Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900E debloat list

About this Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900E list

Header: Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900E (2017, BRAVIA_ATV2, MediaTek), US/Canada firmware

Android TV 9, build PTT1.190515.001.S54 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. Keep: com.sony.dtv.tvinput.*, braviasync* (HDMI-CEC), remotepairing, rcpowerkey, uinputservice, imeproxy, sonysystemservice, settingsprovider, all com.mediatek.* and mtktvapi.agent, timers (sleep timer). Left alone on purpose: the rest of com.sony.dtv.b2b.* (hotel/pro mode plumbing), webapi.core and remoteaccess (Sony IP control, possibly used by Alexa control). Already disabled at the factory/by owner: com.sony.rvu, actionmenu.plugin.harmony, Vudu, Crackle, com.google.android.inputmethod.latin. Not in this list so restore.sh leaves them off. Notes from this firmware: - The stock launcher's HOME filter has priority 2, so `cmd package set-home-activity` reports Success but Home keeps opening it until com.google.android.tvlauncher is disabled (build-and-install.sh does this last). Launch com.gathin.tvhome/.MainActivity with `am start -n` to check it first. - Inputs works: com.sony.dtv.tvx handles the passthrough channel URIs, HDMI 1-4 and Video 1/2 listed. Hide com.sony.dtv.tvx and com.sony.dtv.tvxlauncher.programguide in config.xml; set live_tv_package to com.sony.dtv.tvx if you use an antenna. - 2 GB RAM. Survives a reboot straight into the new launcher.

Packages the Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900E 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 (9)

Package	Note
com.sony.dtv.customersupport	Help tile
com.sony.dtv.smarthelp	—
com.sony.dtv.imanual	i-Manual
com.sony.dtv.osat.music	re-enable to play music from USB
com.sony.dtv.smartmediaapp	Media Player, re-enable to play USB files
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

Optional features, off by owner's choice (7)

Package	Note
com.google.android.apps.mediashell	Chromecast built-in
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

Apply the Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900E 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-x900e/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-65X900E" 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-65X900E

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 tools/restore.sh examples/sony-xbr-x900e/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-x900e/debloat.txt in the MIT-licensed cleanyourtv repository.