Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jeff Layman Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Would you recommend a good debloater? Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:04:50 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:04:51 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="70ff15e958dfdb6439de2b3afa867767"; logging-data="295895"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/wenGusLab/6+5JbFvkwg7kmmoX2bHUEw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:VCynQxKLxHvBiuLmip4338k4RwE= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3729 On 09/06/2024 20:27, Andrew wrote: > Joerg Walther wrote on Sun, 09 Jun 2024 11:03:06 +0200 : > >>> My wife bought a new Android tablet. She is really pissed >>> at all the bloatware that came with it. >>> >>> I have googled it and there are a lot of debloaters for Android. >> >> Rather than debloating just your tablet you can also debloat all devices >> in your home by setting up AdGuard on a Raspberry Pi. You will never see >> commercials again. AdGuard is also available as an Android app, so you >> may also try that, but I don't know how good it is since I use the RPi >> method for the whole local network. > > This question is one of the most often asked Android questions, where the > answer is so simple, people don't want to believe how simple it really is. > > Probably 1 out of 1,000 people know what I'm saying below... but everyone > who knows anything about Android knows it, so take it simply as advice. > > While there are many apps which do debloating, the fact is that you can > uninstall any app from the user partition so you don't need an app. > > Since uninstalling any app (even system apps and pre-installed apps) is > trivial on any Android phone (rooting isn't needed), the problem isn't > uninstalling the app - but in choosing which packages to uninstall. > > A quick google search for your device should help in that regard. > For example: > > > First hit: > > > For a specific device, such as for my Samsung Galaxy phone: > > > Note that you can debloat with adb using local adb without needing a PC: > > > For those who want "an app to do that", there are many; here's just one. > > > Hope this helps as I know Android debloating and therefore I spent the > energy and effort to help the OP get a correct answer to his question > (even though this question has been asked & answered many times already). Have you ever tried anything mentioned here? Looks like it could be useful and goes into quite some detail for each make of phone: -- Jeff