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[Samsung Galaxy A70 Questions & Answers] DjAs7:
Hi,

I have a Samsung A70 phone (model sm-a705fn), in which the phone screen broke and i think touch screen doesn't work (It doesn't support usb-c to hdmi and i think nor OTG plug). OEM is locked and cannot put custom recovery and I want to enable USB debugging to use this tool to manualy control my phone in which is disabled. I tried the method that @MiroBiala mentioned:

on paragraph 1) but i couldn' find support for my phone device (so I scratched that). The 2) paragraph doesn't work for me cause the OEM is locked and phone is not rooted. Also, when doing

adb devices

the phone doesn't get listed. I tried searching several methods but either my device isn't listed or it uses USB Debugging/OEM unlocked. What can I do to enable USB debugging or disable OEM lock to flash custom recovery to enable usb debugging via adb? If none of the above exists, is there another way to gain screen access and touch access?
[Samsung Galaxy A70 Questions & Answers] V0latyle:
Unfortunately no. USB Debugging must be enabled and the ADB server must be authorized on the phone in order to use any ADB commands with the device. If ADB is not already enabled, there is no way to do this other than through the phone's own interface.
[Android General] Agret:
This script disables a ton of ColorOS app packages and installs a bunch of Google Ones

If you are running ColorOS on your device and like to keep it for OTA updates I have created this debloat script for you.

Unfortunately, without root certain apps are not disabled by the script due to protections from ColorOS but this still manages to remove like 90% of the Chinese bloat apps.

The instructions are:

Enable Developer Options by going into settings, scroll to bottom, press about, press version (not android version), tap on the build number 5 times.

Go back to main settings menu, tap on Additional Settings then Developer Options

In developer options:

- Enable USB debugging

- Unselect "Verify apps over USB"

- Scroll to the very bottom and then scroll up a little bit and you will see "Disable permission monitoring" - toggle this on

Run the BAT file on your computer

Unplug/plug your phone into computer

Tap to "Enable file transfer"

Tick to always trust device on the USB debugging prompt that comes up then allow it

The bat file should start doing its thing disabling the apps and then installing some Google apps

You might get a ton of prompts from the ColorOS app installer, you'll have to just keep tapping on Install

There is a second bat you can run if you have root on your device, it will disable more of the ColorOS apps than you have permission to without root.

Notes:

I made the disable app list using ColorOS14 but it should cover the same stuff on ColorOS13.

I left the ColorOS dialer enabled even though I install the Google Phone app because in my country the ColorOS dialer supports call recording but Google one doesn't , up to you which one you set as the default dialer.

These scripts only disable the ColorOS apps then clear the app data for them, it doesn't uninstall them. This way if you do an OTA update the apps shouldn't come back so you don't have to run it every device update (in theory!).
[Android General] mimbel:
A version for linux please
[Android General] Agret:
Here is the linux/macos converted version of the script, put it in the same folder you extracted the first one from as I don't include the google apps in this

Make sure adb is in your path, I think it should be a package in your distro called android-platform-tools or something along those lines

Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux users can type the following command o install ADB:

sudo apt-get install android-sdk-platform-tools

Fedora/SUSE-based Linux users can type the following command to install ADB:

sudo dnf install android-tools

For other distros:

$ sudo apt install adb [On Debian, Ubuntu and Mint]

$ sudo yum install adb [On RHEL/CentOS/Fedora and Rocky/AlmaLinux]

$ sudo emerge -a dev-util/android-tools [On Gentoo Linux]

$ sudo apk add adb [On Alpine Linux]

$ sudo pacman -S android-tools [On Arch Linux]

