I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they’re on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can’t be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?

Edit 2: I bought my Pixel 6 phone outright, directly from Google’s Australian store. I have no creditors.

Were the courts not enough control for creditors? Since when are they allowed to lock you out of your purchased property without a court order?

I don’t even live in the US, so what the actual fuck?

Edit 1: You can check it’s installed (stock Pixel 6 android 14) Settings > Apps > All Apps > three dot menu, Show system > search “DeviceLockController”.

I highly recommend getting NetGuard, you can enable pro features via their website if you have the APK for as low as 0.10€, but donate more, because it’s amazing. You can also purchase via Google Play store.

  • Refurbished Refurbisher
    45•2 months ago

    adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.devicelockcontroller

    If you’re using Shelter, then in addition to that command, replace --user 0 with --user 10

    You don’t need root to do this. You can also uninstall other bloatware using this same method.

    • @MisterFrogOP
      15•2 months ago

      Hero, I just have to get around to doing it 😅 (I will, but grumble, grumble this is why most people don’t bother battling for privacy)

    • @[email protected]
      10•2 months ago

      I tried this on a Pixel 7 and am getting:

      panther:/ $ pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.devicelockcontroller

      Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]

      I also tried disable and got:

      Cannot disable a protected package: com.google.android.devicelockcontroller

    • @_tezz
      5•2 months ago

      New to this depth of phone administration, where are you entering this command? Is there a developer CLI I should be looking for or is this done with a third party app or something?

      • Refurbished Refurbisher
        5•2 months ago

        Look up “adb” or “Android platform tools” on your favorite search engine. It’s something you do on your PC with your phone plugged in.

        • @_tezz
          2•2 months ago

          Right on, thank you!

          • xttweaponttx
            1•2 months ago

            You could also give Shizuku a try! Connects to android’s adb bridge over WiFi, right from your phone! From there you can use something like termux to shell straight into your phone!