yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
I've had my bootloader unlocked on many phones including this one, and use netflix on them all. This is not a common thing and I would say has to do with something else other than that. Apps don't see your bootloader status.....
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] runsoverfrogs:
why are you so stubborn? this is the actual fix for netflix to show in the play store, its documented and duplicated.

are you stupid?

you can use netflix, but play store will not show it for isntallation.

---------- Post added at 01:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:36 PM ----------

here's some light reading for you:

https://www.androidcentral.com/netflix-pulls-service-rooted-and-bootloader-unlocked-android-phones

and a quote:

Rooted users started noticing the app gone from Google Play on their devices over the weekend, and Netflix eventually confirmed it did this intentionally. The streaming service is now using Google's Wildvine DRM to block the app from rooted devices that don't pass Wildvine's security status, and its Google Play listing will not appear for devices that fail a SafetyNet check, which not only rules out rooted phones but also unrooted phones that are bootloader-unlocked.r
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
Do you want a screenshot? I can find it in the app store. I'm looking at it right now. I've installed it from the app store every time.

Go ahead and be a **** though if it makes you feel better
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] runsoverfrogs:
yeah, no thanks you're already providing false info, i wouldn't trust anything you post on here.

At least i have external sources an other users with PH-1 that supports what i'm saying, instead of spouting BS.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
LOL alright then

People can search for the app in the store themselves if they don't believe me, I have no horse in this race.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] runsoverfrogs:
yeah your horse is imaginary made up crap.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Just to be clear there are plenty of Apps that will not install and/or launch if you have an unlocked BL.

Google Pay, that stupid Pokomon app, Mobile Iron, etc...

So, yes, Apps do see the BL status if the developer chooses.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
I've never had an issue with any apps unless rooted.

They see root status as far as I've ever experienced, and this is easy enough to hide.

Go ahead, give it a try.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ceelos218:
My Bootloader is UL and i can see netflix just fine on the playstore
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
My point was that there are numerous apps that can and do refuse to download and/or launch based on BL status.

I don't use Netflix so I can't specifically speak to that app.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tire_007:
So I had the bootloader unlocked on this phone since I brought it back in December and i had to sideload Netflix and my bank app because they show up as incompatible on the store. I sideloaded Android DP2 two weeks ago and I was able to install both of the apps from the store but i don't know it this is a bug on Android P.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
Were you rooted? Wasn't for me, or the guy who posted above
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] varxx:
Netflix works fine on unrooted PH-1 with unlocked bootloader (w/ existing account)

I'm the OP. My PH-1 is unrooted but has an unlocked bootloader.

Netflix was not installed on my PH-1, so I just now went to the Google Play Store and downloaded it.

Netflix installed fine. I logged in using the login info from my existing Netflix account. I started streaming a TV show and also succeeded in downloading a TV show. So, at least if you have an existing Netflix account, Netflix works fine on an unrooted PH-1 with an unlocked bootloader.

Note that I didn't try to sign up for a new account, which might trigger some safeguards having to do with automatic billing or something. But if you have an existing account for which you've already arranged automatic billing, Netflix works fine on an unrooted PH-1 with an unlocked bootloader.

Over and out,

-varxx
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
Thanks for confirming my statements!

I appreciate you testing it out
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] varxx:
You betcha. Blessed are the peacemakers, etc.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] stinger4321:
Um.. Netflix is in my playstore.. I'm rooted and running Android P.....
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] stinger4321:
and I was able to install it
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tire_007:
Like i said on my previous comment it's fixed on Android P but on Nougat and Oreo Netflix and my bank app had to be sideloaded.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
You didn't answer my question about if you were rooted or not. I wasn't and had no issues whatsoever with Netflix on Oreo.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] varxx:
Confirmed: OTAs are working!