$ sudo zypper install adb [On OpenSUSE]
[Android General] Agret:
mimbel I saw in other post you have rooted your phone and ask about OTA. Whenever you download an OTA update press to install it but when it finishes the install and asks to reboot your phone instead go back to home screen and open your Magisk manager and press to Install magisk then pick Inactive Slot and it will apply your root to the new OTA update and then reboots your phone into it. This is correct method for OTA with root.
[Android General] Y3R4X:
Thanks for the script, it would be useful when I'll know how to install ColorOS
[Android General] jubilantLizard9:
Does this script install Google Play? (And can Google Play even work with ColorOS's built-in Google Services?)
[Android General] st1r0l:
No, this script does not install google play, but you can install it manually, it will work with built-in google services from ColorOS
[Android General] st1r0l:
I would like to add 47 more packages that should be disabled/removed, as they are of no use

Spoiler content hidden.
[Android General] jubilantLizard9:
How did you install Google Play Store? From apkpure/androidfilehost?

Also, what do you use to translate XDA into Russian? Some Firefox addon?
[Android General] st1r0l:
I installed Google Play from the "Trashbox" site. But you can use "apkpure", "apkmirror", etc.

To translate XDA, I use the built-in page translator from Google Chrome (the same browser I use)
[Android General] st1r0l:
I replied to you in private messages
[Android General] Agret:
Why reply to him in private message? You can post in here answers it's okay.

The heytap browser is rather invasive and does more behind the scenes than just be a browser, there are restrictions applied to it on the OnePlus/OPPO export versions of the firmware but China version has some spyware stuff enabled. Unfortunatel you can't disable this package without root.

The "Battery" app also has some special China stuff enabled "hidden API" and 2 "secretplugins" are enabled within it if you are using Chinese ColorOS, those features are disabled in export ROM. I am not sure what they do.

Input methods yeah you can leave enabled if you are Chinese, they are very annoying to Western users though.

They're not, they are different apps customized by ColorOS. I just disable them because Google messages is better for western users and I think the ColorOS email app is also aimed more at Chinese services than Gmail app.
[Android General] Agret:
Quick search box is when you swipe downwards on the home screen there is a search box at the top of the screen, this is powered by Quick Search. You can actually go into the settings of this by pressing the 3 dots in the search bar and disable the data collection. There is a few privacy settings.

com.oppo.store is not an app market it's just an app that opens the Oppo or OnePlus store depending on your device, it's actually not even in the China version of ColorOS only international version so I think it will be one of the lines that errors for you during the removal.

For the apps you use you'll want LatinIMEGooglePrebuilt.apk (this is GBoard), GoogleContacts.apk, GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk, Drive.apk ( I assume you meant Google Drive, OneDrive is Microsoft) and PrebuiltGmail.apk

PhoneSky.apk is the name of Play Store, Google named it this.

If you want to keep to strictly necessary you can delete everything in the apk install folder except PhoneSky.apk and GoogleServicesFramework.apk
[Android General] Agret:
I will have to check through some of these, off my head though:

com.android.wallpaper.livepicker is used for setting your device wallpaper

com.oplus.securitykeyboard is enabled by default under input options, it's a "secure keyboard" for entering passwords you can turn on so that there is no autocompletion used or saved for passwords you enter on the device, some people may like this feature I think it's interesting.

com.coloros.smartsidebar is a feature called Smart Sidebar that comes up on the top right hand side of the screen by default, you can set shortcuts into it and it also lets you quickly switch between recent apps and take a screenshot or start/stop screen recording. On a large device like the Ace 2 it helps a lot for one handed use.

com.coloros.activation I have heard that some peoples devices that are imported from China won't let you use SIM cards from your country until you have activated it with ColorOS servers, i'm not sure if this app is what is responsible for the activation but could be bad to disable this.
[Android General] st1r0l:
The link that I gave him to my article with a full description of almost all disabled services leads to an additional resource that complies with the XDA rules. My post would simply be deleted, and I don’t have time to write everything here again yet. Sincerely!

Regarding my functions that you brought to the post, I explained that in our community few people use SmartSidebar.

