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My goal here is to provide a ton of information regarding stuff like disabling bloatware/apps you don't use, cool/useful settings, ways to customize the look and feel of your phone, etc. I see a lot of posts about people either complaining about preinstalled apps that they can't remove or asking is there a way to remove them, so I'll start there: Removing Built in Apps/Bloatware There are 2 main ways to remove apps that can't be disabled from within settings: 1. App Freezer + Once set up, you can do everything from the phone + More user friendly + More reliable - Longer, more complicated setup - Requires granting DEVICE_OWNER permission & has text in quick settings (that can't be disabled)/lockscreen (that can be disabled) saying 'device belongs to your organization' 2. ADB shell commands + Simpler setup + Requires no apps to use - Everything is done via command line - Sometimes disabled packages can still run and cause problems. App Freezer Installation: Download App Freezer onto your phone Follow the ADB Installation Instructions (In this same post) Go to your phone Settings > 'Accounts and Backup' > 'Manage Accounts' Remove ALL accounts listed here. This is temporary, you can add them back once your finished the initial setup of App Freezer. Open an ADB Shell on your PC and run dpm set-device-owner com.wakasoftware.appfreezer/.receiver.DPMReceiver That's it for App Freezer, you should be able to go into the app and tap on packages to freeze them. Check the App Information section of this post to see recommendations on apps that can be disabled. Removing/Disabling Packages With ADB Shell Instructions: First Follow the ADB Installation Instructions (In this same post) Whenever a command has *packagename* in it, it means replace it with the package name. There are multiple ways to find the package name for apps, you can use an app like Package Name View 2.0 on your phone or you could use the pm list packages command. for example if you wanted to find all packages containing facebook you can run the command pm list packages | grep *facebook* and it should return a list of packages, something like: package:com.facebook.katana package:com.facebook.system package:com.facebook.appmanager package:com.facebook.services Some apps will allow you to globally disable them, but it generally easier to use disable-user, once you know the package name of an app you want to disable just run the command pm disable-user --user 0 *packagename* to disable it. If you want to re-enable something you previously disabled you can either do so in settings (Apps > Your Apps section (tap the arrow with 3 lines on the right and toggle 'show system apps' to see system apps)) or run pm enable *packagename* ADB Installation Instructions: Download & Install Minimal ADB & Fastboot on your (Windows) PC. (There are ways of using ADB on Linux and MacOS but I won't go into them here) Open your phone settings and navigate to 'About phone' > 'Software Information', then tap 'Build Number' until you see a prompt for your passcode, enter it. Go back to the main settings page, their should be a new button at the bottom for 'Developer Options', open it and enable 'USB Debugging'. Plug your phone into your PC via a USB cable. Run adb shell in the cmd window opened by Minimal ADB and Fastboot, you should see a prompt on your phone to allow that pc for USB debugging, check 'always allow from this computer' and press allow You should now see something like q2q:/ $ in the cmd window (the q2q part doesn't matter, it's just the codename of your device. q2q is zfold3) That's it for ADB, this is the 'ADB Shell' I refer to when saying to run commands, it should stay connected until you disconnect your phone, all you need to do to get back to it is type adb shell in the Minimal ADB & Fastboot window again. App Information: You can check the original post about this on reddit (when it gets approved) for a table of apps, I can't really post them here in a readable format. (If someone else who knows the formatting better than be knows of a way feel free to share). For now you can find debloat lists for your phone online, usually on XDA-Developers. Privacy Apps and Settings to Change: Obviously if you're going for full on privacy your best best bet is something like a Pixel with CalyxOS or GrapheneOS but there are still plenty of things you can do on Samsung phones to improve privacy. Settings: Disable 'Privacy' > 'Send diagnostic data' Disable 'Privacy' > 'Android Personalization serivce' Disable Google Web & App Activity, Location History, Youtube History, & Ad personalization under 'Privacy' > 'Activity Controls' Disable 'Privacy' > 'Usage & diagnostics' Feel Free to suggest more options I've missed! Useful Privacy Apps: AppOps Allows much more granular permission management as well as the ability to trick apps into thinking they have the permission even when they don't. Paid upgrades adds support for templates that get applied to new apps and many other features Requires Shizuku TrackerControl Allows you to block built in app trackers, uses a VPN connection to accomplish this without root. Privacy Dashboard (If you're not on Android 12, it has this built in) Gives you a log of when apps access camera, mic, and location permission. Also can display dot indicators on your screen when they are being used. F-Droid/Aurora Store Alternative App stores, F-Droid features only FOSS (Free & Open Source) Apps, Aurora Store allows you to download apps from the play store without a google account/anonymously. Shizuku Setup: AppOps and some other Apps mentioned later in the Custom Themes section require Shizuku, it's basically a way for apps to run ADB commands locally without needing a PC. Download Shizuku Open Shizuku and select 'Pairing' under 'Start via Wireless Debugging' Tap the developer options link and scroll down to 'Wireless Debugging', enable it (and select always allow on this netowrk), then tap to the left of the toggle to open the settings. Tap 'Pair device with pairing code', shizuku should pop up a notification with a button for 'Enter Pairing code' Tap 'Enter pairing code' on the notification and enter the code provided. Once it says 'Pairing successful', go back to shizuku and select 'Start' under 'Start via Wireless debugging' (If it asks you to enable Wireless debugging, press developer options and toggle wireless debugging off and back on) You should now see 'Shizuku is running' in the top left of the app. That's it. You will need to hit start after every reboot but you won't need to pair the device again, only start it. Customization: OneUI has a LOT of customizability, I broke this up into a few sections. I don't cover every setting just some from each module I found useful. Good Lock: If you haven't heard of good lock it's a collection of first party apps that allow you to change a bunch of settings for the look and feel of different aspects of Samsung's apps and software. If Good lock isn't available in your country you can try Nicelock or Fine Lock. They should all function the same. LockStar: Allows you to change a ton of options for your lockscreen. You can create custom layouts for portrait and landscape mode as well as change the timeout. BTW if you hide the 'Help Text' item it removes the 'This device belongs to your organization' thing from App Freezer QuickStar: Mainly useful for the ability to change the visibility of indicator icons (like wifi, bluetooth, nfc, etc.). It's a great way to hide all the icons you don't care about to clean up the status bar. I don't recommend using it to style the quick panel, I will cover that later in Theme Park/#Hex_ Clockface: Pretty simple, allows you to change the look of both your lockscreen and AOD clock, there are a bunch of options or you can 'make your own' which boils down to basically choosing elements from the premade ones & the ability to add text/gifs. MultiStar: A bunch of multitasking related settings, I recommend enabling 'Mutli-Window Screen zoom' for both popup and split screen