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PaulAlcohol

May 29, 2011, 12:47 PM
Here's my question to Sprint and other carriers... Are you so stupid you can't figure out how to allow an uninstall?

"it is taking steps to develop a technical solution that would allow customers to remove any unwanted applications that have been preloaded or pushed in an over-the-air software update."

Seems like this is a pretty quick fix... this statement is just a buying time mechanism.
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Tofuchong

May 29, 2011, 1:28 PM
I read the article on the other website. It seems that the game, NOVA, has access to much of the phones features, such as data, and SMS. It is possible that that game modifies system and registry files stored in the phone. It is also possible that that game embeds files in the phone's operating system / registry. If that is the case, then this would not be a simple uninstall. Several applications that alter a computers core system files can not be uninstalled, take internet explorer 9 for example, or any service pack.
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PaulAlcohol

May 29, 2011, 3:13 PM
Word. That makes sense. Still, these are multi billion dollar companies acting like they don't have the resources to fix this problem. Hire a hacker, he'll fix this in 10 minutes... It just seems as if Sprint, AT&T, Verizon etc. are delaying instead of actually attempting to fix the problem.
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