Re: Would you recommend a good debloater?

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.
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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).