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Facebook in Android.
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 12:42 pm
by TigerRaptor
Both my parents bought new Android phones recently. So I took the time to help setup them up and debloat some of the crap. However removing other apps requires going through the backdoor. Even with Facebook removed by hitting uninstall, files like fackbook.appmanger and facebook.system still remain. Any idea why this is?
Re: Facebook in Android.
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 1:53 pm
by Krom
Because facebook's cleanup from their android apps uninstaller is as sloppy as their cleanup of fascist propaganda on the actual platform?
Probably all those other components are installed because the main facebook app has dependencies on them, uninstallers even in windows and linux are also extremely bad at this and will leave all the "extras" that they installed on the system even if they clear off the main application. Think of it like installing a video game on a windows desktop PC, the video game may also install directx and visual studio redistributables along with some virtual device driver for DRM. When you uninstall the game, the directx, visual studio and DRM driver are universally left on the system in the event some other game might be using them. Same thing is happening here with facebook on android.
Re: Facebook in Android.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:34 am
by Jeff250
Can you "pm disable" them at least? Next time urge your parents to buy a Pixel.
Re: Facebook in Android.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:49 am
by TigerRaptor
Krom wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2021 1:53 pm
Because facebook's cleanup from their android apps uninstaller is as sloppy as their cleanup of fascist propaganda on the actual platform?
Probably all those other components are installed because the main facebook app has dependencies on them, uninstallers even in windows and linux are also extremely bad at this and will leave all the "extras" that they installed on the system even if they clear off the main application. Think of it like installing a video game on a windows desktop PC, the video game may also install directx and visual studio redistributables along with some virtual device driver for DRM. When you uninstall the game, the directx, visual studio and DRM driver are universally left on the system in the event some other game might be using them. Same thing is happening here with facebook on android.
Sounds like no matter the OS some residue will always be left behind. I always figured since it's a phone, whats the point of keeping old files around. Clear data, clear cache, uninstall and that was the end of it.
Jeff250 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:34 am
Can you "pm disable" them at least? Next time urge your parents to buy a Pixel.
I did that with apps on my phone I was unsure about. But apps like Facebook I feel better just ripping out.
Re: Facebook in Android.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:55 pm
by Jeff250
Did you try "pm uninstall" without "--user 0"?
Re: Facebook in Android.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:40 pm
by TigerRaptor
Jeff250 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:55 pm
Did you try "pm uninstall" without "--user 0"?
An error message [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR] would come up with "adb uninstall com.packagename" The only thing I turned on in developer options was USB debugging. File transfer in USB connection was also active.