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#!/usr/bin/env bash
declare -a motorola=(
# I NEVER HAD A MOTOROLA DEVICE ON HAND.
# I did some intensive searches on the web to find a list and I try my best to document it but I need Motorola users to really improve it.
# I use [MORE INFO NEEDED] tag as a marker.
# List compiled by "W1nst0n". Tested and improved by "Plan 10" on an unlocked Moto G7 Power in Australia.
# Improvement from other Motorola users still needed to improve it.
# [MORE INFO NEEDED] tag used as a marker, where information is lacking.
declare -a motorola=(
"android.autoinstalls.config.motorola.layout" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Device configuration for Motorola
# AutoInstall allows manufacturers to force installation of apps.
# Just a layout ?
"com.lenovo.lsf.user" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Lenovo ID
# Lenovo ID (Lenovo account) gives you access to additional or exclusive features directly from Lenovo and its partners.
# I guess this package enables you to log in to lenovo account.
"com.lenovo.lsf.user"
# Lenovo ID adds an option in Settings>Accounts where you can login to a Lenovo ID account.
# Features include "exclusive features directly from Lenovo and our partners" and "syncing users information across devices"
# lsf = Lenovo Service Framework
"com.lmi.motorola.rescuesecurity"
@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ declare -a motorola=(
# It enables motorola representatives to login and remotely control the device for technical support.
"com.motorola.android.fmradio"
# FM Radio Service
# Seems to have been replaced by "com.motorola.fmplayer"
# FMRadioService
# Required by "com.motorola.fmplayer"
"com.motorola.android.jvtcmd"
# Java Tcmd Helper
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ declare -a motorola=(
# https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-chrome-homepage-t3695804
# "com.motorola.android.providers.settings"
# I'm not sure about this one. Sometimes, settings providers cause bootloop.
# Removal causes bootloop. Which is fairly common with settings providers.
# REMINDER : Content providers help an application manage access to data stored by itself, stored by other apps,
# and provide a way to share data with other apps. They encapsulate the data, and provide mechanisms for defining data security
# Source : https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html
@ -52,22 +52,25 @@ declare -a motorola=(
# In my case, it was automatic and I never needed configuration messages. I'm pretty sure that in France this package is useless.
# Maybe it's useful if carriers change their APN... but you still can change it manually, it's not difficult.
#
# Npte : These special "confirguration SMS" can be abused :
# Note : These special "confirguration SMS" can be abused :
# https://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/les-smartphones-samsung-huawei-lg-et-sony-vulnerables-a-des-attaques-par-provisioning-39890045.htm
# https://www.csoonline.com/article/3435729/sms-based-provisioning-messages-enable-advanced-phishing-on-android-phones.html
"com.motorola.android.settings.diag_mdlog"
# diag_mdlog is a small proprietary Qualcomm program which can store DIAG logs on the filesystem.
# No longer in Android 10 image
"com.motorola.android.settings.modemdebug" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Provide modem debug settings menu ?
# Provide modem debug settings menu ?
# No longer in Android 10 image
"com.motorola.appdirectedsmsproxy" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# An Application directed SMS (or rather a Port directed SMS) is an SMS directed to a specific port.
# Apps need to listen to this port to get the SMS message.
# I don't know if this package allows port directed SMS or if it just provide a proxy feature.
"com.motorola.audiofx"
#"com.motorola.audiofx"
# Removal causes bootloop since Android 10!
# Audio effects
# Provide features like Equalizer, Surround sound...
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# https://support.motorola.com/us/en/documents/MS116403/
"com.motorola.genie"
# Device Help (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.genie)
# Provide support features.
# Device Help (previously Moto Help) (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.genie)
# An app that checks hardware status and gives the user contacts for support.
"com.motorola.help"
# Moto feedback. Safe to remove.
"com.motorola.lifetimedata"
# Not 100% sure but it's most likely the Total Call Timer or more generally it handles info like the date of manufacture of your device,
@ -143,17 +149,19 @@ declare -a motorola=(
# Total Call Timer gives you the time you spent calling.
# I don't know how to access to these info. It's surely a hidden menu (and may be accessible through the dialer with a special code)
"com.motorola.hiddenmenuapp" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Added in Android 10. Safe to remove.
