TCL QM6K Pro Google TV debloat list

About this TCL QM6K Pro Google TV list

Header: TCL QM6K Pro Google TV, 2025, US (device G08, model "Smart TV Pro", MediaTek tcl9618)

Android 14 (Google TV), firmware UTT2.250416.001 AU16 Also seen on the same G08 board with AU14 firmware, a "Smart TV Pro" sold outside the US (prasta1, PR #23); that set needed Wireless-debugging pairing (README, Troubleshooting). Stock launcher: com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx. Live TV / HDMI app: com.tcl.tv. Keep: com.tcl.tv, com.tcl.tvinput, com.tcl.dashboard, com.tcl.suspension, com.tcl.autopair, com.tcl.systemserver, com.tcl.providers.config, com.tcl.initsetup, com.tcl.useragreement, com.tcl.globalkeyoverlay, com.tcl.systemui.plugin, com.tcl.factory.view and all com.mediatek.*. Unlike the 2023 G10 sets, com.tcl.ttvs and com.tcl.logkit ship ENABLED here. Do NOT disable com.tcl.providers.config, com.tcl.initsetup or com.tcl.factory.view: together they dropped the Wi-Fi connection outright on the AU14 set and it took a re-pair over ADB to get back in (#23). Known quirks on this firmware: - Play Protect blocks the launcher ("built for an older version of Android") unless targetSdk >= 34. - With launcherx disabled, setupwraith's RecoveryActivity claims HOME at priority 1 and shows a blank screen. Shell can't disable that one component, so the whole package is disabled below (it only runs first-time setup). While Home was blank the TV fell back to HDMI 1 and woke a console over CEC. - Soundbar on optical (S/PDIF) can't be powered or volume-controlled by the TV. Use HDMI 4 (eARC) and `cmd hdmi_control cec_setting set system_audio_control 1` (it ships 0 here).

Packages the TCL QM6K Pro Google TV list disables

TCL tracking and analytics (3)

Package	Note
com.tcl.ttvs	Samba TV ACR viewing tracking, TCL "BI" analytics, Alexa core, T-Cast
com.tcl.logkit	log capture and upload
com.tcl.usercenter	TCL account sign-in nags

TCL content, ads and promos (7)

Package	Note
com.tcl.tv.plus	TCL TV+ content app
com.tcl.channelplus	TCL Live FAST channels
com.tcl.tv.tclhome_passive	pushes TCL content to the home screen at boot
com.tcl.partnercustomizer	TCL tweaks to Google TV home rows
com.tcl.interactive	TCL TIAS background service
com.tcl.smartlink.core	bundles a silent app installer
com.tcl.messagebox	TCL push messages and promos

Retail demo / hotel mode (3)

Package	Note
com.tcl.exhibit	—
com.tcl.esticker	—
com.tcl.hotelmenu	—

Preloaded apps and services (11)

Package	Note
com.tcl.ocean.instructions	e-manual
com.tcl.repairguide	—
com.tcl.browser	TCL web browser
com.tcl.ui_mediaCenter	re-enable to play media from USB drives
com.tcl.smartalexa	Alexa
android.autoinstalls.config.google.gtvpai	silently installs partner apps
com.google.android.feedback	—
com.android.tv.feedbackconsent	—
com.google.android.apps.tv.dreamx	ambient mode screensaver (shows promos)
com.google.android.play.games	—
com.google.android.youtube.tvmusic	—

Needed for the custom launcher: see quirks above. Disable only AFTER launcher/ is installed (1)

Package	Note
com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith	—

Apply the TCL QM6K Pro Google TV 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/tcl-qm6k-google-tv/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 "TCL QM6K Pro Google TV" as the model; it reads this list, checks each package on your TV and asks before anything that depends on your preferences.

Restore the TCL QM6K Pro Google TV

TV_HOST=192.168.1.50 tools/restore.sh examples/tcl-qm6k-google-tv/debloat.txt com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx

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 Google TV debloat guide.

Source: examples/tcl-qm6k-google-tv/debloat.txt in the MIT-licensed cleanyourtv repository.