How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should
How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should
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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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You can manage it from https://myactivity.google.com/product/gemini
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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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- 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 devicesand 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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Alternatively:
- Install GrapheneOS
- Never concern yourself with invasive software again
I've never even seen Gemini on my phone.
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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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The circlejerk around Graphene is insane, it wouldn't be as bad if it wasn't literally only supported by Pixel phones that have 2% marketshare
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isnt it only for pixels.
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To be fair, the article itself recommends it.
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Fair enough. Unfortunately, that only covers around 5% of Android users in the US.
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Pretty much. For all the same reasons. Both of them solve all sorts of problems.
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None of my work apps nor my banks app are compatible with Graphene. We need legislation at this point.
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I don't believe you
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graphene cant be installed on just any device. the list is quite small actually.
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I'm aware, thank you.
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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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If it were about one app, and you could do that, I would be inclined to agree. But it's not and you can't. It's about new bullshit constantly being shoved down your throat.
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Yeah. If you never install software that is.
A C64 doesn't run invasive software either.
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Yes. A GrapheneOS device and a Commodore 64 are basically the same thing.
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GrapheneOS without any invasive apps is really bare-bones and limited, that's what I wanted to say using hyperbole, but I guess figures of speech are too advanced for some people.
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Thank you definitely few apps I want to remove off my phone.
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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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Use Canta & Shizuku You can uninstall pretty much everything
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This combo even got rid of something that was ADB blocked in Android 14.
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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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If nobody whines, people think we are ok with how things are, whining is good, even if we can't do something about it
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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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