Hello Guys
I found many threads talking about removing huawei apps, but it was not that organized for all
Here is a quick-easy guide for all:
1. Install adb files
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0MKgCbUM0itSUhpUklCTFpzWkE&authuser=0
Main thread here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
2. Enable USB debugging from developer options:
• To enable developer options:
- Step 1: go to Settings.
- Step 2: Find and open "System" option.
- Step 3: Select "About phone".
- Step 4: Tap "Build number" almost seven times you will see a prompt “You are now a Developer “.
• Go to developer options, enable USB debugging.
3. Connect your phone to your computer and press yes if it asks you to trust the PC.
4. Launch command prompt (windows key + R) and type cmd, and enter the following commands:
- “cd c:\adb”
- “adb shell”
- “abd devices” (make sure your device appears in the list)
- “adb uninstall -k --user 0” + the app you want to remove from the list below:
For example:
This command will delete Huawei mirror app:
adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.mirror
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.launcher - removes Huawei launcher app. ( don’t remove if you don’t have a custom launcher )
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.mirrorshare - removes MirrorShare feature.
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.totemweather - removes Huawei Weather app.
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.compass - removes Huawei Compass app.
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.hidisk - removes Huawei File Manager app.
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.phoneservice - removes HiCare app.
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.mirror - removes Huawei Mirror app.
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.vassistant - removes HiVoice app.
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.nuance.swype.emui - removes Huawei Swype functions.
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.search – removes HiSearch app
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.mediacenter - removes Huawei Stock Music App
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.appmarket - removes Huawei App Gallery
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.email - removes Stock Huawei Email Composer
- adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.microsoft.translator – removes Translator
All credits for:
RedSkull23 (Huawei App list)
Snoop05 (adb files and drivers)
Thanks, going to try this out as soon as a reach my adb machine.
adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.nuance.swype.emui - removes Huawei Swype functions.
does this move back home recents gestures?
demon2112 said:
adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.nuance.swype.emui - removes Huawei Swype functions.
does this move back home recents gestures?
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It removes the Swype keyboard.
Removing huawei launcher improves performance of multitasking but it goes back to old oreo recent apps style.
Is it possible to eliminate the startup animation that my operator has left and only leave Huawei's?
Or just use HiSuite in adb / debugging mod and uninstall all of the apps you doesn't need...
cygnus56 said:
Is it possible to eliminate the startup animation that my operator has left and only leave Huawei's?
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Does this improve phone experience? I've heard these apps are pretty bad? Particularly the Hisense app
On my phone, removing Huawei launcher breaks the system gestures
Both the home gesture and the multitasking gesture stopped working
Creeperr said:
On my phone, removing Huawei launcher breaks the system gestures
Both the home gesture and the multitasking gesture stopped working
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It will do as they are part of the launcher. Installing something like Fluid NG will give you an alternative.
Nice recap for noobs. Just keep in mind guys, if you break something from removing a system app the only way to get it back is to do a factory reset (unless you are completely unlocked/rooted when you have other options). Be especially careful if you want to remove the launcher, there are several threads talking about this.
If nothing else getting rid of the idiotic 'swipe down' Hi-Search is an absolute necessity, and it doesn't seem to hurt anything even for people in Asia who have the Hi-Vision stuff. It is ridiculous that the only way to bring down notifications and such is to pull from one single pixel at the top of the screen. GRRRR...
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Nice recap for noobs. Just keep in mind guys, if you break something from removing a system app the only way to get it back is to do a factory reset (unless you are completely unlocked/rooted when you have other options). Be especially careful if you want to remove the launcher, there are several threads talking about this.
If nothing else getting rid of the idiotic 'swipe down' Hi-Search is an absolute necessity, and it doesn't seem to hurt anything even for people in Asia who have the Hi-Vision stuff. It is ridiculous that the only way to bring down notifications and such is to pull from one single pixel at the top of the screen. GRRRR...
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If I disable HiSearch will I also lose HiVision?? I want to know how many calories my orange has. :laugh:
kaibosh99 said:
Just keep in mind guys, if you break something from removing a system app the only way to get it back is to do a factory reset
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That's not the case, because you only uninstall it for the current user the APK is still on the system so you can use the following to reinstall:
adb shell cmd package install-existing <package name>
Grondah said:
That's not the case, because you only uninstall it for the current user the APK is still on the system so you can use the following to reinstall: adb shell cmd package install-existing <package name>
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That sure isn't mentioned in any of the bloatware removal threads so far, are you sure you can re-install it without a wipe? I would definitely look into getting rid of the launcher if so, and gut the hyper aggressive memory saver.
