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RachNova

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Why does my Galaxy Themes (an app I've tried for too long to get rid of) have 50 permissions I cannot disable or uninstall and I did a factory reset last week - soft reset hard.. all of it
someone just help me - I believe it might be spyware since that's just one app alongside a long list of questionable af "system apps"
 

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What Samsung phone or tablet have you actually got there, make, model, and variant? Where did your screen-shot come from, like is it from the phone or tablet's own info and settings, or is it from some third-party app?

On my Note20 Ultra it's only notifications allowed, and Galaxy Themes can be uninstalled if I wanted. It's definitely not a "system app" on my phone.

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What Samsung phone or tablet have you actually got there, make, model, and variant?

On my Note20 Ultra it's only notifications allowed, and Galaxy Themes can be uninstalled if I wanted. It's definitely not a "system app" on my phone.

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The disable button is greyed out, same with samsung messages(I use Verizon), internet, mail, clock, I mean the permissions I turn off do nothing because of the hidden permissions here is clock for example I don't use I don't open and I keep all settings to the minimum because I can't disable even though Google clock is my default.
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OK...I've got no idea what's going on there with your S10. Maybe Verizon(Big Red) wants to spy on you?

The system Clock app on my Samsung, there's only one permission, which I've got as not allowed. This is a China variant Note20 Ultra 5G with Android 12. The stock Samsung Messages can't be removed on my device, but then I do use that.
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