I can’t upload the images here for some reason so I can describe what I’m seeing.

In the Sensors list, I am seeing stuff like “3 Button Navigation Bar” “Android Easter Egg” “Android Shared Library” “Android System Angle.” In Networks I am seeing url-like names like “com.android.federatedcom[…]” “com.android.sdksandbox” “DeviceLockController.”

Is this malware? Is this virus? Is this safe or how do I remove them? Is it after I installed a sandboxed version of Play Store? I have spent all evening working on GOS and I am exhausted and the physical SIM card won’t work and I’m driving myself mad and it feels like nothing is working or I did something wrong and I can’t undo it. I just need some guidance please.

  • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
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    2 months ago

    Those are Java package names. Android is written mostly in Java/Kotlin. Java being Java, the recommendation for package names is to use reverse domain name syntax to uniquely identify your stuff. So most of Android’s core is under the com.android.* namespace, and Google’s extra stuff usually under com.google.android or something like that.

    Android is also extremely modular, so a lot of the system is also just regular Android apps, including settings. That’s why you can see say, “Android Easter Egg” which is the hidden system app that gets launched when you tap the version number in settings a few times.

    If all you installed is GrapheneOS and Google Apps, I wouldn’t worry about malware. Google’s stuff might be spyware but that’s up to you to judge, but nothing that wouldn’t run anyway on your stock OS.