So you got your new shiny realme device but you hate bloatware or want to disable system apps so you can use 3rd party apps instead? Follow the steps below:
THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE ROOT HOWEVER MAKE SURE NOT TO DISABLE IMPORTANT SYSTEM APPS. WIPE DATA/FORMATTING RE-ENABLES ALL SYSTEM APPS. THIS DOES NOT MESS WITH OTAs.
WHAT YOU NEED:-
ADB/Fastboot Drivers Windows
, Linux
DEBLOAT:-
1. Enable developer options by tapping on the build number 7 times and enable USB Debugging.
2. Plug in your phone.
3. Goto the folder where ADB is installed, hold shift and right click, and click on open command window here(windows).
4. Type in CMD
or in Powershell
.
5. This should return the ID of your device and show if its authorised. Enable Promt on your Phone if it shows unauthorised.
6. Type in cmd
,in Powershell
.
7. This should display a prompt, something like RMXxxxx:/ $
8. To uninstall type
To disable type
eg: pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.heytap.browser / pm disable-user --user 0 com.heytap.browser
9. Done!
To reinstall uninstalled apps type
To enable disabled apps type
Some apps do not uninstall such as market and gamecenter, disabling is the only option.
THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE ROOT HOWEVER MAKE SURE NOT TO DISABLE IMPORTANT SYSTEM APPS. WIPE DATA/FORMATTING RE-ENABLES ALL SYSTEM APPS. THIS DOES NOT MESS WITH OTAs.
WHAT YOU NEED:-
ADB/Fastboot Drivers Windows
HTML:
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
HTML:
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
DEBLOAT:-
1. Enable developer options by tapping on the build number 7 times and enable USB Debugging.
2. Plug in your phone.
3. Goto the folder where ADB is installed, hold shift and right click, and click on open command window here(windows).
4. Type in CMD
Code:
adb devices
Code:
./adb devices
5. This should return the ID of your device and show if its authorised. Enable Promt on your Phone if it shows unauthorised.
6. Type in cmd
Code:
adb shell
Code:
./adb shell
7. This should display a prompt, something like RMXxxxx:/ $
8. To uninstall type
Code:
pm uninstall -k --user 0 <name of the package>
Code:
pm disable-user --user 0 <name of the package>
9. Done!
To reinstall uninstalled apps type
Code:
pm install-existing <name of the package>
Code:
pm enable <name of the package>
Some apps do not uninstall such as market and gamecenter, disabling is the only option.
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