I didn’t know where else to ask, but my phone seems to default to the AOSP default “Files” app and I do not use Samsung’s version. I want to remove it via ADB, but I fear data loss/file deletion. I have come here as a last resort as I can find this nowhere online.

  • Ooo! Oooo! I have the same questions! There’s so much shit on Samsung phones that you can’t disable, much less uninstall. Is there a wiki somewhere about what’s safe to remove? I use almost none of the Samsung apps, but something inevitably tries to open one instead of my chosen default. And they always reset the permissions whenever they update, so you constantly have you go through and disable them. Updating will still reinstall them, but that’d still be automatable and easier.

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          I think so I used it only on fresh device, but in Linux file system personal data and app data are separated.

          • Sure, that’s a good point. I’m more concerned about system breakages, where - say, for example, you remove Messages because you use an OSS alternative, and suddenly the Phone app stops working correctly because the Samsung developers tied then together somehow.

            “Safe” in this case means: “will my system still function if I remove this app and use an F-Droid app instead.” The answer isn’t always yes; my example of the Phone and Messages app is real on my Samsung device. Regardless of my settings, the Samsung Phone app keeps trying to open Samsung’s Messages, and I’m afraid removing it will break the Phone.

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    On new mobile I use android deblote tool and remove with it all recommended apps.

    And I have only aosp default files app so I think that it is possible. Just to be safe I would make back up.