Debloating Android phone

[OutBreak]

Heng I use iPhone no such problems.

iPhone also many bloat ware.

 

[Laguna123]

iPhone also many bloat ware.

So far I got no issue with iPhone leh. Been using iPhone for more than 10 years.

 

[yusoffb01]

anyone debloated your android phone?

I used Canta & Shizuku to debloat my xiaomi 13t pro, i find my phone is more responsive and battery can sustain very long time.

Removed all of Xiaomi's telemetrys, ad services, google bloatwares,

After debloating, singpass, bank apps, my corporate work apps still works.

dont forget to use private dns adguard

 

[Nakedtoes]

Heng I use ZTE z70 ultra. No bloatwares..

 

[Foetid]

No root can debloat meh?


Sent from my friend's mobile phone.

ya just need install that 2 apps lor, i did not root at all, cos got company apps

 

[trento]

My poco F6 don't have ads popping up. I'm aware there are extra apps but doesn't feel laggy. In fact my past pixel tensor more laggy without bloat

 

[grevq80o]

no ah, debloating mean completely removing, i realised that xiaomi alot of ads and background apps sucking cpu and battery liao.

Ya china phones r full of tracking devices and apps.

What abt samsung phones eh?

 

[1982-1994]

Buy apple no need waste time debloat wu eh bo eh.

but charging speed is meh....

Select private dns adsguard to disable xiaomi ads in apps

it consumes battery too

Ya china phones r full of tracking devices and apps.

What abt samsung phones eh?

tried before on note 10 plus, still cannot siam the Knox system though battery life improves slightly

 

[K202020K]

My Vivo low-end budget phone always receive detection alerts from my antivirus app. I suspect Vivo doing fishy things in the background. Going to replace it with a stock Android phone when I'm ready.

 

[Nevereatrice]

used to waste time on these things now i just buy iphone

 

[Kiwi8]

anyone debloated your android phone?

I used Canta & Shizuku to debloat my xiaomi 13t pro, i find my phone is more responsive and battery can sustain very long time.

Removed all of Xiaomi's telemetrys, ad services, google bloatwares,

After debloating, singpass, bank apps, my corporate work apps still works.

Canta and Shizuku which one better?

I want to use it to remove the annoying notifications from the GetApps on my Poco.

 

[titusilvering]

anyone debloated your android phone?

I used Canta & Shizuku to debloat my xiaomi 13t pro, i find my phone is more responsive and battery can sustain very long time.

Removed all of Xiaomi's telemetrys, ad services, google bloatwares,

After debloating, singpass, bank apps, my corporate work apps still works.

Heng i use poco. No such problem

 

[Foetid]

Canta and Shizuku which one better?

I want to use it to remove the annoying notifications from the GetApps on my Poco.

i dunno about other brands, i used it for xiaomi 13t pro. Need to work together, Canta is the main app to remove the items, google before removing else u can brick ur phone.

shizuku is to enable canta to work.

-Install Canta
-Install Shizuku
Settings->Developer options
1. Enable wireless debugging-> Pair device with pairing code &choose shizuku
(Install UBS Debugging (Security Options) != USB Debugging)

after all done then goto canta and do the necessary. After all done, undo the settings wireless debugging n usb debugging so that the singpass can work again.

i did not remove everything below, for eg calculator i keep, the xiaomi music i remove cos too many ads. after removing, xiaomi completely ads free and battery life doubled!

