I have a Cat s22 which is touchscreen and has G-board, is there a way to permanently remover the GIFS?

Kgr Why?

Biden2020prez Not the kosherist, you can search short clips of whatever you would like

Kgr oh. yeah. maybe by removing android.permission.internet from the manifest, but I have a feeling the app wont run if you do that

Biden2020prez How exactly do I do that?

Biden2020prez If im removing internet capabilities from gboard, voice control, suggested words, possibly swipe, all wont work as they require internet.

Biden2020prez How does tag do it to smartphones?

Kgr Good point.

Not sure how tag does it. maybe they block the url that hosts them...

Biden2020prez Is there a way of finding that out?

Kgr Use pcap droid app on fdroid

Ok i figured it out, i used pcap and when i opened gifs, i found the log with the link, media.tenor.com
Now what?

Kgr Well, you would need to use a vpn or something else to block that url

Biden2020prez You have any recommendations? Also is there a way to block URL without a vpn that has to constantly be running?

Kgr you can try dns66

Biden2020prez Thanks
Also i have a rooted galaxy folder 2, with root how can i block a url?

Kgr inside a host file in /system/etc/hosts i think. Just look at an example hosts file for example: https://adaway.org/hosts.txt and do it with your link

Biden2020prez BTW the F30 uses the host file to block a lot of things

Techgen Like what? I think many chinese phones block certain things that they don't want chinese people to access. Sometimes they block Google Services or certain websites.