Bloat/Crapware - root vs unlocked vs disabling

[Inders99]

Noob quesiton, probably going to get the HTC (if it is what it's supposed to be) when it comes out. I'm on Verizon mainly because it works in my areas so I'll stick with it. However, I'm not fond of the Verizon garbage/bloat and would like to get rid of it from the start.

I'm not a techno person and rooting seems like a mystery to me and I understand that disabling bloat is next to impossible to do (is that correct?). Is purchasing an unlocked version my only choice (and are those available from the start?) and does Verizon discount their rates if you bring an unsubsidized/unlocked phone to their network?

 

[Rukbat]

Verizon phones are SIM-unlocked. All unlocking a locked phone does is allow you to use a different carrier's SIM.

If you bring a Verizon phone to their network, you don't pay for a phone (and there may be a cheaper plan. I added a "bring your own" phone to my AT&T account and got the old cheaper monthly handset rate.)

As for the bloat, root the phone (HTC is the only manufacturer that doesn't void the warranty for rooting, BTW), then you can freeze any app you consider bloat (usually any Verizon app) - use Link2SD. If the phone works with that app frozen for about a month, you can uninstall that app. (If it causes a problem, you just unfreeze it. If you had uninstalled it and it cause a problem not being available, you'd have a problem.)

I think you'll find, though, that with 32GB of storage, it's going to be a long time before you need to get rid of the bloat to gain more space. (I'm a software junky - I download apps just to see how they work, then forget to uninstall them, and I install apps that people here need help with, even though I'd never use them, then forget to uninstall them, and I've get to get close to running out of space after 15 months on this phone. At worst, I use Xposed Installer and Greenify to keep apps from starting themselves running - but that's to save battery and keep the phone running faster, not for the space. [I do have a lot of bloatware frozen, just so I have fewer icons in my app drawer, but I still have just over 15GB free on internal storage.)

 

[zorak950]

Rukbat is right that unlocking has nothing to do with app installs on a given device. You can disable bloat apps without rooting, but to uninstall them you need to root. The difference being that apps that are disabled are still installed and taking up storage space, you're just preventing them from running.

 

[mast001]

So by this way we our divice likes unroot but likes rooted device?


Sorry bad englis!!

 

[CBreen28]

There's a bunch of youtube videos I found helpful on this matter. Check em out!

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