wild tangent bloatware -- DEMANDS to allow installation from unknown sources

chainsaw2k

ACER put wild tangent games bloatware on my A3-A20 tablet, and it cannot be removed. That sucks all by itself. But what is really unconscionable is that wild tangent pops up a notification that it needs your attention.  And in order to make that notification go away you need to authorize installation from unknown sources so that it can update itself.  ACER, I don't want this stuff on my tablet to begin with.  Don't make it worse by requiring that I reduce security on my tablet in order to make the notification go away.  Really shabby.

 

Eventually I figured out what it was trying to do, and that wild tangent has been around for a long time.  So I allowed unknown sources, allowed wild tangent to update, and then I deactivated unknown sources again. 

 

But understand that I'm not happy with what ACER has done here.

IronFly

You can also disable unwanted application from apps list.

 

settings/apps

tap on the application you want to disable, select disable (sometimes it will ask to uninstall application updates to disable, you can press OK and then the application will be disabled)

IronFly

You can also disable unwanted application from apps list.

 

settings/apps

tap on the application you want to disable, select disable (sometimes it will ask to uninstall application updates to disable, you can press OK and then the application will be disabled)

chainsaw2k

Great tip, thank you, I'll be using that idea on my phone as well.

IronFly

You welcome!