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Debloat Any Android Device

This guide will walk you through how to Debloat any android Device

This Guide assumes that you have :-

  • A Linux PC
  • An Android phone to Debloat
  • An Usb Cable to connect the Android Phone to the Pc

Prerequisites

  1. Turn on Developer Mode

    On your Android phone, Enable Developper Options by :-

    • go to Setting > About > Version
    • On this Page, find the Build Number Element
    • Click it 10 times
    • It would say that Your are 9..8..7..6 clicks away from being a developer
    • Then it would say You are a Developer Now Meaning Developer mode is Turned ON now

  2. Turn on USB Debugging

    on your Android phone, go to :-

    • Setting > Additional Settings > Developper Options
    • Scroll a full Page and find USB Debugging on the bottom of the page and turn it On

  3. Install Tools

    on your Linux Computer, install some Dependencies Packages

    Terminal window
    sudo apt install adb curl

    then Download the Universal Android Debloat Tool from

    • go to the Releases Page.
    • Download the file named uad-ng-linux
    • now make it Executable
    Terminal window
    chmod +x uad-ng-linux

Debloat Steps

  1. Connect Phone to PC

    Connect the Usb to you Android and PC, then :-

    • a Popup Appears with a title Use USB To. Select Charge Only.

    • Now another Dialog should Appear with title Allow USB Debugging.

    • Click Allow, if no Dialog seems to appear, follow these steps to fix it linked below

    • Check if the android device was detected or not

      Terminal window
      adb devices

    • if it outputs something like this , that means that the device was successfully recognized by adb.

      $: adb devices
      List of devices attached
      <Device_serial_id> device

  2. Run the Debloater Tool

    Let’s run the Actuall Tool that does the Debloating. We Have Already download the executable from github, now we just run it by

    Terminal window
     ~/Downloads/uad-ng-linux

  3. Usage of the Debloater Tool

    In this tool, you will see the recommended apps to remove in a list like UI with a Checkbox next to each item. Just click the one you want to Uninstall and Click the Review Selection button then Apply button to remove the Apps

Common Problems

Allow USB Debugging Dialog doesn’t appear

This issue is still unknown to me but you could try these things :-

  • Select Charge Only for the Use Usb To Dialog when connecting the Cable to Pc and your Phone
  • go to Settings > Additional Settigns > Developer Options
    • scroll about 4 pages to find Default USB configuration
    • Open it and select PTP
    • Go back and Open Select USB configuration next to Default USB configuration
    • select PTP (Picture Tranfer Protocol)