Sprint's BlackBerry KeyOne will stop reinstalling its bloatware
Sprint says the BlackBerry KeyOne’s horribly annoying behavior of constantly reinstalling bloatware apps, even when owners remove and disable them, is a bug and shouldn’t be happening. But it doesn’t have a perfect fix yet.
In a statement to Phone Arena about the issue, which is only present on Sprint versions of the phone, the carrier says reinstalls are happening due to an issue with a service called Sprint Mobile ID, which automatically installs apps when the KeyOne is first being set up. “Sprint Mobile ID is designed to engage only at the time of device activation, and once the process is complete Sprint Mobile ID is not intended to run again,” the company said.
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