universal-android-debloater/CHANGELOG.md

# New Release (v2.0)

I worked hard for this release ! This is a big one ! Enjoy ! :rocket:

## Major overhaul of the script
- Improved UI/UX.
- Performance improvement (you will not feel it but still local variables are used and packages arrays are passed by reference to avoid useless copy).
- Miscellaneous code improvement.

## New features
 - You can now select (restore/debloat) several lists at once 
 - Debloated packages are now listed in a file called `debloated_packages.txt`.
 - A list of all your packages (after debloat) is automatically exported in a file called `remaining_packages.txt`.

## New manufacturers supported
- **OnePlus**: 32 new packages.
- **Motorola** : 60 new packages.

## New mobiles carriers supported
- `[FR]` **Orange/Sosh** : 13 new packages.
- `[FR]` **Bouygues** : 3 new packages** (not much bloat it seems).
- `[FR]` **SFR** : 5 new packages (not much bloat neither).
- `[DE]` **Telekom**: 1 new package (idem).
- `[US]` **Sprint** : 25 new packages.
- `[US]` **AT&T** : 15 new packages.

## Always more packages ! 
- **AOSP** : 8 new packages.
- **Google** : 5 new packages.
- **Miscellaneous** : 30 new packages including 13 new *Qualcomm* packages.
- **Carriers** : 14 new *Verizon* packages.
- **Sony** : 2 new packages (commented-out by default).

## Pending list
New list added in the main menu (`-1 - Pending list`). Packages are located in `lists/0 - Pending.sh` file. 

**List packages are undocumented. This mean I did no proper search yet so it's not impossible that some packages are unsafe to delete.**
Currentlty this means that I either found them in debloat lists lying around on XDA forums or that I preselected them from a full packages list of a phone I had on hand.

In the future, when some nice users will help me, packages will get off the pending list faster ! ;)

## Miscellaneous
- Commented out all the packages I put outside of the arrays (because you should never delete them) to remove (harmless) bash errors at the script startup.
- Documentation and official support for the 26 new Samsung packages added in *v1.8*.
- Improved the documentation for some packages.
- Added some worth reading stuff about US mobile carriers scandals.
- Fixed 2 bad package name.
- Fixed some spelling mistakes.
- Moved *com.trustonic.tuiservice* from Samsung list to Miscellaneous file.
- Moved *org.codeaurora.gps.gpslogsave* from Xiaomi list to Miscellaneous list.
- Deleted some leftover duplicates.
- Android 4.4 (API level 19) is now supported. `--user 0` is removed when API is < 21 because it causes error (unknown option)
- Commented out some packages after testing.


# New Release (v1.9)

## Added : 
- Full documentation for **Nokia** and **Sony** packages.
- **A lot** of country specific Nokia packages.

## Misc
- Added 1 new package to Sony list.
- Moved *com.android.simappdialog* from Nokia list to AOSP list
- Moved *com.quicinc.cne.CNEService* from Nokia list to Miscellaneous list (it's a Qualcomm package)


# New Release (v1.8)

## Added : 
- Full documentation for *Asus* & *LG* packages.
- **26** new samsung packages at the end of the *Samsung file*. **They are not deleted by default because I haven't documented them yet but it should be safe to debloat.**


## Misc
- Removed a duplicate Samsung package.
- Minor improvements on documention for some packages (including evidences that Samsung Device Care sends data to China)
- Moved *com.caf.fmradio* from *Samsung* file and *Asus* file (they were duplicates) to *Miscellaneous* file
- Moved 5 packages from *Asus* file to *Miscellaneous* file.
- Minor spelling corrections.


# New Release (v1.7)

## New : 
- Full documentation for :
	- Xiaomi packages
	- Huawei packages

## Misc
- Fixed 2 package name (com.miui.analytics & com.huawei.hwid) that was miswritten. 
- **Removed a lot of Xiaomi duplicates** (I think I forgot checking for duplicate after adding a list of new packages...).
- Regrouped some Xiaomi packages together because you may not want to delete it (but you should if you ask me).
- Moved *com.eterno* (Daily hunts News) from Xiaomi list to Miscellaneous list.
- Moved *com.opera.preinstall* (Opera Max Data Saving) from Xiaomi list to Miscellaneous list.
- Moved *com.phonepe.app* (PhonePe) from Xiaomi list to Miscellaneous list.
- Removed *com.samsung.aasaservice* from Xiaomi list (dafuk ? O_O).
- Reordered the Xiaomi list (alpabetic order + advanced debloat).
- **Removed an extra space at the end of all package name strings in Huawei file causing the script to not find any Huawei packages** (whoops :/)


