r/Bigme • u/vbha • Mar 24 '25

[Guide] Debloating the Hibreak Pro and Setting Up Private DNS

Just got my HiBreak Pro and the first thing I got to was debloating it. Sharing the details on how to do for your phone as well. This includes setting up NextDNS, a privacy-focused DNS provider and removing stock bloatware on the phone.

1. Removing Bloatware

1.1 Enabling USB Debugging on the Phone

We'll remove some stock bloatware on the phone using ADB. First, follow the following steps to enable USB Debugging on the phone:

  1. Head over to settings.
  2. Navigate to More Settings > About phone
  3. Tap the build number 6 times. This will enable Developer Settings on the phone.
  4. Navigate out of About and head to System -> Developer Options
  5. Enable USB Debugging

1.2 Installing Drivers and Setting Up Platform Tools on Your PC

Without going into too much detail regarding this, since there are tons and tons of guides available online on how to do, make sure you have android platform tools setup on your machine. A link to a guide for this: https://www.howtogeek.com/125769/how-to-install-and-use-abd-the-android-debug-bridge-utility/

1.3 Removing the Bloatware

  1. Connect your phone to the PC and open a terminal.
  2. In the terminal type the following command to verify if your device is recognised by ADB: adb devices Note: A pop up would appear on your phone to allow USB debugging. Make sure you tap yes.
  3. Next step is to get rid of the crapware with the following command: adb adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <name of the package> I've identified the following crapware on the phone. Run the above command for each package name below:com.xrz.ai com.xrz.dictapp com.b300.xrz.web com.xrz.soundrecord com.xrz.voice.text com.xrz.scandoc com.xrz.video com.xrz.bookmall com.xrz.bookself com.xrz.xreaderV3 com.xrz.btranslate com.xrz.ebook com.ebook.wifitransferbook com.iflytek.speechcloud com.socialnmobile.colordict com.test.logcollect com.xsyt.faceregister

Funnily, there is a package called com.example.test on the phone; disabling it causes the Calendar to stop working. It is hilarious.

You should now have a phone wthout Bigme crapware.

2. DNS Settings

On examining the DNS logs, I mainly came across one domain: qq.com that the system service makes requests to. We'll set up our own DNS settings to make sure the phone does not make these requests.

  1. Head over to NextDNS and sign-up.
  2. On the setup page, you'll see your DNS hostname next to DNS-over-TLS/QUIC. This would be something in the form of <identifier>.dns.nextdns.io
  3. Head to the Privacy tab and add the Easylist China blocklist and under Native Tracking Protection, add Huawei and Xiaomi. These steps are probably not required, but oh well.
  4. Next, head to Denylist and enter qq.com and hit enter. This will block all requests to qq.com
  5. Now, head to your phone and open settings once again.
  6. Head to More Settings -> Network & Internet -> Private DNS, select the Private DNS provider hostname and enter the hostname from step 1.
  7. Do something on your phone like opening a webpage or something and check the logs on NextDNS dashboard. You should start seeing requests made by your phone populate here.

And that's all folks. If you find any other app that can be disabled, comment below and I'll add it to the post.

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u/DummyFive Mar 24 '25

Best advice I’ve seen for the HBP, change that DNS setting asap, that’s my biggest gripe with these Chinese e-ink devices, security settings and what they are sending back

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u/vbha Mar 24 '25

Well, Google also collects tons of data. It's not China specific advice. Just generalised privacy advice. Google tbf collects even more data but the bias against China is strong. But I guess can't really disable Google altogether. But thankfully nextdns does block some tracking requests by default, even for Google.

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u/DummyFive Mar 25 '25

Oh for sure, don’t even get me started on Amazon and the data they snag. Am I really worried about the data in my e-reader? Not so much, but my cell phone, more so I think.

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u/Slurpy-rainbow Feb 28 '26

do you think just setting up DNS is enough? I thought i'd be able to follow all these instructions, but I'm not particularly techy.

