SECURITY: how to "de-Google" my phone...?

[Jelly Been]

Hi Folks,

I'm new to this forum, but appreciate the great power of people helping people!

I've just got a 2nd hand Samsung S9+ and I really love the phone. I'm fairly security-minded, both in the cell-phone world, and in the computer world as well. I'm actually more a computer guy (33 years on PC's and now Mac's), so the mobile world is still pretty new to me.

Having said that, for my own security purposes, I am slowly moving away from "everything 'Google'.." and although I know Google is deeply embedded in the Android architecture, and would like to disconnect all connections possible in my S9+ to the Google data collection and "spying" potentials. I would also like to know what "Samsung" spy features or data collection features I can turn off as well, so my phone retains at much privacy from tracking and data collection as possible.

Thanks for any links, advice or suggestions on these topics!
Looking forward to the knowledge and information possibilities here at AndroidCentral!

Jelly

 

[Mr Bojangles1]

You will probably get the best help for that and any other customizations for your phone on xda forum. Here is the link to the forum for your phone https://forum.xda-developers.com/c/samsung-galaxy-s9.7530/