as well as Multi Focus, these allow you to see more on splitscreen/pop out apps & allow multiple apps to actively run at once. There's also an option for foldable to continue all apps on cover screen which is super useful. NavStar: Allows you to customize the navbar buttons and look. I mainly just use it to add the button to quickly hide the navbar and disable custom themes from overriding the icons. There's also an option to have a little mini app switcher on foldables. NotiStar: Adds a bunch of options related to notificaitons, I haven't really used it much but it can be useful if you receive a lot of notifications. RegiStar: Lets you customize which settings menus are displayed on the front page of the settings app, even lets you re-arrange them however you like. Allows you to view settings change history as well as set an action for tapping the back of the phone and some other minor stuff as well Home Up: Adds the ability to change the grid size to up to 7x7 on OneUI Home as well the ability to change the dock icon count and loop pages. Keys Café: Incredible level of customizations for the Samsung keyboard. You can change the colours, effects, and sounds. But the big thing is the ability to create custom keyboard layouts for both the main keyboard & symbol keyboards. Galaxy Foldables can set different layouts for the inner and outer screen as well. Seriously if you haven't tried it, it's the only reason I use the Samsung Keyboard. Pentastic: Some simple tweaks to Aircommand and the pen cursor. Theme Park: Allows for a ton of custom theming of the OS, keyboard, icons, and volume panel. I recommend Hex instead of just themepark themes & I go into custom icons more in the Custom Themes section. Wonderland: I haven't used this but it allows you to create custom animated wallpapers. Nice Catch: Allows you to view what apps vibrated your phone, sent notifications, or displayed popups. One Hand operation +: I also haven't used this but it allows for a bunch of customization of the one handed mode. SoundAssistant: Loads of sound related options including the ability to change volumes for individual apps and allow an app to always play sound over any other app (useful for music apps that get paused when opening certain games/apps). Custom Themes The main application for custom themes is #Hex_ which allows for the creation of custom themes that can change the system colours, buttons, icons, and many other aspects (including the ability to theme certain apps outside of what a normal theme can do.) The app is paid however it's well work it in my opinion for the amount of customizability it offers. #Hex_ works on most versions of OneUI but Theme park and therefore most of the other stuff talked about after this like custom icons and volume panel might not work as expected on anything except OneUI 4. #Hex_ Installtion: Download Hex Installer (if you're on 1.X, 2.X, or 3.0 skip steps 2 and 3, if you are on OneUI 3.1.X #Hex_ is not supported but there is a workaround, go to Hex OneUI 3.1.X Workaround and follow that), If you're on OneUI 5.1.1 #Hex_ is NOT supported Download Theme Park (from the galaxy store) and create a custom theme by pressing 'Create New' on the theme tab. It doesn't need to be anything specific, it will get replaced by Hex later on. (you also need good lock) Follow the Shizuku Set up if you haven't already (in the privacy section of this post) launch Hex and follow the on screen prompts until you get to where it asks you for ADB setup, tap on 'Hex ADB setup' and hit shizuku, there should be a prompt you need to allow. Tap on personalize and modify to your liking, I recommend going under apps and selecting all of them (except samsung keyboard if you plan to use Keys Café). There are plenty of plugins on the play store but most of them are paid, I recommend AOSP R Dark as a good free option if you like the look of stock android. Once you're done modifying the theme hit build & install. Follow what hex tells you, it's different on different version of OneUI. Hex OneUI 3.1.X Workaround: Download and install App Freezer, the instructions are back in the debloating section. Follow steps 4-7 of the installation guide, once the Hex theme is applied freeze both Theme Store and Theme Services in app freezer (it HAS to be frozen in app freezer, disabling it via ADB does NOT work. That should be it. You will need to unfreeze it to modify the theme. Custom Icons: You don't need Adapticons anymore! In Theme park scroll over to the Icons section and hit create new (or previous work if you have one) and hit the option in the top right (if you have a black theme like mine these buttons are invisible but just tab around the rop right corner and you should see a 'Change Icons' button, in that menu you can tap on an app and select a new icon from Icon parks or the gallery! Depending on how in depth you want to get custom icons, there are more apps needed. If you just want to apply a premade Icon Pack from the play store system wide you can do so very easily with just Theme Park, simply download the icon pack, go into Theme park > 'Icons' > 'Create New', tap Icon pack and select the one you want, then press the download button and apply it. These Icons should show up everywhere, not just the launcher. (settings, app switcher, edge panel, etc.) Please see the 'Adapticons Keeps Crashing!' section If you want custom icons, you need 2 more apps: Download Adapticons & Icon Pack Mixer (You will need to pay the $1 for Adapticons if you want to do multiple apps & another $1 if you want to mix over 100 icons in Icon Pack Mixer) Open adapticons and select all the apps you want to modify. Select an Icon Shape (Probably Keep Original) Tap the icon under 'icon settings' and select 'import icon', from here you can either choose to pick an icon from an icon pack or an image from your gallery. Modify the icon until you're happy with it, then tap the next icon near the top to select it. Repeat steps 3-5 for all the icons you want to modify. Once you're done, tap the save icon in the top right & select 'export as icon pack'. Install the exported icon pack Open Icon Pack Mixer and tap mix Go through and select the icon you want for each app, then tap 'lets continue' Select export as icon pack and install it. Go to theme park > 'Icons' > 'Create new' & select the mixed icon pack for the icon pack. That's it, you're custom icon should show up basically everywhere. Adapticons Keeps Crashing! Yes, I know. It does this a lot, especially on Android 11+ What I can recommend is this: After every icon tap the 3 dots in the top right and 'Save for later' (just save it as the number of icons modified so it's easy to keep track of.) When loading a saved pack repeatedly tap in the section that'll change the icon shape when pressing load, for whatever reason this is the only way I've found to successfully load a saved pack that crashes I believe the developer abandoned this app but I can't find any alternatives so if you know of one comment below, I've tried basically everything I could find on the play store. Avoid throwing your phone across the room after not being able to load a save for 10 minutes, it's just not worth it xD Answered Questions and Other Stuff: Wow, this is a long post. I'm tired of typing out instructions a bunch so I just complied them all into one spot. Yes I know the formatting is eh, and I'm sure there are many misspelled words. I'd like to add pictures to this post at some point but it's already wayyy too long so for now I'll leave it. Feel free to ask questions and suggest other things! I didn't get into it but yes, you can use Shizuku + a terminal app like Termux to disable packages from the phone itself via ADB. this was initially typed up on reddit so excuse the formatting, I tried to fix it the best I can. I attached a JSON for De-Bloater (requires root) and a very long screenshot (in a zip so it doesn't preview in the post) with my disabled apps (Fold3 OneUI 5.1) for anyone interested. My presets are pretty aggressive though. Fold3-OneUI51_33.json AppList.zip