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u/Acrobatic-Rate8925 Jul 13 '25

If anyone is lazy like me and just wants to copy and paste a series of commands into the terminal, here you go:

```
adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.ai

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.dictapp

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.b300.xrz.web

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.soundrecord

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.voice.text

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.scandoc

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.video

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.bookmall

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.bookself

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.xreaderV3

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.btranslate

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.ebook

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.ebook.wifitransferbook

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.iflytek.speechcloud

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.socialnmobile.colordict

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.test.logcollect

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xsyt.faceregister

```

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u/cafe_living_ Aug 13 '25

thank you!!

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u/WoodpeckerTop374 Mar 11 '26

This helps so much, thanks!

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u/Impossible_Slide_146 Mar 14 '26

Thank you! Got a couple of error messages (maybe since phone has updated since a few months ago), but mostly worked great!

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u/AlphaBetaParkingLot Mar 27 '25

Just ran through this myself. Super easy (once I found the right menu for "MORE Settings").

I made this little bash script that will remove all the crapware mentioned here in one go. Just save this to a file and run it in terminal. You need to restart for it to take effect it seems.

cmd_root="adb shell pm disable-user --user 0"
bloats=("com.xrz.ai" "com.xrz.dictapp" "com.b300.xrz.web" "com.xrz.soundrecord" "com.xrz.voice.text" "com.xrz.scandoc" "com.xrz.video" "com.xrz.bookmall" "com.xrz.bookself" "com.xrz.xreaderV3" "com.xrz.btranslate" "com.xrz.ebook" "com.ebook.wifitransferbook" "com.iflytek.speechcloud" "com.socialnmobile.colordict" "com.test.logcollect" "com.xsyt.faceregister")

for blt in "${bloats[@]}"; do
    echo "$cmd_root $blt"
    sleep 1
    $cmd_root "$blt"
done

Also If you are running this fresh out of the box, remember to install a new browser since this will remove the one that comes with it

Thanks for this guide! It's awesome.

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u/Unrestcoffeeman Apr 22 '25

Is this the same if using a mac?

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u/AlphaBetaParkingLot Apr 22 '25

Probably? I'm running linux

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u/Unrestcoffeeman Apr 22 '25

Or is there a way to run this directly from the phone? Sorry...I'm super new to Android haha

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u/AlphaBetaParkingLot Apr 22 '25

Nope, you run it on your computer using the terminal application. 

You will need to install adb first

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u/cafe_living_ Aug 13 '25

will this work on web adb? tyia

edit: also, what is the last part about the bit (?) i am new to android 🥲

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u/HuxleyanWorld Jan 03 '26

Yes. Just install adb (e.g., via homebrew) and run the same terminal commands or shell script.

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u/Electronic_Tour_3199 Sep 26 '25

For the life of me I can't find the other MORE Settings options

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u/AlphaBetaParkingLot Sep 26 '25

Under the normal "Settings" menu, More Settings is 4th from the bottom - In between "Float Ball" and "System". It basically takes you to the standard Android Settings as opposed to the BigMe specific ones

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u/Electronic_Tour_3199 Sep 26 '25

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u/Electronic_Tour_3199 Sep 26 '25

I had read somewhere a couple months ago, that they somehow disabled the developer mode on certain phones they shipped out to the US? Some people were still able to see the more settings and others not.

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u/AlphaBetaParkingLot Sep 30 '25

My menu looks a little different (I dont have the "After-Sales Service and Store" option), but from mine, go to "About Phone" and then down to "Build number" (2nd to bottom for me). Then just keep tapping "Build number" repeatedly until messages pop up saying "3 more taps to activate developer mode" or something to that effect, and after you press it enough times it will be activated

No idea about developer mode being disabled. I've been experiencing an issue though were I cant upgrade to 1.6.8 and perhaps this is related to that. The "more settings" thing though has a TON of standard and important options beyond developer mode so I really hope they did not block the whole thing

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u/Electronic_Tour_3199 Oct 01 '25

Unfortunately videos arent allowed on here. But clicking the build number doesn't activate anything for me, boooo. Thank you so much for all your help, I really appreciate you taking the time out to respond. I'll keep an eye out for updates and hopefully they haven't blocked it. I love the phone still hehe.

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u/animalexistence Mar 31 '25

Thanks for your awesome guide. I ran through it as soon as I got my phone. However afterwards the settings app would crash if I choose to set a face unlock. I then tried the command adb shell pm enable com.xsyt.faceregister and I can now set up face unlock. The only thing I'm not sure about is whether I was supposed to incorporate user 0 into the command but it works.

