Re: Frozeo phone

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:
 

What would do this?

 
An app.  Look at what you've installed.  You might find a lot of them,
especially if you used them only once or twice over a long time, are no
longer needed, or there are non-adware apps to do the same thing.

A while ago, Google introduced a "security" feature in their Play Store
app that will remove permissions from apps (auto-reset permissions) that
have not been used in a long time.  I had to go into the Play Store app
(your profile pic icon -> Play Protect -> App Privacy -> Auto-remove Off
and go to each app to disable auto-reset.  There is no global option to
disable it for all apps.  If you install a new app, yep, you have to
revisit Play Protect's privacy settings for the new app to remove
auto-reset.

https://chromeunboxed.com/google-can-now-auto-disable-permissons-from-risky-android-apps/

If you permit Google to automatically expire permissions on apps, and
you run the app later, you'll get the same set of prompts regarding
permissions as when you installed the app, or when you first used it.
But you'll have to remember which permissions you originally allowed,
and which you did not.  Play Protect tells which permissions it removed,
so you could re-add those permissions, and then disable auto-remove for
that app.  I would prefer a global option that completely disables
auto-remove, but Google has a different opinion.

If you have not yet disabled auto-reset on your apps, look under the
Permission Removed tab to see which had some permissions removed.  Those
are old apps you have not used for a while (don't remember how long
Google considers too long).  Those would be candidates for apps you no
longer need on your phone, because you haven't used them in a long time.

If you removed auto-remove from all your apps, they won't get listed
under the Permissions Removed tab, so no easy way to determine how many
old apps you have that you have not used for a long time, and may no
longer need on your phone.  As for adware apps, I don't install those,
or get rid of them if the Play Store wasn't clear they are adware.