It gives me error like "Failure [not installed for 0]"
kaibosh99 said:
That sure isn't mentioned in any of the bloatware removal threads so far, are you sure you can re-install it without a wipe? I would definitely look into getting rid of the launcher if so, and gut the hyper aggressive memory saver.
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Yep, absolutely positive. I've uninstalled/reinstalled both powergenie and the launcher a couple of times.
Grondah said:
Yep, absolutely positive. I've uninstalled/reinstalled both powergenie and the launcher a couple of times.
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Can you please send in the command for installing and reinstalling PowerGenie please? Thanks..
[email protected] said:
Can you please send in the command for installing and reinstalling PowerGenie please? Thanks..
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in adb shell do:
pm uninstall --user 0 com.huawei.powegenie
and
cmd package install-existing com.huawei.powegenie
I do something wrong.
Code:
C:\adb>adb shell
HWLYA:/ $ adb devices
/system/bin/sh: adb: not found
127|HWLYA:/ $
We have to admit it all mid range intensively priced devices are dumped with lot of bloatware and Some of which don't even allow us to uninstall.
Realme gives us a skip option while setting the system to reduce the no.of bloatware but many of which aren't removable .
Now i'll give a step by step procedure to remove all the apps which are unnecessary and useless for the device.
Needed :-
1. Pc with Adb installed (Using universal Adb is Recommended)
2. Realme 6 or 6 Pro with USB Debugging unlocked for which unlock the developer options by clicking About Phone -> Baseband & Kernal -> Build number (
click Multiple times untill it unlocks the options)
You can find the options in Additional Settings.
then enable usb debugging.
Now:-
Open the Folder where you have installed the ADB drivers the press shift and right click
you'll find a cmd or powershell option clicking on which gives a shell in that address
Now Connect the Phone with USB and give Permissions in the phone for the system (file Transfer mode)
are check the usb debugging request as accept
Now check whether the device is connected to the system using :-
./adb devices
list of the devices are listed
now click
./adb shell
"pm uninstall –k ––user 0 package name"
to uninstall any app using adb method
we can find the package name in a app PackageNameViewer
Now Run the command
this will uninstall the app
*Remember System Apps are Important and shouldn't be altered.
So Please perform any action carefully
We aren't responsible for your product or it's warranty*
List of Apps or Package Name I uninstalled Personally:-
com.heytap.browser
com.coloros.backuprestore
com.opera.branding.news
com.android.comtacts ( need to install google dialer or any other 3rd party so please don't unless a huge fan of google apps)
com.facebook.system
com.facebook.appmanager
com.facebook.services
com.heytap.cloud
com.oppo.music
com.coloros.gallery3d
com.coloros.video
Stuck anywhere Please do post comments.
XDA isn't allowing me to post pictures.
It would be better to use
Code:
adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <package_to_disable>
instead of uninstall because if any package needs to be installed again it simply can be done by
Code:
adb shell pm enable <package_to_enable>
whereas using the uninstall command the package gets uninstalled for the current user and only way to get it back is by factory reset.
Almost all of colorOS bloat can be disabled including the contacts ( contains the dialer app too) and messages. You can install google dialer (mod found on xda working perfectly, using for 3 days now) and google contact and messages from play store.
Edit: Game center & Oroaming for some wierd reason doesn't get disabled.
Edit 2: contacts thing already mentioned in OP. Missed it the first time.
I took the conservative approach. Done disabling some apps just in case i needed to restore it will be easier. Thank you for the tutorials
this is what i did
adb devices
adb shell
pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.keep
pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
pm disable-user --user 0 com.coloros.video
pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.mms
to enable it again
pm enable com.coloros.video
pm enable com.google.android.youtube
pm enable com.google.android.keep
pm enable com.android.mms
change mms to google messages
video to mx video player
youtube to snaptube
keep to none i dont need this but to be safe i just disable it
debdeep98 said:
It would be better to use
Code:
adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <package_to_disable>
instead of uninstall because if any package needs to be installed again it simply can be done by
Code:
adb shell pm enable <package_to_enable>
whereas using the uninstall command the package gets uninstalled for the current user and only way to get it back is by factory reset.
Almost all of colorOS bloat can be disabled including the contacts ( contains the dialer app too) and messages. You can install google dialer (mod found on xda working perfectly, using for 3 days now) and google contact and messages from play store.
