About 3 days ago my phone installed without warning this app, I just removed with no problems, maybe you shoult see if you have too
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You won’t achieve anything by uninstalling this. Google will just implement this at OS level in future OTA updates anyways or simply reinstall it again because they have that deep level of privilege on Android. You gotta jump ship and leave the Android all together, get Graphene or some other custom ROM.
Reccomendations for bootloader unlocked phones?
Swappa and buy a pixel
I have a pixel but its verizon and I cant unlock the bootloader. Its paid off but verizon refuses to unlock phones
We used to call software that installed things without permission a Trojan horse.
I use Graphene, if you can, you should also use a custom rom.
On stock Android, Google has System privileges. If they want to do anything, they don’t need to install an app visible to the user. Whatever this is, it probably has some kind of purpose. The problem isn’t the app, but running an OS that the manufacturer has full control over.
Graphene user, I highly recommend it to everyone I can.
Nah, use Ubuntu Touch instead…in about a year when it’ll hopefully be usable and have more apps
Haven’t people been saying that about every linux phone OS for decades now?
At this point the daily usable linux phone feels like fusion energy. Always just a few years away
LineageOS user… here as well
Is there a mega thread explaining the main Android alternatives and their installations? Graphene looks like the best one but a google pixel is way too expensive for me and I don’t have the specs to compile Calyx (I dont remember if it was calyx but one of them had a guide recommending mimimun 16/500GB)
Bought a refurbished 9Pro and put Graphene on it. I feel better how and at the fraction of the cost of a new one
Pick up an old used unlocked pixel on swappa and boom you’re good. I think I picked up a 6 about a year ago for 100. It’s great
no google play services here.
so no weird apps installing themselves on my phone.
Fuck, I just deleted it, should’ve disable it like I did with android safety core, now I’m sure at some ppint it will get reinstalled and I won’t notice it or remember to check
Just disabled it and uninstalled all updates, thanks for the heads up
It will be installed again, don’t worry
It keeps installing itself
Thanks! Looks as though I also had the same. I’ve only been able to disable it for now
I don’t even have a “disable” option…
Imagine being an Admiral Patrick alt and being upset about an invasive app forcing itself onto your device and user experience without permission
Ok I’m imagining it now what
On my pixel 7, i see it listed as beta, but not sure how to disable. Can only remove updates.
I was on mine thanks pixel 9
Weirdly it’s not installed on my pixel 9. I shudder every time this piece of shit updates.
I know I should install graphene and I will but right now my life is a fiasco and I just can’t undertake the slightest risk that an essential won’t work. I’ve been installing custom roms since the PDA days so it’s not that.
I installed graohene on a pixel 9a some weeks ago. Zero prior knowledge. Never done any ROM phone stuff. Its just following a tutorial and clicking some buttons in a browser and on the phone. Like 20 mins or so?
Please spare me your enthusiasm, I cannot bear any risk that my banking app won’t work or anything else along those lines.
You’re not really listening.
I know what I’m doing, I’m just not going to do it rn because I’m smart enough to know better.
If I remember correctly the google sandboxing should make up for that, though I’d suggest finding someone with your exact problem
Its not the PDA days anymore. They’re not ROMs anymore. Its a very easy and painless operation. Just plug it in and click some buttons in the browser.
Although it does involve restoring the system so…just make sure everything is backed up!
I don’t seem to have it but I had this"Android System Key Verifier" I just removed
That one is also safe to remove, but that one is a bit older and is apparently just for verifying contacts in E2EE messenger apps. Smells like spyware to me but Google provided no more context in the description than that so I’m not inclined to trust it.
Just be aware that it will likely bring itself back without notice, either in system updates or just pushed by the Play Store.
what does it do?
PlayStore description says:
This is likely part of Google’s attempt to close down Android and strengthen its monopoly and data harvesting mania.
Name would suggest it’s part of the upcoming developer verification feature. The one that will prevent installation of any app from a developer not registered with Google, without jumping through some extra hoops.
Mine had that app too. It didn’t try to do anything yet though, my firewall would have caught it.