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> you can't remove the "stock" apps on either.

You can. You can use the shell command `pm disable-user <package>` (over ADB) to completely disable a package, even if it won't let you uninstall it. We've actually bricked Samsung devices before by disabling Knox, which will cause the phone to completely lock you out. Luckily we were still in a shell so we could re-enable it before the phone was toast for good.

-Emily



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