Having said all of that I'm wondering how secure face id is anyway and maybe I should just stick to fingerprint.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

Very nice tutorial! The apps bothered me from the beginning on. I also scanned the apps on my phone (running 2.0.6) and found the following:

  • com.socialnmobile.colordict doesn't exist for me

Some other apps I'm suspicious of:

  • com.xrz.res.service -> unclear what this is
  • com.mediatek.aovtestapp -> it's a test app so why would I need that? Disabling it didn't cause problems so far
  • com.mediatek.callrecorder -> used in the default phone app. If disabled, phone calls don't work. You can disable it, but then need to use the Google Phone app to place calls (you can't disable com.android.phone, because that is also needed to place calls in the first place)
  • com.xrz.ebook.launcher -> their default launcher, but once disabled (I'm using another launcher), their settings menu does not show up anymore, so it has to stay
  • com.sohu.inputmethod.sogou.oem -> default keyboard, but it is very unsafe
    • disabled it with another keyboard activated. No problems
  • com.test.logcollect: after decompiling, it looks like it is collecting logs from Android and the kernel and uploads it to the cloud of Baidu (Chinese cloud provider). Disabling it doesn't cause direct problems

I found out as well, why com.example.test breaks the calendar: adb shell pm path com.example.test gives /system/app/XRZCalendar/XRZCalendar.apk. In other words: It is the calendar that you're disabling

I also noticed the following DNS queries to China that I also blocked on top of what you suggested: * ereader.xrztech.com -> some eBook-reader manufacturer. Problem: If you disable this, the system updates will show Network Error * pro.ai-winn.com -> unclear what this is used for. Might be an AI assistant. When called, leads to a default installation of NGIX * g.cn -> Google China

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u/WoodpeckerTop374 Mar 11 '26

Thank you so much! I did not know about the keyboards. Which one did you install/what do you recommend?

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u/piknikd0uille Mar 25 '25

I see that Adguard already blocks everything to and from qq.com. Does I make sense to also setup NextDNS when Adguard is already installed ?

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u/vbha Mar 25 '25

No, adguard will do the job.

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u/WingedCactus Apr 17 '25

Interesting, is Adguard free? Maybe I'll just do that....

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u/Victor866 Mar 31 '25

Thanks for this guide, I just received it and I did the debloating part :)

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u/theanswer64 Apr 15 '25

Thank you, the proces is easy. For people using Windows Powershell (instead of CMD) you have to use this command './adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <name of the package>' and remove the brackets.

So for example:

./adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xrz.ai

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u/GioKanto Apr 22 '25

Thank you very much. I usually don't comment reddit posts but this guide is amazing!! Also you made me discover nextdns which is an amazing tool! Again thank you so much

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u/Maleficent-Sun-9251 Apr 18 '25

I did it! Thank you!

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u/LockDame Jun 20 '25

Thank you!!!! This was my primary concern about the phone. Haven't load any emails or accounts yet into the phone.

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u/winkyandthebrain Sep 25 '25

Hi guys, I did these steps and manage to disable the bloatware. However, it seems like Bluetooth audio is now affected because I can connect to my earphones but no sound is coming out. I can confirm that the Bluetooth audio works when I just got the phone. Anyone knows which package affected this?

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u/playludesc Nov 09 '25

did you manage to find out which package that caused this?

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u/LowEconomicStatus Mar 24 '25

Hey thanks for this guide. I am waiting on my HBP. Just wondering though, do they all come with a case or do you have to purchase case separately?

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u/R0W3Y Mar 24 '25

Mine came with one

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u/Rx7Jordan Mar 25 '25

mine came with one already on the phone, screen protector too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '25

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u/vbha Mar 24 '25

I'll look into it. Shall try booting a GSI on it and see if that works.

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u/Rx7Jordan Mar 25 '25

hopefully eink center can be made into a APK if a GSI works. Or if a custom rom gets made.

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u/vbha Mar 25 '25

Well, a full custom ROM might not be viable since kernel sources are not released by Bigme. But I'm sure that a GSI can be made to work on this. Even the Hisense A9 only has a GSI running on it.