(I posted this already on reddit but maybee i am more lucky in this forum) Sorry if my english is bad i don't use it often. Right now I'm learning about coding and stuff. I want to create my own Windows theme. I like Nier Automata so I thought why not create a Nier Windows theme. To do this, I use tools like Rainmeter, Taskbar x, Notepad and other programs. When I have a problem, I google it. When I'm looking for something like how to change the look of folders or how to change the folder layout, I only get results like how to change the background color, how to change the folder icon, or how to rearrange the folder within a specific folder. The only useful search I got was this: https://www.reddit.com/r/customization/comments/ou0zqy/editing_window_top_bars/. In this Reddit post he talks about, if you wanted to change the Windows top bar it would change some other things as well, and this is where it gets a little confusing for me. He linked a tutorial on changing Windows themes. The Themes you could get that way are allready finnished, meaning you are stuck with whatever comes with it i believe. I am pretty sure it is possible to make your own theme but i dont know how to search for the right thing. For example how to change the top bar form the folders in windows and not the whole theme in windows. Not knowing much, I'm assuming that if you can change the Taskbar with Taskbar X , then you can change the folder with a program aswell. It would be cool if someone could explain how to go about it, not just show me what you would do. It's like teaching someone to fish, not just giving them one fish. I want to make it that if i open folders in windows it would look like this or somewhat in that style: My Desktop looks like This right now: my goal is kind of like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/nier/comments/gpmncu/i_built_myself_a_nier_automata_themed_desktop/ ( I know that his folder are Normal looking) Thanks for any help.

