Just dropping some links here:
- https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
- https://doc.e.foundation/devices
- https://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.
Ew, this article is an ad for another company. I feel icky when people try to monetize my basic human rights.
Here’s a not for profit article alternative: https://oit.utk.edu/security/learning-library/article-archive/privacy-onboard-ai-google-gemini/
In Germany we say: “Gemini auf den Sack” and I think it’s beautiful.
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.
You can manage it from https://myactivity.google.com/product/gemini
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.
- 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.
Alternatively:
- Install GrapheneOS
- Never concern yourself with invasive software again
I’ve never even seen Gemini on my phone.
Thank you definitely few apps I want to remove off my phone.
I don’t have a Gemini app on my phone. The only way to somewhat disable it is through the settings app.
Use Canta & Shizuku You can uninstall pretty much everything
This combo even got rid of something that was ADB blocked in Android 14.
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
If nobody whines, people think we are ok with how things are, whining is good, even of we can’t do something about it
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
On Pixel 9 stock they mention you can disable AIcore in the settings, so I would assume GrapheneOS is unaffected.
All I know is Gemini is not on my graphene pixel 9
Pixel 7a and Pixel Tablet since yesterday here.