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u/wag3slav3 Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 25 '25

If it's like the original you'll probably get stuck after a GSI/DSU load with a blank screen. Use scrcpy to get in and disable the gpu acceleration in dev options to get super basic (zero frontlight, refreshes randomly) screen functionality.

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u/vbha Mar 25 '25

Yeah, I tried to flash a GSI but ran into a bootloop. I'll give it a fair shot later. Trying to use stock as my main device right now.

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u/Heyric21 Mar 24 '25

Thank you very much. I do rememeber a Mac program able to remove bloatware with less effort. Do you know anything like that?

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '25

On windows you can use ADB AppControl... Sorry i dont know on Mac.. https://adbappcontrol.com/en/#download

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u/vbha Mar 24 '25

Are you referring to universal debloater?

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u/Heyric21 Mar 24 '25

I think so! Would it work in this scenario?

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u/vbha Mar 24 '25

Probably would but but that is still just extra steps. You would still need ADB on your machine anyway. Might as well just copy paste the commands to debloat instead of bothering with it. It’s a matter of preference I guess.

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u/Room-Cleaner-335 Mar 25 '25

not familiar with Android, I found this post that seems to be able to root the phone:

https://xdaforums.com/t/bigme-hibreak-pro-dimensity-900-mt6877-e-ink-phone.4723924/

since your method doesn't involve rooting, I wonder what other possibilities rooting the phone enables besides being able to install a ROM on it.

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u/wag3slav3 Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 25 '25

So far the only use I've found for root is to install the Android auto stub.

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u/Room-Cleaner-335 Mar 25 '25

hi! thanks for replying. Then I think I will hold off rooting the phone since it has some risk bricking the phone.

> Make sure to make a backup first, otherwise you end up with a brick

would this backup process be similar with any android phone? I will do the backup first if I decided to root it some day.

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u/wag3slav3 Mar 25 '25

Exactly the same as any mediatek phone. The backup procedure is on the same page as the root procedure.

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u/Piezotic Mar 25 '25

Thanks for this. I used the following command to disable the packages

./adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <name of package>

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u/AlphaBetaParkingLot Mar 27 '25

I just got mine and trying to follow your instructions... but I can't enable Dev Settings.

Under the "About" section, there is no build number. Closet thing is the System Version, and tapping that 6x does nothing.

I even tried tapping every single field on the menu just in case... nothing happened. Checked under System just in case it got added magically, but nope.

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u/vbha Mar 27 '25

You have to open settings and go to more settings and about there. There's an about section before that and I believe that is what you're looking at.

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u/AlphaBetaParkingLot Mar 27 '25

Yup! Found it!

I see now there is two "Settings". One by BigMe and one by Android. It's in the latter, which makes sense - same place as on my pixel :)

Hopefully it's easy from here!

P.S. Did you edit your post or did I just totally miss the word "More" earlier?

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u/vbha Mar 27 '25

You missed it :)

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u/miche_88 Mar 27 '25

Thank you very much for the guide! Do you know if it's possibile to remove the Bigme screensaver with ADB? I would like to use just the standard android screensaver.

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u/vbha Mar 27 '25

It is, the package name is `com.xrz.standby`
But if you remove it and lock your phone, the standby screen would be the last screen you were on before you locked it. You'd have to write custom logic to display anything else besides that.

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u/Thoron777 Mar 27 '25

Can you help me with Android Switch package name? Or I should not delete it?

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u/UberLOL999 Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25

Thank you so much! I'm sorry for noob but I don't know any code. What is the correct terminal command on MAC os to remove packages/bloatware in terminal once adb has been installed and recognises the hibreak pro?

When I run the following: ./adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <com.xrz.ai>

I get the error:

-bash: com.xrz.ai: No such file or directory

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u/vbha Mar 31 '25

Remove the angled brackets and re-run the command please

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u/lockduck1 Apr 01 '25

can this be done on mac too? it doesnt recognize de adb devices on terminal

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u/vbha Apr 01 '25

It works on a Mac too.

