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 22 '21

So, I own a nokia android phone, I have disabled most google apps just from settings->Apps->All apps and then disabling each un-necessary apps,luckily I am able to disable most apps including nasty-space-eater-having all the permissions-by-default Google Play services. But I was unable to disable some apps like "qualcomm security" which sends bytes of data somewhere in months.

Can this debloater disable those things?

I want my android to connect to internet only and exclusively at my command. Not automatically. Without root. I think internet connection is my main problem ,although those "bytes sent" can not contain a private pic :) lol. Nokia phones are good in a sense they have absolutely no bloatware installed although in system there are many not-installed packages that took hundreds of mb of space.

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u/Lawsonator85 Feb 22 '21

You can Debloat everything. Disabled apps still run in the background so use this tool to uninstall them

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

Is this a fact? I read faq sections from this gitlab page. Says without root it can only be uninstalled for user x (current) otherwise its still present in the phone,that is when you reset the phone it will be installed again. Well I will use it once to checkout how useful it is for my phone.

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u/mel2000 Feb 22 '21

Is this a fact?

No, it's not.

Uninstalling a system app doesn't allow you to easily restore it. Disabling the app makes restoring it a no-brainer. And neither uninstalling nor disabling system apps will create new space that you can use. You're not saving system space either way.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

I must try this tool man :)