I came across Shizuku as a root alternative, and while it’s been great at freezing apps, I want to disable certain receivers, services, and SDKs from apps.

Blocker is supposed to do this, but even with Shizuku permission, it does nothing when I try to disable any app components.

Does this actually work, or is root required? If root is needed, are there any alternatives that work with Shizuku?

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caOP
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    23 hours ago

    Well, none of the phone’s I’ve owned in the last 5+ years have been very “root friendly”, so I haven’t rooted since then.

    But it gives you a ton of (not risk-free) options to tweak your system. Shizuku is a cool alternative, but it is limited by comparison.

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      14 hours ago

      Yeah I’ve always wanted to try but my phones haven’t been very root friendly either. I think maybe next phone I will do research and give it a try. Not sure what I’d do it for other than more privacy though 😅