Edit: Game center & Oroaming for some wierd reason doesn't get disabled.
Edit 2: contacts thing already mentioned in OP. Missed it the first time.
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Doesn't Realme 6 Pro have Realme OS not colorOS? Nevermind, I'm new to this. My bad.
@jlrruben:
what's the best version of XDA's Google Phone apk for the Realme 6 Pro?
HELP!!
I did the uninstalling as advised here but went overboard (my bad)
If someone can help me installing these things back please!
com.google.android.gm
com.google.android.gms
com.google.android.gms.location.history
com.google.android.gmsintegration
Using RealMe 6 Pro
c0nstantin31V said:
If someone can help me installing these things back please!
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Just use this...
Code:
adb shell pm install-existing <package name>
I have 13 pages of packages on my phone.
Is there a definitive list of what the packages are for and which ones can safely be removed .
I'm hesitant as my phone is only 2 days old and I have already soft bricked it 3 times.
Twice trying to install TWRP and once installing Magisk
Flashing works without error messages but trying to reboot to TWRP just goes to stock recovery then won't reboot same situation when rebooting after Magisk root.
1. Download ADB and install it https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
2. Turn on Developer options and USB Debugging
3. Go to the folder where is your adb.exe installed (by default it is C:\adb)
4. In explorer find the folder open it and click on "file - Open this in Windows Shell" or you can go manully by opening windows shell/cmd and write: cd C:\adb
5. In shell write: adb shell pm list packages
6. Now find your desired app in the packages and write: adb shell pm path <your_desired_app.apk> for example: adb shell pm path com.oneplus.calculator
7. Copy the location of your app and write: adb pull <Copied/location/of/app> <where/you/wanna/save/the/apk> for example: adb pull /system/app/Calculator/Calculator.apk C:/adb
8. Write adb install --user 999 <location/of/pulled/app/from/phone> for example: adb install --user 999 C:\adb\calculator.apk
ENJOY your parallel app
For uninstalling the app (if its system based app)
1. open cmd/shell write adb shell
2. write pm uninstall --user 999 <app_you_wanna_delete> for example: pm uninstall --user 999 com.oneplus.calculator
StuartCarter said:
1. Download ADB and install it https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
2. Turn on Developer options and USB Debugging
3. Go to the folder where is your adb.exe installed (by default it is C:\adb)
4. In explorer find the folder open it and click on "file - Open this in Windows Shell" or you can go manully by opening windows shell/cmd and write: cd C:\adb
5. In shell write: adb shell pm list packages
6. Now find your desired app in the packages and write: adb shell pm path <your_desired_app.apk> for example: adb shell pm path com.oneplus.calculator
7. Copy the location of your app and write: adb pull <Copied/location/of/app> <where/you/wanna/save/the/apk> for example: adb pull /system/app/Calculator/Calculator.apk C:/adb
8. Write adb install --user 999 <location/of/pulled/app/from/phone> for example: adb install --user 999 C:\adb\calculator.apk
ENJOY your parallel app
For uninstalling the app (if its system based app)
1. open cmd/shell write adb shell
2. write pm uninstall --user 999 <app_you_wanna_delete> for example: pm uninstall --user 999 com.oneplus.calculator
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They also have an edexposed module for this
toolhas4degrees said:
They also have an edexposed module for this
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Yea but this is for non-root users solution.
PS: Edited title of topic, thank you
Hi mate, I have tried it out with Beta9 and although I get that the application was successfully installed it is not added to the parallel apps list. Tried for calculator, eBay and PayPal with no success.
Could you please provide any hint what might be going wrong here?
Thanks a lot!
Hey @xstu
Thanks for this guide with examples and screenshots. I got it working for some applications but for most of my apps I'm facing an issue which is explained below.
Certain apps like Freecharge shows multiple multiple packages installed like below (also first screenshot):
PS C:\Users\Arsh> adb shell pm path com.freecharge.android
package:/data/app/com.freecharge.android-v-p3MZlEwUaiRzt7c0Bs9A==/base.apk
package:/data/app/com.freecharge.android-v-p3MZlEwUaiRzt7c0Bs9A==/split_config.arm64_v8a.apk
package:/data/app/com.freecharge.android-v-p3MZlEwUaiRzt7c0Bs9A==/split_config.en.apk
package:/data/app/com.freecharge.android-v-p3MZlEwUaiRzt7c0Bs9A==/split_config.xxhdpi.apk
When I pull the base.apk one and install it on my Oneplus 7T using below commands, I don't face any blockers.
adb pull /data/app/com.freecharge.android-v-p3MZlEwUaiRzt7c0Bs9A==/base.apk C:\Users\Arsh
adb install --user 999 C:\Users\Arsh\base.apk
But when I try to pull the other 3 split packages then I get error like below:
remote object '/data/app/com.freecharge.android-p3MZlEwUaiRzt7c0Bs9A==/split_config.xxhdpi.apk' does not exist
After successful install of base.apk on device, both the parallel space and original version of my app starts crashing and becomes unusable. Check second screenshot for that.
