If they used the negative space that could pad and level the stupid bulge of a camera, they might even be able to fit a headphone jack and an SD card slot and double the battery and put your weed in there.

Glad you’ve found the solution.

There is almost always a solution in about:config to a number or privacy/security issues.

I have nothing to add except the appreciation for everyone who helped and amazement at the vastly differing ways people produced working results.

It’s true.

Everybody recognizes this Guy.

Not sure if this is a thing on other android /iOS devices,but this setting is very much appreciated on graphrneOS

And you can set your network to ONLY use LTE and check the towers your phone is using by using the hidden testing setting on Android by entering

*#*#4636#*#*

on your phones default dialer.

And this app for android is particularly useful:

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.craxiom.networksurvey

Scans cell towers, WiFi signals, Bluetooth, and notifies if a new tower is found.

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You can listen on that site.

One is RAYch The other is RAHch

Short for Rachel?

Funny, the UK pronunciation for Rach is the way I would pronounce it, even though I’m Canadian and the Canadian way it gives I’ve never heard anyone say:

https://www.babynamespedia.com/pronounce/Rach

[ˈreɪ.tʃ’] RAY-ch

Yes

If it’s a memory hog app and another memory hog app and you have a tonne of background services running and you have limited memory, the oom is gonna make sure there’s enough memory to run the app.

And if you have the private profile unlocked and a secondary user profile which you’ve allowed to run in the background…well, you just might run into some problems.

Then again, on graphene, app depending, it could be one of the security settings that is causing it to drop it’s cache and reload.

Or, it could be the app itself.

Battery optimization, permissions, a privacy toggle, who knows?

The only way to truly keep 2 open is to do split screen.

I am also on grapheneOS on a 9 with 12Gb ram.

And even with that, I know a browser or two that doesn’t handle switching very well.

But, because of the limited information, it’s difficult to know where to focus.

PS. Did you try reading the logs for the app when they reset to see what’s happening?

Meanwhile, in today’s other Cisco related news:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/russian_fsb_cyberspies_exploiting_cisco_bug/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/fbi-warns-russian-fsb-linked-hackers.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/fbi-warns-russian-hackers-are-targeting-an-old-cisco-security-flaw-so-patch-now

Oh, OK, then.

If I can’t give consent in other matters if I’ve had a drink or am otherwise intoxicated, can I give consent to a business or is it simply allowed to do as it wishes?

No means no.

The ideas were patented 25 years ago.

More than likely the app package that is irritating you is called:

com.android.wallpaper.livepicker

Or something similar.

Without knowing your android aversion though, I can’t say for certain.

To check for the package using ADB

adb shell pm list packages -a live

This will show you all packages which have the word ‘live’

You can disable it using ADB using the command:

adb shell pm disable <package name>

You can also use a GUI tool like Universal Android Debloater

UAD-ng

As always, backup and use caution.

Senior security writer uses adb shell command he doesn’t understand to do something to a package he doesn’t know is or isn’t on his phone.

Uh. OK.

Anyway.

I have 2 devices one on android 13 and one on grapheneos. Neither has Gemini.

To check for Gemini:

adb shell pm list packages bard

and since I don’t know if it’s a regular apk or not:

adb shell pm list packages --apex-only bard

To be super sure, I also checked using shell commands device_config list and getprop, and grep for strings including: gemini, bard, smart, ai, model, and personal(ize/ation)

eg adb shell device_config list | grep --color -i smart

The simplest and most generic solution is to go into the settings app and to your apps settings.

Select the app you want to prevent from opening.

Towards the bottom you should see something like “open.by default.”

Not sure exactly which version of android changed the options, but if you tap that it will either give the newer option of °in the app °in the browser

In the browser should keep the app from opening.

I find the new language is much less clear on what these do vs :

The older default links settings was to not allow app to open. Ask. Or allow.

You might also find a setting in the browser itself along similar lines of ‘allow links to open out of browser’ , ‘keep links in browser’,‘open link in app’ etc.

Also, if you like, you can also allow other preferred apps to open those links Eg:

And for more info :

https://support.google.com/android/search?q=open+by+default

Seems the only real solution is to buy cheap burners.

Curious if using the website version of an app can pick up the mediaDRM key via the browser.

I wouldn’t recommend anything.

This is only what I know.

There is much much much more I don’t know.

This might be useful to use temporarily when you add an app that you know will read these values on install.

You may be able to use an app like geto to have this option toggled so that it only uses the developer settings option when the app is launched and returns to hardware when it closes.

Keep in mind there are a host of other identifiers on your device that can also be used to track and identify the user and device.

I like privacy and security.

So, the media DRM toggle switches from the hardcoded hardware ID to a software DRM. Creating a new DRM key.

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaDrm

Geto uses shizuku (an app that allows for adb/shell functionality) to change settings that are usually hiddden or inaccessible, or to give/deny apps permissions or features, or, as in the screenshot to change certain keys values. This allows you to change the environment and settings of the app on launch, and revert them on app close.

You can see all the current settings by using adb:

adb shell settings list [ global | secure | system ]

Or in termux with shizuku:

settings list [ global | secure | system ]

In the following screenshot I enter the shell using shizuku (rish) list global settings and find keys with adb. I change the value of adb_wifi_enabled (wirelese debugging) from 0 to 1 and set {1} as the default value. Then I list again to show the change.

This is what geto is doing. But it assigns it to the action of launching/closing an app. While doing it manually via terminal set those values system wide.

Sometimes, though, you may want a system wide change (like if you want to change the accent colors or theme from RAINBOW to VIBRANT).

(There are other configs and properties you can viewed and modify using other commands. (in shell try

cmd -l 

For a list of services. Some have user modable options. Be careful. If you don’t know, don’t touch. Every setting can be searched . there are hundreds or thousands .)

Was able to get a different result using the media DRM toggle in developer settings

Verified results using TrustDevice

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.trustdevice.android

https://www.trustdecision.com/

The other identifiers remained.

No appops or permissions change or prevent the exposure of other information.

Actually… Geto, can apply appop settings/values per app launch. And you can change the android_id value.

Remember when phones had that insane super advanced tech that could guide anyone anywhere, even offline?

Seriously, why doesn’t the compass exist anymore?

I have never turned on location anything on grapheme.

On my other phone I have also uninstalled google location services/history, WiFi scanning, Bluetooth unknown tracker, etc.

If I get lost in a building… I ask someone.