Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (2018) Debloat List

Notes & quirks on this firmware

• Also a fair start for other Fire OS 6 sticks and boxes (Fire TV Stick 4K / Cube 1st gen). Fire OS 7 sets differ:
• see insignia-ns55f301na25/ and toshiba-fire-tv-aftha004/.
• FIRE OS: DEBLOAT ONLY. com.amazon.tv.launcher is a protected package and keeps Home; launcher/ does not apply.
• A custom home is still possible on top of the stock one: the community route is "Launcher Manager Mini" (XDA,
• SweenWolf), which watches the Home press in the system log and brings a sideloaded launcher such as Projectivy to the
• front. Both are third-party sideloads, and Amazon has broken earlier versions with OTA updates, so it is not part of
• this list.
• (restore.sh re-enables every package the record holds as on, the stock launcher included, since it is what owned
• Home. On Fire OS it was never off, and Fire OS refuses the attempt with a `Cannot disable a protected package`
• stack trace once per run (reported on Fire OS 8), which the batch carries on past:
• docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md, 'Fire TV (Fire OS)'.)
• Everything is DISABLED for user 0, never uninstalled. Comment out any line you want to keep.
• ADB on Fire OS 6: Settings > My Fire TV > Developer options > ADB debugging. If Developer options is hidden,
• Settings > My Fire TV > About > highlight the first entry and press select 7 times. Port 5555, no pairing.
• Lived with since 2026-10-18 on one stick (the group dated 2026-10-19 for one day less). Nothing had to be re-enabled.
• Protected by Fire OS 6 (pm disable-user is refused without root), so commented out below: com.amazon.client.metrics,
• com.amazon.device.metrics, com.amazon.minerva.client.api, com.amazon.device.logmanager, com.amazon.device.crashmanager,
• com.amazon.diode, com.fireos.usagestats.proxy, com.amazon.ftvads.deeplinking, com.amazon.tv.csapp, com.amazon.tv.oobe.
• No com.amazon.tv.acr on a stick (ACR is a TV-set thing).
• Second unit, same model and build (AFTMM, NS6711/5908), Europe, 2026-10-22: the list above applied cleanly.
• Three more packages are protected on this build: com.amazon.tcomm, com.amazon.securitysyncclient and
• com.amazon.whisperlink.core.android ("Cannot disable a protected package"). With com.amazon.vizzini disabled, Fire OS
• re-enables it at every boot (all other disabled packages stay off), so dropping voice search means re-running
• disable.sh after each reboot. Disabling the casting group at the end closed ports 8009, 55442 and 60000 on the LAN.
• With Fire OS parental controls on ("PIN protect app launches"), any start of another app over Amazon's home,
• including a Home-watcher launcher from SHOWCASE.md, opens the Prime Video PIN prompt every time.
• After 10 days two disabled third-party apps (Disney+, RaiPlay) were enabled again, both updated meanwhile, most likely
• by Appstore auto-update; the Amazon packages all stayed off. Check `pm list packages -d` now and then.
• Kept on purpose: com.amazon.tv.launcher, com.amazon.tv.settings.*, com.amazon.venezia (Appstore),
• com.amazon.tigris (Appstore UI), OTA updates, remote/Bluetooth services, com.amazon.tv.ime (keyboard),
• com.amazon.vizzini (Alexa voice search for the remote mic) with com.amazon.aria/cardinal (its screens),
• Prime Video (com.amazon.firebat, com.amazon.tv.support), display mirroring and DIAL casting
• (com.amazon.cast.sink, dialservice, ssdpservice, whisperlink/whisperplay, awvflingreceiver),
• screensaver, profile picker, accessibility (com.amazon.logan) and TTS. The streaming apps this owner uses
• (Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, DirecTV, Crunchyroll, YouTube) are not listed; the rest are, by choice.
• What the list cannot remove: the "Sponsored" hero banner and sponsored app row are fetched by the launcher itself
• from amazon-adsystem.com. Private DNS needs Android 9, so on Fire OS 6 set an ad-blocking DNS (AdGuard 94.140.14.14 /
• 94.140.15.15) through a static IP in the Wi-Fi advanced settings, or block *.amazon-adsystem.com on the router.
• Also turn off Settings > Preferences > Featured Content autoplay and the three Privacy Settings toggles.
• Gotchas: a reboot resets the favourites bar to Amazon's defaults; OTA updates may re-enable packages, re-run
• disable.sh afterwards; Netflix is DRM-black in screenshots.
• for all 10 days, little remote use): nothing broke. It also had voice search, Prime Video and casting off, so the groups below stay
• commented out as options: the combination with those kept on was not tried.
• Alexa and Prime Video leftovers, for an owner who also drops voice search and Prime Video (see the header)
• Firmware update push: Amazon no longer ships updates for this stick, the OTA packages themselves stay protected
• Casting and mirroring (no Miracast, no DIAL/Fling from phones afterwards)
• nothing visible changed in 10 days, but see the note above on what that stick had off.