com.android.ons

Android's Opportunistic Network Service, which can move data to a secondary carrier network when one is available. You can disable it, with a caveat: read what stops working first.

What it does

This package is Android's Opportunistic Network Service. Carrier apps use it to tell the phone about secondary networks, such as a partner network or a private LTE network, and it decides when to move data to them and back based on availability and priority. It has no app label, so Settings shows the package name, and most phones never use it in everyday service.

Also shown as Opportunistic Network Service.

If you disable it

Automatic switching to a carrier's opportunistic network stops; your main network service is unaffected for most people.

How to disable it

On most phones Settings greys out Disable for this package, so ADB is the way to turn it off. The commands below work without root and can be undone.

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.ons

adb shell pm enable com.android.ons

The stronger option removes it for your user only; the original copy stays on the phone and a factory reset brings it back. Prefer disabling: it is easier to undo.

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.ons

adb shell cmd package install-existing com.android.ons

New to ADB? Set it up in about ten minutes.

Data and battery

Reads the list of available networks that carrier apps provide.

Where it appears

• Made by Android Open Source Project.