To confirm what others have told me in this thread: The Android P beta 1 showed up on my phone this morning. It downloaded and installed just fine -- all over the air. So, OTAs appear to be fully functional even if your PH-1 has an unlocked bootloader (at least under Android P).
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rambleon84:
How is it so far? Are you using this as your daily driver?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kenbrownstone:
St

Still waiting on my ota
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] varxx:
Still no OTA for your phone?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] snipeerz:
i make rebrand to my p20 pro clt-09 to clt-29 c432 but after install i have new strange version !! its clt-l29 chipset-boston 8.1.0.001 ( 01FL) !! so what is this
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] ToLive4:
Have you copied and edited oeminfo.bin via adb?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] afikri6:
i also got the same problem. also my phone is unrecognized from PC......if i want to transfer file to pc i need to rebbot into twrp, then PC will recognize my phone again...dont know if this problem is related

is there any way to solve this..i already flash vendor.img using fastboot but cannot flash verlist.img (if the build number is in verlist.img)

i read the forum say that flash version.img will correct this problem....but in our FW there is no version.img
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] ToLive4:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76473957&postcount=1

Follow the steps for rebranding (especially part with oeminfo).

If you have root access You can also download oeminfo from link directly to your phone and follow edit commands for edit via some terminal app directly on phone since you don't have adb connection.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] didier3001:
I also got this strange build name after I tried to rebrand my P20 Pro from CLT-L09 8.0.0.110(C782) to CLT-L29(C432) using FunkyHuawei

I'm not sure what are the implications. Which region is 01FL? It seems to be stuck on the very first version (8.1.0.001) and no update is available :(

What should I do?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] momos6301:
I have same problem after rebranding Clt-L04 to Clt-l29, I have chipset-boston 8.1.0.001 (0193), I want to know what 0193 ?, is that we can do update
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] astrokreep:
Ok I think I can help because I reversed this issue like 5 minutes ago. Take note, my device is a CLT-L09. I flashed a file for the CLT-L29 instead and caused myself problems.

You need the huawei firmware finder app

Once you have that app installed, put in your model number and download the files for your model. You need the public, hw and update.zip files (You will see those words in the 3 files, I believe in you, you can do this)

Flash these files with HurUpdater. See here and follow instructions: https://xdaforums.com/honor-9/development/tool-flash-official-firmware-recovery-t3769279

If you did this right you should see the correct model and software info in About Phone

Let me know if this wasn't clear enough
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] usmcnyc:
So I'm also getting the chipset-boston model problem, can anyone elborate a bit more on how to fix this? I've gone thru the steps 3 times and no change. Any further software installs fail at 5%. The first one went through no problem.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] astrokreep:
Can you give any more info so that I can try help? What model is your phone etc? What files did you download and flash?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] usmcnyc:
I solved it by rooting and deleting the oeminfo folder in data/local/tmp directory and then copying the oeminfo file to data/local/tmp. All commands then ran without error.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] AlHutch7:
~ Just wondering,, I have a CLT-L09(C782) Huawei P20 Pro in UK and I did the *# dial and it said my chipset-boston 8.1.001 is this normal.....

I have no root,, not even attempted,, only official software from Huawei OTA updates thats all... I wouldn't root as on contract..
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!​

Requeriments:

- Windows computer

- Xperia device

- Sony stock firmware

- USB debugging enabled (Developer settings)

Linux users:

- Please, take a look at here ( thanks [MENTION=6031898]MartinX3[/MENTION] ), and here ( thanks [MENTION=8282635]moosmutzel[/MENTION] )

ROOT - REMOVE APPS - How to:

1. Download always the latest version available (attached below)

2. Disable any Magisk Module installed and reboot (IMPORTANT STEP, DO NOT SKIP IT)

3. Unpack and run debloat-remove.bat

4. Enable Magisk Modules again

5. Done!

ROOT Notes:

- Root debloat script does not really remove the bloatwares folders, instead, it moves them to a backup folder, located at

/system/_debloat_backup

-

/system/_debloat_backup

stores all "removed" apps folders, and before you manually delete this folder (if you want to), you have a chance to revert back the changes made by the script

- Before run the debloat script (if you want to), you can take a look on its "unwanted apps list " at \files\debloat_list.sh