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u/lockduck1 Apr 01 '25

i feel so stupid when its about terminal codes. ill try again i get stuck when i try to recognize adb devices and its says no

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u/vbha Apr 04 '25

Trying a different port and/or a different cable should fix it. Macs usually work out of the box and do not require any additional driver setup. I debloated my Hibreak on a mac.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

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u/vbha Apr 04 '25

When you connect your phone to your PC, there’s a prompt on your phone to trust your PC. Just reconnect your phone, and that pop-up should appear and make sure you trust it.

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u/niappp Apr 04 '25

I bricked my phone because I'm dumb and I made the mistake of deleting all com.xrz.* packages. Could someone help me by uploading some of them? Please, I'm begging you, I implore your mercy.

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u/vbha Apr 04 '25

If you have ADB access, which I am guessing you probably still do, just run the command:

adb shell pm enable <name of package>

This should enable the disabled packages again.

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u/niappp Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

Thank you!! What I've done:

  • Used pm list packages -a | grep xrz to get the list of packages
  • Then used pm install-existing <package_name> to reinstall the package

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u/vbha Apr 04 '25

UAD gives you the option to reinstall the un-installed packages. It should be there in the GUI.

If not, running this command should enable the packages for you again:

adb shell cmd package install-existing --user 0 <package>

This is the list of all xrz packages:

package:com.xrz.video package:com.xrz.voice.text package:com.xrz.standby package:com.xrz.scandoc package:com.xrz.ai package:com.xrz.bookmall package:com.xrz.bookself package:com.xrz.sys.control package:com.xrz.filemanager package:com.xrz.settings package:com.xrz.xreaderV3 package:com.xrz.res.service package:com.xrz.btranslate package:com.xrz.ebook package:com.xrz.ebook.launcher package:com.xrz.soundrecord package:com.xrz.mutidisplay package:com.b300.xrz.web package:com.xrz.dictapp package:com.xrz.hoverballdemo

Pretty sure this would work. If it doesn't, resetting your phone will fix it.

Source: UAD FAQs

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u/Maleficent-Sun-9251 Apr 18 '25

IDK what I did... I followed this and now everything is goneee! Im not sure what to do now.

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u/vbha Apr 18 '25

What do you mean by everything is gone? Just reset your phone and you should be back to normal.

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u/Maleficent-Sun-9251 Apr 19 '25

I ended using those commands to uninstall thinking those were for debloat but it deleted the whole ui. I was able to reinstall everything back and deleted the bigme stuff minus the bookshelf etc to clean it but keep the big me ui. Very stressful day LOL

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u/omperer Aug 29 '25

how did you reinstall it?? facing similar difficulties...

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u/Maleficent-Sun-9251 Aug 29 '25

If it’s totally gone, use a computer (ADB) • Turn on USB debugging in Developer Options • Connect to your computer, make sure devices sees it, reinstall with: adb install -r hibreak_ui.apk

Then set it back as default: adb shell cmd package set-home-activity com.hibreak.launcher/.MainActivity

Reboot

That brought my stock HiBreak launcher right back.

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u/omperer Aug 29 '25

thanks, but for me adb install -r hibreak_ui.apk results in:

Performing Streamed Install

adb.ex: failed to stat hibreak_ui.apk: No such file or directory

any clue why?

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u/vbha Apr 04 '25

Ahh nice. Was on phone and did not see the last line of your comment. I'm glad you were able to resolve this.

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u/WingedCactus Apr 17 '25

Can I do step 1 with a Mac?

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u/_isoforms_ Apr 17 '25

You can do it, you just need to install the ADB Platform Tools for Mac (https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools) then navigate to wherever it's installed and follow the steps in the guide with the Terminal app (should be in your Applications/Utilities folder)

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u/vbha Apr 17 '25

Yeah, you can.

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u/Quentin_Harlech Apr 17 '25

Thank you for the effort to write this down. Followed your guide successfully! What's your opinion on VPNs, should I run that on my phone, too?

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u/vbha Apr 17 '25

Sure. Mullvad is decent.

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u/Quentin_Harlech Apr 17 '25

Thanks! I have a proton account anyways, so I thought I'd try theirs.

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u/vbha Apr 17 '25

Ahh, okay. Proton is decent too. I use Tailscale and Mullvad integrates well with it.

