I have to start by saying this wasn't an easy decision, but I am a strong believer of standing up for what's right and fighting against what's wrong.
I have been a Sprint subscriber since 2001 and a Samsung customer since way back when the SCH-8500 was in style.
Since the smartphones exploded everywhere I have tried to have the best phone for my budget.
The Galaxy S2 was a great phone, I upgraded to the S3, skipped the S5 and S6 (of course) and had the the S4 'til Samsung put the SD card back in the S7.
I took the plunge and got myself a S7, by far the best Sam phone I had ever own, until Sprint decided that they knew what I really wanted in the form of bloatware.
After juicing the phone, the minute it smelled internet connection, the bloatware started flowing into my device just like just like flies drop into fresh manure in hot summer day in the country side.
Took a few minutes to go thru the list and disable almost all of the extra crap that Sam and Sprint load into our phones, I encountered a repeat offender: Smith Micro's Visual Voicemail (Vvm.apk).
Immediately I tried to disable, force stop, block all permissions, I tried everything short of grabbing my drill and hammer.
4 Phone calls to Sprint, 3 chats online, a visit to Samsung 837 in Chelsea NYC, a useless visit to the Sprint Store on 34th St NYC and another waste-of-time-visit to BestBuy's in house Samsung "Specialist".
...AND a public threat on Twitter to @sprintcare and @sprint the if the app wasn't remove or disable my 15 years with them will be jeopardized, the final answer was the app could not be removed or disabled.
So I decided to stand up for the silent majority and returned the phone and all the perks that BestBuy threw in, including the Gear VR and the 64GB SD Card, enough is enough.
I will be ordering the Unlocked version of this device which does not include the offending bloatware mentioned above.
Locked-down boot loaders, locked down phones, locked SIM's and on top of that unwanted crapware? F**** no!
We have to unite against this practice, manufacturers and carriers, not to mention the government itself are under the belief that they can decide what the end user wants and needs.
We the people have the power of the purse, we are the paying customer, we have the power.
-Thank you
I have been a Sprint subscriber since 2001 and a Samsung customer since way back when the SCH-8500 was in style.
Since the smartphones exploded everywhere I have tried to have the best phone for my budget.
The Galaxy S2 was a great phone, I upgraded to the S3, skipped the S5 and S6 (of course) and had the the S4 'til Samsung put the SD card back in the S7.
I took the plunge and got myself a S7, by far the best Sam phone I had ever own, until Sprint decided that they knew what I really wanted in the form of bloatware.
After juicing the phone, the minute it smelled internet connection, the bloatware started flowing into my device just like just like flies drop into fresh manure in hot summer day in the country side.
Took a few minutes to go thru the list and disable almost all of the extra crap that Sam and Sprint load into our phones, I encountered a repeat offender: Smith Micro's Visual Voicemail (Vvm.apk).
Immediately I tried to disable, force stop, block all permissions, I tried everything short of grabbing my drill and hammer.
4 Phone calls to Sprint, 3 chats online, a visit to Samsung 837 in Chelsea NYC, a useless visit to the Sprint Store on 34th St NYC and another waste-of-time-visit to BestBuy's in house Samsung "Specialist".
...AND a public threat on Twitter to @sprintcare and @sprint the if the app wasn't remove or disable my 15 years with them will be jeopardized, the final answer was the app could not be removed or disabled.
So I decided to stand up for the silent majority and returned the phone and all the perks that BestBuy threw in, including the Gear VR and the 64GB SD Card, enough is enough.
I will be ordering the Unlocked version of this device which does not include the offending bloatware mentioned above.
Locked-down boot loaders, locked down phones, locked SIM's and on top of that unwanted crapware? F**** no!
We have to unite against this practice, manufacturers and carriers, not to mention the government itself are under the belief that they can decide what the end user wants and needs.
We the people have the power of the purse, we are the paying customer, we have the power.
-Thank you
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