For SecurityKeyboard, we also have a lot of things that people prefer instead of the standard keyboard.

com.android.wallpaper.livepicker - is just a catalog of live wallpapers and standards, even if you delete it, you can insert live wallpapers from ThemeStore.

com.coloros.activation - useless on this smartphone, because it is not blocked in other countries because it was released for China. Blocking of smartphones using SIM cards occurs only when the smartphone has 2 versions - global and for China.
[Android General] Agret:
Can you copy paste your pm to him and send to me I'll try put together a document with a list of all services and what they do thank you
[Android General] swissglobetrotter:
Thank you for the script Agret, so easy and it worked well!

I can confirm your theories. I ran the script on ColorOS13 and bloatware disappeared, OTA upgraded to ColorOS14 and everything was still the same, bloatware did not return.

It would be interesting to know which apps can be totally removed without the updates bringing them back.
[Android General] dark4m:
The script did the device well, and installed most of the needed apps. Appreciate your fine work.
[Android General] X-001:
Hello, I appreciate your work, it has been very helpful, I have a question, and it is about the Phone Manager app, which is deactivated.

I have been looking for a way to manage the device and looking for the antivirus and toolset to optimize the device and I have found the Phone Manager app disabled.

Do you recommend reactivating it or installing another type of manager and tools to optimize the mobile.

I hope you can help me with your answer and I wish you a great day.
[Android General] FrenchFryKid:
This script should also work for the Ace 3 right?
[Android General] jubilantLizard9:
Any updates to this script?
[Android General] Agret:
What phone did you run it on @jubilantLizard9 ? Can you give info about what apps it didn't remove on your device?
[Android General] jubilantLizard9:
Ordinary one, but ColorOS 14 was already updated a few times, so I thought there were some new useless apps.
[Android General] jubilantLizard9:
The ColorOS website has a page which is expected to provide descriptions to the installed modules and packages:

ColorOS 预装应用查询，一键查询您手机的出厂应用 - ColorOS 官方网站

ColorOS 重视用户权益，预装应用查询可提供查询相关机型的官方内置应用及第三方内置应用。

www.coloros.com

However, no matter what I try to enter there, the result is empty. Does anybody know what to put there to get the details about Ace 2 Pro?

They claim that only the "original factory firmware" is supported, but no matter which firmware version I tried, it didn't work.

Any ideas?
[Android General] jubilantLizard9:
Not sure if you actually need an "antivirus" for Android.

Regarding a "Phone Manager", I recommend using the "App Manager" from F-Droid, https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager (io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager).

By the way, the same developer also maintains a huge debloat list:

GitHub - MuntashirAkon/android-debloat-list: [WIP] A comprehensive list of apps for debloating Android with suggestions and vulnerabilities, based on but independent of UAD project.

[WIP] A comprehensive list of apps for debloating Android with suggestions and vulnerabilities, based on but independent of UAD project. - MuntashirAkon/android-debloat-list

github.com
[Android General] jubilantLizard9:
I have tried to review _all_ packages present on OnePlus Ace 2 Pro, and I think I have a few suggested alternations to this debloat list.

However, I am not yet ready to make my own script, but I can share the review results: https://codeberg.org/vengefulPorpoise6/oneplus-ace-2-pro-debloat/src/branch/master/index.org

Sorry, codeberg's support for rendering org-mode is poor, but overall, headlines marked "DELETE" can almost surely be deleted without harming the phone, those marked "TRYDELETE" are unclear, in that I have found no use in them, but I have not tried to delete them either.

Deleting almost surely would require root, I never checked, as I have root.

The attached file is the same org-mode file, renamed to txt.

If anyone knows something about the "mysterious" packages, pull requests to that repo are welcome.
[Android General] xxxdavidxxx:
bonjour, après installation cela provoque-t-il des problèmes d'intégrité avec le Téléphone (ex : netflix, wallet....) Je suis sans root et sans bootloader débloqué) MERCI
[Android General] Badzoo:
Firstly, thanks for the script, however, I am trying to set up a supervised account on an 1+ Ace 3 and it seems to be missing something, the device does not manage to finish the setup.

