TCL Smart TV (G07, GB/NF) Debloat List

Notes & quirks on this firmware

• Android 11 (SDK 30), build RP1A.200622.001 AR20, security patch 2025-12-05, 2 GB RAM. Same package family
• as the G05 (Quick Panel, waterfall, ttvs, TCL Live) plus the 43C645 extras (useragreement, TCL webview,
• tclhome_passive).
• Everything is DISABLED, not uninstalled. Comment out any line you want to keep.
• Tested 2026-10-20 on a real unit, applied in six batches with screenshots between them: Wi-Fi, Home, the Input
• key's source panel, Netflix, YouTube, Live TV and HDMI (from the launcher's Inputs menu) all kept working, and
• setupwraith, launcherx and dreamx stayed disabled after a reboot (unlike the G05). Launcher works.
• Stock launcher: com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx; setupwraith's RecoveryActivity claims HOME at priority 1
• once it is gone. The Wi-Fi saved at setup belonged to android.uid.system, not setupwraith, so disabling
• setupwraith kept the network.
• Also tested 2026-10-19 on a second unit, UK firmware used in Brazil, build RP1A.200622.001 AR17, with the
• launcher as Home and through a reboot. Two things differ from AR20 there:
• - The Wi-Fi saved during first setup belonged to setupwraith, so disabling it made Android delete the
• network and the TV dropped off Wi-Fi (and ADB). Pick the network again in Settings > Network; Settings
• then owns it and it survives reboots. tools/disable.sh now checks the owner first and skips setupwraith
• while it owns the network.
• - The adb shell may not write Android/data, so tools/theme.sh has to go through the launcher's
• ThemeProvider (it falls back to it on its own when the plain copy is refused).
• TvInputManager reports AV as connected with nothing plugged in. com.tcl.notereminder was enabled on that
• unit, not disabled at the factory, so it is listed below.
• Also tested 2026-10-20/21 on a third unit in Brazil (product G07_4K_GB_NF, client TCL-LA-RTD51A-S1,
• software V8-R51AT01-LF1V126, incremental AR07, fingerprint TCL/G07_4K_GB_NF/G07:11/RP1A.200622.001/AR17,
• security patch 2024-12-05; Discussion #729):
• - Stage 1 disabled 9 packages in two conservative batches (waterfall.overseas, esticker, notereminder,
• feedback, guard, then dashboard, partnercustomizer, messagebox, tv.tclhome_passive) while keeping the
• stock launcherx as Home. Stage 2 disabled 25 more packages, installed the reference launcher
• (INPUT_KEY_SERVICE=1 HOME_KEY_SERVICE=1) with the ClockDream screensaver, and disabled launcherx,
• setupwraith (saved Wi-Fi belonged to android.uid.system, uid 1000) and dreamx.
• - Kept by choice on that unit: com.tcl.ttvs (firmware updates), voice (com.google.android.katniss,
• com.tcl.assistant, com.google.android.tv.assistant), Chromecast (com.google.android.apps.mediashell)
• and com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic. Physical HDMI/AV playback, OTA update arrival and live
• tools/restore.sh rollback were not exercised in that session.
• - Only au.com.stan.and and tv.wuaki.apptv came disabled at the factory (com.tcl.smartalexa and
• com.iqiyi.i18n.tv were not installed); com.google.android.videos and com.tcl.notereminder shipped
• enabled.
• - Reboot check (tools/check.py): launcherx, setupwraith, dreamx and the other disabled packages stayed
• disabled across a reboot, but AR07 firmware automatically re-enabled com.tcl.notereminder and
• com.tcl.usercenter at boot. Adding both to hidden_apps in launcher/app/src/main/res/values/config.xml
• hides them from the app grid without fighting the firmware on every boot.
• Remote (IR, /dev/input/event0 "mtkinp"; scancodes from getevent with the real remote):
• - Input (471, TV_INPUT) goes to TclPhoneWindowManager.startQuickPanelService, so it keeps working without
• launcherx and needs no InputKeyService.
• - Gear (561, TCL_SET) became launcherx's quick settings panel, so it does nothing once launcherx is off.
• HOME_KEY_SERVICE=1 with settings_key_scancodes 561 in config.xml brings it back.
• - Netflix (566, TCL_NETFLIX) and YouTube (569, TCL_YOUTUBE) are broadcasts that only launcherx answers, so
• they do nothing once it is off. An accessibility service that matches those scancodes and starts the app
• fixes both (verified with the real remote).
• Remote (Bluetooth, second AR20 unit, France; /dev/input/event3, vendor 0x0417 product 0x0304, Generic.kl):
• - Its buttons send other codes, and settings_key_scancodes 561 does nothing for them. Gear is KEY_FORWARDMAIL
• (233, TCL_SET) and arrives as keycode 4077; Prime Video is HID usage 0x000c005f and arrives as keycode 4099.
• `getevent -lt` while pressing a button tells the two remotes apart (event0 mtkinp or event3).
• - With HOME_KEY_SERVICE=1, this config.xml brought back Gear, Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video (verified with
• the real remote): settings_key_keycodes 4077, and app_keys KEYCODE_TCL_NETFLIX:com.netflix.ninja,
• KEYCODE_TCL_YOUTUBE:com.google.android.youtube.tv, 4099:com.amazon.amazonvideo.livingroom.