Hello, so I'm super jealous of Linux and its customizability, so I installed UXTheme. Works well, but I decided to use After Dark CC for WIndows 10 Pro x64 1909 on my machine, Windows 10 2009 Pro x64 (20H2), and now I can't log in to my user after a restart from a black screen. Please tell me if I can tweak the registry or some .dat file that will change the theme back to default. I've tried: Deleting the theme Deleting UX Theme Patcher Copying the default Windows theme as After Dark CC Blue (and the folder as After Dark CC) Please tell me I can do something other than deleting the user and making a new one. (All other users work fine.) I didn't turn off my PC from a power off or a reset button, I turned it off from the power switch, so the user might be fully broken... Please tell me I can do something...

GRUB menu...I'm not sure how do they call it..but I dual boot windows and ubuntu...when I installed a theme for grub menu it is low resolution..I'm sure that I installed 1080p tela grub theme...is there any fix available???

Hi guys, anyone know any black and white cases? decent-good airflow micro atx under 100 euro's good cablemanagement Thanks in advance!

vokoscreen-2020-04-06_17-59-18.mkvi am new to linux it's been only 3 months since i switched from windows to linux i am using parrot os KDE i installed nvidia drivers using these commands i can't open nvidia settings apt-get install nvidia-driver apt-get install nvidia-smi (reboot) apt-get install nvidia-cuda-toolkit and i can't change the login screen theme or login screen wallpaer . whenever i try it refuses and change back to Default

Hi guys bit of a stupid question today My windows 10 install always had a black task bar and stuff with blue accents when changing volume or whatever Now after I installed wallpaper engine (now uninstalled) it changed to light grey, I then tried to change it back to dark grey/black with blue accents but I can't seem to make it work. It's a stupid unimportant thing, but it really bothers me. See pictures for context In the first picture the volume is black with blue, but the taskbar is also blue, which really annoys me for some reason In the second picture, they're all grey How do I get it black and blue again? Sorry for the dumb question and thanks in advance

