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From: Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Would you recommend a good debloater?
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:04:50 +0100
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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:
>   <https://duckduckgo.com/?hps=1&q=how+to+debloat+android+phone>
> 
> First hit:
>   <https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-debloat-adb-the-ultimate-adb-debloating-thread-for-the-s20-u-series.4089089/>
> 
> For a specific device, such as for my Samsung Galaxy phone:
>   <https://droidwin.com/debloat-remove-bloatware-from-samsung-devices-via-adb/>
> 
> Note that you can debloat with adb using local adb without needing a PC:
>   <https://www.xda-developers.com/debloat-your-phone-run-adb-shell-commands-no-root-no-pc/>
> 
> For those who want "an app to do that", there are many; here's just one.
>   <https://xdaforums.com/t/v3-90-debloater-lets-remove-all-that-carrier-bloat-root-not-required.2998294/>
> 
> 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:
<https://technastic.com/?s=bloatware>

-- 
Jeff