Android - complete noob

[cgap]

After 6 years of using only iPhones I recently bought an htc one M8 as it was on a great offer at Vodafone.

I've unlocked it by buying a code on eBay and its accepted my EE sim no problem.

The main issue I've got is the amount of s**t Vodafone have preloaded onto the phone, is there a way of resetting it back to how it left the factory without any of this useless extra crap? Thanks in advance.

 

[Jekyll]

You can go into settings and then apps and delete stuff that way. Not sure if this is the correct way of doing is but that's what I've done before.

 

[Typhoon]

Can you not just delete the pre-loaded apps off the phone or is it restricted?

 

[Gally]

Delete loads of stuff. It's quite simple. Maybe use a new launcher as doesn't it use sense?

Good phones tbf. Download clean master and greenify which will really help keep it running nice.

 

[msremmert]

You may find that a lot of the Vodafone applications are system applications which means they cannot be easily removed normally without rooting the device - this is why I avoid carrier Android devices like the f**king plague because all that carrier nonsense is pre-loaded into the rom whether you like it or not. It's a real shame because carrier for years have ruined what could be an excellent phone experience.

Anyway it all depends how technical you are / want to be.

Personally I love the techy modding side to Android and if you're willing to install a custom rom you could have a very clean and exceptionally fast phone with potentially lots of features that HTC don't enable by default.