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Can you no longer simply uninstall system apps using adb, or is this just an alternative method?
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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.
It runs a wifi adb to connect the device to itself.