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[Sony Cross-Device General] wastedi:
Im new to android custom firmwares and rooting, but i really wanna get rid of annoying bloatware. Might as well try your fw:)

The thing is, im confused about this installation. So i can just flash this into my stock sony xperia z3c, no root needed? Another question, what do you mean with the full wipe, is that phone reset from settings? But anyway, sorry about dumb questions.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
this is a all-in-one fw, but to install it you must be rooted first. please see requirements in OP, it says working recovery (and to install a recovery, you need to be rooted ;) )
[Sony Cross-Device General] wastedi:
Thanks for the reply. Okey so i will have to some more research :D
[Sony Cross-Device General] DXperia00764:
Flashed debloat script on Xperia Z2 running on eXistenZ 1.0 5.0.2... Worked flawlessly... Thank you mate for amazing script ;) :beer:
[Sony Cross-Device General] alwaysbelieve1:
Is there a way to download this on my Phone because the link simply redirects to Mega's homepage. It doesn't download. I even have the Mega app on my Phone and it doesn't work for downloading. Thx!
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
strange it should download it flawlessly even from the phone with the app!!

otherwise from the browser but you should select "show desktop mode" first ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] torjohron:
Hi

Sim toolkit is removed when i use the script, how to fix it?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
see OP, "how to restore something" part ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] torjohron:
Found it, works great :D

BTW, already using xposed alpha2 and it is working, whats the difference between the versions?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
bug fixing ;) and especially bootloops that used to appear in sony devices with non-debloated fw....
[Sony Cross-Device General] Matteo Mazzu:
[MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION] I need the app for downloading the cover albums in the Music (ex Walkman) app, but I don't know how it's named :confused:
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
try first sys/app/SemcMetadataCleanup and let me know?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
ps. if someone may be interested i changed dpi from default (320) to 260 via build.prop and i love how the phone looks like now! :good: :o

smaller things on screen but i can see now many more stuff.. used to do that on aosp roms but also on stock it is worth to do for me ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] cbuctok:
Just right! Thank you Molly for being that crazy... I mean nitpicky-crazy like watchmaker but for z3c!
[Sony Cross-Device General] neol23:
Looks ugly with the stock launcher.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
ah OK good to know using nova here and everything is fine sorry :o
[Sony Cross-Device General] Matteo Mazzu:
There isn't..
[Sony Cross-Device General] bergkuh:
I've installed the Google App but can't start it - I've done several restarts etc. - it crashes everytime. Is there a needed service deactivated or needs to get reinstalled? Thanks in advance for your quick reply, need the app for my new Smartwatch ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
so don't know sorry..

in OP ("how to restore something" part), you have exact steps to restore "velvet" (Google search)... do you guys ever read OP completely?

now in your case clean app data of what you downloaded from play store and then uninstall it. then restore the deleted one in priv-app and reboot. then try it and eventually update it from play store..
[Sony Cross-Device General] bergkuh:
Sorry my fault... :( But I've restored /system/priv-app/Velvet and it worked fine, after the update via Play it's crashing again - even after several reboots. The r/w settings from Velvet looks good to me.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
mhm so don't know sorry, in the meantime you could just uninstall the update you downloaded.. maybe it is bugged? because restoring Velvet folder you actually restored everything i removed about Google search!! ;) also your Google services are up to date right?
[Sony Cross-Device General] alwaysbelieve1:
How do I do this exactly? I want to see and compare how it looks. Thx!
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
open /system/build.prop file with es file manager for example, and edit it in order to change the value in the line highlighted in one of the attachments ;)

three other screens to show you how smaller UI looks like ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] alwaysbelieve1:
Ok worked perfectly! I like the look of 300. It's not too small and not too big. Just right ? THANK YOU!

