Curious...

[chubby22]

Seriously considering switching to the droid maxx, within a few weeks. Was wondering how much bloatware is loaded on the phone. Also with the 32gig phone, how much is left for the user?

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[leeshor]

Looks like you're stuck on Verizon for the moment so if you stay there it will have more bloat than most other carriers. Just an fyi.

 

[Dalvik_Cache]

Of course you can root and debloat as well. Leeshor is correct, VZW has the most bloat.

 

[chubby22]

Is it a complicated method, when rooting the maxx?

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[clintro]

If you want root.... Buy the dev edition.

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[jev]

There really isn't a lot of bloat on this phone. If you can swing it, definitely get the Dev. Ed. if you want easy root. If you get one, I would recommend staying on 4.2.2 instead of updating to kk. The battery life is better on jb.

 

[chubby22]

Ok. Thanks for all of the suggestions.

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[doogald]

Storage available is about 25.5 GB after a factory reset, IIRC. There is some bloatware, the worst of which can be disabled. The biggest bloat apps I believe are NFL Mobile (34.8 MB!), Ingress (4.9MB), "Verizon Support & Protection" (6 MB), VZ Navigator (4 MB), Droid Zap (7 MB), and - the most annoying app of all, though not much storage taken - Caller Name ID (3.76 MB). But together it's a small fraction of 25 GB.

 

[chubby22]

Thanks. That's not bad at all. Looking forward to getting this phone.

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[xeene]

The battery life is better on jb.

It varies from phone to phone. On Jb I got 8 hours screen time, on kk I got 10 hours screen time.

 

[chubby22]

Have to say, this is very nice phone. Glad I made the switch..

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