"com.motorola.moto"
# Moto (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.moto)
# App providing Moto Actions, Moto Display, and other feature families that let you customize the way you interact with your device.
# I don't really understand because Moto Actions is another app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.actions)
# Moto Actions is another app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.actions). Gestures set with "Moto" prior will continue to work provided "Moto Actions" remains installed.
"com.motorola.motocare" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Moto Care was renamed in "Moto Help" and then in "Device Help"
# Provide support features.
# https://mobile.softpedia.com/blog/Moto-Care-App-Gets-Updated-Now-Called-Motorola-Help-432827.shtml
# However you can both have com.motorola.genie (Device Help) and this package so it's strange.
"com.motorola.motocare.internal" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Core stuff for the package above I guess.
@ -167,11 +175,12 @@ declare -a motorola=(
# Displays notifications with the screen off (it's like the Always On Display feature from Samsung)
# https://support.motorola.com/uk/en/solution/ms108519
"com.motorola.msimsettings"
#"com.motorola.msimsettings"
# Dual SIM Settings
# Provides Dual SIM feature.
"com.motorola.paks" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
#"com.motorola.paks" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# ADB: Package Protected
# My Q Paks ?
# Third-party application bundles
# https://www.financialmirror.com/2007/10/31/motorola-packs-moto-q-9h-global-smart-device-with-third-party-applications/
@ -186,6 +195,7 @@ declare -a motorola=(
# It offers unlimited calling between other users and Nextel phone owners, rather than universal calling credit,
# and works on a monthly subscription basis.
# https://prip.me/#get
# No longer in Android 10 image
"com.motorola.setup" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Related to Motorola Account setup (only during first boot ?)
@ -202,7 +212,8 @@ declare -a motorola=(
# Provides time/weather widget on the home screen.
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget
"com.motorola.timezonedata"
#"com.motorola.timezonedata"
# Removal causes bootloop since Android 9!
# Time Zone Data (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.timezonedata)
# Update timezone when traveling to foreign countries.
# According to reviews this app works really badly.
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"com.motorola.actions"
# Moto Actions (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.actions)
# Allows you to perform specific gestures to perform certain tasks.
# Allows you to perform specific gestures to perform certain tasks. Frontend to change settings provided by "com.motorola.moto".
#"com.motorola.carriersettingsext" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
"com.motorola.gesture"
# Gesture navigation tutorial added in Android 10.
"com.motorola.carriersettingsext" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Seems safe to remove for now.
# Carrier settings ext
# ext = extension ?
# Carrier settings contains APN settings for instance.
# I couldn't find any info about this package. I don't think it's safe to remove.
#"com.motorola.callredirectionservice" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Added in Android 10. Safe to remove.
#"com.motorola.ccc.ota"
# Motorola Update Services
# Provide OTA system updates.
# OTA (Over-The-Air) updates allow manufacturers to remotely install new software updates, features and services.
#"com.motorola.comcast.settings.extensions" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
"com.motorola.comcast.settings.extensions" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Most likely provides a special settings menu for Comcast stuff.
# I think it's safe to delete given it's surely a comcast addon but I need confirmation.
# I think it's installed on Xfinity branded phones.
# Safe to remove (tested only on non-Comcast phone).
#"com.motorola.comcastext" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Provide special (useless) features from Comcast ?
# See above.
"com.motorola.comcastext" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# See above. Provide special (useless) features from Comcast? App title is "Activation".
# Safe to remove (tested only on non-Comcast phone).
#"com.motorola.visualvoicemail"
# ADB: Marked as non-disable
# Verizon Visual Voicemail (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.visualvoicemail)
# On non-Verizon phones it has a generic "Voicemail" name and icon, and doesn't seem to active.
# "com.motorola.entitlement"
# Enable WiFi tethering/hotspot functionality.
# What you can do is preventing the phone from notifying the carrier about when you use hotspot. It will bypass mobile carriers tethering restrictions.