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I'm finding since I changed the build.prop LCD density that hangouts does not work to send text messages. Have you found the same?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
don't use hangouts sorry. btw it is possible some apps will suffer because of the lcd density change. did you try cleaning app data, and reinstalling it just in case?
[Sony Cross-Device General] bergkuh:
Okay... I'll keep your version. Maybe the next update will work. Anyway, thanks for your work and quick help!
[Sony Cross-Device General] deboopi2:
Debloat a working phone

Hi,

I've read somewhere about an app able to remove system apps and putting them in a backup folder, the app was also capable of restoring those apps.

But I do not know anymore where I read about that app, maybe this thread, maybe another but I think it was somewhere on the xda forums.

Can somebody give me a link to such an app or a list of apps?

I do not like to execute one of those debloating scripts because I want to be able to restore some of the removed apps and the debloating

scripts I have seen always contain one or more apps in the list that I want to keep.

Now I've got a rooted z3 compact with xposed running fine but I want to remove some of the bloatware apps without a script, just

backing up and removing with the phone running on android.

If possible I also like to have a list with apps that can be removed without hurting the system and

a list of dependencies, what are the consequences when removing app a or b.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
all you need is in OP. read it completely, and then come back if you have specific questions ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] deboopi2:
Got it.

I went to the op and from there I followed the link to Debloater from gatesJunior.

This tool executes as promised so nowI can start debloating my phone.

However I do have a problem.

When I get the list of apps I can block/delete there is not always a clear link between the file name and the application.

For instance I could find the files for facebook but I was unable to find the files for hangout.

Does somebody have a list with the link from an application to the files it uses in the OS?

On this way I really could start debloating.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
??? i think you are mixing threads!? what is gatesJunior?? and what list you get? i provide a all-in-one already debloated fw and a debloater script that automatically deletes stuff from your fw and put it in a backup folder.... so you don't have to debloat yourself but you can restore anything very easily.. i think you made some confusion
[Sony Cross-Device General] deboopi2:
GatesJunior is the developer of debloater, a windows app that can block / delete apps on your Android Phone (JB, KK and L), there is a link on the op to his xda forum thread.

I know the existing script can do the debloat for me but in those scripts there are to many apps blocked.

With debloater I can decide myself what app i want to block/delete and that's the way I like it.

When using the debloater app of GatesJunior a list of apk that can be blocked/deleted will be shown, over there you can decide which one you want to block.

But the names of the apk's are not always the same as the application name, I'd like to know those links so I know what app I'm currently blocking.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Sichroteph:
Did we lost the screen calibration screen?

Envoyé de mon D5803 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
and why are you asking here if you are using another app from another thread for debloating purposes?

go and ask in the other thread...

btw in OP there is a link to a spreadsheet file in my GDrive that can be useful for you...

if you mean white balance, it is removed since my first release ;)

just restore it as explained in OP.. if you need something else may me know! ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Sichroteph:
Thanks a lot for your answer. My lcd screen always had been too hot.

Very nice rom, fast and stable. Thanks you!
[Sony Cross-Device General] Tabs78:
I tried to install this ROM but i have boot loop

Inviato dal mio Nexus 7 con Tapatalk 4
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
very strange. coming from? and with full wipe as per instructions in op?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
Does anything in this debloat script affect stamina mode? I'm not sure it's working for me anymore...
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
it seems it works fine here, when active don't get notifications unless i put an app in the whitelist.. of course after locking the screen i have to wait some time for the phone to really enter deepsleep meanwhile i still get notifications
[Sony Cross-Device General] neol23:
Works just fine. I get almost 3 days with 4-5 SOT. Mostly calls, mobile net and music. Do not use Bluetooth and gps (only battery saving gps mode).

Great rom, great battery! I hate sony, but that's the best phone I had (changed several last 2 years, was only happy with Note 2).[emoji41]
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
Would you guys mind sharing a few apps which are in your stamina Whitelist?

I used to have my banking app, Gmail, WhatsApp and messenger but that prevents stamina mode from ever turning off Wi-Fi...

