I assume virtually everyone in this place is using some third party ROM. Many of you probably rocking Banana ROM off your Alcatel z657 bought at Boost Mobile in 2012.
But is there any simpleton here like myself who is on stock android? You know, the middle age dude who has “Privacy” as a hobby because he can’t afford or have time for a real one. 😶🌫️
I’m using a Moto G5 with stock android, too. Couldn’t be arsed to install lineage, since I could just enable USB debugging, run Android Bridge and uninstall most of the malware/spyware shit that comes builtin
tell me more about that.
https://developer.android.com/tools/adb
When you enable USB debugging (gotta enable Developer Mode first, which is usually enabled by tapping several times on Settings -> About phone -> Build Number, but can vary depending on model), you can connect the phone to your computer and have the computer start a command line shell via ADB (Android Bridge), which will allow you to uninstall almost everything. First, you should get a list of installed stuff with
adb pm list packages. With the list, you can then useadb pm uninstall -k --user 0 package.name- wildcards don’t work, you’ll have to go one by one.wow THANK YOU! just uninstalled a bunch of garbage from one of my stock phones. i thought you needed root for this.
Yup, when I first learned that you didn’t need to root, that developer options + adb was enough to get rid of most bloatware, that was an incredible relief to me, too!