# New Release (v1.6)

## New : 
- Complete documentation for :
	- Carriers packages
	- Miscellaneous packages
	- Google packages

- Added somes new packages 

## Misc
- Fix 3 wrong packages names
- Moved Verizon Motorola-exclusive bloat from *Motorola* file to *Carriers* file
- Some cleaning (some packages were still not in the right file)
- Updated pre-selection for Miscellenaous packages


# Happy new year (v1.5)

## New : 
- A bunch of new packages for Samsung devices added
- Verizon carrier bloatwares added
- **Full documentation for listed packages** (It takes a lot of time !) : 
	- Google 
	- Samsung
	- AOSP
- Merge carrier bloat into a single category (7 - Carrier) in the main menu. US carriers and EU carriers are traited separatly.
- When searching for packages, *grep* is now used with *-i* argument to be case insensitive.
- Generic android packages regrouped in the appropriate list (they were spread out among the others lists). List renamed in AOSP.
- Better categorization of packages. Somes were not in the good file.
- **Each manufacturer has now its own file**. This idea is to document all the packages so you can choose what you want to debloat. There will still be a preselection.


### Misc 
- Fixed some glitches with bold and colors
- UI/UX improved
- Full english translation (Finally !)
- Code improvement and cleaning


# This is an important one (v1.4)

### Added : 
- Even more packages to debloat for Xiaomi, Nokia & Sony devices

### Changed:
- Package **com.google.android.packageinstaller** removed because it causes bootloop on Xiaomi Note 5. I don't know why I added this one on the list. It's a essential core package.

# Reminder is important (v1.2.1)

### Added : 
- **Reminder for the user** 
	- To read the FAQ before using the script
	- To reboot the phone after debloat
	- The backup is not what you could think (refer to the FAQ)

# More supported devices (v1.2)
	
### Added : 	
- **Asus debloat list**	
- **LG debloat list**	
- **Nokia debloat list**
	

# What a naughty bug (v1.1)

### Added : 
- **Sony debloat list**
### Changed :
- **Some changes in other debloat lists**

### Bugfixes : 
- **Package display when debloating**


# Here we go (v1.0)

### New features : 
- **Restore a backup**
- **Brand auto-detect**
	- new option "Auto debloat" added which use the debloat list adapted to your phone.

### Changed : 
- **UI/UX adjustments**
- **Some improvement in the code**


# Beta Version (v0.9)

### New features :
- **Backup before debloating**
	- Backup all .apk apps (system ones included)
	- Only those stored in internal memory
	- Backup is stored in current directory under "phone-DDMMYY-HHMMSS.adb"
	- Adding 

### Changed :
- **Minor UI changes**


# Beta Version (v0.8)

### New features :
- **New debloat list** :
	- Miscellaneous

### Changed :
- **Most of android bloat (independant from brand device) is now moved into its own list (Android bloat) in order to avoid duplicate in the others lists**
- **UI/UX improvement :**
	- Colors added
	- New banner
- **Moved the debloat lists into a another file (debloat_lists.sh)**
- **Removing 2 packages from the "Android debloat list" causing issue when importing contacts from a file**
- **Minor performances improvement**


# Beta Version (v0.7)

### New features :
- **New drand's specific debloat list** : 
	- Huawei
- **New debloat list** :
	- T-Mobile related
	- Microsoft related
	- Google related 
	- "Android in general" related

### Changed :
- **Most of android bloat (independant from brand device) is now moved into its own list (Android bloat) in order to avoid duplicate in the others lists
- **UI/UX improvement :**
	- Adding Colors
	- New banner


# Beta Version (v0.6)

### New features added :
- **New Brand's specific debloat list** : 
	- Xiaomi (not complete)
- **New debloat list** :
	- Facebook related

### Changed : 
- **Improving Samsung debloat list
- **UI/UX improvements**


# Initial Beta Version (v0.5)

### Features :
- **Debloat list for Samsung (Galaxy S)**
- **Quick search among all the packages of the phone**
- **Debloat specific package**
- **Restore specific package**