Disabling “Google” app seems to break A LOT of data mining. So make sure you disable that crap. Also disable Chrome and uninstall/disable Gemini. Also use DNS level filtering like NextDNS or AdguardDNS. The amount of crap these filter while not affecting my usage of smartphone is wild. And I’m using Hagezi Ultimate which is the most aggressive block list.
Android Debug Bridge. You plug your phone into your computer and get deeper than the android UI lets you. What you would want to disable various by manufacturer and model.
ADB is a command line thing. I would have Claude or ChatGPT walk you through it and give you a proposed list based on installed apps. It’s not especially hard to do, but you need to understand that is you disable something that breaks functionality, you just re-enable things to see what it was. So take your time.
Disabling “Google” app seems to break A LOT of data mining. So make sure you disable that crap. Also disable Chrome and uninstall/disable Gemini. Also use DNS level filtering like NextDNS or AdguardDNS. The amount of crap these filter while not affecting my usage of smartphone is wild. And I’m using Hagezi Ultimate which is the most aggressive block list.
“Google” - Disabled
Chrome - Disabled
Gemini - Never installed that parasite in the first place
Thanks bro
There’s about a dozen more you can safely disable with ADB.
Could I get a list? And what’s ADB?
Android Debug Bridge. You plug your phone into your computer and get deeper than the android UI lets you. What you would want to disable various by manufacturer and model.
ADB is a command line thing. I would have Claude or ChatGPT walk you through it and give you a proposed list based on installed apps. It’s not especially hard to do, but you need to understand that is you disable something that breaks functionality, you just re-enable things to see what it was. So take your time.
Ew AI
If you need to ask what ADB is, just put your ego aside and get a walkthrough.
There is no way to get gemini out I tried they buried it on purpose, how to sites have broken instructions.