Comment by Retr0id

6 hours ago

I recently got a Samsung A07 to run some tests on. It's stunningly cheap at <£100, and will supposedly get 5 years of software/security updates.

After setting it up, I was surprised (but also not surprised) to see ads on the lock screen. The "feature" is called Glance and while it can be disabled in the settings it took me the help of a video tutorial to actually locate the setting.

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password4321  5 hours ago

On my Motorola G Stylus 2025 ($400 MSRP) I have to disable Glance after every reboot (search Glance in Settings then click Disable and Force Stop). Archive/Delete is disabled.

Fuck Glance with all possible fuckery.

  • shawn_w  5 hours ago

    I only had to disable it once on mine, after going crazy for a while trying to figure out what had messed up my lock screen. Haven't had it try to come back once.

    Also stopped it from updating automatically in the play store...

    Still enough shenanigans to make me go to another brand with my next phone. I always liked Motorola phones for being fairly stock without a lot of bloat ware, but that time seems to be in the past.