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> Eventually I used adb to uninstall a bunch of stuff, but they're still taking up storage space even if I can't see them. Absurd. So you didn't uninstall them

by petodo 4y ago

> Eventually I used adb to uninstall a bunch of stuff, but they're still taking up storage space even if I can't see them. Absurd. So you didn't uninstall them, you disabled them.

andyjohnson0 4y ago
> So you didn't uninstall them, you disabled them. No, I installed them. Samsung had marked them as being non-uninstallable via the Android Settings UI, so I used `adb -d shell pm uninstall --user 0 <packagename>` to forcibly uninstall them, although (as I said) the code is still in the rom. Simply disabling them could be done using the UI, or with `adb -d shell pm disable <packagename>`, but they'd still be cluttering the apps list - which is not what I wanted.
- sprayk 4y ago
  uninstalling should not work at all on at least some of those apps, as they will exist on the read-only system partition (that only gets touched when the phone updates).
  - andyjohnson0 4y ago
    It worked for me. I assume it removes them from the OS's database of installed apps, even though it doesnt remove the executable code. I wrote some notes at https://andyjohnson.uk/blog/2021/07/17/cleaning-up-a-samsung-galaxy-tab-s7/ https://andyjohnson.uk/blog/2021/07/17/cleaning-up-a-samsung...
    - MishaalRahman 4y ago
      The APK for the apps you 'uninstalled' via the 'pm uninstall' command still exist in the system/product/system_ext/etc partitions, that's why they still take up space.
      - andyjohnson0 4y ago
        Yes, I know that and said so in my original post. The point of uninstalling them was to remove them from my experience of using the tablet.
- petodo 4y ago
  If you really uninstalled them they would not be taking storage space, this is merely just disabling them if APK is still present.
  - andyjohnson0 4y ago
    Yes, I know that and said so in my original post. The point of uninstalling them was to remove them from my experience of using the tablet.
    - petodo 4y ago
      You are misusing word "uninstalling" for "disabling", that was my point.
      - andyjohnson0 4y ago
        No. I uninstalled them with adb's uninstall command. If I'd wanted to disable them then i would have used adb's disable command. "Uninstall" and "disable" have specific meanings wrt Android. If you have issues with the terminology then you should probably take it up with the Android team.

by petodo 4y ago

> Eventually I used adb to uninstall a bunch of stuff, but they're still taking up storage space even if I can't see them. Absurd. So you didn't uninstall them, you disabled them.

andyjohnson0 4y ago

> So you didn't uninstall them, you disabled them. No, I installed them. Samsung had marked them as being non-uninstallable via the Android Settings UI, so I used `adb -d shell pm uninstall --user 0 <packagename>` to forcibly uninstall them, although (as I said) the code is still in the rom. Simply disabling them could be done using the UI, or with `adb -d shell pm disable <packagename>`, but they'd still be cluttering the apps list - which is not what I wanted.

sprayk 4y ago
uninstalling should not work at all on at least some of those apps, as they will exist on the read-only system partition (that only gets touched when the phone updates).
- andyjohnson0 4y ago
  It worked for me. I assume it removes them from the OS's database of installed apps, even though it doesnt remove the executable code. I wrote some notes at https://andyjohnson.uk/blog/2021/07/17/cleaning-up-a-samsung-galaxy-tab-s7/ https://andyjohnson.uk/blog/2021/07/17/cleaning-up-a-samsung...
  - MishaalRahman 4y ago
    The APK for the apps you 'uninstalled' via the 'pm uninstall' command still exist in the system/product/system_ext/etc partitions, that's why they still take up space.
    - andyjohnson0 4y ago
      Yes, I know that and said so in my original post. The point of uninstalling them was to remove them from my experience of using the tablet.
petodo 4y ago
If you really uninstalled them they would not be taking storage space, this is merely just disabling them if APK is still present.
- andyjohnson0 4y ago
  Yes, I know that and said so in my original post. The point of uninstalling them was to remove them from my experience of using the tablet.
  - petodo 4y ago
    You are misusing word "uninstalling" for "disabling", that was my point.
    - andyjohnson0 4y ago
      No. I uninstalled them with adb's uninstall command. If I'd wanted to disable them then i would have used adb's disable command. "Uninstall" and "disable" have specific meanings wrt Android. If you have issues with the terminology then you should probably take it up with the Android team.