This is not a Samsung issue. Your carrier is doing this because you have a carrier locked phone. To prevent it, buy a carrier unlocked phone and it won't happen.
Source: Me who always buys carrier unlocked
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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As long as the difference is $2000 for an unbranded phone vs $20 for a carrier version, I'll keep putting up with the bullshit (or rather installing a custom ROM). But you are absolutely right. This is mostly a carrier thing. Though of the two times I got an unbranded phone, one of them was the Galaxy 4, and it still had bullshit I couldn't get rid of or didn't want. It also was one of the hardest to install custom firmware to. I would never buy a Samsung phone carrier branded or not.
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Of course it did. What phone is it?
I would certainly recommend giving rooting it a shot, then you won't have this problem anymore.
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Samsung phones just sucks.
Switched to fairphone and could root it without installing twrp, there was only one extra app and I could just disable the google apps and switch to foss ones.
Yeah, Windows does the same!
Samsung has been known for this for 12+ years.
When you buy a Samsung, you're specifically choosing this.
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Happened with me too few times. Irritating!