Package
com.google.android.backuptransport
Google Backup Transport
Package intelligence
Observed signing, permission, version and size signals from contributing devices - descriptive of that sample, not a verdict. These come from the v2 Package Search sync, which not every device has contributed to yet, so for some packages this detail is partial or not present at all.
- Signed by Google's own signing key (the same key Google uses across devices), so it is a Google-provided preinstall that updates independently of the system image, and that single certificate is consistent across all 2 device profiles.
- Its largest observed manifest declares 8 permissions: 1 runtime (user-granted), 3 signature or system-level, 3 install-time and 1 vendor or uncatalogued.
- Never reported as user-facing, so it runs as a background or system component rather than an app the user opens.
Declared permissions (8)
Largest permission set observed for this package. Text is Android's own published description where one exists; platform permissions Android does not document show their granted protection level (in grey) instead; vendor or unknown constants show the name only.
| Permission | Description |
|---|---|
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE |
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected. |
BACKUP |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
GET_ACCOUNTS |
Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the phone. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed. |
READ_SYNC_SETTINGS |
Allows the app to read the sync settings for an account. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account. |
UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
USE_CREDENTIALS |
Install-time permission, granted automatically. |
WRITE_SETTINGS |
Allows the app to modify the system's settings data. Malicious apps may corrupt your system's configuration. |
com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES |
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Manage on devices
ADB commands for this package (the inverse of each is included so you can undo). Run from an authorised shell or wire the equivalent into your DPC. Verify on a test device first - this database doesn’t yet classify which packages are safe to change. --user 0 targets the current user; drop it (and use a privileged shell) to act device-wide.
/system, so Restore re-adds it (-k keeps app data)Seen on
Each record is a device profile (make + model + Android version). Each unique handset that syncs against a matching profile will increase the observations of a package, thereby increasing confidence that a package is expected to be on a device.
| OEM | Model | Android | Provenance | Observations | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-gold | Titan | Android 9.0 | - | 6 | 15 Jun 2025 |
| CipherLab | RK95 | Android 9.0 | - | 3 | 25 Sep 2025 |
| Itel Mobile Limited | itel A16 Plus | Android 8.1 | 1 | 6 Dec 2025 | |
| NUU | N5501L | Android 8.1 | - | 3 | 21 Aug 2025 |
| QEMU | Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) | Android 8.1 | 9 | 13 Feb 2026 | |
| Samsung | SM-N950U1 | Android 9.0 | - | 1 | 20 Aug 2025 |
| Smt_hk | YUMPINGO_1 | Android 9.0 | - | 1 | 9 Aug 2025 |
| Sony | I3312 | Android 8.1 | - | 1 | 17 Jun 2025 |
| Unknown | GCE x86 phone | Android 9.0 | - | 1 | 7 Dec 2025 |
Known labels
Locale-aware display names seen in the wild.
| Label | Locale | Seen |
|---|---|---|
| Google Backup Transport | en-us | 20 |
| Google Backup Transport | en-gb | 4 |
| Google Backup Transport | en-US | 2 |
| Google Backup Transport | 1 | |
| Google バックアップ トランスポート | ja-jp | 1 |