. so it has to use the mic to hear you.

 

[BrockS.]

So, disabling Sound Detectors has removed dictation as option from the Stock keyboard. Bit of a no go for me as I use that quite often, so I will be re-enabling that now.

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[Trigati]

It seems that those permissions have been changed to all apps on my phone that use camera and microphone. Even Chrome now has those same permssions.

And if the app (like Chrome) needed your confirmation every time you wanted to use 'Ok google' or use something like Goggles to snap a QR code, there'd be a huge uproar about how Android is unusable because of pop up dialogues for every action (just like what happened with Vista). Honestly, there's no huge conspiracy here. It's just how the apps need the phone devices (like the mic or camera) to do their jobs.

I'm not sure a smartphone (any smartphone) is right for you if you're that concerned about permissions that are necessary to make apps actually do what they're advertised to do. Maybe a different type of phone might be better.

 

[UniQue WerkX]

Call me crazy but I don't like the idea of apps being able to record audio or video unless I'm the one doing it. I live a dull life but I still want privacy to live my boring life. Online privacy and offline privacy.... where do you draw the line?

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