main xiaomi things to remove:
com.miui.msa.global
Analytics
Telemetry

APP LIST
• Analytics
○ com.miui.analytics
• App Vault
○ com.mi.android.globalminusscreen
• Browser
○ com.android.browser
• Calculator
○ com.miui.calculator
• Calendar
○ com.android.calendar
• CatchLog
○ com.bsp.catchlog
• Cleaner
○ com.miui.cleanmaster
• FM Radio
○ com.miui.fm
• Facebook
○ com.facebook.appmanager
○ com.facebook.services
○ com.facebook.system
• Feedback
○ com.miui.bugreport
• Game Turbo
○ com.xiaomi.gameboosterglobal
• Games
○ com.xiaomi.glgm
• GetApps
○ com.xiaomi.mipicks
• HybridAccessory
○ com.miui.hybrid.accessory
• Joyose
○ comi.xiaomi.joyose
• MSA
○ com.miui.msa.global
• Market Feedback Agent
○ com.android.google.feedback
• Mi Browser
○ com.mi.globalbrowser
• Mi Drop
○ com.xiaomi.midrop
• Mi File Manager
○ com.mi.android.globalFileexplorer
• Mi Recycle
○ com.xiaomi.mirecycle
• Mi Share
○ com.miui.mishare.connectivity
• Mi Video
○ com.miui.videoplayer
• Mi Wallpaper
○ com.miui.miwallpaper
• MiConnectService
○ com.xiaomi.mi_connect_service
• MiPlayClient
○ com.xiaomi.miplay_client
• Music
○ com.miui.player
• Notes
○ com.miui.notes
• PartnerBookmarks
○ com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks
• Quick Apps
○ com.miui.hybrid
• Quick Ball
○ com.miui.touchassistant
• Recorder
○ com.android.soundrecorder
• Scanner
○ com.xiaomi.scanner
• Screen Recorder
○ com.miui.screenrecorder
• Services & Feedback
○ com.miui.miservice
• VsimCore
○ com.miui.vsimcore
• Weather
○ com.miui.weather2
• Yellow Pages
○ com.miui.yellowpage

 

[Foetid]

SafetyCore	com.google.android.safetycore	“Sensitive Content Warnings”. Scans your media (photos, etc.) to detect nudity without consent. Reinstalls itself after uninstalling. DISABLE THIS!!!
Adaptive Connectivity Services	com.google.android.apps.scone	Automatically switches basebands between LTE and 5G on demand. Seems to be only used for stock pixel devices.
Device Personalization Services / Actions Services	com.google.android.as	Device learning, e.g. enhanced keyboard autosuggestions, keep screen on when looking at it (with help of the camera), smart replies. Shows up under: Display > Lock Screen > Now Playing and Privacy > Device Personalization Services.
Private Compute Services	com.google.android.as.oss	On-device behavior analysis. Enables live caption, music recognition and smart replies
Google Assistant (1)	com.android.hotwordenrollment.okgoogle	Voice training for Google Assistant.
Google Assistant (2)	com.android.hotwordenrollment.xgoogle	Voice training for Google Assistant.
Google Assistant (3)	com.android.hotwordenrollment.tgoogle	Voice training for Google Assistant.
Google Connectivity Services	com.google.android.apps.gcs	Google curated public Wi-Fi access and Google managed VPNs.
Google Fi	com.google.android.apps.tycho	Only needed for Google Fi users.
Pixel Ambient Services	com.google.intelligence.sense	Detects device movement, ambient audio, other devices nearby, etc. Seems to work in conjunction with “Device Personalization Services”
Android Accessibility Suite	com.google.android.marvin.talkback	A.k.a. “Talkback”. Basically a screen reader.
Google	com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox	Google (voice) search and search box
Gboard	com.google.android.inputmethod.latin	Google Keyboard with online prediction
Digital Wellbeing	com.google.android.apps.wellbeing	Records your habits to “optimize your life balance”. A euphemism for tracking even more stuff you do.

 

[Foetid]

not i only i remove the xiaomi bloats, i also remove google bloats. Caveat emptor, google before removing else brick phone.

 

[loganrunning]

i dunno about other brands, i used it for xiaomi 13t pro. Need to work together, Canta is the main app to remove the items, google before removing else u can brick ur phone.

shizuku is to enable canta to work.

