topic Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware in Galaxy A Series

Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

Members_vxjFm2h — Mon, 26 May 2025 13:44:25 GMT

Just got an annoying notification from the bloatware app, Samsung Cloud Assistant.

Yet something else I must adb disable after upgrading to oneui 7!

Who in their right mind ties them down to Samsung's ecosystem?

Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

johnz237 — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:03:07 GMT

Odd that you turned off notifications and still got one... I've never had them. Though, I wouldn't call it bloatware, being you bought a samsung device an all

The SmartThings ecosystem has over 285 million users worldwide... youre not tied down, just a backup

Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

arianwen27 — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:05:31 GMT

While you didn't give much detail on the notification, guessing it was to enable samsung cloud things. That is the automatic and free backup system in your phone. If enabled, you can get all your data back if your phone breaks. Wouldn't consider that bloatware lol. That's a really handy feature.

Just wait till you find out about the google one backup system still on your phone

Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

AndrewL — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:09:26 GMT

@Members_vxjFm2h: While notifications for Samsung Cloud Assistant can't be disabled completely, you do have the option of heading to Settings > Apps > Search 'Cloud' > Samsung Cloud Assistant > Notifications > Tap the tick marks below 'Lock screen' and 'Notification pop-up'. This will reduce the visibility of the notifications to make them feel less intrusive.

Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

Members_vxjFm2h — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:14:16 GMT

I never turned off notifications nor do I wish to.

If it's not stock android then it's bloatware.

There's no way to confirm 285 million users. Also, does it count if it's pre installed but not used?

Why restrict yourself to Samsung's ecosystem? It reduces your options when buying future phones.

Re: Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

johnz237 — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:15:46 GMT

How are you restriced? Its just an extra backup??

You can use smart switch to move to ANY android and "move to IOS" for apple... do you know what the cloud services are? It doesnt make you remotely tied down

Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

Members_vxjFm2h — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:16:39 GMT

I successfully disabled it with adb commands from my computer.

Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

Members_vxjFm2h — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:19:48 GMT

Notification said, "Use your screen lock for encrypted data"

Google remained disabled after the one ui upgrade

Re: Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

arianwen27 — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:23:19 GMT

That notification means the phone will encrypt your backup data using your screen lock, not some random code it generates.

This improves your security so even samsung cannot access the data and makes things easier for you because you don't need to save a giant recovery key somewhere.

Disabling google I sorta understand, that's only free for 15gb, but samsung gives you free unlimited cloud backups forever

Re: Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

arianwen27 — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:26:23 GMT

Stock android has no camera app btw. Stock android is kinda a myth. It's literally the minimum required to show things on screen. A stock android device is unusable

Plus you bought a samsung, you paid extra for the samsung apps and features, extra things to improve your device experience. Samsung does an amazing job updating and providing extra functionality with it's apps, no matter how small. Eg, the notes app. Free, smooth, just works. If it didn't exist, you'd go to the play store to find one, 99%have ads and don't look very good

Re: Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

Members_vxjFm2h — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:26:24 GMT

I ain't got anything against the app if it was optional. It's even more secure for me because I've disabled it.

Re: Re: Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

arianwen27 — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:28:30 GMT

I mean, burning all your important paperwork is also secure. Doesn't mean it's a good idea.

It's a free thing to backup your data if your phone breaks. Secured so only you can access the backup data. Apple charge maybe £8 a month for it on iphones

Re: Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

Members_vxjFm2h — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:33:13 GMT

There's a million ways to switch phones including stock android software.

Samsung cloud doesn't add any value.

Re: Re: Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

johnz237 — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:41:39 GMT

So how are you tied down?

Its a backup..... it very much had use

Re: Re: Re: Samsung Cloud Assistant bloatware

Members_vxjFm2h — Mon, 26 May 2025 16:19:27 GMT

As I said earlier, I ain't got anything against the app so long as it's optional. I use other, more cross platform ways (linux, windows, etc.), to back things up. I don't need Samsung Cloud draining my battery.