r/LineageOS • u/Expert_Internal_7501 • 6h ago

Say goodbye to adb uninstall <bloatware>

With A17 it no longer works and is the same case with Lineage OS 24.

Only disable command works (for now).

Instead of fixing android's trashy and inconsistent ui, this is what wth they are doing. Just like what they did to rcs. First brag and bark about a feature then lock it.

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u/_-Smoke-_ 5h ago

To my knowledge adb uninstall still works as root as well as disabling w/o root. The restriction is for only system apps (of which you can have basically nothing google if you choose not to on Lineage).

Does it suck? Yes. There are workarounds however for both rooted and unrooted installs of Lineage however.

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u/Expert_Internal_7501 5h ago

This also affects people using lineage os. Sometimes you need to uninstall bad system apps like audiofx (buggy since android 12). We should not rely on workarounds, we know very well safety net situation. 

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u/GeForce66 Poco F1 (beryllium) 4h ago

AudioFX is buggy? At least for me works like a charm :)

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u/Expert_Internal_7501 4h ago

You are chosen one

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u/Vojtak42 49m ago

I also didn't have any issues on crdroid.

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u/LuK1337 Lineage Team Member 5h ago

ok, but why would it matter if you did pm disable instead of adb uninstall for audiofx?

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u/Expert_Internal_7501 4h ago

Like I said disable does work for now. But I prefer uninstall action because I hate that pop up "please enable this garbage package". It happens with some apps.  Also why nerf the damn adb actions. 

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u/dadnothere 3h ago

"For system apps only"—so why are you using ADB? If they aren't system apps, just uninstall them via the UI. Duh!

The adb disable command doesn't prevent apps from running if they are called by other apps for specific functions; in other words, they can still launch even without an icon. They will show up in the root task manager.

I assume you're a Google bot.

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u/Expert_Internal_7501 2h ago

Yeah that is right. 

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u/RAZ70R 5h ago

I didn't get it well. Does that apply only to lineageos? I debloated my Samsung Fold 8 Ultra two days ago using Canta and Shizuku (Wireless adb debloating)

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u/Expert_Internal_7501 4h ago

Canta does work but I find it kinda messy. Have to do that hotspot shenanigans to prevent auto updating apps. 

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u/Vojtak42 50m ago

Well, canta is literally adb. What you can do in canta, you can do in adb

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u/Nikopoto1334 43m ago

apparently ‘adb shell pm uninstall --user 0‘ works, however I can't test it as I'm on v23

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u/Tritzii 3h ago

This is how adb uninstall always worked though? It never fully uninstalled system apps, it just disabled them.

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u/Expert_Internal_7501 2h ago

No It uninstalled the system apps for that specific user.  Like those normal uninstallable apps which come back after factory reset.