Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite (2020) Debloat List

Notes & quirks on this firmware

• Same Fire OS build as toshiba-fire-tv-aftha004/. Based on amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-2018/ (same keep choices: voice search,
• Prime Video, casting, OTA) with the telemetry additions from the Toshiba list.
• FIRE OS: DEBLOAT ONLY. com.amazon.tv.launcher is a protected package and keeps Home; launcher/ does not apply.
• Everything is DISABLED for user 0, never uninstalled. Comment out any line you want to keep.
• ADB on Fire OS 7: Settings > My Fire TV > Developer Options > ADB Debugging. Port 5555, accept the prompt on the TV.
• Switch it off again afterwards (`settings put global adb_enabled 0` from the shell does it and closes 5555).
• Protected on this build (pm disable-user: "Cannot disable a protected package"), so commented out below:
• com.amazon.minerva.client.api, com.amazon.device.logmanager, com.amazon.device.crashmanager, com.amazon.diode,
• com.fireos.usagestats.proxy. Not on this stick: com.amazon.client.metrics, com.amazon.whisperjoin.wss.wifiprovisioner.
• Rebooted after applying: everything stayed disabled, Home, Prime Video and Netflix open, Wi-Fi validates.
• Kept on purpose: com.amazon.tv.launcher, com.amazon.tv.settings.*, com.amazon.venezia (Appstore), com.amazon.tv.ime,
• remote/Bluetooth services, OTA updates, Alexa voice search (com.amazon.vizzini, aria, cardinal, ivona TTS, tcomm),
• Prime Video (com.amazon.firebat, com.amazon.tv.support), miniTV (com.amazon.minitv.android.app), casting
• (cast.sink, dialservice, awvflingreceiver, whisperplay, whisperlink), profiles (com.amazon.prism.android.service),
• com.amazon.tv.oobe (must stay enabled for a factory reset), screensaver, accessibility (com.amazon.logan).
• Not packages, but worth doing on a 1 GB stick (Settings > Preferences): Privacy Settings > Device Usage Data,
• Collect App Usage Data and Interest-based Ads OFF; Featured Content > Allow Video Autoplay and Allow Audio Autoplay OFF.
• The privacy intent (com.amazon.device.settings.action.PRIVACY_SETTINGS) is refused from the shell, so drive the menus
• with input keyevent. Developer animation scales at 0.5 also help.
• What the list cannot remove: the hero rotator and the Prime Video promo strips come from the launcher's own content
• feed. Router-wide AdGuard DNS did not remove them on this stick either.
• Gotchas on this build: the shell cannot disable single components of third-party apps (boot receivers):
• "Shell cannot change component state". `exec-out screencap` can return a truncated PNG over a weak Wi-Fi link;
• `screencap -p /sdcard/s.png` then `pull` is reliable. Netflix screenshots come back empty (DRM).