Chinese smartphones have a feature called Enhanced Intelligent Services that collect all the personal data (call logs, SMS, and location info), and it is “On” by default. Meanwhile, Union Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics, and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has asked the IT Ministry to investigate a built-in feature on select Chinese Android phones that captures user data through Enhanced intelligent services. He said, “Will it be checked and tested.”
So due to Privacy censure, in this article, you will get to know how to disable the Enhanced Intelligent Service in Realme, Oppo, and OnePlus smartphones. Although Realme runs on Realme UI, Oppo on ColourOS, and the OnePlus on OxygenOS operating systems which is just the modified version of ColourOS, respectively, this feature is enabled by default in these smartphones.
Enhanced Intelligent Services:
Enhanced Intelligent Service, which is enabled by default in Realme, Oppo, and OnePlus smartphones, is a service that collects personal information, including your device information, calendar events, unread texts, call logs, missed calls location, and other statistics by improving the device functionality and by providing enhanced user experience.
Also, this feature provides personalization features, including wallpapers, for which it needs to collect personal data of your smartphone such as unread texts, call logs, missed calls information, and events you have saved in your calendar.
Although this feature holds the data of all the personal information of your device by providing you better user experience, it can still be the reason for privacy concerns because it already has permission to read the personal information of your device.
How to disable the Enhanced Intelligent Service in Realme, Oppo, and OnePlus devices?
To disable the Enhanced Intelligent Service feature in Realme, Oppo, and OnePlus smartphones, you just need to follow the below-mentioned steps:
- Open Settings of your smartphone.
- Tap on the Additional Settings.
- Click on the System Settings.
- You will find the option of Enhanced Intelligent Service, which is already enabled.
- Turn off the toggle to disable this feature.
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