• tools/b64push.py worked here (md5 match). Screenshots of Live TV and HDMI are 0 bytes; Netflix's are black.
• Also tested 2026-10-20 to 10-24 on a fourth unit in Brazil, same software as the third (V8-R51AT01-LF1V126,
• incremental AR07, patch 2024-12-05), Bluetooth remote "TCL_RC902V_MG" on event3; launcher as Home through
• reboots and four days of use:
• - Gear sent KEY_FORWARDMAIL (233) as keycode 4077 here too; settings_key_keycodes 4077 with HOME_KEY_SERVICE=1
• fixed it (enabled and bound for user 0, then pressed on the real remote). It was SystemUI's
• TOGGLE_NOTIFICATION_HANDLER_PANEL, which only launcherx answers.
• - Wi-Fi: setupwraith owned one of the five saved networks (an old one, not the network in use) and Android
• deleted only that one when setupwraith was disabled. Check the creator of every saved network, not just the
• current one: `dumpsys wifi`, then the cname= of each.
• - com.tcl.micmanager and com.google.android.apps.nbu.smartconnect.tv were disabled for four days with no effect
• noticed (voice was off by choice, so the mic was not used).
• - With com.tcl.channelplus off, the "free channels" stay listed with no picture: the Input panel's
• "Pressione para Canais gratuitos" row and the TV app's channel list. `pm clear com.tcl.suspension` swaps
• the panel's channel row for recent apps. The TV app's list is fetched by com.tcl.tv itself (it runs as
• uid 1000) and is not kept in TvProvider, so nothing on the TV removes it short of DNS blocking; the owner
• re-enabled channelplus and the channels played at once (streams from amagi.tv).
• - ttvs's update screen (Settings > System > About > Software update > Network update > System update) cannot
• be started over adb (needs com.tcl.permission.START_CHECK_SYSTEMUPDATE) and blocks screenshots. With ttvs
• enabled for the check, V8-R51AT01-LF1V126 was the latest version on 2026-10-20; ttvs was off otherwise.
• - Used RAM 150 s after boot: 1294 MB stock, 1004 MB debloated, 1019 MB with the launcher (MemAvailable
• 683 -> 662 -> 801 MB).
• Also tested 2026-10-25 on a fifth unit, a Hitachi CDH-LE554KSMART26 (TCL-built re-badge for Latin America,
• client HIT-LA-RTD51A-S1), same software as the third and fourth (V8-R51AT01-LF1V126, incremental AR07),
• Bluetooth remote "HI_RC902V_MA" on event2. Tested on one day only, with a reboot; I will report back if
• anything breaks.
• - Applied in five batches with screenshots; launcher/ installed with HOME_KEY_SERVICE=1, settings_key_keycodes
• 4077 and app_keys KEYCODE_TCL_NETFLIX, KEYCODE_TCL_YOUTUBE and 4099 (Prime Video), as on the fourth unit.
• With the real remote: Home, Back, Input (source panel), Gear (settings), Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video and
• the mic (Assistant) all work, and holding volume up still ramps with the helper on.
• - Kept by choice: ttvs (updates), voice, T-Solo, com.tcl.gallery and com.tcl.ui_mediaCenter. Chromecast
• (mediashell) was disabled by choice on this unit.
• - Already disabled at the factory: com.tcl.dashboard, com.tcl.notereminder, com.tcl.usercenter,
• com.tcl.MultiScreenInteraction_TV, com.tcl.smartalexa, au.com.stan.and, tv.wuaki.apptv. pm disable-user
• answers "Shell cannot change component state" for the first four; that is their factory state, not a refusal.
• None of the disabled packages came back after the reboot.
• - Wi-Fi: an old saved network belonged to setupwraith (not the one in use), so tools/disable.sh skipped it.
• `cmd wifi list-networks` then `cmd wifi forget-network <id>` removed that network over adb, and setupwraith
• was disabled with the TV still on Wi-Fi.
• - The remote's Guard and Channel buttons open TGuard and TCL Live, so they do nothing once those are off.
• DO NOT DISABLE: com.tcl.tv (Live TV, HDMI playback), com.tcl.tvinput (tuner, HDMI and AV inputs),
• com.tcl.suspension (Quick Panel, also the Input key's source panel), com.tcl.keyhelp (remote virtual keys),
• com.tcl.autopair, com.google.android.tv.remote.service, com.tcl.inputmethod.international (the keyboard),
• com.tcl.settings, com.tcl.system.server, com.tcl.providers.config, com.tcl.initsetup, com.tcl.factory.view,
• com.tvos (framework resources).
• Unclear, left enabled: com.tcl.micmanager, com.google.android.apps.nbu.smartconnect.tv.
• Kept by choice: Netflix, YouTube, Chromecast (com.google.android.apps.mediashell).
• Already disabled at the factory: au.com.stan.and, com.google.android.videos, com.tcl.notereminder,
• com.tcl.smartalexa, tv.wuaki.apptv.
• uncomment any you do not use:
• script disables launcherx itself). Ambient mode replaced by the launcher's Clock screensaver.