This Samsung 9+ has 3 different hard wire chargers with the package

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Originally posted by signewt:
Been turning off all the spyware possible; some if the apps seem to be requiring my contact list etc to proceed....so the prompt tells me.

Even sending TXT wants permission.

Looking for a work-around to avoid that.

Some of it is, or may be (see below) nothing to worry about. E.g.: Text messaging: How can you expect the phone to send/receive text messages to/from your contacts if it can't tell who your contacts are? Likewise: Access to photos: How can you expect to be able to send photos if the text messaging app doesn't have permission to access your photos? Same with microphone and camera for apps that support video chatting. Weather apps will ask for permission to access location data so they know in which area to report the weather.

In most cases the permissions they're requesting are necessary and innocent.

That being said: Android has historically tended to give a bit too much permission, sometimes. This is why certain apps on Android have been able to exploit privacy, whereas "the same" app on iOS have not. iOS simply does not allow some of the access that Android does, and, even when it does, Apple enforces pretty strict rules on it.

Some of the "spyware" you simply will not be able to disable. Period. It comes with the territory.

I assume you meant the S9+. That phone has one amazing camera, especially in low light. I played with one (from daughter's friend) at my house (indoor low light), it was miles ahead of my S7 edge and Pixel 2 XL when it comes to details. Others just had too much noise and noise kills details.

I also compared the iPhone X (brother's) to my S7 edge indoor, low light and while it is better than the old S7 edge, it's not shockingly better. I think the only phone that is better than the S9 in low light is the Huawei P20 pro - but that's a commie China phone and harder to buy in the US anyway.

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