Package
com.google.android.tetheringentitlement
Tethering Entitlement
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 8 device profiles.
- Its largest observed manifest declares 11 permissions: 4 signature or system-level, 3 install-time and 4 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 (11)
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_LOCAL_NETWORK |
- |
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE |
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected. |
CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE |
Allows the app to change the state of network connectivity. |
CONNECTIVITY_USE_RESTRICTED_NETWORKS |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
INTERNET |
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet. |
READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE |
Signature or privileged system permission. docs ↗ |
TETHER_PRIVILEGED |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
USE_LOOPBACK_INTERFACE |
- |
WRITE_APN_SETTINGS |
Signature or privileged system permission. docs ↗ |
com.google.android.apps.carrier.log.permission.SEND_LOGS |
- |
com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES |
- |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pixel 10 Pro | Android 16 | 1 | 26 Mar 2026 | ||
| Pixel 10 Pro | Android 17 | 1 | 1 Jun 2026 | ||
| Pixel 6 | Android 12 | - | 1 | 22 Jun 2025 | |
| Pixel 6 | Android 16 | - | 1 | 13 Oct 2025 | |
| Pixel 6 Pro | Android 15 | - | 9 | 23 Jun 2025 | |
| Pixel 7 | Android 13 | 1 | 19 Feb 2026 | ||
| Pixel 7 Pro | Android 16 | 1 | 9 Mar 2026 | ||
| Pixel 8 | Android 16 | - | 4 | 1 Jun 2026 | |
| Pixel 8a | Android 15 | - | 1 | 5 Oct 2025 | |
| Pixel 9 Pro XL | Android 16 | 21 | 29 Mar 2026 | ||
| Pixel 9 Pro XL | Android 17 | 2 | 2 Jun 2026 | ||
| Pixel 9a | Android 15 | - | 1 | 15 Jun 2025 | |
| Pixel 9a | Android 16 | - | 4 | 28 Nov 2025 | |
| Nothing | A015 | Android 15 | - | 2 | 14 May 2025 |
| Nothing | A063 | Android 15 | 1 | 22 Apr 2026 | |
| NUU | S6707X | Android 14 | 1 | 12 Jan 2026 | |
| Unihertz | Titan 2 | Android 15 | - | 2 | 5 Jan 2026 |
Known labels
Locale-aware display names seen in the wild.
| Label | Locale | Seen |
|---|---|---|
| Tethering Entitlement | en-us | 33 |
| Tethering Entitlement | nl-NL | 12 |
| Tethering Entitlement | en | 11 |
| Tethering Entitlement | en-gb | 9 |
| Tethering Entitlement | en-GB | 4 |
| Tethering Entitlement | 3 | |
| Tethering Entitlement | nl-nl | 3 |
| Tethering Entitlement | sv-SE | 2 |
| Tethering Entitlement | en-au | 1 |
| Tethering Entitlement | en-us-u-fw-mon-ms-ussystem-mu-fahrenhe | 1 |
| Tethering Entitlement | en-ca-u-fw-mon-mu-celsius | 1 |
| Tethering Entitlement | sv-se | 1 |
| Tethering Entitlement | en-de | 1 |
| Tethering Entitlement | en-US | 1 |