8 Android Settings You Need To Turn Off Now [2023]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- David & David tell you about 8 Android settings you need to turn off now. Changing these settings will help increase your privacy, improve battery life, and protect your data.
We recorded this video using a #Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3. If you have a different phone, or if your Android is running a different version of the OS, the Settings app may look slightly different, but these tips will still work!
1. Introduction [0:00]
2. Turn Off Install Unknown Apps [0:08]
3. Set App Permissions On Your Android [1:13]
4. Turn Off Unnecessary Location Services [2:03]
5. Turn Off Send Diagnostics Data [3:18]
6. Turn Off Google Location History [4:14]
7. Turn Off Usage & Diagnostics [4:39]
8. Opt Out Of Ads Personalization [5:01]
9. Restrict Data Usage Access For Apps [5:49]
10. Turn Off Allow Background Data Usage For Certain Apps [6:48]
11. Thank You, Channel Members! [7:47]
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I remember hearing something about when Androids update, particularly Samsung, many of the settings that you're referring too RESET & go back to tracking everything again.
Oh no. That is a big drag. I just got a Samsung. What a wake-up call that all this data usage stuff is on here.
I turn off Bixby, it keeps coming back. hope the instructions here make it stop.
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That wouldn't surprise me one bit.
No shocker. Most of these phone providers are lowkey scammers stealing and selling our data, monitoring actions outside of using app, etc. The only way around it is no phone but not practical
New to your channel and y'all blew me away with the pertinent information on exactly what I've been trying to accomplish. Thank you.
Keep on keeping on Brothers!
I discover 20 out of 26 apps has access to my calls. Back in the days of landline phones we called that line intervention illegal. This was very easy to follow, Thank you.
Still is, as far as I know? But only if they do it "without your permission".
Sadly, unless people realize, and know computer stuff...and most of us don't. Even foreign governments have full access to their photos, media, cameras, microphones, call logs, e-mails, banks...literally every single thing every single citizen of every country does with their phones.
Hi, 2024, it's still not legal for them to steal our info & track us. They drain my phn. I will be going without because of
Old people 101 here
you sign away that right when you agree to the terms of service.
I would appreciate a deeper dive on turning off background data usage...specifically, for Google & Samsung related apps...
Me too
Google is sooo annoying.
I agree!
I have had my Alcatel 4G phone for last 2 yrs. & Love it and also follow your vids. I had no problems until now I have tryed all normal ways to delete messages from my text message box on my Alcatel Flip phone 4 G Can you please help? I can delete all my phone messages but Not my text messages!! Please Help ! Thanks Mack
@@ManJO601 I wish I knew,
Hey guys, I really appreciate this video. The biggest concern I have is "ask everytime" it makes me think, "WHY" do they need this permission and sometimes I don't know. Therefore, I don't really know if it's good or bad in that moment (in order for me to make the right decision about it). For example, why would Facebook need my mic? Is it to "go live" on their site from your phone? I guess it would tell you this if you tried to go live without mic permission turned on- right? Some apps are more cryptic about why they need permissions than others (especially when installing it versus when you're using the app use in the moment)- At this point I usually delete the app altogether or disable it (at the very least). Not every app is a must have or must use the way they make you think it is.
No doubt about it! I never realized how weighed down my phone was until I clicked on you guys and followed your instructions. It didn't happen right away, but earlier today my processor suddenly started zipping, and continuously, to my surprise. Now I'm moving faster taking care of phone business, like I should be! Thanks guys!
Bruh. They dont even know what install unknown apps does.
Thank you so much for these videos! I hadn't upgraded my phone in years and so much has changed. You have given me peace of mind, really grateful.
I switched from iPhone to android a month ago. The android seems very like microsoft, lots of crap enabled by default that needs to be disabled. I was close to smashing it a few times.Your presentation is very helpful. Thanks so much. I am now a subscriber to this channel.
Really? Lot's of these settings are exist on iPhone, (Permission control/access control/diagnostic data/etc.). on modern Android you always need to provide access, even for system apps (except some core apps). You can't control everything on iPhone that you can on Android, which is better for your privacy
All smartphones use your data. They might not say they do, but some of the features of your phone use this data to work. Maps, web browsers, Siri/Google Assistant, Find My Device, your smart watch, Bluetooth...
