Does ADB Bloatware Removal Work on Le Pro 3 x722 and x720?

[sk8223]

I ordered the phone from Banggood and plan to use it as a media/gaming device. But I hate LeEco bloatware. My mom's Le 2 is full of it and it's really hampering performance.

Anyway, I figure I can remove all the LeEco apps and services using this simple ADB command:

pm uninstall -k --user 0 <name of package> Do not use this command unless you know exactly which apps to uninstall. If you uninstall certain apps, other apps may stop working. Use pm disable instead, and pm enable to enable apps if something stops working.

Or simply disabling them with the other command (pm disable (package name)).

My question is, does this work on the Le Pro 3 or has Le prevented users from doing so completely? I don't want to root to do this (and then unroot afterwards because I need SafetyNet) because too many people seem to be having issues unlocking the bootloader and rooting here. Don't want to take any chances. I plan on staying on Banggood's vendor ROM forever because, as I said, this is just gonna be a gaming device.

Is it safe to do this, or will LeEco/Banggood ROM throw some idiotic error my way and cause my phone to stop working the moment I reboot it. And has anyone debloated their phone using ADB alone?

Thanks!

 

[sk8223]

Okay, so I tried the "pm uninstall" command with my mom's Le 2 and managed to uninstall A LOT of LeTV bloatware. Still shows up in App management though, but as 0 bytes and as "Not installed for this user". Good riddance. Hopefully I'll be able to do the same with my phone. Then again, the ROMs are different despite being the same version (5.8), since one is Indian and the other will be a Chinese vendor ROM.

 

[bethe]

Could you help with the procedure?
I have a 727 and also want to stay with a stock rom but want to disable all the Leco TV stuff, care to give any pointers?
Thanks.

 

[sk8223]

Could you help with the procedure?
I have a 727 and also want to stay with a stock rom but want to disable all the Leco TV stuff, care to give any pointers?
Thanks.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...co-spyware-t3503389/post69712213#post69712213

Basically, just enable USB Debugging and download platform-tools package from somewhere. It's the simple version of the Android SDK. Then connect your phone, enable "trust this computer" on your phone (you'll get a pop-up), then use the Windows or Linux command prompt to enter into the platform-tools directory and start disabling or "uninstalling" apps. List all your packages first using pm list packages

Now, I'm not sure the apps are completely uninstalled using the pm uninstall command. I would not recommend uninstalling apps unless you're sure that the system doesn't rely on them. For example, I idiotically uninstalled some LeTV apps that Facebook, Gmail, and the Google app require on my mom's Le 2 and now she's pissed off at me because none of those apps work. :laugh: I hope they can be restored using pm restore or I'll have to factory reset the phone.

Only use the pm disable command.

The apps will be disabled even after reboot, so no worries. Just make sure you don't update the phone if you ever mysteriously receive an update.

 

[sk8223]

Okay, so using the pm uninstall command? Bad move. Very, very bad move. It turns out that all apps that use Google services on my mom's phone were affected. They all just stopped responding. Eventually Google Account Management itself stopped working, along with the Play Store. Kept getting the "There's a problem with Google servers, try again later" with all Google apps. No amount of data clearing or APK installing worked. I had to backup and factory reset her phone, which was no easy feat without Google Drive (looking at you, Whatsapp) and thank god, all the uninstalled apps came back. Thought I'd borked the system partition for good.

So yeah, never do what I did. ALWAYS USE THE PM DISABLE COMMAND. LeTV bloatware is tied into Google services, unlike other phones. Let this be a lesson to all.

Funnily enough, I use the pm uninstall command freely on my Moto X without issue. Then again, I'm running stock with no Le bloat, just Google bloat.

 

[bethe]

Could you list the apps that are safe to disable then?
Much appreciated.

 

[sk8223]

Could you list the apps that are safe to disable then?
Much appreciated.

Check the link I left in my other post. It's the apps list for the x720 or some other Le phone, can't remember.

 

[bethe]

OK, a lttle more help please.