This should be a fun one. (Excuse the lack of details and vagueness of this post, I may include more later. I'm trying to keep it under wraps for now as I dont want the idea taken or it to be out there until its further down the process.) Over the past few days I have had an idea for a custom case based on a certain theme that would also incorporate some new and interesting liquid cooling attempts (still need to look into my idea and its viability). The case itself would need custom glass and aluminum elements as well. Im very slowly learing to use blender right now to get a concept out. My biggest questions are; are there alot of people who are into making modded cases, would it be better to work from the ground up or cannibalize a premade case, how hard is it to get a sponser for something like this, and are there any places to show these cases off? Thank you for any and all help

Hello, I was using a perfectly fine tool (called NetSpeedMonitor) to monitor my internet speeds from taskbar that I had no issues with until 1903 update arrived. Now that the light theme changes the color of the taskbar, it has turned into an issue. I use another tool called "Auto Dark Mode" that automatically changes the dark theme to light one based on system time (which works great and is in active development) but the fact that NetSpeedMonitor's font color stays the same and have to be changed manually is a bummer. Tried emailing the developer but his email was either incorrect or simply dead. His social media activities are also decade old and the tool itself was updated a decade ago. So is there another tool for monitoring network speeds from the taskbar that DOES change color depending on time? Thanks in advance

Why do I have to reactivate dark theme in EVERY SINGLE TAB I open on Youtube??? It's so f'in irritating!

Hello, I have been trying to get a theme named Woffice to install and work properly on a new WordPress installation. However I have been fraught with 404 page issues. The problem is that this theme requires that you set the Permalink setting on WordPress to "Post name" or their other pages will give you 404 errors (mentioned on their documentation page here). The problem is that their theme is not the only one that is having this issue as any theme I try with the Permalink option set at "Post name" will undoubtedly have the 404 page error. The system I am running is a Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS installation with a LAMP stack (Apache version 2.4.29 (Ubuntu) | MySQL version 5.7.25-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | PHP version 7.2), and WordPress 5.0.3. I know that with Post name set that all the pages I try and reach from the homepage shows that the server is trying to reach a directory on the root of the webserver that does not exist. Is there a default location that I need to set for Post name to work? I unfortunately have little knowledge about the ins and outs of WordPress and any help would be greatly appreciated.

So I've been wanting to do a game themed case mod for a while now but I just really haven't found a game that I've liked enough to commit to a case mod for but recently I've really fallen in love with rust and i want to pull the trigger on a case mod but I've been having a really hard time thinking of any mods that would make sense and/or wouldn't look super tacky. So basically I just need some ideas, the case in working with is the cooler master H500P, now I'm open to cutting the case up a little (really just the front and top plastic pannels) and I do have access to a 3D Printer so I can print mods. Just spitball some ideas for me in the comments. Any feedback is appreciated!

Hi! To all the gamers who played Dying Light, what color scheme should I use? I'm thinking black and white, but red might fit the theme too, from all the blood spilled by the zombies.

I'm trying to make a settings menu for my A-Level coursework in Computer Science and one of my aims is to have a themes system and a menu to change it. So far, the theme switching menu works and changes the backgrounds, text colours, button colours etc but the actual drop down menu doesn't change colour according to the theme and it doesn't look very good on the dark theme background. Has anyone got much experience with tkinter and can tell me which config value I need to set to change the colour? (attached are an image of my settings menu with the drop down open and the code for getting colours from json file and creating the option menu) Code: theme import from json: creating optionmenu: json file:

Guys need a bit of help here. Supes is my fav. superhero and I want to add that touch to my Desktop. But I don't know where to start. I could find Batman Build log, Green Lantern, Ironman but no Supes. Any Idea or tips appreciated. Would be really good if you post some images for reference.

So I am waiting on my paycheck to come in so I can breakdown and buy individually sleeved psu cables. I am going with white and black. I want to get combs, but I am not sure which I should I go with. Should it be white, black, or transparent combs?