Love it PLEASE CONTINUE & DO MORE ANDROID VIDEOS. Thank You & have a blessed day!
Thanks for these tips! I started using Android a few weeks ago because I couldn't resist the Z Fold 3. Like the phone, still haven't fallen even in like with Android. Good to have information about the system.
Finally retiring my faithful iPhone 6s after a long and fruitful career, switching to a Pixel 6a at long last--and your video was a big help! Thank you very much!
Thanks you guys for this refresh and update video, already had all disabled except the last two, about Access data
You guys were fantastic! Thank you SO much for taking the time to put together such a helpful tutorial! XOXO! Charlene from Cali~
WOW! THIS WAS SOOO HELPFUL! NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH ACCESS APPS HAD TO MY INFORMATION. THANK YOU!
STOP SHOUTING
These apps that cellular corporations are preinstalling on the phones that we purchase, give way too many permissions that we can't turn off at all. There is way too many permissions on our phones. I almost don't want a phone. It's crazy 🤬 We ought to be able to turn off ANY application setting!
Look in Settings and find Permissions and go through them and turn off what you think don't need to be on. That's what I do. End of October I got my Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 and had to turn off more crap on it than my Samsung and I thought Samsung was bad.
Love this video. Got the s22+ and love it but I always go through and removed bloat ware and any apps that think they get access to my phone. Thanks to your help.
Thanks guys,i just got a samsung galaxy s22 ultra and i went through and changed all these settings. Privacy thesedays is almost non-existent but at least we can limit what our phones developers do with our information.
There are an awful lot of Android battery and data saving videos online, but I like yours the best. I have also done the .5 animations reductions in developer mode, and, although it makes things snappier, as soon as you close the developer mode, as is recommended by Samsung, the settings go right back to 1. Thanks guys, I recently had to abandon my BlackBerry phones, and your videos have helped me navigate Android's settings within settings immensely! 👍
My keyboard will have a little man up there running and I think it is trying to tell me that I have something running but I don't know how to turn it off. Ha ha 😂 these phones are for the younger generation. I was born when we had the old rotary phones and party lines.
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Thank you, I knew the first one and that was it lol.. I'll definitely be turning some stuff off immediately. I'm private and I like to stay that way. You guys are great.
Ty so much one area I had to update by shutting off access...truly appreciate you!❤
Thank you so much! I just found this channel and subscribed. This helped me so much.
This is AWESOME! I was amazed that I had my location and other things "allowed" not anymore:)
Just wanted to thank you for your presentation. I learned a lot. I've been leaving myself open and having personal information just laying in the open. I really appreciate y'all 😊
Thanks, has helped a lot. Easy to follow and understand what I don't need on my phone.
This is really helpful and I appreciate you taking the time to do this. I think it would be helpful if you could remember, you're experts informing others less experienced, and in my case very digitally inexperienced. Could you please slow down and not jump around in different apps as it's a bit confusing. Imagine you're telling a 4yr old 😳 Thanks
If you need to slow it down...try pausing (hit the space bar to pause and un-pause) as often as you need to to follow along. Try that, or you can even slow the speed of the video down and use the pause too, if needed. I did this a few times. Good luck.
@@HBkaleecee How do slow the speed of the video down?
Just use a landline
@@LoriMiller1111 Along the bottom of the video you can see the "gear" icon, that is the settings, click on that and chose playback speed.
Slooooow down guys? We're here because we need help!
You two saved me!!! I think the main thing is Wifi settings in your app setting. I can't believe that all my apps had the ability to turn my Wi-Fi on or off. So I removed that access from all of them, and now I can send photos in messages and not watch it downloading for 5 minutes, and making me turn my Wi-Fi off for it to send. All is well now, and works perfectly.
Wwwooooooeeeee. Yall are killing it!! A BIG THANKYOU👊👊💪💪👏👏
I'm glad you do this video. It seems though everything I try and go and clean up the BS I get out of hand then I get things I did not mean to then hours and hours of trying to figure out what the he'll I've done.
I switch back and forth from iPhone to Android and your video is, as always, so timely. I swear you guys just get better and better, too.
Awesome video. Came out with more info on my Android phone.
Great tips. It seems I had most of these turned off already but there were a couple I'd missed.
