What Is Diodict Service On Galaxy S4

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Merely a small collection of the bloatware that ships with the Samsung Galaxy S4 (AT&T). Screenshot by Sharon Vaknin/CNET

Similar pre-installed programs on a Windows PC, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is full of "bloatware," unnecessary apps and services from Samsung or your carrier that offering no value and often endeavor to indistinguishable what Google (or third-party) apps accept already mastered. (AT&T Navigator, anyone?)

The greatest insult is that y'all actually tin't uninstall these apps without rooting -- they'll stay in your app drawer and task manager even if you don't use them. The best solution is to disable them, which will effectively remove them from your app drawer and prevent these apps from existence agile in the background.

Head to Settings > More, and then become to the Application Manager. Here, swipe left to the "All" pane and find a bloaty app you want to hibernate, like AT&T Navigator or S Memo.

Normally when you tap an app from this list, you'll see the option to uninstall it. But for pre-installed apps, you'll see a "Disable" button. First, uncheck the Notifications box, then tap Disable. Repeat this process for any other bloatware you want to get rid of.

To come across if it worked, head back to your app drawer -- you'll observe that the icons for the apps you disabled are gone. Rejoice!

Getting rid of these apps is exciting and empowering, merely earlier you go on a bloatware-disabling binge, a word of warning: exist careful not to disable any essential system processes, which are usually accompanied by the Android logo. In the event you brand this mistake, you tin ever re-enable the process (and any other apps you disabled) dorsum in the Application Director.