Play Store links on the home screen (A3-A40)

containerman

Hello!

I've recently bought an Iconia Tab 10 A3-A40 tablet and I can say it's exactly I wanted from what I've seen so far.

However, I noticed that after a while Play Store links (app icons with download badges in the corner that open the Play Store) for 'Amazon for tablets' and 'Booking.com 750...' appeared on the home screen. By that time I only installed the same apps and visited the same sites that I already use on my phone that is still clean.


I did factory reset it from the Settings menu several times, these reappeared each time as soon as I connected to the internet.
On my latest attempt I found an app called 'InMobi Services' that cannot be disabled (button is disabled) nor removed (missing button) nor force stopped (it restarts after a while). I've disabled whatever I could from it before setting up the Wifi. After this the links stopped appearing.
I also disabled every single Acer app and service I could find, maybe one of those were the culprit, but my gut tells me it was InMobi.

After googling a bit I've seen that Acer often bundles 3rd party apps, including ones from the aforementioned companies. I also skimmed through the EULAs that hinted that this may be a possilibity.

I've seen a few Android devices in my life, a lot of came with bundled software, but none of them were like this. Therefore I'd like if anyone could confirm that this is the intended out-of-the-box behavior and if anybody else is experiencing this.

Thanks in advance!

Jose-Acer

Some apps come pre-installed with the Android image of the tablet and some, but not all, can be uninstalled. If these apps are uninstalled and the unit is reset to factory defaults, they will be installed again.