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Urban Life: Living In The Midwest. Photography by Owen Michael Davis, 2023 - 2026; Mobile phone.
just took some more garbage off of my phone, so if anyone else with an android phone is interested in removing some pre-installed google bloatware bullshit, here is the guide on how to do so:
If you want to get rid of carrier/OEM apps from your phone, here's how you can uninstall bloatware from your device without root access!
even as a tech idiot i found these instructions clear and easy to follow. this time i hit a bit of a snag with the command prompt window, but that was solved by typing ".\adb" (without the quotation marks) every time the guide told me to type "adb".
anyway, go forth and free up space! and get an SD card for photos and videos while you're at it.
This is important! please read and share
Google is locking down Android.
From September 2026, all apps, including those outside the Play Store, must come from verified developers. No more anonymous sideloads. No quick comebacks for malware gangs.
First: Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand.
Google will verify all Android developers by September 2026 in select countries to curb malicious apps.
People don't realize what this is really about. With apple and Android locking down ability to sideload applications your won't be able to force applications that are "banned" by the government onto your device outside the Google play store.
This is about censorship and control not safety.
It is setting the groundwork to make it much harder to maintain your freedom once the UN and WEF agendas are globally enforced.
It should be illegal for phone manufacturers to tell you what you can and cannot run on your device.
Google is going down the same road as iOS now.
we need to FORCE Apple and Google to allow us to install the apps we want.
No more walled gardens.
I switched from apple to android recently and I can’t use my usual podcast app. Anyone have recommendations? Please I want to listen to TMA again ;-;
Thanks to @about-that-teenie-girl for the poll request!
Which brand of products is better - Android or Apple?
Android
Apple
It depends on the product (e.g. Android phones are best, Apple tablets are best)
I have no preference
the android episode
dear tech people of Tumblr,
a setting i previously had disabled has reactivated, & i can't find it to turn it back off. because i hate it so much. does anyone know where i haven't looked?
my phone (Android) screen keeps waking up when i pick it up. it doesn't unlock, but i shouldn't be able to see the lock screen unless i hit the power button. every time i pick up my phone, it wakes up the screen, & i end up pressing buttons. i turned this off specifically because i tend to pick up my phone however, & i would like it not do anything until i hit the power button — you know, like a normal device! that doesn't make me wanna kill something!
i'm not the smartest when it comes to technology, so i'm hoping i just missed something super obvious that i can fix. also, i can't be the only one who hates it, so there has to be someone out there who's come up with a work-around... surely.
I don't have an iPhone, so when someone hands me one to help them with something, I find the touch controls so confusing. There's no home button, swiping down ends up closing the app, I can't take a screenshot, trying to close app windows is nearly impossible, and the volume/ringer buttons are so small. I struggle more than my parents when I use them, which is saying something. Do other android users face this? I feel dumb...