- Updated bloatwares: They'll need to be uninstalled manually

- First boot may take a while

NON-ROOT - UNINSTALL APPS ONLY - How to:

1. Download always the latest version available (attached below)

2. Unpack and run debloat-uninstall.bat

3. Done!

NON-ROOT Notes:

- Uninstall process of system apps cannot be reversed! You have been warned!! >> Edit: Uninstalled system apps may be reinstalled, see how-to ( Thanks [MENTION=9223939]Hallmund Gautisson[/MENTION] )

- Before run the debloat script (and if you want to), you can take a look on its "unwanted apps list " at \files\debloat_list.sh

- debloat_list.sh: Commented out lines (starting with #) will be ignored (their respective apps will not be unistalled)

- Debloat script does not remove apps containers (apk files)

- Updated bloatwares: They'll need to be uninstalled manually (Settings > Apps > "APP" > Uninstall/Deactivate)

- First boot may take a while

Retrieving installed apps info (PACKAGE | APK LOCATION | LABEL):

1. Download v1.0_List_Installed_Apps_Info_By_Serajr.zip (attached below)

2. Unpack and run list_installed_apps_info.bat and wait a minute or two (ignore errors, if any)

3. installed-apps-info.txt file will be created

4. Done!

Special thanks:

- [MENTION=4898998]Klaus N.[/MENTION]

Enjoy it!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
Changelog

v1.6 - 14/Jan/2020

- Android Q compatibility

v1.5 - 12/Jul/2019

- Non-Root: Fixed typo in debloat_list.sh

- Root: Added new

/system

mount logic in debloat_list.sh (52.0.A.8.107+ fw)

v1.4 - 03/Feb/2019

- Added

com.amazon.clouddrive.photos

(/system/app/com.amazon.clouddrive.photos/com.amazon.clouddrive.photos.apk | Prime Photos)

v1.3 - 03/Feb/2019

- New (and same) debloat list for both Non-Root and Root versions of the script

- Keeps CrashMonitor and CrashMonitorSystem apps (which are related to rcahandler issue)

v1.2 - 06/Jan/2019

- Added ROOT version

v1.1 - 03/Jun/2018

- Added new tool to retrieve installed apps info

v1.0 - 02/Jun/2018

- Initial release
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Klaus N.:
Great bro :svetius:

Is there some changes to the unofficial test version?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
First of all thank you very much for all your support :good:

I just changed the scripts (.bat and .sh), the debloat list remains the same!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Great work!

Could you write after each entry which name this application has?

Then I can fast comment out lines I don't want to get execute.

As example

${UNINSTALL} com.sonyericsson.xhs # system/app/com.sonyericsson.xhs/com.sonyericsson.xhs.apk

I don't realy know, which xhs means.

Google is showing me xperia lounge entries.

${UNINSTALL} com.android.keychain # system/app/KeyChain/KeyChain.apk

So I would need to google for every entry before comment it out.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
I've attached another tool to traverse all installed apps (user and system ones) and retrieve their info (package | install location | label), See OP!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] x10isrooted:
i'm asking myself if this script has significant influence on better performance compared to having already manually deactivated or uninstalled many apps myself in oreo via installed apps settings.

also, this is probably for picture in picture support. i would not uninstall/deactivate this if you want split screen or youtube pip and so on.

${UNINSTALL} com.sonymobile.pip # system/app/pip/pip.apk
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Could someone create a SH script for Linux Users?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Klaus N.:
[MENTION=9223939]Hallmund Gautisson[/MENTION]

Great findings, thanks alot for sharing :good:

I've already used that with my XZ2, and it works flawlessly :highfive:
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Klaus N.:
Yesterday I've updated to the latest (225) fw and asserted that the location of some apps has changed and at least two apps have been added. Therefore I have adapted the debloat_list.sh (see attachement). Simply unpack the zip file, replace it with the previous debloat_list.sh' in 'v1.0_XZ2_Debloat-Uninstall_By_Serajr\files' and run serajr's script ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Kizoky:
Hi, can I use your scripts to make a similar debloater for S8+?

