Already tried that but as it says on UAD-NG removing Google Play services may cause bootloops, which happened to me. Also, when I tried Aurora Store a few years back, I wasn’t able to authenticate a paid app that I use.
I mean, to each their own, but when I was learning Japanese, I did just that: I immersed myself into the language with as many senses (?) as possible. Reading, writing, listening, imitating (called “shadowing”), literally talking to myself, plastering my walls with glossary and example sentences, forcing myself to read them out loud every time I would pass by one of the words or sentences hanging from my walls. Right until I realized that I had hit a barrier that could only be overcome by moving - at least temporarily - to Japan, which I did, but that’s another story.
Virginity: I’m the only thing you can lose and never get back 🥰\ Source code: Hold my beer 🍺
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Thanks! That’s exactly what I’m using! Sorry for the unclear post. 🙏🩵 updated it now!
I’m on a rooted Samsung smartphone, running One UI 7.0 and Android 15. Not quite ready to switch to Graphene OS yet. Also, my threat model doesn’t require it. Yet. 🤣
In addition to having debloated with UAD-NG and using HaGeZi’s Ultimate DNS Blocklist in AdAway, I have also blocked:
android.clients.google.com
android.googleapis.com
deviceintegritytokens-pa.googleapis.com
es11.samsungsm-ds.com
mtalk.google.com
pinning-02.secb2b.com
play-lh.googleusercontent.com
playstoregatewayadapter-pa.googleapis.com
prod-lt-playstoregatewayadapter-pa.googleapis.com
shop.line-scdn.net
I haven’t noticed any unexpected behaviors yet. I also tried blocking:
i.ytimg.com
play.googleapis.com
digitalassetlinks.googleapis.com
But the first one is needed to load thumbnails on NewPipe and the latter two are needed to update whatever you have installed through the Play Store - two apps in my case. I have logged out of my Google account and blocked the Play Store with a firewall and only unblock it once a month or so to update Play services and such.
Just wanted to share what can be blocked with a hosts file on a Samsung smartphone. 😊
Great idea! I’m basically already doing that, but with App Manager. It is able uninstall, disable or freeze apps. It can deny dangerous app operations and disable dangerous permissions. Also, it can block internal trackers. :)