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Deactivating the app was impossible too? You can often do that with preinstalled Android junk which is installed on the system partition.

Another often possible solution is installing Lineage.



Unfortunately, deactivating wasn't allowed (or at least wasn't easy) by the OEM's ROM. There may be an adb command, but it wasn't worth the effort.

I considered a custom ROM, but:

* My grandmother is averse to all change

* Transferring stuff (apps, settings, pictures) over would have been a pain

* It's a lot easier to support a single utility app than support an entire OS




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