This is an awesome video; clean, clear and, concise! I have - instantly - found it to be very useful.
Thank you very much for these settings...
Another step (that I don't recall seeing) is selecting a menu button under apps on the right for "show system apps". Prepare to devote the next 2 hrs removing permissions 🥲
Be careful about that.
Like a Laptop or Desktop. Be very careful about what permissions you allow and dont allow.
It could cause catastrophic failure.
In the end.
Take step by steps notes of every button you push.
Its caused severe damage I'm my past.
I forgot where I went and what I did.
I ended up having to take it to a professional. Or...
Had to do a factory re set.
Not fun.
@@RM-lk1soIf you had a backup you can do a total reset and restore back to before the phone became "catastrophic". Actually very easy to do
@@knevarez6241Settings change back on almost every update whether auto or manually set to update.
You guys are the best! Thank you
The biggest frustration to me is auto cloud sync. These phones do not ask for your permission but just do it by default. When I got my phone, stuff was syncing to 3 different cloud services without my permission. I am all for cloud storage, but it should be OPT IN and not opt out. Remember, you have zero control over what Google, Samsung, Apple, Microsoft do with your private data.
Correction: not the phone, the app.
Before I start installing the apps I normally use I go through the phone and turn off everything I feel does not need to be on and uninstall the apps I can that I don't have a use for. Then I go into the PlayStore app and disable "Auto Update."
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A VERY useful video. I had followed your instructions on the 2020 video. This ought to be mandatory viewing for anyone using an Android phone.
I'm stuck . What to do for patients with a lifeline button ? A home security system ? Or the Ring doorbell ?
I want their families to know what to do / not to do .but , make it easier for them !
Please give us a guide . There are apps now on the parents phone they don't even know what they do . But, if you stop one it prevents another app from notifying them or the patient because it's somehow interrelated now . It's gotten so confusing . The phone is overloaded . It twirls all the time to catch up and wow ! They ate exhausted . Please help both of us ?
Go a bit slower for us older folks.
Thank for what you do! We need it desperately.
I couldn't find many of these. You can pause the video while look too.
change the speed on the video...
@@tacramerutube Ty! I didn't know I could do that... very helpful, thanks again!!!
I'm so glad I found your videos I'm not to good at knowing what to keep and what to remove on my phone. So I'm literally going to each app that is already pre installed on my phone and removing all permissions , turning off supported links , also turning off allow background data usage. I am even not allowing change system settings. One more not allowing any app to preinstall unknown apps . Mostly all the apps let me do it if I really need it then I will turn on what I feel I might need. For now I'm doing this because I have seen unknown apps being installed on my galaxy s21 ultra . I've tried removing it but it won't let me my phone has been very laggy,, dropped calls or calls go straight to voice-mail which should not be happening with such a new phone. Your videos are very useful for people like me thanks .
Girl I hear you.....Google has filled my phone with so much crap & they think I owe them Money or No zphone--take my pick.
Is it all a Threat? Because I get a note from someone else telling me I am Not at risk......where are the Good Old Days? We never had any of yhis nonsense. Go ask Google, & ìs Nothing but a Runaround!
Great Tip!! Thank you gentlemen!!
What about usage data access in secure wifi settings and allow access to usage data? Allow apps to monitor which other apps you use and how often and identifiy your service provider language settings and other usage data?
David & David, hey guys! Used your video as a reference to turn off settings on my Samsung galaxy a20s...much thanks! It eased up my battery usage...👌👌👌👌
Thank you for this EXCELLENT video & tips & tricks. This was so well done and I continually enjoy your content!! Please keep it coming!!
i must not pass you with out expressing my emotions ,my heart is full at yours points and unique methodology . so i utter a word " GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL YOURS ! "
Excited to get this kind of information. Look forward to learning more
And don't forget to tape your cellphone camera 😉...great info thx! 👍
You mean put tape over the camera?
@@LoriMiller1111 Yup. They have slider windows you can use for phones and laptops.
Taping your camera is pointless unless you have a tendency to install extremely sketchy apps. No OS is completely secure, but the single best way to avoid any sort of malware is to have common sense.
Thank you! very very helpful!
Very useful information. I got my new Samsung S23 and it is draining battery like anything. I made changes that you have suggested and hope that will improve the situation. Thanks once again.
