[LP][5.X][XPERIA] Debloating Script For Performance , battery Life and more memory

[Grajatyadav]

Hey guys, I sharing debloating script for those interested in a higly DEBLOATED LP installation, very slimmed down, battery friendly, faster, with less RAM comsuption etc

It will remove everything that is not important so before proceding be sure to backup full system

RESULT

As said at the top, you'll get a very slimmed down LP FW, battery friendly, very fast, with less RAM comsuption etc

Of course, everything is working great here, I mean all the features I need/use!

you are going to delete more than 160 packages in total with all relevant libs/stuff plus all applications automatically installed by Sony

HOW TO RESTORE SOMETHING

PS. of course I also removed from my FW all the stuff that can be easily downloaded from the Play Store (Gmail, etc)
below you will find the restoring instructions you need to follow to restore any package you may want back

According to what you want to restore, you have to follow two different procedures:

- all the APKs that are inside /system/__Backup/various/etc_custom_apps and /system/__Backup/various/etc_prod_apps are regular APKs that are going to be installed in /data, so you can just run them and then select "install" like a normal APK, easy. You will then see them in Settings > applications > downloaded

- instead, all the things in /system/__Backup/system_app and /system/

__Backup/system_priv-app folders can't be normally installed, but must be restored in the correct /system folders with correct permissions. To do this, see the step-by-step instructions below (in the following example, I am going to restore Chrome app in /system/app and Velvet (Google Search) in /system/priv-app, but of course you can restore how many things as you want at the same time)

- with a root file manager like ES, go to /system/__Backup/system_app and MOVE the whole "Chrome" folder to /system/app
- with a root file manager like ES, go to /system/__Backup/system_priv-app and MOVE the whole "Velvet" folder to /system/priv-app
- reboot
- done

PS. don't copy but MOVE things back, or permissions will get messed up and you are likely to end up in a bootloop!

Requirements:
- working recovery
- be on LP already, 5.0.2 or 5.1.1, doesn't matter

DISCLAIMER

If you apply my script again please take care I did a pretty massive debloat as I don't use a lot of stuff (social apps, small apps, many of the sony "addons"/special settings etc!!) and this is a working config for me, but for others some functionalities will be probably missing, so mind what you do before apply them! (but again you can restore anything anytime, if interested just go for it)

Installation:
1. full nandroid backup to eventually go back to previous any time
2. wipe data, cache and dalvik ***
3. flash debloating script
4. that's all! reboot/enjoy and hit thanks

View attachment Bloatware_Removal_LP.zip

Credits
Many THANKS @ondrejvaroscak and @Puffin617 for some very good advices, @mj084 for some packages descriptions and @moly82 for sharing this

 

[bsvinod]

Hi,
In stock debloated ROM whether screen mirroring will work or not, please let me know. Now I am using Decepticon ROM. Which one is better.
Before putting debloating script keeping a backup of all system apps using Titanium Backup is enough or not. Please clear my doubts.

 

[SH1M4BD3]

bootloop on latest 5.1.1 d5322

 

[Grajatyadav]

bootloop on latest 5.1.1 d5322

Clear delvik catch and restart no such issues same device I have

 

[markbobb]

Fantastic - thank you. Did the job perfectly!

 

[pokamonNereid]

hi i have this phone last month, hand-me-down. does this procedure require root? and what recovery do i have to use?