I needed a travel tablet with a larger screen so I bought a fairly new Galaxy tablet. The thing is already driving me nuts. Lots of bloatware, google apps that I don't use, etc. I am spoiled by graphene. In the past I played around with some sort of Linux OS for tablets, but it wasn't very practical. I'm looking for ideas, from minor to drastic. I usually lean towards drastic.
P.S. I know I could have gotten a pixel tablet. I didn't think I wanted to go through all that for a secondary device. Maybe I should have.
If you can't run lineageOS, this may be the best alternative.
To run an ADB server on your phone install this app: https://shizuku.rikka.app/
To use that server to uninstall any app use this app: https://github.com/samolego/Canta
Simple as.
Don't zap this comment.
Why no zap?
#1242742
Interesting
Sorry. Too late😀
I have a at least 10 year old one and it runs LineageOS without any issues. Obviously it is not that fast but ok.
Samsung tablets works nice with LineageOS. I have Galaxy A6 like that and is perfect.
Maybe that is the answer.
if its on this list https://community.e.foundation/t/list-supported-devices-which-would-receive-an-aosp-15-or-e-os-v-build/69784
then https://e.foundation/e-os/
Thanks. It's a tab. I don't know exactly which one. I'll check when I have access to it.
If you are leaning toward drastic then consider that most of the frustration comes from the lack of control rather than the hardware itself. Debloating with ADB or using a custom ROM can get you most of the way without making the device unusable for travel. The other angle is to work within the existing OS by stripping permissions and redirecting defaults which can surprisingly reduce the noise without a full overhaul.