NVIDIA SHIELD TV (2019) Debloat List

Notes & quirks on this firmware

• Tested on build RQ1A.210105.003.7825199_4387.0822 (SHIELD Experience 9.2.4), security patch 2026-01-05.
• Second unit: another P3430 on the same build and patch level ran this list for three days
• (2026-10-30 to 2026-11-02) with this repo's launcher, firmware updates and Ambient mode kept on, and
• com.google.android.videos added. Nothing broke.
• Based on examples/nvidia-shield-tv-pro-2019/debloat.txt. Every active line below is disabled on the
• reporter's unit, with the items they already had disabled left commented out.
• Everything is DISABLED, not uninstalled. Comment out any line you want to keep.
• Connecting: Developer options -> "Network debugging" opens ADB on port 5555. The tube has no USB
• ports at all, so there is no cable route and nothing loses power while debugging is on.
• Launcher: run launcher/build-and-install.sh before this list; it installs the launcher and hands
• Home over by disabling com.google.android.tvlauncher, which is the last line here. As on the Pro,
• the stock launcher's Home filter has priority 2 and this repo's has 0, so `cmd package
• set-home-activity` does nothing while the stock launcher is still enabled. setupwraith is not a
• Home candidate here either. The unit this list came from runs Glass Launcher (au.busby.glasslauncher)
• rather than this repo's launcher; the stock launcher has to go for either of them to take over.
• A Shield has no HDMI inputs and no tuner, so the launcher's Inputs pill has nothing to list.
• On that unit location is on (location_mode=3) and the launcher holds ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, so the
• network pill shows the network name; with location off it says "Wi-Fi".
• Differences from the Pro example, by the owner's choice:
• - Firmware updates: the first unit had com.nvidia.ota, NvCPLUpdater and KeyComboOta off; the second kept
• all three on with no problems. Their lines are comments below, so the list keeps NVIDIA's security
• patches coming; uncomment them only if you want updates off.
• - Live Channels and Backdrop are off. The screensaver on that unit was already "Colors"
• (com.android.dreams.basic), so disabling Backdrop left a screensaver set.
• tools/disable.sh keeps com.google.android.tv enabled even though it is listed: it answers the
• channel VIEW intent, so the handler guard skips it ("the TV opens its HDMI/AV inputs and channels
• with it"). A SHIELD has no inputs for it to open, so once the rest of the list is in, disable it with
• one `pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.tv`.
• - Kept: Prime Video, Chromecast built-in, Google Assistant and hotword, Alexa / Google Home control
• (com.nvidia.shield.ask), the SHIELD TV phone-remote app (com.nvidia.shield.remote.server).
• - Not present on this unit: com.nvidia.nvgamecast, com.android.printspooler, com.nvidia.osc,
• com.google.android.katniss, com.google.android.play.games.
• Leave alone (same as the Pro example): com.nvidia.blakepairing, com.nvidia.bluetooth.*,
• com.nvidia.shieldtech.accessoryui, com.nvidia.ControllerMapper, com.nvidia.remotelocator,
• com.nvidia.irtuner, com.nvidia.NvCPLSvc, com.nvidia.nvaudiosvc, com.nvidia.avsync,
• com.dolby.android.audio.service, com.nvidia.packagemanagerservice, com.android.tv.settings,
• com.android.providers.tv, com.google.android.tv.remote.service, com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith,
• Play Services, keychain, com.android.se.
• Reported by @geekitup in issue #312, with a screenshot of the running setup.
• Notes from that firmware:
• - A SHIELD Experience update can re-enable packages; re-run this list afterwards.
• - The remote's Netflix button is handled in firmware; disabling Netflix does not free it.
• com.google.android.tvrecommendations - keep it enabled. Disabled, Android stops binding the SHIELD TV
• phone app's input service (com.nvidia.shield.remote.server, virtualinput.InputService, a TvRemoteProvider)
• at boot: the app still connects, but every key fails ("Key injection failed", "Beyonder_VIS ...
• isInitialized=false"). Bisected with a reboot per step on a 2017 SHIELD (darcy) and confirmed on a
• 2015/2017 one (foster_e), SHIELD Experience on Android 11 (docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md). The sponsored rows it
• feeds only show on the stock home, which this list replaces anyway.
• don't re-enable them; uncomment to manage them with this list.