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name: phone-install-safety
description: Confirm package ids before installing; never clear or uninstall an install that holds the owner's real data; one agent on the phone at a time
metadata:
  type: feedback
---

Carried over from Ebb, where a data-collecting spike app lived on the same phone and a wrong id would have cost days.

**How to apply:** `adb shell pm list packages | grep <id>` before the first install of a session; installs keep data; "clear data" or uninstall of a real-data build needs the owner's yes; the brief names which agent may touch the phone. See [[do-installs-yourself]].