<eakaponsilchaikd@gmail.com> wrote

> Explain Android's "Carrier Services" app

No app or package of that name exists on my Android 13 Galaxy.
<https://i.postimg.cc/rFJBkPSn/carrierservices01.jpg>

Skyica App Finder shows a google app of that name though.
<market://details?id=com.google.android.ims>

A search of the canonical Android ng archives shows a similar question.
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/search?q=carrier%20services>

For example this was a thread posted Feb 19, 2020 to this newsgroup.
*What does the pre-installed "Carrier Services" app do*
*that you actually need to have done on your Android phone?*
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/M4nyXFV7gnE/>

And this too...
*Explain Android's "Carrier Services" app, by Eli the Bearded*
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/aZuio22xNvQ>

And again...
*My experiment turning Carrier Services permission off*
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/FKjvRYbqgIw>

These are my screenshots last I looked at the package in Android 9.
<https://i.postimg.cc/d0zCJVgy/carrierservices02.jpg>
<https://i.postimg.cc/L5VgkB5t/carrierservices03.jpg>
<https://i.postimg.cc/wjrykBqG/carrierservices04.jpg>
<https://i.postimg.cc/V6QJ3Hb9/carrierservices05.jpg>

Before I wiped it out (I did it differently in those days).
<https://i.postimg.cc/y6mPQQbM/appdrawer01.jpg>
<https://i.postimg.cc/bNqRK0Xs/appdrawer02.jpg>
<https://i.postimg.cc/ht5bzHXd/appdrawer03.jpg>
Those all-pervasive app permissions are pretty scary, aren't they?

Luckily, it hasn't beenon any of my Androids since Android 9.

If you can think of anything it does that PulseSMS doesn't
already do, then let me know as my messaging app works fine.
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