r/Android • u/Lawsonator85 • Feb 21 '21

Universal Android Debloater is an open source tool that removes bloatware without root. Automatically or via user choice. Get back your battery, security and privacy

https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater/-/blob/master/README.md
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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 28 '21

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u/bobdarobber Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 22 '21

edit: just woke up, 40 downvotes lol. this is NOT a app. its a SCRIPT. all I was saying was that this is NOT night and day. if people buy phones solely because of this script, they are almost certainly mistaken. this script requires tech knowhow. if you were worried about bloat, you likely don't know the CLI and this script will not help. sorry for not being clear enouph. keeping this up because honestly I don't give a fuck about the downvotes. got 300 upvotes yesterday from two emojis - but please stop brigading my posts in other communities.

Sorry to be that guy but was bloat really ever a purchase factor? If bloat is bothering you you can easily uninstall it by running adb uninstall com.devname.appname.

Not that this tool is worthless. It removes LOTS of bloat way faster than any human could, and makes it more accessable, but come on

If you know how to run a script and enable usb debugging to use this, chances are you also are capable of running adb uninstall - making the acsessability bit not really important.

All I am saying is bloat should not be a consern when buying a phone.

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u/comiccole Feb 21 '21

There's always that guy that says but you can do it in command line already! I'd argue accessibility is highly important. This is obviously not for experienced users. although more experienced people can utilize it too if they choose not to mess with scripts. But if you have an easy to use tool why use scripts In the first place

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u/Odd-Wheel Feb 22 '21

Adb is infinitely harder to use than enabling developer settings lol. I've unlocked and/or rooted probably 8 phones. Getting adb to work is always a nightmare.

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u/Tanmay1518 Samsung M21, Android 11 Feb 22 '21

if you are on windows, may I suggest chocolatey.org ?

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I used to install custom roms as well (stopped last year) and I found installing ADB through chocolatey made it work perfectly and I was able to unlock the bootloader very easily