Package
com.google.android.googlesdksetup
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.
- Its largest observed manifest declares 13 permissions: 9 signature or system-level, 1 install-time and 3 vendor or uncatalogued. The signature/system share marks it as a privileged component, not an ordinary app.
- Never reported as user-facing, so it runs as a background or system component rather than an app the user opens.
Declared permissions (13)
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_KEYGUARD_SECURE_STORAGE |
Signature-level system permission, for platform-signed apps. |
BACKUP |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
CHANGE_WIFI_STATE |
Allows the app to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points and to make changes to device configuration for Wi-Fi networks. |
INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
MANAGE_USERS |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
MODIFY_PHONE_STATE |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
SET_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT |
Signature-level system permission, for platform-signed apps. |
STATUS_BAR |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
WRITE_SETTINGS |
Allows the app to modify the system's settings data. Malicious apps may corrupt your system's configuration. |
WRITE_SYSTEM_SETTINGS |
- |
com.google.android.googlesdksetup.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION |
- |
com.google.android.providers.settings.permission.WRITE_GSETTINGS |
- |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sdk_gphone16k_arm64 | Android 16 | 2 | 6 Feb 2026 | ||
| sdk_gphone64_arm64 | Android 16 | - | 5 | 2 Dec 2025 |
Known labels
Locale-aware display names seen in the wild.
| Label | Locale | Seen |
|---|---|---|
| com.google.android.googlesdksetup | en-us | 7 |
| com.google.android.googlesdksetup | en | 1 |