BenQ E55-735 debloat list

About this BenQ E55-735 list

Header: BenQ E55-735 (55" 4K, Taiwan), Google TV 14, firmware UKNV.260506.001

Built by Changhong (ro.product.manufacturer=Changhong, ro.product.model="AI PONT", product DVB96BQ), MediaTek SoC, about 1.8 GB RAM. Changhong's own packages use the com.homwee prefix; the same "AI PONT" platform is sold as CHiQ (see the CHiQ DVB93CQ example in PR #10). Stock launcher: com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx (pass it as STOCK_LAUNCHER). Already disabled from the factory: com.mediatek.wwtv.tvcenter, com.google.android.marvin.talkback. Quirks on this firmware, all checked on the TV: - USB debugging alone does NOT open port 5555 until the first reboot. Pair once with Wireless debugging instead: `adb mdns services` shows the random pairing and connect ports, then `adb pair <ip>:<pairing port> <code>` and `adb connect <ip>:<connect port>`. After a reboot, with USB debugging still on, plain port 5555 answers. - Home keeps going to com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith/.RecoveryActivity after the stock launcher is disabled: setupwraith must be disabled too (listed below). - Standby is MediaTek suspend-to-RAM: once the CPU suspends (seconds after the screen goes off, when no wakelock is held), Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stop. A Chromecast voice remote (Bluetooth only) then cannot turn the TV on; the BenQ IR remote and the power button can. Holding a wakelock to prevent it confuses the vendor standby (panel off, system awake, ARC broken). Wake-on-LAN does work from deep standby: a magic packet to the Wi-Fi MAC brings the TV up in about 5 s. - The Chromecast remote's Input button sends KEYCODE_TV, which the stock launcher handled. Its YouTube and Netflix buttons have no key layout on this TV (HID usages 0x0c0077 / 0x0c0078 both arrive as KEYCODE_UNKNOWN), so they do nothing once the stock launcher is gone.

Packages the BenQ E55-735 list disables

Changhong / Homwee store and help (2)

Package	Note
com.homwee.store	—
com.homwee.help	—

Automatic content recognition (reports what is on screen) (1)

Package	Note
tv.anoki.acr.anokiacroptin	—

Google TV recommendations and screensaver (set another screensaver first) (3)

Package	Note
com.google.android.videos	Google TV app, the home screen's recommendation source
com.google.android.apps.tv.dreamx	ambient mode; mixes recommendations into the screensaver
com.google.android.play.games	—

Streaming apps not used in this home (by choice; keep the ones you use) (3)

Package	Note
com.amazon.amazonvideo.livingroom	—
com.taiwanmobile.myVideotv	—
com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic	—

Stock home. Disable only after the new launcher is installed and set as home (2)

Package	Note
com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith	its RecoveryActivity otherwise takes over Home
com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx	—

Apply the BenQ E55-735 debloat

Turn on Developer options on the TV (Settings → Device Preferences → About → press OK on Build seven times), switch on USB debugging and, if shown, Network or ADB debugging. Then, from a clone of the cleanyourtv repository on a computer on the same Wi-Fi:

export TV_HOST=192.168.1.50   # your TV's IP address
tools/venv/bin/python -I tools/tv.py --probe
tools/disable.sh examples/benq-e55-735/debloat.txt

Then build and install the clean launcher, which makes itself the default Home and rolls back if it fails:

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 launcher/build-and-install.sh

Prefer to let an assistant do it? Paste the cleanyourtv prompt into Claude Code with "BenQ E55-735" as the model; it reads this list, checks each package on your TV and asks before anything that depends on your preferences.

Restore the BenQ E55-735

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 tools/restore.sh examples/benq-e55-735/debloat.txt com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx

The restore script replays the state recorded before the change, so Home goes back to the launcher that owned it. More in the restore guide and the Google TV debloat guide.

Source: examples/benq-e55-735/debloat.txt in the MIT-licensed cleanyourtv repository.