# From an ADB shell : settings put global tether_dun_required 0
#"com.motorola.faceunlock"
"com.motorola.faceunlock"
# Moto Face Unlock (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.faceunlock)
# Lets you conveniently unlock your device by simply looking at the display.
# Note : Using face unlock is a really bad idea (security and privacy wise) :
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# https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/face-unlock-insecurity/21618/
# https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/why-you-should-never-unlock-your-phone-with-your-face-79c07772a28/
#"com.motorola.faceunlocktrustagent"
"com.motorola.faceunlocktrustagent"
# Motorola Face Unlock Agent
# Trust agent is a service that notifies the system about whether it believes the environment of the device to be trusted.
# The exact meaning of 'trusted' is up to the trust agent to define.
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# (e.g detection of a trusted face)
# https://nelenkov.blogspot.com/2014/12/dissecting-lollipops-smart-lock.html
#"com.motorola.imagertuning_athene"
#"com.motorola.imagertuning_ocean"
#"com.motorola.imagertuning_lake"
# Imager Tuning (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.imagertuning_athene)
# ocean is a model name of a Motorola G7.
# Naming convention: imagertuning_[PHONE CODENAME]
# It's supposed to improve color, sharpness, noise when taking photo with the stock camera.
# The results are not that good (see reviews). I let you see the difference with/without the camera tuning.
#"com.motorola.invisiblenet" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
"com.motorola.invisiblenet" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Invisible net
# Hard to find info about this one. I only found something from a patent (http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5469497.html).
# It's a Google patent and Google owned Motorola so maybe it is that's it.
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# I guess launcher will not work anymore if you delete this package. Can someone confirm ?
# DON'T REMOVE THIS IF YOU DIDN'T INSTALL ANOTHER LAUNCHER !
#"com.motorola.motosignature.app" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
#"com.motorola.launcher.secondarydisplay" [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# ADB: package is non-disable
# Appears to enable support for a secondary display with Moto's launcher.
"com.motorola.motosignature.app" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Appears safe to remove.
# Maybe it's the service which check whether app's signature is trusted or not.
# Not useful if you know what you're doing (malwares apps are in PlayStore. This package will not protect you)
# Maybe I'm mistaken and this package does not handles app signatures. Can someone test it.
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#"com.motorola.nfc"
# Support for NFC protocol.
#"com.motorola.omadm.service" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
"com.motorola.omadm.service" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Appears safe to remove.
# Carrier Provisioning Service
# Provisioning involves the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide new services to its users.
# OMADM = OMA Device Management
# Basically, it handles configuration of the device (including first time use), enabling and disabling features provided by carriers.
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMA_Device_Management
# Use case seems very limited : https://www.androidpolice.com/2015/03/10/android-5-1-includes-new-carrier-provisioning-api-allows-carriers-easier-methods-of-setting-up-services-on-devices-they-dont-control/
# Can someone test to remove it ? :)
#"com.motorola.pgmsystem2" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
"com.motorola.pgmsystem2" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Appears safe to remove
# PGM System
# I didn't find info about this package.
# For Me PGM = Peak Gate Power (for MOSFET transistor) but I'm not convinced it has this meaning here.
#"com.motorola.systemserver"
# ???
# At first sight it seems not safe to remove. But maybe it's only needed for Motorola apps.
"com.motorola.systemserver" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Appears safe to remove. Maybe it's only needed for Motorola apps?
#"com.motorola.VirtualUiccPayment"
# Virtual UICC Payment
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# Note: The term SIM is widely used in the industry and especially with consumers to mean both SIMs and UICCs.
# https://www.justaskgemalto.com/us/what-uicc-and-how-it-different-sim-card/
"com.motorola.config.wifi" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Appears safe to remove.
# WPA config App
# Wi-Fi not affected after removal.
"com.motorola.coresettingsext" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Appears safe to remove.
# Core Settings ext
# ext = extension
# I don't know but it's rarely a good idea to remove "core" stuff. I'm curious tho. Can someone delete it to see what happens ?
)
############# DO NOT REMOVE THIS (will prevent core stuff to work) ###################
#"com.motorola.config.wifi" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# WPA config App
# I'm pretty sure it's needed to connect the device to wifi network but maybe not... can someone test ?
#"com.motorola.coresettingsext" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
# Core Settings ext
# ext = extension
# I don't know but it's rarely a good idea to remove "core" stuff. I'm curious tho. Can someone delete it to see what happens ?