What do you think could be missing here?
Edit: Got it working using below guide:
How to add any app to OxygenOS Parallel Apps space on OnePlus phones
You can add any app inside the Parallel Apps space on OnePlus phones running OxygenOS with this nifty trick. Read on to know more!
www.xda-developers.com
-Just make sure you already have at least 1 Parallel app set up
-You install app from Aurora (secondary account) before installing from Play store (primary account) otherwise you may get stuck at 'app already installed'
Hello everyone.
Sorry to ask this, but how far from the Lenovo A7000 is the Lenove A7600-F?
I have an older android tablet "Lenove A7600-F" that i am trying to debloat.
It is running android version 4.4.2 (Kitkat)
I have tried for so long now to uninstall the apps that comes with it.
but my regular adb commands does not seem to do the trick.
I am running adb in my I linux terminal (Manjaro 20.2, terminal 5.8)
Yes. I can see my device. and i can alse see all of my apps if i do a
adb shell pm list packages
Yes. my tablet has "usb debugging" enabled (i do not see any "adb" settings though)
I have tried the following things to uninstall the default apps using adb.
1:
[Command:] adb uninstall <com.packagename>
[result:] Failure
2:
[Command:] adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 <com.packagename>
[result:] Error: Unknown option: --user
I do not see any other users on the device then {0:Owner:13}
I have not been able to find any solution for this online. do someone here have any ideas to why i can't uninstall default apps on this device?
Get the List of Vivo Pre-installed Apps using ADB
Please note that depending on your phone model and Android version, the list of Vivo system apps might differ. In case you want to get your own list of all app packages that come preloaded on your Vivo phone.
Whether you want to generate the list of pre-installed apps on your Vivo phone or want to uninstall them without root, you need to set up ADB and Fastboot on your PC first. Follow the steps below to learn how you can do that.
Download and extract the latest Android SDK Platform-tools.zip. You can also uninstall the system apps on your phone using ADB commands on your Android device itself without root.
Launch a Command Prompt window or Windows PowerShell from the ‘platform-tools‘ folder window.
Enable USB Debugging on your Vivo phone, You can do that by going to Settings > System management > Developer options.
Connect your Vivo phone to the computer and make sure to extend the screen lock timeout to 15 or 30 minutes.
It’s time now to verify that your phone and ADB can communicate with each other. Issue the following command to test the connection. adb devices
If you get the ‘adb is not recognized…‘ error, try the solution to fix ADB errors.
Now, type the following command and press the Enter key on your keyboard. adb shell
Make sure to authorize ADB on your Vivo phone by allowing USB debugging, or ADB won’t be able to detect your device.
To print the list of Vivo pre-installed apps, execute this command. pm list packages -s
As soon as you hit the Enter key, you’ll get a complete list of system apps preloaded on your Vivo phone.
You can copy this list using Ctrl+C and paste it into a text or Notepad file. You now have the package names of all Vivo system apps installed on your device. You can use them to remove bloatware on your Vivo phone.
Uninstall System Apps on Vivo without Root
Now that you know how to execute ADB commands and have the package names of Vivo bloatware, you can uninstall or debloat your Vivo phone easily using the ADB Shell commands mentioned below. There’s also a command that lets you reinstall an app if you\removed it by mistake.
Launch the Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Mac).
Connect your Vivo phone to the computer.
Type adb shell and press the enter key. Then use one of the following commands to disable or uninstall a system app.
Uninstall: pm uninstall -user 0 <package name>
Freeze: cmd appops set <package_name> RUN_IN_BACKGROUND ignore
Disable: adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <package name>
Re-install: cmd package install-existing <package name>
For example, if you want to uninstall the Vivo Compass app, use the following command. In case you get a “Failure [not installed for 0]” message while trying to uninstall an app, it means the app package is not present on your phone. In such a case, proceed with removing the next app.
there is written a super detailed tutorial on uninstalling bloatware on Android devices with and without root. Please refer to that.
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