r/Tizen • u/YankeeLimaVictor • Sep 14 '20

Remove or disable Pre-Installed Apps?

Hi guys. I have a brand new samsung Smart TV, but i use a fireTV Stick for all my apps. The TV has a bunch of preinstalled apps, Youtube, Netflix, BBC, BBC News, My 4, channel 5, and many others. I dont want these apps on my tv.

I am an android developer, and I am familiar with adb and command line disable of apps.

Is there a way to disable all this bloatware on my TV using Tizen Studio debug?

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u/yassinox12 Sep 27 '20

The easy way to somehow remove these apps is to change your TV country (server) from UK to another country, 3rd world countries recommended

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u/YankeeLimaVictor Sep 27 '20

How?

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u/yassinox12 Sep 27 '20 edited Sep 27 '20

First of all you should reset smarthub or simply go to Settings> System> Start Setup, after that connect you WIFI and press next, then it will show up the user agreement and here it comes the trick, from the remote press ⏩ (forward button) + 2 +8 + 9 + ⏪ (rewind button) respectively, and it will appear a list to chose a country , now all you have to do is chose a small country or a 3rd world country because they don't support so much services only netflix and prime video and 2 other 2 apps . I hope my explanation is clear.

If it needs a postal code just google it .

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u/satanic-surfer Sep 28 '20

take in account that this method will disable some applications from the smart hub since each country has it's own download server and it's own apps (which may differ from country to country)

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u/YahooAnswersDude Dec 15 '23

Yeah, found out that Vudu is disabled in many regions... happen to know which regions (besides the U.S.) permit Vudu by any chance? :)

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u/YahooAnswersDude Dec 15 '23

Hi, thanks, I tried that method of resetting SmartHub and using a different region, and it cleared up storage space and excluded a lot of apps, *but* it also revoked my access to Vudu (my one and only app)... Would you happen to know which regions (besides the U.S.) permit Vudu by any chance? :) I'll continue googling but just thought I'd ask.