-Install Canta
-Install Shizuku
Settings->Developer options
1. Enable wireless debugging-> Pair device with pairing code &choose shizuku
(Install UBS Debugging (Security Options) != USB Debugging)

after all done then goto canta and do the necessary. After all done, undo the settings wireless debugging n usb debugging so that the singpass can work again.

i did not remove everything below, for eg calculator i keep, the xiaomi music i remove cos too many ads. after removing, xiaomi completely ads free and battery life doubled!

main xiaomi things to remove:
com.miui.msa.global
Analytics
Telemetry

APP LIST
• Analytics
○ com.miui.analytics
• App Vault
○ com.mi.android.globalminusscreen
• Browser
○ com.android.browser
• Calculator
○ com.miui.calculator
• Calendar
○ com.android.calendar
• CatchLog
○ com.bsp.catchlog
• Cleaner
○ com.miui.cleanmaster
• FM Radio
○ com.miui.fm
• Facebook
○ com.facebook.appmanager
○ com.facebook.services
○ com.facebook.system
• Feedback
○ com.miui.bugreport
• Game Turbo
○ com.xiaomi.gameboosterglobal
• Games
○ com.xiaomi.glgm
• GetApps
○ com.xiaomi.mipicks
• HybridAccessory
○ com.miui.hybrid.accessory
• Joyose
○ comi.xiaomi.joyose
• MSA
○ com.miui.msa.global
• Market Feedback Agent
○ com.android.google.feedback
• Mi Browser
○ com.mi.globalbrowser
• Mi Drop
○ com.xiaomi.midrop
• Mi File Manager
○ com.mi.android.globalFileexplorer
• Mi Recycle
○ com.xiaomi.mirecycle
• Mi Share
○ com.miui.mishare.connectivity
• Mi Video
○ com.miui.videoplayer
• Mi Wallpaper
○ com.miui.miwallpaper
• MiConnectService
○ com.xiaomi.mi_connect_service
• MiPlayClient
○ com.xiaomi.miplay_client
• Music
○ com.miui.player
• Notes
○ com.miui.notes
• PartnerBookmarks
○ com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks
• Quick Apps
○ com.miui.hybrid
• Quick Ball
○ com.miui.touchassistant
• Recorder
○ com.android.soundrecorder
• Scanner
○ com.xiaomi.scanner
• Screen Recorder
○ com.miui.screenrecorder
• Services & Feedback
○ com.miui.miservice
• VsimCore
○ com.miui.vsimcore
• Weather
○ com.miui.weather2
• Yellow Pages
○ com.miui.yellowpage

It's been a long time since i last used Xiaomi phones, so i might recall incorrectly. I seem to remember back then, use enabling usb debug, install usb drivers, from pc launch adb to remove the apps (command line). Guess life is more complicated now.

it was redmi note 3. each MIUI update, added ads. Initially used titanium backup to disable the rogue apps and MSA, finally, one update caused ads even in settings app!!!! that was the final straw, and the last Xiaomi phone i used.


edit: i used the same method to remove bloatware on samsung s2 and s3.

 

[Foetid]

It's been a long time since i last used Xiaomi phones, so i might recall incorrectly. I seem to remember back then, use enabling usb debug, install usb drivers, from pc launch adb to remove the apps (command line). Guess life is more complicated now.

it was redmi note 3. each MIUI update, added ads. Initially used titanium backup to disable the rogue apps and MSA, finally, one update caused ads even in settings app!!!! that was the final straw, and the last Xiaomi phone i used.


edit: i used the same method to remove bloatware on samsung s2 and s3.

you are right, using the PC connect using usb debut then adb. however when u using shizuku, its wireless adb, ie i dont need to connect to PC or install any of those adb. its all done on phone. hence more convenient.

 

[loganrunning]

you are right, using the PC connect using usb debut then adb. however when u using shizuku, its wireless adb, ie i dont need to connect to PC or install any of those adb. its all done on phone. hence more convenient.

ah, ok, got it. tks, for the update and the documentation.

 

[Foetid]

disable the app same same mah?

some hidden apps cannot disable, eg telemetry