orion
Orion is the designation of whatever (smart)phone I use — something I sometimes wish I didn’t need.
Ægis | 2FA |
AntennaPod | podcasts |
Loop | habits |
Mastodon | social |
Orgzly | notes |
Proton | mail + VPN |
Snapseed | photo editor |
Telegram | IM |
Termux | terminal |
Vinyl | music |
Vivaldi | browser |
VSCO | photography |
bloat
Be careful; you could brick your phone.
- Install
android-tools
on your laptop. - Enable “Developer options” and “USB debugging” on your phone.
- 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 ()
- Smartphones: Parts of Our Minds? Or Parasites? by
andRachael Brown ()Robert Brooks