Every morning when I wake up I look into my Samsung Galaxy S20 5G Android 13 smartphone to see what is running in memory other than the usual stuff required by the OS and Samsung but not showing as an open app. Occasionally I find something called Meta Services running in memory, but there is no service or app listed in the applications and services list by that name. Of course, since it is a Samsung smartphone with Google, it came with the Facebook app which cannot be deleted by the user. Every Samsung device (tablet or smartphone) that I have ever had came with the Facebook app. But the first thing I do when I first turn on the device is to clear the Facebook app cache, clear all permissions, force stop the app and disable it; and I check periodically to ensure that it remains that way. Obviously this application called Meta Services got on my smartphone somehow, perhaps from Google Services or Samsung, and is running in the background occasionally on its own. But it is not showing or being listed anywhere on the phone that I have access to. A Google search suggests that it is benign and merely collecting advertising and marketing data to keep the Facebook app updated. But the Facebook app is disabled and force-stopped with all its cache and permissions cleared (Samsung won’t let you delete it and calls it a system app). How did Meta Services get on my phone and how do I permanently get rid of it?
