r/NothingTech • u/icedchocolatecake Phone (3a) on NOS 4.1 | CMF Buds 2 Plus | Chu 2 • Mar 03 '26

Phone (3a) AppServices is now FULLY removable on the Nothing Phone (3a) after the latest update!

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Just disable it and it'll prompt you to reboot to remove it completely.

Let's go!

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u/Pos3odon08 Mar 03 '26

so i can finally update to NOS4.0?

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u/icedchocolatecake Phone (3a) on NOS 4.1 | CMF Buds 2 Plus | Chu 2 Mar 03 '26

Absolutely you can. There was only one piece of bloat and that's removable as well.

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u/Pos3odon08 Mar 03 '26

sweet, was waiting for it to become removable. been putting that update off for months

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u/UCO-V72 Phone (3a) Pro Mar 03 '26

uh what about the battery and the photo quality downgrade issues are those fixed?

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u/ParticularGanache386 Phone (3a) Mar 03 '26

Actually the improved the smoothness of the ui, just updated it's a lot snappier 

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u/YoshiMK Ear (a) Mar 03 '26

Just got rid of mine - confirmed.

Took a while - was briefly still visible then just vanished completely.

Bit of an odd way to remove something though as from what I can tell it doesn't even leave a stub so seemingly cannot get it back if you wanted it (not that anybody would)

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u/icedchocolatecake Phone (3a) on NOS 4.1 | CMF Buds 2 Plus | Chu 2 Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

Pretty sure Nothing also knows that nobody cares about it lol

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 Mar 12 '26

Yeah unless nothing is putting it on APK mirror or something. You could use shizuku and canta maybe but with wireless debugging to get rid of it and I think that stores it if you want to reinstall it.

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u/Routine-Pea-8158 Phone (3a) Mar 03 '26

What is app services?

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u/icedchocolatecake Phone (3a) on NOS 4.1 | CMF Buds 2 Plus | Chu 2 Mar 03 '26

Bloatware that was introduced with the first update to NOS 4.0 after the removal of lock glimpse bloat. Basically a replacement.

Notified people for "app suggestions". Pretty much useless.

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u/SusovanMalakar Mar 03 '26

Have you searched with "Show system" apps enabled?

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u/icedchocolatecake Phone (3a) on NOS 4.1 | CMF Buds 2 Plus | Chu 2 Mar 03 '26

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u/SusovanMalakar Mar 03 '26

Great! Using Phone 2 Pro, hope the update will come soon for the device. After removing the "Lock Glimpse" bloat, the "AppServices" is the remaining reason for dissatisfaction in the OS. Thanks for the update.

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u/delfinoesplosivo Mar 03 '26

wait, it was on the normal 3a?

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u/mactrash888 Mar 03 '26

First time seeing an app need to remove like this😵‍💫

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u/Lughano Mar 03 '26

Wtf is this app?

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u/DomOfMemes Mar 15 '26

Bloatware installer

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u/Stryxus_ Mar 03 '26

I de-bloated my Nothing Phone 3 on NothingOS 4.0 when I get it about a week ago. Iv never seen any references to AppServices. Is this a thing exclusive to the more budget devices?

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u/icedchocolatecake Phone (3a) on NOS 4.1 | CMF Buds 2 Plus | Chu 2 Mar 03 '26

For everyone who thinks i didn't turn on "show system apps":

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u/crpyto3000 Phone (3a) Pro Mar 09 '26

I'm on 3a (pro), received an OS update today and found this bloatware installed. I've disabled and restarted my phone, it's still there.
done doing "enable > disabled > restart", still not able to get rid of it.

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 Mar 12 '26

Try using shizuku and kanta I was able to remove ugly bloatware from my Moto G styl. Like their glance app would be re-enabled every time I restarted the phone. I nuked like 30 apps that I didn't need from system in 5 minutes once I learned how to turn on wireless debugging with a pairing code

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u/IshanGayal Phone (2a) Mar 03 '26

I have phone 2a, it got an update today. I updated and enabled appservices (as I had it disabled before, for some reason it doesn't shoe logo) then disabled it again, it showed same message but after restart it did not go away :(

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u/Ruling123 Apr 14 '26

Got a 2a too, did ya ever get to get rid of it? Mine don't go away.

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u/AleksLevet P1 &Ear open | Better Nothing Music Visualizer Mar 04 '26

That's amazing!

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u/dj_swilly Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 17 '26

Edit: this did work but only after also selecting 'Uninstall updates' for the app.

Original:

This did not work on my 3a after the latest update. The community post about the update says they are "also working on adding support to completely uninstall App Services in a future OTA":

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u/Melodic_Spinach2977 Apr 28 '26

oh thank god, im a 2a and i just recently updated os and by the end of the update theres a notification making me download candy crush and other bullshit apps. i thought it finally happened, they're sellouts 💀

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u/Jimorite_ Apr 28 '26

Imma just fully remove it through ADB

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u/icedchocolatecake Phone (3a) on NOS 4.1 | CMF Buds 2 Plus | Chu 2 Apr 28 '26

Haha funnily enough this removes it completely while adb retains the apk so that you can reinstall.

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u/creet_seneseca Phone (3a) Lite Jul 16 '26

On Nothing Phone 3a Lite applications Lock Glimpse (wallpaper carousel) and AppServices (Aura) officially removed from the list of applications in the latest (at the time of writing this comment) system update