What is Bloatware and how to remove it without Rooting your Device
Hello folks, hope you’re doing well during this Covid pandemic, here i’m come with Burning topic which is Bloatware. as we know Indian Government Ban more than 59 chinese app in india due to User security and Privacy issue but wait is all chinese app are removed from your devices? the answer is no, not at all there are some brands which still have this app as Bloatware, some of them are MI, POCO, Vivo, Oppo, Realme and many more, and believe me worst thing about this bloatware is you cant remove it, Disable it or uninstall it so what do we do? well i’m here for solutions.
ok let’s talk about the permission they have i personally believe that cleaner app doesn’t need much permission all the things they need is Storage permission and app permission to brows file and app permission to clean a Junk and yeah The cleaning app Provided my most of Smartphone brand are from Cheetah Mobile this company catch by Playstore to leak user data and found malicious during checkup and they also removed 2 times from playstore.
What is Bloatware
Bloatware refers to any apps or software on your device that are so large or inefficient that they slow down your system and/or drain your battery life Bloatware also refer to Pre-installed app when you purchase a new Smaerphone.
Can We remove them?
answer is No, We can not remove them but good thing is that we can Disable them :)
ok ok ok too much Theory Lets Remove the Bloatware from Your Smartphone :)
Prerequisite
Use this app if you want to Disable the app Without Root or PC install this app and disable the app Hidden Settings.
if above method doesn’t work then don’t mind i had a solution :)
Download Following tool according to Your OS
Linux just install adb via command line refer this article for more
for Window click here to download ADB flash Tool
Now before you jump over to the steps on how to remove the bloatware from your devices, let us take a quick look at the list of per-requisites that you need to have before you can proceed with the steps:
- Make sure that you have ADB and Fastboot installed on your PC. You can check the link here to install the latest ADB tools.
- Charge your device to up to 60% to avoid any issues.
- You need to enable the USB Debugging option from the Developer Options settings. To do this:
- Head over to About Phone>>Baseband & Kernal>>tap on the Build number 7 times.
- Then again open Settings>>Developer Options>>enable USB Debugging option.
Instructions
- Download and extract the contents of the ADB and Fastboot tools.
- Open a command prompt or a PowerShell window in the same folder where you have extracted the contents of the ADB tools.
- Connect your phone to the PC using a USB cable and choose File Transfer Option.
- Give USB Debugging permission to the phone, if asked.
- To check whether your device is recognized by your PC, enter the below command:
adb devices - Now enter:
adb shell
Now you can run following commands for the apps that you want to uninstall in the terminal:
pm uninstall –k ––user 0 package name
(Note in place of package name, you need to copy and paste the name of the app from the below list that you wish to uninstall. The list of the apps is given below:
com.netflix.mediaclient
com.coloros.backuprestore
com.opera.branding.news
com.android.comtacts
com.facebook.system
com.facebook.appmanager
com.facebook.services
com.heytap.cloud
com.oppo.music
com.coloros.gallery3d
com.coloros.video)
- Make sure that you do not uninstall system apps as it will brick or permanently damage your phone.
NOTE: You can verify Your package/Application using copy pasting package name to Make sure you are remove Right Package, all the things you have to do is copy full package name like ‘com.netflix.mediaclient’ and paste it on playStore url and verify it.
ok let me clear that you are not uninstalling app you just make them disable after success message you show that “This app is not installed for this user” ,ping me personally if you need any help.
Stay Connected with me for more Stay Secure :)
