[Android General] Insomniac05:
The UP government started giving away tablets and smartphones since Dec 2021, from what it seems the first batch got Samsungs, second got Acers and the third batch got Lavas.

While I was among the lucky ones from the first batch who got the Samsung one, which was pretty easy to fix and free up from all the monitoring my friend got the Lava one and we couldn't find any guides on how to free that device up.

So I got the Lava t81n tablet yesterday from my friend and started experimenting on it, finally I was able to remove the administration. While it has some issues they aren't anything major for the most part.

DISCLAIMER:

I M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF ANY HARM OCCURS FROM THIS GUIDE TO YOUR DEVICE.

Meant for Educational Purposes Only.

*This method requires removal of Google Play Services from you device which in turn makes almost all google apps to stop working, hence the de-googling part. It has other consequences however if those would hinder you or not is upto you*

With all that said let's get into how to do this:

Step 1 : Getting device ready for a reset (Very important step otherwise device will have frp lock later)

Go to Settings>Accounts and remove every account that could be removed, leave the opera ones they can't be.

Along with that remove any screen lock that you have on your device

Step 2 : Booting into recovery

Turn off your device

Hold Power and Volume Up until the device opens up the boot menu

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Use the volume up button to get <<== this arrow to Recovery Mode and then press Volume Down

The device will go to a screen saying No Command

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Hold the Power Button and press the Volume Up button once to reveal the recovery menu

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Step 3 : Resetting the device (This will remove all of your data take a backup beforehand if you have anything important)

From this menu go down to Wipe data/factory reset by using the Volume Down button then hit the Power Button to select.

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Once the operation is over select the Reboot system now option

It'll take some time but soon your device will boot up being back to how you got it the first time around

Step 4 : Prepping the device for de-googling

Go through the setup procedure and DO NOT connect to any network wi-fi or mobile internet

Once on the home screen go to settings

Go all the way down to About Tablet and select it

Again go down and click on Build number 7 times in order to enable developer mode

Once enabled go to System>Advanced>Developer options

From there find and turn on USB debugging

Step 5 : De-googling

Unlike Samsung which used Knox to implement the mdm Lava and maybe Acer too do it with the Google Play Services thus that needs to be removed

For the following procedure you can use platform-tools or ADB App Control, personally prefer the latter

Connect your device to your pc using a usb cable then :

For ADB app control download the Degoogle Preset.txt file from the attachments. Open ADB App Control and click on the load preset button and select the downloaded file, it'll select 16 apps, select unistall from the drop down menu at the bottom and click on uninstall.

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For platform tools open cmd inside the folder (just type cmd in the address bar and hit enter then run these commands one by one:

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.projection.gearhead
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.webview
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.googleassistant
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.calendar
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.chrome
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.docs
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gm
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.videos
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gms
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.vending
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.tts
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.lava.guide
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.maps
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.tachyon
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.youtube.music

Step 6 : Getting Alternatives

Now that the phone is completely stripped of Google apps you need alternatives

Play Store - Aurora Store

Youtube - Youtube Vanced (This is the one I used)

Youtube Music - YT Music Vanced (This is the one I used)

MicroG needed for vanced apps

Gmail - K-9 Mail

Chrome - Firefox / Any other browser you prefer which doesn't depend on Google Play Services

Drive - MiXplorer

With this you are done you have successfully removed all restrictions from your Lava t81n

This is what the one I have looks like post this process

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The Play Store icon is actually Aurora Store similarly Gmail is K9 Mail

P.S.: If someone can get me the latest firmware of this device namely **LAVA_T81N_UP_2_32_SWV04_12052022** the device can be rooted and then the google play services can be replaced with one from microg thus removing all the drawbacks

Or alternatively if someone can help me understand how to use betools, I have tried to downgrade to the latest available firmware SWV02 but when trying to flash it pops up with an error saying user cancel