Lock Glimpse Package Removal for those who are Privacy concerned.

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USE ADB UNINSTALL AT YOUR OWN RISK!

TO REINSTALL LOCK GLIMPSE, use this command using the same steps 3-4: “adb shell cmd package install-existing package_name”, where package_name is “com.vilykke.lockscreen”.

USB Debugging needs to be enabled in Developer Options for this to work!

REMEMBER TO TURN OFF USB DEBUGGING AND REVOKE THE AUTHORISATION OF YOUR COMPUTER ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THIS (FOR SECURITY REASONS)

If you want to get rid of Lock Glimpse for your user account on your Phone, then I would suggest using ADB to uninstall if for the current user. I have just used ADB to uninstall it for my user account, and when I click on Lock Glimpse in Lock Screen menu (Settings), it says ‘App does not exist’. The package name for the Lock Glimpse is “com.vilykke.lockscreen”.

1. Download ADB Tools to your computer from Android Developers Tools website: https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools

2. Move the .zip file to your C: drive (Windows Drive), then extract the zip file to the C: Drive.

3. Then go into the extracted folder in C: Driveuntil you see lots of .exe files and other files. Then right click in an empty space of the folder, and click on Open in Terminal.

4. type “cmd”, and then type “adb devices” to find your device listed. Your phone will ask you to accept the USB debugging request from your computer.

5. Type “adb shell pm uninstall –user 0 package_name”, where package name will be “com.vilykke.lockscreen”.*

IT STILL SHOWS UP IN SYSTEM APPS, BUT IT IS NOT WORKING AS I UNINSTALLED IT FOR THE CURRENT USER ACCOUNT ON MY 3A, WHICH IS MY ACCOUNT.

*(-) means two dashes with no spaces in-between. The writing style on this website makes two dashes look like one.

Anonymous962

Err_404NotFound Well done my friend. Well done.

Stereobasic

REMEMBER TO TURN OFF USB DEBUGGING AND REVOKE THE AUTHORISATION OF YOUR COMPUTER ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THIS (FOR SECURITY REASONS)

Can you develop on that ? What the risk?

I read in another post that letting that active can help recover files from the phone if screen is broken (i don’t save photos on cloud). So for someone like me, simple life, never plug my phone anywhere other than my personal PC what is the risk ?

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Stereobasic Just in case someone uses your phone unauthorized with your PC. You do not have to do it, but for some people who are in tricky circumstances, it is good for the security of the Phone. (ie. You are in a library where you left your laptop unlocked and your phone next to it, someone plugs it in to the laptop whilst you do not notice, and uninstalls an integral part of the OS (Android System stuff))

Anonymous963

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I hope Carl finds a way to prevent people doing this… surely Facebook shouldn’t be paying Nothing if people are removing their app?

Might have to report this to Facebook

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Anonymous963 Facebook can be uninstalled without using this workaround, as Nothing still provides us with the option to remove these apps completely after install, unlike Samsung.

JoeDissolvo

Anonymous963 You know Lock Glimpse isnt an app from Facebook, right? Facebook has nothong to do with this trash addition, and I highly doubt theyd care about it being uninstalled in this manner even of they were.

Anonymous963

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I get that, but I think they should be unremovable system apps to truly honour any deal Nothing has made with these companies.

They could lock down ADB access or lock developer settings for example.

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Anonymous963 Then this would mean Nothing locking down the barebone functions of Android, and by that meaning they are breaking the number one rule of Android - it is open source and available to all.

This would mean that they would restrict users from using Android features such as ADB, which are used for development of the open source functionality of Android. It would be like Nothing has their own operating system such as their new Essential OS coming in the future, which could follow in the steps of iOS if what you say could turn out to be correct.

Stereobasic

Anonymous963 I hope it’s irony ?

Truly honour deal of bloatware free device first maybe ? And then we talk about the rest. It’s important in life to honour deals chronogically !

