Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (Android TV 9, us) debloat list

About this Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (Android TV 9, us) list

Header: Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (BRAVIA_ATV2_UC, MediaTek mt5891), US/Canada firmware

Android TV 9, build PTT1.190515.001.S54 672201, security patch 2022-01-05 Same platform and build as examples/sony-xbr-x900e; this list confirms it on a second model. Stock launcher: com.google.android.tvlauncher (restore.sh's default). Live TV / input app: com.sony.dtv.tvx. Keep it: it also plays every HDMI input. Keep: com.sony.dtv.tvinput.*, braviasync* (HDMI-CEC), remotepairing, rcpowerkey, uinputservice, imeproxy, sonysystemservice, settingsprovider, all com.mediatek.* and mtktvapi.agent. Already disabled at the factory: com.sony.dtv.actionmenu.plugin.harmony. Not in this list. Notes from this firmware: - ADB: the Developer options switch is labelled "ADB debugging", not "USB debugging". Port 5555 stays closed until it is on. - com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith is installed but did not take Home: build-and-install.ps1 landed Home on com.gathin.tvhome first time with only com.google.android.tvlauncher disabled. Hide com.sony.dtv.tvx and com.sony.dtv.tvxlauncher.programguide in config.xml and leave live_tv_package empty if you have no antenna; Inputs lists HDMI 1-4 (with CEC names) and Video 1/2. - The stock launcher's "Free Live TV" / "Top Selling" rows and the top banner come from tvlauncher itself and stay until it is replaced. - Tested the same day it was applied: Home, the Input menu, HDMI inputs and the new launcher all work. Not yet lived with for several days, and not yet tested across a reboot.

Packages the Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (Android TV 9, us) list disables

ACR viewing tracker (1)

Package	Note
tv.samba.ssm	Samba TV fingerprints what's on screen

Sony and Google content, ads and promos (7)

Package	Note
com.sony.dtv.sonyselect	Sony Select app store/promo tile
com.sony.dtv.promos	My BRAVIA promos
com.sony.dtv.discovery	Sony Discover content bar
com.sony.dtv.bivlinfo	BIVL content service list (feeds Discover)
com.sony.dtv.tvlaunchercustomizer	Sony tweaks to the stock home rows
com.google.android.tvrecommendations	recommendation rows for the stock launcher
android.autoinstalls.config.sony.bravia	Play auto-install of partner apps

Retail demo (3)

Package	Note
com.sony.dtv.demomode	—
com.sony.dtv.demosupport	—
com.sony.dtv.multiscreendemo	—

Telemetry, remote support and feedback (5)

Package	Note
com.sony.dtv.da.service	Sony device agent / remote support
com.qterics.da.product	Qterics device agent
com.sony.dtv.sonybugreportsys	—
com.google.android.tv.bugreportsender	—
com.google.android.feedback	—

Preloaded apps (8)

Package	Note
com.sony.dtv.customersupport	Help tile
com.sony.dtv.smarthelp	—
com.sony.dtv.imanual	i-Manual
com.sony.dtv.osat.music	re-enable to play music from USB
com.sony.dtv.smartmediaapp	Media Player, re-enable to play USB files
com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic	—
com.google.android.videos	—
com.google.android.play.games	—

Optional features, off by owner's choice (4)

Package	Note
com.google.android.apps.mediashell	Chromecast built-in
screnmirroring.com	Screen mirroring (Miracast)
com.sony.dtv.networkapp.wifidirect	—
com.google.android.tv.remote.service	Android TV phone-app remote

Apply the Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (Android TV 9, us) 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/sony-bravia-4k-gb-us/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 "Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (Android TV 9, us)" as the model; it reads this list, checks each package on your TV and asks before anything that depends on your preferences.

Restore the Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (Android TV 9, us)

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 tools/restore.sh examples/sony-bravia-4k-gb-us/debloat.txt

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 Android TV debloat guide.

Source: examples/sony-bravia-4k-gb-us/debloat.txt in the MIT-licensed cleanyourtv repository.