I've now stopped using it and switched to power nap, is supposed to do exactly the same but it'll show me what it had prevented while in use...
[Sony Cross-Device General] greg.chalk:
Xloud

Hi, I have used your script with the PRF creator and everything works perfect! The only problem is that there is no Xloud option in sound setings. Any ideas?

Thank you very much for your work.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
i only use Line app (messaging) which i need to be working in standby and it is in stamina whitelist and everything is fine.... are you sure non debloated stock fw is working differently?

for z3c or other phone/fw?

shouldn't have removed anything about sound enhancements/options, but right now I'm running resurrection remix so can't check sorry
[Sony Cross-Device General] greg.chalk:
I have z3c D5803. What i did was:

1. I had latest untouched-clean-stock firmware 23.1.A..1.28 to my phone

2. I downloaded latest firmware 23.1.A..1.28 with pc companion.

3. I converted pc companion firmware files to one ftf file with flashtool

4. now with that ftf file, superSU zip, dualrecovery zip and your script, I created a ready to flash "flashable-signed" zip with PRF creator

5. then i went to my phone and i downgraded the firmware from firmware 23.1.A..1.28 to 23.0.A.2.93, using the ftf file i found from this site and using the flashtool

6. after dowgraded, i used giefroot to root the phone

7. after rooted I installed dualrecovery

8. I rebooted to teamwin recovery

9. I wiped - Dalvik Cache - System - Cache - Data

10. and finaly I flashed "flashable-signed" zip

Everything works perfect except Xloud

maybe someone that had used the script can inform us.

thank you again
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
it seems you did all correctly :o

can you send me a screenshot of xloud option present in stock sony FW (LP), and one with that option missing in the pre-rooted FW you prepared with my script?

so I can investigate, thanks ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
HI,

i want to add my standard apps directly to the modified zip. Where do I have to store them?

You have stored some apps in their own directory in the app-directory, some others directly, only the apk-file, to the etc-directory.

Why the difference? What do i have to consider?

Thanks for the great work. I appreciate it.

Mischa
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
i think you are speaking of regular apps that are normally installed in /data/app right? not system apps. if so, you should place them in

/system/etc/product/applications

but take care that they will be installed only in case you flash the script immediately after flashing your pre-rooted fw with a full wipe (i mean data wipe/factory reset) and before first boot, otherwise they won't be installed, they will just be copied in system/etc.... folder but they won't be working.

this because during the first boot up after a full wipe, the fw will look for the apps placed in that directory and will install them. of course this is not going to happen all the times the system boot up, but only at first boot when setting up the phone
[Sony Cross-Device General] jarayn:
I think I'm still on v4 maybe 5, what is the best option to update to 7?

Script or full install.

Thanks.
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
full rom because of new backup approach ;)

to install it, just wipe system, cache and dalvik and then flash the rom, this way you won't be losing any data, and will be on latest ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] MvD42:
how to get debloated lollipop updates...

hey moly82,

at first thanks for your great work. i will flash your debloated fw soon.

noob-question: how do you deal with updates? debloat it again?

sincerely MvD42
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
when a new fw will come will debloat it again in a pre-rooted fw and update the script for other phones too ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] ovizii:
I'm just wondering if I'm missing something but wasn'T there an option inside Sony's Power Settings to turn ON WiFi for known locations and off if leaving the area?

If I'm right, any idea which app to move back from backups? I checked the spreadsheet but am not really sure which one it was...
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
mhm you mean location based wifi? if so, i think Sony removed it in LP, it was there in KK! someone else can maybe confirm?
[Sony Cross-Device General] jarayn:
yes its been removed as an option because its apparently built in to the extent its better than before.
[Sony Cross-Device General] MightySashiman:
ok so something went horribly wrong with my z3c :

I had it initially on stock kitkat, rooted, all fine.

sent this debloated LP rom to the external SDcard

rebooted to recovery, wiped dalvik/cache/system, installed the rom.

rebooted, all worked properly.

