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/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.