I love you guys. Thankyou so much for the share 😍❤️🙏
😂Facebook should be deleted immediately
Absolutely "Fake Book"...lol
Absolutely bro Facebook are a whole bunch of pimps bro I went through a situation where I had a neighbor who looked like me and he ended up hooking up with all my friends from Facebook brother I have the worst experience of my life the government is not so good bro
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Gone here
Unfortunately it's hardwired. Any prepay phone. Is unable to remove certain apps completely. And they remove the disable botton.
Thanks guys! In the world today, I can't thank you enough for these tips 😁
Very helpful!
Thanks guys
Thanks for the help guys now i got 3 gb ram memor free out of 4gb of ram instead of 1.1 to 1m4 gb ram memory , and stopped every app from background data usage , and location history. Like the older gentlemen in video said it best. I know where the bank is , the bank does not need to know where am i !!!! You guys are great!!
great video, much appreciated very helpful thanks.
One of the most useful videos EVER! THANK YOU!!!!!!!✌🏿💥
Excellent but for housewives, students, general public it's little tough to do. Could you please recommend any app that can do all these things for general public because 99.99% public is not TECH SAVY to follow your guidelines.
Love ❤️ and Respect 🙏
Thank you very much. ✌💯👍
The app is called the settings
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@@hazehood4028 Hello, Blah,hahaha!!! : )
Bro,he literally shows you step by step
If you're seriously so non-tech savvy that you can't toggle a simple setting. I can't imagine how you're going to survive in this society.
I have a Pixel 4a with Android 12. It would be very helpful if you did a video on that system. The things that you covered in this video and the last one is not the same as my system. In your video you mentioned many things there are not on my system.
same
@@ghostl1124 same
Even the Samsung gs are All different from one another..
And I need help!!
These virus apps are driving I sane!
How do I handle that?
And memory?? You would Think 264gb would be enough??
Thank you very much for these videos!!!
NEED HELP ASAP!!!!! AFTER I DID THESE MY ANDROID AUTO NO LONGER WORKS!!!!
I DESPERATELY NEED HELP ASAP!!! I DID THESE AND NOW THE PHONE WON'T CONNECT TO ANDROID AUTO.....
PLEASE HEL0
This was helpful and I thought I had done a lot to prevent this stuff
Great video thank you!
awesome info! thank you!
Both are together helping millions to be safe. Thnx.
Very helpful, info I didn't know about, thanks. I hate being monitored by cell, or computer...
Nice video, I will definitely be using some of these settings. But my google location data will always be on, I travel for work out of state and that location data comes in handy when I need to prove to my boss that I was at particular place on time.
I am old but I do pretty well with technology but this went really fast! I need it very badly but I need to be able to do this stuff as you're talking. I cannot remember all of that and it made my head spin. Do you have like a page you could send to people who need it in writing so they can follow slowly? I would really really like to do a whole bunch of what you're talking about but my head is spinning so I can't even watch the rest of the video. Maybe I'll come back at it in a while. Thank you so much and God bless you both.
Thanks for this video (also appreciate the index - a LOT!). A question I had which wasn't addressed is how concerned I should be about dire warnings (your phone may not work, etc.) if I remove permissions for core apps. For example, gmail, which I do not use (I check non-gmail email addresses in a 3rd party email app), and Google, which I have disabled on my home screen, and is not not the search engine in my primary browser (which is not Chrome - I do use Chrome occasionally as a secondary browser, and Google search still seems to work fine in it). It seems there is still a way to go in requiring Google to specify under what circumstances disabling such apps will - and won't - impact an individual configuration, rather than being allowed to give these vague warnings. Unfortunately, my phone does not always seem to notify me when permissions need to be enabled - I have had apps that just didn't work correctly for weeks before I discovered that I had disabled a necessary permission.
To me those warnings mean, "If you don't allow this, Samsung will not be able to steal your data..." 😅 Unless you turn off a main part of the app settings, the phone will run fine. (For example if you don't allow voicemail to access your phone settings. How would VM work then? Use common sense!) If something doesn't work right, then undo the change you just made. If I'm looking at a few apps, I'll write down app names/setting so I can remember exactly what was changed.
