Basically the title I installed a game, played some, got bored and wanna delete it but then remembered that I used to have a tab long time ago and we’d mess with it by installing a ton of games , So at a point it got too hangy that we deleted every game but it still wouldn’t work as good so we had to factory reset the thing which was very easy as we didn’t use it for anything and didn’t have to back up anything . That was a long time ago and I think the tab was running android 4 or 6 or 5 or somethin anyway I looked some online and the opinions are mixed I now run android 9 ( which I use barely ) and 11 (which I daily drive) . so if a game or app has no file or anything (at least I can’t find anything ) is deleting it after wiping data return the phone to the phone to the condition it was before installing it ? If so why did the tab behave that way ? I also remember an old huwai phone doing the same .

Sorry for the long read, just wanted to explain the question and got carried on . also feel free to let me know if this doesn’t belong here and just suggest another place to post it to and I will move it but don’t down vote in case I can get some answers .

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    Two kinds of data can remain after your deletion:

    1. Things in an encrypted “secure store”. Passwords, certificates etc. may be stored outside of the app’s own data area, and so they survive the deletion. This is more common on iphones, but Android is catching up.

    2. Things that got synced to an online service. Your delete command didn’t delete things there “in the cloud”, and that data may even get synced back later (for example, after you install the same app again). I have seen this mostly on Samsung phones, but maybe others have it as well.

  • CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    I usually do this:

    1. Force Stop
    2. Clear Data (which also clears the cache)
    3. Uninstall

    I’m always wondering if that’s really necessary.

    You basically did the same, so it’s not like you could have done more anyway.

    Edit: Just realised that if the app has file access permissions, then obviously it could modify/create files in that directory also. So if you really want to clear everything you might want to check this too.

    • XEAL@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 months ago

      Uninstalling already wipes the data and AFAIK the app must be automatically killed for the apk to be removed.

      However, some apps leave some residual data in the storage area the user has access to, but all would be gone with a factory reset.

      OP’s issue is probably simply more resource-hungry apps and/or some Android version upgrade. Yes, some official Android upgrades for a device can cause performance issues, because it may have higher system requirements than the previous one.

  • Herding Llamas@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 months ago

    What did you do OP… Just tell your SO that your best friend installed tinder on your phone as a joke…