This project is no longer maintained!

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+# This project is no longer maintained!
+The whole project has been rewritten in Rust. The Universal Android Debloat is now a real software with a cross-platform GUI. It is still in a early stage of developpement but most features are there. Please do not open new merge requests and issues on this repo.<br>
+===> [The new Universal Android Debloat](https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater)
+
 # Universal Android Debloater
 
-**DISCLAIMER**: Use this script at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that could happen to your phone. 
+**DISCLAIMER**: Use this script at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that could happen to your phone.
 
 ## Summary
 I try to maintain a universal tool which removes bloatwares on any Android phones by using ADB.

debloat_script.sh

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ done
 ###############################################  MAIN SCRIPT  ##########################################################
 
 main() {
-    readonly VERSION="v2.9.1 (March 5th 2021)"
+    readonly VERSION="v2.9.2 (March 30th 2021)"
     readonly PAD=$(((48-${#VERSION})/2))
 
     readonly BRAND="$(get_brand)"
@@ -658,9 +658,9 @@ get_brand() {
     local brand
     brand=$(adb shell getprop ro.product.brand | tr -d '\r' | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
 
-    # Support for alternative name
+    # Support for sub-brands
     case "$brand" in
-    "redmi") echo "xiaomi" ;;
+    "redmi"|"poco") echo "xiaomi" ;;
     *) echo "$brand"
     esac
 }

lists/AOSP.sh

@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ declare -a aosp=(
 	"com.android.wallpaper.livepicker"
 	"com.android.wallpaper.livepicker.overlay"
 	# Enables you to pick a live wallpaper.
-
+	# Will break some weather applications (especially ones with widgets) and wallpaper applications like Muzei.
+	
 	"com.android.wallpapercropper" 
 	# Wallpaper cropper.
 

lists/Carriers.sh

@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ declare -a us_carriers=(
    "com.verizon.messaging.vzmsgs"
    # Verizon Messages (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.verizon.messaging.vzmsgs)
 
-   "com.verizon.mips.services"
+   # "com.verizon.mips.services"
    # My Verizon Services 
    # Related to My Verizon app.
+   # Tested to be required for hotspot.
 
    "com.verizon.obdm" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
    "com.verizon.obdm_permissions"

lists/Google.sh

@@ -541,4 +541,11 @@ declare -a google=(
 #"com.google.android.overlay.modules.permissioncontroller.forframework"
 # The PermissionController module enables updatable privacy policies and UI elements.
 # For example, the policies and UI around granting and managing permissions.
-# https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/modular-system/permissioncontroller
+# https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/modular-system/permissioncontroller
+
+#"com.google.mainline.telemetry"
+# It's a set of metrics-related modules. Google Play uses the version of the Telemetry module to determine
+# if updates are available for metrics-related modules and which security patch version to display to the end user. 
+# This module doesn’t contain active code and has no functionality on its own. 
+# Removing modules-related packages may not be safe since Android 11
+# https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater/-/issues/27#note_410012436

lists/Samsung.sh

@@ -315,7 +315,10 @@ declare -a samsung=(
 	# Bixby (Samsung intelligence assistant)
 	# Enable or Disable access to S-Voice or Bixby voice controls. 
 	# This does not prevent access to other voice-controlled apps, only the Samsung-provided ones.
+
 	"com.samsung.android.bixby.agent" # Bixby voice
+	# Removing this will disable the bixby hardware key without breaking Bixby itself.
+
 	"com.samsung.android.bixby.agent.dummy" # Bixby Voice Stub
 	"com.samsung.android.bixby.es.globalaction"
 	"com.samsung.android.bixby.plmsync"
@@ -418,6 +421,10 @@ declare -a samsung=(
 	# Game Tuner is advanced setting app. It enables you to change the resolution and frames per second settings
 	# in mobile games that require tuning for different Android devices, and thereby control heat generation and battery drain.
 
+	"com.samsung.android.homemode"
+	# Daily Board (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.homemode)
+	# Show a slideshow of your favourite pictures while your device is charging.
+
 	"com.samsung.android.hmt.vrshell"
 	# Gear VR Shell 
 	# Gear VR : https://360samsungvr.com/portal/content/about_samsung_vr
@@ -1069,9 +1076,6 @@ declare -a samsung=(
 	"com.sec.android.app.magnifier"
 	# Lets you use your device as a magnifying glass making it easier to read any small font or expand the details of any object, for example.
 
-	#"com.sec.android.app.myfiles"
-	# Samsung file manager app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.myfiles) 
-
 	"com.sec.android.app.mt"
 	# The Mobile tracker is a security feautre in your device that if someone inserts a new SIM card in your device the device will automatically 
 	# sends the SIM contact number to specified recipients to help you locate and recover you device.
@@ -1677,7 +1681,7 @@ declare -a samsung=(
 	# Seems to check if a trusted application needs an update and download it. 
 	# This package probably do more than that. There is a LOT of lines of code (obfuscated obviously)
 	# It was used to push an update to fix a security issue with the fingerprint sensor in 2019.
-	# https://old.reddit.com/r/galaxys10/comments/bcy93f/adb_how_to_get_the_fingerprint_update_pushed_to/
+	# https://libredd.it/r/galaxys10/comments/bcy93f/adb_how_to_get_the_fingerprint_update_pushed_to/
 	# Seems to be only used for biometrics stuff
 	# There is Samsung analytics inside. You may want to remove it if you don't use biometrics authentification.
 
@@ -1763,6 +1767,9 @@ declare -a samsung=(
 	#"com.sec.android.app.clockpackage"
 	# Samsung clock
 
+	#"com.sec.android.app.myfiles"
+	# Samsung file manager app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.myfiles) 
+
 	#"com.sec.android.app.personalization" # [MORE INFO NEEDED]
 	# Without a doubt this package is involved in personalization of something but tt's hard to find what.
 	# 2 permissions : READ_PHONE_STATE and CHANGE_PHONE_STATE