Your phone will not blow up if you change a needed setting. Phones are pretty much programmed so you can't have that much control without getting into the coding. Backup your phone if you're trying different things. So if you can't undo your changes you can restore the phone back to how it was right before you made any changes.
Thank you so much!!! 😁
Thank you, it works perfect!
I allready have all settings off but with this video I add some more options to off right now ! Thnx guys for showing us this very important settings !
Thumb up !
Loved being able to turn off all the apps data useage.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you guy's for this and it was easy woohoo 🎉 We all appreciate you two so much and looking out for us! Much love from Palm Coast Florida 🌴✌️
thanks a lot!!! so nice reverb
Very informative video thank you very much guys
When turning off location permissions i strongly suggest keeping your text and phone locations on in case of emergency!! And of course the map and taxi apps when using!
Doesn't that go without saying? I guess I'm not the target demographic of this video, but it just seems like most of the people who think this is genuine advice are just tech illiterate morons.
Emergecys they can find you! That was one of the first things they worked on when cell phones first came out. If your phone is with you they know where you're at believe it.
Not if power is off. When it is powered down and shut off even in an emergency they cannot access your phone without declaring that person as a danger to himself or others. Otherwise you have the right to be where you want and when and keep your privacy. If phone power is off then location settings are all off. GPS will always find the phone if off or on.
Someone please tell me how to keep the screen on while on a phone call. mine times out after 10 seconds. Not even the screen timeout setting helps.
Thanks for updating this. It is very important for people to know this information.
Wow...my fingers are tired! Can't wait to see how much data I'm saving. Thank you Gentlemen for the very useful information.
thx dudes, i actually had no idea before! ♥
This Is Very Usefull ,Thank You
Excellent info! Thank you
Thanks . I'm not very competent wen it comes to anything technical. I learned a lot and did way you suggested.
BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Thanks again for everything you did
Ima download it thanks for sharing!!
I made changes, holding off on the last 2 until I see results of changes I did make, thank you !
Thank you for this! Super cool video! A+++
Like this video. I used to be more trusting of my phone, but have learned that THEY ALL use your data. We are given the option to turn a lot of these settings off, BUT they still get access through other apps in the background, right? Do apps like System UI, Finder, Android System Intelligence, Bixby Routines, and others still get those permissions without the option to turn these off?
Finder is your basic search app. I use it constantly to find where a setting is located or see a video on TH-cam. How do you search your phone without it?
Hi Im in my late 70s and may I say that this is the very first place that I can follow the information. I do have to back up and listen again, but it is clear and easy to follow. I have been getting so may pop up ads , hope this helps by following your advice. Don't know if you have discussed this before but I get all these calls that I just don't answer. I am afraid that I might miss the doc. office call or something else important. Can you suggest something us older folks can do? Is there a app. or something? 🤨
Sha T, your comment means so much to us! And the issue you're having with spam calls - that is truly cross-generational! :-)
I'd recommend opening the Google Play Store and downloading the Robokiller app. Just search for "Robokiller" and it should pop right up, or (this is probably easier) click this link to go right there: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robokiller.app&hl=en_US&gl=US.
Stick with the free version - there's no need to pay. It should eliminate most of those spam calls and then you'll feel more confident that when you see a number you don't recognize, it's a person you want to talk to.
I must say that at this point there is no perfect solution to the robocall problem - all we can do is our best. :)
everytime Mark said its the right thing to do
hahaha
thanks for the video fellas, and also for the laughs
Thank u ,new to android phones 🙏😊
Love your channel Thank u so much
Wow. Wow. Thank you so much!
There are different settings for my LG Velvet Android, but I did change a lot of settings. Thank you
I have question for you. I'm from Indonesia and I'm online motorcycle (GOJEK). Can i receive order if i follow steps you made earlier, such as closing google tracking. What i know is that google tracking has effect on online motorcycle taxis
Thank You so much appreciated, Thumbs Up.👍
This was a very interesting video but so many of what you showed arent on my Google Pixel 4A Ver 12. I wanted to learn as much as I could while also trying to figure out how to get rid of the scam cleaner update that I have gotten for a little while with so many ads. Hope you can help with that also! Thanks in advance from a very frustrated senior citizen.
wow I had no idea about the "special access" thing.
Tanks for that one!
I really enjoy your videos, most educational and really informative. Love it 😊.
That was helpful, thanks.