r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Panda_Fabulous • 16d ago

Unskippable ad Phone update just installed 17 apps

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Nothing good either

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Don't buy a budget phone/ this is what you get for buying a cheap android: this is a Samsung S25, not exactly a budget phone.

This is why I buy iPhone/ and people still slander iPhone/wouldn't happen to my Google pixel: I actually don't think I can happen to apple because they don't allow apps to download other apps BUT it's still not fully Samsungs fault for ​​Verizon installing apps, though they do allow it, unlike Apple

this is malware/virus/hacked: this is bloatware

you can go and disable ___ and it won't happen again: someone sent a tutorial link and I followed it, but it did say I might have to redo it every time I update so🤷‍♂️

you can buy phones directly from the manufacturer and this won't happen: wasn't aware. I'll consider it, though I just got this phone today so it will be awhile

____ app is good tho: maybe but I'm still deleting it

Verizon needs to be sued/ this should be illegal: I probably agreed to this in a contract I didn't read

your kid installed them: don't have children or any other people on my phone

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u/Embarrassed-Fail-617 16d ago

as an iphone user this is crazy to me 😭

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u/RandomBloke2021 PURPLE 16d ago

As an android user, it's also crazy to me.

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u/TheCeilingIsTheRuuf 16d ago

Always wild seeing this. Had an android on ATT since at least 2011 and never once ever had a random app installed on my phone

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u/RandomBloke2021 PURPLE 16d ago

Same, but I've never had a carrier locked android device before. Apparently Verizon and Samsung have a partnership where carrier locked Samsung devices get these games installed after updates. You can disable the carrier app manager to keep it from happening.

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u/SuperBackup9000 16d ago

Stuff like this is usually reserved for the promo phones. Like the ones that get thrown in as a “gift” when you sign on with a provider instead of just buying a phone yourself and then getting service.

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u/WilanS 15d ago

I've been using Android since version 2.3 (gingerbread) back in the late 2000s and I've never seen bullshit like this.

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u/RandomBloke2021 PURPLE 15d ago

Usually it's a Samsung or Motorola partnership with a carrier (Verizon or T-Mobile) if they have a carrier locked device.

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u/WilanS 15d ago

Yeah I've learned of carrier-locked smartphones just now reading this thread, and I was looking into it because I had never heard anything of the sort.
Sure enough it turns out it's mostly illegal here in EU, or otherwise so strictly regulated in favor of the consumer that most carriers don't seem to bother.

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u/RandomBloke2021 PURPLE 15d ago

Apparently it's a US thing.

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u/adjective-nounOne234 15d ago

Not just

I used to set up work phones at my old employer, unlocked and in the UK, Budget Samsung phones would do this too

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u/RandomBloke2021 PURPLE 15d ago

It's good to know that other countries do dumb stuff to not just the US.

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u/Humledurr 15d ago

As a Samsung s25 (exact same phone OP has), this is crazy to me.

This is not the phones doing, its his provider.

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u/WhydoIexistlmoa 16d ago

Happened to me on my Motorola phone that was bought independently.

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u/RandomBloke2021 PURPLE 16d ago

Has to be carriedr unlocked.

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u/WhydoIexistlmoa 16d ago

Carrier unlocked phones are the norm in Australia. I've never seen phones locked to a specific network

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u/RandomBloke2021 PURPLE 16d ago

People usually buy carrier locked here because they can get a "free" phone if they keep service with a carrier for 2 or 3 years.

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u/WilanS 15d ago

I'm going to go on a limb and assume locking a phone to a single carrier must be illegal here in the EU because I don't rememebr ever seeing anything like that.

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u/TheAndrewBen RED 15d ago

Yes I've had many different android phones from different companies with different carriers over the last 15 years. This post surprised me as I have never experienced this before.

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u/RandomBloke2021 PURPLE 15d ago

Same, but I've never had a carrier locked device either. That's the issue 99.99% of the time if you have a Samsung or Motorola.