Philips 65PUS9435/12 Debloat List

Notes & quirks on this firmware

• Android TV 12 (API 31), firmware STT2.230526.001
• ro.product.model=TPM191E ro.product.device=PH9M_EA_5599
• Fingerprint: Philips/PH9M_EA_5599/PH9M_EA_5599:12/STT2.230526.001/4215:user/release-keys
• TP Vision build: MediaTek MT5887, vendor packages use the org.droidtv prefix.
• Same board AND firmware build as examples/philips-75pus8505 and examples/philips-tpm191e (identical
• fingerprint). Batches 1-3 follow the 8505 list, minus Apple TV, which this owner uses, and minus
• usagelogger and demome (note 1). Batches 4 and 5 are this owner's unused streaming apps and Philips
• web-app tiles.
• Everything is DISABLED, not uninstalled. Comment out any line you want to keep.
• Stock launcher: com.google.android.tvlauncher
• Live TV app: org.droidtv.playtv
• The uk.co.freeview.* packages and org.droidtv.freeviewplayers are disabled from the factory on
• this unit, so they are not listed (restore.sh would turn them ON).
• Notes from this unit:
• 1. Re-enabled at every boot, so left out below: com.phorus.playfi.tv (as on the 8505),
• org.droidtv.usagelogger and org.droidtv.demome. disable.sh skips the last two anyway, as both ask
• for TV_INPUT_HARDWARE. Neither serves android.media.tv.TvInputService here (only
• com.mediatek.tvinput, org.droidtv.fastip and com.google.android.videos do), so that skip is a
• false positive on this set; disabled with TVINPUT_ALLOW=1 they were back on after one reboot.
• The other entries stayed disabled across two reboots. The 8505 and tpm191e lists disable
• usagelogger (and the 8505 demome) with no such note, so other units may differ.
• 2. com.google.android.tvrecommendations went off while the stock launcher was still Home, the
• order the 8505 notes warn against. The stock home still drew and opened apps afterwards, and
• build-and-install.sh moved Home without trouble, so on this unit the order did not matter.
• 3. Launcher: build-and-install.sh ran through on its own, without the `am start -W` timeout the
• 8505 saw (cold start 2.2 s), and Home resolved to com.gathin.tvhome. config.xml used:
• live_tv_package org.droidtv.playtv; hidden_apps org.droidtv.playtv, org.droidtv.demome,
• org.droidtv.eum, org.droidtv.channels, com.vewd.core.browserui (hidden, not disabled: eum and
• channels back the SOURCES drawer, vewd is the HbbTV engine).
• 4. Private DNS set to dns.adguard-dns.com (mode hostname); Netflix still plays. Both settings were
• null before. Undo: settings delete global private_dns_mode; settings delete global private_dns_specifier
• 5. Checked with the real remote after the launcher took over: Home, SOURCES drawer, the launcher's
• Inputs menu, Ambilight, and casting YouTube from a phone.
• Second unit: Philips 55PUS9435/12, Germany, on Wi-Fi. Same firmware and fingerprint as above
• (STT2.230526.001/4215). Cleaned on 27 Oct 2026 and used for one day with one reboot, not a
• several-day test.
• - Every entry of batches 1-3 that is installed on this unit was disabled; Fitness Buddy, YouTube
• Music and Play Games were not installed or already off from the factory. Batches 4 and 5 were not
• installed at all. usagelogger and demome left alone, as note 1 says.
• - build-and-install.sh with HOME_KEY_SERVICE=1 ran through, Home resolved to com.gathin.tvhome, and it
• still did after the reboot, without a key press. Same live_tv_package and hidden_apps as note 3.
• - The firmware opens org.droidtv.playtv at power-on; power_on_home sent it back to Home.
• - The remote's TV button sends scancode 170 (KEY_ISO). app_keys scan:170:<package> made it open a
• streaming app instead of Live TV; with the key filter that needs, a held Volume Up/Down steps
• once per press, as on the tpm191e units.
• - The first SOURCES press opened org.droidtv.fastip's FAST channels promo page
• (fastIPPromoActivity); its "don't ask again" option brings the input bar back. fastip stays
• enabled, as in the 8505 list's DO NOT DISABLE block.
• Kept on purpose: Ambilight (org.droidtv.ambihuecommon, org.droidtv.ambiair, org.droidtv.alhuewizard),
• Chromecast (com.google.android.apps.mediashell), firmware updates (org.droidtv.oad, com.easy.oad),
• the HbbTV browser engine (com.vewd.core.browserui), ARTE and ARD Mediathek web apps
• (org.droidtv.nettvapp1814, org.droidtv.nettvapp3093), and everything in the DO NOT DISABLE block of
• examples/philips-75pus8505 (org.droidtv.eum, org.droidtv.fastip, org.droidtv.settings, USB media).
• Disabling katniss clears secure voice_interaction_service and assistant, and restore.sh does not
• put them back; see examples/philips-75pus8505 for the two settings commands.
• application-label from the APK.