Pre-installed software / bloatware

[Beeks]

I have had my Xperia Z4 tablet for a month now and I love it. However, there is one thing that continually aggravates me big time.... pre-installed software or bloatware.

Sony, by all means pre-install apps to help get users started, but please allow users to uninstall them too, if that is their preference. It will help improve battery discharge times and increase available memory and storage on the user's device.

I know that you can uninstall these apps if you root the device but that infringes the warranty and can have risks attached.

What are the views of other members about this? Can anyone recommend a preferred method of rooting the Z4?

[_alexdon_ · Accepted solution]

You can take a look here, I have replied and left another link:

/t5/Xperia-Z1-Compact/Pre-installed-apps/m-p/1141904#M20590

[Zampano]

Alexdon is right. You can disable nearly all preinstalled apps. As they don't load anymore and don't receive updates any longer they do no more harm. What you can't do by disabling is freeing memory as the basic versions of these apps stick in the image.