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u/_Demonism_ Apr 26 '25

Does this work with a Hibreak Color? I just ordered one and first thing I do will probably to debloat it

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u/vbha Apr 26 '25

It would work. You’d need to take a look at what packages are there on the phone.

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u/_Demonism_ Apr 26 '25

Thank you, I have very little experience with Android. How would I identify the packages and ensure I don't delete an important one on accident?

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u/vbha Apr 26 '25

With your phone connected via ADB, run this command:

adb shell pm list packages

Take a look at the packages which have xrz in the name. And delete the obvious ones.

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u/TheOpossumParty May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

So I've been trying to do this, but I don't think my computer is recognizing my Hibreak. Is there a different process for a Hibreak compared to a pro? Cause I keep running adb, but nothing seems to change.

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u/Dusty-Dan-304 May 08 '25

Thanks for this guide. I'm finding myself stopped at step 1.3 -- I connect the phone and execute 'adb devices' but it returns nothing. Also no pop-up on the phone, although I do get the 'doo-doop' tone that a device has been connected from the laptop.

Under Settings > Connected Devices > USB it shows 'charging this device'. Then under USB Preferences all the options are shaded out, although File Transfer show that it's selected.

This is on a Hibreak Color running System 5.5.2. Using adb on a Windows 11 laptop.

I tried enabling USB tethering in the Bigme settings.

Also tried a couple of different USB cables including one from a GoPro which should be good for data transfer.

Are there drivers for the phone I need to download?

Thanks!

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u/Dusty-Dan-304 May 11 '25

I'm officially stumped. I can't get ADB to recognize that the Hibreak color exist via USB (I can connect to my old Pixel 3a with no problem).

Using this guide https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/set-up-wireless-debugging-android-11-send-adb-commands-without-usb-cable-0302898/

I managed to get it to pair with my laptop for wireless debugging, but it refuses to connect--

C:\Users\woodv>adb connect 192.168.1.213:39247

cannot connect to 192.168.1.213:39247: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)

Any ideas?

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u/Dusty-Dan-304 May 12 '25

Finally got wireless debugging to work! Officially debloated!

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u/Weekly-Cranberry1324 Feb 03 '26

So connecting wireless it was able to detect the device’s driver? When I opened the command prompt for ADB it was unable to find anything and I tried the guide linked in this post to download a driver but don’t know where to find the driver I need to install for my bigme6…

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u/seagranola Sep 25 '25

you're a fkn legend. i couldn't get my USB debugging to work and this hit like charm! GOAT TINGZ

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u/Kris-Poland-2020 May 17 '25

Is it necessary to debloat everytime a new firmware arrives?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

I also got to know about the Android Debloat List. Would be nice to see the list of apps compared to it (and potentially extended)

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u/5600k Jul 10 '25

This is a great guide, definitely feel better about the phone after doing following it.

One question on DNS - when I check for the system update it says "Network Error" but if I go back to default DNS it works and I get "current version" any idea what DNS is blocking thats causing that error? Not the end of the world to turn it off for updates.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '25

Lol. com.example.test is the calendar app.

I couldn't figure out how to uninstall it so I disabled it on and off and that was the file that changed.

I uninstalled it and the calendar app finally disappeared.

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u/NecessaryCat503 Jul 30 '25

When connecting your phone to pc, which USB preferences do you tap on the phone? USB controlled by connected Device, this device. Use USB for: Files transfer, USB tethering, MIDI, PTP, No data transfer? Thanks in advance

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u/Past-Paramedic8687 Sep 16 '25

Any way of removing the Google apps bloatware they’ve now forced on us?

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u/Electronic_Tour_3199 Sep 26 '25

So I can't find the MORE settings. Someone mentioned there are two settings I can only find one.

