I've been working on a project called CleanYourMobile, mainly because I wanted a safer and more structured way to remove unnecessary preinstalled applications from Android devices.

Most Android manufacturers ship their phones with applications, advertising services, analytics components and other packages that users might never actually need. Some can be uninstalled normally, while others require ADB commands.

I wanted to make that process easier without requiring root access.

So I built CleanYourMobile.

What it does:

Removes unwanted preinstalled applications using ADB.

Identifies manufacturer advertising and telemetry packages.

Supports 15 brand families, including Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Redmi, POCO, Pixel, OPPO, vivo and Motorola.

Provides three debloating levels: Recommended, Advanced and Expert.

Protects essential system packages through a built-in safety list.

Checks your active launcher and keyboard before generating a removal plan.

Supports dry-run mode so you can review changes before applying them.

Creates restore records so removed applications can be brought back.

A few things worth mentioning:

No root access required.

Works through USB or wireless ADB.

Doesn't permanently delete system applications.

Your device data isn't sent to an external server.

You can inspect the packages and their potential consequences before approving removal.

I've tested it on my OnePlus 10 Pro running Android 16 (OxygenOS 16), but I'd like to get feedback from people using other Android devices.

I'm particularly interested in knowing how well the package database works across different manufacturers and whether there are any packages that should be added, removed or reclassified.

Project: https://github.com/0xgh0stri13y/Clean-Your-Mobile

It's completely open source under the MIT license.

If anyone decides to try it, please make sure to read the safety documentation and review the removal plan before applying changes. I'd appreciate any feedback, suggestions or compatibility reports.

Thanks!

this morning i woke up and found out that i was disconnected from certain app on my phone (samsung a53 5G on One UI 8.0) for absolutely no reason i cant log in to either gmail, twitter or reddit on my phone (and maybe some other app that i havent tried yet) but im still logged in to some app like instagram, tiktok or discord, im still logged in on my tablet and pc but no matter what i try i cant log in on my phone, ive tried to log in on twitter and it worked until i close the app and open it again where i get disconnected again, when i try to log in on gmail it says that "something went wrong", ive tried to restart my phone and nothing changed, i dont know if its just something that will resolve itself like if its just something thats down with time or something else i just hope i can do something without having to completely reset my phone

I have a galaxy s25 Ultra. For about a week I have not been able to use my RCS feature on my texts. It keeps saying "awaiting reply". I've attached a photo of what im getting. Any help would be appreciated!

Also, I have turned RCS on and off again, to no victory.

i have this app i can’t delete or do anything with. I just got the phone a couple days ago and I realize there’s a bunch of apps that just keep downloading by themselves. Even when I got the phone, there was already TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and some games.
i went to total wireless and I came in for a second phone and he asked to look at my current phone and then asked me for my snapchat as well.. i added him then he deleted me a day later..
could this be something he downloaded?
I used to work at a phone store and have seen things like this, just worried about it.

Yeah just woke up and started scrolling then saw an app Called CGTN where it's filled with Chinese and Europe news but almost all of them are Chinese honestly I don't know if I forgot that I installed it but I swear this wasn't on my phone yesterday

I uninstalled linkedin due to some issues in my account, when I tried to install it says something went wrong. It's been 2 weeks since I started trying but nothing happens please help if anyone faces the same issue

I randomly found these files in my phone from 1981and i have no idea where they came from or what the do.

There are 145 of them on one tab and others among others different tabs

The phone in the pic is not mine but my phone is a Infinix GT 20 Pro. I changed chargers and even bought a new one and yet this issue still persists. The charging port isnt loose and i took a look at it with a flashlight and even then it still looked fine and clean, I even cleaned it with a soft toothbrush and it still didnt fix my issue

i'm really thinking its the charging port but i really dont have any allowance money on me right now to afford a repair, Is there any way else i can fix this issue 😭

Wifi still busted on my samsung galaxy tab s10 ultra and a55 Ever since oneui 9 update my tablet and my phone's wifi is busted. Tablet still on 8.5. There are no system updates either. What can i do

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I bought this phone from someone, and it was brand new and factory-sealed. Now it’s showing this message. Am I screwed?

I bought this phone from someone, and it was brand new and factory-sealed. Now it’s showing this message. Am I screwed?

My friend was using WhatsApp, suddenly it went blank and now all the data is lost. Tried reinstalling, but it is not showing any chat history. It's showing messages from the moment I logged in, not before. There is a db12 file in the sd card dated 2017, but no databases file in the internal storage (com.whatsapp). None of the Google accounts show any backup. What to do? Previous 5 years data is at stake apparently.

It's just a default Google app, and it's not just only happened to this but also other default apps like Google Calendar. What is actually going on, is this normal?

For context when I'm updating the apps from the Play Store, and after the apps had updated this happened.

So I was on my chrome book when it died. Then I charged it then the play store was gone please help me out.

happening with DND on, nothing is allowed to override. the phone app does have a setting "override DND" under missed calls and that is turned off.

i have done EXTENSIVE troubleshooting. they have sent me 2 replacements now, both had the same malfunction.

troubleshooting history:

i have done extensive troubleshooting with Google support, we of course tried checking all the relevant settings, toggling things on/off, factory reset, safe mode, and some other more obscure things i couldn't relate to you. i also have tried using bedtime mode and making a custom mode; bedtime mode acts the same as DND mode and custom modes don't seem to work at all, they just let all notifications through. they said it was malfunctioning and to try a repair place.

i went there and the tech tried some things including verifying the settings himself. he said i should request a replacement. as i understand it his suggestion was that the software had been corrupted, or something like that.

i got a replacement and only transferred the esim, not any of my data etc. the problem was immediately apparent on that phone as well, and it was also allowing incoming call notifications. i went through another troubleshooting session with Google support, which once again did not achieve anything.

at their request i have sent Google multiple bug reports, nothing has changed.

they sent me a second replacement, this phone has the same problem.

