Question How to permanently remove assistant from power button; how to stop update notifications

[jj1979]

I purchased a new Nokia C12 about 3 weeks ago which comes with Android 12 installed and have been fighting with Google ever since (never had these issues with Android 10!)

So, I have 2 questions:

1. I disabled the Google assistant app and have set (in system->gestures->press and hold power button) to "press and hold for the power menu". However, every 72 hours this gets changed back to "hold for assistant" (which just means the button does nothing, since I disabled assistant). I have removed "modify system settings" permission from all apps on my phone but obviously Google can just bypass this. Is there any way to permanently stop this? Maybe a different permission that needs to be blocked or an app that can let me stop it somehow?

2. Using the developer options menu, I have turned off "automatic system updates", which so far has been respected. However, every day I get a popup like this:
I have tried using Netguard to block most things from accessing the internet but still I get this message. Is ther any way to prevent it? A specific process I can block or some other method? I am worried that at some point it will just go ahead and update anyway, but until then at least I can block the message.

Thanks for any help!

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! It wouldn't be Google that's changing that setting back -- it's more likely something to do with Nokia's own firmware. You may want to contact Nokia support about this.

It's always a difficult proposition to completely block system updates on a phone. Updates are extremely important for security reasons, and the user can run a significant risk by preventing them from happening. It might be possible to completely block and remove all update notifications if the phone is rooted, but I wouldn't recommend that for novices. For what it's worth, I wouldn't expect that phone to get many more updates, considering it's very much a budget phone from Nokia running Android Go (the "lite" version of Android).

 

[mustang7757]

Welcome to AC!
For assistant you can try to disable the Google app that's where it comes from.

 

[IsHacker]

I purchased a new Nokia C12 about 3 weeks ago which comes with Android 12 installed and have been fighting with Google ever since (never had these issues with Android 10!)

So, I have 2 questions:

1. I disabled the Google assistant app and have set (in system->gestures->press and hold power button) to "press and hold for the power menu". However, every 72 hours this gets changed back to "hold for assistant" (which just means the button does nothing, since I disabled assistant). I have removed "modify system settings" permission from all apps on my phone but obviously Google can just bypass this. Is there any way to permanently stop this? Maybe a different permission that needs to be blocked or an app that can let me stop it somehow?

2. Using the developer options menu, I have turned off "automatic system updates", which so far has been respected. However, every day I get a popup like this: View attachment 366990
I have tried using Netguard to block most things from accessing the internet but still I get this message. Is ther any way to prevent it? A specific process I can block or some other method? I am worried that at some point it will just go ahead and update anyway, but until then at least I can block the message.

Thanks for any help!

If you don't want Google getting in your way, just unlock your bootloader and use microG. There are a lot of guides for installing it, which you will find on different forums.