TCL 85" C89B (2024) Debloat List

Notes & quirks on this firmware

• Android 14 (Google TV), firmware UTT2.250416.001 AU02, product G08_4K_GB. Same product and build as
• examples/tcl-85rm7l-google-tv; that list was the starting point.
• Theme: TV_HOST=<tv ip> tools/theme.sh examples/tcl-c89b-google-tv (config.json: Live TV, remote keys)
• Everything is DISABLED, not uninstalled. Comment out any line you want to keep.
• Tested 2026-10-21 on one C89B set on Ethernet, applied in batches with screenshots between them: Home, the
• Inputs menu (HDMI 1-4 and Live TV), the Chromecast, AirPlay and Miracast processes, and the remote's
• gear, Netflix, Prime Video and YouTube buttons worked; the disabled set was identical after a reboot,
• and HomeKeyService bound on its own after another once AUTO_START was saved. One day of use, not weeks.
• Second unit: TCL 65C89K, France (Smart TV Pro, G08, G08_4K_GB, Google TV 14, UTT2.250416.001 AU02).
• Status 2026-11-02: the owner used the launcher for several days. Home stayed the default launcher;
• the theme, Sources, Live TV and Ethernet were used. This unit keeps Game Bar and the
• hearing test, so their lines below are comments. Its personal theme and optional add-ons are not part of
• this shared list.
• Connection: USB debugging alone opens port 5555 on Ethernet. Wireless debugging switches itself back off
• there: Android only enables it on Wi-Fi.
• Launcher, in this order: launcher/build-and-install.sh with STOCK_LAUNCHER=none (installs it, then stops
• with an error because Home stays on launcherx), then this list (setupwraith is listed before launcherx, so the wizard never gets Home;
• it owned no saved network here), then enable HomeKeyService with the settings command
• build-and-install.sh runs for HOME_KEY_SERVICE=1.
• TclAppBoot blocks HomeKeyService at every boot until the launcher has AUTO_START, saved to disk:
• TV_HOST=<tv ip> tools/venv/bin/python -I tools/tv.py 'appops set com.gathin.tvhome AUTO_START allow; appops write-settings'
• Remote (BT_RC933_U1): every TCL button arrives on scancode 240 and TCL's own key table picks the keycode,
• so config.json matches keycodes: gear 83, Netflix 4062, Prime Video 4099, YouTube 190 (BUTTON_3). The
• owner pointed 190 at SmartTube (org.smarttube.stable). The Input button works without a service. Info,
• TV and LIST are Live TV keys and do nothing on Home.
• Kept: Chromecast, AirPlay, Miracast, Google Assistant (katniss), com.google.android.tv.remote.service (the
• remote's mic), the USB media player and gallery, com.tcl.tv, com.tcl.suspension, and Netflix, Prime
• Video and Disney+.
• com.android.dreams.basic/.Colors before disabling it.
• Kept on this unit: uncomment if you don't use them