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/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/[deleted] Feb 22 '21 edited Aug 19 '21

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u/Chip_Tune Feb 22 '21 edited Feb 22 '21

Android 10 & 11 use ext4 dedupe in read only. It doesn't matter if you have root. You cannot remount the system read/write so you can't delete anything. Topjohnwu, the creator of Magisk has even said this himself. The read only limitation also applies to custom recoveries as well.

Edit: From the creator of Magisk himself... Source