Of course, I'll credit you
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
Sure you can bro, just go ahead!!

The tool to retrieve installed apps info is not device/oem dependent, so I'd prefer you point out downloads to this thread (OP) - Do not mirror it!

Let me know when it's done ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Pandemic:
Who can make a script to install the system apps again because some important stuff get deleted such as smart light control etc, i dunno how :(

Can you bro [MENTION=4898998]Klaus N.[/MENTION]
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
You need a APK of these apps.

Or make a backup and reflash the system.image
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Pandemic:
Did i asked you ? No and apk dont get installed !
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Please stop getting impolite and insulting again, or the moderator needs again to clean a thread you're posting in.

I only wanted to help you.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Pandemic:
I know you want helping me but whenever i post a reply, you need to mention me always but oke all cool.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Monolithus:
Is it working on XZ2? (Non compact or Premium version) becuase I see only XZ2 Compact and XA2 in brackets.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Klaus N.:
Yes, because primarily [MENTION=3989065]serajr[/MENTION] has made it for the XZ2, and the brackets mean, it should also work with that devices :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Pandemic:
Yes
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] toontoonizer:
I'm confused...how is bluetooth.apk bloatware?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
Apps in commented out lines (#) will not be touched/uninstalled!

[B][COLOR="Blue"]#[/COLOR][/B] ${UNINSTALL} com.android.bluetooth # system/app/Bluetooth/Bluetooth.apk
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] toontoonizer:
Ah yes, that's what i get for not reading properly. Every. Time.

Thanks for the reply! Much appreciated
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] old.splatterhand:
Thanks [MENTION=3989065]serajr[/MENTION] for this great script!

But there is a question i need to know before i apply it to my xz2c.

Coming from HTC devices, there were problems with OTA updates if system files were changed or missing. Basically OTA updates will fail, if system files are removed.

So my question is: do i get also problems, installing Sony OTA updates when i use this script?

I think i better ask before...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
I don't know, if the delta OTA will fail.

But I know, that you can download the entire firmware via xperifirm.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
Just go ahead bro. You'll keep receiving OTAs regularly. Script doesn't remove the apps, but uninstall them instead (no partitions will be touched)!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] old.splatterhand:
I'm new to Sony, so i'm not familiar with terms of it. Delta OTA means what? Something like major update (Android Version bump, from 8 to 9 for example)?

Perfect :good:
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Delta means deviation or difference.

You download the difference between your version on the Alpha or Beta partition and the new version to reduce the downloadsize.

If a company is smart, they will do that to reduce installation times and bandwidth. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] old.splatterhand:
Ah, ok. I think i've got it.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] old.splatterhand:
Ok, so i've removed almost all apps i don't want, but one still remains: biggest crap in our world, facebook app.

After the first run of debloat script, facebook still was there, so i edited the script that only facebook lines are left in:

#!/system/bin/sh

UNINSTALL="pm uninstall -k --user 0"

# /system/app/
echo ""
echo "/system/app/"
echo ""
${UNINSTALL} com.facebook.katana # system/app/com.facebook.katana/com.facebook.katana.apk
${UNINSTALL} com.facebook.appmanager # system/app/com.facebook.appmanager/com.facebook.appmanager.apk

# /system/priv-app/
echo ""
echo "/system/priv-app/"
echo ""
${UNINSTALL} com.facebook.services # system/priv-app/com.facebook.services/com.facebook.services.apk
${UNINSTALL} com.facebook.system # system/priv-app/com.facebook.system/com.facebook.system.apk

# /data/app/
echo ""
echo "/data/app/"
echo ""
${UNINSTALL} com.facebook.services
${UNINSTALL} com.facebook.katana
${UNINSTALL} com.facebook.orca
${UNINSTALL} com.facebook.system
${UNINSTALL} com.facebook.appmanager

Output of cmd window of that script was:

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

Detected: H8324 (apollo_dsds)
Firmware: 51.1.A.4.265

Copying files. . .

Debloating (uninstalling quite a few packages, standby a minute or two). . .