Otherwise, eveything is working as expected so far.
[Android General] Agret:
This not not cause any problems with integrity. bootloader unlock is what causes the integrity issue.
[Android General] dark4m:
Is there any plan to create a new script with updated apk files?

BTW a problem with google phone app if set as default doesn't show prompt page with incoming calls.
[Android General] mieuboy:
Hey bro. I find a way to disale/unistall heytap browser, heytap store and phone manager one china version os.I use universal debloater but dont succesful. Does bro has anyway to uninstall this app without root?
[Blade General] alleyjazz:
Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum. I have the Blade A0620 without any security update since 2018... so I finally decided to look into how to update that. Well, the process of installing a new ROM seems to be fairly straightforward, but how to decide what to install?

I've seen threads on here describing different mods and roms, BUT they all seem to be from 2012...?

So, can someone please help me and point me where I can find something suitable for my phone.

What I'm looking for is basically just an up to date android version.

I don't really need any preinstalled apps (besides probably the google app store), but it has to be good for daily use. Some of what I read don't support GPS for example, that's a no go for me.

Thanks everyone, have a nice day!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Glitch:
Hi, I have heard that chromiumos supports android apps and some builds even have play store. So, the question is, can anyone build me an image of chrome/chromium os for my tab? Any help would be much appreciated.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] patterns:
is there a software where you can take a photo of somethign and it will scan text - either handwritten/typed?

i think this should be possible seeing as there is a software for reading business cards
[Introductions] pietropizza1:
Hi community

I'm approaching the Android world and would like to take advantage of this community to get valuable advice
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pietropizza1:
Hi all

On my samsung s9 (Android 10 version) I previously configured WhatsApp business and made a backup. I managed to extract the db but I can't access the /data/data/com.whatsapp.com.w4b/files folder to recover the key and decrypt the messages.

I tried installing VMOS and a rom with root access. I can access the /data/data folder, but I only see the apps installed in the emulator and not in the physical device (so I don't see WhatsApp). Am I doing something wrong or is this normal behavior?

I have not enabled OEM unlock and therefore if I want to root I will lose all the data (including the key I need).

Do you have any recommendations?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] V0latyle:
Due to Scoped Storage, an Android app does not have access to any other Android app's private data. Root must be used to grant that app access. Each app only has permissions to its own private data and does not have permissions to the entire /data folder.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pietropizza1:
Scoped Storage is available from Android 11. I have a Andorid 10
[General Questions and Answers] jShsiks123:
I'm stuck on an unlocked bootloader because I can't find any boot.img for my current firmware

My phone is Infinix Note 30 4G

X6833B-H894DEFGHI-T-GL-231102V2897
[General Questions and Answers] felix otieno.:
Try to flash the rom
[General Questions and Answers] jShsiks123:
What Rom?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] shoker89:
Hello everyone,

I was trying to change the ROM of my Pad 6 from the chinese to the european version, but I'm hitting a wall with the Mi Unlock.

After connect the device to the miAccount and enable the developer settings, when I click on the "Add account and device" button after the "preparing device" I get a "Couldn't add, Please go to Mi Community to apply for authorization".

I was able to unlock another device under the same mi Account, but seems impossible for the pad.

Also I cannot see the pad6 in MyDevices list under the miAccount.

Any suggestions?

Thx.
[Xiaomi Pad 6] shoker89:
Thank you Akamashi, that worked!

Even tho I still got the error message in the Mi Unlock Status, I was able to start the countdown on the MiFlash.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] alexk_il:
I was using the slower ~10W chargers for the last couple of years, till decided to finally try the original fast charger. The phone gets hot quickly and the charging speed seems to be lowered after a while. Charging speed throttling, maybe?