Hi everyone, I need some advice and ideas please. I am starting a weight loss program, i am currently weighing 23st/320lb/146kg and at 5'9 i am quite obese (my aim is to get to 17st/238lb/107kb and build up muscle). I have tried weight loss before but not succeeded and this time i want to document it with blogs, vlogs and pictures. I have a domain I wish to use along with a 50GB/4GB VPS with cpanel on it so I have the space to host a site. I was thinking wordpress but finding a theme that will look simple but effective would be ideal. I don't have a setup for recording so will be using selfie cam (in landscape) on my razer phone. What do you think? Please don't ask me to create one, i am okay with code but i can't design for nowt! Thanks for your time and input, and can i please ask any negative comments be kept to yourself, ive been bullied for 30 years i don't want any more!

So yeah, I was like troubleshooting my laptop when windows started booting, it automatically changed my takbar theme. Any help? I want the ocean blue taskbar back plzzz.

So i'm in the process of window shopping to build myself a new system. I've set my mind of doing a themed build this time around, with the theme being Daft Punk. I've never done a themed build before so I need all the help I can get and as many ideas as possible. My price range atm is between $2000 - $2500 , a bit limiting but I can always add more along the line.

they should add holiday themes

Edit: Done what I wanted. It's good now. Okay so I started with a Wordpress Store (Yeah Woocommerce) and whenever I upload a theme packed in a zip, the whole site gives ERROR 500. Server : Cloudmonster WP Version : latest I checked ZIP : works fine on a free hosting like hostinger/1freehosting/000webhost etc. I also tried free one(s)

What color theme do yall prefer? If your build had to be displayed what color would you want the main components to be? What color theme do you despise? My preferred color theme is Black and White with hints of green (like the Geforce GTX led). I was working on that theme until my motherboard died and I had to go with AsRock Red. yuck. I can live with red.... it's blue that makes me cringe. I can not stand anything blue. There is too many blue themed boards, plus not everything goes with blue. My great grandmother has blue carpet, blue lament flooring, blue counter-tops, blue cabinets, blue walls, furniture with blue in it, blue clothes, it's like the cookie monster was fu#*ing slashed and bled all over every d@mn thing in her Condo! Maybe that is where I get my hate for blue.

How to make that fade effect like in LTT theme music?

Hey guys I am going to build a custom app in java using netbeans and the topic I thought of was Ticket booking of movies. Now the tging is I wanted some advice on what color schemes should I pick and what kind of features should be there all of you are welcome to share your views and please do. It is going to be an desktop app.

So I havent really posted here before besides the odd comment here or there, a coworker suggested I do a proper build log for my baby. Ive been working on this one in either planning/draw ups or actual building for 2 years roughly (obviously drawn out because money/time). In short the justification for this build's name is it being my favourite character from any video game, Zia from Bastion (not related to the theme ive been calling my PC's that for years, technically this is Zia 4.0). The theme of the build started as a kind of Tracer from Overwatch inspired build early on when it was living in a Fractal R5, beyond that Star Wars VII came out and BB-8 basically made me go... Well thats just it isnt it? So it began, a build on a white and orange (and eventually silver as well) theme, inspired by a small cute droid. Moving forward ill be taking A LOT more photos and also video if I can help it. I have pretty basic painting experience and have built a fair few PC's for either family, friends, the odd client or myself (nearish to 40 in my time over the years). I'll do my best to detail my steps and I will add to this moving forward (probably a post per part format maybemaybe?). Thought it might be a bit of fun List of parts as of current: NZXT S340 Elite White i7 6700k MSI Z170 Gaming Carbon Motherboard 16GB of Kingston (I think?) RAM (getting replaced) GTX 1080Ti (was a 1070) (to be painted watch this space) Corsair H115 GTX (partial painted) 4x Corsair White LED "Mag-Lev" fans (3x 140mm, 1x 120mm) (painted) EVGA 750W G2 Power Supply Samsung 840 and 850 EVO (120GB and 500GB respectively) DIY custom cables from Cablemod WD Red 2TB HDD. Other bits for those that care: Acer X34 3440x1440 Main Monitor Benq 24" 1080p Side Monitor Corsair K70 (painted) Razer Naga Epic Seinheiser Game One Headset Razer Goliathus (or whatever its called) Overwatch Themed Mat If anyone has any questions about methods, materials, details about bits being taken apart etc etc please dont hesitate to ask