After stupid update of “phone application”, had to tape over the proximity sensor ! … otherwise there’s no way to reliably shut the screen during a phone call. Whenever the screen is on, my face touching the screen triggers any stupid functions 🙄 Had to try and test a few location because it was not located at the selfie camera. Once again it shows we are not the customers ; we are the product 😑
You can easily debloat all of that bloatware that comes not just from China, but from USA and everywhere else in the world. I would not define that stuff as malware.
You can have a look at this non root smartphone guide https://lemmy.ml/post/54596
I will look at this guide, yet …
At the time I had put away my cheap Chinese phone, I searched the topic thoroughly. There had been some security researchers trying to identify this particular phone’s issues. Any attempt to remove/patch the original settings_app_malware would result in bricking/breaking the phone.