Anonymous963

JoeDissolvo

I meant we should be contacting Facebook, Tiktok, and whoever makes Lock Glimpse and telling them Carl is letting us remove it

I suspect they’d all want a refund OR make Carl ensure they are deeply embedded system apps that break the device if removed

Anonymous963

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Either way I’ll be reporting this directly to Mark Zuckerboid IMMEDIATELY.

Carl is in major trouble if he doesn’t lock down ADB and make these private system apps that can’t be disabled

Anonymous962

Anonymous963 This has got to be the most hilarious post I have ever seen - it’s not even a Meta product (FYI - Meta includes Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads, and Whatsapp) that we are discussing here.

Anonymous963

Anonymous962 you realise the extra apps they are loading onto NOS are Facebook and Meta Services?

How will Mike Zuckerberg feel when he finds out the deal Carl struck was a lie? That everybody is just removing it easily?

Like I said I’m going to message him. If anybody knows his number let me know

Anonymous962

Anonymous963 ADB has existed since AOSP started and no phone manufacturer has ever stopped the use of ADB…EVER.

I wish you all the best in your crusade to protect multi-billionaires.

This is where the “ignore” function comes in handy - can’t listen to this level of ignorance.

Anonymous963

Anonymous962 you still get my alerts even if you ignore me because the forum is badly coded.

Why shouldn’t Facebook be protected if they made a deal with Nothing for your data? Literally theft to deny them what they paid for and people removing their apps could cause Nothing legal issues

Anonymous962

Anonymous963 No, actually I won’t get a single thing. Believe me, done it plenty of times…

As for your question, it holds no merit because it is the user’s right to disable any feature of Android they wish to. It is in the foundation of AOSP and always has been. This has nothing to do with Carl, Nothing, or any of it’s employees. They bear ZERO legal responsibility as to what end-users do to their devices.

The correct path with be to tell Mark Zuckerberg that billions of people across the world disable his apps. That is your ACTUAL argument - tell on half of the planet.

Do you now see how ridiculous your statement is?

Anonymous963

Anonymous962 so much for ignoring me.

At the end of the day Facebook paid for your data so they deserve it. You’re a thief for using ADB or other hacker tools to remove their right to your data.

Anonymous962

Ok, let’s dial it back a bit…

Bare-bones example here. If you buy CD / DVD / BluRay etc.., of music or a movie. Is it illegal to back it up digitally in case something happens to the physical copy (which is in fact a modification of the product you purchase)? No. As long as you are not distributing it, selling it, etc.. It stays in your private collection. Does this mean the movie studio that produced the movie or the musician that produced the music is entitled to another payment for my protecting my investment? No.

I am trying to educate you here on WHAT AOSP is. The Android Open Source Project has been around for 20+ years. Google made Android free. How the manufacturer customizes it is their own business. How the end user customizes their device is their business as well. I disable / uninstall most Google applications on my phone because I CHOOSE to use another product in place of theirs. There is nothing illegal or illicit about this practice. It is what it always has been - the user’s freedom to do as they wish the the product they purchase. That is the nature of AOSP and always will be.

Even Google sells Pixel devices - and they encourage customers and developers to install and use custom firmware on their devices, thus wiping out anything that was preinstalled. There is nothing illegal or illicit about this either.

AOSP protects the end-user as well as the company that develops Android on their devices. What the USER chooses to do is up to them. Zuck knows this, and anyone that develops an Android app knows this. It is not Nothing’s job to police 8 billion people, and it can’t be policed or controlled because of the agreement at the very core of developing anything on Android has.

Sure, bake it in to your build of Android software, but the user can still do what they want. There is no “locking it down”.

Whether or not you feel this is fair that a user has the right to do what they want to do with their personal property is (not being mean or condescending here - it’s just the harsh truth) is your opinion and you are entitled to it. It still doesn’t change a single thing about Android, AOSP, and users having the freedom to do as they wish.