Here's the list:

[email protected] ~> adb shell pm list packages -d
package:com.letv.android.FuseWire
package:com.letv.android.quicksearchbox
package:com.letv.android.agent
package:com.letv.android.zxing
package:com.letv.android.account
package:com.letv.android.wallpaper
package:com.letv.android.wallpaperonline
package:com.letv.leui.sdk.data
package:com.letv.android.letvlive
package:com.lesports.glivesports
package:com.letv.android.note
package:com.le.android.webview
package:com.letv.android.usermanual
package:com.letv.letvshop
package:com.android.browser
package:com.le.share.zl1
package:com.letv.android.personalized
package:com.baidu.input_letv
package:com.letv.app.appstore
package:com.stv.stvpush
package:com.android.mms
package:com.letv.android.backup
package:com.letv.android.client
package:com.letv.android.setupwizard
package:com.android.calendar
package:com.letv.android.backupclient
package:com.letv.walletbiz
package:com.android.VRAdmin
package:com.letv.gallery3d.syncservice
package:com.lvr.wizzard
package:com.android.gallery3d
package:com.letv.agnes
package:com.letv.games
package:com.letv.wihd
package:com.letv.lesophoneclient
package:com.letv.android.fannation
package:com.letv.android.bugreporter
package:com.letv.android.accountinfo
package:com.letv.wallet
package:com.letv.android.filemanager
package:com.letv.android.cloudservice
package:com.android.music
package:sina.mobile.tianqitongletv
package:com.letv.android.videoplayer
package:com.sohu.inputmethod.sogou.leshi

Could you tell me what the -d parameter does?
On my phone when i type it at the end of "pm list packages " command it will list only one package ( some google notifier or such).
But when I do " pm list packages " it does list them all .
Also how do you use "pm disable " ( you have to type "pm disable package:sina.mobiletianqitongletv " for example , and repeat for all the packages that you want to remove ? ) or there is a easier way ?
I understand that you should disable all the "com.letv.xxxxxx " packages but how about these:
package:com.android.mms
package:com.android.browser
package:com.android.music
Should I disable these too? It seems not right , I need to use mms, browser, music etc..

 

[sk8223]

adb shell pm disable (insert package name like com.letv.example). Don't disable anything the spyware list (link in my second response) doesn't list.

 

[bethe]

Unfortunately I get an error when I type this command : "1|[email protected]_zl1:/ $ pm disable com.letv.android.zxing
Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: attempt to change component state from pid=18860, uid=2000, package uid=10087 "
What I'm doing wrong ?

 

[bethe]

Doesn't work even with --user 0 parameter " 1|[email protected]_zl1:/ $ pm disable --user 0 com.letv.android.FuseWire
Error: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: attempt to change component state from pid=22489, uid=2000, package uid=1000
1|[email protected]_zl1:/ $

Do I have to root the phone?

 

[bethe]

Looks like the disable command doesn't work, I tried uninstall ant that works.
The proper syntax is : pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.letv.example

 

[sk8223]

Looks like the disable command doesn't work, I tried uninstall ant that works.
The proper syntax is : pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.letv.example

You should never use the uninstall command unless you're prepared to factory reset your phone if you accidentally uninstall a core service.

I'm surprised that pm disable doesn't work, since it worked for everyone in that LeEco spyware thread. Maybe the new models are different because they're running ROMs that prevent it, which sucks.

 

[bethe]

I dont know how to disable them, for me the disable command allways errors out.
Anyway I compared list that you linkd with list of the packages on my 727 at eui 021s, here are packages from your list that are also listed in my phone:

[B][I]package:com.letv.android.FuseWire
package:com.letv.android.agent
package:com.letv.android.zxing
package:com.letv.android.account
package:com.letv.android.wallpaper
package:com.letv.leui.sdk.data
package:com.letv.android.letvlive
package:com.letv.android.note
package:com.le.android.webview
package:com.le.share.zl1
package:com.letv.android.backup
package:com.letv.android.setupwizard
package:com.letv.android.backupclient
package:com.letv.gallery3d.syncservice
package:com.letv.agnes
package:com.letv.wihd
package:com.letv.lesophoneclient
package:com.letv.android.fannation
package:com.letv.android.bugreporter
package:com.letv.android.accountinfo
package:com.letv.android.filemanager
package:com.letv.android.cloudservice
package:com.letv.android.videoplayer[/I][/B]

Since I will have to use uninstall on them, are you sure that the're safe to uninstall? You wrote that you had some issues with google services, account management etc., did you uninstall some other packages or only these above?

