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What is xtrapath3.izatcloud.net, why does my phone connect to it?
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@AlbinJose1001 base host appears to be some location provider from Qualcomm? http://izatcloud.net/
I don't know. My xiaomi device is making crazy amount of connections to.... Xiaomi.net, Xiaomi.com, Miui.com, idmb-app-chat-global-xiaomi10-407281533.ap-south-1.elb.amazonaws.com And now... xtrapath1.izatcloud.net
As others have said, manufacturer telemetry. Just the usual built-in spyware that people are fine with for some reason... Everyone does it, they're just bad at hiding it in this case.
As mentioned, this is a Qualcomm thing. Not exactly spyware, but probably not necessary either.
https://www.qualcomm.com/site/privacy/services
Something like the UAD could disable it, or you could use Tracker Control to block it, or straight up use
adbto disable it... But, it will run even if disabled.The package is
com.qualcomm.locationso,adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.qualcomm.locationwill disable it, but it will always come back...
Removing it can cause a bootloop in some cases, likely something in the boot process is looking for it and reinstalling that app if missing. Google's play services recently started doing that with permissions that are revoked with root
Should be removable on a non-stock ROM though