[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheapSweetLife:
To start out just so everyone know I didn't root these phones I don't know how to so if there is a way to root them and still use them for the thing I would like to use them for the please point me in the right direction. Otherwise just tell me how to get some more use out of these phones for what I want to get out of each of them please.

Okay step one both phones had been factory reset and then I did a quick update but I needed to connect to google to even get both phones past the setup process. Second I used the same account for both phones but I do plan to turn off the google and internet off on the phone I plan to use as a media player only.

Okay so phone 1 is a TCL 5102L Specs:

Model 5102L

CPU MT6762

RAM 3.0 GB

Storage 32 GB

Battery Capacity 3000 mAh

Resolution 720x1440

Camera Front 5 MP, Back 8 MP

Android Version 11

After update I had to remove several apps including "S'mores, All Apps, Block Blast!, BubblePop Dream, Caesars Slots, Chime, Clash of Clans, Discover Bar, Dominoes, GamesHub, Gin Rummy, Merge, My Account, Pinterest, Royal Match, Solitaire, Solitaire, Spades, SpamResponse, Temu, Tone Room Deluxe, Wizard of Oz, Word Trip, Wordscapes, Your Navigator Deluxe. Okay there was a lot of stuff I had to remove since most of these are random games and since I will be using this phone as a media player there is no need to have all this random stuff on here. Storage is currently at 42% fill and has 18.42 GB left I just deleted 1 app but didn't make much of a dent in the built in space yet.

Okay after deleting all the random apps and games I will never use I now have 28% used and 23.06 GB Free.

I also disabled several apps "Android Auto", Calendar, Call Guardian, Chrome, Contacts, Digital Wellbeing, Files by Google, Gmail, Google, Google Pay, Google Play Store, Maps, News, Photos, YouTube, YouTube Music". All of these apps have been disabled but I don't know what else I can disable or what else I should do now. I have never used a phone before without ever downloading apps through Google Play Store can someone tell me what to do next to get the apps onto the phone please I want to remove or disable as much as I can for this specific phone and just run things from the MicroSD card that I will be installing. And plus have I gone in the correct direction so far with making this a dumbphone to use as a simple media player. I don't really plan to have videos on it just music.

I do plan to try using a different launcher something simpler just for this cellphone but not sure what to do. I want to be able to use a simple to setup and free launcher but not sure of what one to use. I would like to be able to still make it customizable with a photo background and theme color like pink text black everything else or something simple like that if possible.

The next phone was recently factory reset I did it while I was writing this post and also deleting the apps and disabling the apps on TCL phone.

So here are the specs on the Alcatel v3E1L:

Model 5002L

CPU QM215

Camera 5 MP, 2 MP

Resolution 720X1440

RAM 2.0 GB

Storage 16 GB

Battery Capacity 3000 mAh

Android Version 10

So the first thing I did was the same on the first phone by removing things I didn't need I did keep the Gmail but removed everything else from google I didn't need. I also disabled YouTube and YouTube Music. All I plan to use this phone for is reading manga online or by the inserted MicroSD card and to also keep up with shopping sales by email and by websites. I don't really plan to have many apps on this phone except for a free no ad ereader app and a good browser.

Storage for this phone is currently at 33% Used and 10.75 GB Free.

Okay now I have 35% used and 10.45 GB Free. Which is kind of weird since I have more used now then I did before deleting and its kind of odd but okay. And this is after a factory reset without downloading anything yet like the new browser I plan to use for online manga reading. Or the app I plan to use for the ereader.

The only apps I currently have running are the hidden apps that I didn't want to mess with and these ones such as "Clock, Digital Wellbeing, Downloads, Gboard, Gmail, Google Play services, Google Play Store, Launcher, Messages, Mobile Services Manager, Phone, Radio, Settings, SIM Toolkit, Smart Manager, System Update". Everything else has been deleted or disabled. But I'm still on the fence about what else to disable.

Like I said above I have 2 different phones and I plan 2 different uses for each phone and am new to all of this so if someone can help point me in the right direction on what to do with each of these phones to make them more the way I want them without all the extra stuff all over the 2 phones that would be great.

Sorry for the long winded post but this is all I really know how to do as of right now so please be understand this kind of stuff takes me a little while to understand. So if someone tells me to look something up or to try a select software or app you need to tell me what it will do so I can understand it a bit better. I don't even know how to root a basic phone or anything like that so the simpler the steps and process the better. Thank you in advance for the reading of the post and the answers.