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

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• minoscopede@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ew, this article is an ad for another company. I feel icky when people try to monetize my basic human rights.

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• workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It says to turn it off you open the Gemini app on your Android phone and change some settings. I uninstalled the Gemini app completely. I wonder if it’s still running on my account somehow.

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  • Dhar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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    • somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Use Canta & Shizuku You can uninstall pretty much everything

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    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      !degoogle@lemmy.ml

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  • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• imblue@slrpnk.net ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just dropping some links here:

  • wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
  • doc.e.foundation/devices
  • postmarketos.org/install/

  nobody has to use an operating system made by an advertisement company.

  Except for people with locked boot loaders. They really are trapped in some corporate hellscape. That stuff should just be illegal.

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  • kadup@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    nobody has to use an operating system made by an advertisement company.

    My device’s bootloader can be unlocked in 5 minutes, yet it’s not on any of these lists you shared

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• phonics@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Is it true that newer pixels have RAM dedicated to AI? And even if I turn of Gemini and delete the app I still won’t able to use that RAM?

  Is it counted within the usual 8-12gigs or is it seperate?

  Just trying to find out incase I buy one for graphineOS

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  • eleitl@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    On Pixel 9 stock they mention you can disable AIcore in the settings, so I would assume GrapheneOS is unaffected.

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    • masterofn001@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      All I know is Gemini is not on my graphene pixel 9

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• ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “Turn off”

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• iamkindasomeone@feddit.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In Germany we say: “Gemini auf den Sack” and I think it’s beautiful.

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