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Help Help! "Galaxy Apps" overriding Google Play apps!

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nopenope

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Hello all,

I just bought a Note 5 and am loving it. I decided to open MS Word (which is preinstalled) and it decided to open "Galaxy Apps", with a prompt asking for me to Decline or Accept the license agreement. I declined because I don't want "Galaxy Apps" on my phone. However, when I opened MS PowerPoint, I accidentally clicked on "Accept". I went to the Google Play store and searched for MS PowerPoint, and it says "Your device isn't compatible with this version". It seems that "Galaxy Apps" is now OVERRIDING what Google Play can download. How the hell do I turn off this piece of $h!t "Galaxy Apps"? I tried disabling the "Galaxy Apps" garbage from Application Manager, but the problem persists. I still cannot update or download MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or MS OneNote through Google Play. This is ridiculous. Why does Samsung want to include TWO appstores on their phones?

Thanks
 
Samsungs have always had two app stores. You got Google Play(except in China) as well as their own Samsung Apps. If you don't want it, don't buy a Samsung I think. In fact they seem to want to duplicate just about everything Google Services offers. And then sometimes you got carrier apps and app store as well, just for good measure, usually on locked, customized and carrier subsidized phones.

Sure the only way to disable/remove Samsung Apps is to root the thing, which voids your warranty of course.

I've sometimes thought Samsung are trying to be like Apple, and want you to be using their stuff for everything, i.e. walled garden, and not be using Google or whatever.
 
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It would seem Samsung has a special agreement with MS regarding distribution of MS Office apps. Personally I would advise you to renable Galaxy Apps. Apps acquired through the Samsung Galaxy Apps Store often has perks not accessible to the versions on Google Play. For example, the preinstalled MS Office apps from Galaxy Apps in the S6 units sold my country gives you +50GB on SkyDrive and 1 year Office 360 subscription free, which unlocks certain features in the MS Office apps. For example, you can't make landscape layout documents on MS Word for Android unless you have Office 360 subscription. Getting the version from Google Play means I'd have to pay $10 for that. Using the one from Galaxy Apps gives me somewhere around $20 worth of perks free (SkyDrive storage and Office 360).
 
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