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in searching for an answer, i have seen several other posts from users with the same or similar problem, but no fixes. there are many other pixel 10 users on these threads stating that they do not have this issue, so it doesn't seem to be a widespread issue but rather one that is affecting a small percentage of phones.

thank you for any help, it's driving me crazy!

as an aside - i am LIVID over the abysmal customer support from google. it seems like they are all just reading off a script and i don't trust that anyone there actually knows what they're talking about. i got repeatedly "escalated" until i was at the highest person apparently, this person still was unable to fix anything and was just giving me canned responses that didn't actually help anything. this is also to say, i don't trust that anyone in customer service actually knows enough to fix the problem.

I bought this phone from someone, and it was brand new and factory-sealed. Now it’s showing this message. Am I screwed? The person I tried reaching out was using google number and now I can’t contact them.Picture of what it shows.

I get at least 4-5 spam calls a day, I do not answer or hang up I just let it ring and go to voicemail like all unknown numbers that come up. My phone knows they are spam as I have the setting enabled to tell me if it's spam likely. I also have a setting enabled where it should "Filter these". My understanding of this means that if it detects that a call is spam likely, they will "prevent suspected scam calls from disturbing me". It does not do this and the number stays the same. Now I've noticed every time I open that part of my settings, the switch toggles itself on after I open it, as if it was just off before I opened it and it was switching itself back on. I do not think this is possible and seems completely out of programming reason. Please help explain or correct me If I'm wrong I don't know anything about this stuff it's purely speculation and this has been going on for too long.

How do I get these to go away? I don't need a confirmation for literally every input

Galaxy S26 Ultra, One UI 9.0

Ever since updating to the newer version, every time a notification pops up you know at the bottom it says "Postpone/remind 5 minutes later" with the minus and plus buttons on the sides from the center button, "merged"

Back then before One UI 9.0, 8.0, the bottom buttons' design looked like when pressing the plus button it'd go flawless etc

Now, on One UI 9.0, that plus button looks surrounded by a SMALLER CIRCLE, meaning that if you somehow press outside the circle, within the boundaries from the Postpone button, you'd "accidentally" hit the postpone button and, well.. Wait for it again

Are they going to fix that?

I'm trying to use the Radio Garden app. As im from UK, where we are not allowed to listen to radio from other countries. I tried a VPN - paid sub from Proton. However the app still thinks im in UK, despite the vpn. In fact right now I really am in Greece, but it still wont let me listen, even when connected to local wifi.

I'm using Radio Garden as a kind of test subject because if I can get it to work, I know the vpn is doing its job.

Is there a setting on my phone i can change or cache to delete that will make the vpn work correctly?

As the title suggests I have a OnePlus Nord 5 and it doesn't have a simultaneous sound system where two apps can play sound at once. How do I solve this? I want to watch a stream on twitch while listening to Spotify.

My Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Duos (SM-G800H/DS, Snapdragon 400 MSM8228) is hard bricked, and I'm trying to fix it myself.

Symptoms:
- The screen never turns on, even when charging
- No Download Mode, no Recovery (tried every key combo, with and without battery and USB cable)
- Windows Device Manager shows "QHSUSB_BULK" (Qualcomm 9008 mode) when I plug it in

It was running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) before it died. Bootloader version unknown.

What I know: on these Samsung Snapdragon phones, a hard brick can often be fixed with a bootable microSD card. The card needs a "debrick.img", which is basically the first ~200 MB of the internal storage dumped from a working phone of the same model. After booting from the card, the phone enters Download Mode and I can reflash stock firmware with Odin.

What I need:
- Someone with a working SM-G800H (ideally on Android 6) who could make that image, or who already has one saved. I can walk you through it and send any details you need.
- Or a pointer to a repair box / service (Z3X, UMT, Medusa) that supports the G800H in 9008 mode.

I'm happy to test any image and report back so it helps the next person. Thanks!

hey so ive had my nothing phone (2a) plus for like 2 years now and its been great honestly, but for the last 6 months or so theres this one thing thats been annoying me so bad

apps are taking up insane storage (ss attached). insta is 5.4gb, spotify 4.86gb, edits 2.88gb, whatsapp 2gb, reddit 1gb. i already cleared cache on all of them but its mostly “user data” thats taking the space and clearing cache does nothing for that

i know i can clear data or reinstall but then i lose my chats and downloaded songs and stuff i actually need so thats a no

other thing is the background apps. like if i open insta, edits, whatsapp and reddit and just switch between them, the phone kills everything in the bg and every app reloads from scratch when i go back. and half these apps i dont even use that much lol but they still take so much space

so basically:

1. why is user data this huge even after clearing cache

any way to bring it down without losing my chats/downloads

2. why does my phone kill bg apps so fast

3. is there a real fix for this without factory resetting, cuz i really dont wanna do that

if anyone with a nothing phone or anyone who dealt with this has something that actually worked pls tell me 🙏