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Game Spotlight
A notification popped up on my phone today about Game Spotlight. Finding no other option to discard or disable this message I did the “tap to set it up”, hoping to see a way to disable it. After tapping the option to “Never” set it up, I now have the same set up message and a “check it out” message tha tis 4 times in size!!
I have no intention of using this service. How can it be bypassed or removed? Or maybe it time for a new carrier?
By the way, my 611 call was a huge waste of time. What happened to real people for support?
I don't remember seeing this before so it might be a new feature, but you now have the option to disable Game Spotlight.
1. "Pull down" on the notification to expand it
2. Click "Spotlight Settings" on the bottom left
3. Choose how often you want to discover a new game then hit "Done"
Note: If you choose "Never" it will warn you that if you proceed, you will never have the chance to sign up for Game Spotlight again.
I'm having the same spotlight problem. I can not get this off my phone. Every week downloading stupid things
I finally realized it is the game launcher. Disable it and it's gone!!
The above did not work (AppManager). After yet another download this week, I found it was linked to something called AppSelector, which I found in the same place as the AppManager, though this was not present or visible when I was in the list 4 days ago. Seems extremely sus… I uninstalled the AppSelector. We’ll see if THAT works. If I get another download next week, I can only assume it’s something else not clearly visible (or possibly not even installed on the phone itself) that is reinstalling the manager/selector application every week, which means you can’t actually turn it off from your phone Next will be an angry phone call to T-Mobile.
If this is related to the ‘game of the week’ automated downloads that I also found myself stuck with:
(following the advise of someone above regarding an ‘app selector’)
I went to Settings>Apps>AppManager and removed it. Will see if this in fact works or not.
(Samsung Galaxy S21)
Thanks, but no. I was not previously on Sprint, so that's not the problem. And, I just got this phone a few months ago and it was new with 5G from the start.
Den_1 wrote:
I’m already sick of the Game Spotlight. I agree with the others...no way to turn it off! Geeeez! This is terrible service. I would much prefer to have T-Mobile provide better calling service. Every time I have to make a phone call, I have to turn WiFi OFF and restart my phone. Going to customer service is useless, because one of the first things the pre-recorded message tells you is that most problems can be resolved by restarting your phone! I NEVER had this problem with Verizon! The home internet service from T-Mobile is the reason I switched and I’m very happy with it, but the phone service is terrible! Hey, T-Mobile - focus on the basics!
This happened to my BF phone. You need a new Sim card. More than likely you had sprint when the turk happened and or you haven't upgraded your Sim to the 5G. His is all good now
I'm having the same spotlight problem. I can not get this off my phone. Every week downloading stupid things
I’m already sick of the Game Spotlight. I agree with the others...no way to turn it off! Geeeez! This is terrible service. I would much prefer to have T-Mobile provide better calling service. Every time I have to make a phone call, I have to turn WiFi OFF and restart my phone. Going to customer service is useless, because one of the first things the pre-recorded message tells you is that most problems can be resolved by restarting your phone! I NEVER had this problem with Verizon! The home internet service from T-Mobile is the reason I switched and I’m very happy with it, but the phone service is terrible! Hey, T-Mobile - focus on the basics!
I whole heartly agree that T-Mobile has definitely changed. It happened right after they acquired Sprint or vice versa however that worked. I praised T-Mobile always and now I'm definitely considering changing. This new game thing is absurd. I deselected every option or recommendation but I still get unrequested game downloads. Bloatware I understand but this is straight forced consent, because it makes you agree to the stupid thing just to get rid of the notification. If you're gonna just do it, just do it. Which leads me to believe they need us to consent but make it absolutely impossible to decline it.
There are ways to remove carrier bloat, like by using ADB commands as one method that does not require rooting your device. Bloat definitely sucks but as mentioned, all carriers do it and even non-carrier models have their fair share of bloat as well, Samsung probably being the worst.
The program that automatically downloads them onto your phone is calld AppSelector, find it under your application management to remove it entirely.
Haven't had any notification since on my android after doing this.
