andsome Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 I hope that this is in the right section.. If not can a mod move it please. I did not like the Windows system on a mobile phone, but I get irritated by the Android system too. I seem to get a never ending load of updates. Almost daily there is at least one update, and sometimes three or four. This is just one irritation, the other is to do with apps. Several times I have fancied trying a recommended app and have downloaded it. After a day or two I decide that I don't like it but there is frequently no way of uninstalling it. One or two will uninstall OK but the majority do not offer that option. When I look in the apps settings I can 'force stop' or 'disable', but invariably I am told that if I carry on it may cause problems. I wonder why the hell they make things so difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 This any use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 No help to you, andsome but any and all "smart" phones that I have had ended up being remodelled with a hammer. My mobile phone does what a phone is supposed to do - allow oral communication over a long distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Belatucadrus said: This any use ? Thanks. I have tried force stop, and disable. I will have another look tomorrow and come back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Buy an Apple Phone. If you don't like an App you can take it off no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Thanks,but they cost silly money. No way would I spend that kind of money on a phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Usually the locked in ones come preinstalled with the Android installation provided by the manufacturer, I've never tried anything from the App store that didn't come without an uninstall setting. Though admittedly there are thousands of Apps I haven't tried so could easily be proved wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Calendar Clock Cloud print e mail Google play books Google play games Google play movies and TV Google play movies Hangouts Radio Some of the above were already on the phone when it was purchased, the rest were downloaded. I don't want any of the above. There were others that I have succeeder in uninstalling . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4\/!d Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Some apps - they don't call 'em programs - some apps cannot be Un-installed. But sometimes they can be Disabled (Settings>Application Manager), sometimes its greyed out so you cannot. To uninstall try SD Maid, but take care, it is powerful, and there is no backup (acronis/system restore) to return to. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm&hl=en_GB You'll get to like your new Android, I promise. Just let it do what it does. Remember this IT world is where today's folk were born n' bred, they live in it, we are merely occasional visitors. Hope that helps, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 I have had it for almost a year now, and do prefer it to ye Windows one I had before. I have disabled or force stopped some apps but always get a warning that I will be blown up if I carry on. So far no explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4\/!d Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Gorgeous one, when the time comes for you to go, heaven forbid, there will be far more than an explosion! Ignore that nanny state warning, I do. Glad you are getting used to it. Try using things you think you don't need. No, go on do it. For example I am not a gamer, not at all. Yet I have just started playing a few Candy Crush type games and d'you know what its fun, no really. Try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 On 11/01/2018 at 4:32 PM, D4\/!d said: Gorgeous one, when the time comes for you to go, heaven forbid, there will be far more than an explosion! Ignore that nanny state warning, I do. Glad you are getting used to it. Try using things you think you don't need. No, go on do it. For example I am not a gamer, not at all. Yet I have just started playing a few Candy Crush type games and d'you know what its fun, no really. Try it. I will definitely NOT be playing games, there are not enough hours in the day. I will NOT be going to heaven either. I firmly believe that dead is just that DEAD. Others are of course free to believe in what they will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 "Others are of course free to believe in what the will. " That is a very sporting gesture. It is just a shame that we have not been told where the will is. In a cupboard or drawer or in someone's pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Mine is in a file in my desk.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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