Is this expected? How does your X3 handle the original 33W charger, does the phone get noticeably hot (rather than slightly warm)?
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] zalnaR:
It does get hot while charging, but in my experience it's better than when plugged in to a computer
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] Binarybard:
It's completely normal.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] mantasx1001:
Wrong phone this is the Poco X3 Pro forum ,but the charger is probably the same or similar
[General Questions and Answers] muffelmufflig:
Mod edit - translated by https://translate.google.com/. Oswald Boelcke, Senior Moderator.

Hello,

I know there is a way to exclude cloned apps from updates for this app. Unfortunately I can no longer find this option.

Can someone help me?

Thanks and best regards

*********************

Hallo,

Ich weiß, dass es eine Möglichkeit gibt, geklonte Apps von Updates für diese App auszuschließen. Leider kann ich diese Option nicht mehr finden.

Kann mir jemand helfen?

Vielen Dank und beste Grüße
[General Questions and Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
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[Xiaomi Mi Band 4 Questions & Answers] tnb1453:
There are only pair first and regulatory options on the screen. Since it is an old watch, I do not know which phone it was connected to first, and when I try to connect it to my father's phone, it does not connect. It does not even appear in the Mi Fit app. Even if it is visible on Bluetooth, it does not connect. Can I plug it into the computer with a USB charging cable and reset it? Is there a way to do this?
[General Questions and Answers] alexbobspoons2:
Hi

Out of my depth on this issue but hope some may help.

For many many years I have made APK backups of my games and apps using various programs (often esfileexplorer) just incase of problems with the main stores removing apps. All has always gone well over various tablets

However I have just run into an issue.

On my latest tablet (Amazon Fire HD 8 10th gen) I installed a game from the app store, worked fine, made an apk backup and seemed well..... but later when I have tried to reinstall the apk it has not worked giving an error of "failed to load libmain.so your hardware does not support this application".

If I install the game again from the actual store it works, but the backup will not work. Odd.

Ive tested out and its happened to a very small number of other backups too with same message. (Including dumb ways to die the original game)

Tried googling and got a lot of unity info that is beyond me. Not sure if this is maybe a result of the new store ABB format or maybe 64bit tablet?? Really dont know.

I tried a slightly older APK downloaded from apkcombo and that worked fine so I just dont know why I cannot create my own APK backup of the store version. Its a free game not paid (The game was a slightly older verison. Its called "Spot It Diferences" and has a toucan as the icon. Dont want to link if not allowed).

So is there any general knowledge on why this isnt working?

Is it my tablet? Or the newer game file? or the backup software? or something different?

My little boy has autism and would never understand a game vanishing, which is why I always want to have my own personal backups of all my games as a safety measure, so its really important to me to try and fix whatever is causing this.

My tablet is not rooted, though that hasnt affected simple APK backups before if no big OBB file or data needed.

Please help with any suggestions if you can.

Thank you.

ALex
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
The error message "failed to load libmain.so your hardware does not support this application" indicates that the game app you're trying to install is incompatible with your specific Android device's hardware architecture.
[General Questions and Answers] Agret:
Try to use this format of command when backing up the app

adb backup -f <backup-file-name> -apk -shared <package-name>

this backs up and the apk and the userdata into the backup file rather than just the apk, maybe this will force it to include the libraries too.
[General Questions and Answers] James_Watson:
I think that the apk backup you made must be incomplete. It lacks the library file, libmain.so.

The file extension .so stands for shared object.
[General Questions and Answers] alexbobspoons2:
Hi thanks but as said in my post it DOES work when straight from the store so it must be compatible. It has to be an issue with the backup
[General Questions and Answers] alexbobspoons2:
Thanks I will try this but have no experience using adb commands, do I need to be rooted for adb commands please? Then what do I use to enter those commands (I assume the <> arrows arent needed?) and package name is the game itself as seen by the tablet whereas backup name is anything I choose yes?

Thank you