Bloatware On The S23

[BerryBubbles]

It's not giving enough Info think it's for older devices

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That's unfortunate.

I noticed that it hadn't been updated since 2017, but I was hoping for the best.

 

[mustang7757]

That's unfortunate.

I noticed that it hadn't been updated since 2017, but I was hoping for the best.

Yeah

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[Laura Knotek]

Here's mine on my S22 Ultra

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[fuzzylumpkin]

my guess is that Mustangs system partition is so small because of all the crap he's pulled out of it and disabled with package disabler lol.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Strange, what happened to your app calculation?

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You have to allow a special access permission... I wonder if the system calculation will go down if I allow that...

Yep, system is now 35.64 on the S21 Ultra and 35.69 (nice) on the Flip 4.

I think what we have here is a nothing burger.

Although I do wonder now why Laura's system usage is so big.

EDIT: Oh, nevermind, she has a 512, makes sense now.

 

[subguy812]

I will say that always having both Google and Samsung apps has always annoyed me. They do like their bloat. Harsh article though but the truth is sometimes harsh.

 

[andee1517]

Strange, what happened to your app calculation?

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Sorry, was time for

No idea. I didn't notice until you pointed out. Do you know what would cause that?

 

[mustang7757]

You have to allow a special access permission... I wonder if the system calculation will go down if I allow that...

Yep, system is now 35.64 on the S21 Ultra and 35.69 (nice) on the Flip 4.

I think what we have here is a nothing burger.

Although I do wonder now why Laura's system usage is so big.

EDIT: Oh, nevermind, she has a 512, makes sense now.

The higher the storage the more the system takes up, yeah allow access makes sense

 

[mustang7757]

Sorry, was time for

No idea. I didn't notice until you pointed out. Do you know what would cause that?

No worries I was shortly there
Like Fuzzy pointed out allow access

 

[mustang7757]

I will say that always having both Google and Samsung apps has always annoyed me. They do like their bloat. Harsh article though but the truth is sometimes harsh.

I never mind that as I use both and just deleted whatever I didn't.

 

[Gary02468]

The system takes up 42GB on my S22U. I won't mind an additional 20GB of system code on my S23U in exchange for the extra 256GB of storage.

 

[andee1517]

No worries I was shortly there
Like Fuzzy pointed out allow access

I did after I responded but drawing a blank? What do I need to do for that? The phone is at home so will take a look after work.

 

[mustang7757]

my guess is that Mustangs system partition is so small because of all the crap he's pulled out of it and disabled with package disabler lol.

lol

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[mustang7757]

I did after I responded but drawing a blank? What do I need to do for that? The phone is at home so will take a look after work.

Go to setting>apps>3 Dot upper right corner tap>special access tap>data usage see My files has permission

 

[mustang7757]

my guess is that Mustangs system partition is so small because of all the crap he's pulled out of it and disabled with package disabler lol.

I allowed only 2 cores to run and some system apps to power the screen on

 

[andee1517]

Go to setting>apps>3 Dot upper right corner tap>special access tap>data usage see My files has permission

Kk. Will check later.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Kk. Will check later.

You can also just tap the circled exclamation mark that shows on that storage screen to take you directly to the correct settings page.

 

[andee1517]

You can also just tap the circled exclamation mark that shows on that storage screen to take you directly to the correct settings page.

Thanks fuzzy!!

 

[Mr Segundus]

No wonder they're offering free storage upgrades for a preorder bonus.

 

[BerryBubbles]

I actually use the Samsung apps over the Google apps with the exception of Google Messages. So even though I understand what the article is alluding to, I don't personally consider those apps bloat.

I do delete or disable things like Facebook, Spotify & Netflix. I don't really participate in social media, nor do I stream music or videos. However, if I did, they wouldn't be bloat either. Bloatware will always be subjective to the individual. (IMO)