decided to run the additionnal debloating script, so downloaded it, rebooted to recovery, ran it, wiped dalvik/cache, rebooted

first time round, got to the "upgrading popup" counting up the apps being optimized, then it looped forever at "starting applications"

had to hard shutdown with the yellow button

rebooted, it crashed after the brightness dimming of the boot up purple/blue wave animation

had to hard shutdown with the yellow button

rebooted, same

rebooted to recovery, decided to go for a complete reinstall wiped dalvik/cache/system, reinstalled the rom

rebooted, froze during the boot blue wave again

rebooted to recovery, wiped dalvik/Cache/system, + "reboot to recovery"

black sony logo, no green led (nor purple)

looks like the phone is bricked.

Help please ! Urgent, i'm off traveling in 2 days and desperately need my freaking phone up and running again :'(
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
I guess you flashed the additional script without installing a third party launcher first, as clearly stated in OP, that's why it couldn't boot up anymore.

then, strange that after re-flashing the rom from recovery, it still didn't boot, but probably it was better to wipe data too, that way it could probably boot up fine.

btw, important thing now is to understand if you can go to recovery. recovery should still be there, so you should be able to do so. can you force shutdown the phone long pressing power button for long time? if that's not enough, try long pressing power and vol down buttons together, it should shut down. then try to switch one the phone and then press vol down button at green light to enter recovery. let me know. if you can, just wipe all (data/cache/dalvik/system) and reflash my rom (without additional script) and you will be fine).

if not, you may need to reflash a stock FTF via flashtool.
[Sony Cross-Device General] MightySashiman:
I indeed missed the warning about requiring alternative launcher... Silly me.

Had to go through the whole process of reflashing an old KK firmware, rooting, installing dualrecovery, then reflashed this rom from recovery. All fine now.

I'm surprised rubbish like defocus camera app and AR effects were not considered as bloat. Any way to trash them too ?

(I remember having in the past tried to remove some sony apps with titanium backup, but they would always mysteriously get reinstalled from the market after a reboot)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
good ;)

yes of course you can remove them also ;) I thought to do that at the beginning but then I kept some of that camera stuff for enjoying my nephews and things like that :angel: :p

things you may want to remove are (just delete or, better, move the folders to the /system/__Backup folder or somewhere else):

ar-effect

arfun

ArtFilterCamera

bgdefocus

DualCamera

infoeye

....all stuff above is located in /system/priv-app

take care that for the things you mention are reinstalled from the market, if you update any of the above from the PlayStore, you will have then copies located also in /data/app (com.sonymobile.......areffect-x / com.sonymobile........infoeye-x / com.sonymobile......bgdefocus-x etc), so just removing them from /system won't be enough. in that case my suggestion is to uninstall them first from settings > downloaded apps and then remove the relevant folders from /system too ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] MightySashiman:
Thank you delighful chap !:highfive:

I gather if you created the additionnal debloating script you must be the first to use it. May I ask which launcher you use instead of sony's one ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
of course! :D (but maybe I will remove it from OP as it may be really dangerous as I see with your experience :p ;) )

I use nova launcher (prime/paid version) btw ;) much many more customizations than stock launcher (even if the latter is used in pair with some xposed modules)

in the past I used apex which is very similar, and free, but then I had to switch to nova prime when I found it is the only launcher that has one very nice and important feature for me: hide clock from status bar when I am in the homescreen ;) (in homescreen I always have dashclock showing already clock and date info, so why having redundant things? with nova I can hide it from status bar only when I am at the homescreen :p :good: )

one example of hidden clock here and here instead with clock shown (I am not in stock now, but it is the same launcher so nothing changes :p )
[Sony Cross-Device General] Matteo Mazzu:
[MENTION=4695495]moly82[/MENTION] what theme you're using?? :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
"lazy dark cm12 theme" but not for stock of course, i was on resurrection remix rom ;) very nice! :o

btw now I'm back again to stock atm, as i needed good camera and in cm based roms pictures are so bad ("fish eye" effect...) ;(

ps. an update is coming btw with new z3+ bootanimation and livewallpaper... very nice.... if and when relevant authors will allow me to include them in my pre rooted fw/script ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] alwaysbelieve1:
Is that going to be 5.1 or what exactly are you thinking? Thank you for your hard work :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
no still 5.0.2 i mean on latest fw available.. and it is ready actually and uploaded already but still waiting for authorizations.... ;) as soon as 5.1 will come I'll use that as base :o
[Sony Cross-Device General] alwaysbelieve1:
Excellent!! You are the best!