 

[sk8223]

I dont know how to disable them, for me the disable command allways errors out.
Anyway I compared list that you linkd with list of the packages on my 727 at eui 021s, here are packages from your list that are also listed in my phone:

[B][I]package:com.letv.android.FuseWire
package:com.letv.android.agent
package:com.letv.android.zxing
package:com.letv.android.account
package:com.letv.android.wallpaper
package:com.letv.leui.sdk.data
package:com.letv.android.letvlive
package:com.letv.android.note
package:com.le.android.webview
package:com.le.share.zl1
package:com.letv.android.backup
package:com.letv.android.setupwizard
package:com.letv.android.backupclient
package:com.letv.gallery3d.syncservice
package:com.letv.agnes
package:com.letv.wihd
package:com.letv.lesophoneclient
package:com.letv.android.fannation
package:com.letv.android.bugreporter
package:com.letv.android.accountinfo
package:com.letv.android.filemanager
package:com.letv.android.cloudservice
package:com.letv.android.videoplayer[/I][/B]

Since I will have to use uninstall on them, are you sure that the're safe to uninstall? You wrote that you had some issues with google services, account management etc., did you uninstall some other packages or only these above?

I was only uninstalling LeTV apps, but on an Le2, so the apps were different. And I must have accidentally disabled a package that managed Google services because all Google apps stopped working and I had to reset the phone. Anyway, it's good to know that the pm disable command doesn't work... which is surprising. I hope it'll work on mine when I receive it. I guess I'm ok with uninstalling the apps, the only problem being that issues may pop up down the road and if something goes wrong I'll have to factory reset the phone.

 

[bethe]

I uninstalled all the packages on the list that I posted before, will report how it goes.
One thing annoys me though, the LeView screen when you swipe right is still there, how do I disable this thing?
Here's a list of the remaining packages that I found on my phone with the Letv in the name:

[B][I]package:com.uei.quicksetsdk.letv
package:com.letv.android.theme
package:com.letv.leui.schpwronoff
package:com.letv.android.letvsafe
package:com.letv.internationalsarrs
package:com.letv.android.themesettings
package:com.letv.wihd.sample
package:com.letv.android.remotecontrol
package:com.letv.android.remotedevice
package:com.letv.android.recorder
package:com.letv.bugpostbox
package:com.letv.android.compass
package:com.letv.domain
package:com.letv.android.supermanager
package:com.letv.android.powercontroller
package:com.letv.android.DebugUtils
package:com.irtest.letv
package:com.letv.factorymode
package:com.letv.android.StateInfo
package:com.letv.android.ecoProvider
package:com.letv.android.emojistore
package:com.letv.leui.colormode
package:com.letv.android.privacydata
package:com.letv.bsp.qccrashhandler
package:com.letv.android.ota
package:com.letv.android.LetvShareProvider
package:com.letv.android.phonecontrol
package:com.letv.android.euitransfer[/I][/B]

Any suggestions what is safe to uninstall from here?

Also I did'n uninstall any of these:

[B][I]package:com.android.browser
package:com.stv.stvpush
package:com.android.mms
package:com.android.calendar
package:com.android.gallery3d
package:com.android.music[/I][/B]

Just didn't seem right, what do you thing?

 

[sk8223]

Um, leave all that stuff. Especially com.letv.android.ecoProvider, which will break everything if you uninstall it.

My mom's Le2 lets me disable and enable apps and uninstall them, so it's weird that other LeEco phones don't allow that. I guess it's due to official versus vendor ROMs. My mom's phone has the official Indian Le2 ROM from Flipkart. The thread I linked (https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...co-spyware-t3503389/post69712213#post69712213) asks users to use the pm disable command, so it's supposed to work. But I guess the x727's Chinese/vendor ROM (I assume you're not running a custom ROM) prevents disabling apps. I had the same issue with my ASUS Zenfone 3 where I couldn't disable anything via ADB due to the same error message you got. Really lame

One thing annoys me though, the LeView screen when you swipe right is still there, how do I disable this thing?

IDK what that is. I'll have to check my mom's phone again. Just look for the package name using pm list packages. You're bound to find something.

 

[bethe]

So far so good, I don't see any problems after uninstaling these apps.
Google apps are working, camera works as before, apps like Viber or Skype also OK.
Let me know if you want to try anything specific.

 

[sk8223]

hi

So far so good, I don't see any problems after uninstaling these apps.
Google apps are working, camera works as before, apps like Viber or Skype also OK.
Let me know if you want to try anything specific.

Uninstalling LeEcoProvider didn't bork anything for you? Huh. I'll have to do some testing with my phone when it comes in a few weeks to see how much crap I can remove and get away with.