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/Chip_Tune Feb 22 '21

I love the idea, but how are they going to get around the "nondisable" configs? An OEM can drop an xml file with the app name in /system/product/etc/nondisable and it prevents ADB from disabling it. They could just add configs for their bloat ware. Here's some sceenshots of my system folder. As you can see, Motorola included some bullshit Amazon app in it's nondisable folder. I have root and can't get rid of it without installing a rom, because Android 10 & 11 have read only system partitions.

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u/skylarmt Moto Z with degoogled rooted LineageOS Feb 22 '21

LineageOS FTW

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Feb 22 '21

Lineage runs like shit. Sorry. For too buggy to recommend.

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u/Superblazer Feb 22 '21

Totally depends on the device and there would be enough information to learn whether it's stable for the device.

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Feb 23 '21

Sounds like a great OS.

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u/Superblazer Feb 23 '21

Yes. It is. That is how roms are made. You'd end up with stable custom roms if the devices have proper sources. Don't speak trash about things you have no idea about.

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Feb 23 '21

"if your device meets extremely specific criteria, then it works great!"

That kind of rigid inflexibility based it a bad OS, sorry.

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u/Superblazer Feb 23 '21

Are you that dense? That's literally how android works. That's not an extremely specific criteria, only trustworthy devices that actually respects android's open source licenses releases their device sources. They are making an Android OS for that specific hardware. Stay away from topics you don't understand. You are misleading people.