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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All I want is for gboard to stop hijacking my default keyboard. I set futo for a reason and I meant it.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

wrong

Edit: just noticed it also keeps turning on background mobile data usage dispite me having explicitly disabled that.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can't you still remove this stuff via ADB?

[–] qupada@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but you shouldn't.

After a reboot, a lot of phones can only use the device's default keyboard app for entering the unlock pin/password.

If you've removed or disabled it, you can get into a situation where you have no keyboard at all, and a delightful chicken-and-egg situation of needing a keyboard you don't have until after unlocking the device to enter the code to unlock the device.

(A USB keyboard will let you escape this, for what that's worth)

[–] LemUrun@pawb.social 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I removed (not really, it shows "Not installed for this user" in All apps list) GBoard using Canta and nothing is happening. I use Yandex Keyboard.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

yes, you can. I think it was these 2 lines ☞

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.touchtype.swiftkey

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.swiftkey.swiftkeyconfigurator

@CubitOom@infosec.pub

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 6 points 2 days ago

Thank you, I will try

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's weird. What phone and OS? I've had to explicitly install it on my phones for as long as I can remember: https://i.imgur.com/8MlcpuK.png

Maybe you have to disable it as a keyboard in settings first?

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago

This is a pixel 8 running stock android 15. There is no option to disable unlike other preinstalled apps.