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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 49 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't want to just uninstall the updates

[–] determinist@kbin.earth 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

@TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works

@baatliwala@lemmy.world

I stumbled upon Canta & Shizuku which when combined can enable removal of (system level) apps on Android devices. I haven't gone crazy removing stuff however I am following cautiously the lists of recommended and safe apps.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can you no longer simply uninstall system apps using adb, or is this just an alternative method?

[–] determinist@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago

@Anivia@feddit.org

@baatliwala@lemmy.world @TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works

So Canta (https://github.com/samolego/Canta) is the app that uninstalls and Shizuku (https://shizuku.rikka.app/) is the app that allows Canta to access the system.

Together they're basically just a UI 'easy to use' alternative to direct adb via terminal. Canta displays a list of all apps on the phone system conveniently marked with recommendations for removal - e.g. Recommended | Unsafe | System | Advanced | Expert

I know it's more work to setup however for ease of use after that I like it. There are lists available (on Github for example) of apps that have been installed on most phone models and I would use these lists anyway if I was using adb+terminal. Now using Canta IT checks the lists, and provides me a visual interface to the apps that are installed on my phone, compared to the compiled lists, and then marks them ... then it lets me remove or not as I see fit.

In summary, it's seems to be a nice(?kind of) UI to adb designed for ease of use.

[–] DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

It runs a wifi adb to connect the device to itself.