orion

Orion is the designation of whatever (smart)phone I use — something I sometimes wish I didn’t need.

bloat

Be careful; you could brick your phone.

1. Install android-tools on your laptop.
2. Enable “Developer options” and “USB debugging” on your phone.
3. Run the following on your laptop:

# list devices
adb devices
# enter adb shell
adb shell

To list all and find packages:

pm list packages
pm list packages | grep 'bloat'

To uninstall a package:

pm uninstall -k --user 0 bloat

Unless your phone is rooted, the app will only be uninstalled for the current user. To restore apps, reinstall them or do a factory reset.

resources

• A Zine About Going Light — The Light Phone (2020)
• Smartphones: Parts of Our Minds? Or Parasites? by Rachæl Brown and Robert Brooks (2025)