Turn Off Phone Sensors Under Android

Why

The big tech companies may well be using your sensors to accomplish things like localizing you when you have location disabled. For example they might analyse your sensor behaviour patterns to associate you with nearby users with the same paterns, say also on same bus or train, and those other users' location info for you. Or heaven knows what else.

So If you are not taking advantage of those sensors for your own use, best to turn them off.

Developer Mode Enabled

To turn sensors off, first you need to Enable Developer Mode.

Once developer mode is enabled you can access an extra option in settings called Developer Options. It is located beneath the Configuration About option.

To turn off sensors

Select Developer Options

Select Quick settings developer tiles

Turn on the Sensors Off switch.

Published by Pierre Bernatchez in «android». Key Words: how to, sensors, cell phone