Hisense HiSmartTV A4 (Android 11) Debloat List

Notes & quirks on this firmware

• (build 00.00.00.18), security patch 2023-12-05. 1.8 GB RAM, 32-bit userspace (armeabi-v7a only:
• sideload armeabi-v7a or universal APKs). Same set as hisense-hismarttv-a4 after its Android 11 update.
• Second unit: 75A53FUA, US market, same build and security patch, incremental 00.00.01.18. Groups 1, 2
• and 4 applied there with Netflix and Prime Video kept; its differences are noted below where they apply.
• Everything is DISABLED, not uninstalled. Comment out any line you want to keep.
• ADB: turning USB debugging on opens network ADB on port 5555 directly (service.adb.tcp.port=5555,
• adb_wifi_enabled=0); no Wireless debugging pairing needed. ro.adb.secure=1, so the TV asks
• "Allow USB debugging?" on first connect.
• Applied in three batches (group 1, group 2, then groups 3 and 4 together), ~15 s wait and a reboot
• after each: normal boot every time, all 7 TV inputs still registered (HDMI 1-4, composite, two
• tuners), and switching to HDMI 1 from the launcher's Inputs menu works. The wait is not optional: on
• the second unit a reboot sent straight after a batch came before Android wrote the package state, and
• every package in that batch was enabled again at boot.
• This firmware mixes the package namespaces of the Android 9 A4 list (com.mstar.*, the xiaoyushan
• autoinstalls) and of hisense-smarttv-4k-ffm (com.hisense.evservice, service.message, b2b, alexa,
• VIDAA). Most of the Android 9 list is gone here: com.hisense.app.logreport, com.hisense.storemode,
• fusion.android.tv.demo, com.seraphic.browser, com.google.android.leanbacklauncher(.recommendations),
• com.google.android.music, com.hisense.myapplication, com.google.android.apps.nbu.smartconnect.tv.
• Stock launcher: com.google.android.tvlauncher (the default in restore.sh), with Shop and Discover
• tabs and a full-width sponsored hero banner that only the launcher swap removes. setupwraith is
• installed but does not claim HOME on this firmware, and the Wi-Fi saved at setup belongs to
• android.uid.system, so it is not in this list. On the second unit `dumpsys wifi` names setupwraith as
• the network's owner instead; setupwraith still does not claim HOME there, so it stays enabled and the
• network is never at risk. launcher/build-and-install.sh worked unchanged and Home survives a reboot.
• Input key: the remote's Input button sends KEYCODE_TV_INPUT (scancode 184). The framework routes it
• as a global key to com.mediatek.wwtv.tvcenter, which starts com.android.tv.action.VIEW_INPUTS, and
• the only handler of that action is tvlauncher's InputsPanelActivity. With the stock launcher
• disabled the key does nothing (ActivityNotFoundException in logcat); use the launcher's Inputs pill.
• Or set "handle_view_inputs": true (config.xml or a theme): the launcher then answers VIEW_INPUTS and
• the Input button opens its Inputs menu, with no key helper. Checked on the real remote, second unit.
• Do NOT disable: com.hisense.tv.smartsense, com.vt.tv.smartsense.ui (the smartsense family sent the
• Hisense FFM set to Android Recovery), com.mediatek.* (wwtv.tvcenter is Live TV and HDMI; autopair,
• hotkey.dispatcher, tv.agent), com.hisense.tv.hitvinput (HDMI/AV/tuner inputs), com.hisense.kpad and
• com.hisense.favkey (remote keys), com.mstar.netflixobserver (Netflix key), com.vidaa.persistent.service,
• com.hisense.tv.smartservice, com.hisense.tv.customerlauncher, com.hisense.uifac,
• com.hisense.audio_update_service, com.vt.eula. Left alone as well: com.hisense.tv.protector
• ("Device Assistant" cleaner) and com.hisense.mixbar.
• Kept here and optional: firmware updates (com.hisense.tv.ota, com.hisense.remoteupgrade), YouTube,
• Chromecast (mediashell), Assistant (katniss), Screen Sharing / Miracast (com.mediatek.androidbox),
• RemoteNOW (hisremotenow, hisremotenowserver), DLNA (com.hisense.tv.dlna), USB media player
• (com.jamdeo.tv.mediacenter), Ambient screensaver (com.google.android.backdrop).
• Already disabled at the factory: com.google.android.videos, com.google.android.play.games,
• com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic, net.vidaatv.android.tv, air.com.vudu.air.DownloaderTablet.
• The second unit shipped with all five enabled.