/system/app/

Success
Success

/system/priv-app/

Failure [not installed for 0]
Success

/data/app/

Failure [not installed for 0]
Failure [not installed for 0]
Failure [not installed for 0]
Failure [not installed for 0]
Failure [not installed for 0]

Cleaning. . .

Finished!

Rebooting (this may take a while). . .

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

So, for me it seems that three apk's were removed. But the output of installed-apps-info.txt it seems it is still there:

com.facebook.appmanager | /system/app/com.facebook.appmanager/com.facebook.appmanager.apk | Facebook App Manager
com.facebook.katana | /system/app/com.facebook.katana/com.facebook.katana.apk | Facebook
com.facebook.system | /system/priv-app/com.facebook.system/com.facebook.system.apk | Facebook App Installer

:confused: i'm confused now, what did i wrong?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Klaus N.:
Did you remove evtl. existing updates of that apps before running the script?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] old.splatterhand:
Yes, of course. I updated fb, then deinstalled the update via playstore, before running the script.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
There's nothing wrong bro.

List_Installed_Apps_Info output will always show off all apps (currently installed or not), since its main loop function traverses all apps containers (apks) located at the device.

Uninstalled apps containers (apks) will never be touched/removed!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] old.splatterhand:
Ok, but Fb app is still in app drawer, while the others from debloat script are gone...?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Klaus N.:
[/COLOR]

I took a look into your debloat_list.sh

Line 3 of your script:

UNINSTALL="pm uninstall -k --user 0"

...but in [MENTION=3989065]serajr[/MENTION] 's one:

UNINSTALL="/system/bin/pm uninstall -k --user 0"

So I suggest to change that file and give it another try!

Maybe this is the culprit :p
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] old.splatterhand:
You mean "Line" i guess.

I dowloaded serajr's again, but in both is line 3

UNINSTALL="pm uninstall -k --user 0"

like in mine, so i don't think the problem is there. Also in your udated list on page 2 it is so.

---------- Post added at 23:20 ---------- Previous post was at 23:15 ----------

A dump of app and priv-app folder showing 2 fb apps in each folder, like in debloat script.

The output of cmd was

Debloating (uninstalling quite a few packages, standby a minute or two). . .

/system/app/

Success
Success

/system/priv-app/

[B][COLOR="Red"]Failure [not installed for 0][/COLOR][/B]
Success

So one in priv-app must be the problem i think.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
You could try logging out device launcher activities to a text file, something like this:

- Open up command prompt window at

\v1.0_List_Installed_Apps_Info_By_Serajr\files

- Type: adb logcat > logcat.txt

- In your device, launch the app you wanna get info from

- Back to the command prompt window and type: Ctrl+C (breaking the logging process to the text file)

- Open up logcat.txt file with notepad++ and look for all lines containing: android.intent.category.LAUNCHER

WhatsApp example:

Line 1318: 07-28 09:22:44.640 1390 2082 I ActivityManager: START u0 {act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[[B][COLOR="blue"]android.intent.category.LAUNCHER[/COLOR][/B]] flg=0x10200000 cmp=[B][COLOR="Red"]com.whatsapp[/COLOR][/B]/.Main bnds=[276,1455][540,1728]} from uid 10196

Red marked out part is the package name you need to play with.

Now you can try uninstalling it this way:

pm uninstall -k --user 0 [B][COLOR="Red"]com.whatsapp[/COLOR][/B]
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] korom42:
[MENTION=3989065]serajr[/MENTION] Thank you so much for this simple solution

I really like your script it's simple and effective

One question can this break OTA updates ? (locked bootloader)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
Thank you. No, it can't!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] knv01:
[MENTION=3989065]serajr[/MENTION]: thanks a lot for the script! Great work again. And congratulations for your superb music taste (from your signature) :D
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] old.splatterhand:
Metal all over the world \m/

And greetings to "Immerhin" & "Posthalle" ??
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] serajr:
I appreciate it.

Black metal ist krieg! \m/
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Heil Satan!

\m/