But if it's not consumer-level, then it's not surprising that the service is disabled by default.
Perhaps it's for LG developers or existing LG employees. I don't have a log-in, nor do I know how to procure one, but I highly suspect that this is NOT a consumer-level feature or portal. I don't remember anymore.Ĭom. seems to be related to the LG G-DEC portal. Or maybe I downloaded new versions and installed those. I believe I had the LG Mobile Drivers and Minimalist ADB & Fastboot already installed from my V30 days, so I skipped the first few steps, IIRC. If nothing else, I try to keep the number of installed apps in the low 100s, and this helps on that count. As long as you don't accidentally nuke something critical to the system, there's no real harm in de-bloating, even if on modern flaghsips with beastly hardware and tons of RAM, there's little performance or battery life to be gained by doing so. So for me, it's to de-clutter and to make sure I don't have duplicate functionality potentially running in the background eating up system resources, RAM, or mobile data. I love Chrome, Google Photos, the Google Dialer, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, Google's RCS-enabled Messaging app, etc. I have no use for two or three different versions of all these apps on my device. Also bull**** like Device Wellness apps, Carrier promotional apps and games, duplicate contacts, gallery, keyboard, dialer, email, contacts, calendar, messaging and browser apps. So nuking things like OEM or Carrier versions of Google apps is usually one of my first priorities. Since I tend to use Google's main suite of apps for most things, and replace things like my launcher, navigation gestures, and other critical parts of the software environment with third-party solutions, I don't really want a lot of overlapping apps that I'm never going to use. It's just the best we can manage without root). I know that most third-party launchers have options to hide apps, but I wanted a solution that was a tad more permanent (though without root, this isn't a 100% wiping of these apps. (I think you've seen a comprehensive post I made in another thread of yours that shows my software environment and how I replaced pretty much everything (launcher, navigation gesture, live wallpaper, etc.) with third-party software that I prefer).įor one, it just gets rid of apps and icons for crap I never wanted to begin with.
I did all this on my first day with the phone (early April) so I really don't have any way to compare performance or battery life before and after.īut I haven't had a single performance issue with this phone in over a month of use, and battery has been absolutely beastly. I just Googled up generic instructions and winged it after that. I also removed some AT&T garbage I don't want or need. Obviously didn't touch System UI or anything that seemed critical. I left things like LG Home and LG Dual Screen installed. I tried to err on the side of caution and not nuke anything that sounded important.Ĭrap like the Game of Thrones game, CNN app and other news apps, radio apps, LG versions of stuff I was using Google apps of (most LG software, actually). I was working mostly blind, since I hadn't seen anyone with a list, but I think I wound up nuking somewhere between two and three dozen system apps. That said, some of the software (mostly pre-installed games) can be uninstalled normally, which is nice.įor the rest, I used ADB commands in Fastboot to remove them.