universal-android-debloater/CHANGELOG.md

Happy new year (v1.5)

Added :

• A bunch of new packages for Samsung devices
• Verizon carrier debloat list
• All Google packages are now linked to its Google Store page
• More documentation about listed packages

Changed

• Full english translation (Finally !)
• Merge carrier bloat into a single category (7 - Carrier). US carriers and EU carriers are traited separatly.
• Code improvement and cleaning
• When searching for packages, I use grep. Grep is now used with -i argument to be case insensitive.

Misc

• Fixed some glitches with bold and colors
• UX improved

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