Comment on How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should

workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Dhar@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You can manage it from myactivity.google.com/product/gemini

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• Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My phone won’t let me uninstall it. And it shows it’s off yet every now and then it rears it’s ugly head.

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  • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    • Install adb on your PC
    • Enable developer options on your phone
    • Enable USB Debugging inside the developer options
    • Connect the phone to the PC using USB
    • Open a console window of your choice
    • Execute adb devices and allow USB debugging for this PC on your phone
    • Execute adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.apps.gemini
    • Done

    You can do that with any app you like, they can all be disabled that way. Beware though: if you disable critical system components (like e.g. your last launcher, keyboard or systemui) you might not have a great time using your phone afterwards.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Alternatively:

      • Install GrapheneOS
      • Never concern yourself with invasive software again

      I’ve never even seen Gemini on my phone.

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      • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So are we just casually mentioning Graphene in every Android article like Linux is mentioned in every Windows article? How many new phones actually support Graphene?

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      • UnsavoryMollusk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        None of my wory app nor my banks app are compatible with Graphene. We need legislation at this point.

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      • blobchoice@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Do I:

        • Run a few commands to disable one app and keep my phone intact

        OR

        • Install a whole new OS to avoid one dumb AI app, and the OS only works with Pixel phones (which isn’t even my phone as I actively avoid touching anything Google in the first place)…

        A tricky decision, indeed.

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      • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        graphene cant be installed on just any device. the list is quite small actually.

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      • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah. If you never install software that is.

        A C64 doesn’t run invasive software either.

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    • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t have a Gemini app on my phone. The only way to somewhat disable it is through the settings app.

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    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thank you definitely few apps I want to remove off my phone.

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  • somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Use Canta & Shizuku You can uninstall pretty much everything

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    • Peffse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This combo even got rid of something that was ADB blocked in Android 14.

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  • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    !degoogle@lemmy.ml

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    • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      it would be great to have a non-ml degoogle comm. but then i’m also not willing to put in the work to moderate right now so maybe i’m a whiny asshole

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      • Ofiuco@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        If nobody whines, people think we are ok with how things are, whining is good, even of we can't do something about it

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• Dojan@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  As far as I know, on Pixel phones it’s integrated. Discovered that my work phone (Pixel 6) suddenly has it, I’ve never installed it, and I can’t remove it.

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