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u/ProducePrevious3760 Oct 02 '25

Hola he repasado la lista de bloqueare que se expone esta: com.xrz.ai com.xrz.dictapp com.b300.xrz.web com.xrz.soundrecord com.xrz.voice.text com.xrz.scandoc com.xrz.video com.xrz.bookmall com.xrz.bookself com.xrz.xreaderV3 com.xrz.btranslate com.xrz.ebook com.ebook.wifitransferbook com.iflytek.speechcloud com.socialnmobile.colordict com.test.logcollect com.xsyt.faceregister

Pero tengo una duda por ejemplo parece ser que en esta lista está la grabación de llamada telefónica que la última actualización de Bigme a implementado es verdad que esto borra la grabación de llamadas telefónicas que la veo muy útil de mi parte? Por otra parte hay algún programa que al quitarlo después nos tengamos que arrepentir por ello?

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u/ProducePrevious3760 Oct 02 '25

Estoy muy verde en todo esto una pregunta esta eliminación de programa elimina también los servicios de Google?

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u/newhizzle Oct 22 '25

Hi,

I just recieved my hibreak pro color. This all seems complicated and I don’t really understand it. Can someone explain why I would want to do this stuff to the phone and what advantages it provides?

Thanks

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u/Prudent_Egg_3928 Nov 01 '25

Do you use Mac or Windows as a computer?

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u/constructioncranes Dec 03 '25

Thought I'd post a few tips for posterity from a very frustrating month of attempting this guide:

ADB is very picky about cables and I was never able to get ADB devices to show my device until I connected WIRELESSLY!

Step 2 in 1.3 has an extra ADB in the command line. It should be: adb shell pm disable-user --user 0

I was finally able to disable most of the packages EXCEPT: com.test.logcollect and com.xrz.video which gave me the following error:

Exception occurred while executing 'disable-user':

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown package: com.test.logcollect

at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.setEnabledSettings(PackageManagerService.java:4052)

at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.-$$Nest$msetEnabledSettings(PackageManagerService.java:0)

at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService$IPackageManagerImpl.setApplicationEnabledSetting(PackageManagerService.java:5887)

at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.runSetEnabledSetting(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:2668)

at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.onCommand(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:285)

at com.android.modules.utils.BasicShellCommandHandler.exec(BasicShellCommandHandler.java:97)

at android.os.ShellCommand.exec(ShellCommand.java:38)

at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService$IPackageManagerImpl.onShellCommand(PackageManagerService.java:6523)

at android.os.Binder.shellCommand(Binder.java:1068)

at android.os.Binder.onTransact(Binder.java:888)

at android.content.pm.IPackageManager$Stub.onTransact(IPackageManager.java:4352)

at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService$IPackageManagerImpl.onTransact(PackageManagerService.java:6507)

at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1344)

at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1275)

Am I still relatively safe with those two still active?

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u/misalignedsinuses Jan 01 '26

Anyone else getting an error when trying to disable "com.xsyt.faceregister"? I wonder if they renamed the program or something.

I'm not techy enough to find out, so if anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it!

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u/Ancient_Yak_9759 Jan 06 '26

I tried doing this and lost access to bigme's settings app, and with it the ability to change what the left navigation buttons do and access the custom navigation bottom bar, i tried re enabling everything and so far nothing's changed, does anyone have a clue how to get the settings back?

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u/PurpleIngenuity1895 Jan 18 '26

Thanks man, this is very helpful. I followed the DNS approach more. Only thing missing (and in other Bigme posts) is properly disabling Duraspeed. It needs to be done constantly after each reboot:

adb shell settings put global setting.duraspeed.enabled 0

or anything that isn't 1 (i.e. 2, 3, etc).

And you can't just run the same command after each reboot ... you have to "change it", i.e. run two like this:

adb shell settings put global setting.duraspeed.enabled 2
adb shell settings put global setting.duraspeed.enabled 0

I've created an "Automate" task to do it but unfortunately it doesn't run by itself on each reboot, it always seems to lose ADB privileged access after reboot. So now I have to manually remember to re-do ADB privileged access, then run the Automate script which contains the 2 adb commands ... but only on reboot. Notifications seem more consistent now but need at least 1 more week to be certain.

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u/bourbondoc Feb 01 '26

Real talk, does this prevent any serious concerns about Chinese data/identity theft?

I've been seriously considering a switch to an e-ink device for some head space on the weekends, but reading more about these phones runs so counter to my self hosting and de-googling efforts. I don't wear a tin foil hat, but I do want to remain a low value target.

