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

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

Header: Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (EU: device BRAVIA_ATV2_EU, product BRAVIA_ATV2). Android TV 9 (API 28).

Firmware BRAVIA_ATV2_EU-user 9 PTT1.190515.001.S54 672201 release-keys Same platform and firmware build as examples/sony-xbr-x900e and the same package set, so this list is that one with the feature entries at the bottom left enabled. 24 packages disabled, nothing uninstalled. Stock launcher com.google.android.tvlauncher (the restore.sh default); Live TV and every HDMI input come from com.sony.dtv.tvx, so keep it. Launcher installed and Home switched, verified across a reboot. Not lived with for weeks yet: re-enable anything that breaks with `pm enable <package>`, or tools/restore.sh with this file. Left enabled on purpose because they are features, not bloat: Chromecast built-in, screen mirroring, DLNA renderer, Android TV phone remote, USB Media Player and music player. Uncomment the last group to disable them too.

Packages the Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (Android TV 9, gb) 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 (6)

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	—
com.sony.dtv.b2b.vendorprotocol	runs Node.js 4.2.4 (2015) broadcasting model/MAC/IP over SDDP

for Control4-style home automation; re-enable if you use one Preloaded apps (7)

Package	Note
com.sony.dtv.customersupport	Help tile
com.sony.dtv.smarthelp	—
com.sony.dtv.imanual	i-Manual
com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic	—
com.google.android.videos	—
com.google.android.play.games	—
com.google.android.backdrop	ambient screensaver, replaced by the launcher's Clock

Apply the Sony BRAVIA 4K GB (Android TV 9, gb) 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/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, gb)" 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, gb)

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 tools/restore.sh examples/sony-bravia-4k-gb/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/debloat.txt in the MIT-licensed cleanyourtv repository.