Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900F debloat list

About this Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900F list

Header: Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900F (2018, BRAVIA_ATV3_4K, MediaTek MT5891), US/Canada firmware

Product BRAVIA_ATV3_4K_UC, model string "BRAVIA 4K GB ATV3". Android TV 9 (API 28), 2 GB RAM. Firmware BRAVIA_ATV3_4K_UC-user 9 PTT1.190515.001.S54 672201 release-keys, security patch 2022-01-05 Applied 2026-10-19 and checked across a reboot (list still disabled, launcher still Home, HDMI and Live TV fine). Not lived with for weeks yet: re-enable anything that breaks with `pm enable <package>`. Same Android 9 firmware build as examples/sony-xbr-x900e and sony-bravia-4k-gb (ATV2), one platform generation newer (ATV3, MT5891). Package set is the same apart from the ATV3 panel/HDMI services. 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 and the ATSC tuner. Keep: com.sony.dtv.tvinput.*, braviasync* (HDMI-CEC), remotepairing, rcpowerkey, uinputservice, imeproxy, sonysystemservice, settingsprovider, all com.mediatek.* and mtktvapi.agent, timers. Already off on this TV before the list (owner or factory): tv.samba.ssm and com.sony.dtv.promos (both listed below anyway), com.sony.rvu, actionmenu.plugin.harmony, Vudu, Play Movies, Play Games. Notes from this firmware: - ADB: Developer options > USB debugging opens port 5555 (Android 9: no Wireless debugging pairing); the TV then shows the usual "Allow USB debugging?" prompt. Tick "Always allow". - The sponsored banner at the top of the stock home (Hulu, Apple TV+ promos) comes from com.google.android.tvlauncher itself and survives disabling tvrecommendations; only replacing the launcher removes it. - Sony Settings pages (About, Status) return an empty screencap; read them with `uiautomator dump`. - The retail model number is not in getprop or UPnP (both say "BRAVIA 4K GB ATV3"); read it off the sticker or the Help app. - Launcher works. Same as the X900E: the stock launcher's HOME filter wins until com.google.android.tvlauncher is disabled; disable it, then `cmd package set-home-activity com.gathin.tvhome/.MainActivity`. Home key from inside apps returns to the new launcher. - Inputs works: HDMI 1-4 (HDMI 3/ARC), Video and Live TV listed via com.sony.dtv.tvx. This firmware reports real per-port status ("No device" / "Connected"), not every port as connected. config.xml: hidden_apps com.sony.dtv.tvx and com.sony.dtv.tvxlauncher.programguide, live_tv_package com.sony.dtv.tvx.

Packages the Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900F 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 (6)

Package	Note
com.sony.dtv.promos	My BRAVIA promos
com.sony.dtv.sonyselect	Sony Select app store/promo tile
com.sony.dtv.discovery	Sony Discover content bar
com.sony.dtv.bivlinfo	BIVL content service list (feeds Discover)
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	Node.js SDDP broadcaster for Control4-style automation;

re-enable if you use one Preloaded help apps (3)

Package	Note
com.sony.dtv.customersupport	Help tile
com.sony.dtv.smarthelp	—
com.sony.dtv.imanual	i-Manual

Off by choice on this TV: features the owner doesn't use. Comment out any you want (11)

Package	Note
com.google.android.katniss	Google Assistant / voice search (mic button)
screnmirroring.com	Screen mirroring (Miracast)
com.sony.dtv.networkapp.wifidirect	—
com.sony.huey.dlna.module	DLNA renderer
com.sony.huey.dlna.renderersettings	—
com.sonyericsson.dlna	—
com.google.android.tv.remote.service	Android TV phone-app remote
com.google.android.inputmethod.japanese	Japanese keyboard (Gboard stays the default)
com.sony.dtv.smarthomesettings	"Works with Alexa" setup: Amazon login, Firebase push, runs at boot
com.sony.dtv.smartmediaapp	Media Player, plays files from USB
com.sony.dtv.osat.music	Music, plays music from USB

Apply the Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900F 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-xbr-65x900f/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 XBR-65X900F" 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 XBR-65X900F

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 tools/restore.sh examples/sony-xbr-65x900f/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-xbr-65x900f/debloat.txt in the MIT-licensed cleanyourtv repository.