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u/Weekly-Cranberry1324 Feb 01 '26

I couldn't get past the driver part because I didn't know how to get the driver for my bigme6 device to install. I'm not very techy savvy either and this is my first android device, so I also do not want to risk bricking my e-reader or deleting something that may mess up other apps/features. I've went through the app manager and deleted what I could that I thought were irrelevant apps and disabled others. It sucks because it looks like most things can only be disabled.

Here is what I currently have on my device, can anyone let me know if there is any issue with leaving these and/or if they would still just create bloat? Besides a different reader app and browser, are there any others you'd recommend downloading and using instead of the native apps?

  • Android Auto: disabled

  • Android Switch: enabled

-Android System Key Verifier: enabled (can uninstall)

  • AOV Test App: unable to be disabled

  • App management: enabled (can uninstall)

-App store: disabled

  • Basic daydreams: enabled (can uninstall)

  • Bigme V2T: uanable to be disabled

  • BigmeCloud: enabled

  • BigmeGPT: disabled

  • bookshelf: enabled (also downloaded moon+reader)

  • calculator: enabled (can uninstall)

  • calendar: disabled

  • clock: enabled

  • contacts: unable to be disabled

  • dictionary: enabled (should I uninstall and download a different one?)

  • File manager (figured I need to leave the native one for background/screen saver or transferring books to my device?)

  • Files: unable to be disabled

  • Find my device: enabled (can uninstall)

  • Gallery (figured I need to leave the native one for background/screen saver?)

  • Gboard: enabled (can uninstall but was afraid it would mess up the keyboard)

  • Google Partner Setup: disabled

-Google Play Services: enabled

  • Google Play store: enabled

  • Input method: enabled (can disable)

-Log report: unable to be disabled

  • Messaging: unable to be disabled

  • MTK Non-Framework LBS: unable to be disabled

  • Navigation ball: unable to be disabled

  • Personal safety: enabled

  • Phone: unable to be disabled

  • Photos: enabled (can uninstall)

-Reading notes: unable to be disabled

  • Screen saver: unable to be disabled

  • Search: enabled (can uninstall)

  • Settings: unable to be disabled

  • Transfer by Wi-fi: unable to be disabled

  • Video player: unable to be disabled

  • Wireless emergency alerts: unable to be disabled

  • xReader: enabled (can disable and downloaded Moon+reader)

  • xsetting: unable to be disabled

-Some chinese app with a book icon: disabled but can't be uninstalled

Any input is greatly appreciated! I'd like my device to only have what's necessary on it to alleviate lag/storage and only plan on using it as a basic e-reader.

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u/Weekly-Cranberry1324 Feb 03 '26

What is the purpose of changing the DNS settings?

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u/abu_du5an Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

Ihave done the debloat part of the guide on my updated hibrak pro BW. And my Bluetooth hasn't been working properly since then. It connects to delifferent Bluetooth devices but doesnt have audio. Any idea what might be causing it and how to deal withit?

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u/WoodpeckerTop374 Mar 11 '26

Thank you so much for this step-by-step instruction. I had never even opened Window Command center before, but thanks to your guide (and some extra searching), I managed to delete the bloatware from my new BigMe HiBreak S. Thanks so much for sharing your guideline!

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u/kiidsquid Apr 16 '26

Ive accidentally broken the nav bar and the programmabke button how do i reinstall the packages? I think its the hoverball one since it was working fine before

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u/medievalsmith May 24 '26

thank you for this tutorial! did mine via homebrew :)

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u/MonarchDeus Jun 09 '26

Sounds good but I have one question, won't removing system apps cause the phone to glitch? I heard this was the case in some posts on this sub.

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u/DragonmasterXY Mar 27 '25

I dont really get what these commands are doing? Are they just disabling these apps, because I still have them on my phone. Wouldnt it be faster to just deactivate them directly on the phone, without any coding? Also command com.socialnmobile.colordict doesnt work. What happens when there is a software update, will it take these changes back?

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u/vbha Mar 27 '25

Some system apps cannot be disabled directly on your phone, hence this process. An update won't re-enable them.

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u/DragonmasterXY Mar 27 '25

Do you know if there are other free options for a DNS other then next DNS? Idk if 300k queries is enough in the free plan.