Debloat Nvidia with Android Debug Bridge (ADB)

This repository contains a list of Android Debug Bridge (ADB) commands to aggressively bloatware from Nvidia Android devices that don't normally display an option to remove them.

Running all commands listed in commands.txt will disable almost all Nvidia apps. Use at your own risk and read over all commands to make sure you don't take out something you need. While these commands cannot harm your device, there may be situations where your phone gets into a crash-loop and the easiest fix is to boot the device into "Recovery Mode" and perform a factory reset.

⚠️ Research each package before running the command to disable it. Some apps have hidden dependencies.

Instructions

Search for a Minimal ADB installer : https://xdaforums.com/t/tool-minimal-adb-and-fastboot-2-9-18.2317790/ Further reading on ADB can be found here: https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb#Enabling.

1. Install Minimal ADB

2. On your phone, enable Android's "Developer Options"

3. In "Developer Options", turn on "USB Debugging"

4. Connect your Nvidia Shield to your computer with wireless debugging enabled. Verify that adb sees your device and the daemon is running with the following command

   • adb connect [your-ip-address]
   • adb devices
   • You should see the device name listed as a "device".
   • At this point your device should prompt you to accept USB debugging from your computer. Tap "Allow".

5. Enter your device's shell with the following command

   • adb shell

6. Once in the device's shell, copy and paste all desired commands from commands.txt to remove the package.

Change default launcher

Command to install a launcher manager :

• adb install Apps/LauncherManager.apk

Install a TV Launcher : I recommend Projectivy launcher but any of your choice is fine.

Open Launcher Manager on your Nvidia Shield and choose the new launcher installed. Once done you can safely remove the default TV launcher.

• adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.tvlauncher
• adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.leanbacklauncher

Other

Once in your device's shell, you can use the following command to list installed packages by name.

• pm list package | grep '<package name>'

For example, to list all installed packages with Facebook in their name, you'd type,

• pm list package | grep 'facebook'

Reinstall deleted apps

Use :

• pm install-existing --user 0 <package name>

For example to reinstall Sound Quality and Effects,

• pm install-existing --user 0 com.sec.android.app.soundalive
• pm install-existing --user 0 com.sec.android.app.myfiles