universal-android-debloater

In my experience the best way to improve budget/old android phone performance is to disable as much random preinstalled crap as possible. Some stuff you can't disable directly through phone settings so you need adb. My phone is a budget phone from over a decade ago now and still going strong. I liked using this software last time I was doing that to my ancient phone and have had zero issues using the preset lists to disable stuff. No updates in the last few years though so might be worth doing a little extra vetting before use. https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater

There used to be an app called Universal Android Debloater[1] that did the same thing, but that was unfortunately abandoned three years ago. Glad to see someone else take up the mantle, although, I find it a bit ironic that someone who cares about bloat is using Javascript to build a desktop app... [1] https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater

I bet you could get pretty far with Universal Android Debloater: https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater You can remove just about anything and everything, which is as much a warning as it is a recommendation. Don't use this if you're not ready to reinstall your OS.

You can still remove all the Samsung crap, install your favorite launcher, and use Fdroid. This is what I do and couldn't be happier with a debloated Note. https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater

Belatedly changed from https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater above. Thanks!

Not exactly what you asked for, but there is https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater

Universal Android Debloater has a comprehensive list. https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater/blob/ma...

This tool already exists, comes with a UI for ease of use. https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater

For my money, less is more. Minimalist ROMs like LineageOS are a must-have, and when it's not available I use Android Debloater[0]. Usually I bounce all the unnecessary Google/OEM services and install better alternatives like Newpipe for YouTube and Firefox instead of Chrome. Media apps will be a matter of opinion, but I'm perfectly content with VLC. I do syncing with Syncthing, which is perfect if you spend most of your time on the same network. Besides that though, I don't do a whole lot. The Android 12 UI colors are nice to play with, but I don't think there are any game-changing tips that will blow your mind. Maybe set up Termux so you can do programming on the side? [0] https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater

FAQ: https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater/wiki/FA...

I'm adding another comment and eating humble pie because I found out this evening that the Samsung keyboard application saves up to 100 items in the Samsung Keyboard clipboard in plain text, with no way to set any kind of auto clear and it does this no matter what other keyboards you install and use. For example, you can install gBoard (Google Keyboard) and set it as the default keyboard, copy something to the clipboard, and it will be there in your Samsung keyboard regardless of whether you set gBoard to auto clear the clipboard every hour. The only way to completely clear the clipboard is via manually pressing five buttons: first the clipboard button followed by the trash can icon, followed by select all, followed by delete, then confirm. This is obviously a massive security risk if you are using a 3rd party password manager and, despit

Ive found 2 models ago Samsung phones, Fdroid, and Universal Debloater to be the trifecta... https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater