I can’t upload the images here for some reason so I can describe what I’m seeing.

In the Sensors list, I am seeing stuff like “3 Button Navigation Bar” “Android Easter Egg” “Android Shared Library” “Android System Angle.” In Networks I am seeing url-like names like “com.android.federatedcom[…]” “com.android.sdksandbox” “DeviceLockController.”

Is this malware? Is this virus? Is this safe or how do I remove them? Is it after I installed a sandboxed version of Play Store? I have spent all evening working on GOS and I am exhausted and the physical SIM card won’t work and I’m driving myself mad and it feels like nothing is working or I did something wrong and I can’t undo it. I just need some guidance please.

  • ꧁ꝈօղҽӀվ ѵìҍҽʂ꧂@awful.systems
    9·
    4 months ago

    You shouldn’t be messing around in the Sensors list, that functionality isn’t exposed to the user on stock Android or other Roms, it’s just there to give extra control over apps that don’t need the Sensors

    Is this malware? Is this virus? Is this safe or how do I remove them?

    I’m assuming you toggled “view system apps”, think of them as services that you phone needs to do various tasks, so disabling them or trying to remove them might damage or brick your system, GOS is debloated already, I don’t know what you’re trying to achieve ?

    I don’t use apps that require sensor permissions and for other apps, if I find they don’t require fingerprint lock as in they don’t have that functionality at all, I remove that permission

    Edit: also, GOS devs are very active on Mastodon and on their forum, consider asking them there

    • Wild Bill@midwest.socialOP
      3·
      4 months ago

      I just feel weird about these things I don’t recognise because I fear they hoard my data or expose my phone to dangers. Should I grant Google Framework Services all location preferences then…?

      • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
        6·
        4 months ago

        If you’re so scared about data collection, you shouldn’t be using a ROM with any kinds of Google apps installed imo. Consider switching to a fully vanilla one instead.

        • Wild Bill@midwest.socialOP
          4·
          4 months ago

          Unfortunately I must use these apps for financial and social reasons. Still, I want to hide my data as much as possible.

          • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
            5·
            4 months ago

            For that you need a separate device/VM with a system-wide VPN being enabled constantly. And what are the “social reasons”? You can’t hide the data if you message your friends about your plans on Google Messages for example.

          • The Hobbyist@lemmy.zip
            2·
            4 months ago

            I don’t know if you do this already, but in case you are not: GOS offers a convenient way to separate apps between each other, where some may depend on google services and others don’t. The methodology which works best for me is to use the main profile for all my personal apps and which do not require google services. For those few apps that do, I create a dedicated profile, in which I install the google services and the apps which need it. You can pipe notifications from that profile to the main one, in the profile settings, that way you can get the notifications of those apps even when not in the dedicated profile.

            Additionally, if you do not need those notifications, you can disable the profile to run in the background when not in use.

            As others have said, do not touch services and apps you do not recognize. Be very careful as things could turn south. Do not touch things unless you know what you are doing.