What is everyone else using as 5.1 base for Z3C? Is it from a different phone?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
i think you are speaking of 5.1.1 but for custom roms, not stock roms...!! ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
still didn't get a reply from authors of z3+ bootanimation and live wallpaper, well since I was in a hurry to share with you guys my last version of pre-rooted fw/script with them included I uploaded them anyway and given all proper credits in this post and in OP, in case it is a problem I will just remove them from the rom/script ;)

> link for V8 + md5sum:

https://mega.nz/#!2YZDXbqb!97crwhj5K-DIWWPliM9TGmW5l9p2yIygsgR3xL7H1xw

> updated script:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/69ak8bkk697p6ik/BloatwareRemoval_Extras.zip?dl=0

changelog:

- restored service menu and live wallpapers PICKER

- changed LCD density in build.prop to 260 (much smaller fonts, if you don't like just re-set 320 in build.prop and reboot)

- replaced default live wallpaper with the much nicer one from z3+ many thanks to [MENTION=4704767]lee480[/MENTION] for this!! (I asked you in your thread if I could include this in my rom but didn't get any reply, I credited you in OP, but if you don't like it to be in my pre-rooted fw just let me know and I will remove it ;) )

- replaced stock bootanimation with the much nicer one from z3+ many thanks to [MENTION=5719725]demonio98[/MENTION] for this!! (I asked you in your thread if I could include this in my rom but didn't get any reply, I credited you in OP, but if you don't like it to be in my pre-rooted fw just let me know and I will remove it ;) )

- added xposed modules by great [MENTION=3989065]serajr[/MENTION] (xperia xposed and system blurred ui) in the pre-rooted fw and script, many thanks mate [MENTION=3989065]serajr[/MENTION] for his great work and for allowing me to include them in my pre-rooted fw and script!

- update ES File manager and Gravity Box to latest versions

- updated Dual Recovery to 2.8.19

installation:

- wipe system, dalvik and cache

- install my whole package

- reboot

- done

all your data will be kept.

for those updating from previous V7, if it is a problem to download the whole package again, or for those using my script, you can still update to latest very easily and quickly in this way:

- download my updated script and flash it via recovery

- wipe dalvik and cache

- reboot

- done

...again all your data will be kept ;) (this way service menu and wallpaper picker won't be restored, you will have to restore them manually if interested).

for all: updating this way (without wiping data) you are not going to touch /data, so you are not going to install xperia xposed and system blurred ui modules (if interested, you can install them manually clicking on "BLUR.apk" and/or "XX.apk" respectively, that you will find in /system/etc/product/applications), and your are not going to touch ES File Manager and Gravity Box.

bye!
[Sony Cross-Device General] serajr:
Wow... sounds amazing!!

Great job mate ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
thanks mate! btw the most important part of the job is what you and guys like you do for us for free in their spare time ;) we can't just thank you enough and I have really no words to say how much I appreciate your contributions! ;) :o
[Sony Cross-Device General] mj084:
Why v8 not based on 23.2.A.1.62 / R14C ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] FcukBloat:
because afaik .62 FW is just some operators branded and with more bloat respect .28, no improvements of any kind, so no point for me to change the base right now.. correct me if I'm wrong!
[Sony Cross-Device General] mj084:
Yes it's T-Com germany branded, kernel build date is newer but I don't think that there are changes between;)

P.S. have u read ur PM's :)