Comcast device configuration system app on a TMUS lg g pad 5, why?

[Android Central Question]

So I recently picked up the T-Mobile version of the LG G Pad 5 10.1 tablet and was digging around in the settings and ran across the "Comcast device configuration" app. I force stopped it and wiped the 10kb of user data it had and nothing seems to have changed. My question is this: does anyone know how or why I would find such an app on a T-Mobile tablet? Or why it doesn't show up in the system apps list but cannot be deleted, only force stopped and disabled?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! It's possible that the app is there in case you wanted to bring that tablet over to Xfinity Mobile: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/18/...le-android-byod-samsung-galaxy-s8-s9-note-8-9. It's not unusual to see certain carrier system apps on devices, even completely unlocked ones -- I've seen Verizon and Sprint system apps on completely carrier-agnostic devices. These types of apps typically can't be deleted (since they're system apps), and many kinds of system apps can't be disabled.

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[mustang7757]

Was this tablet bought 2nd hand from someone?